The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 20

mm MFMPH1S SATURDAY AUGUST 18 1990 B2 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL Staff map BRIEFS Suspects sought in 2 bank heists Police were searching for two suspects in two apparently unrelated bank robberies Friday The Community Bank of Germantown at 1250 Park Place Mall was robbed at 9:26 am by a man armed with a pistol who escaped in a track with an undetermined amount of cash He was described as white weighing 180 pounds and 5-feet-10 He wore sunglasses and a white rag around his face Officers recovered a track stolen from a West Memphis automobile dealership used in that holdup It was found later at the Days urn at 5877 Poplar The second robbery was at First Tennessee Bank at 1845 From Page B1 Elect and others In November This would require a constitutional amendment and additional elections would cost about $500000 Allowing voters over 65 to cast absentee ballots by mail as well as the in-person absentee voting now allowed for people that age Election Commission member Ann Weldon continued to push for the purchase of additional voting machines saying the county has only about 1200 approximately the same number METRO Student cards for MATA rides available today Students may obtain Memptys Area Transit Authority photo identification cards starting today from 9 am to 3 pm at the MATA Customer Service Center on Mid-America Mall at Union The cards which allow students to ride MATA buses for reduced fares also will be available Monday through Friday for the rest of August as well as next Saturday and the first four Sat lays in September unlays The cards are available to students in grades 7-12 The fee for the card is $250 and replacements cost $4 Only one replacement card will be provided during a year Youngsters must show proof of age and enrollment The last report card may be used Us proof of enrollment Last MATA cards will be honored through Oct 31 In September and October the cards will be made available at various junior and senior high schools Kentucky quake led: recorded at MSU Memphis State Center for Earthquake Research and Information recorded a minor quake in eastern Kentucky at 4-01 pm Friday Roy Foppiano a technician at the MSU eartquake center said the temblor measured 40 on the Richter scale a force which might shake pictures on a wall luake was felt in Har- The earthqi fan and Hazard Ky in the rural tool-mine area he said Nightspots hit HBO lawsuit by Home Box Office Inc filed a lawsuit in US District Court Friday against several bars and lounges that it accused of pirating private satellite transmissions of boxing matches Named as defendants were Lamplighter Lounge Rendezvous Snack Bar Players Barristers Showbar and A Bar GrilL complaint accused the businesses of the unauthorized showing of the June 16 telecast of HBO World Championship Boxing: George Foreman vs Adilson Rodrigues Mike Tyson vs Henry Tillman HBO said the lounges violated the federal Cable Communica- tions Policy Act of 1984 as well as ht laws HBO seeks dam- copyright ages and court orders to prohibit the bars from showing other HBO broadcasts Children assume roles at MHA Three young residents of MHA developments served as execu- From Page B1 Girls stand why Shenelka and her friends came to the river Thursday "They left home going down to the mall" she said "I know what got into them to want to come down here" Shenelka's mother Fondra Byers of 400 Lauderdale Apt described her daughter as quiet but said she participates in many school activities and makes straight She said her daughter will be in the fourth grade at Alonzo Locke Elementary where math is her favortie subject It was still unclear Friday exactly how the girls got too faiyiut into the river where strongun-dercurrents are common Doris's 13-year-old cousin Shawania Thomas said Friday she and Doris were down at the river when some of her friends who were there with Shenelka called them over to where they were swimming and I went over to them and started Shawania said The water in the drainage ditch is shallow but Shawania said Doris entered the deeper water because she saw Shenelka out there and thought she needed help But friends of say it was Doris who was in the deeper water first and Shenelka who went out to help her The drainage ditch where the group of about nine children were found when police arrived at the scene Thursday appears to be a shallow pool but it opens quickly into deeper water Police Capt A Brown described it as a inlet where water From Page B1 Energy the public's attention He has patented other inventions such as plastic-covered barbells a rain deflector for windshields and a device for ex-tracting orange juice while the orange is still on the tree But the US Patent Office in 1979 dubbed his favorite gadget just another attempt at a perpetual motion machine and has denied him a patent Newman took his case to court but the battle ended recently when the US Supreme Court refused to near his appeal Along the way federal officials supped Newman with a $100000 fee for tests of his machine Newman said the tests were performed in error to make ms machine appear less efficient than it is mid that the charges forced him into zap fe Joseph Newman fives of the Memphis Housing Authority for a day Friday The event was part of the ufives Day ibuc youngsters from publ housing had the opportunity to learn first hand the roles of MHA leaders They were chosen in a random drawing during MHA's Drug Awareness Day earlier this month The young executives: La-Quinton Tucker of Foote Homes executive director Phillip Jack-son of Graves Manor deputy executive director for human services and Frankie Sanford of Foote Homes deputy executive director for housing services Officers release ex-Fultz suspect The suspect arrested Thursday in the beating death of Larry Wayne Fultz of Horn Lake Miss was released ras released Friday Shelby County Sheriffs De-ortment Insp Buck Wood said partment Insp the investigation is continuing but said there had been no other developmnents Fultz skeletal remains were discovered Sunday in a field a half-mile east of Airways just north of the Mississippi state line He was last seen alive July 10 at a topless nightclub in Memphis Fultz 36 was the manager and former owner of Norgetown Laundry and Dry Cleaning Store in Whitehaven Trial date Is set in cocaine case Thirteen defendants in the co-cainettafficklng case involving the Bovan family are scheduled to go to trial Aug 27 in US District Court The defendants appeared in federal court date the DiScenza DiScenza said 26 people were indicted but most of the others have pleaded guilty The prosecutor said the case involved what was once "the largest cocaine (mention in the city" TODAY SUBURBAN SING: The new Bartlett Community Chorus will have an inf brmal organizational iEndaleftirkMi Cedar Road off Oak Road Anyone who wants to join the chorus is invited Chorus director Edward Riddick said members of the Germantown Community Chorus will entertain The Commercial Appeal lists significant public acthrfttes to Mp you day or limply bo batter In-subject to editorial Plan ye formed Lilting Send written Items one week In advene to TODAY Tho Commercial Appeal Boa 334 Memphis 3S101 or loave a recorded menage at 529-5S10 Kirby Parkway It was held np at 1:15 pm by a man who Indicated he had a weapon and left the on foot with an piincH amount of cash He is white 5-foot-7 weighing 180 pounds in his late 30s and with brown mustache and brown hair graying at the temples He wore sunglasses blue jeans and a light-blue work shirt and round fishing cap No injuries were reported in either robbery Captain Joe Holt of the Mem- phis Police Department's robbery squad said bank robberies brought the total to 29 There were 32 In all of 1989 of lever-type machines the county had in 1962 Kyle said that this was not the answer however because 300 new machines would only be about one for each precinct cutting voting time by about one-third "I believe that someone who waited in line an hour is going to be impressed that we reduced their voting time to 40 minutes" Kyle said David Hill a Democratic member of the state Election Commission said he will present details of the discussion to the state panel at its meeting in Nashville ne IN00 SAK0IIK 9x12 Was $5500 $1777 KRSUIUSUI tall Was $7000 $3250 maeilplIoB Stas PrinssssBoMm 2x4 hdo Rattan Strauk MO Royk Bokhara M2 hdo Rattan Kathan M2 fins Rattan (tain MO Mtktahan IMS Ski Wool Rattan khhan fins Rattan Bija M2 AM to 8 PM Credit Cards 8 OVER $1 MILLION DOLLAR INVENTORY STORE CLOSES AFTER 25 YEARS Oriental Rug Company haa earned their reputation for quality and integrity by offering the belt selection at tha loweet possible prices Due to the illnesses order force him to doee the store end go out of business Price have been slashed on every rug in Oriental Rug enormous inventory The eelection ii one of die widest find in the entire tri-etate ana Chooae from over $1 million worth of -Fenian Chinese Indian Pakistani Turkish 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