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Plan will fund educational television station in Johnson City valuable addition to the university Beller said The East Tennessee lawmakers to adt Cl mic! 41 nropsaj onto bills already introduced in the Senate and House which would transfer administration of the states educational television system to local communities The bill provides that the two community-owned stations in Memphis and Nashville would be integrated with state-owned stations in Knoxville Chattanooga Cookeville and Lexington proposes that a non-profit corporation be organized to operate WSJK in Sneedville Legislators from the Tri-Cities have expressed concern that the upper end of East Tennessee would be left out of the proposed educational TV network if all programming for Channel 2 in Sneedville was to be produced in Knoxville By LLOYD KARNES P-C Political Writer NASHVILLE During a meeting with ETRU President Dr Ronald LfLilfci miu uotuu oi RegvuUi (Jiian-cellof Dr Roy Hicks Wednesday Sen Carl Moore D-Bristol announced a plan to establish a community-operated educational television station in Johnson City The station on Channel 41 would be housed in the former WSJK studios on the campus of East Tennes well at Memphis State University "Its a real advantage for an educational institution to have that iMCAs saiu Beller said the community-based station would be "a big help to the universitys mass communication program which was set back last year when the state removed all but a smattering of the schools TV production equipment A community-owned and operated television station "would be a very see State University and would under the terms of a contract offer use of TV production equipment to mass 'students-1: cAciuuige tor the studio space Aside from providing space utilities and 'Janitorial service the university be asked to help finance the operation of the station Moore said he has found private sources willing to donate $15 million to purchase and install necessary transmitting equipment for the new station Moore said the as-yet-unnamed individuals would be ready to publicly announce- tWr- iJatis- next wok-' The plans for Channel 41 were revealed during a meeting of the Upper East Tennessee Legislative Caucus attended by Beller Nicks and other Board of Regents representatives Nick said the proposal for Channel 41 sounded "great He said a similar arrangement has worked ESS-CHRONICLE State JOHNSON Rain See details on page 2 5 Sections 44 Pages WHAT THE PEOPLE DONT KNOW WILL HURT THEM JOHNSON CITY TN 37601 THURSDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 19 1981 Phone 615-929-3111 Daily 25 Sunday 50 7 Day Home Delivery $130 Vol 61 No 193 Reagan asks for $41 billion incuts Taxes would drop by $1500 for family of four Byrd said his colleagues would support a tax cut but not Reagans proposal "This is an inflationary tax cut Byrd said "President Reagan has taken the first giant step toward fulfilling his mandate from the American people House Republican Leader Robert WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan urged Congress on Wednesday night to "act forcefully and now to cut $41 billion in spending and enact tax reductions worth $1500 to a middle-income family of four over the next three years To the applausb of a politically di- iu Lite auuiauoc ui a punutanj ur legitimate government purposes It must not be used to regulate the economy or bring about social change Nonetheless he vowed the nations poor can "rest assured that the social safety net of programs they depend on will not be cut The president unveiled his program itonajjy address to a viinqpngress saying: "We can no longer procraslmate and hope things will get better They will not If we do not act forcefully and now the economy will get worse "May I direct a question to those who have indicated unwillingness to accept this plan? Have they an alternative? This was almost a dare to the Democrats who held the White House and dominated Congress during the past four years as the economy weakened "Can we who man the ship of state deny it is somewhat out of control? the president asked In his prepared remarks the word "somewhat did not appear "The people are watching and waiting he said "They dont demand miracles but they do expect us to act Let us act together There is nothing wrong with America that we cant fix The federal spending cuts would be coupled with a $44-billion reduction in individual income taxes in fiscal 1982 Businesses would receive a $97-billion cut in their federal tax bite Reagan said the tax cuts must be approved "with great urgency and he promised later to seek additional reforms including Jp an end to the so-called "marriage tax If enacted the presidents program by shifting priorities and trimming growth would set the nation on its sharpest shift since Franklin Roosevelt began a 50-year period of expansion at the height of the Great Depression Failure to follow his course the president said would mean that "inflation and a growing tax burden will put an end to everything we believe in and to our dreams for the future "For too long now weve removed from our people the decisions on how to dispose of what they created We have strayed from first principles We must alter our course he said "We will continue to fulfill the obligations that spring from our national conscience Reagan declared "Those who through no fault of their own must depend on the rest of us the poverty stricken the disabled the elderly all those wTith true need can rest assured "But government will not continue to subsidize individuals or particular business interests where real need canot be demonstrated Reagan said most drastic set of budget cuts ever recommended by a president saying they were necessary to reverse the course of a government "somewhat out of control Reagan said his proposal if enacted in full would halve the inflation rate create 3 million new jobs and balance the federal budget by 1984 1 Reagans "program for economic recovery would put the government upon an untested path leading away from spending and regulatory trends that date back almost 50 years to Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal "There is nothing wrong with America that we cant fix he declared See Related Story on Page 3 Reagan needs congressional approval for almost all his proposals Republicans predictably said they will push for quick action Democrats who control the House promised close scrutiny but nothing more Senate Democratic Leader Robert' sat through most of the speech stonefaced and said later that Reagan could not get action on his plan as quickly as he wanted Sen Edward Kennedy D-Mass said: 1 am not prepared to see the social progress of a generation swept aside in a few short weeks The president was greeted by a prolonged standing ovation from Congress his Cabinet his wife Nancy and spectators who watched from the House galleries His speech was interrupted 14 times by applause when he mentioned budget cuts and also when he promised to boost defense spending There was only silence when Reagan pledged to save major social programs from the budget knife Reagan's far-reaching fiscal program is designed to trim the functions of government and stimulate business growth In declaring war on the costs and purposes of federal regulations he said: "The taxing power of government must be used to provide revenues for AP Loterphoto of Congress President Ronald Reagan addresses joint Stories about full moon behavior arent always superstition Officer No 3: "Sure and you see more lovers parked along the roadsides too Officer No 4: "If theres a full moon on the first of the month and a murder or suicide occurs then there will be two more before the month is over Officer No 5: "The only effect the full moon has is to let the criminals see what theyre doing better For comparison arrest reports were also recorded on days with quarter and three quarter-moon days if the full moon caused abnormal behavior then the quarter and three quarter phases must be normal days The records showed that 95 arrests were made on days of the full moon During the same number of days in the first and last quarter of the moon 94 arrests were made Well I dont know what it is when the moon is full people just seem to want to punch" Carter deputy are always kidding around) However the deputies said this was no joke They had spent too many years they insisted hauling in too many kicking screaming moon-era red lunatics not to believe By JEFF VERNON P-C Elizabethton Bureau I ELIZABETHTON The moon is full beware! Watch out for the crazy people on the highways listen for the sound of gunfire and violence in the night feel your own body changed by the pull The moon is watched closely in law enforcement circles Many officers maintain the full moon affects peoples emotions and that it consequently increases crime Violent crime especially increases they say "1 dont JRow what jl I Sheriffs Department said "When the moon is full people just seem to want to punch Mi charges were placed for acts of too One deputy even recalled the story of a cat that committed suicide by jumping off a bridge during the effects of a full moon Lunatic there is a word for you Lunatic lunar moon The word is based on the old belief that some people were driven into temporary insanity by the effects of the moon Elizabethton and Carter County officers had the following to say about the effect of the moon on people: Officer No 1: "Yes I believe it Officer No 2: 'Ive never noticed it myself violence In the 94 quarter-moon arrests only 20 charges were placed for acts of violence Six charges of resisting arrest and three charges of assault on an officer were placed on full-moon days On quarter-moon days only one charge of resisting arrest was recorded The full moon occurred Wednesday evening Late one night recently there were several arrests on the docket book at the Carter County Sheriffs Department "Just be glad the moon isnt full a deputy said (law enforcement people An almanac revealed the dates for the full moon6 of 1980 and arrest reports for those dates were searched out Senate OKs tougher Protestors celebrate peace mass with pope By LLOYD KARNES P-C Political Writer NASHVILLE Legislation tightening the state's child passenger restraint law was approved by the Senate Wednesday while members of the House of Representatives were giving thr approval to a bill increasing legislator's expense and travel allowances The child restraint bill approved by the Senate 22-to-9 Wednesday removes an exception to the Tennessee child passenger restraint law which allows a child to be held in the arms of a parent or guardian Sen Douglas Henry Jr D-Nashville successfully maneuvered the bill through the Senate Wednes- child-auto safety bill hazards which threaten them Henry Tuesday but the allowance increases said survived Sen Bob Burleson R-Roan Moun- The bill would increase the amount tain Sen Tom Garland R- of expense and mileage allowances for Greeneville and Sen Carl Moore D- legislators attending out-of-state Bristol all voted with the majority to meetings or conferences remove the "babe-in-arms" exception The bill also allows legislators to be to the restraint law reimbursed for plane tickets and The companion bill in the House raises the monthly allowance for cleared the Transportation Committee office expenses from $166 to $250 Tuesday and is expected to come up Estimated cost to the state over a for a floor vote next week three-vear period is $243000 Voting The bill increasing legislators' ex- for the bill were Rep Bob King R- pense and travel allowances was pas- Johnson City Rep Bob Percy R- sed in the House by a vote of 52 to 37 Elizabethton Rep Robinson R- according to the House clerk's compu- Jonesboro Rep Zane Whitson R- ter printout Unicoi and Rep Ralph Yelton D- However freshman Rep Kingsport Akard D-Bristol said Wednesday Rep Ruth Montgomery R-afternoon that he had mistakenly Kingsport voted against the bill voted for the bill and had requested that his vote be changed to vote Inside against the increased allowances The legislation sponsored by Rep Classified 32-35 Shelby Rhinehart D-Sparta and in Comics 31 the Senate by Sen John Ford D- Deaths 2 Memphis was originally part of a Editorials 6 package that included a pay raise for Family 10-13 members of the next General Assent- Financial 22-23 bly from $8300 to $12600 Sport 27-30 The pay raise bill died in committee oath new day after asking for a postponement last week when it became apparent that support for this bill had faltered The states 1977 child restraint law requires children under four years of age to be protected by restraining devices while riding in automobiles An amendment to the law allows parents to hold their children in their laps instead of using restraint devices Critics of the amendment say allowing parents to hold their children in their laps makes the children vulnerable to serious injury or death in the event of an automobile accident Others said the restraint law represented undue government interference in the parents' lives But Henry told the Senate that children under four "have no free will their protection is entirely up to this body "It is not infringing upon the freedom of a parent for this Legislature to use reasonable means within its power to protect these children from deaths in automobile accidents anymore than it would be to require that these children be protected by the public health service against other Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935-44 The pope said "In order to communicate peace in accordance with Christs words we must live that peace Only then can our proclamation and communication of peace be effective About 800 demonstrators who had kept an all-night vigil at the University of the Philippines and then marched to Quezon Circle stood quietly holding signs reading: "Free political prisoners "Stop political repression" "Restore the right to strike" and "Stop military atrocities" A few wore priests' cassocks explaining that they hoped this would protect them from arrest There were no reports of arrests The pope has spoken out strongly on this visit against human rights violations He told Marcos on Tuesday such violations cannot be justified In a senes of appearances the pope told the countrys professional elite to serve the poor and not to worry about money and power QUEZON CITY Philippines (AP) Pope John Paul II celebrated a "Mass for peace Thursday morning before a crowd of more than a million people that included several hundred demonstrators against alleged human rights abuses by President Ferdinand Marcos Immediately afterward the pope flew south to the Philippines' second largest city Cebu where Christianity was born in Asia in 1521 He will visit four islands before returning to Manila 'on Saturday Earlier John Paul offered to reestablish relations with China and expressed a longing to visit that country His remarks were translated into Chinese by a Chinese priest and relayed to the mainland on a special 45-minute broadcast by the church-owned Radio Veritas The pope delivered a brief speech Thursday at a huge traffic circle in Quezon City which is adjacent to Manila and named for Luis Manuel Quezon the first president of the Deaths NASHVILLE Mr Helen Fine OXEN HILL Md Roy Fulton Sr ROAN MOUNTAIN Thomas Irick SPRUCE PINE NC Mrs Hattie Bennett I I.