Kingsport Times (Newspaper) - August 23, 1975, Kingsport, Tennessee Big Nine Jamboree Kicks Off Grid Season VOLUME XXXII NO 161 PHONE TENNESSEE 37662 SATURDAY AUGUST 23 1975 2 SECTIONS 30 PAGES PRICE 15 CENTS A calf for the fair child Photo Earl Carter When four-year-old Samantha Gail Brown goes home to Ft Myers Fla she won't soon forget the Appalachian District Fair That's where her father Gerald Brown who works for the James H Drew Shows bought a real fair product a Guernsey Kissinger Reports After Shuttle Session ALEXANDRIA Egypt UPI Secretary of State Henry Kissinger opened his diplomatic shuttle in Israel and Egypt Friday and the peacemakers reported progress toward a new interim accord in the Sinai Desert Kissinger met five hours in Jerusalem Friday morning with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and said I have the impression that progress is being made He met two hours and 45 minutes in in the evening with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat Sadat spokesman Tahsin Bashir emerged beaming to tell newsmen there was some but cautioned there are some problems that need resolving Kissinger will confer Saturday morning with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi meet Rabin Saturday night in Jerusalem and Sadat here again on Sunday Aides said the Secretary will try to sandwich in a visit to Syria Saturday and travel to Saudi Arabia Monday Syria and Jordan Friday announced the for- mation of a joint military command and ed any partial peace settlement with Israel severely jolting the Kissinger mission Bahir said he did not know if Kissinger's Sunday visit here will be the last in the drive for a new accord Kissinger earlier said he would continue the shuttling until he either succeeds or fails in getting a new pact Kissinger Under Secretary of State Joseph and U.S Ambassador to Egypt Hermann PACT CONTAINS U.S PLEDGE JERUSALEM DPI The United States has pledged aid to Israel if It is attacked by a major world power such as the Soviet Union although the pledge is not strictly a defense pact government sources said Friday It's something good for Israel to the sources said The pledge is contained in the section of the second Interim peace agreement with Egypt It Is the same section in which the United States has promised to give Israel billion in economic aid guaranteed oil supplies and weapons The pledge does not commit the United States to come to Israel's aid immediately if it Is attacked by a major power the sources said It is not an automatic decision but a decision to go into consultations on the form of the they said It is not a defense pact A government official said the new military cooperation pact between Jordan and Syria holds more danger for the Palestine Liberation Organization than for Israel Eilts met Sadat Fahmi and Egyptian Vice President Hosni Mubarak Friday night in Sadat's summer palace Ambassador Robert Anderson Kissinger's spokesman told reporters the two leaders held a full review of all the elements of an agreement As he did with Rabin earlier in the day singer drew from Sadat a full recital of Egypt's position Bashir sairt reviewed what was agreed upon and what remained to be settled Both sides declined to specify the issues being discussed Kissinger and Sadat threw their arms around each other on meeting and their heads touched in an arab fashion as old as this city of xander the Great The secretary of state then turned to reporters and said I have the impression that progress is being made Sadat said he was always optimistic But he obviously wanted the reporters to leave their meeting spot on lawn chairs at his Palace I haven't had any conversations with my friend Henry he said I am Kissinger said I have the impression there is a gap but it is narrowing More On Page 2 Col 3 Malpractice Pool Premiums Higher TVA RULES OUT RATE INCREASE FOR 3 MONTHS KNOXVILLE Tenn UPI There'll be no rate increase for Tennessee Valley Authority customers for at least another three months and there may be some easing of rates boosted during the past year by fuel cost hikes The TVA board of directors began its quarterly review Friday on power system finances and heard continuing optimistic predictions for the present cal year despite a million drop in an anticipated operating margin for the period I am not thinking in terms of recommending a power rate Lynn Seeber TVA general manager told the directors during the financial review And he said he hoped that during the months ahead the monthly fuel adjustment will either be slight or lead to reductions in power rates For September TVA announced an increase this week of per for the average homeowner in the Tennessee Valley It was the sixth straight monthly rise and the tenth including a general increase last January since last August Later Friday TVA officials met at Chattanooga with representatives of its 180 distributors to fill them in on power system finances The quarterly review will be completed next week The estimates made without benefit of any data from the current year which began July 1 ed an operating margin of 153 million at the end of the year compared to million at the end of fiscal 1975 Seeber warned however that last February TVA officers were predicting a margin of million for 1975 And only three months ago they were ing million for 1976 million more than the latest predictions for operating margin And TVA Chairman Aubrey J Wagner told TVA officers he was less optimistic about the finances than they apparently were The margin was based on costs for year of billion and revenues of billion Tennessee doctors received word Friday that malpractice insurance will be ble beginning Sept 1 through the Joint Underwriting Association made up of more than 300 insurance companies The of solving the insurance coverage crisis will likely be higher fees for patients The insurance premium rates which begin at for and rise to annually for thoracic and vascular surgeons are higher than most doctors pay now Kingsport physician Donald W Bales who testified before the Tennessee In- surance Commission in July when ings were held on implementing the coverage commented Friday I expected it He said there were reports geons premiums would go up about 300 per cent Before the crisis a typical figure was a year so it looks like the 300 per cent figure was in the ball park Dr Bales said the rates are acceptable Classified Conks Deaths 2A Movies 2A Television SA Sports Weather Map 2A This Week 2A to me I'm in favor of those companies making a profit What we had been worried about was the availability of any insurance and worry about the premiums later He added if the premiums are too high we'll have to raise our fees to cover it Insurance Commissioner Millard Oakley said in his announcement Friday Even though this is a non-profit organization the high rates are necessary to set up in- surance prices which will be adequate to protect policyholders for several years into the future The Underwriters Association will be the only entity permitted to sell tice insurance in the state Oakley said It is expected to handle about million worth of insurance for Tennessee doctors Oakley also announced that three review boards created to screen out nuisance malpractice suits should be in operation in two to three weeks Malpractice insurance for hospitals will be off ered in the middle of September Outside Partly cloudy today with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers becoming fair tonight and Sunday The nigh today and Sunday In the upper 80s A new approach is Recommend Fuel Agency WASHINGTON UPI President Ford is considering legislation to create an unusual quasi-public corporation that would funnel up to billion into projects to free the United States from dependence on foreign energy sources it was learned Friday Administration officials said the proposed agency called the Energy Resources Finance Corp would be funded by the Treasury Department They said it would be exempt from taxation annual congressional review and Civil Service regulations Details of the proposal came from Vail Colo where Ford is finishing a vacation from Vice President Nelson Rockefeller at his summer retreat in Seal Harbor Maine and from administration sources in Washington The time has come to consider a major new approach to the energy Rockefeller told a news conference He said the proposed corporation would provide up to billion to help develop domestic energy sources This corporation is intended to finance the development of new energy sources and then go out of one Washington source said He said the cor- might need to exist for about 10 years Asked if it would be difficult to win congressional approval for a project that would be outside the bounds of review Rockefeller The President hasn't taken a position on this yet so it's premature to get beyond his consideration Washington officials said Rockefeller and the White House Domestic Council which he heads are the proposal's chief backers The idea of a quasi-public cor- has the hallmarks of bond financing programs that Rockefeller pioneered in New York state But Rockefeller refusing to take credit for the plan said the legislation is being drafted by the Federal Energy tration with help from the Domestic Council He said FEA chief Frank Zarb will present the latest draft of the plan to Ford after the President returns from Vail Tuesday It wasn't my he said There are a lot of people working up tions for President Ford's return At Vail Colo White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen confirmed Ford had reviewed the plan He said the President would make a decision on whether to adopt it after his return to Washington Tuesday Nessen said however the unusual finance corporation proposal was only one of several ideas under consideration for assuring development of the new energy sources needed to free the United States from its dependence on foreign oil The President is looking at a number of alternatives on ways to stimulate the development of synthetic fuels and to perfect the technology in other methods of producing energy such as Nessen said He's looking at some ideas but he has made no decision Administration sources in Washington who asked not to be identified said the main backers of the proposed energy finance corporation were Rockefeller and More On Page 2 Col 3 Out 20 minutes earlier inside Kingsport Kingsport high school and junior high students will he dismissed 20 minutes earlier this year and will arrive five minutes earlier as the Board of Education voted in a special session late Friday morning to eliminate 15 minutes of the school day The board agreed to do away with the home room period which had been tacked on the end of the first period for administrative duties announcements and club High School Principal Robert Smotherman Jr requested scratching the home room period because it was only being used about once a week Dr Smotherman called the 15 minutes For Washington County students and teachers it's like a last-minute reprieve from the electric chair This was to have been the last vacation weekend the students were to have before classes started on Monday But massive electrical problems at both county high schools have delayed the slart of classes un- til Sept 2 giving the pupils an extra week's vacation School Supt Dallas Hardin said late Friday that administrators had decided to delay the first school day for all grades to keep elementary and secondary schools on the same schedule at the end of the first period dead which the teachers usually didn't plan for High school and junior high students will now be dismissed at p.m instead of p.m and they will arrive at 8 instead of The tardy bell will ring at instead of Dr Smotherman said The three board members at the meeting Ed Shaughnessy Wiley Ring and Richard Bailey approved the shorter day with the stipulation that it be studied throughout the year and a report submitted to the board by the principals at the end of the year More On Page 2 Col 1 5 days longer in Washington The culprit at both high schools was lightning which damaged the entire electrical system at Daniel Boone High School and the air con- at David Crockett High School We had to order a special part for the work at Daniel Boone but we didn't energize the system until today and we found it still wasn't fixed And the air conditioner at Crockett is going to have to be sent to Knoxville for further repairs We expect it back by which will give us Thursday and Friday to lest it Labor Day is the following Monday so we just decided to wail until Tuesday to begin classes din explained Pageant Crowning Climaxes Appalachian Fair's Final Night GRAY Appalachian District Fair marks the end of its 1975 run tonight with the of the Fair contest in the entertainment area of the fair grounds The event gets underway at p.m A total of 12 contestants are entered in this year's pageant Each girl as the con- test rules require is a resident of Washington County is between the ages of 16 and 21 and is sponsored by an area business or civic organization The contestants Diane Chatman daughter of Mr and Mrs John Chatman of Rt 3 Jonesboro Meschelle Bolton daughter of Mr and Mrs N C Bolton of 1316 Woodland Ave Johnson City Cindy Keefauver daughter of Mr and Mrs Billy Joe Keefauver of Rt 5 Jonesboro year-old Karen Bray daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Bray of Rt 5 Jonesboro year-old Kathy May daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward May Jr of 636 East Maple St Johnson City Debra Bryant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward L Bryant of 2510 Larkspur Dr Johnson City Arlene Sanders daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Sanders of Rt 9 Cathy Erwin daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Erwin of Rt 5 Jonesboro Shoun daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Shoun of 715 Johnson Ave Johnson City Susan Fletcher daughter of Ms Juanita Fletcher of 4100 East Englewood Dr and Marvin Fletcher and 4 Teresa Taylor daughter of Mrs Molly Taylor of 803 Charway Dr Johnson City Judging will be based on beauty 75 per cent and poise and personality 25 per Formal gowns will be worn during the competition which will be judged by Mrs Margaret Recce of Erwin T J Little of and George Toncray III of Kingsport More On Page 2 Col 3
