The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 2

People Nationwide strike averted ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Christopher Wiggin, 2, Northfield, N.H., has other ideas as he squirms away from Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Howard Baker, out- UPI Photo side the senator's New Hampshire campaign headquarters. The youngster and the senator were posing for photographers until Christopher decided he'd had enough of the limelight. Harland Sand- Sanders vs. Sanders LOUISVILLE, Ky.

(UPI) Col. Harland Sanders for years the uncontested king of Kentucky Fried Chicken has a competitor now, but one not likely to dent his drumstick fortune. A new chain of 26 restaurants, featuring "down home" style cooking, has been announced in Louisville, Ky. The new entrepreneur the colonel's wife, 77- year-old Claudia Sanders, who already runs one restaurant and owns a firm specializing in Kentucky country ham. Carter might beat Nixon MEDIA, Pa.

(UPI) As if President Carter doesn't have enough problems, a new poll says the president would barely beat former President Richard Nixon if they were to face off today in a presidential race. Pollster Albert E. Sindlinger said Friday the survey of the hypothetical contest was conducted "to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Nixon's exile from office." Briton picks bath over jail sentence But, of the 6,024 adults in 48 states interviewed by telephone over a 33- day period, the majority 62.6 percent said they would not even vote, had no opinion or wanted nothing to do with such a contest. Of the 37.4 percent who expressed a preference, 51.3 percent of them favored Carter while 48.7 percent threw support to Nixon, the poll said. FROME, England (UPI) Peter Ryan's choices were take a bath or go to jail.

He took a bath. Ryan, 19, was accused of trying to take a neighbor's car without permission. At a court hearing Friday, prosecutors told the magistrate that Ryan spent his days in bed, often refusing to get up in time for work and rarely taking a bath. The court ordered Ryan on two years probation, but a probation officer refused to accept him unless he "cleaned himself up." Faced with the choice of jail or a bath, Ryan took a leisurely bubble bath. Mayor collects garbage HONOLULU (UPI) The city's best-dressed trash collector this week was Mayor Frank Fasi.

Fasi, wearing a white suit, loaded trash onto a garbage truck at City Hall to prove a point. Public Works Director Wally Miyahira and City Building Superintendent Howard Shima claimed trash collectors couldn't pick up the rubbish at City Hall on busy Punchbowl Street without disrupting traffic. So it was piled on a service road near a spot where the mayor parks his van every day. The mayor said he didn't see why professional trash collectors couldn't pick it up within six minutes on Punchbowl and be on their At 2 p.m. Thursday, in 90 degree heat, Fasi marched out of City Hall, grabbed four bags of trash, and trotted off for a garbage truck parked about 30 feet away.

At the end of six minutes, an unofficial count showed that Fasi had hauled 37 bags and Shima, who helped the 59-year-old mayor, had carried 30. Thirty-five bags were still left in a heap, plus three full bins. Then the mayor noticed there actually was a 2-day supply of rubbish so he accused Shima and Miyahira of cheating. "If a 59-year-old man, out of shape, and a building superintendent who carries like an 80-year-old can do it, our refuse workers can certainly do it," the mayor said. Cattle didn't WESTOW, England (UPI) A woman who said two young bulls and a heifer strolled into her yard while she was gardening has been slapped with a $225 fine for cattle rustling.

Court officials said Friday Judith Mears, 36, was arrested after she sold the cattle to a butcher, who happened to meet the owner of the missing animals in a pub. Mrs. Mears said she was working in her garden when the cattle walked into her yard. "I thought they must have fallen off a lorry," she said. She said she locked the animals in her paddock, and telephoned nearby farmers in an attempt to find the owner.

When she couldn't, she sold the cattle to a butcher for $1,400. The next night, the butcher met David Abraham in a pub and was telling him about the sale. Abraham mentioned he was missing three cattle and Mrs. Mears later was accused of stealing the cattle and obtaining money from the butcher by deception. GAA contract may not be ratified before Oct.

1 DETROIT (UPI) The United Auto Workers Saturday began preparing for a rank-and-file vote on a proposed new contract with General Motors a contract hailed by the UAW as good for the union, "our nation and the economy." Tentative agreement on the pact came some 4V4 hours before Friday's midnight deadline for a strike that would have shut down 46 GM facilities and crippled production of the automaker's hottest-selling models. The contract will be used as the pattern for the industry. The settlement marked the first time in 15 years that the UAW and its strike target had reached agreement without a nationwide strike. The new pact provides higher wages, more personal paid holidays and increases in pensions, the issue tabbed by the UAW as its top priority. UAW President Douglas Fraser said Prairie Acres' final plat is on county agenda A final plat of Prairie Acres, a proposed subdivision northwest of Hedville, will go before the Saline County Commission Tuesday.

The controversial subdivision is proposed by Allan E. Smith, Salina Rt. 2. Smith's plans call for dividing a 160- acre pasture near the Ottawa-Saline County line into five tracts averaging 32 acres. The Saline County Planning and Zoning Board has denied both the preliminary and final Prairie Acres' plats.

The county commission also denied the preliminary plat earlier this year. Tuesday's action represents Smith's final chance to gain approval at the county level. Commissioners also will consider the final plat of Sandy Valley developed by Daniel Barnes, Salina Rt. 2. Barnes wants to divide 24 acres into 19 lots for single-family dwellings.

The land is north of Salina near the US-81 alternate. An amendment to the county's definition of subdivision, which was tabled last week, will be resurrected Tuesday. Bids for smoke detectors for the jail also will be examined. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Government Center.

Kansan gets UN post WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter Friday named U.N. Ambassador-designate Donald McHenry and three others as representatives of the United States to the 34th session of the United Nations which opens in New York Tuesday. Also designated were Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, Rep. Larry Winn and Ester L.

Coopersmith, president of the United States-Egyptian Cultural Committee. Alternate representatives are Richard W. Petree, alternative representative of the United States for special political affairs in the United Nations; William L. Dunfey of Dunfey Hotels of New Hampshire, and Howard Rosen, a Newark, N.J. attorney.

Tri-Governmental Council meets Tuesday A transportation item submitted by UD305 officials is the only agenda item on the Tri-Governmental Council meeting Tuesday. The meeting begins at 2 p.m. in the City Commission Room, Government Center. Judge blocks publication of nuclear bomb plans SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) The government Saturday requested and a judge granted a court order temporarily forbidding a Berkeley newspaper from publishing a letter on how to build a nuclear bomb. The suit marks the second case in which the government is seeking to block publication of such material, with the original case involving the Wisconsin magazine "The Progressive" now before a federal appeals court.

Los Angeles smog blowing out to sea LOS ANGELES (UPI) After eight days of the worst smog since 1955, winds Saturday began to blow ground- hugging giant gas clouds toward the Pacific Ocean where resorts were jammed with people trying to get away from the foul air. he was pleased with the proposed three-year contract, which was completed in 37 hours of marathon bargaining. "It is an excellent agreement that will provide UAW-GM workers with greater job and income security and our retirees with protection from the continued erosion in their standard of living caused by inflation," he said. "I think it's good for our union and more important it's good for our nation and the economy," Fraser said. George Morris, GM's vice president for industrial relations, also expressed satisfaction with the agreement.

"The fact that a settlement was reached without a strike is a credit to both parties and averts a situation which could have had a serious impact on our employees, the corporation and the national economy," he said. With agreement in hand, UAW officials turned their attention to the mechanics of a ratification vote by GM's 460,000 union-represented hourly workers. The proposed pact, unanimously recommended for approval by the union's 11-member national rank-and-file bargaining committee, will be submitted Monday to the 26-member UAW International Executive Board. The UAW's GM Council meets in Detroit Tuesday to act on the package. Then, on Sept.

21 and 22, UAW shop committeemen and local union officers meet in Dallas to hear details of the pact. After that, the contract will be submitted to 152 GM-UAW bargaining units for ratification votes. UAW Vice President Irving Bluestone said balloting probably would be completed by Oct. 1, with ratification expected. After the pact is approved, the UAW will bargain for separate agreements at Ford Motor Co.

and financially ailing Chrysler Corp, using the GM pact as a model. Except for the substantial pension improvements, union officials declined to disclose terms of the pact pending its presentation to UAW members. Salman's relatives safe after hurricane Mrs. Treva Schurr, 503 Camden, spent worried hours Thursday and Friday waiting for news from Mobile, where her brother, William Thompson, his daughter and their families rode out Hurricane Frederic. Friday morning she got the news all were safe.

She also got first hand reports of the devastation caused by the storm. Mrs. Schurr's niece has a new type of green plaster on her kitchen walls. A window blew out and green globs blew in. Examined more closely, the plaster turned out to be a mixture of sand and leaves which looked like it had been through a blender.

The Thompsons live in a heavily wooded suburb. Falling pine trees damaged their house and fell on a garage damaging cars stored inside. Fallen trees were one of the major problems for citizens after the storm, Mrs. Schurr said. Streets were blocked making it difficult for emergency ve- hicles to get through.

Many citizens were out looking for chain saws, if they could get out of their houses or driveways without them. Most telephones were also out of commission. Thompson had to drive to the main post office to phone his sister. Because of communication problems, residents were instructed to hang out white flags (or pillowcases) if they needed emergency aid. Helicopters flew low over the city looking for the signals.

"The city is in a terrible state," Mrs. Schurr said. "There's no food because the stores are out and no gasoline because the pumps are electric and the electricity is off." Under the circumstances though, she said, they seem to be doing very well. According to her niece, the neighbors are working together. They're sharing the supplies they have and gathering around backyard barbecues for a pot of hot coffee, boiled on the only available facility.

Miss World America title to Virginia beauty CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (UPI) Miss Virginia, 23- year-old professional model Carter Wilson, Saturday won the Miss World American beauty contest, earning the right to represent the United States in the Miss World pageant in London in November. Miss Wilson, a vivacious woman with long, flowing brown hair and sparkling brown eyes, said she doesn't believe blondes have more fun. She keeps her 5-foot4, 34-24-35 figure trim at 116 pounds despite the fact that her favorite food is chocolate. "I feel great," Miss Wilson said after the 3 a.m.

crowning that capped the marathon pageant. Problems with the power supply for the television cameras extended the program far into the early morning hours. "I feel very honored because I knew it was close. "I'm not nervous any more. I hope I can represent America well.

I'm looking forward to London." One of a family of four from Hani- sonburg, Miss Wilson is the daughter of bankruptcy judge Thomas J. Wilson. She has a degree in business administration from the University of Richmond, where she was once chosen homecoming queen. She is an avid tennis player. Her selection to succeed Debbie Freeze of North Carolina was generally considered a surprise because the pre-competition favorite was Miss California, Ramone Rolle, a graduate petroleum engineer who entered the race for some excitement.

Miss Rolle placed third. UPI Photo MISS WORLD AMERICA Carter Wilson, Miss Virginia, is crowned Miss World America in St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands. She will represent the U.S. in the Miss World Pageant in London later this year.

Helping with the crowning is Debra Freeze (left), Miss World 1978. First runner-up, another surprise, was Miss Kentucky, Robyn Key Overbey, 18, of Calvert City, a student at the University of Kentucky. The other finalistas were Miss Hawaii, Marie Alohalani Brown; Miss Rhode Island, Maureen Whitehouse; Miss Minnesota, Dawn Le Motte; Miss Delaware, Debbie Kucher, and Miss North Carolina, Debbie Fountain. Democrats pick Scanlon for seat on national committee TOPEKA, Kan. (UPI) Kansas Democrats Saturday elected Terry Scanlon as the successor to Jane Roy's seat on the Democratic National Committee.

Scanlon, Wichita, is former Democratic state chairman. At least four persons were bidding for the post left vacant when Mrs. Roy resigned to accept an appointment to the Kansas Corporation Commission. Other candidates for the post were Pat Lehman of Wichita, Sherry McGowan of Topeka and Don Matlack of Clearwater, husband of state representative Ardena Matlack. Kansas has five seats on the national committee, two occupied by appointed members.

They are state Democratic Chairman Larry Bengtson of Junction City and Mary Kay Peltzer of Wichita. John Montgomery of Junction City and Shirley Wassenberg of Marysville hold elected seats. Wrong date The Ladies Club of Hedville will meet Tuesday, not Monday, at 7 p.m. at Elmore Dining Room. The wrong date was given to The Journal, and the meeting was listed incorrectly in an earlier issue.

UPI Photp MOVING OUT Carter makes his way past er runners during race. Doctor Carter to stop mountairvrace THURMONT, Md. (UPI) dent Carter, falling to his knees with exhaustion, dropped out of a rigorous mountain race Saturday on doctor's ders after four miles but said later felt great and was still a "I pressed myself too much but they had to drag me off," Carter told reporters at an awards ceremony aftej the race. "I did not want to stop," he said, scribing himself as a "senior of the race course. "I feel great." Fellow racers said Carter stumbled, to his knees and was obviously hausted about four miles through the.

uphill 6.2 mile course in the Catoctin- Mountains near Camp David. Carter said he had been trying to cut. four minutes off his best time on the' course, which he recalled as 50 mm-1 utes. At the award ceremony after the, race, someone in the crowd "How are you feeling, Jimmy." Carter who still looked a little pale. smiled enthusiastically and flashed, an "OK" sign with his fingers.

During the brief ceremony, Carter, presented a prize to an FBI team that. competed in the race against member? of the CIA and Secret Service. The" president said, "That's hardly fair, cause the Secret Service has to stay A with me." A White House spokesman said Carter dropped out of the race at the- request of Dr. William Lukash, his personal physician. The spokesman quoted Lukash.

saying Carter was "in excellent'' health" and there was no need for coi)-" cern about him. 'i Soviet missile i boat in Cuba called 'routine' WASHINGTON (UPI) The Department Saturday dismissed "routine" the shipment to Cuba of! new Soviet guided missile patrol boat: at a time the two super powers are negotiating over Russian combat- troops on the island. U.S. intelligence sources that a Soviet OSA II class gun armed with guided missiles, is towed through the Black Sea and ing toward the Mediterranean. The sources said they are not certain, 1 about the patrol boat's final tion, but a State Department statement made clear that it is Cuban, whose viet-supplied navy already has eight OSA class patrol boats.

"So far as we are aware, this is a routine delivery of a type of boat which the Cubans already have," said State! Department press officer Sondra! McCarty. She had no further comment" on the matter. The Salina Journal P.O. Boi 779 Zip 67401 Published five days a week and Sundays except Memorial, In- dependence and Ubor Days, at 333 S. 4th, Salina.

Kansas I by- Salina Journal, Inc. (USPS47M60) Fred Vandegrift, President and Publisher Glenn Williams. Editor Second-class postage paid at Salina, Kansas. Founded February II, 1171 Department aUnaflni Editor: Urry Mathews. Ntn Editor: Pat Gaston.

Editor: Barbara Phillips. FMo Editor: Fritz Mendell. MnrtUai: Paul Webb, director: Jim Pickett, claaalfied manager. Production: Kenneth Otlley. composing foreman: Howard Gruber, press foreman.

Jt Circulation: Ron Bayer, circulation manager. ftinlnm Arlo Robertson. Area Code 913 Dial SukMriiUM rain Daily Sunday By Carrier- Monthly rate 14.37 plus 13r Kansas sales a total of Mall subscriptions not accepted in cities, towns or rural areas where Salina Journal carrier motor route service is maintained. If you fail to get your Salina Journal by 5:30 p.m. on weekdays or by 8 a.m.

on Sundays, call your carrier or The Salina Journal Circulation ment. The Circulation service depart- ment is from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. weekdays and from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

on Sundays..