European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 16, 1985 the stars and stripes Page jail in Tennessee full sheriff chains 12 felons to Fence Memphis. Tenn. Up1 a sheriff who angered a Federal judge by handcuffing 12 convicts to a stale prison Fence says he will never Back Down and allow the inmates to return to his crowded jail. Shelby county sheriff Gene Barksdale said thursday he Hopes to work out a Solu Tion with state officials Over the prisoners but said i have no intention of reaching maximum capacity at the county jail. "1 will not Back Down he said. Barksdale handcuffed the 12 inmates to a Fence at the West Tennessee reception Center wednesday morning after the War Den refused to admit them because of a Federal court order Banning new admissions to the state s overcrowded prisons. The 12 prisoners finally were taken wednes Day evening to an unused cell Block at a Shelby county penal farm until an agreement could be reached Between Barksdale and the stale corrections department. They will stay there until t v go into a state institution Barksdale said at a news conference. I did what i thought was right. 1 did not do it for any fanfare. . District judge Thomas Higgins last month barred new admissions to state prisons because of overcrowding and other conditions he said were unconstitutional. The ruling has led to overcrowding in Many county jails some of which Are under other court orders that limit the number of inmates they can hold. We re caught Between the Devil and the deep Blue sea Montgomery county Sher Iff Billy Smith said. Smith said his jail is filled to capacity and he is under a court order to hold no More than 64 inmates. I Don t know what in the Sam Hill we arc going to do he said. Right now our jail is fun and criminal court starts up Here in a few Days. If t go Over 64, i la be in contempt of court. But we can t Send Anyn Ore to the state. We re damned if we do and damned if we Don  Barksdale complained that Higgins order conflicted with a 1976 order from . District judge Robert Mcrae who said Shelby county could keep state prison ers no longer than of. Days. A guard delivers food to comics who had been chained to the Fence to Memphis witness testifies he feared he d be killed mafia took Over bus Ness vegas Casino owner says Kansas City to. A a Casino owner testified thursday that he became a hostage of his own company when members of organized crime families took control of his gambling business. Allen Click ended seven Day of testimony in the trial of eight defendants accused of skimming $2 million from Argent corp s Las vegas casinos. When you encounter organized Crim families in various cities you do not do anything except to try to extricate yourself from the situation Click said under Cross examination by Frank Oliver defense attorney for Joseph Lombardo of Chicago. Click was a key government witness in the . District court trial against eight reputed organized crime figures from Chi Cago Cleveland and Milwaukee. The government alleges the defendants influenced trustees of the teamsters Cen trial states pension fund to loan $62.75 million to Click to form Argent corp. The government says they muscled in on Click and began skimming gambling proceeds from Argent s two Las vegas casinos. Click has testified that he was ordered to promote Frank Rosenthal to a key position and then was told that he had partners in Argent. Click described Rosenthal As psychotic and said he had no control Over what Rosenthal was doing. In previous testimony Click had said hews summoned by Rosenthal to a meeting in Kansas City with Nick Civilla. The reputed Kansas City crime Boss until his death in 1983, and was ordered by Civella to obey orders or he would be killed. It was t or. Rosenthal that i was in fear of Click said. It was what or. Rosenthal represented to me that 1 was in fear of Nick Civilla Carl Cluna Frank Balistrieri and other people that i did not  Balistrieri of Milwaukee is a defendant along with his two sons. Joseph Balistrieri and John Balis Cricri. West Virginia Homes evacuated for Transfer of unstable chemical Malden . A authorities evacuated 3,500 Homes for five hours on thursday As they removed a corrosive and unstable chemical from a storage tank that bad leaked and forced the closing of five schools. The Homes in Maiden. Rand and the Kanawha City Section of Charleston were ordered cleared at l  workers began pumping the 2,000 Gallons of liquid Bromine into a specially designed truck. This chemical is so corrosive you can t put it in a Standard tank As we know it. We re evacuating As a pre caution. Better Safe than  said it. Larry Mullins of the Kanawha county sheriffs department. The evacuation order was lifted at 6 58 . After the truck was dispatched to Al Dorado. Ark., where the chem ical originated said it. . Drennen. Officials closed is. 60 through Rand during the trans Fer of the substance to the truck. About 400 residents were moved to a temporary shelter at Dupont High  would t dare attempt the Transfer until everyone who wants to get out can get out Mullins said. The area was cordoned off but a few residents chose not to leave arid some were seen doing chores. Some Rand residents who left their Homes said they a seas Toul the Hazard. Juanita Beard took backgammon Board with her and spent much of the of Lernon at the High school. Playing backgammon with her neighbor Ada Johnson. I m read they had us leave even though they said there was � emergency. Beard said. "1 annl Gong to stay there to find  the chemical began leaking wednesday at the  and co. Plant. The houses were not evacuated until thursday because the chemical used to make photo graphic chemicals and Dye was stable in the tank but becomes unstable when it comes in Contact with moisture Mullins said. One person suffered Eye Burns when the leak began authorities said but no other injuries were reported by late thursday morning. If the Lank ruptures there could be a Cloud which could be hazardous to the Community said Kanawha county commission spokeswoman Libby Squire. The foul smelling chemical began leaking when a Jet on a 4,000-gallon tank began to open said Plant manager Roger Sovcy. The chemical irritates mucous membranes he said. We All started coughing and wheezing a Little bit at first Hovey said. The tank was about three quarters full when the leak began and about 2,000 Gallons remained thursday morn ing officials said. On wednesday Plant workers failed to Teal the Cylinder with a belly band said Drin non. He described the Hole in the Lank As a  Mike Bell a spokesman for the Kanawha county Board of education said classes at five schools were cancelled. The chemical Plant is among those that line the Kanawha River in Central West Virginia. Of several leaks in the area in August and september the worst wus at Union Carbide in Institute on aug. 11. That incident sent 135 people to hospitals. Weaker Rule on car mileage triggers suit Washington a four cities the state of California and consumer groups filed suit thurs Day against the Federal government s Rollback of fuel Economy standards for 1986-Model cars. At a time when we re vigorously pursuing the fight against air pollution. It is unconscionable for the Federal government to loosen its require ments on Gas mileage said new York City mayor de Koch. Chicago los Angeles and Boston joined new York in protesting a decision by the National High Way traffic safely administration to reduce the 1986 average fuel Economy Standard for each car maker s passenger Fleet from 27.5 Miles per gallon to 26. In separate petitions filed with the . Court of appeals the cities consumer groups and California requested judicial review of the october ruling. General motors corp. And Ford motor co. Had requested the Rollback threatening to limit production of larger less fuel efficient cars to avoid Large Cash penalties for not meeting the Standard. California attorney general John Van de Kamp said the reduced mileage Standard is expected to increase fuel use by 1.54 billion Gallons