Panama City News-Herald from Panama City, Florida • Page 29

City, 12,1177 PagelB Steamship L'n Promotes Thorne JOB WELL DONE-AIC Peter Jones (left) receives a certificate of appreciation for his outstanding service as vice president of the Base First Term Airman Action Committee at Tyndall AFB. The award was presented by Col. James E. Randall, base commander. Contracts Awarded At Tyndall ContraeU touling have been awarded by Tyndall AfB to nve local (Irms and one company (ram Alabama recently, accordlns to an announcement from bate oiriclala.

Four of the contracts went to movlns and ttorage (Irma (or Uie preparation of penonal property of military people for ihtp- ment or storage during the coming year. Other contracts were tor a contractor-operated base vehicles parts store. The moving and storage contracts awarded by the base procurement office Included 1101,325 to Paulk Moving and Storage Company; to Teague Brothers Transfer and Storage Company; to Van Horn Transfer and Storage Company; and 163,756 to Gulf Van Service, all of Panama City. The contract for contractor- operated base vehicles parU store was awarded to American Parts of Panama City locatedat Lynn Haven. The amount of the contract was 1363,176.96.

Southland Construction Company of Montgomery, was awarded a contract for repair of building 753. All contracta awarded went to Social Security System Outlined Jim Day presented the North Panama City Kiwanis Gub with a film on "Can We Have Sound Social at a Tuesday club meeting. The Um, by the Association of Life Underwriters, discussed the American Social Security system. The program began in 1937 to provide a protective floor (or Americans' economical wants and needs, It Is a tax- tupported weUare program. The National Association o( Lite Underwriters Is made up of 900 chapters and 130,000 members.

The NALU (ears that the Social Security program will eventually dlsentlgrate; impairing (uture provisions of Social Security wants. Day said: "Social Security Is providing millions to live. It Isn't cheap and it can't be expanded without cost. "It has been predicted that by the 19M 'B one out o( six Americans will get a Social Security check. By the year 2030.69 mUllon people will be on Social Security which is 60 (or every 100 workers.

The (Um reported that by 1990, locial security will support 20 billion Americans and it will be In the red each year unless something Is done. Day was presented a cer- IKIcate o( appreciation by Richard Williams, president o( the club, noted that Homer Hood, a past member o( the club, was visiting at the meeting. Colin Sykes Introduced L4iura Hood and Jan Harrison, studenU at Gulf Coast Community College as guests of the club. The two girls were the reel- Lions Plan Vernon Visit Cleve Williams, president of the Convention City Lions Club, opened the last meeting by discussing a visitation to the Vernon Lions Club on Jan. 16.

Members o( the club wUl visit the brother club at 7:30 p.m. in the Vernon City Hail. A summary was given on the last six months activities of the club. Five eye glasses and eye examinations were given to the needy. In October, the club cleaned up the Kidney Foundation trailer and visitations were made by the club members.

A cane was given to a blind woman by the club and various donations were made to the Salvation Army, Lion International, and the Linda Jorgenson fund. A Halloween Candy sale and sale was held to raise money lor the club. Seventy pages o( Braille were also donated by the club (or blind people In the area to read. J.C. BodKord, a member ol the club, challenged each member to bring one person to the next meeting, to increase the club's membership.

WUIianu reported that In the last letter (rom the district governor. It was noted that January through March o( 1977 are membership development months. A pin will be presented to each member who brings In a new member Into the club. plenU o( scholarships to the college, presented to them by the dirt). DeUkle reported that the club's next program would be a tour In (Um slides o( the new GuK CoBst Community Hospital.

Judge Moves In Case MIAMI (AP) A (ederal Judge, accusing the New York Times o( being in "apparent dedance o( the court's orders." has begun contempt proceedings based on a Times' story that Included portions o( a secret U.S. grand Jury report on an undercover Internal Revenue Investigation. U.S. District Judge C. Clyde Atkins on Monday ordered the Times to send representatlvea to a Jan.

24 hearing at which they must show why they shouldn't be held in criminal contempt (or disclosing portions o( the report In a Jan. 6 story. During an investigation called OperatkNi Leprechaun, the Internal Revenue Service was alleged to have spied on the sex and drinking hablU o( numerous Mlamlans, Including lawyers andJudRcs. The Miami News and other newspapers published several stories about the operation stories which led to congressional Investigations and the grand Jury's probe. The grand Jury did not Issue any Indictments, but did present a reportto Atkins and requestd that It be made public.

Atkins said Monday that he needed extensive research on the request because (ederal grand Juries, unlike state panel, rarely Issue reports. He said he Issued a secrecy order on Dec. 8 "to underscore the absolute necessity (or conducting the disclosure procedure with secrecy and It Is this order that Atkins accused the Times o( breaking. AUlns also ordered the U.S. attorney general to Investigate the leak, and he released an edited version o( the report.

In Atkins' version, the grand Jury recommended that the IRS "exercise greater control" over lU Informants and the panel critlclied the news media, especially The Miami News, (or coverage o( the IRS probe. Uie lowest bidder among those received. Graduate Academy Three TyndaU sergeanta have completed the USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy and have returned to duty. Under the direction of the Air University, Uils school Is the USAF's highest professional mUltary education Institute for enlisted personnel, lu mission Is to prepare the senior noncom- mlukmed officer to better fulfill leadership snd management responslbUltles. Completing the nine-week trslnlng from Tyndall were MSgt.

Gary Navarro, chief engineer with the 47S6th Air Defense Squadron; SMSgt. Gerald Smith, base computer supervisor; and SMSgt. John Holley, educatkm and training superintendent with Air Base Group. Suggestion Awards Five cIvUlan employees at Tyndall AFB took home additional pay recently as the result of adopted suggestions o( Ideas submitted through the Incentive awards program. The cash awards and the Idea submitted Included the following: MUlard F.

Graham. 47S6th Transportation Squadron, $50 tor the relocation ol side mounted mirror. Duane V. Mangee. 47S6th Transportation Squadron, 525 (or a (oam pump drain pan suggestion.

James L. Gardner. Procurement, $25 (or a suggestion on dUtributlon of (orm letter to order manutacturer'a catalogue. Gary D. Glampe.

47S6th CIvU Engineering Squadron, $65 (or his suggestion (or a Civil Engineering "Pre-Design Conference." Claude F. Bouchard. 47S6th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, $100 (or his suggestion concerning spectro analysis oil kit dispenser. Seven Promoted Promotions o( seven Tyndall employees and the retirement o( (our others have been announced by the base civilian personnel odlclals. Promotions went to Frances Gardner, supply clerk; Melvin Chulson.

supervisory equipment specialist; Richard Dozier. (Ireflghter; Kenneth Hersey. supply clerk; Roy Guldry. maintenance mechanic; Virginia Fisher, clerkslenographer: and Mary Pradette, clerk. Retiring were John Gore, Olha Eddlns, George Etheridge and Eugene Krelser.

Beach Council Meets Today The Panama City Beach Council wUl meet today at'2 p.mto consider among other things, Uie purchase of a bridge at Lakeside and Uie rescheduling o( Uie grand opening o( a new municipal park. The councU wUI discuss the purchase o( a mud hog to be used by the city's maintenance crews, and a change In a zoning ordinance wUI also be among the agenda items. H. S. "Smltty" Thome, local ihanager of Ryah-Walsh Stevedoring Inc.

haa been promoted to vice president of Southern Steamship Agency a subsidiary of Ryan- Walsh. The announcement was made In Mobile, home port of Ryan-Walsh, one of the Gulf's oldest and largest stevedoring companies. Thome began service with Ryan-Walsh In the Panama City office as a steamship agent in 1967. As he progressed through various positions of Increasing responsibUlty, he was transferred to the docks In Panama City In 1975 to gain experience as a ship superintendent. He next was moved to the company's Georgetown, S.C.

office to further his stevedoring background. He returned to Panama City In September 1976, as manager, replacing David J. Turner who Is being transferred to New Orleans after 13 years as head of the Panama City opera- tkm. Thome Is a native of Panama City and resides wlUi his wife, the former Ann Adanu, and Uielr three children, in F' ist Park. other board of directors' actions raised E.R.

Leatherbury and John L. from senior to executive vice presidents; and promoted wmiam J. Colley from vice president finance to senior vice president-finance. L.H. was named president of Ryan-Walsh.

Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Inc. handles cargo moving through Uie Panama City Port AuUiority faculties and also Bay Harbor Warehouse Corporation at International Paper Company here. Southern Steamship Agency, Inc. acU as agents for shippers and ship owners using Panama City's port. Ryan- Walsh and subsidiaries operate In 8 Gulf and South Atlantic ports.

H.S. (Smltty) Thome River Fishery Project Begins If you catch a fish with a strip of plutlc protruding from lU back, Uiere are people who want PERRY RESIGNS--Dr. Benjamin Perry, president of Florida University since 1968, announced Tuesday he is resigning. Perry is shown in this 1969 file photo. (AP LASERPHOTO) Disabled Ship Being Repaired MIAMI (AP) The 391 passengers aboard a disabled cruise ship drifting about 18 miles (rom Cuba were being transferred by small boat Tuesday to another ship as repair parts were rushed to the stricken vessel.

The crew o( the Monarch Star reported engine trouble Just alter midnight Tuesday and told the U.S. Coast Guard Uiat the vessel was dead In the water. Also aboard Uie ship were 368 crew members. Another vessel, the Monarch Sun. was sent to assist the Monarch Star and arrived at about 11 a.m.

EST. said Martin See. a spokesman (or the cruise line. Lance Jones, a Coast Guard spokesman, said the passengers were transterred on small launches usually used to take visitors to shore when the ship docks In port. He said Uie launches took the passengers a lew hundred yards to Uie Monarch Sun.

The Monarch Star was stranded o(( Cuba's northeast coast In the Santarem Channel, which separates Cuba (rom the Bahamas. It was drKtIng, In calm seas, away (rom the Communist-controlled Island. A spokesman (or line said were to repair the Monarch Star, but Uie parts had to be Hown to Uie scene (rom Miami, about 350 miles away. to know about it. The US Fish and WlldlKe.

Service has Initiated a (Ive-year study o( the Apalachlcola River and some o( lU tributaries. The title ol the Panama City-based operation Is "Apalachlcola River Fishery Project." The purpose o( this project Is to determine the condUlon o( the (Ish stocks, the location o( spawning and nursery areas, the migratory habits and the degree o( direct utUbiatlon o( the (Ishery resources. This wHI allow the biologists assess the need (or management and will provide data to Initiate development o( a management program (or consideration o( (Ish resources In the scheme o( development o( the Apalachlcola River Basin. One ol the primary concerns o( the project Is the movements and habits of anadromous (Ish. Anadromous (Ish are those which spend time In salt water but return to (resh water streams to spawn.

This group o( (Ish In the Apalachlcola River Includes striped bass, Alabama shad, sturgeon and skipjack herring, all o( which ore being tagged In an e((ort to learn more o( Uielr migratory habits. The (Ishery biologists are spending much time and e((ort In tagging these (Ish, but without the help o( the sport (Isherman their e((orts could be In vain. It Is Important that the llshermen be on Uie look-out (or these tags and U) get the necessary In- (ormatlon to the biologists. The biologists can then correlate where and when the (Ish was originally tagged with the site and time o( recapture to establish migration patterns and characteristics. Methods o( obtaining (Ish Include the use o( gill nets, beach seines, larval nets, trawls and electroshocklng.

All (Ish captured are measured and returned to the water. Fish and WlldlKe Biologists are tagging striped bass, sturgeon. Alabama shad and skipjack herring along the entire length of the Apalachlcola River (rom Jim WoodruK Dam on Uie Georgia-Florida State line to the town of Apalachlcola and will tag year-round (or the next live years. The tags are yellow plastic, spaghetti-like streamers which protrude approximately two Inches (rom the fishes' back Just below the dorsal (In. Anyone catching a (Ish with a tag should either call, collect, 1904-763- 1059.

or write Apalachlcola River Fishery Project, 1612 June Avenue, Panama City, Florida. 32401. and give the number printed on the tag, date and location caught. The tag Is the (Isher- man's trophey as the biologists only want the above Inlormatton and the not Uie tag ItseK. Airport Seiected For Beautification Operation Cinderella met Tuesday (or the (Irst time In the new year and selected the Panama City-Bay County Municipal Airport as one ol Its planned beautldcatlon projects for 1977.

The Cinderella committee members have twice before conducted beautldcatlon efforts at the airport, but member John Dclcomyn suggested the project because he said It had been requested. Specific details were not discussed nor was a timetable established for this major project. The Cinderella commltleo Is composed of representatives o( the Garden Clubs In Uie city, plus county Agent Horace Carr and Delcomyn, general superintendent (or Panama City- Each year the commUtee selects specKIc projects In Uie. city (or beautUlcation, in addition to the annual cleanup. (Ixup and palntup month, which will be Uie monUi o( March Uils year.

The Cinderella commUtee Is slso looking Into the poulblllty o( beautltylng Cove Terrace Park, but belore any tlon e((orU are started, the ownership must be determined. Cove Terrace Park Is a small triangle o( land located at Uie Intersection o( two Lane and SouUi Cove Terrace- and Is a holdover project (rom last year. The nunnber of nuclear power planU has increased rapidly in recent years, but they accounted (or less than 10 per cent of all U.S. electricity In ms. The Conference Board points The worst bridge disaster In history was the collapse of a suspension bridge at Angers; France, In 1850, as a regiment of soldiers marched across.

Some 200 perished. GRATEFUL OPTIMISTS Sam Fleming, second from right, was given a token o( appreciation by the Panama City Optimists for helping the club with iU Christmas tree project. Prom left. Moe Harsbarger, Carl D. Gay, Fleming, and Billy Wright, Christmas tree chairman.

Optimists Honor Fieming For Yuie Tree Saie Aid During a business meeting held by Uie Panama City Op- tImUt club at Uie Seven-Seaa restauram, Sam Fleming, a local buslnessmsn was given a token o( appreciation "(or helping the club sell Christmas trees." Fleming provided equipment for the club to haul trees to UieloU. Also commended for their efforts In helping Uie Optimists man the lots during the Christmas holldsys were three youUu: Bobby Canty, Jeff Cornell, and Chuck Walker. According to Gerry Castardo, Walker's slepfaUier. Chuck has been helping the Optimists sell Christmas trees for Uie past six years. "You read a lot of things pertaining to bad kids, and very little about Uw good kids.

I'm proud of what Chuck has been doing for the civic club," remarked Castardo. who Uie club reported, paid Walker his wages for Uie Liberty Agent Will Get Aid over-aU county extension committee Is being organized In Liberty County to aulst the county extension agent In the study and analysis ol county problems and situations. Lamar Chrlstenberry. county extension agent, said the committee would consist of 10 members with two selected from each of the five county commissioners districts. The (Irst meeting of the committee was held Tuesday at the county extension o(dce.

Bristol cour- UKHise. The commUtee Is made up o( adirmatlvo action on geographic planning area groups, minority groups, two blacks will be committee members, sgrlcultural producers and community leaders. The problems conirontlng the committee sre Uie making o( decisions of the Important needs, problems and opportunities wtUiln Liberty, to make decisions on what type programs are to be Introduced and to relate community problems to extension programs. CuryDies JACKSONVILLE. Fla.

(AP) Joe Cury. an outspoken critic of Jacksonville's Independent authorities Uiat control electricity, transportation and ports, died Tuesday. apparenUy o( a heart attack. He was 48. Cury was Ihe leader ol Consumer Power which has (ought a major Industry established here to build doaUng nuclear power plants and against a proposed $150 million bridge and road system which would serve the new plant's area.

He testldcd belore (ederal and state grand Juries that Investigated the Jacksonville Electric AuUwrity's oil contract wIlhVenFuelof Mlnml season. Billy Wright, Uie Christmas tree chairman, ahm thanked everyone who helped In Uic sales that turned out "Uio best year MIGRANT STRIKER-A migrant woman, one of approximately 1,200 who went of strlice in Im- moicalee, a rural farming community in Southwest Florida, holds a placard she carried along with other plclictcrs. Independent union organizers hope the majority of the areas 6,000 farmworkers will Join the strike which began Monday in an effort to obtain higher wages for the workers and crew leaders. (AP LASER- Migrant Workers Renew Picketing IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) About ISO migrant (arm workers picketed again Tuesday, but area (armers said Uiey were more coqcemed wlUi the cold weather than the strike.

Unusually cold temperatures could be ruinous to local pepper growers and could cause lesser tomato and crops. Temperatures dropped to the high 30s Tuesday In some areas o( Southwest Florida, but (orecasters predicted warmer weather (or Tuesday night. Labor spokesman Juan Velazquez said the "freezing crops" will be a hardship (or area growers and will Increase pressure to negotiate. Velazquez said he was sallsK- ed with the number o( strikers, despite a drop In their numbers (rom an estimated 300 when picketing began Monday. "How many people actually went out (did not work).

Uiat Is a dIKerent story. There are a lot o( people not going out and not even showing up because of the Crew leaders at a nearby convenience store where workers were loading and leaving (or Uie (leld told a ferent story. They said area farmers had no trouble recruiting workers Monday and there were plenty of men willing to work Tuesday. One uld he Is In sympathy wlUi strike, but believes Uie demsnds are excessive. "They (the strikers) are going about It the wrong way.

The farm worker Isn't getting anything out of this," he said. Strikers are seeking a t6-aday Increase. Workers now earn a minimum of 116.50 per day, or 25 to 30 cenU for each bucket of produce they pick. Crew leaders are asking for t23-a-bin for produce transported to packing houses. They now make about tl6.

Anolher crew leader. Uzzlah Waters, said he and his crew have Ignored Uie strike and continue to pick peppers at a nearby (arm. He said his nman crew receives an average o( 135 a day (or piece work. Waters claimed Uiat most workers (eel they are well paid. Alonzo Crews o( Organized MIgranU in Community Actkm said labor organizers will continue to urge workers not on strike to stay away (rom the fields.

It was also announced at the meeting, that through the elforts of Uie Panama City Garden Club and with the backing of the Operation Cinderella Committee. 2.600 dogwood trees were planted In the area this post year. Many of the trees were planted at schools, churches and In areas used by Uie public, while the remainder were planted as replacement trees for thtwe slang for the shilling in England and Ireland was the hog. To spend all one's money in one place was to go "whole hog." WIND DAMAGES GARAGE-BUI Heath slfU through the remnants of what was his garage on Horst Road before a storm that catised heavy wind damage to areas of East Hillsborough County. The contents of Heath's garage were scattered over his acre lot.

(AP LASERPHOTO).