City Council changes regulations for beer sales — Elminination of the provision of by Bill Mason from the street in stores between President's house, is about 750 feet forbidding the consumption of 1,000 and 2,000 feet from a public Responding to several lawsuits, from North Boulevard Church of beer and dancing at the same place. meeting place. Christ. the Murfreesboro City Council — Elimination of the provision Speculation that large chain Gary Davis, the store's manager, recently passed an ordinance requiring that the inside of any stores would be able to sell beer appeared before the Council and replacing the 30-year-old regula- establishment selling beer for under the new law (and conse- requested that they lower the tions governing the sale of beer. consumption be visible from the quently lower prices) was ended distance requirement to 700 feet so In a series of lawsuits, local street. when the Council voted to measure that his store could sell beer. tavern owners charged the city with The distance requirement for the the distance between stores and inequitable enforcement of the beer Davis maintained that the 1,000 sale of packaged beer was lowered public meeting places from pro- feet requirement was discrimina- sale regulations. The council acted to 1,000 feet from a school, church perty line to property line, with any tory against his store since other to head off the suits and to or public meeting place from 2,000 common parking area considered stores nearby could sell beer. modernize city laws. feet. the property line of a store. Hours for the sale of beer have The new distance requirement Thus, a store in a shopping After an appearance by Jim been changed. Beer may be sold will bring several stores into the center may not sell beer if the Pounders, minister of the North until 1 a.m. Monday through Friday legal area and will probably mean parking lot of the entire shopping Boulevard Church, who said the and until midnight Saturday. more piaces to buy beer will be center is within 1,000 feet of a sale of beer at Davis' would be an Two other provisions of the new opened in Murfreesboro. public meeting place. unnecessary "temptation" to law which might be of special One provision of the new law Davis' Store, which is located on MTSU students, the Counc ' interest to MTSU students are: forbids beer advertising visible Main Street near the MTSU rejected the Davis request. MIDDLE STATE UNIVERSITY

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MURFREESBORO, TN 37132 JUNE 8, 7976 VOL. 50, NO. 1 Wboro City Council-WMOT confrontation settled

by John Pitts WMOT-FM reporter Greg Jaeger would record the meeting since the Adamson and Jaeger both agreed A confrontation between Mur- and WGNS associate news director recording equipment was already that the matter was settled. freesboro Vice-Mayor Tommy Fred Alverson prior to the set up. "I feel fairly confident things are Smith and representatives of two beginning of the meeting. "I don't think we're understand- straightened out," Alverson said. local radio stations on May 20 has "Smith walked up to Greg and ing each other," Smith was quoted "It seems to be straight now," apparently been settled with the said 'While I'm presiding, there as telling the pair. A few minutes Jaeger commented. stations continuing their broadcasts needs to be some kind of agreement later, Assistant Chief of Police The campus radio station and the of City Council meetings. about recording these meetings'," Ralph Vance told Jaeger and city council came face to face on Smith, who was in charge of the Alverson said yesterday. Alverson to turn their recording another matter in 1974, when Council in the abscence of Mayor Jaeger acknowledged the vice- equipment off. former State Safety Commissioner Hollis Westbrooks, approached mayor's comments, but said he Jaeger left the meeting after Claude Armour was named Mur- dismantling the equipment, but freesboro Safety Commissioner Alverson remained to listen to the apparently without any open meeting. meeting to decide the appointment. '"We are now making better At that time, WMOT asked for a quality tapes of the meetings, and "sunshine law" ruling from the Smith was apparently afraid State Attorney General, who ruled someone might splice the tape and the Armour appointment was legal. then come back before the council Jaeger said he "didn't see how that with the spliced tape and say 'This could have influenced the council's is what you said in the meetings'," recent action" 16 or 18 months Alverson explained. later." '' He said he was afraid the tapes might fall 'into the wrong hands'," he added. Alverson said that the council Sidelines is back was only trying to protect themselves," but added, "we were Sidelines, which ceased trying to protect our rights to tape publication at the close of the the meetings." spring semester returns for "We've always had good the duration of the summer. relations with the City Council, and Weekly copies will be after they understood that the tapes available at regular distribu- couldn't be misused, they allowed tion stations every Tuesday us to broadcast the next meeting morning barring any unfor- and tape it as well," Alverson said. seen difficulties. WGNS only keeps highlights of Sidelines is printed by the Construction on the NCB la still underway after the collapse of the the entire tape to broadcast, and Mid-South Publishing Com- ceiling which occurred at the last of the Spring semester. Most of the bulk erases the rest of the council pany. ceiling has been removed, but classes will continue in the building tapes, Alverson explained. while the repairs are being made. Chuck Thompson Photo WMOT news director Dennis