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Plane collision survivors flown to burn center SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — U.S. and Spanish officials began preparations today to fly survivors of history’s worst aviation disaster back to the United States for treatment. The U.S. Army Bum Center in San Antonio, Tex., said it was preparing to receive about 60 of the 70 survivors from the collision Sunday on the Santa 1— / B A.I 9-3 I v-*»-/ v.w ■£// -a mui flr^ flL . A 4 K j. 9 tfl * v* » W i f'* fl ■ JKK - ■? 9 K •* K Kxß !'/> «JB ■Jk , ' /£■> iF- Survivors and victims Tax rebate checks may never arrive WASHINGTON (AP) - If you’ve already figured out how to spend that SSO tax rebate President Carter wants to give to most Americans, think again. There are increasing indications the Senate may scrap the rebate and substitute a permanent tax cut. Senate debate on the tax proposals will begin in another week and may not be completed until after Congress re turns in mid April from its Easter recess. And what members of Congress hear during trips home may be the decisive factor in determining whether a rebate or a permanent tax cut is in the bill that goes to the White House. After 40 £. « 'At 4 '** ” ' WBig Jut ' Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd, teacher D/XIIA Daily Since 1872 These are the crew members of the Pan American 747 jetliner which collided with a KLM 747 on the runway at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Sunday. Those who survived, starting at top left, are: Capt. Victor Grubbs, Centerport, N.Y.; Flight Engineer George Warns, Blairstown, N.J.; First Officer Robert Bragg, Howard Beach, N.Y.; flight at tendants Joan Jackson, Nashville, Tenn.; Carla Johnson, New York City; purser Dorothy Kelly, New Hampshire; and flight attendant Susanne Denovan, Harrisburg, Pa. Members of the crew who died are purser Frahcoise Colbert De Beaulieu, New York City, top right, and, bottom row, (1-r), flight attendants Mari Asai, New York City; Carol Thomas, New York City; Christine Ekelaud, New York City; Miguel Torrech, New York City; Marilyn Luker, Philadelphia, Pa.; Aysel Sarp, Arlington, Va.; Luisa Flood, New York City; and Sachiko Hirano, New York City. (AP) Cruz airport runway of two Boeing 747 jumbo jets in which 575 persons were killed. Sixty-seven of the survivors and 321 of the dead were Americans, according to information from the airlines. Meanwhile, Spanish, Dutch and American officials continued their investigations to determine the cause of the collision, which occurred as the Pan The fight over the rebate carries the potential for the most serious conflict to date between Carter and Congress, more serious than clashes over protocol and water projects that have marked the first 60 days of the Carter presidency. Carter is pressing for the rebate as the way to give a quick boost to the economy. But congressional support for the rebate, even among Democrats, is, at best, lukewarm. “I plan to vote for it,” said Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, D- W.Va., when asked his opinion of the rebate. “Enthusiastically?” he was asked. Grandmother of five earned graduate degree GRIFFIN Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday Afternoon, March 29,1977 American and KLM jetliners were preparing to take off in fog from this Atlantic island. Spanish authorities ruled out sabotage and claimed there had been no errors in control tower com munications with the two planes. Officials said they would inspect the 10,000-foot runway, which has been closed by wreckage and bad weather “No,” replied Byrd. But, he said, “It’s the President’s program. It’s part of his economic stimulus program." On the Republican side, the votes are lined up, 38 to 0, against the rebate. “There’s an excellent chance we will defeat the rebate and substitute a permanent tax cut,” said Minority Leader Howard H. Baker, R-Tenn. Baker is certain of some support among the Democrats as well as of the vote of Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. of Virginia, an independent. When the Senate Finance Committee voted to keep the Carter rebate in the bill rather than substitute a permanent tax cut, the tally followed party lines. BY MAY WINGFIELD MELTON Life for Elizabeth Boyd began educa tionally after 40. She returned to school when she had five grandchildren. Offered a year’s scholarship to G.S.C.W. in Milledgeville when she graduated from high school she was in love with James Boyd and turned it down to get married. She returned to school after her children were grown and now has her master’s degree. Mrs. Boyd was installed as the new state president of the Georgia Library Media Department of the G.A.E. Thursday at Georgia State University. Daughter of the late Elem and Ethel Blalock, Elizabeth was bom in Griffin and attended North Side, East Griffin and Sam Bailey schools in addition to Griffin High. Her brother Brady Blalock is pastor of Hammond Drive Baptist Church. She was the “girl next door” for James Boyd who paid no attention to her before he left Griffin for awhile. Then he returned and noticed her charms. They soon married and had two daughters, Mrs. Mary Catherine Ivey who lives in Moultrie with her husband and three sons and Mrs. Adelia Dixon who lives in Griffin with her husband Carroll and daughter and two sons. Both of the daughters are teachers. While her daughters were growing up Elizabeth worked at Woolworth’s, sold Avon products and was an insurance saleswoman for three years. Then she worked in the school system here without a degree and began attending classes at Gordon. In 1969 her husband had a heart attack and she “took a year off from work and got her B.S. degree in NEWS since the collision of the two planes, to determine if there was enough space clear for a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport to land. A C-130 from a base in Spain was waiting at Las Palmas, on the neigh boring island of Grand Canary, for clearance. The homeward-bound Americans were to be transferred at Las Palmas to an Air Force C-141 to be flown to McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. A spokesman for the bum center said 10 of the survivors to be flown to Texas for treatment were in serious or critical condition and 20 others were litter cases. U.S. officials said the airlift would also include some survivors who did not require hospitalization, but no names were announced. The KLM jetliner was hurtling down the runway at about 150 miles an hour for takeoff when it rammed into the Pan American plane as it was turning off the runway onto a taxiway, Spanish officials said. They said both pilots were told to taxi down the main runway, with the KLM craft in the lead. The Dutch pilot was told to turn around and prepare for takeoff but to hold his position until given clearance, while the Pan Am jet was to turn off at a taxiway and wait for the KLM plane to clear, they said. Gov. Antonio Oyarzabal said the The Country Parson by Frank Mi •'1 — “Folks will eat or drink most anything and then expect a doctor to cure them of what they wouldn’t have if they hadn’t.” elementary education” from Tift College. She said it “took everything we had and we even borrowed money” for her to finish college. Her family encouraged her every way they could. Her husband, who was a loom fixer at Rushton Mills and later worked with Dixon Construction Company, helped by cooking and cleaning house. Elizabeth said James “always wanted me to finish college.” Mrs. Boyd received her master’s degree from the University of Georgia and is now a library media specialist at the Pike Primary school in Zebulon. She is president of the W.M.U. of Oak Hill Baptist Church and superintendent of the beginners department there. The Boyds live on Garrett Street. Reading has always been a part of Elizabeth’s life. She says she has “been everywhere through books, even though she has really not been anywhere.” When the girls were growing up they walked to Hawkes Library together and sometimes stopped to “get an ice cream cone on the way.” That was their recreation. Mrs. Boyd still can’t get enough reading and sometimes is reading four or five books at a time. It is her favorite hobby. People seem to confide in Elizabeth. When her girls were little they sat together on the porch swing and ironed out their problems. When she went to college, in spite of the age difference, her classmates talked to her and even though her “hair stood on end” sometimes at things they said, she listened. Now she listens to her 400 primary students and encourages them to read, knowing that in doing so she is opening to them the doors of the world. Vol. 105 No. 74 t” I■■ ' ' '• \ _ Inßf /'■ x7/~ i*. \ ■H _ * - I * *’ II 9' / Mrs. Nancy Akin of Sunny Side awaits word on the fate of her sister, Eve Meyer, who was aboard one of the ill-fated planes. planes collided nearly headon, and the “key point” was whether the KLM pilot had permission to take off. The Dutch pilot, Z. A. Veldhuisen van Zanten, was killed along with the other 248 persons reported aboard his plane. But KLM president Sergio Orlandini said the pilot was one of the airline’s Study draws grim picture of mail service in 1985 WASHINGTON (AP) - Your mail won’t be delivered on Saturday, more of your tax money will go toward sub sidizing the Postal Service and you will have to pay 22 cents for every first class letter you mail. This is the grim picture of the mail service in 1985 as drawn by a federal commission studying the future of the financially troubled Postal Service, sources said Monday. The commission’s recommendations to Congress are due by April 18, but participants said the panel has voted to recommend: City Commissioners want to know why rates hiked Griffin City Commissioners will ask for an explanation on why the Griffin- Spalding Hospital Authority went up so drastically on its coronary and intensive care room rates. Commissioner Louis Goldstein, during the commissioners meeting this morning, recommended the city pass a resolution highly criticizing the hospital authority’s raising the rates from sllO to |175. He noted during the same authority meeting in which the increase was approved, the hospital reported a net profit of more than SIOO,OOO for the month of February. Officials at the hospital said the increased rates were necessary because the 2 units were losing money and the new rates would be at “break even” operating costs. They also said full rates of the intensive care and coronary care units are covered by most hospitalization insurance policies, Goldstein noted. The hospital is not a profit making institution. It can’t make money or be self sustaining in every department, just as the city can’t make money on its fire and police departments, Goldstein said. Also, rates on hospitalization insurance will be raised to meet the increase, he added. Goldstein said the hospital has been making a profit which was used for the new addition. “The only reason they had the money is that they overcharged people. I think the people ought to vote on any addition to the hospital and there should have been a public hearing on the increased rates,” he continued. Weather FORECAST: Showers likely and possibly a thundershower or two tonight and Wednesday. EXTENDED FORECAST: Chance of showers Thursday. Sunny Friday and Saturday. The coolest day will be Friday. most experienced fliers and he doubted he would have begun his takeoff without clearance. The Pan American pilot, Capt. Victor Grubbs of Centerport, N.Y., was among the 70 injured survivors from his plane, but no explanation from him of what happened was made public. —Ending Saturday mail delivery to save S4OO million per year. —lncreasing taxpayer subsidies by removing a ceiling imposed at the time the Postal Service was reorganized from the old Post Office Department in 1971. The chances of Congress approving the recommendations appear slim. But without these measures, the first class rate would have to be increased to 28 cents by 1985 to cover the sharply rising cost of delivering the mail, sources said the commission deter mined. “We are elected to represent the city and we appoint one half of the members of the Hospital Authority and I hope this board concurs,” he said. “I hope I don’t have a heart attack”, said Mayor Raymond Head, a former member of the Hospital Authority who was replaced by his brother, Otis Head. Head said he wanted to hold off on any formal action until the city could hear more of the hospital’s side. Commissioner Dick Mullins said his first reaction was the same as Goldstein’s but he, too, would like to question authority members before a vote. The increase was probably too much. The question is should it pay its own way, he added. “I don’t like it either”, was Commissioner Ernest “Tiggy” Jones comment. Commissioner R.L. “Skeeter” , Norsworthy also voiced objections and he thought the increase was “too much at one time.” People ••• and things Businessman wearing low cut shoes stepping off curb into stream on street ankle deep. Eleven-year-old boy to grandfather: “I may not get an Easter basket this year. That’s for children.” Amateur gardener, remembering bad luck he had with tomatoes last year, announcing to friends he wouldn’t attempt a crop again this year.
