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Wednesday, July 20,1977
University Daily Kansan
Pipeline flow shut off again
From Our Wire Services
ANCHORAGE — A piece of heavy concrete pipe that goes out to the check valve near the north end of the Tran. Alaska pipeline yesterday, closing the pipeline down less than 24 hours after it was installed.
Alveska Pipeline Service Co. reported that an undetermined but apparently small amount of crude oil sprayed into the air from the top of the damaged valve. One report said the spill was limited to 40 to 50 barrels.
Aleska said the accident, which occurred 23 miles south of Pump Station No.1 on the North Slope, happened while the valve was being backfilled.
An Alysse spokesman said automatic monitoring equipment immediately closed the pipeline and maintenance and oil spill crews rushed to the site. The spokesman said the damaged valve was expected to be opened in short hours and the oil flow would be resumed.
OIL BEGGING FLOWING MONDAY night for the first time since an explosion and fire in Pump Station No. 8 near Fairbanks bunks down the line 12 days ago.
The four-store building at the pump station, which housed a complex new facility for pumping oil from port city wales, was destroyed July 16 by explosion which killed one employee and injured five others. All that remains of the building is a jumble of scorched and melted debris.
Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus had given Alyske the go ahead to resume pumping on Monday afternoon, but he also said that the experts be present at each pump station.
He said he had required a definite chain of command to prevent the human malfunction which a preliminary report shows caused the explosion on July 8th.
"THOSE KEY QUALIFIED advisers will be on those shifts continuously for the next 60 days," Andrus said. "At the end of 60 days, you will be a re-evaluation of the evaluation."
Andrus said he had also required a review of written procedures and of training records to ensure all employees understood their jobs.
their jobs for hours after Andrus had given permission to resume pumping oil, it was
flowing through the pipeline again.
Before the latest break in the flow of oil, Alyksa officials said that the pipeline pump build meant that the pipeline would be able to move only 800,000 barrels a day. This is about two-thirds of the 1.2 million barrels it hoped to move daily through the pipeline.
The pipeline was opened June 20 at Alaska's North Slope and oil had been expected to reach Valdez 30 to 40 days later. The pipeline also allowed the oil to reach Valdez late this month.
THE OIL WAS TO have gone into storage tanks at Valdez, but an Alyeska source said that because of the delay, oil may be pumped directly into waiting tankers.
Andrus said a report by a surveillance team found that the July 8th explosion occurred because of human error and failure to follow established safety procedures—the same cause listed in a preliminary National Transportation Safety board report.
Investigators for the House Interior Committee yesterday also reported that pipeline workers had failed to follow procedures they had practiced for 10 weeks.
THE HOUSE INTERIOR Committee
The Alyske Pipeline Service Co. has prescribed detailed procedures to be followed when maintenance is conducted. For approximately 10 weeks, maintenance procedures are followed and practicing these procedures before the oil began flowing June 20, the report said.
The oil rushed through an unsecured batch into a pump building where the oil was released.
investigators the explosion was caused by allowing gel oil to go through a pumping unit.
Jaworski possible
However, notification was not made and other pipeline workers allowed oil to resume flowing through the unit under repair, the report said.
THE MANTENANCE PROCEDURES included written notification of the work to other workers and closing valves to keep oil from entering the unit under repair.
Special Korean prosecutor considered
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill asked former Watergate Prosecutor Leon Jaworski yesterday to serve as special counsel for the embattled Ninth Circuit in investigation of South Korean influencebuy-in, in Congress, a source said yesterday.
"The job is his if he wants it," the source said. "He's no. Ion the Speaker's list."
Sources said O'Nell telephoned Jaworski in Houston, where he now has a private law practice. Jaworski was not immediately available for comment, and the sources said they understood the matter to have been left unaddressed. They planned to talk again today, sources said.
O'Neill declined to identify any of the individuals, but he and committee chairman John Flynt Jr., DGa., promised that whoever got the job would have total independence to conduct an inquiry free from interference.
O'Neill told reporters earlier that he had talked to one of about six men of "national stature" who were under consideration to replace Philip Lacovara, who quit as special counsel Friday after a fight with the panel's chairman.
Jaworski was named special Watergate prosecutor Nov. 1, 1973, and succeeded him in October 1985. He earlier by former President Richard Nixon in the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre."
Cox, like Jaworski, was said to have been among those mentioned as possible choices to lead the Ethics Committee's inquiry. The committee, which included Sen Sam Erwin, D-N.C., who headed the
Senate Watergate Committee, Sam Dash, that committee's chief counsel, and John Doar, chief counsel for the House Judiciary Council in the Nixon impeachment proceedings.
But the sources said Jaworski was O'Neill's top choice and predicted that Jaworski would get the Ethics Committee's approval if he agreed to take the job.
"This new special counsel . . . will have total independence of conduct for the remainder of the investigation," Flynt said, "and we have every reason to believe he will be an individual who will be applauded by you and the American people."
Under an agreement reached at yesterday's meeting, Flynt said his committee would be asked to approve a resolution that would free freedom of action for Lawrenc's successor.
Earlier, O'Neill, under Republican pressure to take the investigation away from the Ethics Committee, said he would not recommend it as necessary if further problems developed.
"We're going to have a man of national stature, and you can be assured there will be no conflicts of personalities as has happened in the aid, referring to nepalava's resignation.
The remarks of O'Neill and Flynt were clearly intended to rebuilid credibility for the government.
Lacovara had accused Flynt of slowing efforts to determine whether South Korean government agents made payoffs to members of Congress in the 1970s in an effort to influence U.S. economic and military policy toward South Korea.
Timothy Glidden, staff director of the panel's subcommittee on investigations, said he had identified the persons responsible and would not make public their names.
acknowledged that he called the meeting "to go over the difficulty now facing the problem"
Earlier yesterday, Republicans challenged House Democratic leaders to investigate the investigation and to allow quick floor action on a bill providing for appointment of a special prosecutor, even though President Obama on Monday he thought that was unnecessary.
"This is indeed an emergency situation," House Minority leader John Rhodes, R-Ariz, in calling for a floor vote on a bill that would now be before the House Judiciary Committee.
The House Republican Policy Committee later voted unanimously to urge that Carter appoint a special prosecutor, and Rhodes said that he had asked O'Neill to name a Republican as the new Ethics Committee counsel as well.
"That would follow the analogy of the Watergate case in which Republican attorney generals appointed Democrats as special prosecutors." Rhodes said.
In a separate move, 14 junior House Republicans and three Democrats asked for the creation of a select committee to take over the Ethics Committee's Korean mission. They said the ethics panel "lost its symbol of credibility" when Lacovra resigned.
Some Republican congressmen suggested the Democratic leadership, and Carter, were refusing to name a special prosecutor because they feared a vigorous, independent inquiry could hurt their party as Watergate hurted the Republican Party.
Inmates escape in hail of gunfire
LANSING (AP)—Two Kansas State Pentientian inmates took a truck at knifepoint yesterday crashed through two buildings and were killed in a hail of gunfire from a tower guard.
THE TWO INMATES reportedly reported to Tonganole, near Lasing, and tied up Mrs. J. M. Neelbarger, wife of the publisher of the Times, to Mr. Schmidt, then stole Neelbarger's 1977 Thunderbird.
One of the escapers was identified by Kenneth Oliver, warden, as the convicted slayer of a Salina policeman. He said the officer should be considered extremely dangerous.
The men were identified as Roy E. Schult, serving a term of 10 years to life for first-degree murder and aggravated robbery. The Miller, serving a term of 10 to the year for theft.
OLIVER SAID that after gunfire from a guard tower had disabled the stolen truck about 150 yards from the prison, the two cars a car from a nearby service station.
The pair fled west from Leavenworth along Eisenhower Road, the dividing line between Leavenworth and Lansing, in the stolen car. The car was described as a tan Plymouth station wagon with Leavenworth County license plates.
SCHULTZ PLEADED GUILTY in October 1975 to the July 13, 1975, shooting death of Salina patrolman Jerry Ivey. Schultz had robbed a Dillon's food store in Salina and was chased from the scene by Ivey. The two engaged in a gun battle at the north end of Salina, and Ivey was fatally wounded. When Schultz was captured a short time later, he
A native of Springfield, II, Schulz also was convicted of armed robbery of two women in the 1960s.
pleaded guilty to robbery and murder charges.
OLIVER SAID yesterday's escape began when an inmate was backing a truck to a loading dock at an industrial area inside the prison. A correctional officer got out of the truck to guide the driver, and Schultz and Miller, brandishing a homemade knife, forced the door open.
Oliver said the two escapers then roared away in the truck, crashed through two heavy gates and a barricade of railroad rails set in the ground.
The truck then sped out the prison gate, with a tower guard fireing several rounds inside.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Menaham Begin, prime minister of Israel, presented a comprehensive Middle East peace plan to President Jimmy Carter yesterday. The
Peace plan calls for Israeli withdrawals
REPAIRS TO THE PUMP station will cost $3 million to $5 million and take six months to install.
Salt and water must be taken together to be beneficial. To drink just large quantities of water without salty snacks leads to water intoxication, according to the Institute's Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases in Bethesda, Md.
Keep cool-eat peanuts
plan calls for broad Israel withdrawals in Sinai and on the Golan Heights and establishment of a semiautonomous Arab civil administration on the west bank of the
Jesse said it helps to wear light-colored and loose clothing. She advises people even to dribble a little water on themselves to prevent skin irritation or out of doors during these scorching days.
NEW YORK (UPI)—Munch salty peanuts or pretzels and drink plenty of water to ward off collagen during the heat wave, says Andrea McGrath, a nutritionist at the National Heart and Lung Institute.
"Staying out of the sun is the best preventive," Jesse said, "but obviously many can't. Water and salt are lost through sweat and both must be replaced."
Shade breaks also were recommended for the outdoor jobs, both workers and part-time.
Tennis players must be sure to replace fluid and salt lost on sweating the courts. A loss of 10 pounds of water and salt in one match isn't uncommon.
If water and salt aren't put back into your body, the electrolyte balance is upset and can lead to poor health.
nausea and muscle spasms. There can also be danger to the heart, which is a muscle.
—Holding a hose over your head or sprinkle yourself to help cool down. As the water and sweat evaporate you will be cooled.
—Drink more than low calorie drinks. They don't contain sodium and won't replace salt lost through perspiration. Plain water and salty snacks are your best bet.
—Wear cotton clothing. Cotton clothing probably is more comfortable than synthetic.
"Persons with high blood pressure should stay out of the sun or wear a good sun hat," Jesse said. Those with heart disorders and diabetes should also avoid the sun, she said.
Eat lightly. A couple of light meals instead of one heavy one are better during the week.
-Avoid alcoholic drinks, they won't cool you off.
"This is kid stuff compared to what goes on during heat spells in Bomby," Jesse said. "And 20 to 25 years ago we went to school." Air conditioning by air-conditioning as we are now.
Jesse also advises using these tips to keep cool in the summer:
The Israeli plan also suggested reconvening the Geneva conference in the fall with subcommittees set up to deal with the dischargements on all three fronts, the sources said.
Jordan River, sources said.
Begin left the detailed proposal for Carter to consider after the leaders held their first meeting.
"Human beings can take it with a few precautions," she said. "Really they can."
There is no place in the Begin plan for the Palestine Liberation Organization to be responsible.
The investigators said the incident could have been avoided if pipeline workers had followed the required maintenance procedures. But they recommended that electronic sensors be installed to indicate when personnel when retains are being done.
Without divulging details of the document, Jody Polew, Carter's press secretary, said Begin had offered proposals that were similar to those of the majority of consideration by the Arab states.
One of the central points, according to the sources, is Israel's determination to retain an area of territory that was won from Jordan in the 1675 war and is inhabited by about 600,000
Andurus said he was reassured by Alyeska that steps would be taken to correct the fault.
Began planned to outline his approach, which has the unanimous backing of the management team.
However, the resident Arabs would have considered control of their day-to-day activities as a priority.
There was no immediate indication that the proposal would get Carter's support, let alone the endorsement of the Arab countries, which demands nationhood for its people.
On the other hand, Begin took a conciiliatory view toward the Sinai and the Golan Heights, where Israel would make substantial pullbacks under conditions that would provide security protection against Arab attacks.
Stress diseases affect women
LONDON (AP)—Young career women increasingly are falling victim to stress disease and developing facial and chest injuries, said Dr. drive, a British medical professor has said.
Ior Vills, an endocrinologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, has been researching hormonal changes in working women since 1963, seeing up to 40 women with the same condition. Disclosed some of his findings in the latest edition of a weekly magazine, Woman's Own.
Mills urged working females, especially
"to recognize their limits before it is too late."
He said the stress disease was widespread among women and was becoming more so
Mills said, "I think this is because young women take on more responsibilities, and they get married earlier when their personalities have not matured.
"When the brain's control of the hormone is disturbed, a woman often grows excess hair. But women with diabetes or women have women to share every day, and others start growing hair on their breasts and
Mills says in the magazine article that he did not know whether the body's chemical changes result in production of stresses in females working under stress.
A decrease, he says, can result in reduced sexual feelings and thinning hair.
Strain on the brain also is blamed for increasing male hormone production in females, resulting in aggression, infertility, infertility and insomnia, Mills says.
"If a woman signs of stress, such as lack of sleep, irritability or compulsion to work, she should curtail her hours and allow herself some more rest," Mills said.
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Pipeline owners request higher oil transport rates
HOUSTON (UPI)—Trans-Alaska pipeline owners, pleading that they could lose millions of dollars, yesterday asked a federal court to let them charge higher oil transport rates than the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) will allow.
The companies told a fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that the ICC acted illegally 28 when it suspended company plans to charge $6 a barrel and set inter-rates of about $5 a barrel without a full-scale hearing.
The ICC, along with the State of Alaska and 4,500 North Slope Skieswhos royalties to be affected, argued that the ICC should not be increased. The maximum and should not be increased.
Attorney Marvin Schwartz said that only BPPipeline Co—among Exxon, Sohio, Mobil, Arco, Union, Amerada-Hess and others, would receive credit for loss of $43 million in the interim period.
ICC ATTORNEY Charles White said the commission acted properly and entirely within its legal authority. He said the ICC accepted and used company data in rejecting the higher rates as "unreasonable" and in setting its own.
He also argued the court had no authority to void the ICC order since Congress granted full and exclusive rate-setting authority to the commission.
Attorneys for the State of Alaska and North Slope Eskimos opposed court intervention, saying that voiding the interim rate would cost them millions of dollars that they need now, not after a reparations proceeding.
STATE AND ESKMO royalties are the lowest weighted price, which is determined from final sale price that, in turn, is pegged to the world market price, now about $14 a
Avrum Gross, Alaska's attorney general, who estimated his state's annual royalty loss to be $250 million at the higher rate, said he would contend that they face a permanent loss.
"This is no loss," Gross said. "The tariffs finally approved will be substantially less than the interim rates. The risk to the companies is nil for the simple reason that their chance of obtaining higher rates is nonexistent."
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