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I tr Page tt JOHNSON CITY PRESSGHROMCLE Sunday April 17 1977 -v ents artment contact with Weather Underground fugitives charged with terrorist bombings The American Legion called fte Kearney indictment victory for the elements who would destroy our mg alternatives and choosng among them Bell wert home to Geora on Friday afternoon and plans a speech-making trip to Hawaii and San Diego this week Officials said the Bell-Kelley sum mit would not take place before Bell returns to his office April 22 Kearney was indicted for supervising illegal mail-opening and wiretaps to spy on New York residents thought to be in The case is taking on political overtones though both sides have insisted far a year that decisions must be made strictly on the basis of the law FBI Director Clarence Kelley in his first known effort to influence the department's WASHINGTON (AP) Like boxers dancing around each other the Justice Department and the FBI are sparring over the issue of presenting FBI men for illegal burglaries wiretaps and mail-opening operations or the bureau This might satisfy some bureau men who believe department lawyers are engaging in a vendetta against the FBI and it would please some reformers who support the use ofpedal prosecutors for controversial cases VAs the weekend began de-partment officials said Bell was reviewing the evidence in prep- aration for a meeting with Kel- ley But there was no sign he bad reached the point of dein- to a minor charge forget any other indictments and make all of the evidence public This resembles the procedure chosen the case of former Vice President Spiro Agnew -who resigned and pleaded contest" to a tax evasion charge as the department re-" vealed its bribery and corruption evidence against him the whole matter in the lap of a special prosecutor with no ties to the department I will be YOUR COMMISSIONER IN JOHNSON CITY ELECT WARREN VEST TO OTY COMMISSION MAY 10 1977 decision has publicly asked Atty Gen Griffin Bell to reconsider the indictment of a former bureau supervisor and the 'charges planned against other bureau' men Based on interviews with more than a dozen lawyers and other officials in and out of the 'government who have followed the proceedings closely these courses of action seem open to Bell: the court to dismiss the felony indictment returned April 7 against retired FBI supervisor John Kearney bring no other charges and declare the investigation closed This would please the bureau and such groups as the American Legion which have protested the indictment but it would alarm civil liberties groups who see prosecution as a way of assuring that alleged past wrongdoing is not repeated with all of the charges and let the question of guilt or innocence be determined by juries and judges FBI officials and outside porters say this would destroy bureau morale Civil libertarians and others interested in FBI reforms' would view this course favorably though not all would call it essential Some say more important to legislate reforms than to punish any alleged past misdeeds a middle course Drop the charges against Kearney or allow him to plead Carter officials to make effort to avoid tax increase fContfnued From Page 1 Col 8 The squires have tentatively okayed a slight increase in file sheriffs budget about equal to the excess fees he has surrendered to the county But even that increase could be threatened tomorrow if magistrates continue to hold the line against increased taxes The other large request before the magistrates today is for $146000 additional money for the school department Most of the increase 3110000 is asked for insurance protection for school personnel The rest is for repairs to buildings and operation of the schools and a slight salary increase for some teachers The teachers have dropped their request for about 3400000 in more money for salary hikes The school department's request alone would increase the tax rate by 46 cents squires said last week The current rate is 34 45 increased from 33-52 last year to allow the teachers a raise Some squires say the first order of business tomorrow will be to see the tax rate at 3445 and then rework all the budgets to make them fall into line with the tax rate thus ensuring that no rate hike will come this year WARREN SAYS -1 WILL BE AVAILABLE at all times to discuss your problems The citizens of Johnson Gty are entitled to have their problems heard and to receive prompt courteous attention I care about people and want to work with you to solve your problems CITIZENS FOR WARREN VEST Bill Frazier Chairman (Caotimied From Page 1 CoL 8 toward phasing-out and eventually closing the Upper East Tennessee Headley said elimination of one video engineer position and three production positions will make it impossible for te local studio to produce and air programs for the educational needs and interests of our local studio must be strengthened and maintained until Channel 41 can become a reality This can only be done by the citizens and legislators of Upper East Tennessee working together to stop the state from removing what is rightfully he said Dietz said that the budget changes did not reflect an effort similar to last year's proposed deletion of the studio would think that the Johnson City studio of WSJK would remain until you get 41 Dietz said Production at WSJK-JC though has been nominal under the limited capabilities of its small staff and role Dietz claimed the dual studio feed for the Sneedville transmitter of Channel 2 is the only of its type in the country extremely he said The Knoxville counterpart of the Johnson City studio counts over 30 employes It is responsible for the majority of WSJK programming The Johnson City studio operates presently without a photographer and minus one cameraman Yet said Bill Lancaster production manager for the studio when the studio's production staff consisted of nine persons it produced almost one-third of the total air hours for the station Lancaster said the dubbing time was one-sixth less and lost only about 4000 feet of film to 32000 for the Knoxville studio The studio's the People" program was the winner of a Freedom Foundation Award for the unit on Thomas Monticello Lancaster is one of the staff members cut under the department's ruling He is also the author of a proposal for the establishment of Channel 41 requested by Rep Blackburn as an amendment to the general appropriations bill Lancaster's proposal calls for the channel to be on the air by September 1978 and to be licensed to the ETV system It writes in more stringent standards for personnel and an advisory board comprised of representatives from East Tennessee State University and citizens of the broadcast area Lancaster said he informed his superiors in the ETV system that he had been requested to write the proposal by Blackburn and Rep Bob Good (R-Johnson City) and that when he completed his proposal he sent copies to Dietz Dr John Cox assistant commissioner of education and Dr Ingram No response was given said Lancaster with the exception of a letter of receipt When the upstate caucus voted oto invite Lancaster to present his proposal before them Rep Robinson (R-Jonesboro) warned his colleagues they were jeopardizing job by making the invitation Robinson said he had been told by education department officials that Lancaster would be fired if he appeared before them Lancaster declined- the invitation on the basis of published remarks in the newspaper he said The caucus heard only the Broadside proposal There have been indications of activity related to the processing of an application for Channel 41 by the ETV system Possible transmitter sites have been scouted But approval of the five-year plan that allowed the ETV system to pursue application for 41 was not given by the State Board of Education until March The activity related to Channel 41 is for the most part all recent application has been many months in the making and needs only a stable funding formula to seriously compete with a hurried plan by the state Roland Fenz coordinator and station liaison for the Public Broadcasting Service Washington told the Johnson City Press-Chronicle he felt proposal could obtain the necessary funding Fenz visited Johnson City earlier this year to assess Broadside's plan He also heard Lancaster's proposal before Concerned Citizens for Public Broadcasting Fenz said the felt Broadside had relatively strong Lancaster's proposal he said be a messy one to work with" because of its tie to ETSU with the advisory board the university had said want that I could see he said Yet the transition in administration at ETSU makes it difficult for the school to make such commitments Lancaster said he feels the association of the station with the school has been over-stressed school would be furnishing the studio rent-free for Channel 41 under my proposal just as in the I just thought they ought to have something to say My proposal is for the State Department of Education I want us to sit around and let it go to Broadside why I agreed to write Lancaster said Concerned Citizens for Public Broadcasting declined to endorse either Lancaster's or Broadside's plans for Channel 41 calling both Chairman of the group Tom Headley is also a member of the Broadside board of directors resignation was reportedly demanded from Lynn Bennett after Concerned action Headley refused Headly took no part in the Broadside board's action approving the go-ahead to apply for Channel 41 Concerned Citizens has the option of mounting a contest of its own to the competing applications for Channel 41 either by petition or letter-writing What action if any the group might take has not been revealed The concern that the Johnson City studio of Channel 2 might be eliminated before the implementation of Channel 41 is have well founded If the studio site on the ETSU campus were vacated before Channel 41 was activated under the state's plan there is little likelihood the space 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