Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 1

mrj i i' 'Umr lit) i U- jpt I ON GI-W--P'R ESS-CHRONO CLE Saturday SATURDAY WHAT THE PEOPLE KNOW WJU HURT THEM JOHNSON CITY TN 37601 SATURDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 20 1971 Doily Sunday 25c Vol 52 No 103 Phone 928-2141 2 Sections 24 Pages: SCORES ctia atooF es to FOOTBALL Tennessee High 49 Red Bank 0 Kingston 14 Maryville 13 Sweetwater 34 Oneida 6 Covington 21 MBA 13 lie will coniFol wases BASKETBALL L81bids SHHS 44 Daniel Boone 41 Happy Valley 56 Unicoi County 53 Sullivan East 61 Elizabethton 48 Greeneville 75 West Greene 56 Dobyns-Bennett 70 Sullivan 31 Morristown East 49 Bulls Cap 43 Cloudland 58 Unaka 46 Central 71 Church Hill 67 Surgoinsville 57 North Greene 22 South Greene 59 Chuckey-Doak 51 Lynn View 54 Davy Crockett 53 Nashville Banner brothers in head-on crash (Staff Phots by Vest) (P Erwin Bureou) ERWIN Clyde and Roger Banner Spivey underwent emergency treatment yesterday afternoon in Unicoi County Memorial Hospital following an auto-truck crash at 2:25 pm on Little Bald Creek Road in the Spivey community State Trooper David Ray said the Banner brothers traveling north in a 1964 model car driven by Roger Banner and a 2-ton truck operated by Randy Simmons 16 Eamestville collided head-on in a sharp curve Ray said that Roger Banner will be charged with driving to the left of the highway Rescue Squad members said that Simmons was uninjured The Banner brothers sustained lacerations about the face and head and were released following treatment SEN BILL BROCK PREP ARES TO TAKE PODIUM 600 Turn Out for ET SU Testimonial Dinner Sen Dole says Republican party needs new support to repeat as Tests indicate no damage on Amchitka (ComolKd From AP DlluatchK) Seven more miles of Interstate 81 through Greene County is scheduled to be let to contract next month State Highway Commissioner Robert Smith said yesterday in Nashville the Greene County project will include seven bridges and is expected to cost $38 million Low bids totaling $65 million were opened yesterday for 93 miles of Interstate 81 in upper East Tennessee including the 38 mile section across Washington County and nearly six miles in Greene A total of $279 million in low bids on 823 miles of highway contracts in 14 counties was opened Friday Smith said 11 projects totaling 333 miles and estimated at $226 million will be opened Dec 17 The December bid opening will include a $18 million 29 miles Appalachian Highway Project on the Bloomingdale Road Interchange in Sullivan County near Kingsport $45 million 29 mile Appalachian Highway project on Tenn 137 from Tenn 34 to Johnson Unaka Ave A total of $171 million is for interstate highway construction including a $35 million project to correct nearly five miles of slides on Interstate 40 in Roane County The slides caused by unstable geological conditions in the area have held up completion of 1-40 between Knoxville and Nashville for three years Also opened were bids for: Interstate 75 work includes a 64 mile project costing $46 million across Monroe County A 28-mile section of Appalachian Development highway the Tenn" 40 bypass at Cleve land will cost $41 million Projects and low bidders included: Washington: Construction of 38 miles including three bridges of Interstate 81 from Greene County line to Sullivan County line Tillett Bros Shelby ville $3129134 Greene: Construction of 59 miles of Interstate 81 including seven bridges from east of Tenn 70 to new BaHeyton Road construction of 4 mile of new Baileyton road from 1-81 interchange to Horton Road McDowell Purcell Nashville $3466800 Greene: Construction of 31 miles of Tenn 34 from Greene-ville bypass to near Southern Railway overhead Malone Bros Greeneville $1791944 Hamilton: Replacing of lighted overhead sign structure over (See BIDS Page 16) MIAMI BEACH Fla (AP) President Nixon challenged his hardest labor critics face-to- face Friday and told them he will use his 'powers to the full- est to control wages and prices whether they cooperate or not want the participation of Nixon told AFL-CIO convention delegates who voted Thursday to refuse cooperation ff with his Pay wage con- trols 1 whether we get that participation or not it is my obligation as President of the United States to make this program of stopping the rise in the cost of living succeed and to the extent that my powers allow it I shall do exactly Nixon added The President got a cool reception "ftere were ripples of derisive laughter-from some of the more than 2000 delegates -officials and others when Nixon said his recent 90-day wage-price freeze a remarkable and you think so go home and ask your wives who go to the grocery The conventions musicians did no play the traditional to the when Nixon entered and AFL-CIO officials overruled White House aides who had wanted the President introduced over the loudspeaker When Nixon finished his speech he started to shake hands with some delegates near the platform until AFL-CIO President George Meany said delegates and alternates return to their Meany had been watching in anparent amusement when he suddenly picked up his gavel and called the convention to order while Nixon was still on the floor shaking hands and chatting with delegates The President turned gave Meany brief look and stalked away will now proceed with 4ct cracked Meany who the day before had verbally flayed economic trols-and-said-that-he-andiour other labor members of Pay Board will refuse to cooperate with the board or its decisions until they win their demands for back pay for the freezp and full payment of all negotiated wage hikes Later Friday White House aides announced the President had cut short his Florida weekend and was returning to Wash ingtcn En route back he stopped Air Force I at Jacksonville Fla to pick up his daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower The aides said -sudden departure had nothing to do with the AFL-CIO speech and did not indicate a crisis of any sort always a spokesman said In Washington a White House aide said Nixon went before the AFL-CIO convention against the advice of all his advisers who feared his remarks might be construed as antila-fcor la his speech Nixon quoted Meany remark that the President of the United States want our membership on the Pay Board he knows exactly what he can audience cheered apparently in support of the Meany quote Meany is correct I know exactly what I can (See "NIXON Page 16) a to By HENRY SAMPLES The' greatest achievement of President Richard Nixon is ending the Vietnam War he inherited from Sen Bob Dole said here last night But the GOP party must attract Democrats independents and young voters if Republicans are to repeat as winners in 1972 Dole said He was speaking to about 600 persons at a testimonial dinner for Tennessee Sen Bill Brock Dole said the 1972 election will be tough for Republicans because young people put the responsibility for the war on Shoulders without realizing that many present-day Democratic doves helped escalate the war in 1964 by voting" for the gulf of Tonkin resolution George McGovern is acting as if he discovered Dole said pointing but that Nixon has reduced the Vietnam troop level -to 180000 servicemen when he announced the withdrawal of another 45000 Dole said Edmund Muskie was the first to criticize the because the war being ended fast Dole junior senator and Republican National Committee Chairman was the keynote speaker at the $10-a-plate dinner honoring Sen Brock at the East Tennessee State University Student Ballroom He drew laughter and applause several times from the partisan crowd as he lashed out at top Democratic leaders and sometimes publicans themselves Acknowledging his introduction by Sen Howard Baker Dole said the senior senator said it as you rehearsed it on the way and laughingly told the audience he was cutting his speech 10 minutes short by not braging on anyone seated at the head table But he drew the warmest response from the audience of local and Upper East Tennessee Republicans when he (See BROCK Page 16) sites and it is not believed that the losses will affect the No dead eagles have been found it said The AEC also said there are fewer otters in the Bering Sea near the island where the water muddied for some distance out because of siltration from turf The otter population around other areas of the island appeared about normal the AEC said I WASHINGTON (AP) The Atomic Energy Commission said Friday that preliminary lab tests indicate this underground nuclear blast on Amchitka Island was success and apparently caused permanent animal or plant life The AEC said however that there was some temporary damage Before the blast opponents expressed-fear damage-might be great and widespread The agency said that in the aftermath of the Nov 6 explosion it found: bodies of 14 dead sea otters with autopsies indicating that at least 12 died from effects of the blast Two injured otters and two abandoned otter pups also were sighted and presumed to have died the AEC said 1 tm a Senators state Bill support ue su 4 -r mm Sppj By HENRY SAMPLES it 'W dirM XT two senators The agency said preliminary tests at its Lawrence Liver- more Laboratory south of San Francisco indicated that the test yielded desired infor-' But the AEC said a more detailed review of data from the test would be needed The agency said it- hopes by --next spring to drill into the cavity created by the blast evaluate fully the performance of the Spartan warhead which was The AEC said there has been detectable release of into the sea or air scuba survey of ocean bottom areas near around zero on both the Bering and Pacific sides of the island indicated no significant difference in numbers of sea urchins from before the it said mms BwMv I 4: dead seals all apparent victims of the blast of dead fish dead birds all but one of them killed by the blast or bald eagle nesting sites along the Bering Coast destroyed One nesting site on each coast unstable and subject to weather The AEC said however that often change nesting o- Temperatures turning cooler Curtain rises tonight on 3rd symphony season said last night they support the Teague Bill but indicated other priorities may be keeping them from casting their full time efforts toward locating a new medical school in Johnson City While Sens Howard Baker and Bill Brock said they will vote for the Teague Bill both stressed the necessity of funding a new hospital for Mountain- Home before focusing attention toward locating one of the Teague Bill-supported schools here Commenting at a brief hews conference following last testimonial dinner for Sen Brock at East Tennessee State University Sen Howard Baker said: want to see the passage of the Teague Bill authorizing the -construction of medical schools in conjunction with existing VA facilities such as Mountain Home in Johnson City and if it passes going to see that Johnson City gets its part of the When questioned Sen Brock had the following statement: support the Teague Bill I hope it passes if it takes my vote it will pass and if it passes I fully intend to do the best I can to see that the medical facility is placed in East Tennessee Upper East (See TEAGUE Page 16) high in 50s y-Jy rm imam Inside Today The curtain will rise tonight on the 3rd season of the Johnson City Symphony under the baton of Conductor Gilbert Oxendine and featured works are: Cavalry to Hansel and and Fantasia on featuring Mrs Kenneth Roark Johnson City as solo harpist Major work on the program will be Concerto in and will feature William Starr and Peter Horodysky and the double violin soloists Curtain time is 8 pm in the Science Hill High School are $150 per person available at the door with students and children admit- ted free concert is one of three being planned by the all volunteer orchestra An informative feature about the Johnson City Symphony will appear in editino of the Johnson City Press-Chronicle The temperatures will remain cool with skies clearing today It will be fair and colder tonight High temperatures today and Sunday will be in the mid-50s with nightly lows in the upper-3Qs yesterday was 58 de-grees with a low yesterday morning of 46 The winds will be west-to-northwest and up to 15 miles per hour today Temperature at 10 pm yesterday was 48 degrees relative humidity was 71 per cent and barometric pressure was steady at 2997 inches of mercury Have a good day In a refugee camp near the West Bengal border a group of hungry East Pakistan refugee children stare at a cameraman as they wait for food to be distributed by CARE relief workers Increasing military activities in the area have been hampering deliveries of food and medical supplies (UPI Amusement 15-16 Classified 22-24 Comics 18 Deaths 2 Editorials 4 Regional News 3 Sports 8-1 3 Stock Report 16 Theatre TV 19 I The children Cost of living figures crept up YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES (By Notional Woafhor Sorvieo) 1 4 0 S7 SS 53 41 45 Unofficial TODAY'S SKIES Sunsrt today 5:1 Sunriia-tomorrow am Moonut tonishl 7:12 Pint Quarter Nov- 15 PROMINENT STAR Fomalhaut in the south 7:24 pm VISIBLE PLANETS Mars well above Fomalhaut Venus nnd Mercury sat 1:1 Pm Saturn risaa Mianii Beach cited the figures as evidence of success for the freeze at your morning he said price index: a rise of one-tenth of one per cent That rise was the lowest in four years And so it was worth doing If you think so go home ana ask your wives who go to the grocery i Democratic National Chairman Lawrence disagreed of still another increase in the cost of living are continued evidence of the total lack of confidence across Area deaths per cent of the price index The bureau said it made a-special of about half these delayed reports and found that of a total 10250 prices only 75 had gone up from September to October For this reason said -Labor Undersecretary Laurence Silberman it is misleading to imply that the October increase came in spite of the freeze Ezra Solomon a member of the Council of Economic Advisers said the Octo- ber report confirms the fact that the wage and price freeze has brought a virtual halt to price and rent -President Nixon addressing the AFL-CIO convention in consumer price index a 1126 per cent of its 1967 level This means it cost $1126 in October to buy what $1000 bought four years ago Food costs dropped 02 per cent for October normal for this time of year But housing increased 03 per cent apparel 07 per cent and transportation 07 per cent largest single increase was a 37 per cent jump in the price of automobiles as' 1972 models hit showroom floors" The BLS said window-sticker prices were roughly unchanged from comparable older models but dealers gave smaller discounts and so customers paid more -I Freeze rules allowed normal' WASHINGTON (AP) -The cost of living figures crept up again last month during the price freeze Rising prices of 1972 autos clothing and shelter outweighed a harvest-time decline in food prices the Labor Department said Friday President Nixon called the Increase thersmallest in years Other administration officials said there was no overall increase whatever if delayed price information is ignored Democrats said the report showed lack of public confidence in the ability to handle the economy The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the Consumer Price Index rose 02 per cent for Oc seasonal price increases so -long as they did not go above levels that prevailed a year earlier All told- the bureau said it was the smallest Octo-ber jump in car prices since 1965 Clothing prices went up as new fan and winter items showed up in stores However the BLS said that it samples clothing costs only once every three months and so much of this increase could have taken place before the freeze was announced Aug-15 In fact-the BLS said-if the overall cost-of-living figure were based only on items sam-" pled every month it would have shown no increase at all However this ignores roughly 30 tober It said the increase was Ian even smaller 01 per cent if adjusted to compensate for the 'faqt that prices usually rise a little this time of year The seasonally adjusted rise was the smallest since April 1967 the BLS said Perhaps mere important the October report means prices rose only 38 per cent in the preceding year the smallest' 12-month rise since the period ending February 1968 As prices rose average weekly earnings for private nonfarm jrbs dropped two cents in October to $12911 One of the chief criticisms of the freeze was that it held down wages more effectively than it held down prices 'The price increase puts the JOHNSON CITY Benjamin Cross Mr Edith Whittimoia BLUFF CITY Harley Carrier BOONE NC Mack Luttrall this nation in Mr- ability to cope with the -economic crisis he has brought upon the said BUTLER Mr Virgia Davis r- y- 4 I.