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EDITION PR ICE-15 served by isamr-mmuei lssw No United Press International 27173 523-3131 Associated Press Scrpps-Howard leased Wire Times London Express Newspaper Enterprise Association UPI Telephoto Pictures KNOXVILLE TENN 37901 SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 211 974 16 PAGES ONE SECTION' Inspector Feels Like At Knoxville Opening WASHINGTON Safety-minded organizations Saturday mounted a growing campaign to urge President Fora to veto legislation allowing heavier trucks to whoosh along the Interstate highways The outcry came from the Gov Winfield Dunn struck this pose four times Friday os he dedicated newly-opened stretches of three East Tennessee Interstates This Knox ville photograph taken near the 1-40- Asheville Highway Interchange shows traffic already moving on the two opened lanes Third and Fourth Trade Bill Goes to Ford 120 at Cedar Bluff Give $125 to ESF Empty Stocking Fund" the letter from student at Cedar Bluff Primary School began Some 120 third and fourth graders in dam U-3 at Cedar -Bluff donated 5125 to The Empty Stocking Fund Several letters accompanied their con- years gave all my extra earned money to the wrote one really thought that people should try to in the Kansas City Chief Fire Inspector Veodist Luster Jr holds a copy of the fire code which he decided to enforce to the letter including removal of Christmas trees from schools (UPI Telephoto) KANSAS CITY Mo (UPI) To thousands of school children Chief Fire Inspector Veodist Luster -Jr is The Grinch who stole Christmas The soft-spoken Luster Friday dug into city stat- -utes and decided to enforce a I960 ordinance prohibiting fire-hazardous trees in public buildings and institutions -v "I must admit I feel Just like The Grinch Peo- pie are even calling me that" he aaid referring to the anti-Christmas character ta a Dr Seuss book sent my inspectors out this morning with no- tices to the ares schools to have the trees down in three hours" said Luster "ft Just clicked in my mind You make Christmas trees fire re-' tardant and rather see the children safe" His timing was bad however 1 since moat -schools held their Christmas parties Friday So just before the parties began down came the trees in public school classrooms for more than 70000 students Most school principals aid they argue with the reasons for enforcing the fire policy But they also wished Luster-had decided to enforce the long-ignored statute be fore the trees were in ft v- Snow Slide Iceland Avalanche 4 Rods Through Town REYKJAVIK (UPI) A massive mow slide -rolled down an Eastern Iceland mountainside churned through the smaU -town of Neskaupatadur and swept people and buildings into the sea authorities said Saturday At leaat 12 persons were known dead in the Friday avalanche All reads ta the area and the-local airport were dosed Rescue workers arrived by boot All houses near the bottom of the 2400-foot high mountain evacuated because of for more slides the spokesman laid I Two of Iceland's largest fish factories are in Neskaupatadur and many of the factory buildings were destroyed A large ammonium tank was hit by the crashing snow and the rescue team had to work with gasmasks Nesksupstadur has 1500 in- End Comes Quietly loaded With Work Skis Book A as No 1 DIETSCH Ford Going on' First All Interstates in ET Open Dunn Dedicates New Sections By WILLARD YARBROUGH East Tennessee Inter-opened Friday 1 but some sections such as I- 21 miles between Knox- ville and Dandridge will pro- vide only two lane for a while Gov Winfield Dunn ta an aerial sweep from Tri-Cities Knoxville Lenoir City and -Athens dedicated the final openings of 1-40 I-7S and 1-81 between noon and dusk Crowds braved chilling weather to hear the Governor Commissioner Robert Smith of Limestone legists- tors and local officials from temporary stands at each -Interstate dedication service Traffic Already Heavy Even beforeGov Dunn spoke here Friday afternoon traffic was heavy on the 1-40 segment Asheville Highway and 11W traffic was lighter as a result At the MOAsheville Highway interchange east- i bound traffic could enter and travel two westbound lanes toward Dandridge But there is no off-ramp open for westbound traffic Two pfs three interchanges farther eastward are not open but motorists con enter and exit at State 00 which leads to Sevierviiie only seven miles away A respectable crowd including a big Sevier County delegation headed by 1 Rep Fred 1 Atchley attended the 1 Knoxville dedication presided over by Rep Loy Smith of Knoxville Gov Dunn said at Knoxville that opening of the three East Tennessee Interstates means that 194J miles had been com pleted during his administra- tion of four years v- Trial of OSS Miles V' I took office in Janu-ary he said were 781 miles of Interstate open and now the figure is MS miles this is out of a total of 1045 miles of Interstate alio- cated to Tennessee and within 80 miles of total Interstate completion And of there remaining miles 02 already are under contract" The only unopened -Inter- 'state stretch ta at Memphis ET Last Page Call Before 10 am Far readers af The who auy ta eaB nor Clrcate-tiea Department yw may now eal direct by dialing C224IIL $1000LessThan Vacation By ROBERT WASHINGTON Gerald Ford flies off early Sunday on his First vacation since becoming President Aug 9 He will have a bundle of work under one arm his skis tinder the other and a sizable band of people to keep him company Graders help the poor people not only at Christmas but year around because the poor need food clothes and some need home but only people can give them these things Another child wrote "The suite of IM has done their best to help people who really have a Christmas or any other celebrated holidays We want to give all we can to help I want to see people around Christmas time or any other holidays have to walk around homeless" Wants To Sham "The first day I heard about Empty Stocking' I began to wonder 1 like if I woke up and found nothing in my stocking and no toys under my tree" another letter read "And I Just glad I gave to help those who have a full stocking" Contributions are coming in from children and adults alike One woman who wanted to be noted only aa a friend wrote "Since I am mkkflMged living alone and not working now I can't give aa much aa like Fortunately I received a monetary gift from a relative I am ao grateful that I want to share this with other needy people" A Sit check accompanied her letter The Empty Stocking Fund helps provide Christmas baskets with the makings for a Christmas dinner for some ISM families in Knox County The Fund also provides toys for the children ao their stock-tags will be full on Christmas morning As one' Cedar 1 Bluff child wrote make Santa Claus come please give Empty Stocking Please send your tax deductible contributions to The Empty Stocking Fund ta care of The Knoxville News-Sentinel 208 Church Ave 37M1 MiaMaHliwaan mkimm Sr a bhmN A Nvmrm Sr 1 I MlW VMM a Sms i'A Mr Mn Itev mem ariutMLRnvi MraMmMaaHM Mrian1 A AIMS MrAMnAJIAaM A AlaS Oai aiaay a Mr a Mm CW Mr MnTB Mans Jr WHNaa a Caw All (V lBp tslf iKUlVi ar a Mm we Hai a lav aas a a a Americas Automobile Aaaod-adon (AAA) the National Highway Safety r-Adviaot-y Committee a presidential ijr group which consults with the Department of Transportation (DOT) on road matters the Pratasional Driven Council for Safety and Health (PROD) and the General Federal of Women's Clubs There groups either wrote or triegnunmed Ford Friday asking him to veto a Federal aid highway bill containing the provision for heavier trucks because of the danger it poses for motorists KechJehw Appeal Rep Edward I Koch (D-NY) who led the unsuccere-1 Ad House effort to defeat the big-truck provision Joined ta the appeal to Ford for a veto Koch said if Ford vetoes the hill Congress could pare a new Federal aid highway measure minus the truck section aa the first order of business next year Truckers combined a heavy-handed year-long lobbying effort with a spurt of last-minute campaign contributions to ram the truck provision through as Congress rushed toward adjournment this week The bill would permit states to hike gross weight limits from 73280 pounds per truck to BOLOOO It would authorise which allow even heavier trucks an their primary roads to permit those trucks on the Interstates Fif- teen states reaction trucks'' heavier than 800M with some allowing weights of up to 105500 poinds' In the adjournment rush the truck lobby also convinced its friends in Congress to kill a Senate-paired provision which would have limited the load on I a truck's steering axle to II- 000 pounds This triggered a cry from safety experts who say that more than 10800 pounds on the crucial steering axle makes a trailer rig dan-: gerous to handle AAA ta a tatter to Ford said "The American motor- ists do 1 not want heavier trucks Mr President and we ask that you viewpoint by vetoing (the bill) PRESSURE Last Pg Christmas Toll of 200-260 Seen CHICAGO (AP) The Na-Safety Council esti- mates 200260 persons will die -in Christmas Day traffic accidents r- 1 A Christmas Wednesday and because it is a holiday the council considers 1 it a one-day observance Last year 520 persona were' killed in a four-day observance of Christmas In the last onedqr celebration of the holiday in 1968 231 persons were killed on the streets and highways tional 1974 i Operating revenue for 1975 is projected at 51341510 from passengers school contracts charter service and advertising Operating expenses are set at 52282868 In addition the city must pay a S53J80 management fee to American TranMt -Corp St Louie which operates the system There is a new figure ta the budget for the salary of a coordinator" at 1 an annual wage of 518000 and there was some discussion at the meeting about who will supervise the employe KTA 'or the management firm h-' Dr Davis said he feels the marketing coordinator should be directly answerable to KTA and "should be' a marketing person not a pr (public relations) person" I Arnold Burkhart an ATC KTC Last Faga sAmrahbmm ij 3425 MogneCa A -f Emigration Clause Is Controversial WASHINGTON (UPI) -Congress passed and sent to President Ford Friday a trade bill which tells the Soviet Union to either make it easier for Jews to emigrate or tore US trade concessions Ford was expected to sign the bill for which the White House has been pressing since 1972 The measure authorises Ford to negotiate lower national tariffs It is designed to promote free trade among the United States Japan Western Europe and other nations and alio to strengthen detente by increasing trade with Communist countries Called Interference Congress attached to these broad trade goals a provision seeking to persuade the Soviet Union to liberalize its emigration policy for Jews and disri-dents On Friday a Soviet official in Washington told UPI: "This is interference in the internal affaire of the Soviet Union "We are talking trade which is mutually beneficial Other matters do not enter It is aa if the Soviet Union in negotiating a trade agreement with the United States insisted that the U5 Government employ 10 per cent of a certain ethnic group in Government worit Jab Losses Feared The bill directs the Administration to monitor emigration of Jews and other mharities from Russia and to rescind most-favored-nation trade status within 18 months after a determination the Soviets are harassing would-be emigres The House approved the bill 323 to 36 the Senate 71 to 4 The emigration clause was only one controversy over the bill Some congressmen said it would take jobs from US workers Ambassadors from 22 Latin American countries protested to the State Department over amendments which would bar some of their nations from the general system of trade preferences designed to help less developed countries Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin protested to Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger over a limitation of 8300 million on loans to the Soviet Union Gassified Ad Deadlines for Christmas Here are The Sentinel hmI Using ifeadUnn for Christmas hsUday: Ads for December 25 must be re-i by -Monday 23 display ads by noon line ads by 4 pm Ads' for Thursday-December 26 display ads be received by 4 Monday December 23 and One ads by 11 un Tuesday December 24 Ads for Friday her 27: display a be received by noon Taee-day December 24 and Hoe ada by 11 un Thursday December 26 i Deadlines an kills and correctioas are 15 minutes ad Si SMppwfl Carter Moa-friv 9-55 at 1 gave money to the Empty Stocking Fluid because I think others less fortunate than 1 should have a Many Christmas too1 the letter continued "And Christinas is the time to share with others" Another child writes kids do not have a Christmas Sometimes they wonder if Santa Claus forgot They will expect to wake up with toys Some people do not even have a Christmas Thcy GetCeU aee why people should give to the Empty Stocking Fund" said another little writer "because some people don't have any toys to play with And not vary good dothea to wear and not very much food to eat like we have And at night they get cold and we don't and no Some of the children did some sacrificing to donate to The FlnuL put some money in the Empty Stockin Fund ao that the poor would get some food and gifts for Christmas and 1 used some of the money to put in the Empty Slocking Fluid instead of buy-' tag a Christmas Some of the children are very intuitive for their young In Sunday N-S Diary Shows Billy Popularity NO MORE phone calls please! tally Arho the Na 1 high ichool football prospect from Webb School of Knoxville is gift wrapped for the Tennemee Vola Until that pronouncement was made Dec 1 more than 40 college recruiters contacted Arto 218 times all port of a daily dipiy maintained by tally's mother Mrs Arbo at the request of The NewnSenttaeL The list of interested' schools seeking signs- tare makes for good reeding'' Ted Riggs News-Sentinel sports writer has the day-by- -day story in the life of a much-eoujght-after high school football player in the Sunday sports section SAM VENABLE New- Sentinel outdoors -editor writes of aa insurance salesman who dropped out of the coat tie world to adopt a life of his own on the Tennessee River For report read the Sunday sports section FTOFESMOWAL BASE BALL ta Knoxville enjoyed a good year ta 1974 with the Knoxville Sox' winning the Southern League pennant Harold Harris News-Sentinel sports writer reviews the season ta his Sunday story- A HOW DID the name hillbilly come about? What is a hillbilly? And why? A reader of Don Whitehead's column wanted to know and Don obliges with the heat tale ever about what a hillbilly to and why in his Sunday column CARSON BREWER write ea-a variety of subjects from mystery wood to a bloody Enjoy column in the Sunday Feature Section'' Index Bridge 7 Comics 15 Crossword 14 Financial 11 Health 15 Horse Senre IS Obituaries Society Historic Session For 12 days or so the President will work about four hours each morning and then chuss slalom and whatever eise skiers do on the snowy slopes of Vail Coio in the heart of the Rockies Close by be Mrs Ford their four children a small phalanx of Secret Servicemen about 00 reporters and TV cameramen and technicians and a covey of fellow vacationers Most of skiing maneuvers and many under- taken by daughter Susan sons -Michael Steven and Jack and Michael's wife Gayle will be displayed ta living color on home TV screens during the holidays Cameramen and re- 1 will be stationed- ac- FORD Last Page ui But it acted ta its closing 1 days to meet growing unemployment authorizing a 85J billion public service Jobs pro-- gram and expansion of unem-payment compensation bene- fits Reforms The record the 03rd Congress also includes two major institutional reforms a I measure revising the way the Federal budget is considered an a limit on the authority to commit US forces abroad without con- gresaional approval That measure was passed ever the veto of former Presi- dent Richard Nixon in the 1973 aeasion which also saw 1 an II per cent Social Security tacreue- The 13rd Congress never took action on national health insurance and major tax re-form and it failed to act on comprehensive proposals to deal with the sagging my and the energy crisis Decisions SUJI Ahead Weary congressmen anx-' ious to go home for the Christmas holidays left to the 94th Congress the crucial decisions on wage and price controls tax cuts or tax Jukes gas ra-' tuning or a gas -i But the headlines through much of the two years went )o 'ft I3RD Last Faga 1 Jo Jo Says: Fair Tomorrow I JUST SWALLOWED A BUFFER IN AND AM ASPIRIN AND YOU KNOW WVWTMAT TUE RACE ISONf KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE -AND MIDDLE EAST TEN- NESSEE: Fair and slightly colder tonight Fair and mild tomorrow West-northwest -winds 10 mph tomorrow McGhee Tyson Airport tern-'" peratiires: Low early tomor- -row near 30 high tomorrow middle 50s low this morning 4Q high yesterday 4L TEHHESSCE-KENTUCKY: Mr MM ant ant Mr tm Ou MM MW- ten A Wll eaten hi Nit MHvM emener tamerrem Lams aeon Mi to a Bail ana mtddto Mb ta the ant tor 1 am tomarreo Nifta awrtv to Mb viaemuMtoaiH casouha Mi to to meet to Ml to tot aeH tor earn to Mi TENNESSEE-KENTUCKV EXTEND-ED OUTLOOK: Cintoaraliinlr MM NhmnbNni MaMav rNrousN to "JSfflESKr CAROLINA EX-! TENOED OUTLOOK: it In taewt imp in me memo mL wcttl Imp 4Bt In Hit tMHwMlv i i i var SIMM LAKSSTAOCS -i loot WMU nts MMU INI MMU WM MM totoj MJ WMJ BIN HNMIHNnrto WJMMMSM Ovanto immmm'- MJ MM vij' Mill MIL UMV MJ MtU MU MU MM IM HWtoa UU MJ i Budget Deficit Set at $634374 i WASHINGTON The 93rd Congress has ended a two-year run of substantial legislative achievements over- shadowed by the scandal that toppled a president The adjournment aune' quietly Friday with little of the usual closing controversy or confusion Though the new' ''more 1 heavily Democratic 04th Con-: grass comes into existence on Jan 3 it meet until Jan 14 President Ford said in a 1 statement that "much has been done" during the 93rd Congress but that the next Congress faces "the always i unfinished agenda of our na-' tion" v-j 1 Jobs Program OK'd i)The 1974 aeasion saw the enactment of historic measures in the fields of campaign financing pensions minimum wages housing education mass transit ami controls on 'Stripmining' Congress failed to pass the 5 per cent surtax sought by President Ford and the tax re- forms sought by many mem- hers including limits on huge -oil company profits' hr return ef onyTC i aob cot Boarded at I ocudemlab Ade I By ANNE HART Knoxville Transit Corp's projected budget deficit for 1975 has been aet at 5034374 about 51000 ten than the 1974 deficit set this time last year The 1574 deficit was set at 5635JS8 ta December of 1073 but will probably only reach about 5550000 1 when -all records for the year are in according to Jim Easton city transportation coordinator Mr Easton told members of Knoxville Transit Authority meeting Friday afternoon that the major increases during 1075 are expected to be in fuel parts and equipment for the but system Discuss Employe 4 For the first time in memory KTA did not have a Only two members Dr Crutcher the chairman and Dr Frank Davis were present Absent -were Mrs Mary Lou Horner Dr Joe Frye and David Baker fft 'wX-MF 1 t- A 4) 'TT-aM-CW I -v upwwti-x-a y-hudfc a -a js WV -C-v.