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Weather: CHEERY NitloiMl Wwflnr torvtc. Fertctm Itr Ltaoki Areo Tonight: Fair, wanner Sunday: Sunny, cool Put boon: High 28', Low 11' Next 24 boon: High 44', Low 19' Full Weather on Page Bricks to Fall The city is planning to raze the buildings on the southwest sec tion of the block acquired for the Centrum project. Story on Page 5 rar Bin nn 2 Sections 20 Pages To Lincoln, Saturday, March 13, 1976 SubKHp'lon Prices on Pigt 2 Uty 15 Kentucky Coal Mine Will Close After 2 Explosions, 26 Deaths tournament Pages 11-14 More Losers Oven Fork, Ky. (AP) A Southeast Kentucky coal mine where 26 men have died in the past week will be closed indefinitely, it was announced Saturday. "We aren't going to risk any more lives," Dick Nellius, chief of information for Scotia Coal Co.

said at the mine site. The bodies of 11 men killed in an explosion Thursday night will remain in the mine for an indefinite period, Nellius said. Fifteen men were killed in an explosion Tuesday, but their bodies were recovered. Robert E. Barrett, chief of the U.S.

Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA), said Friday the mine would be sealed "long enough to have the atmosphere stabilized. Some mines are closed for 90 days and others have been sealed for several years." Three of the victims of the second blast were MESA inspectors trying to determine the exact cause of the first explosion. The others were company employes who volunteered to shore up a section of roof weakened Tuesday night. 2 Escape Two other men who went in with those 11 managed to escape. "It never entered my mind that that mine would blow up again," said Rick Parker, 27, one of two men who scrambled to safety after a second explosion.

"There was a rock pile between the explosion and us that protected us from being killed or crippled right off when the section blowed," said Ernest Collins, 25, the other survivor. "But we still couldn't see." After the blast, Collins recalled, the mine quickly filled with thick, poisonous carbon monoxide. Collins said he and Parker put on breathing devices that filter out the deadly gas for an hour. "Somehow we just got a look at a telephone cable on the mine roof, and we hung on to it and followed it two miles until we got to good air," Collins said. The two men then worked their way up the mine until they were met by rescue crews and helped out.

"That rock pile saved us," Parker said. "It's just a damned miracle it was there." Same Spot The explosion was nearly three and one half miles from the mine's entrance, and in nearly the same spot as Tuesday night's blast. A MESA spokesman said the 13 men who' went into the mine Thursday night were allowed to do so only after officials took a careful check of the atmosphere in the shaft. men trapped inside. He is a reporter for the Whitesburg Mountain Eagle, a local weekly newspaper.

"The mine is unsafe," Sturgill said after the deaths were announced. His father, James Sturgill, was one of the victims. Inspectors 'Wrong' "I've talked to several miners, my dad included, who tell me that whenever a federal official comes for the mines themselves are actually notified beforehand, which is illegal," he said. "Somehow, they know when the man's going to come and what section he's going to be in. And at that point, they tell the men to go this section and dress it up so that wuen the federal man walks in there, they get a good reading (a low level of methane)." U.S.

Rep. Carl Perkins, said Friday he is beginning an immediate investigation into both explosions. Perkins said he wanted to know "why people were working in the gassy mine. This mine has been known to be one of the most gassy mines in the country. "Why they went into this gassy area is something I can't understand myself," he said.

"This is a terrible situation." "We checked the level of the gas coming out of that mine and it showed safe to go in. But it looks like our reading did not account for the methane content back inside," he said. Exact cause of the two blasts was not known although officials said almost any heat-producing agent, such as a battery arc, was capable of touching off the volatile gas. Methane is found in many deep mines, officials said. Special ventilating systems are needed to keep it from collecting in explosive quantities.

Methane History Federal officials said after the first explosion that the mine was known to have had difficulties with methane, even though it had a good safety record. Federal inspectors found three problems with the ventilation system Monday night and reported them to the foreman, who corrected them, official inspection reports showed. That foreman, James Williams, reentered the mine Thursday and was killed in the second explosion. The son of another of the victims accused the company of "at least manslaughter" for having men in the mine. Harvey Sturgill was among the news reporters gathered outside the mine Friday, waiting for word on the fate of the JtF" it5 rfi fA 3 -immmUfHiiir t-g.

Parliamentary Appeal Made to Save Bloodshed Lebanon's President Refuses to Quit Than Winners STAFF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON expected to hear arguments in April and a decision is possible by late June. Griswold was dean of Harvard Law School from 1946 until 1967, when he was appointed by President Johnson to be the federal government's chief trial lawyer. He resigned in 1973 and is with the Washington firm of Jones, Day, Reavis Pogue. Larson said he contacted Griswold for advice because he had been involved in cases involving First Amendment rights. Larson said Griswold donated his services in the case.

Inside From News Wires Beirut, Lebanon President Suleiman Franjieh Saturday refused a parliamentary appeal to resign, threatening attempts by rebel military leaders to oust him by force, political sources said. Parliament members, who dodged sniper fire to attend an emergency session, sent House Speaker Kamal Assad to the presidential palace to apprise Franjieh of their appeal, the sources said. Assad returned to Parliament and reported Franjieh was adamant he would not resign "under pressure," the sources said. "What Guarantees?" "What guarantees do you have that security will be restored if I resign?" the president reportedly asked Assad. The sources said Franjieh urged Assad to reject pressure from leaders of a military coup that assumed power two days ago in the wake of widespread army desertions and deteriorating security in Lebanon.

According to the sources, when Assad brought news of Franjieh 's refusal back to University Budget Battle Starts to Boil; Varner, Raun Attack Exon Charges One of the facts of tournament life is that there are more losers than wiriners. That sad fact became a reality for John Bery, Lincoln Northeast fan, who joined the silent majority when his Rockets could not pluck the Creighton Blue Jays who won 64-49. He clutches a dangling dream. Parliament, the 62 deputies present drew up a petition urging him to reconsider his decision "to avoid further bloodshed." Of those present, the sources said 40 deputies immediately signed a petition calling for Franjieh to resign "in order to preserve legitimacy and the effectiveness of constitutional institutions." More Signatures Sought The deputies were seeking 26 more signatures to gain a necessary two-thirds majority needed under the constitution to vote Franjieh out of office. But Franjieh showed he was in no mood to go.

The sources said visitors to the palace earlier Saturday quoted the president as saying the only way he would leave was "if they carry me out dead." Franjieh, a Maronite Christian clan leader, is protected in his hilltop palace behind a ring of tanks and armored cars manned by loyal troops. A pirate radio station run by his followers called on "all those keen on safeguarding legality and the constitution" Exon has mentioned that state tax fund support for NU has increased by 105 since the 1969-70 budget year. During that time, Raun said, his own expenses have risen 667c, and the 105 figure looks larger than it is. Raun praised the Legislature's Appropriations Committee for its support. Varner said in his statement that NU is not "the big spender" as the governor implied.

In the past six years, he said, expenditures for all state government increased by 114.4. "The rate of increase of support for the University has been noticeably less," Varner said. Its growth rate in state funding has been 98.6. The Department of Motor Vehicles alone, Vamer noted, has increased funding by 300.3. Exon and others have said the University must get more money from outside sources, primarily student tuition.

NU tuition "is already at or near the top charged mm Howard (Bo) Callaway Bo Callaway Relieved as Ford Manager From News Wires Greensboro, N.C. President Ford's campaign manager, Howard (Bo) Callaway, "temporarily" stepped down Saturday because of allegations he tried to use government influence in the development of a Colorado ski resort. Obviously fighting his emotions, Callaway said he suggested the move on a campaign flight here aboard Air Force One and Ford agreed. Callaway said the people expect an honest and open administration from Ford, and thus he must leave the campaign "at the hint of any impropriety." Although a statement by White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Callaway was being relieved temporarily by Stuart Spencer, it was not clear that the former Army secretary ever would return to the top campaign post. Callaway was relieved in the wake of disclosures that he won permission to expand his Colorado ski resort on government land after personally arguing his case before Agriculture Dept.

officials last summer in his Pentagon office. The ipproval reversed a previous U.S. Forest Service recommendation. Former U.S. Solicitor General Aids State In Gag Case Appeal to join the embattled president.

Phalangists Desert Leaders of Parliament groups decided in closed door discussions to call on the 63-year-old president to resign after the right-wing Christian Phalange party went along with the army's order to get rid of him. The Phalangists, once close allies of the defiant president, joined the movement to talk him into resigning voluntarily to avoid a confrontation that could lead to more bloodshed, but it was unclear whether they would back a formal vote forcing him from office. Phalangist gunmen seized an army base near the palace to insure their control of the entire palace region and the historically Christian Mt. Lebanon enclave that is the center of their support. The Moslem coup leader, Brig.

Aziz Ahdab, called on the political leaders to talk Franjieh out of office or vote him out. He was anxious to give a facade of legality to his "corrective movements" launched Thursday night to get a new government and end the long civil strife. by any institution in the Big Eight," Varner said. Contrary to figures used by Exon, Varner said faculty productivity has not declined significantly. The student faculty ratio was 21.09 students per faculty in 1969-70, he said, which was about five students per faculty member more than the Big Eight average.

The UNL student-teacher ratio is now down to 19.22. The UNO student-faculty ratio has been reduced from 22.69 to 21.72, Varner said, but the reduction is too slow. In a breakfast meeting with faculty representatives from all three campuses, it was agreed that there must be more emphasis on merit pay, better evaluation of faculty including student input, and development of a system to recognize outstanding faculty. Regents may need to set general guidelines for merit pay, several board, members said. COLOR result in a lower-grade both consumers and producers.

Meanwhile, the report Friday showed feedlots will continue to turn out larger quantities of cattle for market. In February, the report said, "placements" of new cattle in pens were up 74 from a year ago. Most of those will require several months before they are ready for slaughter. By Jack Kennedy University of Nebraska President D. B.

Vamer Saturday accused Gov. J. J. Exon of "an unfortunate misuse of data" in many of the charges Exon has made during the University budget battle. The Vamer statement, released during an NU Regents meeting, followed a press conference by Regent Robert Raun, Minden.

He responded to what he said was "the flood of criticism that has been leveled at the Regents and the University by the Chief Executive." Raun said he has been "stung by intemperate and unjustified criticisms of the sincere efforts of himself (Raun) and his colleagues who govern the University." NU is relatively underfunded when compared with the better Midwest institutions, Raun said, and Gov. Exon's own studies indicate this. The University, like his own farm, is caught in an inflationary spiral, he said. Omaha (AP) Lincoln County Atty. Milton Larson Friday confirmed that a former United States solicitor general is working with the State of Nebraska In the fair trial-free press controversy resulting from the Erwin Charles Simants mass murder case.

Simants was found guilty of six counts of first degree murder in the Oct. 18, 1975 deaths of a Sutherland family. Erwin N. Griswold, 71, solicitor general from 1967-1973, was listed with Larson's and Deputy County Atty. John P.

Murphy on a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the limited gag order in the Simants case. Lincoln County District Court Judge Hugh Stuart's order restricted pretrial coverage of the Simants case. Larson said Griswold will not argue the state's case before the court, but has offered to accompany them at the time of argument. He said Griswold "has been doing some of our footwork back in Washington." A group of news organizations has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of Stuart's order.

The court is July 4 Celebration Is Held on Feb. 21 Washington (AP) The U.S. Embassy in Liberia has notified the State Dept. it has already held its July 4 Bicentennial celebration on Feb. 21.

"In July we're right in the middle of the rainy season," Maurice D. Bean, who beads the embassy in Monrovia, explained in a cable. The party was held at the Voice of America office in Careysburg in conjunction with Washington's birthday. Some 1,200 American residents and tourists were invited. National: There's years of testing ahead, but an experimental vaccine against syphilis holds promise.

Someday immunization against syphilis might be as common as those given against measles or polio. Page 2. Crntru (Butiif posts i Page 7 Editorial: Commitments Past and Future An amendnr.it increases the desirability of early passage for LB806, the bill revamping Nebraska's mental health commitment procedures, The Journal believes. Page 4. Cattle Inventories itise, Better Luts Available inston (AP) Farmers 481,000 a year earlier.

The seven than a year ago, while cheaper Further, beef production is market. This would re 'edlot operators are states produce about 70 of the cuts and hamburger from not a uniform flow of meat from temporary glut of low i -l ii i tj animate fori little nr nn Brain farms rannhM and foedlnta in beef at lower DHCes for 1 Washington (AP) Farmers laoMnt nnerators are -1 .1 flf cuts and hamburger from animals fed little or no grain farms, ranches and feedlots to market. This would temporary glut of beef at lower prices for gram-fed beef. niij inu 1- DUUdUlg Up Uieu uivaiiuira grain-fed cattle, meaning consumers will see more choice and primegrade beef cuts In the grocery store, the government says- The Agriculture Dept. said Friday thct as of March 1, 000 cattle were being fed for slaughter in seven key states.

That was a gain of 48 from nation not projections can markets But animals, experts expensive Ann Landert 7 Births 15 Comics 10 Crossword 10 Dally Record IS Deaths Editorials 4 Emergencies 3 Horoscope 10 Legal Notices Lincoln 5, Living Metro-Area Movies National 1,1 Radio Regional Shopper Index Sports 11-1 Television Things to Do Want Ads 1S-Z0 Weather World Newspaper Route Apply now at Circulation Dept. Pb, 473-7341. Adv. consumer tables. For example, if spring rains produce good grass conditions, many cattle which normally might be sold to feedlots could be kept longer in pastures.

On the other hand, if the drouth persists in the southern Great Plains, and even enlarges, more cattle could be forced to may cost more because fewer are expected at markets. The grain-fed cattle increase does not necessarily mean a net gain in over-all beef production. Last year, when grain-fed beef output was in sharp decline, cattle fattened on grass or small amounts of grain made up for the reduction in feedlots. Although the new report did include price forecasts, indicate producers expect some recovery in cattle prices this spring after winter slumped. with a return to grain-fed Agriculture Dept.

say retail prices of the beef cuts may be less.