Gas Supply Larger, Cost Stable at Local Stations
BY MIKE HOLLAND
Kansan Staff Renorter
By MIKE HOLLAND
Gas supplies to local area service stations have increased and the cost of fuel has stabilized, acceptance of these services is high.
"I get more gas than I can sell," said Jim Warren, manager of a downtown Mobile station, 900 Kennett.
"Before the oil embargo, the average cost of regular fuel was 37.9 cents a gallon. Warren said.
Warren said the increase in the cost of fuel had stabilized since the embargo was lifted, and that the increased fuel prices were a result.
"OUR GAS CONSUMPTION has gone down a little," Warren said. "Our prices are a little higher."
"We're getting all the gas we need, but we're having a hard time selling it all." Grace said. "We had no problem during the gas shortage, when we could sell a 4½ day allocation in only 4½ days. But back then, it was a panic situation. People would fill their cars up every three days."
Grace said he had the same hours now as he did before the gas shortage.
"I used to take a day off and catch up on the bookwork," Grace said. "When the婴带went into effect, I had a lot more time to work with. Instead of having a baby, I did more work in the service department," he said.
Grace said the gas shortage had a significant effect on his life.
"May and June were the first months I've been able to clear a profit," he said. "The manager of a service station usually clears from 8 per cent to 10 per cent, which includes costs for the parts he uses."
GENE LAWSON, manager of the Deep Rock station, 900 Illinois St., agreed that consumption would be lower.
"Through the average cost of gasoline will begin to stabilize," Lawson said. "The amount of consumption will not be as great as last summer. The reason is that people have generally become more conservative in how much gas they are willing to purchase."
Lawson said the cost-consciousness of the consumer and the slower speed limit would cause a
The gas shortage has had an advantageful effect on service stations by forcing them to become more efficient, according to Ron Horton, manager of Hillcrest Standard Service, 914 Iowa St.
"About the only good thing I can say the gas shortage has done for me was to teach me to teach to tighten my belt." Borton said. "When there was no fuel, there was no way I could generate profits."
"I had to figure out some way to maintain a profit, so I decided to cut down on maintenance costs. We usually have a big turnover on labor employees, and I decided not to rehire."
HORTON SAID the gas shortage offered him more time at home than at any time during the past year.
He said his station reflected a national trend, which showed a decrease in consumption this year.
"Consumption has been down a little, but the decrease is not that significant," he said. "We try to maintain our hours with the exception of Sunday." Compared to 1973, consumption this year in the months of January and February was down 17 per cent, Horton said. In the months of March, April and May, consumption was up 84%.
"We're playing catch-up with the rest of the economy," he said.
Buck Walters, manager of the Mobile Station, 900 Iowa St., said the consumption of gas this summer was "one of the highest in the year."
"I think that consumption has stayed the same," Walters said. "I don't believe that people are afraid to travel. They still have places to go, and they need gas to get there."
WALTERS SAID the cost of gasoline was around 16 cents a gallon more than last summer.
Don Gordon, who manages Don's 66, 2315 W. 6th,
said he believed prices would stabilize.
"It's hard to tell the cost of fuel w.r.i.e. or not," waiters said. "I've given up trying to second-guess the government. The price were down last Friday because of a rise in inflation, indication, the cost should decrease in the future."
"They'll have to come down or at least stabilize to continue consumption," Gordon said. "Our gas cost has increased about 16 cents a gallon over last year's price. Right now, we have more gas than we are able to sell. In order to sell the gas, people must be able to afford it."
Gordon said the decrease in consumption had cut his margin of profit.
Selling gasoline is no problem for Robert Gawenner, manager of Northside Champion, 903 N.
"We're getting the same amount of gasoline we did under the embargo, but now we are able to sell it."
Government said the embargo raised the cost of gasoline 19 cents from the previous year. The cost increased by 8% in two years.
"BFORE THE EMBARGO, we were running a gas war," Goswasser said. "When the gas shortage began, we had at 36 cents a gallon. Prices then increased to 55.1 cents a gallon. The past two months brought, consecutive decreases in prices, that we brought us back down to 45.0 cents a gallon."
Don Potter, manager of Potter's Southside 62,
23rd and Louisiana streets, said he believed
consumption had remained about the same as last
summer.
Potter said he was no longer subject to allocations of fuel.
'I can't tell if the present conditions will remain in effect,' Potter said. 'Right now, I can make more money because I cut the overhead costs. But I can't tell about the future.'
Forecast: Partly cloudy and hot. High in 90s, low in low 70s.
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TV Allowed at Impeachment Deliberations
Live radio and television coverage of House Judiciary Committee impeachment deliberations scheduled to begin tomorrow was approved yesterday by both the full House and the committee. The first 10 hours of the deliberations will consist of 15-minute statements by each of the 38 members of the committee. The next 20 hours will be spent amending and voting on proposed impeachments, the commercial television networks will rotate coverage of the deliberations.
Great Britain Starts New Economic Policy With the help of a $1.2 billion loan from oil-rich Iran, the British government be embarked on new economic policy to harness the country's soaring inflation and new energy sector by Exchequer Denis Healey, will include lower taxes and higher food subsidies
Nixon Plans Major Speech on Economy
President Nixon will make a "major address on the economy" Thursday afternoon before a gathering of businessmen at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles to discuss the economic crisis and take questions from the audience, which will include members of the press.
Cease-Fire Quiets Cyprus
Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The United Nations forces on Cyprus reported all was quiet last night on the embattled island six hours after a cease-fire officially went into effect.
But reports from the island said battles continued at least two hours after the ceasefire time, including a Turkish air attack on the eastern port of Farnausta.
There were these other developmentals:
—Britain arranged a conference with Thellene and Greece in an effort to bring them together.
The meeting the meeting will be held p. Grignault q. other leaders.
—U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim decided to double the U.N. peacekeeping force of about 2,300 men on the Mediterranean island and met with the eight nations supplying troops to discuss strengthening their contingents.
—In Brussels, foreign ministers of the nine European Common Market countries called on Turkey and Greece to observe the cease-fire and called for the re-establishment of constitutional order on November 9. The present military regime on Greece wasn't compatible with constitutional order. Greece and Turkey are associate members
of the Common Market and get aid from it.
Evacuation from Cyprus of thousands of foreigners, including about 300 American students.
- On Cyprus large numbers of soldiers and civilians were believed to have been killed.
begined with the invasion Saturday by Turkey. No official figures were available.
Waters of Turkish troops were coming into Cyprus all around Kyrenia on the northern coast, witnesses said. Many civilians, in addition to the soldiers, tourists, were stranded at Kyrenia hotels.
The turks said eight Greek vessels were
trying to land troops in western Cyprus. The capital was bombed by Turkish with fire.
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger told newsmen in Washington he expected the cease-fire to hold. Kissinger said the danger was Greece and Turkey had been overcome.
Ellsworth Racial Tensions Calmer
Officials Say Student Adjustments Lessen Hostilities
By JOHN CRICHTON
Kansan Staff Reporter
Ellsworth Hall, once plauged with racial tensions and considered by some residents as having a hostile atmosphere, has imputed inexpressible, University officials say.
"I'm very encouraged about Ellsworth," J. J. Wilson, University residence halls director, said recently. "There was a marked improvement this year."
Ellen Hanson, assistant to the dean of men, in 1971 also said she believed that the
"There was less hostility this year," she said.
atmosphere at Ellsworth had changed. She was once a resident director at Ellsworth and was attacked in 1971 by a guest of a student resident.
"What we had at the beginning, were people who came into an environment that was geared towards white middle class, "Everyone had to adjust to a changing situation" said. Now both groups have learned to accept the characteristics of each other."
Minority Counsel Urges Restraint
WASHINGTON (AP)—The House Judiciary Committee was told yesterday that even if it found President Nixon engaged in impeachable conduct it should consider whether it would be in the best interest of the nation to allow him to remain in office.
In an anti-impeachment brief and oral argument presented to the committee, minority counsel Sam Garrison said it was "not only proper but necessary for Congress, having concluded that an officer has engaged in conduct for which he could properly be impeached, then to step back to the situation more generally, to determine what is best interests of the country would be served by his removal or continuation in office."
Meanwhile, the House voted 346 to 40 to amend its rules to permit television and radio broadcasting of the debate, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow. The final decision was up to the committee, and the committee approved it 31 to 7. Votes on proposed articles of impeachment are expected to come early next week.
committees moved toward the start of debate on whether to recommend im-
The House vote came after committee chairman Peter W. Rodino Jr., D-N.J., assured the House the committee debate would be to finish and would not be interrupted by it.
Donald Alderson, dean of men, said Ellsworth posed challenges because of its brutality.
there will be another 20 hours' debate devoted to specific proposed articles of impeachment. During that period members will be able to offer amendments to any of the pending articles. Each member will give minutes to speak on an article or motion.
Garrison sought to counter the argument presented last week by John Doar, chief counsel of the impeachment inquiry, that the President's refusal to comply with committee subpoenas was undermining the ability of the House to conduct its inquiry and was threatening "the integrity of the impeachment process."
Garrison presented his argument as the
He said the committee lacked any independent evidence that the conversations or other materials subpoenaed involved the commission of a crime or other offense.
At the start, each of the 38 committee members will have 15 minutes to state his views.
"For this most fundamental reason the President's refusal to comply with the committee's subpoenas is itself grounds for impeachment," Dear argued.
Garrison argued that "an apparent noncompliance with an impeachment committee's subpoena is the beginning, not the end, of the question."
"What is not lacking is suspicion," he said. "To build a case upon inference based in turn upon a suspicion is inappropriate for this inquiry."
"This is a hall where we've done significant experimentation," he said.
Because of some problems people have stereotyped it, Alderson said.
Hanson agreed with Alderson. She said,
The reputation Elsworth has is vastly important.
ELLSWORTH, which housed 511 students last year, including 40 blacks, has 24-hour visitation, which administrators agree contributed to the problems.
"Visitation procedures have been made more stringent," Wilson said, "but this has been accepted by the residents as necessary."
In reference to a rape that occurred at Elsworth in April, Hanson said, "We had a hard time convincing people that if they're not in the room they're not on the visitation, then they have to take the
responsibility of locking their doors and doing the other necessary security
Hanson also said the rage incident last week was connected with past incidents at Eldworth.
Alderson said the rape was a sad incident, not only because of the individual involved but also because "the whole hall has to bare the brunt of that occurrence."
He said "the security of Elsworth will be of prime importance to this office in the city."
Fred McElhenie, associate dean of men, said Ellsworth didn't have a bad image to those who were closely connected with it. He said more students had applied to live there for next year than had at this time last year.
A CHANGE in students' attitudes was used to mark improvements' at Eldworth.
Hanson said students had been devoting more attention to school than in recent
McEhennie said Ellsworth was not a problem hall.
Wilson said that an indicator of change to him was that there had been less vandalism at Elsworth when recent years and the hall before school closed, to clean up the hall before school closed.
Although problems have occurred in the past, Wilson said. "I do believe that it is worth continuing."
St. Clair Won't Reveal Nixon Court Decision
St. Clair carefully and cautiously took on a wide range of inquiries when he carried Nixon's impeachment defense to the nation, in a 30-minute televised and broadcast address that lasted nearly hours before the House Judiciary Committee is to begin public impeachment debates.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP)—President Nikon's lawyer James St. Clare refused repeatedly yesterday to say whether the President would obey an adverse ruling of the Supreme Court on Watergate-related tape recordings.
Reporter asked about 10 questions, in a variety of ways, on whether Nixon would obey the Supreme Court if it ruled that he must turn over tapes of 64 White House conversations to the prosecution for forthcoming Watergate cover-up trials.
St. Clair, taking a bargeage of questions in a crowded news conference, finally said the President could not make a decision about whether he should allow the opinion and consult his counsel.
The high court is also considering whether the Watergate grand jury had the right to name Nixon as an unindicted co-conspirator in the alleged cover-up.
"No matter how the question is put," said the President's lawyer, "I feel it quite inappropriate to put the Supreme Court under any pressure from me regarding their decision, and I'm not going to discuss it . . ."
St. Clair said it would be "highly improper" and "inappropriate" for him to discuss a case pending before the high court in connection with the case, his view as to what the decision ought to be.
He did give assurance, however, that Nixon would not plead the Fifth Amendment if the court decided he should give up the tapes.
As the reporters persisted, St. Clair persisted, too.
Asked if it was his view that it would be an impeachable offense for the President not to abide by a Supreme Court ruling, St. Clair said:
"I hate to keep trying not to answer this question. I will say this: An impachable offense must constitute a major or serious crime. I don't think the American people will accept anything else as a basis for removing a president."
Dog Days
Two dogs found a way to beat the current heat wave on campus. They picked out a building to stay in.
Kansas Photo by DON BOOTH
both shade and cool water. The water came from a leaf in the waterline used to spray