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Dolphins Flip Stars 14-3: They Did It on 'Porpoise' Page 5 Page 19 WEATHER INDEX- TENN EAN Page; Amusements 12 Business 16-18 Church News 8 Page Crossword 13 Horoscope 11 Obituaries 24 Radio-TV 11 Sports 19-23 Women's 10 See Page 30 Classified 24-35 Comics 14 Editorials 6 VOL. 63-NO. 101 Second Class Postso Paid at Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1973 10 CENTS 36 PAGES Police Officer Indicted, Jailed In Fatal Shooting of 12-YeaMld Private Life Felt Spy ing '-r 7 v.vv...::. JS I i11 1 III jj 'Obligation' By ELAINE SHANNON and DOUG HALL Tennesscan Washington Bureau WASI1INGTON-A White House philosophy that spying on the private lives of political opponents including sexual habits, drinking and domestic problemsis "legitimate" in the American political process was coolly defended yesterday by President Nixon's former domestic affairs adviser.

John D. Ehrlichman's unfolding of his own version of "the public's right to know" brought on heated debate with Sen. Lowell P. Weicker veteran of eight election campaigns, who demanded: "DO YOU REALLY want to bring the political system of the United States, of our campaigns, down to the level which you are talking about now?" The former White House domestic counselor complained that the news media observes "an unwritten law" against reporting the behavior of politicians and asserted that an incumbent's chal-I lenger has the "obligation" to raise the issues of -Staff photo by Jack Corn Well-Planned Trip Ends in Death for Eight "probit" and "morals" during a campaign. I don't think in our political system that (a candidate's fitness for office) is limited to his voting record or his absenteeism," Ehrlichman said as he defended the White House's use of a private detective to investigate unnamed political opponents.

"IF IT WERE, we would countenance the perpetuation of scoundrels in office who were thieves or who uaro frmiHnlpnt nr whn wprp nrnflipatp or who were plunged to the brushy area below (2). car were killed. path a 1971 Mercury sedan followed Silliman Evans Bridge guardrail (1) and Long Drive, Fogged Road Spell Tragedy By FRANK GIBSON and DWIGHT LEWIS A set of handwritten directions, a fog-cloaked interstate highway bridge and a nightlong drive spelled tragedy for an Arkansas family here yesterday. All that remained after ill-equipped rescue workers pulled the eight bodies from the tangled wreckage were the reminders of a well planned trip: an empty thermos, foil-wrapped chicken, and a cassette player with prerecorded gospel music. FIVE CHILDREN were among those who died when the 1971 Mercury sedan plunged 100 feet from the Silliman Evans Bridge.

The family was on the way to Flint, Mich. Killed were: Mrs. Pernetter Brown, 56, a Pine Bluff housewife. Her daughters, Mrs. Arnell Rayford, 35, a mother of nine children and Mrs.

Georgia Lee Glover, 28, who was scheduled to begin teaching fourth grade students in Arkansas' City, Ark. this fall. Mrs. Brown's granddaughter, Pernetter Tate, 9. Mrs.

Glover's daughter, Johnetta Glover, 7. Three of Mrs. Rayford'3 children, Paul and Paula Rayford, 3-year-old twins, and Linda Rayford, 7. Listed in serious condition at General Hospital was Gregory Tyrone Rayford, 5, who suffered a broken arm and crushed pelvis. "From what we've been able to piece together they left Pine Bluff enroute to Flint, about 9:30 p.m.

Thursday," said Metro Traffic Sgt. Larry Loftis. "Apparently they had driven all night, long and were probably tired. There was a heavy ground fog and they (Turn to Page 13, Column 1) Youth's Death lied to Drugs FRANKLIN, Tcnn. A Williamson County coroner's jury ruled yesterday that David A.

Eason, 18, of Franklin, died as the result of drugs. The jury made the ruling after a 90-minute inquest that included testimony by Sheriff Fleming Williams who quoted statements that the teenager used heroin a short time before bis death. EASON'S BODY was found last Saturday in the back seat of his car at a truck stop near the interchange of Peytonsville Road and Interstate 65 about five miles south of here. Four persons have been charged with disposing of a dead body in connection with the death, a felony whlcn carries a penalty of one to Senate Votes Stiff Election Astronaut Tno's Goal Two-Month Space Stay A dotted line marks when it crashed through Six-Cent Rise In Raw Milk I Price Due Here By CARTER ESKEW The price of raw milk here will rise by six cents a gallon next week, and the increase will be passed directly to consumers, according to a Nashville dairy official. "The price just has to go up," said Albert J.

Gasser, president of Purity Dairiee. "I'm just wondering if it will be enough to keep the dairy men in business." A SPOKESMAN for the Nashville division of Dairymen, which handles 90 of the dairy farmers' products (Turn to page 4, Column 7) the a I 5 be made, and re-evaluated weekly, on continuing the mission for the full 59 days which would be more than double the record 28-day endurance run by the Skylab 1 astronauts in May and June. AT A Cape Kennedy news conference yesterday, Skylab project director William C. Schneider said the Skylab 2 crew would make a space walk next Tuesday and extend a long V-shaped sunshield over the space station's living quarters. The space station lost its heat shield when it was launched in May, and the From Wir Reports CAPE KENNEDY The Skylab 2 astronauts prepared yesterday for a record 59-day space stay during which they will put a new sun shield on the space station and learn more about the Earth, the sun and man's ability to make trips to other planets.

Capt. Alan L. Bean of the Navy, Dr. Owen K. Garriott and Maj.

Jack R. Lousma of the Marines planned to board a modified Apollo spacecraft atop a Saturn IB rocket at about 3:30 a.m. CDT today. At 6:11 a.m. CDT, the rocket was to hurl them to the 85-ton space laboratory (Turn to page 4, Column 6) (Turn to Page 13, Column 6) eclher Service Moy Move Of ice fo Wilson otherwise unfit for office, so I think it's perfectly competent for a challenger to meet head on the issue of the fitness of an incumbent." Ehrlichman's comments, delivered in a calm, straight-faced manner, were met with stares from the Senate committee and silence from the oiten vocally hostile audience.

The former presidential adviser confirmed that in 1969 he hired Tony Ulasewicz, a retired New York city police detective, to gather "purely political" information and arranged for his payment by Herbert Kalmbach, the President's personal lawyer. LXASEWICZ testified he looked into the Chappaquid-dick affair involving Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and investigated the personal, sexual, moral and drinking habits of friends and opponents of the Nixon administration, on orders from (Turn to Page 4, Column 1) W7 the Real Eight of nine persons in the Metro Detective C. Hendricks, 'Secretary.

Fired By GEORGE WATSON JR. A Metro detective and another employe of the Metro Police Departent were fired yesterday after they allegedly were involved in "fixing" a traffic ticket, it was learned. A police department source said Charles L. Hendricks, a 13-year veteran of the police force, and Mrs. Betty W.

Stan-nard, a secretary of Capt. Noble Brymer, were dismissed after a police department investigation showed they were allegedly involved in "fixing THE PROBLEM arose about two months ago when the service's landlord, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (DOT), announced that it needed additional space for its own operations in the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission building at Berry Field where the weather service has rented about 2,400 square feet for the past nine years. Br'j Minter, head of the (Turn to Page 15, Col. 1) est charged by banks to their largest and most credit-worthy customers, who are few and far between. Smaller customers pay higher rates.

A TOP management banker here said yesterday that the rising prime rate is mainly the result of a feverish demand for loans as companies rush to supply an unprecedented demand for goods and services over the nation. Most that has been empty since the Skylab I crew ended its 28-day mission June 22. THEY ARE to link up with the space lab 270 miles overhead at 2:41 p.m. CDT today. The astronauts will inspect the laboratory, but are not scheduled to move in until tomorrow morning.

Then it will be their home and scientific observatory until Sept. 25, when they are scheduled to return to Earth. Project officials said a thorough medical study of the Skylab 2 astronauts will be conducted after the first 28 days. Then a decision will AP WirepholO Money Rules From Wlr Rtportt WASHINGTON The Senate yesterday voted stiff criminal penalties for using campaign contributions to pay for the legal expenses of defendants such as those convicted of the Watergate break-in. The amendment by Sen.

Robert C. Byrd, adopted 88 to 1. also makes embezzling campaign funds in federal elections or converting them to personal use a federal crime. THE PENALTIES for (Turn to Page 4. Column 1) WASHINGTON In White House aide John D.

Hj has been described as By BILL PRESTON JR. While the National Weather Service may have been off the mark a few times on questions of rain or shine, it was hardly bad enough to drive them out of town. The service's office may wind up in Wilson County, but the possible move from Berry Field will result from a lack of space and have no reflection on their accuracy of weather forecasting. New Hike in Prime Rate Expected To Spread Here (Turn to Page 13, Column 4) industries are running at capacity, he said. He said m-ny banks paid an average coat of 10 in the federal funds market last week, and that these short-term funds have reached as high as 12 rec3ntly.

These are usually one-day borrowings from the Federal Reserve Bank. New York's First National (Turn to Page 18, Column i5 A prime interest rate increase to is expected to spread among major banks here, following yesterday's announcement by Commerce Union and Hamilton banks that they will adopt that figure. Their move will follow a hike from to by several large Eastern banks. The prime ate is the inter John Ehrlichman Please the Senate answers so Ehrlichman Watergate investigating committee and the man whose flustered Sen. Daniel Inouye that he blurted "what a liar.1' will still be at the witness table Monday.

this multiple exposure photograph, former Ehrlichman appears to have many faces. the "toughest" wjtness to appear before.