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AVilkinspn to Cards JIIKINSPN Bud Wilkinson, it and the mp uikn nnM Oklahoma to three national; championships; hag been named coaclr 5( the' ainals. of the National Football League, lC. mDAY March 3, 1978 Age Newspaper A Gannett newspaper published In Brevard County, Next Space Shjfe March 23 mental broadcasting latellite aw, rv1a rnrlet eral. Window: 5:12 p.m.: Ynniivv Bfutlwr Cloudy, chance of High near 80, low to mid Comply fc weather. 2A.

20 Cents ERIDAY Headlines Inside TQDIY TVAppI I UNITED NATIONS not interested Iri limiting nuclear power sources aboard f. NASA STUDYING how engines could be installed On Shuttle at launch "pad; iri case they're late; HA. i mMmwmm BLACK RHODESIANS to take, charge of their country next year, says Prime Minister Ian ETHIOPIA ADMITS for tirst time that Cubans are fighting against Somalis, 3A; SOVIET. GENERALS directing" Ethiopian efforts in war against Somalia, says Cyrus Vance; A. ByBOBDEARING SMI writer the i Good ti fe, road Casting company may have started a religious war the Brevard airwaves.

"They have blundered by" taking a 'to 'courVRay Kassis said of to file an application for a license to operate a com mi evisien stattortrWBre "Vard. Astro Enter 'prises parent corporation of Cocoa radio station WWBC, applied in August, Federal Communications Commission for'. permission to broadcast on Channel 32. Kassis 'Said the Winter Park firm of 'Good Life Broadcasting Inc. waited until the last possible filing date of .23 before makl ingots application.

Channel .52 is now un used and "ohce the original applicatioh was made by Astro the FCC allowed six months for oth ers to apply. A' final decision on which religious group will' get permission to operate the station will be made" by an FCC judge after a public hearing. "They operated In a worldly manner by sneaking it in like that," he said. He added the action was gross violation of scripture." A spokesman for Good Lite Broadcasting denied any evil however, and said, his group sincerely feels it can provide FLOODS THREATEN much of nation; this spring; but' it probably won't be as bad as last year, 2Ar WITH ONLY its chairman no, the Senate Banking Committee recommends that the Senate confirm G. William Miller to head the; Federal Reserve Board as replacement for' Dr.

Arthur Burns, 3A. CARTER MAY defer production of nuetron bomb, as incentive for Soviet SALTconcessions 3A. UTILITIES POSTPONE power cutbacks Until after miners vote on new coal contract, 10A KrW MILLER I kkkkkkkkkE nskkkkkkkkkH 4HlV Wkw kkKbJzJKL 5 h. tT aLlul 3 kkkKvkkkkkV SHkkkakVkv Av4 IkkkkS 'HkBkVi kVkkklkBi xHZ? kkkHkkkkHkVkkkkfABkrff kQklkkkrH kkHkkkkkklkkkkKH SsBkJr InBrJikkkK SBI iiiiiiiiiuiiKiHEuS xiiiikkiiBi1 better service. "There's more than one church in a city "and more than one brother," said Gene Polino of Good Life.

"We 'don't see the competition as unhealthy or unchristian." Polino said his group's channel vard, Orange and parts of counties. Kassis said hi tatiort would cover just Brevard and therefore better serve this county. "It will be the first commercial station for Brevard by he said. Good Life is made up of nine members of the Calvary. Assembly of God Church in Winter Park.

Kassis said his group was non denominational and would allow all faiths equal, airtime. Both men said they plan familyslyle programming and affiliation with various Christian including, the Christian: BroadJ Jobs Refo Astro Enterprises woul4. sell advertisements and bf a profit making" operation, while Polino said his group would be non prof iL. meeting, of thej.tw groups is set for MorKjaVj Polino said his company may relinquish its applicationapplication if it becomes convinced Astro Enterprises would better serve the commuj Should Good Life decide" to stay in and both sides admit a final FCC decision cduld take months. rm Plan UriAAeiled By President TODAY UPI TMDkolo TODV UPI SOVIET AIR FORCE COL.

ALEXEI GUBAREV OrFERS WAVE rt his flight companion, Czech captain Vladimir Remek, on lower step VICTIMS RETURN to homes iri as workers clear wreckage and neutralize deadly. chlorine, 10B. ETHICS COMMISSION decides to fightattemptstai hold jncontempt: in. case of five senators, 10B. i.

INSURANCE REBATES announced by fourth company; insurance commissiorter says more coming, 10B. Czech aut res (wk i ROSALYN FELDER, an 11 year old Titusvllle girl, loses; her fight for life after bicycle accident, IB. FLORDIA DEPARTMENT of Crimi Law Enfprcement opens office in Palm Bay to. hunt drug smugglers, IB. JURY EXPECTED to decide today fate of man accused of brutal hammer' slaying of elderly man, WMMJMmMmMm DECLINE INrvalue off U.S.

dollar means a likely price increase for foreign oil, Editorial, 12A. MOSCOW (AP) i Russian and Czechoslovak cosrrtonauts rocketed into orbit Thursday aboard a' So vleP "spaceship in ithe world's first two nation space" launch, Tass reported. The Soviet news agency said the two cosmonauts were set to dock with the Salyut 6 space station, where a pair of Soviet cos monauts this Saturday will break the 84 day 'record for CosmQn Soyuz 28 the longest single flight in space. That record was set by a U.S. space crew Tass'ldentified the cosmonauts aboard the new Soyuz 28, as space veteran Alexei Gu barev, 46, a colonel in the Soviet air, force, and Vladimir.

Remek, 29, a Czechoslovak air force captain. Gubarev is the flight commander and Remek is a "cosmonaut researcher," Tass said. It said they felt well and were carrying out their work flights by cosmo Tiauts brthesbcialisrcbuiP tries open' a new page in the development of astronautics," Tass said. It noted that further joint missions later this year are to involve cosmonauts from Poland and East Germany. These multinational See SPACE, Col.

5 Back Page This Section WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter sent to Congress Thursday a package of proposals that he described as the most sweeping reform of the civil service system since its creation in 1883, He said the federal government's personnel system has "grown into a tangled' web of complicated rules and regulations" that makes it hard to fire in competent workers or to reward good ones. Carter's proposals would force federal managers making over $26,000 a year to earn their pay. raises, would make it easier to fire consistently me "diocre performers, and would split the Civil Service Commission into new agencies; The; proposals; would end federal hiring and retention preferences now given by law. to able bodied World War II and Korean conflict institute corporation style salary bonuses for the top federal executives, and create a jiew special counsel to protect federal "whistle blowers" who: expose gross mismanagement orcorruptiohJri: govexm ment. Carter said the civil service system, originally designed to replace political patronage hiring with a system based on merit, has lost its original purpose.

He said that 99 percent of all federal employees got merit ratings last year and only 226 were fired for inef Carter speech' highlighted, 14A ficiency or incompetence ou( of.a work, force ofmore than 2 million. "The sad fact is that it is easier, to promote and transfer incompetent employees than to get rid of them," the President said in a televised address at the National Press Club. "It may take as long as three years merely to fire someone forJustcause1anov at the same time' the' protection of legitimate rights is costly and time consumingconsuming for the employees You cannot rua a farm that way, you cannot run a factory that way. and you certainly cannot run a government that way." Chaplin Body, Coffin Stolen C.ORSlER SUR VEVEY, Switzerland T(AP)" Grave robbers acting under cover darkness. stole the body of comedian Charlie Chaplin, who died Christmas.

Day, from a tiny unguarded cemetery in this Village where he spent his last 20 years, police Thursday. The rectangular cemetery about 60 yards long. Is located in remote area along a rarely traveled dirt road. It is surrounded by a small stone wall about three feet high, near which Chaplin's grave was located. There was iws elaborate tombstonebecause he wanted his grave to be as modest as the others in.

the 'cemetery. Police said" the heavy wooden coffiri was removed between nightfall" Wednesday and dawn Thursday. They said there was no indication whether' it was taken for ransom. A Corsier municipal official called the "theft an "of" "vandal; ism." A cross at the. head of the grave was left undamaged by the grave robbers and" police took it to laboratory to check for gerprints.

There are a few houses near the cemetery the closest about SO yards away Paul Germain, a municipal worker who helped with Chaplin's burial Dec.27, described the coffin as massive and said i have taken four jnen, to move it. RAIL DISASTER POSSIBLE HERE No Plan of Action Exists SHOULD JUDGES be able to collect a second state salary for teaching in coir lege? Editorial, 12A. DICK ALLEN, has had a controversial and colorful baseball career, But this spring, he's in the good graces of Oakland owner Charles Finley and apparently has peace of mind about his status with the A's. Details, 1C. JOHN TRAVOLTA learned the disco dances tie used in "Saturday Night, Fever" from.Titusville native Deney Ter riQ, TODAY Features Amy Clark.

ID Bill Sargent. 1C Bridge, 9D Business, 12 14C Classified, fe UC Comics, 10D Crossword, 9Q Deaths, SB Earl Wilson. 8D Editorials, ft ISA HELPI, IB Horoscope, 9D Utters; UA Local News, 1 8B Milt Salamon, IB Movies, 6 ft 7D Names and Faces, 6A People, 1 9D Sports, I 6C State News, 9 ft 10B Television, 2D Weather, 2A. 4 Ffir Sections Youngstown return home, 10B By BOB SCHWARTZMAN TODAY Stall Wrllw Toxic, chemicals, including the pressurized gases responsible for deaths in two recent Florida derailments, pass regularly along the 72 miles of track spanning Brevard County, civil defense officials say. But unlike preparations made for hurricane, flood or aircraft disasters, Brevard officials, have.no blueprint for handling rairoad accidents involving toxic substances "We "definitely will be upgrading our planning on this type of disaster' said county civil "defense direcr.

(or John Stover. "We've never been, advised as to how much or what chemicals 'go through. We juit know that It's all different types of toxic chemicals. "Our basic plan is to contact the fire department, and 'local' law enforcement," Stover "and if 4t happened, ensure that the. 'area is cordoned We'd have to find, out exactly what's on the' train, and' then go from there." mDAY Special Report In the past 12 years, derailments involving as many as SO freight cars have taken place in Brevard County.

'NO toxic substances were released and no serious accidents were recorded in any of the accidents. Safety officials say there is no accurate inventory on the kinds or quantities bf tpxic substances transported through Tire vard. But according to other experts, the list tttg eludes anhydrous ammonia, which resulted in one death after a train derailed last December In a Pensacola suburb, 'and liquid chlorine, which killed, eight in a rail tragedy this week in jme Florida Panhandle town of Youngstown. TODAY'S Chuckle Husband to nelghbori "One thing I enjoy' tnmy marriage that 1 don't have to get permission I from my wife, do jlear?" Both substances are carried through the county in 10 12,000 ton tank cars for industrial use in the Miami Fort Lauderdale area, said the head of an Orlando chemical company. "Nowadays, these, chemicals travel every, where by the rails and the roads," said Brevard civil defense official.

Anthony Roso. "Highly toxic fuels and radioactive substances, even. It's everywhere. That's why were trying to upgrade our disaster plans." A NASA spokesman said highly toxic fuels, including hypergolic propel. lants used in Titan launches and highly, flammable, liquid oxygen' and hydrogen arrive at.

Kennedy Space Center by train and f'But the roadbeds for our tracks' (near Titusville) were built lnthe.mid vOs," the Spokesman said. See DERAIL, CoU BackiPage This Section' lisisisisisisisBttHBksflis? ftdZfsW Iksisisisl TOQAY PAo by Rd Mw ton His Cup Runneth Over Richard Dlggerr DeYoung of Aerritt Island took his battle against proposed legislation for a 5 cent deposit on beer and soft drink containers to the White House DeYoung picketed In his homemade costume to underscore what he says Is ridicjilous about the legislation. StoryjlB. Etienhe Buenzod, another Corsier municipal worker, discovered the grave had been tampered with during a routine check. There were indentations in the ground indicating the coffin had been dragged for a short distance.

18 Hurt In Plant Gun Spree JACKSON, Mich. (AP) A man fired a dozen shotgun blasts through a window into a. crowded lunchroom at a forging plant Thursday, wounding at least 18 terrified coworkers as they tried to flee, authorities said. At least two of the victims were listed In serious officials at Jackson Foote Hospital said. The gunman turned himself In to police arriving' at the scene.

"I'm the you want," police Capt. Calvin' Watson quoted him as telling officers. Police identified the man as Leslie Bernard Tor; rey, and workers at the Pittsburgh Forgings Co. said he was a fellow 70 to .80 employees inside the lunchroom, "started screaming' and' bouncing around," Watson said. "He started firing 'and boom, boom; boom.

Co workers the man had been unusually quiet for the past j. two weeks. fc.

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