Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 1

S' vi ries it iv Whopper US firm pays millions for i 37-carat diamond Story page C3 Too many say mower critics Story page B4 Losing taught duPre yx how to win big I Story page B1 I Final Edition ham Post-Herald 15 Cents Tuesday January 16 1979 i f' i By Steffen Ctin As ho did in his campaign Gov Fob James rode a yellow school bus in the inaugural parade this time with former Gov George Wallace James urges must have literacy and by the grace of God we shall have James however had no specifics of his plans for state government apparently saving details for his first talk to a Joint session of the Alabama Legislature scheduled for tonight He took one apparent slap at the penchant for financing government through bond issues including a 1220 million bond issue backed by Wallace and approved by the Legislature last year "Any government that places the yoke of debt upon its young adulthood borders on Continued ou page A8 riding in school buses which became a symbol of James' campaign The new governor continued to emphasize education a primary campaign topic during nis inaugural speech children cannot seek their own destinies without literacy Our children cannot be free without literacy We Gov Fob James waves to the crowd before taking his oath of office Shah leaving for Egypt US By Ted Bryant Port-Herald Reporter MONTGOMERY Forrest Hood James using the nickname for his inauguration ceremony asked Alabamians to the negative prejudices of the a few hours before formally assuming the duties of 51st governor last midnight speech contrasted sharply with the first inaugural talk of Gov George Wallace who shared the platform with James yesterday Wallace defiantly vowed to maintain segregation forever when he took office 16 years ago "The same standards of Justice responsibility and reward are for one and alL I stand on this commitment without equivocation So be If James said Wallace however said afterward he thought speech was just liked all of James took the oath of office from Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice CC Torbert before a crowd numbering well into the thousands pledging to uphold the UA and state constitutions and perform the duties of governor to the best of his ability The ceremonies followed a three-hour parade that consisted of more than 200 units and featured officials the Geneva band and the surprisingly mild weather was a pleasant surprise "I was afraid be odd but taodiMhw TEHRAN Iran Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi his power crumbling Iranians took to the streets by the thousands to celebrate will leave Iran Tuesday for Egypt and the United States informed sources said Monday Many expect his Journey to end in permanent exile The shah's mother-in-law and three of his children flew to the United States Monday aboard an Iranian Jetliner witnesses at the Tehran airport reported An Imperial Iranian Boeing 747 landed at McGuire Air Force Base in give the destination of the smaller plane or identify the passengers but he said earlier they were in a category" Two of the children were already out of the country Political violence erupted anew as this country awaited the uncertainties of a post-shah era Among at least 18 persons reported killed in two days of bloodshed was a former UA Air Force colonel Martin Berkowitz 52 of San Francisco the second American slain in 12 months of nationwide turmoil here The Iranian Senate hastily gave its endorsement Monday to the new government of Prime Minister Shahpour By Key Kilpatrick Pcrt-BmldRcpertar MONTGOMERY A crisp day the promise of more than 100 inarching parade nnits and a new governor from nearby Opelika brought out tens of tboasands of people to see Fob James sworn in as governor of Alabama Monday Age keep parade lovers home Kristin Mixon 5 months huddled in the lap of her mother Mrs Suzanne Mixon ofGeneva Brother Jeremy 7 ran back and forth from the curb where his mother and sister sat peeking through the crowd to watch mounted horsemen floats and bands go by Mrs sister was marching in Mere inauguration stories and photos on pages A6 AS and A9 The Jolly Senior Band of Mobile had seats in bleachers across from the capUoL Vivian Langley 64 was glad for the seat fell off my bicycle and hurt my she said living it up and enjoying it" said her friend Mariette Santanplo another member of the group She said she got up at 4 ajn to make coffee for the group which left Mobile at 6 am Contiaued engage AS Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi sengers transferred to an Iranian Boeing 707 An Air Force spokesman would not Bakhtiar a prominent opposition figure and the lower house of Parliament was expected to vote its approval Tuesday The shah is scheduled to hold a rare news conference late Tuesday morn- Continued ou page A2 Burning house explodes killing 4 small children Inside awakened him and said the house was on fire Carey grabbed the two-month-old who had been sleeping with him and put him on the front porch He turned to go back inside to get the other children but the house already engulfed in flames exploded Carey was forced outside and could not get to the porch to rescue the infant Cunningham said the house was de- By Bruce Patterson Port-timid Reporter Four small children died yesterday when their Eastern Valley home caught fire and exploded The cause of the fire was not known but investigators believe it started in the rear of the house near a space heater Killed wen two-month-old Patrick Hutchins Anthony Carey Jr 1 Je-maine Hutchins 2 and Thomasena Hutchins 4 Their parents Anthony and Patricia Carey were taken to Bessemer Carr-away Hospital where they were treated for shock and released Neither of the parents was injured a relative said Mrs Carey was visiting her husband's mother at the time of the fire Dale Cunningham Jefferson County deputy coroner said Carey was asleep on a couch in a front room of the frame home when one of the older children It appeared to be a very small house Only two or three rooms It's hard to tell what happened We can only speculate on that But we have three small children playing near a space heater don't suspect any kind of foul play though We found the bodies of the children huddled around a day sofa in the rear of the house There apparently was a lot of old clothes in the house I had to move a lot of them to get to the children's bodies They were burned beyond recognition" ByTwqrLaacrtn Charred framework is all that remains of Eastern Valley home where four young children died iji i-tf -ft-1- I 4.