Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 4

"TV PC I 7V nr vrT BIRMINGHAM FOST-HIRAID Satariay Jane 10 1072 Foe's supply lines reported hard hit Vietnam from outalda supply he concluded Florence speller Leonore Favenesi looks admiringly atTricia Nixon Cox at a reception the daughter of the President gave in the Rose Gor- den of the White House Friday for youngsters who took part in tha National Spelling Bee In the center is Amy Taylor Norfolk speller Covered bridge enthusiasts Lynn McPherson (left) of Oneonta and Betty Gallups of Cary check the itinerary of their covered bridge tour with one of the spans Kymul-ga Bridge near Childersburg in the background The bridge has not been used for many years Woodlawn community education to begin By Uada Loag including arts and crafts Dr Long said the idea of State covered bridge tour festival set for tomorrow drug abuse typing knitting and first aid The community education program in Birmingham was made possible through a grant from the Mott Foundation in Flynt Mich which established Birmingham as a Community Education Regional Center Dr Delbert Long assistant professor at the University of Alabama in Birmingham heads the regional program and is responsible for selling the idea to schools throughout three states Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee Stitt Writer Community education a grass roots movement based on the belief that education is a lifelong process and coupled with the idea that public school facilities belong to everyone in the community will get into full swing next week as Woodlawn High begins its summer program Going on the theory that public schools are for year round use by the community Woodlawn which has the first such program in Birmingham will offer a variety of subjects cd with the water mill at the covered bridge and contributed to the growth and development of Blount County A Imsinesx session will begin at 2:15 pm for presentations plans for 1973's covered bridge tour and election of officers An auction will be held on donated items immediately following the election of officers Disbarred attorney Griffith's floated 20000 tons to the south has been stopped he said Keep camera handy to win P-H photo contest prizes The renewed bombing of the north began two months ago in response to the March SO invasion of South Vietnam by North Vietnamese troops In the two months of bombings some 50000 tons of bombs including hundreds of tons of the laser-and television-guided variety have rained down on North bridges warehouses pipelines power stations factories oil tanks trucks tanks barges trains bulldozers and even one tunnel In the last two weeks alone 96 rail and road bridges have been heavily damaged or destroyed according to daily command communiques from Saigon If all the explosive force of those bombs could somehow be put in one package and dropped in one place the blast would equal that of a 20-kiloton atomic bomb like the ones used on Japan to end World War II F4 fighter-bombers B52s and other planes have made at least 11000 sorties (one plane on one mission) in North Vietnam in the two months Only 35 planes mostly F4 Phantoms have been shot down usually by Russian surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) As of June 1 29 American pilots have been lost this year (missing in action) over North planes were downed pilots and naval gunners have downed 35 Russian-built MIGs in the two months Another seven were destroyed on the ground The 43 MIGs destroyed constituted one-fourth of the air force Henry AIIE installs new officers The Birmingham Chapter of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers (AIIE) has installed its new officers for 1972-73 with David Henry American Cast Iron Pipe Co as president Other officers are Dunlap McCauley Jr Read Steel Products first vice president Bill Ferguson South Central Bell second vice president Helton Morris Stockham Valves A Fittings Co secretary Jerry Page Birmingham Regional Hospital Council director and John Ives Acipco treasurer conviction appeal try denied By Alu Hortoa WASHINGTON Operation Linebacker now one month old has blocked damaged or destroyed almost all major North Vietnamese supply lines according to military intelligence A month ago Haiphong and six other North Vietnamese ports were mined Three days later the mines were activated Since then no ships have gone in or out of those ports The mining and increased bombing of the north were dubbed Operation Linebacker North Vietnam imported two million tons of supplies last year mostly by ship and rail and 90 per cent of that came by ship to Haiphong sources said 150000 tons of supplies which did not reach Haiphong last month It would take 3750 battle-ready Soviet T54 tanks or 650000 oil drums to total 150000 tons for example Air Force Lt Gen George 1 Fade deputy chief of staff for plans and operations admitted that some North Vietnamese trucks loaded with supplies are still crossing the demilitarized zone to South Vietnam But he added rail lines which carried 7500 tons a day from China to Hanoi are closed Coastal shipping that Jasper ordered his bond forfeited and issued an alias warrant for his arrest (JAB sports program set for youths Soulhside youths aged 10 to 18 may begin registering for the University of Alabama in free six-week summer sports program June 12 The program in its fourth year at UAB will give participants a free physical examination and free meals during the program as well as a variety of physical activities In addition to physical activities the youths will receive three hours of weekly instruction in health education drug abuse and occupational opportunity The summer program at UAB is part of a national effort begun in 1909 to provide inner-city youths with competitive opportunities and health and nutritional services Sponsors of thr program are the National Collegiate Athletic Association President's Council on Physical Fitness and Snorts and the Office of Economic Opportunity Funds for the 1972 UAB program are provided by a $24000 Congressional grant to the University College School of Education UAB personnel are conducting the program in cooperation with the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity and the Jefferson County Office of Economic Opportunity Tljree vie in Gardendale mayor race By Mads Raffel Stott WrIUr The municipal elections scheduled for Aug I in Gar-: dendale have attracted three candidates for mayor i Challenging incumbent Mayor Gilbert Jacks win be Rill Noble former city attor-- ncy and Thompson Jr i three-term city councilman Jacks a staff manager for Life Insurance Co of Georgia was appointed mayor some 18 months ago after Yar-1 rough resigned to go to 1 Texas 1 He served one term on the City Council prior to his appointment Concerned with the completion of the Gardcndale civic center and the sewage program Noble who was city attorney four years said Gardcndale will experience more growth than any community In the county in the next four 1 to eight years A lawyer with Barnett Tin-1 glc and Noble he said he 1 wants to update the zoning ordinances to fit the needs of i the city With 12 years of experience I on the Gardendale City Coun- dl and civic leader in the town Thompson said he is best qualified for the to stand up for the people of Gardendale and their future" 1 The race for the five positions on the City Council includes: Ward Rill Rmron Morris Bridewell Kenneth Clemons and Moore I Ward II: Walter Nicholson Ward III: Roy Drake Rena i Hudson and Robert Young Ward IV: Billy Flippo and A West and Ward Joe 'Miller and Johnny Gray I community education is not new roots are deep in American culture and it is needed because people have an innate desire to learn But opportunities are few Community education can provide such opportunities by keeping public facilities open from morning to night on weekends and during the summer to offer people of all ages programs which they Long said That is exactly what the Woodlawn community education program is all about Jim Felton director of the center began surveying the community last fall to determine the academic social and recreational interests id the community With the results of these findings the first local community education program began at Woodlawn in December with classes in Christmas decorations puppetry angling and babysitting have been amazed at the Felton said started out with a very small number about 70 in four experiemental classes Since theayasJar as total partfeipa- tten goes had a little over 12000 people using the school including clubs and special events As for the actual classes we've had about 700 people enrolled" With the success of the Woodlawn center two more community education programs have begun in the area one at Cahaba Heights and a new center recently started at Brighton reaction has been quite Dr Long said a great number of people participating I think we have a good start here The city and county school systems took great pains to start the programs in areas when they could succeed Our long range plan of course is to have such programs in every wide open Select your best snapshot or slide from your collection or go out and shoot one especially for the contest Print your name and address clearly on the back of each entry and be sure to enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope if you want your pictures returned Send your dries to Snapshot Contest The Birmingham Post-Herald 2200 Fourth-ay Birmingham 3520 Groundhog puts car out of order PITTSBURGH Pa Edward Vrabel rushing to get to work couldn't understand why his car start Disgustedly he threw open the hood: and there was this gray monster of a groundhog showing his teeth at me" Vrabel said During the night the apparently hungry groundhog feasted on the various wire coverings in the car's engine compartment Almost as unbelievable as the incident was the fact that the damage to Vrabel's car was covered in his insurance By BUI Mobley Stall WrHar Visitors from Florida to klassasschusetts are in Blount County this weekend to attend the Alabama covered bridge tours and the Covered Bridge Festival which will be held Sunday at Horton's Mill Bridge near Oneonta The first tour of Alabama's covered bridges started from Oneonta Friday with the first stop at Kymulga Bridge in Talladega County near Child-ersburg The long caravan was led by Mrs Betty Gallups president of the Southern Covered Bridge Association from Cary and Mrs Lynn McPherson of Oneonta chairman of the Blount County committee on arrangements from Oneonta Other bridges on tour were Mill Bridge near Talladega Coldwater and Tallahatchee Bridges in Calhoun County and Duck Springs and Gilliland's Bridge in Ktowah County Saturday's tour will include Uddy Walker's Bridge and Lcgg Bridge in Cullman County and terminate with Blount County's four well preserved spans Nectar Swann Easley and Mill Bridges The public is Invited to participate In the tours and attend the festival from 10 am to 0 pm Sunday at Horton's Mill Bridge The series of events are sponsored by the Southern Covered Bridge Association and the Blount County Historical Society Nurse to speak on drug abuse A representative of the American Red Cross will siwak on drug abuse and control at 7:30 pm Tuesday at the Red Cross Building 2316 Fourth-av The two-hour introductory lecture by Miss Malissa Dulaney a registered nurse whu has made an intensive study of drug abuse and related problems will be repeated June 20 and June 27 The lectures are sponsored by the Birmingham Area Red Cross chapter The program will include a discussion session Circus Get out your camera and start shooting your husband jogging Fido licking his bowl or the kids jumping rope Just keep your camera handy the next few weeks to win part of the $55900 worth of cash and travel prizes offered in the 1972 International Newspaper Snapshot Awards competition Beginning Monday The Post-Herald Is sponsoring four bi-weekly amateur snapshot contests to select eight eyecatching photographs to enter in the Internationa judging this fall The first eight winners four from each of the contest's two categories color and black and white will be announced the week of June 29 These winners will receive a $5 cash award and be entered in the Post-Herald sweepstakes judging in August Any snapshot or slide taken by an amateur since July 1 1971 using any brand of film or any make of camera is eligible no limit to the number of entries or size but contestants are permitted to submit pictures to only one newspaper participating in the International Newspaper Snapshot competition No art work or retouching is permitted on negatives or prints and no composite pictures or multiple exposures are eligible If your snapshot is chosen for the international judging you must be able to furnish the original negative and secure the written permission of subject matter so the field is The festival holds special sentimental values for Mrs McPherson Horton's Bridge is named for her grandfather Thurmond Horton who operated a grist mill flour mill and a woodwork shop there deadline set for many years The orginial Horton had 13 children and all learned woodwork or other skills connect- chief job deadline for filing for the position of the Birmingham Disbarred Birmingham at torney John Ike last ditch effort to appeal in the courts a 1971 conviction on quickie divorce activities has been denied A mandate from the Supreme Court denying his petition for a writ of certiorari permission to appeal was returned to District Court in Birmingham Friday According to Lister Jones of the federal office the court will now issue an order telling Griffith when to begin serving his sentence which according to Jones will proltably be in about two or three weeks Griffith was convicted in id-1971 in District Court on charges of mail fraud involving a wide spread quickie divorce scheme He was sentenced to five years in prison three years probation and fined $10009 by federal court Judge Clarence Allgood Hint conviction was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans which denied his appeal for a new trial in January Griffith was also convicted in Circuit Court of practicing law without a license He was sentenced to six months and rim'd $500 However Griffith failed to show up to begin serving that sentence and Judge Joseph FCC hears case for city TV station By Richard Bell ttoil-HtraM WoiMnaten Corrupt itefnt WASHINGTON A hearing continued before the Federal Communications Commission Friday on the granting of a license for the operation of a new UHF television station in Birmingham Four applications have been filed licfore the commission for operation of a station on Channel 21 A hearing examiner will hear testimony and determine the facts involving a law suit hv the attorney general alleging violation of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the possible effect on the qualifications of one of the applicants Alabama Television Inc The suit against the corporation and two of its principal stockholders George MU-nick and Joseph Engel accuses Alabama Television of and denial of equal employment The examiner had in 1971 recommended that Alabama Television he granted the license The easp was reopened March 30 of this year Other applicants for the license arc Chapman Radio and Television Birmingham Broadcasting Co and Birmingham Television Corp which now operates WBMG-TV Channel 42 A derision in the case is expected later 'Police Jfiling The application i chief of Tolice Department is June 22 with the written portion of the examination to be given June 28 according to a letter Friday from Director Joseph Curtin of the Jefferson County Personnel Board He said candidates who pass the written test will be notified of the date of oral examinations The letter was addressed to the Police Department with copies to all deputy chiefs and captains The examination is open to anyone in or outside the Police Department who ha the necessary qualifications as set out by the Inter national Association of Chiefs of Police which is conducting thr examination Family 6io Playground workers preparing for the "Summer recreation program got tips on horseshoes pet shows aromatics and how to make plastic-film flowers 'Thursday and Friday during the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board's orientation Mrs Deborah Walker (left) will be one of 24 supervisory personnel on the playgrounds this summer Mrs Holli Watts recreation supervisor and Dr George Stopp UAT recreation curriculum head compare notes with Mrs Walker s- aa And wo vacuumed and dusted end put out the troth and we EVEN MADE THE BEDS I I V- (I.