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VOL. 75 NO. 166 A GANNETT NEWSPAPER NASHVILLE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1980 34 Pages CLOUDY 90s asser Won fs Hard enafe Look at TVA -v At. 1 I By MICHAEL MECHAM Gannett Newt Service WASHINGTON Sen.

Jim Sasser called yesterday for a Senate examination of TVA because he feels power rates are slowing economic growth, power plant construction is excessive and confidence in TVA is eroding. 1 "I am not satisfied that TVA's operations are as efficient as they could be," Sasser said. "I have sincere doubts about some of the policy decisions made in recent years. These decisions can have a profound impact on the economic well-being of the valley region for decades to come." TVA CHAIRMAN David Freeman said he will be happy to appear at congressional hearings to explain Dealers Two Told of Gas Guts Price UPI Telephoto Explosion Jars Countryside the board decisions. "It gives us a chance to explain what we've done," Freeman said.

TVA officials have been called to Washington next week for their first meeting with a revived Tennessee Valley caucus, headed by Rep. Albert Gore Jr. They will discuss the "accountability" of their construction program, rate increases and management techniques. Sasser praised Gore calling for that meeting, but insisted formal hearings before a Senate panel are needed. Sasser said a staff investigation indicates the agency may be overbuilding its nuclear generating capacity by 45 to 50.

"THIS CAN result in billions of dollars in unnecessary costs for TVA ratepayers. This is an extremely serious situation. It means that at least some of the rate increases may have been unnecessary," Sasser said. TVA has had two rate increases this year 10.8 in April and 13 to take effect Oct. 1 and is DAMASCAS, Ark.

An explosion of a Titon II miuile silo jortcd the Arkansas countryside and injured 22 workers, one fatally. Blast Probe Re Warhead quested By NAT CALDWELL Nashville retail dealers for both Chevron and Texaco have been notified by their suppliers of a 2-cent cut in wholesale prices of all grades of gasoline. The price cuts became effective Thursday, and several dealers said they believe that the reason for it is competitive, in that both companies have been from 2 to 4 cents higher than the market average this summer in the Nashville area. SOME DEALERS said they anticipate that the 2-cent price cuts will be the last in Nashville this Some of Chevron's retail dealers in the Nashville area said they are delaying their retail reductions until they pump out the last gasoline in their storage tanks bought at the (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) others were injured, but Pentagon the Defense Department to investi-sources said no damage occurred gate the cause of the accident and to the warhead, and Air Force offi- to inspect other Titan sites From WIRE REPORTS President Carter and members of Congress called yesterday for investigations after the underground cials said no radiation escaped. whose home state of Kansas is one of three states where the silos are housed.

Dole told a news conference he has not made up his mind that the missile system should be dismantled. But he suggested that its main purpose may have been as a bar- studying a possible 13-20 in- gaining tmp uie ouaice crease next spring. Those hikes Limitation Treaty talks with the creating a severe hardship for Soviet Union. valley residents," Sasser said. Several members of Congress In recent years, TVA electric.

(Turn to Page 2. Column 5) (Turn to Page 2, Column 1) Sesame Street Actor Charged throughout the nation. Asked whether the warhead had been removed, Carter replied merely that "everything is safe." "The situation is under control," Carter said. "We have monitored the site very carefully. There is no indication of radioacivity at all." "THESE MISSILES are the oldest part of our Triad.

We have 52 or 53 missiles of the Titan class They are an integral part of the Triad." "We have been aware they are older missiles and through a normal evolutionary process they will be replaced," Carter said. The explosion also prompted demands for a congressional inquiry to determine if the missiles are worth keeping. "IF IT'S NOT safe and effective, I don't know why you need it," said Republican Sen. Robert Dole, "THERE IS absolutely no evidence of any radioactive material in the area," said Hans Mark, secretary of the Air Force. "I can tell you that with absolute assurance." The Omaha World-Herald, however, said sources told it the 103-foot Titan, the nation's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile, was destroyed and that some damage did occur to the thermonuclear warhead.

The newspaper said its source emphasized that no radiation leak was detected and there had been no danger that the warhead would detonate. NBC and ABC News said it had learned the warhead was blown out of the silo by the explosion, but both the Pentagon' and the Strategic Air Command in Omaha, refused to confirm or deny the report. CARTER SAID he has directed lane Graybar In Rampage on By RANDY HILMAN An actor on the popular children's television series Sesame Street was charged here yesterday with staging a rampage on Graybar Lane after apparently going berserk, police said. Northern J. Calloway, 32, of New York City, was subdued by three police officers after having beaten a woman with an iron rod, smashing the windows of one house, breaking into and vandalizing a second residence and breaking Jhe windshield of an auto-moible, officers said.

Rape Case Closed Here, Then Refiled in Dickson Titan II missile silo housing a nuclear Warhead exploded "like Roman candles" in rural Arkansas. The explosion near Damascus, occurred after a workman dropped a wrench socket that punctured the missile's fuel tank. One worker died and at least 21 PLO, Syria Ask U.SV Israel Soly War' By MICHAEL GOLDSMITH FEZ, Morocco (AP) The PLO and Syria proposed to Islamic countries yesterday, a sweeping "holy war" strategy aimed at America and Israel. The proposal includes an oil embargo, general mobilization, of manpower and PLO recruiting offices throughout the Moslem world. THE PROGRAM was jointly submitted at the second day of a ministerial meeting of the world's Islamic countries by Palestine Liberation Organization "Foreign Minister" Farouk Khadoumi and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shraa.

Conference sources said such an extensive program had virtually no chance of adoption by the foreign ministers who mostly represent conservative Islamic governments. The sources noted, however, that the Islamic countries include a majority of the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and could theoretically make an oil embargo highly effective if they chose. THE MINISTERS, representing 39 Islamic countries, the PLO and the Turkish sector of Cyprus, were convened by Morocco's King Hassan II to plan a "jib ad" (holy war) against Israel's formal annexation of East Jerusalem. Egypt and Afghanistan were not represented at the conference. Egypt was expelled from such meetings for signing the Camp David peace treaty with Israel and Afghanistan was suspended after the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan in December.

All speakers at a conference plenary session supported the (Turn to Page 2, Column 3) cant field in Dickson, then sexually assaulted her. COMPTON WAS arrested a short time later at the home of his father by Metro homicide detective Robert Moore. But the man later was released on his own recognizance that is, without having to post bond after General Sessions Judge Gale Robinson intervened Kidnapping and rape charges lodged against a Nashville man last Sunday were dropped here yesterday by the district attorney general's office and refiled by police in Dickson County, authorities said. Michael J. Compton, 26, of 327 Forrest Park Drive, was transported about 5:30 p.m.

from the Metro Safety Building by Dickson County sheriff's authorities to be "I'm David of Sesame Street and they're trying to kill me," screamed Calloway after Metro ambulance personnel strapped the man dressed only in a T-shirt onto a stretcher near the intersection of Graybar Lane and Benham Avenue. "I still don't know what went wrong with him," said Sgt. Joel Goodwin. "When the officers finally captured him, he was saying all kinds of strange things, and he appeared to be trying to eat the grass." The sergeant said Calloway was taken first to Van-derbilt Hospital for emergency treatment of cuts he suffered while breaking out the windows of two homes. Later, he was transported to Middle Tennes- see Mental Health Institute for observation.

THE CHILDREN'S actor has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the beating of Mary Stagaman, 27, a resident of Villager Condominiums, 3600 Hillsboro Road. She was listed in stable condition in Vanderbilt Hospital's intensive care unit with head injuries and broken ribs. Miss Stagaman, director of marketing with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, apparently had received Calloway as her house guest following his performance Saturday in David of Sesame Street at the center. Calloway plays the role regularly on the popular children's program on educational TPAC officials expressed surprise that the actor still was in Nashville, noting that Calloway, who mentioned that he was exhausted from his hectic per- forming schedule, claimed he had Co return to New York last Sunday for Monday morning taping sessions of Sesame Street. "THE WHOLE thing is a mystery to me," said Warren Sumners, TPAC managing director.

"It's not uncommon for a performer like this to be tired and be on tight schedules. But he was marvelous to work with. "He must have come back to Nashville sometime this week," Sumners added. Goodwin said police received a call about 9 a.m. yesterday that a naked person was running through the neighborhood, screaming and wreaking havoc.

When officers Raymond McWhorter and James Murphy arrived on Graybar Lane, they saw a "wildman wearing only a T-shirt" running down the street, the sergeant added. (Turn to Page 3, Column 1) booked in that county on the new nis oenai ine judge acknowl- xeugeu we icicciaeu Vurapion aiier criminal charges. receiving a can irom tne man's fa- ther. ,44 "WHEN WE LEARNED that the rape occurred in our county, we contacted Metro detectives and said we would prefer to prosecute the offense here," said Sheriff's Capt. Roger Sanker.

"We consider rape a serious charge in this county." Sanker said Compton was released from the county jail after his father, James Compton, posted a $50,000 cashier's check with the Criminal Court clerk's office to cover the bond set on the two charges. Compton was charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping of an 18-year-old Goodlettsville woman who told police the man abducted her at gunpoint shortly after she left the Smuggler's Inn on Mur-freesboro Road, drove her to a va- "I am absolutely certain that Mr. Compton will show up in court," said Robinson in explaining why he ordered the defendant released. Yesterday Robinson said he has no second thoughts about Comp-ton's release. "I did the right thing," he said.

MOORE SAID THE charges were dropped here "out of consideration for the victim." "I sought the new charges at the woman's request because she said it would be more comfortable for her to testify in another county, and because she indicated that she wanted the ordeal to be over," the detective said. (Turn to Page 7. Column 4) Us Northern J. Galloway, Faces Assault Count They're trying to kill me".