The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 14

Energy proposals Greenville reaction The nation By BILL VAUGHN DD-T Staff Writer Greenville businesses affected by President Nixon's energy message are behind the spirit of the fuel crisis proposals 1,000 per cent. They are not, according to a survey by the Delta Democrat-Times, quite so solidly behind the letter of the energy message. For instance: Both a a i a eliminated their fluorescent lighting inside their structures and are i i a i the corridors i Incandescent Christmas lighting. However, if Christmas lighting is switched off, the fluorescents would have to be turned back on, resulting in the use of at least twice as much energy to power the fluorescents. i A II of A Petroleum, who operates several truck stops which stay open on Sunday, could close his stations, but that would mean interstate trucks and commercial vehicles could be stranded.

--Troy Shields of Spur Oil Company at Alexander and Broadway said he would be "tickled pink" to close on Sunday, but his contract calls for him to remain open seven days a week. Most firms the DD-T talked with were hoping the President would clarify later this week some of the questions about his proposals, such as whether the ban on lighting would include interior Christmas ornaments as well as exterior and whether trucks and commercial vehicles are exempt from the ban on Sunday gasoline and diesel fuel sales. Mayor Pat Dunne said the city has one ornamental light on city hall at nights. "We'll take it off because it is a decorative light" Dunne said. The mayor also said Luca Lux lights such as those used on Washington Avenue require 50 per cent fewer fixtures than other lights and would be i i i requirements.

He said that since the Luca Lux lights were installed in the i a incandescent lights on the park's earthen mounds could be turned off. "I'm satisfied that we could turn those off and not lose any value whatsoever in the Downtown Shopping Park," he said. Dunne said his "unity" Christmas tree which has been decorated in his side yard with Christmas ornaments in -past years would not be illuminated this year. In fact, the tree was damaged by the ice storm last winter and will be used to fuel some of the six fireplaces in the mayor's home. Other steps the city is taking to conserve energy include acquiring larger compactor vehicles to save trips to the city and proposed placement of dumpmaster boxes in several locations around the city to eliminate trips to the dump.

Dunne said steps such as these were being considered in lieu of reducing twice weekly garbage collections. He said the police department was looking into stationing of patrol cars at high accident locations and using them as stationary vehicles rather than having the cars patrol the city. He said radar would be used for traffic control. All department heads have been asked to come up with ideas for conserving energy, he said. i A a a Commerce, which puts up Christmas decorations downtown and at several highway locations around town, was meeting later today to disucss whether the ornaments would be illuminated at all this year.

The chamber board previously had decided not to turn the lights on until two weeks before Christmas to effect a 50 per cent reduction in electrical requirements. Spokesmen for both malls and the Downtown Shopping Park indicated that steps were being taken to comply with the President's call for conservation of energy. Bob Harding, Downtown Improvment Association president, said a letter which was prepared even prior to the President's speech Sunday night, was mailed to DIA members asking them to take three steps to conserve energy. DIA members were asked to reset timers to cut off store and window lights one hour earlier; to reduce the amount of illumination in Christmas decorations and the time the decorations are left on and to replace light bulbs where possible with bulbs of lower wattage or to eliminate unnecessary lighting entirely. Mrs.

Anne Stark, assistant manager of Mainstream Mall, also said a number of steps were taken by her mall prior to the President's address. "We have already started last week," she said. "We cut all of our overhead lights off except night lights which we have to have for protection. "We cut down a whole lot more than 15 per cent, more like 50 per cent," she said. She said the mail will not have any outside lights and a interior Christmas lights have been reset to go off at 9:30 p.m.

and parking lot lights reset to go off at at 10 p.m., instead of 11:30 p.m. Mrs. Stark said store owners in the mall would be contacted and asked not to used any lights on trees or ornaments. However, the possible ban over interior Christmas lights poses a problem for both Mrs. Stark and for Ray Barber, manager of Greenville Mall.

Both have almost eliminated use of fluorescent overhead lights and depend on Christmas lights for illumination of the mall interior. Barber said he hoped the question would be clarified. "Right now I have 95 per cent of my overheads turned out, and all I have is just my Christmas ornaments lighted and this provides enough light inside the mall so that there is no problem with customer safety or with security," he said. "I'll be happy to turn off the Christmas decorations, but the problem is this will make it completely dark, and I'll have to turn on some of the fluorescent lights," Barber said. He said the fluorescents would use twice as energy as the Christmas ornaments.

"I'll do anything to comply with it within reason as far as the security and convenience of my customers goes," he sai Acker said his truck stops pump about 4,000 to 5,000 gallons on Sunday and that he was hoping to get a ruling from federal officials on whether there would be some relaxation of the Sunday sales ban for trucks and commercial vehicles. However, Acker said he was behind the proposal. "I intend to try to comply with it in spirit as well as letter," he said. "Something's got to be done and we might as well start now." Several other gasoline station operators indicated no decision had been made yet on whether to voluntarily close this Sunday, especially at stations which are a i headquarters elsewhere. Nathan Peacock of Peacock's DX Service Station on U.S.

82 said that "right now I'm figuring on closing." He said he i recommendations to close at 9 p.m. Saturday and remain closed until midnight Sunday. Spokesmen at Billups, Rose Oil Company and Hudson, independents which usually remain open on Sunday, said they were awaiting word on whether to stay open Sunday or not. William C. Canoy, operator of Canoy's East End Exxon on U.S.

82 East, said he had not talked to Exxon officials yet about whether to open. Canoy said he set his own hours of operation but "so far they (Exxon) want us to stay open on Sunday." He said he hadn't talked to anyone yet but "I imagine we'll close on Sunday." Shields said he had a contract with Murphy Oil Company to keep his Spur station open seven days a week. Shields said Murphy has its own refinery and he is not under an allocation and can get all the gasoline he wants. However, he said if it was alright with Murphy officials for him to close, "it would just tickle me pink to close." fearless Sunday Ingenuity displayed By United Press International In West Germany, a family rode the on a six-seat bicycle. In Belgium, a man used a horse to pull i a i I youths zipped around on roller skates to deliver Citizens in seven countries of Western Europe had a chance to their inventiveness as a growing number of industrialized nations banned Sunday driving to save fuel in the face of Arab oil 'cutbacks.

West Germany, Switzerland, a a Liechtenstein joined Holland and 'Belgium in banning a total of 25 million vehicles from Israel, Egypt i highways to save oil supplies. Most of the seven nations' 94 million population stayed at home, but a few exhibited a little of the same originality that led to the invention of the automobile in the first place. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt called on his countrymen to "show each other a solidarity and inventiveness can do." A family in Bavaria showed plenty of both, riding through Nuernberg to the cheers of pedestrians on a home-made, six-seat bike. A Brussels riding school gained celebrity last week by gathering in the capital's nedieval Grand Place on the first earless Sunday. The horsemen, however, had to compete for attention last Sunday with hansom carriages.

One man even passed through the city with a horse pulling his auto. In a raced through the streets on roller skates to deliver newspapers and used the oil shortage to up prices. At the Vatican, Pope Paul VI told Italians, who begin a Sunday driving ban next week, the fuel shortage had its good points. "It broadens the visual horizons of our concept of the modern world," he said. Clergy in Copenhagen switched church services to midweek and i i i a a a i i Denmark's Dec.

4 general election canceled speeches. Talks unsuccessful By United Press International While Arab leaders gathered in Algiers today for their first summit conference in four years to align strategy against Israel, Israel and Egypt bargained unsuccessfully for 90 minutes today over the withdrawal of their armies on the Suez front. The Israeli National Radio quoted U.N. officials as saying the crucial talks went well and that the next session between Maj. Gen.

Aharon Yariv of Israel a i a a Gen. Mohammed Gamassy would be held Wednesday. But DPI correspondent Raymond Wilkinson reported from Kilometer 101 on the Road that today's talks ended with no sign of a break. Israeli i i a a reported an exchange of artillery and small arms fire south of Ismailia on the Egyptian front Sunday, the most serious incident of the month-old cease-fire. The National Radio said one Israeli soldier was killed in the fighting.

Officials in Jerusalem said Israeli troops had been placed on alert on both i a a i a because of the tension that has existed for the past few days." Egyptian officials have called the cease-fire talks near collapse and warned that Kgypi may renew the war unless Israel withdraws to the Oct. 22 cease-fire lines. Israeli press reports said the troop withdrawal deadlock resulted from Egypt's iasistence on keeping a force of 400 tanks on the east bank of the Suez Canal instead of the small policing force demanded by Israel. The newspaper said the Egyptians also demanded an initial Israeli withdrawal to six miles cast of the canal and a later pullhnck to the strategic Milla and Gidi Passes in the Sinai Desert. Davar, which usually reflects the views of the government, said the disengagement issue would probably have to be taken up at the Geneva peace conference next inonth.

Mansfield Saxbe WASHINGTON (UPI)-Scnate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, said today grave constitutional questions exist on the nomination of Sen. William Saibe to be attorney general, even if a special bill aimed at removing them is approved. Mansfield was asked by reporters about a bill due before the Senate later this week to temporarily lower the attorney general's salary from $60,000 to $35,000 so Saxbe can serve. The legislation is intended to overcome a constitutional bar on any member of Congress serving in a government position after the salary for the job has been raised while he was serving in Congress. Saxbe voted in 1969 in favor of an increase in the attorney general's salary.

Mansfield previously supported the Saxbe nomination but said Monday "I have my doubts" now whether the Ohio Republican can serve. Continentals to be recalled DETROIT (UPI)-The Ford Motor Co. today said it was recalling 17,744 current model Ltyicolfc Continentals because of a possible short circuit from an improperly routed starter cable. It was about 75 per cent of'the 1974 model Continentals produced so far in this model year. The company also said it was recalling 360 current-model Cougars to find an estimated 25 in which it may not be possible to fully engage, the automatic transmission "park" mechanism.

The starter cable problem on the Continentals affects about 1,400 cars, a spokesman said. There have been no accidents as a result of the condition. If improperly positioned, the starter cable could rub against a suspension arm and rub off the cable's insulation, resulting in an electrical short circuit that could cause loss of all engine and electrical system power. Skylab photography canceled HOUSTON (UPD--Flight controllers canceled the first Skylab 3 Earth photography pass bepause of bad weather and said today all such data-collecting sweeps may be cut short to conserve needed fuel. Crewmen Gerald P.

Carr and William R. Pogue were to train their array of earth cameras across the northern United States before a cloud cover interfered. Scientist Edward G. Gibson worked today to have Skylab's solar observatory ready for operation by Tuesday. Flight Director Donald R.

Puddy said the length of the rest of the earth resources passes of the flight may be cut in half-down to 15-20 minutes--because it now takes longer to roll the orbiting lab into position. One of three stabilizing gyroscopes that keep the 100-ton lab in the right position in space has failed, but the ship is still operating satisfactorily on the remaining two. Puddy said, however, that there might be more separate passes made, meaning just as much data on agriculture, geology, forests, the weather, the oceans and urban areas would be obtained. "There's nothing we've come across yet that would keep us from obtaining all of the Skylab 3 objectives," he said. The Mid-Delta Beer parlor is burglarized Burglars took three cases of beer and more than $100 intash and change from Dye's Beer Parlor early Sunday, according to Police Chief Tom Nance.

said Mrs. Mary E. Dye, 935 demons reported that the beer parlor at 315 S. Harvey St. had been entered sometime between its closing at midnight Saturday and 8:30 a.

m. Sunday, when she returned. The building was entered by removing a piece of plywood placed in a window where an air conditioner had been located, Nance said. Three different brands of beer, a $20 bill, approximately $40 in change from a jukebox and approximately $50 in change from a coin-operated pool table was reported missing. Nance said a burglary was reported Sunday at the 1444 Genie Fairway home of Mr.

and Mrs. Bill Rose. Nothing was reported missing, although Mrs. Rose said someone entered the house between 3:15 and 3:50 p. m.

by forcing open a rear door. House damaged by fire Two units of the Greenville Fire Department answered a call to a house fire around 7:30 a.m. today, according to Assistant Chief Dodd. The house and particularly the furniture in it received "pretty extensive damage" from smoke and fire, he said. N.M.

Steed owned the house, located at 626 Miss. 1 and James Luke lived there, Dodd said. The fire started in a back room of the house, he said, but the cause is unknown. Two treated for bee stings Two persons were treated for bee stings at General Hospital Sunday. Evelyn Penalver, 29, and Melton Penalver, 34, of 417 S.

Broadway, were taken to the hospital by cab after both received numerous bee stings, a hospital spokeswoman said. They were treated and released, she said. Alcorn alumni will meet Alcorn College Alumni Club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday at Washington County Extension Building.

All members are asked to be present and on time by Luther Alexander, president. Causey to speak at 'M' Night Dr. Bill Causey of Jackson will be the featured speaker at the Washington County Baptist Association's annual Night program at the First Baptist Church Tuesday night. Dr. Causey, a Greenville native, is pastor of the Parkway Baptist Church in Jackson.

The Greenfield Baptist Church will also present a short drama, "Church: The Sunday Night People." This year's Night theme is "Church: The Sunday Night Place." The program will begin at 7 and end at 9:30 p.m. Boyd PTA will meet The Em Boyd Elementary School Parents-Teachers Association will meet at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the school auditorium, a PTA spokesman announced today. The program will include a presentation from Mrs.

Dorothy Causey, superintendent of elementary education for the Greenville public schools. Jan Adams will head a panel discussion of the Bookmark Heading Program in the school system and there will be a display of materials related to the various reading levels in the program. Cooking demonstration Tuesday A "Christmas Cookery" demonstration will he held nt the Washington County Extension Building, corner of Edison and Alexander, Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and the public Is invited. The demonstration will be presented by Mrs.

Gladioli! Harris, former extension home economist, and will feature Ideas for Christmas party foods. 14 Monday, Nov. 26, 1973 Delta Democrat-Times Greenville, Mississippi Percy wants lie detector tests used CHICAGO I Charles Percy, says he hopes lie detector tests would be used to determine if members of a burglary gang murdered his '21-year-old daughter, Valerie, during a break-in at Percy's suburban Kenilworth home seven years ago. Percy, contacted Sunday in Hawaii by a Chicago radio station, said he first received word about new developments in the unsolved death of his daughter from reports published Saturday. "We are very anxious as a family to have this cleared up," he said.

Percy said he understands the prime suspect in the case has said he is innocent and prepared to take a lie detector test. "It would be rny hope electronic testing would be used on him to i a i i statement," Percy said. The Chicago Sun-Times reported in its Sunday editions that Harold Wayne told its reporters and police that his brother, Francis, killed Miss Percy. The newspaper also reported crime syndicate figure Leo Rugendorf, who died last April, named Francis Hohimer as the killer. However, the newspaper said Francis Hohimer, 46, now serving a burglary sentence at the Iowa State Penitentiary, told investigators he did not kill Miss Percy and volunteered to take a lie detecor test.

Francis Hohimer told officials Miss Percy, who was blundgeoned and stabbed to death Seit. 18, 1966, was killed by Frederick Donald Malchow, who was killed following a 1967 escape from a Pennsylvania jail. He said Malchow and two other members of a burglary gang came to his apartment in Chicago following the break-in and slaying at Percy's home, investigators said. Francis Hohimer was the alleged leader of a burglary gang that operated in the United States and Canada, specializing in early morning break-ins of homes of wealthy persons, police said. Obituaries Mrs.

Marie Holland LAKE VILLAGE, mass for Mrs. Marie Reginelli Holland, 42, of Lake Village, was to be held at 10 a.m. today in Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. Burial was to follow in Lake Village Catholic Cemetery. Downey Funeral Home of Lake Village has charge.

Mrs. Holland died Friday in St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, after an illness. She was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs.

Don Alexander of Greenville and Mrs. Doug Jones of Memphis, one son, Mack Holland of Lake Village; her mother, Mrs. Mack Reginelli of Lake Village; two sisters, Mrs. Woodrow Jasay of Lake Village and Mrs. Jerry Brown of White Pine, and three brothers, Alex Reginelli, Ned Reginelli and Jimmy Reginelli, all of Lake Village.

N. A. Nowell Nicholas Arthur Nowell, 86, of Rt. 2, Greenville, died Sunday at Arnold Avenue Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be at 3 p.

m. today jil National Funeral Home chapeh The Rev. Barry Landrum will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Greenville Cemetery. National Funeral Home has charge.

Mr. Nowell was born at Noxapater and moved to Avon in 1921. He had been a Greenville resident for 46 years. Mr. Nowell was a retired carpenter and a member of First Baptist Church.

He leaves four sons, W. W. Nowell of Leland, T. E. Nowell of San Antonio, A.

G. Nowell of Greenville and A. R. Nowell of Lake Charles, La; one daughter, Mrs. James Rutledge of Greenville; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be J. A. McDougal, Tommy Neldon, Francis Neldon, Walter Kendall, Vernon Bagley and W. II Dickerson. GOVERNMENT Continued from pngc 1 "The nrincd forces were to be used in an electoral fake, humiliating our people," the statement said.

a i i commander of the 1st Army and one-time backer of Pnpmlopoulos, was sworn in as president. A 10-membor a i replaced 7-week-old i Spyros Mnrkezinis, The new, all-civilian cabinet wns led by U.S-lrnined lawyer and economist Adnmantios Amlroiitsopoiilos, r4, who studied imd taught economics at the University of Chicago. He had curlier I'npadopoulos KovurnnicnlH first as finance inlnl.sler and later as minister of the Interior..