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THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL FINAL FINAL I 180th No 845 MEMPHIS TENN THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 11 1969 104 PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS City Braces For Flood Of Fans Weatherman Smiles Dryly Organized Crime Target Of Massive Crackdown Mafia Worms Into IRS Can this be true: A fuil-houae Liberty Bowl game under a sunny iky and temperatures ranging up to possibly 50 degrees? Such are the predictions The Weather Bureau's forecast for the big game Saturday between Alabama and Colorado calls for clear Wes temperatures in the ngh 40s and light winds This is the topic of the hour as 50)000 fans and the teams get ready for the 11th annual Liberty Bowl game in Memphis Memorial Stadium The main contingent of out-of-town persons who will make the bowl pi are expected to begin crowding into hotels snd motels today Managers are gleefully predicting that every room in the city will be sold out during the weekend Expected today are: The 55-member ABC television crew that will run eight cameras and televise the football game in most parts of the nation the Alabama Crimson Tide team band and at tendant personnel the main delegation of University of Colorado fans including the wife of Gov John A Love and officials of the freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Pa who will supervise the halftime show Governor Love is expected to arrive Friday from Washington It was not immediately known if Alabama Gov Albert Brewer who expects to attend the game' would arrive at the airport with the team at 1:30 pm today Alabama representatives reported yesterday they have sold all the 10000 tickets allocated to them Colorado is expected to bring almost 3000 fans A total of 46543 of the 50164 seats had been sold yesterday Meanwhile Ralphie the 700-pound female buffalo who will Join the Colorado Buffalos 'as a mascot st the stadium was reported en route to Memphis from Boul der In a special van with six attendants The only major chain of motels in town that could be found with rooms for the weekend reported few singles" snd the Sheraton-Peabody said 500 of its 587 rooms were sold "We' had this guy who called for a room and kept Insisting that we had some rooms held back" kaid a manager of a motel who did not want to be identified "Then he started naming some people he knew and he knew some important peo- Ele so I offered to take him ome with me all I could do for In addition to the sellout predicted at the stadium sponsors are confident of another sellout for the liberty Bowl Luncheon tomorrow at the Holiday Holiday Hall More than 1100 of 1300 available seats were reputed sold yesterday for the event in honor of teams coaches and visiting personalities Paul Bryant Alabama coach Eddie Crowder Colorado coach former football great Red Grange and ABC sports- casters Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson are to speak The president of Freedoms Foundation Dr Kenneth Wells will be the principal speaker at a luncheon in his honor at the Holiday Inn-Rivermont today He is to arrive with other officers of his organization today and stay for the halftime show in which a series of representations of "great moments in American history" are presented by bands of the two schools in Armed Forces flag brigade and Explorer Scouts Other scheduled activities Include basketball tournament finals a fashion show tomorrow for wives of players and coaches a black-tie dinner tomorrow and a 10 am brunch before the game Saturday An awards banquet will be held in Holiday Hall Saturday night rV NewarkBuzzing Mitchell Predicts Rash Of Mayor And Other Officials Squirm By JAMES MARKHAM NEWARK NJ Dec 10 -(AP) Reports of links between organized crime and government in New Jersey spread Wednesday as federal authorities took over a county investigation of alleged cor-ruption in Newark and a Jus-tice Department source said the crime syndicatehad worked its way into the state's Internal Revenue Service There were indications the Newark mayor may have to answer a federal grand jury's questions in the investigation of alleged illegalities In Boca Raton Fla meanwhile United States Atty Gen John Mitchell said the Mafia had gained control of a large portion of the IRS in one state He refused to identify the state but an aide said it was New Jersey Since last June two former supervisors in the audit division of the IRS in Newark lave been indicted on bribery charges Several others under Investigation have resigned Mitchell predicted massive ndictments in 10 days which le said would crush "the largest gambling syndicate ever broken up in this He said there would be "massive ndictments of public officials at the focal level" -Mitchell addressing a convention of the Investment Bankers Association of America said the investigations were conducted by the Justice Department FBI IRS Labor Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission Mitchell added "Organized crime can only- exist where It is protected by government at some In Newark attention centered on the grand jury probe Charles Conrad (left) Richard Gordon Warm Sunshine And A Breath Of Fresh Air -urrwwteto Apollo Crew Emerges To Bask In Sun Arid Glory SPACE CENTER Houston Dec 10 (UP1) Charles 'Pete' Conrad who guided a spaceship to mankind's second lunar landing last month stepped from quarantine Wednesday and told an applauding crowd "how good that sun Conrad and his Apollo 13 colleagues Richard Gordon and Alan ean emerged from quarantine at 301 pm 18 hours ahead of schedule "It's been 38 days now since we've seen the sun from down here" Conrad said "It's real ditions were carried out on vast lunar plains The Apollo 13 landing site Is on the Fra Mauro formation a large blanket of rock debris surrounding much of the Sea of Rains fine to be back and out and I want to stand out here in the sunshine and thank everybody" Gordon taking a deep breath told the 300 persons Lawsuit Delays Expressway Leg State To Take Bids On i Overton Park Sector After Mid-January By WAYNE TROTTER Tennessee Highway Department officials yesterday decided to delay taking bids on the Overton Park section of the east-west expressway handing the much-delayed project another setback The decision made by the office of Highway Commissioner Charles Speight came as the result of a suit filed in Washington by a Memphis group and two individuals It means that the state will not seek bids on the controversial stretch of Interstate 40 on Dec 19 but instead will wait "until after the middle of January" to seek bids City officials said they were disappointed over the delay which prompted Public Works Director Charles Blackburn to issue a statement about costs of continued indecision The lawsuit filed In United States District Court in Washington by Citizens for the Preservation of Overton Park Mrs Sunshine Snyder of 337 Kenilworth Place and William Deupree Sr of 1730 Glen-wood Place seeks to prevent Transportation Secretary John A Volpe releasing funds for the project A hearing on a request for a temporary injunction has been set for Tuesday In announcing the bid-taking delay Juntas Graves director of highway administration for' Tennessee said in Nashville that the decision was made because of the suit Mr Graves read a statement issued by the department in behalf of Mr Speight who was not in Nashville yesterday "We believe it is in the best interest of the state and all parties concerned to delay receiving bids on the project un til after the middle of January 1970" the statement said in part Mr Graves would not elaborate on how long the state may wait after mid-January "Naturally I'm disappointed" Mayor Henry Loeb said my hope to put this back on Mr Blackburn said delay was costing the taxpayer "several hundred thousand He listed such factors as added engineering costs inflation time lost by city state and federal administrators and additional travel time incurred by motorists due to the fact the expressway is not built The controversial route has been the subject of hearings and protests for nearly 15 years The most recent setback before came in late September when Mr Volpe put a "freeze" on the project He lifted the freeze more than a month later after the state agreed to certain design changes gathered to catch a glimpse of latest space heroes: "Ah good to breathe some of that nonman-made air" "It was a real pleasure to psrticipate in Apollo 13" he Attorney Anthony SabeBa (right) Reads List Of 19 Indicted Ptet by JamM Stearin Geologists believe the Fra Mauro formation consists of material gouged by a great meteor out of the crust leaving the Sea of Rains Inquiry Pushed 8 Choose Jail said "I think we did a fair Job baIn- If4 thl Interpretation is correct Apollo astronauts may bring back samples of rock from deep below the lu- and I'm glad to be home "We had pretty much of ball Apollo 13" Bean said on He hugged his wife and handed her a package wrapped in plain brown paper The other two wives waited for their husbands at home All three astronauts said their only definite plans Included spending a lot of time with their families although they will go to their offices at the Space Center Thursday to look over some films they shot during the historic flight Meanwhile at Cape Kennedy Apollo 13 astronauts James Lovell Thomas Mattingly and Fred Haise were cleared for launch March 13 toward a hard-to-reach landing site in the foothills of the moon's highlands It will be man's first attempt to land on one of the rugged and scientifically more interesting areas of the moon The first two Apollo surface expe- nar surface The agency said the Apollo 13 landing site Is on a relatively flat stretch of terrain in the mountainous highlands It is 136 miles southeast of the base established on the Ocean of Storms by Conrad and Bean The Weather US DEPARTMENT OP COMMERCE FOR MEMPHIS and Vicinity Partly cloudy today with little temperature change today and Friday Fair tonight and Friday High Thursday 54 Low 33 Winds northwesterly 6 to 13 miles an hour lunriii 4:3 MnMt 4:41 REPORT High 56 degrees at 3 pm Low 34 degrees at 13:30 am Normal high 53 low 33 (Map Details on Psge 46) children are encouraged in truancy and disrespect for authority" All the indictments returned Tuesday are for misdemeanors The maximum penalty is a $1000 fine and 11 months and 39 days at the Shelby County Penal Farm Mr Lawson was scheduled to be honor guest at a dinner last night of the West Tennessee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union He designated his wife to act for him in accepting a citation as the West Tennessean who in the past year has done most to protect civil liberties Besides Mr Abernathy the only indicted person not surrendering himself yesterday was George Pryor whom the authorities did not identify Besides Dr Sugarmon those making bond were Mrs Maxine Smith executive director of the Memphis NAACP chapter Lewis Edward Malone an officer of the AFSCME Herman information minister of the Mobilize rs Thomas Nelson of the Mobilizers Edward Mayhue Jr a welfare worker Franklin Lewis a student Harry Lee Johnson of 835 Crockett and Don Edward Williams of 1313 Ethel (Additional Story on Pago 54) board by numbered posts which keeps the Negroes from electing even one member although Negro children make up 54 per cent of the public school enrollment" Charges against the 19 defendants vary from a single indictment to three in some cases The most frequent charge is that of inciting or assisting school children under 18 to leave or fail to attend school Another charge similar to the first is contributing to the delinquency of a minor The two remaining charges are conspiracy to commit one of the first two offenses Most of thope indicted are civil rights leaders members of the AFSCME or supporters of the strike against St Joseph Hospital or members of militant groups such as the Memphis Mobilizers "The attorney general's office will continue its investigation of the schbol said Mr Mason who is in charge of the investigation i i "If we find other violations and can 'get evidence to sustain indictments more indictments will be returned It is a very grave situation when By CHARLES EDMUNDSON Further indictments will be sought in connection with the recent boycotts and demonstrations at Memphis city schools Asst Atty Gen Clyde Mason said last night Earlier yesterday 17 of the 19 persons indicted Tuesday on charges of aiding or inciting the school boycotts surrendered themselves at the County Jail Nine of those voluntarily surrendering were released on nominal bonds of $1 each set by Criminal Court Judge Odell Horton Eight others chose to remain in jail for a few days at least to protest the indictments Those refusing bond were the Rev James Lawson pastor of Centenary Methodist Church Jesse Epps special assistant to the president of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFL-CIO) the Rev Ezekiel Bell president of the United Black Coalition the Rev Ralph Jackson director of the AME Minimum Salary Department the Rev Malcolm Blackburn an official of the AFSCME and pastor of Clayborn Temple Dr Vasco Smith vice president of the Memphis chapter of the NAACP the Rev Mil ton Joseph Guthrie executive director of the St Anthony Center and Murray Irvin a Memphis State University Unlted States Atty Frederick Lacey vowed to "wage war" on organized crime with a joint force including two members of the Essex County prosecutor's staff Material from a 100-day county grand jury investigation was turned over to the federal panel which has called Mayor Hugh Addonizlo among its witnesses Addonizio who refused Tuesday to answer 34 questions before the grand jury said in court Wednesday that he knew Anthony Tony Boiardo a reputed Cosa Nostra figure United States Dist Court Judge Robert Shaw reserved decision on whether Addonizlo could refuse to answer other questions But he said inclined particularly where a major public official is Involved to order disclosure of affairs involving public office" Addonizio's lawyer said he would answer if directed rather than face contempt of court proceedings Two more witnesses trxik the Fifth Amendment during appearances Wednesday before the grand jury James Del Mauro chief magistrate of the Newark Municipal Court and Joseph Bianconc head of an electrical contracting firm that has done business with the city both refused to snswer the questions Judge Shaw and Federal Judge James A Coolahan reserved decision on whether the two witnesses would have to answer the questions In other developments Wednesday: Union County District Court Judge Ralph DeVita was indicted In Trenton by a statewide grand jury on separate counts of attempting to bribe a county prosecutor and obstructing justice Assignment Memphis Sound Distortion Dictionary Grows Fate Can Deal Joyous Season Or Cruel One By JOHN SORRELLS "Bleated it he that conetd -erelh the poor Psulma There are many who should be considered blessed because they have considered die poor and their needs at this time of year It is not alone the poor of course There are the aged families trying to stay warm and feed themselves on tiny pensions or Social Security payments too old to work again too old to manage very well And there are those who have never before asked for help but suddenly the father has been injured and there is no money beyond small compensation payments And there are those who have several children and no husband at all to help And there are those who are just too poor to help themselves' These are the ones considered by The Commercial Ap-peal-American Legion Christmas Basket Fund at this time of the year And these are the ones you are asked to consider ss you go to work or do your Christmas shopping For many the only way they have to know that someone thinks of them is through the large sack of food they receive from the Mile-O-Dimes Without your help even this may be missing There were many warmhearted generous donors yesterday and their gifts added up to $1701 bringing the total raised to date to $16903 The goal is $48000 the amount needed to fill 4500 big sacks with wholesome food Your contribution may be left at one of the Mile-O-Dime booths at Woolco Stores on Jackson and at Eastgate Main at Union Dixiemart on Watkins Katz Drug Stores on Lamar and at Southgate Lowen-stein's East Corondolet on Summer and Main at Park Lane They may also be mailed to Mile-O-Dimes The Commercial Appeal 495 Union Memphis 38101 All contributions and memorials will be acknowledged daily in this newspaper (Picture and Additional Story on Page 19) drum or a barrel all the way to a silo or cistern you can hear of the lachrymose plea the saccharine suggestion or even the ominous warning Is an echoing reverberation" On The Inside Pages The Reaction Is Mutual THE LIVELY FEUD between Vice President Agnew and Senator Gore shows no sign of sputtering out 45 WOUNDED KNEE South Dakota and Song My South Vietnam may have more in common than the names would indicate 37 DIPLOMACY' ISNT commercial so former Secretary of State Dean Rusk is having job-hunting problems 16 Sports FASTER THAN a speeding bullet more powerful than a the Liberty Bowl lineup 69 MEANWHILE it is only proper to note the rise of a companion calling whose practitioners are known Videothwarters The Shadows as they are known informally in the busi- 18 By LYDEL SIMS It is necessary today to return to the art and science of Sound Distortion Engineering a subject on which we touched earlier this week You remember the Sound Distortion Engineer He is the dedicated electronic expert who seeks constantly for new and more effective ways to keep you from understanding words spoken on screen tube or dial IN OUR brief review of this little-known but essential calling we noted the pioneering work of SDEs with street noises helicopters (trade jargon for whistles bells and foghorns) AAM (accents and mumbles) and other devices But readers were quick to point out two major omissions failed" notes Mrs Weary of Whitehaven "to erything that confessions of true love explanations of crimes or whatever "I understand It's used so generally that the writers don't even bother to answer some unexplained questions in the crime shows They simply ness have not yet achieved professional rank but they make the most of their craft They are the people you can thank for the fact that 97 per cent of all television drama is The Rev Ralph Aber-tathy who -succeeded the late Martin Luther King Jr as lead of the Southern Christian Eldership Conference was dieted on a charge of inciting hildren not to attend school TTenton to fill a peaking engagement Mr Ab-imathy is expected to make mown tomorrow when he will ppear in Memphis Dr Miriam Sugarmon an issociate professor of Spanish it Memphis State one of the wo women indicted said she muld have liked to remain in sQ but felt compelled to make ond in order to meet her ipanish classes "If the constitutional guar-intees that should govern the lection of the Memphis school ioard had been she laid protest through the ublic 1 schools would never live been necessary "I refer to the election of the 1 Riescl 53 Society 36-43 Sports 69-73 TV 38 Today 46 Want Ads 81-87 Landers 43 Maddox 56 Markets 78-80 Mid-South 3 Movies 58-61 Puzzles 74 have the hero begin 'Now I'll actedjwMn rain snow mist explain about and then the script calls on the SDE for A SECOND omission WCT fog murk gloom semi-darkness or utter blackout Some observers believe the Shadows will in time achieve professional parity with SDEs Spokesmen for the jury said DeVita allegedly had attempted to bribe Somerset County prosecutor Michael Imbria-ni with a sum of money described as "10 big on behalf of two men charged with larceny bribery and bookmaking Newark Corporation counsel Philip Gordon the first witness before the federal Jury resigned his $23000-a-year job Wednesday The Evening News of Newark reported "an informer with vast inside information about Newark provided the material which led to the federal investigation ffj Hy Gardner 58 comment cm the truly imagina- of Memphis informs me is but personally 1 doubt it The potential simply there After all anybody in the whole house can react to the work of an SDE but to appreciate a Videothwart you have to be sitting right there looking at ER which naturally refers to empty receptacles: "Nothing of note is ever said in electronic dramas these days unless it is spoken into or out of some kind of empty re- EDITORIALS Page Tennessee legislature faces need for far-reaching prison reform 104-page editions of The Commercial Appeal include a 16-page section for Dixiemart-CorondoIeL PHONES: SK-ail aroMtaa JMNI five work done in MUlcO of course is the music up and over division good SDE can fix it so that just as the key dialog begins the music goes up and Iwli 4- then rides crashfogly over ev-'ceptacle anything from an oil the set:.