The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 19

the commercial appeal PAGES 19 TO 38 MEMPHIS TENN SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 19 1966 System Of Jury Selection Is Cleared Of Bias Charge Cove Residents Hold Meeting Bar Report Recommends Improvements Including Preparation Of New Lists Use Of Electronic Equipment tGroup Faces Encirclement By Planned Dormitories Resentment Voiced I i By WILLIAM MILES The present jury selection system in Shelby County has been cleared by the Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association of charges it has discriminated according to race But a report from the Judiciary Practice and Procedure Committee released yesterday by president Richard Allen recommends ways to improve the system The report urges preparation of a new jury list A complete revision erf the present list was last completed in 1945 the report says By JOHN STOKES Residents of Central Cove a little street with eight houses due to be surrounded and possibly covered with dormitories for Memphis State University held a neighborhood meeting last night Osborne Schaefer Jr of 347 Central Cove a spokesman for the group said after the meeting believe we'll have anything to say maybe we will in a couple of Asked about legal action inj foe face of a Planning Com-j mission decision Thursday ap-i proving construction of two of the 10-story dormitory buildings which will make up the student housing project Mr Schaefer said: really say at this Electronic selection now possible be used to insure a representative selection and to accomplish savings in time and expense Adaptation of general lists of Jury Commission members! residents for machine use and to United States Atty Gen! Highway 61 Others were from left) Champion A Hadley Tennes- HIGHWAY OPENS City Commissioner Pst Sisson ltd the way st officials movad a wooden barricade yesterday to officially open a stretch of Interstate 55 near Bellevue westward to i 1 a Katzenbach Mr Crippling PtlCC Turner said Jury Commission Col Samuel Langley and Wallace Wit mar Highway Commissioner David Pack Photo by Sam Mtttiom Is No Hindrance To UT Singers By ELINOR KELLEY Road Chief Opens Section Of Expressway chairman Frank Graham had treated Negroes unfairly in placing prospective names in commission files Mr Graham who is to retire April 23 as the full-time member of the three-man commission reported the charge did not bother him been fair to all-white and said foe man who has held the job 24 years Oregon Plates At Memphis City Hall Truck Tag Issue Muddies Moving Day At City Hall gentlemen shall we open her asked Tennessee Highway Commissioner David Pack and then he and various other officials yesterday moved a wooden barricade to officially open another stretch of expressway system The mile segment of Interstate 55 runs from the 1-55 interchange with 1-240 near Bellevue westward to Highway 6L within foe next 18 months highway (Officials said At that time motorists will be able to make a complete southern loop around the city along 1-240 and 1-55 1-240 now extends to Summer cm the east In addition 1-255 the North' South Expressway is open from the Bellevue interchange northward to Sduth Parkway East It brings to about 425 the number df expressway miles open in Shelby County A total of 728 miles is scheduled to be in use by 1972 when the interstate highway program is completed 1-55 from Third to South Parkway West is expected to be open to traffic by the end of the year and the road is expected to be open to the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge Earlier yesterday however a Central Cove resident voiced bitter resentment toward the 25-million-dolIar project and foe neighborhood changes it would bring Property in foe cove which is limited to single family houses under a restrictive covenant and therefore not likely to be taken by developers unless all the owners agree will diminish in value with the student advent the resident said "One of those buildings will be backed up to my lot and get all the nefise all the trash and all foe disturbance "I think a dirty shame build In this area when there is other land available I think ridiculous really put me in a The University of Tennessee Singers in blue blazers and orange emblems are students who have been on tour since Wednesday and already know the meaning of "professional The schedule was rigid yesterday with five concerts On the fourth exhaustion and little tenseness almost toppled their performance A pert blond coed fell from the platform spraining her ankle at the Whitehaven High School perform nee Miss Reba Holt of Oak Ridge Tenn picked herself up and was in line with the rest of her group when they gathered for the fifth performance at the University Center of foe University of Tennessee Medical Units By THOMAS BeVIER The fact that foe paraphernalia of Memphis city government was being moved in trucks licensed in Vermont Georgia and Oregon provoked consternation yesterday from several quarters The story involves a round robin of complications not the least of which is an 11-foot-high door It began March 8 when the City Commission awarded the contract for moving into the new City Hall to Louis Mid- Bonicelli manager of A study of the selection system in the Circuit and Criminal Courts was undertaken in January by the bar after the complaints A summary of foe conclusions shows: The system as presently constituted satisfactory The members of the committee know of no responsible proposals for changes in the fundamental processes of jury selection the chief characteristics of which are selection df jurors by drawing names by lot from lists compiled by independent South Transfer Storage Co on a low bid of $19524 There was some question as to whether foe specifications of the contract required closed vans be used so Mayor Wil be warped under certain the inspector said But Asst City Atty Joseph Canale disagrees He said when trucks are involved in local commerce they must have city tags and city inspection stickers liam Ingram held up signing until Mr Bonicelli jged no open trucks would be used commissioners operating secretly The needs for: heels for a pair of brown loaf-secrecy and selectivity inlers and other than a notice- swapped her black high The eight houses in the block have appraisals between $20-000 and $25000 Allen Bros Inc the developers have said they would like to buy the property for inclusion in the project The project would turn the area bounded by Highland Cental Watauga and Patterson except for Second Church of Christ Scientist into a housing 'project far about 5000 no one knew the recommendation is Mr Bonicelli discovered that! that they be given he clearance was only 11 feet! said and what police able limp difference "She said she was looking at through the door leading into LJL did is petty as said Mr Fortune City Commissioner James Moore who is in charge of licensing said took an oath to uphold the law and it matter who they are working Instrumental in bringing foe matter to attention was Carl Carson of Carl Carson Car and Truck Rental Co Inc He said use of the out-of-state vehicles represented unfair competition to other truck the City Hall basement off Front Street Regular vans were too high so he went shopping and found vans that would fit at Dixie Rents at 2508 Summer which handles U-Haul Co trucks James Fortune Dixie Rents manager said he usually does not rent trucks for local use He called Police Inspector Cliff Legg to see if it would be permissible and then rented Mr Bonicelli eight trucks One or two of the trucks have First Of firemen 5 Arrive For Talks the conductor one minute and the next thing she knew she was looking at the celling after she stepped a blue-coated friend said The 50-member touring group with its six-piece brass ensemble left Knoxville three days ago singing first in Chattanooga then in Jackson and next in Memphis It is traveling by chartered bus No me is getting much said Wayne Bomar of Shelbyville Tenn president of the group went to bed about 2 am yesterday were up at The bus is a fine mode of transportation the group agreed except for a place to lodge the string bass It wound up in the bathroom Armour Expects 3800 For Instructors Session EXPRESSWAY A 'i mile taction of Intorstato 55 (between arrows) was opened yesterday afternoon It runs from tho 1-55 interchange with 1-240 noar Bellevue to Highway 61 The heavy black lines in the diagram show tho expressway sections open to traffic The dotted lines show those routes either under construction or planned Moo the compilation are universally It approves the selection of foe estimated 100000 names on the list from telephone books city directories tax records and voter registration lists Substantial improvements ma be possible util ization of electronic data processing systems effect-ins economy of time and It is likely that some help can be obtained by utilizing avail able facilities and that more help can and should be obtained as time progresses and our civilization becomes more Wider selection through the use of general lists of residents may improve any during past years in jury personnel in terms of race and economic although "no system is going to be perfect or The retirement of Mr Graham and the election by the judges of his successor appears to be appropriate occasion for the commencement of preparation of a new Tennessee tags but others haveren(ai businesses because they andIicenses from Vermont Geor- are required to buy city tags Sisson Gives 'Green To Synchronization Design gia and Oregon Inspector Legg said that considering the importance of the move he told Mr Fortune to rent the trucks and inspection stickers for trucks used locally He said he did not bid for the City Hnll moving job "This is not sour There is no rule so rigid it he said like you owned a service station and a man opened one across the street from you and sold gas for six cents a gallon cheaper because he didn't have to pay some Sisson's School Will Enroll 100 School bells soon will be ringing for about 100 foremen the Public under program Commissioner who will classes program is The city has taken the first step toward getting a traffic light control system to improve traffic flow on Union Madison and Poplar Commissioner Pete Sisson said yesterday At the same time he ordered a number of traffic control measures along the two busiest streets and in the area of City Hall and the Federal Building Mr Sisson said engineering design work is to be started' commissioner immediately on a system for electronic synchronization of the traffic signals along Union" and supervisors in Works Department in-scrvice training beirg initiated by Pete Sisson himself says the Pure Envisions Diagnostic Units For Automobile The group which presents songs ranging from Broadway musicals to serious cantatas is directed by Prof Ambrose Holford Performances tomorrow will be at 8:30 am at Whitehaven Presbyterian Church and at 11 am at Idle- iurv list and the use of new Adams and Poplar from 7 to strentnen our supervision 9 am and 4 to 5 pm order to provide more cco-Elimination of parking on the nomical servicer north side of Poplar from! The trailin' will take the Main to Front and on the men c'i the'r eb- far about an The "car care center" concept for service station automotive repair facilities will augment automobile agency repair shops rather then compete with them a vice president of Pure Oil Co said techniques in its Mr Allen said he plans to forward by letter suggestions wild Presbyterian Church before continuing the spring tour From Memphis foe singers go to Columbia Tenn Nashville and wind up the tour in Shelbyville Monday night west side of Front for 250 hour a week It will get under to the judges that: wav later thii month A new jury list be prepared feet north of Poplar The arrival in Memphis of about 3800 firemen from throughout the nation was under way yesterday four days in advance of the 38th annual Fire Department Instructors Conference at The Auditorium Commissioner Claude A Armour host for the event expects about 1500 firemen will be in Memphis by tonight What will they do until Tuesday when the first session of the conference Is held? study our Fire Mr Armour answered be showing off our department constatnly during tours until the conference begins" This will be foe 32nd consecutive yearly conference for the firemen in Memphis Before Memphis invited the firemen in 1934 the conference was held twice in Chicago and four times in St Louis i The FDIC sponsored jointly py the Western Actuarial Bureau of Chicago and the Memphis Fire Department Four days of lectures and demonstrations are scheduled ending March 25 i One speaker this year will be Los Angeles Fire Chief Charles Bahme who will discuss J'Legal and Practical Fire Department Operation During Civil Chief department has been Involved in helping put down riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles The firemen will be wel- I Madison and Poplar from Fourth east to Hollywood The system estimated to cost $250000 is expected to be in operation by early next year he said The signals will automatically adjust to favor east-west' north-south traffic according to traffic volum Hariand Bartholomew Associates will do foe design work A Bartholomew study recommended the lights and other controls As an immediate step traffic-hampering left turns will be banned at eight new locations on Union and at five on Poplar starting Monday Mr Sisson said Mr Carson is president of the National Car and Truck Leasing Association Bill Coffey of 5002 Bryn-dale field representative for U-Hall in this area said the trucks without city tags and inspection stickers will be pulled off the job and that he will try to get trucks that have the tags and stickers to replace them Mr Bonicelli said police held up the moving operation for 5 or 10 minutes while giving tickets He was using other trucks which had local tags and inspection stickers "I think this one-time move have been overlooked bccaure it is city equipment we are moving rM here the city wants to fine us for moving their own he said The move is two-phase The first part is this week end and the second phase is to be during a week end sometime in April Frank 11 Allen Pure vice president for marketing and a member of the Service Staton Advisory Committee of the National Petroleum Institute said automobile manufacturers are not at all disappointed to see the oil companies involved in this (business) because they realize they do the whole there are just too many The car care center idea calls for a service station equipped to electronically diagnose automotive ills for a fee then do the indicated repairs Humble Oil Refining Co is building 12 such centers in Memphis and several automotive manufacturers have similar programs under way A MEDITATIONS Bv ALLEY corned to Memphis by Mayor William Ingram at a luncheon Tuesday in The Auditorium All members of the City Commission plan attend Left turns will be prohibited from 7 to 9 am for westbound traffic on Union at Bellevue Pauline East and the Marshall-Myrtle complex From 4 to 6 pm the turns will be banned for eastbound traffic at East and Pauline An allday ban on left turns will bej in effect for eastbound traffic Marshall-Myrtle and Belle-1 vue On Poplar left turns will be permanently banned at Cleveland for east and westbound traffic at Dunlap for westbound traffic and at the west drive of the new Veterans ministration Hospital for west- DAT V0 Mfc 'LfcCTlONS BUT HK SKO' DO HVTt Dft SLOVrf TlhMLt BtTvJttK III Photo by Robert Williams Mr Allen said hs firm recently opened a prototype car center in Norfolk Va going over getting good He said however Pure probably would not open any other centers during 1966 "We have a lot on the drawing boards and buying property Mr Allen was in Memphis to attend a meeting of 200 area Pure dealers and sales personnel at the Chisca Plaza last night Licenses On Sale I This Morning i The 1966 state automobile licenses will be sold from 8:30 'tm to 12:30 pm today at the County Court office at "157 Poplar and at foe Meridian ts Building at the William Shelton III Reward Double Winner Kristel Guma Director Ted Rust Adjusts Winning Entries At Memphis Academy Of Arts Academy To Hitch Artistic Ride On City Buses bound motorists Eastbound 1 grounds Plates for all automo- ofcher entries will be -exhibited under foe direction of Ted in the five Leader Federal of- Rust academy director and fices March 24-April 1 Jason Williamson commer-Kristel Guma a student! from New Orleans won first and third place with her two entries Other winners were cial art instructor "We were very pleased with all the said William Air Freight Increases United Air Lines registered a 25 per cent increase in freight shipments at Memphis Metro- politan Airport last month traffic will not be able to turn left from 4 to 6 pm at Morgan Place Several recommended changes will be effected Monday in the City Hall and Federal Building area These include: Two-hour parking limit on the city-owned lot at Poplar and Front currently the limit la 10 hours A ban on eastbound left turns at Poplar and Front Elimination of parking on foe east side of Front between Shelton III of Leader Fed-C Allen United manager here Sanford Payton Jerry Ballou tive vehicles may be purchased at 157 Poplar but only passenger car and pickup -truck licenses at the Fair-'grounds The licenses also may be thought at the same hours today at the Whitehaven 'Elementary School cafeteria Levi School cafeteria and the Vance Griffin store at Brunswick A Tennessee title or title card and 1965 registration receipt are required All plates tor cars cost $14 and city stickers are $10 By CONNIE RICHARDS and performing Eight students at foe Mem- Memphis phis Academy of Arts will see their work on Memphis Ten selected entries have Transit Authority buses been specially reproduced They are the winners of an i Throughout the month of April unusual project entitled the pictures will be exhibited er Federal Salutes the inside five Memphis Transit To stimulate a greater appreci-! Authority buses which will be ation and interest in the arts I rotated so that the series may Leader Federal Savings and be viewed by the passengers Loan Association commis-jon all routes sioned Academy students toi Before taking to the road create a series of 32 original the 10 winning pictures along paintings depicting the visualjwith special groupings of the said shipments flown out of eral is the first time Tommy Harirs Tommy Ferrell Charles Strong Marion Collins and Bill Berry who also had two works on the whining list Memphis totaled 16297 pounds compared to 12255 pounds during the same month last year Air freight is the most rapid growing facet cl commercial aviation that city buses have ever been used for art exhibits We hope that foe series will contribute in a small way toward the realization of the proposed Memphis Arts J-1144 Creation of the series was.