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"That being true, we cannot act on hysteria." The parents said they were afraid their children would contract AIDS, a malady that attacks the body's immune system and renders it unable to fight other diseases. AIDS is most prevalent in KNOXVILLE (AP) A Knoxville church did the right thing in allowing a gay fellowship, including one AIDS victim, to continue Sunday night worship meetings in the building, the fellowship's pastor safd yesterday. "I'm pleased that the church has taken a stance to support us," said Bob Galloway, pastor of Metropolitan Community Church in Knoxville, which meets at the Church of the Savior. Parents of children who attend a day care program at Church of the Savior had protested the gay fellowship, particularly after learning one member had acquired immune deficiency syndrome. But homosexual men but also can be contracted through blood transfusions and contaminated needles, health experts say.

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37215 363-7974 Pair granted separate trials in murder case HARTSVTT.I.F, Tenn. A Trousdale County farmer and his son, both charged with first-degree murder here, were granted separate trials yesterday by Trousdale County Circuit Court Judge Robert Bradshaw. Jury selection will begin today in the trial of Jerry Ward, 30, who, along with his father, Hubert Ward 60, is accused of murdering three Macon County men last year, prosecutors said. Jerry Ward's wife, Melinda Ward, 22, has been charged with aiding and abetting in the slayings of Larry Jones 38, his son, Larry Eugene Jones Jr 17, and a nephew, Kenneth Summer, 17. She will receive a third trial, said District Attorney General Tom P.

Thompson Jr. "This is the most complicated set of facts I've ever seen in 15 years in this office," Thompson said yesterday. The three Macon County men were allegedly slain last Sept 3 after they drove onto Ward's farm, reportedly to pilfer a supply of marijuana kept on the property. A fourth suspect in the case, Howard Collins, 44, pleaded guilty earlier this year to being an accessory in the slayings and was given a two-year CLARKSVILLE Charles Bragdon, 64, of Clarksville, died Saturday in Memorial Hospital. Services 1 1 a.m today at Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home.

GREENBRIER Offutt Dorris, 87," of Goodlettsville, died Sunday at his home. Services 1 p.m today at Austin and Bell Funeral Home here. GALLATIN Sidney Kirk, 67, otVGallatin, died Sunday in Hender-sonville Hospital. Services 1 p.m. to-dayat Alexander Funeral Home here.

WAYNESBORO James William Morgan 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Waynesboro, died Friday in Cleveland. Services 11 am. today at Houston's Baptist Church here. The body is at Shackelford Funeral Home here. PORTLAND Lewis Parks, 71, of Cottontown, died Sunday at his home.

Services 11 am today at Wilkinson and Wiseman Funeral Home here. DICKSON Robert Jewell Shel- ton, 87, of Dickson, died Sunday at his home. Services 3 p.m. today at Dickson Funeral Home. Council considers city pay proposal CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.

The Clarksville City Council in an informal session yesterday, discussed a pay plan for city employees in preparation for a second vote on the measure Thursday night The plan, drafted by Councilman Jones, is an alternative to a plan drawn up last fall by a Lexington, consulting firm. The Lexington company's plan was rejected twice earlier by the council before Jones' plan was adopted at last month's council meeting. Councilman David Nussbaumer said Jones plan differs from the earlier proposal in that it grants all city employees a raise, instead of awarding pay increases only to those employees considered "underpaid." "The Jones plan does bring pay levels in some departments, like the fire andlwlice departments, up more than others," said Nussbaumer, who represents the police department on the city council. Thursday's vote will be the second of three required to formally adopt the measure, which Nussbaumer said (js expected to pass by a wide margin. prison term Collins is expected to tes a Htoca tify as a state witness against the Wards, Thompson said.

Approximately 1,000 area residents have been summoned as prospective jurors. The jury selection process for Jerry Ward's trial is expected to last at least through Thursday, Thompson said. "The selection process might be a little difficult because everybody in this county pretty much knows every body else," Thompson said. Thompson said he could not com ment on specifics of the cases, but the victims' bodies had reportedly been buried in shallow graves inside a barn on Ward's farm. All three had been TIT) shot A Name Known for Call Rain Shin Vow NtwifMpw bthw.

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