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4 THE TENNE55EAN, Wcdncidoy, July 21, 1976 Head of FDA Foul ply Suspected Missing Youth's Auto Discovered i -ivy (Continued From PaRe One iearncd about (he case Klippstcin said where he was going," the mother said. According to Mrs. Glenn, her son "got into an argument a few days be- she and otner investiga- we have just started tors were suspicious that our investigation, and we foul play occurred, she need to do some more work woula not go into detail before we can get every-about what police have thing together," Sgt. fore he left with a girl who he owed some money to. She said she was going to get a warrant on him." Mrs.

Glenn, mother of four other children, said some people who spotted her son's auto telephoned Police Say Prostitution Jump 50 This Year it i i'' FA. i -rx 1 '4 If Photo by Bruc Cootor She added, "I don't know whether that blood in the car is my son's or not. I just hope to God it is not, though." don't know about," he added. Many of them would fall into the "call girl" class, those who ply their trade from their own expensive apartments, make dates by telephone and deal with a more select clientele than the street walkers, he said. The price for sex ranges from $35 up to $500, Uselton said.

"It depends on the product their sell-ing Uselton is disappointed at the large number of massage parlors, pornographic book stores and movies in Nashville. "I've never seen them anv worse in any other city. It doesn't speak well of But he admits that there has been a ready market for sex, both real and vi- carious. Fingerprint Search Police Identification officer James Legieza dusts for fingerprints inside the cor of a North Nashville youth who was reported missing July 13. The blood-stained auto was found abandoned.

Announces Resignation WASHINGTON (AP) -Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration since 1973, is resigning effective Dec. 1 to return to the staff of the University of Illinois, it was disclosed yesterday. It had been known for a year that Schmidt had been searching for a return to academic life and aides said his departure is not prompted by a Senate investigation of alleged irregularities and pro-business bias by his agency.

AN FDA spokesman said Schmidt, 46, informed the agency's staff of his plans yesterday and that the university would announce his appointment as vice chancellor for health services today. Before coming to Washington, Schmidt served as dean of the Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine at Illinois. According to the spokes-man, Schmidt had said after his appointment to the FDA that ne planned to stay only until after the 1976 presidential election because he wanted to return to the university and maintain his tenure. As Schmidt was disclosing his plans to leave, 34 current and former FDA employes were testifying that the agency still fails to protect the public health, two years after the Senate launched an inquiry into charges that the FDA is biased toward the industry it regulates. THEY TOLD two Senate subcommittees of orders not to stop turkeys contaminated with a cancer-causing drug from entering domestic and foreign markets.

The witnesses also mentioned documents mysteriously missing from drug investigation files, heavy pressure to approve new drugs before safety testing had been completed and unexplained delays in writing new warning labels on powerful medicines. "Things have not improved," said Dr. John 0. Nestor, an FDA medical officer who was among the original panel of 11 scientists who blew the whistle on the agency in subpoenaed Senate testimony in August 1974. Transcontinental Railroad SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The first transcontinental railroad was completed Jan.

10, 1869, at Promontory, Utah. kj THE TEENAGER'S mother said last night her son left home about 10 p.m. July 8. "He didn't say which was later declared unconstitutional, required woman arrested on prostitution charges to get a clean bill of health from the Health Department before going to court on the charge. PROSTITUTES spread venereal diseases, Uselton contended.

He said he agrees with health director Dr. Joseph Distowish that they are largely responsible for VD rate increases. Prostitutes have argued, however, that they catch diseases from their customers, not from each other. They say the men are not required to present certificates from the Health Department. Uselton denied that known prostitutes are ar rested from time to time for harrassment.

"WE DON'T harrass anyone," he said firmlv "That word is taboo in the police department." He said the police do not have any firm estimate on the number of prostitutes in Nashville, although they recognize many of them. (The professional pros titutes also recognize the vice officers, Uselton added, and for that reason, the police "change personnel periodically" and "pull some of our uniformed officers in on "THERE ARE a lot of prostitutes in Nashville we Oil Jobs WASHINGTON (UPI) A survey by the American Petroleum In stitute says development of petroleum beds off the East Coast would mean creation of at lest 28,000 jobs. The survey, conducted by Woodard-Clyde Consultants, indicated that about half the jobs would be directly related to the industry. r( ii i irn trnstc Ti Ml Metro Arrests By PATRICIA WELCH Prostitution arrests by the Metro Police Department are running about 50 higher this year than last, Asst. Chief Paul Uselton said yesterday.

Uselton, whose jurisdiction over "field operations" includes the vice squad, said arrests in 1975 totaled 598. Through mid-July this year, he said, there had been 407 arrests for prostitution or "related" matters. "WE'VE TIGHTENED our enforcement," the assistant chief agreed in an interview. He said the extra effort resulted from "numerous complaints" by businessmen in the downtown area that they and their customers had been solicited by prostitutes, many times during the daylight hours. Massage parlor business has been "slow," Uselton added, and the employes are now "out on the streets." FEW MEN are arrested, although Tennessee law provides the same punishment for both the prostitute and her (or his) customer.

Uselton said that some customers have been arrested "on occasion, but not a lot of times." Men-cab drivers, bell hops, pimps and sometimes husbands of prostitutes are also arrested on charges of aiding and abetting prostitution, the assistant chief said. Statistics available yesterday in Uselton's office did not list the sex of the arrested persons. He said he could think of only one case in the past year in which a police woman arrested a male on a charge of soliciting for prostitution, while many arrests are made by police officers in the reverse situation. POLICE OFFICERS, both those assigned regularly to that speciality within the vice squad and other officers, in plain 12 77 a clolhes, arrest women as soon as the arrangements are made between the officer and the woman for a certain sexual act and the amount of money to be paid, he said. In some other cases, the officer "overhears" the arrangments between the woman and her prospective customer." POLICE RECORDS available yesterday showed that a large number of recent prostitution cases were either continued or dismissed.

The most common disposition of the cases, however, is forfeiture of bond, $50 and court costs of $12.50, or $62.50. Uselton said he knows of no convicted prostitutes who received jail time, although state law provides a maximum penalty of from 60 days to one year jail. "There are some prostitutes in the women's prison, but they're not there for prostitution. They may be in there for other crimes," he said. In his "personal opinion," the chief added, the crime "is not looked on in the courts as a real serious crime." "WITH THE shortage of personnel, and as much crime as we've got, it's not a priority," he said.

"We've concentrated on it a little more lately. We're concentrating on the downtown area, on Jefferson Street, wherever we have a problem." A new Metro ordinance regulating massage parlors "is a good ordinance," he said. The Metro Health Department has not yet issued its regulations, setting standards for the massage parlors, however, Uselton said. When the regulations are issued, the Eolice department will a ve legal tools for dealing with the proliferating parlors. Some have set up shop as "art studios," or bath houses, the assistant chief said, but they are doing the same thing.

Uselton said an old city of Nashville ordinance. El A UNIT Antonio Glenn Last seen July 8 her yesterday afternoon and she went to see the car. "THE DOORS were locked," said Mrs. Glenn, who added that "on the inside there was a blue sheet and green bedspread that I have never seen before and there was blood all over the front seat." Mrs. Glenn said she talked with several neighbors in the area and they told her that "they saw two black boys get out of the car July 10." Mrs.

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