Middlesboro Daily News (Newspaper) - December 20, 1974, Middlesboro, Kentucky VOl 62 The Home Daily of the KENTUCKY FRIDAY DECEMBER 20 1974 10 CENTS Season To Be Jolly The wonderful thing about Christmas lime is that it givvs the world a chance to other people out of unsolicited love for one's Yesterday three members of the Tommy Massengill Rlaine ner and Jimmy Brown with the guidance counselor for both Mid- Elementary Schools to share some of thai organization's bounty with ten city children on a Christmas shopping spree Above Lonnie Wilder a at John's Store consults with right about which types of clothes shoes and toys the club wants to purchase for the children while Kuffner left looks over the The funds for the shopping spree were raised last spring when the club sponsored the ROHO Fishing Tournament at Morris Lake Money from the tournament also went this past summer to help defray expenses of staging a camp for the high school football team At left Isidore Abrams goes about the business of choosing and fitting shoes for the youngsters The store Named Veep by Vote of 287 to 128 Rockefeller Confirmed personnel also ROHO members worked closely with the delegation chosing the most durable and yet attractive articles they could trying to provide as much for the children as possible The children completed the spree with a complete change of clothing from shirts to shoes and socks and a few toys each K J Ausmus the counselor that companied the students stated that there had been a great deal of excitement among the students and herself about the event We're just so excited we can't stand she said K or the it was the culmination of plans that began last winter and in- cluded three days of hectic work during the In January the project begins again with the planning of this year's tournament By DONALD LAMBRO son A Rockefeller took the oath of office as vice president in a Senate ceremony Thursday night and pledged to help President Ford deal with the country's worsening economy There are signs he will be the most active vice president in history came two hours after voted to him as the vice president For Rockefeller 66 it was the end of a four-month political battle that has brought him the closest he has ever come to the presidency which he tried three times to gain but failed For Ford who has come under severe criticism for his handling of the economy there was the hope that Rockefeller would be able to bring new talent and a fresh approach to the problems of inflation and recession ing appointing Rockefeller to head a new Domestic Policy Board to chart a new course for the administration on the economy He has said Rockefeller will be a full working partner in his administration Many members of Congress said they voted for ler's confirmation because they felt his ability to attract talen into government would help Ford as President A f ew beli eve Rockefeller will turn out to be an acting president under Ford This is a period in which our country faces tremendous the former New York governor told members of Congress who crowded in to watch the the first event ever televised in the Senate chamber But there is nothing wrong with America that Americans cannot Rockefeller said With Ford by his side Rockefeller pledged to the fullest limit of my capabilities to work with you Mr President to meet the grave new problems we confront as a nation and a people It was the second time in history that Congress has confirmed a vice president and the first time that both a president and vice president Democrats said he was too rich Rep George Danielson D- Calif said Rockefeller's vast fortune was congenital and unsolvable It represents the greatest conflict of interest in the United States Rep Henry S Reuss questioned whether it was wise in a democracy to encourage the marriage of extreme wealth and high have been chosen by Congress political power rather than by vote of the people Ford was confirmed as vice president last year to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Spiro T Agnew He assumed the presidency when Richard Nixon was swept out of office by the Watergate scandals The end of Rockefeller's long confirmation battle came in the House about 8 p.m after six hours of debate in which conservative Republicans said he was too liberal and liberal But even such a strong liberal as Rep Michael rington said he disagreed with Rockefeller politically but voted for him He has never hesitated to fill a vacuum to attract talent and to make decisions Hep Shirley Chisholm D- ended the day's debate with an speech lauding Rockefeller for his accomplishments as governor As Trial Ends Prosecution Seeds of Watergate Cover-Up Sown Within Hours of Bugging WASHINGTON seeds of the Watergate cover-up were sown within hours of the bugging arrests and grew under Richard Nixon's direction in one of the saddest chapters in American history prosecution charges If you have any it get the tapes listen to the government attorney James F Neal his voice dropping from a shout to a ten to it on tape if you have any question about it Summing up the voluminous evidence amassed during 11 weeks of trial in an exhortation to the jury Neal the sanctity of the White House had been violated in the name of political expediency Neal was to wrap up his summation today to be lowed by lawyers for each of the five former Nixon aides accused of conspiring to hush up the scandal that eventually toppled Nixon from the Congress Approves Billion For Public By International More layoffs and industrial cutbacks were announced Thursday and demonstrators Ford cried jobs jobs jobs to help the jobless by financing public jobs and increasing Auto Layoffs Pass Quarter Million Mark WASHINGTON gross has completed its billion nge by passing an extension of unemployment benefits Only Ford's ture on three separate bills stands in the way of new public service jobs and new md extended ment The extension means many of the nation's 6 million unemployed will be eligible for up to weeks of Another part of the package grants 26 weeks of special nol covered by unemployment mainly stale local government workers arm workers and domestics per cent and expected lo go higher The billion authorization to provide 330.000 public service jobs and 26 weeks of special benefits to workers not covered by unemployment insurance The which also contains funds or public works projects passed Congress Wednesday and awaits Ford's signature unemployment benefits In other economic ments a group of 24 non- Communist nations said the U.S economy will be so bad in 1975 that it will drag the others down with it Auto industry layoffs in the final day before a Christmas vacation rose above U.S Steel defended its a per cent price increase and said it would give a formal response today to the President's call for a rollback Coal miners were back at work across the nation because of a contract settlement for Final Sales Show Leaf Price Down Tobacco buyers have left for the Christmas holidays as tobacco warehouses held their final day of sales yesterday before Christmas Although volume of sales was reported heavy in a few Kentucky warehouses yesterday warehouses in New Tazewell and Pennington sold little lobacco on the final day of sales New Tazewell sold pounds for al an average The Rasnic Warehouse in sold pounds for at an average of Across Kentucky were sold for at an average of Some of lower grades of burely dropped as much as per hundred Continued on 2 construction workers but a dispute with truckers ened lo shut the mines down again In New York 150 men cheered Treasury tary William Simon after he promised the Ford tion would continue fighting inflation and resist priming measures designed to ease the recession which Simon said would cause a new round of inflation But Va about 100 demonstrators chanted jobs jobs during an address by Ford in which the President said the country had serious economic and energy problems but would overcome them Ford spoke at a dedication ceremony from the caboose of Bicentennial train He ignored the who carried signs reading Don't Let Big ness Railroad U.S and GM off Profits Not kers In Paris the for Economic tion and Development said the U.S economy will be the most depressed economy in the area with an absolute decline in activity in both 1974 and 1975 The U.S recession is pulling down the economies of other industrialized nations the group said because of the dominant role of the U.S economy Ford Motor Co said it was cutting back production by 28 per cent resulting in layoffs for at least workers in the first three months of 1975 One of every three U.S auto workers will be laid off for periods varying from one week to indefinite by the end of March Other layoffs announced Thursday include the Finch Pruyn Paper Co of Glen Falls 300 workers out of work for one week because of declining orders and Freuhauf Continued on Page 2 Attacking evidence with the gusto of an evangelist facing a fresh tentful of sinners Neal sketched the small cover-up that began within hours of the June 17 1972 bugging arrests with the wholesale shredding of in- evidence in the District Judge John J White House and Nixon Then an accusing finger sweeping toward man 10 feet away he came to one of the saddest chapters in the and glorious history of the United States the meeting on June 23 at which the Sirica plans to allow the jurors sequestered since the trial began in October a two-day Christmas break before giving them the case next Thursday morning Weather Mostly cloudy with rain likely today ending tonight and becoming partly cloudy and cool Saturday Vigh temperatures today and Saturday in the low to mid 40s Lows tonight In the upper 20s to low 308 Partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday with a chance of Sunday and again Tuesday Highs In the 40s and Iowa from the mid 20s to the low 30s during the three-day period President approved enlisting the CIA to block the FBI investigation Can you he shouted Within two hours he went on Haldeman and codefendant John D Ehrlichman passed the word to top CIA officials providing the corrupt en- deavor at the heart of the p consp iracy As a result of Mr Mr Nixon's direction the FBI was thwarted for two Neal said in his deep Tennessee drawl It was thwarted stopped killed in its tracks for two weeks And that is the obstruction of justice Nixon was named an in the case The full pardon granted him by President Ford protects Continued on 2 Nelson A Rockefeller VICE PRESIDENT Charges have been made over the last several weeks about abuses of his wealth yet none have been she said Charges have been made relative to his alleged to human needs his record as governor on balance was a veritable stration of progressivism During the sometimes heated ued on Pa ge 12 Tazewell Man Dies in Wreck tazewell man was killed early this morning in a one car accident about one mile south of here on U.S The Tennessee way Patrol reported Gary J Moles 25 of Route 2 Tazewell killed According to the Highway Patrol skid marks on the way indicate Moles was traveling at a high rate of speed lost control of his car and hit an embankment The police said no other vehicles were involved and there were no other passengers in the car with Moles The accident cured at this morning Sugar Refining Companies Indicted on Price-Fixing Suit Filed In Bell Court Ben and Mary Maise have filed suit in Bell County Circuit Court against Junior Mills and Jessie Mills for The Maise's claim the Mills moved a trailer onto their property and blocked the abandoned Old Laurel Hill Road which the plaintiffs contend they own They are seeking in damages to property and a restraining order against the Mills to remove trailer and vehicles to allow the Maise's access to their properly Frakes Couple Dead In Accident SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS PINEVILLE Two people died yesterday as a result of injuries received in a traffic collision at the of U.S and Ky 190 The Reverend Lewis R Maiden 66 of Frakes died approximately one hour after the collision His wife Mrs Abbey Maiden 44 of Frakes died about three hours later at p.m in Room of Pineville Community Hospital Mrs daughter stepdaughter Irene Murray IB of Frakes was admitted lo the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington with a sprained neck She was reported to be in satisfactory condition Trudy Fuson 20 of mile was treated and released at Pineville Community Hospital for her injuries in the accident Miss Fuson a secretary was reportedly on her way lo her grandfather's funeral in Pineville when she collided with the car carrying the Rev and Mrs Maiden and Miss Murray The collision occurred at p.m according to the Kentucky State Police By DONALD SAN FRANCISCO UPI Six sugar refining companies have been indicted on charges of rigging sugar prices in 23 stales The federal grand jury said the charges dealt with pricing prior lo 1973 but the U.S Attorney's office said there also was an inquiry under way into current pricing practices Two criminal indictments were handed up by the grand jury which began its tion 14 months ago and took testimony from more than 100 witnesses The Justice Department at the same time filed three antitrust actions in the case The California Hawaiian Sugar Co Holly Sugar Corp and Consolidated Floods Corp were charged in one indictment for operations in Arizona market which included Las Vegas and Heno Nev indictment said and Holly along with American Crystal Sugar and Great Western Sugar wilh plotting to rig prices in Midwest The stales were Colorado Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota la Texas Wisconsin and part of Wyoming The suils covered both market areas and also named the Sugar Beet Growers Federation in Colo as a defendant A third area involved in the third antitrust action was the intermountain northwest ket of Idaho Oregon Utah Washington and part of ming There was no criminal indictment The civil suit was against and Sugar and Sugar and unnamed were accused of agreeing to prevent and the sale of private label sugar which is packed by a refiner but sold under the brand name of a grocery chain or buying cooperative The suit said there was no difference in the quality of the sugar but private label sugar generally sells for less The civil actions asked for injunctions against alleged gal practices The possible penalties in the criminal cases were in fines per company per offense New Strip Mine Destined for Veto Ily K WASHINGTON UPI strip mining reform proved by Congress appears destined or a presidential veto that will kill il for this year White House and al sources said Thursday there is virtually no way the legislation can he made able to President Ford before final adjournment of the Congress expected late today The only real question seemed to be whether Ford would let the die with a pocket veto or formally reject measure knowing that Congress would not be in session long enough to try to override his veto Ford's advisers said lasl week lhat he would velo the because he feared it would cause some extended law suits and substantially cut coal production The talk ol a compromise surfaced at he While House Thursday Presidential press secretary Ron Nessen told that Ford would be willing to sign the now on his desk only if Congress changes il with new legislation before adjourning But Ford's request for an amended drew no apparent support in Congress To get thai through the House and Senate in 24 hours is basically impossible in view of the bill's complexity said a spokesman for Sen Henry M Jackson D-Wa chairman of the Senate Interior Committee lhat would have to approve any proposed changes The Jackson aide also said frankly we arc amazed that the President would suggest lhat as an option as Congress was wrapping up work and about logo home Among other things Nessen said Ford wanted tion amended to limit the scope of a provision giving citizens the right lo go to court to block strip mining legislation He said President also wanted Congress lo qualify provisions dealing wilh potential effect of mining on water systems and use of a fund for reclaiming land that already has been
