The Daily Sentinel from Scottsboro, Alabama (2024)

May 11, 1979

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The Daily Sentineli

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Scottsboro, Alabama

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Friday, May 11, 1979

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1

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r7r 'i Ole Daily Volume IX Number 211 Member Associated Press (USPS 490 680) Serving The People Of Jackson County Since 1889 riday May 11 1979 Two Sections Sixteen Pages $250 Monthly Twenty Cents Daily Proposed by James Bill turns roads over to county A bill introduced Thursday in the State House of Representative by a Mobile representative would in essence turn over the road system in Jackson and all other captive counties to the county commission This of six highway related bills introduced The other five pertain to the tax proposal and budgeting of the highway department In discussing the bill State Senator James Lemaster who had earlier prepared a road bill for Jackson County said those who oppose his WEATHER May resign AREA Welcome Wagon NATION US aid Recycling Complete form Renews efforts BPW (See Newswatch Page 2) Index Decoration STATE BITS PIECES Hangs in jail WASHINGTON (AP) US aid to Nicaragua and El Salvador should be cut off because of human rights violations by those countries Sen Edward Kennedy says The Massachusetts Democrat also said Thursday economic sanctions should be imposed along with the aid cutoff since obligation is not to contribute to repression and dictatorship but to contribute to human rights and SCOTTSBORO Recycling Center will be open Saturday noon until 4 pm Members of the Scottsboro Branch AAUW will be on hand to assist with newspapers body hanging by a belt from a shower curtain rod was found by a cellmate Allen a jail trusty was serving time on 28 misdemeanor offenses WELCOME WAGON Newcomers Club will meet at the irst United Methodist Church 9:30 am Thursday Carol Denson assistant manager at Belk Hudson will present a program on current fashion SCOTTSBORO BPW will meet Monday 7 pm at the Recreation Hall All members are urged to attend Dues are payable TALLADEGA Ala (AP) Matthew Hall has offered to resign as president of the Alabama In stitute for Deaf and Blind and the chairman of the board of trustees says a "search committee" will be named shortly to look for a new president Hall's offer came near the end of a lengthy board meeting Thursday including a two hour session behind closed doors MONTGOMERY Ala (AP) Police said a 27 year old inmate Steve Allen hanged himself in the city jail here Thursday night The PARENTS students who attend Caldwell Brownwood Page Elementary and Scottsboro Junior High School should complete the Title I forms sent from the schools These should be returned by Tuesday to the principals or more information contact Pat Rhyne Title I director 259 4165 Congratulations to TAMMY LITTLE AND MARLA LOWERS for winning Sectin Spring Beauty PageantHappy birthday to TERRY NELSON GANT CEMETERY decoration with dinner at the church will be Sunday Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers today Showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and ending Saturday Southerly winds 6 to 12 mph High this af ternoon mid 80s Low tonight near 70 High Saturday mid 70s Probability of rain is 40 percent today 70 percent tonight and 50 percent Saturday (Complete details Page 2) WASHINGTON (AP) The Carter administration has renewed efforts to get Congress to enact a $500 million program to provide better health care for children of the very poor It is similar to a program defeated in the past Congress The plan Abby Page 6 Amusem*nts Page 8 Classified Page 9 Editorials Page 2 Society Page 6 Sports Pages 4 5 TV Log Page 8 No plans to change state workers benefits MONTGOMERY Ala (AP) Gov ob James and several legislators have met with state employee groups in an effort to dispell rumors that the administration and the Legislature are plotting to cut employee fringe benefits and block salary increases James met with more than 80 state department and agency heads on Thursday Persons at those meetings said the governor told them he has no plans to change employee fringe benefits or block annual merit system raises In a memo distributed at the meetings James wrote officehas not proposed any pay period Changes or any other changes in current fringe benefits whatsoever nor will this office support any such changes during this legislative On merit raises James said in the memo that employee eligible for an annual increase should be evaluated on the basis of his or her performance on the job "Those who fully measure up should be increased" he said who do not should be denied in creases until their performance is such as to merit Later Thursday about 200 state employees attended a meeting at the state Highway Department that was organized by the Alabama State (See Benefits Page 2) bill saying they the roads turned over to the county commission should prepare for a trip to Montgomery to fight the administration of the mail carriers state highway employees and others who signed petitions against my road bill should plan to be in Montgomery next week and take all the petitions they can get plus other political contributions because you are going to need all the help you can get" said Lemaster "With a lot of energy the battle may not be too difficult you're only fighting about 65 other counties plus the James Unlike the bill proposed by Lemaster the bill introduced this week gives sole authority to the county commission in purchasing power and hiring an engineer Also this bill allows the chairman of the commission to approve without his board purchases if he feels a delay might "cause an unnecessary and harmful interruption in the operation of the county road system" The bill provides no safeguards for existing state highway Welding complaints not substantiated SCOTTSBORO Ala (AP) Of ficials of Bellefonte Nuclear Plant were informed today that complaints about poor welding at the facility were not substantiated by an in spection Charles Murphy of the Nuclear Regulatory reactor construction and engineering support branch sent word from Atlanta that an NRC inspection of 60 welds has been completed He said inspectors found nothing to back up complaints by a former welder at the plant Tom Keel of Decatur Ala that welding in pipes near two reactors was suspect Keel had said workers had failed to follow quality control procedures Keel mentioned 40 welds but Murphy said 60 were looked at because NRC inspections go beyond what is in a complaint Murphy said inspectors did find some improper welds in low pressure piping but found nothing to indicate those welds would not perform their service employees as does Lemaster's bill This bill has no provision that existing state employees will remain on the retirement system keep the same pay scale or even have a job The engineer to direct the county road department under this bill would be responsible totatlly to the commission with them doing the hiring and firing of this employee Also Lemaster's bill provided that the state would pay a (See Bill Page 2) i i f' "1 IL I La I rfjv County park gets funds Ron Harville left chairman of the Jackson County Park Board accepts a check for $1000 from Jackson County Commissioner Doug Parker The money will be used for general improvements at the Jackson County Park (Photo by Paula Dawson) Murphy said the NRC found no evidence that TVA had hired inex perienced people as welders as Keel had claimed Keel led two NRC inspectors through the plant last month and later filed a $18 million damage suit against AL CIO Plumbers and Steamfitters locals in lorence Ala and Gadsden Ala He charged the union would not hire him back at the Bellefonte project because of his criticisms Keel also said his life was threatened April 24 when he called the union office at Gadsden to seek a job at the plant where he had worked for three months earlier in the year House kills rationing plan confusion blamed for defeat Unless there is more information he said the inspection has been completed After officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority plant have a chance to reply the final report will be made public May 18 Savings bond interest up By LOUISE COOK Associated Press Writer The government has in creased the interest rate on US Savings Bonds for the first time in 5 years meaning extra money for millions of Americans The increase announced Thursday takes effect June 1 and raises the interest rate from 6 percent to percent on bonds held to maturity Carolyn Johnston director of public affairs for the Savings Bond Division of the Treasury Department said that statisticians were still calculating what the increase would mean in dollars and cents to in dividual bond holders In general terms however she said that holders of Series bonds will be able to collect more when the bonds reach maturity if you buy a $25 bond you will get more than $25 when it reaches maturity Holders of Series bonds meanwhile will get an in crease in the semi annual payments they receive Bondholders do not have to do anything to get the extra interest it is automatic Ms Johnston said the raise means the government will have to pay about $400 million in additional in terest each year on the nearly $81 billion worth of bonds held by some 25 million American families The interest rate on Savings Bonds has not been increased since Dec 1 1973 and critics have charged that the bonds represented a poor in vestment for small savers who saw their interest eaten up by inflation and who could earn more money elsewhere rates in general have been rising" Ms Johnston said The increase it (the Savings Bond) more competitive" The two most common bonds now in existence are the Series and Series Under a plan announced earlier this year the Treasury Department is phasing out these bonds and replacing them with Series EE and Series HH bonds starting next Jan 2 WASHINGTON (AP) House leaders are blaming the stunning defeat of President standby gasoline rationing plan on confusion over which Americans would have gotten the most fuel under its provisions After several days of intense White House lobbying on Capitol Hill the House voted 246 159 Thursday night to kill the rationing plan under which Americans would have needed coupons to buy gasoline during a national fuel emergency Disregarding an impassioned appeal from House Speaker Thomas O'Neill that "this is the only plan have" the Democratic controlled House handed Carter a A ort Payne man drown Thur sday afternoon in the Tennessee River about two miles south of the BB Comer Bridge The man was identified as Edward 62 According to the report from Scottsboro Police Department the man was seen fishing from his boat and later heard screaming by some women who were fishing from the bitter setback Americans felt this was a plan to implement said House Whip John Brademas Il Ind though the bill would only have given Carter standby authority" In addition Brademus said last minute changes to the plan made by the White House to win votes needed in the Senate led to fears in the House that some drivers would have ended up with a disproportionate share of a limited supply is difficult for members to approve something they feel they can count he said likened the issue to the 1938 congressional debate over im bank After seeing the boat floating in the river unattended the Rosalie and Scottsboro rescue squads were called to the scene After several hours of searching the body was found about 7 pm Jackson County Coroner Henshaw ruled the death as ac cidental drowning plementing the national military draft which was in place when World War II began three years later The majority leader said that in a major energy crisis the president would need a rationing plan He appealed to colleagues to put aside questions of how much gasoline their own districts would receive if rationing were invoked Carter declined immediate com ment but Rep John Dingell Mich chairman of a House Energy sub committee said it was unlikely the president would try to find another rationing plan acceptable to Congress A White House spokesman said Carter would comment on the situation today While Carter could send a new plan to Congress the one voted on Thursday faced a riday deadline for action and there is no legal requirement for him to fashion a new plan The rationing proposal originated with a 1975 law which required the president to propose various standby measures for use in case of a major cutoff of foreign imports such as the 1974 Arab oil embargo Carter made concessions to (See House Page 2) ort Payne man drowns New clinic opens Two doctors Dr Vinai Monticul and Dr Elmore have moved into the new medical clinic located ad jacent to North Jackson Hospital The clinic will eventually house four doctors with provisions for expansion to accommodate four more Pete oster hospital administrator said response has been very good to the clinic (Photo by Bill Verhine).

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