The Leaf-Chronicle from Clarksville, Tennessee • 1

Central Arkansas 14 Vanderbilt 1 7 Chattanooga. 7 Kentucky Tech 27 8 Austin Peay 13 Ohio State Michigan 21 0 Oklahoma Oregon 62 7 Tennessee Maryland 26 8 E. Kentucky Dayton 30 24 Memphis St. Auburn 31 20 Tenh.Tech Furman 17 5 Western Ky. 21 Louisville 17 Booms In to City reps This year, however, permits doubled and a total of $1,886,895 in estimated building construction took place iff Montgomery County during the summer.

Carl Sawyer, building inspector for the City of Clrksville, confirmed building permits seem to be dropping off this year, due to the recession, and its affect on interest rates and the building Private homes are still going up within the city and account for a major portion of the permits issued. But commercial construction has tapered off, according to Sawyer. Within the city, residential construction accounted for roughly 78 per cent of total construction value during June and August this year, and 87 per cent of the, total $319,000 in construction during July. Sawyer added the high construction values recorded through city building permits in the past years were largely due to the multiple apartment complexes and shopping centers built during 1972-73. During the calendar year 1972, $22 million in estimated construction took place within Clarksville.

This increased to $25 million during 1973, but took a plunge in 1974 when just under $10 By DAVID LYONS StaffWriter Judging from the number of building permits issued by the city this past summer, Clarksville appears to be suffering under the same recessionary slump in building construction as the rest, ofthenation. New construction in Mongtomery County, outside the city limits, however seems to contradict the dismal economic forecasters who warn of more "hard times ahead. During the summer months of Julie, July and August of this year, total construction in the county increased 148 per cent over the same period last year, according to building permits issued by the county zoning off Comparison of building construction inside the city during June, July, and August-typicaUy the peak construction months shows a 58 per cent decrease from 1974. Over $3.2 million in estimated construction took place within the city during the summer of 1974, according to records from the building inspector's office. Construction including new residential, non-residenfial, additions, and utilities-declined to less than $1.4 million from June through August within thecity this year County records show a total of $722,850 in new construction took place during the threcmonth period in 1974.

mi "sr: -Zi4 go before construction tapers off during the winters months. Outside the city limits, "housing has really picked up In the past few years," according county zoning officer W.A. Morrison. Home construction in Montgomery County increased 47 per cent between fiscal 1973-74 and fiscal 1974-75. but commercial construction during the same period was down 31 per cent.

A 20 per cent overall increase in all' types of construction-residential, commercial, industrial, churches, and additions-was registered during fiscal 1974-75. But substantial increases in construction have been noticed this summer in Montgomery County, with housing of "all types and prices under construction to meet an increased demand for homes outside thecity limits. "April used to be our best month for building permits," said Morrison, "but this year May, June, July and August have all been strong." The largest monthly increase was recorded in June, where county permits were issued for $657,500 in estimated construction value, which is a 300 percent increase over June 1974. Greater than a half-million dollars in construction took place this past which is an 83 per cent increase over construction Continued on Page 10, Col. 6 muuon in new construction occurea.

From Januarv to August of this vear. nearlv million 'in construction has taken place within the city, with two months to ftff If If 1ft' Tennessee's Oldest Newspaper-Established In 1808 VOL. 171-NO. 224 NINETY-SIX PAGES. 37 '4 Si? 4 HOME DELIVERED PRICE-75 CENTS A WEEK-35 CENTS SINGLE COPY i Staff Pnpto By Davia uyonf Shooting Death Probed A Inside Love Bus The mini-bus operated by the Sixty Plus Program of the Mid-Cumberland Human Resources Council offers free sportation to senior citizens, and it has gained wide acceptance among the county's older residents.

See Page police believe to be a small caliber weapon. City detectives say there were "a few" witnesses to the slaying, and a brown 1969 Chevy is being sought in the case. midnight last nightr no suspects had been apprehended in the case. Gold was taken to Memorial Hospital morgue, by Montgomery County ambulance-last night, and the county coroner was called to the scene of1 the shooting. "We know he fired several rounds and we know he was not killed with a shotgun," one spokesman said last night.

Police were searching late Saturday night for a suspect in the shooting death of Willie Gold in the parking lot of Pat's Barbeque on Pettus Street. A call was made to police at 9:07 p.m. Saturday, notifying them of the shooting. When units arrived at Pat's Barbeque, they found the body of Willie Gold, identified as living on Old Russellville Pike, lying dead in the parking lot. A sa wed-off 20 gauge shotgun was found at Gold's feet along with several spent rounds.

A spent 'shell was discovered in the gun's chamber, and police say the shotgun had been fired recently. But Gold was killed with, a shot to the upper chest from what Music, Music Two hours of some of the best songs from, 14 Broadway musicals is promised when "Broadway. Show Stoppers" opens this week at the Cabaret Dinner Theatre. Ft. Campbell.

See Page 2 of Showtime. 17 Courses are No funeral arrangements available yet. State Prison Is Now Quiet Austin Peay State University's Continuing Education program is offering 17 courses during the fall quarter. See Page 8-A. Portly Cloudy Partly cloudy through Monday warming trend through Monday.

High Sunday Jow 70s. Low Sunday night low 50s. High Monday mid 70s. Winds northeast 5 m.p.h. to 10 m.p.h.

Sunday. Staff Photo by John Cannon Oof! Buddy Sholar swings a mallet in an attempt to ringHie bell at Saturday's Trane Company Picnic. Hundreds of Trane employes and their families attended the annual event al the St. Bethlehem plant. Some Procedures Criticized firebombed.

Damages were estimated at $60,000. The prisoner who started it all. Leroy Bracey, said he was struck by Sgt. Joseph Claybon. Other inmates and guards backed Bracey's story and Claybon; who said he was struck first, has been suspended.

State officials confirmed the 10 prisoners wounded by gunfire were shot by guards armed with shotguns. Two of them remained hospitalized Saturday, one in critical condition and the other in fair, condition, officials said. The dead inmate, Anthony Satterfield. 25. of Chattanooga, was found in his cell Fridayabout 10 hours after the disturbance.

Overcrowding is cited as being the root cause behind problems at the prison. The facility was built to hold 1,800 inmates biit now houses 2.200 After Thursday night's uprising was over "Warden Robert Morford said, "It was this Auditors Find County Finances Sound NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Inmates at the Tennessee State Prison returned to their normal activities Saturday for the first time since Thursday night't riot in which one prisoner was killed and 10 others were wounded by gunfire. "Everything is the same as it was on Wednesday, the day before the a prison off icial said Saturday. -Some of the inmates were on the basketball court and the Softball field early- Saturday morning while others were visiting with friends and relatives at a picnic area in the prison yard.

The Thursday rebellion broke out after the prison's kitchen ran out of pork chops "midway through the- serving line' and began serving bologna. When one of the prisoners complained, he was hit by a guard and a melee erupted in the dining Before it was over, 10 inmates had been shot by guards, 26 others had been injured and one was found dead in his cell with his throat cut. The prison commissary and hospital were looted and the facility's post office was Auditors recommended that: -official receipts be issued for collections and ac- a journal De maintained reflecting all jail count transactions; -all fees and emoluments earned by the In order to insure balances journals an additional person would have to be hired, he maintained. Darnell, like the sheriff, register and circuit, criminal and general sessions court clerk had a $14,000 salary during the fiscal year. Because of special commissioner fees, the audit reports, Darnell earned an additional $1,000.

during the year: He also maintains a private law practice. sheriff's office be paid to the county; --the sheriff request the quarterly court mmiouaj) duernuun mat said we werp to overdue for an incident. I didn't realize how close I was to being rights A- establish and approve procedures regulating vending machine operations in the sheriff's office; the practice of making salarv and travel vi ui maiuug aowij aim The county court clerk was also paid a $14,000 ine county court cierK was also paid a $14 000 be -salary during the year, the audit but --advances io personnel, of. sheriff office discontinued: and vui ii an auuiLiunm ii.j in sum 111 i 1 1- missionerJees. First 1-24 Section Opens i An eight-mile section of Interstate 24 officially to Cadiz adds 30 miles of new interstate betw openedFriday with a brief and rainy ceremony Tennessee and Kentucky.

1 beneath the interstate bridge on U.S. 79. Officials are anticipating heavy automobile's A similar opening from the.Kentucky State fine, traffic traveling south along and have! arranged to divert traffic alnntr Dnnhar Cava' 1 -the purchase of office supplies be made through the county purchasing office. Hancock said the department would attempt "to conform to other county regarding such practices. By RICHARD WORDEN StaffWriter State auditors have found offices maintained by Montgomery County's, clerks, 'register and sheriff to be in sound financial condition for the fiscal year ending Aug.

31, 1974. Criticism of some administrative procedures was levelled by auditors at two county department heads, the sheriff, and the clerk and master (chancery court). Lt. Royce Hancock of the sheriff's department -said Friday the department would attempt to conform with the suggestions of auditors con-cernihg a "Petty cash" fund through which more than $14,000 moved during the year. Clerk and Master Alex Darnell said, however, he could probably not correct accounting deficiencies without the addition of another person to his staff to handle bookkeeping.

Auditors found "the official Cash Journal had not been properly maintained for the period examined" In Darnell's office, and that "bank statements had not been reconciled with this cash control record monthly," In addition, they reported! "A trial balance of execution docket cause balances had not been prepared as of August 31, and that "receipts and disbursements had not been posted to the execution dockets in all instances." Identical auditors' complaints were listed in the audit of the clerk and master for the previous year, but a county administration official said Friday Darnell's accounting procedures have shown "vast improvement" since then. Although all the money can be accounted for, Darnell says, lt is not recorded In conformance the auditors standards, so the accounts were out of balance. Darnell, who notes he has one assistant to help him process the estimated half-million dollars passing through his office annually, says he 1 "can't justify" hiring an additional person to' keep the books in accordance with auditors' guidelines. He said the books were about $100 out of balance the year before last and about $200 out of balance last year. Sheriff Paul Neblett could not be reached for comment Friday, but Lt.

Hancock said Neblett intends to comply with the auditors' suggestions regarding the "petty cash" fund. "It was noted," auditors repprted, "the Sheriff maintained a jail account at a -local bank. Transactions of this account included, but were not limited to, the following; 1) fees received from the federal government for the return of-'. AWOL military personnel to Ft! Campbell; 2) vending machine operations; 3) personal funds of prisoners held for safekeeping; 4 collection of cash bonds and the payment of fines and costs on cash bonds; 5) contributions received from individuals and groups and contributions made to various groups and organizations; 6) salary and travel advances to personnel of the Sheriff's office; and 7) purchase of minor office equipment. "Available recdrds and supporting documentation presented for our examination by the Sheriff were not adequate to' properly account for the above-noted transactions.

"Receipts were not written for funds deposited to this bank account nor was an official cash journal maintained for these transactions," the auditors reported. "Our examination of bank statements Indicated that a balance of $1,027.29 existed In this account on August 31, 1974. Those bank statements also Indicated deposits of $14,735 85 and checks paid of $14,770.14 (or the year ended ending August 31, 1974," the audit stated. Road to Highway 41-A until another leg of -24 to State Route 76 is completed, near July 1976. A temporary traffic signal will be installed at the intersection of Rossview Road and Highway 41-A South to handle the increased automobile The state department of transportation has agreed to maintain Dunbar Cave Road while it is.

being used to divert interstate traffic, it was; -reported during the. Friday's highway commission meeting. The state will also repaff Dunbar Cave Road to its original condition once the interstate section to State Route 76 ts completed. Trucks will be diverted from U.S. 79, down Kraft Street and to the 41-A Bypass.

A "No Trucks" sign, is posted on Dunbar Cave Road. Flrday interstate opening marks five years of interstate construction and amounts to almost half of the total 17.2 miles of 1-24 construction in Montgomery County. The highway commission voted Friday to set i 20 ton weight limit on all county roads, a right the highway supervisor has under state law. The weight limit action came after some! county roads were damaged by. lumber haulers near the Houston County line, according to Highway Supervisor GusNorfleet.

1 fc Staff Photo by David Lyons Yhat Sign, Officer? The opening of a portion of 1-24 may be the opening of a whole new can of worms as trucks try to save some time by using the Dunbar Cave Route to 41-A South. The "No Trucks" sign doesn't seem to bother this truck in the least..