The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 055, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 4, 1983 Page: 4 of 18
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WASHINGTON (NEA) - A growth Is far below the five-fold
--“energy crisis” is likely to Increase once predicted, it never-
the less will supplant a substan-
tial amount of oil usage.
Oil consumption per unit of
gross national product has declin-
ed by one-third In recent years,
Edward R. Fried, a senior fellow
at the Brookings Institution told
the Cato Institute seminar.
In addition, an increasing
amount of oil being used
throughout the world is coming
from sources other than Saudi
Arabia and Its fellow members
of the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries.
Production from oil fields in the
North Sea between Great Britian
and Norway, Alaska’s North
Slope and Mexico accounts for a
decline of about 15 percent in
OPEC supply. In recent months,
Mexico has quietly replaced
Saudi Arabia as the leading ex-
porter of crude oil to the United
States.
As a result of those increased
sources of energy supply and
slackened demand, “The outlook
(for the United States and other
net importers of oil) is clearly
much, much better than it ap-
peared only a few years ago,”
says Fried.
“But the vulnerabilities
(should) increase a good deal,”
producing "a relatively tight
market” by the end of this decade
because of projected worldwide
economic growth, he adds.
But even assuming an
economic growth rate averaging
3 to 3*4 percent annually,
worldwide oil demand in 1990 pro-
bably will be no grater than it was
in 1980 — and in the immediate
future will be significantly below
that level.
“The accepted wisdom that the
price of oil would continue to dou-
ble every two years” has been
abandoned, notes Singer. Instead,
“there could be unanticipated,
unexpected price collapses”
global recession, substantial in- leading to economic, social and
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develop within the next few years
highly improbably locale —
i Arabia, the Middle East’s
leading petroleum producer.
Unlike the industrialized na-
tions of the world, the Saudis have
no concern about obtaining an
adequate supply of crude oil at an
acceptable cost — but they must
deal with the consequences of
declining demand and weak
prices for their principal export.
Saudi Arabia’s petroleum pro-
duction peaked in late 1980 and
early 1981, when it was exporting
more than 10 million barrels of
crude oil daily at a price of about
$34 per barrel.
In recent months, however, pro-
duction has averaged less than 5
million barrels daily and the price
has fluctuated 10 to 20 percent
below the 1980-81 peak. Moreover,
most experts predict additional
declines in global prices and con-
sumption during the mid-1980s.
“The Saudies are in a very dif-
ficult position,” says Dr. S. Fred
Singer. ‘1f they make a mistake
and misjudge, we could have a
general price collapse,” possibly
to a level as low as $10 per barrel
for relatively short periods
. Singer,~a senior fellovw^tjhe
WASHINGTON -£ In the l^^ , weapon. to'Wiisop at jrosprawling HerH^ge T’bimdatfbh, was the
Him cT^cT^dreign Correspon- estate in Upperville, Va., he principal speaker at a seminar
dent,” an assassin posing as a couldn’t wait to test it. He in- held here recently by the Cato In-
.... , news photographer trains his structed the associate, the inven- stitute, a libmarian-oriented
With 1,120 regular cases, writs Or related petitions, and camera on a world statesman, tor and another aide to climb into “think tank” and research
applications for writs Of error filed during 1981, compared trips the flash, and simultaneous- his Cadillac, and the gang of four organization,
to 1,110 in 1980. ly Ores a fatal bullet. careened across rocks and ruts to Ail oil exporting nations will be
The Supreme Court is the highest state court for civil The fictional scene could hap- a remote corner of the farm. “I adversely affected by declining
aDDeals and makes rules for civil nrnrerinre in state at any moment to real life, thought he was crazy, said the consumption and prices, but the
appeals ana makes rules tor civil procedure in State with only one small change in the associate. impact is expected to be greatest
courts. It IS made up Of a chief justice and eight justices. script: The bullet would be fired The camera gun “worked like a ir. Saudi Arabia because it has
The Court of Criminal Appeals, the highest state court right through the camera lens. charm,” the asspciate said, and become the world’s "residual
for criminal appeals, had fewer new case filings in 1981 — There could be upwards of 300 Wilson “though it was great." But producer” of oil, adjusting its out-
2 275 compared to 3 072 in 1980 The filing decrease of these “assassination” cameras Wilson didn’t want to risk carry- put to compensate for other coun-
resultad dirertlv from the constitutional amendment ef- currently in the hands of ler- ing it to Qaddafi on his person, so tries fluctuating supply and de-
resuitea airecuy trom tne constitutional amendment, et rorists around the world _ he inveigied the inventor into mand.
fective Sept. 1, 1981, which gave intermediate jurisdiction COurtesy of Libyan dictator toting it. A telex copy of the ticket The unexpectedly “soft" world
over most felony and serious misdemeanor criminal ap- Muammar Qaddafi and his purchase shqws that the two took market is attributable to a
peals to the 14 appeals courts. “ erstwhile supplier, ex-CIA agent the same flight to Libya on May number of causes, including a
Total appeals to the 14 appellate courts, formerly civil Edwin Wilson. Each of the 21,1978.
diabolical devices is capable of Wilson quickly wired the crease in energy conservation political tension in Saudi Arabia,
firing two .22 caliber bullets associate that the camera-gun and efficiency and a. continuing The consequences of those
through the lens with deadly ac- was a big hit and ordered him to trend toward a “backout” from developments could include
curacy. search local shops in search of oil in favor of natural gas, coal heightened restlessness and *
the story was provided to my older cameras. The older models and nuclear power as boiler fuels, discontent within the Saudi
Texas, had increases in civil and criminal filings and case associate Dale Van Atta by a were sturdier than newer ones Nuclear generating capacity in population, economic dislocation,
disnositions m 1981 Thirtv new riistrirt courts were former Wilson employee. It has and wouldn’t blow up in an the United States, France, Japan "politcal friction, government in-
crartedasa result of leri^ative^ct^n^urineThe war been corroborated by other “““*«**■“• and other industrial^ nations lability and possibly even an
created as a result Of legislative action during tne year, sourceS) documents, and Eventually, between 250 and300 will double by the end of the cur- unraveling of the country’s
for a total Of 340. Cases are tried in these courts wniCn m- transcripts of secret testimony cameras were sent to Tripoli to be rent decade. Although that fragile social fabric,
volve felony crimes, divorce matters, land titles, or before the House Intelligence converted into weapons.
where value of property or amount Of damages at issue is Committee. Footnote: The inventor of the
more than $500 Through his attorney, Wilson deadly device never got paid. |
Juvdnile cases are heard by district courts, or in some denied a"y role!n manufac- WUso" 1ie?™his Imon*y
vu ^ ture of the murderous cameras. more than $200,000 - in a Swiss
counties by a county-level court. Total new juveile case former associate em- bank account to which the inven-
filings climbed by 25.6 percent to 11,761 in 1981. Disposi- f phatically asserted: (l) that
tion of juvenile cases rose 7.8 percent to 12,207, including * Wilson had requested that a pro-
7,062 cases in which the court found that juvenile had totyPe be developed for Qaddafi;
engaged in delinquent conduct. a"d |^) that Wilson was “the one
In county-level courts^vglich include 254 “constitu- W Here are (L details:
tional” county courts and 122 statutory county courts-at- i„ April 1978, Wilson gave the
law and probate courts, new civil filings 2.6 percent to associate a list of assassination
82,372 in 1981. However, new criminal case filings in the devices he wanted to procure for
same courts increased by 13.1 percent to 268,881. Criminal Ljbya At ^ toP of tbe 1184 were
the camera gluts, to be equipped
with silencers, if possible. “I want
a lot of them and I want them ac-
• Of the 962 justices of the peace in the state, 77 per- curate,” Wilson told the
cent reported the activity in their courts to the Texas associate. “You take care of the
details and tell me how much it
costs.” After a successful pro-
totype was developed, the former
. . associate said, Wilson planned to
ed from 1980, the total number Of criminal case filings and set up a shop on his Virginia farm unrelated — has slipped into the
dispositions increased, indicating an activity surge in to make them. jf continuing Donovan scenaritf. He
those courts. No trend in civil cases was identified in ' The associate and a companion js Daniel Silverman, New York
Judicial Council figures. t0 TamPa- ,Fla” afran«- regional director of the National
Seventy-eight percent Of the 762 municipal courts in ed for a mechanically Rented ac- Labor Relations Board.
Texas reported an increase from 73 percent for 1980.
Texas Court Activity
Increases Predicted
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It will be some time before judicial statistics are com-
piled for 1982, but it seems safe to assume that convic-
tions, appeals and case filings in Texas courts will con-
tinue to increase as they did in 1981.
Criminal appeals of felony and serious misdemeanor
convictions rose approximately. 80 percent during 1981,
according to figures compiled by the Office of Court <
Administration of the Tdxas Judicial Council.
Some 5,500 such appeals were filed in 1981, compared to
3,072 in 1980. The increase in criminal appeals occurred
primarily during the last four months of the year, corre-
sponding to delegation of criminal jurisdiction to the
state’s 14 appellate courts.
Before Sept. 1, 1981, criminal appeals from county or L
district courts were heard by the single Court of Appeals
in Austin. On Sept. 1,1981, a new amendment to the State A
Constitution converted the 14 civil appeals courts, which, |T
up until that time, had jurisdiction over only civil mat-
ters, into appeals courts with jurisdiction over civil and
criminal cases.
Appeals to the State Supreme Court in civil cases in-
creased slightly during 1981, while civil cases filed in ap-
peals courts .increase ^iefct^rcent during. -4 similar
perfixir'
New filings in the State Supreme court rose slightly
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appeals courts, increased by 135 percent in 1981 as a re-
sult of the additional criminal jurisdiction they assumed
beginning Sept. 1,1981.
District courts, the trial courts of general jurisdiction in
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MA: When special prosecutor
Leon Silverman investigated
labor-payoff charges against
Labor Secretary Ray Donovan,
he found no indictable violations.
But the Federal Election Com-
mission'and the U.S. attorney in <.
Brooklyn are conducting follow- ^
up probes. |s
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case dispositions rose 23.8 percent to 308,040, while civil
dispositions went up 5.3 percent to 87,732.
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Judicial Council figures.
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quaintance to build the prototype., His of/ice is investigating
According to a Wilson company ciajms that Donovan’s former
Reporting courts showed revenue from fines assessed voucher and National Airlines construction company violated
totaling almost $93.2 million. ticket records, the flight was labor laws by filing a libel suit
In reporting courts, both case filings and dispositions made on April 23,1978. against Mario Montuoro in order
appeared to rise. More than 91 percent of cases filed in tnLe„a„"gt htShp0r?nvpi°inrbehihp to retaliate against him for spark- From Sun Files
reporting municipal courts during 1981 (5.4 million) were associate returned to
traffic cases. Washington. In less than a month,
the inventor and the assistant ar-
rived in the capital by rented car,
bringing with them a working
camera-gun. The associate pick-
ed the pair up at the rental-car of-
fice and paid the bill with Wilson
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ing the Donovan investigation.
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Intelligence Service, 1943
Montuoro had charged that
Donovan was present at a 1977
meeting where labor payoffs
were made, but the special pro-
seuctor could not confirm the
“O Lord, do not thine eyes look
for Mith? Truth has smitten
them, but they did not weaken.
Thou hast consumed them, but
they refused to take correction,
they have made their faces
harder than a rock, they have
refused to repent.”
From The Baytown Sun files, Assembly program at Memorial
this is the way it was 40 and 30 and Baptist Church.
20 years ago:
Bible
Verse
charge.
The second Silverman will
company money. make the initial judgement of
The following day, the inventor whether the libel suit filed against
Montuoro is a form of retaliation
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J.T. Jennings is chairman of
% tan a, 104a the nominating committee for
Arthur Matthew Goul, 37, city election of officers at the Seventh-
and news editor of The Sun for 10 P^y Adventist Church.— - •
Janie Tarbutton is soloist at
and the associate drove to a J , , „ . „ ,
secluded site in Virginia to test aftd a violation of the law„ or
the device. Firing at a can whether the case should go to
floating in a stream, they found court.
the camera-gun to be remarkably If it does go to trial, it is possi-
accurate. ble that Secretary Donovan will
When they delivered the be called to testify.
Jeremiah 5:3
years, resigns to accept an
appointment as assistant editor of Grace Methodist Church.
JAN. 4,1963
Peoples State Bank will add
3,700 square feet to its building on
Market and West Main, Vice
President Perry H. Britton an-
nounced.
Eddie Battarbee, 14-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bat-
tarbee of Lynchburg, is injured in
a tumbling accident in a gym-
nastics class at Deer Park Junior
High School.
Baytown rainfaU in 1962 was
10.57 inches below normal, based
on records for the past 31 years.
Total rainfall for the year was
the news section of the Foreign
Broadcast Intelligence Service.
He left today to report for duty in
Washington, D.C. Before coming
to Goose Creek, Goul was on the
Houston Post copy desk.
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The Goose Creek City Commis- —
sion will adopt an ordinance com-
plying with federal regulations on
a 5-cent victory tax deduction
from city salaries.
Marvin Singleton, 2, escapes in-
jury in a 15-foot fall to the ground
from the M.H. Singleton home at
1008 N. Jones.
It’s official now. The first baby 37.19 inches
of 1943 is Earline Faye Hillhouse.
JAN. 4,1953
Eula Potter has charge of the Thompson. He plays the steel
Training Union General guitar.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 055, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 4, 1983, newspaper, January 4, 1983; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154554/m1/4/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.