The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 1

COMMERCIAL APPEAL VOL 4-No 7 MEMPHIS TENNt MONDAY MORNING APRIL 14 1969 VIETNAM EDITION Brief Disturbance Mars King March County Attorney Williams All Ranks Attend To Succeed Judge Battle Window Breaking Tear Gas Interrupt Good Friday Memorial The -m i 1 memorial County Atty William Williams has been appointed by Gov Buford Ellington to succeed the late Criminal Court Judge Preston Battle who was found slumped over the desk in his office dead Judge Battle whom fate placed in history as the trial udge of James Earl Ray apparently had been writing at his march in memory of Dr Marie Just before he had a heart attack A pen was found beside tin Luther King Jr held in Memphis on Good Friday attracted about 8000 marchers The march was interrupted only briefly when a youth threw a tear gas canister and other persons smashed some indows on Main Street during the march However the Rev James Lawson- one of the march organizers leaped to a microphone on the platform in front of City Hall and calmed the crowd and he and others on the platform began singing Shall Ids desk Friends said he had no history of heart trouble Asst Atty Gen Jim Beas-ey who had tried unsuccess-ully to locate Judge Battle earlier in the afternoon was leaving the building about 5 pm when he saw lights on in Judge office He entered the -office and found Judge Battle slumped over his desk Judge Battle obviously keeping himself clear for future hearings on the Ray case said little about it publicly He had however signed the minutes erf the trial in which Ray Judge Baffle Mr babel a cJaims and inquiry derfc has been put in charge of the more than 5000 requests HANDY FAN MAIL Requests for the Handy commemorative stemp are pouring Into the Memphis Post Office at a rate of 400 to 600 a day and Joseph habel a one-man letter-opening service Ptwteby Bonny Sollon Arkansas OKs Hospital Pay Bill However before the crowd I marched back to Claybam Temple AME Church where the march began Mayor Henry Loeb at the request of Fire and Police Director Frank Hol-lomanKput a 7 pm to 5 am I curfew in effect The curfew was lifted after Doctor Angered By Statistics Quest Ellington OKs Bank loan Bill i xirFs Father Kitts Student By Mistake I Wesley Coleman III because of the reluctance of many The information she stressed is detached from the birth certificate and very confidential" pleaded guilty to the slaying of Dr Martin Luther King Jr His successor was assistant attorney general before becoming county attorney As county attorney he conducted the successful suit to remove a former county commission member in 1965 cm a charge of misconduct in using Shelby County Penal Farm equipment for his personal benefit As county attorney Mr Williams has received $17500 a year As judge he will receive at first $15000 but the salary goes up to $17500 Sept 1 1970 Mr Williams said he will run August 1970 for the four cate the first major revision since 194B authorities considered but did not adopt proposals to include the "date of first and the and Social Security numbers In protest Dr Hummel and other obstetricians have marked to all the new questions He quit that though because he said authorities bothered the parents about the information if it was left unanswered Raise Is Given Riders Foot Bill The government is at it again-digging deeper into everyone's personal according to Dr John Hummel of 12 Belleair Drive an angry obstetrician Dr Hummel in practice in Memphis for 15 years believes the federal Department of Education and Welfare has gone too far in seeking information about babies he delivers and the mothers he advises and watches over And he is fighting it The federal government which chooses questions for state birth certificates is no longer satisfied with Just the bare facts It wants to know this and that and then some more that is "none of its bust Dr Hummel graumbled Yazoo City Miss a 20-year-old Mississippi State University sophomore mistaken as a prowler by his girlfriend's father was shot to death at 2:25 am April 3 at Indianola Miss Hemphill prominent Indianola automobile dealer and city alderman shot Coleman through the window of his bedroom Coleman and Miss Marilyn Hemphill Indianola High School senior had been dating He was out of college for the spring holidays Gov Buford Ellington signed into law a bill raking bank loan interest rates up to 10 per cent The bill as passed did not affect the small loan industry The bill allows banks in the state to charge up to 10 per cent interest on unsecured loans The ceiling had been six per cent Governor Ellington signed the bill after the Tennessee House and Senate approved the Nil An amendment which would have given small loan lenders an interest -ceiling of 85 per cent was defeated unexpired years of the term to which Judge Battle was elected The election for a new eight-year term will be in 1974 In the meantime Criminal Court Judge Arthur Faquin Jr was named to succeed Judge Battle as presiding judge in the Ray case and will hear a motion for a new trial Gov Winthrop Rockefeller allowed a bill designed to help two days repay Memphis-owned hospi- Senator Edward Kennedy tals for their care of Arkansas (D-Mass) and James Fanner indigents to go into law with-1 undersecretary of Health Edu-out his signature cation and Welfare led a pa rade of dignitaries attending The Mil authorizes 12 extra the memorial march for Dr days of racing at Southland King who was slain by a sni-dog track at West Memphis peris bullet on the balcony of with proceeds earmarked for a the Lorraine Motel April 4 special hospital fund The 1968 measure is expected to raise The Rev Ralph David Aber-more than $200000 a year nathy president of the South-The legislature also has ap- era Christian Leadership proved a bill allowing the gov- Conference the organization eraor to take the money from Dr King headed before his the special fund and make the death praised police for their payments to Memphis He is cooperation during the march expected to allow that bill to The Rev Mr Abernathy out-become law but has indicated lined the second chapter of his he will not sign the bill Poor People's Campaign with Meanwhile Governor Rocke- demands or goals that includ-feller surrounded by legisla-tors signed the state Peniten- Free food stamps fbr any tiary Committee bill April 9 family with an income of less that would allow Arkansas to than $3000 per year income create a state reformatory for government control of all prisoners under 21 prices cm "ail necessities for Many of those prisonersPuman total elimi-should begin moving to Tucker nation of unemployment an Prison Farm while older pris- end the Vietnam War in-oners are shifted to Cummins duding a complete stop to Prison Farm Still lacking bombing and immediate with-however is tte money to fond awa a hoops stopping the institution About 125 Ignited military buildup youthful prisoners will eventu- in Thailand Laos and Cambo- Indianola Police Chief Bryce Alexander said the Hemphill On the other side of the issue is Miss Sue Lackey director of the Division of Vital Records for the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department She believes doctors who refuse to fill out the certificates do a disservice to researchers seeking the cause and solution of congenital malformations birth injuries and complications related and unrelated to pregnancy "In order for them to treat cancer and birth injuries and to define the problem they need active statistics That is what been trying to get but it worked so well Principals In Trial Unite In Marriage family had made complaints several times in recent months about prowlers and peeping toms around the house and had asked the police to investigate the incidents Miss Hemphill told officers she became frightened someone knocking on the frame of her bedroom window and notified her father No charges were filed to know the race of the father and mother their education previous deliveries date of the last period when the month prenatal care began and the total number of prenatal visits and bunch of other questions that are none of their dam busi-the doctor fumed In changing the birth certifi Memphis Transit Authority workers received a raise and bus riders are shelling out another nickel In the wake of an arbitration settlement with the Amalgamated Transit Union Div 713 (AFL-CIO) and the Memphis Transit Management Co private firm that operates the buses under a contract with the city agency an across-the-board five-cent increase in bus fares was announced The hike boosted citywide fares to 30 cents The increase pushed student fares to 20 cents and fares outside city limits to 40 cents The five-cent transfer charge anc 10-cent charge will remain the same The settlement between the 500-member union and MTA provides for a 65-cent-an-hour wage increase over a 33-month contract for MTA workers The MTA which had discussed cutback of bus routes to save money said the transit contract would increase the operation expenses by about $850000 during the first 15 months a 1 the 33-month contract The annual budget thus far has been about 63 million dollars Under the old contract which expired Oct 1 1906 drivers got $277 an hour general mechanics $288 and specialized mechanical workers $307 Representative Neese (D-Paris) declared the small loan companies may need relief but that it should come in a separate bill Bankers did not however escape legislative criticism during the debate Representative Franklin Cochran (D-Tip-tonville) called the entire bUl The bankers meanwhile hailed the increase as another move towards breaking the logjam on major projects such as plant expansions or new office buildings A bill calling for a 25 per cent tax on hotel and motel in Shelby County has been submitted to both houses of the legislature but with far 1 than unanimous delegation support John Gary Williams leader singer for the Mad Lads Memphis based rhythm and blues group married Miss Gloria Fay Goodman at the home of a friend April 7 Both Williams 23 and Miss Goodman 17 were principal figures recently in a trial of militant Invaders for the ambush wounding of a police officer last summer Williams received a l-to-2-year sentence but is out on appeal Miss Goodman was a defense witness Airport Planners Bypassed As City Reprieves Oakhaven dia ending the draft Fire Damages Club The $150000 Helena (Aik) Country Club was heavily damaged in a two-hour fire March 30 The fire was believed to have started in the kitchen area of the two-story clubhouse shortly after 4 am ally go to Tucker The Arkansas legislature which recessed for three weeks April 11 has approved only four million dollars in new taxes during the session (i Senator Kennedy said was an admirer of Dr King as were my brothers He taught the way of peace through social justice for men of all races He gave ail Americans a deeper understanding of the would bring in an additional 90 1 meaning of freedom and the millim dollars "importance erf The City of Memphis paid $36000 for some national airport planning advice and related work but it was at least in philosophy if not in fact by Mayor Hairy Loeb when he deckled against expanding Memphis Metropolitan Airport Into Oakhaven Only the future can say who is right Hie planners Peat Marwick Livingston and Co of San Francisco also have sold their advice to Honolulu International Airport Los Angeles In sect the present east-west run- One of the measures the leg-L-5er ilature will face when it rlFarmer- Ralph Jackson nature win lace wnen it re-director department of islature after the will be al ternational LaGuardia in New York City Field and Tampa International among others turns recess AlunT proposal by Senator Oarence niTm ofthe Stall 1 Church: Aaron Henry of a I and the Most Rev Jo- million dollars during its first Murick apostolic admin- istrator of the Diocese of Nash- year Farris Selected To State Senate The Loeb plan does not chart a third north-south Jet runway at any location Reacting to criticism from some quarters Mayor Loeb said "The decision is great It allows for the city and the airport to grow which is vital Fbr many years it gives Oakhaven security I regret to see anyone not appreciate this wonderful solution To me it is the solution to our problems' Some officials in and out of industries related to the airport have criticized the decision not to take Oakhaven as shortsighted and merely postponing the inevitable The tax would be used to help build a new convention center in Memphis It faces a perilous Journey The split in the delegation is that some want to make it 25 per cent and other want a five per cent levy-- The- Senate in an unexpectedly heavy vote approved the implied consent drunk driving bill that would assume that anyone who gets a license has implied his consent to undergo a blood or urine test to determine the amount of alcohol in fais body The bill still faces a House vote The House approved an amended version of a bill that would permit firemen to carry firearms under emergency conditions' The bill provides that selected firemen may go armed upon Joint approval of a fire and police chief am the mayor if the three officials agree an emergency situation They said in a written report received here that Memphis Metropolitan should take Oakhaven in segments over the next 15 years as the land is needed The immediate need after the two subterminals are added to the present terminal will be a second terminal and a short 3800-foot runway for general aviation By 1985 Memphis may need a third north-south jet runway they Mayor Loeb bypassed all eight possibilities set forth by the advisers and pressed the Airport Commission to have its professional staff draw up a different plan Mayor Loeb was under con siderable pressure from the 1600 families in Oakhaven to save their homes from bulldoz Squire William Farris has been elected as senator from Shelby 32nd District by members of the Shelb County Court County Court Chair man Charles Baker who along wit other squires is watching several bills already in the legisla tive hopper with a great dea of interest said Mr Farris will be a major help as a lia son man between the state Senate and the court Mr Farris a Democrat said he would continue serve on the County Court his term ends in 1972 and will not seek re-election to the Senate The Senate successor will be -elected during the general elections in the fall 1970 Mr Farris previously served as Public Works director for Memphis He was a candidate for mayor of Memphis am also governor of Tennessee ville Chris Turner disk Jockey for radio WDIA and Jerry Wurf international president the American Federation of Murder jentence State County and Municipal Employees (AFL-CIO) The Sixth District Court ofl Marchers left City HiH in Appeals in Cincinnati has an orderly manner and re- overturned the sentence of one turned to the march head- of three men convicted in the quarters Few instances of dis- October 1960 murder of Mem-turbances were reported on phis policeman Frank Bruno the return march A three-judge panel ruled During the march lessons that the District Court of Ap- learned on Main Street a year peals in Nashville must grant ago paid off for the police a writ of habeas corpus filed When window breaking shat by Johnnie West 46 West and tcred the garbage strike defendant Henry Monts 42 march being led by Dr King are serving 150-year sentences on March 28 1968 police West's writ claimed a I moved fast and hard Tear gas confession by Monts was im-U fired Officers moved into properly used against him dur- the crowd clubs swinging ing the trial and his attempts freely to obtain a separate trial were denied It was different during the A third defendant Joel Far-lmemora marc ris Olds was convicted with learned by experience West and Monts but did not a hell of a way but appeal He is serving a 99-year It Juat helped out there prison term 011 Main a high-rank- Exec Asst AttyGen Rob-ln8 officer said ert Dwyer said will There were no lines ofoffi-try it again and yet again if cere with helmets shotguns necessary till the conviction and tear gas ready for a con- Meanwhile after several months of protests from Oakhaven residents that they want their homes bulldozed to make way for expansion of the airport some residents of the community have apparently changed their minds A delegation of officers of Oakhaven Civjc Club told the Airport Commission they are unhappy with some aspects of the Loeb decision to buy only a "buffer in the area all (of Oakhaven) or said Gene Lamb chairman of the aviation committee ers In its original form already passed by the Senate the bi would have allowed firemen to go armed for a maximum erf 30 -days after any one of the three officials authorized the move the intent of the measure was to enable firemen to defend themselves while fighting blazes during civil disorders some consid- ered the measure too The result was a recommendation to build a second terminal south of the present terminal and add a north-south general aviation runway east of the military area on the north side of the field It would inter Guest Tag Is Hot Potato But Council Holds On West and Monts have both previously had two trials to rescind the ordinance said "When I get the letter take it up with the frontation Single policemen stood at most street corners wearing soft caps and with night sticks firmly fastened to their belts Officials of Collierville and Millington which have commuter tag ordinances on the books warned that they wi start enforcing the long-i nored laws after April 15 Apr 15 is the deadline for motorists to buy the Memphis guest tag After voting six times in a topsy-turvy session the City Council has decided to retain a slightly altered version of the $10 guest tag requirement for out-of-town motorists who drive to work in Memphis An earlier effort to repeal the guest tag law failed to pass on a 6-6 vote Seven votes were needed for approval Hie only change in the ordinance was the deletion of a provision requiring Shelby County residents to buy the tags if even if they were not Council Chairman Robert James said "I will predict that we will not repeal the guest tag I think we will stick to our ployed in Memphis if they used city streets regularly As it now stands nonresidents Ed Jones Takes Seat Representative Ed Jones I (D-Tenn) 56-year-old York- ville dairy farmer and former Tennessee Agriculture commie- it has token htalratta r01 the Tennessce Na' theHouse of Representatives to Kveral years in-succeeding the tote Represent-1 tead of jugt 10 months it ative Robert A Everett who (p3y violations) went on for 10 died earlier this year Repre- months how do we know it sentative Jones will represent po on further the Eighth Congressional Dis- said MaJ Gen Hugh Mott trict which includes part of state adjutant general at Nash-Shelby County He will have ville Mott said the investiga-an office in the Longworth tion may reveal that as much The city ordinance may be killed by the state legislature though A bill to forbiaTennes-see cities to charge a wheel tax to nonresidents living outside the immediate county is pending before the Senate after passage by the House must buy the tags only if they work in the city will file a federal court suit against the guest tag requirement unless it is repealed In a letter to Mayor Henry Loeb and Tennessee Gov Buford Ellington Governor Wit liams said the tag law violates a reciprocal agreement governing the operation of Interstate vehicles" Mayor Loeb who has repeatedly called on the City Council "If he (Governor Williams) wishes to test it in court his he said Elsewhere the West Memphis City Council passed unanimously on first reading a $10 commuter tag proposal aimed at Memphis motorists However West Memphis Mayor Bob Eden said that he would not favor retaliatory legislation against Memphis The guest tag requirement has stirred opposition in rural Shelby County Mississippi and Arkansas Mississippi Gov John Bell Williams has warned that he The tag ordinance provides for a $25 forfeiture of fine for FISHING geh res recently opened north of the city driving a vehicle in Memphis without the sticker House Office Building in Wash- as $75000 in federal funds was ington 'misappropriated.