Middlesboro Daily News (Newspaper) - June 13, 1974, Middlesboro, Kentucky VOL 63 64 Home Daily of the MIDDLESBORO KENTUCKY THURSDAY JUNE 13 1974 10 CENTS City Tri-State NEWS Nation World TENNESSEE SEN HOWARD BAXER ranking GOP senate Public Works Committee member saya he is throwing his full support to a Mississippi senator's to provide million in federal funds for quickened com- of the Natchez Trace Parkway This project should be completed as soon as possible and this appears to be the best way to do Baker said Wednesday THE RICHMOND VA CITY Council is debating whether it will ask the U S Supreme Court to settle once and for all the city's 1970 annexation of part of Chesterfield County Mayor Thomas J Bliley Jr said Wednesday no decision had been made yet on any supreme court appeal He also refused to state his own views on any appeal THE KENTUCKY STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY is holding a kickoff party Saturday night for the U S Senatorial campaign of Gov Wendell Ford The ticket event will be at the Capital Plaza in Frankfort with Ford scheduled to make a brief remark and introduce his campaign staff ATTORNEYS FOR CONVICTED SLAYER Billy Joe Dixon say they have not decided whether to appeal the 15 year sentence given their client for the slaying of a wealthy Roanoke Va contractor last fall Dixon 47 of Roanoke was convicted Wednesday by a Front Royal jury and sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary for the shooting death of Wiley Jackson 76 last Oct 16 Sentenced to Life Burch Guilty In Kidnapping SUNNY What's On June 13 Band Meeting p.m Band Room of Middlesboro High School June 13 Boone Trail Squares Class will meet in the Johnson Room of p.m Ky June 14 Flag Day Service in the Lodge Room of the Middlesboro Hotel 7 p.m Public June 15 Middlesboro Kiddies Day 2 until 4 p.m at Civic Center Free hoi dogs cokes and ice cream loall children under 12 years old June 16 American Legion and Auxiliary District Meeling 2 p.m in Ihc Auxiliary Building on Salisbury Avenue June 17 Saddle Club Kentucky 7 p.m Elwood Combs in charge of program June 17 Annual meeting Cumberland River District Mental Retardation Board Inc p.m al Corbin Comprehensive Care June 20 1961 Class reunion meeting p.m Com- munity Room Middlesboro Federal Savings and Loan Association world June 23 Special Business meeting of VFW Post 10285 Lodge p.m All members urged lo allend Organizational meeting for TOPS Chapter Take Off 7 p.m Tenn lime at Ihc home of Donna Arthur Tenn For more Information phone LONDON Ky A jury made up of six men and six women reached a guilty dict here yesterday in the trial of William Brown Burch 32 of Middlesboro who was charged in a federal warrant with kidnapping The jury deliberated three hours after Judge Bernard D Moynahan had taken almost an hour to give them their in- A guilty verdict by federal statutes automatically carries with it a life sentence but Moynahan directed that Burch be taken in custody to the Federal Mental Facility at the federal prison in Springfield Missouri After the sentence was read by the court clerk the judge told the jurors I think you have reached the proper verdict He continued saying Normally I wouldn't make a statement of that sort but in view of the evidence that we have seen it was the only one Mostly sunny and slightly warmer today High 75 to 85 Fair and not quite no cool tonight Lows 52 to 82 Partly cloudy and a little warmer Friday Highs In the THE KENTUCKY COURT OK APPEALS Wednesday refused to grant a temporary injunction to keep the Owensboro City Commission from redefining the work schedule of its firemen to deny them overtime The court said there were no grounds for the injunction after representatives of the city said it would not use a waiver of rights defense in future suits filed by the firemen NATION CHARLES M KING A MINISTER from Frankfort Ky Wednesday night was elected a second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention to become the first Negro to hold a convention post in the denomination's history King 78 defeated Olan H Runnels pastor of of Kansas City Mo in a runoff He had been one of seven persons nominated for the post POPE PAUL VI HAS APPROVED the celebration of the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia in 1976 John Cardinal Krol archbishop of Philadelphia said Wednesday Cardinal Krol made the announcement after receipt of a letter conveying the Pope's approval from James Cardinal Knox of Australia president of the permanent committee on the congress The international congress a week-long event has been held only once before in the United States In Chicago in 1926 WORLD FRANCE'S LABOR UNIONS REACTED angrily today to government plans to cool inflation with an austerity program of higher taxes energy cutbacks and other tightening measures President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Finance Minister Jean Pierre Fourcade Wednesday unveiled the new program which is virtually assured of being approved in the French parliament USSR PREMIER ALEXEI N KOSYGIN said Wednesday the Soviet Union supports total and complete mament as the best guarantee to world peace In one of a series of speeches by Soviet chiefs proceeding the June 16 elections to the Supreme Soviet parliament Kosygin We are for and deepening of the lessening of international tension in order to make it irreversible for total and complete disarmament which is the best guarantee of peace that could have been reached Moynahan then told the defense counselor Sen Charles Upton of sburg Ky and Burch that the verdict put the in something of a dilemma The judge said that due to the history of the defendant having emotional problems and since shortly after being arrested he had undergone psychiatric observation for only a short period of time he was going to give the family two options One the defendant would be held in custody of the U.S Marshall and taken at the expense of the family to a hospital or he would be sent to Springfield The defense made an at- tempt to have the defendant released until being taken to Springfield but was denied Upton told the judge that he hadn't considered a guilty verdict and that he was in shock and had not consulted Continued on Page 11 Throngs Shout Long Live Nixon Nixon Proving Popular Abroad Alumni Veep Betty Bell Mike Cily has been earned first vice president of the Eastern Kentucky Alumni Association Mrs Mike received a Master of Arts degree from Eastern in 1968 after receiving her U.S degree from Lincoln Memorial University in 1962 Mrs Mike is presently serving as librarian of the Yellow Creek School and as Mayor and Council member of the City of Middlesboro By HELEN THOMAS UPI White House Reporter CAIRO UPI Tens of thousands of Egyptians many rushing from the fields with children in hand turned out today along President Nixon's train route to give him another rousing reception and thank him for his peacemaking efforts Long live shouted the crowds as the train carrying Nixon and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on a whistle stop train tour to Alexandria pulled out of the Cairo station Nixon who had been on many such trips as a political campaigner in the United States waved and smiled from the observation platform that he and his wife and Sadat occupied Egyptians who turned out at an estimated two million strong Judiciary Called Rumor Source Wednesday in what Nixon called the moat memorable reception of his life lined the route the train look to the Also along the route were some of the policemen in weapons that were recruited to provide security for the trip Ran Alongside The mobs in Cairo jumped up and down to see over the other heads in the crowd and catch a glimpse of a U.S president once a position of scorn in Egypt Young children ran alongside it as it pulled from the station Drivers honked their horns The train pulled from Cairo but still the crowds did not stop People working in the fields along the train route cheered and waved and ran forward as the presidents went rolling by Abdel-Moneim 30 gathered together her five children from the field where they were planting corn and Kissinger Wins Senate Support Nixon will spend the day in Alexandria holding a dinner in Sadat's honor tonight before returning to Cairo Friday and a trip to the pyramids He will depart Friday for the second stop on his Mideast journey of peace Arabia will go from there to Syria Israel and Jordan In the Israeli settlement of Shamir Arab guerrillas fought an hour and 40 minute with Israeli troups today The renewed guerrilla attack was sure to further Nixon's trip Observation Car But on the train heading to Alexandria everything was rosy Nixon and Sadat laughed and chatted on the observation car The Egyptian reception has brought nothing but awe from the Nixon party Some of the can think of no day that more in our Nixon said in a toast at a lavish By STEVE GERSTEL WASHINGTON UPI Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who has threatened to quit unless he is cleared of allegations that he ordered wiretaps has won strong initial backing in the Senate More than 40 senators Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield have signed a resolution calling Kissinger's integrity and veracity above reproach Kissinger touring in the Middle East with President Nixon has remained silent since his news Austria Tuesday when he threatened to resign unless he was cleared by But angry ly attacked the House Judiciary Committee as the source of allegations that Kissinger dered wiretaps on 17 newsmen and government officials from 1969 through 1971 Leaked to Newspapers Kissinger denied under oath Sept 7 that he initiated the wiretaps He said he only provided the names of persons who had access to classified County Demo Meeting R The Democratic meeting scheduled for this Saturday at the Bell County Courthouse in Pineville has been postponed until June 29 The purpose of the meeting was to instruct Democrats on procedures for running for delegates to the local state and national Democratic conventions The meeting will be held at the Courthouse at 10 on June 29 information that was leaked to newspapers Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott Sens Barry M Edward Gurney and Strom Thurmond presidential counselor Dean Burch and Vice President Gerald R Ford all denounced the leaks of FBI documents on the wiretap controversy to several pers and the use of them by the media the ington Post of an act of treason for quoting secret FBI memos as contradicting ger's account He added that national security was the important issue not ing over whether Kissinger shepherded them 200 yards to banquet held in his honor in Cairo Wednesday night I hope the Americans will overwhelmed by the be good to she said reception It's been the biggest In Alexandria 130 miles ever in our Pat Nixon might have told a falsehood when testifying about his role in the at his Burch blamed back door back biting news leaks from the Judiciary Committee or its staff as the source of tion against Kissinger Ford accused forces of leaking such tion with motives Unequivocal Declaration Sen Hubert H Humphrey D- Minn said an unequivocal declaration by President Nixon would clear up the matter for Kissinger I cannot imagine that anybody would initiate this on and surely without presidential approval and I cannot imagine J Edgar Hoover taking orders from any Humphrey said An attempt by Rep Joseph Maraziti to have the House Judiciary Committee hold an open hearing today to declare its confidence in Kissinger was ruled out of order by chairman Peter Rodino The Senate resolution will be referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which already has voted unanimously in wiretaps No action on the resolution is expected before the conclusion of the tion north of Cairo Egyptians rode camels and donkeys into the city to swell the crowds along the It's a great thing that President Nixon is visiting said farmer Ahmed as he swung down off his donkey in Alexandria We thank God we won the I October 1973 war which made this possible told traveling companions before never seen anything like Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said today Security measures were not evident during the Cairo visit where Nixon rode side-by-side in an open car with Sadat and thousands in the streets surged Continued on Page 11 Israeli Reception Cooler than Egypt Strip Mine Passage Doubtful for This Year By VON BERGEN WASHINGTON UPI chief house architect of strip mining control legislation acknowledged Wednesday that passage cf such a was in doubt unless a public firestorm of pressure was brought on congress Rep Morris K Udall D- Ariz still smarting from a close defeat the day before of a nationwide land use measure suggested President Nixon had dealt in impeachment politics on the land use was backsliding on major national policies and promising one thing in public speeches and doing the opposite behind closed doors Now he president has begun to do the same kind of jig on the strip mining and that one is now in Udall said Strip mining legislation which passed the senate overwhelmingly last October was voted out of the house interior committee in May after extensive amendments and still must clear the house rules committee before floor consideration The Press and the public must not let Mr Nixon get away anymore with this double game for the stakes are too Udall said The congressman called on Nixon to come to his senses and do a little repenting If he will get aboard our effort once again we can still win this battle for sensible strip mining and land use Udall said But it's going to take a public firestorm to match the incredible pressure that was brought on the congress yesterday Udall alluded to the western movement of the surface mining industry citing Colorado as an example Well before the there was another Colorado known as Appalachia with wooded Continued on 8 By RICHARD C GROSS TEL AVIV UPI Israel reacted cooly to President Nixon's lavish welcome in Egypt today warning that closer relations may strain the friendship between Jerusalem and Wa- shington Israeli authorities fearing a possible Arab guerrilla attack also made clear that when Nixon visits the Jewish state Sunday his movements will be much more limited than during his current stay in Cairo They canceled plans for Nixon to make a lour of the sacred monuments in old Jerusalem territory Israel cap- lured from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East War The President will make a stop at the Yad memorial to Ihc six million Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II But such a visit is purely and similar V Apartment Building Named Honoring Couple's Service Ky The Rev and Mrs Herman D Moore had a major campus building named in heir honor when they retired from Clear Creek Baptist School here June I The veteran couple was surprised during Ihc theological school's recent graduation exercises when n student apartment building was named Moore Hall in recognition of 18 years service to the institution A bronze plaque affixed lo the apartment building is in- Hall In honor of Herman Moore Superintendent of Buildings and Alia Moore Secretary lo he who gave IS years of dedicated Service in helping rain ministerial at Clear Baptist School The liev M Aldridge president al Clear Creek speaking warmly of the Moores said Rev and Mrs Moore are adept in overseeing a multitude of details they arc unusually efficient in respective jobs are genuine Christians who arc dedicated to their lasks and they always go beyond Ihc call of duty Natives of Illinois Rev and Mrs Moore were residents of Cleveland Ohio where for 25 years Rev Moore was a foreman on the New York Central Railroad In 1950 the minded couple changed vocations lo begin mission work in Ihc lains They were staff bers of the Dessie Scoll Home Pine Ridge Ky and the Magoffin Baptist Mountain Valley Ky before joining the Clear Creek Baptist School Due to his unusually ministry as a pastor of four mountain mission ches Rev Moore received the Progressive Farmer's Rural Minister of the Year award in 1956 He recently resigned a ten year pastorate at the First Baptist Church Cumberland Gap a he held simultaneous wilh his responsibility at Clear Creek Rev and Mrs Moore residents of Harrogate Tenn plan lo travel considerably visiting their three children in Washington Ohio and Florida as begin retirement Honored at Clear Creek The Rev and Mrs Herman D Moore Tenn were recently honored by Creek School near Pineville by having a large student building named Moore Hall In recognition o 18 yean of service to the school to visiting the tomb of the unknown soldier in another country Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin speaking at graduation exercises in town of as Nixon arrived in Cairo warned that warming relations between the United States and the Arabs may strain the ship It is very possible that as a result of the closing of ranks we shall also have to arrive al differences of opinion or a disparity in views between us and United Rabin said He said he hoped that Washington if il gives ic aid lo Egypt and Syria will be sober-minded enough lo realize thai appeal for aid is an important one to use and Continued on Page 8 Suit Filed Against Rose's Ralph Vanover his next friend Vanover is suing Roses Stores In- for in damages he claims resulted from an incident involving the store employees Vanover claims he had en- tered the department store to buy a cerlain object picked the object up anil wailed al the ndrih side of store for his brother lo mod him While waiting he claims While a store employee came up io him and told him to him lo pay n fine and costs for shoplifting He claims this startled him so he left the package where he was standing inside slorc and lefl store through Die Mall He claims While ami another employee came after him caught him and beat him badly enough to require medical The day IIP claims the shoplifting charge against him was dismissed in County Juvenile Court He is asking for in compensatory damages for medical services pain anil suffering ami humiliation and for in punitive damages
