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f' i -u i 1 1M) I I i rdware I I By JAY BUSHINSKY Chicago Daily News Service TEL AVIV Despite the resumption of the Middle East peace talks authoritative souces in Israel expect an outbreak of hostilities within the first six months of this year Basing their forecast on an evaluation of the UARs political goals and military posture these sources predict a high-powered war of attrition if not an all-out conflict This somber prediction came on the eve of the arrival here of mediator Gunnar Jarring for 1 high-level talks with Prime Minister Golda Meir and Foreign Minister Abba Eban Israeli officials were holding back information on the Swedish diplomats exact arrival time from New York but it was generally believed that he would get here early today The assumption that the current Middle East cease-fire could not last stemmed from several factors The Egyptians will resort to renewed warfare once they realize that theyre not likely to get what they want from the Jarring talks (an unconditional Israeli withdrawal from all territories taken in The consequence of all tills would be that Israeli Army camps and logistical installations in the rear echelon would be exposed for the first time to ground fire projections of how the next round might go do not rule out the possibility if not the likelihood that Soviet personnel stationed in the UAR would play a more active role than More on Page 6 CoL 1 the six-day war) these sources said Newly received Soviet surface-to-surface missiles and heavy 203 MM artillery pieces have given the Egyptian Army unprecedented firepower and hence new readiness to -engage the Isnli enemy the sources asserted The new regime in Syria bolstered by 1000 Soviet-made tanks and newly installed Soviet as the UARs ultimate weapon in any renewal of Israeli-Egyptian warfare Although these projectiles are still being kept outside the original cease-fire military standstill zone Israeli experts point out that they are highly mobile hnd that therefore it would be no problem for the Egyptian to move them forward to the most advantageous launching sites SAM-2 missile batteries were expected to act in concert with the Egyptians so as to assure creation of a second front accordng to this analysis Particular stress is being placed here on the operational role that would be played by the USARs frog rocket which was said to pack a 1000-pound warhead over ground With an effective range of 40 miles the frog was seen i i 1 1 VOLUME LX No 5 KINGSPORT TENNESSEE 37660 FRIDAY JANUARY 8 1971 2 SECTIONS 20 PAGES 10 CENTS Jewish Bombs By MARY KISS Times-News Staff Writer 0 Christmas Eve Phillip Lee Evans Jr lay in an oxygen tent at Holston Valley Community Hospital critically ill with virus pneumonia Santa Claus in red suit and white beard came down the hall and tiptoed into Lees Christmas Better Late Than Never 0 i TONGUE-LASHING FOR BUSINESSMAN MOSCOW (UPI) Four burly Russians surrounded an American businessman near the Kremlin and menaced him for 15 minutes with such threats as how would you like it if we beat you up right here the American said today The Thursday night incident unpleasant but restrained from actual violence followed a report from an American diplomat of an encounter the previous night in which a Russian at one point grasped his lapels Protest delegations filed in and out of the embassy peaceably Thursday delivering letters on behalf of factories and institutes that denounced the alleged abuse of Soviet officials by Zionist extremists in the United States Erastus Corning an official of the Moscow office of Pan American World Airways said he was menaced Thursday night by the four Russians in a parking lot alongside the Metropole Hotel The Metropole a tourist mecca and business center is a short distance from Red Square and within sight of the Bolshoi Theater The mea harangued me for about 15 minutes and without touching me they effectively prevented me from getting in my car Corning said They were big burly guys and I had the feeling it would be a bad idea to do anything that would make them angrier They said things like how would you like it if we beat you up right here on the spot?" he said came home for his Christmas birthday After 16 days In the hospital Lee Evans room but the little boy never knew hed been there We didnt think Christmas would come at all for Lee but it did" said his friend Mrs James Wells Thursday as the blue-eyed three-year-old rode through his grandmothers living room in a shiny new fire chiefs car Yesterday was Christmas and birthday rolled into one for Lee His real third birthday came and went almost unnoticed on December 25 while his parents Mr and Mrs Evans Sr of Mount Carmel waited anxiously at his bedside We didnt think he was going to make It said Mrs Wells who joined in the bedside vigil Christmas Eve A lady came and put a white Christmas tree in his room There was a Santa on the door and somebody took It off and laid it on his bed The nurses in pediatrics were wonderful to him He had so much intravenous but WASHINGTON (UPI) A bomb shattered windows and damaged a metal door at the Russian diplomatic mission cultural building in Washingtons pre-dawn hours early today Moments later a woman telephoned news agencies and said: This is a sample of things to come Let our people go Never again Never again is the slogan of the Jewish Defense League a militant organization that has been protesting treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union A few hours after the Washington blast four blocks from the Soviet Embassy a man telephoned UPIs New York office and said the bombing was the start of a coordinated drive against the Soviets that would spread to 22 American cities The callers did not specifically identify themselves or who they represented Washington police said a pipe bomb was placed against a metal door leading to a courtyard at the rear of the Russian cultural building which also houses the information office of Soviet Life magazine It is a slick publication in English distributed in this country by the Russians as part of an agreement whereby a Russian-language US magazine Amerika is permitted in the Soviet Union Police said there were no injuries and most of the damage occurred across the alley at a building owned by the American Psychiatric Association The time was he didnt necessarily fight when they brought the needle Hed just turn to one of us and say Hold Lees hand And when it was over hed say Lee will be better now Thursday Lee WAS better and 20 pounds lighter than three weeks ago he went to the home of his grandmother Mrs Anna Grace Evans Belmont Drive in Mount Carmel The Christmas tree was still up waiting And under it were the presents left by Santa A big stuffed horse the red fire car a wheelbarrow a football a flock of toy trucks and automobiles Thursday night the Christmas lights twinkled The little boy played with his toys Somebody started gathering up the wrapping paper and ribbons And Lee and his grandmother and his mother and his father agreed that it had been the best January 7 theyd ever had i A Pushes Credit Cost Curb 4:24 am EST Soon afterward came a call into UPIs Washington office with a similar message reported by at least one other news agency The New York caller also concluded his message by saying: Never again! The Soviet Embassy located on 16th St NW somewhat removed from the well known Embassy Row area of Massachusetts Avenue has been the target recently of demonstrations by Jewish groups Demonstrations are not allowed within 500 feet of an embassy and most of the actions have taken place outside that limit but a number of persons have been arrested near the Embassy for violation of the ban The demonstrations had been taking place periodically for some months but were greatly accelerated by the Leningrad trials and sentences of Russian Jews in More On Page 6 Col 1 Quillen plan trims Democrats State welfare reform urged 0 More legislative reports page 15 include additional income such as fees and salaries allowed by courts to those county officers named as the receiver guardian standing master special master or any other court appointed designation At present county officials retirement is based on income received from fees and in some case salaries without any provision for additional compensation Rep Robert Bible R-Kingsport and Rep Winn Flemming D-Bristol both said that although they were working on bills they plan to introduce none were ready at this time By ELLIS BINKLEY Times-News Staff Writer NASHVILLE Senator Hayden Baker R-Kingsport introduced in the state senate here Thursday a bill which would lower the interest rate on credit purchases It is the custom for some firms to charge interest on unpaid accounts which extend longer than 30-60 days Some firms charge as much as 1W per cent of the balance for this service Bakers bill would set one per cent per month on the unpaid balance as the official charge in Tennessee Bomber Explodes On Lake measure to correct an error in a bill which he had passed last year As a convenience to boat owners the earlier bill permitted owners to make registration for a period of four years if they wished However this is in conflict with federal laws and Dentons new bill would lower the period to three years Baker also introduced a companion measure in the senate Sen Marshall Nave R-Elizabethton introduced a measure which would increase the retirement payments for county officials His bill proposes that the average compensation will In discussing the measure Baker said he understood that a great many businesses are now charging one per cent but that a few out-of-state based concerns do charge more than what his bill would provide Over in the house Rep Herbert Denton R-Blountville introduced a housekeeping Ttl I- ill'" 3 VVWIk A'l? 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Fed Primes Money Pump By Cutting Rates Again 0 If WIS 4 CHARLEVOIX Mich (UPI) A B52 bomber carrying nine men on a practice bombing run crashed into Lake Michigan with a fireball explosion that looked just like the sun had been turned on One victim had been found by early today The eight-engine jet carried nine men and was on an unarmed practice bombing run when It crashed Thursday evening Strategic Air Command headquarters near Omaha Neb said the plane was assigned to the 99th Bomb Wing at Westover Air Force Base Mass Heavy snowfall which reduced visibility to near zero Thursday night hampered search operations by the Coast Guard and the Air Force However the Coast Guard said the snow eased around nvidnlfftt and more debris was being picked up In addition to the body of one crewman two life jackets were found in the water along with other wreckage and spilled 1 fuel The water temperature was reported to be 33 degrees SAC said the plane similar to ones used by the Air Force in Southeast Asia plunged Into the lake about six More On page 8 Col 1 ANOTHER LINK OPENED ON APPALACHIAN ROAD Another segment of the Appalachian Highway the new 23 opens Saturday between Boones Creek and Gray highway department officials have announced The new section adds another link to the four-lane highway which will connect Kingsport with Johnson City Two other segments are already complete one between John Dennis By-Pass and Rock Springs and another from the Rock Springs Interchange to Gray but the latter Is not yet open A 32 mile segment from Boones Creek to near Roan Street in Johnson City is under contract and Is expected to be completed sometime this year Final construction work will be completed today on the 33 miles of highway which link Boones Creek and Gray Station highway officials said With Its 65-mile-an-hour speed limit the new section can carry an automobile from Boones Creek to North Electric Plant Jna lile less than three minutes However fhe Freddy-completed link frym Gray to Rock Springs ia "still unused since it runs directly Into the extensive construction of the Highway 81-Appalachian Highway interchange Completion of the Interchange Is expected sometime this summer Traffic Is already traveling on the segment between the By-Pass In Kingsport and Rock Springs WASHINGTON (UPI) -The Federal Reserve Board has made the third cut in less than two months in the interest rate it charges for loans to commercial banks apparently in an effort to pump more money into the stagnant economy The board of governors of the Fed" approved the latest cut Thursday reducing the discount rate from 5 1-2 to 5 1-4 per cent The reduction like the two that preceded it was modest The Board dropped the rate from 6 to 5 3-4 per cent on Nov 10 and to 5 1-2 per cent on Nov 30 In Its twoparagraph announcement the Fed said "The move was in recognition of further declines that have taken place in short-term Interest rates" It followed by one day a 14 per cent cut in the prime Interest rate i Minneapolis Kansas City and San Francisco The two holdout banks in Atlanta and Dallas were expected to go along soon In another economic development the Commerce Department predicted that US exports would exceed Imports by about $22 billion in 1971 cutting about $500 million off the trade surplus of $27 billion recorded in 1970 The department predicted that exports would increase by 10 to 12 per cent this year compared with a growth of 15 per cent last year while imports will rise 12 to 14 per cent In 1971 compared to a 10 per cent advance In 1970 The discount rate cut will have no direct effect on Interest rates for home mortgages auto loans or other consumer loans which most banks charge for short-term loans to their biggest corporate customers By emphasizing that the discount rate cut followed rather than led-declines in other Interest rates the Fed apparently intended to reduce somewhat the significance usually attached to discount rate changes Administration officials indicated however they considered the cut to be a move in the right direction President Nixon has urged the independent Fed to increase the supply of money In an effort to reduce unemployment and snap the economy out of its doldrums The reduction was initiated by 10 of the Feds 12 regional banks' For the time being it affects only those banks in Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Rldunond Chicago St Louis Where B52 (top) exploded and disappeared WEATHER OUTLOOK Cloudy and cold with light snow Accumulation by Saturday ranging from a trace to two inches In the lower elevations and two to four Inches In higher elevations Saturday will be cloudy and milder High today 30-34 low tonight 23 high tomorrow 3540 Chance of precipitation Is 70 per cent for today and 30 per cent for tonight Sunset will be at 5:31 and sunrise at 7:42 Yesterdays high 32 low 26 High a year ago 8 low -2.