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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1974
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By Charles M. Schvriz
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“Government has caused the
energy crisis and has attempted
to cover its own blunders by
using the oil companies and
private industry as a scapegoat,”
Dr. W. Philip Gramm, a Texas
A&M University professor, said
Wednesday in statements released
here.
Dr. Gramm made the remarks
in conferences wtih federal offi
cials, the university reported.
Gramm, an economics professor
called to Washington to consult
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BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Cam
eron County Judge Ray Ramon
said Wednesday he will seek an
other term in office despite his
murder conspiracy trial.
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statement, saying his lawyers
had told him not to make fur
ther comment.
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with the Federal Energy Office
(FED) for the second time this
month, said the elimination of the
energy crisis would come not by
spreading misery through alloca
tion programs and rationing but
by eliminating th.e bureaucratic
restrictions which he said have
almost destroyed domestic oil and
gas operation.
Gramm urged officials to end
the price ceilings on natural gas
at the wellhead and the two-
tiered pricing system for domestic
crude.
WASHINGTON—President Nix
on proposed easing clean-air
standards and cutting tax breaks
for overseas oil production by
U.S. companies to cope with the
energy crisis.
Nixon also ordered a tenfold in
crease in federal offshore leasing
for petroleum development and a
study of possible future oil and
gas pipelines from northern Alas
ka.
In a message to Congress, Nix
on also said he would propose that
the federal government spend
$1.8 billion for energy research
for the fiscal year 1975.
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Ramon, 35, serving the last
year of a first term as county
judge, called the murder conspir
acy charge against him a “sophis
ticated frameup.”
Jury selection is scheduled to
start at Corpus Christi Thurs
day for the trial of Ramon, Coun
ty Civil Defense Director Calos
Carrasco and Noe Alaniz Trevino,
an accused heroin smuggler from
Matamoros, Mexico. The men are
accused of conspiring to murder
County Commissioner Adolph
Thomae Jr. of San Benito.
Before leaving for Corpus
Christi, Ramon said, “I am going
to again ask the public to hire me
as county judge. My name will be
on the ballot.”
Describing himself as “the pub
lic’s county judge,” Ramon said
he will campaign on his accomp
lishments during his first term.
He said these included the first
private audit of the county’s fi
nances and the establishment of
a competitive bid system to buy
county supplies.
Ramon said he believed the in
dictment against him is part of a
“rather sophisticated frameup,”
said he did not believe that law
enforcement officers themselves
are “knowingly trying to frame
He said in the next two years
increased domestic production of
oil must come from second and
tertiary recovery methods. He
encouraged a definition of all
production increases derived from
secondary recovery methods as
“new” oil, thereby allowing it to
be sold on a free market.
The A&M professor cited spe
cific instances where oil being
produced by artificial water
flooding and sold at “new” prices
would be made economically un
feasible under new regulations.
Oil produced by this method
would be redefined as “old” oil
if in January 1972 the well in
question produced more than 10
barrels a day by primary meth
ods, he said.
This oil would then sell at a
fixed price of roughly one half
the face market price, causing
a decline in production and mak
ing the shortage more severe.
“America cannot afford to lose
such oil,” he emphasized. “It
will be a national shame if all
the sacrifices the American peo
ple have made to save fuel are
wasted by government which is
too busy . finding scapegoats and
attempting to force further sacri
fices rather than seeking the real
solution of increased supply.”
Gramm is spending the week
in Washington working with U.S.
Rep. Olin Teague, D.-Tex., on
pending energy legislation. He
will participate in a round table
conference with the FEO Friday
as an advocate of the free enter
prise system and a free market
solution to the energy crisis.
WASHINGTON — The Agri
culture Department said the na
tion’s wheat supply, already
crimped by record exports, has
shriveled further and soon may
force President Nixon to suspend
import quotas so that U.S. b ikers
can get grain and flour from
Canada.
It said that wheat reserves may
be down to 182 million bushels by
next July 1, the lowest since
1947.
LONDON — Coal m®!
Yorkshire called for a Mi
strike that could cut bad
trical production enough ti I
British industry by spring
The miners are already;
ing to do overtime work,J
has brought power shortay;
reduced the work weekwj
days a week for manyfinm
The miners’ union is to
the call for a strike at a
in London Thursday.
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CAIRO — The Egyptian gov
ernment is telling the people it
accepted the agreement on mili
tary disengagement with Israel to
save lives and divert money to
economic development.
Daily newspapers carry the
message on the home front, while
President Anwar Sadat explains
the move in person to fellow Arab
leaders. Among development pro
jects in the offing is repair of the
Suez Canal and reconstruction of
cities along the waterway.
BEIRUT, Lebanon—F:
governments are seeking
deals with oil producing
to by-pass the major oi
panics that often have
final word on who getshmi
on the oil market.
The United States hasdij
aged separate govemmenk
ernment deals in favor o!
certed action by all indtuM
lions. But Japan, Franc!
Britain are negotiating ind*|
ently, offering arms, nm
and industrial projects.
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TEL AVIV — Israeli tali
troops began withdrawing
the west bank of the Sue
two days ahead of schedule
At the same time, the
state radio reported, Isnd]
milled Egyptian medical
through Israeli lines to en|
wounded soldiers trapped
city of Suez since the
Parr’s trial
delay okayed
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CORPUS CHRISTI WP> — The
trial of George Parr on charges
of tax evasion has been reset for
March 4 by U.S. District Court
Judge Owen Cox.
The trial was originally sched
uled to begin in Corpus next
Monday.
Parr’s lawyers asked for the
delay at a hearing Monday after
noon and Judge Cox granted the
motion in a court order Tuesday.
Parr is accused of evading taxes
for a total of $120,000 between
1966 and 1969.
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