Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 1

Dap iities massive marijuana crop on Bud Mountain i foity eutavsted The ABC agent ud the pisata had bees topped enusnf their Llijt to thicken tad eeuetcf the plants to de- vekp multiple tranks ef the pleats had tranks te tnehes tad the plants enraged fin to Aconrfccg to the ABC the Carter County heel a protabty the amfiecaDan in the state Larger field containing patches of marijuana hen been found the agent said but the Buck ILmataia crop was thulty planted Lie ten tobaecs or any other cash cnp -Back Mountam is still lencnmci for ABC agent said the marguana far nen toek advantage ef the ehinmg moo that named the xmlswftil brew They eat sad harvested knew last sight that had already tpdtimi sad they kft some tying the field" the agent end Saturday as he ended ths sky Carter County deputies provided Bock Mountain arr trkich torton North Csrotiaa route to the tnoucUi Thursday the sgwd sped Eisrusa in the Taiile7tom secOMi ef Stmerty Creek sswuwirty Carter County deputm gytWed 190 plaote them The beheopter eeerch reveefod tee Hum jfcrrM fi inuriiMM eft Ruck H'wntam Rented to raw esd cere ton iiK i If HAT THI MOKE KNOW VUl HUIT THEM JOHNSON cm TN 37601 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14 1980 BT JOE LEDFORD -P-C ELibthu Bsrtt) "Rosa Mjuotaim tt prroy Mui agent of the Aknhohe Berners Comma Saturday after officers harvested a estimated 9X maro Rum plants i Ths ijnt vb mU m( to identified fleer in Rwt k-ki rf Vt fauiuta SUNDAY Vol61 35 By ELAINE CLOUD GOLLER P-C Staff Writer -Despite efforts by East Tennessee State University to retain the television production equipment in Johnson WSJK studios the equipment is scheduled to he moved Monday to Cookeville As a side effect of the move ETSUs mass communications department will be left with the problem of providing instruction for broadcasting students who have used the equipment as an integral part of their eoursework The move is a result of an extensive study of educational television in Tennessee A package of proposals regarding the educational TV -setup is due to be reviewed and acted upon by the legislature after it con- venes in' January end trvuporung the to the Carter Ceunty jail where it is being Rand- On Saturday the drunk tank the and ether parts ef the jail were sverrua with the planta which gz-rt off a noUceable aroma Tho pT'-ls will bo aBowod to dry sad will ILca La burned Hot See detofls oe page I 8 Sections 96 Pas trying to negotiate with ths Department of Education to keep soms equipment in the on-campus studio to keep it to operation but "ft appears that everything but two obsolete black-and-white studio cameras (which belong to the university) will be taken to Cookeville Monday Thomas Headley assistant profee- or in the mass communications department said no official reply had been made to the requests to stop ths removal of the equipment which has been used by ETSU broadcasting students as a laboratory for practical experience in exchange for ssrvioee-to-' kind (the building in which ths studios bts located) On Thursday Headley said while work was underway on a segment of Omni (produced by the mass coat (Continued on Page 1(0 0v i 1 A f-i City PreBB-Chrooicle photographer while cutting their crop Belter to assume duties as sixth ETSU president Phono tWCJUl positions if and when the ownership of the state-owned stations is transferred to focal authorities Brsmlett said We will continue to work with the State Board of Regents office and with the mass communications (department of ETSU) office to provide foil training to television production as we have to the past There is absolutely no reason to be concerned about our ability to provide high-quality training in that field We till have the same qualified faculty full control of tbs facility and we will have the equipment to produce television programming Dr Murvin Perry chairman of the mass communications department said the decision to take the equipment presents difficulties in the middle of the semester" Perry said ths university had been I 'A JU Vi above are Jim Brown right Pam Taylor and James Kegley who were by the Johnson its Darrell Rowlett ansi stint commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education said "Upper East Tennessee will continue to receive the same service provided by Channel 3 in Knoxville However Taft Hill manager for the local studio said the closing will leave Upper East Tennessee without educational television as far as availability of programming is concerned because of the lack of production studios in the area Tennesseans will be paying their taxes in and not receiving any benefit he aid On Oct 1 the nine persona in the Johnson City studio will no longer be employed The proposed plan would eliminate 83 Jobe statewide although aome may be able to remain to their J- j-V-si: County tobacco growers in the middle of harvesting their crop late Friday afternoon Pictured East Tennessee State sixth president Dr Ronald Beller will assume his duties Monday in What may be the beginning of a hectic period of readjustment Beller 44 was chosen Aug 4 from two finalists out of 81 candidates by the State Board of Regents He succeeds Dr Arthur DeRosier Jr who has become president of the College of Idaho Reller has said that he expect to speitfl his first few weeks as president educating himBelf about the universi- tyi its programs and its objectives He said he plans to travel extensively in the region get an oppor- tunity to meet various people who ought become familiar with the president and know something ef his He pointed out that he is impressed with ETSU and the Upstate region r- A main point of concentration by Belief will be the filling of some key positions a ETSU including finding La dean for the College of Medicine a dean for the College of Education and a director of development According to Dr Roy Nicks chancellor-of the state Board of Regents Beliefs experience seems to fit the needs of the university welL Beller has a strong background in business and financial management and has been involved in the develop Duly Sto-Sunday 50c 7 Doy Hon Delivery IS But source have indicated that removal of equipment from the studio on the ETSU campus fails into the category of an economic cutback and ae such does not have to be approved by the legislature Several studies have been made of studios for which the Tennessee De- partment of Education is licensee One study prepared at the request of the Tennessee Higher Education' Commission calls for a major overhaul of the administration operation and funding of state-owned TV studios Among recommendations made by the consultant is the dosing of the Johnson City production studios to be replaced by a mobile production unit The consultant Dr Donald tally recommended that the studios and some of the equipment be turned over to East Tennessee State Univer- ment of two medical schools Beller said "a medical college has a statewide role to play in that ft obviously can attract students to its programs from anywhere to Tennessee and to fact may develop certain types of special capabilities that would attract not only students but people patients that will receive certain types of students that might be particularly i "I think a university lik ETSU id part of a system statewide and 7 clearly has its major function to serve the educational needs of the immediate region and in that regard that is an important fonction because it is i large and growing region and it clearly has interests to terms of instructional programs as well as the deliv- ery of other kinds of services from the university that are advantageous to a local he said Beller also considers intercollegiate athletics important but he believes that Just as any other program they must be dealt with realistically "Ultimately" said Beller "the programs that are conducted are going to have to be fiscally viable because there just any capability for any university to continually run any kind of deficit in a program because there simply resources that can be perennially made available to cover those kind of deficits" HANCOCK Up 18 percent from 6719 to 6843 HAWKINS Up 27 percent from 33757 to 42858 JOHNSON Up 178 percent from 11569 to 3 626 SULLIVAN Up 121 percent from 127329 to 142742 UNICOI Up 59 percent from 15254 to 16160 WASHINGTON Up 191 percent from 73924 to 88041 The region as a whole showed a 152 percent gain in population While there were few surprises at the county level many of the cities within the region did not show the population gains that were expected Although most showed substantial gains in the number of housing units constructed during the decade the de- dine in household or family size resulted to small gains in actual population growth Much of the growth is occurring in rural or suburban areas outside corporate limita- For example areas such as Colonial Heighte in Sullivan County and Hampton in Carter County showed substantial population gains Johnson City however has shown a 164 percent gain in population according to census figures released in August The bureau showed the city with 39310 people not counting annexations since 1978 sity for the training of its students seems dear that one of the most important current uses ef the facility it the training of ha sauL of its equipment is suitable only for training purposes But Dr Christopher Branded was told Friday that all the equipment in the studio will be dismantled and taken to the studio in Cookeville which reportedly must show intent of full studio production and broadcasting in order to comply with grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting The CPB awarded $160000 to the Cookeville facility which up to this point has been a transmitter only Under the provisions of the grant the -Cookeville station must be brought up to foil operating status able to pro-dues and broadcast programming to A j- it 3 --r I x' frW i i 4 I 4 Tobacco time harvest time for area tobacco fanners Staff photographer Lee Talbert found these three Carter By The Associated Press Former Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said Saturday he believed the American hostage situation had been "unlocked" by Ayatollah Ruhollah list of four conditions for the release of the Americans In a telephone interview from Iran Ghotbzadeh told the Paris-based radio station RTL he hoped "the Americans understand the situation and do anything He said a letter sent from Secretary of State Edmund Muskie to Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed All Rqjai had been "positively in Tehran' Ghotbzadeh also said he believed the Iranian Parliament debate on the hostages would not be lengthy and that the deputies were ready to resolve the problem "but in a honorable and just manner In a message broadcast on Tehran radio Friday Khomeini listed four conditions for release of the 52 Americans who spent their 315th day in captivity Saturday US officials said it was significant that a previously demanded US apology was not among the four conditions Tehran radio said a letter from the County places second 111 population growth conditions hostage situation The population growth rate in Washington County in the past decade has been the second fostest in the region according to preliminary figures released by the US Census Bureau Final results of the 1980 census will not be reported to Congress until January 1981 but preliminary figures have been released to local government officials as part of the Census review pro The figures show that Hawkins County has grown the fastest with a 27 percent increase The population in Hawkins County has grown from-about 33000 to nearly 43000 persons Washington County had a 191 percent increase with its popula-' tion rising from nearly 74000 to 'more than 88000 Close behind were Johnson County with a 178 percent gain Carter County dP 15-4 percent and Greene County up 132 percent Sullivan County which remains the most populous a 121 percent gain Sullivan County reported 142742 persons up from 127329 in 1970 The preliminary figures for the area are as follows: CARTER Up 154 percent from 43259 to 49934 GREENE Up 132 percent from 47630 to 53917 tion who are to be deported (from Bri- Pars said 7 In London a Foreign Office spokes-7 man said no approach had been re- ceived on the subject the mis- aion to Britain Iranians require visas to enter Britain The spokesman said he could not comment on whether Garmarudi would he admitted if he arrived without one Britain closed its embassy in Tehran last Tuesday when the first Iranians were deported from Britain It withdrew all but one of its diplomats apparently fearing they would Dcrtho JOHNSON CITY Clijr'f Boyd Joseph Ward CRIDERS VILLE Ohio Mrs Mildred A Kahler DILLWYN Va William Walker ELIZABETHTON Mrs Bertha Oaka FALL BRANCH Mrs Blanche Hunt GREENEVILLE William GUlia LONGWOOD Fla Robert Croley families was conveyed by the Algerian ambassador tofcHashemi Rafsaqjani speaker of the Mqjlia or Parliament which is charged with decided the fate No ifotaiif were given In Washington Carter administration officials who asked not to be identified said Saturday there was a feeling in the capital that the four demands could lay the basis for the beginning of a negotiated settlement They pointed out differences in tone and substance between Friday's statement and earlier demands They listed the absent apology demand and a failure to mention spy trials for the Americans Nor was there any reference in the Iranian speech to "satartic The official news agency Pars meanwhile said Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr will send a special envoy to London to protest the deportation of Iranian demonstrators arrested in the British capital early last month Iranian envoy Musavi Garmarudi cultural and press advisor is to go to London on Sunday "to protest against the verdicts of the British courts against the Iranian student members of the Islamic Associa- be taken hostage in revenge Diplomatic relations were not severed however Britain last week deported the first 12 of 44 Iranians who had been arrested after an anti-American demonstration in London Aug 4 A Tehran Radio commentary Friday applauded the embassy closing charging the mission became a Center for anti-Iranian plots after the United States broke relations with Iran over the detention of 52 American hostages Iran and Iraq have been fighting a sporadic border war since the Iranian revolution in 1979 The dispute center on conflicting territorial claims and sectarian hostility between ruling Islamic Baath Party and Shiite Moslem leaders Pars said Bani-Sadr Rajai and heads of armed forces held meetings in the western city of Kermanshah to discuss the border wan Inside Business 44 Classified 46-55 Deaths 2 Editorial 42 Family 13-28 Sports 29-38 4 i Trt-r-mfiiiiRimm I I 9 1)' ft If.