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Temple calls for action
to halt rise in oil imports
Associated Press
HOUSTON — The United States
is depending more and more on im
ports of refined petroleum prod
ucts, a situation that “threatens our
national security and our economic
well-being,” Texas Railroad Com
missioner Buddy Temple said Tues
day.
“This is An alarming trend,”
Temple said, speaking to mortgage
bankers and real estate developers At
a program sponsored by Commerce
Title Co. of Houston. “In 1984
alone, according to the Department
of Energy, product imports jumped
15 percent over 1983 levels, to some
2 million barrels a day. By 1990, if
this trend continues, product im
ports would rise by another 24 per
cent, to nearly 2.5 million bArrels a
day.
“In the near future, product im
ports are forecast to take an even
greater share of the U.S. market,
further deepening our vulnerability
to foreign suppliers and eroding our
domestic refining industry.”
Temple proposed to halt the
trend by backing a boost in the im
port tax on refined products or by
reimposing quotas on the products.
“Both of these measures would
encourage domestic exploration,
production and refining, and in so
doing would create jobs for Ameri
cans, he said. In addition, he said,
they would trim the energy trade
deficit and put the burden of the im
port fee on the OPEC nations.
Temple is chairman of the three-
member Texas Railroad Commis
sion, which regulates the oil and gAs
industry in Texas.
Chief among the imports are gas
oline, diesel fuel and home heating
oil, he said, with gasoline imports in
1984 up more than 30 percent from
the previous year and home heating
oil and diesel engine fuel imports
rising 62 percent in the same period.
And, he added, the growth is not
likely to abate as six new refineries
come on line in the next three years
in the Middle East and North Africa.
“These refineries, often subsi
dized by their governments, will add
some 1.1 million barrels per day of
petroleum product to world mAr-
kets,” he said.
“Market forces and surplus refin
ery capacity, together with competi
tion from cheaper foreign products,
have put refineries in recent years in
a serious plight. Refining capacity is
down along the Texas Gulf Coast
and some operations hAve shut.
“In all, it’s a bleak picture.”
Temple blamed the boost in im
ports on the strength of the U.S. dol
lar abroad, foreign government in
vestment in their own refineries, and
strict import limitations in countries
other than the United States.
Child-sex ring
Initial probe full of errors, no new charges
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. — No new
criminal charges will be filed in the
case of an alleged child-sex ring be
cause investigators who handled the
original probe made too many er
rors.
“The credibility problems re
sulted from the initial handling of
these cases by Scott County authori
ties, including repeated questions, a
lack of investigative reports and
cross-germination of allegations,”
said Minnesota Attorney General
Hubert H. Humphrey III said Tues
day.
The 14-month investigation by
county, state and federal agencies
scandalized the small town of Jor
dan, southwest of Minneapolis-St.
Paul, drawing national attention last
year.
Convicted child molester James
Rud pleaded guilty to charges of
criminal sexual conduct, a couple
was Acquitted and charges against 22
other defendants were dropped.
Humphrey said it is known some
children in Scott County were sex
ually abused, as Rud and two juve
niles have admitted.
Some children maintain they have
been abused by other adults, Hum
phrey said, but “in the circumstances
of these cases, the belief that a child
is telling the truth, by itself, cannot
support a criminal conviction or es
tablish proof beyond a reasonable
doubt.
“The manner in which the Scott
County cases were handled has re
sulted in it being impossible to deter
mine, in some instances, whether
sexual abuse actually occurred, and
if it did, who may have done these
acts,” he added.
The Minneapolis Star and Tri
bune on Tuesday quoted an uniden
tified source in the criminal justice
system as saying the state had
enough evidence to recharge five or
six people. The problem, sources
told the newspaper, was that the
child witnesses nad been interviewed
by investigators so many times they
probably no longer could provide
reliable testimony.
Eleven of the 27 children kept out
of their homes as a result of sekual
abuse charges have been allowed by
family court judges to rejoin their
parents since Humphrey took over
the investigation. Eight more are ex
pected to return home by the end of
February.
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funding methods
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Mr. Whipple isn’t
squeezing the Charmin on “The
Jewel in the Crown” and Mr. Rogers
isn’t singing the praises of the cotton
in his sweater. But public TV has
been uncovering new money sources
since funding has been cut by the
Reagan administration.
“People who work in public TV
and raise money have been trying an
awful lot of things for a long time,
but anytime your back is against the
wall, you work even harder,” said
Michael Soper, PBS’ vice president
for development.
During an experimental phase in
the early 1980s that provoked much
internal debate over commercialism,
New York’s public TV outlet,
WNET, showed an American Ex
press credit card with the catch
phrase: “Don’t leave home without
it.”
Lance Ozier, PBS’ vice president
for program administration and de
velopment, said that wouldn’t be
done these days, although new PBS
guidelines do allow broadcasts to cite
specific products and brand names.
In April, eight General Foods
brands, including Oscar Mayer Ba
con and Cool Whip Topping, will
underwrite a new PBS series, “The
Sporting Life,” and spearhead a cou
pon-clipping drive.
President Reagan’s first budget,
for fiscal year 1982, cut PBS’ fund
ing from $200 million to $137 mil
lion. Last year, Reagan vetoed two
bills that would have authorized
higher spending ceilings, calling
them “excessive.”
Since then, bipartisan congressio
nal maneuvering has restored some
of those cuts, and Reagan's pro
posed budget, introduced last week,
calls for $150.5 million for PBS in
fiscal year 1985, $159.5 million in
1986 and $186 million in 1987.
The cuts forced public television
to find new financial outlets. Besides
the liberalized rules on commercial
underwriting, Soper said PBS sta
tions are strengthening their
relationship with members. One ap
proach is using studios as lecture
nails.
On May 11, Gerard Njerenberg,
whose lectures and writings on the
art of negotiating have been used by
hundreds of companies and the
State Department, is scheduled to
conduct a closed-circuit seminar at
WNET that will be linked by satellite
to studio audiences at other PBS sta
tions around the country.
Stations will benefit by charging
Nierenberg for production costs ana
keeping 40 percent of the gross,
paia by those attending the seminar,
said Diane Tryneski, WNET’s direc
tor of video conferencing.
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