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4-A THE TAMPA TRIBUNE. Tuesday, March 10, 1981 Miners Protest: Lung Kills! 55 5 Today is the WASHINGTON CAP) Coal miners shut down hundreds of mines and inarched the White House 6,000 strong with chants of "Black lung kills!" Monday to protest President Reagan's proposed cutbacks in benefits for victims of the dreaded respi-k ratory disease. The march was the focal point of a two-" day walkout, organized by the United Mine Workers, that closed virtually all of the nation's major coal mines. UMW President Sam Church called for the two-day "memorial period" as labor's response to President Reagan's claim last jnonth that the black-lung benefits fund was in shaky condition because of alleged award abuses. The president called for tighter eligibility standards and a "reasonable" coal tax increase upon mine operators.

Church vowed a bitter fight by the union, which has 160,000 active members. "I respect the office of the president but I don't respect what he's trying to do to you," he told a cheering crowd. AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland joined the ensuing half-mile march to the White' House. As the passed the White House, many shouted "Down with the jellybean!" referring the the president via his sweet tooth. want you to know your brothers and sisters in the AFL-CIO are behind you in this," Kirkland declared.

"This is just one of the fights we are going to have, but it sym-' bolizes all the others because anyone who would take away benefits from disabled coal miners would stop at nothing." "'There was no reaction from Reagan, but ah' administration official repeated Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan's assertion of last weekend that his aim is to make the black-lung program solvent, not to deprive deserving claimants. Monday's protesters descended upon the nation's capitol in cars and dozens of char-, tered buses from Appalachia and other coal-, producing areas. Among the protesters were of elderly victims of black lung, a crippling disease caused by prolonged inhalation of coal dust. 7: Striking coal miners carry their signs in front of the White House Monday in Washington after thousands gathered to protest. UPI Still going strong.

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That translates to 11 people a day who, after ag6-nizing years of gasping and wheezing, finally breathe their last to end their suffering," Church said. One union official, Cecil Roberts of West Virginia, declared that Reagan's position marks the "end of the honeymoon" as far as the union is concerned. parents) to see how he looked," Harris said. After the pictures were taken, Harris looked at his watch. It was midnight.

"It was a funny feeling, being in there at 12 o'clock. I thought in one minute he's supposed to be dead, and here I am in his cell." "Before I left, he told me not to blame myself, and he thanked me for being his attorney," Harris said. "I really said the last words. I said, 'I better get out of here before I start to cry." Four guards led a blindfolded Judy from his special cell a few paces northeast to the electric chair. As he walked, he pointed to where his trousers had been cut so an electrode could be attached to his leg and quipped, "I'm going to send the state of Indi ana a bill for $15." Six men strapped Judy in his chair, where he appeared to be very relaxed, Har ris said.

His last words were "I don't hold no grudges. This is my doing, sorry it hap pened." The guards stepped back and two surges of electricity coursed through Judy's body. He was pronounced dead at 12:12 a.m., CST. Robert Carr, Judy's foster father who witnessed the execution with Harris from behind a glass partition, said, "He was very relaxed, I don't think it hurt. When it hit, I could see the smoke come off his head, his shoulders dropped a bit." More than 80 programs were targeted for budget cuts in Reagan's Feb.

18 package, including food stamps, dairy price supports, Medicaid, student benefit programs, wel fare, a variety of health and social service benefits, public housing, alternative energy development, public service jobs, mass transportation, the arts and humanities, sub sidies to the Postal Service and federal em ployee retirement. At the same time, the president is calling for a $4.3 billion increase in outlays for de fense spending in 1982. Reagan's revised budget would limit spending this year to $654.7 billion, with a $54.5 billion deficit. Spending in 1982 would be limited to $695.5 billion, with a $45 bil lion deficit. The administration's program also calls for reducing new federal loans and loan guarantees over the next V2 years by 11 percent, or nearly $35 billion, from the levels proposed by Carter.

Under Reagan's lending plan, new loans, loan guarantees and mortgage insurance funds would be reduced from $154 billion to $140 billion in 1981 and from $149 billion to $128 billion in 1982. the "tower farm" south of Riverview that also houses antennas for stations WFLA, WTOGand WTVT. Hunt said the station will broadcast with 2,340 kilowatts, from the 996-foot tower. He said that although many of those involved as principals in the station are Christians, and although the station will air some religious programing, it "will not be a religious station" similar to WCLF-TV, Channel 22, which broadcasts from Largo. Channel 28 will be a commercial station, Hunt said, but "We will not accept advertising for certain products." He would not discuss specifics.

Grant said the station will broadcast "nothing offensive." He said the station soon will begin hiring a complete production staff. "We have made a commitment to full-time programming in the Tampa Bay area," Hunt said. Hunt said work on the station will begin formally following a mandatory 55-day waiting period required by the FCC. i St llW8.fi Wi. According to the Labor Department, some 350,000 miners or their widows currently receive monthly black-lung checks ranging from $254 to $508 for a miner with three children.

"I don't know of any miners who are getting black-lung benefits and shouldn't be," said Church, who accused the administration of trying to "hack away at a program that took decades to build." "We all know the dread disease of black lung," he added. "We all know we work in one of the most dangerous industrial occupations in the country. But, to me, black "The doctor said, Tell me when you've had enough. If I start to look good to you, you know you've had Harris said. "He felt much more relaxed after that," Harris added.

Harris said Judy then "asked me to feel his head," which had been shaved in preparation for the execution. "He seemed to want to show it off. I said it felt like a cone-head. I was trying to keep from getting mushy because I knew I couldn't handle it," the lawyer continued. Jan Powell, press secretary to Gov.

Robert D. Orr, said in Indianapolis that the decision to give Valium was "a professional decision made on the scene by the two physicians present." Asked why he was given a tranquilizer after being refused beer with his last meal, she said, "It was for medicinal reasons and beer isn't used for medicinal reasons." Judy said that as his last request, he wanted to have some pictures taken. A guard was sent in search of an instant color camera, and returned a short time later. About eight pictures were taken, showing the bald-headed Judy wearing a white T-shirt, blue shirt and jeans, and holding a cigarette. He gave the photogragher a half-smile.

Harris said the foster parents had the pictures and were not making them public. "I think it was just a spontaneous decision, and he wanted the Carrs (his foster proposed a $2 billion increase in user fees. Administration officials have confirmed that programs affected by the new round of cuts will include veterans programs, farm subsidies, water projects, subsidized loans, employment training and legal services. In addition, an administration official confirmed Monday that the new round of cuts will include a proposal to reduce federal subsidies to the federal Railroad Retirement Board, which oversees pensions for some 1 million retirees. "This thing (program) is way out of balance and something has to be done," said the official, who did not want to be identified by name.

The railroad retirement system is the equivalent of Social Security for railroad workers. The official declined to detail the proposed railroad retirement cuts, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, quoting retirement board sources, said the administration plans to ask Congress to reduce scheduled cost-of-living increases for pensioners and reduce the government's annual subsidy to the pension fund. President Carter had proposed a $350 million subsidy to the fund. Rev.

Leon Lowry, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church and a member of the Hillsborough County School Board; Tampa lawyer Nat Tindall; insurance executive Hank Ash; construction businessman Huey Johnson; Wyl-lys Taylor, president of Lakeland's Pine Lake Chemical and Dr. Glenn Hooper, pathologist at University Community Hospital. Hunt said general manager of the new station will be Ian Wheeler, founder and general manager of WZTV in Nashville. And he said the station manager will be George Newell, currently an operations director with the NBC Network in New York. Hunt said no call letters have been designated for the new station, but he said he hopes to "have something on the air" by November or December of this year.

He said several Tampa sites all existing buildings are being considered to house the approximately 10,000 square feet needed for studio and office space. Antenna site for Channel 28 will be on A Judy- From Page 1 A "curity institution. Extra city, county and state police who had helped patrol the grounds were sent home. Harris described Judy's cell as equipped with "a toilet that didn't flush, a sink that had no water and a bed with a striped mat-' tress and some sheets on it. I sat on the mat-- tress and he squatted down while I talked to him." He said Judy told him he wanted to reach a former girlfriend in Texas named Jeannie.

Neither Harris nor prison officials would 1 identify her further. "He had received a telegram from her and wanted to make a telephone call to her," the attorney said. "He told me, 'If she wants to marry me, I may ask for a "Jeannie," was described by Judy's foster mother, Mary Carr, as "the only girl he ever thily loved." Harris said Judy was taken from the cell to speak with Jeannie in an emotional conversation, and when he returned, Cloid Shuler, executive director of the adult authority for the Department of Correction, asked if he wanted a sedative. "He said yes." "I told him, 'Before you take that, let me call and ask for a He said, 'No, I want to go ahead with this." A doctor then entered the tiny cell and gave Judy an injection of 10 milligrams of Valium, a tranquilizer and muscle relaxant. Jleagan From Page 1 A The administration contends that its program of budget and tax cuts, rollbacks in 'federal regulation and federal lending in iftldition to restricted growth of the nation's Jwpney supply will bring inflation down sharply and stimulate increased economic: growth.

Even at that, Reagan cautioned last week, it could be a year before the economy takes in upward swing. Edwin Dale, a spokesman for Reagan's budget office, said the revised budget for fiscal 1981. which ends Sept. 30, and fiscal 1982 were "locked up." Reagan outlined most of his economic plan in a Feb. 18 appearance before Con-i gress.

However, he detailed only $34.8 bil-lion of the 1982 budget cuts he wants. Today's package will disclose the $13.8 billion in remaining cuts he is seeking. Some of the additional cuts will come in programs already affected by the first round an- nounced last month, while others will hit programs previously spared the budget ax. White House Press Secretary James Brady also said the budget plan will propose a $2.6 billion increase in user fees for federally maintained facilities. Reagan previously Station.

From Page IA Grant and Family Television Vice President Skip Hunt said their station would broadcast a considerable amount of Spanish-language programming. "I want to emphasize our commitment. We are committed to bring Spanish programing to the community, as well as an opportunity for programming for other minorities," Hunt said. He said the station would air sports and entertainment programs, as well as "family movies and TV programs." "We want to air more Spanish programming, more black programming," Hunt said. "We will have local program production, with the emphasis there on community affairs.

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