Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 9

igaaf ve afmi 'J Mb JS irwvwn No black By Bill Mobley pressure to they were pressured by blacks vote down Mountain Eagle when BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD Friday Jwna 15 1973 PAGE A9 tapping council says legislation" proposed They said they voted against it Theater to present O'Casey play Stan Writer Members of the Birmingham City Council Thursday denied charges by Jefferson County Sheriff Mel Bailey that WBMG-tv transfer approved to vote against his proposed wire tapping legislation which he later abandoned The sheriff was quoted in a Jasper newspaper thet Daily A Petition to deny the renewal of the licenses of these stations and a complaint against their operation has been Bled by the Black Broadcasting Coalition of Richmond The FCC said the application for transfer of WBMG-tv was granted subject to whatever action is appropriate after resolution of the coalition's charges In addition to the sale price the FCC stipulated a (95800 grant fee because of principle They said the only blacks present at the time were coun-fl cilman Arrington and Shores and the resolution was not diii- cussed either before or after itt- jj was introduced "Bailey said two major deterrents to crime would be to legalize wiretapping and the(y relegalization of capital pun ishment" the newspaper story concluded Jo Do Your FALSE Drop Slip or Fall Dun'l keep worrying about vuur false KTlh dropping at (he wrong lime A denture adhesive can hcln KASTKKTIlKivcitdentum a lung- 1 cr firmer steadier hold Makn rat- 14 ing more enjoyable For inure security and ciiinfurt use KASTKKTI1 Denture Adhesive Dentures that lit are esaenlial tu health Scg your deni ist regularly story said In regard to deputies charges that Bailey might use it against them he said in the paper that "it is absurd and impossible No judge inthe country would issue an order for a wiretap on such frivilous and personal matters" Law abiding and law supporting citizens have no fear of wiretapping "It's the ones who have something to fear or something to hide who oppose it" Bailey was quoted as saying Councilmen Richard Arrington Jr Arthur Shores Liston Corcoran David Vann Russell Yarbrough and Coun-cilwoman Mrs Reed Proctor all said Thursday they had never discussed the resolution or been pressured in any way I aH-uHWS The transfer of station WBMG-tv in Birmingham from Southern Broadcasting Corp to Roy Park Broadcasting for S475 million was approved Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington Roy Park Broadcasting of Birmingham Inc is owned by Park Broadcasting Inc of Delaware which also owns all the stock of Roy Park Broadcasting of Virginia Inc owner of stations WTVR-AM-FM-tvinRicmondVa 11 speaking to Jasper Kiwanis Club members Monday night that "charges that wire tapping was an invasion of privacy were ridiculous" and said that Birmingham City Council members opposed his efforts ilized wire tapping be- for legali: cause of pressure from blacks also condemned Jefferson County deputies opposing wire tapping as persons who don't perfrom very highly and were afraid that Bailey would use it against them" the story said is the obvious reason for them (the council) taking such an approach because pressure came from somewhere since members of the council had not had an opportunity to read the AM DIGITAL CLOCK RADIO $lffh77 ic a United Pres International US Army "Sky Crano" helicopter from Ft Sill Oklai flies over the Sandra Peak Tramay in Albuquerque NM The helicopter successfully lifted a loose cable Thursday which had stranded two cable cars nearly 24 hours Eight of the stranded tourists and a car operator were lowered 220 feet to the ground by a rope sling The other 32 were pulled to a safety 1 when workmen freed a second car On Fathers Day Electronics MILLERS' NEW TV AUDIO APPLIANCE DEPTS Slight earth tremors shake residents of four states Associated Press jtr e-'i i 5 'I i it I ni il'W 1 i rf Birmingham Festival Theater one of the youngest community theaters will present Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the June 21 through June 24 and June 28 through July 1 at I pm There will be a matinee at 1:30 on the afternoons of June 24 and July 1 Directed by Karl Stewart the play set in a two-room Dublin tenement in 1922 is cen- tered around the activities of the Boyle family who are suffering in their own way from the Irish civil war Jack Boyle and his nagging wife Juno have two children John and Mary who are engaged in political events Captain Boyle has his own problem that of remaining unemployed through various devious means The cast includes Randy Marsh Dorothy Shaw Sherman Rockwell Cheryl Turner Jim Smith Grace Whittle Kelsey Howard Carla Wood Bill Thacker David Littleton David Winestien Jo Ellen Johnson and Carroll Coats Birmingham Festival Theater is located at 1901 11th-avs For reservations call 933-0272 after 7 pm Service station robbery different Of all the robberies investigated recently police said this one was different A drove into the Citgo Service Station 1829 Avenue and told the attendant Theotos Howard to up and check the The 19-year-old operator put gas and oil The driver handed him a credit card which the attendant told him he could not honor The customer pulled a pistol and said "Turn around I'll just come back Bailey transfers 102 state prisoners Jefferson County Sheriff Mel Bailey has transferred 102 prisoners from county jails to state penitentiaries Bailey said the inmate backlog occurred in compliance with the request of the State Board of Corrections to hold up on transfer of prisoners He said inmates were held about nine months to permit the state corrections system to comply with court orders to upgrade state prison facilities The prisoners were transferred Wednesday Truck driver killed in wreck near Jasper A Walker Country truck driver was killed early Thursday when his vehicle collided with another truck 10 miles north of Jasper according to state troopers Raymond Hoyt Wilson 48 Nauvoo Rt 1 was killed instantly when toe 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