European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday january 24,1987 record cold snap in Europe boosting Oil prices in . By United press International Home Healing Oil Hills jumped by about 2 cents a gallon in mid january As americans began to feel the first of Fri la of the Arctic cold wave that gripped Europe earlier this month an Energy department official said thursday Robert Speir an analyst in the department s Energy information administration said . Homeowners should Brace for an additional Rise of at least 3 cents a gallon by Earty february because the european cold spell has driven up wholesale heating ii prices by at much As a Nickel a gallon since Jan. 5. Now a big Winter storm has hit he East coast. Which could mean even More upward pressure on heat ing Oil prices said Speir chief of publications and analysis for the Energy information administration s Petroleum marketing division in Washington. Ali Menf v s latest weekly Survey showed residential prices for Home Healing Oil in the new England Region shot up by 2 cents to so. 7 cents a gallon on Jan. 12 from 78.7 cents in the Jan. 5 report. Prices in the mid Atlantic area increased by 1.9 cents to 80.6 cents gallon during the same one week period while heating Oil Bills in the Midwest Rose 0.9 cent to 73.4 cent � gallon. Healing Oil prices arc  sharply lower this Winter than last in the states that use the fuel but they redoing up Secir said we be seen Signi least rises in wholesale prices for Home heating Oil As the result of the cold weather i Europe and the open agreement in december he said. He pointed out that wholesale and spot Market Price for heating Oil began to Inch higher around dec. I when it became apparent the organization of Petro Leum exporting countries would reach an agreement to bolster world Oil prices. Home Healing ii Rad cd on the new Vork Mercan tile Exchange had climbed 4,8 cents by year s end from 4j.i5 cents a gallon on dec. 19, the Day before open unveiled its Accord to curb production and raise world Oil prices to s18 a barrel by feb. I. Price on the merc surged an additional 5.3 cents to 55.42 cents a gallon by Jan 15 As the Bone chilling cold in Europe spurred demand for Home Healing Oil deliveries from the United Stales and other pan of the world. When the big freeze began to subside in Europe late last week heating Oil prices weakened but then re bounded by 1.3 cents to 53.97 cents a gallon on the merc thursday because of the snowstorm in the Northeast. Speir said . Refiners have boosted wholesale prices for Home heating Oil by 4 cents to 5 cents gallon since he government Jan. 5 Survey. Our latest data indicate residential heating Oil users have seen Only 2 cents out of an increase of a feast s cents a gallon that is Likely to be passed through to the retail level he said. Since the oct. 6, 1986, Survey Home heating Oil prices have risen by 9,4 cents a gallon in the new England Region by 7 cents in the mid Atlantic area and by 4.2 cents in the Midwest. A Given new fines for refusing data in veterans radiation Case san Francisco a the veterans administration already ordered to pay More than $100,000 for its actions in a suit by veterans exposed to radiation has been hit with new penalties of up to 121,500 for withholding documents in the Case. . Magistrate Claudia Wilkon ordered the a on wednesday to pay lawyers for the veterans $5,000 to Ward costs of copying records from Agency files. She also ruled the a must pay for the Cost of seek ing orders to produce the documents. An attorney for the veterans Thomas Vinje said Wilken has Bee asked to approve a $ 16,545 fee for those costs. On Jan. 8, . District judge Marilyn Hall Patel accused the a of a callous disregard for All processes of court citing the destruction of documents and evasive responses to pretrial questioning in the Veter ans suit. Patel ordered the Agency to pay a si5,000 Fine plus Legal fees. Vinje said lawyers for the veterans have busted Patel Forsi 19.156 in fees. The judge also ordered appointment of a lawyer at government expense to supervise the a s compliance with future requests for documents. The suit was filed on behalf of 5,000 veterans and their survivors who have claims against the a for exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atom bombings in world War ii the veterans Are challenging it 115-year-old Law set Ting a maximum fee of $ 10 for a lawyer in a a disability claim. The supreme court has ruled that the Law is constitutional on its face but the veterans claim the Law s application to their Complex cases of radiation injury makes it impossible for them to present an effective Case. Patel in her Jan. 8 ruling said the a had destroyed numerous records about the a s treatment of claimants at its regional offices after being aware that the documents were needed for the lawsuit. She also said the Agency Hud failed to reveal the existence of computer systems that tracked radiation claims and responded to pretrial questioning with an Swers filled with distortions misrepresentation and misleading  the penalties imposed by Wilken on wednesday were for the a s refusal to produce documents re Quested by the veterans lawyers us Long ago As 1983, Vinje said. Hospital says Casey improving but he May be replaced at Cia Washington apr Cia director Wiiiam j. Casey continues to improve daily from his brain tumor surgery last month Hospital officials say after disclosing that Casey was treated for prostate cancer 18 months ago. The while House meanwhile said thursday that while it is not conducting a search to replace the 73 year old director an overture to sound out former sen Howard Baker of Tennessee got a negative response from Baker. In a statement released thursday Georgetown University Hospital officials confirmed Casey 73, had ear Lier suffered cancer of the prostate which was Success fully treated. Or. Casey s condition continues to improve daily As he undergoes radiation treatment for his Lymphoma at Georgetown University Hospital. Or. Casey suffered carcinoma of the prostate one and one half years ago which has been successfully treated. There has been no recurrence of this cancer the statement said. Or. Ca sey will continue to receive radiation therapy for his Lymphoma Over the month of  the Hospital would not elaborate. The sketchy information released since the dec. 18 brain cancer surgery has led to speculation about whether Casey will return to the Job. While House spokesman Larry Speakes has said it s the president s first Hope that Casey will be Able to return but has acknowledged discussions of what might be done if Casey is too ill to resume his Post. Abc to this week quoted unidentified sources As saying Casey s prostate cancer had been discovered 15 months ago and doctors checking on i brain tumor found the cancer had spread to his Bones. Speakes denied a report that Baker was offered thecia top Job but acknowledged thursday that chief of staff Donald t. Regan had approached the former re publican Senate Leader. Stateside 9-month-old found Safe in stolen automobile seat pleasant my. A police late thursday found an infant crying in her Mother abandoned ear nearly 20 Houn after a thief Hole the vehicle from the woman after a tussle at a service station. District of Columbia police said 9-Monthld Andrea Ford was found in Northeast washing ton after police were tipped Here was a baby in the car. She was taken to the children s Hospital National medical Center where doctors said that she was in Good condition despite haying been in the vehicle for nearly 20 hours during a Snow storm. Prince George s county. My police still were looking for he ski jacket dad Man who attacked belly Louise Ford 32, As she pumped Gas at service station and drove off in her car with the baby. Hart to announce bid for White House Washington