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MaY2~/7r~edFor NomineesBy JIM MERRlNERMayor Maynard JacksOnsaid i'ueeday thai. "I did somepoliticking with all my appointees"to the troing reviewL •• ...I. _ including t .... ~ who_ulwe« \'Q1OO dOv.ll by a COUflCIcommittee but later COIlfinned.'by the full council'.l""'".-.Ai1a:r ~foodaY's meeting,two COI,I'ICilrr.en denied thatJacksOn had loIJbled .to havethe cQuncil aPPfO\'e his norm-Jackson did not elaborateon his "polillclting."A conrumation committeeFriday rejected Mrs. LorettaKimpson and Miss JeMiferBen on the groood that theyal~.Jock knOwledge ""exPefi-"l"e in city planrungand zoning.eouncilmCtl who switchedtheir votes on these nomineesM 0 fl .. a y include GregoryG~.l!cilard Gutnman andIra Jackson. Mr.;. Kim~was OCI'lfirmcrl on a 1&-1 voteand MiSIs Bell by 15-2.Mayor Jac:k:soncharged Tuesday that "I thinkpolitics got \'e.)' deeply in­\'Olv'¥r: jn WI" rejectlOfl of onenominee, lawyer R. RayLanlii.He ~ed that Council·man Bucldy Fowlkes led thereif'd1Gn mov'ement becauseLaniu bas opposed Fowlkespolitil~ally in the past.~ cooncii turned downLaniel' and realtor ~lIerJotmon. but confirmed seo.'l'I'Ioth£or nonunees. The new~ panel will hold bear·)to 0fI zoning applicationsend rCCQmmend action to theCoUncil. ': Lanier and Johnson are the.fiJ1it mayoral appointments tohirejoctod in Jackson's four­)nQrrth-old administration.! ,n a 'written statement,...Jackson said he Is "totally un­:able to lI'\derslaOO the actionof· the council in rejecting"Linier a\d Jobn90n. "Bothmen' ~ utremely well quali·lied {rom both a ci\'ic and alx'of~pointof"iew," be \I pod.'.' . ~ the qlrSti()(l of the mex-~ 01 :Miss Bell and:\trs..;Nmpsoll. the ma)'Ol'- ,+•Isaid "Very few private citize ~ s h a v e experience inzoning." zoning was formerlyhandled by a committee ofaldennen and the city-eountyJoint Planning Board.Miss Bell, 24, ;s a lawyerfor the Atlanta Legal Aid Societyand graduated from HarvardLaW SchoOl last year.Sbe attended Wellesley Collegeand served on the MassachusettsGovernor's C0mmissionon the Status of Women.MiSS Bell was also active inthe Black Law Student's Associationand worked for theMassachusetts LaW ReformInshlute.Mrs. Kimpson was stoutlydefended on the council flooras a community activist andspo\t~n for the \Qw_incomesector of Atlanta. "Of all thenominations that the mayormade 1 think this is numberone;" Councilman Hug bPierce said .a l so Mrs. Kimpson, 60, was aeommuruty organizer for EconomicOppOrtunity Allantafrom 1967 to 1973. She hasserved in PTA officeS andfmOOed a south Atlanta communitycenter. which is nownamed after her.JacksOn said he did notknOw whell he would nominatepersons to replace Lanier andJohnson on the board.Confirmed by the counciland scbedu1ed to bold awninghearing May 2 are JohnEvans Jr ., William Nash.Ronald W. Wilson, William J .Dougherty and Wade T.Mitchell, besides Mrs. Kimpsonand NLiss Bell.JMARTA IdeaIrks GU'thriianBy RALEIGII BRY.u-.. sAn In· h 0 u Ie pllllIIlingnawnmendaUon that MARTAnot build its Northwest LlDenow ~d maybe Df"'U ~wopposJUon from, city l.'OUIICil.maD who f!:presents the DDrt.bwestsector.Colb:iWnan Rk:bard Gutbmansaki in sum that notbuil~ the line wuuld ~"'-pr1\'e his oonatitUeDt3 of ~tlun& the y W1!I'e promisedprior to the 1171 MARTAGuthman " t In MoodaywbeD MART." (the Metropoli.tan Atlmta Rapid Transit A.thority) heard Manuel P ..d:roo.. ita planning chiel, thrtlwout the "no-buUd" proposa1.It WOlJ Padron', way of r~JOlving 1 h I" blue wbelhtrMART A should ",locate a pr0-posed Northside Drive transitltabon frun Just oorth of J.7Sto a spot a litUe !IOUth of thelrefow.y.BUilding the station north of1·75 has been stiffly opposedby resldenLs of CoUler HiUs,who haV!! en}oyed backing ofCity of AtlaDta planners aDdoffldllli lJ.ke Guthman. ButMANTA', plaDners continueto pWtr 1M fIOI'th.o(,tbI"-ftef'­way locatton. u Padroa madeclear Monday.TbI! North .. LIne II abranch U1endina: from MART A's !'iorth l..me ~ ItCI'OIII!I 1·1 5 'II1!Itlrant toNorthsIde Onve. It ~CIlly two 1toItsca&, ODe GIl _Street and the other .t Sortb­Ide Drh'e,tbe~.~M(ftja)' tblt'-I _ OGnI:'dvtd ..first to tem! CWIb CcMIt1 buthid been Ibnrtewod to ....spur 1rbea Cobb', ..... ,.]rded PUtlclptioa mllARTA bid: ill 1He said the hoe taD DtVtrW'D its ktrp CI' jaslifJlt.!I tJgnullion conmucuon c 0 a tIm'inc 10 modMt an am. ~he propnerd lbat It ~ notbe built 1.D'ItiI atld tIll~ CobbCounty votm ('~ theirmmdl and ope lO come tatoMARTA.Pldron inshted that theprt'fera,* plar. to b:atethe NorthJ!d~ Drift lltatmstill would be /'IOrtb of J.75. nomatler If coastruction of tbe,taboo and thI" !'I:orthweItLine should be dl-ft'tTtld. AndGuthman dIIIll'ftd .nth bIm(lEI that. 100.MARTA baird mfmberlleft a 6edIion In 1M ""tltr~. -YII'C lbe1 probablywill ~ tbe ItItIIlIl klQhGIIat , met't1lII ~Ied May13.Board n'Imlben lot Wotwo oth« toodIyloPICI AJtn.day.....mecber Uwy'~ acIw­I D« to an "opert.mft'Uup"po\ky. and wfvother thrr cukeep G"'iMett Coantwu., whodon·t ave loll tbI! MARTA tn.diltrict, trom ridlnC MARTAbu.tes and paying thI" Ikfntl.are m.ade poaible by 1UhQ.dIM from Fullen and Dt-KllbMARTA tax reverlJf'S,In recard to open meet!l\ll,the board wu retpon(Lng to aheretolore uncb:losed ktll%Gov. Jimmy carttr had wnt.t ~ n board Chairman AtIfnHardin ex.p'eI!Ii1li his coooemabout c:cmpla.uJll In thto pr-.that MARTA was boIdiD&cJostrd ~np."As a longtif'llf' aupport« tilM.>\RTA I woWd hope 1Mt)'QUI' pobey (111 opea ....mas' would to be)'oDd \bestrict legal req\UI"IIJHIl1 .....aid alwaYl .... n aa,queIbOD In (avor of fuD Ibd~ tb:1omrt," the,.,vernor Mid iD his April Uk:U« to Hardin.1be lURT A board 8doptl'Cilift open-meeQnp policy IlIalIll,.. in tum. It will Ql"ver v~)ate G«Irgia'.1UIIIbme la.,GeDeral Mlllqer A 1,1\Kltpper sp:Ika \0 \hi! OOII.rdabout the DeKalb CounlyConuni!siOO'~. unhappineSSover supposed b3e of MARTAbuses by Gwinnett eounUans.Kiepper said he has checkedwith MARTA's lawyers andit ju5L doesn't seem legallypossible to keep anyon(' fromriding a MARTA bus so longbehimself as aMARTA disaddingnew~~:1;~~~. County llnes,,; did Monday,end complaints,