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The Tennesseani
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Nashville, Tennessee
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IN THE HFAr OF TV THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEA1N Served by A mcricas Greatest News Services THWtSSIf At ihe Crossroads of Natural Gas and TV A Power Telephone 255- 221 VOL. 66 No. 100 Second Class Postage Paid at Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1971 10 CENTS 46 PAGES Ferguson Close 3rd; Allen 4th fori vrv l) 'f 'S'" By WAYNE WHITT Mayor Beverly Briley, asking a third and final term, and Casey Jenkins, Metro councilman who capitalized on anti-busing sentiment, finished a close one-two in yesterday's race for mayor of Nashville. Finishing strongly in third place was Glenn Ferguson, Metro trustee who was the last candidate to formally enter the race.

Fourth place went to Clifford Allen, tax assessor, who lost to Briley in 1962 in a two-way race for the first mayorship of Metropolitan Nashville. SINCE: NO candidate came close to winning a majority of the votes cast, Briley and Jenkins will face each other in a run-off Aug. 26. With all the votes counted except absentee ballots, these are the unofficial returns: Stall phota by Jimmy Ellu Stall pnolo Jo Rudit It Was a Grand Night for And Jenkins Got the Man He Wanted And Councilman Casey enkins, who will face Briley in the runoff, acknowl edges the applause of his supporters at the King of the Road Motor Inn. A beaming Mayor Beverly Briley is joined by his wife, bested a field of eight ether candidates seeking his office.

27,399 (24) 24,056 (21) 22,950 (20) 20,301 (17.5) I Scobey, Lillard Face Runoff "i 1 I Beverly Briley Casev Jenkins Glenn Ferguson Clifford Allen Jerry Atkinson Barbara Kurland James L. Warren Don O'Giiin Lee Galvani By KENNETH JOST Councilman David Scobey easily led his opponents in yesterday's vice mayoral race, while Councilman Robert. Lillard edged out political newcomer Lytle Brown 111 for a berth in the Aug. 26 runoff. Scobey, two-term and vice mayor tince Atkinson's resignation June 3.

led the balloting from the earliest returns and had about 44" of the vote with virtually returns. Dee, after the incumbent LILLARD, A black councilman in the Metro and former city councils since 1951, had a lead over Rrown, an engineer making his first bid for elective office. Perennial candidate Porter Freeman, an Antioch feed merchant, was also listed on the vice mayor's ballot. Unofficial totals, excluding absentees, were: Scobev 4238 Lillard 2fi.45:i Brown 24,194 Freeman 2,650 Joseph J. Gyalog 4,571 John W.

AllaVdlce 4,260 Roscoe Ham by 4,219 Mrs. Frank M. Harrison 4,219 William T. t'nderwood 3,433 Larry Mullican 2,516 Michael King Sockman 1,490 John Ray 1.376 McGrath and Anglea were the only two incumbents to seek re-election to their at- Re-elected; 8 Others in Approximately 4.5 of the people who went to the polls djd not cast votes in the mayor's race. Not counting absentee ballots, there were 115,116 votes cast.

Briley ran strong in the silk stocking sections, while Jenkins made his best showing in the blue collar sections. Ferguson, who fought it out with Jenkins for second spot up to the final tabulations, was strong in the old city of Nashville and in the more rural areas of the community. However, he had strength throughout the city and county. THE OTHER five candidates were never in the picture from the beginning of the returns. The total vote was well below many predictions, and apparently less than half of the registered voters went to the polls.

The weather, though hot with the high humidity making it seem even warmer than it was, did not interfere with the voting. It was the first election in Nashville history in which 18-year-olds were permitted to vote. As many as 4.000, between the ages of 18 and 21, went to the Atkinson had been expected to seek re-election, but resigned his post and entered the mayoral contest after qualifying jfor both races. He finished fifth in yesterday's mayoral balloting. Scobey had been president pro tern of the council and succeeded to the vice mayor's post after Atkinson's resignation.

The vice mayor's major duty is to preside over Metro Council meetings. IX A CAMPAIGN centering on personalities rather than large seats. Harold (Buster) Bogu.skie ran in the 8th District and on that council seat. At-large Councilman James L. Warren was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor and Councilman David Scobey will be in the runoff for vice mayor Aug.

26. "I AM GRATEFl Anglea said, "for this vote of Ousted James R. Tuck, 34th. and Richard Adams, 4th. Council- man Tandy Wilson of the District was re-elected 33rd without opposition.

Also elected without runoffs were James (Jimmy). Hawkins, who won the 19th District seal vacated by the retirement of Harold Love, and Ellis Jakes, who won a head-on contest in the new 1st District against Guy Bates. Three incumbents fell to the May redisricting plan which threw them into contests with other incumbents. Ewin Wan-mack, who represented the old 3rd, was soundly beaten by a 2 to 1 margin in a race against Richard Adams. Jim La Penna, incumbent in the old 241 District, failed to (Turn to Page 11, Column 1) (Turn to Page Nine Councilmen sharply defined issues, Scobey demonstrated the same vote-getting ability which won him election in 1962 and 1966 in countywide balloting for coun- cilman-at-large.

Lillard had support scattered throughout the county, but owed his narrow margin over Brown to a showing of better than 80'r in predominantly black areas. If elected to the vice mayor's post, Lillard would hold (Turn to Page 9, Column 6) Runoff confidence in my record in the Metropolitan Council. I will do my best to continue to serve all the people of Nashville." McGrath has been an at-large councilman since 1962. He is employed in the transportation department of Railroad. Disspayne is a former U.S.

(Turn to Page 10, Column 6) S.Vefnamese Court Bars ky candidacy By J. T. WOLKERSTORFER SAIGON (AP)-South Vietnam's Supreme Court disqualified Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky yesterday as a candidate in the presidential elections, narrowing the field to President 'Nguyen Van Thieu and retired Gen. Duong Van (Rig) Minh. The court ruled Ky failed to qualify because 39 of his 102 endorsements duplicated those already given to Thieu, and thus were invalid.

Ky needed loo to gain a place on the ballot for the Oct. 3 election. SHORTLY AFTER being notified of the court's ruling, Ky said he had made no de- (Turn to Page 5, Column 1) hand crawl along strategic handholds and foot restraints Worden recovered more than a mile of film he took from Endeavour during some 70 hours in orbit around the moon while David It. Scott and James B. Irwin were exploring its dusty surlace.

Without his walk, which took place 196,000 miles from Dec. 4 Un luckiest Date in Lottery 7,227 (6) 4.6S4 (4) 2,204 (2) 1,009 (1) 302 (0) 9, Column 4) J. BREWSTER BEDE, 22, of Morton, a zoology graduate of the University of Washington, pulled a capsule from another drum. It contained a slip of paper bearing the date Dec. 4.

That means men born on that date in 1952 are most likely to be drafted next year, if and after Congress extends the draft law. For two hours, Miss Van Buren, Bcde and four other members of the Selective Service Youth Advisory Committee pulled capsules from the drums, matching draft priority or vulnerability numbers against birth dates. Since 1952 was a leap year, 366 priorities were assigned, one for each day of the year including Feb. 29. Young men born on Feb.

29 were assigned, (Turn to Page 12, Column 3) Tennessean Today PAGE! PAGE Amusements Business Classified Radio-TV 14 25-27 Scram-Lets It 34-36 Sports 29-33 36-15'Amy IS Vanderbilt 22 Comics Crossword Editorials 16 Horoscope Obituaries Map 36 1T; Woman's 18 World 21-23 36, Word Game It Robert Lillard "It proves something" Unoificia Vole Favors War Pullout By HI GH LaFOLI.ETTE In an unofficial referendum utilizing trial voting machines yesterday, Nashville citizens voted by a 4-1 margin in favor of withdrawing all U.S. troops from Vietnam by Jan. 1, 1972. The final vote total showed 3,842 persons favored immediate withdrawal while 1,091 voted against it. THE TURNOUT was light at the special poHs, since they were located at only 50 of the city's 125 precincts.

The machines were placed by a Texas voting machines company, but they had to be at least 200 feet from the regular voting places because of a ruling last week by the Davidson County Election Commission. The commission had voted almost a month ago to allow Nashvillians Concerned About Vietnam to man the machines in side the polling places. HOWEVER, WHEN the decision was rccinded last week, (he NCAV, which had originally fought to have the question placed on'the official ballot, disclaimed any association with yesterday's vote. The organization had received (Turn to Page 6, Column 3) earth but yet in full view of television viewers on earth, the precious film would have been lost. The service module, where a $17 million assembly of scientific instruments was located, will be jettisoned before the astronauts splash down tomorrow afternoon 300 miles north of Hawaii.

David Scobey "I've worked hard" www Anglea By FRANK SUTHERLAND Councilman II. Sanders Anglea was re-elected easily to his at-large council post yesterday but eight other candidates will battle in the Aug. 26 runoff for the four remaining al-large seats. Anglea was the top vote, getter in all the Metro races with an unofficial total of 42,711 votes. ACCORDING to the unofficial totals, the other candidates in the runoff are incumbent Councilman Tom McGrath, Elmer Disspayne, Johnny Reazlcy, J.

William Rutherford, James F. (Jimmy) Cook, Mark A. Parrish. James M. Burnelte and Gerald M.

Wallwork. The absentee ballots are not included in these votes. However, an early morning count of the absentees indicated the order in which the candidates will not be changed by the final total. SINCE Anglea received enough votes to win his seal without a runoff, Hasty was bumped from the runoff position. The cutoff for the at-large seat to win without a runoff was 3.1,437 votes.

Anglea eaSly made the cutoff hut McGrath barely missed with 30,724. Here are the unofficial vote totals, which do not include the absentee ballots: Anglea 42,711 McGrath 3iU2t Disspayne 23,304 Beazley 21.928 Rutherford 20.955 Cook 17.268 parrish 14.235 Burnette 12.901 Wallwork 11.716 Humid Still NASHVILLE Variable cloudiness, warm, humid through tonight with chance of showers; high 83, low 68. Satellite photo, data, Page 36. Cart Hasty 1 1.372 Jacqueline Driver 10,637 David Rizor 10.100 David X. Patton III 9,613 Lee Parklson 9,542 E.

S. Kesner 9.317 Robert A. Arning 8,230 Simon J. Dickerson 7,968 E. T.

Nightingale 7.066 Dorris X. Brent 7,639 William Max Nichols 5,411 James R. Lentz Jr. 4.973 Van Caldwell 4,872 Edward C. White 4.826 Wife Bomber Endorsed For Porole By DWIGHT LEWIS TENNES5EAN SlaH CorrMpondmt ONLY, Tenn.

Willie Levny Tate, presently serving a 3-21 year term for assault with intent to commit first degree murder, was recommended for parole yesterday by the Tennessee Board of Probation and Paroles. Tale, 44, was sentenced in September, I960 after he confessed to sending a gift-wrapped bomb to his estranged wife on June 2, I960 that cost her both hands and her eyesight. MRS. FRANCES Tate died in 1966 in Vanderbilt Hospital, several weeks after she had undergone surgery for removal of bone in an injured leg. Nine days before the accident, Mrs, Tate gave birth to her third child and thought the present was for the newborn infant.

After opening the package and lifting the lid of a jewelry box that triggered the blast, Mrs. Tate and her two older children, who were watching, were injured. Previously Tate had lost two attempts by habeas corpus to win a new trial. Tate, who won his recommendation for parole on a 3-2 vote, had been scheduled to be released this December because he would have served 11 years for the 3-21 year term. ALTHOUGH TATE has had (Turn to Page 11, Column 2) Win, Five By JIM SQUIRES Metro voters re-elected nine incumbent councilmen, turned five out of office and placed 13 others in runoff battles in the balloting lor 35 district council seats yesterday.

New councilmen were elected in the 1st and 19th districts and newcomers were locked in runoff contests in 13 other races, assuring the newly-aligned council of at least 15 new district councilmen. UNOFFICIAL vole totals, excluding absentees, showed incumbents winning clear-cut majorities yesterday were: Mansfield Douglas, 27th District; Earl Shacklelt, 2tlth; Thurman F. Brooks, 11th; Carlton Pet way, 5th; Harold B. (Busier) Boguskie, 8th; Paul G. Blankcnship 9th; Worden Ry EDWARD K.

DELONG UPI Space Writer SPACE CENTER "Forgotten astronaut" Alfred M. Worden grabbed the Apollo spotlight yesterday with a record walk in deep space that was over so quickly he laler lamented, "I should have stayed out longer." By MIKE FEINSILBER WASHINGTON (LTD -Greetings. If you are a healthy American male who was born Dec. 4, 1952, you are unlucky in lotteries and you can expect a change of wardrobe and scenery. The Selective Service System conducted its third draft lottery and Valerie Van Buren, 20, a Washington, D.C., college student and a contestent for the title "Miss Black D.C.", pulled a capsule containing draft priority No.

1 from a clear plastic drum. Walk Worden, 39, an Air Force major, completed his space-walk in just one-third the time mission planners had allowed for it. He also made three trips to the rear of the spacecraft in the same time he had made two in practice on earth. ALTHOUGH GROIND con-(Turn to Page 3. Column 1) Steals Apollo 15 Spotlight With Wrapping up the flight's spectacular lunar expedition in high style, Worden spent 20 minutes outside, the command ship and made three 36-foot round trips between Endeavour and the service module behind it.

DURING THE spacewalk -actually more of a hand-over.

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