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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER FINAL EDITIONPRICE 20CHOME DELIVERY: $4.50 A MONTH Saturday, DBS. 10, 1977 Goodin Told im To Lie, I fir cloudy) cludy) TODAY eyer Charges vlrw- I if JJ) --a tt, ft-'. i 'i Z' Sir "''Vv ESS? Sf SijL i. 1 Enquirer pHotoBY FRED STRAuB HE'S READY- With wind chill factor well below zero Friday afternoon, Rick Walker showed up in a ski mask for the Bengals' final practice before engaging Pittsburgh today in a game which should determine the National Football League's American Conference Central Division playoff berth. Story on Page B-l.

affording U) the court papers. This is apparently not the same thing as a perjury charge and could conceivably result in another trial for Goodin, courthouse sources said. Also, If the appeals court refuses to reconsider Its decision to discharge Goodln's lower-court conviction, as requested by Lels, prosecutors may seek permission from the Supreme Court of Ohio to appeal that ruling. Whether the prosecutor's office will attempt to pursue a second trial against Beyer is not known, although possible. The immunity apparently relates only to the current grand Jury investigation, according to the court papers.

BEYER WAS not willing to comment on his affidavit when called at his home Friday evening. His wife said, "He is getting himself together He was, she added, "very upset." "The truth of what happened Is right there in the affidavit," she said. Though his action was "a difficult thing," she said she is "confident that the worst Is over for us right now." Attempts to reach Lels for comment were unsuccessful. James Perry, one of Goodln's three attorneys, had little comment about the latest court actions "After we've had an opportunity to review the document and after we discuss the documents that have been filed," Perry said, "maybe we'll be in a position to say something. The perjury conviction set aside by the appeals court was related to Goodln's testimony that he received weekly payments of $15 from two persons involved in reporting traffic conditions for two Cincinnati radio stations.

Goodin said the money went to an Informants' fund. The prosecution sought to prove Goodin put the money to personal use. The conviction of tampering with evidence was linked, in the main, to circumstantial evidence. He had been suspended from the police force during that Reds Acquire Vida Blue TOMORROW Remember summer? Dream on. Continued cold today with winds of 10 to 15 mph throughout the day under cloudy skies.

High will be in the mid-teens. There is a 40 chance of snow tonight and that number will carry over through Sunday when the high will get all the way up to the mid- Ms. Weather map, details, Page A- 4. The Women's Glee Club or the University of Cincinnati will perform at Concordia Lutheran Church, Clifton Hills Ave. and Central tonight at 7:30.

No admission charge. Considering the arctic weather we've already had, there's something to be said for Christmases that are not white. isffl Organizations representing publishers and distributors seek to join Larry Flynt's appeal of organized crime and obscenity convictions here on First Amendment grounds. Page D-l. SM80 Students at Shawnee Middle School, Indian Hill, are having a lot of fun getting back to basics Page D-2.

nation The coldest weather of the season grips the Northeast and Midwest, and there's more to come. Page A-4. Two young California brothers serve as mldwlves in the emergency delivery of their baby brother. Page A-9. Seattle policeman-landlord son evicts father and mother from home they had lived In for nine years.

Page B-12. vjqtW GAO suggests Pentagon hire more Americans to replace some of the 67,000 West Germans the Defense Department pays $670 million a year. Page A-ll. The Soviet Union offers Westerners a rare glimpse of its first lady, Vlktorla P. Brezhnev, with release of a picture on her 70th birthday.

Page A-12. ople today After years of hiding, the battered wife is bringing her problem out into the open. And while no one's sure of the extent of the crime, everyone is sure the situation must change. Page C-l. BtertaiBment Just before his death, Chief Justice Earl Warren aided in the writing of a new play about the U.S.

Supreme Court. Page C-5. in our opinion Robert Clerc discovers that bureaucrats never run out of red tape. Page A-10. As time for the 1980 census approaches, Americans can expect to see a series of battles over redistricting.

Editorial, Page A-10. BY GARY SULLIVAN Enquirer Reporter The legal drama of former Cincinnati police chief Carl V. Goodin took an unexpected turn Friday when former subordinate Richard K. Beyer accused him of complicity In alleged perjury to a Hamilton County special grand Jury. The allegation was among a number of court documents filed Friday, which also indicate Beyer was granted Immunity from prosecution to testify to a new grand Jury Investigating alleged procuring of perjury by Goodin.

Barely two weeks ago, Goodin was cleared by the First District Court of Appeals of Ohio of lower-court convictions for perjury and tampering with evidence used by the earlier grand Jury In late 1975. BEYER, ONCE the head of the vice squad, had similar convictions overturned by the appellate court but, for technical reasons, his case was returned to a lower court to be retried. In a sworn affidavit Friday, Beyer admitted lying to a grand Jury in 1975 about receiving money from Goodin for "a certain Informants' fund." Beyer also said he produced false documents which were used to support his testimony at that time. "Further," the affidavit reads, "I lied before the grand Jury and prepared and produced the false documents at the direction of Carl V. Goodin, then police chief of the city of Cincinnati." The affidavit was immediately used by Hamilton County Prosecutor Simon L.

Lels Jr. to seek a court order compelling Beyer to "give testimony as to all matters concerning an Investigation Into the alleged procuring of perjury" by Goodin. LEIS' MOTION was granted Friday by Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Gorman, who also ordered that Beyer should not be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty because of his appearance before the grand Jury. The grand Jury's investigation is connected to procuring of perjury, Bus Drivers For Federal BY MARVIN BEARD and BOB WESTON Enquirer Reporters Representatives of the striking bus drivers late Friday rejected a proposal by Queen City Metro officials to call in federal mediators for renewed negotiations, leaving the two-day-old strike in an apparent stalemate for the weekend. James C.

Paradise, an attorney for the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), emerged from a two-hour meeting Friday night to say, "We discussed the matter of federal mediation and decided that under the circumstances it would not be productive and we will not do It." He added there are no further meetings scheduled between the two sides at this time. AFTER THE meeting, Ed Harvey, Queen City Metro general manager, repeated the company has no plans in the Immediate future to seek a court order to end the strike. "We're fearful that the men would not honor a court order and every Indication from the men is they would not." he said. The QCM's proposal for federal mediation came after company representatives and ATU leaders met separately with Mayor Gerald Springer to brief him on the dispute. "We (the city) do not run the city," Springer said.

"We are the victims. My Interest is that we want this strike over." Then he added with a smileTin a nice guy. I don't exert pressure." Nearly 800 bus drivers and mechanics, members of ATU Division 627, are participating In the strike, unsanctioned by the union leader BY TOAA CALLAHAN Sports Columnist HONOLULU-In a telephone conversation Friday between Bob How-sam in Waiklkl and Charlie F'lnley in Chicago, the Cincinnati Reds' already gaudy trophy display swelled to seven Mo. 1 Valuable Player trophies and four Cy Young Awards with the ransom of Vida Blue, who has one of each. To Oakland went minor league slugger Dave Revering, a first baseman, and cash, presumably a great deal of cash.

For, about a year ago, the New York Yankees offered a straight $1.5 million for Blue, which baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn wouldn't let Flnley accept. Apparently, that'old strip miner has found a subtler way of working out his claim before selling it to New Orleans or Denver, or just abandoning it to dust. Kuhn must think so because he plans to call a "hearing" on the matter. "I believe the deal raises substantial questions as to whether it should be approved or not," said the commissioner. "I would expect to have a hearing in the next seven to 10 days.

I would not plan to have anything more to say on this subject until I have heard the views of the clubs." The Reds made one more minor deal Friday, obtaining switch-hitting outfielder Dave Collins, 25, from Seattle for left-handed pitcher Shane Rawley, who came from Montreal last summer In the Santo Alcala swap. Now with Tom Seaver to the right of him and Vida Blue to the left. Reds manager Sparky Anderson was ready to discuss Cincinnati's chances. "THE DODGERS are the team to catch; they're the champs," he said, but his eyes were twinkling. "I'm Just going to sit there real good and calm," Sparky smiled.

"This is the first time we've really had quality, experience and depth in pitching," he continued. "We're balanced. Now we're not Just going to beat you, 9-8. We're going to beat you, 1-0, too." Always the soul of discretion, Reds-president Howsam would not discuss the amount of undisclosed cash, though the mention of $1 million set his eyes rolling. He would say that Blue has a year remaining on his old contract that, with the option year, would assure Blue's availablity for at least two years.

Asked if he would Immediately try to commit Blue beyond that, Howsam replied with some candor: "No. we'll think that one through." Blue, contacted in Oakland, tempered his reaction to the trade with a reference to Kuhn. "Other than the fact the commissioner is calling a hearing," the pitcher said, "this is something I'm really glad to have happen. Maybe it'll be a new lease on life for me. A change of scenery may be good.

"I've had some good moments in Oakland, but trades in baseball are something that Just have to be contended with. I'm glad It's to an organization such as the Reds." HOWSAM OULD not comment on Kuhn's announcement of a hearing, except to say, "We see no reason it won't go through." Asked if Kuhn might be pressing his old quarrel with Flnley at the Reds' expense, Howsam said only, "I can't comment on that." "The bill is not dead, it is only sleeping," he said. The agreement on the payroll tax increases followed Intense pressure from the White House and the congressional leadership to bring a Social Security funding bill to a vote before Congress adjourns for the year. Whether a vote will occur this year In light of the deadlock is uncertain. Originally, Congress was scheduled to vote on the bill next week.

The maximum paid equally by workers and their employers currently Is $965.25 per year. The conference agreement would set the 1987 figure at $3046. However, the celling would apply only to those earning at least $42,600. If the present law were left unchanged, the maximum tax in 1987 would be $2012. THE BILL would raise Social Security taxes a total of $227.3 billion from 1979 through 1987.

Under the compromise, there would be no Social Security tax in While Blue's won-lost record was 14-19 in 1977, the Reds seem to regard the 28-year-old lefthander as being not too far removed from the 24-8 MVP and Cy Young days of 1971. "He's a fine athlete," said Howsam, who did not wish to forget Revering, a feeling which may not be mutual. He called Revering "our fine home run hitter (77 homers for Indianapolis in the American Asso-cation the past three years)," unfortunately stymied by Danny Dries-sen. In the spirit ol Mike Epstein, another big first baseman who shouted his way to Oakland, Revering had been bawling for a transfer. "REVERING WOULD have bnen our first baseman If not for Drlts-sen," sighed Howsam with perceptible sorrow, always unhappy to part with 24-year-olds who can play.

"That's the good part," said Anderson. "Getting Blue and Bill Bonham (from the Cubs Just after the season ended), we didn't give up any of our kid pitchers coming along. Now they can come along easier. The man," he said, referring to Howsam, "is just a researcher. I just don't think anyone else remembered about Bonham, or about Blue." "Blue has a fine salary," Howsam observed.

"But we feel It's within our range." The prevalent estimate was $200,000 a year. "The times I've heard him over a number of years, recei-ing his MVP Award and the like, I've been Impressed with him. He's sincere. He wants to go out and do a Job for a team." On his new team, National League MVP awards have gone to Joe Morgan (2), Bench (2), Pete Rose and George Foster. He shouldn't often want for runs.

creases next year beyond those already provided for under existing law, which raises the maximum tax to $1071 in 1978. The conferees also agreed to Increase substantially the amount retired persons might earn without losing part of their Social Security pensions. However, they dropped a House-approved provision that would have removed the earnings limitation entirely by 1982. Under present law, any Social Security recipient earning more than $3000 a year would lose $1 of pension for every $2 of additional earnings. The limit next year would be $3240, and automatic adjustments would follow in future years.

Under the conference bill, the earnings limit would go to $4000 next year and increase tn $500 increments to $6000 in 1982. After that, the automatic adjustments would resume. The Increase, however, would apply only to those 65 or older. Persons retiring at earlier ages would continue to be covered by existing law. JL Vr All XI Jtii JL xl tj drug charges.

Although the families pressed against a fence near the landing area, they were told by officials they would not be allowed to speak to their loved ones until processing began Saturday. THE AMERICAN men and women, most of them convicted on drug charges, boarded the plane in Mexico City after 36 Mexican prisoners were taken from U.S. Jails and flown to the Mexican capital. Social Security Reform Stalled Reject Call Mediation ship because strikes by public employees are illegal In Ohio. THE WALKOUT, which began eurlv Thursday, has left an estimat ed 70,000 dally passengers to find other means of transportation.

Among those 70,000 are about 000 public and parochial students, who have Metro passes. Cincinnati school officials say it Is Impossible to assess the Impact the strike Is having on student at tendance because the severe winter weather also Is a major factor. However, they reported that absentee ism in Cincinnati schools reached 66.4 of the total enrollment Friday. The combination of the weather and the bus strike prompted some parochial schools to call off classes Friday. Alarmed by the high absenteeism In Cincinnati schools since the strike beean.

Councilman J. Ken neth Blackwell said Friday he is going to ask for council's backing to eet the bus drivers to return to worK during hours when students are transported to school. A SPOKESMAN for the drivers told The Enquirer he doubts they would agree to Blackwell's proposal. The drivers at the Mitchell Avenue division Issued an open letter riders Friday, saying: "If anyone is suffering while the buses are not in service, we are very sorry, but frankly we cannot see how anybody could be suffering more than the families of the drivers and mechanics of Queen City Metro." next two Sundays, with zoned deliv ery to subscribers and' street racks In the Northwest School District. The educational material is tai lored for students In primary grades through junior high.

Content was reviewed and approved by William J. Whltaker, assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum and In struction for Northwest schools. Enquirer readers In the North west School District will find this week's "Northwest Workbook" inside Section Opinion Commentary, in Sunday's Enquirer. WASHINGTON (AP)-House and Senate conferees, working on legislation to keep the Social Security system solvent, broke up in deadlock Friday night over an unrelated issue, after agreeing on payroll tax increases that would, within a decade, more than triple the maximum amount any worker could pay. A Senate rider to provide tax credits of up to $250 for college tuition was the Issue that stymied efforts to pass legislation this year.

The system's reserves are threatened with exhaustion within five years. It pays benefits to 37 million persons and collects taxes from 108 million workers. SENATE CONFEREES unanimously Insisted on the tuition payment plan. House conferees were as adamantly opposed. Sen.

Russell B. Long the conference chairman, set no date for returning to the negotiating table. He said he would await word from the House members. 13 Section To Aid Northwest Students HniADc' HAmnPAminof 1 IlaUUClS UCl JL JLVX UO M. Mm Four Sections, 137th Year, No.

245 ACTION LINE BUSINESS 6-7 10 CALLAHAN CLASSIFIED C-7-10, P-4-12 COLUMNISTS COMICS 1 CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY 1 DEATHS EDITORIALS ENTERTAINMENT 04-5 GRAHAM HEALTH HOROSCOPE HORSE SENSE JUMBLE RACES RELIGION RESTAURANT GUIDE C-5-6 SHOPPER'S SCRAMBL SOCIETY 3 TRI-STATE EXTRA 3 TV -RADIO WORD GAME Color a phonics candle. Solve a magic math square. Complete a history time line. Those are only three of the activities Included in the first "North-west Workbook," an Enquirer educational supplement designed to help fill the gap while schools in the Northwest School District are closed the next two weeks because of a luck of operating funds. A different four-page special section will be Included In The Enquirer as a public service each of the heroes' welcome, we're just glad the're back," said Barbara McClure of the Los Angeles area, whose cousin, Kenneth Barton, was among the returning Americans.

"It's been really scary for us all. I'm just glad he's home," she said. "You hear stories about what happens down there. It's been very frightening, said Julie Stevens, 21, of Los Angeles. Her father, Richard Stevens, had been In a Mexican prison for the last four years on SAN DIEGO (AP)-Wlth dozens of flag-waving relatives screaming a welcome, 61 Americans held in Mexican prisons touched down on U.S.

soil Friday, completing the first leg of a historic international prisoner excahnge. The ecstatic relatives were oblivious to criticism that criminals were being given a hearty welcome as they cheered the chartered flight from Mexico City. "I DON'T care if they call this a.