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1. 100, No. 250 aiston, Ala. Cont 8 1078 Alabama largest home-owned newspaper Price 15 Cents Veiled hint (progress at summit By FRANK CORMIER Associated Press Writer CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) A veiled hint of progress is 4 1, if; slipping through the secrecy at the Middle East summit.

The meeting's official spokesman dropped the hint Thursday as President JJarterIsraeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat wasted no time getting to the thorniest issues in the Arab- TO- Israeli conflict. White House press secretary Jody Powell, who has gone to great lengths to avoid pronouncements that would disclose anything substantial about the talks, seemed to slip as he argued that secrecy has been helpful to the summit participants. "We have found this atmosphere to be helpful and conducive to the sort of discussions we wanted to have," Powell "And the gentlemen are pleased with this arrangement." There was no word from the Egyptians, Israelis or Americans about whether Carter was making progress. Nor was Powell willing to characterize the mood of the discussions. But Powell's impromptu comment strongly suggested the U.S.

president was not displeased with developments so far in the summit, which began late Tuesday. Carter accelerated the pace of his summitry Thursday evening, meeting with Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat for the second time in less than four hours. In addition, Vice President Walter F. Mondale was flown up from Washington for the second straight day. He joined Secretary of State Cyrus R.

Vance, Secretary of Defense Harold Brown and Zbigniew Brzezinskl, Carter's national security adviser, for midafternoon talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Defense Minister Ezer Weiz-man. Brown's presence revived speculation about possible defense links between the United States and Israel as part of a Mar ftt by Kn Elklm The hayloft on her family's farm in Wellington provides a unique setting for Miss Alabama Teresa Cheatham Mideast settlement. But Powell dismissed the possibility of sending American Teresa Cheatham a double preliminary winner mi troops to the Mideast as "one of the great non-existent stories of all time." He described as "hogwash" reports the administration might establish an American air base in territories won by Israel in tha 1967 '-Mao mpaoiw prompted Brown's trip here from Washington. He said Brown was summoned because of his "general role and expertise in the Mondale and Vance, after the meeting with Dayan and Weizman, conferred for an hour with Egypt's foreign minister, Muhammad Ibrahim Kamil. Carter, who spent about seven hours with Begin and Sadat during the first two days of the summit, has moved directly to the heart of the 30-year-old Mideast dispute rather than taking the easier course of beginning with peripheral and less controversial items.

Asked whether Carter steered discussions during the Thursday meeting with Begin and Sadat to such thorny issues as the future of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of Summit, Page 7A) America is crownea on nationwide television Saturday night. Thursday's talent preliminary also ended up a tie. Miss Florida, Carolyn Cline, captured her share of the award by playing the piano and singing her own arrangement of "Love Story." Miss Nebraska, Guylyn Elaine Remmenga, placed first along with her by playing a bold version of "Toccato" by Tariello and "Nocturno" by Grieg, also at the piano. Miss Cheatham modeled a canary yellow swimsuit on her 35-24-35 frame to capture a portion of the swimsuit competition. The 5-foot-3 senior at Jacksonville State the pageant audience cheering wildly.

She said she was "shocked and happy" to win two nights in a row. Her grandmother, Mrs. Anne Prickett, said she was "glad of it" when contacted this morning at the family's Wellington home. Miss Cheatham's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

James Cheatham, are in Atlantic City along with Miss Alabama pageant officials Janice Walker and Julie Houston. "She's never come out of any contest without winning something," Mrs. Prickett said. "She's always done very well." -The twin victories make her almost a sure bet to be among the 10 finalists when Miss University jogs "to keep In shape'and nas" taken occasional modeling lessons in Birmingham, according to Mrs. Prickett.

A music major and a drama minor, the Wellington beauty plans to attend graduate school to obtain a performance degree in voice. Her entire education at Jacksonville State has been paid for by pageant scholarships. She refers to herself as a "modern Southern belle," someone who is "a lady with a lot of hospitality and kindness, but she can strike out and make her way in the world." Her musical and dramatic interests include (See Teresa, Page 7A) rrom Staff, Wire Repwls ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Fof the second time in ai many days, Calhoun County's Miss Alabama, Teresa Cheatham, won a preliminary contest- in the Mis America competition. The 20-year-old Wellington native who 'grew up on cattle farm where she "drove everything that had wheels," according to ter grandmother tied for first place in Thursday evening's swimsuit competition with Miss Mississippi, Cheri Brown.

Miss Cheatham won the preliminary talent competition Wednesday with an operatic rendition of "This is My that left -JrHAVE A GOOD DAY! What happened to Brewer? third behind newcomer Fob James of Opelika and Attorney General Bill Baxley of Dothan. Opinions from within and without the Brewer camp indicate the following factors played some role in Brewer's defeat a late campaign start; a bland media image; overconfldence due to polls V. 5 it if i i Analysis the late Gov. Lurleen Wallace, and too little on what he would do during the next four years if elected. In short, little went right for Brewer.

As one official in the Sid McDonald campaign put It, "He did everything wrong that could be done wrong. About the only thing you could say he did right was being consistent in doing those things wrong." When Brewer finally started actively campaigning in late July, the candidacies of his. four major opponents James, Baxley, McDonald and Jere Beasley already were openly under way and well-oiled. James' early-bird campaign was more than a year old, and Baxley who would prove to be Brewer's most nagging nemesis had been reminding voters for weeks of Brewer's absence. "THE PLAN WAS to start late and finish fast," (See Brewer, Page 7A) By DENNIS LOVE Star Staff Writer It was barely two weeks before the Sept.

5 Democratic primary, and a smiling, confident, Albert Brewer stood before almost 300 supporters in an Anniston motel and talked about his campaign to be Alabama's next governor. "I believe we're ahead now, and I believe we've been ahead from the beginning," the candidate told his hushed audience. "The other candidates can run against us if they want to we're running for governor of Alabama. We're running our own race." That race Is over Albert Brewer, the frontrunner, the odds-on favorite to capture the office that so narrowly eluded his grasp in 1970, now is just another political also-ran. What happened? i There is no simple answer.

But as the dust settles, it is becoming more apparent why the 49-year-old former governor finished a lethargic estate Local RALPH HIGGINBOTHAM has staved off' Jim Ziegler's challenge for his State Board of Education post. Details Page 9A- ARJLE Blt0WN won a delegate's seat to the Democratic: far.ty mini-convention 4n Memphis later thiSTejar. Henry Agee and -Elbert Jenkins will face each other in a Sept 26 runoff for another slot. Details. Page 9A.

National AN EASING of price pressures across the board occurred In the economy in August as "wholesale price declined 0.1 percent, the first drop in this key measure of inflation in two years, the government reported today. Details Page 2A. THE ADMINISTRATION and organized labor appear headed tor a clash over a tougher anti-inflation program that is being developed to include specific guidelines for showing him ahead of the pack; his lack of response to charges by opponents; his endorsement by the Alabama Education Association; overreliance on old-line supporters and a lack of appeal to young voters. JUST AS SIGNIFICANTLY, some felt Brewer dwelled too long on what he did as governor in 1968-71, when he served out the unexpired termof wage and price increases, Details rage m. 1A CHARGE that Opellka Industrialist Fob JJames is really a Republican flisguisea 7 f-Jl- Democrat has surf aced again as the ilOUSE investigators have developed strong 1 Democratic gubernatorial campaign between new evidence to -supported the disputed James and Attorney General Bill Baxley "single-bullet theory" adopted by the Warren commission when it concluded that a lone I begins in earnest.

Details Page 3A. 'A hurting that won heal9 'I DEATHS: UUs Bennett and Mrs. Melinda rowell, both of AnnistonMrs. Annie M. 2aner of Fraraingham, Mrs.

Bryant 3ones of Oxford; Miss Lois S. Carson of Jahokee, Fla and Oscar Owen of Centre. -Details Page 6A. 1 assassin killed President John F. Kennedy, according to a knowledgeable source.

Details Page 6A. Weather THE THREAT of fire is spreading' in Northeast Alabama as a result of a prolonged summer dry The weather forecast doesn't offer much relief. Details Page SA. Star Columnist, Senior Editor Sports HOME-NOW IS 205 North Chilton In LaGrange, and has been for the past 18 years of a young boy growing to young manhood, playing basketball and baseball -at La Grange High School and then going off to Auburn University: p. Auburn" is just 40 miles down the road from LaGrange.

And it is somewhere along that road that Kyle Clinkscales, -driving a white 1974 Pinto with Georgia license plate CEF-Z17, vanished as If he never existed. "He had a nice apartment in Auburn and a roommate," Louise told me, reliving once more the last day she saw -her son. "But he had a job at the Moose Lodge in LaGrange two nights a week, Tuesday and Friday, and he came home those nights, going back after he got oft John and Louise Clinkscales nave a hurting that won't heal. Louise, a tall and strong-looking woman, told me about the hurt one -afternoon this week, sitting in her mother's living room on South Wilmer. She nd John, married 32 years, haven't seen, their' only child, Kyle, since the afternoon of Jan.

27, 197S. That's going on three years of a sorrowing pain you can't "put in worte. Kyle Was 22 at the time. If he's still alive, he will be 25 on Oct. 2.

"It's as if the earth just opened op and swallowed him," she said, showing me a picture of a lean and handsome young man with happy eyes. A QUIET SADNESS hung heavy in her mother's living room. Those girlhood years of growing up In Anniston, finishing high school, and meeting and marrying a young man from Talladega were happy times. Memories of a child she and John waited to be born for seven long years were bitter-sweet. "Yes, I do believe he's still alive," she said, breaking an awkward silence.

"I have never felt like he's dead, but I have to keep telling myself that to keep from Also inside (A Classified ads. MB Comics SA Dear IA 4A Jeane Dixon IA Movies 10A Sports 1-4B 10A II pf ki two MCttom mill, II mi tw iKttont A 154 SHELLACKING of the Boston Red Sox caused different reactions from New York 'Yankee players. Whatever their opinions, one thing is crystal clear New York Is just three games back of first-place Boston In the American League East and -coming fast. Details Page IB. RAMIREZ and Brian Gottfried were reminded again how frustrating It is to be on a tennis court against Bjorn Borg and Jimmy going irora won u.

Silence again and: J) "HE CAME BY the house that day (s Tuesday), and we sat around th Connors. Details Page IB. KYLE CUNKSCALES "Just to know something would be better than nothing, than this regardless of what It is.".