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FORMER AREA PLAYER BEST IIS 1966 Spurrier Heisman Winner War Spending Declines WASHINGTON (UPI) War spending, the big unknown factor in administration consideration a possible tax Increase, declined in October but maintained a rate well above that of 1965. Ttie rale of U.S. defense oullays also exceeded lbs administration's budget estimate of last January, the Treasury reported Tuesday, Lawyer Wants 3 Trials WASHINGTON (UP!) Hubert G. (Bobby) Baker's lawyer asserted Tuesday that the former Senate Democratic aide fa entitled to three separate trials on (he nine government charges against him. In a news conference In Ihe lounge of the athletic department, Spurrier fielded all the questions thrown at him.

Asked about reports he might play prof ssi on a football with the Mew York Giants of Ihe National Football League, Spurrier commented wryly, seems, as if they need more than Florida quarterback Steve Spurrier, who hails from neighboring Johnson City, Tuesday was named winner of the 1966 Heisman Trophy in overwhelming fashion over Bob Griese of Purdue. Spurrier, 21-year-old senior, was named tlie winner on 443 of 1,160 ballots. He picked up 150 second-place votes and 60 for third, The Heisman Trophy is voted annually to a player regarded as the outstanding college football player of the year. Third in the voling was Nick Eddy of Notre Dame. Spurrier is the son of a Presbyterian minister who new lives In High Springs, Hie 6-fool-2, 203-pound quarterback is well remembered here for the sensational running and passing sliow he put on against Church Hill High School in the 1962 Exchange Row! while playing for Science Hill.

Spurrier, his team trailing 21-0, spearheaded a rally that won the game, 28-21. At Science Hill he was named lo the All-State team in football and basketball. Contacted in Cuinesville, Spurrier admitted he was "tickled" to receive the award but look it with the same quiet confidence that has marked his play on the field. Spurrier said he had read that be had a slim lead in the competition for the trophy "and lliat sort of look away a little or the shock." Despite his oulward calm, however, Spurrier said he was thrilled. "This is the greatest honor any college athlete could ever hope to win," he said.

"I'm happy for the college, for the state and or the smith." STEVE SPURRIER Heisman trophy winr More Page, Col. Kingspott News VOL. XXIX No. 472 K1NGSPORT, TENNESSEE, 376G0, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 19S6 FIVE CENTS Martians: Seven Feet Tall, Pink MIAMI BEACH (UPI I- The Safety Defects In Cars Found SEARCH FOR SOUND Rich O'Donnell, chief percussionist for the Louis Symphony Orchestra, hunts through a scrap yard to find steel plates which will produce a certain note to simulate the sound of tuned Chinese gongs to be used In a conceit.

(DPI Photo) Moon Spires Seen PASADENA. Calif. (UPI) Moon spires never seer, berore that looked like "tall, skinny pyramids" showed up Tuesday in a photograph of ihc moon snapped by-Lunar Orbilcr 2. Orbiter photographed tlie area from an altitude of about 23 miles directly overhead as il continued to circle the moon flawlessly in search for a safe and (Uilabie landing site for astronauts. Disney's Lung Removed BTJRBANK, Calif.

(UPI)Famed showman Walt Disney "Ufology Research Institute" may not be able to come through on its pledge to put three (lying saucers on the Convention Hall parking lot Thanksgiving Day. A consultant to Ihe institute, Miamian Kent Tomlinson, is reported to have gone to Drazil to find out why not. The institute's promise originally came Sunday in a Brake Problem, Sticky Throttles ierson lecture ny Proi. Genovese. an Italian who teaches Greek in Mexico.

Genovese said his brother started a WASHINGTON I UPI) models made by American project in Brazil in winch 123 American and foreign automakers have notified the government of possible safely defects underwent surgery for removal o( a lung last week, it was disclosed Tuesday. A spokesman far Disney Productions said the cartoonist was admitted lo St. Joseph's Hospital here Nov. 2 for treatment of an old polo injury and doctors found a lesion on his left lung. Disney returned to work his studio on a limited basis Tuesday.

A statement is They said there have been me problems at the secret scientists from 23 nations are building the saucers, apparently using genuine outer space vehicles as a model, ttenovese tens of thousands of late delccls listed. Many vehicles Brazil site and Tomlinson, wlw holds the patent on an egg-peeler, has go1, to find out about it. oeen and are being fixed before being sold. claims to have made trips with model cars and trucks, il was announced tuesday. Involved are 1967 modeLs made by General Motors.

Ford, sued by Ihc studio said: "Wall Disney was Martians in tneir saucers, In addilhn nnri fmrlfc initially admitlcd to the liospital Nov 2 for He said the scientists planned Both Genovese and Noel to release their secret to the nrysier, noils Itoyce, Volkswagen and Renault and 1065-66 claim to have made trins in General Motors reported possible problems with 775 new school buses. It said a hose carrying brake fluid might be Martian flying saucers, and world now, and possibly form an outer space police force. Genovese said Ihe people Also lecturlne w.is Me Noel. iuo aiiuri, aiiecllllg dehghtlul. incre arc many canals on Mars, he said, and proper oraKing anion.

lite pseudonym taken by a man who said lie is a former Air the people are fond of fish. Force officer and director of Federal Traffic Safely Law, institute. He said he uses the He described ihe Marlians being as tall as seven feet, with false name so his family gel crank calls. arc ecmiaeiuig owners the cars. Mot all the listed have defects, but since pink and platinum hair they were produced in a series wiiere a defect was uncovered.

au snouia ne enecKed as a precaution, the companies said. nrsvFV trealment and preliminary examination of Ular'r an old polo injury. During tire preliminary examination, a lesion was discovered on his left lung. Surgery was decided upon and performed ihe iwxx week." Ceiling Falls, 12 Hurt NEW YORK (Uri)-A'lM by 100 fool ceiling collapsed Tuesday at a Welfare Department service injuring 12 persons. Fire Chief John O'llagan said 'all' flrae in the upper West Side building hod been accounted for and there were no fatalities.

U.S. Accused Of Attack TOKYO (UPI) North Korea charged Wednesday that three U. S. warships shelled the Korean coast north of the 38th Parallel armistice line Tuesday. A broadcast from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang heard here said the ships were driven off by return fire.

LBJ Reviews War AUSTIN, Tex, fUPI) President Johnson marked his third anniversary in office Tuesday reviewing the Vict Nam war and trying lo drive down government spending by at least $3 billion. American Planes Pound Red Missile Locations 'It's very important that car Tiers trt TMniMlrl nru prompuy io siren nonces smce their lives and those of others ell be at stake in some said T- UWII SAIGON (UPI) -American of Vinh, setting off several jet pilots took advantage of fires. Other Navy planes raided I issile supBort base near the break in monsoon rains Tuesday and launched a series of attacks Haddun administrator of the new National Traffic Safety Agency of the Commerce Department. A narHal licfmn port city of Haiphong, destroy isainsl surface-to-air missil liles in North Viet Nam. Ileaw ing nan oi a aepoi aesenocd housing guidance equipment a rockets.

FRANCISCO FRANCO was given lo Chairman Warren damage was reported. In Soulh Viet Nam. Amer Force iels shuck to the Magnuson, O-Wash. of the i Senate Commerce Committee Haddnn In lpfir tn infantrymen cl as lied Iwice with west, hilling a supply area 71 miles cast ol Dicn Eien Phu, Norm Vietnamese reeu ors in Magnuson, Haddon said: where nilols reported destrovins! tlie Central Highlands, foiling fresh thrusts apparently aimed at spearheading a new Commu 25 buildings and damaging 20 Franco Asks Parliament For Premier ine companies are clearly making a very concerted and a substantially successful nffnrl tn others. nist offensive.

The skirmishes Tn ntlipr arlinn Marine identify and correct such sent the Communist dcalh toll strikes killed 25 Vict Cong ine to well over the 700 Tuesday in a strike against. defccLs promptly, This effort, in both intensiveness and speed. guerrilla forces operating near mark in tie big jungli opera lion. MADRID fUPIl-Generalissi- Ihe Leatherneck base at ciiu' prior years, and many of the Air strikes against North Viet Lai. suspect venicies.

are being iuo Francisco Franco asked Parliament Tuesday to revise the Spanish constitution so he In the Cenlral Highlands. U.S Nam have been sharply reached and corrected before sale." co selei a premier to serve under him. It would be the first tailed in recent days because of hnd weather. But the skies denied temporarily Tuesday, and Air Force and Navy jels sprang info action. Air Force B52 bombers dumped tons of explosives on Communist troop concentrations in the battle area near the Cambodian border.

U.S. spokesmen said olher planes flew a record many as 400,000 cars could be THREE YEARS LATEK Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, top left, looks down on the grave ol his brother the late President. John F.

Kennedy In Arlington National Cemetery. Tuesday was the third anniversary of Kennedy's assassination. With Sen. Kennedy is Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. (UPI Photo) division of power in the 30 years of the aging leader's one-mnn mvoiven.

nowever, mis din not mean anywhere near that many Navy icls from the aircraft iron rule. More on Page Col. 1 carrier Tleonderoga blasted a missile site 35 miles northwest Franco. 73. has held the igte-day total at km sarti More on Page 6, Col.

1 position of both chief of slate and premier since he took over during Spain's bloody civil three decades ago. His pronouncement to tlie SCS-member Cortes (Parliament) Tuesday Garner Hoping To Reach 100 2 Separate Shots? Warren Report Unacceptable moved Spain a step closer 5300,000 BLAZE Firemen from Sheffield and Florence, Ala. battled more than two hours against a fire In downtown Florcnco Tuesday. The blaze wiped out almost a city block and caused an estimated $300,000 in damages. (UPI Photo) Stokely Isn't There SELMA, Ala.

(UPI Militant "black power" advocate Stokely Carmichael failed to appear for his trial on charges of inciting a riot Tuesday and his case was postponed for one week. City Judge Edgar Russell said ii Carmichael, head of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), failed to appear next Tuesday, his bond of $300 would he Torfeiled and anolher arrest order on (he riot charge would be issued. toward a more political system The sneecli. broadcast to tlie nation over radio, caiicd for the WASHINGTON (UPI) -Mem-' When he looked at all the UVALDE, Tex. (UPI) people to approve Ihe cemelery.

When the gates were opened 1o Ihe public, heavier llian usual crowds bcrs of ihe Warren Commission pltttograpbers immediately in front of him. Garner said, "they referendum fhe revision of the constitution by Parliament so Tuesday defended their findings Former Vice President Jolui Nance Gainer, a crusty but sentimental symbol of the old Southwest, celehraled Ills 98lh don't look like girls lo mc. ll i ine premier could be named. in tnc assassinanon ot jonn Kennedy against a tide of thronged around Ihe ele flame marking the grave. Sen.

F.dward M. Kennedy, been a long lime since piclure- His title would be president of widow slaved in seclusion Iti New York City. Tn Dallas, thousands of persons paused silently at Hie assassination silc, marked by simple hronze and granite marker erected only a week ago, Entering Hie debate about Ihe More on Page 6, Col. 1 controversy that reached birthday Tuesday. He said he lakmg was very popular with me council, a term used heights on the third anniversary a tour of Africa, was an honor' hoped lo live "to a hundred, and many Kurnpenn nations fur the ol the President death.

flues! in Aimers for a memorial maybe one or two more. pnsl of premier. ceremony in a square named Commission members argued Franca reserved for himself Garner was vice president tDr his Jate orotlier. Kennedy during the first two terms of mere was no need to reopen their invesliftatkm. as some the right to pick the premier for a term of five years.

The generalissimo would retain con the rranxhn Roosevelt admin s- Quails Is Granted Parole After Serving 11 Months have urged, because there was tration. He did not think too much of the job then and he trol as armed forces comman no new evidence to consider, Yet (Ixre was nersistent and der. ims not changed his mind since. The Mmlnnte speech hnd growing questioning of the commission's conclusion that Ho calls it an unnecessary office. jhardly ended when Parliament Oscar Belve Quails, who had been serving a prison term for the slaying of his son-in-law here two years ago.

was paroled from unanimcisly accepted Franco': Iac Harvey Oswald acted along in the murder in Dallas Nov. 23, "Cactus Jack" staved for from second degree murder to involuntary manslaughter, The reduction set the prison term from one to five years rather than 10 years for the more serious charge. Quails has proposals. No date was set for Ine balloting, however. about an hour on his patio, greeting 150 well-wishers who came to see him.

Kennedy's death eenerailv was marxed by quiet, informal Brushy Mountain Prison at Petros Tuesday night, according to the prison warden. Don McGeliee of the state probation and parole office told the Times-News Tuesday that "I feel like kickina un mv ceremonies. In his nativol aireaoy served more than 11 months, making him eligible for Immediate narolc. Relax Government Watching Those Dimes MEMPHIS Taxpayers, relax, The government really does keep track of every dime. Not many people believe that, hut the Memphis City Commission proved it Tuesday when they appropriated 10 cents for a bridge project.

It seems that the commission aulhorized a partial payment for the project Nov. 8, sending a check out for 57S.75C.22. But when Ihe check was drawn in the comptroller's office it was for $75,756.1210 ccnls more. To balance the books, (he city appropriated another dime for the project. Weather Massachusetts flags flew at heels," be said.

With that, he tapped his feet a few times. But the crowd was a little more nait stall. The 63-year-old former Scott County deputy sheriff shot his1 son-in-law. Glen Bradley, 31, at Sen. Robert F.

Kennedv visited his brother's grave at Partly cloudy i a little warmer. Hich todav. 2. Thursday, variable chwdhwssj Arlington National cemetery, where he and his wife, Klhel, laid flowers and knelt in prayer. he had telephoned 'the warden of the prison to release Quails to those who were to return him to Kingspori where lie is to make his home.

Tlie aclion by the parole hoard came shortly alter Gov. Frank Clement, Tuesday morning, commuted Quals' sentence than he had espeeted. "What's all this convocation about?" said Garner. His 7D-year-old son Tully C. Garner, told his father that some of the girls from Southwest Texas Junior College bed come to say hello.

a usee car lot here alter he said he had warned him to "stay away from my daughter." Quails' family had petitioned for executive clemency earlier. The narolc board aereed. hut Other members of the Kennedy family and some of the former President's leadine advi ann mm. Vmirday's Histl Ar(t Firflh Precipitation Peliili Paje JOHN NANCE GARNER ycari old gave no reason lor lis decision, sers also paid their respects at i.

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