The Lexington Herald from Lexington, Kentucky • 1

Mostly Cloudy Page A-l 102 PAGES TODAY MillionS Page A-5 VOL 29 NO 12 LEXINGTON KY MARCH 23 1975 PRICE 33c BIG BLUE: 'California Here We Come Kentucky's Upset Spurs Celebration Henry Clay Upended By JOILV A McGILL HENRY CLAY'S quest for the state high school basketball title ended last night in a 74-59 loss to Louisville Mala after the Devils had topped Louisville Central 62-60 in the semifinals IN THE NCAA Louisville UCLA and Syracuse will join Kentucky In next week's semifinal round of whipped Maryland 9G-82 UCLA topped Arizona State 89-75 and Syracuse beat Kansas Stats fill in overtime Details Sectioa electricity of a 1960s Beatles concert Kids ran to the entranceway at courtside where the players were to emerge The cheers began to grow louder as the fans sensed it was time for their entrance but it was a false start Suddenly the lii-ti were killed And then a spotlight cut (See WILDCATS Aril) Happy Staff Vietory signs were everywherein Memorial Coliseum last night People too Something like 7000 of them rolled into the arena in waves of laughter and celebration to greet the University of Kentucky basketball team said Mika Flynn UK was surely that yesterday With Flynn leading the sewing with 23 points the Wildcats stunned top-ranked Indiana 92-90 to win the Mideast Regional title in Dayton and earn a trip to San Diego for the NCAA finals In the time It took for the Kentucky players to dress board a bus and ride back to Lexington UK fans heard about the planned celebration in the Coliseum and made their way to the campus Up Frem Louisville Standing in the lobby of tho arena were William and Shirley Hancock who had driven up from Louisville went to school here a couple of years in the 1930s when this was said Hancock is the first time been back in a long Hancock just happened to finish his schooling at the University of Louisville There is irony here because of a strong chance that UK and UL will meet in the national championship game for Kentucky all the said Hancock finished school at of but this Is my first Donna Foust from Paducah and Janet Downing of Lexington both UK students were among those waiting for the team Someone anted to know If they were dating any of the players "Not said Janet They laughed went to the state tournament five years ago and watched Jimmy Dan (Conner) said Donna was screaming and hollering then and I did it again today If we can beat the team that lost before nothing left going all the Near Frenzy When tho UK team finally arrived the excitement approached the frenzy and ground left to right are teammates Jimmy Dan Conner Eob Guyette and Kevin Grevey All five are seniors (Staff Photo by Martin Jcssee) Two Indiana native playing for Kentucky Jerry Hale left foreground and Mike right (how their elation following yesterday' 92 90 victory over Indiana In the back inside Insurance Squeeze Worry Doctors Amusements E-MI By WILBUR LANDREY DWtaS Pish IstamittaMl JERUSALEM Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger's current Middle East peace mission failed last night and he prepared to go home Egypt and Israel blamed each other for collapse of two-week shuttle negotiations Egypt called for immediate reconvening of the Mideast peace conference in Geneva Switzerland Egypt said step-by-step approach to peace The Geneva conference at which tho Soviet Union would be eochairman with the United States would consider all aspects of peace agreement However Egypt demanded that the Palestine Liberation Organization also be at Geneva which Israel adamantly opposes Kissinger's efforts were wrecked by failure to get agreement on how far Israeli troops would pull back from Arab territory they captured in the Sinai Desert In the 1967 war Israel was willing to give up the key Gidi and Mitli mountain passes and the Abu Rudeis oil fields but demanded in exchange Egypt make a statement renouuring the state of war with Israel Egypt retorted that such a statement was out of place in a purely agreement and accused Israel of negotiating bad by bringing it up In Washington President Ford expressed regret at the failure but said the United States would continue its efforts to assist in achieving a and lasting in the Middle East announcement said sides have made -S 11-6 C4 3 18 TV Tab A-16 D-2 VI C-t 5 G-18 13 16 E-t 12 G-14 Arts Books Business Classified Crossword Deaths Editorial Farm Home Lifestyle Race Results State fc Local Sports Tiavrl a serious effort to reach a successful outcome Unfortunately the differences on a number of key issues have proved irreconcilable therefore believe a period of reassessment is needed so that ill concerned can consider how best to proceed toward a Just and lasting Kissinger said he had informed the parties ho is suspending his present efforts and returning to Washington to report to President Ford and Congress He said he will in close touch with the parties and the co-chairman of the Geneva conference (the Soviet Union) during the period The announcement came after Kissinger had shuttled back and forth between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat In Aswan Egypt and Rabin to Jerusalem four times He also had made side trips to Geneva Amman and Riyadh to keep Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko Jordan's King Hussein and Saudi Arabian King Faisal Informed on the talks medical practice in Kentucky during 1973 But officials of both the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville medical schools did not see the present malpractice insurance situation as a threat to doctors just entering practice $14000 Per Year For surgeons and those practicing in higher risk categories of medical care the premiums can go as high as $14000 and $21000 per year Such premiums suggest (See MALPRACTICE A4) will rise while the availability of medical care drops Because of the bad experience insurance companies have had with malpractice insurance in other states and the worsening state of the nation's economy premiums for insurance polices are tripling and quadrupling The higher premiums are reflected in medical bills Hospital bills will increase $3 to $3 due to Insurance premiums In Kentucky older doctors are talking seriously of retiring early Many now refuse to substitute for vacationing doctors Such limited practice does not generate enough revenue to pay premums of $2000 a year or more There does not seem to be much concern among medical association leaders that younger doctors will change professions in Kentucky because of the insurance situation McGuffey worried that he might not be able to obtain insurance for all the 200 new doctors expected to enter EyAL MARSH Stiff Wrttar A doctor now leaving the Army wanta to return to Lexington but he cannot find malpractice Insurance needed to start his practice Medical Protective Co which insures 60 per cent of doctors isn't taking new customers A Louisville internist ended his 3000 patient practice this past week when malpractice Insurance was cancelled by Liberty Mutual of Boston Mass but will reopen thanks to i sis month extension by the firm These are Indicators of the seriousness of the Kentucky insurance situation There is only one firm in Kentucky writing new malpractice insurance policies: Mutual Fire Marine and Inland Insurance Co In the words of state Insurance Commissioner Harold McGuffey the rates are What all this means to the consumer is that medical bills 0 Pressure Builds In Vietnam Cornered Tax Bill Revision Promised By House UWtaS Pnu intaraaltaMl WASIIINGTO The Senate out of in voting jo pump $331 into American pockets and cash registers through tax cuts and bonuses and the final biff must be chopped back into line House leaders said yesterday A high-ranking White House source meanwhile said President Ford might decide to veto the tax bill if Congress Rebate breakdown: ran be found on page A-8 on Hue Most of its 200000 inhabitants have fled south and official sources uy tho government intends to cede the onetime imperial capilol to Hanoi The military command said Quang Due Province fell after hundreds of North Vietnamese soldiers overran the main district capital Kien Due and then drove on the provincial capital Gil Nghia 10 miles to tin east and 123 miles northeast of Saigon Among the weapons used against Hen Due were Soviet built 130mm artillery pieces tho biggest in the North Vietnamese arsenal In other Indochina developments: The US airlift of vital supplies to the besieged Cambodian capital Phnom (See PRESSURE A-10) AP Ntw Ywfe Ttm Blwtdiw SAIGON Rapidly advancing Communist forces wrested their ninth province from South Vietnam yesterday putting them in a position to cut the country in two and possibly mount an offensive against Saigon itself The fall of Quang Due gave the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong command of a huge swath of territory from Kon-tum in the northern highlands 200 miles southward through Phuoe province and to within 50 miles of Saigon From this springboard they could launch a drive eastward to the South China Sea a decades-okl strategy slicing South Vietnam in half TO the north id Quang Due Met Cong and North Vietnamese forces closed in from three sides on the old capital of Hue The Saigon command said two infantry positions manned by 300 government troops were overrun Here la Danger Military sources said the Communist-led troops were preparing tor a massive drive -Staff PIMM ly OmM Ndwtfft Sen Ford talks about his work in Washington Wendell Adapts To New Life Bob Fain Working In The Garden: It Beets The i Jungle 1 Jive The county agent in Boone County is pushing family rardens for every borne He says the benefits are threefold: The fresh vegetables are good for the entire family the wife will get a lot of good exercise the wife will get a good suntan Somebody find that fellow and stop him Gardening was all we had left It used to bo that a man could hide in his job He could come home wobbling a bit and with his tie all wrinkled saying tell you Helen a jungle out WeU the Helens found it for themseves They want to work in some office and discovered that hubby had been seeking sympathy and a way to ba left alone when ha got home Then men turned to puttering around the car That worked until their daughters at 10 years of age started overhauling the motor from the family station wagon in the bathroom Only the garden was left as a place where a man could work up a look ot red-faced sweatinesi without a great deal of effort He could retreat to the garden every day after wort muttering "Betty it's a jungle out here" It's a good thing fur county agents that they don't have to run for office vote the rascals out Today's Metre Murder That bit Dorsal work anymore The wildest one la the grocery store By DAVID HOLWERK sends it to him with too many costly amendments attached The bill provides 1975 tax break of $40 to $400 for every taxpayer in the nation and for some too poor to pay taxes with the largest amounts going -to middle and lower wage-earners In addition it calls for one-time 1974 tax rebates up to $240 per taxpayer House and Senate negotiators meet tomorrow morning to seek a compromise between the $199 bill and the Senate's much larger measure The Senate finished wort on -its bill at 1:52 am EDT yesterday after an 18-hour marathon session eleeted monarch to freshman senator? Ford said It was 3:30 am and he was waiting tor a secretary to bring him a second cup of coffee "Very very governor you can pick up the phone make a couple of calls and get a thing done Here it's a whole different Pace Stiff lfectie Since Ford was sworn to as a Senator in late December he and his staff have been trying to adjust to the pact and structure of firing and working In Washington Tho pare of activity Is no slower in Washington than In Frankfort Fred had been on the Senate floor until 8:13 tho Previous night participating to debate on the oil depletion allowance and had already had one meeting on the morning of our interview but the rate at which things are accomplished has been a frustration in the first months of his term don't think I have hul as much trouble adjusttog as have some of the other freshmen I was up here a lot as governor working on one thing and another and I knew whit was I think tho biggest frustration I bars is still thinking that I can do everything that needs doing have a committee meeting and you hare to go off and leave someone in your office to get to that meeting late to the meeting and then you get to it you have to go to the or for a vote to the middle of somebody's statement It makes it frustrating I think (See FORD A-lt) Chuckle A kid brought home a Watergate report rard First he denied there was a report rard thrn he couldn't find it nnd when he finally did find it three grades were erased WASHINGTON In Kentucky the office of governor carries powers zo broad that some critics have suggested that it amounts to little less than an elected monarchy This presents a bit of a problem for Wendell Ford ft bo in the last two months has been faced with the pleasant difficulty of adjusting to hia new role aa just anothrr United States Senator So bow does one go about making the change from i mi.