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JUNE 21, 1981 Starkville edition -r fnYn I v. i I 1 I UN rM ml? 1 5sri Issis esfe ffisoss Air-control talks to continue today Dominica plot ends in convictions ByTEDCILWICK Clarion-Ledger Sull Writer Joe D. Hawkins, the Jackson man convicted Saturday in New Orleans of conspiracy to overthrow the Dominican government, said he harbors no ill feelings toward his fellow mercenaries who testified against him. "We have a great bunch of guys," Hawkins said hours after a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against him and Don Black of Birmingham, Ala. The other co-defendant, Michael Norris of Tuscaloosa, was acquitted.

All the mercenaries were hoodwinked by Michael Perdue, the Texan who hatched the plot, said Hawkins, 37. of 5577 Queen Mary lane in Jackson. In fact, Hawkins is confident he v.nli be freed after an appeal, but is concerned that the seven mercenaries who pleaded guilty and cooperated with the prosecution will go to prison unjustly. "I still say we were working for the (Dominican) military," said Hawkins. Hawkins and Black, 27, a grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from Birmingham, could receive a maximum penalty of eight years in prison and $13,000 in fines when sentenced on July 22.

The two were convicted on tw counts of illegally conspiring to overthrow the government of the tiny Carribbean island and of violating the Neutrality Act by planning an armed expedition against a friendly nation. They were acquitted of five weapons charges. If convicted on all seven counts, they could have received 50 years imprisonment Both plan to appeal and expect to remain free on bond during the appeals process. Norris, 21, is the only mercenary of See Jury, page 12A UioifliiiiTiaiiiiiifiiiitarttftriMiMiftii AP ened for 7 a.m. Monday, would be postponed.

Lewis said "we obviously don't want a strike," but he warned that if controllers walk off the job, "we'll come down with the full force of the Justice Department we'll start the fines immediately." White House chief of staff James A. Baker III relayed word on the talks to President Reagan at Camp David. White House spokesman David R. Gergen said Reagan would monitor the talks while he is at the presidential retreat during the weekend. At the White House, Gergen said Saturday's talks dealt with substance and added: "The strong emphasis right now is doibng everying possible to avert a strike." But he said the Justice and Transportation Departments are preparing the necessary papers "in the unhappy circumstances" of a strike taking place to seek a court injunction against it The goal is to have an injunction in place by 7 a.ra Monday, he said.

"In the event of a strike, the number one priority is safety," he said, and not simply keeping the airlines flying. The resumption of even informal discussions Friday night and again Saturday by Poli, head of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, and negotiators from the Federal Aviation Administration brought a hint that an agreement might be reached to prevent the strike that is predicted would cost the economy $250 million a day and inconvenience millions of travelers. But both sides appeared still to be far apart on a wage package. Federal mediator Kenneth Moffett was said to be shuffling between the two sides, who were in separate rooms. Don Black, left, and Joe Hawkins leave courthouse where jury convicted them.

Legal Services fights for its life Fy JOHANNA NEUMAN Wa.hiiuiio bureau WASHINGTON The full-page paid political advertisement stared out at readers of a Washington paper Tuesday morning. "Urge your Congressman to Vote Against the Illegal Services Corporation," began the ad, placed by the Conservative Caucus, a right-wing lobbying group newly prominent in the Reagan era. Underneath the headline was a cartoon depicting a wagon filled with long-haired hippie types identified as Castro-like activists, Gray Panthers and the PLO, who carried signs advocating causes like homosexual rights, bilingualism and mandatory busing. The wagon, driven by a fat and grinning American Ear Association, was being pulled by a team of six sweating, straining American taxpayers. "That was about as bizarre as anything I have seen," U.S.

Rep. Barney Frank, a freshman Democrat from Massachusetts, said later that day as the House began debate on funding authorization for the Legal Services Corp. The Legal Services a program initiated during the 1960s' War on Poverty to provide free legal aid to the nation's 10 million poor and incorporated as an independent federal agency in 1974, was fighting for its life. President Reagan, in a memo from counselor Edwin Meese that was circulated to House Republicans last week, was threatening to veto the bill that would fund the Legal Services Corp. Former Vice President Walter Mondale, chairman of the newly formed Advocates to Save Legal Services, was mail-See Emotions, page 16A Summer heat wave likely to sizzle state The Associated Pren WASHINGTON Government and union negotiators, after meeting for 10 hours Saturday, recessed their talks without reaching an agreement on a way to head off a threatened nationwide strike by air traffic controllers that would ground thousands of flights and snarl air travel for millions of Americans.

The two sides agreed to resume talking at 2 p.m. Sunday, 17 hours before the strike deadline. Although Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis appeared optimistic that a strike might be averted, Robert Poli, president of the controllers union, told reporters he did not believe any progress had been made during Saturday's daylong negotiations. Lewis acknowledged the two sides are not in agreement but said he was "hopeful" the differences can be resolved Sunday. Lewis reiterated, however, the administration will not provide money beyond the $40 million package already proposed.

That package has been rejected by the union. Earlier, Poli said, "We're still talking nothing has broken down." He also saw the possibility of Monday strike if the talks "really tx ar.v meaningful." So far, however, he said they had not reached that point. The two sides met from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. with two hours out for dinner, talking at times directly and at other times through a federal mediator.

Lewis said his aim during the day was to "agree in principle tonight" and leave the final contract to negotiating teams later. Presumably, part of such an agreement in principle would include an assurance that a strike deadline, threat- Cash clash upsantein 4th District By CLIFF TREYENS Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer Friday was not a good day for 26-year-old Michael Herring of Jackson. He was feeling the rigors and the inevitable disappointments that come with a political campaign. "I am taking a vacation and going to the South Pole to get away from all the hot air," the Democratic candidate for the 4th Congressional District said. "This has been an educational experience.

I've learned that to be a viable candidate, you've got to have one speech and a lot of money to snow people on TV," he said. "That's what a candidate who talks issues is up against." Money, in fact, has become a hot issue one of the few that have surfaced in the waning days of what has been largely a lackluster campaign. And while Herring's remarks represent the feelings of a bitter man, they are not entirely off the mark as voters ponder which of eight candidates they want to send to Congress in Tuesday's election. It is a campaign in which money has helped catapult Liles Williams, a 45-year-old Clinton resident, from relative obscurity to the White House, where he has received the endorsement of the nation's top elected official. It is a campaign in which two Democrats Wayne Dowdy of McComb and Britt Singletary of Jackson have used a combined total of nearly $125,000 of their own money to win a job that pays 160,800 a year.

Meanwhile, Democrat Ed Ellington of Jackson has struggled to rekindle the popularity that twice has elected him convincingly to the Mississippi Senate. It is a campaign during which two men Robert Weems of Richland and Eddie McDaniel of Natchez have tried to capitalize on their past affiliations with the Ku Klux Klan for political mileage to make up for a lack of money. By LILLIAN KIRKPATRICK Weekend Stall Writer Meteo'-logists recognize the high prsui tem that builds up and m-v Caribbean each sum-nc i.ue Bermuda high pressure. 1 i Niississippiars last year, it was better known as the killer heat wave. What it will become this year remains to be seen.

It came to Mississippi in June 1980 during the midst of a sizzling drought, and it stayed for weeks as temperatures peaked at 1 06 degrees on July 16. Tropical storms from the Gulf Coast and low pr. from the northwest con', in't wi. i. The parched, brittle ih htl; i ke an oven.

More fr-an 61 mostly elderly and pooi died from the swtlicnng heat inside their homes. Jackson's Allied Services Department and the Governor's Office of Human Development established more than 150 emergency cooling centers for the elderly and handicapped in various locations throughout the state. Mississippi Power Light Co. urged its sweaty customers to curtail their use of electricity so as to prevent brownouts." involve 'suiting electricity use to extend electricity supplies and avoid "blackouts," complete losses of electric service.) The city waterworks pumped a record 54 million gallons, and city officials appealed twice to residents to cut back on water use. Highways buckled, poultry died, lakes and ponds shrank, crops and forests burned.

Everything and everyone felt the heat's effects as Mississippi sweated out the "Bermuda high" for 3 months. Weathermen are reluctant to say what this summer will bring. Should the Bermuda high prove to be another "killer," its effects could be even worse than before because the impact of last year's heat wave is still being felt, said Tice H. Wagner1 II, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Servicers Jackson office. "We don't know, and nobody else knows whether or not this summer's going to be a blazer," stressed Clement Ro-chat, forecaster with the National Weather Service at Jackson Municipal Airport.

Even the statistics tell little about what conditions can be expected, hesaid. The Weather Service's 90-day outlook for this part of the country predicts summer temperatures have a 60 percent chance of being above normal "which means it's going to be at least normal," hesaid. The normal high temperature for Jackson on June 1 1 is 9 degrees. It rises to 92 degrees by June 17 and 93 degrees by July 10. It stays at S3 degrees until Aug.

21 when the temperature starts to drop gradually. "These temperatures are based on averages, and you rarely have average temperatures," Rochat explained. "We actually have higher temperatures, but the average is lower because of the cooler temperatures we get during afternoon rains." The daily high temperature is actually closer to 95 or 97 during JunnJ, July and August. Therefore, if temperatures are above normal this year, Mississippians can expect to see the digital clock-thermometers on city streets indicating readings of 99 and 100. Thus far the predictions have been thwarted by an unusual cold front that stretched across the nation last week bringing cooler temperatures at night and drier air.

A comfortable 89 degrees was the high for both June 11 and 17. (Last year's high temperatures were several degrees above average 93 on June 11,95 on June 17, 10U on uly 10 and 101 on August 21. Thermometers lingered on 98, 99 and 100 degees throughout August and into September.) The cold front has delayed Mississippi's normal summer pattern for several And, finally, it is a campaign that has given birth to the now often-asked question: Who is Sarah Smith? Unlike most candidates, who have sought out press coverage, Smith a motel manager from Vicksburg and a Republican has managed to elude reporters. Money. It has financed a Liles Williams blitz unequaled in the history of Mississippi congressional campaigns.

Three months ago, before the state Republican Party nominated him, Williams was virtually unknown. Now, he in advertisements standing next to President Reagan, Vice President George Bush and Cabinet secretaries galore. All the Republican volunteer and paid help, direct mailings, phone banks, voter lists and host of other campaign finery that can be mustered are at his disposal. Through June 3, Williams led the eight candidates in contributions with more than $206,000 more than $45,000 of it from individuals and groups from outside Mississippi. So imposing is Williams' machine, that it has prompted two frontrunners in the Democratic ranks to focus their attention on the money issue with less than a week remaining in the campaign.

On Friday, Singletary labled Williams as an "anointed candidate" who "is not his own man." And on Thursday, Ellington questioned how Williams could be responsible to the people of the 12-county 4th District after accepting tens of thousands of See Candidates, page 3 A Clarion-Ledger stiH art by Bill Pitts degree to 20th degree of latitude, where it locates during winter. It settles in the 25 and 30 degree latitudes for summer, Wagner explained. A few degrees to the north or south makes a difference in the pressure's extent and effect. See High, page 4 A days. "But we're going to get it (the high pressure).

We always do," said Randy McKee, meteorologist at the National Weather Service. Meteorologists start looking for the Bermuda high pressure build-up during the middle of June each year. As the earth tilts on its axis, the high pressure system moves up from the 15th INDEX page7A hospital ro pe returns to Accent IF Art Classified 7C11G Crossword 4F Editorials 2G Entertainment 4F Metro IB Money 1C Today will be hard for the sons of slain Jackson policeman Billy Hickman PAGE IB Iranians battle in streets PAGE 8 A.