Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 80, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1978 Page: 1 of 35
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76TH YEAR OF DAILY SERVICE — No. 80
$42-million suit names Clements firm
specifically outlawed—by—Congress spokesman at the Qatar embassyin
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President
to
employme nt drops to 5.8%
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good afternoon
Possible rain
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—Non-farm laborers 11.3 percent,
up from 10.7 percent.
headquarters in Vienna were un-
successful as of late Thursday and a
Senate panel hears
anti-inflation report
Government
charges ITT
with bribery
Microfilm Center, Inc.
P. 0. Box 45436.........
Dalles, Texas 75235
theQatar project. The elder
Clements, his son said, relinquished
his corporate post when he went to
Washington, although he retained
ownership of $100 million in SEDCO
stock.
B. Gill Clements denied that the
firm played any part in the payment
of Carver’s alleged commission to
Jaidah. Such commissions were not
until 1977.
Although Carver’s suit does not
specify the amount of the alleged
bribe to Jaidah, the Union reports it
was told it was $1.5 million, and that
the money was deposited in the Swiss
bank account of a Jaidah relative.
Efforts to reach Jaidah at OPEC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
unemployment rate dropped from 6
percent to. 5.8 percent in October, as
more adult women succeeded in
finding jobs, the Labor Department
said today
The report indicated the job
situation was a bright spot in an
economy plagued by rising interest
rates and inflation all year October's
jobless rate was the lowest since a 5.7
percent rate last June. -
* Por adult women, the unem-
ployment rate dropped from 6 percent
Here are the unemployment rates:
—All workers 58 percent, down
from 6 percent. ‘
—Adult men A percent, unchanged.
Washinton, D.C., said Qatar officials
would respond only to written inquires
about the alleged payment.
Carver’s suit was filed July 20 in
federal court in Davenport, Iowa.
Details in it outline a complicated
scheme by which Carver contends he
to 5 8 percent, the lowest level since
August 1974, when it was 5.4 percent.
About 35.7 million women over age
20 held jobs last month out of a
population group of 76 million, the
. department said About 2.1 million
adult women were reported looking
for work.
Strong activity in the airline,
construction and service industries
contributed to continued big increases
in new jobs among all workers, the
department said.
The number of persons holding jobs
will need congressional approval for
his system of “real wage insurance.”.
The president proposed tax rebates to
protect workers who comply with the
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NTSU welcomes exes
Fraternities and sororities are decorating floe to, students are
gathering wood for the bonfire and alumni have begun taking up
temporary residences at local hotels as North Texas State University
kicks off a weekend of activities celebrating Homecoming 1978.
At right, members of Sigma Nu fraternity and Alpha Delta Pi
sorority build their parade float. In foreground are Dean Drozd, left,
and Tom Drozd. Sorority members are Sandy Bartlett and Leslie
—Black teen-agers 34.3 percent, _, a
down from 34 H percent rwage guidelines and would suffer . has received came from the AFL-CIO.
GOWT HACAN 0.0 PCAWSEL •* T
A new museum for the history of Texas' women is a possibility at -
Texas Woman’s University, as is a new lifestyle for junior and senior
students there. TWU regents approved housing policy changes -
Thursday and authorised President Huey to seek legislative approval
for the museum. Story. Page SA.
Reece , .
Homecoming officially got under way this morning with the opening
of the annual pro-amateur golf tournament. A full listing of activities,
in line with the Homecoming theme, "NTSU: Wave of the Future,” Is
provided in this week’s '’Timeout.” Page 2C.
questionable” payments went to
foreign government officials and .
employees of commercial customers
“to obtain business for ITT and to im-
properly influence governmental
action."
It alleged $8.7 million in payments
were made in Indonesia, Iran, the
Philippines, Algeria, Nigeria, Mexico,
Italy, Turkey and Chile among
“numerous countries.”
was victimized.
Carver, who amassed a $250 million
fortune with his Iowabased Bandag
—----------------See LAWSUIT, Page 2A--------
DENTON AND VICINITY - In-
creasing cloudiness and chance of, ,
rain Saturday. High today 80; low Ineide today
tonight 35, High Saturday uppar 70s. insiae 1909Y
the" alleged transactions. The
Supreme Court on Monday refused to
consider ITT’s plea. U.S. District
Judge George L. Hart then ordered
the unsealing after listening to
WEATHER REPORT
Low this morning * 60
High Thursday 85
Low Thursday 52
High last year 61
Low last year 48
The sun sets today at 5:41; it rises
Saturday at 8152.
economically if inflation exceeds 7
percent.
Besides Kahn, the witness list in-
cluded Barry Bosworth, director of
the Council on Wage and Price
Stability; Charles Schultze, the .
president’s top economist, and
representatives of big labor and big-
business.
It seemed likely Banking Com-
mittee members would use the op-
portunity for questioning4 the ad-
ministration about steps announced
this week to prop up the dollar in
foreign markets as well as talking
about inflation at home.
To fight inflation, Carter proposed a
guideline of 7 percent in 1979 for in-
creases in wages and fringe benefits,
and laid out a complicated formula
aimed at holding price increases to
about 5.75 percent. The ad-
ministration hopes its plan will cut
inflation to between 6 percent and 6.5
percent.
The harshest criticism the president
Man injured
Second fire
at samehouse
causes probe
By CAROLYN BARNES
Staff Writer .
A gas explosion, and fire at a
Hickory Street residence earlier this
-----week, which injured one man, is being —
- investigated by Denton Fire Marshal
Bob Hagemann after it was deter-
mined the explosion was the second
such incident to occur at the house in
the past two months.
Hagemann said Thursday the ex-
plosion. believed to have been caused
by a natural gas leak in the house,
located at 904 W. Hickory, is similar to
an incident which occurred at the
house Sept 5 :
in both instances, according to fire
department reporta, a fire was Ignited
on a porch of the house when one of the
occupants, David Patton, a North i
Texas State University student,
turned on a porch light Patton was
not injured during the first fire, but he
sustained second-degree burns" over
his head, arms and shoulders during —
the second fire Tuesday He is
— hospitalized at Parkland Hospital in
Dallas in fair condition...
Hagemann is specifically trying to
determine whether repairs to the
house's gas pipes, which fire
department officers at the scene of the
first fire told Patton needed to be
made, were actually completed.
Patton said Thursday that after the
first fire, he told Mike Helm, who
Patton said collects the rent for the
owner of the house, that repairs
— needed tobemade to the house.---—
Firemen turned the gas to the house.
off aft r the first fire, and ap-
proximately a week later, Patton
said, a plumber came to the house and
told him he did make some repairs.
Sometime during that period, the gas.
was turned back on, Patton said
—See 2nd GAS, Page 2A
The Friday
Denton Record-Chronicle
DENTON, TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 3,107 38 Pages in 4 Sections 15 Cents
advanced by 325,000, about average —Adult women 5.6 percent, down
for the year, to 95.2 million Over the from 6 percent. "
past year, strong economic growth —Teen-agers 16.3 percent, down
has increased employment by 3.6 from 16.6 percent.
million ------——- — — ___—Whites 5,1 percent, down from 5.3
However, some economists predict percent.
that the" government’s credit- —Blacks and other minorities 11.4
tightening measures to protect the percent, up from 11.2 percent.
dollar will push unemployment up- —Full-time workers 5.3 percent,
ward next-year, down from 5.5 percent.
• Carter’s top inflation fighters are
going before Congress for the first
time to answer questions about the
administration’s plan to control rising
E ROBERT MART - wages and prices.
Pot PY ROBERT HART The Senate Banking Committee,
Earl D. Patton and his wife Jenste visit their son, burn victim David Patton. In his Dallas hospital room. taking testimony after newly an-
nounced sharp increases in wholesale
prices, arranged to hear today from
Alfred Kahn, the man tapped by
Carter to take command of the anti-
inflation effort.
Carter unveiled his anti-inflation
program after the House and Senate
adjourned for the year and most
members of Congress were out of
town. The Senate panel’s hearing
today was the first time a congres-
sional committee has had an op-
portuhity to review the plan.
While most of the program has
already been put into effect, Carter
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — A Dallas late 1975, acting on advice from an , SEDCO lawyers, according to the
oil drilling firm headed by Texas executive of Clements' SEDCO Inc. Union story, sought and obtained a
Republican gubernatorial candidate drilling firm, he paid a “commission" delay in the deadline for filing a reply
William Clements has been named in to Ali Jaidah, then oil minister of the to the suit until Nov. 15 — one week
a M2 million lawsuit filed by an Iowa Persian Gulf emirate of Qatar, for after Tuesday's electron.
millionaire who claims he was permission to drill for oil off the Qatar SEDCO President B. Gill Clements,
swindled out of $16.9 million in a coast. son of the gubernatorial candidate,
Persian Gulf oil deal. Clements, a former U.S. un- told the Union his father, then serving
A copyright story in today’s San dersecretary of defense, is in a tight as undersecretary of defense ip Wash-
Diego Union says Iowa businessman . race with Texas Attorney General ington, had no active involvement in
Roy J. Carver’s suit contends thatin John Hill for Texas governor. SEDCO activities during the period of
renewed arguments. %
In a statement Monday, ITT.in-
sisted most of the payments were
“consistent with the laws of their •
jurisdictions, but may have been
applied in a manner contrary to
current corporate policies." It said
the questioned practices were stopped
See GOVERNMENT. Page 2A
WASHINGTON (AP) The The payments “relate to’contracts
government is accusing International and transactions aggregating hun-
‘ Telephone and Telegraph Corp, of dreds of millions of dollars- which
paying millions of dollars in bribes involve business operations of major
abroad and is demanding fines of subsidiaries of ITT, including its
$100,000 a day until ITT surrenders subsidiaries in Belgium and Ger-
subpoenaed documents. many,” the complaint said. The
The Securities and Exchange charges cover the years 1970 through
Commission complaint also asks the 1975. . . . , .
appointment of new directors to the ITT had fought release of the
firm’s board and a special master to charges on grounds that they identify
investigate the giant conglomerate. the nine specific countries and detail
The complaint — filed in May but
unsealed only Thursday — charges
the “illegal, improper, corrupt and
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