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Page 2 JOHNSON CITY PRESS Deaths Tuesday May 21 1991 a 6 THP trooper killed on duty authorities unsure of motive That was Michael Rector who worked at the truck weighing station on Interstate 40 just west of Knoxville He was ambushed at his home on May 31 1990 and killed by eight shots to the back Rector had just finished an undercover investigation that led to the arrest of his brother-in-law Roy Lee Clark on charges of auto theft Clark whom officials publicly acknowledged to be a suspect in Rectors death was never charged with that crime but was sentenced to two years in federal prison and fined $30000 for running a so-called "chop shop" "No one has been charged in his death yet but that investigation is still very active Ms Allison said The Astocteted Pres TAZEWELL Thirteen-year Tennessee Highway Patrol veteran Doug Tripp was shot to death Sunday night in Claiborne County the 30th state trooper killed in the line oDduty since the force was founded 62 years ago Tripp 42 was married and had three children Authorities were not immediately sure of the motive for the slaying said Sue Allison spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Safety She said Tripp was on duty sitting in his patrol car in the parking lot of a business "We dont know whether he was doing some paperwork or if he was on a routine traffic watch she said "It just appears he was ambushed Tripp a native of Tazewell who joined the Highway Patrol in 1978 worked out of the Fall Branch district A tourist discovered Tripp a few minutes before midnight EDT on Sunday Ms Allison said Tripp was seen shortly before he was found she said The shooting is being investigated by the criminal investigation division of the Tennessee Highway Patrol the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Claiborne County Sheriffs Department Bush threatens to veto 1 trimmed military budget ARBIE HOUSTON Arbie Houston 83 Telford died Monday May 20 1991 at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital Mr Houston was the son of the late Jeff and Delie Houston He lived in Decatur County until 1948 at which time he moved to Washington County He was a member of Fellowship Freewill Baptist Church Mr Houston was a farmer most of his life In later years he was custodian at Chuckey Doak High School and Hot Wheels Arena He was preceded in death by his first wife Vamie Houston in 1979 one son one brother one sister and one grandson Survivors include his wife Mrs Kate Houston two sons James Houston Bristol and Lewis Houston Knoxville one stepdaughter Wanda White Telford thjee sisters Brady Jones Parsons Rable Duke Dyersburg and Louella Bowman Holliday 11 grandchildren nine greatgrandchildren three stepgrand-children and three stepgreat-grandchildren Jeffers Greeneviile (639-2141) MR LENORD BUCHANAN SPRUCE PINE NC Lenord Buchanan 45 Cane Creek community Bakersville died Sunday May 19 1991 at Community Hospital Spruce Pine after a brief illness He was a Mitchell County native and a son of Mrs Annie Ledford Buchanan Bakersville and the late Willie Buchanan Mr Buchanan was a member of Faith Baptist Church Survivors in addition to his mother include two sisters Mrs Grace Buchanan and Mrs Marie Edwards both of Candler and three brothers Ernest Buchanan and Ben Buchanan both of Bakersville and Leon Buchanan Newland Henline-Hughes (704-688-4813) Organization spotlights 3 volunteers Volunteer-Johnson City honored three recipients of its Volunteer Spotlight Award on Monday Duane Cross Association for Retarded Citizens Mrs Linda Bready Adult Basic Education I and Mrs Truela Thorne Science Hill High School Junior ROTC Support Association were honored at a meeting of the Volunteer-Johnson City board as Spotlight winners for January March and April respectively Katie Powers ARC director noted that Cross had been one of the founders of the organization and had served "through thick and thin happy and sad and always given his "time money and love to the organization Carolyn Sluder director of Adult Basic Education I said Mrs Bready had "stick-to-it-lveness that served her well in teaching adults to read Lt Col Terry Swink praised Mrs Thorne "for making a difference in a lot of young peoples lives In other action the board elected Jo Holland to fill a vacancy on the board Carol Sloan executive director reported that WJHL-TV had signed with Volunteer-Johnson City Volunteer Kingsport and Volunteer Bristol to do the Volunteer Connection promotion for a foorth year She also reported that-she would be the president of the Tennessee Network of Volunteer Administrators starting this fall Mrs Sloan also said that contacts had been made with the agency from Unicoi County to either expand its services to that county or to help form a volun- teer unit there 4 Injured hiker rescued after fall The Associated Press CHEROKEE NC Four rescuers were battered by rugged terrain and thick brush as they carried a 210-pound injured man two miles to medical care The incident began Sunday afternoon when Sam Keener 61 of Knoxville Tenn fell five feet as he was hiking with the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club of Knoxville in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Keener apparently landed on his head resulting in head neck and internal injuries said park spokesman Bob Miller At 8:15 a Monday the rescue party reached Clingmans Dome Road and Keener was transported to a Sevier County Tenn hospital Later Monday morning Keener was airlifted by helicopter to the University of Tennessee Hospital where he was treated and released a hospital fcpokesiniul said The carry-out was hampered by fog and rain that prevented a medical helicopter from reaching the scene Miller said MRS CHLOE McCLARlto Mrs Chloe McClarin 71 601 Range St Elizabethton died Sunday May 19 1991 at Colonial Hill Health Care Center Johnson City following a lengthy illness She was an Avery County native and daughter of the late Charlie Harmon and the late Ellen Church Harmon Guy She was a Baptist Mrs McClarin was preceded in death by her husband Donald Rufus McClarin Survivors include one sister Mrs Ardith Stout Cumberland Va one half sister Mrs Floy Franklin Elizabethton and several nieces and nephews Tetrick Elizabethton (542-2232) MRS VERA WILLIMON Mrs Vera Jane "Big Mama Willimon 98 Four Oaks Health Care Center Jonesborough died Sunday May 19 1991 Mrs Willimon was a native of Hendersonville NC and the daughter of the late Burgin and Ruth Woodfin Allison She was a retired nurse Mrs Willimon was preceded in death by her husband lifton Willimon Survivors include one daughter Mrs Jane Brank Jonesborough one son Clifton Willimon Jr Green Cove Springs Fla nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Dillow-Taylor Jonesborough (753-3821) Funerais APPALACHIAN HARTMAN PUNERAL HOME William Davidson Graveside services for William Brownie David son 64 600 Maple SI Johnson City who died Thursday May 16 1991- will be held Tues-day at 2 30 at the National Cemetery Mountain Home with the Veterans Affairs pro testanf chaplain officiating Pallbearers will be selected from friends The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 in the West Chapel of Appalachian Hartman Funeral Home Appalachian Hartman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements APPALACHIAN NARTMAN FUNERAL HOME Mrs Ollie Mane Jenkins Funeral services for Mrs Ollie Marie Jenkins 61 3001 People St Johnson City who died Monday May 20 1991 will be held at 8 from the East Chapel of Appalachian Hartman Funeral Home The Rev Kim Casey will officiate Graveside services will be held Wednesday 10 am from Monte Vista Burial Park Pall bearers will be selected from friends and rela fives The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 30 8 the East Chanel of the funeral home Appalachian Hartman Funeral Home 800 Watauga Ave is In charge of arrangements HATHAWAY-PERCY FUNERAL HOME Elizabethton Arnold Hill Funeral Services for Arnold Hill age 51 Rt 2 Hampton who died Sunday May 19 1991 will be conducted af 2 pm Tuesday at Little Mountain Baptist Church with Rev Ricky Simerly and Rev Bob Campbell officiating Music will be under the direction of the Church Choir Interment will follow in Holly Hill Cemetry Active pallbearers will be Jeff Smith Brian Hill Jamie Hill Marshall Simerly Michael Simerly Jack Simerly Dana Simerly Bud Chambers and Johnny Simerly Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Barnett Leon Whitehead Raymond Hill Dean Smith and Lester Simerly The family received friends at the Chapel of the funeral home from 7 to 9 Monday Friends may call at the home of Mr Lydia (Oma Jean) SimerHy Rt 2 Roan Mountain or the home of a brother Bobby Hill Rt 2 Hamp-ton at anytime Hathaway Percy Funeral Home Sunset Chapel is in charge of the arrangements TETRICK FUNERAL HOME Elizabethton Mrs Chloe McClarin Funeral services for Mrs Chloe McClarin age 71 610 Range St Elizabethton who died Sunday May 19 1991 will be conducted at 8 Tuesday in the Tetrick Funeral Home Riverside Chapel with Rev Snodgrass officiating Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 10 a Wednesday at Hap py Valley Memorial Park Honorary pallbear ers will be friends and neighbors The family will receive friends in the Riverside Chapel from 7 until 8 pm Tuesday and at the residence of her half sister Mrs Floy Franklin 610 Range St Elizabethton anytime Those who wish to make donations in memory of Mrs McClarin make them to the American Cancer Society in care of Mrs Alta Jane Caudill Box 247 Elizabethton in lieu of flowers The family Minister friends and pallbearers will meet In the cemetery 9 55 a Wednesday Tetrick Funeral Home Riverside Chapel EH-zabethton is in charge of the arrangements TETRICK FUNERAL HOME Roan Mountain Mrs Frankie Jarrett Funeral services for Mrs Frankie Jarrett age 8) of Rt I Roan Mountain who died May 19 1991 will be conducted at 8 30 Tuesday at Rhododendron Chapel with Rev Richmond Barnett and Mr Paul Wilson officiating Music will be under the direction of the Burbank Free Will Baptist Church Choir Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 11 a Wednesday in the Greer Cemetery Active pall bearers wiU be Grandsons The family will re ceive friends in the Rhododendron Chapel from 6 until 8 30 Tuesday and at the home any time The family Ministers and friends will meet in the cemetery at 10 55 a Wednesday Tetrick Funeral Home Rhododendron Chapel Roan Mountain is charge of the arrangements PERCY-HUX FUNERAL HOME Mountain City James Drown Funeral services for James Brown age 46 Rt 5 Mountain City who died Saturday will be held Tuesday at 2 at the Chapel of Percy Hux Funeral Home with Rev Don Bowery and Rev Frank Woods officiating Burial will be the Greene Cemetery Pallbearers will be Frank Peters Jackie Ward John De-smon Ward Frank McCoy Kenny Mams Ho ward Stout Kevin Vodraska Clinton Winters Jerry Brown Robert Tester Donnie Fihees Jett Minks Ronnie Minks and Jackie Stout i he family received friends Monday from 7 9 at the funeral home Friends may call af the residence anytime Percy Hux Funeral Home 300 Mam St Mountain City is in charge of the arrangements PERCY HUX FUNERAI HOME Mountain City Clyde Brooks Funeral services tor Clyde Brooks 65 Rt 1 Shady Valley who died Monday May 20 1991 will be held 8pm Wednesday at the Chapel of the Percy Hux Funeral Home with Mr Jim Hutchinson officiating Graveside services and burial will be held 10 a Thursday from the Blevms Cemetery Pallbearers will be Norman Rav EHer Jesse Eller Magetti Greer Dan 'Manuel Bill Manuel WavneN Shepherd and Rick Wallace The family will receive friends from 7 8 Wednesday at the funeral home chapel Friends may also call at the residence of the sons George Brooks Rt 3 Spear Branch Rd Mountain City or William Pete" Brooks Rt 3 Swift Hollar Road Mountain City at any time Percy Hux Funeral Home Mountain City is in charge of arrangement JEFFERS MORTUARY Greeneviile Arbie Houston Funeral services forArbie Houston 83 Telford who died Monday May 20 1991 will be held 11 am Wednesday May 22 J99I at Friendship Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev Tommy Mames and the Rev Paul Broyles officiating Interment will be in'Urbana Cemetery Active pallbearers will be men of Fellowship Freewill Baptist Church The family will receive friends uesdav from 7 9 at Jeffers Mortuary Jeffers Mortuary 208 College St Greeneviile is in charge of arrangements HENLINE HUGHES FUNERAL HOME Bakersvifle Mr Lenord Buchanan Funeral services tor Mr Lenord Buchanan as fan Creek community died 5undavWJlt be held at 2 Wednesday af Faith Baptist Church with the Rev Eugene Briggs the Rev Jackie Silvers and the Rev Rose Wise officiating Burial will be in Cane Creek Cemetery The family will receive friends at Henlme Hughes Funeral Home Tues day from 7 until 8 Henlme Hughes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements ARNOLD HILL HAMPTON Arnold Hill 51 Rt 2 Hampton died Sunday May 19 1991 at his residence A native of Carter County he was the son of the late James and Sudie Mae Whitehead Hill He was a member of Little Mountain Baptist Church He was employed by Long Brothers Salisbury NC Survivors include four sisters Mrs Lola Johnson Charlotte Mrs Edna Woodby Johnson City and Mrs Oma Jean Simcrly and "Mrs Lena Simerly both of Roan Mountain three brothers Elmer Hill Roan Mountain and Bobby Hill and Bcrnie Hill both of Hampton one stepdaughter Darlene Simerly two stepgranddaughters and several' nieces and nephews Hathaway-Percy Elizabethton (543-5544) CLYDE BROOKS SHADY VALLEY Clyde Brooks 65 Rt 1 died Monday May 20 1991 at his residence He was a Johnson County native and son of the late Morgan and Lucy Richie Brooks Mr Brooks was a member of Crandull Church of Christ He was a farmer He was a World War II Army veteran Mr Brooks was preceded in death by one daughter Survivors include two sons George Brooks and William "Pete" Brooks both of Mountain City three brothers Dale Brooks Dothan Ala Clarence Brooks Bristol and Rex Brooks Lenoir NC four sisters Hattie Lauter Irene Cross and Eura Stegall all of Bristol and Cora Green Ocala Fla four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Percy-Hux Mountain City (727-9221) MRS FRANKIE JARRETT ELIZABETHTON Mrs Frankie Jarrett Rt 1 Roan Mountain died Sunday May 19 1991 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a lengthy illness She was a Carter County native and daughter of the late William and Sarah Street Greer Mrs Jarrett was a member of Burbank Freewill Baptist Church She was preceded in death by her husband Bob Jarrett and by two brothers Survivors include one daughter Margaret Palmer Knoxville seven sons Robert Jarrett Glen Rock Pa George Jarrett and Ralph "Smokie Jarrett both of the home Tommy Jarrett and Dana Lee Jarrett both of Roan Mountain Carl Jarrett Gray and Dickie Jarrett Newland NC one brother Elige Greer' Burlington NC three sisters Martha Boone and Kate Hughes both of Elizabethton and Maria Barnett Roan Mountain 13 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren Tetrick Roan Mountain (772-3928) MRS OLLIE JENKINS Mrs Ollie Marie Jenkins 61 3001 Peoples St died Monday May 20 1991 at the residence of her daughter Mrs Jenkins was a Washington County native and daughter of the late James and Dora Fletcher Orton She was a member of The Bible Church She was a retired employee of TPI Corporation Mrs Jenkins was preceded in death "by her husband Charles Jenkins Jr May 16 1991 Survivors include one daughter Mrs Gail Jenkins Johnson City two brothers George and Bobby Orton Johnson City one sister Ruth Orton Sevierville five grandchildren four stepgrand-children and several nieces and nephews Appalachian-Hartman (928-6111) AP correction The Associated Press NASHVILLE The Associated Press erroneously reported that the governor had signed a bill allow motorists to be fined $25 for failure to wear a seat belt on first offense The law requires that a warning citation be issued on first offense The legislation failed in the House Finance Committee CORRECTIONS Rep Zane Whitson R-Unicoi was among 23 members of the House Finance Committee to vote in favor of Gov Ned McWherters education reform plan last week The vote on the bill was largely divided along party lines with six of the committees Republican members voting against the plan and two others not voting However no vote has yet to be taken on the governors proposed tax reform plan The Johnson City Press strives for accuracy in all its reports Readers who -notice factual errors in the newspaper's columns should contact Cih Editor Brad Jolly Night City Editor Robert Pierce or Managing Sports Editor Kelly Hodge The telephone number ts 929-3111 The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Bush threatened a veto Monday as the House debated $291 billion military budget that slashes his proposed spending on the Strategic Defense Initiative and the B-2 stealth bomber Despite Bushs warning the House accepted the recommendation of its Armed Services Committee to trim the presidents proposed SDI allocation from $46 billion to $27 billion in fiscal 1992 The acceptance came through the chambers rejection of a more severe measure that would have reduced SDI to a research program with a budget of $11 billion The amendment failed 266-118 leaving the committee recommendation unchanged as the House moved on to other sections of the bill In a letter to House Minority Leader Robert Michel R-Ill Bush accused members of the committee of targeting vital strategic programs and using the funds for weapons built in their own backyards "While cutting funding for these and other crucial programs the bill funds unneeded items such as excessive procurement of aircraft and other weapons systems Bush said The committees bill also terminates work on the B-2 bomber at the 15 planes in production The package for the fiscal year beginning Oct 1 increases -spending on conventional weapons that proved successful during the Persian Gulf War including the F-15 and F-16 jet fighters the M-l tank and the Patriot missile Officer Doug Tripp "The department is saddened at the loss of an exceptional trooper state Safety Commissioner Robert Lawson said in a statement "Every effort is being expended to determine the person or persons responsible He becomes the 30th Tennessee Highway Patrol officer to die in the line of duty The latest Safety Department employee killed before him was also in East Tennessee and came almost exactly a year ago The president said fiscal constraints on creating armed forces to meet future challenges means "there is no room for pork-barrel spending or politics as usual in Congress The defense package reflects the panels view of the diminishing Soviet threat by withholding funds for big-ticket strategic weapons and directing the Pentagon to test fully before buying proponents say "More than any other bill in recent years this bill is a product of lessons learned in the real world Rep Les Aspin D-Wis chairman of the Armed Services Committee said on the House floor The ranking Republican on the panel Rep William Dickinson of Alabama said he could live with the bill "but some parts cause me some pain "The bill leaves the nation without a coherent strategic modernization program Dickinson said referring to the cuts in SDI and the B-2 bomber Among the major provisions in the package are a reduction in Bushs request of $52 billion for SDI and theater missile defenses to about $35 billion The Armed Services Committee approved $27 billion for SDI but provided no money for the concept of Brilliant Pebbles in which space-based interceptors would search out and destroy enemy missiles The committee however earmarked $858 million for theater missile defenses such as the Patriot and designated the Army not the SDI organization as the lead agency to oversee the program Proponents of the panels bill cite the growing threat of short- April 16 in their Uldsmobile at the bottom of the Tennessee River at Bridgeport Ala Wooten remains in Rhea County (Tenn) Jail without bond Authorities are still searching for Ms Holland Wooten said that on March 7 Ms Holland drove him to New-port-News Va and left The Harveys who operated a store next to their home on Lewis Chapel Mountain in Sequatchie County were reported missing on March 4 after family members became alarmed when the store did not open HEARING AIDS COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL HEARING AID SERVICES Free Trial Pariod 928-5771 Or Daniel Schumaler I Assoc Audioligsts 207 East Myrtle Ave K'S Xfc I There was another state trooper killed in 1988 in Dickson County she said and before that the department had gone 19 without a fatality in the ine of duty The Highway Patrol was formed in 1929 and lost its first member just a few months later in 1930 in an automobile accident Tripps funeral will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Coffey Funeral Home in New Tazewell Gov Ned McWherter is expected to attend said spokesman Ken Renner range ballistic missiles from developing countries such as Iraq as the rationale for increasing funds for theater missile defense The collapse of the Warsaw Pact warrants a cut in spending on exotic long-term technologies like Brilliant Pebbles say the bills sponsors The committees bill would halt work on the B-2 bomber at the 15 in production The committee rejected the Air Forces request for $32 billion to buy four more planes in fiscal 1992 The panel did approve $16 billion to continue research on the aircraft program which" calls for 75 bombers No B-2 proponent plans an amendment to restore the four planes to the budget and the House is expected to accept the committees action The bill also would allow but not require the secretaries of the Navy and Air Force to assign women to fly Air Force Navy and Marine Corps aircraft in combat Currently women are banned throughout the military from serving in direct combat roles The bill provides $24 billion for a third SSN-21 Seawolf attack submarine Lawmakers from Connecticut and Rhode Island home of the Electric Boat shipyard succeeded in convincing the House to ensure competitive bidding on the contract for the third submarine The vote was 235-157 The amendment effectively negates a non-binding resolution the committee had adopted directing the Navy to award the submarine contract to Newport News shipyard in Virginia Electric Boat is building the first two Seawolfs The bill authorizes programs and sets spending ceilings The actual money is provided in appropriations bills adopted separately The Senate still must craft its version of the bill before the House and Senate meet in conference to iron out a final package TERMITES? 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Termite letters $25 Barnes Exterminating 477-7982 Scott Barnes Owner Johnson City Press ISSN 67 283 Vol 71 No 266 Published Dally and Sunday by Press Inc at News Center Boone Street at Main and Market Johnson City TN 37604 Second Class postage paid at Johnson City TN POST MASTER Please send oddtess change to Johnson City Press Box 1717 Johnson City TN 37605-1717 Subscription per year bv mall within 100 miles 5135 outside 100 miles 5155 jf-V Member of Audit Bureau We um recycled of Cvculaiont newsprint Georgia couple indicted in deaths of womans aunt uncle in state The Associated Press DUNLAP A Sequatchie County grand jury indicted a Georgia couple Monday on first-degree murder charges ifrthe deaths of the womans aunt and uncle The grand jury indicted Edward Allen Wooten 30 and Cheryl Holland 29 both of Ross-ville Ga on two counts each of first-degree murder two counts of felony murder one count of specially aggravated robbery and arson The bodies of Clarence "Joe Harvey 57 and his wife Mattie Harvey 54 were found Wedding or Graduation Zimmerman's Zmiwmin's Tte Mai wl tenpaariy do In iwodtnqanUiyl6lh-Walditactf iwpewg.