The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 39

iv- PAGES 39TO58l 'lJ PAGES 39 TO 58 i I ir 5 A -1 MEMPHIS TENN TWTTPKmv MnPKTXTn VAV 97 1071 cations Tuesday For 1500 Slots At Center the' positions' will notbe done until late 19J1 he said is the beginning of our phasing-in he said will be done strictly on a competitive basis and not on a first-come first-serve He said some jobs! particu-rly the 374 open riots for data transcribers will be filled as early as November to allow two months' training In temporary quarters: for these Workers before the new 14-tniI-Uon-dollar center formally opens' Job descriptions released by Mr Mills show that the starting salary will be $4897 for the 374 data transcribers In addition 636 slots are open for clerks with three pay levels $4897 $5524 and $6202 The final 500 initial riots will be tax examiners- with two pay levels $4897 and $5524 Mr Mills said peak employe ment during 1972 will be 2100 Drew Mayor Angry Crowd On Main Street Staff Photo bv Richard Gardiwr )' I Label Fits All Involved In Shooting The first formal applications for 1500 jobs with the -Internal Revenun computer center at 3131 Democrat Road will be offered starting Tuesday June 1 it was an- nounced yesterday by the IRS It was the first official notification of hiring for 'the new center which expected' to open by Jan and eventually reach a of about 4000 full and part-time employes by 1973 V) The applications will be available on and after June! from the Civil Service Commission offices at Room 37 in the Federal Office Building at 167 North Main said Larry Mills chief of the adminktra-tive division of the Memphis IRS center Mr Milk said dvil service testing for the initial 1500 Job slots will begin June 8 and last until Nov 30 Actual hiring for Chronic Drunks Sue Over Jailing By MICHAEL LOLLAR A federal court suit was filed yesterday by the Memphte and Shelby County Legal Services Association seeking a permanent injunction against city and state laws which might impose jail sentences on chronic alcoholics Quoting several physicians and the United States Council on Mental Health the class-action suit claims that alcoholism is a disease It says that of a person by fine or Imprisonment forgetting sick is cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth end Fourteenth amendments to the Constitution The suit was filed on behalf of eight Memphis men who claim to have been chronic alcoholic! from 23 to 31 years Five of the men claim they hive been divorced as a direct result of their alcoholism and because of frequent jail terms imposed on them by City Court Judges Bernte Weinman Ray Churchill and Beverly Boushe The suit also says four of the men have Served a A average of 106 dty jell terms each while each of the eight men have served an average of 100 terms at the Shelby County Penal Farm Attorneys for the Legal Services Association George Brown Jr Lee Miller Jr and George McCrary HI ask that a three-judge federal panel be convened to hear the case They also ask that each of the eight men named as plaintiffs in the suit be award ed damages in the amount of the minimum wage for each hour spent In jail under the laws in question The plaintiffs are Jesse Thomas Jr Lewis Davk Perry Gerald George Charles Ward Robert Blankenship Mansil Abney Clyde Smitty and Albert Smith All are now inmates at Shelby County Penal Farm the suit says and the class which they represent composed of ell chronic alcoholics in the dty and state suffering from or In danger of arrest conviction fines and or Incarceration for suffering from alcoholism of which public drunkenness is an Involuntary Named as defendants are Gov Winfield Dunn State Atty Gen David Park Police Chief Henry Lux Mayor Henry Loeb Judges Weinman Churchill and Roushe and Shelby County Penal Farm Supt James Harbor and Warden Denrgrl New MMCC Chairman William Quinlan (left) Frank If Norfleet Winner Of Graves Award (left) And Officers Face Wayne Park The- Parks brothers 1 are brothers of Parks of the Memphis Police Department who expressed shock when informed of the incident yesterday He declined to answer questions I find out what Another- brother Is a former police warrant officer A Parks1 He retired from the police force after being critically wounded in November 1959 by a Colorado gunman suspected of burglary Wayne Parks who lives in the small community of Yea-speeding on local roads and had accumulated some traffic violation citations but police did not know of any other violations of the kw The victim of the slaying Miss Collier had won her high school's school spirit award was a member of the Y-Teens Housing Health Link Is Cited By! Norfleet By CHARLES THORNTON -V -O' A radical plan to bring improved health and attitudes to the poor through better housing was broached last night during the annual meeting of the Mid-South Medical Center Council by outgoing chairman Frank Norfleet Mr Norfleet MMCC chairman for five years turned over reins of the 159-member health planning organization to Wil- men' 'and women next AprlL Tax returns from only three Tennessee Kentucky and will be processed la Mempnk In 1972 ha aid Employment at the center will nearly double for 1973 however when returns from Indiana West Virginia and North Carolina are added here-: I'' j'Y-V'V Of the 2199 employes expected Hr 1972 about 861 will hold permanent jobs' Mr Mills aid expect' a great number of housewives and students to apply for the jobs because of the" large number' of the part-time openings" he said Mr Mills cautioned that prospective job-seekers be certain to wait until Tuesday to inquire about applications -Tuesday the offickl beginning of hiring and the applications simply will not be available until poor attitudes and poor health are directly related to poor housing The chamber he said privately plans to study and possibly Initiate a plan similar to one underway In Pittsburgh where the business sector has created a housing development foundation developed a 32-mlI-lion-dollar foundation that doesn't conflict with or overlap the lore I housing authority I think Memphis can use something of this nature that won't compete with or overlap Memphis Housing The IM Graves award presented each year to the person considered by theHaspel Foundation to have made the most outstanding contribution to health care was presented by attorney Irvin Bogatin Last presentation marked the first time the award has been given during the MMCC meeting The award Is given In the name of the late Dr Graves longtime director of the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department In other action six other members also were elected to the MMCC executive committee Dr Reed was elected vice chairman Other dirac-' ton include Leo Chltman Dr Francis Cole Robert Hanna the Rev Martin and Mrs Netha Ross During the afternoon the MMCC sponsored a symposium that featured as speakers Dr Herbert Pah! deputy director of the Health Services and Mental Health Admlnktra- regional medical pro- grams Dr Gordon Barrow director of the Georgia Regional Medical -Program- and George Haley chief counsel for the Department of Transportation's Urban Mean TftUMh liam Quinlen Jr president of Choctaw liic-In his parting address Mr This By LEWIS NOLAN The three men charged with the murder of an lS-yearold Drew Miss black girl Tuesday night Were described by those who knew them as people from whom they would hot expect violence The girt who was killed be-i fore she got hone from her graduation exercises at raclal- fy mixed Drew High School was described as a good stu-i dent who looked forward to college and who was involved in achool affairs but not dvil rights activities I Of the three men two were brothers 3 and one was their nephewAllen Wilkenon19 of 2225 Hilkide' night Me Ugh school principal who saw Urn graduate from Trexevant 'High School Monday night with 243 other seniors sald Wllkerson Was Va very quiet unassuming kid a kid you would flee in a crowd He was never In a bit of trouble at school1 Young Wilkerson son of William Wilkerson of the Hillside address charged along with two of his uncles with shooting Miss Jo Etha Collier 18 at Drew Miss Tuesday night hours after her own graduation father at his home last night was audibly shocked that his son was a Series To Explore Hard Drug Hazard Drugs and narcotics continue to be a growing problem across the nation Many young people are already addicts and others are taking the first step whether on a dare to be one of the crowd or to Just try something new What can parents do about it? Most cannot even recognize the signs and many young people have no real idea of the dangers that await the first moke the first sniff or the first trip Now Alton Blakeslee has written a nine-part series on dangerous drugs and their hazards and what parents and young people can do about them The series starts Monday In The Commercial Appeal4 4 If you are a you afford to miss the series Norfleet who also became this'1 nB convnce me that some-year's recipient of the LM Graves Award said the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce of which he Is first vice president plans to use the MMCC files as a tool to foster better community health and attitudes through Improved housing flies show definitely the health problems in the poverty areas of our community thing must be Mr Nor- fleet toid-the crowd of more than' 500 at the Holiday Inn-Rivermont He said the chamber Is now starting a study of can be done to eliminate this Mr Norfleet in line to become the next chamber president said MMCC files show WstlayParks murder suspect Speaking in a constricted tone he said "We're grfcenhoms on this 1 know what the deal Mr Wilkerson said hk son nice clean cut boy he's not a hippie type at He said hk son was Involved in few school The youth said Mr Wilkes son was planning on enllating in the Coast Guard and "had never had any trouble The Wilkerson 9 mother is a sister of the Parks brothers charged a source in Mississippi said last night Wesley Parks 26 is employed as a refrigeration and air conditioning shop helper at Baptist Hospital the chief engineer there Said last night Mr Parks was described by his boss Charles Eckler chief engineer as "a good worker who has done a good job'1 Wesley Parks lives in a small red brick colonial-style house at 2196 Theda with his wife Betty and year-old son Parked in front of their house last' night was a blue pickup truck with a rifle rack in this back window and a wooden stock railing around the pickup bed A1 lightweight motorcycle and an elaborate swing set were in their fenced backyard Parks' neighbors were reluc-tant to talk about the murder suspect and his lifestyle last night but one said there was no indication of him being prone to violence and what wildness he might have had at one time subsided with the birth of his son Parks' wife Mrs Betty Parks a registered nurse at Baptist Hospital The third suspect in the Mississippi murder Is Wayne Parks 25 of near Drew Allen Wilkerson and had won a sweater for playing on the girls' basketball team She was described as a student by Gilbert Mockabee assistant Drew High School principal Mr Mockabee who 56 and a Negro came to Drew High School with Miss Collier and other blades from' the former Negro- high school at Drew Hunter High kst September he said "She was a quiet kid and a ger about four miles northwest of Drew does not have a steady job but does some farm work sources in the community said yesterday He has four children and his wife pregnant 1 -v i o' Area police said ho had something of a reputation for this morning when the state presents its first witnesses Miss Delthia Ann 'Dale Graves 41 and Gilbert Callaway 20 are charged with the Oct 26 slaying of Mrs Ruth Haynes an 85-yearoId widow A third defendant Mrs Carol Jean Robbins 26 has been ordered tried separately Mr Stevens waa being questioned by the prosecution as a possible alternate juror when he mede the statement The newsman said he had covered the Haynes slaying Asked by Asst Atty Gen Terry Lafferty if he had a fixed opinion on the guilt or innocence Mr Stevens said: "I think it would be difficult to listen to the case and let the defendants start off on an innocent Juror Prospect Jolts Murder Trial By RICHARD LENTZ A television newsman touched off a legal hassle that threatened to abort the Haynes murder trial yesterday by saying he give the presumption of innocence to the two defendants Defense lawyers moved for a mistrial after the statement from the jury bn by Dm Stevens WHBQ-TV news director The attorneys said it could have prejudiced jurors already seated on the panel Criminal Court Judge James Beasley denied the defense's motion He said the jury was not by the statement Thirteen jurors 12 regular and 1 alternate were sworn in yesterday before court adjourned after the third day of trial Testimony to begin Miss Jo Etha Collier popular he said She was also a track star and getting ready to attend Mississippi Valley State College at Itta Bena in the fall She had seven brothers a shocking situation' he said was just getting ready to go to college Mr Mockabee who has been educating Drew youths for the past eight years he said said he was saddened deeply by the killing not only because of the loss of one of his students never returned home from graduation exercises but because makes people lose trust and confidence in each other Up to now not had a single incident concerning the school all worked for peace and 1 (Additional Story on Page 1) He later said he thought it would be difficult for him to give to Miss Graves complete presumption of innocence" because of his knowledge of details of the case A defendant In a crimina case ia presumed to be innocent until proven guilty Defense lawyers Braxton Gandy representing Mr Callaway and Jay Fred Friedman representing Miss Graves said even though Mr Stevens was dismissed from the as a result of a challenge by prejudice could have been planted in minds of Jurors already accepted "When he (Mr Stevens 1 makes a statement ontelevi sion several hundred thousand people listen" said Mr Friedman Because of Mr television work other jurors might have been swayed by him where they have been by other persons in the venire he said Mr Friedman aTsosaidMr Stevens and an investigator for the attorney office had been talking in the hall outside the courtroom yesterday think this is deliberate attempt to prejudice the The newsman was celled to the stand by Judge Beasley He testified he did not discuss the case with the Investigator and said his answer to the question on whether he had a fixed opinion on the case was not planned beforehand have a situation here where the man's choice of words wasn't the said the Judge court fails to find any Improper motive on his part or certainly on that of the state" Judge Beasley had to recess the trial last month because It was learned some prospective Jurors had not been put under oath to answer queries about their qualifications for Jury-ervlcs 1 fifi lbs trial is expected to last King Freeway To Open Today-Minus Signs Share Sorrow Ask GotTs Help To Ease Burden By BILLY GRAHAM Stuns tny hwhani dM lott aU interest Is Ilfo lima can! overcome thiit JJl The loss of a loved one ia always hard to bear but it comes to all of ua sooner or later Ills a 1 1 a though to say I a lessens your grief or -that someone is left in plight worse yours It equally fu-to try to your wound by a busy of mealnglcss activity scenes and new interests help some but they can provide a cure or your loneliness and despair Instead find a Christian and share your sorrow her Or talk to your minister Do not try to bury your deep in your heart Shakespeare was right when said sorrow shared is a sorrow Never forget Jesus is your best and understanding friend He what sorrow is Share with Him Then find someone who Is in and try to bring a ray of sunshine into that life God has made us that when we bring to another some of lt is reflected in our own souls You must accept your loss ask God to help you bear The Bible says: therefore endure hardness as a soldier of Jssua Timothy 2:3) Ask God how css use this difficult boiir Ths plaintiffs died a Tennessee law which gives stale courts Jurisdiction make voluntary or involuntary committal of alcoholics to suitable nstitutions for hospitalization tile and or rehabilitation" That aw they said also provides: are authorized to take judicial notice of the fact that a chronic alcoholic Is sick person and in need of proper medical inatltutional advisory and rehabilitation treatment" The suit claims one plaintiff Gerald George had asked for hearing on a writ of habcaa corpua before Criminal Court Judge James Beasley after he was confined at the penal arm After Judge Beasley reused to rule on the writ Jt was assigned to Judge William Williams who rejected it The request for a hearing was 'based on grounds similar to those in this the suit aid A Supreme Court ruling cited in the suit says: addict a sick person He may course be confined for treatment or for the protection society Cruel and unusual punishment results not from confinement but from convict- else a than is heal round New may never friend with grief he that most knows yours need so Joy and it good (II you By DALE ENOCH There will be no Indication that the north-south expressway has been named for Dr Martin Luther King Jr when another segment of the interstate opens at 10 this morning Public Works Director Charles Blackburn said late yesterday afternoon however that he would on it and get something Ten signs will be pliced near 1 entrances to the expressway it was indicated A segment from Lamar to Un-1 -ion-will be opened to traffic this morning The segment from Un-' ion to Chelsea will be opened about July 1 state highway officials have estimated In 4 1 Earlier yesterday city Traffic Engineer Robert Fosnaugh who is responsible for the placement of street signs said nothing had been done to get signs made and erected haven't been fold to do The City Council approved the naming of the expressway for Dr King March 30 by an S-to-6 vote The resolution did not specify that signs should be erected but most of the discussion prior to passage had concerned where signs could be located State and federal governments do not recognize local names of Interstate highways only their numbers But there are no prohibitions against names being given locally Interstate 240 looping the city named for William Fowler Councilman James Netters who spearheaded the effort to name the Interstate route for Dr King said at the time of the council action that he understood signs could not be placed on the interstate or its right-of-way but that they could be pieced near approaches to the highway 'The Public Works Division day were supposed to use that authority and put them Mr Netters said he had written to Mr Blackburn and had talked to Maynard Stiles administrative assistant to Mr Blackburn concerning the council action He tid he was under the Impression that it was being handled by the division it Is not being done then it sounds like somebody Is playing some monkey business putting it off and off until they think it will be too late to do he said MT Blackburn said hk division had not tried to deliberately delay the preparation of the signs He said he had not answered Mr Netters' letter but that it would be answered immediately Mr Stiles said the councilman had told him Councilman and state Senator Patterson Jr would be asked to talk to state highway officials about the possi-rbillty of the state-Installing the signs and would let Mr SUIcs Mknow what was learned Nothing It.