European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 4, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Boycott Exxon goes nationwide Gas Price increases alarm Nebraska senators by he associated press Consumers environmentalists and politicians in scattered cities joined tuesday in a one Day Boycott Exxon Campaign Over its huge Oil spill in Alaska and Over rising gasoline prices in general. State attorneys general in the Northwest and . Senators from Nebraska called for a Federal investigation of Why gasoline prices have risen sharply since the March 24 Exxon Valdez spill. We Are beginning the War of words and actions against any oif company that does t understand its responsibility to protect the environment said stale sen. Carol Amick at a Boycott rally in Boston. Consumer activist Ralph Nader said in Washington that Exxon should not be allowed to forget the alas Kan spill and that a Boycott was the Way to Send a message to the Oil giant. Nader joined representatives from several Environ mental and consumer groups in accusing Exxon of failing to be prepared Tor the spill and not rapidly responding to the Accident that has fouled hundreds of Miles of Alaska s coast. Consumer groups in Alaska Connecticut and new York state also asked Consumers to join the Boycott. In Anchorage about 400 chanting and sign waving protesters rallied in front of Exxon s Alaska Headquarters urging Consumers to Boycott Exxon. In Portland ore., More than 100 people rallied in the Shadow of alaskan Oil tankers being repaired at the shipyard where the ruptured Exxon Valdez is scheduled to he inspected next month. Business was off at Cross Keyes Exxon in Sickler Villa n.j., where some customers Cut up their Exxon credit cards and turned them in. In the morning you get a lot of business Here but it s dropped  Mechanic Joseph Saiia said. Ain t nobody in  j. Edward Surette jr., executive director of the Bay state gasoline retailers association in Billerica. Mass. Said his group surveyed dealers tuesday but found it was too Early to assess the Boycott s Impact. Surette accused Exxon corp. Of obvious negligence but said it was unfair for Consumers to vent their anger at dealers most of whom arc Small inde pendent businessmen. Exxon issued a statement calling the Boycott unjust and added Exxon believes in the Basic fairness of the american people and is confident that they will see exx on s employees dealers and owners As victims of human error not As an institution that should be discriminated against for an Accident that occurred while we were doing our  Connecticut state sen. Michael Meulli addresses anti Exxon rally in new Haven on tuesday morning. Concern Over tight gasoline supplies for the summer driving season escalated following the Alaska Oil spill and an explosion at a North sea Oil Rig. Crude Oil prices have risen More than $7 a barrel since january. Since the Exxon Valdez Accident Gas prices have increased an average 10 percent nationwide while the Pacific Northwest saw surges As High As 25 percent in less than a month said Maria Rac. Executive assistant to Oregon attorney general Dave Frohnmayer. The Exxon Boycott was endorsed by 16 democratic California legislators. We want to show Exxon that corporations who nirm the environment will pay a Price in the marketplace said assemblyman Tom Bates. Twenty Oregon legislators also joined tuesday in a Call to support the Boycott. Attorneys general of three Northwest states want the nation s chief Law officer to investigate Why Oil prices have risen sharply especially since the Exxon Valdez lipped its Hull on a reef in Alaska s Prince William sound. Frohnmayer and Ken Eikon Berry of Washington and Jim Jones of Idaho announced monday they will ask . Attorney general Richard Thornburgh and Daniel Oliver chairman of the Federal Trade com Mission for an investigation of Gas prices. Sens. James Exon and Bob Kerrey both Nebraska democrats called on Thornburgh to investigate Poten tial Price gouging by the Industry since the spill. They noted that Gas prices in Nebraska Rose 20 percent from the first of March until  spokeswoman Sarah Johnson said 10,000 credit cards out of 7 million have been Cut up an returned to the company since the spill. Exxon said it had received no reports from dealers of a loss in volume of gasoline sold. About 5 percent or 620, of the 12,400 Exxon Brand stations in the United slates arc owned and operated by Exxon. The rest arc Independent. Truck mishap scatters rockets on Texas Highway Sweetwater Texas a a seven mile Section of interstate 20 run Ning through this Central Texas town was closed for More than 14 hours tuesday after a truck carrying eight rocket pods loaded with six rockets each ran off the Road when its Driver swerved to avoid hitting a Deer and scattered the rockets on the Highway authorities said. Explosives experts from fort Hood Texas and fort Sill okla., worked for More than three hours to remove the rockets officials with the Texas depart ment of Public safety said. The rockets were not armed and posed no danger said David Harris a spokes Man for the army missile come near Huntsville Ala. Part of the development program involved taking fully loaded rockets and dropping them 20 to 30 feet onto con Crete to Sec if they could withstand that from the Accident site but allowed her to return seven hours later police sgt. Don Willingham said. "1 saw a Deer and i swerved to miss  said the Driver Byron Robertson 27, of Fouke Ark. He suffered minor injuries. There was no indication of any prob Lem physically with either the Driver of the truck state trooper Don Rannefeld said. Group claims sunken sub May release radioactivity Washington a corrosion of the nuclear reactor aboard a soviet sub Marine that Sank off Norway april 7 May eventually Lead to the release of huge amount of radioactivity the Environ mental group Greenpeace said tuesday. The group said a study done for it by John Large and associates a nuclear engineering consult in firm in London concluded that the submarine May re lease up to 20 million curies of radioactivity if the vessel is not recovered. That would be equal to about one third of the radiation released by the april 1986 Accident at the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant in the soviet Ukraine Greenpeace said. At least 31 deaths have been attributed to that Accident. Soviet officials said 42 of the 69 sail ors on Board the sub were killed when it caught fire and Sank in 5,000 feet of water off Northern Norway. Moscow said a decision on whether to attempt to raise the sub will not be made for several months. It said the vessel s two nuclear reactors were shut Down before the Crew evacuated and that there was no Dan Ger of radiation leaks. But Greenpeace tank Issue with that assertion. Even if the reactor containment structures weren t damaged by the fire the collision with the Ocean floor or the deep water pressure the protective Struc Ture will erode before the reactors arc Safe said Steve Shallhorn a Green peace representative. Kind of Impact Harris said. The rockets were being transported from the Ltd corp. Factory in Camden Ark., where they were produced to con Cord calif., and ultimately were bound for South Korea. Thev were taken to Dyess fab in Abi Lene about 40 piles cast of the Accident site for inspection. Officials evacuated one resident of a Mobile Home located about 200 Yards Sands of Tim fris in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. May 4. 1949 president Truman announced that Gen. Lucius d. Clay was resigning As . Military commander in Germany and would be replaced by his Deputy. It. Gen. Clarence Huebner. 30 years ago foday. May 4, 1959 in response to a request from the panamanian government the Council of the organization of american slates authorized an International naval Force to Paitool Panama s coast to protect the country from invasion. 20 years ago foday. May 4, 1969 White House sources reported president Nixon would consider a secret agreement with Hanoi As opposed to a formal treaty on Mutual troop withdrawal from South Vietnam if safeguards against violations were included. ? 0 years ago foday. May 4, 1979 terrorists raided the Rome Headquarters of Italy s Christian Democrat party killing one policeman and wounding several others before escaping into a nearby crowd of tourists