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Holiday gifts from Hollywood In ARTS LEISURE Two viewpoints UK upsets Kansas; of routs Idaho bn men's fashion- in ACCENT In SPORTS 60C Louisville, Sunday morning, December 10, 1978 274 Pages Vol. 247, No. 163 Sunday Home delivery: 55 Copyright 1978. The Courier-Journal mm 3 Frankfort is hit by its worst flood since More than 10,000 Paintsville residents were evacuated after the Army Corps of Engineers discovered several cracks in an earthen dam two miles upstream on Paint Creek. Story, Page A 28.

Pictures of Frankfort flooding, Page I. By midmorning, police and guardsmen were permitting only official vehicles into downtown Frankfort. Others attempting to enter the city rode shuttle buses. Mayor James Burch placed a 5 p.m. curfew on the city to keep sightseers out of the way of rescue workers.

The swollen river is expected to crest between noon and 1 p.m. today at 47 feet, 16 feet above the 31 -foot flood stage, and just six inches below the record 1937 flood level. "We didn't expect anything like this," Burch said. Preliminary estimates called for a 35-foot crest, the mayor added. Residents in low-lying areas were first warned of rising waters Friday night, Burch said.

Many families began evacuating their homes then, and they continued to do so throughout the night, he said. i The city's Sports and Convention Center was reserved for evacuees and for furniture storage. But Burch said that most evacuees made their own arrangements for shelter and storage of belongings. By midafternoon, only two south Frankfort streets were passable between downtown and the Capitol. In See FRANKFORT Back page, col.

1, this section spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Ohio River at the upper gauges is expected to rise above flood stage 23 feet sometime today, reach 27 feet by tomorrow and crest at 30 feet Tuesday. Commuters who use River Road are likely to find it closed to traffic between Zorn Avenue and downtown by tomorrow morning, but no other major flooding problems are expected in Louisville, the Coast Guard said. Louisville did get a dusting of snow yesterday its first of the season but by afternoon it was gone.

Last year, Louisville got its first trace of snow Nov. 10. Similar unmeasurable snowfalls occurred twice more during November 1978 before the first major snowstorm of the year hit on Nov. 22. That day, 4.8 inches of snow were recorded, the weather service said.

The National Weather Service said the few flakes that fell between about 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. yesterday weren't even measurable. But Louisville and Jefferson County police said the snow caused a few traffic accidents. All were so minor that no injuries were reported.

But the fender-benders were frequent enough early yesterday that an Interstate 65 overpass at Crittenden Drive was closed to traffic for about two hours. It was a different story in Frankfort. From Staff, AP and Special Dispatches FRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky's capital was hit yesterday with its worst flooding since 1937 as the raging Ken- tucky River virtually paralyzed the city. Heavy rains also threatened a dam near Paintsville, forcing the evacuation of more than 10,000 people, and high water plagued other eastern and central sections of the state, as well.

Floodwa-ters were blamed for the deaths of a mother and her child in Bowling Green. No deaths or injuries were reported in Frankfort, but about 400 people were evacuated from low-lying areas. Clogged storm sewers caused much of the flooding in residential areas near the Capitol in south Frankfort. By midday, Gov. Julian Carroll declared a state of emergency for the city, which meant that National Guardsmen, already in town on weekend duty, were made available for flood-rescue activities.

Some of the state's flooding problems might reach Louisville by today, a Governor postpones session for 2 days Iran capital is bracing for violence How steep are the taxes paid by Kentuckians? An economist offers a different way to total the tax bite. Story, Page I. Other stories on the special session. Pages A 26 and A 27. From A.

Times-Washington Post Service New York Times and AP Dispatches TEHRAN, Iran A tense Tehran girded yesterday for what could be the two most dramatic days in Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's 37 years of authoritarian rule. Today and tomorrow, mass demonstrations by as many as 1.5 million people have been scheduled against the shah. The demonstrations conceivably could lead to violence and bloodshed. The normally clogged streets of Tehran, Iran's capital, were virtually empty yesterday as thousands fled to the By RICHARD WILSON and RICHARD WHITT Courier-Journal Staff Writers FRANKFORT, Ky. Gov.

Julian Carroll, citing severe fiood conditions in the capital, signed an executive order yesterday delaying the start of the special session of the General Assembly until Wednesday. Legislators were expected to begin arriving in Frankfort today for the session, which had been scheduled to convene at 1. p.m. tomorrow. Carroll said he has authority to delay the session under emergency powers granted to him by state law and the Kentucky Constitution.

The order, signed after hundreds of Franklin County residents were evacuated from their homes, also closes all state offices in Frankfort and other flooded communities tomorrow. It also authorizes the activation of the Kentucky National Guard where necessary to assist with flood-related problems. Carroll said that the arrival of lawmakers undoubtedly would be impeded by the flooding of nearly 100 roads throughout the state. "So obviously it's going to be extremely difficult for some legislators to even get to Frankfort," Carroll said. Another reason for delaying the session, he said, is that Frankfort officials See CARROLL PAGE 26, col.

1, this section Nearly a year of political upheaval has shattered Iran's grand economic plan, Page El. Deep freezer ffjf Cmm-f pP" 1 1 if -I L. if "AZ2 i' I --i I lrT I 'f' 4 4 MiAh i umfosWski 7 'i -'J. i -Mot National Weather Service LOUISVILLE area Clear and cold through tomorow. High today, upper 20s; tomorrow, upper 30s.

Low tonight, upper teens to low 20s. KENTUCKY Sunny and cold today and tomorrow. Highs today, upper 20s; tomorrow, upper 30s. Lows tonight, upper teens to low 20s. INDIANA Sunny and cold today; increasing cloudiness with chance of snow north tomorrow.

Highs today, low around 30. Lows tonight, 5 to 15 above. High yesterday, 33; low, 25. Year ago yesterday: High, 38; low, 8. Sun: Rises, 7:48 a.m.; sets, 5:23 p.m.

Moon: Rises, 3:13 p.m.; sets, 3:48 a. in. Weather map and details, Page 22. countryside. Those who stayed in the city appeared to be making a run on food stores before the demonstrations began.

British-built Chieftain tanks, taken off the streets two weeks ago as tension eased, were back at key points, including Tehran's volatile university area, through which the demonstrators march today. Informed sources said paratroopers and other units were being moved into the city, and twin-engine troop-transport helicopters flew low over Tehran headed for military bases in the city. A freezing rain fell as helicopters patrolled over the sprawling city of 4 million people. At Tehran's airport, sources said U.S. Air Force transport planes were ferrying in riot-control equipment, including water cannons, and then were flying American dependents out of the country.

Defense Department officials said in Washington that the Pentagon had ordered five C-141 military transport planes to help speed the departure of; the families of U.S. military and civilian personnel. The Pentagon said the transports See IRAN PAGE 22, col. 1, this section Carroll calls education gains top achievement ANALYSIS The author is chief of The Courier-Journal's Frankfort bureau. This story contains his observations and conclusions.

ff'fiflWM INSIDE And despite Carroll's or any Kentucky governor's almost iron-clad political control, it is the uncontrollables that may tip the scales in either direction. "I knew what I wanted to do as governor. I set it out before I became governor in my own right. And, we've done it," Carroll said in an interview last week in which he assessed his accomplishments. Carroll had an extra year in office because, as lieutenant governor, he assumed the state's highest office in 1974 when then-Gov.

Wendell Ford was elected to the U.S. Senate. Carroll was elected to a full four-year term in 1975. Improving education was Carroll's first priority, and he considers it his greatest accomplishment. But Carroll now fears that his educa-See GOVERNOR PAGE 26, col.

4, this section By RICHARD WHITT Courier-Journal Staff Writer 1978, The Courier-Journal FRANKFORT, Ky. Blessed with a year's head start, billions in extra revenues and the political clout to get his way on most issues, Gov. Julian Carroll has been able to accomplish most of his major goals during his four years in office. But it may well be his last year the one just beginning that determines how historians and the public remember the state's first governor from Accent Section Arts Leisure Section Classified ads 23, Section Deaths 16 Marketplace Section Opinion page 2 Outlook Racing entries 19 Sports Section TV, radio Section Staff Photo by Dan Dry Waist-deep in the floodwaters that swept through parts of Frankfort yesterday, Earl and Patricia Sanders waded through a street after they evacuated their apartment on Ewing Court. A dream By JOEL BRINKLEY Courier-Journal Staff Writer For many Americans, the story might seem a cliche.

But Stoyan and Parashkeva Fili-pov of communist Bulgaria spent their first night in America Friday. And by yesterday morning they were so enthralled by what they'd seen that they were ready to go back home so they could tell their friends. The Filipovs' American son, Fi-lip Filipov of Jeffersontown, greeted his parents at Standiford Field Friday night. And from the second the two Bulgarians stepped off the plane, every mo- fulfilled ment was an unforgettable experience. "Just before going to bed (Friday night)," Filip said, "my mother told me to be sure to wake her up early so she could start the fire to heat the house.

I showed her the thermostat, and she just couldn't believe it." Later, "I caught her washing her clothes in the bathroom sink. 1 showed her the washer and dryer. She'd heard of these things before, but she just couldn't believe I really had them in my own house. She told me, 'There's no one in Bulgaria who has what you have in your thanks to son plane so she could tell everyone (back in Bulgaria) about the airport. "She says she can wait three months, but I think my father wants to stay the full six.

"We went shopping at Winn-Dixie yesterday, and Momma kept looking down the aisles and hitting her forehead. She said, 'I've never seen so much food in one Parashkeva Filipov, 57, sat See BULGARIAN Back page, col. 3, this section i at America, For years, Bulgarian authorities and citizens made life miserable for the elder Filipovs. It's not so bad now, 14 years later. But they still occasionally are taunted on the street.

So the Filipovs say they're certain to go back home when their visas expire, maybe even before. When they leave "is a matter of controversy between my mother and father," said Filip, who acted as translator because his parents speak no English. "My mother says she has already achieved the ultimate. She has seen America. She was ready to turn around and head back when she got off the Bulgarian For years, the Filipovs have been trying to visit their son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren in the United States.

"There's an old saying in Bulgaria," son Filip said. "Bulgarians die with their eyes open because they haven't yet seen America. My father wants to die with his eyes closed." The Filipovs had been trying to get a visa for years when they were finally notified a few weeks ago that they'd be allowed a six-month visit. They can't stay in the United States when the visa expires because they have relatives back home in Plovdiv, Bulgaria's couple get loc second-largest city. And, as Stoyan Filipov knows all too well, Bulgarian authorities would make life tough for those relatives if the Filipovs didn't return.

When Filip, then 17, dodged bullets and swam the Maritza River to Greece and freedom in 1964, Bulgarian authorities instantly fired Stoyan from his job as a supervisor at a textile plant. And as soon as Stoyan got another job, his wife, a seamstress, was fired from hers. Then Filip's sister and brother-in-law were fired from their jobs, too. And the pressure caused Stoyan to suffer a stroke. 4 i.