The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 1

A f(Yfi Or 3 TO COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER SIKCE 1849 1975 Mid-South Publishing Incorporated Vol. CXXVI No. 21 Phone 893-5860 Classified 896-5121 Monday Afternoon, March 24, 1975, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 224 No. Walnut St.

By Carriei-Per Week 65c Daily l5c Sunday 25c 1 49 Injuries Reported V'- L.vr-:1":"!, KUIiltKrUKU TOtlllMl I I Ml MUM mm a A m. h. i mil i ii imrrri I A vl, Tornado Strikes .1 -'I 4 1 One Dead 'rs-- hour later 50 miles northwest of Atlanta but no injuries were reported. "We could just see it coming. We saw the roof of a building lifted up and we hit the floorboard," said Victor Pro-venson, who was in a car on his way to work when the twister struck Atlanta.

"You always think you would have some warning but all at once she was there." Provenson was not hurt. A big. bulk mail handling Art Langley, RCA Service Corp. field service supervisor, said the storm blew off the roof and knocked out windows and glass doors. Five persons were in the building aMhe time but none were hurt.

The twister swung to an affluent residential area where the governor's -mansion is located, toppling trees in the area and tearing off the roof off the home for Georgia's chief (Continued on page 10) y-r i-i. i i. rn-i ii i n. TORNADO HITS ATLANTA A man in the foreground rum from an industrial plant demolished Jn Atlanta. One person was killed and at least 49 injured when the tornado smashed through on the northwest side during the morning traffic rush.

Emergency crews cleared some areas due voltage wires. The governor's mansion was among the residences damaged. President Ford Says Policy Being Reyiewed and Democratic congressional leaders alike expressed support for Kissinger's diplomatic efforts in the Middle East. They also agreed the only alternative left for solving tensions in the Middle East would be to revive peace talks in Geneva, a more arduous course than the step-by-step, shuttle diplomacy which Kissinger tried over the past 16 days. Claiming to reflect views expressed by both Ford and: Kissinger, Senate Democratic ROLLING ALONG A warm, Sunday afternoon is a good time to David, doing the pushing, and Wayne Henegar, upside down in the by taking rides in this inner lube.

By Vv'ILLIAM COTTERELL ATLANTA (UPI) A tornado today hit Atlanta's northwest side smashing through residential and business areas at the height of the morning traffic msh. One person jvas killed and at least 49 were injured by the storm which barreled in from the west. The governor's mansion suffered heavy damage but Gov. George Busbee and his family were not hurt. Another twister hit about an Murder Charge Planned District Attorney Guy R.

Dot-son said this morning that a first degree murder charge would be brought against John Thurman Moore, 31, in connection with the depth of his father. Herman Lee Moore, 55, was found by sheriff's officers Saturday night in a trailer where he apparently had been beaten to death. The younger Moore was listed in fair condition this morning at Rutherford Hospital, where he was in intensive care following surgery for a gunshot wound He was shot by Sgt. Elgin (Buddy Oliver of the Sheriff's Department Saturday night, after he had knocked the deputy "almost unconscious," according to Sheriff Goodwin and was coming (Continued on page 10) The following Rutherford County Quarterly Court committee meetings have been scheduled: Legislative Committee, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Office of the County Judge. Purchasing Committee, March 31.

9 a.m., Office of the County Judge. Budget Committee, Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., and Thursday, 930 a.m., Office of the County Judge. The meetings are open to the public. IlldCX Classified 12-13 PHifnrioic aaiionais .....10 People In Focus 6 ort 7-8 Weather 2 Your Birthday 11 monthly Court meeting and $17.50 for subsequent committee meet- ings in each month. Assuming that 42 magistrates are paid for 12 Court and 12 committee meetings in a year, the cost to the county for magistrate's salaries would be $28,460.

1 nnhlir dccHdos i center near Southern Railway's Inman Yards was flattened to a pile of rubble and its roof was ripped off by the storm. Royce Jackson, assistant district manager, said at least 12 persons were injured. Provenson, who was badly shaken by the experience, said the twister skipped from the mail facility over their heads on heavily-traveled Marietta Boulevard to a fire station where the roof was partially torn off. down, Americans can expect a major tax reduction in 1975 and rebates on 1974 taxes. The conference committee is made up of members from both chambers, supporting their own versions of the bill.

They are expected to have reached charter member of Post 16 and for years a national figure in legion affairs. The flag to be presented is one that has flown over the nation's capitol in Washington D.C., and will in future years be flown at Post 16 headquarters on Thompson Lane. During his visit to Post 16, Sen. The reason for changing the minimum benefit, the official' said, was to guarantee low-paid county employees such as cafeteria workers an adequate benefit. Employees are classified in three groups in the state's retirement would fall into "group one," teachers and employees of the state and its political subdivisions.

"Group two" is workers on hazardous jobs, such as highway agisarates Leader Mike Mansfield reporters he came away from the meeting with the "understanding there will be a reexamination and reassessment of the U.S. policy in the Middle East." He added that the meeting was "depressing and disap-. pointing because of the lack of success on the part of. Secretary Kissinger, whose efforts we fully support." The question which the President raised, according to House Republican Leader John -1- i 1 Tqy (Tin Stiiflijpd: by a tornado eorly this morning residential and business areas to gas leaks and downed n.gh (UPI Photo) Rhodes, was "Where do we from here?" But Rhodes quickly added, "there was no feeling of despair that war was imminent." "Geneva will be the next step," Mansfield said, "and will be much more difficult." The others concurred. The" White House meeting, which also included Speaker Carl Albert and Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott, was arranged after Kissinger re-(Continued on page 10) month times the number of years of county employment.

ii xtv uii ii. a ji iiia xi i WASHINGTON (UPI) -House and Senate negotiators who meet today must either draw up a tax cut bill to satisfy President Ford or satisfy enough members of Congress to pass it over his veto. Unless everything breaks get out and have some fun. So, inner tube, enjoyed themselves (Billy Birdwell Photo! agreement by Tuesday night. The House passed a $19.9 billion measure with rebates between $100 and $200.

The Senate passed a $33.1 billion one with rebates from $120 to $240. Ford recommended a $16 (Continued on page 10) Brock will be entertained with dinner at the legion clubhouse prior to his speech and presentation; Post 16 was chartered in 1919 during the legion's infancy following its founding in France at the conclusion of World War Signing the charter was na-(Continued on page 10) By HELEN THOMAS UPI White House Reporter WASHINGTON (UPI) -President Ford told congressional leaders today he was reexamining U.S. policy in the Middle East following a breakdown of Arab-Israeli peace initiatives. But the leaders said Ford expressed no fear of imminent war in that part of the world. Emerging from a grim, l'j hour White House meeting with Ford and Secretary, of State Henry A.

Kissinger, Republican Winds Smash Trailer High winds last night turned oyer a mobile home on Swamp Boad. off the Lebanon Highway, but no injuries resulted although extensive damage was done to the trailer and its contents. Thurman Davenport, whose soh. Steve Davenport, is the owner of the trailer, said this morning his son. daughter-in-law and their five-month old baby were staying at his house when the incident occurred.

The mobile "hoime is parked in Davenport's yard. The senior Davenport said the trailer was blown over around midnight during last night's thunderstorms. He Said his wife was standing at the window and saw (Continued on page 10) ByJimPelfrey llnclusion of- Rutherford County's Court members In the state's retirement plan is being considered by the Personnel Committee. Last Monday they voted to have an actuarial study updated in order to find out how much it -would cost the county for the magistrates to participate. Friday morning an official of the State Treasury Department's' Retirement Division, who asked Brock Appearance Set Tennessee Junior Senator Wil- "am BKrk wiU Abe a guest at Bob Brown American Legion post 16 Wednesday, April 2, when ne makeJ a special presentation an American flag t0 tne Mur.

freesboro post. Sen. Brock's appearance at p0st 16 has been arranged by Judge Granville S. Ridley a WIND DAMAGE High winds last night overturned this mobile home on Swamp load, near the Lebanon Highway. It is owned by Steve Davenport.

No injuries were reported; the trailer was unoccupied. (Billy Birdwell Photo) I Plan For M' MeteemeBt News Background that his name not be used, described the benefits magistrates could receive and how they would be paid for the County Court did decide to participate in the plan. "First let me make a few things he said. "There is no magistrates' retirement. A magistrate is by definition -county employee.

Magistrates have always been eligible to par- ticipate if a county covers its employees." A new minimum retirement be nefit for county employees participating In state-administered program was set up last year. Before then, he explained, "a person could only receive up to 60 per cent of whatever his five highest years' average salary would have been." -The new minimum benefit, the one Rutherford County's magistrates would be eligible for if the Court voted for their participation in the program, is seven dollars a Many counties have voted to include their magistrates in their participation. Jerry Cook, a field representative of the retirement division, who spoke at Monday's Personnel Committee meeting, said that he would guess there are 30. The official spoken to Friday said, however, that he would not say "most" counties had, because "when they had that thing limited to 60 per cent, they (magistrates) wouldn't be interested." patrolmen, city police and firemen and TBI men. "Group three" is employees of the judicial sys- terns.

"The state does not finance any political subdivision," the official said, explaining that the county -pays for the retirement coverage of its own employees. Magistrates would be paying four and a half per cent of their wages in order to draw the retirement benefits in the future. The (Continued on page 10) Magistrates having been on the Court 30 years, for example, could draw $210 a month after their retirement. Rutherford County's magistrates presently earn $35 for the.