The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 13

Rutherford Man IP yvrT on. 'irl'- (.,,1. 'mJIi ing To Shoot In Property Feud MURFREESBORO In what officials call a "continuing feud" over property rights, an elderly Rutherford County man vowed yesterday to "shoot anybody that comes on my property." W.M Jakes said he built and sold several homes on property adjacent to his own home several years ago but that neighbors had taken over my right to my own land." HE SAID he built a roadway leading to the four homes and "in the deeds, I gave them a 40-foot right-of-way to get to and from their homes. "But that doesn't give them the right to block the road, my road, with old junk cars," Jakes said. "It's just a continuing feud between Jakes and Mrs.

Nellie Pitts," Sheriff Craig Snell said yesterday. "But he might be capable of carrying out his threats if he's been drinking." THE SHERIFF said the feud erupts about every two weeks, but that Jakes had never before threatened to start shooting. "I will have a car patrol that area very closely, just in case something does happen," Snell said. He added that Mrs. Pitts had called him earlier in the day yesterday to complain that Jakes had hired a wrecker to hual off cars parked in front of her home.

"THERE IS really nothing I can do about it other than watch over the situation. It is up to the courts to make decisions about property ownership, not me," the sheriff said. "I ain't getting no support from Rutherford County," Jakes said in a call to the Tennessean. "I guess I'll just take the law into my own hands and try the cases as they come before me." Mrs. Pitts could not be reached for comment last night.

Will Staff photo by J.T. Phillips Dressing Up Lower Broadway 2-Day Solar Power Meet Opens Today GALLATIN A two-day solar energy conference, hosted by Congressman Albert Gore which begins here today will cover topics ranging from basic concepts to current practical use of solar power. The conference, to be conducted at the Volunteer State University campus, will include exhibits and a number of speakers, including TVA Director S. David Freeman and the leading contender for a top Department of Energy post. TODAY'S sessions, beginning at 9 am and continuing until about 5 p.m., are designed to acquaint the public with basic concepts involved in solar energy use and talks by Freeman and Ms.

Omi Walden leading contender for appointment as assistant secretary for conservation and solar applications in the Department of Energy on the future of solar energy in Tennessee. Also included in the first day will be sessions on current residential uses fo solar energy, agricultural possibilities for solar energy and a session titled "How to be a Smart Solar Consumer What to Look for." TOMORROW'S sessions deal with more technical aspects of solar energy application and are geared primarily to spurring architects and builders to examine solar energy problems and benefits. "But anyone who attends the first sessions could easily under-stand the things they will be dealing with on Saturday," said Gore spokesman Bob Nichols. The second-day sessions also begin at 9 a.m. and include instruction on how to estimate the cost of solar energy, performance standards and tools for comparison, legal problems surrounding solar energy use and a panel discussion with persons who now own homes using solar heating and cooling systems.

GORE, AN outspoken proponent of solar energy, said the legal problems facing persons considering using solar energy in their homes includes questions concerning property tax and appraisal, mortgage financing, building codes, insurance and utility rates. Current efforts in government to aidpersons wanting to install solar systems include a section of President Carter's energy bill that would provide tax credits for purchasers of solar and wind energy units. Nichols said that portion of the controversial energy bill has already received conference committee approval. IN TENNESSEE, the General Assembly is considering legislation that could exempt solar equipment fom inclusion in property tax appraisals and state sales tax. Those bills, introduced last year, are pending approval by the Ways and Means Committee, Nichols said.

Metro Work Crews brave some damp weather to set out trees and shrubs as part of a beautification TV Language Curbs on School project on lower Broadway. Unit List probably consider sending copies to the Public Broadcasting Dystem nationwide to generate support for cutting down the use of obscene words. THE BOARD'S action today will not affect programming on WDCN-TV, the Nashville public television station, according to WDCN spokeswoman Linda Nix. Ms. Nix pointed out that WDCN is owned by the Metro Board of Education, whose members are responsible for program content, and not the State Board of Education, which owns public stations in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Lexington.

We have the same statement of policies that we have had for quite a while," Ms. Nix said. SHE ADDED that much of the screening for questionable material is done by the PBS network, which sends advance notice on most programs that contain scenes or language "that might be questionable in some markets." Ms. Nix said WDCN staff members try to preview programs containing potentially offensive material. "Our general policy is that limited use of such words may be permitted.

You have to take it in it? context. If the language is strictly gratuitous or on at a time of day when children maybe watching, at the most, we delete the word," she said. The policy committee meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m. today in Room 100 of the Cordell Hull Building, to be followed by a meeting of the entire board at 9:30 a.m. McDADE DECLINED to list particular shows that have been pointed out to him as offensive to viewers.

"I think it's premature to discuss this," he said last night. "I feel people are trying issues in the paper before the board has a chance to. It really gets to be a problem, particularly in the last tew months." McDade said he has quit giving interviews about school board business because his words have been reported out of context and inaccurately in the past. "SO I'M NOT going to discuss anything outside the board or committee rooms." A spokeswoman for the State Board of Education said yesterday that a federal appeals court has already ruled that the Federal Communications Commission cannot bar the use of seven specific controversial words during the hours when children would be likely to be listening. Any action on the Ti 4e TENNESSEAN Friday Family Tired, Disappointed Buzzy Call a Wild Goose Chase By KATHLEEN GALLAGHER A State Board of Education policy committee will consider today a resolution to eliminate "distasteful" language from public television and possibly begin a national self-policing policy.

Alumnium Co. of America executive Hugh McDade, chairman of the board's administration and committee, requested the ssee Educational Television agency to draw up the resolution, but was hesitant to discuss it last night. "IT'S A rather broad approach, Jan. 6, 1978 about four more hours of calling for the bird with no response. "WE WERE very disappointed after that long drive down there," Mrs.

Sarah Butler said after returning to Gallatin yesterday. "Next time, I'm going to be 100 positive someone's got him in their hand before we drive down again." She said she is still certain, however, that the bird spotted by Miss Jan Jones was Buzzy. "There just can't be another bird that does what he does," Mrs. Butler said. "WE HAD along talk, and, from the way she (Miss Jones) described him, I just know it was Buzzy that she and the other people down there saw.

And she didn't seem like the kind of person that would pull a hoax." The vulture, protected as a member of the Endangered Species List, had complete freedom while in Gallatin, but spent much of its time at the Butler home getting a healthy serving of affection and chicken livers. The bird was also known to play with neighboring children and other people's pets. "If they had Known to feed him chicken livers and how to call him to them, he probably would have stayed until we got there," said Mrs. Butler. She said Huntsville radio and television stations are now carry I guess I could only characterize it at this point as trying to do the same you do in writing a story," McDade said in a telephone interview.

"There are certain words that you wouldn't use in a story, and public television should have no different standards than those self-imposed by you people." McDade said fast month he ordered the resolution to be drawn up because he had heard complaints that PBS had escalated the amount of obscenities and distasteful language beyond the level that commercial television standards consider tasteful. Page 13 ing the "lost buzzard" story as a more serious news item and she Vinnoc cnmonno urill aoain cicrVit Buzzy and keep mm tea on cnicKen livers and affection until the family can make another trip to Hunts ville. Farmers Schedule Tractor Parade In Crossville Area CROSSVILLE, Tenn. Farmers in Cumberland and surrounding counties have scheduled a parade of tractors and other farm vehicles here today to call attention to their financial plight. The tractorcade is being organized by members of the American Agriculture Movement, which is seeking added federal support for farmers and higher prices for farm produce.

Local organizer Ron Earhart said the procession is slated to begin at 12:30 p.m. at the community complex nere, travel along U.S. 127 and return to the complex via U.S. 70 West. A farmers' rally, featuring an address by AAM representative Van Peavy has been scheduled for 6p.m.

today in the recreation hall of Cumberland Mountain State Park. men were arrested on gambling charges and they paid fines a short time later in General Sessions Court here. In October, 1977, Potts pleaded guilty in Circuit Court and was fined $1,000 and given a 90-day workhouse sentence. However, he remained free on bond when his attorney filed a petition for a suspended sentence. LAST FRIDAY, Maury County officers arrested Potts in Spring Hill on charges of operating a disorderly house and gaming.

Potts paid a fine and court hcosts totalling $83.85 on the Maury County offense. Three other men arrested at the same time were also fined. In i ft if part of the board today, theretore, win De in tne lorm oi voluntary guidelines or suggestions. She added that if the resolution is passed today, board members will Motorists Wait As Final Link Of 1-24 Opens While motorists waited yesterday, Transportation Commissioner Eddie Shaw moved roadblocks aside and opened the last section of Interstate 24 in Tennessee from Brick Church Pike to Pleasant-view It nas aken a long time to get to this point," Shaw said during a brief opening ceremony. "Even though the road is ODen to traffic.

there are still guard rails to be put I uj ana overpasses 10 De pamt- THE 20-MILE section of interstate has been under construction since 1973 and cost more than $30 million, officials said. The highway is now complete from Chattanooga to near Cadiz, Ky. Transportation information officer Paul Allen said construction on the Tennessee section had been delayed due to bad weather. "This is the last intercity connector planned for Nashville and finishes up all interstate construction except for the loop." As Shaw cleared the way for -backed-up traffic, one motorist rolled down his window and yelled, i It's about time you got this open." By ED GREGORY Tennessean Staff Correspondent GALLATIN The Ned Butler family, tired and disappointed, returned yesterday from a quick trip to Huntsville in search of their adopted pet vulture "Buzzy." The bird, with a winspan of about six feet, has had become a well-known sight in the neighborhood surrounding Lock Four Road but disappeared last Saturday. RESPONDING TO a news report carried because of its humorous quality a Huntsville schoolteacher contacted the Butler family and told them she believed the pet vulture was the same large bird that hung around her house for several days earlier this week.

The Butlers drove to Huntsville almost immediately, arrived at 11:30 p.m Wednesday night and searched for several hours before checking into a Huntsville motel to rest. At dawn they were out searching again, but finally gave up after Sullivan Leaving 6th District Race Question Open DICKSON, Tenn. State Senator James Sullivan, D-Dickson, said yesterday he will decide within about 30 days whether he will be a candidate in the Democratic primary this summer for 6th District congressman. "Certainly, I have been looking at it," Sullivan said when asked if he plans to run for the post held by incumbent Rep. Robin Beard, a Republican from Franklin.

"I WILL have to make a decision in the next 30 to 40 days," Sullivan said. "I'm leaning very strongly to again running for my Senate seat, but it will be up to what happens in the next 30 days." Sullivan is schools superintendent in Dickson County. Charla Haber, press secretary for Beard, said earlier this week Beard will seek re-election and definitely will not be a candidate for governor. She said Beard had been approached about entering the gubernatorial race, but had decided against it. mm mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i.

6. WW wsr j. Staff photo by Frank Empson JIM, Man's Gambling Term Drop Odds Looking a Little Dim By RALPH DAWSON Tennessean State Correspondent FRANKLIN A Maury County man facing a jail term for operating a gambling house in Williamson County will seek a suspended sentence during a hearing in Circuit Court today. However, the arrest of J.B. Potts, 49, of Columbia, on similar charges last week by Maury County authorities may effect the outcome of today's hearing.

POTTS WAS arrested in December, 1976, when Williamson County Sheriff's officers raided his mobile home of Lepers Creek Road in southwest Williamson County near the Maury County line. During that raid, 14 Midstate Clear Road Ahead Discarded signs lay on the shoulder of Interstate 24 as the last section of the highway from Brick Church Pike to Pleasantview, was opened to traffic yesterday..