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Gibson points Hot, bad time: Women want men to read emotions 7. for area gardens is SPORTS, PAGE 3B: LIVING, PAGE 4A II I (life JtetaMtt Hii mm emc3s with three dead Siege I til Mi 9 fgmsmt'H iflimi.mn. M- mi Hl.ll.lPMliHI IUM i i-i I 1 1 llfj A hostage is escorted down an alley by two SWAT Three hostages were killed and two were injured as team members early today in Beverly Hills, Calif, a 1312-hour siege in a jewelry store came to an end. 1 .6 dispute treatment By Norman Parish Sun reporter LINDEN The father of a newborn son says he is planning to file a lawsuit charging that his 20-year-old wife, who was in labor, was denied medical treatment at a Lexington hospital Saturday morning. The Henderson County couple Jimmy Moody and Dedie Moody say Mrs Moody was refused treatment at Methodist Hospital of Lexington after she told nurses her water had begun leaking.

"I But officials at the Lexington hospital said they did not refuse her treatment and suggested doctors for her to see. Her baby, Tommy Lee Moody, was born Saturday evening during an emergency Caesarean section at Perry Memorial Hospital of Linden, 35 miles east of Lexington. The Caesarean section was performed to save Mrs. Moody's life and her baby's, said Dr. Donald Fowler, Mrs.

Please turn to Page 9A. City, blacks ready to try election suit By Julie Wright Sun reporter The long-awaited trial oyer Jackson's "city commission form of.goverjtment may be nine Var's after it Att5rnysw. both JackyiffflrtLllie who sued, the city- ji: discrinjina'tion say further postpone the trial, set for Aug. 18. Richard Dinkiris, a Nashville attorney representing plaintiffs, said.Tuesday he wouldn't ask for a trial delay.

City attor-, ney Russell Rice said the same thing. Said Mayor Bob Conger: "We Ye ready. We were reada year ago. We were ready 18 months fM The suit was filed in 1977 L. Buchanan, the late Rev.

W.K. Seals arid Genevieve R. Brooks, Who said the city's at-large elections and commission form of government are unconstitutional because they dilute blacks' voting strength. In 1981, U.S. District Judge Odell Hor-ton dismissed the case, but that decision was overturned in 1982.

After the plaintiffs won their appeal, they were allowed to add to their complaint a claim that the city had violated the Voting Rights Act. Congress amended the act so that, to prove a violation, the plaintiffs do not have to prove discriminatory intent. They have to prove discrimi-. nation resulted from the form of govern-' ment. TV" Parents, hospital AP SWAT team members use metal shields and keep guns aimed at 'Van Cleef Arpels Inc.

jewelry store Monday after delivering a packagl food to the front door. Suspect held after ordeal in exclusive jewelry store BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -Three hostages were killed and two wounded in a Rodeo Drive drama that began when a gunman took captives in an exclusive jewelry store and ended 13V4 hours later with flash grenades and gunfire as he tried to slip out using hostages as a shield. A man and a woman apparently were killed execution-style inside the Van Cleef Arpels jewelry store, while another hostage was fatally wounded outside the store, police said. The gunman also received unspecified injuries after he walked slowly out of the building about 11:30 p.m.

Monday, tied to three hostages and covered by a blanket. "There was no indication at all that they were coming out," said police Lt. Bill Hunt. Police Lt. David Griffey said the group headed for a lot where some of the hostages' cars were parked.

"Sheriffs deputies confronted them and there were shots fired at that point," Hunt said. "There were some flash grenades and stun guns introduced at that point, and everything ended there." Griffey said the gunman appeared to fire first. Steven Livaditis, in his early 20s, was booked today for investigation of multiple homicide and robbery, said police Sgt. Joe Langer. Police did not immediately identify the two hostages found dead, face down with their hands bound, inside the store.

The third victim, apparently wounded outside the store, was identified by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spokesman Ron Wise as Van Cleef manager Hugh Skinner, 64, of Los Angeles. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, Public gives UTat Martin high ranking By Stephanie Siegel Sun reporter The University of Tennessee at Martin is first choice for 10 percent of Tennesseans considering college for their children. And 12 percent picked Martin when asked to name a Tennessee college or university. On both counts, UTM ranked second in the state in a public opinion survey released Friday by the UT system. Eric Ericson Inc.

of Nashville, an independent polling firm commissioned by the UT system to do the survey, interviewed heads of households by phone in December. "The results of this survey show that Tennesseans are increasingly aware of the strides in quality education that are being made at UT Martin and that they like what they are seeing," acting chancellor Nick Dunagansaid. The Knoxville campus was 23.5 percent of state residents' first choice for their children. The Martin campus was second, with 10.1 percent of the responses, beating out Vanderbilt and Memphis State. Martin showed a significant in-.

crease and UTK a significant decline since the last survey in 1979. When respondents were asked to mention a Tennessee college or university, only UT at Martin significantly increased its public awareness in 1985. UT at Knoxville remains the college most mentioned by 36 percent, down from 42 percent in 1979, but UT at Martin rose from 3 percent to 12 percent. "UT Martin can credit a lot of the Please turn to Page 8A. Rodeo Drive, the scene of a hostage-taking that ended in three deaths, is a a street fabled as much for its famous patrons as for the extravagant wares sold in its elegant shops.

Page 8A. and was dead on arrival. Skinner had worked for Van Cleef about 20 years, according to James Weaver, a former roommate. "He's not the type to be bold, aggressive or a hero," Weaver said. "I just can't understand what went wrong why he's dead." Hostages Carol Lambert, 42, of Culver City, and Robert Taylor, 50, of Los Angeles, also were taken out with Skinner.

Ms. Lambert suffered burns to her face and chest, Wise said. Taylor, a shipping clerk, was complaining of chest pains, but there were no outward signs of injury. Please turn to Page 8A. Police may in cookout By Betty Mallett Sun reporter The attorney for Lottie Gill and 11 people arrested at her McCowat Street home during a late-night confrontation with local police said he may file a violation of civil rights lawsuit in connection with the incident.

"That is a matter we will look at analytically," said Jim Sanderson of Bolivar. Conrlarc rvn uidc in City Court Monday representing the people arrested on a face civil-rights suit fiasco, attorney says pects. The suspects had run throughlhe back yard of the house, the Teport said. Newbern identified himself as an" offi-' cer in pursuit of car thieves, but the people wouldn't let him through the yard and used abusive language, the report said. However, those attending the cookout said it was the police who were abusive.

They say they did not see any suspects run through the yard. They only saw a man come up the driveway with a gun and flashlight. He did not identify himself as a police officer, they contend, and told them "I ain't got to tell you nothing." Please turn to Page 8A. Jr. has said.

The state stands behind the institute's report, but having an external investigation "makes some sense" because of the circumstances involved, said Lee Fleisher, assistant commissioner of mental health services, last week. "We're looking forward to their (the state's) investigation," Robertson said today. Hanna's niece, Aleta Rannick, of Chattanooga, wrote Wednesday to mental health Commissioner Rick Sivley requesting the outside investigation. The family has been trying since 1984 to have the state look into the institute, said Jo Ann Patterson, Hanna's sister. Please turn to Page 9A.

variety of charges, including disturbing the peace, interfering with police officers and public drunkenness. He entered not guilty pleas for all defendants. But the court appearances were rescheduled after Judge Walter Drake decided to set aside July 7 to hear the cases individually. One of the officers needed for testimony in two cases is on vacation. The arrests were made at Gill's home, 136 McCowat after police responded to a car-theft report at Spears Texaco Service Station, a block from Gill's house.

Police reports say people attending the cookout prevented officer Al-phonzo Newbern, working in plain clothes, from pursuing the theft sus "We don't want it too large because it's too cumbersome in terms of travel time, that kind of thing," she said. The panel probably will have a psychiatrist, someone from the Association of Retarded Citizens, someone with a mental health association, and a clinical worker in the field of mental health, she said. The panel should be formed by the end of the week and the investigation should start in the next two weeks, she said. "I don't suspect it would be a lengthy investigation," she added. An investigation by the institute's Patients Rights and Benefits Committee found that proper procedures were followed on the night of Hanna's death, institute Superintendent Evelyn Roberts State creates team to investigate death of mental-health patient Inside Business 8B Obituaries 10B Classified 10B-12B Opinion 2B Comics 6A People 5A DearAbby 4A Record 10B LeisureTV 7A Scoreboard 4B Living 4A Sports 3B-5B By Tim Tanton Sun reporter BOLIVAR The state is forming a panel to study the strangulation death of a patient at Western Mental Health Institute here.

The investigation was requested by the family of Gary Mike Hanna, 37, of Scotts Hill, who died May. 28. His roommate, James Ervin Harvest, 30, of Memphis, has been charged with the murder and is undergoing evaluation in Nashville. The committee probably will have at least five people, said Melanie Hampton, director of institute services for the state Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Fair Fair tonight.

Low in the upper 60s. Wind northeast 5 to 10 mph. Mostly sunny Wednesday. High in the upper 80s. Wind northeast 10 mph.

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