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Inside After 1 6 Years A New Sheriff P8 a Ann Landers 3 'Editorials 4 Astrograph 11 amily Living 3 Classified 9 10 House of the Week 12 Crossword Puzzle 11 Jacoby on Bridge 11 Daily Comics 11 Jumble 10 Deaths 2 Markets 5 Dr Lamb 11 Sports 6 7 Dress Pattern 9 Today in History 12 TSU Cagemen Have Pregame Show P6 The Dothan Eagle "or I Heard Them Say Us Go To Dothan'" Genesis 37: 17 Volume 76 Number 103 12 Pages 1 Section Weather Cloudy tonight tomorrow and continued cold High in upper 40s low in mid 20s Yesterday's high: 58 low: 33 (Details on Page 2) 25 Cents Briefly State Man Loses Appeal WASHINGTON (AP) Without comment the US Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal from a Jefferson County man who claimed that his car was im properly searched by narcotics officers Narcotics officers from the Jefferson County department acted on a tip and watched a house on Cento Point Road The officers saw Larry Wayne Box take plastic bags filled with an unknown substance away from the house court papers said On Nov 17 1979 Box drove up to the house looked around in the weeds nearby and returned to his car carrying small plastic bags containing a white substance the petition to the high court said Police stopped the car and found the bags in the open purse of a female passenger according to the court The bags were found to contain cocaine Box was convicted of possessing cocaine and the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld that decision The Alabama Supreme Court would not hear the case and Box turned to the US Supreme Court Care Adequate Despite Strike TUSCALOOSA Ala (AP) Officials say care for the retarded and mentally ill remains adequate despite a strike by some union workers at two of the biggest mental institutions About 50 people picketed in the cold Monday at the gates of Partlow State School and Hospital and Bryce Hospital Officials at both institutions said they had enough em ployees to care for patients Dexter Lowery business agent for Public Service Employees Local 1279 said the strike was called to protest the way the Mental Health Department is being run The strike started Saturday Lowery said he was confident that George Wallace who was inaugurated as governor in Montgomery Monday would provide leadership and new Mercury In Mayo Orange MILLBRAE Calif (AP) A jar of mayonnaise and an orange bought at different markets were contaminated with the type of mercury found in household ther mometers but the substance is not poisonous authorities say been told the crime lab analyzed both cases and metallic Millbrae police Sgt Robert A Dean said Monday He said it was the same substance used in thermometers and was not a poisonous mercury compound Authorities said they had no suspects in the tainting incidents and were unable to say whether the incident involving the orange was linked to an adulterated jar of mayonnaise purchased in San Bruno about a mile away Kids In Car Pop In Bar DELAND la (AP) As temperatures in this central lorida town dipped to 30 degrees a man locked his lightly dressed young daughters in his car while he spent time in a hotel bar police say The children ages 2 and 3 were but their mother said The father Michael Gene Williams 26 of nearby Tavares was arrested on a child abuse charge early Monday as he drove off apparently unaware that police had taken the girls from his car officials said The children were taken to West Volusia Memorial Hospital for observation released into the custody of the state Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services then returned to their mother Glenda Williams of avares according to police 1 5000 Try or 200 Jobs MILWAUKEE (AP) After an auto frame factory advertised 200 job openings at least 15000 people lined up in below freezing weather to apply creating so much paperwork that training for the new employees may be delayed Some of the thousands who waited in 20 degree weather Monday to apply for the jobs at AO Smith Corp had brought sleeping bags and spent the night in line Court Upholds NLRB Ruling WASHINGTON (AP) A labor union that illegally persuades contractors against dealing with non union operators does not have to reimburse operators who unionize to keep their business the Supreme Court said today By an 8 1 vote the justices upheld a National Labor Relations Board ruling in a San Diego Calif dispute that federal law does not require any such reimbursement conclude that the board need not order reim bursement because its conclusion that (labor law) policies would not be effectuated by such an order is Justice William Rehnquist wrote for the court The dispute stems back to 1977 when the Building Material and Dump Truck Drivers union Teamsters Local 36 was successful in getting San Diego area contractors to agree not to hire non union dump truck operators for their hauling jobs 0 Income Lowest Since WASHINGTON (AP) total personal in come rose 64 percent last year the smallest yearly gain since 1963 but still enough to more than keep pace with inflation government figures indicated today In December income rose 06 percent while personalconsumption spending rose 03 percent the Commerce Department report said Personal income rose gradually throughout 1982 despite the recession but the yearly gain was far below the 118 percent of 1981 The just finished year marked the first time total income had grown less than 10 percent since 1975 also a recession year Bleak Year or armers Seen KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) A surplus of grain and only a modest economic recovery in the forecast will mean a bleak year for farmers in 1983 according to economists at the ederal Reserve Bank of Kansas City grain supplies are so large that an economic recovery by itself is not likely to raise grain prices sub said an article in the December issue of the Economic Review State Dog Tracks May Be Easier House Bills Would Be Legislation9 MONTGOMERY Ala (AP) Legalizing dog tracks could become easier if the Alabama House approves a rule change today that would reduce the number of represen tatives who vote on parimutuel gambling bills Currently all members of the House must vote on parimutuel gambling bills The rule change proposed by state Rep red Horn of Birmingham would allow only represen tatives from the affected county to vote on a dog track Debate on the rule change may highlight the final day of the new organizational session which was supposed to end with a speech by Gov George Wallace Political tradition calls for an incoming governor to tell the Legislature about the problems but press secretary Billy Joe Camp said Monday the governor had decided not to address the Legislature Instead Camp said Wallace will send a written message to the legislators asking them to cooperate with him in facing up to the economic situation Wallace may also tell the legislators when he plans to call a special session for them to consider reapportionment Camp said A legislative committee has asked Wallace to start the special session Wednesday because a federal court in Montgomery has given the Legislature until March 1 to draw new House and Senate districts and get them approved by Justice Department The Legislature must devise new districts every 10 years to reflect shifts in population but the Alabama lawmakers have never completed the task Each time the federal courts have taken over and the they are threatening to do the same thing this year In the House today Horn will ask the representatives to return to their old policy on bills legalizing parimutuel gambling Under plan such bills would be considered Until 1980 the House treated dog racing bills that way but it changed the rule to make such legislation harder topass Citizens' groups in Jefferson and Macon counties have proposed dog tracks as a means of refilling empty county treasuries In the Senate today Lt Gov Bill Baxley will officially announce his choices for committee chairmen but the appointments were made public weeks ago Baxley has picked Sen Hinton Mitchem of Albertville to run the inance and Taxation Committee Sen Ted Little of Auburn will be vice chairman while Sen Ryan deGraf fenried of Tuscaloosa will handle the sub committee on the education budget and Sen Earl Goodwin of Selma is supposed to head the subcommittee on the General und budget Other committee chairmen tapped by Baxley are: Sen Charles Bishop of Jasper for the Rules Committee Sen Earl Hilliard of Birmingham for the Judiciary Committee Sen Jim Smith of Huntsville for the Banking and Insurance Committee Sen Wendell Mitchell of Luverne for the Governmental Affairs Committee and Sen Bobby Denton of Tuscumbia for the Commerce Tran sportation and Utilities Committee George Wallace Left Takes The Oath Of Office Administered By His Brother WBI jT xOk UMeL' IMI Michael euei Circuit Judge Jack Wallace Right Wife Lisa Center Holds The Bible Wallace 9s Inauguration Reflects Times By GARY LINDSAY Eagle State Editor MONTGOMERY In contrast to the inauguration of Gov ob James four years ago ceremony marking the fourth term of Gov George Wallace reflected the belt tightening most Alabamians are ex periencing in one way or another Wallace decreed that no parade be held because of the hardship traveling to Mon tgomery might impose on participants There were no shiny marching bands no inaugural ball paid for out of the state coffers In fact most everything from the inaugural program to the flat bed trailer used for the press corps came from private donations Perhaps as a sign that times are indeed worse than they have been for a long while fewer of the common folk Wallace holds so dear attended the inauguration than did four years ago Clear blue skies and cool but pleasant temperatures helped foster some cautious optimism in the rhetoric flowing from the platform on the capitol steps Despite the hope that seemed to emanate from the occasion the picture painted of the present by Wallace and others who spoke was a gloomy one The plan espoused for the future was one of hard work and sacrifice measured by a certain esprit de corps that Alabama can rise to the challenge Certainly the top newly elected officials in stategovernment represent some of the most experienced ever collected in one ad ministration Wallace of Retired Circuit Judge Moore (L) Swears In Baxley While Wife Lucy Looks On 9 I rM I wisK lb (AV course is the veteran of them all But also bringing with them years of experience at high levels of goverment are Lt Gov Bill Baxley a former attorney general of two terms Attorney General Charles Graddick in his second term Secretary of State Don Siegelman also in his second term as well as many ap pointees and legislators who have a heavy responsibility to uphold Baxley native son presented a dynamic but brief address that illustrated his strong character and resolve to tackle the problems of the state head on have strong emotions about saying anything at Baxley began are remembered more for what we do than what we say Today is the governor's day the quarterback The rest of us are bit players or blocking backs Baxley said that in reading or hearing accounts of the terrible condition of the state and economy we too often overlook the primary condition we should be con cerned with the human condition He voiced his concern for the unemployed and the farmers in the state who may be unemployed because they make a living" However continued Baxley submit to you that every problem in the history of the universe has a solution work together to find that Graddick also sounded the trumpet of optimism in his remarks has more problems than she desires but also has more answers than she has he commented have a great deal of pride common sense and they work hard There is no goal that can't be reached if we work Gromyko Rejects BONN West Germany (AP) Soviet oreign Minister Andrei Gromyko today rejected the US proposal for limiting in termediate range nuclear missiles in Europe but said the Kremlin was prepared to destroy some of its rockets as part of a deal with the West answer is no This is impossible We can under no circumstance accept this zero Gromyko told a news conference on the second day of his visit to West Germany However Gromyko said the Soviet Union is willing to destroy some of its medium range nuclear missiles aimed at Western Europe as part of an arms reduction agreement have said in the (Geneva) negotiations some of the missiles could be destroyed others could be transported to other parts of the Soviet Union where they could no longer reach the countries of Western Gromyko said PersonnelBoard Approves City Reorganization By JIMMY SAILORS Eagle Staff Writer Despite the opposition of at least two department heads the personnel board approved a reorganization of the city government that would delete two positions arid create two others The city position would be dropped and those responsibilities would be delegated to City Manager Dale Cunningham City Clerk Larry Muench would be ap pointed director of operations for the city The changes have to be approved by the city com mission before they can take place Personnel Director Jim Owen said He said the items could be on the agenda within two weeks City Engineer Gary Martin told the board yesterday the appointment would create a powerful post to which the city manager could delegate certain responsibilities Martin said the new position would be more than an assistant to the city manager He said it would be like having another city manager The news of the reorganization was a surprise to the department heads when it was presented to them last riday Martin said Com missioners had placed the item on the personnel board agenda after it was discussed in a closed doors meeting last week during their weekly administrative meeting Police Chief Kater Williams said the reorganization was explained differently to the department heads than the way it was presented by Personnel Director Jim Owen at the meeting Intermediary Step The diagram of the structure presented to the board shows the director of operations post as an intermediary step Missing Banker ound By LAUREN LOWERS Eagle Staff Writer MARIANNA A banker missing since last week is safe in Tallahassee today ac cording to officials at the irst Bank of Marianna Warren Sanchez who mysteriously disappreared Jan 10 called the Jackson County Sheriff's Dept over the weekend Sanchez told Sheriff Johnny McDaniel Saturday afternoon that he left of his own free will and would be home in a few days According to McDaniel Sanchez said he was right and in good disappearance caused a wave of concern last week when the department embarked on a five day manhunt According to the sheriff Sanchez failed to return home Please Turn To Page 12 Col 8 between the city manager and the department heads Williams said the director of operations post was not presented as an aid to the city manager on riday but would be a position that would have authority over the department heads Other changes the reorganization would bring about include dropping the comptroller's post and replacing it with an appointed financial director The new Department of Budget and inance would be headed by the financial director and include the accounting data processing meter reading utility collection and business license divisions The assistant city clerk and two clerks in the same office would be reporting to the city manager Other functions of the administrative depart ment which would be deleted would be transferred to the DB The commission will have to amend the ordinance that created the city post to delegate to it the clerk responsibilities The commission will also have to adopt resolutions creating the director of operations position and the Please Turn To Page 12 Col 7 (Louin Qteter Monica Lambert ap peared before the Dale County Commission recently asking that a bridge be replaced on the road that leads to her house Apparently she had made the request several times before The Town funny bone got tickled when she told officials been tabled so many times we feel like Dale County Commission Chairman Don Turner had his own rejoinder for Mrs Lambert When commissioners decided to wait until their next meeting to act on the request Mrs Lambert expressed dismay som ething about talk and no action" was men tioned Turner in a passing reference to the financial problems answered is cheap it? why we keep on.