Kingsport Times (Newspaper) - May 12, 1972, Kingsport, Tennessee Kingsport VOLUME IJC NO I w Times 87660 MAY 12 1972 2 SECTIONS 22 PAGES School Raids Land 120 On Drug Charges CHATTANOOGA Tenn was an unusual route for the two yellow school buses to be traveling The road led to the city Jail The 59 students aboard the buses were part of 120 persons rounded up by police Thursday In the largest drug raid In Tennessee history Ronny Ronny Oh Sweet Jesus Implored one mother tears streaming down her cheeks A pretty blonde In hotpants ran to a heavyset woman with short hair Mama I didn't do she cried I know you didn't the woman replied Undercover agents assisted by student informers allegedly made 140 purchases of marijuana 61 of LSD 42 of heroin and 32 of other assorted drugs from the students and 61 adults collared in the roundup We're not dealing with a kid experimenting with a stick of District Attorney General Ed Davis said One investigator said he was offered doses of LSD from a single pusher for Another said one pusher offered to sell him 10 pounds of marijuana for Using the school buses police began the roundup of More On Page 10 Col 1 Texans Flee Flood Six Killed UNDER COVER One Chattanooga youth his head covered with a jacket is led along with other high and junior high school students into jail UPI Photo Alaska Pipeline Permit Is Given WASHINGTON that it is vital the United States reduce its dependence on oil imports Interior Secretary Rogers C B Morton Thursday granted a permit for right-of-way for the controversial Alaska pipeline Morton said his decision was in the national interest to avoid all further delays in developing huge oil fields on Alaska's North Slope He rejected an alternate plan for construction of a pipeline across Canada saying such a project would take several more years to complete The Alaska pipeline has been fought by a coalition of environmental groups which have contended it will damage the en- The groups which include the Environmental Defense Fund said they would go to court to try to block government attempts to lift an injunction barring granting of the right-of-way permit Rep Les Aspin called the Morton decision a blatant example of the interests of the oil industry superseding the public in- terest At Bellevue Wash officials of Alyeska Pipeline Service firm that will build the construction could not start until next year because of the pending court action Company spokesmen said every precaution will be taken to safeguard against environmental risks The pipeline would run almost 800 miles from the North Slope to the port of Valdez where the oil would be loaded on tankers for shipment to West Coast refineries The North Slope field is the largest ever found in the United States It is believed to contain 10 billion barrels of oil and 26 trillion feet of natural gas Conservationists have argued that the 7 Where the pipeline will go pipeline would cause irreparable damage to the fragile Arctic environment and create the danger of oil spills from the tankers carrying the oil south Michael McCloskey executive director of the Sierra Club one of the largest and most influential conservation groups said the Morton decision would confront us with the worst possible combination of long-range results He said the Canadian route was inevitable and we will eventually wind up with two damaging pipeline routes where one would suffice Morton argued environmental costs and risks would be involved in any route On the other hand the United States vitally needs the Prudhoe Bay oil and we need this oil delivered to our West Coast as promptly and safely as Morton said Chicago 7 Contempt Charges Overturned CHICAGO want to comment on this your honor because I think what you have just said is about the most outrageous statement I have ever heard from a bench and I am going to say my piece right now and you can hold me in contempt right now if you wish to U.S District Court Judge Julius J Hoffman eventually did hold attorney William M Kunstler in contempt for speeches like that Attorney William His attacks enraged the Judge one He also meted out contempt sentences to fellow attorney Leonard I Weinglass the Chicago Seven defendants they represented and Black Panther leader Bobby i Scale whose case had been severed from the trial On Thursday the 7th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the contempt sentences and ruled that those found guilty of contempt by Hoffman should have jury with the exception of one defendant who received a term of less than the generally accepted six months for contempt The Court ruled that any WK ATI IKK Generally fair and becoming warmer today Partly cloudy nml not ns cool tonight Saturday Increasing cloudiness and seasonably warm with n of showers In the Inie afternoon nnd at night High mid low tonight low high tomorrow upper Winds nrc mostly light nl miles per hour this Probability of rainfall on per cent High ycNterclny 72 tow NEW BRAUNFELS Tex muddy Guadalupe River swollen to flood strength by long rains swept over a stretch of South Central Texas today pouring through cities and riverside communities and forcing thousands from their homes At least six persons were dead More than persons were evacuated from homes in San Antonio and San Marcos and along the river from New Braunfels to Many persons were reported missing We know of five confirmed said New Braunfels Police Chief Royce Couch But we fear the total will go much higher So many people were washed away One body was recovered at Seguin 15 miles downstream Gov Preston Smith called out three National Guard units to help with rescue and evacuation in New Braunfels Seguin and nearby San Marcos All bridges in New Braunfels were covered by the water The only safe way Into the town of persons was by helicopter or heavy four-wheel drive trucks Couch said hundreds of persons were evacuated from residential areas of New Braunfels and taken More On Page 10 Col 1 Red Troops Move On Town Harbors Quiet contempt trials should be held before a ferent judge U.S Attorney James R Thompson said the government would take those ruled as deserving of jury trials to court again The contempt from two months and 18 days for defendant Weiner to four years and 13 days for been as controversial in and of themselves as the rest of the trial The Chicago Seven trial began Sept 24 with eight defendants It ended Feb 18 1970 Scale was severed from the trial he had been shackled and gagged for three days on Nov 5 Hoffman gave him a four-year con- tempt sentence Scale called the judge racist Fascist pig for not permitting him to be represented by San Francisco attorney diaries Garry who was ill at the start of the trial But absence did not make the rest of the proceedings tranquil There was a brawl between the defendants and U.S marshals a birthday cake was brought into the court for Scale Uie defendants tried to drape the defense table with the Viet Cong nag Hoffman and Jerry Rubin showed up in robes and there was a raging con- whether the defendants should use the men's room in the hall or the one in the courtroom lockup t they didn't want to go to the toilet in the And attorneys Kunstler and engaged the Judge who today is 70 ami on senior status vigorously about his decision claiming that the atmosphere In Chicago led to the disturbances at the infill Democratic National Convention for which their defendants were charged with con- spiring to incite riots The Anneals Court ruled the attorneys engaged judge much too vigorously On Feb 2 11170 the judge refused to let the defense call the Hev to the witness stand He rested tlic defense's case over protest and Kunstler delivered what some attorneys called the strongest denunciation uf judge ever made by nn attorney In a federal court lie told Hoffman he going to say my right now and Invited him to hold mo In contempt He told Hoffman he bad Mure Oil I SAIGON Vietnamese troops bombarded the provincial capital of An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon with a record rounds of ar- tillery and rockets and captured most of the town today in a assault military spokesmen reported U.S hit areas around the destroyed city with tons of bombs in what spokesmen called the most concentrated bombing of the war but the Communist positions were camouflaged in the rubber plantations and of the raids was not known Jet pilots said they knocked out two PT76 tanks and disabled two others but the two damaged tanks still fired into the town once a beautiful district capital with wide palm-fringed streets and French colonial bungalows The U.S Command imposed a news blackout on the U.S naval blockade of Haiphong and six other North Vietnamese ports but said the cruiser Oklahoma City flagship of the U.S 7th Fleet had left Haiphong where it carried out the shellings earlier this week to bombard the new Communist offensive headquarters in captured Quang Tri The U.S Navy said the big guns of the Oklahoma City hit Communist buildup areas including defense sites and an enemy truck parked near Quang Tri touching off massive fires which sent dense smoke spiraling high into the area and continuous secondaries indicating ammunition was blowing up The ship also hit an enemy bivouac area and emplacements The North Vietnamese were reported con- regrouping and resupplying for a major attack on Hue expected now around May 19 on the birthday of Ho Chi Minh the late North Vietnamese president who battled the French and the Americans for more than 20 years Although there was no official American word on the blockade the Japan Defense Agency said a Russian cruiser and a destroyer were seen moving about 10 the strait between Japan and Korea today There was some speculation the ships were en route to look into the U.S blockade of Haiphong Harbor since they left the port of Vladivostok after President Nixon announced North Vietnamese harbors were being mined But the Japanese said the slow speed of the ships indicated they probably were on a training cruise to the Indian Ocean Hanoi Radio reported few American air strikes against the North Vietnamese capital today and said three planes were shot down bringing the number shot down in recent to the 22 with a number of American pilots captured The U.S command had no im- mediate comment Here was the military situation elsewhere in Cambodia the Cambodian high command in Phnom Penh announced the fall of four more government positions in the southern provinces bringing the total to 11 since the border town of Kompong Trach was overrun April 30 Communist victories in this area open a new supply route into the Mekong Delta below Saigon Takeo the capital of the province where the four towns fell itself was expected to fall at any time The Communists also increased their pressure on Highway 1 Unking Saigon and Phnom Penh in hopes of opening still another supply route into the area barely 30 miles northwest of Saigon The Communists were still trying to build up for their expected offensive against Hue but there was scattered fighting in the vicinity and an air strike northwest of Hue which spokesmen said killed 185 Communists A spokesman said 32 Communists were killed in an unsuccessful attack on Artillery Base Birmingham seven miles south of Hue the Communists shelled King Base 10 miles southwest of Hue with 90 rounds More On Page 10 Col 1 HE'S HAD ENOUGH Demonstrator who climbed atop marble statue at Georgia-Pacific Building in downtown Portland was pulled into fountain by unidentified man angered at protesters UPI Photo PASSING THE BUCK A Sullivan County Republican Party worker passes through the aisles at Thursday night's convention at Central High School accepting donations The GOP delegates picked nominees for this fall s county races at the session Photo Lowell Harris Doctor Accused Of Failing To Pay Tax On CHURCH HIM A Church Hill doctor has been charged with failure to file income tax returns for three years by the Internal Revenue Service office in Nashville Dr Travis H Roberson has been charged with failing to file federal income tax returns although his grass income was in in and in according to U.S Ally Gen Fred D Thompson who filed the Wednesday According to Hie Nashville office Dr Hoberson will now make a plea If he pleads not guilty bond will be set If convicted on all three counts Dr Hoberson faces a maximum of three years in prison and fine In addition the In- ternal Revenue Service will require him to pay the tax due plus civil penalties and in- terest Roberson has been a practicing physician in Church Hill since 1959 He practiced medicine for a short while in Tenn after his internship in Kingsport lie is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis Fletcher Gets Republican Nod In Sheriff Race By BRAD JOLLY Staff Writer BLOUNTVILLE J C Fletcher easily won the nomination as the Republican candidate for Sullivan County Sheriff in the only contested nomination at the Sullivan County Republican convention at Central High School Thursday night Fletcher defeated Gil Hodges of Bluff City by an unofficial count of delegate votes The other candidates Dwight Mason for school superintendent George Garrett for Kingsport Sessions Court judge and Ellis Wallen for property assessor were nominated by acclamation by the approximately 250 persons present The bulk of Hodges votes came from Districts Emmett Valley Pike Holston Point and Avoca and from Bluff Fletcher's heavy lead was apparent by the time the first dozen delegations were polled Prior to the nominations John Calderbank of Bristol delivered a keynote speech in which he called on the Republicans to display a united front to the voting electorate in November We face candidates in the other party who favor legalized marijuana amnesty for draft deserters and abortion Calderbank said Is this the world we want for our he asked We need to salute our noble President for his courage and conviction and for telling it like it he said Calderbank said Hubert Humphrey should be yesterday's history and keep his mouth shut said the Democratic party is dominated by campus rioters and and called Democratic office holders puppets who dance to the swan song of leaders bent on destruction Calderbank also referred to Ted Kennedy as the world's best long-distance swimmer who described him as a quiet unassuming man of great He read a letter of thanks the Sheriff's Department bad received commending Fletcher for his investigation of a break-in at the home newly appointed Sessions Judge who replaced Democrat Tom Bandy who resigned May 1 was nominated by More On Page 10 Col 1 House Passes Minimum Hike WASHINGTON House voted sday to raise Uic nn hour minimum wage to accepting an measure Unit would spread the Increase over a longer time than the Democrats wanted A coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats teamed up on a key 218 to 102 vote Thursday to pass a Republican substitute to a drafted by the House and Labor Com- The measure as sent to the Senate on a final roll call vote of 330 to 78 would raise the minimum to within two months of enactment and to one year later for the estimated 34 million workers covered by the act prior to Most If not all of them already arc making more than tour The increase for the estimated 11 million workers brought under the act for the first time by Congress after would go to an hour within two months after enactment then to one year Inter and finally two years after enactment The real impact of the would be on the 1986 workers 3 million of whom nro now estimated to be making less than an tour
