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vii HOME EDITION PRICE JEM CENTS uei Served by United Press International Associated Press Scripps-Howard Leased Wire Times London Express Newspaper Enterprise Association UPI Telephoto Pictures Issue No 29213-523-3131 KNOXVILLE TENN 37901 TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 7 1971 22 PAGES Two Sections Sweeping A imi Pakistani -r Pakistanis Take Region in Kashmir Tolophato held up by Baker Is intended for Scott's colleague Sen Richard Schweiker (R-Pa) Of course it was an all-for-fun bet payoff after Tennessee slaughtered Penn State Saturday Neyland Stadium OLD SCHOOL TIES TRIUMPH Sens William Brack center and Howard Baker Jr right are up on an orange cloud as they deliver UT neckties and a Vol pen- nant to Sen Hugh Scott (R-Pa) at the Capitol in Washington The tie Penn Backers Pay Game Debt in Color Senate Ties Big Orange CsmplM Pram Pram India claimed sweeping victories in East Pakistan today saying the Pakistani army was in retreat It called for the Pakistanis to surrender there But in the west India admitted setbacks in Kashmir The Indians reported they abandoned Chamb in western Kashmir 30 miles from the ma-or Indian city of Jammu and the troops They conceded fighting was heavy on that front But in East Pakistan toe Indians claimed that Pakistani army was cut off by air and sea and Gen Sam Maneckshaw chief of staff told the 80000 Pakistani fighting there: is running out Lay down your arms before it is too The Indian Eastern Command announced that the Mg Pakistani military base at Jessore 24 miles inside East Pakistan fell to the Indians today after heavy fighting Shortly afterwards if reported the capture of Sylhet in the Northeastern portion of East Pakistan Fighting Continues Both towns were considered major obstacles on toe drive to the East Pakistani capital of Dacca 90 miles northeast of Jessors A command spokesman said Indian aircraft artillery and armor backed up by ground troops were involved in seizure of the garrison three miles outside Jessore city He said the fighting including "house-to-house and was continuing in Jessore where the Pakistani troops fled The spokesman said toe nearby towns of Meherpur and Jhen-ida and a communications center outside Jessore also were captured Claims Disputed The Eastern Command also reported major successes in the Eastern sector of East Pakistan where Indian troops with air cover crossed the Gomti River and isolated an army base near India War Taken to UN Assembly Council Gives Up After 3-Day Debate By SHACKFORD Scrtpps Hcwcrd Stiff Writer UNITED NATIONS Dec The Indian-Pakistani war went before the 131-member UN General Assembly today af- ter three days and nights off almost continuous debate in toe 15-nation UN Security Council ended in total failure It was the first time since 1960 The Congo that the Security Council had fessed impotence to suggest some kind of action in a major crisis Sending the issue to the sembly opens it to long tedious debate And in the end toe Assembly can only recommend a if it can agree on one a council resolution would have had the force of an order to toe warring parties more dif- ficult for them to ignore It likely will be several days before the Assembly can reach a 1 vote on any resolution By that time the situation in East Pakistan may have deteriorated further Division among toe big pow-ers caused the Council failure The Soviet Union vetoed two resolutions calling for an diate cease-fire and withdrawal of all troops to their own lies The United States opposed any resolution that did sot include both a cease-fire and a 1 con-! As-1 I imme-! territo- See INDIA Page 2 State showed up early at office to make sure he wu dressed properly always been in the position for UT to make such a positive claim of victory as we are today" Baker kidded Scott Baker told Scott both he and Brock took time out during the weekend to watch the UT game The two Volunteer State senators then presented Scott with an orange and white UT umbrella since it was raining outside Fulbrlght McClellan Next Scott said You deserve every bit of it You really whomped our guys But the last time see me sharing anything with Baker and Brock laughed and were glad to see Schweicker en By LEE STILLWELL Hww Ssnttnol WostUngti WASHINGTON Dec 7-To-day was day to crow on Capitol Hill And the two GOP senators Howard Baker Jr and William (Bill) Brock made the most of it Hie senators forced Pennsylvania GOP Sens Hugh Scott and Richard Schweicker to wear orange and white University of Tennessee ties during Senate activities The tie presentation is the result of a bet on the UT-Penn State game The senators on the losing side had to wear the winning ties Check on Attire Jubilant Brock and Baker still bragging about the 31-11 whipping of Penn Get Lab on Environment Senate OKs Bill for Regional Facilities at '6 Sites News Sentinel WaiMnston lerceo WASHINGTON Dec 7 Oak chances of landing an environmental center grew brighter today with Senate passage of a bill creating six regional centers in addition to a national environmental lab The bill sponsored by Sen Howard Baker Jr provides 140 million on July 1 1872 to fund the centers Baker called Senate approval of the bill by a voice vote a "major step forward in our national search for a quality Board Responsible He said that Oak Ridge has been prominently mentioned as a possible site for a regional lab because of toe research facilities and scientific know-how already there The bill must still pass the House where it is being sponsored by Rep Joe Evins (D-Tenn) A seven-man board of trustees at the national center to be located in the Capitol would be responsible for establishing the regional labs One for Each State Baker said the centers would provide broad research responsibility for long-range environmental programs such as the impact of new chemicals energy consumption and effects of forms of transportation on the national environment Groups of specialists Including natural scientists economists demographers physicians social scientists and lawyers will have to be gathered at the centers Baker said An amendment' proposed by Sen Henry Bellmon (R-Okla) also passed with the Baker Mil and authorizes the establishment of small environmental centers in each state These centers would report to the regional centers if the amendment remains in the Mil Knox Air Quality Policing Urged Knox County Air Pollution Control Board last night' called for prompt enforcement of regulations especially those banning obnoxious odor emissions The action board members See AIR Page 2 I Brief Signals Sent 1 Soft Landing on Mars Claimed by Russia -UPI Telephotos hy Staff Photographer tad LnhIw And If Diplomacy Fails -The UN debate on the Middle East turned from words to action yesterday as Saudi Arabia's talkative waspish Ambassador Jamil Baroody left denied the right to speak out of turn in the General -Assembly threw a right cross at the chin of Con-' stantin Stavropoulos Undersecretary for General -Assembly Affairs who was attempting to soothe Baroody Stavropoulos keeping his cool effectively blocks Baroody lower picture but other diplomats had to restrain Baroody and lead him out of the CwnplM Pram Prase Dlsoatchaa MOSCOW Dec 7 The Soviet Union today announced the first soft-landing of a manmade craft on Mars but indicated the device failed after sending a brief television signal from the red planet The undescribed craft soft- Hurry Up and Waft By London Express Service PARIS Dec President Georges Pompidou will fly by Concorde to his mid-Atlantic summit meeting with President Nixon in the Azores next week' The idea came to him after Elysee officials read the British Premier Edward Heath was being urged to use the Anglo-French supersonic airliner for his hop to Bermuda where he is due to meet Nixon later this month The idea enormously tickled the presidential fancy For Concorde can put Pompidou in precisely that one-upmanship posture he loves to adopt before major international meetings said one senior aide last night means we Europeans can get to the middle of the Atlantic in just about half the time it will take landed Dec 2 to seek signs of life on Mars It parachuted to the Martian surface from the unmanned Mars 3 probe Flag Launched Mars 3 went into Mars orbit Dec 2 Its sister Sputnik Mars 2 went into Mars orbit Nov 27 Western scientific experts speculated that the flag-bearing device which Tass said Mars 2 landed on the Martian surface as it entered orbit was a soft-lander that crashed Tass at the time said only that a capsule bearing the Soviet flag had been ejected from Mars 2 to land on Mars 'Suddenly Mars 3 transmitted radio signals from the descent craft to earth between Dec 2 and Dec 5 Tass said First reports gave no clue about toe nature of toe information sent back from Mars 3 In addition to the radio communications Tass said some apparently television pictures were sent but added that they were and ter for the ceremony late because' of a traffic jam caused by the rain He was quickly handed a tie and umbrella Before leaving Baker and Brock announced they hope to make a similar bet with Democratic senators Fulbrlght and John McClellan on the Dec 20 Liberty Bowl game in Memphis between UT and the Arkansas University Razorbacks Haim Against Foreign Aid wager a country ham against the foreign aid bill' Brock joked referring to powerful position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee "We should have given you a Nittany countered a Scott aide still bitter' over his loss IPark Museum 9 Building Urged County Is Asked To Lease Land Knox County Commission today was asked to lease a tract of land fronting on Fort Loudoun Lake at Badgett Rd for the eventual construction of a public park and a national museum Claude Fox executive director of toe National Outboard Association said his organization would pledge to take the following steps to build a recreation area along the lake: (1) Clean up the entire area (2) Build roads (3) Build launching ramps (4) dredge a harbor (S Build toilet facilities (6) construct picnic sheds (7) Pave parking areas (8) Provide Mr Fox said the association a non-profit corporation proposes to spend as much as $50000 to carry out the program: He said a number of local groups and clubs have pledged free services for the program The Oak Ridge connector now under construction from 1-40 to Oak Ridge officially became the Pellissippi Parkway today The commission added its approval to that earlier given to toe new name by the Metropolitan Planning Commission -Michael Hill county director of medical services resen t- See PARK Page 2 Mayor-elect Testerman testified last week that they would not look with favor upon any move to take funds from other city departments to add to the City Board of Education budget possibly to finance busing forthe purpose of integration Mayor Rogers and four of the Cas Walker Turner Jr Mrs Bernice and David Blumberg will have short tenure defendants All leave office Dec 31 Actually Jan 1 could bring five new defendants High Court Gave Order In addition to incoming Coun-efimen Arthur (Smiley) Blanchard Henry Ellenburg (Tee) Bellah and Don Ferguson there will be a councilman named to replace Mayor-elect Testerman who vacates his council seat when he becomes mayor The latest action in the suit wu prompted by a directive lee CITY Plft 2 ESF Givers Challenged Powell for suddenly Some PO Units Open Weekends Postmaster C' Edwin Graves has announced the following weekend schedules for Christmas mailings: Main office and all carrier stations 8 to pm Main office Fountain City and West Knoxville stations 1 P-m to 5 pm for parcel post and stamps only Dec 18-Main office and carrier stations 8 to 5 Dec Main office only 1 to 5 Mr Graves also reminded patrons of the self service units open 24 hours a day at toe south end of the Market Mall and at UT at Frances St and Andy Holt Blvd Inside See MAJOR Page 2 Jo Says: Rain Impounded TVA today began flood-control operations to take care of the heavy rainfall that poured down on parts of East Tennessee yesterday and last night To lessen toe flood danger on the main river TVA wu spilling water from main-river dams below Chattanooga and storing flood waters in three East Tennessee tributary lakes Norris Cherokee and Douglas and in Fontana Lake NC Three inches of rain fell in portions of Clinch River Valley Norris and near Kingston while portions of the Little Tennessee River 'watershed in North Carolina also received about three inches Oak Ridge received 256 inches McGhee Tyson Airport had a total of 110 inches in the 24 hours ending at 7 am Newfound Gap received 194 and a TVA rain gauge on Union Avenue recorded 135 inches The rain has melted most of the snow that idled up Friday in the Great Smokies Park officials said TVA uid November rainfall averaged only 2 inches in the Tennessee Valley only about two-thirds of normal However early December rain is rapidly making up toe deficit A total of 245 inches has fallen so far this month at McGhee Tyson Airport Look for continued mild weather with a low in the low 50s and a high in the middle 60s forecast for tomorrow KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE: Variable cloudiness and mild through tomorrow Chance of a few periods of light rain or drizzle tonight Southwest winds to 10 mph tomorrow McGhee Tyson Airport temperatures: Low early tomorrow near 50 high tomorrow' middle 60s low this morning 54 high yesterday 64 Thirty per cent probability of measurable rain tonight Total of 109 inches of rain in 24 hours ending at noon TENNESSEE-KENTUCKY: Mastty cloudy wilti rain anding tonight Dacrau-Ing deudlnaM tomorrow Law aarly tomorrow mostly In SOb high tomorrow low and mlddloUa TENNESSEE-KENTUCKY EXTENDED OUTLOOK: Cloudy with ctanco of rain Thunday and Friday and In west Saturday Coetar with Iowa dccraaslng from middle 40i to upper tat and high tram Mi to middle 40s Traffic Box Score NASHVILLE Dec 7 (UPI)-Tennessee traffic fatalities: Ta data Doc 1W1-1I Ta data Dec Itta-M Ts data im-llM To I 101 Show-Cause Order Issued in Flood Control IF HOWARD GOSELU AND DECIDED TO KEEP OUR MOUTHfr SHUT WE BOTH- WOULD EE OUT OF A uoa A Fstacwi Wfttar Mi Pita IS 24-Hour Air Quality Index Dangerous -2300 Bad 23(3 Poor 130 Fair 100 Good 8T Excellent 24 Hour Ending Midnight Doc 6 90 Pollutants Ustd in Indtz Sulfur Dioiidi Particulates Carbon Monoxide Oxidants Nitrogen Oxide Excellent Excelent fair Excellent Pnor ro oorti or owapt far partnulBiaa which ora Mwwaf In WKtafrwiu per oitat Mtac af nr LAKE STASIS 7am midnight STATION Fart Loudoun Knoxville I Watts Barhw Melton Hill hw 77M 727U Norris hw IHJ rise lt South Houston her ItaM tall 07 Wotougp hw 1MM rha 01 Boanahw 13437 1 347 0-1130 Ft Patrick Henry hw inu UMA-IMS Cherekas hw Douglas hw Hlwonoohw OAMSAAilh taaoo soiiiMiivi nw rlioOy risoSS Walt Crack hw Dolt Hollow hw Great Foils hw Csnttr Hill hw HOURLY TEMPERATURES 12 mid 1 SS 2 a I a 4 a 3 a 4 a a I a S4 a 41 14 a 43 II 4 Noon 44 1 41 jtt-4a City Officials May Be School Defendants room icarits and 'establishments willing to aid toe needy during Christmas more than half toe people who have applied for Christmu baskets will be turned away Mrs Swan uid -While The Empty Stocking Fund is committed to helping 1900 needy families this will be possible only through the generosity of readers Please help by sending a contribution to The Empty Stocking Fund c-o The News-Sentinel 204 Church Ave Knoxville Tenn 37901 EMPTY STOCKING FUND DM7 1WI ravMvsta ochnawledgad -SJ741J0 JtflR Htwwtf Mr wta Mr Paul Lodhetter 1SN Hell-Brewe Inc a In Memory of MreHugh Cm 14JS Mr and Mrs tamse I AIM-ntar HAS AnmyiMM rw Mrs Etta Mnrlc tanklnt f-M hi imwry if Gladys Hedge Wriflflt j9W Mrs Miktfm BIbwvi Martha Krtf AnmKraH Llgdl Ac VMIMI IMMStllltIMII MnjMyiCAwM Mrs IMn Meere memory 1M Clift hi mnWT Mrs Davts ns NsyvrarS Davis IN AHMyfMW MJI Hi aMmary sf JslM a i Santa's HMpsr SH Ml MS I Ml MS WM IMS latlSMt'SlalMSMI KmHhb Lnarw anS Randy Marshals 'a la manary at Hatan Stanhll Mrs Rlaansr DsVaatt SSIISSIS Dr and Mrs RKhtar Wlwstl Mr tad Mrs tamtam kh Jr Mrs I Altai IMS i MS IN MS Ml Crata i Scan sssctMsaas MSISJI Vote Is 89-1 Senate Turns to Rehnquist WASHINGTON Dec 7 (91 Having confirmed Lewis Powell Jr for Supreme Court seat by an 891 vote toe Senate turned today to the more-controversial nomination of William Rehnquist for a second vacancy All signs are that Rehnquist an assistant attorney general will be approved by a substantial margin But Sen Birch Bayh (D-Ind) leading toe opposition to the nomination hu not indicated' when his forces will allow a vote Powell a Richmond Va lawyer and former president of toe American Bar Association told newsmen following his confirmation yesterday that it was unlikely he could take a full-time place on the court before the first of the year Sen Fred Harris (D-Okla) cut toe only vote against his nomination He is an elitist' establishment Virginia lawyer who hu no deep feeling for little Harris uid after the vote President Nixon nominated Powell and Rehnquist Oct 21 to succeed retired Justice John Harlan and the late Justice Hugo Black Nixon described both nomi nees as in line with his 1968 campaign pledge to restore a balance to toe Supreme Court -Most opposition hu been rected at Rehnquist Critics have challenged his commitment to civil liberties andm norlty rights The number of people applying for Christmu baskets of food at toe Knox County-Welfare Department has already tripled since hut year according to the agency's director Mrs Swan The News-Sentinel Empty Stocking Fund is committed to helping 1900 of then needy families with a basket of food and a toy for each child in the family In addition area churches traditionally rise to' toe call of the Christmu spirit of giving by anywhere from one to several families during the Christmu season Clearing House Helps -To avoid the problem of one family receiving baskets from more than one: source and to assure the greatest number of people do receive some aid during the holidays the Welfare Department has gone all out this year to avoid duplication Mrs Swan said letters have been sent to most area churches asking them to register toe list of families they will help with the Christmu Clearing House at the Welfare Department so those same families are not assigned to another giver Over Half To Lose Out Only few churches have responded to toe request so far Mrs Swan uid but she was optimistic that more will follow suit Officials of toe Welfare Department have been appearing personally at church meetings to encourage them to do this she' said Despite the many Individuals When a 12-year-old suit to bring about full desegregation of Knoxville schools resumes Dec 15 there Is a 'possibility that the suit will have nine additional Mayor Leonard Rogers Mayor-elect Kyle Testerman and seven current members of City Council Attorneys forthe plaintiffs in toe suit filed a motion yesterday to have the city officials made defendants ns a fourth day in the latest round of actions was beginning Judge Robert Taylor reset toe case and ordered toe city officials to show cause why they should not be made defendants Oppose Fund Transfers Not among those sought to be added as defendants is Councilman Theotis Robinson As a minor Councilman Robinson was one of the original plaintiffs when this action wu filed in December 1959 Sen Avon Williams attorney for the plaintiffs snfal his action wu being taken both Mayor Rogers and 4 Lowman 10 Obituaries 9 Shows 8 Siler 21 -Society 20 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