European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7u.s. Plans to tap Oil reserves in october by the los Angeles times Washington a the Bush administration is expecting worldwide Oil shortages to hit As Early As next month and is planning to tap for the first time . Strategic Oil reserves Secretary of Energy James d. Watkins told a Senate committee thursday. Citing the looming Impact of the persian Gulf crisis Watkins said that private stocks of Petroleum May be insufficient to cover an anticipated shortage of 2.5 million barrels a Day. His testimony was the first indication that the crisis is about to be Felt in the crucial area of Oil supplies despite increased production by saudi Arabia. Watkins who unveiled an array of voluntary initiatives to encourage fuel conservation and promote expanded Domestic Oil production said that a projected Oil shortfall this month of nearly 4 million barrels a Day could be covered by the Large stocks of Oil accumulated by private companies. But he warned that those supplies might not be enough to cover the projected shortfall a of 2.5 million barrels a in october. Pressed by democrats on the Senate Energy and natural resources committee to explain Why the administration has not tapped the strategic Reserve to hold Down Oil and gasoline prices Watkins and his Deputy w. Henson Moore said that the Reserve Supply was intended to offset a major disruption in the flow of Oil not to manage prices. The Reserve was established As a result of the Energy crises of the 1970s, but the stockpile was not created until the mid-1980s. It can be tapped on the orders of the president but it would take at least 16 Days before the Oil stored in underground Salt domes in Louisiana and Texas could begin flowing to commercial refineries. A if there is a Supply shortfall that would require us to go into the strategic Reserve it will hit in the fourth Quarter a a Moore told the panel. The nations two most senior Energy officials said any action that Bush might take to begin using the reserves would be coordinated with the 22 nations in the International Energy Agency. That group is scheduled to meet sept. 26-29. The . Strategic Reserve totals 590 million barrels. The House unanimously adopted a measure thursday expanding it to 1 billion barrels. The administration had opposed the expansion but Moore said thursday that Bush is now almost certain to sign the measure. With the United states importing approximately 40 percent of its Oil needs the administration is preparing programs to promote conservation expand Domestic Oil production and encourage industries and utilities to use Coal natural Gas or nuclear Power. The programs Are designed to save 1.1 million barrels of Oil a Day by the end of the year. Meanwhile William k. Reilly environmental Protection administration administrator said that proposed amendments to the clean air act would reduce americans dependence on Mideast Oil a but not until the year 2005. Reilly said that the amendments would result in greater use of fuels produced from natural Gas and such agricultural products As Corn. A this fuel switching will result in a minimum Oil savings of 500,000 barrels a Day a Reilly said. A this compares with 750,000 barrels a Day that we had been getting from Iraq and Kuwait before the  among the conservation and production enhancing measures Watkins presented was a renewed request to open alaskans Arctic National wildlife Refuge to Oil exploration a an Effort that has been stalled since the Exxon Valdez Oil spill in March 1989.couple Given joint custody of Frozen embryos Knoxville Tenn. Apr the Tennessee court of appeals on thursday granted joint custody of seven Frozen embryos to a divorced couple overturning a landmark ruling that had granted custody to the a wife. The appeals court ruled in the divorce Case of Junior Lewis Davis 31, of Maryville and his 29-year-old former wife Mary sue Davis Stowe now of Titusville Fla. The embryos were created in Vitro at a Knoxville Fertility clinic in december 1988 by mixing Davis sperm with eggs removed from his wife. There originally were nine embryos. Two were implanted at the time but did not develop. The remaining seven were Frozen for later use after developing to Between four and eight cells each. In february 1989, Davis sued his wife for divorce asking the court to prevent any use of the embryos without his consent. A four Day trial was held in a lower court in August 1989, leading to a ruling that a life begins at conceptions and that the embryos deserved Protection under Law. A a custody was awarded to Stowe. She testified during the trial that she wanted control of the embryos so she could use them in an attempt to Bear children. She subsequently remarried and changed her mind. Big hearts in the big Apple a a crowd gathers on new Yorkus fifth Avenue to help titans said they want people to know that new York a Man find his Contact Lens. Some of the Good Sama ers have a humane Side  Tell of looting violence by iraqis Raleigh . Up a former hostages of iraqi president Saddam Hussein returned to the United states on thursday with tales of widespread looting and frightening door to door searches by iraqi troops. The former hostages also said the kuwaiti people Are anxious for american troops to attack the iraqis. There were 263 americans and 47 canadians a mostly women and children a aboard the Northwest airlines flight. One unidentified Man was taken to a Raleigh Hospital suffering from Chest pains and several of the children were suffering from diarrhoea. Grace Al Wazzan a West virginian who had lived in Kuwait for nine years with her husband and two children said her neighbors kept asking a when Are the marines going to arrive a. A the kuwaitis want . Troops to go to a Al Wazzan told reporters. A i think the people in Kuwait Are ready to sacrifice their lives  Elanor Mireles of Fairfax va., agreed. A the kuwaitis Are willing to die or do whatever it takes a she said. A they want Kuwait  Al Wazzan said that iraqi soldiers Are conducting House to House searches for resistance fighters and Are using that Opportunity to loot. A a it a frightening for everyone. They re like children in a toy shop a she said. A they Are looting but in some cases they done to know what they re  she said she saw an iraqi Soldier dip his bread in some hand Cream apparently thinking that it was cheese and another tasting Strawberry shampoo. A a we re Home Safe and sound and that a the most important thing a said Lorri Zeidan of Riverside calif., who arrived with her 1-year-old son but had to leave her husband behind. Zeidan said Kuwait City has a a Soldier on every Corner. You feel like a prisoner. You cannot go  a repatriation Center decorated with red White and Blue Bunting and balloons had medical financial and travelling assistance available for the weary former hostages who were Given yellow carnations As they were processed. The red Cross had Teddy bears for the children and a a balloon Many created animals and hats for them. The plane that carried the former hostages had left Baghdad on wednesday dropping off British citizens in London where several British women told the British broadcasting corp. Of the increasingly desperate situation in Kuwait with looting food shortages and iraqi violence against kuwaitis. A a they re crazy they re going mad they re killing kuwaitis a one British woman said of the iraqi troops. A a they re taking them out of their Homes. They re doing terrible things to them. Everybody talks about the shortage of food. They re making people really suffer. They re torturing them. A the resistance a these Are Young boys and men trying to defend their country and its a terrible  Elizabeth Waters said she was forced by the iraqis to leave her 19-year-old son in Baghdad after iraqi soldiers ordered him to stay because of his age. A i fought for a Long time saying he a a student. They say a no he a 18, he a a Man he will stay a a Waters said. The bbl said about 750 britons have been evacuated from Iraq and Kuwait about 1,000 remain there. About 1,400 americans repair trapped in Kuwait according to up acc . Figures. There was no breakdown o How Many Are women children Mei born in the United states or men born ii Arab countries. About 200 americans including diplomats Are in Iraq a double the pre Vious estimate officials said. The in crease from earlier figures a apparently due to the fact that som americans afraid to Contact the  embassy earlier Are now doing so As the situation grows More desperate. The state department believes tha a about 80�?� americans have been detained by the iraqi authorities in Iraq and american citizens in Kuwait hav reported increased harassment fron iraqi authorities