The Charleston Daily Mail from Charleston, West Virginia • Page 1

Kremlin Shakeup Rumored THE WEATHER CLOUDY tonig ht, chance of thunderehowers, low in imd 60s. Sunday cloudy, humid, chance of thundershowera, high in low to mid 80s. Details On Page 10A VOLUME 159, NO. 48 Labor Attacks City Garbage Spoils System Legislation Urged To Foster Public Employes Unions By JACK SEAMONDS Of The DaDy Mail Staff In a direct swing at the city's handling of the 27 day old garbage strike, the state convention of the West Virginia Federation of Labor, AFL CIO, adopted a resolution today calling for legislation on public employes unions and for solid opposition to Mayor Hutchinson on his strike position. The resolution, submitted by the executive council of the AFL CIO, was prefaced with criticism of "political kingdoms" which accompany a non union interpretation of state law on public employes "Charleston's interpretation of the law encourages the establishment of local government machines, which in turn foster the unsavory political spoils system, with the typically accompanying little political kingdoms.

Until state law specifically establishes the right of organization for public employes, there will be those who will oppose such recognition of public employes unions for pre cisely uxjse lutlon said. The union bers of the American Federa tion of State, County and Municipal Employes, Local 1548, have been at odds with Mayor Hutchinson over a grievance procedure and collective bargaining rights. Mayor Hutchin. son contends the union is seeking illegal actions from the city. The resolution further stated: "This 8th Special convention of the West Virginia AFL CIO supports the enactment of legislation to afford public employes the same rights accorded to those in private enterprise, and directs the federation to seek passage of acceptable legislation during the 1973 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature.

"Further resolved, that the AFLrCIO fully supports the strike by city workers union AFSCME 1548. and the officers of the federation are instructed to send telegrams to the mayor, the city manager and members of city council directing them to resolve im mediately the current city workers strike." The resolution questioned Mayor Hutchinson's stand that union rights for public employes are illegal, citing a 1966 decision by former state Attorney General C. Donald Robertson. HoUie Brown, president of the union local, said "The Constitution of the United States guarantees us life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. When West Virginia does the same for public employes, it will be a great day for this state." Brown reportedly received a standing ovation from the convention delegates when he was introduced by AFL CIO chief Miles Stanley.

A rally for members of the city workers union and delegates to the state convention was scheduled this afternoon on the steps of City Hall, according to Tom Gagliardo, international union representative. BREZHNEV AND COMPANY PLAGUED BY RUN OF BAD LUCK By MILT FREVDENU1EM Dally Newt PARIS Soviet pirty Chairman Leonid I. Brezhnev and his Kremlin ruling group are having a run of very bad lock that could lead to their being forced to step down. Rumors of a possible Kremlin upheaval are making the rounds of the Moscow embassies, western officials here disclose. The worst piece of luck for Brezhnev has been the recent bad weather resulting in paltry grain harvests and Soviet purchases estimated at $1 billion already this year in the United States, to keep his people in bread.

The acute vulnerability caused by dependence on the United States for grain may underlie two dramatic setbacks in for eign policy, some diplomats believe. These were: Swallowing the American blockade of North Vietnam and welcoming President Nixon to Moscow in spite of renewed heavy U.S. bombing of Russia's Communist ally. forced to bring home thousands of Soviet miliary advisers, missile crews and pilots from Egypt in July. High Washington officials view both of these surprising Soviet setbacks as evidence that Brezhnev and Co.

are "acting in a very responsible way," as one high up policy maker put it. But State Department planners are hedging all their hopeful predictions for President Nixon's "generation of peace" or more modestly "five years of relative stability in the world" with the "if the Brezhnev team stays on top." The slap absorbed by the Kremlin leaders when the United States announced it was barring shipping, notably Soviet, from Haiphong and other North Vietnamese ports was softened somewhat by Peking's position. Since the Chinese already had played host to Nixon, it was easier for the Russians to ignore the screams from Hanoi and open the Kremlin gates for him. But the "Russkies go home" notice from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was an unmitigated fiasco for Brezhnev. He lost a military and political base in the eastern Mediterranean and the friendship of the most influential capital in the Arab world.

Again, the setback for Moscow was linked to the Soviet U.S. summit meeting. Sadat told a French reporter he decided on the break before Nixon went to Moscow but that the summit confirmed it for him. Without, or With, Offence to Friends or Foes, I Sketch Your World Exactly as It Goes CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1972 M. ftfittn Vflafl iM ii ESS SmwIKm WW I HHbBh l'v" 1 I sfl I I WMsmmmm aH ACCIDENT An 18 year old Job Corps student was seriously injured shortly after midnight Friday when she was knocked through a window in the center after being struck by a car.

The window, above, Was boarded over after the accident. The victim, Francis Brown of ST. MARYS, W. Two Canton, Ohio, teenagers were killed early today and four other persons, also from Canton, were injured when the car they were riding in swerved to avoid a broken utility pole on W.Va. 2 near here, went over an embankment and landed on its top, state police said.

The victims of the crash were identified as Diana Miller, 16, and James Portilla, 17. They were passengers in the car driven by the girl's lamer, xwereu Miner, sv. By JACK SEAMONDS Of The Daily Mail Staff An 18 year old Job Corps student from Spring Grove, was struck by an auto and knocked through a basement window of the Center at Summers and Virginia Streets shortly after midnight Friday. She was standing on the sidewalk when she was struck by the car, police said. The student, Francis Brown, was taken to Charleston General Hospital following the accident.

Her left leg was ampu Police said the Mi'ller car about two inches went out of control after in front of it had smashed into the utility polie and left two thirds of the pole swinging on the electrical wires. When authorities reached the scene, the first car had disappeared. Two hours later, a man came to state police headquarters saying he was the owner of the first car, but not the driver. Troopers said a search is underway for the driver. The injured were Miller; his wife Lezetta, 36; and their daughters Drema, 13, and Connie, 14.

They were listed in fair condition at a Parkers burg, W.Va., hospital. The mishap occurred about 2 a.m. in rural Pleasants County, ON INSIDE PAGES the knee as a result of injuries suffered in the accident, her doctor said today. The amputation was a result of being struck by the car, he held in Charleston in his cam Page paign that Edward Kennedy. Astrological 9A his sood friend, will visit tht his good friend, will visit the Classified 3B Comics 12B Crossword 12B Editorials 4A Jumble 12B My Answer 7A Obituaries 2A Sports ib Theaters oa TV fiA Johnny Wonder's 9A Women's 6A Weather ioa staie uct.

7 and make a whirlwind tour of southern West Virginia, with a stop in Charleston. He said his campaign for governor against incumbent Gov. Moore would remain a "meet the people" type appro ach and that, unlike Moore, he would not emphasize a media campaign. And, he confirmed, that his wife, Sharon, is pregnant and is expecting in February. As to the jobs, he said "things must be prepared.

I'd Spring Grove, was Struck by a car while standing on Virginia Street near the Job Corps building. Her left leg was later amputated below the knee due to injuries sustained when she was struck by the Daily Mail Photo By Chet Hawes. added, and was not a result of the fall. The driver of the auto which struck the student was later charged with driving while intoxicated and lodged in the Kanawha County Jail, Linariesron ponce reported. the le 12:10 a.m.

todav. Miss Brown. witnesses said, was standing near the Job Corps Building on the Virginia St. side near the Summers St. intersection.

The driver of the auto, William Harnest, 18, of 374 Temple South Charleston lost control of the car while attempting to. turn onto Summers Street, police said, ran onto the sidewalk on Virginia Street and struck Miss Brown, Rockefeller To Reveal Job Plan Next Month By RICHARD GRIMES Of The Daily Mail Staff John D. Rockefeller IV says that sometime in September he will announce a plan for jobs in West Virginia that will exceed the 10,000 figure he promised when his campaign started last winter. He also announced during a Friday afternoon news of the few he has say by mid September or latter September (he would announce his plan)." Asked if his plan will be the 10,000 jobs he promised to deliver last winter when he announced he would run, Rockefeller said, "We'll do better than that." He declined to say how much better. (Speaking before the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL CIO state convention last night, Rockefeller again stressed the need to make a "total commitment to economic development" and said, full employment for all West Virginia working men and women will be his first economic objective if elected governor.

(Rockefeller said to the convention: "You will not control me. I will not control you. Neither one of us wants that, and that's the strength of this With respect to Ktmnedy, Rockefeller said the brother of the late President John Kennedy probably would be the See JAY, Pg. inA, Col. 4 knocking her through a sidewalk level window.

A security guard at the center said Miss Brown crashed through the window and fell about four feet into a basement work area inside the According to police reports not by the faU through accident occurred about ths elass window 8 She was taken to the hosni tal, where the amputation was performed. Dr. Prakash Banged, her physician confirmed the operation. Miss Brown was in satisfactory condition early today, but was still under sedation following the operation, hospital officials said. 'Harnest remained in jail early today on $500 property bond.

The owner of the auto, Fredrick I. Young, 28, of Clen denin, was also charged with intoxication following the incident, police reported. Young, a passenger in the auto at the time' of the accident, was freed on $17 bond on the intoxication charge, police said. disaster areas last week. Lusk said the charges linking stripping with the floods were "unfounded and.

the result of shallow study." He said his organization's preliminary reports indicate me reai cause ior me flis 2 From Ohio GIRL'S LEG AMPUTATED semination of mud, logs and gravei. appears to oe from rjeaioaa In a written statement, Lusk said such a "movement" oc Die In Wreck On W.Va. 2 Job Corps Student Struck By Car; Driver, 18, Jailed curs of debris is collected throueh ed away all at one time by 00 Va" a steady downpour." 3 and approacb Lusk said his study shows manager, Harold "there was over 10 inches of rainfall during one 12 hour period" in the flooded counties. "There were at least 25 CHARLEY WEST SAYS: It wonld smell better around here if the labor convention would find a way to settle our garbage strike. Shamblin said the first he saw of the man was when he looked up and saw a gun in his face.

He said the man was carrying a briefcase and ordered him, "Give me all your money." At gunpoint, the store manager opened the safe and the man filled the briefcase with cash. Shamblin related that the man's face was distorted by tape. He said it was "more or less Scotch tape around his eyes and nose." The man told him not to look at bis FINAL EDITION By DAVID McCORKLE Of The Dally Mail Staff TEN CENTS State Flooding Charges Denied By Strip Group TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS Preliminary investigation by the West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association "indicates that surface mining was in no way the primary cause" of recent flooding in southwestern West Virginia, association executive director Ben Lusk said today. Citizens groups, residents of the four county area suffering some $6.9 million damage, and Rep. Ken Hechler, W.

have asked the state to halt strip mining in the region until a full probe of the causes of the disaster can be made. State Natural Resources Director Ira S. Latimer Jr. said a field report from his staff on the damage in Mingo, Logan and Raleigh counties was to be submitted to him Monday. Wyoming and McDowell counties joined Mingo and Logan in President Nixon's declaration naming them landslides at Cow Branch, be teams could find only one tween Gilbert and Tancliff, area in the entire watershed and there are no surface mining operations in the area," Lusk said, pointing out one of a number of areas where landslides occurred but where there are no strip mines.

He said "investigating where surface mining might have significantly contributed," but did not specify the area. Lusk said the results of his study would be made public when completed. LONE BANDIT SOUGHT Abandoned Car Linked To Theft At Cross Lanes Nitro city police last night found an abandoned car in the Brookhaven Addition of Nitro which they believe to be the getaway car used by a lone fun man who mhhwf Lanes Big star Supermarket of more than $20,000. Patrolmen David Walter and Roy Miller, investigating a call about an abandoned car from a resident of Bmtwmf Circle about foUDd the 1W6 maroon Chevrolet Caprice. According 10 state ponce re a ports, the car had been stolen eariier Fnday bmL when a terrific amount caliber pistol, walked into the another employe in the store had already called.

The gunman with his loaded brief case, left the store and Shamblin followed. Shamblin said die man fired a shot at him before getting into his car and driving toward Nitro. The shot went astray. The man was described as being about six feet tall, weighing about 160 pounds and having dark hair and long sideburns. He was wearing a blue sport shirt and brown slacks.

State police have put out a all points bulletin to law officers in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. An employe at the store reported that the large amount of money was on hand because it was the beginning of a weekend and the store would have to cash payroll checks. face, he related. The gunman ordered other Soviet Nuclear Site people in the store who had witnessed him brandishing the txP'OSIOl1 Recorded gun, to "Stand still!" Shamb UPPSALA, Sweden An lin related. undergound explosion in the So Several of the shoppers nuclear testing area of headed toward the back of the Semipalatinsk in eastern Siberia building where they told an was registered here early today, employe, Tom Shepherd.

21, the Seismological Institution re that. the store was being ported, robbed. The explosion measured 5.8 on Shepherd helped, them out a the Richter Scale, back door and then went to The institute said it recorded a nearby residence to call another explosion in the same state police. The operator told area 10 days ago and that one him, Shepherd said, that measured 5.5. EXTENDED BY UMW OWNED BANK Credit Letter Secured Boyle Bond WASHINGTON (AP) The United Mine Workers owned National Bank of Washington extended a 179,000 personal line of credit to UMW President W.

A. "Tony" Boyle so he could post appeal bond and avoid being sent to jail, The Washington Post reported today. The Post said the credit was extended by the bank within hours after Boyle was sentenced June 27 by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Ri chey for a series oi federal violations, including illegal conversion of union funds.

Boyle had been fined $130,000 and ordered to; repay another $49,500 by Richey. Boyle probably would have had to spend the night in jail had not the credit line come so quickly, the Post said. The Post said the bank did not actually advance or lend the money on Boyle's behalf. Rather, the paper reported, the letter of credit from the NBW was used to obtain a $179,500 surety bond from the Maryland Casualty Co. which was posted to secure Boyle's release.

In a court hearing in Washington Friday the credit arrangement came to light, the Post said. It said the bank's general counsel said that the bank had at the time received no written pledges, but only "oral promises" that the personal assets or Boyle and his family would be available as collateral against the credit. The attorney, John Wilsnn, said (hat, after reading earlier this month in the Post that Boylo would also be liable for punitive damages in a pending lawsuit, he advised bank officials that they should obtain more formal assurance from Boyle. As a result, on Aug. 19, almost two months after the formal extension of credit, Boyle met with bank officials and agreed assign more than 5190,000 in various savings accounts to the bank to assure the credit, the Post, said.

Bank President True Davis told the Post the arrangement was "a normal bank transaction." Davis said the loan is fully secured, the Post reported, and added thai, "because of the UMW ownership of the bank, I required more of Mr. Boyte than I would of a regular customer." The UMW owns more than 70 per cent of the stock in the bank. Boyle was convicted in March of making illegal political contributions and of illegally converting union funds to unauthorized uses. The conviction is now being appealed. The case involved $49,500 in political contributions made by the union's lobbying arm between 15167 and 1969.

Most of the funds went to the 1968 campaign of Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Minn. Boylo drew a five year jail term as well as Ihc fines. Asked ahout the hond af the hearing Friday, the Post rc Sce BOYLE, Pg. IDA, Col.

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