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TELEVISION, RADIO, SPORTS, COMICS, AND STATE NEWS MXXtT Ford Strike in Might Outlast National Rift MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1967 SECTION 13, 16 PAGES mmm Louisville I I X- i "C5-'C JezffMi J.J vp 7 ji ment is willing to discuss these matters with sincerity and to bargain meaningfully, we'll stay out." A spokesman for the Ford Motor-Co. in Louisville said yesterday he couldn't predict whether the strike will last longer in Louisville than it will nationally. It will depend on how negotiations go, said Thomas L. LaVeck, manager of industrial relations for the Grade Lane assembly plant. By LAWRENCE PRYOR Couriar-Journal Staff Wrlltr DETROIT A lengthy strike against Ford Motor Co.

at the national level may last even longer in Louisville, George R. Wagoner, president of UAW local 862, which represents about 3,900 Ford workers at the Grade Lane assembly plant, said in Detroit yesterday. Negotiations on local plant issues show "no progress," Wagoner said. "We could very possibly still be out after a national agreement is signed." National negotiations cover the weighty economic issues, such as wages, pensions and the cost of living escalator clause. Plant-level negotiations revolve around more particular, but no less sensitive issues, such as local seniority, job promotions, shift preferences and demarcations between job assignments.

"Every one of these issues is unresolved," Wagoner said. "Unless manage- If' Would Welcome More Sessions Bargaining on local issues will resume Tuesday, he reported. LaVeck said that since the strike began, company and union men have been meeting three to four times a week to resolve local issues. He added, "I'd like to meet more often than this." Wagoner attended the special one-day emergency convention at Detroit's Cobo Hall yesterday with four other elected delegates from Local 862: John Perkins, George Huffman, Lewi Sexton and Richard Ballinger. In an interview after the convention, the Louisville delegates agreed that action taken in Detroit by the delegates to beef up the UAW strike fund by temporarily increasing strike-fund assessments and by raising monthly dues will improve the bargaining condition of workers in the auto and agricultural-implement industries.

The 2,400 delegates passed amendments to the UAW constitution increasing strike-fund assessments ranging from $1.75 to $20 a month and increasing monthly dues by at least $2 a month. Staff Aerial Photo by Billy Davis, Dlractor of Photography ground is the U.S. 227 interchange, near English, with the incomplete Kentucky River bridge to the west. In the background is the Ky 389 interchange. AS FAR AS IT GOES for this year, anyway.

This view, looking westward, shows the end of the section of 1-71 to be opened this year. The fore- Carrolltoh-Walton Stretch New 1-71 Segment Will Open Soon ft f4(l J) now. Normally, grading is completed in one construction season and paving takes another. When it is finished, the 78 miles of I-71 and 12 miles of 1-75 are expected to replace the winding U.S. 42 as the chief Louisville-Cincinnati traffic route.

The 1-75 segment includes a large "port of entry" rest and information area, and a second rest area will be constructed along 1-71 in Carroll County, just west of the Gallatin County Line. 4.4 miles past the Watterson Expressway interchange to a junction with U.S. 42 is expected to be opened late this year. Paving work also is under way for most of the rest of the highway in eastern Jefferson County, but it is not expected to be complete until sometime in the next construction season. The most work remains to be done in Oldham and Henry Counties, the last segments let to contract.

Grading, the first stage of road construction, is under way In about one month, Northern Kentucky motorists will get their first look about one-half hour's worth at 70 miles an hour at the easternmost section of Interstate 71, the new Louisville-Cincinnati route. That's when 32.5 miles of the Interstate highway, the segment between Carrollton and 1-75 near Walton, will be opened. With the 5.7 miles expected to be opened to traffic in Jefferson County by the end of the year, this means that neai4y o-ne-half of the 1-71 mileage in Kentucky will be in use by traffic before 1968. The length of the highway from Walton to its terminus in downtown Louisville will be 78 miles. Highway officials still hope to have the rest of the highway finished by late next year.

All of it is either finished or under construction now. In Jefferson County, 1.3 miles has been in use since last fall, when the segment between the route junction with 1-64 in downtown Louisville and the Zorn Avenue interchange was opened. Another New" Phase Begins 1,200 Children to Start Getting Head Start Today Action Will be Costly Striking Ford workers will not have to pay the higher dues until they are back towork. They won't have to pay the emergency strike fund assessment until they have had at least two paychecks, UAW officials said. But for UAW members still at their jobs, such as the 1,500 workers at the International Harvester plant in Louisville, the action taken in Detroit will be costly.

(The UAW is currently striking the Caterpillar Tractor Co. in an effort to establish a contract pattern for Harvester workers.) Local 862 officials estimated that the new dues assessment will represent a 50 to 60 per cent increase in dues payments. The dues were formerly assessed at a straight $5 a month. They will now be assessed at the equivalent of 2 hours of straight working time a month. "I'm making $4 an hour," said one Local 862 delegate.

"That means an increase of 60 per cent for me." No one in the Local 862 delegation voted for the increased dues. The vote on the convention floor, taken by a show of hands, was about 60 to 40. But a move for a roll-call vote was easily defeated. Felt Time 'Inappropriate "We felt this was an inappropriate time to raise the matter," said Wagoner, who would have preferred to have the dues question debated at the regular UAW convention next May. When Ford workers return to their jobs, they-will be obligated to pay the $20 to the strike fund until the "strike crisis" is over, which the dues amendment defines as that time when strikes against the auto companies are over and the union's fund exceeds $25 million.

It is now about $51 million and so far has been depleted at a rate of $25 million a month, and would be at $6.4 million at the end of November if the as-: sessment were not increased, according to UAW figures. If the prolonged strike against Ford merges into further strikes, against Chrysler and General Motors, the emergency assessment could extend well into next year. Stiff Photo by Thomai V. Mllltr Jr. A Floral Crown A FIGURE of the Virgin Mary received a floral crown from Susan Marie Kopp of Sacred Heart Academy during the 16th annual living rosary devotion yesterday at Freedom Hall.

The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, archbishop of presided over the ceremony, attended by an estimated 1 1,000 persons. Klansmen Report New Unit Formed The United Klans of America have recently formed a second Jefferson County unit, according to Kleagle Charles W. Purlee, 26, of 3812 Craig Ave.

Purlee claims that he is Klan organizer for Western Kentucky. Purlee said that the second unit, like the first, has "at least 1,000 men." Both Klan chapters have corporation charters from the state of Alabama, he said. The national headquarters of the United Klans of America is in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Purlee also announced that his klansmen are -planning a motorcade from Bullitt County to Bowling Green and back. It is scheduled for Oct.

29, he said. There will be a "klan rally" the night before "in Bullitt across the Jefferson County line," he added. About 1,200 pre-school children in Louisville and Jefferson County will begin Head Start classes today. Some 920 of these will be four-year-olds from city poverty neighborhoods who will get a head start in Louisville public schools. The remainder will be two- and three-year-olds who for the first time will participate in Head Start through a special program at 11 planned child-development centers in the city and county.

This new phase of Head Start will supervise children from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays while parents work or take job training. Fills Need For Day Care Head Start classes are already under way in Jefferson County schools, although only 100 of the expected 280 children have been enrolled. The program was initiated piecemeal in county and city schools and in child-development centers.

The aim of the new Head Start program for two- and three-year-olds is to will start today at eight of the 11 centers, said the Rev. Irvin S. Moxley, who has been in charge of setting up the centers. When all the centers are opened, they will accommodate about 360 children. Still Openings in Program The Rev.

Mr. Moxley said there is still room for two- and three-year-olds in the program. Children can be enrolled at any of the centers or through poverty program workers in each of the poverty neighborhoods. Centers opening today and the number of children they can accommodate are: i South Jackson, at the Presbyterian Community Center, 760 S. Hancock; 43 children.

North Jackson, at 800 E. Washington; 30. Manly, at First Christian Church, 850 S. Fourth; 30. Russell, at Plymouth Settlement House, 1626 W.

Chestnut; 30. (California, at the California Day Care Center, 1037 W. 16th; 45. Western, at St. Partick School, 1520 W.

Market; 45. Plentiful in Jefferson Fatal 'Fiddler' Spider Isn't Difficult to Find By PAI M. BRANZBURG Courier-Journal staff Wrlttr Beware of a small brown spider that that the brown recluse has been spotted in 10 southwestern counties of Kentucky. But Dr. Charles V.

Covell, an entomologist at the University of Louisville, said has a dark violin-shaped spot on its back. They are dangerous and they are in yesterday that the spider is also common Man Hit, Hurt by Car Louisville, as well as in other Kentucky in Jefferson County. Joe Louis Henkle 31, of LaGrange unite the cultural enrichment of Head Road, was in critical condition in General start with the practical need for more Hospital last night after he was struck day care among families in poverty. Kr an aiitrtmnhilA i -11 il walViner sltnrr cAUMAlM 1 nAm.nv. The UAW estimates it will cost $7 counties.

The "brown recluse" spider also known as "the fiddler" has a bite as toxic as the black widow spider. Its venom can be fatal to children and is dangerous to adults. An article in yesterday's Courier-Journal and Times Magazine reported mi on a week to strike Chrysler and $14 LaGrange Road. County police said the for such young children, so Head Start mimon a ween 10 sume uiu. accident occurred at 9:54 p.m.

and that officials this year set up a network The union pays strike benefits of $20 the driver of the automobile was Miss of special centers in each poverty neigh- a week to single members and $30 a Carolyn R. Wayne, 25, of 3009 Ash borhood. week to members with families. Pewee Valley. This experimental phase of Head Start "A medical student I know decided to do some research with the spider about two years ago," he said.

"He looked in the basement of his home in Louisville and found one. I have a suspicion that if a fellow gets interested in this spider and is able to find one simply by looking in his basement, it is probably very common in this city." "People used to. teach that the black widow is the only potentially fatal spider in the U.S.," he said. "But this one has caused fatalities in young children. Don't forget, however, that the black widow is also very common around Louisville and Jefferson County." The brown recluse is often less than an inch in diameter (including legs) and it can be confused with the common house spider.

It is a shy retiring creature that thrives in dark crevices in the woodwork. Its bite is not painful, but after a few hours the venom causes nausea, abdominal cramps, fever and pain in the joints. An ulcer may develop in the area of the bite and there is a rapid decay of tissue. The venon can even cause kidney damage. Woman Is Killed, 5 Hurt in Crash On LaGrange Rd.

'Parkland, at the Baptist Fellowship Center, 1351 Catalpa; 45. cNewburg, at the Peace Presbyterian Church, 4210 E. Indian Trail; 24. The Rev. Mr.

Moxley said additional centers will be located in the city near public housing at Parkway Place for 30 children; in South Park-Fairdale for 24 children, and in Sylvania for 12. Starts in 26 City Schools Head Start will also begin today in 26 of 31 city schools where it is planned, said Mrs. Christine Southers, who heads the program for the Louisville school system. She said the other five schools will open in about a week, when their locations are established. Mrs.

Southers said that as many as 100 youngsters are on waiting lists to enroll in the city's program. The Head-Start day in the schools runs from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Louisville area's $1.4 million federally financed Head Start program can accomodate 1,560 youngsters. Although it was scheduled to get under way with the beginning of school, a delay in receiving money from Washington set back the program about a month.

The Head Start program will run through July. A woman was killed and five persons were injured yesterday in a head-on crash on LaGrange Road at Altawood. Mrs. Lillian L. Stanley, 49, of 2634'i Rockford Lane, a passenger in a car driven by her husband, William, 54, was killed.

Deputy Coroner Barry Foreman said she died of a broken neck. The traffic fatality was the 45th in Jefferson County; there were 43 at this time last year. The accident occurred at 1:45 p.m. according to county police, when a westbound car driven by Mrs. Mildred Gill, 32, of Crestwood Route 1, skidded into the path of Stanley's eastbound car.

Seriously injured were Stanley, who is in General Hospital with a broken Cleaning Is Remedy The best way to deal with the spider, Dr. Covell said, is to clean out areas where spiders might thrive. The spiders are easily killed by insecticides. "The important thing is to remain calm and seek a physician's help right away," iJfciilliliiiiiiiiiS 'n Staff Photo by Larry Spilitr This Is No Dry County leg, facial lacerations and possible intern- jje said There is no reason for alarm about the spider, Dr. Covell said.

"It has a great reluctance to bite. It is usually only dangerous when it is cornered and must defend itself." "I'll be glad to look at any specimens that any person sends," he said. "Just tell them to drop the spider in rubbing alcohol and bring it to me." Good Samaritan's Life Isn't Always Easy FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Being a good samaritan is not such a simple matter for Mike Webb, 18, of Frankfort. Early Saturday, he and a friend found an injured couple beside an overturned motorcycle.

They rushed to police headquarters, where Webb had to convince an officer that his car had not struck the pair. Yesterday, an automobile accident occurred outside Webb's home. He placed the injured woman in his car and sped toward a hospital. On the way, Webb's car collided with another auto. The injured woman, taken to the hospital by another car, is in good condition.

at injuries, ana Mrs. uiu, wno is in General with internal injuries. Mrs. Gill's three children, who were passengers, are in serious condition at General. Debbie, 12, has head and neck injuries; Timothy, 8, has possible internal injuries and facial lacerations, and Maria, 2, has head injuries.

A second accident occurred as County Patrolman Robert H. Dobbs drove Maria and a neighbor who had volunteered to hold the child to the hospital. The police car skidded into a telephone pole at LaGrange and Whipps Mill Road. Another car took Maria to General, while Dobbs and the neighbor, Mrs. Theodore F.

Trainer, 4100 Altawood Road, were taken to Kentucky Baptist Hospital, where they were, treated and released. Woman Hurl in Car Crassh Mrs. Ethel Peck, 48, of 2321 Dixdale, was in fair condition last night in Jewish Hospital after sustaining minor injuries in an automobile collision Saturday at River Road and of a cpld front. Wind caused power failures at Hikes Point, Shively, Lyndon and the St. Andrew's Church area, a spokesman for Louisville Gas Electric.

Co. said. DRIVING RAIN and gusts up to 35 m.p.h. in the Louisville area yesterday afternoon slowed traffic and sent this woman and other pedestrians running for cover. The downpour came as part If rt iy i.