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Soviets claims U.S. plotting
to build ‘Star Wars’ defense
United Press International
MOSCOW — The Soviet
nion charged Tuesday the
Reagan administration is hatch
ing a “truly sinister” plot to
:quip more than 100 F-15 jet
Fighters with anti-satellite weap
ons and deploy them as a large-
ale missile shield.
The Communist Party daily
ravda and the military news-
aper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red
Ptar) said the Pentagon plans to
convert the jet fighters to “Star
Wars” defense systems — in
creasing the danger of nuclear
war.
Both superpowers agreed
under the ABM treaty not to
deploy anti-ballistic missile sys
tems so neither side would be
encouraged to fire a first nu
clear strike in the belief the
other side could not retaliate.
Pravda called on the United
States to respond “in a business
like manner” to Soviet propo
sals last fall to ban all weapons,
both defensive and tactical,
from space.
The new weapon is a missile
carried under the F-15 and is
the first U.S. satellite “killer.”
The fighter streaks high in the
atmosphere and fires the mis
sile toward its target in outer
space.
The Defense Department
test-fired an unarmed version
in January and both Soviet
newspapers-complained the test
showed the United States was
not paying heed to the Soviet
proposal.
“Of a truly sinister character
are the plans for the creation by
1987 of more than 100 anti-sa
tellite systems,” Red Star said.
“Practically any F-15 aircraft
can be swiftly turned into an
anti-satellite weapon.”
The plan, the newspaper
said, would create a large-scale
anti-missile shield.
“In other words, that shield
will create an illusion of impu
nity and may very well incite the
aggressive forces of U.S. impe
rialism to reckless adventurist
actions,” Krasnaya Zvezda said.
Pravda urged the United
States to join the Soviet Union
in reaching an agreement “pro
hibiting the use of force both in
outer space and from outer
space against the earth.”
Needy can rent infant car seats
By HELEN DE LA ROSA
Reporter
h A safety seat can mean the
[difference between life and
death for an infant riding in a
car. But many needy families
I can’t afford to buy the seats, so
f the Brazos County Red Cross is
offering a program to help
; them out.
■ This month the Brazos
County Red Cross became the
|third Red Cross chapter in
Texas to start a program that
provides low-rent infant car
|seats to needy families.
The program, named Opera
tion K.I.S.S. — Keep Infants
Safely Seated — was approved
by the national American Red
Cross last year, said Emily Sti-
teler, local Red Cross director.
“Our target area is mothers
with infants on their laps,” she
said. “The mother is in the
child-crusher position. If an ac
cident occurs the child protects
the mother while being crushed
against the dash.
“A Bryan police officer told
me when we were initiating Op
eration K.I.S.S, Tf a mother has
a child on her lap, she might as
well tie it to the front bumper of
her car,’” Stiteler said.
Most needy families can’t af
ford to pay f30 to $60 for in
fant car seats, so their children
ride unrestrained, she said.
To begin Operation K.I.S.S.
in Brazos County, local physi
cians and businesses donated 10
car seats to the Red Cross. Sti
teler said all money made from
Operation K.I.S.S. will be used
to buy or repair seats for the
program.
Eligibility for the program is
determined on an individual
basis. To qualify, families must
have lived in Brazos County at
least six months and stay in the
county another six months, she
said.
The car seats can be rented
on a six-month basis, Stiteler
said. A deposit of $5 and rental
fee of 50 cents a month are re
quired. If the car seat is re
turned in good condition, the
Red Cross will return half of the
deposit. The seats also can be
rented for $2.50 a week.
Stiteler said financial assis
tance is available for families
who cannot pay the rental fee.
Iranian blockade would cause price
f oil to rise dramatically, experts say
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M HOUSTON — World oil
prices would increase dramati
cally if Iran follows through on
its threat to blockade the
i'aight of Hormuz, industry
Experts predicted Tuesday.
P However, a state department
official indicated the Reagan
Administration doubted Iran’s
(ability to carry out such a block-
Uitrys* 1 a de.
me "T f Debate about the effects of
executiosfclosing the straight of Hormuz,
an was It®through which 8 million barrels
0 Do Kip cruc ^ e °il flow daily from
Middle East oil producing
countries, was rekindled follow
ing Iran’s renewed threat to
jlockade the straight in retalia-
ion for any Iraqi strikes against
boil fields.
“If they (the Iranians) were
|ble to contain it for any period
of time, there would be an ef
fect. There would probably be a
shortfall of 3 to 3.5 million bar
rels a day,” said James A.
Iicke, deputy assistant secre-
ly of state for the bureau of
near Eastern and South Asian
affairs.
£ “But the question is could
they in fact block the straight
and how long could they con
tain it. I think there is a serious
allxlll Question on both counts of how
} iweffectively they could do that,”
ua^ 0 Jacks said.
ragifl? ^Blacke was one of several
ruth h guest speakers at a two-day con
ference on the outlook for
oil supply and prices,
, lc 0 nie^ptmsored by the New York
LetfflfPM Energy Bureau Inc.
1 | |; | “It is not in Iran’s interest to
:h ‘ llC i close the straight as long as it
Up”#
can continue to sell oil,” Placke
told the audience of oil experts.
When asked how the admin
istration might respond to a
blockade of the straight of Hor
muz, Placke said: “We’ve main
tained a substantial carrier task
force in the Indian Ocean and
that task force has the necessary
capability to do what the presi
dent has said we’ll do and that is
keep the straight open.”
R.S. Toohey, general man
ager of planning for Gulf Oil
Products Co. said industry ex
perts have said a disruption in
the flow of oil through the
straight of Hormuz would trig
ger an increase ranging from $8
to $100 a barrel.
to
“There have been studies on
this and they’ve got answers all
over the place. The Rand Corp.
predicts a $100 per barrel spot
price for the week following
something like this,” Toohey
said.
“Everyone seems to agree
that no matter what we do to re
place that production, if it stays
off for any period of time, we’re
going to be short 4 million bar
rels of day and that is enough to
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increase crude oil prices 1
$10 a barrel,” Toohey said.
Toohey said Gulf and other
major oil producers in the
United States have tried to pre
pare for any possible disrup
tions in foreign oil supplies.
“We’re seriously considering
it, but we need to stock more oil
... but we don’t have anywhere
to store it. We don’t have
enough storage,” Toohey said.
Toohey said oil suppliers in
the United States have about
one month’s supply of oil in re
serves.
However, if there is no dis
ruption in foreign oil supplies,
Toohey predicted world oil
prices will decline this year un
less there is an increase in de
mand for gasoline in the United
States.
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