Elizabethton Star from Elizabethton, Tennessee • 1

4A 4 Mi An Independent Newspaper Devoted To The Upbuilding Of Carter Johnson County (C) 1975 hlizibelhton Newspupc'rx Ine ull rights reserved MEMBER UPI VOL XLIV NO 17 ELIZABETHTON TENNESSEE 37643 WEDNESDAY EBRUARY 5 TWELVE PAGES DAILY 15 CENTS SUNDAY 30 CENTS 5 Tenn State Library Archives 11155 A I NiishvllXd TN 372X 4 isabethton tar I Weather 1 vYr i ii EAST TENNESSEE Rain today and tonight turning colder late tonight High todav mid 40s low tonight upper 30s 1 I 'W Drug Tip Off Vi s'lf We appeal to anyone who has information on drugs to report it anonymously by dialing 542 4151 after 8 pm on any day of the week Join in the fight to curb drug traffic! 7 4 Gov Ray Blanton Says Lawmakers Tour 'Huge In Budget Will orce State Cutbacks Contracts Awarded PUBLIC HEALTH of Club Induct Two aa economic New Members Concer ned itize ns A pea At City Planners Meetings Weather Cloudy with occasional rain most of tonight Chance of up the formal activities of the day Theagenda also included a reception and buffet dinner House Speaker Ned Ray McWhorter Dresden said earlier this week he believed the trip would lie very in formative for members of the legislature city for a feasibility study only not to make a site study Mayor Lionel Bunton told the group that a location has WASHINGTON Con gressman James Quillen has announced his 1975 nomi nations to the United States Service Academies Quillen made 32 nomi nations in all including 5 principal nominations and 27 competitive alternate nominations There are 3 nominations to the United States Air orce Academy 10 to the United States Military Academy 18 to the United States Naval Academy and 1 to the United States Merchant Marine Aca demy is a wonderful op portunity for these young men and I know each will be a credit to our the irst District Congressman said in announcing his slate of nominations Those nominated from the was named to the 1975 Membership Committee A charge on the work of the Club and its services to the community was given to continuous pre cast box beam with concrete deck slabbing one continuous pre cast I beam with concrete deck slabbing one continuous pre cast I beam with concretedeck slabbing one continuous cast in place gnder bridge four concrete rein forced retaining walls plus grading and drainage A spokesman for Michael (instruction Co said the firm could begin construction in Johnson Citv the last of March or the first of April while Mc Kinnon Bridge Co said no target date has been set NASHVILLE Tenn (UPI) Gov Ray Blanton said Tuesday a possible in the state budget would force a cutback of programs and a reduction of employes during the current fiscal year preliminary reports indicate that if we do something there is going to be a huge deficit not just a Blanton said The governor told capitol hill reporters during a news conference that he thought there will be further cur tailment of programs in all areas He said that work was going on in every state department reevaluating programs Bv United Press International Snow packed storms socked sections of the East and West early today compounding travelers troubles in the Sierra Nevada and creating near blizzard conditions in West Virginia A new storm front followed the path of a five day old storm in the Sierra Nevada the harshest on slaught The wind driven snows and heavy drifts caused the closing of major trans Sierra highways for nearly 12 hours including the country interstates all and 80 the main routes to Nevada from the San rancisco Bay area Area highway authorities required motorists to encase car wheels in chains 9 (UPI) Tuesday of two of a 67 mile section beginning at Highland Road to a point 730 feet north of Plymouth Road The contract calls for two twin bridges one continuous concrete box grider one con tinuous pre cast box beam grading drainage paving of crossroads and a fence McKinnon Bridge Co ranklin was awarded a $514118540 pace for the con struction of an 8 mile section beginning at Highway 91 ex tending to Highland Road That contract calls for the ville William Bruce Wilder Jr 112 Post Oak Drive Kingsport UNITED STATES AIR East West Snowstorms Slow Travel ine teenng 1 had was putting this solution out If you have a better one we will go with In other words it tjiard sell for his proposals and we ap preciated Blanton said he felt a common bond with the President and the other governors due to the financial and'budgetary problems they all share course none of our budgetary problems are as monumental as his but all ofthe states are having Blanton said man played down the gravity of the illness and said the C9 year bld multimillionaire was suffering from influenza and unspecified com plications Mrs Onassis who married the stocky jetsetter in 1968 five years after the assassination of 'President EARLY MORNING WRECK Citv Police investigated a wreck this rpprnmg around 8:30 am at the intersection of Bemberg Rfihd and West Streets No injuries were reported and neither driver was charged Involved in the accident was a 1973 Chevrolet Station Wagon (shown above) operated by Thelma Dunn 73 914 airview Ave who was traveling east on West and a 1970 Oldsmobile driven by Teresa Hopson Rt6 who was going north on Bemberg Damage to the Olds was to the front and right front fender and what it means to the state' Meeting as a committee of the whole members of the General Assembly faced a lengthy briefing on activities of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory the gaseous diffusion plant and other in stallations After that they were to break up into four groups for a bus tour giving the lawmakers and reporters accompanying them a chance to see the facilities first hand A question and answer you have it in this state according to the con stitution you spend Blanton said referring to the section of the state charter that requires a balanced budget and prohibits deficit spending Blanton said he did not know how long a recently an uuunceu rreeze on mnng News Briefs state employes would last going to hold to that (the freeze) until we have a good assessment of our situation and where we are going from he said Blanton said the attrition rate would automatically cut down personnel in some in stances in other cases he said programs would have to be terminated Blanton returned from Atlanta Monday night following a meeting of southern governors with President ord and said the President seemed open to suggestions' about his economic and energy of Atomic Energy built in the heart of Oak Ridge and recently opened to the public More than 80 of the 132 members had indicated they will take part in the activities Representatives of Union Carbide the Tennessee Valley Authority the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Project Management Corp set up to build a new liquid metal fast breeder demon stration project here were to take part in the presentations and answer questions from the legislators 1 TL inv piujcini iur uie uay was coordinated by the Economic Council of Roane nnd Anrinrcnn rnnnfinc Hill said that while the briefings and tours would be heavily related to nuclear energy as a power source for the nation there would discussions of all forms of energy which are under study at the Oak Ridge complex Many business and in dustrial leaders have begun to picture the area around Knoxville and Oak Ridge as the hub of a national energy complex related strongly to nuclear energy with both governmental and private industry developments' growing around this atomic city in the east Tennessee hill Sound NOTE The 'following Sound ex presses the personal viewpoint of a reader tv 7 'C x'CSA am writing this letter regard to recent articleswhich have appeared tn the STAR concerning theHe am i Vocational Technical School 3 want to' personally a a Marshall Nave for the excellent work they have doneto improve the school and make a vailablenmore pays to get an education think 2 changing thenew Paramedical School Io a technical school is a big i pro ve en 1 ed ca 1 1 on forthe Quad City: area) A 1 so wa i ng a ssoc i a eg ees 1 1 1 'benefitT thestudentsT Sen Navpt have donetheir qobs and cof 'tainly been of benefit to theoung people of this' area Herman RobinsonSchool has trained young1 people? and adults? who sothenwise) might hot have been able further their education find good jobs The school is pnewhich all the citizens of this area can be proud of and I know the new Paramedical School will be also I say Supt Nece and havePone well and cem tainly beeira this Vf Johnson City Man ound Dead CITY Police investigated a one car accident in the hospital parking lot yesterday afternoon around 6:55 pm Kenneth Hardin Rt 1 damaged the right front fender of his 1974 Chevrolet Pick up truck when he hit a light pole Two Prisoners Re captured WARTBURG Tehn Authorities recaptured one prisoners who escaped earlier in the dav from the Morgan county jail Sheriff Cecil Bvrge said theprisoners overpowered jailer red Pollard and locked him in a cell taking his keys and a wallet containing $42 Byrge said Phillip Hope 20 of Wartbufg and Joseoh Coffey21 of Oakdale then drove off in Pollard's car The sheriff said Hope who was jailed on a forgery charge was recaptured at a house 18 miles from here uIiiLBLIC 0N AGING was well attended here Tuesday at Senior Citizens Assembly Hall A number of representatives from tofial agencies attended the session and spoke con cemme their orpanizatinnR CnnntvTnHcm QacoiucuaiiuiasumuiIJUaiirOril A Oak Ridge Today OAK RIDGE Tenn (UPI) session was planned to finish lennessee lawmakers make a special of town trip today to trv to learn more about energy research and at the New American Museum development with special JOHNSON CITY Police said yesterday that Joseph Allen whose body was found in an alley outside his Sidney Street Apt apparently died of natural causes body was found early yesterday by Carden and Harrell Candel residents of the apartment building at which Allen resided The two men went looking for Allen after he failed to return home Monday night (He was found lying on his crutches A pair of bedroom slippers were found a feet from the apartment The two men said they saw Allen believed to be in his sixties leave his apartment Monday night and that he appeared not to act very well Garbage Transfer Site On Appalachian Road NASHVILLE state contract for the construction' emphasis on nuclear power transportation Department has awarded two contracts totaling more than $10 million for construction of two ad ditional phases of the Ap palachian Highway through Johnson City The contracts call for the construction of 147 miles of four lane roadway from Ten nessee Highway 91 to a point 730 feet north of Plymouth Road Both contracts call for the projects to be completed in 375 working days The transnortation De partment said Michael Con construction of three twin struction Co" Chattanooga bridges one single bridge one was awarded a $498013673 Two new members were inducted into the Elizabethton Club at its meeting this week i The new members include Shelby Miller of Tri State Container and Dave Garrett Quality Control Manager at Beaunit Miller after his induction hv John Kennedy flefr from club secretary Shepard incw i uin MUituay join Zo year old Christina at their Villa in suburban Athens is suffering from influ enza with complications but he is resting comfortably now the two new members by club and you can go Nikos" president Lionel Bunton omatines industrialist hus NEW DENTIST Dr James inch has been named staff dentist for the Carter County PublicHealth Department He will begin his official duties on ebruary 15 and will also work with the Health Departments in Unicoi and Johnson Counties He comes to thearea from Augusta Ga having received his degree in dentistry from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta Jackie's Husband ATHENS (UPI) Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis fought for his life to day against a musculardisease family sources said His wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and daughter Christina stayed at hisbedside An official family spokes band of sister Meropi told newsmen Tuesday night Other family sources said 'Onassis was suffering a re lapse of myasthenia gravis a disease that weakens the muscles They said the illness first struck Onassis in November but was checked with corti sone treatments It flared up five days ago they said threatening vital muscles and endangering his life Christina Onassis' only sur viving child has been at his bedside since the relapse family sources said Alex ander the son Onassis counted on to take over family business died in a 1973 air crash at Athens airport Medical Dictionary defines myasthenia gravis as serious disorder of rare occurrence in which the chief symptoms are muscular weakness and a special ten1 dency for fatigue to come on rapidly when efforts are By JOE BOWLING STAR Staff A delegation from the Broad Street Extension section thundershowers this afternoon appeared before tho beerusclected as yet andt and earl tonight: ElizabethtonPlanningttlaZsevcral sites wer Turning colder la'te tonight Commission last night in consideration by both the city and Thursday and continued protest of the new proposed and county cioucty witn intermittent ngnt iiiuisieroiauon inai ram or drizzle Wlll be jointly used by the city Low tonight upper 30s High and county Li Thursday mid 40s Variable Charlie Edens Chairman of winds 5 to 10 miles per the Planning Commission Rain i chance lold the delegation that thc decreasing to 30 per cent Planning Commission had tonight and 40 cent been? asked to take under Thursday consideration a request by (the Quillen Announces Nominations To US Service Academies irst District are: UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY PRINCIPAL William David Bartho lomew 2 Longview Lane Kingsport William itzhugh Lee Waterville Road Newport COMPETITIVE ALTERNATES Horace Perry Williamson Hl 2049 Canterbury Road Kingsport Patrick Walter Amstein Route 7 airlawn Drive Johnson City Mark Scott Pennington Post Office Box 22 Piney lats William JL Wolfep Jr rjoai Cardinai Court Johnson City Jack Keith Sandidge Jr 306 Morris Street Bristol Eddie Martin Shirley II 413 Wash ington Avenue Elizabethton KeyinGeorge Mason 206 Chairman Edens assured Iris1 Street Greene the delegation that proper notice be given when the Commission would act on tho ctlidv 1 Several of the residents had ORCE ACADEMY hnpn tnlH thnf thp Gnrhnnp PRINCIPAL Transfer Station was going to Richard Lee McHan Jr 103 Mayor Buntonassured the located across from the' wiunuea on rage jj group that no land has been Gilbert Peters Bridge and purchased for the new Gar would be located close to the sbage Transfer Station? 'new proposed Jour lane high 5 JLValllb The Commission voted to way that would join the new undertake the study and Jane" by pass go 7 DS0N told by State Planner Torn through the Keenburg section Kt Elizabethton Hord that the study would take connect at Bluff City KELLY WAYCASTER about two weeks 5 (Continued on Page 3) Rt 1 Hampton: tLconomicPictur(jnv7fi UH resiaeni ord WldP vamprvnf qnilthpm Ipndorc in nn A in 1 i ii 1 1 1 i a iri 4 i i yx 4 ri says the economic picture in 1976 will be media busmessand labor a conference fk un reports inai ben Howard Baker IK bright enough to 'justify his'rjmning'ijor? President feels went well XSTn dermg seeking the another presidential term f' Press Secretary Ron 7 be perhans as c'oodas wp nrohab huartma'' ord returned to the capital in a heavy ord plans several mofeefoss country but I believe unemnliwmorn wn ellce bly starting in the New Hampshire Tuesday nighU obviously buoyed strips to seek the backing he needs to sell his 7 up I think the economic cirrnmUanY tSd'd havt? 'nd'catecT by a two day trip to Atlanta He had sought program to a recalcitrant Congress be good enough to lustif vat leasfmv spnina? i97K t0 bc a ca1tldlte Jn promote his anti recession package to a Asked how the economy might affect his (the presidency)? 'n our DsysteP? Aristotle Onassis Battles or Life Covington Plant Will Close Down COVINGTON Tenn 4 UPD Warwick Electronics Inc? plans to close its Covington television manufacturing plant by June due to slackened retail sales War 1 spokesm a 11 William Greissinger said Tuesday the shutdown which will affect 700 employes will be gradual haven't completely formalized our he said the phase out will be The Covington plant which employed 1800 workers at peak production last year had just ended a six week shut down Mondav vvcti wick lias Dveir our biggest industry and a fine one for 10 Tipton County Judge Henry Vaughan said have been caught by ine economy A A rfWi Bl tlM jV'il i ii i IE ft 1 I BKffi III X' wraumw.