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Page 1 D. Alexander: Term Metro panel sees blacks on council west state helped I' i I ''jf if lia, where the governor plans to clear his mind and consider his political future. He's committed to spend at least one year with Belmont College in Nashville upon his return. Tonight, Alexander will address the state House and Senate. (The speech will be televised on WBBJ-TV at 6:30 p.m.) While in office, Alexander's No.

1 priority was education; that benefited West Tennessee, he said. Rural West Tennessee school districts have new computers and new materials, their teachers have improved their pay by 60 percent in the Please see TERM, Page 7A. By Julie Wright Sun capital bureau NASHVILLE After eight years in office, Gov. Lamar Alexander believes West Tennessee has shown as much progress as the rest of the state. "Well, I can't think of any part of the state that's gained more from state government in the last eight years than West Tennessee has and principally in three areas: jobs, schools, roads, as well as Homecoming '86 and our healthy children initiatives," Alexander said.

On Saturday, Alexander will attend the inauguration of Gov. -elect Ned McWherter. Then Alexander and his family will spend six months in Austra AP Laserphotos Outgoing Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander reflects on his term in his office at the State Capitol Building. Wilder seeks no revenge from feud By Betty Mallett Sun reporter A metro government for Jackson and Madison County probably would have at least four blacks on a 15-member governing council, a study committee reported Tuesday night.

Preliminary plans call for 10 districts drawn from the city and five districts from the county. At least four council districts three in the city and one in the county would be predominantly black, making it likely that four or more black council members would be elected, committee members said. The proposed metro government charter would establish a 15-member legislative council, elected by district. A 15-member metro charter commission continued its work in a four-hour meeting Tuesday night on the plan, due to be filed with the city and county clerks by mid-February. The charter will be placed on the May 5 ballot for voters to decide whether they want the new form of government.

"We were trying to get the populations about equal (about 5,000 in each district), maintain district integrity and not dilute any district," said committee member James H. Edmonson, a co-chairman of the metro charter commission. Committee members will try to finish their plans in time for a vote of the commission next Tuesday. "When we get better statistics, we might adjust lines slightly to get them more even," Edmonson said. Please see METRO, Page 6A.

High court lets banks be brokers By Sun, AP writers A Supreme Court ruling today may lead to more competition in selling stocks and bonds for Union Planters National Bank in Jackson. The court today ruled that national banks may set up offices to sell stocks and bonds wherever they want. The 8-0 decision, a victory for the Reagan administration as well as the banks, overturned a federal appeals court ruling that limited bank expansion into the business of selling stocks and bonds. Justice Byron R. White, writing for the court, said the U.S.

Comptroller of the Currency may approve plans by national banks to offer customers widespread brokerage services. "I'm delighted to see the Supreme Court allow banks to enter into the brokerage business," said Frank Bloom, president of Union Planters National Bank's Jackson office. Union Planters already has a subsidiary brokerage office, Brenner Steed and Associates which opened a Jackson office about two months ago, Bloom said. Union Planters, based in Memphis, and Security Pacific Corp, which has offices in California and elsewhere in the West, received approval in 1982 from the comptroller of the currency to enter the Please see BANKS, Page 6A. Inside Rep.

Ed Murray replaces Ned McWherter as speaker of the state House of Representatives. Page 7A. By Julie Wright Sun capital bureau NASHVILLE John S. Wilder, reelected Senate speaker Tuesday, says when making committee appointments he won't retaliate against 15 Democrats who tried to oust him. "On the other hand, we must have people who feel comfortable with each other," Wilder said.

He hopes to have appointments ready before he leaves Nashville this week, he said. Wilder, D-Somerville, was elected speaker and lieutenant governor despite efforts of 15 of the Senate's 23 Democrats, who chose Sen. Riley Darnell, D-Clarksville, as their nominee for speaker. The eight remaining Democrats broke off from the Senate Democratic Caucus, announced that the caucus no longer existed, and formed the "new" Democratic caucus. With votes from 10 Republicans, the new caucus reinstalled Wilder as speaker.

Tuesday's pre-vote discussions, mostly from Darnell supporters, were bitter and long. The Wilder supporters were called selfish, power-hungry and bad Democrats. is how Sen. Joe Nip McKnight, D-Jackson, assessed the pro-Darnell debate. How could he be voting for a bad Democrat, he asked, since he was voting for the Democratic Party's choice for speaker for 16 years, Please see WILDER, Page 7A.

-1 "k'A 1 Av. Lt. Gov. John Wilder listens to debate on the floor of re-elected to a the Tennessee Senate Tuesday before he was Wilder defeated mi saamrae State to see little effect from pregnancy ruling ninth two-year term as speaker, Sen. Riley Darnell, D-Nashville.

leave if needed, and give them their original jobs back. Policies vary locally on maternity leave. Tennessee Textiles allows only the short-term disability period granted by state law. Procter and Gamble offers a six-month leave option to both parents. The Madison County and Jackson school systems, among the largest employers of women, grant up to a year of maternity leave with job-return privileges.

Teachers on maternity leave may use accumulated paid sick days (one per month) as part of their leave, said Buddy McMillin, superintendent of Madison County schools. Employees of Jackson-Madison County General Hospital get maternity leave under normal sick-leave policy, said personnel director Bob Henderson. They also may use accumulated sick days as part of their time off. The length of the leave is based on when the worker's doctor tells her to stop working and when to return, Henderson said. While the hospital does not guarantee reinstatement, 99 percent of workers come back from maternity leave to their same jobs or comparable ones, he said.

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There, six uniformed officers waited. The scam was so persuasive, it even enticed relatives, friends and strangers to pose as "winners," police said. Police threatened to charge the imposters with criminal impersonation, but released them instead. Ray Baca, wanted on a parole violation, said he knew it was a sting all along. "But it appeared quite legitimate out front.

I couldn't imagine the Denver Police Department putting out this much time, effort and money." Super Bowl sting DENVER (AP) Donnie Chavez clutched his rabbit's foot and smiled at television cameras when he arrived at Currigan Hall to get his "free" Super Bowl tickets. "This seems too good to be true," he said Tuesday. It was. Within minutes, he was handcuffed and on his way to jail in a sting that police say netted 67 fugitives Tuesday. Sixty-five were wanted on felony charges ranging from forgery to sexual assault on a child, authorities said.

"Who said police work isn't fun?" Police Chief Thomas Coogan said to 70 police officers, some dressed in tuxedos and others providing music for the event, as he congratulated them for out-conning the suspects. Last week, police sent 1,883 letters from the fictitious Rocky Mountain Sports Federation to the last known addresses of suspects in a wide variety of felonies and misdemeanors. The letters offered two free tickets to the Super Bowl, to be played between the Denver Broncos and the New York Giants in Pasadena, Calif, on Jan. 25, and the chance to win a drawing for free travel to the game. By Sun, AP writers A Supreme Court ruling favoring the working rights of pregnant women is not expected to affect Tennessee directly, but officials nationwide say it could cost employers billions.

Tennessee law's only requirement is that pregnant employees get the same breaks a sick worker gets, said Charles Akers, general counsel for the Tennessee Human Rights Commission. If company policy gives sick leave, it must give temporary maternity leave, said Akers. If company policy does not grant time off for a temporary disability, then the pregnant worker in Tennessee is not guaranteed time off or reinstatement. Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling upholding California laws on pregnancy leave affects only those states that have addressed the rights of pregnant women. Pregnant workers in states without those specific laws, including Tennessee, will not benefit from the ruling until someone specifically petitions in the General Assembly to change state law.

The high court decision said employers in states with laws protecting the work rights of pregnant women must, grant them up to four months disability Wet A 50 percent chance of rain tonight with a low in the mid-40s. Wind southwest 10 mph. A 30 percent chance of rain Thursday morning then temperatures falling throughout the afternoon. High in the lower 50s. Wind southwest 10 mph becoming northwest by noon.

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