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I I I ••MM^nMHHBHi Stir-gazing The Mountain £ Valley Athletic Conference enjoyed one of its most exciting basketball seasons in years with a host of individuals con- tributing outstanding performances. The Press-Republican today takes an in-depth look at the stars who made it happen on Page 16. Vol.84— No. 180 Press-Republican The Hometown Newspaper of JJ| Clinton, Essex Franklin Counties Pittsburgh, N.Y., 12901, Wednesday'AAorning, March 21,1979 Springy Suggested Price: 20c 32 Pages Republican Carter loan Spring training Practice began early for Barkey, a two-year-old golden retriever, who was given a workout by his master, Den- nis Mason of Peru, at AuSable Point Campsite Tuesday Laid to rest at 12:22 a.m. afternoon. Today is the first official day of spring with the forecast calling fer sunny weather and tem- peratures near 50, (P-R staff photos by Steve Frazier) WASHINGTON (UPI) — Attorney General Griffin Bell Tuesday nam- ed Republican lawyer Paul Curran as \special counsel\ in charge of in- vestigating the Carter peanut business — but with less freedom than a Watergate-style \special prosecutor.\ Bell stopped short of naming tne _totally_ independent prosecutor epublicans had wanted to probe the multimillion dollar loans the Carter family enterprise, then run by Billy Carter with Jimmy as ma- jority stockholder, got from Bert Lance's National Bank of Georgia in 1975.1976 and 1977. He reserved the right for Assistant Attorney General Philip Heyminn to reverse any \unconscionable\ decisions Curran might make to seek indictments or grant immunity to witnesses. The Watergate special prosecutors ha<L Irter rein and, when Archibald Cox refused to obey orders not to subpoena White House tapes, President Richard Nixon had no recourse but to fire him in the \Saturday Night Massacre\ of 1073. Both Heymann and Curran, 46, former Republican assemblyman and U.S. attorney in New York State, played down any potential for conflict and expressed satisfaction at the arrangement* \— Poul Curran At a news conference, Curran said Bell had given him \all of the powers that I need to conduct this inquiry thoroughly and expeditious- ly. I'm satisfied that should Mr. Heymann and I have an ultimate disagreement, there are ultimate safeguards as well.\ He said he'll begin full-time work on the probe next week. inter of '78,Test in United Press International Americans breathed \good riddance\ to a late, unlamented visitor. After overstaying its welcome almost beyond the point of human endurance, the brutal winter of 1978-79 expired, at least ac- cording to the calendar, at 12:22 a.m. EST Wednesday. It was the third in a string of icy, snow- laden, merciless winters — and the worst in the lot. Its legacy was hundreds of dead in its bliz- zard drifts, icy floods and record cold, to name only a few wintry villains. Also: hundreds of millions of dollars, pro- bably billions, lost by states, cities, businesses, farmers and individuals; the threat of devastating floods when spring's warmth and rains finally mek the snows; a mass winter weariness much akin to a na- tional hangover. What happened this winter was fairly sim- ple. It just got cold, very cold, from coast to coast. Winter is supposed to be cold. But weathermen have to go back to itlO to-find record of such a continental freeze. And then, the snow. Only two states, Florida and Louisiana, did not have snow on the ground this month. December set the record for snow^cover, February was second worst and January third. The snow even put the most monolithic of the country's political machines on the skids. Mayor Michael A. Bilandic's troubles in dealing with Chicago's second worst snow storm on record — a 20.3-inch blast Jan. 13-14 —led directly to his stunning upset by gadfly maverick Jane Byrne in last month's Democratic primary. Mrs. Byrne is a 7-to-l bet to be elected Chicago's mayor April 3. Another snowstorm on~Washington TbtrUT- day shut down Washington, New York and much of the rest of the Eastern Seaboard. Out on the windy stretches of the Great Plains and Midwest, towns, farmers and ran- chers were marooned by stums and cattle crashed through ice and stood helpless in their struggle to reach food. The West and Southwest were afflicted by ice stormy floods and snows in places as unlikely as Palm Springs, Calif. There were fears that damage to livestock would be so great prices would zoom even faster than they are at the meat markets. Agriculture Department analysts said this did not appear to be the case. \It's really not a disaster,\ one said. Dr. Edward C. Horsley of Worland, Wyo., is a veteran of tough winters in a country which measures intolerable weather by the blasts of 1949. . After more than 70 days without running water (his lines froze January 2), he said, 'I went through the winter of '49 that everyone talks about. That's a joke. \I've got a well that gave me water to flush the toilet and shower. It's a pain in the neck, I can tell you that.\ At last, despite the fears and forebodings of many, spring did come. It came to Chicago two days early, on Sun- day, when the temperature got into the high fiftg Tpnc itf fhnncfinHfi rjami* QUJ of their winter hiding places and headed for the parks, the lake shore, or just their neighbors'. As the snow banks slowly rotted, the debris of winter was revealed — beer cans, pop cans, empty pints of whiskey, milk cartons, so- meone's forgotten overshoe, another's glove, the calling cards of every dog on the block. Iran sees new oil prices in line with OPEC United Pros International The new Iranian government announced Tuesday it will declare a new price for its crude oil at the OPEC meeting in Geneva next week and keep its pricing policy in line with other members of the oil cartel. Meanwhile, in Washington House Speaker Thomas \Tip\ O'Netll said President Carter will unveil a new energy plan March 21 to curb U.S. energy consumption and inflation in the aftermath of the Iranian oil shutdown. The president, who will confer wtth Congressional leaders before frn^Hyfrpg frig pl#n, may cali for decontrol of domestic crude oil prices. Supporters of decontrol maintain it would boost US oil production aad reduce the nation's dependence OQ foreign oil import*, which have ilated in price stace the Iraaiao oeatzd a tight world oil Iran reopened its oil taps after a production. Iranian crude has been selling on the spot market for bet- ween $18 and $30 a barrel — far above the official OPEC price of HIM a barrel. But Hassah Nazih. head of the Na- tional Iranian Oil Co., told the Iraqi news agency that Iran's new oil- pricing policy will be in agreement with other members of the Organization of Petroleum»Expor- ting Countries. Many observers expect OPEC at its conference next Monday to for- mally adopt the $1.20-abarrel sur- charge already imposed by several members and then stick to its original M.5 percent staggered price boost for 1171. A $1.20 increase wouW push the Good morning! InsidcMtoday . .. Business Newi 9 Ckatsified »-23 Comics ]} Date Calendar Deaths. Public Record 8 Editorial Con meotary 4 Entertainment 18 Family Life i_: Speak Out U Sports Today 1S~\:.U Weather Scope 12 The Press-Repubiican tips its nafto area newsmakers. PageS Indiana Purdue to meet in SIT final tocught. Page 15 Indians State Sure tabbed to go to NCAA price of OPEC crude to slightly under $16 a barrel next fall when the cartel's fourth and final price rise for the year takes effect. In an interview monitored in Baghdad. Nazih said the new Iranian oil price — which he did not disclose — would be implemented \in a way that guarantees the in- terestsof the Iranian people.\ Nazih also said Iran's current oil production is about 2.8 million bar- rels a day and will be increased to reflect the nation s financial needs Iran, which accounted for 10 percent of US. oil imports under the HiUn regime, produced abour f 5 miibon barrels a day before the shutdown in December But John Lichtblau president of Petroleum Industry Research Associates in New York, said Iran may have a surplus of oil at this point despite reduced production because foreign oil companies have been discoorafed by the new high price for crude Carter pull rank ? '— The main question about the Carter family warehouse is whether it played a shell-game-with its peanuts to secure millions of dollars in loans. Scrutiny of the financial transactions between the Carter enterprise and Bert Lance's National Bank of Georgia was placed Tuesday under the control of a federally appointed \special counsel/' New York attorney Paul J. Curran. Allegations include the charge that the warehouse's account with the bank was often overdrawn during a 1977 drought period — the implication being the bank played favorites in allowing these overdrafts to continue. But the central question is whether there were enough peanuts in the warehouse to provide sufficient collateral for a multi-million dollar line of credit it got from the bank starting in 1975, when the bank was run by Lance, President Carter's close personal friend and later his federal budget director. There have been reports the same peanuts were used as collateral for more than one loan. —-- The bank's officials would not comment on the case. But Andy Anderson, a spokesman for Gold Kist, the managment firm that is running the warehouse in trust for the Carters, said multiple use of the peanuts as collateral could be nothing more than a normal, legal way of doing business in the world of commodity tradxng^wfcere the value of products increases as they move along the processing chain. Saying nfany small peanutshelling firms in the South function this way. Anderson explained that, during the course of business, a single batch of peanuts could be used as collateral for as many as three different loans: First, he said, as collateral in the form of raw peanuts; then again after shelling, which increases their value; and again after final sale, when the sale invoice may be used as further loan collateral. We deliver — soonec or later MARYVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) - D.W Profitt wiU likely be wary of mail-in film processing offers in the future. In 1936. Profitt. then the owner of a small depart- ment store, shot pictures of a funeral and sent the film to Eastman Kodak Co. for processing i nts week tie got tne itifxi back. Profitt. who now owns several stores, says he\ didn't even remember losing the darn thine \ Kodak s offices in Rochester. N Y . mailed Pro- fitt a letter last mouth that said they had just . received the film — mailed in Tennessee — from theOxnard. Calif.. p6st office Profitt mailed the package with a one-cent stamp I haven't the slightest idea of where it s been or what happened. ' Profitt said Neither did the Ox- ^XTti ^OSTt IHTTTJ v. c Sometimes we k»e mail in the trucks but we didn : even have trucks back then, sajd A: Gonz-aiez customer service representative for the post office My gosh that's before I was born he added Profitt sanj the 41-year-oid film \is m pretty food shape despite its travels He said he viewed the i Ail are now deceased
