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THE ALABAMA JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 1984 Environmentalists May Send Ship To Mobile To Block Waste Burn MOBILE (UPI) The environmental group Greenpeace says it is sending a ship to the Port of Mobile in the event a blockade is needed to stop Chemical Waste Management Inc. from incinerating PCBs in the Gulf of Mexico. Greenpeace spokesman Peter Dykstra said Tuesday the group's 146-foot ship Rainbow Warrior will be dispatched from San Francisco to Mobile via the Panama Canal to be ready if the Environmental Protection Agency allows Chemical Waste to conduct the burn. Greenpeace is a private environmental group with no authority to block the burning. However, the group often makes protests on environ mental issues.

It once dispatched boats to interfere with Soviet whaling ships. The Illinois-based firm has asked for a permit to burn all 2 5 million gallons of PCBs illegally stored at its dump at Emelle. An EPA hearing officer on April 23 recommended that the company be granted four "research" permits to burn 3.3 million gallons of waste aboard the incinerator ships Vulcanus I and II. The agency has until the end of the month to rule on the recommendation. The plan, however, includes a provision allowing the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to block the burns if they violate the state's coastal-tone management program.

The AD EM was given six months to file its response. Dykstra said the state may be able to stall or prevent the incineration, but said Greenpeace was mindful of EPA's apparent inclination to allow the burn as well as "the political power that Chem Waste has been able to wield. "Hopefully anything like a blockade won't be necessary," Dykstra said from his Washington office Tuesday. "The state does hold some of the cards." Dykstra said fishermen's groups and Gulf coast environmental activists have discussed blockading the Port of Mobile in the event the burn is allowed and his group wants its 450-ton ship ready for action. "If it can be done safely and not present any kind of risk to life or limb, and also can be done without risking any kind of tanker accident with an incineration ship we're definitely considering it," Dykstra said.

EPA could approve a research burn as early as this summer, but Dykstra said Greenpeace officials believe it will be sometime next year. Greenpeace's Jon Hinck said a spill of waste from an incineration ship could cause "unparalleled ecological disaster in the Gulf." He said the research permits were not needed because there have already been enough tests. 2 Governor Signs King Holiday Bill The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be honored in Alabama with a state holiday in commemoration of his birthday.

II W1 Gov. George Wallace signed into law Tuesday a bill the Legislature approved last week to designate the third Monday in January as a holiday in King's memory. United Press International reported. The King holiday will fall on the same day that Alabama already observes as a holiday in tribute to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, a black, warned prior to passage of the bill that race relations would be set II 172. re i i ited 1 ii I tMere Hioto ly Hal Veafer Hart Wins Indiana Primary Democratic front-runner Walter Mondale failed to score a knockout blow over Gary Hart Tuesday as the senator kept his slim presidential hopes alive with a victory in Indiana and the two fought neck and neck in Ohio. Mondale, who had hoped to lock up the Democratic nomination with a sweep of four primaries, won easily in North Carolina and Maryland. The former vice president's seemingly unstoppable delegate bandwagon rolled on.

He has won more than 300 national convention delegates in the past four days and now is less than 450 short of the 1,967 he needs for the nomination. Hart is far behind with less than half the number needed. Jesse Jackson siphoned off black votes in all four states as Hart clung to narrow leads in the two Midwestern battlegrounds. NBC predicted Hart would win Ohio. In Ohio with 80 percent of precincts reporting the vote was Hart 480,318 or 42 percent, Mondale 463,785 or 40 percent and Jackson 190,018 or 17 percent.

With 79 percent of the vote in Indiana counted, Hart had 233,778 for 42 percent, Mondale 221,325 or 39 percent and Jackson 74,789 for 13 percent. The United Press International delegate count showed Mondale had 1,528 delegates, Hart 887 and Jackson 291, with 340 uncommitted. Without a strong showing Tuesday, Hart would virtually have been eliminated from the contest. "We love Indiana, and we think we're going to love Ohio," the senator from Colorado told wildly enthusiastic supporters at a rally at the National Press Club in Washington. "Whatever the final action in Ohio the message is very clear.

The message is that Democrats are hot prepared to have this campaign and this debate end at this time," Hart said. He added the country's Democrats face a "crucial decision" and said they must decide "between this party's future and its past." He said the results in Indiana and Ohio showed that Democrats refused to vote "for the failed policies of the 1970s." He said a "great task remains before us" and urged his supporters to lend help on the road to San Death Penalty Opponents Protest Execution Cathy Ansheles of the Alabama Prison Project and others demonstrated at noon Tuesday in front of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in opposition to the scheduled execution of James Adams, a Florida man who was scheduled to die at 6 a.m. today. Adams' execution was postponed at about 2 p.m. Tuesday by a three- judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, but Florida Attorney General Jim Smith has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the decision.

If the Supreme Court agrees to block the stay, Adams could still go to the electric chair before noon Thursday, the hour that his death warrant expires. See story Page 10. back 20 years if whites resisted the legislation. Panel Agrees To Lend Graddick $448,726 A legislative subcommittee agreed today to lend Attorney General Charles Graddick $448,726 to replace office funds he used to pay a federal court fine in Alabama's long-standing prison-crowding case. The Senate Finance and Taxation Committee's General Fund subcommittee approved the loan 8-1, sending the House-passed measure to the Senate for a final vote.

Without the money, Graddick said, "between the second and third week in May, our office will run out of operating expenses." Ironically, the Legislature is taking the money from funds that had been set aside for prison construction. Graddick said he hoped that would put pressure on a federal appeals court to overturn the fine on appeal. U.S. District Judge Robert Varner levied the fine against Graddick last year after the attorney general fought prisoner-release programs aimed at relieving crowding in Alabama's penal system. Graddick appealed the fine to the 11th U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals, but the court has not ruled. Wallace Signs Bill To Help Elderly Gov. George C. Wallace signed into Jaw Tuesday a bill which provides for a state income tax refund checkoff to help the elderly live independently. Rep.

John Starr, R-Montgomery, sponsored the bill. The bill allows a portion of an income tax refund to be earmarked for home-bound meals, eyeglasses, hearing aids, and home health care for the elderly. The donation may be claimed as a charitable deduction on the following year's income tax. Starr, vice chairman of the Commission on Aging, said there is little funding to help meet the basic needs of the elderly. The commission will coordinate the new program with the Department of Pensions and Security.

Cigarette Tax Hike Gets Final Approval State cigarette taxes will go up one-half a cent a pack or a nickel a carton under a bill that won final legislative approval Tuesday night. The bill, which went to Gov. George Wallace for his signature, will generate some $2 million. The money will be used to retire a bond issue for industrial site preparation under the Alabama Development Office. Interest Proposal Goes To Governor The interest rates on loans of $2,000 or less no longer would be regulated by the state under a bill that won final legislative approval Tuesday night.

Sen. Ted Little, D-Auburn, warned that passage of the bill would hurt individuals who needed small loans. The House-passed bill was approved by the Senate on a 19-6 vote and went to Gov. George Wallace for his signature. CONTINUED from PAGE 1 Senate measure.

The Finance and Taxation Committee's version of the education spending plan appropriates $14 million more than the House-passed budget bill. Sen. Hinton Mitchem, D-Albertville, the committee chairman, said there also was enough money in the budget to give teachers and support personnel a 15 percent pay raise. Mitchem said the budget will fully fund the state kindergarten program at a ratio of 22 students to one teacher. He said it restored $1 million for education transportation that the House had cut to $19 million, provided funding to put retired teachers on par with active teachers for health insurance and boosted the pay for substitute teachers from $17 to $20.

Here are the key Senate roll call votes on Wallace's proposed constitutional amendment to increase the maximum state income tax rate: The first vote was four votes short of the necessary 21 votes for passage: For (17): Gary Aldridge, D-De-catur; Lowell Barron, I-Fyffe; Roger Bedford, D-Russellville; Jim Bennett, D-Homewood; Steve Cooley, D-Cul-lman, Foy Covington, I-Newville; Ryan deGraffenried, D-Tuscaloosa; Bill Drinkard, D-Gadsden; Frank El Insurance procedure. Drake said the 49-48 vote by which the House concurred in the Senate changes to the bill was also the vote for final passage. Some legislators contended that Drake should have taken a separate vote on final passage allowing opponents another opportunity to try and block a vote on the measure. "It may be right, but it hasn't been done that way for 21 years," said Rep. Loyd Coleman, D-Arab, who thought a second vote was required.

Rep. James Sasser, I-Ozark, said the speaker was placed in the "hot seat," but made the "legally correct" decision. Lawmakers opposed to the bill participated in extended debate for about three hours, but conceded to a vote when it became evident they could not prevent a vote from being taken. The bill was filibustered in the Senate for 33 hours before the upper chamber passed it several weeks ago. The bill would increase the minimum limits from $10,000 to $20,000 to cover injuries to one person; from $20,000 to $40,000 for injuries to two or more people; and from $5,000 to $10,000 to cover property damage.

lis, D-Columbiana; Crum Foshee, D-Andalusia; Earl Goodwin, D-Selma; Charles Langford, D-Montgomery, Bill Menton, D-Mobile; Mac Parsons, D-Hueytown; J. Richmond Pearson, D-Birmingham; Jim Smith, D-Hunts-ville; and Frances Strong, D-De-mopolis. Against (15): Chip Bailey, D-Dothan; Ann Bedsole, R-Mobile; Charles Bishop, D-Jasper; Bill Cabaniss, R-Birmingham; Danny Cor-bett, D-Phenix City; Bobby Denton, D-Tuscumbia; Gerald Dial, I-Line-ville; Larry Dixon, R-Montgomery; Michael Figures, D-Mobile; Perry Hand, R-Gulf Shores; Donald Holmes, D-Oxford; Ted Little, D-Auburn; Hinton Mitchem, D-Albertville; Bill Smith, D-Huntsville; and John Teague, D-Childersburg. The second vote secured final Senate approval: For (22): Aldridge, John Amari, D-Birmingham; Bailey, Bedford, Bennett, Cooley, Corbett, Covington, deGraffenried, Drinkard, Ellis, Foshee, Goodwin, Earl Hilliard, D-Birmingham; Langford, Menton, Parsons, Pearson, Smith (J), Strong and Teague. Against (11): Bedsole, Bishop, Cabaniss, Denton, Dial, Dixon, Hand, Holmes, Little, Mitchem and Smith (B) B'ham-To-Memphis Road To Be 10-Year Project Corrections The Alabama Journal wishes to correct errors which appear in this newspaper.

Readers wishing to point out errors, whether ours or those of our sources, should contact the city editor at 262-1611. Corrections and clarifications will appear promptly in this location. phis." He predicted that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, which he chairs, would approve more than $6.5 million this year for the highway, called Corridor X. The subcommittee last year approved $6.5 million to buy property for the roadway, he said. Bevill said the federal government would pay 80 percent of the cost of' Corridor BIRMINGHAM (AP) For years motorists traveling between Birmingham and Memphis, have longed for better roads, and a congressman now says that will happen, but not soon.

Although Rep. Tom Bevill, said work would begin in August on the four-lane, limited-access highway, the job will take 10 years to complete. Such a highway is needed, Bevill said, "because there's no good route to get from Birmingham to Mem 30.00 2977 29.53 SEATTLE I COLD 0 fr 1 I a I BOSTON A MINNEAPOLISVn aV ndw 1 1 5nEW YORK 1 a i SAN FRANCISCO A. LOS ANGELES FAIR LOWEST TEMPERATURES LAN I A 30.00 ORLEANS jMIAMI LEGEND .0 40 SNOA jSHOwtRS fo Montgomery Forecast Thursday sunny and mild. High around 60.

Tonight clear and cool. Low in the mid to upper Ma. Wind near calm. Today sunny and mild. High in the mid 70s Wind northwest 10 to 15 mph.

high yesterday 74 low this morning 46 rainfall .99 low humidity 52 high humidity 62 Sunset today: 7:32 m. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 a.m. Record high for date 4 in ISM. Record low for date 45 in 1660. Hourly Temps 6 a.m.

66 6 p.m. 61 7 a.m. 66 7 p.m. 61 6 a m. 65 6 pm.

56 6 a.m. 66 p.m. 55 10 a.m. 66 10 p.m. 56 11 a m.

72 11 m. 53 noon 74 midnight 52 1 pm 67 1 a.m. 52 2 m. 67 a.m. 51 3 p.m.

66 3 a.m. 50 4 Si. 64 4 a.m. 46 6 p.m. 61 5 a.m.

48 State Temps Temperature and precipitation table: Huntsville 67 40 Muscle Shoals 65 46 Anniston 66 44 .05 Birmingham 66 42 .02 Tuscaloosa 68 .00 Selma 46 .00 Dothan 82 52 .00 Mobile 75 47 .07 Zone Forecast ZONES 1, 3, 1 Today mostly sunny and mild. High in the upper 60s. Wind northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph during the afternoon. Tonight clear and cool. Low in the nud-40s.

Light northeast wind. Thursday sunny and mild. High in the upper 70s. ZONES 4, 6. 7, II Today sunny and mild.

High in the Lower 70s. Wind northwest 10 to IS mph. Tonight clear and cool. Low in the mid-tOs Light northeast wind. Thursday sunny and mild.

High in upper 70s. ZONES 8, 8. 16, 12, 13 -Today sunny and mild. High in the mid-70t. Wind northwest 10 to IS mph.

Tonight clear and cool. Low in the mid to upper 40s. Wind near calm. Thursday sunny and mild. High around 60.

ZONES 14, IS Today mostly sunny and mild. High near 80. Wind north around 10 mph. Tonight clear and cool. Low in the upper 40a.

Wind near calm. Thursday ninny and mild. High the lower 80a. ZONE 16 Today sunny and mild. High near 80.

Wind northwest 10 to IS mph. Tonight clear and cool. Low in the lower 60s. Light wind. Thursday sunny and mild.

High la the lower 80s. Extended Forecast The extended weather outlook, Friday through Sunday. ALABAMA Mostly sunny Friday and Saturday. Partly cloudy Sunday with a slight chance of thunderstorms north. Warmer.

Lows upper 80s to mid-SOs Friday warming Into the upper 60s and low 70s by Sunday. Highs In 80s with a few low 80s south over the weekend. MISSISSIPPI Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with a chance tor thundershowera Sunday. Lows la the low 60s. Highs mostly in the 60s.

GEORGIA Fair with a warming trend. Highs in the 80s and tow 80a. Lows mid-SOs to mid-SOs Friday warming to mid-SOs to tow 70s by Sunday. TENNESSEE Partly cloudy and warm each day with scattered showers about Sunday. Lows mid-SOs to mld-aOs.

Highs mainly 80s. NORTHWEST FLORIDA Fair to partly cloudy skies. Lows la 60s Friday Milder Weather Should Prevail 5 Tonight, Thursday Sunny skies and mild temperatures will prevail over Alabama today and Thursday. Highs today will mostly be in the 70s and highs on Thursday should be in the upper 70s to low 80s." A large area of high pressure is responsible for the nice weather. Another clear and cool night is forecast for tonight with lows, once again, dropping into the 40s over almost the entire state.

Only the coastal areas are expected to see lows above 50. Meanwhile, violent thunderstorms that have slammed the East with torrential rains, high winds and tornadoes spun into the Atlantic Ocean today but the threat of flooding hung over many saturated sections of the country. In Chattanooga, where at least 40 homes were evacuated Tuesday, officials said the Tennessee River would crest today five feet above flood stage. The Cumberland River at Clarksville, was expected to crest 10 feet above flood stage. The flooding situation in the Chattanooga area was aggravated by the fact that Tennessee Valley Authority was forced to release water from the Douglas Dam, which was threatening to overflow.

The flood waters have retreated in parts of Kentucky and West Virginia where nearly 6,000 people were forced from their homes Monday and Tuesday by water that reached the second floor of some buildings. "It appears the real strong thunderstorms are over at least for now," said Harry Gordon of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Mo. He said scattered flood warnings remain posted today in areas of Appalachia. At least 16 tornadoes touched down Tuesday in five states, a weather service spokesperson said, while thunderstorms packing winds reaching 85 mph ripped the tops off houses and knocked out power to more than 140,000 homes, officials said. Temperatures Around The Nation LfcnslnBr 1 Lake Levels Mitchell Jordan 252.20 Martin 480.47 66 84 76 48 .62 Seattle 66 46 .12 Tampa pc 60 70 .02 Washington cy 81 46 .38 Wichita 70 42 100 76 .14 .34 .06 Omaha Philadelphia pc Phoenix Pittsburgh cy Portland Ore.

Pnmoenc pc Richmond pc St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio Saa Diego San Francisco 64 18 86 47 68 64 84 48 62 43 72 63 82 43 77 86 81 61 -clear cl-clearing cy-cloudy lair fg-foggy hi-haze r-rain World Temperatures HI Lo Pep 73 41 76 44 .08 60 64 .54 57 48 .50 86 66 S3 61 38 .07 SI 17 Si .17 63 41 74 48 68 43 61 37 .03 75 43 S3 48 .76 86 73 56 41 68 46 88 80 66 36 87 58 70 51 87 87 46 .02 IS SI 83 78 81 42 .02 58 40 64 44 .16 77 SO 18 62 .17 71 SI CttyAFcst Albuquerque Atlanta Boston pc Buffalo Charleston C. pc Charlotte N.C pc Chicago pc Cleveland Columbus cy Dallas Denver Detroit ElPasoe Hartford pc Honolulu Indianapolis pc Jackson Miss, Jacksonville Kansas City Lai Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville pc Memphis Miami Beach Milwaukee cy Minneapolis pc Nashville New Orleans New York pc Oklahoma City Time F. 11 12n 51 State Forecast Summaries lpm 48 2pm 6 2pm 71 lpm 61 lpm 48 lpm 46 2pm 76 12n 86 lpm 48 00 11 21 11 10 08 24 18 08 12 City Aberdeen pc Amsterdam cy Athens cy Beirut pc Berlin pc Bom pc Brussels cy Cairo Casablanca cy Copenhagen pc Dublin cy Geneva Helsinki pc Jerusalem pc London 11a 66 11 Madrid cy Ham 66 IS Millie lpm 70 11 Manila cy 8pm 78 IS Moscow cy 3pm 70 21 Nairobi 3pm Nassau pc 7am 75 14 Nicecy lpm 67 18 Pirisc lpm 61 11 Rome cy lpm 76 24 Seoul 8pm 64 18 Stockholm pc lpm 46 08 Sydney cy 10pm 57 14 Taipei 8pm 74 11 Tokyo pc Spra 88 11 Tunis pc lpm 78 18 the low and mid-SOs. GEORGIA Sumy and breezy today.

Highs 60s mountains to near 80 south. Clear and cool tonight. Lows upper Ma mountains to low 60s lower coast. Sunny and slightly wanner most areas Thursday. Highs la tbe 70s to low 80s.

FLORIDA Becoming TENNESSEE Mostly sunny today and Thursday. Fair tonight. Highs today mainly 60s. Lows tonight near 40 northeast to near 50 west. High Thursday mainly in the 70s.

MISSISSIPPI Mostly sunny today and Thursday. Fair and cool tonight Highs today In the 70s except low 80s coast. Lows tonight 45 to 50 with mid-SOs coast. Hifha Thursday in ALABAMA Mostly sunny and mild today. Clear and cool again tonight.

Sunny and a little warmer Thursday. Highs today 67 north to 80 south. Lows tonight 43 to S3 Highs Thursday 77 to 83. NORTHWEST FLORIDA Mostly stony and mild today and Thursday. Clear and cool tonight.

Highs today and Thursday 77 to 61. Lows tonight 51 to 57. 12n S3 lpm 64 12 07 44 mosuy tair ana miM aorta una i today, 18 2pra 3pm ltn tonight Fair and very com north.