Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 1

30 Pages Home Edition Lexington Kentucky Monday Afternoon March 22 1976 13 Cents Vol 88 No 57 James Family Keeps The Faith 6 Gotta Keep 'Em9 More On The NIT on Page B-l By STUART WARNER Leader Staff Writer "Usually" says the Rev AB Lee apeak tor about an hour or so on Sunday But not on Ole particular Sunday Not with Kentucky on TV In the National Invitation Tournament finals Not with two members of the Greater Liberty Baptist congregation Jack Givens and the Rev son James in the starting lineup for the Wildcats No on this Sunday morning the Rev Lee who has been pastor at Greater Liberty for over 30 years gave one or his shortest sweetest sermons ever kept a pretty close watch on the the Reverend says with a grin only spoke for about 15 The topic of his sermon? have fought the good fight and have kept the he replies And those words certainly would prove prophetic in the Wildcats' 71-67 victory It is 1 pm broadcasters Denny Trease and Joe Knight are flniahing up their pre-game comments and the paneled den in the Lee home on Pemberton Street has been filled to capacity Besides the Reverend and the reporter sisters Jennifer and her fiance Gary Harris Gwen and her husband Bill Logan and Betty and her husband Doug Holland his oldest niece Sheila Holland and a couple of younger nephews are on James' flown would like to be at Madison Square i one slight reservation if I have to fly" he says Just trust those big iron birds not going to get me in one of The rest of the family breaks up laughing at the fear of flying James makes a couple of nice tip-ins and some pretty See BACK Back Page This I Staff Photos Bjr Chela Rfehardson Logan And Jennifer Lee 0 Enthusiasm Reigru from Left Hie Rev Mr A Lee Sheila HoQaad Mrs Jubilant Fans Shriver Drops Out Welcome Cats By The Associated Press About 1000 Jubilant fans crammed into the terminal building at Blue Grass Held in the wee hours today to celebrate the homecoming of Kentucky's National Invitation Tournament champions knocked out of action with a knee injury Robey dressed for the final game and sat on the bench Sunday Hall said he never Manned to play Robey "but I wanted him to share in all the Hall said that guard Larry Johnson whose clutch flee throws allowed Kentucky to defeat Niagara Kansu State and Providence in reaching the finals my choice for most valuable Cedric Maxwell wu accorded that honor Hall added in Jest that forward Jack Givens who scored most of his points In the first half of four tournament victories "to my first half The basketball team which defeated North Caro-lina-Charlotte 71-67 in title game wu met by screaming students and the school band when the commercial airliner arrived about 1 am crowd moved outdoors into the parking lot Kentucky Coach Joe Hall deplaned with the NIT trophy held aloft The crowd cheered and the band played the school fight song Hall and Ms players were Immediately engulfed by the back-slapping crowd and each had to repeatedly describe his feelings upon bringing home Kentucky's second NIT championship The Wildcats claimed their first NIT title in The crowd Inside the terminal so large that many had to stand on ticket counters roared anew when Hall said that "we here in horse country know that it's how you finish that counts" The championship climaxed a 10-game win streak that gave Kentucky a final 20-10 record The Wildcats were facing their first losing season in 50 years when star forward Rick Robey wu Amid all the hoopla other passengers on the flight attempted vainly to locate luggage Several others were stranded in taxicabs that were blocked when the Coach Hall Holds Trophy Aloft For Welcoming Fans WASHINGTON (UPI) Sargent Shriver whose campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination failed to catch Are withdrew from the race today formally withdraw my national candidacy and release my he ssld at a news conference Shriver 60 who claimed the mantle of the "Kennedy when he announced his candidacy had campaigned with characteristic vigor but with disappointing results and became the fifth Democrat to bow out He came in fifth in New Hampshire the crucial first primary with 9 per cent of the vote then did no better in his home state of Massachusetts where he got 7 per cent of the vote Shriver came in second in theVermont primary skipped Florida and then came in a disappointing third in Illinois with 16 per cent of the votes Altogether he won 11 national convention delegates shall work for the nomination and election of a Democratic Party candidate who can challenge the people and revitalize their morale and Shriver said without endorsing any of the remaining candidates He told reporters he would continue to work in the public arena "supporting progressive candidates for the Congress particularly women Chlcanos ethnics blacks and other under-represented Shriver who is married to the former Eunice Kennedy was George Mcgovern's vice presidential running mate four years ago in the unsuccessful campaign against Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew Guard Truman Claytor who spelled Johnson and Reggie Warfbrd hr the Kentucky backcourt hugged a well-wisher and beamed "I told you we could do Find Inside Israel PLO Both Attend Emergency UN Session ESTABLISHMENT of a downtown parking authority has been approvedby the state legislature Page C-l Singer Booked In Death boycotted the Council's Middle Eut debate in January because the PLO wu invited A BOMB FACTORY hu been discovered by Scotland Yard and six persons detained in London Page A-3 It wu not immediately clear why Israel had decided on the apparent shift in policy The Weather On behalf at the 41 -nation Islamic Group Libya and Pakistan Friday demanded the Council prompt and effective measura which would halt the deterioration of the situation and put an end to Israeli defiance of existing decisions on Arab youths have demonstrated almost dally in recent weeks on the West Bank to protest an Israeli court ruling permitting Jews to pray near Al Aqu Mosque the third holiat shrine in Islam on Jerusalem's Temple Mount Clearing and mild tonight sunny Tuesday Details back page this section Herald-Leader Weatherline 254-5515 UNITED NATIONS (UPI) In an unprecedented diplomatic move Israel hu decided to sit down at a UN Security Council meeting today in the presence of the Palatine Liberation Organization The emergency session wu requested by Libya and Pakistan to discuss Arab unrest In Old Jerusalem and in the Israeli -occupied Wat Bank of Jordan An Israeli spokesman In Jerusalem said Ambassador Chaim Henog had ban instructed "to participate and express Israel's In the debate Until today Israel hu steadfastly refused to meet with the PLO on the grounds the organization Is bent on the destruction of the Jewish state Most recently It ASPEN Cola (UPI) Valdimir Sabich former world professional ski champion wu shot fatally Sunday and French-born singer and actress Claudine Longet wu booked on "investigation of homicide" charge Authoritia today attempted to determine If his duth wu intentional or accidental French-born singer and actress Claudine Longet wu advised of her rights today us Pulling Out Shriver a lawyer is a ofthi former director of the The Israeli government wu displeased by the court decision and hu challenged it In the courts Office of Economic Opportunity director of the Peace Corps special assistant to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and ambassador to France King Kong Alive Well In Chicago BANGKOK Thailand (UPI) The United Stata hu begun Its final military withdrawal from Thailand leu than 24 hours after the government ordered an end to the US presence Pro-American youths angry at the government decision attacked left-wing demonstrators with guns and a grenade after being booked on the invatigatlon charge Authoritia uid if there are other charges they will not be filed for several days Sabich 31 wu shot once In the stomach Sunday at his $250000 home in Starwood an exclusive Aspen subdivision An autopsy wu ordered "The Invutlgation Is centering on whether the shooting wu accidental or Intentional" uid Pitkin County District Attorney Frank Tucker "I have no Idea what the cauu wu for the shooting Cornered -By BOB Reader uys the story the other day about the lady who blocked a local bank's drive-in window while she counted and wrapped a sack of coins reminds him of an event Thru persons were killed and several dozen wounded In the duha Sunday Two C130 flights carrying 118 soldiers who manned an electronic monitoring station north of Bangkok left Thailand Sunday night US military sourca uid CHICAGO (AP) King Kong Is alive well and happy a security guard for a Chicago Insurance company "It wu me in my gorilla suit up on top of the Empire Stale Building clutching Fay Wray In one hand or putting her gently on a ledge and knocking down attacking planes until the bullets got me" uys Carmen Nlgro recalling the memorable final scene of the 1933 movie classic King Kong "Of course what I wu on wu an eight-foot model on the RKO stage with a backdrop of New York City" said the man who was known for 25 years as the Hollywood Apeman around me I wore fur-covered ballet slippers with rubber suction pads on the bottom I looked 50 fat Nlgro whose professional name wu Ken Roady is a lively 71 year old who still can mimic the shuffle of an ape He appeared a stuntman In about 100 movlu and played a gorilla In 33 othera A barrel-chested S-foot-6 Nlgro wu the hairy beut In Mighty Joe Young The Un holy Three Tarzan and His Mate Night of Horror and Ape Man Nabonga His lut gorilla movie wu Gorilla At Large In 1954 Nlgro said he studied the way an ape mova when he accompanied the late Frank Duck the animal collector on two Jungle trips "I was ready when I heard RKO was looking for a gorilla man In 1931 to play the title role of King Kong" "In a small town In Eut Kentucky" Reader uys "(wo men were rivals to be appointed postmuter I wu in the post office a short time afier the winner had been appointed and the loser came In He wu carrying a box of envelopes and cards smiling postmuter uid In a loud voice 'Can I help The loser uid 'I want 500 one-cent stamps' "As the postmuter got the stamps the loser emptied his porkets of loose pennies The postmuter uid 'I don't have to count those pennies' The lour pushed a penny through the window and said 'Give me a stamp' "And he continued to buy one stamp at a time "When I left the postmuter was not raring but still (raring The loser wu calmly licking and advised not he said "The Miss Longet 35 the former wife of entertainer Andy Williams hu lived with Sabich for the put two years Tucker uid she reported the shooting late Sunday afternoon Aspen City Managrr Phillip Mahoney said MIm Longet gave sheriff's dcpulla a statement before being taken to an undisclosed location He uid no cauu for the shooting was known although early reports Indicated It wu an All operations at three electronic monitoring bases north of Bangkok and at Tapao airbase ceased at one minute put midnight Sunday the sources uid They said the withdrawal of more than 3500 US servicemen will be completed quickly as possible probably well before the July 20 dradllne set by the government "We don't stay where we're not wanted" said US Ambassador Charles "Fay Wray was an animated doll Danes were Today's Metre Murder The winner was miffed Rut that Isn't the half: The winner's tongue stuck And he couldn't laugh projected on the backdrop There were a few little gasoline-powered planes hooked on wires that were aimed Wlrephoto Carmen Nigra With Costume 1 I we- W-.