Charleston Daily Mail (Newspaper) - November 2, 1972, Charleston, West Virginia AS THE LADY There's nothing like good home cooking and Arch has dished up plenty Why change VOLUME 159 NO 106 Pail Without or With Offence to Friends or Foes 1 Sketch Your World Exactly as It Goes CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 2 1972 FINAL EDITION TEN CENTS Tax Commissioner Hurt In Car Plunge By BOB ADAMS Of The Daily Mail Staff State Tax Commissioner Richard L Dailey 31 was injured early today when the sports car he was driving went off the road in heavy fog and plunged over a hill and into a ravine in the Ferry Branch area city police said Patrolman James A Boggess said Dailey apparently re- mained unconscious in the car from the time of the wreck estimated at about 2 until he and the car were ered at 6 when road construction workers arrived on the Appalachian Corridor project under way at the scene of the wreck off Oakwood Road near Cantley Drive Attendants at Charleston Memorial Hospital said today that Dailey was in fair condition with head back and neck in- juries Boggess said Dailey was alone in the German-made car that went off Oakwood about between Cantley and Ferry Branch Road The car went over a embankment into a creek bed Boggess said Dailey resides at 1171 Emerald Road Patrolman Boggess said the car was demolished A man for a local automobile agency said the 350 retails for about Boggess said there are no guardrails or trees in the area of the wreck due to the Appalachian highway work there He said the car was in an area that was difficult to spot from Oakwood Road Unit 932 of Charleston Ambulance Service took Dailey to the hospital shortly after the accident was reported by the highway workers Dailey was appointed tax commissioner by Gov Moore earlier this year to succeed Charles Haden II who was pointed to the State Supreme Court Cor Hits Bridge 2 Die In Cabell HUNTINGTON AP Two men were killed and four sons were injured when a car hit a bridge on W Va 2 in Cabell County Wednesday night state police said Troopers identified the victims as Charles Tabor 26 and Joshua Brown 22 who lived in a mobile home park north of the accident site They were employes of Cablevision Con- struction Corp of Atlanta Ga Police said the car apparently missed a curve and went out of control STATE TAX COMMISSIONER HURT WHEN THIS SPORTS CAR WENT OVER HILL Workers Remove Auto From in Ferry Branch Are BUT IT'S IN INDIANA PAGES 32 SECTIONS Page Astrological 12B Bridge Business Classified 12B Comics Crossword Dear Abby Editorials Hot Line IB Jumble My Answer 2B Obituaries Sports Senior Forum 12B Theaters 2B TV 3B Johnny Wonder's 12B Women's Weather Your Good Health 12B Black Lung Van Location Big Poll Puller Jay Says ARC Says Van Unit Due In State Later In Month By SAM HINDMAN Of The Daily Mail Staff BECKLEY Sec of State John D Rockefeller IV ly challenged the credibility of Gov Moore while speaking at a Democratic rally at the leigh County Courthouse last night Rockefeller laced his speech with sarcasm while ing where Moore's so-called black lung van was today Last week with great fare Moore said a black lung x-ray unit would travel to locations in West Virginia to check coal miners for black the secretary of state said But where is the black lung van today? The fact is there is no such unit at work in West Virginia The called black lung van of West Virginia's is in Tore Haute Ind today examining ers for routine checkups The Democratic candidate then charged that Gov Moore and Mr Nixon are singing one tune but dancing to another Moore is announcing thing is taking place that Rockefeller said On the matter of funding for the van the Appalachian Regional Commission has not approved any funds for such a project anywhere in Appalachia let alone West Virginia Rockefeller also blasted Moore's statement that the van provided by a Nashville Tenn firm was to operate on a pitot basis in the state with the possibility of two other mobile units subsequently being put into operation Several people in the Regional sion expressed amazement when they heard of Moore's announcement There is a serious question in the minds of many people in both tbt medical and mining sions if this van will really be effective in detecting black Rockefeller said The secretary of state ther charged that Moore had only made the announcement INSUPERABLE ODDS Byrd Predicts McGovern Defeat Says Jay Gains By RICHARD GRIMES Of The Daily Mail Staff BRIDGEPORT Sen Robert C Byrd campaigning here with Jay Rockefeller told reporters that George McGovern will not win the election and at this point he would have to overcome in- superable odds He declined to speculate whether McGovern would win West Virginia except to say you can't take a two-to-one Democratic majority for granted Asked if he would vote a straight ticket Byrd said Let's just say I'll vote for Democrats Did that include Let's just say I'll vote for Democrats Byrd also said he does not favor the abolition of strip mining but he thinks ment of strip mine laws have lax everywhere and that he is for strengthening those laws However he avoided singling out West ginia saying I don't know a whole lot about the ment of state law I know more about federal law He said a tough strip mine WEATHER CLOUDY tonight with ers or thundershowers low in low to Friday slow clearing chance of forenoon showers high in Details on Page 2A regulation will be the first order of business when Con- gress convenes Byrd said he thought feller has a better chance of winning now than two months ago because Rockefeller is working very hard and that usually shows results Rockefeller said he was not bothered that Byrd has a ferent abolition stand than his and it only meant that he Rockefeller had taken it one step farther He added that he and Byrd have identical stands on such things as jobs economic de- velopment and roads SEVERAL OPTIONS CHARLEY WEST SAYS Gainer's Name Likely To Remain On Ballot in an effort to pick up support at the polls He finally has realized that he has not produced when it comes to black lung benefits and when it comes to help those who suffer from this horribly confining and serious ler said But in a last-minute at- tempt to produce something anything the governor brought in a showcase van long enough for a press con- ference then the van took oft for Indiana leaving West Virginia's miners behind Throughout the day feller stressed his support for the deep miner and promised to make deep mining a itable and a safe industry if elected governor Rockefeller pledged ship in mine safety from the governor's office under his administration and said he would accompany mine inspectors on unannounced in- trips to coal mines around the state while nor And when we find tions they'll be Rockefeller said Earlier in the day ler showed concern for a coal miner when he gave a back brace to William Lee Hopkins 23 of MacArthur in Raleigh County Injured in a slate fall in a mine accident Hopkins told Rockefeller he was recovering See JAY Pg IDA Col 3 Jay's Election Day Fund Attacked Jay Rockefeller's plans to send to 12 counties for election day use today was indisputable proof that that this candidate is ing to buy West Virginia State Republican Chairman Thomas Potter said it has been reported to him that large Democratic families have been approached by Rockefeller told they would be hired but they really didn't have to work The report of the was made to last night by a Rockefeller man and later confirmed by Democratic State Chairman William Watson and Deputy Secretary of State William P Thaw They said letters had By THf ASSOCIATED The executive secretary of the Appalachian Regional Commission says a proposed mobile unit medical tion of coal miners in West Virginia will not be put into operation until after a Nov 28 meeting of the ARC Alvin Arnett said the program which is to include screening of black lung applicants could not be funded until the ARC proves the final guidelines Plans for the mobile unit to be operated by American Wealth Profiles Inc of ville Tenn were announced last week by Gov Moore who said success of the project could fead to the operation of two additional units Arnett said the van is ently in Terre Haute Ind being used to medically ine Mine Issue Pace Quickens As North Welcomes Moore By RICHARD GRIMES Of The Duly Mail Staff issue of coal mining which seemed to lay dormant since the early days of the gubernatorial campaign denly moved to front and ter again Wednesday during the final week before the tion Gov Moore says he is the one who revived it ly in Beckley It was a dismal rainy day Wednesday as the Moore van hit the winding roads of the state's coal Shinnston Enterprise Worthington Mannington ton and in each place he opened full guns against what he said his nent John D Rockefeller IV wants to do to the strip and deep mine industry The real issue Moore sternly warned some 200 persons who filled a meeting room in Farmington is not who's going to be governor but is a coal miner going to be able to stay in West Virginia If you destroy the can market place for West Virginia coal you destroy West Virginia he said He then made reference to Rockefeller as the one sible for wanting to destroy the coal industry in West ginia I happen to believe this whole campaign points itself at destroying the coal miner and his or below ground If you abolish one you very much ize the other Coal ic our way of life and I am concerned that our way of life has been Moore said Rockefeller after months of attacking roads and jobs also broke a long silence on the strip mine issue Monday reasserting in Huntington how he was 100 per cent for tion Why the sudden popularity of the issue again? Both candidates when about it insist it ways has been a key one But other sources close to the indicate that a ber of key counties still up for Raleigh Raleigh and Harrison are important coal Scc MOORE Pg Col 6 NOT A HOTBED OF ENTHUSIASM Emmons Splits Over Jay By JACK Of The Daily Mail Staff little com- munity along Big Coal River on the County line is where the Rockefeller name got its start in West Virginia It was 1961 and Jay as he was later to be called was an antipoverty worker But it is now 1972 an tion year and Jay ler former member of the House of Delegates and now secretary of state is running as the Democratic candidate for governor In miles it is quite a trek from the hollows of Emmons to the Governor's Mansion But this is where it all began where Jay offered leadership in the fall of 1964 where he organized a community which was at that time floundering But how do the residents of Emmons feel about Jay now as a candidate for Will he make in their opinion a good governor if And perhaps most ly will they cast their votes for the tall lanky stranger who rode into Emmons about eight years ago and became a vital force in the some residents say they will vote for Jay But just as numerous are those who have lost their asm for him for what he did for Emmons and for the als he stood for In short according to the people a Daily Mail photographer and reporter talked with during the day Wednesday Emmons is not a hotbed of Rockefeller asm The people we talked with were from about 15 lies One woman said she her son and her husband a State Road Commission employe were all going to vote for Moore Another man told us he and his wife and their ter were voting for Jay In approximate terms the vote sample was 50 per cent for Jay arid 50 per cent for Moore Driving along the narrow twisting road into the com- munity an unusual house is seen just below a rocky side The owner hearing a car stop in front of his house comes outside to talk about his collection of utility pole insulators including some very old original he explains which are ing from a dis- play His name is Ralph Myers who with his wife Freda has lived for many years in Em- mons and nearby Boone ty Sure I knew Jay ever since he came to Emmons I worked with him in the ty program with VISTA and them Myers re- plied opening the door to his hillside home But I'm not going to vote for him Jay left us and he didn't spend any money when he was here Hell all he ever bought was a meal cake or something like Myers who displays signs for Arch Moore outside his house said a an well known in the can camp came to his house recently to tape-record some of his stories about Jay Her fervor for Moore seems to have rubbed off on Myers See EMMONS Pg IDA Col 4 With as much vigor as Arch and Jay are putting into their coal field appearances they could solve the national energy crisis Turn to Page for Gainer obituary The death of State Auditor Denzil Gainer yesterday six days election raises several unusual possibilities in state politics Gainer a Democrat was seeking re-election to the office he had held since 1961 and which he won in three general sent to all of the Democratic tions His Republican opponent is John Gates Gov Moore's chairmen of the counties and commissioner of finance and administration State Democrats could under the law pick another candidate for auditor and conduct a write-in campaign an unlikely in view of the short time remaining in the campaign But that does not mean Gates wins the office automatically He must get more votes next Tuesday than Gainer or any write-in candidate If he does his term will start next Jan 15 If he does not the next governor who will take office next Jan 10 will appoint an auditor to serve from Jan 15 until the general election in 1974 when an auditor will be elected to serve two years In the meantime Gov Moore can appoint an auditor to serve the rest of Gainer's term and there are no restrictions on the governor either in the Constitution or the law The interim auditor does not have to be a Democrat as Gainer was and the appointment does not require the rence of the State Senate advised that fee mcney must be accounted for The Rockefeller staffer who first reported to said the money was in checks not cash McDowell a Democratic stronghold will get Logan Harrison 000 Mercer Wayne Wood and Raleigh 000 Wyoming Cabell and Monongalia Marion and Ohio The callous and utter dis- regard by the opposition in his attempt to buy this election is nothing less than Potter said TWO SIDES OF two Emmons residents re- flect both sides of the political feeling in the little com- munity about the gubernatorial race Romie Gillespie left supports Jay Rockefeller for Governor and said he was a friend of the candidate when Jay was working in Emmons as an worker Scott Bell right has changed his mind about Rockefeller for a political office I'm still a friend of Jay's but I'm going to vote for Moore he said The community where Rockefeller spent about a year and a half as an worker in the mid- is split on the Mail Photos by Earl Benton 4
