Priests talk with Polish strikers announcing the state of emergency Dec. 13, possibly as early as today. In Washington, President Reagan scheduled a television address to the nation at 9 p.m. EST on the Polish situation. The President was said to be weighing an array of political, diplomatic, security and economic measures" the United States might take against the Warsaw government and the Soviet Union.
By The Associated Press Poland said priests and soldiers entered coal shafts to try to talk 3,000 mineworkers into quitting a prolonged strike. It said four detained Solidarity unionists who had been freed were re-arrested for disobeying martial Reliable reports from Poland that bypassed military censors said Premier Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski was preparing his first televised message since The state-run Warsaw Radio said most Poles were obeying martial law. But reports from outside Poland on Tuesday indicated thousands of Poles were resisting the crackdown in several regions, hundreds of prisoners were being mistreated and Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa was on a hunger strike. The reports could not be independently confirmed.
All news communications would obey martial law were re-arrested for trying to organize strikes or holding illegal meetings. The state radio said the Communist government eased travel restrictions imposed Dec. 13, shortened the nightly curfew and would suspend it on Christmas Eve to allow Poles to attend midnight Mass. More than 90 percent of Polands population of 36 million is Roman Catholic. The broadcasts, monitored in London, said 3,000 holdout strikers in two Silesian coal mines refused to come out, and that Roman Catholic priests agreed to go in with military representatives to negotiate.
The Silesian coal belt in southwest Poland is critical to the nation's economy because it is the countrys main earner of foreign currency. It also is a center of (See PRIESTS, Page 8) facilities in Poland have been cut and severe restrictions placed on Western reporters there. Uncensored news reports from within Poland are few and Western news agencies piece together information from travelers, diplomatic sources and others. A Warsaw television broadcast monitored in Bonn Tuesday night said four members of Solidarity who were freed on promises they Judge strikes down ERA extension Frances S. Prescott actions of rescission to the General Services Administration.
The ruling came on a suit that had been filed by Idaho and Arizona two years ago. Eleanor Sroeal, president of the National Organization for Women, had said in advance of the ruling that it was a political case on the life or death of the amendment The proposed amendment to file U.S. Constitution, which would ban discrimination based on sex, requires approval by 38 states. No state has ratified it (See ERA, Page 8) BOISE, Idaho (AP) UJS. District Judge Marion Callister ruled today that Congress violated its authority by extending the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment In a second major Mow to ERA advocates, Callister wrote that Idaho, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Dakota and Nebraska effectively nullified their prior ratification of the proposed constitutional amendment and may not be counted as ratifying states.
He said the same would be true for any other states which properly certified their Christmas: Thinking Mrs. Sullivan eyed of others EDITORS NOTE: TUs Is the third of five articles in which Times-Jouraal readers share their Christinas memories. Information about the writer appears at the end of the article. Special to The Times-Journal When I think of my happiest Christmas memories, I remember childhood days. My parents, the late Mr.
and Mrs. Marion C. Stone of Suttle, had seven children two girls and five boys. We lived In a frame house 10 miles Christmas memories By JANET GRESHAM Times -Journal Writer Republican National Committeewoman Jean Sullivan of Selma said Tuesday she has been told she will be appointed to the cochairmanship of the Appalachian Regional Commission by President Reagan. President Lyndon Johnson 16 years ago to help the poorer areas, particularly coalmining areas in Appalachia.
Mrs. Sullivan said it is the commissions responsibility to determine where the $150 million 1982 budget will be spent. Projects of the commission include highways, water and sewer facilities, housing, libraries, museums, hospitals and other health care facilities. Im real pleased and overwhelmed and real excited about the possibility of being able to make things happen, because I love federal programs, Mrs. Sullivan said, adding that she' (See SULLIVAN, Page 8) from Selma.
Just being together at Christmas meant the most to us, and we were taught to do and give to make others happy. My mother would start baking cakes, pies, and cookies about a week before Christmas to share with our neighbors. No one could bake like she could dried peach and fried apple pies, egg custard pies, orange cake, gingerbread you name it and she baked it Daddy would go to town a few days before Christmas to see Santa. He would bring him back and lode him in a little room by the front porch. How sweet those apples, oranges, and bananas would smell.
You see, we were so (See CHRISTMAS, Page 8) Giving time Mrs. Sullivan said she plans to accept the 880,000 a year position "if everything is as it seems to be and if she is confirmed by the Senate. The commission, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consists of 13 state governors and the co-chairman, who co-chairs to collect goods from the Salvation Army church for Christmas this week. Volunteers earlier packed the bags according to family needs with a toy for each youngster. The organization is also distributing food.
Salvation Army volunteer Slssle Pettersen searches among the scores of bagged toys and presents tor the number shes been assigned to deliver to one of the hundreds of Selma and Dallas County families who came Jean Sullivan the commission with the governors. It was formed by Wednesday Digest Justice action halts Bayuk sale Weather Rain ends today Cloudy with showers ending today. Low tonight, 40, high Thursday, 50. (See details, Page A2) Begins government wins JERUSALEM (AP) Prime Minister Menachem Begins government defeated a no-confidence motion in Parliament today over its handling of deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations. (See story, Page 3) delivered in the early afternoon hours instead of the usual morning schedule.
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Thursday, and the Monday deadline is 4:30 p.m. Foltz said American Maize, which owns John H. Swisher and Sons of Jacksonville, which makes King Edward and Swisher Sweet Cigars, offered Bayuk $14.5 million, not including accounts, receivable to buy the company. Foltz said the company Was not intending to sell until the offer was made. The offer was made last May, Foltz said, adding that (See BAYUK, Page 8) By JANET GRESHAM Times-Jouraal Writer American Maize Products has offered to purchase Bayuk Cigars, but the Justice Department is attempting to block the sale because of antitrust laws, according to Theo Foltz, executive vice president of Bayuk in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Bayuk Cigars has operated a plant in Selma since 1941 and employs 238 people here. Artis free on parole NEWARK, N.J. (AP) John Artis, convicted with former boxer Rubin "Hurricane Carter of killing three people, has vowed to remove the stigma of his guilty verdict now that he has been freed on parole. The two were cqnvicted in 1967 and again at a 1976 retrial. Unfair trade practices WASHINGTON (AP) Unfair trade practices by steelmakers in Romania, Brazil, Belgium and France probably have harmed the American steel industry, according to a preliminary ruling by the U.S.
International Trade Commission. The commission agreed Tuesday in a 5-0 vote that there was a reasonable indication of material injury to the domestic steel industry. Go Itieri to outline goals BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -President Leopoldo F. Galtieri was expected to outline his governments goals today, one day after taking the oath of office and swearing in a new Cabinet Revitalizing Argentinas sluggish economy is expected to be one of the first targets of the government. Sports Continues tradition Keith High School graduate Cassandra Crumpton continues at Clarendon College in Clarendon, Tex.
the basketball tradition she set at Keith. (See story, Page 10) Inside State Jobless rate second worst MONTGOMERY (AP) Alabamas jobless rate remains the second worst in the nation for November, climbing to 11.4 percent of the work force, well above the national average of 7.9 percent (See story, Page 13) Coors suits group BIRMINGHAM (AP) A local civil rights group being sued for a slide projector show that allegedly ties the Adolph Coors Co. to the Ku Klux Klan was expected to answer the charges today, according to a spokesman. (See story, Page 9) 4 5 10-12 2 .2 6 13 11 14 15 Editorial ifestyle Sports Hospitals Obituaries Comics TV lx)g Movies Classified Reagan gives cheese to needy WASHINGTON (AP) government used to do. Stuck with a growing In a written statement mountain of government- Tuesday, Reagan said 30 owned cheese that violates million Pounds of the 560 his free enterprise ideals, million pounds in storage will President Reagan is slicing be distributed through the off some of the surplus for states.
The total now in free distribution to the poor, warehouses around the But in keeping with his nation amounts to more than principles of New two pounds for every man, Federalism, Reagan said woman and child in America, cheese will be given to the The unwanted cheese has needy only id states where been accumulating as a ask for It. result of farm laws that And he wants the states to assure dairy farmers a turn it over to non-profit minimum price for their organizations in observance products, of yet another principle Cheese Is acquired and put letting charity do what the (See REAGAN, Page 81 Free on good conduct NEW YORK (AP) A judge has freed Weather Underground member Catherine Wilkerson convicted for her part in a deadly explosion in Greenwich Village because of her exemplary prison conduct. She served 11 months for the March 6, 1970 blast in which three people were killed. She was a fugitive for 10 years. Jackrabbit roundup set BOISE, Idaho (AP) A third jackrabbit roundup will be held this weekend as farmers in southeastern Idaho try once more to reduce the population of rabbits they say are destroying $5 million in crops.
Meanwhile, the Funds For Animals group has threatened to call for a nationwide boycott of Idaho products if the farmers continue clubbing the rabbits to death. Action Ads U.S. World Special prosecutor sought WASHINGTON (AP) Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan, battered the past two weeks by allegations that the company he once headed bribed labor officials, is asking for appointment of a special prosecutor to quickly put an end to the matter. (See story, Page 3) Sells first day BOYS 4-drawer chest and matching night stand, solid oak, $75. Excellent condition.
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