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Kingsport Times Friday Feb 7 1975 AREA DEATH NOTICES Servant Admits Killing Wrigley Chewing Gum Heir grandchildren Ledford Funeral Chapel Erwin is in charge Miss Sallie Richards Miss Sallie Emily Richards 75 of Kingsport was dead on arrival at the Holston Valley Community Hospital late Wednesday night She was a native of Hawkins County and had made her home with a niece Mrs Leota Wacks of 432 Gaines St for everal years Also surviving are several nieces and nephews Colboch-Price Funeral Home is in charge of During Friday night snow is expected over parts of the northern Rockies while rain falls in upper California and' lower Florida Fair to partly cloudy elsewhere across the nation Vpry cold air is predicted to push across the East from the central valleys Minimum temperatures max readings in parenthesis) Atlanta 25 (49)ki Boston 19 (32) Chicago 5 (17) Dallas 37 (60) Denver 16 (40) Duluth -20 (-6) Houston 37 (69) Jacksonville 30 (58) Kansas City 13 (27) Los Angeles 52 (63) Miami 49 (70) New Orleans 31 (70) New York 19 (33) Phoenix 42 (74) San Francisco 44 (61) Seattle 36 (43) St Louis 13 (28) Washington 22 (38) discovered trussed up like a ham in a 55-gallon oil drum filled with 270 pounds of cement in an auto wrecking yard in Sun Valley Calif The cement had been improperly mixed and only a six-inch thick crust on top had hardened and had to be broken through The wrecking yard is owned by other Lebanese immigrants friends of Bedelians who said he left the oil drum there The coroners office said Mrs Atwater had been killed some time before dawn Wednesday by a blunt force blow on the head and may also have been stabbed in the head Newport Beach detectives and Orange County sheriffs deputies began searching for Bedelian after Atwaters day attendant became alarmed at Mrs Atwaters disappearance Detectives said they found bloodstains on the walls of the familys $500000 Corona del Mar mansion which someone had tried to obscure by painting over them with yellow and black paint Atwater 67 who sleeps in another bedroom was apparently unaware of the beating death of his wife in her room police said NEWPORT BEACH Calif (UPI) A burly Lebanese servant admitted he beat to death the wife of an heir to the Wrigley chewing gum fortune ans stuffed her body in a cement-filled oil drum found in a junkyard police said today Police said they were under a court gag order forbidding them to discuss the motive for the slaying but might be able to reveal it in a few days1 Daniel Garbis Bedelian 40 was booked on suspicion of murder in the death of Nancy Fuller Atwater 50 wife of AG Atwater Sr retired Wrigley executive and heir to $10 million of the Wrigley fortune Atwaters sister is married to Philip Knight Wrigley of Chicago who owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team and most of Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California Wrigleys son William is president of the chewing gum company on which the family fortune is founded Bedelian had been hired as a night nurse for Atwater a mentally incapacitated invalid Police said Bedelian led them Thursday to Mrs Atwaters body i Bids Accepted On Washington Vocational Education Wing JONESBORO Washington County School Board approved the acceptance of a low bid of $373000 from the Coolid-ge Johnson Construction Company of Johnson City for the construction of a vocational education wing at Daniel Boone High School Thursday night Bids opened at the January board meeting with Coolidge Johnson low bidder were sent to Nashville for approval by state officials before the board agreed to give the contract State officials Chuck Gurlekian wrecking yard owner in Pacoima Calif looks over scene where Mrs Atwarters body was found in a steel drum with concrete Norma Goode BRISTOL Mrs Norma Goode 78 mother of Mrs Wanda McJunkin of Kingsport died at Richmond Manor Nursing Home at 10 am Wednesday after a lengthy illness Her home was at 105 Mary St Bristol Va Widow of TO Goode she was a lifelong resident of Bristol and was a member of the First Christian Church of Bristol and the Womens Circle of the church In addition to the Kingsport daughter survivors include another daughter Mrs Frances Hicks of Bristol sons Edward West Palm Beach Fla William Lakeland Park Fla and Lt Cmdr James Goode stationed in North Africa 13 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild' The body is at Akard Funeral Home Oscar Crumley AFTON Tenn Oscar Crumley 79 of Route 2 Afton Tenn died Friday at 12:40 am in a Greeneville hospital Survivors include one daughter Mrs William (Mary) Davis of Kingsport: one son Robert Crumley of Afton three grandchildren two greatgrandchildren Kiser Funeral Home of Greeneville is in charge of arrangements Nath Archer SEVEN VALLEY PA Nath Archer 56 died Tuesday evening at his home here He had been in ill health for about two years He was a native of Kingsport and had lived in this area for about 25 years He retired from Pechtel Corp where he was a carpenter about two years ago He was in the Army during World War II serving in Germany Survivors include his wife Mrs Edna Archer: two daughters Mrs Lawrence Blevins and Mrs Lane Thomas both of Seven Valley five grandchildren two sisters Mrs Ilean Phillips and Mrs Clara Phillips both of Kingsport Goodling Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements Herbert McConnell CATE CITY Herbert Price McConnell 61 of Route 2 Gate City Midway Community died at the residence of a son 565 Rich Drive Kingsport at 7:30 am Thursday following a long illness He was a life long resident of Scott County a retired farmer and a Baptist He is survived by his wife Mrs Goldie Gillen-water McConnell of the home two daughters Miss Louella McConnell Gate City and Mrs Joe (Vivian) Netherland Inn To Receive $10000 Research Grants Funerals BONE IDA NORENE COLLINS Funeral services for Ida Norene Collins Bone will be held at II a Monday in Hamlett Dobson Chapel with Cap-tom Joseph Knobel officiating Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park The fomiiy will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 9pm Sunday Hamlett-Dobson in charge MANN MRS IDA Funeral Services for Mrs Ida Monn age 8b of Route 6 Jonesboro Tennessee will be conducted of II 00 am Saturday at the Pyle Memorial Church Pine Virginia with the Rev Leonard Smith officiating Burial will follow in the Mullins Cemetery The body will remain at Carter's Chapel where the family will receive friends 7-9 Friday night Carter's Chapel Funeral Home is In charge of arrangements GOODE MRS NORMA Funeral services tor Mrs Norma Goode will be conducted at 3 Saturday from the First Christian Church Bristol Dallas Beck Minister will officiate Burial will be in Mountain View Cemtery The body will remain at Akard Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7-9 Friday Akard Funeral Home Bristol Tennessee is in charge of arrangements SAMPLES ALLEN Funeral services for Allen Samples will be held Saturday at 3 pm at the Wood Mortuary 300 West Poinsett Street Greer South Corolina Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Wood Mortuary Greer South Carolina in charge ERWIN RAYMOND Funeral services for Raymond Erwin will be held at 2 30 Saturday at the First Baptist Church Erwin with Dr Melvin Faulkner and the Rev Donald Sigmon officiating Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery The fomiiy will receive friends Friday from 7 to 9p at the Ledford Curry Funeral Home Johnson City In charge BROWN WORLEY Funeral services for Worley Brown age 78 Piney Flats Route 1 who died at Sam Friday will be conducted Sunday at 2p from the Pouplor Ridge Christian Church with Minister (Ed) Hoyes and Thomas Shepard officiating Burial will be in Church Cemetery The body will remain at the funeral home where fhe family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Saturday Friends ore welcome to coli at the home at any time The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to services Dillow Toylor Funeral Home Jonesboro in charge RICHARDS MISS SALLIE EMILY Funeral services fofrMIss Sallie Emily Richards of 432 Gaines Street will be held at 1 Saturday at the Colboch-Price Chapel with Rev Jack Sturgill and Rev Charles Long officiating Burial will be in Dykes Cemetery The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 Friday Colboch-Price Funeral Home Rogersville in charge MCCONNELL HERBERT PRICE Funeral services tor Herbert Price McConnell will be held at 2 Saturday in the Gene Folm Memorial Chapel of the Gate City Funeral Home with Rev Fletcher Frazier and Rev White officiating Burial will follow in the McConnell Cemetery Pallbearers will be James White Bobby Glllenwater Bobby Frazier McConnell Durod McConnell McConnell The body will remain at the funeral home where the family will receive friends Friday night Gate City Funeral Home in chorge CRUMLEY OSCAR Funeral services for Oscar Crumley will be held Sundoy at 2 from Dotys Chapel United Methodist Church Interment in the church cemetery with Rev Charles Davis officiating The body will be taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes preceedlng services The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 Saturday at the funeral Home Kiser Funeral Home Greeneville In charge MILBURN MRS BESSIE A Funeral services for Mrs Bessie A Milburn 89 who died at the home of a doughter Mrs I Hensley Thursday at 7pm will be held Sunday at 2 30 at Jeffers Mortuary Chapel with burial in the Milburnton Cemetery Ministers are Rev Thurman Littreal and Rev Harry Fleenor The body will remain in Jeffers Mortuary where the family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7-9 Jeffers Mortuary Greeneville is in charge of arrangements Kingsports Netherland Inn Association will receive $10000 in federal funds from the NationalHistoric Preservation Act during 1975 the Tennessee Historical Commission has announced The funds two $5000 grants for research at Netherland Inn and Preston Farm were awarded by Tennessees Historic Sites House Rebate i i i i I Deputies Recover Property White Nickelsville two sons Gene McConnell Gate City and Odell McConnell Kingsport five brothers Sebert McConnell Henry McConnell Vernon McConnell Lawton McConnell and Corbet McConnell all of Gate City seven grandchildren one greatgrandchild Arrangements will be announced later by the Gate City Funeral Home Bessie Milburn GREENEVILLE Mrs Bessie A Milburn 89 of the Milburnton Community died at the home of a daughter Mrs IJ Hensley -Thursday at 7 pm She is survived by three daughters Mrs I (June) Hensley Greene County Miss Mattie A Milburn and Mrs Luther (Freddie) Johnson both of Church Hill three sons Elbert Leslie and Rev Glen Milburn all of Greene County five grandchildren three great-grandchildren Jeffers Mortuary in Greeneville is in charge Mrs Ida Mann JONESBORO Mrs Ida Mann 81 of Route 6 Jonesboro died at 5 am Thursday in the John Reed Nursing Home of Limestone Tenn following a long illness She was a native of Pound Va but had been a resident of Johnson City for the past 10 years She was a member of the McKinley Church Survivors include three daughters Mrs Elmer (Imogene) Rexrode of Bristol Mrs Donald (Mary Louise) Peterson of Wisconsin and Mrs Elmer (Ruth) Hensley of Knoxville one son Russell Mann of Jonesboro two sisters Mrs Julia Jenny of Wyoming and Mrs Docta McAlister of Texas one brother Ted Brummit of Jenkins Ky: three- grandchildren three greatgrandchildren Carters Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Raymond Erwin ERWIN Raymond Erwin 77 of 455 Opekiska St died in Unicoi Memorial Hospital Wednesday afternoon after a short illness He was a retired employe of the Clinchfield Railroad and a member of the Ninth St Baptist Church Survivors include his wife Mrs Ruth Ray Erwin five sons Erwin Jr of the home Bill Erwin Anderson Gene Erwin and Harold Erwin both of Kingsport and Charles Erwin Seattle Wash three daughters Mrs Mildred Congdon Erwin Mrs Eunice Morris Johnson City and Mrs Lois Auman High Point one sister Mrs Myrtle Whitson Erwin 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and two step-great- Special Weekend Tickets for the banquet at $225 each may be obtained from Scout commissioners or from Kendell Butcher Joe Paul Reedy Tom Haskins Bob Yantz Charlie Byrd or Bob Jones The Natopolis Chapter of the Order of the Arrow will meet Sunday February 9 at 3 pm 2 pm for officers) at the Waverly Road Presbyterian Church The Order of the Arrow is an elite fraternity of the Boy Scouts of America and has limited boy membership Church as seek terms were a new vote Opposing nominations Marshall of Douglas for Wise Courty Don Kennedy Rufus Keene the executive Dickenson for Field worker Cobb of Vansant Lambert of Stone Gap Church of Clintwood Nominations Nominations committee department convention to district approved the low bid also find sent the bids back to the board Architect William Ambrose was on hand to-explain the bid to the board members and told the board that the contractor had agreed to supply some of the equipment the state' had thought would have to be supplied by them In other action the' board approved the letting of bids on a vocational addition for David Crockett' High School Bids were scheduled to be opened at the March 20 board meet-' ing Advisory Committee as the result of applications made by the association last year Each grant is to represent 50 per cent funding for the research projects to be conducted over the next three years The grants are to be administered under the guidelines of the National Park Service United States Department of Interior The items were found in a junked auto near the site of the burglarized car Officers said the thief ap- parently climbed over the fence with the stolen goods and stored them in the carr No arrests have been made in connection with the burglary Name Omitted A name was omitted from the list of nominees tir attend Servicd Academies announced bjJ Congressman James Hi Quillen's office in Thurs days Times-N ews I Also nominated was-Walter Earl Wininger Jr 220 Maple St Church Hill! Wininger was a principle nominee to the Naval Academy and an alternate nominee to the Mili- tary Academy Wrong Number The Times-News misprinted a telephone number in connection with persons trying to get hold of the Crisis Center or Volunteer Kingsport for unemployment counselling Persons should call 245-0134 or 247-4511 not 247-4711 as reported Thursday TO IT! Sullivan County Sheriffs officers recovered stolen car stereo equipment shortly after the theft occurred at 9:10 am Thursday The sheriffs department was notified of a burglary in progress on the Long Island side of Tennessee Eastman Company in a parking lot The stolen items included 43 eight-track tapes valued at $240 two speakers valued at $40 and a tape player worth about $140 a tape box and a coat Selected Stocks Thursday's Closing Prices Compiled by Bradford Co After wrangling over other methods to help the home-owning family in the middle income brackets the committee quickly settled for Mikvas approach Five congressmen voted against the bill They were Republicans Bill Archer (Tex) Guy Vander Jagt (Mich) James Martin (N C) A Bafalis (Fla) and Democrat Omar Burleson (Tex) Rep Philip Crane (R-Ill) was absent Archer said the measure discriminated against taxpayers in the category Adoption of the measure with $4 billion more in tax cuts than Ford had asked climaxed three long days of work by the 37-member panel under Ullmans prodding for fast action In a significant departure the Committee adopted a form of the negative income tax for Americas working poor as part of the 1975 tax cuts Under this provision anyone earning $4000 or less would receive a payment of 5 per cent from the government with lesser benefits paid as earnings rose from $4000 to $6000 The aim is to return at least in part the Social Security tax of 58 per cent that is collected on every dollar earned until the ceiling now at $14400 in reached In other changes the committee increased the low income allowance from $1300 to $1900 for single persons and up to $2500 for joint returns The percentage for the standard deduction also was raised from 15 per cent to 16 per cent and the maximum amount increased to $3000 for joint returns and $2500 for single people The major business tax cut was an increase in the investment tax credit from 7 per cent to 10 per cent for most corporations and from 4 per cent to 10 per cent for utilities Small businesses also wuld get a $600 million tax break under another provision of the bill Continued From Page 1 In contrast the committee approved a bill that would send 85 per cent of the $8 billion rebate to taxpayers with incomes under $20000 and 62 per cent of the sum to those with incomes of $15000 or less The $83 billion reduction in 1975 taxes is also geared to help those at the lower end of the earnings scale Under the plan taxpayers generally would get 10 per cent of their 1974 tax payments in a single-shot refund in late spring with some exceptions Those who paid less than $100 in taxes for last year would get their entire payment returned from $99 to $1 Everyone who paid $100 or more would get slightly less than $100 back from the federal government The payments would be capped at $200 with this maximum amount generally going to those in the brackets Those earning from $10000 to $16000 would get from $100 to $200 and those in the bracket would receive $200 to $100 as the benefit phased down Those who earned $30000 or more would get the standard rebate estimated to be slightly under $100 The committee directed its staff to work out a refund plan on a $100-minimum $200-maximum basis with a revenue loss not to exceed $8 billion If necessary the staff was told the $100 should be reduced to get within the limit This Mikva Concept as it was called in debate after Rep Abner Mikva (D-Ill) a new member of the panel won the Approval of Liberals and Conservatives because it provided a sizable minimum Refund to low-income persons and gave at least $100 to those in the highest brackets If you want to make us look ridiculous give somebody $875 and say youre gingering up the economy commented Conservative Rep Phil Landrum (D-Fla) in an acid comment on the rebate plans offered by Ford and others Miners Reacty Campaigns For District 28 Elections Jobless Rate NORTON Nominations of United Mine Workers District 28 candidates for the court-ordered district elections in May will take place this Saturday and next throughout 52 local unions across the six-county southwest Virginia district union leaders said Friday The balloting will precede a new district convention to be held Feb 22 tentatively in Richlands The convention also ordered by a federal court last month will bring a redefinition of District 28 by-laws after the Aug 6 convention was overiurned by Acting District Judge Emory Widener in Abingdon By late Friday two team slates declared intentions to seek nominations for the posts of district president secretary-treasurer and international executive board member Nine candidates seek the five district field worker posts while one other secretary-treasurer candidate and two hopefuls for the executive board have announced independently The incumbent Tom Owens slate with Owens as District 28 president Fred Wilson as secretary -treasurer and Elmer executive board member will re-election after their four-year cut short by Wideners call for the Owens slate in Saturdays will be the team of Ray Tazewell County for president Arrington of Dickenson County secretary-treasurer and Bud Clark of for board member of Dickenson County and of Scott County will also seek board post David Dotson of County is an independent candidate secretary-treasurer candidates include Carl Appalachia Henry Shortridge of Junior Long of Oakwood Clyde Council Roger Barker of Big Willy Smith of Richlands San Appalachia Jackie Hill of and Arvil Sykes of Grundy close Feb 15 for seven district executive members and two safety offices will be opened at the for the May elections according spokesmen construction and housing He said Fords proposed economic programs were mistakenly geared to an unemployment rate of 6 per cent Ford predicted earlier this week that the employment situation would begin to show a slight improvement sometime next year when he intends to seek election to a full term A persistently high rate of unemployment could hurt Fords stated ambition probably more than any other single economic factor The average duration of unemployment also increased in January to 107 weeks and about 15 million unemployed persons had been out of work for 15 weeks or more As the economy contracted the average work week for all production workers declined 03 hours in January to 361 hours Average hourly earnings rose 2 cents to $440 up 35 cents from a year ago Weekly earnings averaged $15708 in January down $279 from December but up $1006 from January 1974 The gain has been wiped out by higher prices and higher taxes Continued From Page 1 Recorded in the construction industry 105 per cent in the manufacturing industry and 102 per cent among agricultural wage 'and salary workers The bureau reported that blue collar workers bore the brunt of these employment reductions with some 17 million of them losing their jobs between September to January The January unemployment rate for adult men reached 6 per cent and the rate for heads of households was 52 per cent Unemployment for nonwhites was 134 per cent and teen-age nonwhites experienced a 411 per cent unemployment rate Sen Hubert Humphrey D-Minn said the new unemployment figures are just jfurther evidence that the administration's policies are not adequate to deal with the rising tide of unemployment There are some things that need to be done immediately he said and called on Jhe government to increase public service employment and release more money for HOP Scout Plan Events For wore ten fail Flowers express how you really feel And we can help with sympathy flowers and plants Stop by or call Because flowers are as beautifully ahe as a memorv rosea ose -Huml 108 Charlemont St Ph: 246-6108 Motel Deaths PLACE YOUR FLEA BARGAIN AD For th month of February there will be a special classification under Merchandise For Sale It will be "FLEA BARGAINS" Designed especially for you it will offer the opportunity to bring in extra cosh by selling those items you no longer need or use at a very low cost to youl Limited to merchandis for sale (no boats autos etc) cancellable but not refundable Get goingl Make your move to the "FLEA 3 lines 6 days 246-8121 Scoff County Va Gray-Jonesboro 386-6961 929-2197 Area Scouters this week announced plans for two special events the Annual Scouters Recognition Banquet for Warriors Path District and a meeting of the Order of the Arrow The Recognition Banquet is scheduled for Thursday Feb 13 at 6:30 pm at First Broad Street Methodist Church Guest speaker for the banquet will be John Robert Bell physical education and athletics director for the Sullivan County Schools A Roscoe (Flora) West of Westoii Mo and Mrs Irene Voleiki Kansas City Mo five brothers James and Charles Collins both of Kansas City Mo Glen Collins St Paul Minn Kenneth Collins and Lynn Collins both of Kingsport Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home is in charge Continued From Page 1 lived in Kingsport for the past 20 years Survivors include her daughter Evelyn -Millett Bone Kingsport her mother six sisters Mrs Mary Jackson Mrs Helen Honeycutt Mrs Ruby Eisenring Miss Linda Colhps all of Lansing Kansas Mrs.