Middlesboro Daily News (Newspaper) - October 3, 1974, Middlesboro, Kentucky VOL 62 160 The Home Daily of the KENTUCKY THURSDAY OCTOBER 3 1974 i ht il 10 Cents m 1 J Suits Tiled Ask Damages v Two suits have been filed in Bell County Court asking a total of in damages or property recovery jeanette and Douglas H Hartley -are James William r of for in they claim resulted an automobile accident Ms car in the parking he by a car by Hartley accident Basking for for pain arid suffering and of earning power and Hartley is asking for loss of his society for Tiled suit against Halcomb to repossess a -mobile home plus a 15 percent attorney's fee plaintiff claims Mrs Halcomb has M l Slashed from Original Nixon Allotment Cut to By HOWARD FIELDS WASHINGTON UPI House that was to impeach Richard Nixon has decided that his resignation does not entitle him to in public funds for transition to private life It voted 317 to 72 Wednesday for a supplemental tions which would give Nixon billy and insisted that no taxpayers money be used to transport the White House tapes to California of new Hag drill team which Kas been to the regular high marching band unfurled their gold and white to the as they practiced in the parking lot the high school The drill team wDl be appearing IB of the Yellow jackets at future The Washington Star News reported Nixon's lawyers would ask U.S District Court Judge John Sirica today to excuse the former president from ance with subpoenas to appear on grounds of 111 health Special Prosecutor Leon has already to order an examination of Nixon by court-appointed physicians rather than accept the ment of Nixon's doc tor Both amendments were of- by Rep Joseph The action was likely to have an effect on the Senate Its Appropriations Committee scheduled a meeting behind closed doors on its sub- recommendations to give Nixon in transition money The House had little patience with appeals not to punish Nixon for his actions in office As Rep John Moss asked What services can a president who left office under less than honorable conditions provide to the United The House also adopted an amendment by Rep Sidney R Yates to prevent any of the appropriated funds to be used for transporting Nixon's tapes and documents They are now in government custody but destined for San Calif unless the courts or Congress decide otherwise Yates provision would allow transportation of the material if the possession issue is resolved in Nixon's favor or has not been resolved at all by next June 30 The House rejected ments to completely cut off Nixon's funds to eliminate the remaining of his presidential pension and to leave him nothing but that pension the ame argued that past presidents received healthy transition sums and that Congress should not deny Nixon equal treatment just because he resigned in disgrace Some members said it didn't matter what they gave Nixon because President Ford still has authority to spend funds for Nixon and already has spent Supervisors Lee's JONESVILLE The Lee County Board of Super visors heard a report the Highway Department the budget for secondary in the county and it agreed after- discussions spread over several to provide funds for the Charles Health V The supervisors were told that tte annual budget for the year would be ap proximately Th money will maintenance arid new con- involving the ty secondary roads been asked for greater participation in the of the clinic at St Charles and delegations had appeared at the regular monthly meetings for several months Yesterday the board voted to provide for equipment and supplies for ite clinic The money is to come from Revenue Sharing Funds The Board heard a report that its request for equipment for the sheriff's department bad been approved providing about for two-way the sheriff's of fke and for all of Low Temperature Record Set in Ky Kentucky hit with eatly morning frost for two days had real bundle up weather early today as temperatures dipped to record lows for this date The 27 degree temperature at Lexington at 7 CDT broke the old record for this date of 34 set back in 1888 The 32 degree reading at Louisville at 7 was seven degrees below the previous low for this date also set back in 1888 according to the National Weather Service Office at Louisville the patrol cars Included were two The federal government will provide of the money to matched by from and by The board two youth programs ope a juvenile detention home at Abington arid the other a dental program Appalachian Regional Com- The county will enter into a contract with the Highlands Juvenile Home for use by Lee County juvenile offenders and will be involved in the Dental Health Program under ARC until August when the state agreed to fund the The board received its first monthly v Inspecter new facility that became functional Sept -j spector reported that he had issued 56 permits during the month ot September collecting total of The percentage of the permits went to property others who were doing rewiring projects in structures Seventeen permits were issued in his area The supervisors voted to hire the Comprehensive and Training Agency which is a new service under the Virginia Employment Commission Chance it was noted had eight years experience while doing the same type of work for another agency that is no longer funded In other The board accepted the resignation of Carl 11 Evans Evans had served on board for 12 years Heavy bn By LEONARD CURRY UPI Writer WASHINGTON UPI The administration is considering energy conservation measures mat Include heavy taxes for excessive use of gasoline electricity natural gas and other fuels The generally would provide tax relief for with Incomes of government One of the a 20 cents per gallon of gasoline for who drive less drew an angry public response Wednesday The switchboard was jammed all said a spokesman for bz Federal ple were calling us and their congressmen to oppose it Other proposals under er a ti on if consumers use more natural gas and electricity than they did the previ ouz year tax ers of up to 40 per cent of the amount spent for insulation storm windows arid other energy conserving tf on large energy to conservation arid follow them Voluntary projects sponsored by the Commerce Department last winter ally failed one FEA official said The proposed f je on gasoline was disclosed by FEA Administrator John Sawhill -In Washington and Deputy FEA Administrator Roger Sant in San Francisco Under the Sawhill plan which FEA officials said has at the highest levels in the White motorists would pay what amounts to a tax of 20 to 30 cents per gallon when they buy gasoline The government then would give each motorist back each year It would be paid to them through their employers at the rate of per week to their pay checks With a 20 cent tax a person who drives miles a year in a car that gets 20 miles per gallon would break even paying in tax and getting Continued on Page 2 Court Difficulties Seating Watergate Jury The House appropriations committee proposed giving Nixon but by a vote the full chamber ed Of the request for the first six months out of office and by a 321-6S margin removed from the earmarked for his second six months Phone Canvass Being Made For Directory A telephone canvass of Middlesboro residents is being made by the Johnson Publishing Company of Loveland Col in obtaining information for a Middlesboro City Directory according to a spokesman for the Chamber of Commerce here Although not sponsored by the Chamber it has the proval of the local Chamber of Commerce according to Miss Frances Jane Williamson chamber secretary About IS workers are making the canvass and asking such questions as name family size place of employment whether or not the resident owns his own home and other questions Information given to the canvassers for the directory is completely voluntary no person is required way to answer any questions he wish to Anyone wanting to check on the legitimacy of an individual call may call Miss Williamson at the Chamber of Commerce office No Cancer Indicated In Nixon's Phlebitis What's Going On October 3 The Middlesboro Garden Club will meet in the Community Room at the County Library 2 p.m Twirlers will dance in the Campus Center LMU time Luther Whitaker caller October 5 Yard Sate by the Junior Woman's Club 606 Avenue beginning at October 5 Alpha Mu Chapter of BeU Sigma Phi country store Cumberland Gip Autumn Festival ning at 9 October 7 Western Squa re Dancing beginnen clasi at the Civic Center 8 p.m Laat night to enroll October 12 Annual Art Show sponsored by the Jonesville Woman's Club Powell Valley National Bank Beginning at 10 October 13 The Ewing PTA will sponsor turkey dinner in the Elementary School cafeteria to 2 p.m Va time for and for children under 12 By WESLEY G PIPPERT WASHINGTON UPI siding Judge John J Sirica today begins questioning in private the 144 candidates remaining from the first 315 summoned to find a jury for He told a reporter that the progress made today would go a long way toward revealing how long it will take to obtain a panel of 12 jurors and 6 alternates Of the two groups summoned on the first two days 171 were excused because it would have been difficult for them to be sequestered for the three to four months the trial is expected to take Most said they had health problems small children to care for or plans that would be difficult to break Sirica today examines the 64 who survived Tuesday's and Friday he will examine the 80 remaining from Wednesday Five of former President Richard M Nixon's closest aides Attorney al John N Mitchell former White House aides man and John D Ehrlichman former Assistant Attorney eral Robert C Mardian and re- election lawyer Kenneth W Parkinson charged with conspiracy in the concealing of top-level involvement in the 1972 Wa tergate bugging Nixon's lawyers were ed to report to Sirica today on whether the former President would be well enough to testify at the trial The Washington reported that the lawyers headed by former Assistant Attorney General Herbert J Miller Jr would ask Sirica tn excuse Nixon from testifying Dr John Lungren Nixon's physician said in Long Beach Calif Wednesday that he would discharge Nixon from the hospital at the end of the week Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski disclosed in a court memo Wednesday that the government has added a 20th Continued on Page 2 Weather Partly cloudy and cool Thursday with highs in the A little warmer Thursday night with lows in the mid to mid Increasing cloudiness and warmer Friday with highs In the mid to mid By JACK V FOX LONG BEACH Calif UPI Richard Nixon does not have cancer and will be released from the hospital later this week the former president's doctor says Nixon's bout with phlebitis and the lengthy convalescence urged by his physician were expected to keep him off the witness stand at the Watergate for a more possibly preventing any Joe Suppiger New Kiwanis President Dr Joseph E Suppiger an associate professor of history and chairman of the Humanities Division at Lincoln Memorial University was recently installed as president of the Middlesboro Kiwanis Club Dr Suppiger managing editor of the Lincoln a literary magazine published quarterly by LMU is also the school's curator of resident of Harrogate Tennessee Dr Suppiger has been on the LMU staff since 1669 The new Kiwanis President was born in Urbana Illinois and is the father of two young sons Edward and An- drew His wife Sue is also on the Lincoln Memorial Staff as director of Upward Bound and Special Services Joining Dr Suppiger as officers of the Kiwanis Club Fred Schraeder first vice-president the Rev Barney McLaughin second vice-president John Essary secretary and David Cook treasurer The installation of Kiwanis officers was held Wednesday at the Middlesboro Country Club appearance Dr John Lungren reported Wednesday that an extensive battery of tests since Nixon was admitted to Long Beach Memorial Hospital 10 days ago failed to reveal any hidden malignancy the cause of the phlebitis The doctor had never ed public concern over cancer which js connected with tis only in rare cases About 2 per cent of the Honored in Lee Betty Jean Moore Lee County Agent recently received the distinguished service award from the National Association of Extension Home Economists during its annual meeting Miss Moore has been an ex- tension agent in Lee County for five years and has been working in the extension field since 1963 She has been cited for developing and organizing a family resources program in Lee County where there had been no agent for that program for 30 years She has also been honored for related public relations work in the area Returning Senators Cuba Struggling with Poverty Hunger By SEN Written for UPI WASHINGTON UPI Cuba the tropical island of sugar cane and Castro-brand communism just 90 miles off U.S shores has changed greatly from my last trip there in December 1960 Cuba today is a country struggling with the usual problems of undeveloped tries hunger quate housing lack of education and health care But there are many signs that the elaborate social grams of the Communist system there are working and that the average Cuban ing man and farmer is better off today than he was in the days before 1959 when the revolution as the Cuban Communists continually say I last went to Havana as a Rhode Island to see for myself what conditions were like Last weekend I returned to Havana with Sen Jacob K Javits of New York again to find out what conditions were like We were received warmly by Cuban officials and met for a total of more than in hours with t he highes t nt leaders including Prime Minister Fidel Castro The biggest change I noticed from 1960 was the almost complete absence of weapons and of policemen on the streets of Havana Cars and trucks were in much poorer shape Many of the cars on the road were badly deteriorated American models The modern vehicles we saw were either Russian or Japanese At the fishing fleet's repair port I noticed that the new machine In general the Russian influence al m ost stent 14 years ago was now very apparent Havana harbor was filled with Soviet vessels including modern missile and fishing ships In Cuba today clothing and staples are rationed and prices are lower than in this country Luxury goods however are very expensive Havana itself is a startling mixture of the old and new In many places it has the look of a blighted American city in the process of urban renewal The Cubans are extremely proud of the great progress they have made in education Both the percentage of children who attend school and the rate of literacy have improved greatly since 1959 and modern schools are being built everywhere The health care system also has been improved After 1959 more than half of the island's doctors fled Today according to Cuban figures there are doctors with more being ed each year At present there is one doctor for every Cubans Our final evening was spent dining and talking with Fidel Castro a man of curious contrast I had expected to find an aging burly loud I found instead a relatively shy man young for his years and softspoken We came away from our meeting with the view that there will be no abrupt return to normal relations between our countries But I believe Cubans are ready for a step-by-step ment into the family of the Americas
