Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 1
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3 A Friday Tales Panama CMA awards Gunmen disperse opposition crowd Page 3A Country music greats continue tradition Page TVS 1 Weather 50 chance of rain today with highs in upper 60s National Storytelling Festival set Page ID nrrnu 17 unm Amg The world at your doorstep October 6 1989 Price 35 Cents 5 Sections 73rd Year Number 279 Kingsport Tenn 37662 1989 Kmgiporl Publishing Corp NEWS DIGEST Maupin guilty sentenced to life 1 tv- 4 By ALLISON MECHEM Times-News Staff Writer INSIDE General Sessions Judge John Keiner Thursday ordered a psychological evaluation for a Johnson City woman accused of first-degree murder in the death of her 3-week-old son Story on page 1C id' i-j pj -s fS1 RIVERVIEW BATTLES DRUGS Drug dealers will be out of business when concerned residents get involved a group of citizens from Riverview Community were told Thursday Story on page 1C NEWEST PRISON OPENS NASHVILLE Inmates' washed windows and mowed grass Thursday during their first full day at new maximum-security prison which should be filled by mid-November Warden Michael Dutton said The first batch of 25 medium- and minimum-security inmates was bused to the prison Wednesday Story on page 1C POLICE TO GET RADIO SCRAMBLERS City aldermen this week awarded a bid for radio scramblers that will provide the police department with a method to keep certain undercover activities secret Police Chief Jim Keesling said Thursday that his department will buy 40 Voice Guard Scramblers Story on page 3C JONESBOROUGH The first child abuse murder case prosecuted under the Trexler resulted Thursday in the verdict for which it was designed a mother was sentenced to life in prison for doing nothing to prevent the beatings that led ultimately to her death Denise Maupin 23 showed no emotion when the jury that had found her guilty of aiding and abetting first-degree murder sentenced her to life in prison The jury of seven men and five women i 1 took 4 hours to find her guilty and just more than an hour to decide she should go to prison for life rather than be executed The Johnson City woman is the mother of 2Vi-year-old Jay Michael Maupin Please see MAUPIN page 2A Timet-News photo Ned Jllton II Denise Maupin was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for aiding and abetting the child abuse death of her 2 Vi-year-old son Jay Michael Maupin inset Bakker convicted on all counts Jury foreman says became too for former PTL leader By PAUL NOWELL Associated Press Writer HUNTER DELAYS REPORTING BODY BENTONVILLE Ark A squirrel hunter delayed reporting the discovery of a body be--cause he feared the ensuing investigation would spoil the next hunt a prosecutor said No charges have been filed against the hunter but the case remains under investigation said Benton County Prosecutor David Clinger Clinger said charges that could be filed include hindering prosecution Sheriff Andy Lee said Wednesday the hunter who found the decomposed body of Dana Stidham of Centerton on Sept 16 went hunting the next morning before notifying the office Stidham 18 who was apparently murdered was last seen July 25 STUDENTS OVERCOME BY FUMES TILTONSVILLE Ohio Carbon monoxide fumes seeped from a cracked basement furnace at a high school Thursday sending more than 200 students and teachers to hospitals authorities said A handful of students briefly lost consciousness but were revived later when authorities evacuated at least 475 people from Buckeye Southwest High School in this east Ohio town said Assistant Fire Chief Gary McHugh No serious injuries were reported CHARLOTTE NC PTL evangelist Jim Bakker was convicted Thursday of using his television show to defraud followers of $37 million money the jury foreman said corrupted a minister who started out to do good was called by God But eventually the money became too much for said foreman Ricky Hill who said during jury selection that he was a Christian kept looking for something from the defense and we never saw Bakker faces a maximum sentence of 120 years in prison and $5 million in fines The US District Court jury convicted him of all 24 counts in the indictment which charged he oversold lodging guarantees called at his Heritage USA religious retreat message is you lie to the people and use television and the mails to get them to send you said prosecutor" Deborah Smith matter who you are or how well known you are you simply do Defense lawyer George Davis said the verdict would be appealed Prosecutors said Bakker diverted $37 million in ministry funds for personal use while knowing PTL was in financial trouble He used money from PTL for vacation homes in California and Florida a lakefront parsonage a houseboat Please see BAKKER page 4A Former PTL leader Jim Bakker waves as he gets into a car outside the federal courthouse in Charlotte NC Thursday afternoon after being found guilty of all 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy against him UMW fined $69 million Kingsport annexation favored TROOPS BREAK BLOCKADE OF ARMENIA MOSCOW Soldiers began guarding fuel and food shipments bound for beleaguered Armenia cut off for more than two months by saboteurs in the neighboring republic of Azerbaijan reports from the region said Thursday Soviet troops arrived in the republic to ensure the safe arrival of supplies most of which must pass through Azerbaijan to reach Armenia the reports said RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE REACHED HELSINKI Finland Scientists have pushed down temperatures to a record low of only two billionths of a degree above absolute zero the Low Temperature Laboratory at the Helsinki University of Technology said Thursday Absolute zero minus 45967 Fahrenheit is unattainable according to the laws of physics scientists say Two billionths of a degree corresponds to two nanokelvins (nK) By MARTHA HALL Southwest Virginia Bureau LEBANON A circuit court judge fined the United Mine By STEPHANIE McCLELLAN Times-News Staff Writer Workers $69 million Thursday after he found the union guilty of 71 violent violations of a state court or- der Russell County Circuit Court Judge Donald McGlothlin Jr now has imposed nearly $30 mil- Please see UMW page 2A Freedom trains arrive in West ar 4 -Xi -V Vl Members of the annexation subcommittee agreed in principle Thursday to the North Kingsport annexation but a forma recommendation on the move is not expected until December There are about 4000 residents in the annexation area which includes the communities of Morrison City Westview Midfields and River Bluffs The area extends west to the Hawkins County line and north to the Virginia state line Subcommittee members said XjuLuudaytnat before they make' a recommendation to the Kingsport Planning Commission they first want the city staff to prepare a study of the financial impact on Kingsport They also asked for a similar impact study for the Colonial Heights area The city study would include the affects of the annexation on the bonded indebtedness and any potential impacts on the tax rate Although they wanted more information before taking action subcommittee members said they wanted to make it clear to residents that they are interested in the North Kingsport area becoming a part of the city VOL RECEIVING CORPS NO LEADER Before the season began Tennessee's receiving corps was rated the second best But after four games the Vol receiving -4 OsH Conference leaders Story on page IB THIRD TIME THE CHARM? BRISTOL If indeed the third time is the charm then by late Sunday afternoon the International Hot Rod Fall Nationals should be drawing to a close Washed away the two previous weekends this final event is set to begin at 9 am today at Bristol International Dragway Story on page 2B 1 1 By NESHA STARCEVIC Associated Press Writer ar ftv'V- V- t'f Tfmei-Newi photo David Gract HOF West Germany Freedom trains brought 7600 East Germans to the West on Thursday after a slow cold trip that witnesses said was disrupted when thousands left behind fought police in an attempt to board the locked cars Six hundred more East Germans were heading for sanctuary in West Germany from Poland The refugees who reached this town Thursday from Prague Czechoslovakia had spent up to 14 hours locked in unheated East German trains Please see FREEDOM page 4A Pumpkin time With the season of jack-o-lanterns and fall harvests just around the corner Peggy Briggs checks over the pumpkin stock at Riverfront Produce on Netherland inn Road Please see KINGSPORT 4A 1 hfci Brr g-.
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