Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 10

B2 h1" Wodnowtoy April ItM i Ruling may force Fairfield budget revisions ALL SEATS $24)0 EVERYDAY TIL 5:30 PM iRIVEBCHASE SIXCINEMAS WWI tm mn Wmnrtn vtrmm AGAINST AU OPPS 00 IrlUtlMIS-AIMill FOOTLOOSE (PG) lOlEEWEARPSBflB HARP TO MOLD (PCI I MHMVMMU UP THE CREEK IR) By Nick PRttersoi Pud-Hcrild Reporter The city of Fairfield may have to revise its budget to come up with a $100000 judgment awarded in a discrimination case The judgment was rendered against the city in nearly 8-year-old case involving the dismissal of -a black CETA worker Segregated facilities and a supervisor's racial slur became the core of the federal ruling although the supervisor was not questioned about his alleged statement and now denies he made it US District Court Judge UW demon ruled that Fairfield owed the money in back pay and interest to Robert Lewis Robinson Jr Several Fairfield City Council members said they were surprised by the judgment rendered in federal court Monday against the city And none knew from where the money to pay the $10655650 judgment would come Robinson worked under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act for the city for about two weeks during June 1976 He was injured in an accident while working on a garbage track On the day he returned to work his super-visorDanny Fields now public works supervisor of these were budgeted this year by the mayor This is the reason we have to revise the budget I know what's going to come on the matter of the judgment that was Clemon earlier ordered that a plywood shack lacking running water and heat used by black workers as a break and changing room be destroyed He said black and white workers had to use separate facilities with white workers changing in an office furnished with carpet telephone and a portable television: Coachman said he did not know if the building still existed 1976 the unclassified workers and classified workers have moved to a new location some three years aga previous building that the classified and unclassified workers occupied is now being operated by the park board However I do not know if that Jmilding is the one that the court has reference to at this he said He said he hopes that the racial climate demon alluded to in his ruling no longer exists in the city told him we don't need you any Robinson testified Shortly before that Robinson said Fields approached him as he talked to another black CETA worker and said you damn CETA niggers seem to be just Although Fields testified Monday neither Edward Still the attorney representing Fairfield nor attorney Robert Wiggins asked him if he made the statement to Robinson Fields yesterday said he had not made the statement would not make a statement like that to (any) He said he did not deny making the statement in court because he was outside the courtroom and did not hear testimony Fields said he earlier told Still that he not make statements like And Fields said he did not fire Robinson The City Council which is the appointing authority has tbe final word on firing employees be said In an official opinion on the case Clemon found that Fields had made the statement to Robinson before telling him his services were no longer required In his order Clemon found that Fairfield dis criminated in firing Robinson and owed him back pay Clemon also said the city must give Robinson a job at least equal to that of an employee who was hired the same day Robinson was hired in 1976 or pay him a salary until such a position becomes available Council President Jerry Coleman said Monday he was somewhat disappointed in the decision and the city would have to meet with Still before deciding whether to appeal the case Finance Committee Chairman Kenneth Coachman said he had not anticipated ruling against Fairfield and learned of it from a newspaper yesterday just have tbe be said Coachman said the finance committee would meet soon to recommend to the council that the city budget be revised seem to be any other revenue right Councilman Clarence Hill said The council recently made a commitment to give $50000 to the Fairfield School Board and the city might have to borrow the money he said Hill also cited a recently tabled action on whether to grant a pay raise to its classified employees SLAUGHTER NOTE (R) ctTt ijff a CINEMAS M58-2818 lilMilUIMilMill SWING SHIFT (PCI IMIMIIMMU ROTH NEW NAMPSWRI flO HARP TO NOIP (PC) IMWMUIMM UP THE CREEK U) gm TIRRIS Of OI At MINT Lakeview Investments cancels building purchase offer IJNMSMHK ANGEL M0V1IS FROMTtt RIVACY OFJfOUR CAR AUTO CINEMA DRIVE-IN BESS SUPER HWY AT MIDFIELD FUST FEATURE STARTS 7 PM mows sound ohm sabio ssstGYOueAijjO gobb movies)' wreck 12 days ago were special education students riding in a bus subleased to Yellow Cab Co by Metro Limousine Service The school system bought a fleet of buses last year to transport its magnet and alternative school students but continued leasing transportation for special education students Harris said he believes the system could operate its own special education buses for less than the $500000 annual contract paid to Yellow Cab The cause of the April 12 bus wreck is believed to be brake failure The accident led to the discovery that private buses leased to the school system did not require inspection by State Department of Education personnel STRICTLY ADULT ENTERTAINMENT NO ONE UNDER IS ADMITTED- MATURES CHANGE WEEKLY 478-3144 RMMRL MOUNT AM DfW MTf 2 FOR 1 WITH 16 BOTTLE CAPS SNOWS STUTM MOB Ml mi in SWING SHIFT (PG) MM48 POUCt ACADfMT WOll Money from the sale of the property would have been placed in the board's capital improvements fund In other matters Walter Harris outlined four he intends to pursue for the system Harris who became school superintendent April 1 said he would begin planning programs to improve academics upgrade teacher and student morale implement a uniform discipline code ensure that administrative personnel provide dear concise goals for teachers and analyze course assessment methods The superintendent's goal for a uniform discipline com coincided with a request for such a plan made earlier in the meeting by Mary Granger a representative of the American Federation of Teachers The AFT representative asked that a uniform list of offenses and punishments be used by all school principals there will be no doubt what the punishment will She also asked the board to establish a parking area for Phillips High teachers to help eliminate car thefts and vandalism for those who work at the central city school She said teachers often are late to class because they cannot find street parking in the heavily populated residential and business area In reporting on the April 12 bus wreck in which 25 Birmingham students were injured Harris said he has asked his staff to make plans for ending all transportation contracts with private firms The school board began operating buses for regular students last fall but those injured in the By Mike Harris Port-Hcrld Reporter group of investors who Manned to buy the forfner Lakeview School building for senior citizens' apartments canceled its $850000 offer yes-tenfry li attorney for Lakeview Investments told the Birmingham Board of Education that his clients want to cancel their purchase offer because of difficulties in obtaining title to a portion of the land deeded as right-of-way and because of uncertainty about getting a low-interest federal loan to finance the project The board had agreed to such cancellation conditions in October when Lakeview Investments submitted its $850000 bid The offer was almost double the other bids for the Southside property near the intersection of University Boulevard and 28th Street The board's disappointment over the canceled purchase was compounded by the cancellation of a lease on the premises The cancellation of an agency of the State Department of Education lease means the loss of the remaining $15000 rent due for the year The money had been budgeted for the general fund 'Louis Dale school board (Resident said he is confident the board can find another buyer for the property when it is re-advertised for sale The other offers from last bidding were $462000 from White Co a banking investment firm and $425000 from St Hospital Both bids were far short of the $850000 offered by Lakeview Investments which includes Ales Vare Ken Traweek Randy Marks Robert Hearn Dorothy Shaw and Gates Shaw rBRITAIN- ON YOIIR OEM Air bom Atlanta lnihtigea(yow (UTRdliliHkRiH Thi Friday Only IhaBli Bond Bound of Tha UAB Sopor Jan Band Nrii Fiao Aao it aBa THE ALL NEW DOWNTOWN ADULT BOOKS 2731 8th Avo B'ham Ala Phono 328-5525 Hours 9 AM 1 AM Monday Saturday 1 2 Noon -1 2 Midnight Sunday (Formerly tha Smokehouse Rest and Charlie Browns Lounge) VIDEOTAPE SALES 8 RENTALS VIDEO TAPES MAGAZINES MINI MOVIES MARITAL AIDS 8MM FILM NOVELS MMUNCSK Its STONE FOOTLOOM (PO) 22 4 7 day car rontal 871 -PARIS- Air Lam Arianta 7 aifht CENTENNIAL ADULT THEATRE 254-8861 2500 7TH AVE SO Mi HATS 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pm NOW AT RAINBOW By Sam Hodges Port-HtraM Reporter -Theatre UAB under the direction of Rick Plummer has delivered a strong production of what' may be the strongest play to hit Birmingham It is Martin Anyone with ah open mind should see 1L concerns the fate of homosexuals in Nazi Germany The lead character is Mas (Kiel Martin) a refugee from a wealthy family that cannot accept his blatant homosexuality In the opening scene Max is at home with Rudy (Judd McClunney) a dancer who also happens to be his lover A nude man (Lee Drew) stumbles out of their bedroom Max hungover rant remember anything but Rudy informs him that the nude man spent the night with them fhe nude man is the boyfriend of an important Nazi who is revealed to be a likely traitor Nazi soldiers arrive at the apartment and kill the boyfriend Max with Rudy makes the first of several lifesaving escapes Eventually Max and Rudy are arrested by Nazis and put on a train for the concentration camp Dachau Rudy does not survive the trip The Nazis make Max assault Rudy and deny their friendship Max learns from Horst (Jack Cannon) how to survive on the train and in the concentration camp simple: Show no humanity The complication is that the two survivors Max and Host fall for each other contains nudity profanity violence and graphic descriptions of homosexual acts It would be wrong to say these elements are incidental but is more a character study than a collection of theatrical shocks It is indeed a carefully crafted play that touches the heart As for Kiel Martin the Street star who helped create the abundant advance press for this production he makes a splendid Max He has been away from the stage for years but that could never be guessed from the advantageous way he uses his voice gestures and comic timing -Almost as good is Jack Cannon who plays Horst The show gets better when he comes on stage and it is plenty good before he gets there The scene in which he and Max talk each other PSYCHO FSOHliXAin MtMMli FOLKS 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