Charleston Daily Mail (Newspaper) - July 14, 1976, Charleston, West Virginia THE WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY tonight and Thursday with chance of rain Thurs- day Low tonight in Thursday in 80s Details on Page 12B VOLUME 167 NO 12 or With Offence to Friends or Foes Sketch Your World Exactly as It Goes CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY 14 1976 THE ME DOLL Cuddly and floppy it has a mirror for a face See for yourself PAGE TWO HOME CARTER PASSES UP WEST VIRGINIA PARTY 1 Byrd Sees No Deal On Senate Post iy RICHARD GRIMES Mef of Capitol Bureau NEW YORK U.S Sen Robert C Byrd laid today that Jimmy Carter did not nake a deal to support Minnesota Sen lubert H Humphrey for the job of Senate leader a job Byrd wants next But the West Virginia senator admitted leMas disappointed that the former who is expected to be lated for President tonight by the did not attend his reception last light in the hotel where Carter is staying The West Virginia delegation at least 32 33 members plan to vote for Carter on the first ballot also was pointed they had been led to believe that would snow up since he had never talked to the delegation KM MM By SN iMry MI Minor SUM ry Byrd said he does not consider Carter's not showing up as an indication that he is in disfavor or that Carter is leaning ward support of Humphrey He reasoned that had Carter come to bis arty the prospective nominee might r been obligated to attend other gations parties There were rumblings yesterday at the Democratic National Convention here that Carter may have made a deal with hrey for the Senate majority leadership Byrd was late in getting on the Carter and his West Virginia s tope the Georgia governor will remain in the struggle for Democratic floor leader It is doubtful that many delegation ties would be anything like what the West Senator threw last night I Byrd held a reception for 180 guests as a to the state delegates who his brief candidacy for president It edly cost Byrd for a small and an exquisite array of food tie reception did not include any liquor ante Byrd does not drink alcoholic j Byrd thanked the delegates and then into one of his famous which attracted network levision cameras and a lot of party Carter Gets Nod Tonight Veep Choice Due Thursday COUNTRY MUSIC U.S Sen Robert C Byrd plays the fiddle with clapping accompaniment by Us wife and another West Virginia senator Jennings Randolph taring a tion Tuesday at the Americana Hotel in New York AP ers from other delegations If one had not known the event was in the Americana Hotel he might have thought he was in a ballroom in ton Mayor Hutclinson and his wife cut short a vacation to come to New York for the event State Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass came in from Charleston Arnold Miller president of the United Mine ers flewin And JohnD Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic candidate for a long con- versation with James Sprouse the man he beat in the primary All this but no Jimmy Carter Carter's people informed delegates that Carter wanted to be in his room to work on his acceptance speech Byrd said he had been led to believe earlier that Carter would attend but got word late yesterday that he wouldn't Mrs Sharon Rockefeller a Carter whip for the West Virginia delegation said she got confirmation about 4 p.m that Carter would not attend She said she never be- he would but she couldn't convince the West Virginia delegation Byrd said he had met with Carter before the convention for about 20 minutes and they talked mostly about the Senate leader job which will open up at the end of this year when Montana Sen Mike Mansfield retires He said Carter told him that he and Byrd could work together well if Byrd were the majority leader Also Byrd said he thought that Carter if elected would stay out of the Senate power fight Top Of The s A Y S Striking Huttonsville in- mates would like to stage a walkout Boost Charged HELP FOR THE T A VILLAGE FAILS BEIRUT Lebanon AP Syria has sent more troops into Lebanon to reinforce the Syrian attacks on the Moslem towns of Baalbek and Sidon the joint leftist Lebanese command claimed day A leftist communique said two battalions totaling men rolled across the eastern border during the night to join the attack on Baalbek 42 miles northeast of Beirut The Moslems reported Tuesday that Syrian troops and tanks moved into the outer streets of the town after heavy ing that caused many casualties The com- today said the Syrian tanks their way deeper into the town overpowering leftist defenders while troops conducted a search to disarm bek The YMCA program a young at heart bat itt physical are falling apart Editor Jack Maurice urges you to help Our lead editorial Page A FANCY EVENING Justifiably proud of our new science and culture center our governor staged a tit reception there for 500 We have a Ml page of pictures of the affair Page IB SOME Numerous area amateur are finding their time off a vacation and columnist Ron son gives an example on Page Mountain Village near Blenko Glass Plant ha fallen on hard times Adrian Gwin tells of its plight on Page THINGS TO ENJOY a good tme to tee West Virginia's Cranberry Gloats where pretty orchids grow where nature and relaxation go hand itt band Nature's Window Page NEW YORK AP Jimmy Carter reaches a crucial milepost on his long once lonely journey from Georgia toward the White House when he receives the Democratic presidential nomination night Not until he has that prize in hand does Carter intend to name his running mate Carter began this day of fulfillment by meeting a series of groups anxious to have his ear and also worked on his acceptance speech The third session of the Democratic tional Convention is to open at 8 p.m EDT and sometime before midnight ing the call of the roll of delegations er's vote total will top the needed for the nomination With accomplished the nominee will call the six senators on his list of running mates and notify them of his choice Carter then intends to an- his choice publicly at a news con- ference on Thursday Considered at the top of that list were Sens Edmund S Muskie of Maine Walter F Mondale of Minnesota and John Glenn of Ohio Also in the running were Sens Henry M Jackson of Washington Frank Church of Idaho and Adlai E Stevenson IH of Carter's choice will be ratified by the convention Thursday night just before the former Georgia governor delivers his speech The convention approached its climax in an atmosphere of unity with party leaders and delegates determined to do nothing to upset Carter's careful plans to win the White House held by Republicans for nearly eight years Among the meetings on Carter's ule was one with Democratic governors Gov Reuben Askew of Florida chairman of the group said the purpose was to try to help him in any way he feels he needs assistance rather than trying to lobby him on any particular candidate Carter also met with nine labor leaders for what an aide described as a get session After the meeting a Carter spokesman said the union leaders urged Carter to choose Mondale as his ning mate Carter is one of four candidates whose names will be placed before the tion tonight for the presidential tion The others are Rep Morris Udall of Hot Your Corfer Wins Again NEW YORK AP Jimmy Carter chalked up another victory today in his campaign for the presidency Carter already has the Democratic sewed up And when the tion rules committee held a drawing to de- termine the order for nomination speeches the Carter luck held good The name of the former Georgia nor will be the first one placed in tion As a result of the draw his name will be followed by those of antiabortion date Ellen McCormack Rep Morris K Udall of Arizona and Gov Edmund G Brown Jr of California Arizona Gov Edmund Brown Jr of California and Ellen McCormack of Long Island Udall doggedly but unsuccessfully sued the nomination through the long primary campaign Brown entered late and defeated Carter in six states but the Georgian had the nomination all but clinched before Brown got into race Mrs McCormack campaigned on an platform Rep Peter W Rodino of New Jersey who presided over the hearings into the Tarn to Pg Col 1 Seven Pressmen Indicted In D C WASHINGTON AP A federal grand jury today indicted seven pressmen on charges of rioting and destroying property during a strike at the Washington Post last October The defendants are members of Local 6 of the Newspaper and Graphic cations Union the Justice Department said as it announced the indictment The seven defendants wilfully engaged in a riot and maliciously caused and at- tempted to cause injury and destruction to portions of the pressroom and machinery at the newspaper plant the indictment said The defendants are Eugene E van of Vienna Va Cecil E Rust of Ar- lington Va Gil W Fowler of Washington Lawrence H of Fred F Tweedlie of Sterling Va Michael Tenorio of Alexandria Va and Walter J Stahli of Burke Va O'Sullivan and Rust also were charged with inciting a riot O'Sullivan Rust Tweedlie Tenorio and Stahli were charged with ing mechanical devices that are part of the press apparatus that folds pers O'Sullivan Rust Fowler and Boyd were charged with assaulting James H Hover who was not further identified during the course of the strike The indictment was returned in District court here The federal office has been investigating the violence and destruction in the Post pressroom since it erupted at the beginning of the strike Oct 1 The department said 115 witnesses were presented to the grand jury during the probe On the destruction of property charge each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine The riot charge carries a maximum of one year in prison and a fine These are the maximum penalties for the other Inciting a riot 10 years in prison and a fine assault with a dangerous weapon 10 years in prison simple assault one year in prison and a fine and grand larceny 10 years in prison WEST VIRGINIA CRUDE Patience Brings Sweet Payoff OIL STRIPPERS Roy G Hildreth right and his son John 24 survey one of 200 oil and gas wells they own in northwestern West Virginia The skyrocketing price of crude oil has attracted dozens of new oilmen in West Virginia Mail Photos by William Tieman By BOB KITTLE Of The Daily Mail Staff in a meadow in the Clay County countryside Roy Hildreth cupped an ear to hear the gurgle beneath his feet That's the sound of your well money exclaimed a worker ing beneath the oil rig He had just com- capping the well and was ing to knock off for the day when a yellowish crude gushed from the ground and flowed into a nearby storage tank The well was producing without assistance from a pump which workers would install soon It'll do that all by itself about every three the driller explained To Roy Gilbert Hildreth the murmur of West Virginia crude spurting from is the sweetest music in the world Hildreth is an oilman not of the dry Rolls but a West Virginia oilman Five years ago oilmen like Hildreth a Spencer businessman were an endangered species In 1972 the price of oil plummeted to a barrel and many small independent producers such were facing bankruptcy The situation was especially acute for West Virginia operators whose oil is produced by stripper wells which generate less than 10 barrels per day A lot of producers in this area were going out of business Nearly everyone was broke I'd guess about a third of the independents in West shut down You just couldn't make any money at those said Hildreth a soft-spoken Spencer native who 18 years ago tired of scratching a living from from farming and borrowed money from a cousin to invest in his first well Today he owns 200 oil and VIRGIL HARRIS Checks Glenville Well gas operations and employs 20 workers The 1973 Arab oil embargo however triggered dramatic changes In stripper production During the first three months of 1974 the price of o from about to nearly a barrel Suddenly strippers were making money again As a result dozens of green oilmen rushed to drill new wells and reopen fields which were abandoned decades earlier be- cause the volume of petroleum they was too insignificant to yield a profit Roy G Hildreth and Son Inc which had not drilled a new well for six years ed 80 new operations during a four-year span Stripper production added Hildreth is at an all-time high Although he recently purchased a small plane for his son John and lives on a estate with a vate tennis court Hildreth insists oil pers in West Virginia don't live up to the stereotype of the millionaire Texas oil magnate It's a profitable business but it's not a business It's not a gold said Hildreth from his plush office in Spencer Drilling his newest well at Wallback cost before the first drop of crude was produced said Hildreth a ing laborer who until two months ago spent several hours each day assisting Tarn to Pg Col Z r
