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72 No. 132 Second Clou Postage Paid at Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE, THURSDAY, AUG. 18, 1977 15 CENTS 76 Pages Weeping, Screaming To Meet Income Cuts Planne rea Fans t- i 1 perafions I umulf uous 1 fTcjt j. i 't 11 if 4 rt 1 V' 'sJ Meharry- Elvis By LAURA EIPPER Tennesscan Staff Correspondent MEMPHIS Elvis Presley quiet dimness of his Graceland mansion as thousands of By JOHN HAILE Meharry Medical College President Dr.

Lloyd Elam announced yesterday the school is cutting its operations to meet its income and will begin with a series of one-day layoffs affecting persons in virtually every department. Elam said the financially troubled medical school, with its teaching hospital, is run his fans crushed against the wrought iron gates, weeping, screaming, fainting and nearly trampling one another. Hundreds were treated for heat prostration. Inside, Elvis' body lay in an open copper seamless i i-f SV'V li WW: 't-y I .1 KlWWfik W. ,1 I.

If Cr li 'f 'i: it J- Viv'V. i'-; IWV' I 1 ft hf 1" iK- JT 7 'j, r-'" i' i fill 7i i 4 ii i cene lay in state yesterday in the coffin, dressed in a white suit with a pale blue shirt and white tie. CROWDS BEGAN gathering outside the grounds on Elvis Presley Boulevard shortly after the singer died following a heart attack Tuesday after noon. Many had even spent the night in cars or had driven nonstop from around the country man they to yesterday By 3 p. boulevard difficu number extended fic congestion was impossible end of the line.

One police officer estimated that as many as 75,000 people were there during the course of the day. Officials feared the whole scene may be repeated today when private services will be held at 2 p.m. A family spokesman says a "regular religious" service will be conducted, but the name of the pastor had not been announced. Presley will be buried in the Forest Hill Midtown Cemetery Mausoleum, near where his mother was buried exactly 19 years ago yesterday. WHILE POLICE struggled vainly to keep order among the fans, many of whom appeared to be almost hysterical, ambulances roared up to the gates every few minutes to take away those who had fainted and fallen.

The Shelby County Emergency Services Squad estimated that by late afternoon it had treated more than 300 persons for heat prostration, in some cases severe. On the average of every three to four minutes, yet another semiconscious victim of the afternoon's high temperatures would be brought through the gates to a makeshift emergency station under the trees. Shortly before 3 p.m. the press was admitted single file up the winding tree-lined drive to the mansion itself. AT FIRST, it seemed less (Turn to Page 10, Column 6) to pay homage to the frequently referred as "The King." m.

peoDle lined the four deep. It was It to estimate the because the column out of sight and traf- was so great it to travel to the In Wake Of Elvis' Death WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) Elvis Presley was "a gentle boy, mischievous but most generous," who had turned angry and frustrated at the world of stardom that he lived in, according to singer Perry Como. "Our friendship goes back to before he did his first television show," said Como, who already was a recording star when Presley burst onto the pop music scene more than 20 years ago. "I felt sorry for the man.

I don't think he lived two years as himself. At first, he was happy about success, but as the years wore on, a sadness came, because Elvis was unable to do the things he wanted to do," Como said in an interview published in today's editions of the Springfield Daily News. "Maybe he was too protected, who is to say? "IT WAS ONLY lately he became angry with the world. He didn't go anywhere. It was as though he had become completely frustrated with his life," Como said.

"There was always that gentleness about him. I remember the time when Elvis found out one member of his family was having trouble with his car. Elvis went and bought every member a new Mercedes." "His death is a tremendous loss, whether you liked him or not," Como added "We're all going to miss him." DENVER (AP)-News of Elvis Presley's death spread quickly in the Mile High City. The city's police dispatcher (Turn to Page 10, Column 3) The Style That Made Him King of Rock Elvis Presley sings his own special brand of rock roll during a television special. Carter's Canal Plan Drive Strikes Snag in Congress sabotage it or take it by force.

Rep. Gene Snyder, said, "I can't but keep questioning the haste, the hoopla and the fanfare for a treaty which is not a treaty we'll never satisfy Panama's demands." Rep. Carroll Hubbard asked "why should we pay the Panamanians to take the canal from us?" Retired Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the canal is vital to U.S.

de- KISSINGER ISSUED a formal statement on the treaty through the State Department amid hostile questioning on the pact from members of the House Merchant Marine Committee: Rep. John Murphy, DN.Y., the chairman, said, "It is extremely important that the Canal Zone be kept out of the hands of the two-bit dictator, Omar Torrijos (the Panamanian leader)." Rep. Robert Dornan, charged that the United States had negotiated the ning 60 to 90 days behind in paying its bills and that the Meharry board of trustees had decided spending must be cut to meet income. "DURING PERIODS of reduced income it will be necessary to assume temporary layoffs, maybe one-day layoffs, of personnel until the cash flow difficulty has been corrected," Elam told a meeting of key staff members. Elam said he, along with many other administrators, expects to begin working some four-day weeks.

He said the idea behind the layoffs is to adjust services to meet demand. Some areas, such as nursing, may actually be hiring personnel, Elam said. The Meharry president said he did not know how many people will be affected or how much money would have to be saved. He indicated the savings might have to be as much as $200,000 a month out of a monthly operating budget of about $2.6 million. He said the demand for services, as well as income from those services, is lowest during the summer months and generally picks up later in the year.

"IT JUST doesn't make sense to have the same level of services each month," Elam said. "We are going to start spending to meet the demand for services." Elam said the cutbacks would not affect the amount of teacher-pupil contact in the medical school, but noted faculty members would be included in the overall plan. He did not detail'how the layoffs would affect professors who are on yearly contracts. (Turn to Page 6. Column 1) Truck Mishap Fire Kills One, Three Injured By GEORGE WATSON JR.

A woman was burned to death and three persons were injured yesterday in a wreck on White's Creek Pike involving a tractor trailer rig and a flatbed truck, police said. The victim, whose identity had not been learned by police last night, was taken to General Hospital, said Metro traffic officer W.L. Jones. THE THREE injured, who were not seriously hurt in the 3:55 p.m. accident, were identified by Jones as William E.

Rudolph, 29, of Clarksville, driver of the flatbed truck, and Elza Radford, 42, and his wife, Irene, 46, both of Christian-burg, who occupied the rig. (Turn to Page 6, Column 2) involved and they don't belong to us. They belong to the con- sumers and I'm going to get to the bottom of this as fast as I can. Freeman said that while he does not yet have any specific recommendations about what action TVA should take against the producers, he is "very concerned" that TVA customers may be paying cartel prices for uranium. Freeman's comments came in the wake of Congressional hearings Monday in Nashville which explored the effects of the cartel's activities caprices Wallace Wishes FBI Chief Well From WIRE REPORTS Alabama Gov.

George C. Wallace once called Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. an "in-tegratin', scal-lawaggin' liar," but now says he never considered their differences "personal." Yesterday, President Carter announced his choice of Johnson to direct the Federal Bureau of Investigation. WALLACE, speaking in Montgomery, praised Johnson as a "hard worker" and wished him well as FBI director.

"I wish him the greatest of success in this new undertaking in behalf of the people of our country." Denunciation of federal judges were a key part of Wallace's political career and Johnson was usually the judge Wallace had in mind. But Johnson and Wallace were friends at the University of Alabama Law School and Judge Frank Johnson Landmark decisions once teamed up to defend a friend accused of hitting a policeman at a football game, but they tangled repeatedly in later years. Yesterday, Carter ended a seven-month search for a new FBI director by choosing Johnson, a federal judge with a national reputation for civil rights decisions. IN A Washington statement, Carter praised Johnson's "reputation as a tough, fair-minded protector of justice and the law." Johnson's nomination must be approved by the Senate. Atty.

Gen. Griffin Bell said he personally told 21 senators, a number of representatives, and "14 top people in the FBI" of Johnson's selection and got no adverse reaction. (Turn to Page 11, Column 1) paid for uranium by domestic utilities. According to testimo- ny, world-wide prices for ura- nium have risen from $6 a pound to nearly $42 a pound since the cartel formed in early 1972. TVA has contracted to buy about 20 million pounds of the mineral from three of the cartel members.

The major portion will be delivered during the next several years at a price consistent with the prevailing "world market price," according to testimony by TVA officials. (Turn to Page Cole iinl) fense and, "there is no point in surrendering this vital interest to a leftist-oriented govern ment allied with Cuba." Opponents of the treaty said they fear the United States will not maintain the right to defend the 51-mile strategic waterway from possible attack if Panama takes control at the turn of the century. In the Senate, Sen. Strom Thurmond, predicted the treaty will not be ratified "unless tremendous pressure is brought by the administration." THURMOND MARSHALED 37 senators in 1975 against yielding U.S. sover-eipty in the Canal Zone (Turn to Page 6, Column 2) From WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON The Carter administration began an arduous campaign yesterday to win approval in Congress for two new Panama Canal treaties and immediately ran into bitter opposition from a House Committee.

While the chief American negotiators of the accords, Ellsworth Bunker and Sol M. Linowitz, were absorbing heavy criticism on Capitol Hill, the administration received an expected endorsement of the treaties from former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. I waiting for a chance to get a Presley Thousands more wait treaty under a blackmail threat that Panama would SfaW photo by Honey Warntck glimpse of the body of Elvis outside the wqjls. Freeman Vows To 'Get To the Bottom' of Uranium Price Fix F-WH k' -Wf 7 By JACK SIRICA Newly-appointed TVA Board member S.

David Freeman vowed yesterday to "get to the bottom" of allegations that foreign uranium producers have fixed prices and are charging TVA inflated prices. "When you have a situation that looks and smells like a price-fixing cartel, then the TVA Board is duty-bound to take very vigorous action to protect the consumer," Free- man said in a telephone inter- view from Washington. "THERE ARE ig dollars Many Couldn't Take It MEMPHIS Members of the Shelby County emergency squad treat some of the hundreds of ps who become ill white.