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Bell employes testify on sex acl
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — Southwestern
Bell attorneys yesterday introduced
a letter signed by former executive
James H. Ashley in which Ashley
claimed to be the owner of a print
ing franchise which the company
claims represented a conflict of
interest.
Ashley had denied under oath
earlier in the 16-day trial of his $29
million libel and slander suit against
Southwestern Bell that he owned
any interest in the printing fran
chise and had not profited from
it.
Bell attorney Hubert Green sub
poenaed the letter from Ray Ellison
Industries, a housing firm, which
Ashley wrote on behalf of his
brother, Lawrence, who was buying
a house in 1972.
In the letter, James Ashley,
former Bell Commercial manager.
contended he was majority owner of
the franchise he claimed would net
a $12,000 profit during the year. He
said his brother owned 45 per cent
of the net profit.
Ashley admitted in his testimony
that his brother operated the firm
which did work for the commercial
department of Southwestern Bell,
but denied it represented a conflict
of interest.
Dora Saline, another Southwest
ern Bell employee, testified earlier
yesterday that the company’s
former printer was dropped and the
commercial department began hav
ing its printing done with the
Ashley franchise in the Spring of
1972. She said the new printer did
“very poor work” and the printing
always was delivered late.
Ashley’s former secretary, Karen
Pinjet, told the jury she typed the
letter but that shortly before his
Next FBI boss better
United Press International
HOUSTON — FBI director-
designate Frank M. Johnson Jr., re
covering from surgery to repair a
weakened main artery, yesterday
was reported “up and walking
around.”
He’s eating solid foods,” a
Methodist hospital spokesman said.
“He is in a room. He was moved out
of intensive care yesterday.”
Johnson, 58, a Montgomery,
Ala., federal judge, was nominated
for the FBI directorship Aug. 17.
He said doctors discovered the
aneurism on his aorta the next day
during a routine physical examina
tion.
Dr. Michael E. DeBakey oper
ated Friday and, afterward, pre
dicted a full recovery within six
weeks. It will then be determined
whether and when Johnson will face
Senate confirmation hearings.
“He’s not receiving any visitors
other than wife, Ruth, ” the hospital
spokesman said. “He has so many
friends, the doctor doesn’t want him
to receive visitors or telephone cal
lers.”
Johnson was expected to leave
the hospital and return home within
a week.
suspension on Oct. 9, 1974, Ashley
took it from the files. “He said, ‘we
don’t need this,’ crumpled it up and
threw it in the waste basket.”
Mrs. Pinjet also said during an al
leged sex party at a local motel suite
Sept. 11-13, 1974, Ashley had her to
telephone his wife, Bonnie, and tell
her that Ashley was away on busi
ness in Corpus Christi. Ashley de
nied having sex relations during the
party, but five Bell employees tes
tified that he did have intercourse
with a Bell employee.
In defending the suit. Bell yes
terday called 15 women employees
who testified that Ashley was a “di
rty old man,” “lecherous,” and a
“woman chaser.”
Ashley contends he was wrong
fully fired from his job and his
friend, Texas vice president T.O.
Gravitt, committed suicide because
the two men were opposing wrong
doing within the telephone com
pany.
Bell has countered that Ashley
and Gravitt were engaged in hand
ing out promotions for sexual favors
from female employees, Ashley had
a conflict of interest inthej!
firm, and the two execute
bilking the telephone comp jvl
thousands of dollars wif
pense vouchers.
Gas cutoff suit
debated in cot i
United Press Internal^
CRYSTAL CITY, Tex.-
neys said yesterday they wj
pared to go to U.S. Supreme
Justice Lewis Powell to p®
natural gas from being cut cl;
8,000 residents of this
city.
The 5th U.S. CircuitCn|
Appeals in New Orleans last!
issued an injuntion prevent
threatened cutoff by L«i
Gathering Co. until 12:01
Thursday.
“We’re waiting word Irani
Circuit whether it will confel
injunction pending a hearii
what,” Nieto said.
Justice Powell will be
igrant an interview if the
'doesn’t grant one.
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WASHINGTON — Justice Lewis
Powell yesterday blocked a court
order requiring exclusive use of
single-member districts for election
of Dallas city council members until
the Supreme Court can take a look
at the plan.
Powell said if he did not grant the
application by city officials, the
blacks who started the lawsuit were
likely to “press promptly for a spe
cial election,” probably killing the
city’s challenge.
The justice said further that he
thinks at least four justices — the
necessary number — will vote to
hear the appeal when the city files
it.
The case has been back and forth
from court to council since 1971.
The complaining blacks attacked as
a dilution of their vote the system in
effect since 1907 of electing all
council members on a citywide
basis. Eight places were reserved
for candidates who lived in one of
eight residential districts and three
were chosen regardless of resi
dence.
The U.S. District Court found
the system unconstitutional but in
stead of imposing a new procedure
it allowed the council itself to
suggest one. The council adopted an
ordinance providing for election of a
member from each of eight single-
member districts, with the remain
ing three elected at large as before.
Relying on a 1976 Supreme Court
decision involving state legislative
districts, the 5th U.S. Circuitj
invalidated this scheme anilt
a new one with single-memti
tricts only.
Powell said the Supremt|
“has declared repeatedly
standards for evaluating tki
multimember and at-1
plans differ depending on d
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able in the absence of
cumstances, he noted, (
state accepts this responsi
efforts to reconcile trail’
policies should not beresl
yond the Constitution's conn
equal protection for all. Hes
5th Circuit “apears to have a
these two standards.’’
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held that municipal ejecta
are entitled to the same re^*
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there is reason to believe it
should be," the opinion si
the court at one point
much.
He said “citywide repit
tion ” appears to he a vafi
interst in Dallas in matters!
with zoning, budgets and dt
ning.
The Supreme Court is e
summer recess. It will act*
on the city’s petition for revie*
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ril, 1978.
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