The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 10

A Mid-Income Living Costs Up 98 Percent in 1981 ies for a family including a 38-year-old full-time worker his non-working wife a 13-year -old boy and an 8-year -old girl At the middle-income or intermediate level the budget showed a IS 3 percent increase in Social Security and disability payments and a 175 percent increase in personal income taxes Other major increases were the cost of transportation Ill percent and medical care 107 percent The entire $25407 budget for the middle-income family was: Food $5843 up 49 percent housing $5843 up 86 percent transportation $2372 up 121 percent clothing $1333 up 32 percent personal care $508 up 79 percent medical care $1443 up HL7 percent other family consumption $1196 up 78 percent: Social Security and disabiU ity $1703 up 19J percent personal income taxes $4443 up 173 percent and other items $1021 up 67 percent The department said that while personal income taxes rose considerably the jump was 7 percentage points less at the middle-income level than the previous year The huge Social Security increase the department said resulted from both an increase in the contribution rate in 1981 and the increase in the maximum contribution level from $25400 to $297001 Left- Window in Hungary's Exhibit Displays Giant Rubik's Cube Before Opening Day Pavilion Still Empty president of site development at the fair said: they tell me to build it 1H build Panama is to occupy 6000 square feet of space in a 12JXI0-square-foot building near the intersection of Eleventh Street and Clinch Avenue A wan separates space from the other half of the building where workers are busily putting the finishing touches on the Hungarian Pavilion that will include a giant Cube a restaurant and offices The fair provides the building shell for all international participants and in most cases it is up to the participating countries to install floors interior walls lighting uti-lites air conditioning carpeting and exhibits WASHINGTON The hypothetical living expenses for a middle-income uban family rose 98 percent between 1980 and 1981 to $25407 with Social Security and income taxes increasing the most the Labor Department reported Friday The annual compilation of three hypothetical budgets by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for an urban family of four all reflected major increases in expenses from earlier figures The lower budget as of the autumn of 1981 was placed at $1523 up 91 percent the intermediate budget at $25407 up 98 percent and the higher budget at $38060 up 106 percent The department said the increases were approximately 3 percentage points below those recorded from 1979 to 198R The budgets represent the costs of a hypothetical list of goods and services portraying relative standards of living in the three categor- Indigent Care Talks Still Inconclusive Officials of Knox County and University Hospital spent most of Friday discussing the medical program for the needy but County Executive Dwight Kessel said he could not point to any concrete progress after the meeting "I can say this" he said "The hospital wants to help us and I want to keep the discussions alive" County Commission voted earlier this year to cancel its contract with University Hospital when it was told this bill could be $1 million more than the $3625000 budgeted for indigent medical care The county had offered University Hospital a flat $4 million per year to operate the program as it has since the early 1970s The hospital said it could not afford to accept the offer The contract runs out June 30 A spokesman for another hospital who did not wish to be identified said other hospitals in the city are awaiting the result of discussions between the county and University HospitaL It was learned earlier a group of hospital spokesmen had asked the county not to shut the door on its plan to have a community wide program Kessel says the program must have a central clinic somewhere and that is the basis on which he would start to build the program Girl 14 Sentenced to Life in Stabbing of Boy 16 BALTIMORE (UPI) A 14-year-old girl was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a 16-year-old neighbor to death Baltimore County Circuit Judge John Rainer Jr sentenced Michelle Lee Caviness Landsdowne to life in prison Thursday after a jury found the girl guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of the teen-age boy She will serve the sentence at the Maryland Institution for Women in Jessup Miss Caviness turned 14 just 12 days before the Nov 7 stabbing of Alexander Smith at a local shopping center a slaying the jury ruled was premeditated A person must be at least 14 years old to be tried as an adult on a first-degree murder charge in Maryland Testimony in the case showed that Miss Caviness a ninth-grader who had known Taylor during most her childhood stabbed him a few doors from his home Earlier in the day the two had argued and had a brif fight of a to is by Pag 10 The KnoaviUe NfwvStnhne) Saturday April 17 1V82 Ashe May Push Use of Ticket Money on Arena If World's Fair ticket prices go up State Sen Victor Ashe may revive legislation to use a portion of the ticket revenues to fund a proposed UT basketball arena original proposal in January to add a 10 percent tax to the tickets was railed by SH (Bo) Roberts president of Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) developer of the fair Roberts said approval by the Bureau of International Exposi lions (BIE) would be needed raise ticket prices But Bill Bieberbach KIEE assis tant general manager said Thurs day that BIE approval is not needed to raise ticket prices KIEE officials have discussed raising ticket prices during an anticipated seven-week attendance peak this summer Bieberbach said held (the legislation) in abeyance due to the adamant opposition of the World's Fair" Ashe said accepted their statements at fare value that it would require BIE approval If that situation is no longer valid then I think the legislation should be reassessed in that light" The legislation could be introduced when the Legislature reconvenes for a two-day session May 5 Ashe said indeed changing the price of Fair tickets is no tonger objectionable then this is an alternative means of Binding for the basketball arena which should be explored" Ashe said The enabling legislation would make possible up to a $1 surcharge on a $995 fair ticket Fair officials need to decide once and for all whether these prices will fluctuate" Ashe said "If they can add a surcharge then no reason the city and the state secure part of that instead of it simply being a means to control KIEE officials were unavailable for comment They did not return a phone calls Friday Widow of Victim Seeks $15 Million The widow of a man killed in an automobile accident last year has filed suit in Knox County Circuit Court against the driver and occupant of the vehicle that slammed into her car Gloria Hayes Roop 2121 Mitchell St claims that Mark Hensley and Bobby Reynolds were drinking alcoholic beverages when their car hit a car pulled off the road while her husband Timothy was changing a tire The accident occurred on Maynardville Highway at Shotsman Lane The suit asks for $15 million in damages for the pain and suffering Roop incurred before his death and the "loss of consortium" Mrs Roop has suffered since his death Traffic Alert One lane of Neyland Drive will be closed for paving 7 un to 7 pan tomorrow from the Alcoa Highway Bridge to the Fair site Western Avenue will be closed from Dale Avenue to Henley Street from 7 un to 7 pan tomorrow Southbound lanes of the Downtown Loop will be closed Monday night from Magnolia Avenue to Vine Avenue One east bound lane of Neyland Drive will be closed 9 aan to pan Tuesday from Volunteer Boulevard to Market Street Beginning Monday Central Avenue Pike will be elosed between Merchant Drive and Inskip Road for two or three weeks The northbound ramp from Kingston Pike to Alcoa Highway will be closed Tuesday night for paving State Department of Transportation officials said work schedules are subject to change Panamanian Pavilion Is at Two Weeks Panamanian As work on most of the site 1982 World's Fair continues at frantic pace the building that is house a Panamanian Pavilion at the fair sits like a tomb empty and dark Fair officials admit the pavilion will probably not be ready when the fair opens May 1 Although the fair opens two weeks from today a contractor for exhibit installation has not been chosen and interior work on the pavilion has not begun The pavilion has unfinished walls sparse lighting no floors and no doors The front of the pavilion blocked off "At this point it doesn't look like they are going to be ready Lance Egypt's The influence of Georgia banker Bert Lance was instrumental in "unbelievable securing Egyptian artifacts valued at $30 million for the 1982 Fair Brooklyn Museum Egyptologist Patrick Canton said Friday Lance the budget chief under President Jimmy Carter "was in setting up meetings" with Egyptian officials Cardon said King Cole executive consultant to the fair said "They (Egyptian officials) really like Bert Lance there They remember him from meetings at Camp David" Cardon who grew up in Egypt and speaks Arabic has made about five trips to Egypt this year to cuss the exhibit with government officials and museum directors would normally take years to such an exhibit together This is first time been done in three four months? Other factors in putting the together so quickly were "That this is a Fair there were two governments and the of the parties involved Cardon "The immediate reaction of people in the field was do Cardon said Cardon is in town to supervise the arrival of the exhibits for Brooklyn Museum the liaison the fair and Egypt The arrived at the fair yesterday Security precautions connected with the artifacts are extraordinary Armed guards accompany airplane shipments At the building Credited With Bringing Exhibit to World's Fair Anti-Reagan Rally To Be Called Oft A request for a permit allowing up to 500 persons to rally in Market Square Mall on the opening day of the Fair is to be withdrawn because members of a national coalition have promised to attend the rally in large numbers Lou Ann Womack said rally organizers belonging to Citizens in Solidarity for Justice are withdrawing their request for a city rally permit because the All Congress involvement would remove the local focus The permit was issued to the group for the period between noon to 3 pan May 1 the opening day of the fair President Reagan is expected to attend the opening "The Congress has just dropped out of the sky" said Miss Womack But an organizer for the Congress a national coalition against President economic policies said members will probably show up anyway "The All Congress perspective always has been to work with and support the local coalition but now that they have decided not to have it we will check out other coalitions and work with said Dianne Mathiowetz organizer in Atlanta 1 I President To Host Reception for Beard NASHVILLE (UPI) President Reagan will host a $250-per-person fund-raising reception to benefit Rep Robin Senate campaign during May 1 visit to Knoxville officials said Friday would like to think that the involvement in this race at such an early date shows not only how committed he and his Administration are but also the realization of how far this campaign has come since my decision to said Beard Reagan will be in Knoxville for opening day ceremonies for the 1982 Fair The exact time and location of the reception for Beard will be announced later May said Marc Grossman assistant vice president of communications for the fair "Part of it has been a communications problem Part of it is the scope of the exhibit coupled with when they Grossman would not elaborate on the "communications problem" nor would he indicate what it is about the of the Panamanian exhibit that makes it impossible for the Central American country to open their exhibit May 1 Panama announced plans to participate in the fair Feb 4 The Philippines Egypt and Peru have an announced plans to participate in the fair since that date and fair officials say those three countries win have their exhibits ready by May 1 When asked about the Panamanian exhibit Charlie Smith vice where the exhibits will be housed with artifacts from Peru and China 24-hour guards and alarms will pro-vide added security "That whole pavilion win be like a Cole said To protect the delicate artifacts the building has more elaborate humidity and temperature controls than any other pavilion at the fair Cole said It Just Killed Him To BOWLING GREEN Ohio (UPI) A Bowling Green State University student who faked his own death in order to avoid paying a speeding ticket was ordered to write a letter of apology to the public Friday after he was found in contempt of court Michael Groff 22 a senior from Windham was scheduled to appear in court last month on the speeding charge However the court received a phone call from a man who said he was Groff's brother and said Groff was in a hospital in a coma and was not expected to GOD'S MESSAGE Cod to loved the Hit only begotten The exhibit marks the first time the three chief periods of Egyptian culture Pharonic Coptic and Islamic have been seen together in the United States Knoxville International Energy Exposition developer of the fair is paying all costs connected with transporting the Egyptian exhibit to the fair and is helping to finance exhibit Cole said Pay Traffic Fine live Then two letters arrived at the court one allegedly from the hospital saying Groff had March 11 and the other from "Mrs Pat thanking the court for "its consideration during this difficult On March 22 the court dismissed the speeding charge against Groff and ordered the state of Ohio to pay the court costs The deception was not uncovered until after The Daily Sentinel -Tribune published a death notice concerning Groff March 25u FOR THE WORLD BmWatkup Writes World that He gave John 3:16 Visit fEM9fl CHBISTIAM CHURCH 5902 Kingston Pk Ralph Whoolot Mitmtar Sunday Swvirat 9:30 6 10:30 AM 7:00 PM HALLS OmSTlAM CHURCH moating at Knox Fodoral Savings A loan MaynardvRIa Hwy Ph 922-9146 Lany Woods Ministar Sunday Sarvicos 6 10:45 AAA 7:00 PM SAMMACUT CHBISTIAM CNURCH138 Admiral Road Concord Ph 966-5224 Draw Mantur A KoMi Mb art Mutators Sunday Sandras 9:30 A 10:30 AM 600 PM rottisr 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directors scrambled hard to keep the bills paid and to make the reapirs required by the state of Tennessee and other public officials Friends were interested to the extent that they donated funds during the year and some remembered the1 home in the wills I recall two persons who made substantial bequests So many persons waited and gave saerifieially that 1 am not going to endeavor to name them because I would overlook some The costs of operating of course have risen tremendously in the past years The ladies have managed well and worked deligently Women know how to -get the most for their dollars They do not give up They have faith For example the two women as they walked to the tomb on Easier moring said will roll away the stone? 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