Daybreak; 1977-12-28; Part 2

[MARK ROSSMAN]: Thank you, Barbara Hanford. It's now 7:30, that means it's time for news. Let's go now to Rod Jackson -- Rod? [ROD JACKSON]: Thank you, Mark, and good morning, everyone. Here's a story that may sort of raise a couple questions. How many times have you gotten a traffic ticket and kind of got the feeling that you might be persecuted? Well, a report has come out of Bremerton today, saying that traffic policemen have been ordered to write more tickets or be transferred to other duties. A memo written by Traffic Sergeant Floyd Gingrey to traffic officers, says a minimum of five tickets must be written by each officer per shift, or, as he puts it, "We'll get someone else to take your spot." The memo ended with, quote, "Give them hell, or else." Police Chief Steve Devery says that doesn't amount to a quota system. He says the officers haven't been writing enough tickets compared to mushrooming traffic volume and the number of accidents recently happening in Bremerton. Emergency services spokesmen say direct radio communications have been established for the first time among hospital administrators in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, during a simulated disaster exercise yesterday. The Hospital Emergency Administration Radio network was tested on a mock explosion and

fire about halfway between the two cities. George Allison is the safety and security director of Deaconess Hospital in Spokane. Allison says that the HEAR -- that's H-E-A-R -- network must be tested at least twice a year for approval by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals. All seven major hospitals in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene areas participated in HEAR. The radio network allows law enforcement and military officials to communicate with hospitals to direct victims to the best services needed and avoid burdening any one hospital. Ruling in the case of convicted kidnapper Ted Bundy, a district judge in Aspen has declared Colorado's death penalty unconstitutional. Aspen District Judge George Lohr ruled late yesterday, becoming Colorado's first judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional, since it took effect on January 1 of 1975. Lohr said prosecutors will not be able to seek the death penalty for Bundy. The former Washington state man is scheduled to go on trial in Colorado Springs on a first-degree murder charge in the slaying of a Michigan nurse, Caryn Campbell. She was killed during a vacation in Colorado in January of 1975.

Lohr said the law was unconstitutional, because defendants were denied a full opportunity to tell jurors why the defendants should not be put to death. Police say the lights went out in nearly two thirds of Tacoma early today as two explosions rocked a large midtown transformer. A police spokesman says witnesses reported seeing two flashes and hearing two explosions about 2:46 this morning at a transformer near the Tacoma News Tribune building. Police say power was restored to most of the affected area within an hour. However, as of 3:30 p.m., power was still out in nearly a fifth of the city. Police say the cause of the explosions has not been determined at this time. On the national scene, another grain elevator explosion -- the second in the nation in the past week -- spelled death and destruction in Galveston, Texas, last night. Galveston authorities say the series of explosions and fires left at least 10 people dead. Nine are confirmed to be dead and another 35 hospitalized, 12 of them with serious burns. The search for more bodies continues, including in the water, where some victims may have been blown off the wharves.

The explosion occurred at Pier 33 at the farmers export elevator, a cluster of 40 silos with the capacity of 3.5 million bushels. The cause of the explosion was not immediately determined, but a fire investigator said the first blast came in a tunnel where grain was being unloaded from a boxcar. President Carter is expected to announce his choice for a new Democratic National Chairman today at about 7:30 this morning, and administration sources say that man will most likely be Deputy Agriculture Secretary John White. The nomination must be confirmed by the Democratic National Committee, in what is expected to be a routine action. White would succeed Maine Governor Ken Curtis, who is resigning. The president also will be meeting with his economic advisers for a final review of his 1979 federal budget, which is expected to reach about $500 billion. Carter says the spending plan makes a good start at reducing the government's tax bite into the nation's wealth, and he predicts it will draw praise from Congress. Tonight, Carter will face network reporters at 5:00 p.m., our time, in an hour-long nationwide broadcast.

The "question and answer" is expected to deal mainly with the review of his first year in office, and a preview of his upcoming overseas trip to Poland, Iran, India, Saudi Arabia, France, and Belgium, which begins tomorrow. The president is also expected to name his successor to former Budget Director Bert Lance's position today. Gene Gibbons has more on that story. [GENE GIBBONS]: James McIntyre has been serving as acting White House budget director since Bert Lance resigned. He was chiefly responsible for preparing the budget that will be submitted to Congress in January, and President Carter yesterday took note of his work by nominating him to be permanent budget director. McIntyre has a lot of experience in the budget-making process -- he served as state budget director when Mr. Carter was Georgia governor, and came to Washington as Bert Lance's deputy. McIntyre's nomination to succeed Lance must be confirmed by the Senate. Hearings may be protracted in light of the Senate's experience with Lance, but barring any unforeseen developments, the 37-year-old Georgian seems certain to be approved for the post. This is Gene

Gibbons at the White House. [ROD JACKSON]: Talks on contract negotiations have resumed between striking coal miners and management, as we hear in this report by Greg Gordon. [GREG GORDON]: Negotiators for the United Mine Workers and the coal industry go back to the contract bargaining table today, trying to find a way to end the three week old strike by 188,000 workers. Union chief Arnold Miller and officials of the by Bituminous Coal Operators of America were tight lipped yesterday after the first session since a five-day Christmas recess. Miller and an industry spokesman both refused to reveal the areas of disagreement being discussed by management and union subcommittees set up by federal mediators. But Miller offered some optimism, saying the tone of the negotiations looks much better than it did a couple of weeks ago. Greg Gordon, Washington. [ROD JACKSON]: President Carter told President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing of France in a Christmas message released today that all American administrative obstacles to the supersonic Concorde jetliner have been removed. The message -- transmitted on the hotline direct teletype link between the White House and

the Élysée Palace -- said New Jersey Governor Byrne had vetoed new noise regulations for Kennedy Airport. The regulations would have blocked the Concorde operations into New York after 1985. Carter said that as a result of the veto, the decisions which compromised the commercial future of Concorde in the United States have been canceled. Briefly on the international scene, David Pearce reports from Syria that the rift between Egypt and the rest of the Arab world continues. [DAVID PEARCE]: The gulf between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and his Arab critics is getting wider by the day. Sadat has criticized his opponents, especially Syria and the PLO, for making common cause with such radicals as Libya and the extremist Palestinian groups, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. And now, the Arab hard-liners are getting together to prepare yet another summit to map concrete strategy against Sadat in the fields of foreign affairs, defense, and information. This is David Pearce, reporting from Beirut. [ROD JACKSON]: A West German court today sentenced Baader–Meinhof Gang terrorist Verena Becker to life

imprisonment for armed robbery and attempted murder. The 25 year old Becker was among 11 jailed West German terrorists who released a demanded...whose release was demanded last October by air hijackers and kidnappers of industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer. West German authorities say Miss Becker is a hard-core member of the terrorist underground. She was arrested last summer in southern Germany after a shootout with police, in which a male companion, Günter Sonnenberg, was seriously wounded. In 1974, she was imprisoned on bank robbery and bombing charges, but she was freed, along with several other terrorists -- in 1975 in exchange for kidnapped West Berlin politician Peter Lorenz. Weather forecast for the Palouse and northern Idaho calls for considerable clouds and fog through Thursday, slight chance of snow flurries or local freezing rain today. Highs will be in the 20s today and moving into the 30s tomorrow. The overnight lows will be in the teens. Currently on College Hill, it's still 24 degrees Fahrenheit, and that's minus 4.4 on the Celsius scale. And I'm Rod Jackson. [BRIEF TRANSITION MUSIC]

[MARK ROSSMAN]: Thank you, Rod. Twenty minutes before 8 o'clock is the time now, and this is DAYBREAK on this kind of gloomy day. We have overcast skies, it's really cold, and a lot of white stuff lingering about...rolling hills, and you see white stuff just, just hanging around. Hasn't been much in the last couple of days -- I don't think it snowed in the last couple of days. But however, we are expecting a bit of snow, hope -- well, not hopefully -- but, uh, looks like we might get some snow flurries. 'Course they said that yesterday -- we'll just have to wait and see. 24 degrees is the current temperature right now. Let's check in with our business report. In doing so, we go to Chuck Hein. [CHUCK HEIN]: Good morning. The New York stock market slipped a bit in slow trading yesterday, giving up some of last week's gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down a fraction -- trading was quiet. Analysts say investors are expecting some adverse news today when the government reports on the nation's balance of trade for November. They say investors expect another big trade deficit because of the recent U.S.

dock strike. Wide U.S. trade deficits have been cited as a primary reason for recent pressure on the dollar in foreign exchange markets. The slumping dollar, in turn, has a negative effect on the market because of its tendency to deter foreign buying of U.S. stocks. Here are the Dow Jones closing averages for yesterday: 30 Industrial's down 0.17 at 829.70. Transportations were down 0.34 at 216.79. Utilities down 0.10 at 110.59, and 65 Stocks down 0.20 at 286.41. Sunshine Consolidated was in demand with 55 board lots changing hands at $1.70 a share yesterday on the Spokane Stock Exchange. Reports from the Coeur d'Alene Mining District are that good silver ore has been found in the new copper vein, which Sunshine is now mining from the Number 12 shaft. Metropolitan Mines is also favorably affected by this find. Elsewhere in the list, there were five gains and seven losses posted.

Silver Dollar sold at $4.15 cents, Little Squaw Gold at 20 cents, and Sidney Mining at 20 cents a share. In counter dealings, Midnite Mine sold at $5.35, Coeur d'Alene Mines at 7, and Chester Mining at 40 cents a share. Spot Silver gained two cents to $4.76. Gold was up $1.40 to $163.90 an ounce. Foster & Marshall, the largest regional brokerage firm in the northwest, is happily making a profit from the leavings of national brokerage houses since 1965. The Seattle-based firm has grown from less than a dozen offices to 32 in five states. It employs 487 people. Michael Foster is president and chief executive officer of the firm. He says Foster & Marshall's expansion began when the major houses apparently figured smaller branches no longer could be profitable. "We disagreed, and began to pick them up." Foster says he thought a local investment in smaller communities would give his brokerage house a big edge. He says the manager knows the community and knows potential investors

in the community on a first-name basis. Another advantage was that some of the offices vacated by bigger firms could be outfitted for Foster's firm merely by picking up the monthly rent and buying the furniture at bargain rates. Foster says the latest expansion plans for his firm include new services, a tax shelter department, and an affiliate specializing in real estate development. He says Foster & Marshall plans to remain independent, despite what he termed, "persistent merger invitations" from national brokerage houses. Chrysler Corporation has announced the recall of a large number of its cars. A spokesman for Chrysler, Brett Tenby, made the announcement this morning. [BRETT TENBY]: We will recall approximately 1.3 million 1975, 1976 and 1977 Dodge Dart, Plymouth Valiant, Dodge Aspen, and Plymouth Volare passenger cars equipped with 225 cubic inch 6-cylinder engines, or 318 cubic inch 8-cylinder engines for correction of two possible causes of engine stalling.

Owners will be asked to bring their cars to their dealers for replacement of the accelerator pump seal in the carburetor, and on some 6-cylinder engines, for the addition of a coolant-controlled exhaust gas recirculation switch to the emission control system. [CHUCK HEIN]: Iron Age magazine says steel shipments in the first quarter of 1978 will total 2 million tons more than the last quarter of this year. The publication says that if the present pattern of orders holds, shipment will total 24 million tons in the first quarter, compared with 22 million tons in the last three months of 1977. Possibly because of a wave of maturity, pin-up girl calendar art has lost popularity during the last 20 years, according to the Trade Association for the Calendar Industry Advertising Specialties Association of Chicago. Carl Keck, advertising manager of Ridge Tool Company in Elyria, Ohio, says his firm still issues pin-up calendars. Keck says Ridge Tool distributes approximately 650,000 two year

pin-up calendars every other year. But pin-ups no longer are the biggest part of the wall calendar business, which is expected to run about $345 million next year, an increase of 15 percent from 1977. Your first update on trading activity this morning at the New York and American Stock Exchanges comes at 7:59 on DAYBREAK. I'm Chuck Hein. [MARK ROSSMAN]: And thank you, Chuck. It's now 14 minutes before 8 o'clock in the morning. And this is DAYBREAK. Welcome on this 28th day of December 1977, a Wednesday. Well, clear skies prevail over most of western Washington and the northern part of eastern Washington. In southeastern Washington, fog and low clouds are reported in many areas. High pressure area over British Columbia -- high center moving southeastward into Idaho and western Montana. That's making it easier for the moisture from the south to move north. Meanwhile, a weather disturbance in the Gulf of Alaska is moving toward the coast.

As a result, the forecast for western Washington calls for an increase in cloudiness and probably some precipitation before long. For the Cascades and the Olympics, forecast looks like this: increasing cloud... cloudiness today, except for extensive low clouds or fog on the east slopes of the Cascade. Chance of a little snow or rain in the Olympics and south part of the Cascades today, spreading over the North Cascades tonight and tomorrow. The snow level is around 4500 feet in the Cascades and freezing level at the surface along the east slopes of the Cascades and also through the passes. Afternoon pass temperatures 15 to 25 with winds from the east, 10 to 20 miles per hour. For northern Idaho, the forecast looks like this: cloudy with a few areas of fog in the Valleys, otherwise partly cloudy today and tonight. Look for mostly cloudy skies tomorrow or with a...yeah, tomorrow...with a few snow showers. Highs in the 20s to lower 30s. Lows overnight, 15 to 25 miles...15 to 25 degrees. And that's in the Valleys, 5 to 15 in the mountains. Our extended outlook now, looking into the future a bit, Friday through Sunday for

eastern Washington -- weather prognosticators are saying a chance of rain or snow decreasing after the weekend with highs expected to be in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Lows will be in the upper teens in the north to lower 30s in the south. Our forecast for Moscow, Pullman, and the Palouse, now. Looks like this -- considerable low clouds and fog through tomorrow. Slight chance for a few snow flurries or local drizzle or freezing drizzle today. Chance of a little snow or local freezing rain tonight and tomorrow with highs in the 20s, lows 15 to 25, variable winds 5 to 15 miles per hour. Our low this morning was 23, high yesterday was 25. Current temperature on College Hill under overcast skies this morning, minus 4 Celsius, 24 Fahrenheit. That's a look at the weather situation. I'm Mark Rossman reporting. It's 12 minutes now before eight o'clock in the morning on DAYBREAK -- and, good morning. Time to go to our Black on Black program this morning. And here's Hulme Siwundhla. [HULME SIWUNDHLA]: Few months ago, Ambassador Andrew Young made a statement that shook the world.

Probably, some of us would be surprised to know that it was a reflection, from some of us that have made this observation -- a reflection of the Declaration of Independence, which says in short, we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government. Now here is a statement which Andrew Young didn't

really make public, but it was a statement in which was reminiscing The Declaration of Independence -- which, in effect, shows the conscientiousness of the new government towards the human rights. In the last three or four weeks, we have been looking into South Africa -- the political aspects, the economic aspects, and the social aspects. We find here... we have found here, that the human rights, as far as the majority of the people, which are the Africans who constitute about 68 percent, have not been justly dealt with. And a statement like this that is made pertaining the Declaration of Independence would really reflect that the government of South Africa was not a legal government.

We find that the 68 percent of the Africans, they occupy only 13 percent of the South African territory -- they have to make a living, they have to survive from this. And, of course, the government of South Africa states that we have a system of government that is credible, that is very comfortable to all. Politically, these conditions make it very awkward for the citizens of the country to really live happily there because of the segregation and the apartheid policies. Economically, you also find that, even though we have had new two states added to the Africans as self-independent states, these states depend strictly on South Africa -- 70 to 80 percent,

they depend on South Africa to support them. So we find here that in spite of independence, the government of South Africa has a plot applied in which they reserve independent states to get labor force from the independent states to work the mines in South Africa. Socially, Bophuthatswana has made it clear to the country that as long as the Bantus have their independent states, the Coloureds have their independent states, the Asians have their independent states, the whites who constitute the... who have the bulk of the population, will have a political system that is separate. So in effect, we have here a system of government which is not... which cannot facilitate to the interests of the people. Generally as we look into South Africa,

then the human rights issue can never be solved in the government as it stands. And so the justification of this, of the reflection made as seen here from Mr... Ambassador Young, is that whenever there's a government...a form of government becomes so destructive to the interest of the people, it is the right of the people to alter that government or to abolish it and form a new government. This is my belief, that's South Africa today stands on the verge of rethinking or instituting a new government, which will accommodate all kinds of people. This is Hulme Siwundhla. [MARK ROSSMAN]: Hulme Siwundhla is an assistant professor in the Black Studies Program at Washington State University. Black on Black is produced for KWSU by the WSU Black Studies Program. It's now about six minutes before 8 o'clock in the morning. [CHILD VOICEOVER]: Good morning!

[MARK ROSSMAN]: Good morning -- hi. And it's about six minutes before 8:00. Time to check some sports. [CHILD VOICEOVER]: Wake up, everybody. [MARK ROSSMAN]: Wake up, everybody. Are you ready for sports? [CHILD VOICEOVER]: Yes. [MARK ROSSMAN]: So am I. Let's go to Jim Wagner right now. Good morning, Jim. [JIM WAGNER]: But I'm not awake, but I guess I'll wake up -- when I can go back to sleep in about 10 seconds, as soon as I tell you that Washington State opens play in the Far West Classic tonight. And Rick Simon reports. [RICK SIMON]: The Cougars are one of five teams given a good shot at winning this tournament, but their opponent, Illinois, is favored by many observers. The Illini have played the most impressive schedule of the eight teams in the field and have still managed a 5 and 1 record. The loss was to North Carolina-Charlotte in the season opener, exactly one month ago today. The Cougars are 6 and 3, but have not been consistent up to now. Stuart House may be ready to return to fairly heavy action after resting his aching back, and that should help. But Kenny Jones hurt his back -- just a little -- in one of the two practices the Cougars had yesterday. It shouldn't affect his play. George

Raveling ordered two workouts each day since the team returned from a short Christmas break on Monday. And they'll have another light practice at the Portland Coliseum this afternoon. Illinois is a hard team to stop -- six Illini are averaging 9 to 15 points, and two of them are reserve. They're averaging 52 rebounds a game as a team, after out-rebounding Brigham Young by 30 their last time out. That's why the "Rave" keeps harping on his Cougars to block out some board during this week's practices and is insisting that all five players on the floor go for the rebound. The Cougars have only one win in the five-game history of competition with Illinois. That was in the last meeting, in the opening round of the 1969 Far West Classic. The Cougars won it, 59-58. WSU traditionally is assigned a tough opening-round opponent in this tournament. It's happened again. Cougars and Illini are playing the last opening-round game. It's scheduled to tip off at 9:30 tonight. Oregon meets Colorado State in the earlier game this evening.

Last night, Oregon State and Villanova won opening-round contests, though the Beavers' 75-58 win over 200-to-1 shot Rice was never really a contest. Villanova's come-from-behind 78-73 win over Washington made the opening night ticket price pay off for the meager 7,048 fans who showed up. And it left Villanova as most people's pick to take the title. For KWSU, this is Rick Simon. [JIM WAGNER]: Elsewhere in college basketball last night -- Fifth-ranked Marquette picked up its Milwaukee Classic Basketball Tournament for the tenth time in a row. They had a 65-56 win over Texas last night in the title game. Number 12, Holy Cross, and 18th-ranked Florida State, each tumbled from the ranks of the undefeated. Georgetown upset Holy Cross 79-65, and the Bearcats, number 11-ranked from Florida State... or rather from Cincinnati edged Florida State, 77-75, extending their home-court winning streak to 69 straight. Other top-20 teams were victors.

Number 13 Providence sacked Lafayette, 17-59. 15th ranked Indiana trimmed Jacksonville, 69-59. And number 20 Detroit ripped Eastern Michigan, 109-71. The University of Arkansas football players whose coach says they can't play in the Orange Bowl Monday have taken their case to federal court. Their lawyer, John Walker, filed suit yesterday in U.S. District Court in Little Rock, asking for a reinstatement of the trio for the postseason classic against Oklahoma in Miami. Chuck Knox appears to be trying to scotch those rumors he plans to leave the head coaching job of the Los Angeles Rams and take a similar post for another NFL team. Knox said yesterday he intends to stay with the Rams for the fifth straight year L.A. failed to gain a Super Bowl berth after winning the NFC West Division title. Rams were beaten by Minnesota 14-7 Monday, and speculation abounded after that defeat that Knox wanted out. But Knox says he'll sign a new revolving contract soon that will guarantee him five seasons with the team every January. 17 year old jockey Steve Cauthen has been Man of the Year by The Sporting News, a

weekly publication. Cauthen is the first jockey to ride mounts earning more than $6 million in a year. San Francisco Giants owner Bob Lurie says he's lost money the past two seasons, but he's not ready to sell the club, contrary to rumors to that effect. And the National Hockey League released new statistics today showing that Brian Trottier of the New York Islanders continued to lead in scoring in games played through Sunday, total of 57 points, 25 goals, and 32 assists. That's a look at sports here on DAYBREAK. I'm Jim Wagner. [MARK ROSSMAN]: Thank you, Jim Wagner. It's now about one minute before 8 o'clock in the morning. Look for considerable low clouds and some fog today and also tomorrow -- at least that's what's being expected by our weather people. We have a current temperature reading of 24 degrees right now. That's our current temperature on College Hill, minus 4 Celsius. For the first update on the New York Stock Exchange, let's go to Peter Donnelly. [PETER DONNELLY]: Prices open mixed in active trading. I think is as of 10:30 Eastern time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 2.08 at 827.62

Of 1319 issues trading on the New York Exchange, 394 are advancing, 398 declining. Volume on the Big Board -- 2.5 million shares. AMEX volume is 650,000 shares. Of 487 issues trading, 117 are advancing, 118 declining. Among the most widely held stocks -- AT&T unchanged at 60 and 1/2, GM down 1/4. Exxon is unchanged at 47 and 5/8. GE down 1/8. Among the most active stocks -- American Medicorp up 1/8, Kennecott down 1/8, Sears down 1/2. Repeating. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 2.08 at 827.62. Peter Donnelly in New York. [MARK ROSSMAN]: And you're listening to the NPR affiliate for the Palouse Empire. This is KWSU in Pullman. The time now is eight o'clock. [BRIEF MUSIC] [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: From the World Desk of United Press International, this is Michael O'Neill.

Good morning. The United States managed to narrow its foreign trade deficit last month, but it remains, in the minds of many economists, dangerously high. Pye Chamberlayne reports. [PYE CHAMBERLAYNE]: The monthly trade deficit was much less severe in November than October. But the United States still bought two billion dollars more than it sold last month. The Commerce Department said the deficit was almost a billion dollars less than in October, mainly because of the dock strike at eastern Gulf Coast ports. America has spent overseas almost 25 billion dollars more than it has earned abroad so far this year. The deficit is largely due to oil imports. It is more than double last year's figure. Continued severe deficits can weaken the dollar and reduce production and employment. Pye Chamberlayne, Washington. [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: Officials of the United States and Japan will resume their trade talks January 5 in Hawaii. You're listening to UPI World News. Leslie Van Houten is experiencing her first day of freedom since 1969 when she was arrested with four other so-called Manson Family members on murder charges.

Officials have allowed bond for her. A new trial begins February 2 in Los Angeles. In Washington, Greg Gordon reports a delay in a Korea scandal trial. [GREG GORDON]: A federal judge has granted the defense a six-week delay in the upcoming conspiracy trial of Hancho Kim, charged in the South Korean bribery scandal in Congress. In a separate move, the attorney for former California Congressman Richard Hanna, indicted on 40 counts, including bribery and conspiracy, also has asked for a trial postponement. Both trials had been set for January 9. The motion in the Hanna case, if accepted by U.S. District Judge William Bryant, could inadvertently help federal prosecutors. They are running out of time in their push to return the alleged central figure in the scandal, Korean-born rice dealer Tongsun Park, from Seoul to testify against Hanna and others in the case. Greg Gordon, Washington. [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: Negotiators with the striking United Mine Workers Union and those of the bituminous coal industry are back at the bargaining table now in Washington.

Union spokesmen say the talks so far have resulted in some progress on the key issue of replenishing the union's depleted health and pension fund. The miners began their strike almost four weeks ago. Some miners are now eligible to apply for food stamps. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin told members of his parliament this morning, that Israel had done its part toward a peace agreement, and that the ball was now in the Arab nations' court. Begin detailed the proposals he made to Egypt's president, Anwar Sadat, at Ismailia, saying he offered limited autonomy to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, under security of the Israeli military. The prime minister said any country that wants peace would have to accept the Israeli military presence on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, but there was no chance Israel would remove its armed forces from those areas. Begin added that an Israeli military force also would guard Jewish settlements in sections of the Sinai Desert, which would be returned to Egyptian control under his proposal. The former top lawyer of the United States is out of prison this morning, but not for long.

Lewis Fire reports from Montgomery, Alabama. [LEWIS FIRE]: "It's a lovely morning" -- those were the words from former Attorney General John Mitchell as he left federal prison at Maxwell Air Force Base here in Montgomery this morning. Mitchell left shortly after 7:00 a.m. Central Time, with a Montgomery attorney, Ira De Ment, and a Montgomery police detective. Mitchell began an 18-day medical furlough today for examination of a hip problem. He's been in federal prison here in Montgomery six months from crimes stemming from the Watergate coverup. Mitchell must be back at Maxwell's minimum security prison by January 15. Lewis Fire, Montgomery. [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: An explosion in the grain elevator at Galveston, Texas, during the night killed 10 people and injured an estimated 20 others. An undetermined number of others remain missing this morning. Rescue workers are continuing the search for them now. The cause of that explosion has not yet been pinned down. In New York, one subway train ran into the rear of another this morning in Midtown Manhattan, injuring more than 30 people. Word is, the motorman of one of the trains blacked out as he approached the subway station. Chrysler officials say they're recalling more than a million cars because of

engine stalling problems, problems blamed for at least 27 accidents. From the World Desk of United Press International, this is Michael O'Neill. [BOB EASTMAN]: And this is Bob Eastman with News of the Northwest from KWSU. Good morning. A one-year extension has been granted to the Northern Tier Pipeline Company so it can complete its application for a permit to build an oil superport at Port Angeles. The permit is also for a trans-Washington pipeline to ship oil from the port to the Midwest. The extension was granted by the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, which would have had to act on Northern Tier's application had it not extended it. The application was set to expire yesterday. Northern Tier officials say a revised application will be submitted by June 30 in the form of a draft environmental statement. State Senator Hubert Donohue of Dayton says Washington will have a $50 million surplus in two years instead of the predicted $167 million deficit. In Donohue's words, "Let's promote growth, and let business take care of the problem." Donohue is chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

The Democrat says a special session of the legislature is not necessary. A special session, Donohue says, could cost taxpayers $500 million. Donohue says the state does not need new laws or changes in the tax structure. Republican Representative E.G. Patterson of Pullman and also Otto Amen of Ritzville say data on revenue lost from appeal of the food tax won't be available until late January. And they say it is difficult now to determine whether a special session is necessary. The governor's office has confirmed that Bob Mickelson of Dayton will be Washington State's new agriculture director. The Yakima Herald Republic reported today that it has received confirmation of his selection. He was reported earlier to be Ray's choice for the job, but her office refused to say so publicly. Mickelson is a longtime Green Giant Company employee, currently working as agricultural superintendent. An official announcement of his selection was scheduled today. Mickelson will fill the post left vacant by the resignation of Gary Strohmaier. Farmers have accused the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service of gathering information on farm strike leaders.

Colfax farmer Rod Lindstrom accused the government of trying to find hidden backing in the strike. He also says the agency has run credit checks on farmers who were not applying for loans. But Don Heinemann, Washington executive director of the service, denies the allegations. He says county officers were just asked to send news accounts of strike activities. Emergency services spokesmen say direct radio communications have been established for the first time among hospital administrators in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene during a simulated disaster exercise. The Hospital Emergency Administration Radio network was was tested yesterday on a mock explosion and fire about halfway between Coeur d'Alene and Spokane. George Allison is the safety and security director of Deaconess Hospital in Spokane. He says the HEAR network must be tested at least twice a year for approval by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals. All seven major hospitals in the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene areas participate in HEAR. The radio network allows law enforcement and military officials to communicate with hospitals to direct victims to the best services needed and avoid burdening any one

hospital. Ruling in the case of convicted kidnaper Ted Bundy, a district judge in Aspen has declared Colorado's death penalty unconstitutional. Aspen District Judge George Lohr ruled late yesterday, becoming Colorado's first judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional since it took effect on January 1, 1975. Lohr said prosecutors will not be able to seek the death penalty for Bundy, the former Washington state man who's scheduled to go on trial in Colorado Springs on a first-degree murder charge in the slaying of Michigan nurse Caryn Campbell. She was killed during a vacation in Colorado in January 1975. Lohr said the law was unconstitutional because defendants were denied a full opportunity to tell jurors why the defendants should not be put to death. Elsewhere this morning, police say the lights went out in nearly two thirds of Tacoma, as two explosions rocked a large midtown transformer. A police spokesman says witnesses reported seeing two flashes and hearing two explosions About 2:46 this morning at a transformer at 19th and State near the Tacoma

News Tribune building. Police say power was restored to most of the affected area within an hour. However, as of 3:30 a.m., power was still out in nearly a fifth of the city. Police say the cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. Weather for the Palouse calls for considerable clouds and fog through Thursday -- a slight chance of snow flurries or local freezing rain today. Highs in the 20s today and moving into the 30s tomorrow. The overnight lows will be in the teens. Right now, 24 degrees in Pullman, that's minus 4 Celsius. I'm Bob Eastman. [BRIEF TRANSITIONAL MUSIC] [MARK ROSSMAN]: Thank you, Bob. It's now nine minutes past 8 o'clock in the morning, and this is DAYBREAK on KWSU, this 28th day of December 1977, and nice having you with us this morning. [RON DELLA CHIESA]: Hi, this is Ron Della Chiesa inviting you to listen to "The Spider's Web for Storytelling in America." We'll have a whole week of favorite stories from the Northeast region of America. Marshall Dodge will tell the classic tale "Frost, You Say?" And Alan Bemus recounts the story

"You're a Fire." We'll also take a look at the folklore of lumbermen and New Bedford whalers with stories and music. Be sure to tune in for storytelling in America on The Spider's Web. [MARK ROSSMAN]: Listen to The Spider's Web each weekday afternoon at 4:30 right here on 1250 Radio KWSU. Ten minutes now past 8:00 this morning. Time to check in with our Arts Reporting service. We go now to Charles Christopher Mark. [CHARLES CHRISTOPHER MARK: Every profession has its professional organization for policing standards in the profession and watching out for signs of danger. The arts and education are represented by national associations of professional educators in the arts, naturally. The largest of these is the Music Educators National Conference. It is not only the largest in size, but also the most highly organized. Recently, the Music Educators Association, or MENC, as it is called, surveyed the field of public school music to see how inflation and curtailed school budgets have affected music in the schools. The overall conclusion was that music in the high schools was doing better than in the

grade schools. This conclusion has to be modified to some extent to say that general music programs have experienced some cutbacks, but instrumental programs are holding steady, particularly in school districts where music is treated as an extra-curricular subject. The reason why instrumental programs are stable, is attributed to the marching bands that are ubiquitous at athletic events and parades. For instance, sources in New Jersey, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Iowa say that the marching band is considered part of the high school and part of the community and is a considerable source of strength to the whole music program. In Montana and North Dakota, sources say that band programs are considered an educational priority. The same cannot be said for music at the elementary level. In Maryland, for example, music in the elementary schools is classified by the State Department of Education as, quote, "a leisure time activity." In Illinois, while the band program has gone through the budget crunch crisis virtually

untouched, the lower grades have suffered serious curtailment. The cause of these cutbacks in music education is obviously and simply, shortage of tax funds with which to operate. Consequently, music suffers. The high school band is not cut back because it is a public relations tool for the school, and indeed for the whole school system. Further, in many places, the band raises part of its budget through various fundraising activities such as candy sales and car washes. This eases the school board burden, but elementary school music doesn't have these obvious public functions going for them. Then too, high school musicians have invested time and money in their musical education. At the grade school level, it is often necessary for the school to supply instruments for the pupils, and therefore it costs more. And finally, the school boards are concerned about falling scores on college preparatory examinations. Since the tests don't ask questions about musical knowledge or skills, why bother to spend money on such preparation when other subjects are in

trouble? If the colleges would insist on some knowledge and skill in the arts as a prerequisite for college, which they should, the public schools would have no choice but to provide it. Most interesting is the fact that it is the urban areas of the country like Detroit and Philadelphia that are suffering most from this lack of money for music. Predominantly rural states are the ones that have healthy and progressive music programs. Maine, New Hampshire, Wyoming, and Utah are doing far more in music than New York. However, some states are fighting back. California, Georgia, and Mississippi are trying to pass legislation which would guarantee music a place in the basic curriculum. It's a battle of priorities for the school board and ultimately for the citizens. Wouldn't it be strange if the trend continues and eventually we produce children who can calculate the prices of all their presents and tell us the chemical composition of every plastic used in them, but can't sing a single Christmas carol.

This is Charles Christopher Mark. [MALE VOICEOVER]: The commentaries of Charles Christopher Mark reflect his views, and are made possible with funds provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is NPR National Public Radio. [MARK ROSSMAN]: And this is DAYBREAK on KWSU 1250 Radio at 14 minutes past eight o'clock. [BRIEF MUSIC] Well, Christmas is over, and the problem to do now is, uh...what to do with the Christmas tree. Now, if you had a cut Christmas tree this year, why not recycle it? In cities, there often are centers where one can leave the tree. But if your'e a householder you can recycle yourself -- cut it up and use the branches for mulch, for azaleas and other bushes, areas planted with bulbs, and other parts of the garden. You can saw up the trunk, let it season outdoors, and then use it as firewood. Or you can do what Michigan State University experts suggest -- strip the branches off the top half of two thirds of the tree trunk, Sharpen the top end and put the tree in the ground, upside down, to the windward of any delicate bush or plants that need shelter

from the wind. Use the branches you cut off as mulch. Not a bad idea, at least something to consider. It's now 15 and one-half minutes past eight o'clock this morning on DAYBREAK. Time to check in with the National Weather Service in Lewiston once again. Let's go now to Pete Gertonson in Lewiston. [PETE GERTONSON]: Thank you, and good morning. Cold, stagnant air continues over the Inland Empire and wide areas of fog and low cloudiness are being reported. Some freezing drizzle is falling in the Spokane area, so motorists heading in that direction should be alert for black ice on the highway. The satellite pictures show a small storm moving slowly out of the Gulf of Alaska toward the Washington coast. This disturbance will bring an increasing chance of showers to the Pacific Northwest as it moves inland tomorrow. Showers will be light, and we'll start off with snow, then turn to rain and snow by evening. The extended forecast for the holiday weekend calls for periods of rain and snow with the highs in the 30s and low 40s and the lows in the 20s.

Here's the forecast for the "U" Cities and Palouse Prairie -- mostly cloudy through Thursday, with an increasing chance of showers. Expected high today 30, overnight 20, and tomorrow's high 30 degrees again. Chance of showers will be 10 percent today, about 20 percent tonight, 40 percent tomorrow. The high yesterday in Pullman was 25 degrees, low this morning, 23. The sun sets this evening at eight minutes after 4:00. It rises tomorrow morning at 7:31. This has been Pete Gertonson reporting from the National Weather Service office in Lewiston. [MARK ROSSMAN]: And the current temperature right now on College Hill under overcast skies is standing at minus 4 Celsius, or that's 24 in our Fahrenheit scale. And it's 17 minutes now past 8 o'clock. So the last time most of us read Homer, it was probably under duress as an assignment in school. However, an English professor at WSU has developed a way to appreciate Homer in a new way. In a special options program to

be heard Friday at 3:30 on KWSU, Dr. Jim Gresham takes us on an odyssey of his own, using experiments in sound to highlight selected readings from Homer's Odyssey. He even went so far as to fashion his own instruments in the way Homer's musicians probably did in the 8th century B.C. The pursuit and construction of the first Greek lyre is wittily described in the ancient hymn to Hermes, a song composed by one of Homer's supposed followers. Since ancient lyres were made in part from turtle shells, the first task was to find a turtle. [JIM GRESHAM]: Hermes was the first to manufacture songs from the turtle he encountered outside the door as it was eating the splendid grass outside the door of their home. It moved along with an affected step. The son of Zeus, the helper, looked at it, then burst out laughing and said this, "What a great sign! What a help this is for me! I won't neglect it.

Hello there, lovely little creature, dancing up and down, companion at festivals. How exciting it is to see you! Where did this beautiful covering come from? Your shell is kaleidoscopic. You're a turtle who lives in the mountains. But I'm going to pick you up and take you home with me. You'll be a big help to me, and I won't slight you. But you have to help me first. You will find it much better at our house. Outside here things are bad. Alive, of course, you're a good medicine against the pains of black magic. But dead...Dead. You will make great music." He said all this. Then, picking up this lovable toy with both hands, he returned to his house, carrying it with him. When he got back, he took a great steel knife and stabbed out the life of the turtle that lived in the mountains. Then, just as a thought runs quick through the heart of a man whose troubles pile up and shake him, or when you see a twinkling spin off the eyes -- just like that,

the glorious Hermès started thinking about words and actions. He measured and cut stalks of reed and fixed them in by piercing through the back of the shell of the turtle. Full of ideas, he stretched cowhide over it, and put in the bridge, and fitted the two arms, and stretched out seven harmonious cords sheep gut. And when it was finished, he took the lovely toy and tried it out with a pick. It sounded terrible. The god tried to improvise, singing along beautifully as teenage boys do, mockingly at festivals, making their smart cracks. He sang about Zeus, the son of Kronos, and Maya in her beautiful shoes, how they talked during their love affair, a boast about his own glorious origin, and he honored the servants of the nymph and her magnificent house. [MARK ROSSMAN]: Dr. Gresham's lyre was not made from a turtle shell, but he was able to approximate the probable sound using plywood.

To be sure, this is a most unusual way to listen to Homeric readings, but there is a great...but there's a great deal to be learned about the literature and the music of ancient Greece. Hymn to Homer's music will be broadcast in its entirety Friday afternoon at 3:30 on KWSU Radio. Now, 21 minutes past eight o'clock this morning on DAYBREAK. 24 degrees, our current temperature on College Hill, minus four in the Celsius scale. See, the calendar makers are ready for the year 1978. Not just the people who give you wallet size calendars or calendars that confine themselves to showing the dates, But the makers of illustrated engagement calendars of all kinds. There's the James Herriot calendar with 12 full-color paintings based on the British veterinarian's books and Johnny Bench's Baseball Calendar. There's the Ziggy Sunday Funnies 1978 Calendar, and the A Time for Love Calendar. Got a tennis enthusiast in the house?

Then he or she can write down his tennis dates on Billie Jean King's Tennis Calendar. You think the stars dictate your life? Well, then the Llewellyn's 1978 Astrological Calendar is the thing for you. It proclaims that astrology works for everyone and tells what the 1978 or what 1978 will do for you. If it's film stars you favor instead of heavenly stars, then how about the Movie Fans Calendar? It has such illustrations as Margaret O'Brien, Judy Garland and a snowman in Meet Me in St. Louis, and Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor in Father of the Bride. Well, a calendar, by the way, can make a timely gift to take to a New Year's Eve or New Year's event, if you have been invited to one, or to send or give by way of a thank you to someone who may have surprised you with a Christmas present when you are not in practice of exchanging gifts. Other pleasant gifts along these lines might include a bottle of wine, a book, or a cologne,

or fancy bath soap. Just something to consider -- 1978 is four days away. It's twenty three minutes now past eight o'clock on DAYBREAK this Wednesday morning -- nice having you here this morning. Say, tomorrow afternoon at 3:30, KWSU radio brings to you a report on credit and privacy, produced by Options. Recently, the Presidential Commission on Credit and Privacy concluded its work. And the chairman, Professor David Linowes of the University of Iowa...or make that University of Illinois...talks about the work of his commission. Listen to the latest reports on credit and privacy on Options. That's tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 here on KWSU Radio. Well, it's time to check in with our Consumer Report. And we go now to Lorraine Kingdon. [LORRAINE KINGDON]: Your child probably sees about 9000 TV commercials trying to sell food. No wonder the kids nag you for a particular cereal or candy bar. A fairly typical mother says something like this, "I give in and buy the cereal my kids ask for."