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THE TtNNISSIAN, Thurrfoy, Augutt 31, 17 Solomon Reinstates 2 Whistle-Blowers Related story Page 1 internal audit supporting his beliefs was ignored, a GSA spokesman said. Tucker finally gave copies of the audit to the Boston Globe and was dismissed when he admitted going to the newspaper. "In light of the philosophy of the Carter administration, and our current knowledge, the punishment exacted in the cases of Tucker and Sullivan may have been excessive," Solomon said. "In a spirit of compassion, I've decided to reinstate them." appointment by President Carter last year, but has been hampered by Civil Service regulations which make i difficult to dismiss incompetent employees and by an agency bureaucracy which has been firmly entrenched through several administrations. FEDERAL AND internal investigations have By JACK SIRICA Tenneiuin Wwhlnfton Bnrean WASHINGTON General Services Administrator Jay Solomon reinstated Tuesday two "whistle-blowers" who had been fired for taking charges of illegal GS A activity to the FBI and the press.

Citing a passage in Civil Service reform legislation providing for protection of government employees who raise red flags about wrongdoing in federal agencies, Solomon said he wants to encourage "an atmosphere where employees can come forward and speak freely. '''I vard," he said. "Then it skipped again and jumped over some buildings and came down in the Skaggs Drug Store area which is on the west side of Elvis Presley." PROSSER SAID the tornado cut a 75-yard swath in some places with winds up to 150 mph. Police said 24 persons were taken to Methodist Hospital South for treatment for cuts and bruises. Hospital officials said Elaine Wright, 24, was the only person admitted to the hospital.

Mrs. Wright was in satisfactory condition yesterday after undergoing surgery for multiple lacerations. There were no fatalities. THE TORNADO-damaged area is a mile south of Presley's home and two miles west of Memphis International Airport. Neither the estate nor the airport was damaged.

The last major tornado to hit Tennessee's largest city was in the predawn hours of April 24, 1970. About a dozen people were injured and the storm inflicted $2 million in damages. Among the hardest hit businesses this time was a Pizza Hut and a Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurant, which stood next to each other. "THIS IS a wipeout Fred Scar- ort leir "WE CANNOT condone, nor will we supp employees' going outside channels with th Important News For BACKACHE SUFFERERS! Momentum Tablets are 50 stronger than Doan's. proved that a number of GSA emnloyees have taken payoffs totaling millions of dollars from contractors.

In return, those GSA officials certified that the agency received goods or services never provided by the contractors. The two so-called "whistle-blowers," Robert J. Tucker and Robert F. Sullivan of Boston, were dismissed from their jobs after they provided evidence of GSA wrongdoing to the FBI and a Boston newspaper. In 1974, Tucker contacted the FBI with evidence of "fraud, collusion and favoritism" in awarding of construction contracts by GSA's regional Public Buildings Service, a GSA spokesman said Tuesday.

AFTER THE FBI found insufficient proof of GSA misconduct, GSA officials discovered that Tucker had provided investigators with their information and he was fired. Sullivan, part of a team of investigators assigned to review Tucker's case, became con-vinced that Tucker's charges were valid but an Memphis Picks Up After Tornado Strikes Shops MEMPHIS (AP) Shop owners and fast food restaurant employees began sorting through debris yesterday trying to salvage what was left of their establishments in the wake of a tornado the night before. And as earth-moving equipment shoved tons of rubble into piles and knocked down the shells of heavily-damaged buildings, city officals tried to put a figure on damages tentatively from $4.6 to $10 million. "WE'RE compiling information for the mayor so that he can request Small Business Administration loans," Billy Ray Schilling, director of Shelby County Civil Defense, said. "Right now we ve got estimates on the contents and on the automobiles, but the real damage would be the structural assessment and the glass damage." The tornado touched down about 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, cutting a crisscross path of destruction along 6 block of Elvis Presley Boulevard. "WE FOUND a tract of damage of about three miles in total," Norm Prosser, chief forecaster for the National Weather Service in Memphis, said yesterday. Prosser said the funnel cloud touched down first in a residential area southwest of Elvis Presley Boulevard, but caused only minor damage before heading toward the northeast. "It skipped over some buildings and then it hit down at the second place, right on Elvis Presley Boule mation. It has a calmative, too, to help relax tension that can cause muscles to tighten.

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Take only as directed. "However, we want an atmosphere where employees can come forward within the system ana speak freely to help us bring needed improvement to GSA. We intend to take action against those who try to curb this openness." The reinstatements come at a time when the GSA is racked with scandals. Solomon has been trying to take control of the agency since his Strongest Soviet N-Blast of Year Recorded UPPSALA, Sweden (AP) The Soviet Union has set off its seventh and strongest underground nuclear explosion of the year in the Semipala-tinsk area of western Siberia, the Seismological Institution of Uppsala reports. Before you take Doan's Pills (or your muscular backache, remember this: Momentum Tablets are 50 stronger than Doan's Pills That means Momentum gives you-50 more pain reliever per dose to relieve backaches For pain, inflammation, and stiffness of muscular backache, there's no stronger medication you can buy than Momentum Muscular Backache Formula.

Momentum does more than reduce pain and soothe inflam pace, operations director for the pizza chain, said as he surveyed the damage to the store shortly before it was razed. "That jammed door is all that's holding that wall up." The tornado peeled the roof of the Pizza Hut, dumping it onto a nearby parking lot and sending customers scurrying. "One woman from Texas jumped out of a window after it.hit," Scar-pace said. "She came back this morning to get her shoes she left behind. She said she was coming back next year and sit at the same table." Will Obey Restraint Order: Fisk Strikers 0-1QO, Our longest tasting a QucDiinn tufGH uoase pamr woss i mm One Coat Coverage, Sx whenaDDlied a I according to directions.

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THE SUIT SAID the workers blocked doorways "thereby creating a disturbance and endangering the safety of the plaintiff's employees and students and the public at large." The suit also alleges that some of the pickets damaged university property. Robert Poole, director of alumni affairs and acting director of public information at Fisk, said yesterday the suit was filed mainly to prevent the employees from doing the things mentioned in the document. "IT WAS REPORTED to university officials by some students that they were threatened," Poole said. "But we haven't actually seen any of the striking employees threaten anyone or block any entrance to a building." The striking employees are charging Fisk with unfair labor practices. The employees and Fisk currently are negotiating a new contract.

"We were sorry to learn that these false statements have been made against us," Mrs. Ford said. "We are striking peacefully in hopes that we can soon put an end to the strike through a new contractual agreement between the union and the By DWIGHT LEWIS The president of a union local representing striking employees at Fisk University said yesterday the employees plan to honor a temporary, restraining order issued against the workers. But at the same time, Mrs. Jo Ann Ford said she sees no reason for the restraining order because the employees have done nothing, in her opinion, to cause university officials to seek the order.

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