Page 8 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1979
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Krueger new head
of Mexican affairs
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Former Texas
congressman Robert Krueger Tues
day became the first U.S. official to
be in charge of administering and
coordinating all aspects of relations
between Mexico and the United
States.
Krueger was sworn in by Under
secretary of State Ben Read as coor
dinator for Mexican-American
Affairs, a new post created by Presi
dent Carter following his trip to
Mexico City earlier this year.
U.S. relations with Mexico—cen
tering almost exclusively on bilateral
trade and cross-border issues such as
illegal immigration and control of
water supplies — have become more
significant since the discovery of
huge oil and natural gas fields in
Mexico.
Krueger, a former dean at Duke
University, served in Congress from
1975 until his unsuccessful race
against Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, in
1978. Krueger is a native of New
Braunfels.
Carter has met three times with
Mexican President Jose Lopez Por
tillo since taking office in January
1977. In fact, Lopez Portillo was the
first foreign dignitary to visit the
Carter White House in February
1977.
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‘Kick ’em Jenny’
may become island
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WASHINGTON — An active submarine volcano known as Kick ’em
Jenny is growing steadily in the Caribbean north of Grenada, and two
geologists say it could emerge as a new island by the end of the
century.
Kick ’em Jenny — the origin of its name is a mystery — was
discovered when a black column of volcanic ash and steam burst
through the tranquil waters of a sailboat route to the spice island in
1939.
A deep sea survey in 1962 showed that the top of the submerged
volcanic mountain was 750 feet below sea level. By April 1978, the
peak’s crater was only 525 feet down.
“The present evidence indicates a mean growth rate of 15 feet per
year, which could result in Kick ‘em Jenny’s emergence as a new
volcanic island in about 2000,” reported Haraldur Sigurdsson of the
University of Rhode Island and Stephen Sparks of Cambridge Univer
sity.
They reported that the undersea volcano is known to have erupted
eight times since 1939. They said the likelihood of another eruption
within several months is very high.
“Volcanic eruptions will become more violent and affect a wider area
as they occur in ever shallower water,” the researchers said.
They suggested it might be wise for sailors to steer clear of Kick ’em
Jenny and avoid the fate of the Japanese oceanographic vessel Kaiyo-
maru, which disappeared with a crew of 29 when a submarine volcano
erupted 230 miles south of Tokyo in 1952.
They said if the volcano emerges from the sea as expected within a
few decades, it will probably resemble its 1,000-year-old sister, the
extinct volcano of Isle de Caille, a barren uninhabited island 4 miles to
the east.
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DOE accuses refiners
ricing violations
of p
' United Press International
WASHINGTON — Nine of the
nation’s 15 largest oil refiners have
been cited for nearly $1.2 billion in
alleged pricing violations between
August 1973 and December 1976,
the Energy Department announced
Tuesday.
This raised to $6.4 billion the
amount involved in citations against
the 35 largest oil firms in the agen
cy’s continuing audit.
Mobil, accused of $274.6 million
in pricing violations, led the new list,
followed by Shell with $211.6 mil
lion, Sohio with $179 million and
Sun with $129.7 million.
Chevron was cited for $117 mil
lion, Gulf $80 million, Amerada
Hess $88 million, Conoco $46 mil
lion and Arco $58 million.
“We believe we are in full com
pliance with DOE regulations and
Mobil is confident it will be fully
vindicated by DOE’s administrative
review or, if necessary, in the
courts,” said Mobil spokesman John
Flint.
Shell’s C.A. Seibert denied the
violations, and said the company will
seek to vindicate itself in court.
Sohio’s Charles King accused the
agency of “political expediency, ” but
conceded $3 million of the citation
might be due to a Sohio mathematic
al error.
Paul Bloom, Energy Department
•rgy
special counsel, said the citations
represented “potential over
charges,” since they involved
accounting discrepancies in refinery
operating costs the companies can
pass to customers for such things as
overhead, labor, taxes, interest,
maintenance and depreciation.
Bloom, who already has wrested
$370 million of the $6.4 billion total
from the oil firms in consent orders,
said he expects most of the new cita
tions to be contested.
“They are the commencement of
what could be a long, contentious
civil dispute between the companies
and the agency,” he said. “The com
panies have the means and the will to
contest these charges.”
If the agency makes its citations
stick, he said, restitution will be
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otherwise show up in the f-jward Hiort
petroleum products.
Bloom’s audit of the IhliUfs annual
companies is slated for compiBrarned th
before the end of the year, jvely full pr<
Carl Corallo, Bloom’s aide.^pj does not
the latest violations stem ffoiii will be wel
crediting themselves with to pro
of "non-product costs” thatc£^ uc ts in th
timately be passed on to custcfle said pro<
He defined non-product t'fue to incres
just about everything in the rqces will hav
process except the cost of cruibearable sq
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document to our auditors tk\ n increasi
costs booked actually occurred mnd the w
Bloom. He said the citations|b1 livesto
first step in a long legal processjlse grain ai
thus do not imply wrongdoinglfijort foreca
firms. ftl feeds
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"lost a single dollar" in litigatioi
the companies over such alij
violations, Shell’s Seibert sail
company has won four of tkl
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Railroad sale debated
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United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Govern
ment and business representatives
Tuesday continued to submit stacks
of written testimony and hours of
oral arguments on the pros and cons
of selling a Midwest stretch of Rock
Island Railroad line to another com
pany.
Most of the testimony reflected
the same themes entered Monday.
Supporters of Southern Pacific sub
sidiary’s purchase plan pleaded agri
cultural interests. Opponents
argued financial damage to other rail
lines and local economies.
Earlier, an Interstate Commerce
Commission official indicated the
final phase of two months of hearings
to determine the fate of the bankrupt
Rock Island Railroad will be con
ducted in Washington sometime af-
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souri to conduct two days
hearings to discuss the pros anil
of Southern Pacific’s proposalt
quire Rock Island’s lines (mil
Mississippi River to Santa ij
N.M. — said a final decision
ably would not be reached
shortly before Christmas.
Further hearings will be—.,
ducted next week in Los AngelesF 1 " s h a rii
Washington. M lers in 1
Offered in Tuesday’s test® even
was a letter to Kansas Gov. JoklSI our re ^ e
lin from F.J. Wright, a traffico®g rt sait ^
for the Utchistm, Topeka and!§" nue *?..
Fe Railway Co. Wright wgP oes . ^
October that if Rock Island
abandon its line west of Herinjt secun
Kan., Santa Fe would provide^ es an ‘, ' IU
portation for rail shippers
Another opponent of the fc
L. K. Herman of the Fry?
Cooperative Association in 7
Kan., said in a statement thepj()\J ff
ase would cause a delay in£p ^
movement.
Rail traffic congestion at mRCI/ifi
City and Topeka frequently cf|
shipping, Herman said. The -f/%
tion of Cotton Belt’s line of tfV 111/1
through Topeka and Kansas Cim
Union Pacific’s main line and t: United
pound the congestion. ST0CKHC
Kansas Corporation Commisitalded as
member Jane Roy rejected ccs'lh food, als
tions that other rail companies arld’s spiral
be hurt competitively by the A research
osed takeover. lad Univei
Kansas Rep. James Lowtbeiw — and
Emporia, wrote he opposed thrtttrol pill ba
chase because it threatened to'itole estrad;
Santa Fe railroad’s business anti&ns
result, cut employment and rails Prof. Birge
vice in the Emporia area. dicates the
Lowther, a banker, said Santilise the typi
pays a significant share of Lwtions tha
County property taxes and prowh synthet
600 jobs in the area. Mard ora
Other opponents said the tid the syni
Louis Southwestern Railway fe with bio
(Cotton Belt) — a subsidian jease the r
Southern Pacific — would daiiood clots,
local economies and other railroi Astedt said
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