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Daily Journal. Tupelo, Mississippi, Week-end Edition, December 4-5, 1976
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Vol. ,03 No. 2,0
Carter Names First 2 Cabinet Appointments PLAINS, Ga . (UPI) J im my Carter announced Friday his secretary of state will be Cyrus Vance, a seasoned diplomatic negotiator and Washington insider, and his budget director will be Atlanta banker Thom as Bertram Lance, an old chum and business associate. Calling his fir st cabinet1eve l appointments "superlative " choices, Carter also told a news conference he probably will have to take special steps, quickly, to revive
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his third post-election news fidence in these two men." conference to introduce T h e n o m in e e s a cVance, a former deputy companied Carter to the defense secretary, as the news conference and field" level-headed, competent . ed some questions, each ... superb negotiator" he calling the opportunity to has tapped for secretar y of serve in Ca r te r ' s a ds tate , and millionaire ministration " a privilege " Bert" Lance as his choice and an honor ." to direct the White House Vance , 59, now a New Office of Management and York attorney, indicated Budget. he will deleg ate "I believe the nation can negotiating authority to be reassured that at least qua lified subordinates in these two appointments much more than Henry the choices have been Kissinger h as done , superlative," Carter said . although he will step in "I have complete con- personall y when necessary. He said revival of progr ess in the stalled U.S.· Soviet strategic arms talks and the possibility of new U.S.-led peace initiatives in the Middle East were am ong his hig h es t priorities. Vance said prospect s for strengthening Middle East . The figures indicated peace seemed " encouragcompared to a 1976 low of 7.3 per cent last May , Carter will be forced to in· ing," without saying why, before the recovery began itiate a prompt and power - and he pled ge d the ful economic stimulus to strategic arms talks would to unra vel. The most dismal reduce unemployment by get his "agg re ssi v e · d eve lopm e nt s howed 1.5 per cent in 1977 as 1'1e-· af.terition" right away. Generally , h oweve r , 200,000 persons - most of hasprom ised. " I 'm just sorry that Jan. Vance declined to discuss them adult men - were put o ut of w o rk in 21 isn't closer ," declared the substance of policy November , just before the United Autoworkers Presi- issues, saying he could not Christm as holidays. This dent Leonard Woodcock . do so before he has extenbrought the number of " We will have to have a sive brie f' i-ng s·. with jobless Americans to 7.8 Continued on page 14 million.
the economy - but he has not decided whether that will include a tax cut or other types of action , ·1n any case, he said, he has "no intention" of asking Congress for authority to order anti-inflationary wage-pric e con t r ols , because even "the threat" of such controls can scare industries into protective price hikes. He cited the new rise in steel prices as an example and said he t r i e d , t h r o u g h i ntermediaries, to prevent it. The president-elect held
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. FIRE AFTERMATH - The showroom at Searcy Ford in Tupelo was littered with debris
following Friday morning's fire .
Aoto Dealer Fire ·Investigated
By MICHAEL KERR Journal Staff Wr iter Tupelo fire officials were continuing to investigate the cause of an early mornin g iire which sw ep t through the show room , sales offices and parts departm ent of Searcy F ord :m1nc. Friday, _ doing more .• 'than $100,000 in damages. 1 Despite the blaze, David Sear cy, owner of the Highway 45 South new-and-
used-car dealership, sa id Friday afternoon he will be open for business as usual Monday morning. Th e mult ipl e-alar m blaze was reported by a pa ssing motorist on a Citizens Band radio to a woman who called the fire dep artment at 6: 12 a.m. The business had not opened for the day when the fire broke out and no one was in the building at
the time, Searcy said. Lost in the fire were four new autos on display in the burn ed -out s howroom, valued at mo re than $20,000, Searcy said, plus three -fou rths of the $100,000 parts department inventory. Searcy could make no dollar estimate of damages to the building itself. Undamaged by flames but soiled by smoke were
two service areas to the south and west of the parts depar tm ent in the same building. The body shop, in a separate building, was unharmed, Searcy said . , Tupelo Fire Chief Grady Pa nneli said he could not yet determ ine the cause of the blaze, but said he and other officials would be probing the r uins in the coming days looking for Continued on page 14
Crippling Arthritis, That ·Fo rced Retirement, Now Being Overcome By MICHAEL KERR Journal Staff Writer Buford Nichols of Houston worked moi. . of his life using his hanct::., first as a carpenter, later as a pipeline cont ractor. So frustration equaled the Intense pain he experienced when a crippling rheum a told arthritis gradually tightened the fingers of his hands Into virtua lly useless, t wisted digits. The arthritis struck 12 year s ago, forcing Nichols reluctantly into an early retir ement and a life of dependence in doing the everyday things one does GOOD G R.I E!= .'
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with their hands and t akes for granted. Driving a car, buttoning a shirt, turning pages in a book - ail beca me im· ;ossible as his pa in · wracked han ds simply refused to cooperate. , Today, Nichols, 65, is again driving his car, and gets out to supervise a nd help his sons with the business he founded . The paln Is still there, but he has regained some moblli· ty and dexterity in his fingers , His twice weekly trips to the Regional Rehabilita· tion Center in Tupelo are wh at turned his life brighter, he says . No miracles, . but treatments which he started ln May in t he center ' s physical therapy unit ha ve helped Nich.ols' condition improve. Nichols is only one of the many thousa nds of North Mississippia ns who have benefitted from the services of the Reg iona l Reh abilitation Ce nte r . which provides free outpatient car e for persons with physical handicaps, including speech, hearing , sight and mobility problem s .
Index About People .... .. ... 29 Ann Landers ... . . .. . . .. 8 Around Dixie .• . . .. . ... 28 Around Mississippi .... 21 Church NoUces ........ 11 ClasaUled . ... . . . . ... 23.29 Comica .. . . . . . . .. . . .. .. 18 Cro•1-word .. .. . . . ... . . 29 Dr. Brothers .. .. . . ... .. 7 Editor ial ....... . .. . ... 12
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Sunday it's the Rehab Center's turn to be the receiver of benefits, as the 12th a nnual R ad iothon fund-raiser is broadcast between 1 and 10 p.m . over a network of 16 cooperating radio stations in North Mississippi in an effort to raise $28,000 to complete the center ' s budget. Funds donated thr ough the nine-hour radlothon will s upplement operating money the center r eceives from the city of Tupelo, tax levies and United Funds in the center's 16-county servic e area, plus state and local grants.
Donations sufficient to reach the Radiothon 's goal of $28,000 ar e cruical if the center is to continue to operate at the sa me level and meet it' s next yea r 's budget of $199,939, John A. Rasberry, executive director of the center. said. The Regional Rehabilitation Center started out in 1957 with one speech therapist in the basem ent of the Harrisburg Baptist Church. Soon after a part· time physical therapist was hired and the center move d in to a former hospital nursing home, An Continued on page 14
WASHINGTON (UP I ) Unemployment hit the year's high of 8.1 per cent in November, the Labor Department said Friday prompting· President-elect J imm'y Carter to pledge quick action against the nation's economic downturn. With joblessness now only a fr action below the worst days of the recession, there was a growing consensus among experts that Americans were facing even bleaker times. Carter told a news conference in Plains, Ga .. he now is convinced by the figures that the economy "will need help" as soon as he takes office. But he declined to say what form of economic stimulus he mi~ht propose. ' Although t he likelihood now is that some stim ula· tion will be required," he said, " the degr ee of it and the form of it will not be decided until after the first of the year." He indic ated his decision . would be based on next month's developments in employment and other economic i ndi cators . Julius Shiskin, head of the Burea u of Labor Statistics, suggested current trends may drive unemployment e ven hifher, But he cautioned, " t do es not mean nece ssar ily th at a recession is ahead." Unemployment has been hovering on the brink of 8 per cent for four straight months, and November 's 0.2 per cent increase put it over that level for the first time this year. The figure wa s just 0.8 per cent below the reces· sion peak in May, 1975. It
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Package Expected Dec.17 By JOE RUTHERFORD JournafArea E ditor STARKVILLE - East Mississippi Council ( EMC) . is expected to unveil a 1977 legislative packa ge that will include a ptoposal for revitalizing the state's lagging corridor highway construction program at the organiza lion's mid-winter meeting here Dec. 17. EMC, along with other developm e nt and transportation-ori e n te d groups, has voiced concern in r ecent months over the $600 million 1972-enacted program 's future. The development groups and elected officials have said the corridor system construction will come to halt soon bec ause of bon· ding limitations imposed by fuel tax revenue collec- . tions. An EMC spokesm an in Columbus Friday told The Journal t he multi-county
organizationis legislative committee, headed by Ed Sallis of Aberdeen, will meet before Dec, 17 to finalize the legislative proposals. lit a prepared state· ment , EMC pre sident Hugh Potts, Kosciusko, said the legislative effort " will be the toughest we've ever had." The legislative committee, the spokesman said, will likel y trim the package to approximately five major points. Those could include the corridor program , management of 16th Section school lands, strip m ining and a small road program . EMC member counties, the spokesman com· m ented, "have expressed a lot of interest" in Highway Departm ent reorganiz ation, but it is not known if that issue will receive
priority· attention fro m the council. Salli~ told The Journal his committee will probably try to limit the le g isl ati on list t o "manageable item s ... in which we can really dig our teeth ." Sallis said he was forced to miss a meeting of the committee earlier this week, and did not know spec ific ally wha t was discussed. He indicated, however, that " the Highway Com· mission" was a topic. Dr. James Mccomas, president of Mississippi State Un i verslty, will keynote the Dec , 17 session in the sc hool ' s Union Ballroom . EMC me mber counties extend from the Gulf Coast to Monroe County. It has been a powerful lobby in the legislature in recent years.
SEEKING $3. 1 MILLION IN PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS
NMMC Plans $19 Million Program The North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo Friday announced plans to embark on a $19 million development and expansion progra m with Jim Strain na med to head the fund-raising campa ig n to obta in at least $3,100,000 in public contributions. The remainder of the $19 million project of construction, r e n ova tion and moderation will be financed by sale of long term revenue bonds . In announcing selection of Strain 11s gener al chairm an of the fund-raising ca mpaign, Gene Berbette, chairman of the hospital's board ·of directors said, "Success in t his campaign Is assu red when we can enlist the services of such an outstanding citizen as
Jim Strain to head the ef- Hospital. The ground level of the fort. He is a very civicminded gentleman and we new unit will be one level ar e indeed grateful that he below the main hospital has agreed to lead this and will contain an am· bulatory care center for ver y worthwhile project.'' Str ain , co-owner and trau ma, acute emergency, vice-president of Hinds non-e me rgen cy o ut pa· Brother s and Company , tients , th e radiology Inc., of Tupelo is a member department and cardiology of the Medic al Center services. The first floor of board of directors and ex- the structur e will relocate ecutive committee. He is administrative services, also the chairm an of the laboratory and patient afhospital's Long R a nge fairs. The second floor will house ne w surgical suites Planning Committee. He ls a graduate of and intensive care units . The large a mount of Vanderbilt University and is a me mber and officer ot space vaca ted b y the num erous civic and com- departments to be housed in the new structure will be munity organiz ations . The proposed expansion extensively r enovated £01· will be a three level 155,000 the expan3ion and imsquare foot addition con- pr ovement of oth e r structed south of the ex· hospital departments and isling main ent rance of the services,
A five -leve l p a rkin g garage to provide additional parking will be constructed a long Counc il Drive and will be connected to the m ain hospital by· an overhead walkway . . This will relieve the curr ent critical shortage of parking at the Medical Center . Strain in accepting the Cha i r man s h ip o f th e Development F und Ca mpaign said, "Naturully, I a.m honored to be selected for thi!i important role. However, I cannot for one moment forge t what a tre mendous challenge this ls for me and for the entire Tupelo area. "We can only r eali?.e sue· cess if we have the un· qua li fied s u ppor t of ever yone . It has to be an
aTea wide effort and we will be calling on many people for person.al involvem ent as well a.s financial suppor t. It is, of course , a most imposing t ask which must t.est the imag in ation, foresight , courage , and conviction of the entire community. It is also a simple necessity inasmuch as anything short of excellence is not good enough when the capacity to p reserve life is at stake!' In announcing the hospital's expansion pia ns, Berbette st ated , "Years of study and planning have gone into this expa nsion program. North Mississlp· r,i Medical Cent er has pro· ven lts value as a regional asset , but no institution can r emain st atic."
JIM STRAIN
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