The Roanoke Times from Roanoke, Virginia • 21

Holton and Spong Enter Dam Dispute By GEORGE KEGLEY Tinies Business Editor Pressure is being brought against the US Department of Interior by US Sen William Spong and Gov Linwood Holton to reduce water storage requirements and the draw? down of the lake at Appa lachian Power Blue Ridge project in Grayson County In separate actions the sena tor and the have asked Interior Secretary Walter Hickel to reduce the amount of water storage and Holton is sending a three state delegation to sec the secretary riday afternoon Representatives of Appalach ian the states of Virginia North Carolina and West Vir ginia and their water resources and fish and wildlife depart ments will go to Washington Holton who has talked with Hickel about the matter said his personal' representative at the meeting yyill be Del Jerry Giesler Carroll Coiintv The 1 Nearby residents oppose the present plan because they say it will damage recreation develop ment and Virginia and North Carolina say the drawdown is tert) great to place proposed state parks on the main upper lake Nixon administration enable him to obtain a reduction in water storage require ments the size of the $300 miI lion project on New River could be altered for the second time The twd dam hydroelectric project was doubled in and cost two years ago to meet inte demands for more water storage to abate pollution down stream below Charleston WVa The increased amount of water is necessary for release during 'the dry summer months to alleViate pollution from the chemical ton the Ka nawha River OlVOlVt U1 VU11UH IU1 Vi governor said he would meet necessi with Himcel ifthe a 1 tates more drawdown of the Assembly were' pot in session lake up to 12 feet occa If tics with the sionally 'but not in the summer JirtvlciUlUU DCdOVIl in rT i i ggb "MA HJWi WURiWiimmwu nrri Mm '''SExA fe s'' 4 City County Stale Bus Complaints Aired in School Session 21 that presently Jackson had 744 City GO? To Pick Candidates April 1 Movie ilm Seized in Rich 'upset the a i ofjRepublicans Mrs Margaretlin Anril and is working 'up a Three council seats will belpast few including the Roy Smith of Petersburg re storing to the bill a provision that a person over 18 years old convicted of selling drugs to a person under 18 could not receive a suspended sentence or be placed on probation 4 acre feet of storage while the power company the slates and the recreation and conservation that 400000 acre feet will be an adequate a the governor wrote This also would minimize damage to desirable Sen Spong reminded Hickel that he opposed 1 i By BEN BEAGLE 'l imes Staff Writer cr oi me incaire certainly realize in many cases the nroiectionist of the public at meetings at the six junior nign scnoois mey have no intention of having a he said He said that the school board had shown no preference for a specific plan but that it would probably have a final decision by the middle of April Then the federal district court must approve the plan William Pittman and Moore two school board mem bers were present A similar presentation of the proposed redistricting zones will be hold at Breckinridge Junior High School tonight at 7:30 pm The mass meeting is sible but under the law they arc made responsible and we have no Robrecht said are trying to curb the showing of these films and these people are going to have to be responsible to some degree unless the law is changed he said Robrecht said he also intends to prosecute the corporate owners of the drive chairman told the meeting that state law says that Republican judges must be in the majority at precincts on election days The law he said provides public meetings on the proposed redistricting of junior high school attendance zones Times Richmond Bureau I 11 An omni bus pharmacy and drug control statute reducing 1 the first of fense penalty for possession of marijuana to a misdemeanor was passed by the House of Delegates Wednesday night 83 0 The bill generally 'makes a distinction between users and pushers of narcotics and seeks to conform drug laws with measures pending in Con gress and in other states Roanoke County authorities 'Wednesday night seized the film Camp at the 220Drive In Theatre Sheriff oster and several deputies seized the film on the grounds thai it is obscene Commonwealth's Atty Raymond Robrecht said warrants the party wants to establish a permanent' all year organiza mass lion 1 I majority oi precincts crats and the other by an indc is still a long wav to The chairman said Jhat pendent I Of first importance he said Republican membership on the The Republicans a I dis 1 is getting the three council City Electoral Board has now cussed a membership drive in 'seats filled by Republicans TJIE TIMES Thursday March 5 1970 pay wny uo we nave io pay tor busing when in the county they pay for one requested modifications three member of the group asked years ago in testifying before the ederal Power Commission Sunt Roy A Alcorn said that believed the amount of storage'any subsidies for transportation 0 1J cr i 111 1 1 asked wou excessive I in the lake Times Photos by Wayne Dccl Points Are Made by Southeast Residents at Open Meeting on Junior High School Zoning The penalty for first offense possession of marijuana LSD and certain other drugs would he a maximum of one year in jail or a fine up to $1000 or hoth Possession of heroin would remain a felony even on first offense Sccond possession would be punishable by a prison term of up to 20 years or a fine up to $10000 or both rfruK'r rt fl a I i 1 IIV UIUU0V UJjlVUU VU CU1J vviliuuij vuhlv lit UlllUJ UtlOVO UIV piUJWUUlHOL amendment offered by Del Wr and manager are really not the people who are fully rcspon complaints the past But the chaiiman said there filled in voting on June 9 Two election of Roanoker Linwood has been little trouble with theiof them are now held by Demo 1 Holton as governor said mninrifxz nf nrnninnfc 1 ji Junior High auditorium and'You assume they would con found that the Southeast resi nuc do dents were concerned mainly about busing By JANE LEONARD Times Staff Writer Southeast Roanoke parents school plants said that efforts i and the Mill Mountain would objected to the cost and moon )iacj )cen macje 0 jnstruct the! attend Jackson Junior High VPHiPnrn hncind fhntr rhi1 DUS drivers to return me misbe dren to school at the first of SIX having nhiklrnn fn cphhnl anzl of students that doesn't mean that the school board consider it if they deem it he said Alcorn said that school sys icms cannot ootain state aia lor busing unless the system owns April 1 as the date for a mass and operates an entire fleet of jirieeting to name city council buses He said the Roanoke City candidates 1 1 1 41! I'Hn House Approves Drug Control Bill ialternate monitoring the busesbound by Orange Avenue Inter 1 The school officials werejate the schools but was Richard Via director ofSlate 581 the Roanoke River asked if the court order to inte 1 attempting to hear the opinions grate applied to elementary and high schools as well as to junior high schools Alcorn said that filthough he made reports to the court every 90 days oh the progress of inte gration the junior high restrict ing was caused by the elimina tion of Lee Junior High and the addition of two new junior high William Ruffner in the Northwest and James Maidson in the Southwest Tommy Hogan suggested that the plans for redistricting be West Virginia conservation interests tare opposed because they4 the greater storage mean more water will be released which will harm fish ing and boatifig below Bluestone Dam at Hinton Va Gics'er said Wednesday that the opponents in substan tial and their pur pose is to persuade Hickel i on the water storage requirments Holton in a letter to Hickel said Blue Ridge has been up for an undue length of and there is a tor highway construction which must be delayed until the lake zones boundaries are determined Boanokc city school adminis trative officials explained the Interior has insisted on 650000 three proposals labeled A AA and to about 60 persons Wednesday night in the Jackson The penalty for selling narcot ics to a minor would be 10 to 40 years in prison or a fine up to $25000 on first offense and 25 to 50 years and a fine up to $50000 on second offense Smith was the chief patron of the original bill recommended by a study commission he had headed designed to recodify complex drug laws Thn nnnnlf rnvicinnc nm pvnunj nviv WV ACUU1C11 1 VWLT VUiU Hl L'SJUll turn the work principally of a gener in Washington because he the proposals did not include laws suocommittee beaded by Del George McMath of Accomack that the majority of electionbeen a 1 a out at twoithe Roanoke Valiev in which 5 11 r( firkAvn rwrinlinnLlA i KJ nuuv pi aiuiauiu aaudij Hlg LHC law must be members of the nnrtvl I 14 snid fhn iindnr Plane A Hdvujg uHiiurtn io sunooi ana and 822 students would attend then call their parents Jackson 32 (4 per cent) of buses have yet to co operate whom would be black He said 'Wtfh lie Mrt rrsfl 1 HWI UO 41U 0O1U Via said that he did not pre white students enrolled dict more busing under the Under plan AA he said Jack redistricting plans if they son wouid have 711 students 25 are presently riding a bus 1 1 I pvi VV4U Ul UU111 VIUU1U Uv black: developed Plan he said sav that w'e Via outlined the pronosed integrated each school the same amount Under this nlan The Roanoke City Republican i ri Cnmmi tnn Wednnsdev nieht cell 1 tlle ldlt vote in Glenn said the April 1 mass onL ce gl sc I the last gubernatorial election meeting mav also have time mi ai as me cinin or a mass uiemi saiu a commiuee is name delegates to the GLh Dis I said dues will he working son recommendations trict and state GOP conventions I sought from members? but that schcwl system paid $0W lhis The doJsnVlvanl 5 ye ar to the Sa fc ly Io tor Trans about a disci cel assault thvy changes for the sake of he said another mass meeting contribute to' ioifithe valleywidc pt Co for the transportation of can make on election judgeships changc can bc hcd iatPr Wai ization 'allc'Alfl(' jschoal children rihng fr city cmmeil seals 111c GOP is manninrVtol VllIULS UlUdUHl ilL U1C HlVVlHIi 1 i mend 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i in niuti i iix is i thC projectonlst ancl the llianag (overcrowded us es and bad attendance lines on mans He i Piailiue plans lor reaistricting be the amount of taxes weisaid tliat: unde plan A and 7 STn woukJ! selected in a citywide electionV ivhv dn WA havn tn nnv fnr baicl lliat undcr plai1 and Zlhave between 23 and 31 per cent Alcom said that the school the students living in the area I black students board had the authority to mer 11c said changes should notmust bc done by April 10 Two raisin dinner probably early "upset the me a 1 Mrs MaritarotUn 4nnin functioning precincts Tingle and the Rev Noel Taylor (Republican newspaper for dis ienia There have been severn nrelJihavn iiwU nnm i An i 1 I i unlv ii Hin PivMiiH i si i i M41vwu? LHvj i 1 1 1 HIUH UUUUllULlL lliC VdUUY bu3CS Ip'2 nn 7:" 7 A cincrs Glenn said which have are candidates for the Glenn noting that the Rcpub One woman who asked not toioult 100111 Lity Hall at 730 been the source of llicans have a lot in the oe icieniiiieu saiu inai aiuiouvn the students of county schools Glenn city GOP were well behaved on buses the students on the city school (buses fighting fussing and hanging out the i She suggested that parents complained of high bus fares behavior of children on the I I hNgy 7 Valley Area Will Have Plenty of Light tiring Eclipse By ROBERT SEARS Tinies Science Writer The partial eclipse of the sun in Roanoke Saturday will be visible from about 12:15 to 2:50 if the weather is good The a Bureau at Woodrum Airport will begin issuing forecasts for Pinhole in Cardboard May Save Your Eyes CAItpyOArtD kwhitb Wt ur SURACE iBn solar at 8 a in today and al 8 am and 7 pm riday and 8 am Saturday During the time of partial' eclipse the moon will move between the sun and the earth throwing a partial shadow (the penumbra) on this part of Virginia The eclipse here will at no time be total The maximum will bc 93 per cent about 1:33 pm And there will bc a lot of light said Dr William Carpenter physicist at Roa noke College Unless you go to Eastern Virginia or thd eastern part of the Carolinas where the eclipse will be total Dr Car penter said you might better watch the eclipse on televi sion In the Eastern Carolinas and Eastern Virginia the com plete shadow of the moon the umbra will block out the sun entirely forming a dark disk some 85 miles in diame ter that will be racing from Mexico to Newfoundland at better than 1500 miles an hour That path of darkness will move northeastward just inside the coastline of the Carolinas and pass directly over Norfolk Scientists and physicians have warned that locking at the eejipse with the naked eye can cause permanent blind ness from the infrared They suggest that a projec tor for watching the eclipse may be made with two pieces of white cardboard Size of the image may be varied by altering the dist ance between the cardboards Ruf do not look directly through the pinhole 8 Completely and completely developed and black and white photo graphic film may be used for viewing the eclipse for brief periods said Dr Laurence redrick chairman of department of astronomy at the University of Virginia 1 You can use two thicknesses of the film to bc safe Other experts however say that even the black film is not completely safe Roanoke 'City and Roanoke County school children have been told or will be told of the dangers of looking at the i said Dr Roy A Alcorn city school superin tendent and Theodore Viars director of instruction in the county school system Maj A Roland Jones phys ics lecturer at Virginia Mili tary Institute is going to a Solar Eclipse Conference at East Carolina University in Greenville NC on riday and Saturday The campus there is in the path of totality where the moon completely blocks out the sun for almost three minutes Eye Damage Can Be Avoided With Precaution I By BRIAN SULLIVAN AP Science Wrilcr NEW YORK (AP) Throughout centuries each major eclipse of the sun probably was followed by a small of eye dam age the view of the Bri tish medical journal The Lan cet as the time nears for a major total eclipse of the sun around midday Saturday The Lancet adds that eye damage from a solar eclipse largely according to the journal school children who have been marched out by their teachers to watch the solar display with little understanding of the Because this eclipse is on Saturday when children arc 4 out' of school and because the weather may be mild the risk of eye damage to chil dren is especially great pThe Lancet along with a large nuhibcr of eye special ists organizations offers this only safe advice for the public is that under no circumstances should the sun oe looked al directly using any form of filter whatsoev The National Society for the nevenuon oi Blindness says there is only one safe way to view a solar eclipse through a pinhole With the sun behind you punch a hole in a piece of cardboard with a pin and then focus the image ''of the eclipse onto another piece of cardboard The US surgeon general Dr Jesse Steinfeld went further saying the safest way to watch the eclipse is on tel evision 'J Steinfeld urged parents to maintain particularly 'c lose supervision over children In the past he said the majority of eye injuries occurred in youngsters between 9 and 15 Normally the dazzling visi ble rays of the sun deter peo ple from looking directly at it During an eclipse these rays are blocked allowing people to look at the sun comforta bly Dangerous infrared rays however are not blocked These invisible rays can cause damaging burns to the retina the delicate back inner layer of the eye which trans mits images to the brain The retina is not sensitive to pain so you would not feel the burn But the retinal burns arc incurable and pro duce a blind spot in the field of in the small vital area used for reading and all The? last major feclipse of the sun visible in the United States wasin 1963 when all of the country could see a partial eclipse: The blindness society surveying less than half the ogists found 247 cases of eye damage from watching the sun Some astronomers suggest using exposed film to view the eclipse They say a filter can be made of two or more layers of exposed and devel oped black and white film Steinfeld advised anyone using this method to test the film 'by placing it over a lighted 60 watt bulb in a dar kened room and adding lay ers of film until the printing on the bulb is no longer legi ble Eye i a 1 i do not recommend this method they say because of the chance! bf misuse The eclipse Saturday may be seen in its total phase by millions along the East Coast of the United States and in Mexico Nova Scotia and Newfoundland It is safe to look at the sun during totality but the dan ger returns the instant the moon moves on letting the light stream again to earth All the experts' warn against using smoked glass or sunglasses to watch the eclipse" These objects are not safe the experts say of darkness TV Coverage To Be Extensive and ani how the Total eclipses of the somewhere in the are fairly common occurrences said Dr Carpenter of Roa noke College but on the average a total such as the one on Saturday in Eastern occurs in any one particular spot only once every 360 years At the East Carolina confer ence astronomers will be con ducting experiments and tak ing photos to get data that can be obtained at no other time except during a total eclipse Special lenses and filters to be used on the cameras on the jet and at the remote local iors nn lr are xnected to provide a spectacular view of the corona during totality 't obvious question is whv watch the eclipse on tele vision if you ean sec it from your own backyard with an eye protector Robert North shield for NBC complete darkness The period of complete for a little less than three will be Even without television the eclipse will be visible to mil lions weather permitting as it tracks along the populous Eas' Coast of the United Stages shortly after noon Mexico is the first land the eclipse passes over CBS will have cameras in an Air orce jet 40000 feet above the southeastern United States for another view of the eclipSe Thev will attemnt to NEW YORK (AP) With the aid of television the total eclipse of the sun this Satur day will be seen by more pco nlo than hnvn nvrr cron an frorji the mountain Ian and beam its signal 50 miles over a series of microwave stations set up on peaks until it reaches Oax aca: which is on the main line of the Mexican television sys tem NBC will be on the air from 12 noon to 1:30 pm EST CBS will broadcast from' 1 to 2 pm but probably will go live to Mexico for lo to 15 minutes beforehand to see the eclipse from there ABC will bc ot from 1 to 2 pm and in addition to its own remotes will take pool coverage from the jet The corona of the sun the glowing c'oud of gas the exterior of the sun can bc observed at no other time because of the sun's normal brightness Astronomers will ho looking for the detraction bands Clr lights during the period that appear briefly on the sur face of the earth just before and after totality and will be looking for comets near the sun rank i 1 science supervisor in the Roanoke County schools and five teachers plan to go to Virgin ia Beach where the State Department of Education has an astronom conference scheduled Tom Jones and Herman Saunders of Addison High in Roanoke City and possibly some others will attend the go lo Old Dominion College Light conditions will vary where an elaborate program from those of dawn or dusk to for viewing the eclipse has been set up in the stadiufn oreman ield Dr A urr associate' about 1:33 pm processor ot physics at Virgin ia Tech is heading for the Georgia lorida to view nature's spectacular Motorists in the Tidewater area have been asked by the Virginia Highway Safety sion to be prepared to turn on pit iiidn navt same riday and Saturday eciipS( before meeting Dr David Meisel assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Virginia plans to go to Back Bay south of Virginia Beach to get away from the lie will drive down Saturday morning Dr Mciscl will try to take infrared pictures of the coro na of the sun as well as of the flash spectrum of the cho mosohere The chromosphere caH t'he moon's shadowHas it is the intermediate region swePp5 across the earth hnhi'Afln Ihn U14WCCU IHV UULU1 LU1UHC1 VI the sun and the sur face Dr redrick plans to take pictures at Cane Charles and advise the National Aeronaut ics and Space Administration (NASA) on some of the pic tures they will be taking Col Rae Carpenter of Vir ginia Military Institute chair man of the department of physics with several cadets and faculty members plans to answered can go to places from which it can be seen better With these fancy devices we have you can see the suu The total eclipse will be visible only in a narrow band along the East Coast although some portion can be seen as far west as Califor nia The will have mechanical devices maticn to explain cclinsp works NBC will operate top of a '5000 foot near Mtahau' i.