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2 Jan. 11. 1986, Murffeesboro, News Journal Police -J i Try) -Butcher hit wit Fires claim 3 in state 14 :t.u i $126 million suit By United Press International Five people were killed in fires in Middle Tennessee since Thursday and two others remained in critical condition Friday in a hospital burn unit, officials said. Two children died and a third was severely burned in Dickson County whan a fire broke out Friday morning on the first floor of their parents' home in Burns. An elderly man and his daughter, who tried to save him, died Thursday night when the man's Van Buren County home burned down and a bed-ridden South Nashville man was killed after he set his mattress ablaze.

Jennifer Pullum, 9, and brother David, 5, of Burns, died of smoke inhalation in their second-floor bedroom. Their sister, Crystal Pullum, 11; was rushed to Vanderbilt Medical Center burn unit with burns over 70 percent of her body. The children's parents, Noah A. and Kathy Pullum escaped from their burning home with minor injuries, firefighters said. An electrical short is the kitchen is suspected as the cause of the fire.

"By the time we got here, the back of the house was fully involved and it was moving to the front and upstairs," said Ken Sullivan, assistant fire chief for the Burns Volunteer Fire Department. Mai Yates, 80, a retiree who used a walker for mobility, died Thursday in his Spencer home. Emma Yates, his wife, was saved by their daughter Daisy Haston, 58, who lived across the street from her parents. Among the suit's defendants are Butcher; his wife, Shirley; their son, C.H. "Butch" Butcher III; and Butcher's father, C.H.

Butcher Sr. Thirteen other people and corporations also were named as defendants. A temporary restraining order signed by U.S. District Judge James Jarvis accompanied the suit. The order prevents any defendant from disposing of money or property named in the complaint.

A hearing is scheduled Jan. 16 concerning the restraining order. The suit led C.H. Miami attorney, James J. Hogan, to predict he may move for a change of venue in proceedings against his client.

"In my opinion, choosing Knoxville to get a fair jury (for Butcher) would be like choosing cyanide to get a night's sleep," Hogan said. Transactions listed in the suit vary from attempting to get management contracts for bingo operations on an Indian reservation outside Tucson, to buying $2 million in gold coins with money from a Cayman Island bank account. The suit also details the purchase of a $2 million quarterhorse named "The Intimidator" for the Butcher family's horse breeding operations in Maynardville, and Valley View, Texas. Martin alleged in the suit that two Butcher companies the Red Gate horse farm in Maynardville and its affiliated Red Gate Ranch in Texas were often used to move money between Knoxville and the Cayman Islands. The islands have some of the world's strictest laws detailing banking secrecy.

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Saturday. Mrs. Dorothy S. Norris, 613 Hildale Drive, reported her billfold stolen sometime between 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Friday at the Rutherford County Health Department. Value was Vandalism: Nancy Johnson, Spring Valley Apt. L-7, reported someone threw a rock through her front door glass. Damage was estimated at $175. Sanford- (Continued from page one) four classifications of land under the Greenbelt Law," Sanford said.

The highest grade will be land suited to row-cropping, while the lower grades will be pasture land and wooded land. "Farmers should remember that the use value is not based on what they are using their property for, but on what the soil is best suited to produce," Sanford said. Sanford said farmers have several months to apply, but those who apply early will help themselves and. the county. t- "It just speeds the process up, and enables us to get them classified under the Greenbelt Law that much sooner," he said.

this family problem that would be satisfactory and fair to everybody." Sallie Bingham rejected the family's offer of $26.3 million for her stock in the companies last month and said her asking price was $32 million. According to the most recent audit, the Courier-Journal had a circulation of 321,846 on Sunday and 170,699 each morning. The Louisville Times has a circulation of 128,572 each afternoon. WHAS-TV; a CBS affiliate, is rated no.i lor its local evening newscasts, The radio stations, WAMZ-FM and WHAS-AM, are the two top-rated radio stations in the market. some positive changes.

"In some children, we have cases that have been closed out, she said. The program is especially necessary now, Mrs. Holloway said, with the teachers having all the extra paperwork which is required. "It's hard to get to individual needs. It's not that they don't care, they just don't have the time," she said.

Mrs. Bell said it's important to' work closely with the home and the teachers. Both counselors visit all six city schools weekly and talk to the students. The two counselors say they spend 90 percent of their time with the young students. However, they say they provide their services to all students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

CJ From Lascassas Under the Binghams' direction, the sides of Kentucky's political leaders and exposed such social problems as Appalachian poverty, illiteracy and environmental degradation. The editorial pages often championed liberal and sometimes unpopular stands, opposing the Vietnam War and supporting school busing. In recent years, the circulation of the papers declined, and that along with the financial tue-of-war among the family forced the merger of the two papers in December. The elder Bingham said he and his wife had tried "to find a solution to Counselor (Continued from page one) us," she said. "And we have to have parental permission." Peggy Bell, the other counselor in the city school system, said the program is preventive in nature.

"We try to get to the problem early," she said. Parents are also included in talks with the school counselors if it is discovered theif child has a problem, Mrs. Holloway said. Although the program is only months old, Mrs. Holloway said, "there is definitely a need.

Teachers have told us they've been needing the program for years." Mrs. Bell said since being with some of the students since the beginning of the year, she lias seen KNOXVILLE (UPI) A $126 million federal lawsuit accused bankrupt financer C.H. Butcher Jr. of racketeering, fraud and conspiracy and listed alleged fraudulent activities designed to keep more than $26 million in cash and property from Butcher's creditors. Lawyers for Butcher's court-appointed bankruptcy trustee, James Martin, filed the civil suit in U.S.

District Court. Martin is responsible for recovering Butcher's assets to pay the former banker's creditors. Butcher was forced into involuntary bankruptcy in mid-1983, after the collapse of the banking empire he controlled with his elder brother Jake Butcher. The 56-page complaint, filed late Thursday, outlined in detail C.H. alleged business activites since the bankruptcy.

The suit contended Butcher used various companies to control and conceal his wealth and detailed an alleged multi-jnillion-dollar financial network he has maintained since his bankruptcy. It listed more than 100 transfers of money through often complicated transactions. A federal grand jury, reconvene later this month, is investigating many of the activities and companies named in the suit. The jury will indict C.H. Butcher probably for bankruptcy fraud, in the near future, Butcher's lawyer has said.

The civil suit requests $126 million in damages and also wants to recover money C.H. Jr. used to finance business dealings and any assets bought with the funds. Station (Continued from page one) "We're working towards a settlement. We feel we can make satisfactory rmt-nf-pnnrt settle ments, Hudson said.

The strong economic outlook of the county is another reason Hudson said makes him comfortable with purchasing the building. Since its sign-on in 1983, the station has been plagued with signal problems, high management turnover and extremely low ratings. Last June 13, Hudson and the Goads filed to take over the station's FCC license. Channel 39 changed its program schedule radically Nov. 4, changing from mostly music videos to a mixture of movies, syndicated shows and relfgious "programming.

It changed its call letters from WFYZ to.WHTN shortly afterward. The results of those changes will not show up in the ratings until spring, Hudson said. The station will purchase new broadcast equipment, including a camera and Chromakey (electronic cue cards for newscasters), general manager Bill Perkins. Hudson said the station is renovating its space to give itself an additional 1,500 square feet. Those renovations include dividing the station into two parts offices and studio with separate entrances, The studio entrance will be in a more visible spot fronting the Square, Hudson said, while the office entrance will remain at 111 East College Street.

Other changes will include moving the present 50-square-foot studio to an adjacent storage room to create an studio. New storage will be created and the old studio will be converted to a kitchen where cooking shows could be done, Perkins said. Two new vehicles with remote broadcast capability are on order, Perkins said. Those could bring about the broadcast of MTSU sports during the baseball season. It has also entered into an agreement with ABC-TV to broadcast some sports shows, including the Professional Bowling Association's 16-week tour beginning today.

WKRN-TV, Channel 2, ABC's Nashville affiliate, will not carry the tour this year, Perkins said. The Praise the Lord (PTL) Club is the station $100,000 per year to run its broadcast two hours per day, Hudson said. Jury (Continued from page one) Harrison, like Seiber, was arrested following an investigation by the sheriffs department and state Department of HumanServices caseworkers. The charges against the Harrison and Seiber were just two of several sexual abuse cases recently investigated by local authorities. Court action is still pending in some an Alabama businessman who fighting extradiction to Tennessee.

is David Lawrence Poole, 41, of Ft. Payne, was charged in October with sexually assaulting two young boys. The boys were 9 and 11 at the time the alleged assault took place at Rock Haven nudist resort, said sheriffs Detective Sgt. Virgil Gammon. Poole, who is not a member of Rock Haven, was visiting there when the incidents apparently took place.

When one of the boy's parents learned of the alleged assault, they contacted Rock Haven officials who urged the parents to contact police. 'Showers in South Atlantic Today, rain is forecast for portions of the north Pacific Coast region. Scattered showers are predicted for parts of the south Atlantic Coast region. Elsewhere, weather will be fair in general. Tennessee weather 4 Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky.

(AP) The proposedsaiefJisvuUe! daily newspapers, winch have been controlled by the -Bingham family through three generations, and two related media companies was lamented as the end of an era in Kentucky journalism. Barry Bingham who is chairman of the companies' boards, announced with regret Thursday that The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times, along with WHAS Inc. and Standard Gravure were for sale. Bingham's son, Barry Bingham who had been editor and publisher of the papers since 1971, abruptly resigned, calling the decision to sell "irrational and ill-advised." He also resigned as yjee chairman of WHAS, which owns" a television station arid two radio stations, and of Standard Gravure, a printing company. Bingham Sr.

said the properties, which have been valued as high as $500 million, would be sold because tax policies made it difficult to maintain control of the companies from one generation to another. He also suggested that divergent interests and friction among his heirs played a part. Since Bingham's daughter, Sallie, announced last year that she wanted to sell her 15 percent interest in the three companies, family members have disagreed over finances and control of the companies. Bingham 79, said he was" committed to "pass along the papers and the other properties to owners who can be counted on to operate them at high levels of journalistic and civic responsibility." Politicians, journalists and community leaders were stunned and saddened by the prospect of the newspapers' sale. "It's the end of an era," said John Ed Pearce, a Courier-Journal magazine columnist who has worked for the papers for 40 years.

"It's not like a death in the family; it's the death of a family." Former Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. called The Courier-Journal "probably the most influential institution in the state. "Love or hate them, you've got to respect The Courier-Journal." Pip pip pip pip pip pip pip JANUARY 9 9- I SPECIAL 9-5-9-9-9-9- OPEN 9 A.M.-12 Noon SATURDAYS "5- "5- Copies-Letter Size A 9- 9-a 9-9-9-9-9-9-9- 1- 6- SATURDAY ONLY 10 OFF on all Business Card Orders Placed on Saturday.

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