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290 SttOfld Class Pottage Paid at Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1975 15 CENTS 38 PAGES LATE 2nd On Criminal Justice Center Passes Reading By FRANK GIBSON and DOUG HALL The Metro Council passed on second reading last night an ordinance which authorizes Mayor Beverly Briley to arrange for financing of the proposed $20 million Criminal Justice Center. Proponents of the new police headquarters and jail fought off repeated attempts to have the measure year for SO years at a total cost of $48 million. On a companion measurea resolution authorizing $25,000 for the second phase of a feasibility study for the project the council deferred action until the Metro Legal Department works out details of a contract with a California architectural firm, Varner and Associates.

man' Tom Sharp said the present plans contain many unnecessary features a beauty parlor, a cafeteria, a photo lab, 27 conference rooms and 900 square feet for an office for Police Chief Joe D. Casey. "'There's even a bathroom in the chief's office," Sharp said, "with a shower, a private bath. I can't believe that Chief deferred and finally passed the ordinance by a vote of 22-14. THE ORDINANCE au- thorizes Briley to enter into a lease-purchase agreement with the Metro Industrial Development Board for the issue of industrial bonds for the project.

The building would cost Metro Government $1.6 million a crease when the time comes," Adams said. ADAMS AND OTHER councilmen opposed the plans as too extravagant, and they urged that further consideration be given to making use of existing facilities. While saying he is not "absolutely opposed" to a new police facility, Council 4TD Predicts oout' uiriu ymn By A I 'i vpHV ivm Vffl I mm 1 I i i 'm The votes came after Briley made a rare appearance before a council session and told the councilmen "you and I have a responsibility to do something about that facility." THE COUNCILMEN, appearing before the cameras of WDCN-TV which carried the session live, debated the measure for more than two chief of programs, and Mrs. Edith Elmore, former director of public assistance and now a research consultant to the assistant commissioner. Bass said the details have not yet been worked out but essentially all employes would be restored to their former positions.

He said the entire matter would be reviewed carefully and it has not been decided whether to return Mrs. Elmore to her former position. "I am pleased that the governor appointed a commissioner who has the compassion to rescind an order which disrupted the entire department," said George Barrett, the attorney who represented Mrs. Hinds and Mrs. Parker.

DURHAM SAID he believes the state would have won the case if it had been heard by the Supreme Court. He also said he does not believe Bass' decision will adversely affect future Civil (Turn to page 2, Column 3) 7 hours, often heatedly. Earlier, the council voted down 27-7 a resolution sponsored by Councilman Richard Adams to have the issue on the ballot in a referendum. The Legal Department had said such "straw votes" are illegal. "The only way we can say we don't want to let this go to the people is to say we are going to vote for a tax in- Councilmen, Police Meet 'Just Social' By DOUG HALL Councilman John (Cotton) Turner allowed as how some people might be suspicious of the little get-together for police brass and a select group of councilman Monday night at a Nashville motel.

But actually, Turner hastened to add, appearances can be deceiving. And what might seem at first glance to be a choice opportunity for city lawmakers and top police officials to discuss privately the proposed $20 million Criminal justice Center was nothing more than a friendly little gathering among friends, he said. "IT'S JUST A social get-together," Turner assured a curious newsman at the party. "We have these all the time. This is what we call a 'Rotten Cotton Pow The get-together was held at the Quality Inn, Parkway, shortly after 6:30 Monday night.

And, for sure, there was nothing wrong with it. Councilmen and policemen are, after all, friendly people for the most part. It's only natural they should be friends with each other. CERTAINLY, the proposed 11-story Criminal Justice Center has aroused considerable controversy. And there might seem to be some advantage to be gained by discussing the matter in the relaxed atmosphere of a motel party room where the liquor flows freely.

And certainly it might appear strange that the only ones invited to Turner's "Pow Wow" were either staunch supporters of the project or were wavering on the issue. The gathering included Police Chief Joe (Turn to Page 2, Column 1) State Jet 'Might Be By LARRY DAUGHTREY An aide to Gov. Ray Blanton said yesterday the state might lose as much as $200,000 if it sells or trades the controversial Lear Jet former Gov. Winfield Dunn bought 18 months ago. Dunn paid $685,700 for the used jet in a move that generated controversy in the legislature and elsewhere.

JIM ALLEN, one of Blan-ton's aides, said a study is now under way about the possibility of selling or trading the jet. But both he and 8 to President Ford Asks prompt action Infldfion Slom JtaH (AetM br Jehua Casey, as conservative a man as he is. would approve of something like this." ON THE OTHER side of the issue, councilmen said very little and indicated the issue had been thrashed out so many times previously little else need be said. "I have a vast amount of information here which I (Turn to Tage 4. Column 1) gress, and rejected Democratic demands that he delay imposing tariffs on imported oil.

He said gasoline rationing would have to stay in effect for five to 10 years, would limit motorists to about nine gallons of gasoline a week and would be unfair to commuters and rural Americans. During the mid-afternoon question-and-answer ses sion, the President also: Declined to rule out resumed U.S. bombing raids against Communist insurgents in Indochina. However, Ford said flatly that he could not foresee re-entry by the United States into the ongoing Vietnam war. And he said he would observe "constitutional and legal procedures." Ford also disclosed he would ask Congress for another $300 million in military aid for South Vietnam.

Said again that the danger of war in the Middle East "is very serious" and that is why the administration is stepping up its diplomatic efforts with Israel and some of the Arab states. Ford said the United States is providing weapons for both sides to help maintain "equilibrium in arms capability." At another point the President was asked whether he would seek a congressienal declaration of war should force become necessary in the Middle East. "I can assure you that on any occasion where there was any commitment of U.S. military personnel to any engagement we would use the complete constitutional requirement that is on the President." he said Said he is considering extension of the conditional Vietnam amnesty program for draft dodgers and deserters, scheduled to expire Jan. 31, but has not made "a final decision." Voiced dissapointment with Soviet rejection of the 1972 trade agreement with the United States but said detente will be "continued, broadened and expanded" because it is in the best interest of both countries.

Said he will seek deferral of action on national health insurance proposals because projected budget deficits of $30 billion this year and $45 (Turn to Page 2, Column t) Vesco MURFREESBORO Jock Ladd, above left, uses sledgehammer to knock hole in the wall of storage locker at Layne Cleaners, freeing Chip Evans, 19, an employe of Career Clothes Rental, who had been trapped inside for more than two hours after part of the door's lock mechanism foiled. Evans, all smiles at right, said he was not frightened during his enforced stby, but added, "I'll never close that door again." 'Years' Before Price Reduction From Wirt Rrporli WASHINGTON President Ford predicted yesterday that "by late summer we ought to see a for both inflation and unemployment. "I will not sit by and watch the nation continue to talk about an energy crisis and do nothing about it," Ford said in a nationally broadcast news conference, his first in six weeks. He urged prompt congressional action on the package of economic and energy proposals he outlined last week. FORD SAID he would veto any mandatory plan to ration gasoline voted by Con- slow in December but 1974 consumer prices climbed an overall 12.2, their third biggest jump in modern U.S.

history, the Labor Department reported yesterday. This presents more problems for the administration in dealing with the 1975 economy because of upcoming cost-of-living pay hikes for million of wage earners and retirees based on 1974 inglation. Employers who pay those higher benefits will try to recover the costs in higher prices to customers. WITH THE exception of 1918 and 1946 when the nation's economy staggered to shake off the effects of World Wars I and II last year's jump was the largest since records were started in 1913, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1 The December increase in the Consumer Price Index was 0.77o in April, the BLS said.

The July rate also rose 0.77c. But the Bureau said the index reached 155.4 last month, meaning that a typical selection ol goods and services that cost $100 in 1967 cost $155.40 in December. SIMON SAID the De-(Turn to Page 2, Column 4) Welfare Unit Revamp Out By DOUG HALL State Welfare sioner Horace Bass yesterday rescinded the controversial plans of his predecessor, Fred Friend, to reorganize the department and demote four key department personnel. "We just didn't agree with the decision of Mr. Friend to begin with," Bass said.

"We think the demotions just weren't justified." BASS MET YESTERDAY WASHINGTON (UPI) -Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, confronted with the tiird biggest jump in consumer prices in modern U.S. history, said yesterday that the high prices are "going to take years to bring back down." Simon had predicted Sunday the inflation rate in 1975 would drop to around 7 or THE INFLATION rate did Sale Castl Blanton indicated it is more likely the jet will be kept in the state's fleet of aircraft. Both also admitted that Allen used the jet last week fly to a White House briefing on the economy, but defended the flight as a necessary time saver. Allen, who is not on the state payroll and serves as an unpaid advisor to Blanton, said he was deeply involved in the planning of Blanton's inauguration and the transition between administrations when the (Turn to Page 2, Column 5) Elaine Parker, director of services for the blind.

Asst. State Atty. Gen. Bart Durham, who represented Friend and the Welfare Department in the suit, said he would file a motion today with the State Supreme Court to dismiss the suit on the grounds the case is now moot. FRIEND'S plans also included the demotions of Hurston C.

Burkhart, former clusion of women, this is not the case today." THE MAJORITY concluded that the 6th Amendment guarantees that a jury be selected from "a representative cross section of the (Tarn to Page 2, Column 5) Court Gives Women Equal Jury Duty afternoon with Gov. Ray Blanton and discussed the matter, and Bass said Blanton "concurred completely" with the decision. Bass said the decision will take effect immediately. The decision to nullify Friend's reorganization plans makes moot a lawsuit which had prevented the demotions of two of the employesMrs. Greta Hinds, director of the state food stamp program, and Mrs.

jury service, although they are treated differently from men in some instances. BUT THE majority acknowledged for the first time that the role of women in society is changing and that the courts must recognize their growing economic independence in assessing their legal rights. "If it was ever the case that women were unqualified to sit on juries or were so situated that none of them should be required to perform jury service," Associate Justice Byron R. White wrote for the majority, "that time has long since passed. "If at one time it could be held that juries must be drawn from a fair cross section of the community but that this requirement permitted the almost total ex From Wire Report! WASHINGTON Women in Tennessee and the rest of the nation cannot be automatically denied equal opportunity to perform jury duty, the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 yesterday.

It was another victory for the women's rights movement. "ATTORNEYS for the Center for Constitutional Rights told the court in Oc-. tober that five states Tennessee, Missouri, New York, Alabama and Rhode Is- land automatically excuse Elvis Reported Seeking Jet Once Owned by posal and a $75,000 check drawn on the National Bank of Commerce in Memphis. Strouse has been a negotiator between Presley and McLaughlin. THE CHECK was presented only to substantiate (Turn to Page 2, Column 7) plane last week at Newark International Airport, where it has been kept since it was repossessed last May from a Vesco-con-trolled company.

ACCORDING to John J. McLaughlin, a Newark attorney who is the court-ap pointed receiver for Skyways Leasing Corp. of Fairfield, N.J., Presley's father was pleased with the plane, which is equipped with a sauna, a discotheque, two dining rooms, a bar, a gymnasium and deep-pile carpeting. McLaughlin said the elder Presley took several photographs of the plane and indicated that the singer wants it for business trips to Europe and the Far East. He said Cal Strouse of Teidwell Aircraft Sales in Alabama flew to Newark Monday to deliver a pro From Wire Reports Elvis Presley reportedly has made a $75,000 down payment on a plush $1.5 million Boeing 707 jet once iowned by fugitive financier Robert Vesco.

Vernon Presley, father of the Memphis rock and roll superstar, inspected the women from jury duty. They said nine states and two-thirds of the federal judicial districts excuse them if they have children in their care. All states, including Louisiana where the case originated, have laws that do not exempt women from.