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IrUospitia for 1-75 Stretch To letlico Opens Nov 1 Will Shorten Trip to Knoxville by 5 Miles 40 Minutes By WILLARD YARBROUGH Leon Daniel is United Press International staff writer in South Korea He is a firmirlS Knozvilliaa and Sr his parents Mr and Mr Leon Daniel I live at 1210 Asb-1 wood Place He i was chief of the i Knoxville UPI bureau in 1001 and 1961 Before hia assignment to Korea he was Dmlel assigned to South Vietnam THE Judith Anne Ford 18 MiaTli? nois of Belvidere III breaks out into a happy smile as she poses wearing her crown after being named Miss America of 1969 in Atlantic City First Blonde in Decade Illinois Girl Wins Miss America Title ATLANTIC CITY Sept 7 (UPI) Judith Anne Ford an 18-year-old green-eyed blonde from Illinois was named Miss America of 1969 Saturday night Judith the first blonde in more than a decade to win the title and the second from Illinois hopes to be a high school physical education teacher She performed a dazzling a JELLICO Tenn Sept The 255-mile stretch of Interstate 75 between Jellico and Caryville to the south is scheduled for opening Nov 1 The $30 million which you may travel now on Sundays for a will do these things: 1 Shorten the distance from Jellico to Knoxville by 5 miles and travel time by at least 40 minutes 2 Open up some of the modt picturesque scenery In all of East Tennessee Eliminate the necessity for travel on 25-W via La Foi-lette and thereby add to traffic safety since this 30-mile stretch between Jellico and Caryville is now curvy dangerous and snail-slow The 30-mile 25-W stretch nor matly requires about an hour under the wheel depending on truck-traffic and cautious tour ists who move as lowly as 30-mph when no vehicle up fruit Engineering Is Daring This picturesque stretch known as The Narrows hopefully will be preserved as an Amer ican scenic with picnic and pull-off space in abundance below the natural rock a i ons carvem into the gorge With State Highway Department civil engineer Robert Lowe as guide the writer toured the new 1-75 stretch this week There is nothing else comparable in Tennessee Interstates excepting 1-40 between Newport and tbe North Carolina line Engineering daring-even to removing eresta of Pina Mountain for the is apparent everywhere Giant rock formations dating to tha geologic Pennsylvanian period exposed to view as are die lovely Elk Valiev to the west and parts of The Narrows to the east Lowe Tells of Avalaacha Engineer Lowe recalled some of the construction difficulties which beset the Interstate-builders from the beginning in 1901 Standing at a Pina Mountain spot overlooking Elk Valley and Newcomb community below he said: Down there in I960 Nannie Davis was rescued one night when the whole side of the cutup mountain started moving toward her house was taken to a Jellico MMeL Next day her house had been consumed by an avalanche which also claimed two other US May Sign Note of Violation "Sound voters urge stern approach to return of Pueblo and crew Page C-l By LEON DANIEL SEOUL Sept 8 (Sunday) (UPI) Speculation about the possible release of the surviving 82-man crew of the US Navy intelligence ship Puebio heightened Sunday with the report of a secret meeting scheduled at the truce village of Panmunjom One authoritative source said an agreement had been reached between American and North Korean negotiators and that the crew would be released prior to tiie celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of North Korea on Monday It was learned that a hospital ward has been emptied at the US military base at Ascom City 29 miles west of Seoul and that four military buses and four ambulances were standing by at Panmunjom in expecta tion of the release Speculation was that the sailors would be taken by bus possibly helicopter to Ascom for physical examinations and debriefing before being flown to the United States firtmtoalnn iiftatrf One authoritative feformant said the turning point In the negotiations came Aug 29 when US officials agreed to sign receipt for the crew and that the document would contain an admission that the Pueblo violated North Korean water during its intelligence-gathering mission last January hi the Sea of Japan Choran Ilbo one of South leading newapapert aaid agreement on the release was likely to be announced by Monday Speculation that agreement was imminent was heightened by an announcement from the official North Korean news agency that was Increasing its transmission schedule for Nothing Official (In Washington the State Department aaid the United States had no reason to believe the crew would be released are not rending into that anything in connection with the Pueblo and crew" a State Department spokesman said when asked about the North Korean news agency announcement) The Pueblo and its 83-man crew were seized by North Korean gunboats on Jan 23 One of the crewmen died in custody apparently at wounds suffered when the officers tried to destroy classified documents with dynamite Kenji Miyamoto secretary general at Communist party returned to Tokyo last Tuesday from Pyongyang the Talks on Teacher Strike Fail in NY Mayor Immediately Sots Now Session NEW YORK Sept 7 (ft-Nego tistions to avert a citywide teachers strike at the etart of tha new term Monday collapsed Saturday night A strike would affect 112 million children Mayor John Lindsay Immediately scheduled more negotiations for 1 pi Sunday City Hall The powerful United Federation of Teachers meeting Sunday morning to ratify a strike recommendation by its delegate assembly has said Its 50000 members will not enter the classrooms Monday unless teachers fired by the rebel Ocean Hiil-Brownsville district in Brooklyn are rehired The Board of Education which had been holding talks said it had ordered Ocean Hill to rehire the 10 teachers noon Sunday However Rhndy McCoy administrator of the eight-school district said as he left talks: "This is about the fifth ultimatum gotten so far We are now using the ultimatums for souvenirs" Jo Jo Says: of young people sponsored by area Baptist cnurches performs three shows nightly The Fair is closed today but shows will resume tomorrow GOOD Fairgoers can listen nightly to the Good News folk music group performing on the bandstand at the Tennessee Valley Fair The group Boy Girl Scouts Day Record 38721 Attend the Fair TOMORROW AT THE FAIR Chamber af Coaunercc aad Yantk Day Chardl I trampoline exhibition in the talent competition A sophomore at the University of Illinois Judith lives in Belvidere with her parents Mr and Mrs Virgil Ford The new Miss America stands I feet 7 weighs 13S pounds and measures 36-24-36 She loves to sew and swim and is not at the moment dating any steady boyfriends Fights Back Tears She plans to obtain a bachelors degree and possibly a masters Her silver crown glistening in the spotlight and straggling to fight back tears Judith slowly made her way down the 149-foot runway as master of ceremonies Bert Parks sang "There She Is -Miss America" The standing ovation by the Convention Hall audience grew as she returned to the stage and at 10 the by tha i I im-JWir Dairy Maw (Uv a a aUM Mae IIM MMrM OBOM am is elSsliW fiivy Cimimir Mww (Mr WmSm-MI sm' 4 Hsme PraOiCls MM ClUtl (BtH A VS- Saplltt 9: Ml It Opm MMsa: BMa IXarr BvlHHss Maw If OmIMIMI OTtf MMi 4pM IS sm 4 CM Hsrss Maw icirMr Mvws Araaak Hua-NM My Maw IJacM TM TkaMD arn rojjjrt jjrtljaa tfaaMy BaNMwl ajm- 4 PvMIc Maallai 11:11 SIHv aiMwal Nsaa la a TMaoca SarMaa Cm Nsm la ia Ksm Casair Hama vanaa) at (mmm laacfesM man Awk nsaia SAsKm Wits ami" 1 aw Ha laa (KacaaAa Tawwl I Tha Mk Mmm IWnWi Fair (Warm last) Fair TmO mounted several golden steps to her throne Runners-up Listed Runners-up in order were: Miss Massachusetts Catherine Monroe 20 of Lynntield Mass Miss Iowa Susan Alane Thompson 20 of Des Moines Miss Oregon Marjean Kay Langley 19 of Milton-Freewa ter Ore Miss Indiana Katherine Virginia Field 21 of Indianapolis The new Miss America was crowned by Debra Dene Barnes her predecessor and Misa America of 1968 Judith was the only contestant in this year's pageant to win in two preliminary swimsuit and talent Miss Tennessee Brenda Joan Seal 19 of Kingsport was among the 10 semifinalists Miss Coageniality Earlier Karen Jan Maciolek a brown-eyed brunette from New Mexico was named Miss Congeniality She was selected by the 49 other contestants and will receive a $1000 cash scholar ship Seven other girls were given gee ILLINOIS Page (Ktrr IsIMItll (Kanr MMM) mMm Tha FHM AMO 4 Aw Adi (jaiiMsn 4:11 amnaMlML- 7 WfM Maw (Karr MMM) 7 pm Caaamr mi WaMara Made: Tha Hi ItlMtgg Rm fftjunifofb MMMilka ywnaim vmny kmivMn ewvms TaM Misti: vscab MacM Tad Thmtar) pukMH Tha PHIh DMwatMk" aM' Maw IOfm Air Thraiwl Warning on Red Flashing Lights Aid Traffic Movement Another Beauty Ktmat MONTH MERE AGAIN FAIR FALLFOOTBALJLFFLT hats and freedom from fear of conventions: Vandy May Shed Doormat Tag ITS BEEN SAID before but Vanderbilt finally appears ready to reestablish itself as a winner in football Sports Editor Tom Siler writes about the Vandy situation today on Page D-l Also in today's sports section the annual Scripps-Howard College Football Preview See Page D-5 FLAGS RILL FLY and banners wsve st the marketplace when the Knoxville chapter of the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities sets up shop at Ramsey House Linda Fells Fields reports on Page E-l and Page E-L WHAT HAPPENED to the Negro during "Reconstruction" is reviewed in today's chapter in the series "Americans History Books Forgot" by Betty Debold on Page A-5 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS is on Page A-9 THE WORLD TODAY is Page A-9 Tennessee Valley Fair officials think they may be headed toward a record-breaking year after 38721 fairgoers yesterday broke the old attendance record for an opening Saturday Yesterday's attendance plus first-day attendance Friday of 11480 pushed the total for the first two days to 54201 That's 15862 more than the first two days last year Tha attendance yesterday Is 0070 more than the 29051 who attended on the first Saturday last year Hundreds of Boy and Girl Scouts took advantage of tha offers yesterday to let them in the gates free until pm if they were in uniform The Scouts families that had the day off and beautiful weather combined to give the fair the thumping attendance Opens at I am The fair is closed to the public today although tha Prosser Rd gate will be open for those needing to tend livestock or having other official fair business Tha gates opea agaia to the public at am tomorrow The Midway and park rides are scheduled to start at I am and the buildings to open at 11 The opening event at the fair tomorrow is the Junior Dsiry Show at the Livestock Pavilion at 8 am Will Hare The next is the 4-H home products judging contest at I am It will be held at Bell Are Baptist Church on Asheville Highway several blocks east of the fairgrounds however The second horse show of the fair will he held tomorrow morning It starts at 10 am at the Carter Myers Arena and is open only to 4-H Gub members with a horse project Tomorrow Is designated as "Chamber of Commerce and Youth Day" Area Chamber of Commerce members and the Community Improvement Committees will have a luncheon at die Fifth Are picnic shelters at 12:15 pm Talent Contest Set The Smnemaa Family will open its twoday show at tha Homer Hamilton Open Air Theater tomorrow Shows are scheduled for 7 and 9 pm The fair's talent contest has its first night at 7:31 pm in the Jacob Tent Theater Tbe contestants will he voralists la addition to the usual assortment of purses billfolds glasses and other prrsonal Hems either turned in nr reported Inst at tha mam fofortnation North Korean capital and said a statement an the Pueblo may he made in connection with North Korea's national day celebrations Monday Reports The radio report from Pynog- yang Saturday gave no indica- Fnday afternoon it was noted I tlon lhe content of the spe- that many motorists failed toicial broadcasts saying only: come to a complete stop for will he regular trans-flashing red lights although they Iminion as on weekdays on Sept did slow almost to a stop and Sunday on account of im- By FRANK JORDAN Placing eight traffic lights in the downtown area on flashing has helped tremendously in speeding up the traffic flow but iuwally sufficiently to determine I porta nt reports' hundreds of motorists are fail-1 whether they could safely pro- Transmissions from Pronging to come to a complete stop lyang Saturday were devoted to A few motorists did how ever I messages speeches and edi- fer the flashing red speeches STRETCH Last Page Ibis See 2-State MO Dedication Set Governors Moor Ellington To Spook NEWPORT Sept 7 (Speciil)-A section of Interstate 40 which connects Tennessee and North Carolina via Hartford and Wat-erville will be dedicated Oct 24 A ribbon-cutting will be at the state line opposite the Water-villa Powerhouse 20 miles from Newport Governors Buford Ellington and Dan Moore will speak Many state officials and business leaders of both states have been invited Cocke County High and Waynesville High Bands hare been invited to play A luncheon at Lake Junahiska trill follow the ceremoqy tickets for which win be available through Newport Chamber of Commerce Tbe 22-mile section of 1-40 on the North Carolina side extends from Waynesville to the Tennessee line at Waterville and costa $33 million or SIS million a mile It is through a high mountain area and includes three long tunnels The four-lane 104-mile section fmm Newport to the North Carolina line wiB con $177 miHion Gatlinburg May Get Tall Hotel GATLINBURG Sept (Sjw- sfraiamtvwvnwi Wn News-Sentinel survey vealed The lights were placed on flashing several wrecks ago after another News-Sentinel survey showed that red lights were stopping traffic needlessly and thus hampering the flow of traffic Flashing red lights are on locust St at Main Cumberland and Chuich Avew on Market St at Main Cumberland Church aad Clinrh Ares and on State St at Church The other sides at these intersections have yellow flashing lights Many Fal Te Stop pull into the intersections when Itorials hailing the arcomplish-cara with yellow flashing lights I merits of the North Korean were approaching forcing them I government under Premier Kim to stop nr practically stop Ill Sung and made no mention Mate-Locust Busiest I of the Puebla The busiest intersection oh-1 Secret negotiations have been served during the survey was at lunder way on the Pueblo for Main and Locust Of'JS care wks within the framework counted entermg Main from Lo-of the Korean Armistice Comcast on the red flashing Kght 21 mission which meets regularly came to a complete stop I7 Phnmunjom The laid meet-only slowed down One at thrfog tea Aug 29 vehicles that only slowed was a I May Haro Strayed Knoxville Transit Corp bus Nonti Korea charged the A yellow track with "lANTPuehte was in its territorial written on the door was one that waters no a spy mission when did stop Behind the trurk was a was hoarded Jan 22 and small foreign-made car the taken to the port of Wonsan driver of which yelled to the -p t'Mrtewl Slates said the KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE AND MIDDLE EAST TENNES-SFE: Sunny and warm today Fair and not as cool tonight Winds today southeast at 5 to 19 mph Knoxville Airport temperatures: High today tow tonight 61 expected few this morning SC high yesterday 2 Outkk for tomorrow increasing and mild with a thanre of a few light showers hv late tomorrow tm 4k'm flAid A Traffic Engineer (Nukljinick driver: "to Vkitrhi was in intern a luma I wn Ferro and other city offiriaUwaiiing for? It's not going to' ters when it was seized hut JIDmi ANNE FORD Miss Illinois mi swim suit have stated on several occasions that a red flashing light means only one STOP The vet-low flashing light means totlnw down and proceed with cantina During the two-hour survey tarn green The truth driver Innked hack at hi critic and then turned east on Mam The car dmer aped FLASHING Late Pagu This Sac Mk the State Department and the Pentagon have left open the pnmihility that the Pueblo may have inadvertently arrayed mto North Korean waters during part of its mission The Sure Department has sad the true store cannot he ascertained until the crew is released US authorities made nn secret of the tort that the Pueblo nas on an mrefltgeme gathering mts-eui whose pr constable reported be had lost num A a- a cialV-A tall hexagnoshaped I hotel may be hut It on the How ard Johnson Greyston to' jibe first of ns kind Gatlin-burg It would he 19 stories or less It trot Stases Voters Speak' As they have every presidential electtoa wire 1953 Ameriraa voters have been talking in Samuel IjuhrR the (tonrhefl-noging pnhtkal analyst who takes the trouble to find can tomr they really feel about majnr political mm Ha toted rnwunninr roundings base tom on the Virtnam War and to this a com mg woe is hktv to affeci the outcome of the Nor prestdrorial eiertiro Titled The Vaten Speak" UhHTt arirles on ths subject hrgm tomorrow esthcuvely Cay rommisnoners have approved tentative plans I pee was tn alert American and Smith Korean troops of Com 01 a 1 I m-lnary mme- w- mrws Constable IT Mvnatt told Itohce Sgt Bob Stevens that he was meanng hit gold badge a parking he on the fairgrounds 1 Friday night when he suddenly reahiird was mrwng me yet Keen turned Injuries Mumr 9 Injures were mumr at the Fair vesterday acrnrdtng to the Red Cross first ad atatmu Moat of those treated required 4 erthr baadaida foe turh anmewt'7 Ballot 030 and Puoblo I oral and natiraiatly Vwd Off" voters support The rrorrotino that the US should use whatever forte rwcesnary return the atop PwrMn and crew negotiations are ns hurtful wmha a gmw time hurt For the results rf RaSloi No KS and IN- new qurstmu: IF THE IIinWNS RI RE HELD TODAY RHICH CANDIDATE ROtLD YOU VOTE FOR? 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