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pw" a Must lanton Agnew To Make Says Austerity Stormed Mill JIT- I AZi Hi wr i pf AIT A frtt I J.1 -I Power Posses to New Administration Mrs. Blanton holds the three Bibles used for the oath-taking. Outgoing Gov. Winfield Dunn, seated at right, watches as power passes. Gov.

Roy Blanton, left, repeats the constitutional oath of office administered by State Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. D. Foncs as By LARRY DAUGHTREY Leonard Ray Blanton of McNairy County became the governor of Tennessee yesterday with an acknowledgement that austerity must become a new way of life on Capitol Hill. Stepping down from the office after four years, Win-field Dunn also conceded grave problems of energy and economics lie ahead for a government which has enjoyed prosperity during his term. BLANTON, 44, a one-time, farm boy who went on to the state legislature and three terms in Congress, took the oath of office at 12 :33 p.m.

in a cramped and steamy War Memorial Auditorium. His voice showing the strains of a cold, the Demo- Gov. and Mrs. Ray Blanton will host a public reception from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the governor's mansion on Curtis wood Lane.

crat promised to run a government dedicated to the "plain folks who want a better Tennessee," and to eliminate the last vestiges of re-gional and racial discrimination. A crowd of more than 2,500 persons jumped to their feet repeatedly to cheer Blanton in the auditorium during the half hour of ceremonies which made him the state's 44th governor. A WHIPPING WIND and cold drizzle persuaded inauguration officials to move the ceremonies from the new War Memorial Plaza. 1 The decision, made about an hour before the inauguration, took out much of the color and drama of the affair and left thousands of Democrats unable to witness the swearing in of a man they campaigned for. But there was still enough for them to celebrate, with the second noisy and jubilant ball of the weekend last night at Municipal Auditorium, a colorful parade of bands down Charlotte, Sixth Avenue and Union, and a public reception in the Capitol rotunda.

BLANTON AND his wife, Betty, will greet the public from 2 to 5 p.m. today at the governor's mansion on Cur- tiswood Lane as the last event of the inaugural weekend. Tomorrow morning, Blanton gets down to the business of preparing a legislative program made more critical because of sagging state tax collections. Blanton comes to office, however, with a cabinet virtually completed; 17 com- (Turn to Page 8. Column 1) McKinney, Crouch Unseated In Cyprus NICOSIA (UPI) Thousands of stone-throwing Greek Cypriots stormed the U.S.

embassy yesterday, ransacking offices, smashing windows, and setting a wing of the building afire before U.S. Marine guards drove them off with tear gas. The demonstrators es-. timated at more than 3,000 ripped down the American flag during their rampage and replaced it with the Greek flag. THEY ALSO attacked British diplomatic offices in protest against Britain's de-, cision to allow Turkish Cy-priot refugees to leave the island.

They set fire to numerous American and British-owned cars. A hostile crowd of demonstrators also gathered outside the British embassy in Athens, where they smashed windows, burned a diplomat's car and scuffled briefly with police. The State Department in Washington sent a stiff note to the Cyprus government expressing grave concern. "WE HAVE MADE it clear that we expect the Cy-nriot eovernment to Drovide full protection for trie embassy and all American personnel in Cyprus," a spokesman said. Officials said the fires were brought under control after burning through two floors in the embassy, there were no American casualties and the embassy was still in operation.

There was no immediate estimate of damage. Greek Cypriots fear that Turkish Cypriots who go to Turkey will end up occupying Greek Cypriot lands, homes and businesses in northern Cyprus taken by Turkish forces during the fighting last summer. THE AIRLIFT of Turkish Cypriots from the British base at Episkopi began yesterday morning. Three plan-' eloads were flown to Adana in southern Turkey, where a large crowd and a brass band met them at the airport. The refugees wept and knelt to kiss the soil when they emerged from the Turkish Airlines jet.

In Nicosia, the students first marched on the British High Commission and consular offices. They threw books, document and furniture out the windows and set them on fire. FROM THERE they went to the U.S. embassy, broke through the barbed wire perimeter fence guarded by troops and police, threw stones and bricks at the building and set fire to two embassy automobiles. They broke down a gate leading to the embassy itself and rushed into the building.

National guard troops, po- (Turn to Page 16, Column 6) By JOIINHAILE Lt. Gov. John Wilder and House Speaker Ned McWherter yesterday carried out threats to retaliate against recent opponents and stripped former speaker Jim McKinney and veteran Sen. Ernest Crouch of committee chairmanships. The action came as the General Assembly convened in an unusual Saturday session called to carry out the inauguration of Ray Blanton as the state's 44th governor.

But legislators made use of the occasion to squabble over capital punishment and NEW YORK (UPI) -Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is going to end up a multimillionaire because of his contacts with the Arabs, says his real estate partner in an interview published yesterday in Parade magazine. The former vice president, who resigned office and pleaded no contest to charges of income tax evasion, is currently making more money than he ever did as a lawyer, said real estate dealer Walter Dilbeck of Evansville, Ind. AGNEW'S major contribution to the Dilbeck real estate empire is his many valuable contacts, Dilbeck told Parade. "During the Nixon administration, Nixon handled the Israeli contacts in the Mideast, and Ted handled the Arab contacts. He made a lot of important friends among a lot of important people," Dilbeck said.

"Ted Agnew's opened the doors to some of that European and Arab money, and that's what the business needs," he said. "WHAT'S more, he's going to end up a multimillionaire. "The deal I made with Agnew called for me to pay him $100,000 a year for four years, plus one third of the Erof its of the first year, and alfof the profits of the other three," he said. "After four years Ted Agnew is free to go on his own. Dilbeck, 56, a World War II hero whose exploits are being turned into a movie, said he operates through three landholding corporations, but refused to say which one Agnew is connected with.

"HE LIKES to keep his name out of deals, and 1 want to respect his wishes," Dilbeck said. He credited Agnew with securing the financing for a project in Kentucky near Lake Barclay. "It was Ted Agnew who flew to the Middle East and got investors in Kuwait to Eut up $6 million in capital to uy the land. He's also raised Saudi Arabian money and Japanese money to buy the Mount Victory Coal Company in Kentucky," Dilbeck said. Young party in the naming of com-mittees yesterday, McWherter also refused once again to name any Republicans as committee officers.

The decision has an additional effect of leaving the minority party without any representation on the powerful Calendar and Rules Committee which decides what bills will get to the floor for debate. THE COMMITTEE appointments came as no sur-prise. There had been rumors in Democratic cir September. The officer had been fired in July of 1973 after it was charged he took a bribe to fix a traffic ticket. He was reinstated in November by the Metro Civil Service Commission.

During the period when he was fired from the force and was a private citizen, his actions were his own pcrson- (Turn to Page 14, Column 4) cles for the past two weeks that McWherter and Wilder were prepared to strike back at the men who had challenged their re-elections this year. McWherter had unseated McKinney, a four-term Nashville Democrat as speaker by one vote two years ago in a bitterly contested caucus election; but he had gone on and named McKinney chairman of the General Welfare Committee. Antagonisms between the two men had frequently erupted in public, and yesterday McWherter said he simply had enough of "McKinney nipping at my heels." ONE OF McKinney's closest allies has been Nashville Rep. John Hicks, also a Democrat. Yesterday Hicks found himself removed as vice chairman of the State and Local Government Committee.

Hicks had survived a challenge from McWherter last week to get re-elected to the Fiscal Review Committee, the assembly's financial watchdog committee whose members are selected by a (Turn to Page 6, Column G) a trip to Oak Ridge, announce committee appointments and see a new senator sworn in. THE NEW senator is Victor Ashe, 30, a Knoxville Republican who had been forced off the ballot in November because he had not turned 30 and failed to meet the age requirement for serving in the Senate. His mother had run as a stand-in candidate, was elected and then resigned just over a week ago. in addition to striking DacK at opposition within his own to a cousin of his to start Brandy's Health Studio, 1400 Church St. HENDRICKS HAS denied he made such a loan to Ron Hendricks, whose wife is listed on public records as the owner of the parlor.

But yesterday, Hendricks pointed out that he was not a policeman at the time the alleged loan was made in oidHckory UUSTS MUC At Capitol By BILL PRESTON JR. Andrew Jackson returned to the governor's office promptly at noon yesterday, ousting Abraham Lincoln from the place of honor he had held for four years. The return of "Old Hickory," or at least his portrait, coincided with the moment Democratic Gov. Ray Blanton assumed the state's top office from retiring Gov. Winfield Dunn.

JACKSON'S PORTRAIT had hung behind the desks of Govs. Frank G. Clement and Buford Ellington, but Dunn was less than interested in having that venerable Dem-ocrat peering over his shoulder. But instead of moving Jackson, Dunn moved the whole office and left Jackson peering out into what became a conference room. In the new governor's office formerly a cabinet room-Abraham Lincoln's portrait hung behind the desk.

But a Blanton aide said yesterday the Republicans including Lincoln held out as long as possible. "THEY (DUNN'S staff) wouldn't let us touch that portrait until noon," the aide said. Even Dunn's desk and (Turn to Page 6. Column 1) Parlor Loan Would Have Been 'My Business': Officer By GEORGE WATSON JR. Metro Detective Charles Hendricks, whose alleged ties to a downtown massage parlor are the subject of a police probe, said yesterday that his actions while a private citizen are "my personal business." The Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating whether Hendricks loaned $3,000 last fall ffp- 4 ---V j.

J1' Aj 'v I 7 Civic Clubs Eyeing Public Square Site Members of the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Exchange clubs are considering leasing space in the Public Square Garage at Fourth Avenue and Deaderick Street for a Civic Club Center. Homer Gibbs a past president of the Nashville Exchange Club, said yesterday that if the four clubs agree on the lease, the space in the garage will be used as a dining facility for the clubs and also office space will be provided. GIBBS SAID the Exchange Club is expected to vote on the leaseTuesday night. A final decision on the proposed center is expected within 10 days. Gibbs said one reason the Exchange Club is considering the lease is "because the Hermitage Hotel where we have our luncheon meetings had their kitchen closed down a while back by the Metro Health Department." Paul Blanton yawns during the inaugural parade, but then offers a wave and points to an interesting float..