Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 1

Personal spending rises10 WHAT THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WILL HURT THEM Daily 25 Sunday 75' FRIDAY JUNE 20 1986 VOL 66 NO 315 JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE 37605 'J- 6 "MV a 4 (dju Mfe Sales tax deduction approved The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Senate on Thursday approved a partial deduction for some state and local sales taxes and sifted through a pile of special-interest amendments that temporarily stalled a To help pay for the sales tax amendment the Senate agreed to require every person age 5 or older who is claimed as a dependent have a Social Security card in an effort to slow tax cheating by falsely claiming exemptions "Well stay here all weekend if we need to to whittle down this stack of amendments vowed Majority Leader Bob Dole R-Kan He even threatened to cancel the Fourth of July recess scheduled to start late next week But as the day wore on the amendments began disappearing The number was reduced from over 200 to fewer than 30 Many were withdrawn a few were defeated and a few were adopted But the bulk of them most of which would benefit only one industry or project apparently were heading for approval as one big amendment Their fate would be left to the Senate-House conference that will write the final version of the bill The bill came out of the Finance Committee with 175 such amendments included and well over 200 more have been suggested since debate on the measure began June 4 With itS passage in sight several senators were chafing at the leaders resistance to amendments and some accused managers of the bill of playing favorites Sen Ted Stevens R-Alaska expressed resentment that Finance Committee members could win their prize amendments behind closed doors while the bill was being written but other senators had to carry on their fight on the Senate floor and find a way to Please see TAX Page 5 Miami Spyders Presidents SALT stand lonely one The Associated Press WASHINGTON The House voted approval Thursday of a resolution urging continued US adherence to SALT II the unratified nuclear arms control treaty that President Reagan says he will not use the future to guide decisions on weapons deployment The Democratic-controlled House approved the non-binding resolution on a 256-145 vote after five hours of debate and following a 222-187 defeat of a Republican-backed proposal that would have basically endorsed Reagans decision Before final passage the House voted 406-0 approval of another Republican-sponsored proposal saying the chamber supports the efforts of US arms control negotiators in Geneva to reduce super-Please see SALT Page 5 Thomas were custom-built on Corvette frames by Roberts Motor Co in Bloomingdale For a story and more pictures please see Page 3 (Staff Photo by Eddie LeSueur) Kingsport businessman Carl Roberts stands with one of two Miami Spyders his company built for the NBC series Miami Vice The cars driven by Don Johnson and Philip Michael By SUSANNE SCHAFER Associated Press Writer GLASSBORO NJ President Reagan his first formal response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachevs latest arms control offer said Thursday "it appears that the Soviets have begun to make a serious effort toward negotiating an agreement Reagan in a speech delivered at a New Jersey high school near the site of a 1967 -Soviet summit said the Soviet offer cannot be accepted without change but could be the basis for serious negotiations "Until recently the Soviet response has been disappointing in a number of ways Reagan said But citing what he called "fresh developments in several areas the president said: "We believe that possibly an atmosphere does indeed exist that will allow for senous discussion Of the Soviet offer made in Geneva Reagan said "We cann-not accept these particular proposals without change but it appears that the Soviets have begun to make a serious effort In his speech to graduating seniors Reagan noted that little had come of the 1967 summit between President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin at nearby Glassboro State College "I have come here today to say that the Glassboro Summit was not enough that indeed the Geneva Summit was not enough that talk alone in short is not enough I have come here to invite Mr Gorbachev to join me in taking action action in the name of peace Reagan said The president noted that he re- South Carolina mans suicide leaves tUmaimsweiredl qiraeilnn)im Miss Richardson They had both found other companions and they talked at Deans home about their future Dean said she came at him with a butcher knife and he shot her Miss Richardson had been reported missing after Saturday and a notice was entered in a nationwide crime computer that Dean was also missing and was wanted for questioning about her disappearance Her badly decomposed body was discovered Thursday lying near a drainage ditch not far from Deans home Deans last hours were spent at Watauga Point overlooking the lake He sat at a picnic table drinking Jack Daniels whiskey and Sprite He wrote his letter in a spiral-bound notebook with a felt-tipped pen double-spacing the lines and Please see SUICIDE Page 5 By JOE LEDFORD Elizabethton Bureau ELIZABETHTON No one knows why Howell Dean chose to end his life at Watauga Lake hundreds of miles from his home and the body of the woman he killed Saturday Deans body was found Wednesday night in his pickup truck parked near a picnic table where he spent the afternoon composing a suicide letter In the letter Dean confc ised the murder of his ex-girlfriend whose body was found Thursday in the place he described Dean 47 had been fired recently from his job at a car dealership in Aiken SC Hed been arrested for drunken driving and had been in arguments previously with his girlfriend Linda Richardson 30 On Saturday Dean said in the letter he met with cently wrote Gorbachev to press for high-level talks on summit preparations No response has been received White House officials have said The school gymnasium was jammed to its capacity of 1200 people and a crowd gathered outside listened to the presidents speech over a public address Please see ARMS Page 5 Johnson City plans tax water rate hike 1 MiiiU -i Long-awaited highway to open to traffic A i 1 -i YJJ By HENRY SAMPLES Press Staff Writer Johnson City property taxes water rates and sewer tap charges are increasing as a result of city commission action Thursday And the commission delayed until next week final site plan approval for a developer seeking to build the University Plaza Shopping Center West Walnut Street soon to become State of Franklin Road Commissioner Shirley Chapman charged that the commission would create another North Roan Street on State of Franklin unless stringent curb cut controls are enforced She insisted that a 1984 ordinance prohibits curb cuts on State of Franklin Road although others said the ordinance provides for exceptions Mitch Cox is proposing a shop-ing center on West Walnut treet (soon to be State of Franklin Road) near Lyle Street He is proposing a single full access qirb cut on State of Franklin and has Deaths 4 4 -AV- -y 7 By BILL JONES Erwin Bureau ERWIN It was in the early 1960s and one of the largest crowds ever gathered in the Unicoi Elementary gymnasium to hear some good news Federal and state officials were on hand to tell local citizens about a new four-lane highway that would pass through Unicoi County The new highway was to be known as the Appalachian Highway and was to originate in Ohio and travel through the Appalachian region to boost the economy of the section Maps were displayed at the meeting showing two possible routes through the county Tables were set up to be manned by "specialists answering questions after the meeting During the meeting one official proudly proclaimed "You will have this highway in the next five years Years went by and it became a common ioke for area residents to remark You think you will live long enough to see the new highway?" Some of the highway between Kingsport and Johnson City which was the "top priority section was completed several years ago Later a section between North Roan Street and the Milligan Highway was completed and a section from that point to Okolo-na was" opened more than two years ago received an 8-0 recommendation for approval from the Johnson City Regional Planning Commission "Everyone seems to feel a shopping center is justified at the site Cox said Cox said his properties would qualify for eight curb cuts had they not been consolidated into one tract forming the shopping center site The commission indicated it favors approving the site plan but delayed action pending the filing of plans and drawings In separate divided action the commission Voted 3-2 to raise property taxes 33-cents per $100 of assessed value The action which is final will increase taxes by about $48 on a $60000 house citywide the increase will replace some $900000 lost in federal revenue sharing City employees will get 3 percent raises Voting for the increase was Mayor Jim Roach Vice Mayor Tom McKee and Commissioner Warren Vest Commissioners Shirley Chapman and Warren Vest voted no Voted 3-2 to increase water sewer rates by 15 percent in the city and regional systems The increased revenue will replace $5 9 million "borrowed by the city and regional watersewer systems from the citys cash accounting plan The vote was along the same lines as the property tax increase Approved 5-0 to increase sewer tap fees in the city and re- Please see WATER Page 5 Staff Photo by Eddie LeSueur A section of Interstate 181 which opens today amid fanfare and ceremony actively involved in renewing the highway plans Shortly after taking office Alexander and Whitson along with other officials drove up Tenn Highway 81 to its intersection with what is now the Erwin Bypass where an announcement was made Alexander climbed up in the back of a pickup truck was introduced by Whitson and told those gathered "You will have your highway He went on to say that the completion of the highway was "one of my top priorities At that time there had not The only activity in Unicoi County until 1979 was the acquisition of some right-of-way for the Erwin bypass part of the highway During this time there were some name changes for the highway The "Appalachian was dropped and the highway project became US Highway 36 then 137 then the new US 23 The highway is now Interstate 181 Gov Lamar Alexander and Rep Zane Whitson R-Erwin who were both elected in the November 1978 election became been a foot of road paved in Unicoi County The 2 6-mile bypass was opened to traffic in January 1982 At 10 am today Alexander along with state and Unicoi Carter Washington and Sullivan County officals will walk from the Unicoi Exchange to Harris Hollow Road on the completed highway Whitson said anyone who wished to make the walk was welcome to do so At the completion of his walk Alexander will make a few remarks and then the highway will be open to traffic Tr' -i JOHNSON CITY John Birchfield GRAY Everell Maupln ELIZABETHTON James Collene MOUNTAIN HOME 1st Lt Frank Clark Jr NEW YORK Billy Watson 4 i I.