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Pi S7 9 SECTION Deaths2 Market Tables3 Wednesday, June 26, 1985 Chief Law orrecfion Pledges Class serve more time until they are eligible for parole. The analysis says that Class convicts are. serving longer sentences, but notes that the crimes under Class "have always carried long sentences." Class has come under criticism from legislators who say that part of the prison system's overcrowding can be directly attributed to the longer sentences given for Class crimes and the restrictions placed on inmates serving such sentences. The state prison system is under a 1 982 federal court order to remedy various unconstitutional conditions, including overcrowding and the consequent inmate violence. About 32 of the current Tennessee prison population are Class criminals, according to department statistics.

Legislative critics, such as Darnell, con tend eventually the entire system will be Class convicts. The law also has its legislative supporters. "I'm not sure there's anything wrong with Class other than that we don't have enough beds," said House Minority Leader Jim Henry, another member of the special House-Senate committee studying the troubled prison system. The meeting yesterday was to review a series of reports by consultants, appointed under a July 1984 federal court order aimed at trying to resolve the court case which was decided in favor of the inmates in 1982. The consultants will be paid $402,000 for their review of such areas as security, classification, jobs, and department management The special prison master, Patrick McManus, appointed by the federal court to oversee the state's efforts to comply with the 1982 decision has been paid $124,000 since pact of Class said Darnell, recalling legislative debate.

"The reason you have a problem is that you have brought it upon yourself," Darnell said, adding that any amendments tp the law should be proposed by the administration. Class is the designation given various crimes against people, such as first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery. The intent of the law was to provide for quicker trials and longer sentences in these cases. "There is some evidence that it is causing longer sentences," said Norris after the committee hearing. "If we determine that they are inordinately longer, we will look at amending it" An analysis, prepared for the legislative committee, indicates that laws passed after Class have lessened some of its impact, especially in terms of those inmates having to By JIM OUARA Tennessee's tough Class law will be reviewed to see whether it is compounding prison problems and should be changed, state Correction Commissioner Steve Norris told a legislative panel yesterday.

The law, touted by Gov. Lamar Alexander in 1979 as needed to combat crime, came in for harsh criticism yesterday from a Democratic state senator. Norris, in response, said the controversial law would be changed if necessary, and later in the committee meeting, repeated his position that Alexander's much-criticized "Correction Plan for the '80s" is no longer pid-ing the policy of the department. "There may be some portions of Class that should be changed," Norris told state Sea Riley Darnell, DClarksville. "We did all we could do to explain the im- his appointment in November 1983.

McManus is paid at an hourly rate of $50. Darnell and Norris verged on a shouting match yesterday when the senator, after criticizing Class accused the commissioner of making the legislature a "scapegoat" during a hearing last week before U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Higgins. "On the whole this is a legislature driven by the executive," Darnell complained.

"When he wants something he gets it "I don't like the federal courts given the impression that the legislature screwed up the system." Norris denied he cast the blame on the legislature during the court hearing but was cut off by Darnell. Norris, after Darnell finished, said, "I have to insist that I did not leave the impression that the legislature bears responsibility for all the ills of the system," Jl.l. WMIIIIIWIIH ll 1 Yf 1 -i I ---j nrf i i -irni- ji foil Body Identified As 'Redhead' Murder Victim Has Long Prostitute Record TENNESSEAN News Services And Staff Reports The body of a woman Metro police say has "the second longest prostitute record in Nashville" has been identified as one of the eight "redhead murder" victims, officials said. The semi-nude and strangled body found last Sept 16 on an Interstate 40 entrance ramp near Shearerville, was identified as Lisa Ann Jarvis, also known as Lisa Ann Nichols and Lisa Ann Fuller, police said yesterday. Crittenden County, sheriffs investigator Charles Walker said the death of Jarvis, 28, of West Virginia, has been linked to a series of so-called "redhead murders." Police have said eight slayings in five states, including Tennessee, may have been committed by the same person.

Jarvis' body was found by a hitchhiker walking along 1-40 about 20 miles west of West Memphis, Walker said. He said she had been strangled and was wearing only a knit shirt when her body was found. "She has the second largest prostitute record in Nashville and Davidson County," said Sgt Ryman Buchanan, a Metro Vice Squad officer. "Her rap sheet stretches from the ceiling to the floor three times." Buchanan said Jarvis, whose nickname was "Baby Doll," had been arrested on charges of prostitution, shoplifting, larceny, robbery and drugs. "She had a drug habit worse than my car has a gasoline habit" he said.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had included Jarvis' body on a list of those under investigation as possibly part of serial killings. The TBI's list includes red-haired corpses recovered in Comru Township, Pa, Dec. 23, 1984; Jellico, March 31, 1984; and near Interstate 75 outside Corbin, on April 1, 1984. Some of the bodies were nude. Authorities are not sure one person is responsible for the killings or how many victims there might be.

"Having what background we have at this point she seems to be consistent with what we thought in the beginning a transient type person," said Steve Watson, deputy director of the TBI. The first body in this series was found beside an interstate highway in Memphis in 1983, Walker said. But not all of the victims have red hair. "Some had strawberry blond hair and some had brunette hair," he said. Jarvis had strawberry-blond hair, with blond roots.

Jarvis is believed to have brothers or sisters living somewhere in West Virginia and police are still trying to contact her relatives. "Her body is still at the state medical examiner's office in Little Rock," said Walker. Jarvis' identification was made Sunday by Walker after he followed a lead to Fort Lauderdale, last week. There he said he interviewed an admitted pimp and a prostitute who said they had lived with Jarvis in West Memphis for a short time, knowing her as Lisa Ann Nichols. The pimp, who is in a Florida jail, told Walker he last saw Jarvis getting into a tractor trailer on Sept 12, 1984, at a truck stop outside Shearerville, said Walker.

Authorities believe she was killed within 24 hours of when she was last seen "working" the truck stop. Staff photo by Robert Johnson Struck by Lightning Firefighters battle an afternoon WSM radio. The fire, which was caused by lightning striking a televi-blaze at 6302 U.S. 70S, the home of Evelyn McDonald, whose late sion antenna, destroyed all but two rooms of the house, firefighters husband, John McDonald, served for many years as farm director for said. Related story on Nashville weather on 2B.

Career Ladder Set Up for Failure, TEA Charges career ladder aspirants with straightforward instructions. Teachers applying for the top steps of the ladder, career ladder 2 and career ladder 3, underwent rigorous evaluations over the past year. Three-person evaluating teams, composed of teachers trained by the state Department of Education staff, carefully scrutinized candidates. Each applicant received three classroom visits, one from each evalua-tor. The last evaluator arrived unannounced.

Also taken into consideration by the evaluating teams were a teacher's prepared portfolio, performance on the Tennessee career ladder test and school principal comments. Mance contends the state Department of Education did not adequately explain to teachers the criteria on which they would be evaluated. "A person being evaluated needs to know what kind of behavior you will reward and what kind will not result in being rewarded. None of that was made available to them And that's a mistake," he said. Mance's criticisms focused on the portfolio and classroom observation components of the evaluation.

He said the teacher orientation manual did not clearly explain what was to be included in a portfolio and did not in State Defends Procedure By AMY GUT MAN Tennessee's new teacher evaluation system is responsible for the failure of many teachers to win the top career ladder rankings they deserve, Tennessee Education Association spokesman Al Mance said yesterday. While evaluation results will not be made public until later today, teachers have received letters of verdict from the state Department of Education, sent by certified mail Monday. "The system was too bulky. Teachers were not well informed about what to expect And it's going to have to change," Mance said. Over the past year, 3,100 Tennessee teachers applied and were evaluated for the prestigious top two rungs of the new career ladder, which aims to give outstanding teachers more money and responsibility.

Career ladder 2 teachers receive $2,000 yearly pay supplements and career ladder 3 teachers receive $3,000 supplements. Russell French, executive director of the state commission that put the evaluation system in place, defended evaluation procedures. He said the teacher orientation manual, distributed to all participating teachers last September, had provided form teachers how they should behave in class to receive favorable evaluations. Teachers were left wondering "How are you looking for me to behave when you walk in?" he said. Mance said the education department had intentionally kept portfolio guidelines vague.

"They didn't want that out. They gave some general statements, but it was so minimal and so general it was actually of very little use." he said. While the department did later supply "some additional information," Mance said much of it was "too late to be of any use." French said Mance was mistakea "We put out everything we thought we should put out," he said, adding the department had issued a brochure to clarify portfolio requirements as soon as it became apparent there was confusioa Mance said he had already spoken with a number of disappointed candidates. "A lot of them are hurt We've got a couple who are just totally angry," he said. Teachers who do not achieve the career ladder standing they sought are not going to take rejection lightly, Mance said.

(Turn to Page 2, Column 1) Panel Says 'Father, King' OK for New Hymnal By RAY WADDLE expected to be published in 1990. It will replace the Book of Hymns, now 19 years old. Their work comes amid grumblings from some United Methodists who fear that old favorites will be left out of the new hymnal or despoiled by language-tinkering. The group, meeting in Dallas last week, spent its first session hammering out tentative guidelines for traditional hymns. "The subcommittee agreed that the poetic integrity and intention of the traditional hymns should remain," the Rev.

Joe Pennel of Belmont United Methodist Church in Nashville, a non-voting consultant to the group, said yesterday. Those hymns include Come Thou, Almighty King and Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. "Tentatively, each hymn will be tested for poetic integrity, theological intention, syntax, metaphors and other matters," he added. Hymnal editor Carlton Young of Emory University in Atlanta predicted the new hymnal, which will be presented to the 1988 General Conference, will largely retain traditional language in traditional hymns. However, substitutions for masculine pronouns might be called for.

"To be sensitive," Pennel said, "the subcommittee said we don't need to unnecessarily reiterate male-gender pronouns for God." The group is interested in drawing on other metaphors for God found in scripture, such as "shepherd" and "ever-flowing stream," he said. "But the subcommittee didn't specifically talk about the use of other metaphors and pronouns," he said. In many cases, Tuell later suggested, "God" could simply be substituted for "him." "That might get tiring, but 'he' and 'him' are used over and over now," said Tuell, a student of hymnody and wife of Los Angeles Bishop Jack Tuell. Similarly, "Christ" could be substituted for "he" and "him" when referring to Christ she said. However, the group proposed that any changes in traditional or new hymns regarding the man Jesus of Nazareth or the Christ of faith "should always be informed by the biblical and historical context" Examples of hymn lyrics that could come under scrutiny on this point are "he walks with me and he talks with me," from In the Garden, and "He breaks the power of canceled sin; he sets the prisoner free," from For a Thousand Tongues to Sing.

While affirming masculine divine metaphors in traditional hymns, the subcommittee agreed that inclusiveness should be a pideline too. "Hymns should always employ inclusive forms of address for persons within the congregation and for people in the community and the world," one statement reads. But the group admitted that some hymns, such as Rise Up, Men of God will be troublesome. Tuell suggested a verse such as "let men their songs employ" in Joy to the World could painlessly be changed to "let all their songs employ." Conceivably, the new hymnal could contain alternate, revised texts on a page opposite the traditional hymn, she said. But space would not allow that in many cases.

Tennessean Religion News Editor "Father" and "King" should be retained as metaphors for God in traditional United Methodist hymns, according to a subcommittee assigned to the touchy task of revising the denomination's new hymnal. However, the group has not settled how pronouns other than the masculine "he" and "him" should be used in the new song-book to refer to God and Christ "I'm not sure if in 1990 we'll be ready to say 'her" for God," Marji Tuell of Glendale, and a member of the language subcommittee of the denomination's Hymnal Revision Committee, said yesterday in a telephone interview. The committee faces the task of deciding whether and to what extent sexist language should be removed from the hymns that will find a place in the new hymnal,.