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REPUBLIC FINAL CITY A2 The Arizona Republic Wednesday, May 1, 1985 Graham Central mercenaries 1 Dirty Dozen member 0 'which was to pacify an audience that consisted a several thousand bikers. "Mr. Prest was flailing his arms about," Officer Ernie Britts "We were only trying to escort him from the area." The cop was asked, "Did you see anything unsual about Mr. Prest's appearance?" The cop answered, "He may have had a bloody nose, nothing serious." It was nothing unusual. Just another night at Graham Central Station.

Charlie Prest, 32, was one of 3,000 music fans who went to see David Allen Coe perform at Graham Central Station in December. "He's my favorite country-Western artist," Prest said Tuesday afternoon. "Why wouldn't I like him? He sings good. He rides a motorcycle just like me. I figure we have something in common." In honor of the occasion, Prest went to the Dec.

2 concert wearing his shirt with the "Dirty Dozen" colors emblazoned on the front. It is Prest 's contention that he was dragged from the concert in handcuffs and with a broken nose because he was wearing those colors. Tom Fitzpatrick Republic Columnist Prest was hardly a match for Thorn or any of the police officers working at the club that night. All of them appear to be weightlifters. "I tried to protect myself," Prest recalled.

"But the next thing I knew, my face was being slammed on the floor. My hands were cuffed behind my back. "There were police all around me. They dragged me to my feet and started carrying me out of the hall. I never did get my drink or my change from the bar." Two of Prest 's biker buddies attempted to intercede.

They told Judge Crawford they were Maced and sent to jail. Prest joined them in jail after he was treated for his injuries at a hospital. Prest told Judge Crawford he spent the next 12 days in bed. i Police officers were on hand to testify. It was fascinating to watch the police and the bikers avoid each other's eyes in the hallways while waiting to testify.

Anyone who knows anything about bikers understands their willingness to start a brawl. Anyone who has any experience with cops knows that they love brawls every bit as much as bikers. But there they were in the hall, tiptoeing around each other like perfect little gentlemen. The police denied as one that they started the fracas. They were only on hand to perform their sworn duty, remembers is that he was being worked over by the cops.

Every barroom brawl has a life of its own. But brawls at Graham Central Station always have a peculiar motif. The security force includes off-duty Phoenix policemen. Why the police are allowed to cavort on off-duty assignments of this sort is not certain. It's easy money for them.

It makes cheap security for the owners of Graham Central Station. I suppose we have no right to inquire further. The point man in this particular brawl was Karl Thorn, the club's bouncer and a weightlifter capable of pressing 350 pounds. Although Prest was wearing his "Dirty Dozen" colors, he weighs 155 pounds and is about 5 feet 8 inches tall. The fact that the policemen had hired themselves out as mercenaries didn't seem unusual to anyone.

The additional fact that the weight of the testimony indicated the brawl had been precipitated by those who were supposed to be keeping the peace did not seem to phase Judge Crawford either. She found Prest guilty of disorderly conduct and will sentence him later. Of course it's a minor charge, you say, and nothing to get excited about. But then, who expected a biker's word to hold up against a policeman's in a Phoenix City Court? I find one rather ominous note here that should be i commented upon. Apparently, the legal theory that you must find a I'defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt has not reached Judge Crawford's attention as yet.

Prest and a handful of his biker friends appeared before Judge Louraine Crawford of City Court on Tuesday. Prest took the stand and told his story. "David Allen Coe was on stage singing," Prest said. "I couldn't get a waitress to get me a beer, so I went up to the bar and put down a $20 bill and ordered a drink. "Next thing I know, this cop is telling me to move away from the bar.

He says I'm blocking the view and people are complaining. "I tell him I'll move as soon as I get my change. I knew I wasn't blocking anybody's view." Prest says he remembers seeing two other police officers moving toward him. The next thing Prest ID Con tin ued from A 1 THE VALLEY 1 1 CORRECTION The Arizona Republic incorrectly reported in an article on Al of the March 23 editions that at least eight players on the Arizona State University baseball team had used or had been prescribed the drug Nardil. The drug had been prescribed to two players by Dr.

James Gough, a Scottsdale psychiatrist and a part-time consultant to the ASU. Athletic Department. In addition, the drug had been suggested to six others by Gough. said the BIA received a letter Monday, signed by Anderson, requesting that the agency "speed up the process" of delivering the identification cards to tribal members by a May 7 deadline. "There's no way we can meet the deadline," Keller said.

"We only have enough film for 600 more people, although we have ordered more film." Keller estimated that 4,000 reservation members would be eligible for the cards under the guidelines. Larry Rummel, public-information officer for the Phoenix-area BIA office, said the issuance of identification cards by tribes in the state is a common practice because some tribal members have no other form of identification for such matters as cashing checks. The practice legislated by the San Carlos Apache Tribe, however, bothers Keller. "I'm not aware of any other tribe using it for that purpose," he said. "I suppose they could use it for other purposes, too." Noline said the council action appears to violate Article 7, Section 1 of the San Carlos Apache Tribe's Constitution, which says that no tribal member "shall be denied freedom of conscience, speech, association or assembly or the right to petition for the redress of grievances." Anderson has the support of six members of the council.

In addition to Early, Brown and Noline, the chairman's other opponent on the council is Lucille Shorten. Councilman Udell Brown said he was worried about the precedent the action would set. "What's Brown asked. "Are we going to start removing people from the reservation if they don't have an Apache identification card?" Contacted at his office, Anderson refused to comment on the council's action before abruptly hanging up the telephone. A memorandum circulated to the 'll council members on Friday by tribal secretary Rose Rope said the new requirement would take effect at the council's regular monthly meeting next Tuesday.

The memo also said that non-tribal members scheduled to appear before the council would be allowed in council chambers only at the time of their presentations. In1 addition to non-tribal residents, however, the action will affect the majority of those who live the easterji Arizona reservation. George Keller, superintendent of the San Carlos agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said only 480 of the tribe's estimated 7,000 population have had their photographs taken for the cards despite a project for that purpose during the past year. Keller said that the criterion established by the tribe was that only those tribal residents 18 or over would receive the cards. He Joyce Lukezic takes the witness stand and denies any involvement in the contract slaying of a Phoenix print-shop owner.

B1. Vincent Henn thought he was doing his civic duty in tearing down campaign signs after the September primary. One candidate, however, wanted Henn prosecuted "to the fullest extent of the law." 1 The Phoenix City Council authorizes staff members to prepare changes to the city's zoning ordinance to "tighten up" provisions regulating the establishment of adult businesses. B2. A proposed anti-cruising ordinance aimed at relieving Metrocen-ter, a north Phoenix shopping mall, of bumper-to-bumper evening traffic is protested by south I'hoenix residents who fear they would be the next targets.

B2. If a proposed noise-abatement plan proved feasible for jetliners departing Sky Harbor Airport to the east, Valley cities would be asked to control construction in noise-sensitive areas. B12. EDITORIAL OPINION The Soviet Union and its allies are learning a lesson in economics the hard way. Western nations can only profit from communism's losses.

Editorial, A20. Although there is no revival of Hitlerism in Germany, there is Hitlerism abounding elsewhere, except that it goes by another name: communism. William Buckley's column, A21. MINER ARRESTED South African police drag off a member of the Metal and Allied Workers Union, one of about 50 members arrested at Johannesburg City where industrial negotiations are taking place. Meanwhile, explosions shatter windows at the Johannesburg offices of two gold-mining companies that fired 17,500 black miners over the weekend.

A17. Swap Continued from Al THE STATE The federal Office of Management and Budget abandons a proposal to have Congress raise the spending ceiling on the $3.6 billion Central Arizona Project, clearing the way for local funding and thwarting efforts by water-development opponents to scuttle the project. B1. "Driver inattention" or "driver fatigue" apparently caused the driver of a cattle truck to slam into the rear of a stopped school bus on the Navajo Reservation, killing two Indian teen-agers, Department of Public Safety officers say. 1 The Maricopa Audubon Society says it will sue to stop construction of the proposed Cliff Dam, which would flood the habitat of desert-nesting bald eagles.

1 out because that spending limit needs to be raised anyway," Turley said, referring to the fact that the state will be within a few million of bumping the cap next fiscal year. "Oh sure, there'll be a lot of ranting and raving, we rant and rave over everything, but I think we can sell it." Neither Sossaman nor Turley said they came away from the leadership meeting with the understanding that any additional strings were attached to the agreement. They said there was no discussion of any agency budgets. Jim West, Babbitt's press aide, confirmed that the governor had talked privately with Hamilton and other Democrats on Tuesday about accepting a 10 percent increase in lieu of provisions dealing with the revenues from state land leases. He said, however, that until specific bills are drafted and details are known, it is "impossible to tell what the governor will do." The latest $10 billion road plan involves increases in the state sales and gasoline taxes and could involve the state picking up the federal government's 8-cent-per-pack cigarette tax, which tentatively is scheduled to expire Oct, 1.

The idea is to pay for major freeway and mass-transit improvements during the next 20 years. United States on a number of issues, from trade talks to Star Wars, during an economic summit. AS. Of all the world's capital cities, Bonn, West Germany, may be the least suited to be host to a major economic summit. A6.

Solicitor General Rex E. Lee, who led the Reagan administration's often successful drive to push the Supreme Court in a conservative direction, is resigning after four years as the government's top litigator. A8. A deeply divided House kills a Republican attempt to call for a special election to settle a bitter dispute over an Indiana seat. A8.

Proposals to legalize sales of liquor by the drink are approved by voters in much of Oklahoma, including its four largest cities, where supporters had warned that defeat would crush tourism and convention business. A 12. A group of conservative lawmakers, including two who were prisoners of war in Vietnam, claim that a major villain in the collapse of South Vietnam was "distorted reporting" by the American news media. A 18. age acceptable," Hamilton said.

Hamilton declined to specify the "other things," but other Democrats said resolution of a number of state-agency budgets were hanging in the balance, including the departments of Health Services and Economic Security and the Office of Economic Planning and Development. House Speaker Jamie Sossaman and Senate President Stan Turley said late Tuesday they plan to take the revised education proposal to their GOP caucuses today. Both said they expect their colleagues to support such a change, although not without some bloodletting. "I think we can sell this," Sossaman, R-Higley, said. "I think it's still within the realm of what, the majority of the Republicans here will support.

"Mr. Hamilton said the governor told him he wouldn't veto the transportation plan if we gave him this 10 percent." Turley, R-Mesa, made similar predictions about his caucus, although Senate Republicans are known as far more cantankerous than their House counterparts. "I kind of think we can get this SPORTS With a surprising flurry of trades, NFL teams pass up the headline makers and put the emphasis on linemen and defenders in their college-player draft. F1. Arizona's Vance Johnson is chosen by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the NFL draft, the 31st pick overall.

1 Six names surface in Arizona State's search for a new athletic director. Bob Hurt's column, F1. LEISURE ARTS Phoenix artist Haydn Anthony has no problem mixing visual arts with global visions. El. Mysteries are supposed to keep you guessing, and the film Blood Simple does it very well.

E1. Arizona Theatre Company's production Goodbye Freddy leaves you wondering why dearly departed Freddy was worth all the fuss. E2. CLOSE-UPS Al Palladino is a self-proclaimed troublemaker who sometimes has made or changed laws. He also has a way to make the world smile a little more through his alter ego, Alphonso the Clown.

E9. The magical date of May 1 brings back flowery memories and conjures up thoughts of the future. Ginger Hutton's column, E9. Modern technology has left its mark on the rodeo, that Old West bastion of blood and guts. 10.

FOOD Marcia Byrom Hartwell joins two distinctly different pioneer cultures through the unifying element of food. FD1. The hottest salsa in town is promised as part of Colonnade Mall's Cinco de Mayo festival starting Friday. Pot au feu, FD2. THE LEGISLATURE Increased pressure by conservatives' and the energies of a freshman GOP lawmaker have brought the Legislature close to passing a bill to make it harder for women to get abortions.

1 Gov. Bruce Babbitt vetoes a bill that he says would place additional burdens on consumers who signed contracts. 1 her abduction tells a judge he has legal custody of the girl. A 1 5. A federally financed study calls for sweeping reforms in the way American youngsters are taught to read, including more parental involvement, better texts, more careful use of standardized tests and better training of teachers.

1 2. INTERNATIONAL Fighting erupts on three fronts in Lebanon as Shiite Moslem gunmen consolidate their control over the southern port of Tyre after the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the city. A 16. Hundreds of Chinese demanding residence permits to return to Peking give up a weeklong sit-in after leaders tell them the protest is selfish and impudent. A16.

THE ECONOMY Unexpected cooperation from the state's big utilities helped keep the utilities division of the state Corporation Commission from running out of funds this fiscal year, the agency's chairman says. C1. Shareholders attending the Phelps Dodge Corp. meeting today in New York City will not get in without a reminder that a 20-month-old strike against the firm is still on in Arizona. C1.

The homes of 438 senior citizens in the Phoenix area have been weatherized free of charge in the past two months. C2. Arizona has agreed for the first time to fund conservation work on state trust land, but supporters differ on whether the precedent will set a trend. C3. Striking of annexation law stands POLITICS The World Jewish Congress vows to try to prevent President Reagan from entering the Ber-gen-Belsen death camp unless he scraps plans to visit a cemetery where Nazi Waffen SS members are buried.

A4. The House votes overwhelmingly to urge President Reagan to reconsider his controversial plan to visit the Bitburg cemetery, where SS soldiers are buried, during his trip to West Germany. A4. France is urging Western Europe to set itself apart from the THE NATION A jury in West Virginia rules in favor of Monsanto Co. on all but one damage claim in a $28 million lawsuit brought by former workers who alleged they were poisoned on the job by chemicals that included deadly dioxin.

A 14. Cheryl Cramer, a New Jersey teen-ager kidnapped while walking to school in 1983, says it is "great" to be free again, but the suspect in A Maricopa County Superior Court judge Tuesday refused to reconsider his decision invalidating two Phoenix annexations, setting the stage for Ahwatukee to revert to county control next week. Judge B. Michael Dann refused to grant a stay of his April 22 order that declared the state's annexation law unconstitutional. The state Court of Appeals issued the same ruling in a separate case Thursday.

Dann's decision affects 2 square miles of Ahwatukee and 9.5 square miles near Bell and Cave Creek' roads. The county is scheduled to take over Ahwatukee, which was annexed Aug. 3, on Tuesday. Assistant City Attorney Larry Felix said the city will appeal. The Arizona Republic (USPS 030-920) Published every morning by Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.

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