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hM The Commercial Appeal Memphis Wednesday September 7 1988 Suspension Stands In Gillock Case Tennesseans Buy A 200 Breakfast i Cm By DAVID WATERS That suspension will stand until Gillock has exhausted all appeals I on his convictions At that time a hearing will be held to determine the final extent of his -punishment JACKSON Tenn The Tennes- Yesterday Justice Robert Cooper said the court found no I basis oi rday said on which to increase CELEBRATE SAVE 25-57 OFF SALE ENDS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 ith was walking down the street a few minutes later He had SS cents in his pocket and still claimed he was on the way to get S10 to pay for the meaL He was charged with petit larceny and later convicted and sentenced to 60 days in jail On his appeal Gipson claimed the evidence could not support a conviction of petit larceny And in a Mwiimmw ooinion written by Justice Ray Brack the high court agreed and reversed his conviction The justices agreed Gipson's actions did not constitute larceny since the restaurant did not expect to recover the food he had consumed In Gipson's case said the court a civil debt was created and the most Gipson could have been charged with was obtaining property under false pretenses And the high court assessed the costs of trial and appeal to the state which means Tennessee taxpayers will up the final tab of about in his JACKSON Tenn The axiom that there is no such thing as a free lunch might be amended to include breakfast at least for taxpayers alter a ruling yesterday by the Tennessee Supreme Court The high court ruled that a Memphis man was charged with the wrong crime and was not guilty of petit larceny by refusing to pay for a $750 breakfast he ordered and ate in a Memphis restaurant in 1980 Alonzo Gipson was arrested March 20 1980 after he ate six scrambled eggs six strips of bacon and two orders of hash browns and drank a soft drink at a Medical Center restaurant and then told the waitress he could not pay the bill He signed the bill and added his address and telephone number saying he would return to pay the check later But the manager of the Steak 14 Egg Restaurant called police who arrested Gipson while he Gil-1 lock's six-month suspension or to revoke his license Thrasher suspended Gillock's license in June 1982 on the recom-1 mendation of a Shelby County disciplinary panel which accused Gillock of using his Senate seat for profit and cited indictments leveled against him in 1972 and 1975 Theindictments eventually were dismissed after two trials ended in hung juries Cooper said the evidence presented at a hearing on the suspension clearly favored Gillock showing he was guilty only of judgment" in allowing his career as an attorney to become entangled with his political career law license that was ordered last by Chattanooga Chancellor likes Thrasher The high court upheld Thrasher's ruling rejecting an appeal by the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility which called the suspension "inadequate" and asked that Gillock's license be revoked The six-month suspension will begin immediately and will run concurrently with temporary suspension of Gillock's license ordered last December by the state Supreme Court The high court last December ordered Gillock's law license sus- nded indefinitely citing his ovember convictions on felony charges of extortion conspiracy fraud and income tax evasion tv AO Residents Seek Ownership Of WLJT By RICHARD LOCKER Fram TM ChmmicW Appnl Martin but because its transmit ter is at Lexington the Federal Communications Commission formally lists its location there The station serves a population of 650000 in most of West Tennessee outside metropolitan Memphis parts of southwestern Kentucky northern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama A letter from the council to Education Commissioner Robert McElrath requesting the transfer said public support has been vision stations by July 1 1986 West Tennessee Public Television Council Inc is a nonprofit organization made up of west Tennessee residents who have worked with WLJT for two years primarily in fund-raising and oth- er support activities The 1981 act requires that the state Board of Education transfer administrative control and ownership of the stations to local nonprofit groups WLJTs studios are housed at the University of Tennessee at (council) has more than 600 members and has raised more than Bob Carswell WLJT general I manager said yesterday the 1983 operating budget totals $447600 about 59 percent of which is state funded The remainder is provided by federal sources tower rentals and local fundraising he said The state will continue prov lng support alter the transfer but I more reliance will be placed on local fund-raising activities NASHVILLE A citizens -called the West Tennessee Public Television Council Inc will ask the state Board of Education tomorrow to transfer ownershi public television station Lexington to the council The transfer request is a result of the Tennessee Educational Television Network Act of 1981 which requires the state to divest Itself of its four educational tele ership of WLJT in cour aging itly the Ole Miss Faculty Pays Salary Price SAVE 51-55 DAN RIVER FIRST QUALITY PERCALE SHEETS No iron cottonpolyester blend 180 thread count In two styles: beige background with contemporary floral design "Promise" white background with fine ribbon motif design Subject to prior sale Nationally Sin Advertised At TWin FlatFitted 875 3i88 Full FlatFitted 1200 588 Queen FlatFitted 1700 788 King FlatFitted 2000 988 Standard Cases (Pkg of 2) 900 388 King Cases (Pkg of 2) 1000 488 $46 million in statewide cuts brought on by ebbing revenue collections wUl hurt ui operations There are sacrifices in ev department In many cases it i be very detrimental to many programs" said Russell Lewis said the planning council ive priority to protecting exlst-faculty and staff positions and iry scales The plan features an immediate freeze on hiring new personnel about a SO percent cut in travel funds a 2VS percent cut in contractual services such as telephones and a 5 percent cut in such supplies as paper said RusselL OXFORD Mlfes University of Mississippi faculty members will assume heavier workloads and enjoy fewer support services as the price for protecting existing jobs and salaries against state midget cuts Ole Miss officials Class sizes and tuition not increase under a plan worked out in meetings over the weekend to bring the university budget in line with an estimated $14 million cut in state support Doyle Russell said yesterday Russell vice chancellor for ad-ministration and Executive Vice Chancellor Harvey Lewis said the cut Ole Miss share of about SAVE 50V Alabaman Charged With Rape Murder By Barney SeMen DAN RIVER MATCHING COMFORTERS Lunch Is Served Pram rartam Tim tm JACKSON Tenn A Madison County grand jury indicted an Alabama man yesterday on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated rape for the 1981 killing of Chester County teenager Sheila Marie Cupples The grand jury returned the two-count indictment against Kenneth Wayne O'Guinn of Huntsville Ala and Jackson is being held in the Madison County (Ala) Jail and authorities are seeking his extradition The body of Miss Cupples 17 was found in May 1981 near a remote street in Ji Medical reports indicated she had been badly beaten and then strangled She was last seen at a local nightspot just before 1 ajn May 24 She and some friends had come to Jackson to celebrate their graduation from Chester County High School that night Park as their mother Mrs Blakey (right background) enjoys some grownup talk i Brice Blakey (left) 4 and her 2-year-old brother Blake finish np a picnic lunch in Overton "Megan" and "Promise" styles to match percale sheets 100 bonded Fortrell polyester filled Subject to prior sale since 1969 was formally released yesterday No surprises were contained in the draft report released by the Quality Education Commission a 15-member group headed by wife Hillary Rodham Clinton The standards still must be approved by the state Board of Education She said the of our is the requirement for competency tests at the end of the third sixth and eighth grades and the standard setting a "curricular rigor" in early grides Some legislators have criticized the committee's stand on the competency test at the end of the eighth grade which all students would be required to pass before they are promoted to nigh school Lake Hearings Set Pram Tin Tran Vuraw TIPTONVILLE Tenn The legislative task force farmed to seek remedies for problems facing Reelfoot Lake will hold on-site field hearings tomorrow and Friday Airpark Inn north of Tennessee lake the effects of soil ero-tation which threaten its future session will feature Gender Of Suspect Colors Death Case SALE 1648 1948 Nationally Sin Advertised At TWin 3500 Full 4000 Queen 6000 King 6500 By LAURA COLEMAN PlM TIM GMMMfCM AppMl Agency Reviewed NASHVILLE The legislature's financial committee will ask the state Health Facilities Commission on Friday to explain wraHering olledhealth costs sionandsill how it has controlled at the here The Northwest ADDITIONAL 25 OFF JUMBO BEACH AND POOL TOWELS Largest boldest brightest selection ever Firsts seconds and closeouts Wide selection of prints stripes jacquards looped shearedsj wovens and more Subject to prior sale Take an additional 25 off our already low prices i-1 end tomorrow has been punctuated by references to her sex "Would you require more proof in this case because the defendant is a Dist Atty Gen Clay-burn Peeples asked prospective jurors yesterday During a recess in the trial Peeples said jurors to assume a woman is not as capable of violence as a man" Peeples will not seek the death penalty if Miss Tole is convicted and he said a jury would be less likely to sentence a woman to death then a man is without question that the fact that a woman would work in her Peeples said Yesterday's testimony provided groundwork for the contention that Miss Tole broke through the front door of Pierce's home cutting herself while doing so ransacked the house and shot Pierce when he appeared at the back door TRENTON Tenn In a case marred by the defendant's sex and victim's prominence the trial of a 32-year-old woman charged with murdering a farmer got underway here late yesterday Barbara Tole now a patient at Western Mental Health Institute is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 1982 death of 63-year-old Everett Pierce of Bradford Prosecutors allege that Pierce interrupted a burglary when he left his tractor running and entered the rear of his home the afternoon of Aug 23-1982 Although rural West Tennessee has been the scene of several shootings that occurred during burglaries authorities said Miss Tole is believed to be the first woman to be charged in such an incident Her trial which is expected to MASTERCARD VISA reports from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency UE Fish and Wildlife Service the state Conservation Department and the water quality division of the state Public Health Department On Friday the task force will hear reports from the US Soil Conservation Service the Corps of Engineers and the National Park Third Man Sought by requiring facilities to obtain commission approval to open The HouseSenate Fiscal Review Committee will focus initially on instances where the commission has approved new beds for hospitals and nursing homes that were not recommended by state health planners But the committee also is expected to look at the types of facilities the commission requires to have certificates of need Recently the commission decided to extend its certificate requirement to minor emergency centers mil diagnostic -HwThi One committee member Mike Kernell (D-Memphis) yesterday that the legislature needs to review the 1974 law that gave the commission its power to LAKELAND TENN FACTORY OUTLET MALL 1-40 EXIT 20 901-382-0948 Hours: Mon-Sat: 10 AM to 9 PJl Sun 1 PJl -6 PJl MEMPHIS TENN EASTGATE SHOPPING CENTER 5100 Park Ave 901-761-3993 Hours: Mon-Sat 10 AM to 9 PM Sun 1 PJl to 6 PEI Reagan To Call Shots On Vodka Sales OXFORD Miss Authorities continued to search yesterday for a third man wanted in connection with an armed robbery and hoe-1 tage incident Sunday night La- Wm approve or reject health care fa- fayette County duties The law was passed before said many new kinds of facilities were Former Webster vodka to protest the Soviet downing of a South Korean airliner stopped selling it once before but we reinstltuted sales when the President began doing business with them in grain and soybeans" said Lambert Lambert said that once the three-member commission learns what the President recommends make a judgment of what we will do JACKSON Miss Chair-A Lambert predicted yesterday the state Tax Commission will be guided by recommendations from President Rea-an on whether to supply ussian vodka to liquor retailers Lambert whose agency handles wholesale liquor sales commented after the New Hampshire Liquor Commission voted to stop selling Russian In existence he said mdrotii ourr bun County Sheriff Billy Joe Bowen 45 and Loyd 1 win Ray 42 both of Eupora were arrested after a three-hour ordeal in which the two men held ML Zion Road resident Jim Cregar I eight family members ana a I friend hostage New School Rules Fram Tin amk Smw LITTLE The first set of new Arkansas school standards UMENS THINGS STORES Of OVER 60 LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE 1.