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i it 0 10 State O604.0T 3 7t-, Ave- ra" -ii 1I1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 in ii hi 111 1 1 1 -11 11 11 1 1 1 1 School bailout plans continue today calls for a total of same sum mentioned in the original plan-be redirected from various sources into the school system. Finance Director Randall Matlock and County Attorney Bill Sellers drew up a temporary resolution of the original plan last week to present to County Commissioners. However, that A plan to help bail out the financially troubled county school system, adopted last week by the budget and finance committee, apparently did not find favor with County Commission members and' is( being reworked. The new plan will be presented at 8 a.m. this morning to thei budget committee.

The original plan, approved by the budget committee Thursday night, called for over $30,000 in funds to be redirected from the highway department to the school budget. The new plan, according to County Executive John Mankin, calls for $37,500 to be taken from general funds rather than the highway department. The plan were laid off have voted to continue working for at least another two weeks. The 19 principals were among 200 county school employees laid off for the month of June in an effort to save the schools an estimated $116,000. The principals voted Friday to stay on the job, even though it will mean plan has been thrown out.

If the new resolution is adopted, it will be presented to County Commissioners for signing. The Commissioners will vote on the resolution's passage at the regular Commission meeting on June 13. In other county school business, the 19 principals who Suspect sought hit for of 20 cows valued at $7,000 from' a farm on Lamarr Road. The cattle, part of a 120-head mixed angus and charolais heard, belong to Allen Patton of Nashville and have been disappearing for the past month, according to llughie Roland of Lamarr Road. Roland cares for the heard and told Patton that he thought the cows were in a wooded area near their pasture because he had seen tracks in the woodline, deputies said.

Roland notified Patton of the disappearance when he determined the cows were missing, deputies said. Patton told deputies Saturday that he lost six cattle from the same location last year-while Roland was out of town. Sheriffs deputies are also investigating the theft Saturday of a pioneer cassette player, and AM-I'M radio, a 23-channcl CB airing set originally planned due to millions of dollars worth of equipment which has yet to arrive. "Between programming and equipment, our cost will be aboul $6 million," Ratlliff said. Although actual programming hours have yet to be decided upon.

Ratlliff said the station would be broadcasting approximately IK hours a day. "We're going to have primarily movies." he said, pointing out working without pay. The four principals who remain on the payroll arc working at the only four schools that will continue operating this month. The laid-off employees will off the payroll until the 1982-83 fiscal years ends July when they will be rehired by the school board. $1,000 radio and antenna, a .22 caliber pistol, a assorted tools valued together at $2,000 from Virgil Davenport of Adams Drive.

The property was taken from Davenport's truck as it was parked at his residence. Police also made the following weekend arrests: Gary Vonslorch, 22, of 2111 Allen Ave. is charged with possession of marijuana for resale and manufacturing marijuana after vice officers Saturday confiscated an undisclosed amount of leafy substance believed to be marijuana from his residence. Vonslorch is free on bond will lace the charge June 30 in General Sessions Court. (ieorge Lee.

53, of Spring Street faces a charge of possession of illegal whiskey after vice officers confiscated 23 half-pints of whiskey and 94 cases of beer from his residence. for Oct. 1 Wl YZ will not be affiliated with a network but will be entirely independent. Other programs slated to appear on Channel 39 include several situation comedies, including "MASH." a possible news program and community originated shows as well. Ratlliff said he hoped students of Middle Tennessee State (Continued on page 2) Ridley the opportunity to submit additional proof or cross-examine the court master about the report.

The chancellor has accepted the amended master's report filed two weeks ago and apparently is ready to rule on its contents how much money, if any, Ridley owes the Town of Smyrna for work his car dealership performed on city vehicles. The report, which consolidates Continued on page 2) Two employees of Peach State Truck curve on Highway 41 near the Nissan plant Brokers our of Gainsvllle.Ga. sustained only at 7 a.m. Sunday. Police said the driver minor injuries when their rig flipped over the sustained only a broken nose.

Motel By Elizabeth Porter Press Reporter Authorities arc searching for a suspect armed with a knife who robbed the Days Inn Motel on Highway 231 South of $1,000 Saturday night. It is not known whether the robber, a while male, mid-twenties. brown hair, fled the scene on foot or in a car, police said. A motel clerk told police the man entered the lobby shortly after 9 p.m., pulled a 3-inch lock-blade pocket knife and demanded cash, police said. He then instructed her to lie on the floor behind the cash register and fled with nearly $1,000 in 20-, 10- and five dollar denominations.

The suspect was wearing a light-blue pull-over and faded blue jeans, police said. In other crime-related news, sheriffs detectives arc investigating the disappearance New TV By Scott A. Arnold Press Reporter Pushing the first tentative broadcasting date back two months, Murfrcesboro's new television station will begin airing programs Oct. according to John RattlifT, president and part-owner of the $6 million facility. Moving into the former WNCJE Channel 2 regional news bureau.

WFYZ-TV, Channel 39, will not be on the air in August as Judge By Dehby Canto Press Reporter The judge ho ordered Smyrna Mayor Sam Ridley ousted from office in September 1 98 1 has now ordered attorneys in the on-going lawsuit to appear in his court soon towrap up the case. In letters to legal counsel last week, Chancellor Edward Turner of Carthage stated that attorneys should select a day between June 17 and July I to appear before him (o finalize the ouster decision Dave Macon Day gaining attention dcfinately the most entertaining. Celebrations in memory of Rutherford County's own have grown from one-day affairs to three days of entertainment and from small gatherings to events which are visited by 5,000 persons. The weekend will be kicked off I riday afternoon by the Uncle Dave Macon Yrce Wheeling festival for various musicians trying to best exemplify Uncle Dave's stage performance spirit. Some $1,500 in prize money is being offered for winners of various events both musical and sporting.

Annual events such as tobacco spitting will be held, as well us banjo, fiddle, maldolin, dulcimer and guitar-playing contests. In the band category, bluegrass Ctmtinued on page 2) orders deadline and pave the way for Ridley's appeal of the case. Turner's letter stated he was "disappointed" with the delays already experienced and in a recent telephone interview with the judge from his office in Smith County, he said, "This (the ouster process) is getting out of hand. It's taking loo long." Turner has also denied Ridley's second exception to a long-need special court master's report, filed May 27, and has denied Nashville, featured on ABC this week i Chamber, business gala set The Murfreesboro and Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce will hold another "Business After Hours" Tuesday evening, June 7, from 5-7. The event is co-sponsored by J.C.

Bradford Company and will he held at its office at 201 West Main Street, Public Square. Murfreesboro. The next monthly membership luncheon will be Monday. June 13 at Duffs Smorgasboard, and will feature guest speaker John i I of Murfreesboro. Gcisslcr is co-owner of United Press International tUPIl.

1 I lot of people are shower singers and they think, Hey. I could make a hit Bombeck admitted no one has ofTered to make her the next Barbara Mandrell or Tammy Wynette. "I think they are fools," the humorist said. 'l have a very unique style. I don't think it's been" copied or ever will be.

I recorded under the name Ruby Crystal Tennessee and I think it has possibilities." Bombeck also tried to master clogging, a regional folk dance, "and nearly had a coronary." Correspondent Steve Fo was also in Nashville recently to tape two features for "Good Morning America." One is a portrait of the city as the center of country music and the other deals with the up and coming writers and performers who are trying to "make it," he said. "Nashville became the center almost by accident, because of the Grand Ole Opry." Fox said. "It has remained the center because of the nature of the place. People seem to find it slower and (Continued on page 2( By Dehby Canto Press Reporter Uncle Dave Macon Day celebrations are well-known in this area but it appears that the family-orientated festivities are gaining national attention. Officials with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.

have written io Uncle Dave organizers requesting information about the three-day, musical affair. "Country music plays a great part in our history," said Patsy Wciler, celebration spokeswoman. "And being a historical museum, they are interested in what we do here." Uncle Dave Macon of Kitlrell was one of the first featured performers of the Grand Ole Opry during its early days and was said to have, been a grand Lrowd pleaser with stage charisma equalled only by more experienced performers even though Uncle Dave did not begin his show-bi career until his mid-50s. It is not yci known what Smithsonian officials will A) with Uncle Dave data and celebration plans but local persons know what to do with it. Mrs.

Wciler said Kriday that this year's festivities, scheduled for July X-IO. may be the largest of the past seven years and Editorial -National Briefs Society Sports Classified Comics World Briefs Worry Clinic Ann lenders P.4 PJ P. P.7 P.10 P.I I P.5 PJ P.5 Weather Cloudy witk a 50 percea chance of stamen ad Mr near 80. iods from the north at 5-10 NASHVILLE. Tenn.

(UPI) "A city of sounds and movement, where people seem to be genuinely nice" that is how Nashville will be portrayed this week when "Good Morning America" airs a tribute to Music City. The ABC early morning program's 'Housewife-at- Large," Erma Bombeck, spent several days in Nashville over the past week taping features. She was impressed by the constant activity in the city she termed "the greatest music town in the world." "A lot of places you go into, you don't hear anything," Bombeck said. "You may see but you don't hca a thing. This is a city of sounds.

I hear people and music and tom pin'." "Nashville is a lot like San Francisco. There's movement," she said. Bombeck recorded a song at the newly opened Country Crossroads Recording Studio, which gives anyone a recording session, far a price. "It's a terrific idea because a 11 wife Km C. Chandler addresied the 50th president of the Lionel Annhersary Celebration of the Murfreesboro International and Is from Montgomery, Ala.

Lions Club Saturday at MTSU In the At right is George Campbell, chairman of the Tennessee Room. He is the past Lions Club 50th ansa..

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