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Times 226 Pages Indiana Edition Louisville, Sunday, August 21, 1977 Copyright 1977, The Courier-Journal I Timet Newsstand 50c Home delivery 45c Wit mm 4f3 2 Mf'Mwr Arabs agree to some options Vance offered for Middle East Voyager 2 gives scare after launch to Jupiter, Saturn IZZyL' it 1 Twenty-six cars of a 'Southern Derailment By ELINOR- RRECIIER Courier-Journal Staff Writer NEW ALBANY, Ind. This is a corny story about 2,200 tons worth of corny. That's how much corn is piled, like golden snowdrifts, along about a quarter-mile stretch of Southern Railway track about four miles west of New Albany. Twenty-six cars of a train eastbound out of Princeton, derailed about 2:55 p.m. yesterday and tore up 2 12 miles of track.

The Floyd County sheriff's office reported no injuries. The cause of the derailment is un nMtKk EP0 meant to soften the force of the boom snapping open, may have prevented it from extending 100 per cent. Draper said the cushioning material might soften after a day's exposure to the sun's rays and allow spring-loaded extenders to complete the job of pushing the boom open. The 12-foot boom holds two television cameras and three science experiment packages. Had it malfunctioned, the mission would have suffered "definite degradation," Casani said.

Launch officials considered activating one experiment as a way to test the position of the boom. The experiment is designed to measure clouds of ionized gases streaming from the sun and other stars, and the test would involve dh-ect-ing the boom's highly accurate pointing apparatus toward the sun. Casani also said that all three stabilizing gyros in the guidance system including one reported to be malfunctioning turned out to be working properly. The Voyager project, with a price tag of at least $400 million, is directed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Pasadena, Calif. Laboratory officials said it might take many hours or days to determine whether the spacecraft would be able to carry out its ambitious exploration plans.

The launching of the Voyager by a 160-foot-tall Titan 3E-Cenlaur rocket was almost flawless. Liftoff was delayed five Railways train derailed yesterday near has a 'corny From New York Times and AP Dispatches CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The Voyager 2 spacecraft sped from Earth toward the outer planets of the solar system yesterday, apparently in good shape despite early signs of serious malfunctions. "Voyager looks much, much healthier than we originally thought," said John Casani, director of the Voyager program. The possibility of trouble has not been ruled out, however, because a boom carrying instruments and cameras apparently has not locked into position, although it has extended from the spacecraft as planned.

The boom's equipment is essential to the heart of the mission to send back pictures of Jupiter, Saturn and possibly Uranus and to measure the atmosphere, magnetic field, cosmic rays and density of the planets. Shortly after liftoff at 10:30 a.m. EST at the Kennedy Space Center, the spacecraft appeared to develop two problems: a malfunction in the guidance system and the deployment of the boom. Space agency officials said their worry was based on signals transmitted to Earth from the spacecraft. Casani said a data tape played back from the spacecraft indicated that the boom had been less troublesome than first thought.

"We think there is a high probability that the boom is close to the position that it should be, extended in space, but not in a locked position," he said. Ron Draper, a systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, said a tiny piece of cushioning, inside. Tomorrow known, according to a Southern Railway official. Twenty-two cars of the Chattanooga-bound train carried corn, two contained steel railroad rails and two were empty, he said. The train was traveling about 25 miles an hour when it derailed, the official said.

It blocked the railroad crossing at IND 62 for about 5 12 hours. Several of the hopper cars came to rest, like a pile of tumbled dominoes, in Bill Robinson's back yard. In fact, they were within about three feet of being uninvited guests in his living room. Robinson and his four children, aged 12 to 16, weren't home, at 3115 Corydon For many years the store was open from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.

six days a week, and from noon to 11 p.m. on Sundays. That was a 113-hour work week. "Now, as the years have gone by, and I've slowed up and grown older and puny, it's open from 8 a.m. ip 6 p.m.

through the week, and from 1 6 p.m. on Sunday," she said. Two months ago, Mrs. Turner put the store up for sale. If it's sold, she will open an antique shop in an abandoned grocery-store building across the street.

The hours would be shorter. New Maysville is a hamlet of 52 people northeast of Greencastle in Putnam County, a short cast from famed Big Widow sets a lot of store by her independence, work By BERNARD GWERTZMAN New York Times News Service WASHINGTON Egypt, Syria and Jordan have informed the United States that they would sign peace treaties with Israel as part of an overall Middle East settlement. In addition, Egypt and Jordan said they would consider an American proposal that they also take up diplomatic relations with Israel. The intention of the Arab countries was made known to Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance during his 11-day Mideast mission earlier this month.

Observers say this explains in part the American view that progress in the Arab-Israeli negotiations is possible despite continuing differences. According to administration and diplomatic sources, Vance offered both sides several proposals for overcoming obstacles to a Geneva conference and for the principles to govern such a conference. Aside from the willingness of the Arab countries to sign peace treaties a change from their previous refusal to sign a treaty with Israel little other substantive progress was appai-ent, observers said. But the Americans, Arabs and Israelis all have expressed hope that a Geneva conference could be reconvened, possibly by the end of the year. Vance has said all sides are now discussing the "hard nuts to crack." His proposals to the Arabs and Israelis have been kept secret, but sources have revealed them to The New York Times.

The American suggestions fall into See ARABS Back page, col. 1, this section Somesun and Delilah National Weather Service LOUISVILLE orea Partly cloudy through tomorrow, 20 per cent chance of showers and thundershowers today. High today, low 80s; tomorrow, near 80. Low tonight, low 60s. INDIANA Partly sunny through tomorrow, thunderstorms likely north today.

Highs both days, 70s to low 80s. Lows tonight, 50s to low 60s. High yesterday, 82; low, 58. Year ago yesterday: High 86; low 63. Sun: Rises, sets, 8:29.

Moon: Rises, 1:03 a.m.; sets, 11:58 p.m. Weather map and details, Page 9. among the 50 states in the percentage received of the total federal outlay. Kentucky got 1.5 per cent of more than S500 billion that filtered down to state and local governments from Uncle Sam. Of the total, $911,227,000 came to Jefferson County.

And of that amount, $606 million wound up in the city of Louisville. Indiana, on the other hand, received $6.03 billion, or 1.7 per cent of the nationwide total distributed in all the states. Indiana thus ranked 19th, four notches ahead of Kentucky. (California ranked first with 11.5 per cent of See FEDERAL -PAGE 16, col. 1, this section Jeff and Annette Carter THIRD FLOOR 1 Queens' Bedroom uest room) Queens' Sitting Room SECOND FLOOR 1 lincoln Sitting Room RESIDENCE Staff Photo by Cort Best New Albany.

No one Mm hurl. ending Pike, when the cars crashed off the tracks in all directions. Robinson, a carpenter, said he had been in town working. He said he came home to find, in place of his pole-bean garden, septic tank and clothesline, a few thousand tons of twisted wreckage. One of his children said "Do you think that's close enough, Dad?" Robinson mused that he might have been too hasty in disposing of his chickens last year.

He also speculated on the possibilities for a profitable moonshine See TRAIN Back page, col. 1, this section Walnut Creek. Besides the store, there are two churches Eternal Grace Baptist Church and New Maysville Community Church. Mrs. Turner is a friendly woman with keen eyes behind dark-rimmed glasses, and a surprising giggle when something strikes her fancy.

Almost everyone addresses her as Joyce. Very young customers call her Joyces, having heard parents say they want something over at Joyce's. The store in the two-story frame building, erected in 1832, is a movie mo-See WIDOW PAGE 1G, col. 1, this section rect federal support such as mortgage insurance for homeowners and insured loans for college students. A new report from the federal Community Services Administration, compiled for the Executive Office of the President, shows that in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1976, Kentucky got $5.22 billion in federal outlays.

Just slightly more than $1 billion was in direct grants-in-aid to state and local governments, according to the report, which was made available to The Courier-Journal by the University of Louisville Urban Studies Center. Highlights of the report: The $5.22 billion Kentucky re ceived put the commonwealth 23rd Guest rooms THE A LTTT7 Promenode1 Ii Tn By GORDON ENGLEIIART Courier-Journal Staff Writer NEW MAYSVILLE, Ind. Joyce Turner was born in Kentucky and grew up during the Depression. The kids in her big family were taught early to work. "Work!" she recalls her father commanding.

"Ask nobody for nothing. Be independent." The widow Turner, 60 in December, has worked. How she has worked. How independent she is. Since 1955, all alone, she has operated the New Maysville General Merchandise Store the second-oldes general store in Indiana.

(She prefers to call it Turner's General Store.) From U.S. to By SHELDON SIIAFER Courier-Journal Staff Writer More than $5 billion a year from federal coffers is now pouring into Kentucky, nearly twice as much as the current state budget calls for spending in each year of this biennium. That puts Kentucky in substantially better standing than Indiana in terms of what it's getting from the federal government, compared with what it pays out. Of Kentucky's total, nearly a billion dollars annually in federal money ends up in Louisville and Jefferson County or almost 10 times the combined budgets of the city and the county. About a fifth of the money Kentucky you: Kentuckiana's federal dollars Today Kicking off the football season Forty pages of 'Football 77' will be found in a special magazine behind Section II of today's paper.

It's got stories about the best and the worst college teams in the nation. It takes a look at what will be happening at Kentuckiana high schools and colleges, including complete rosters and schedules. And there's a thorough rundown on the Cincinnati Eengals and the other pro teams. It's a section that fans will want to keep for reference from kickoff to the final gun of the '77 football season. minutes because of a suspected malfunc- See VOYAGER Back page, col.

1, this section Elvis remembered Last week millions of Elvis Presley fans mourned the singer's death. Tomorrow The Courier-Journal will contain a special 16-page rotogravure magazine including color pictures on Presley's life and times. Outlook Section Racing entries 17 Show clock II 3 Sports Section TV 2 Vol. 24S, NO. 52 7:30 sharp around the family table in the second-floor dining room.

Nine-year-old Amy, the President's only daughter, and 6-month-old grandson Jason (James Earl Carter IV) increase to eight the size of the gathering for which veteran White House chef Henry Heller has to cook. But just as there is melodrama on the TV set with The Waltons, there has been a real-life family falling out in the Carter household. Chip and Caron have been arguing. There have been rumors of separation and fatherly lectures from the President to his 27-year-old son. Life in the White House hasnt been the same as life down on the peanut plantation.

The news media have been using the cliche, "living in a fishbowl," to describe the pressures on Chip and Caron, parents of the President's grandchild. So, according to Ann Anderson of Mrs. Carter's staff, the couple will leave the fishbowl togeher and are expected to return to Plains tomorrow, where Chip will help run the family's million-dollar peanut business. gets from the U.S. government comes from direct grants-in-aid under 1,200 or so federal programs, such as the $8.6 million community-development block grant the City of Louisville receives.

But roughly four-fifths of it is not in the form of grants. It includes obvious things like food stamps, defense contracts, Social Security payments and salaries of federal employees. It also covers lesser, often minute, amounts for such items as special equipment for disabled veterans, payments for protection under a wool act, railroad unemployment insurance, awards to survivors of veterans who die, and for a wide range of music, museum, dance and other cultural programs. The figures do not include other indi Accent Section Business Section Classified 14, Section Deaths 3, 9, 10 Lively Arts Section II Opinion page 2 Life in the White House: It's just like The Waltons The White House CtmnCwter I A a Room '3flLiMj' 7 I ITT a By ED RYAN Courier-Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON "G'nite Chip-boy, Nite Amy, Nite Jeff-boy" Nite Poppa." "Nite Caron, Nite Annette" "G'nite, Mr. President." "G'nite Rosalynn" "Nite Honey." "Nite Grits" "Woof." It's just one big happy First Family well, it was one big happy family living at the White House these days.

The Carters are The Waltons, as cartoonist Michael Witte recently portrayed them, of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But what is their life in the White House like? Jimmy and Rosalynn sit out on the Truman Balcony and sip iced tea on these muggy Washington nights the way they probably sat in the porch swing at their big house back in Plains, Ga. Occasionally, when everybody is around and on schedule, sons Chip and Jeff and their wives Caron and Annette come down the elevator from their third-floor living quarters to have dinner (A third son, Jack, lives in Calhoun, where he practices law.) The departure of Chip and Caron means that three rooms in the third-floor living quarters will be vacant. They have been occupying a "suite" or "apartment" that includes a sitting room, a bedroom and a baby room. A hallway separated them from 24-year-old Jeff and his wife, Annette, who live in a smaller three-room suite.

The two couples had separate baths but shared what Steve Harris, a White House usher on the domestic staff, described as a "diet kitchen where they can prepare light food." Only one other person outside the family lives in the White House, and that's Amy's maid, who also has living space on the third, or top, floor. Most of the 80-member White House domestic staff, all civil service employees, work out of the third floor. In the past two administrations, the See LIFE Back page, coL 5, this section L. President and Mrs. OiiIbi'i i II bedrofm FRST FLOOR WEST WING fi! ij Grand V' Eatt Room' Red.

Blue I JJIondGreen Rooms, dining rooms FIRST FLOOR JL. i OFFICES "Yr- GROUNO LOO Oif)rtotic feteptiort toom, China ff Oval JT? and Vomica1 8oms, Mao Room, I tibray, jsjKhefl, odm'mwtrotivt offitoi I Security Council 'j Situation Room in basement 1977, Time, All Rights Reserved I.