The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 7

TN EDITION- MEMPHIS SATURDAY APRIL 4 1987 TkE Commercial Appeal SECTION Tennessee opens final miles of interstate Plan was almost 30 years in making Nashville to 1-65 south 1-24 southeast and back to I- Few of the neighborhood residents braved the 40 east It was originally planned as an outer loop on the southern edge of the city But the loop is cold wind to attend the midday opening despite the state's offer of a fried-chicken picnic lunch By Richard Locker Nuhvllla Bureau to serve as last-hurrah block party for the neighborhood Congress passed legislation sponsored by then-senator Albert Gore Sr of Tennessee creating the interstate system in 1956 With 42000 miles it was to have been completed in 1972 at a cost cd $41 billion only three to four miles from the central business district and with three decades of growth it is more of an inner loop than a bypass "This is a beautiful urban highway" McWherter told about 100 local officials Department of Transportation employees and contractors during the opening ceremony on the highway can remember when this road was first proposed and citizens from the neighborhood Came to see me The groups that opposed it made a contribution because they caused these things to happen the landscaping the sound barriers' the governor said through Overton Park 1-440 aroused the ire of neighborhood groups in Nashville They engaged the state in a 20-year court battle to halt the project which slices throi class neighborhoods The fight didn't block the Nashville project but did force an expensive redesign that turned the expressway into a scenic sunk 20 feet below ground level to minimize noise in the surrounding neighborhoods It is also landscaped with thousands of flowering trees miles of sodded grass and pine bark to improve its appearance 1-440 connects Interstate 40 west of downtown NASHVILLE Twenty-nine years and 10 months after its first dirt was turned the interstate highway system in Tennessee was completed yesterday Gov Ned McWherter and Mayor Richard Fulton cut the ribbon on Interstate 440 in Nashville opening the last link of the 1069-mile interstate system planned in the mid-1950s Like the abandoned plan for running 1-40 The current estimate for the still-uncompleted ingto way Administration is $122 billion system nationwide according to the Federi mpietea alHigh- The first section of interstate to open in Tennes-Please see ROADS Page B3 By Lisa Waddell Mailing out of speeches is opposed NASHVILLE (UPI) Gov Ned McWherter said yesterday he understand how 12000 copies of former governor Lamar farewell speech were mailed out this week at expense but he Intends to find out trying to find out what happened It is simply a public relations promotion item the taxpayers are paying for A substantial amount of mon-eyYbeen spent" McWherter said The governor was referring to 23- bf Alexander on the cover 'estimated cost of about at an $10000 The speeches were mailed in envelopes that said they were from the of the hope the taxpayers are not paying for it but afraid they are McWherter said John Parish former press secretary said the pamphlets were mailed through the state Economic and Community Development Department arrangements were made before Governor Alexander left office but the handling was done by the new administration rParish said McWherter said he learned about the mailing only this week office ordered the printing in January eight days before McWherter was sworn in Parish said were routinely mailed to makers and opinion-makers" The recipients Included one Nashville television station that received 12 copies in separate envelopes the same day McWherter said his administration tried to stop the mailing before it was completed but was not successfuL Post office officials said that after about 1000 had been mailed the Economic and Community Development postage permit ran out staff called the post office to order a halt to the mailing but the rest of them had been mailed out on credit They meet again the women's help last Oct 26 when Victoria was born in a rest room during Christmas Carrousel of Shoppes Jane Sandlin shown holding Victoria and others renewed their acquaintance with the baby while preparing for their annual rummage sale which will be today from 9 am to 2 pm The last time 5-month-old Victoria Dunn saw members of Subsidium Inc was the first time she saw the light of day Yesterday Victoria and her "er Cindy Dunn (not pictured) returned to the scene of that encounter the Pipkin Bulling at thMid-South Fairgrounds to pmant cak tyhank for Daylight saving is idea whose time has come il savins time three weeks early this year" pieces should move their clocks an Americans about 21 more hours saving time three weeks early this year' piece Americans about 21 more hours It bens two hours after midnight to- By John Beifuss 8taff Reporter night Technically of evening daylight this month And during that time spend $4 billion more than they would have in the dark according to golf pros convenience store Please see TIME Page B2 hour ahead before as indicated by the adage ward fall Previously daylight saving time began the last Sunday in April The extra three weeks will give the change will occur when the minute after 1:59 am becomes 3 am Those who donut want to stay up until then to set their time The federal government cant slow the rotation of the Earth yet so Congress instead decided to begin daylight By Fred Troops to Shiloh come prepared Players visitors brave the chill The weather should warm up for today and tomorrow the Weather Service says By Ron Taylor Jackson Tam Bureau MLGrW cum ms ts Not responsible ro irs MANHOLE '-'i'1 1 TO MV why You Have 1 tAp jjf SHILOH Tenn Reaching down slowly Barbara Ward gently pulled up her ankle- 125 years ago Temperatures in the area barely reached the 50s which mixed with overcast skies and brisk winds made for another cool day for the thousands who began crowding into this rural area earlier this week Gordon of Dallas Texas covered with a gray scarf and pulled his over his fingers which were around his rifle as he stood guard an officer's tent at the Confederate activities National Partly cloudy skies light winds and a high of around 60 are predicted One major problem for those attending the reenactment will be where to park their cars Several area residents are selling space in their yards for $5 and up The Shiloh Re-Enactment Association will have spaces available in fields near the site but many may be too soft from Thursday's rain and snow for parking officials say Those who park on the shoulders of the road or in yards not accepting parking will be towed away said McNalry County Sheriff Robert Lee V- Please see SHILOH page B3 length black shirt' revealing a bright red wool crocheted petticoat they say be prepared for rain and I cold I come prepared she said with a jlaugh Mrs Ward a resident of a community south of Chicago found good use for her petticoat yesterday as she and her husband prepared to play their roles in this weekend's reenactment of the Battle of Shiloh fought George his head sleeves wrapped outside campgrounds my 11 kT Ceremonies in city note Dr death Scot! Stewart spent his lunch break yesterday picketing the Memphis Light Gss Water Division office on Main Street Repair costs leave driver in the hole ceed south to Butler west to Mulberry north to Linden east to Third north to Adams and west to the Mid-America MalL It will include three high school bands Streets will be blocked as the marchers pass accompanied by police escort Jesse Jackson and other dignitaries in the march will stop at the Lorraine Motel for a brief wreath-laying ceremony and prayer Dr King was shot to death on the motel balcony April 41968 A rally will be held at the Federal Building on the mall At 7 pm a voter registration dance will be held at the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Labor Center at 485 Beale for people ages 18-24 Admission is by voter registration card those without one may register at the door Also today a two-day national symposium begins at the University of Mississippi on the media and the civil rights movement Conducted by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture it will Include 60 panelists from print and broadcasting media ana an audience of educators students reporters historians and civil rights activists L- Commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the death of Dr Martin Luther King Jr begins today with a wreath-laying ceremony at a downtown sculpture that honors the slain civil rights leader The Mallory Knights Charitable Organization of Memphis will sponsor the event at 11 am at the Memphis Mountain-Top Sculpture on the Mid-America Mali near Poplar Also by 11 am marchers will embark from Claybom Temple at 280 Hernando under the theme has not The march sponsored by the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 1733 and several other organizations will pro Paula Payne communications spokesman for said first indication there was a problem came when we got a call from him (Stewart) Certainly it was not his fault Nor was it fault We had no prior Bill Hamilton who handles street repair maintenance for the city said the department contacts the proper agency if a manhole cover is missing am not familiar with the one in he said The accident occurred about 5:30 pm as Stewart was driving south in the curb lane on Front Street Part of the broken manhole cover was inside the hole and another portion was outside Stewart said Damage to the tie-rods and front end Should be repaired by Wednesday Stewart Telephone solicitor 'skips By Karan) A AJanaku 8taff Reporter When a manhole cover broke last week on a downtown street Scott Stewart was the first to report the hazard He discovered the open hole when the left front tire of his 1985 Camaro plunged into the opening on South Front near Madison Now he wants Memphis Light Gas Water Division to pay the $900 to $1100 it will cost to repair his car If the utility company wont pay the full bill Stewart says it should at least pick up his $250 insurance deductible When the utility's lawyers concluded was not liable Stewart decided to spend his lunch breaks carrying a protest sign in fTont of the office-on Main Street Stewart said he got the feeling that an spokesman was telling him was just a little guy and there was nothing I could da out here doing PSC had started investigation L' flHMMl MU tion $5995 and buy a travel By John Beifuss Staff Reporter to people who agreed to pay a ticket for a companion from service in California also were made under such business names as Memphis Giveaway and Dialing for Dollars Cochran said commission investigators called the company Thursday at its local offices in a suite at 6094 Apple Tree Drive He said investigators told a company worker they would be there later that day to test the solicitation equipment to determine phone solicitation equipmi ting the Consumer Distributing Co after the Memphis Better Business Bureau received complaints from consumers According to the complaints people were receiving computergenerated plume cii that continued to tie up phone lines even after the person had hung up of these apparently prevented people from calling out for five to 10 said Myers president and general manager of the bureau Under Tennessee law a solicitation call must end when the party called hangs up The calls which promised a if it was working properly However Cochran said A phone solicitation company before the Public Service Commission could test equipment that consumers said was tying up phone lines illegally a PSC official said think chased them out of PSC chairman Frank Cochran said yesterday He said company workers up and The commission recently began investiga skipped be-noon (Thursday) fore we could do it they had packed up He says he may continue to cket until someone from calls him in for a meeting Ms Payne said she knew of no such plans 1 pic! 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