Panama City News-Herald from Panama City, Florida • Page 1

Good Morningl Today Is April Vour Florida FfMdoTn Newspaper NEWS HERALD Northwest Florida's Watchful Newspaper called the division of labor-Vhey (the bureaucrats) make the mistakes and we (the taxpayers) make the sacrifices." "Steve Miller Vol. No. 7 No. 344 The World's Most Beautiful Beochos Panama City, Florida TwoSecttoni 24 Paget Price 15 Cents Morgan 'ToSave' Capitol TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) On the heels of the Cabinet's vote to preserve the old Capitol, a key lawmaker said Friday he will ask his House Appropriations subcommittee to provide several million dollars this year to save the building from destruction.

Rep. Herb Morgan, D- Tallahassee, said he will make the first official move In the legislature to save the Capitol, perhaps as early as next week. He predicted victory for preservationists If the Issue gets to the floor. "I believe the support Is there," Morgan said. "I think legislators are realizing that people want the old Capitol saved." The Cabinet voted 5-2 Thursday to recommend that lawmakers fund a proposal for restoring the Capitol to Its 1923 condition.

Gov. Reubln Askew and Education Commissioner Ralph Turlington voted against the resolution. Architects estimate a $2.8 million pricetag on tearing down the old building and replacing It with a park In front of the )43-mlllion new Capitol being completed the old building. Lawmakers, who control the money, will have the final word. Thousands Push Into Jerusalem On Good Friday 600D FRIDAY RE-ENACTMENT-Juanlto Firing grimaces as he is nailed to a cross in San Fernando in the Philippines as a voluntary act of observance on Good Friday, observed by Christians as the day Jesus Christ was nailed to A cross before a Jeering crowd.

It was the eight consecutive year the Firing, 35, allowed himself to be nailed to a cross for the Good Friday reenactment of Christ's crucifixion. (AP LASER- PHOTO) Commission Hears Attorney Despite the heated controversy at Tuesday'Ji Jackson County Commission meeting, over the Northwest Florida Drug Council's center located near Compass Lake, there were no representatives from citizens Day In Tallahassee Friday, April 8,1977 By The Associated Press The House Bills passed: property tax exemption for widows, the blind and permanently disabled from $10,000 to $10,500. CS- HB109. Easley. To Senate.

courts to Issue continuing writs of garnishment to enforce child support payments. HB93. Hutto, Fox. To Senate. Utilities-Orders utilities to file monthly reports on fuel adjustment charges and lets Public Service Commission have quarterly hearings on the charges.

CS-HB8. Regulated Industries Committee. To Senate. penalty for driving vehicles across sand dunes seaward of coastal setback lines. HB9S.

Hutto. To Senate. confiscation of licenses for hunters who Illegal take deer or wild turkey. HB71. Burrall, Ewlng, Mann.

To Senate. officials to control burn certain lands vulnerable to wildfires. HB174. Hawkins. To Senate.

authority of state agencies to juggle their budgets, have lawmakers set state spending. HB361. Morgan. To Senate. local hearings before legislative delegations can sponsor local bills and restricts local bill subject matter.

HB1099. Community Affairs Committee. To Senate. Tte Senate Bills passed: Boycotts-Makes it illegal for Florida corporations to agree to restraints of trade on the basis of discrimination like the Arab boycott of firms doing business with Israel. SB265.

Jon Thomas, Gordon. To House. Scholarships-Prohibits community colleges from giving athletic or academic scholarships to out-of-state students. SB93. Toblassen.

To House. all state agencies to annually submit totals of their number of employes. SB226. Ware. To House.

procedures for the governor to fill vacancies. To House. school districts to submit surveys Into possible available space before construction grants on new schools will be approved. SB96. Sayler.

To House. Flood federal flood program to continue insuring certain buildings. SB229. Pat Thomas. To House.

the time when counties distribute road funds to cities. SB139. Lewis. To House. The Governor Had no legislation pending before him.

Questions concerning the status of bills can be directed to legislative officials at this toll free number: 800-342-1827. groups or the center on hand Friday to hear county attorney Pete Everett's recommendation of action to the commission In Marlanna. Everett told the Jackson commissioners he had discovered two Florida statutes which outlined a possible method for expelling the drug center from the county. Basically, he said, the statutes provide that "annoyance of citizens might be enjoined In criminal action If it (the annoyance) is a nuisance." He defined "nuisance" as "the unreasonable use of one's property which causes discomfort and harm to surrounding property holders." The attorney also presented a similar case to the council in which the citizens of an Arkansas community removed a halfway house for parolees from their area. According to the case records, the citizens' group took the action because they feared tor their safely and because the presence of the house reduced property values.

Everett contacted the office of Stale Attorney Leo Jones to see whether or not action could be taken based on the recommendation. The State Attorney's office will officially answer the request In the form of a letter which will be presented to the commission at the April 12 meeting. Later, however, a spokesman from Jones' office said, until there Is some Illegal action on the part of the part of the center, the county could not pursue Plaintiff Juror Go To Lunch TAMPA, Fla. A mistrial has been declared In a civil damage suit In federal court here after the plaintiff ate lunch with one of the Jurors. Saying he had never seen the equal of It In his 50 years In law or his 21 years on the bench, U.

S. District Judge Richard E. Robinson declared a mistrial. Everett's proposal. According to Commissioner Norwood Jackson, the Compass Lake citizens object to the drug clinic, which has six resident tients and 60 out-patients, because they fear the life of the community will be disrupted and the center moved into the area without warning.

JERUSALEM (AP) Christian pilgrims carrying heavy crosses made their way on Good Friday along this ancient city's narrow Via Dolorosa, retracing the footsteps Christ took to his crucifixion. Thousands thronged the famed Street of Sorrow for the solemn procession led by Greek Orthodox Archbishop Simon of Jerash. Escorts thumping silver-handled staffs cleared the way for the archbishop. Normally the Orthodox Easier comes one or two weeks after the Roman Catholic Easter, but on years like this when they coincide the churches alternate In leading the Good Friday procession. In Rome, Pope Paul VI carried a six-foot wooden cross through the pagan ruins of the Collsseum under a light drizzle.

The Pope, suffering pain from a chronic knee ailment, carried the cross for the last three stations of the 14-statlon Way of the Cross ceremony. The 79-year-old pontiff told thousands of Romans and tourists, "We too feel Involved in His being put to death" and he said he hoped the world would ONE OF THOSE DAYS-Resldents living around Orlando's Little Lake Ivanhoe can breath a little easier tonight as this lO-foot, lO-inch long alligator, weighing In excess of 500 pounds, was captured Friday by Florida Wildlife officer Gene Newman. Newman, with the aid of anxious neighbors fought with the gator for over an hour before the gator surrendered. (AP LASERPHOTO) Calls Inundate Upgrade Plan THERE'S MORE hear "at least an echo of this great story of pain and love." Television satellite links carried the ceremony td 22 nations. Including the United Slates.

Earlier at St. Peter's basilica, the Pope, dressed In a red robe of mourning, knelt shoeless to kiss the crucifix In the most sorrowful liturgy of Roman Catholic worship. He removed his mitre, ring and other symbols of authority in the adoration of the cross before 23 cardinals, diplomats and 10,000 worshipers In the vast basilica. Some Got It Warm By The Associated Press Parts of the nation enjoyed a mild spring day on Friday, with unseasonably warm temperatures In the 70s and 80s widespread over the Great Plains, favorable weather was reported In the Northeast and Northwest. Cold winds and scattered snow showers were reported In New York and New England.

A cold front brought badly needed rain to western sections of Washington, Oregon and Northern California. Despite sunny skies, cool temperatures continued over the mId-AllantIc states. Freeze womlngs were posted over Delaware and Marylond, the Interior of Virginia and suburban Washington. D.C. Temperatures around the nation Friday afternoon ranged from 23 at Ullca, NY.

to 90 at Gila Bend, Ariz. Saturday's forecast called for sunny skies over most of the nation, except for snow flurries in Northern Maine and rain showers over the Pacific Northwest into the Northern Rockies and Northern Arizona. Cool weather was expected from the upper Great Lakes northeastward to the Atlantic and In the Pacific Northwest, Idaho, Nevada and California. Unseasonably warm temperatures were due over the central and northern Great Plains, spreading eastward into the upper and mId-MlssissippI Valley. Seasonably mild temperatures were on lap for the rest of the nation.

Both the Jersualem and Vatican ceremonies were reenactments ol Christ's procession from the Praetorum, where He was sentenced, to Calvary where He was nailed to the cross. The bells ol the Jerusalem's crusader-bullt Church of the Holy Sepulchre tolled In mourn(See Jerusalem Page 2a) FUTILE RESCUE- Chicago policeman Ralph Culver grips Peter W. LJgety. 26, Chicago, as a Fire Department helicopter lifts them from the icy waters of Lake Michigan off Chicago's FuUerton Avenue Beach during rescue attempt Thursday. After their small boat capsized, Culver helped pull two ol the three boaters from the water, then let the helicopter lower him Into the lake to rescue Ligety, who later died.

Culver and two surviving boaters were being treated for exposure. (AP LASERPHOTO) A SORRY Bruce Porter decided to stick his finger Into a hole In a drain plate at Sacremento's Jedediah Mlth School. Unfortunately, he couldn't get his finger back out again and firemen couldn't either. So Bruce was taken to Sacremento Medical Center where a doctor soon freed the finger. (AP LASERPHOTO) OVERLAND, Mo.

(AP) Vietnam-era veterans who received less than honorable discharges including deserters arc swamping the government's Joint Liaison Office here with more than 3,000 telephone calls a day seeking to have discharges upgraded to honorable status. "At first we thought we would be able to handle about S.OOO a day," said Brig. Gen. Robert S. Young, commander of the Military Personnel Records Center here.

"But It appears now that each telephone interview is taking longer than we expected and our limit Is probably between 3,000 To handle the crush which began when the program was announced early this week, the center hired enough personnel to man 50 telephones for a 13 hour day. The workers, mostly young men and women, sit In small, cubicles In the basement of the two-block-long records center. All 50 phones are constantly busy and callers, who can telephone toll-free, are kept on hold until a phone is free. "It has really gone smoothly so far," said Maj, Donal E. Meynig, manager of the project.

"We had Just two weeks to get ready for it, but we can't complain about the way It's running." But Meynig says not all of the callers are veterans who want their discharges upgraded. "We get some calls each day Irom veterans who have received honorable discharges and who believe that the program Is unfair to the major said. And while the official line is one of understanding and cooperation, there is an undertone of bitterness among some of the workers. "No, I don't like it," said one civilian worker. "I lost a son In Vietnam and I'm against this program.

I just can't express my feelings around here," he said. After the initial call, applicants arc advised by mall that they may submit additional data within 30 days for consideration. Science Fair Is Held ByNlNOSYLMAR SUff Writer "Nobody is a loser. Everybody is a winner," said Captain James W. JoUlff, Commander of the Naval Coastal System Laboratory who made the opening remarks during ceremonies Friday at the base to honor participants and supporters of the 1977 Three Rivers Science Fair.

There were 147 entrants from the counties of Bay, Washington, Jackson, Holmes, Calhoun, and Gulf who competed not only for the grand prizes but also for the chance to go on a trip to the 28th International Science and Engineering Fair to be held In Cleveland, May 8-14. Grand prize winner In the Senior Division was Paul Lewlckl of Mosley High School who was awarded a two-year scholarship to Gulf Coast Community College presented by Dean Frank Eiseman; expenses to the international science fair; engraved plaque; engraved medal, and grand prize ribbon. In the Junior Division, John Combs of Mowat Junior High received as his prize $100 savings bond; plaque, medal and ribbon. First runnerup in the senior (See SCIENCE PAIR Page 2a) Abby Church aassltled Comics Croesword Deaths Editorial Horoscope Society Sports Stocks TV Log Word Sleuth 5A lO-llA 7-118 4B 7B 3A 6A 4A 5-7A 1-3B SB 8B 4A First ShowdownVote On ERA Is Scheduled TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) The first showdown vote of the year on the Equal Rights Amendment was scheduled for Monday by opponents who now believe they have the votes to defeat the measure In the Senate.

BIG WINNER John Combs of Mowat Junior High, whose entry In the Engineering Category won first place, also copped the Grand Prize in the Junior Division. In addition to engraved plaque, medal and ribbon, Combs also recelved- $100 bond. But the whole procedure was labeled a "charade" Friday by the chlei Senate sponsor of the amendment wtio charged that the Senate leadership had lied to her. Senate Rules Committee Chairman Tom Gallcn, Bradenton, announced that his committee would take up the amendment on Monday and would probably vote it out to the full Senate because opponents now l)ellcved they had the votes to kill It on the floor. "You can kill It a lot deader In the full Senate than simply by a committee vote," said Gallon.

An ERA opponent. Gallon had earlier said he was opposed to letting the measure go before the full body. But ERA supporters subsequently lost their one-vote majority In the Chuckle A LAFAYETTE, Ind. lAP) Feminist groups picketed two newspapers and a motel Friday, protesting publicity about a Playboy magazine photographer recruiting Purdue University coeds for a feature on women at Big Ten Conference schools. The demonstrations Involved 25 women, representing the Lafayette chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Purdue chapter of the Feminist Union and the Lafayette Everywoman's Center.

They carried signs reading, "Raise our salaries, not our skirts" and "Bite the hand that feels you.".