Middlesboro Daily News (Newspaper) - February 14, 1974, Middlesboro, Kentucky VOL 62 The Home Daily of the MIDDLESBORO KENTUCKY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14 1974 10 CENTS Over Greet Vice President at London Airport Ford Says U.S Over Hump in Gas Shortage Dally News Staff Writer LONDON Over people turned out at Laurel County High School here yesterday to see and hear the Vice-President of the United States Gerald R Ford Ford accompanied by Senator companied Ford on his plane Marlow Cook and Con- while Carter and other fifth gressmen Tim Lee Garter district Republicans met him and M Gene Snyder flew here a he airport A yesterday to speak to the a light drizzle kept the crowd at plate Fifth District Lincoln the airport to less than 200 Dinner spectators counting national and Snyder and local press people From the airport Ford and his party proceeded directly to Laurel County High School for a press conference and rest before the dinner At the press conference Ford said he doesn't feel Watergate will hurt at all this election year Ford said the people will look more closely at the issues of peace and prosperity than at Watergate He said although we have some economic problems right now these will be of short duration He said Republicans will be boosted by a rising tide of increased employment by the November election On Watergate Ford said that President Nixon's record of cooperation with Watergate investigators is a good one He said the President actually gave the special Watergate prosecutor more material and tapes than he requested con- Weather Vice President Chats with Sen Carter Vice President Gerald R Ford of Michigan chats with Fifth District Congressmen Tim Lee Carter after Ford and hit party landed at the airport Ford Carter Senator Marlow Cook District Congressman Gene Snyder were in London to attend the annual Fifth Lincoln Dinner at Laurel County High School Claiborne School Board Sets Meeting with Court The Claiborne County Board of Education last night en- County Judge Hurst's action calling for a special court session Monday to reconsider the building program budget Hurst has called a special meeting of the quarterly court Monday to hear once again the school proposal to shift excess tax revenues and reserve insurance revenues to the building program budget At the last court meeting the court failed to pass the proposal by just one vote The proposal according to the school board would allow the board to completely finish and equip every building project now underway in- the Midway and Forge Ridge additions except for the Tazewell Primary School The court had already voted to have a special session Monday night anyway to consider a proposal by the school board to increase its Title I budget by the amount of an additional Title I grant recently given to the school board The court declined to act on this proposal when first presented because the ad- money had not been specifically budgeted In other action the court hired Bob Miller the principal of Ellen Myers School as principal of the new H Y Livesay Middle School in Harrogate Another personnel change voted last night was to transfer Steve Minton from Memorial School to Claiborne County High School where he will be the new football coach The board also accepted the resignation of James Roy a teacher at Forge Ridge who is retiring In other action the board voted to compile a list of substitute bus drivers Eugene Carey's Powell Valley bus route to Crit Smith and voted to join the Tennessee School Board Association and the Public School Cooperative Research organization Mostly cloudy and much colder today with con- fog Temperatures in the 50s falling into the low 40s today Cold with rain tonight possibly beginning as snow or freezing rain in some portions Lows upper 20 IRS Says Many Overcharging LOUISVILLE Ky UPI The Internal Revenue Service says that 45 per cent of the tax service stations across tucky checked by its agents last month were charging too much for gasoline However Stabilization Of- ficer Daniel Hawes said the constant revisions in the wholesale price of gasoline and not by station operators is the cause of over priced gas IRS agents from the Louisville office fanned out across the state and found 57 of 129 stations charging more than allowed under guidelines set by the cost of living council the scandal Ford gave some very firm views of his opposition to court ordered busing to achieve racial balance There are better ways to get quality he said noting he was totally unequivocally opposed to busing On the energy crisis Ford said he felt we were over the hump in the gasoline shortage and predicted there would be no gasoline rationing Ford said he believed people would rather wait in line to buy gasoline rather than wait in line to get ration coupons Ford said environmentalists will have to be realistic about the energy crisis and said many environmentalists have used good judgement in the last six months by their self- restraint He added 1 would hope they environmentalists wouldn't have to lose the headway we've made Ford said the President's budget for this year has a increase for research and development in the energy field He said next year the President plans to increase that by over two billion dollars Finally Ford told the group he had no intention of being a candidate for President in 1976 He said he has made a firm commitment to his wife not to run and he believed he could function more effectively as vice-president without the pressure of a future candidacy for the Presidency In introducing Ford to the Lincoln Dinner audience Fifth District Representative Tim Lee Carter said he was a man the people of America can love and respect and 1 will work for his nomination for President in 1976 In his speech Ford accented the positive achievements of the Nixon and called on every American to support him Ford said there has been Progress made under the President and if he had a Congress of his own party we would have been further along than we are now Instead of being hearted and discouraged we should be proud of the United he said Ford noted the mid-east peace agreement was arranged under the ship of the President He said was there any other leader in the world who have brought this about the answer is no Ford repeatedly emphasized the present administration ended the Vietnam war freed our ended the draft and created new relations with China and the Soviet Union Veep Fields Questions Vice-president Gerald R Ford answers questions at a press conference held in the lunchroom of Laurel County High School yesterday Ford told the newsmen he doesn't feel Watergate will hurt Republicans chances for election this year but Instead the voters will look at the progress made under a Republican administration Want More Concessions in Exchange for Oil Algeria Syria Urge Partners America be Kept on Blacklist By United Press International Algeria and Syria have urged their Arab partners at the Big Four Algiers summit to keep the United States on the petroleum black list until they extract more concessions in the struggle with Israel diplomatic sources said today The sources said Presidents Houari of Algeria and Hafez Assad of Syria made their appeal to King Keisal of Saudi Arabia and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt Sadat and Faisal favor relaxation of the oil boycott and Sadat is pressing Syria to enter into negotiations with Israel the sources said Sadat has refused to resume the Middle East peace talks in Geneva until troop withdrawals begin on the Syrian front The meeting which moved into its second day in the Algerian capital was called to define the Arab Big Four policy on the future of the oil on the Syrian front The sources said Assad especially wants greater concessions on troop ment on the Golan Heights the scene of the most vigorous fighting since the cease-fire went into effect in October Both Syria and Algeria have been against lifting the go until the United States and other countries shift their Middle East policy In Tripoli the Libyan Oil Ministry said a conference of Arab oil ministers scheduled to open there today was canceled abruptly at the request of Saudi Arabia and Egypt Political sources said the oil ministers were awaiting the outcome of the Big Four meeting before deciding to lift the oil embargo As the four nations met Continued on Page 10 South Viets Warn Of Possible War Kidnapper Demands Impossible Hearst Plans What's Going On February 14 West End PTA meeting p.m at the school Program by fourth grade students February 14 King and Queen Coronation at Yellow Creek School p.m February 15 Valentine Dance Pine Ml Moose Lodge featuring the Country Swingers 9 p.m to 1 Members and guests February 15 Cub Scout Pack 547 Annual Blue and Gold Banquet 7 p.m at the United Methodist Church Program will feature a magician from Norris Tenn February 15 Pinnacle Lodge No 661 F and AM DGM for the district special guest p.m at the Lodge February 16 YDK Valentine Dance Middlesboro Civic Center featuring slag or drag 8 p.m until midnight February 16 Special Lincoln program on Movies at the Park 11 at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park No charge February IB Fashion Show sponsored by the Town and Country Homemakers Pineville High School Auditorium 7 p.m Admission February 19 the Middlesboro Music Club will hold its annual Parade of American Music at the Trinity Methodist Church p.m February 21 1954 Class Reunion meeting at the home of Wayne Price 514 Dorchester Avenue p.m February 26 1964 Class Reunion meeting p.m Community Room Middlesboro Federal Savings and Loan Association February 26 Cumberland Park Garden Club brunch Holiday Inn February 28 1965 Class Reunion meeting p.m Community Room Middlesboro Federal Savings and Loan Association HILLSBOROUGH Calif UPI Citizens from across the nation are sending money to the family of Patricia Hearst to help meet the demands of her kidnapers who want million in free food for the poor Mrs Catherine Hearst er of the University of California coed and wife of newspaper publisher Randolph A Hearst told newsmen Wednesday night that her family has received over a million dollars She lold an impromptu news conference outside her This was actual money not pledges It came from all kinds of wonderful people on welfare sent us apiece from each of them It's coming from real people just people Members of the Liberation Army abducted Miss Hearst Feb 4 and demanded that worth ol free groceries be given to the needy over a month's period as a nary move toward her release State officials estimated that 4.7 million persons would qualify for the foodstuffs Mrs Hearst wearing a dark blue dress and braving the chilly air lold Gift I hope can hear this somewhere wherever she is I hope she can hear what people are doing for her and that God will bless her where she is Two men and one woman Topless Dancer Enlivens Motorists ISLAMORADA KEY Fla UPI The motorists stranded in the Florida Keys by a truck wreck on an Overseas Highway bridge were getting hot and ill-tempered until Dede Bernardo began her topless dance When it became obvious it would take several hours lo clear the wreckage from the bridge Dede turned up the radio in a camper van stepped out into the sun and began dancing wearing only cutoff jeans and a smile After that the driver of an ice cream truck walked down the lonR line of cars hawking his goodies and the owners of and a driven limousine passed free drinks from bars A half-dozen beach parties began in the shallow waters and the driver of a bait truck handed out shimp and mullet bail to anyone with a fishing rod Several bars and convenience stores in the area did a office business in beer and soft drinks and the few motels in this famed sport fishing resort area of the middle keys quickly rented all rooms It took police seven hours lo clear the wreckage of the big gas Iruck from a two- lane bridge By that time Dede Bernardo had a bad sunburn dozens of people were sporting govers several people who look advantage of the bait man had coolers full of fish and no one seemed terribly upset by the traffic jam Police said the accident happened about 11 when an tanker truck driven by Don Adams of Big Pine Key jackknifed and crashed while attempting to pass a car on the bridge on U.S only north-south highway link in the Floria Keys traveled 150 miles from wood Valley in Mendocino County to present the with a check for Michael Prokes of the Temple Christian Church said we believe this country is a very rich nation and it Continued on Page 10 Technical Trouble Plagues Televised Council Meeting Miss Mary Lou of Lou Rennie TV Productions Middlesboro said today that technical difficulties at the Cable TV studio prevented narration portion of the televised Middlesboro City Council meeting Tuesday night irom being heard She said that this has been cleared up for subsequent showings and said that future showings would start on time The difficulties she said also delayed the original broadcast for about 20 minutes The council meeting will be shown again tonight over the cable station and is scheduled for 7 p.m 11 will also be shown again at 8 Friday Both showings will contain the called Tuesday when the council met to take action on the sewerage problems in Summit Drive area By ALAN DAWSON SAIGON South Vietnam today warned friends and foes alike it is prepared lo go to war if necessary to gain full control of two groups of islands in the South China Sea In an unprecedented joint appearance at the daily news briefing spokesmen for the government the military and the foreign ministry stood together on a podium to read a Vietnam deems it sary to solemnly declare before world opinion to friends and foes alike that the Paracel and Sprally archipelagos are an indivisible part of the territory of the Republic of South the said As long as one single forcibly occupied by another country the ment and people of the republic will continue their struggle lo recover rights While the statement did not specifically mention the word war its tone and that of the spokesmen made it clear more fighting was being considered by high-ranking Vietnamese officials China controls all the Para- Continued on Page 10 Sewage Station Funds Come From Revenue Sharing Mayor Crawford Blakeman said yesterday that Hie city allocated for construction of a sewage lift and additional sewer lines in the Summit Drive section of town was from federal revenue sharing funds The action was taken al a called meeling of the council Tuesday following a long list of sewerage complaints from the area Ehrlichman Lawyers To Subpoena Nixon WASHINGTON Lawyers for former tial aide John D Ehrlichman say they will make a new court to testify on behalf in West Coast criminal proceedings This time the pica will be filed in Washington to bolster Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gordon request for Nixon's appearance That request was temporarily delayed in Iho mails hut finally was delivered lo the White House by the Posla Service Tuesday Feb 4 request was in the form of a certificate for attendance of an IOB ena But lawyers want it wilh a Columbia John J Wilson Washington attorney said he would file his new request in the District of Columbia or Court and he presumed the court would hear this petition before Feb 25 when order asked Nixon lo testify Ehrlichman will a pre- trial hearing in on that date in connection with his indictment by the Angeles County grand jury In Iho 1971 break-In nl the office Daniel Continued nn rage 10
