European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. January 11,1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 congressmen seek probe in heating Oil Price surge Washington up a the Oil Industry took advantage of . Consumers during december s cold wave a House subcommittee was told wednesday As members of Congress called for a Federal investigation into alleged Price gouging. Oil Industry officials have attributed the Price surges to several factors but mainly to an increase in demand during the coldest december on record. Department of Energy officials noted that the increase in demand from november to december was Over i million barrels of fuel per Day. While the december demand of 4.1 million barrels per Day was the highest monthly demand since january 1981. But some members of Congress accused Oil companies of Rinaldo holding Down supplies in order to Jack up prices during the cold weather and said Many Consumers a particularly those with Low incomes a were overburdened with High heating Bills. A i think most Consumers arc  said rep. Matthew Rinaldo. . A member of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee. Quot they know december was cold and they would expect to pay More for their heating Oil because they were using More. But they Don t want to gel bilked and it s our obligation to Sec they Don  according to the . Bureau of labor statistics the National average of a gallon of no. 2 fuel Oil was 91.3 cents in november 1989. Compared with 82.6 cents in december 1988. Last month however the average Price surged to si.26 a gallon in new York. Si.37 in new Jersey and si.47 in Massachusetts. Both republicans and democrats called for a Federal investigation of the Price increases and urged a forced Rollback if evidence of Price gouging is found. A the Federal antitrust statutes should provide grounds for investigating and stopping any collusion among Energy companies to increase prices said rep. Toby Roth. A wis. A with the across the Board increases we have suffered it would seem Likely that antitrust violations have  assistant Energy Secretary John Easton warned the committee that except for Quot major National emergencies and Energy Supply  the administration would oppose any regulatory action by the government. Quot government intervention through regulatory schemes will significantly Worsen the situation just As it did in the 1970s,&Quot Easton said. Edwin Rothschild director of citizen action a Nalion wide consumer organization with More than 2 million members said a Federal investigation would not result in any significant changes to the Industry. He blamed the Bush administration and Congress for encouraging an anti competitive Oil Industry. Quot the administration was warned of Likely problems this Winter but did nothing Quot Rothschild said. A and As prices escalated the Bush administration not Only refused to Grant Jones act waivers to tankers carry ing needed fuel supplies to the Northeast but had the temerity to propose a 25 percent Cut in Federal fuel assistance for the poor and  the Jones act requires that goods being shipped Between two . Ports be carried Only by . Flag vessels. The requirement can be waived As administration officials see fit. However. On wednesday Energy officials from new York. New Jersey Pennsylvania and the six new England Stales were scheduled to meet in Albany. . To set a strategy for preventing such Price increases in the  a gift Barbara Bush looks at her inaugural gown after donating it to the smithsonian institution in Washington on tuesday. The gown will be displayed with those from previous first ladies. Auto Plant worker wins $35 million in . Lotto new York apr a 49-Ycar-old automobile Assembly line worker who won $35 million says he went to work monday and did t Tell anyone he d won the largest unshared prize in new York lottery Nis Lory. Antonio Buchli of Bedford Hills a Westchester county Community North of new York City looked around at his fellow workers and Quot was thinking How Many friends in be got. I was thinking i Hope they win someday Quot he said. Bueti attended a news conference tuesday with his wife of 24 years. Fran Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 11. 1950 Neucom officials announced the Price of milk in commissaries would be reduced from i6 to 10 cents per liter. Cosca. Both said they were unsure How they would spend their Money but they knew their lives would never be the same. Quot in a very nervous and very excited a said Bueti. Who came to this country 23 years ago from Calabria. Italy. Me added he was unsure whether he would quit the Job that earns him be tween $30,000 and $35,000 a year a pocket change compared to the 21 annual payments of about $1,210.400 after taxes he will begin to receive starting in about two weeks. Why did he go to work on monday a i went in just to be funny to Sec How i feel a millionaire working the Assembly  he said. Buchli was in the Kitchen of his Bedford Hills Home when he realized late saturday that he had the winning numbers which he had chosen at random. He confirmed it repeatedly by Catling the lottery information line before he believed it. The couple has a daughter 17-year-old in Olsia and to in 16-year-old sons. Dominic and Nick. Mrs. Bueti said she quickly realized a what we can to do before now we can afford a vacation and buy a Nice  the Buttis went to Sec the attorney on tuesday rather than show up for a morning news conference. On sunday an actress hired by a professional prankster claimed to have the winning ticket and attracted some headlines. But the disclosure was quickly revealed to be a hoax. New York s previous top single w inner was Pat Consavo. A construction worker who took Home $30.5 million in 1986. Students computer assault was planned prosecutor says30 years ago today Jan. Ii. I960 a radio Moscow said the soviet rockets soon to be test fired in the Central Pacific would fall about 400 Miles South of the american naval base on Johnston island.20 years ago today. Jan. Ii. 1970 a maj. Manuel Antonio Noriega Cuni Oliander of the panamanian National guard at the Panama City Airfield refused to permit a flight commandeered by a Hijacker to take olt for Cuba. A guard lieutenant boarded the panamanian c-47 through the Pilot s window and fatally shot the  0 years ago today. Jan. Ii. 1980 a Gen. Bernard w. Rogers supreme Allied commander. Europe called the soviet invasion of Afghanistan a Quot flagrant violation of the rules of International Law Quot and said if the West were to halt the soviet pattern of aggression the time had come Quot when major actions that cause sacrifice would have to be taken. Syracuse. . Api a graduate student Robert t. Morris carefully plotted and executed a full scale assault on a National computer network by setting Loose a Quot worm Quot program a Federal prosecutor argued tuesday. Morris Quot devoted a lot of time Energy and research to planning this assault Quot from his computer at Cornell University in Ithaca. Justice department attorney Mark Rasch said in his opening arguments. The suspended Cornell student from Arnold. Md., is the first person brought to trial under the 1986 computer fraud and abuse act. If convicted. Morris. 24. Faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. Prosecutors allege Morris designed and launched on nov. 2, 1988. A program that replicated Wiidik immobilizing an estimated 6,000 computers linked to the internet research computer network. Included were those at Nasa and air Force facilities. Rasch said the worm was designed to break into As Many computers As possible and to copy itself Over and Over once it got into a system. Quot it was designed to hide itself to frustrate the victims of the attack Quot he said. In his opening statements defense attorney Thomas Guido ont did not argue that Morris was t responsible for the worm program. He called its creation a Quot simple mistake Quot and Quot not the equivalent to a  Quot he made a critical mistake that caused the virus to spread much faster than he  Guidoboni said. Once he Reali de the problems the worm program could cause. Morris tried to notify those connected with the computer network. Guidoboni said. The defense attorney also downplayed the significance of the computer network itself. He said it was chiefly concerned with research and was Quot not a network that launched missiles and sends out  a this network was used for playing chess sending love letters sending recipes Quot and research Guidoboni said. The worm program did not cause any permanent damage he said. The runaway program has been described As Quot virus Quot but is More properly known As a Quot worm Quot which unlike u virus does not need a Host program to duplicate itself. On monday prosecutors filed a motion asking . District judge Howard Munson to limit examination of witnesses on Morris stale of mind specifically whether he intended to cause any loss or damage. The move was designed to thwart Morris expected line of defense that he did t mean to paralyse the computer network. The judge did not immediately Rule on the motion. Morris who was a first year doctoral student in computer studies at Cornell is the son of the chief scientist at the government s National computer Security Center in belch sea my