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Frustrated Demos Debate GOP Stand-ins By BOB BHOADES Moderator Jean Ash public affairs director of WIVK Radio lamented that no more opposition candidates were present because "these forums are very important to the Democratic process or the Republican process to be completely Lucille Hod LaBonte Democratic candidate for Circuit and Sessions Court clerk said because news organizations watch more closely forums in which more than one ride is presented Republican candidates deny the public access through news organizations to issues of the elections But Democrats insisted their intentions were good Foster said he met a Repbuliran candidate downtown during the day and asked if he planned to attend the forum "Oh the candidate was reported to have said a Democratic function" "I think you mean that with a small A town meeting is an American partners in the firm of Jackson Bell and Dossett Foster said Nichols said he thought it was more appropriate to ask Dossett and Miss BelL Foster said it was a potential situation to be considered by the voters He said the first thing lawyers learn in law school is to avoid the appearance of impropriety Miss BeU discounted any such conflict saying work together every day If they don't have a system of trust no working basis for justice" She said her character and that of Dossett would preclude any such conflict Democratic candidate for county clerk Julia Tucker delivered her attacks while standing next to a mannequin she introduced as her opponent She is opposing Robert (Bob) Easley for the post Jon Roach Democratic candidate for Criminal Court judge Division II pulled beside the podium a chair with a nametag for his opponent Ray Jenkins tions in their mouths ready to spring them If they cant find any forums they ought to look at my calendar" Miss Bell a state Representative said she yesterday addressed four "public nonpartisan groups where everyone is invited If I hold a Republican forum 1 expect only Republicans to come" Democratic candidates charged their opponents will not discuss issues in public So the Democrats used props to make their point Mist Bell's Democratic opponent Dwight Foster showed the audience a picture of what he called the last time Miss Bell was photographed in public He held up a photograph clipped from the May 5 edition in which Miss Bell was shown holding in her mouth a tie of another primary winner Sheriff Joe Jenkins A man in the audience asked if the election of Miss Bell and Ed Dossett would constitute a conflict of interest Miss Bell and Dossett are law City Had Cause To Oust Fire Chief Attorney Says Where are the Republicans? The 13 Democratic candidates who spoke at Halls High School last night repeatedly expressed their frustration with their absent opponents Although they said Republican candidates in the Aug 5 election had been invited to the candidates forum only one showed up to what some have termed a Democratic trap The Democrats were joined by a Republican candidate Paul Galyen seeking the office and an independent candidate Dot Wilson who wants to bo circuit court derk Sharon Bell Republican candidate for Sessions Court judge Division III reached later said Republicans did not attend the forum because it was sponsored by the Democratic party She described her expectations of the forum as being "chocked full of Democrats with leading ques Deaths KNOX COUNTY VVOIkm (Bill) Bvurtey 7SR12 Btakw Jamas VotUn Clapp J1 Emory R004 Corryton Bobby Joe Coffins IS 5111 Tonwood Drive Ddbro Hurst 74 4622 Coffins Lano Cor-vton AREA Hobart Bootar 77 Monroo Mich for mortv of Claiborne County Mrs ESo Blbblno SO Morristown Frank Harmoii 73 Spoodwoh Mingo Harmon 50 Rt I RoaartvMe Nancy Hopper 74 Kokomo Ind formar-iy of Oatbame County Mrs DC (Flosetta Moo) Morrison 41 Rt 2 Midway Larry A Smith 38 Cllnlon Mrs Lorry A (Donna (k) Smith Clin ton Mrs Sacflo (Adcox) VONes Lenoir CNy Tho Row Will km (Bill) Will lams II Rt 1 LuttrelL Mrs Anne Charles Kirby If RL 1 Tal-losses Max Meyers 61 Speedwell -Ralph Starring 12 Grandview Tana Mrs Cardy (Nannie Mae Harold) TWey -7fNlota FCC Orders Hearings on VHF Channel 8 The Federal Communications Commission in Washington has ordered hearings to compare qualifl-cations of 13 firms competing for the right to build a new television station on VHF Channel 8 in Knoxville The Knoxville proceeding is the first to be formally launched by the FCC involving one of the four very-high frequency channels allocated in 1980- The FCC determined in September 1980 it could license new VHF stations in Knoxville Charleston WVa Johnstown Pa and Salt Lake Gty Utah It said these stations could be put in operation without causing interference to existing stations as long as it limited the power of the new stations The FCC sax! the firms entitled to consideration on their Knoxville applications are Knoxville Broad- casting Corp Edward Johnson Community Broadcasters of Knoxville Inc East Tennessee Broadcasting Tennessee Telecorporation Inc4 Local Service Television Inc Knoxville Tennessee TV Inc Citizens Community Television Inc Knoxmedia Inc Tennessee Telecasting Inc HHS Inc Le Conte Broadcasting Co Inc and South Central Broadcasting Corp Mad PM by Jack KirklMS Candidate Julia Tucker With Her Version Of Her Opponent 1 1 'Bugging' Case Solution Nears Court Clerk Says voluntary retirements cause" "Well then 111 make a provision" said Judge Robert Taylor going to preside over this court and going to declare the law as I understand IL" Taylor refused to allow Farmer to file a motion protesting the claim saying he wanted to hear the case himself The case is set fbr trial Aug 25 Fanner said he would show that Warwick was doing a good job and that the city had no just cause to retire him involuntarily Threat Case around the city and that he would explode them if authorities would not give him 82 million FBI Agent John Johnson -fied today he observed Stapleton in a Morristown church cemetery waiting to (rick up the $2 million payoff Johnson said Stapleton then agreed to a search of his home and while there Stapleton confessed to sending the letter to Tyree Staple-ton ia free on $15000 bond Bank Robbery Trial Date Set Gary Lee Rankin' who is charged with robbing the Broadway branch of the Gty and County Bank on June 3 today pleaded not guilty hi Federal Court Rankin a Californian was charged with taking $3695 from the bank branch He was arrested the day of the robbery in Newport trial was set fbr Aug 23 Also in Federal Court today Gary Lynn King accused of robbing the Fountain City branch of First Tennessee Bank pleaded not guilty King was brought into the courtroom in a wheelchair because of injuries received earlier this year when he was shot in a chase with Indiana police He was charged with taking $3561 from the bank branch Dec 4 1981 Kings's trial also is set for Aug 23 $50000 ranch-style house in Wana-teh Ind ripping down all but two walls of the structure as seven family members huddled in a tiny crawl space for protection Tornadoes also were reported in Flora IlL and Western Marshall County Ind 'The heat forced officials in Hartford Conn to ban daytime lawn sprinking in the city and 10 surrounding towns Officials in several Rhode Island communities also asked residents to hold down water use Boston officials installed huge sprinklers in many locations allow City attorneys said today in Federal Court that former city Fire Chief Paul Warwick was involuntarily retired "for a claim that lawyer said violated the Gty Charter City attorney Robert Watson said in a pre-trial hearing today he would allow that Warwick had ccosed to perform successfully in his job requiring his involuntary retirement However Tony Farmer attorney said the City Charter made no provision for in Jury To View A Federal Grand Jury will hear the case of Craig Alvis Stapleton who ia charged with sending letters to Mayor Randy Tyree in which Stapleton threatened to blow up several Knoxville buildings US Magistrate Robert Murrian said today in sending the case to the grand Jury there was "probable cause" that Stapleton 23 had indeed threatened the mayor Stapleton allegedly sent Tyree a letter dated June 23 saying he placed bomba in several buildings TROUBLED? Call CONTACT 523-9124 24-Hour Confidential Counseling Service E3 10 Children Killed NEW DELHI India (AP) Ten kindergarten children were killed and 30 others seriously injured yesterday when the awnings of a school building collapsed and fell on them in a small village in southern Kerala State the United News of India reported Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and Maine also wrestled with short water supplies A woman hiker was killed and two others injured in the White Mountains near Franconia NJL yesterday when they were apparently struck by lightning about 200 feet below the summit of ML Lincoln a spokesman fbr the Appalachian Mountain Gub said The dead and injured were among 12 hikers on an Outward Bound program They were not immediately identified A tornado slammed into a Political FRANKIE WADE candidate for Fourth Grcuit Court judge will speak at the Holston Kiwanis Gub breakfast meeting Thursday at 6:30 am at restaurant Asheville Highway She will speak on Tennessee women in the judiciary JOE FOWLER Democratic candidate for Knox County sheriff will be honored at a coffee and dessert reception from 11 am to 1 pm tomorrow at Ye Olde Steak House 6838 Chapman Highway Absentee Vote To End July 31 The last day on which Knox County voters in the Aug 5 elections can cast their absentee ballots in person at the Knox County Election Commission office in the Gty-County Building will be July 31 from 8 ua to noon In addition to regular weekday hours of 8 am to 4:30 pm the office win be open for absentee voting from 8 am to 8 pm Thursday from 8 am to 8 pm July 27 and from 8 am to 8 pm July 30 110 Diners Stricken INDIANAPOLIS (AP) About 110 people who attended a luncheon at the Sheraton West Hotel were treated last night for symptoms some hospital officials said indicated food poisoning Eighty-nine people were taken to five hospitals 33 Killed in Clash SAN SALVADOR El Salvador (UPI) At least 20 leftist rebels and 13 government security forces were killed in the latest fighting in northern and eastern provinces The Iwxville News-Sentind (uses S77-S4S) Mae Tka KnoxviSa Nm4iM Co 204 Church Avo KMxvHta Tim S79l Socogd clou eieea paM Knox-vie Toon Clrcuinnn DipamiwiL 121-sill -OassWod Mwrtihs 617-4111 AS Otaor PoporUmaH ilHlll' -ihflN Mvtry hy carrier at SL75 praafcty DaMv oinffia capiat IS cants Sunday 71 caidt By tsiee par yaar S9120 ing youngsters to cool off While preventing water pressure from falling to critical lows In Maine conservation officials worried about forest fires in the midst of a month-long drought and record setting temperatures Caribou Me hit 90 degrees breaking an old record of 89 set 29 years ago and 94 degree reading topped a 1977 record of 93 Thundershowers spewing 14-inch hail funneled 75 mph winds through Eastern Nebraska blowing over powerlines and trees and smashing windows marraw Law 49 I law 7M high Mate law 9t TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA KENTUCKY VNtGNSA EX- TENDED OUTLOOK: Party cloudy drhwr Thuwday tarauph Saturday laws 49a la law 79 Mph Ma to law 79 LAKS STAGES 7dm Today 112 S12I-41L1 7492 Eh 92 7942 7912-7942 10052 Fa 02 17102 Fa 07 19442 Fa 12 11022 13012-11(27 12409 I2SKS-12022 10527 Fa 07 FI Loudoun Motion HMhw Watauga hw FtP Henry Charokot East Is Steaming Hot Midwest Is Soaking Wet By itallog Brm mmmnmI Scorching temperatures and oppressive humidity yesterday turned the East Coast into an butdoor sauna and created water supply problems while thunderstorms touched off tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest Lightning in New Hampshire mountains killed one hiker and injured two others New York 96-degree heat played havoc yesterday with water supplies as residents used water at a rate of 2 billion gallons per hour Officials had to declare a water alert and water pressure dropped 85 percent in parts of the city By MICHAEL SILENCE Nowo Saatewl Stoll Writer The mystery surrounding the electronic "bug" discovered last month in the office of Knox County Criminal Court Gerk Helen Randles may be solved in two or three days she said yesterday As part of that investigation several Criminal Court employees have undergone polygraph tests to determine if anyone might know who placed the bug in the office of Miss Randles who is seeking re-election A polygraph is a device used to record changes in several vital signs like heartbeat blood pressure and respiration and is often used in lie detection The highly sophisticated sensing device was found June 16 by an electronics expert in the back of a desk drawer in Miss office on the second floor of the City-County Building Local FBI agent Don Owens said upon conclusion of the investigation' the facts of the case will be presented to US Attorney John GilL Upon receiving the FBI report Gill and his staff will decide what action to take in the case One of three things will happen Owens said The case will either be turned over for Federal prosecution or local prosecution or it win be dropped he said The issue surfaced early last month when Miss Randles contacted GUI after she learned from an employee a listening device had been installed in her office Miss Randles said dne of her deputy clerks is Utterly opposed to her candidacy for reelection She said she became suspicious when she made a remark about the depu- Degree Ads for Center Puzzle NASHVILLE The Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville advertised in art publications that it offered a master of fine arts degree although the degree program has never been approved by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) THEC Executive Director Wayne Brown said the school managed by Tennessee Technological University advertised the degree program without authorization and in direct conflict with THEC policy Tennessee Tech President Arllss Roaden said he was unaware of the advertisements which appeared in Arts Activities in September 1981 February 1982 ty clerk and was confronted with the remark later She said the deputy clerk told her the clerk had heard every word said and "she had it on tape" Miss Randles hired two electronics experts to find the bug and called for an investigation because her office assists in "sting" operations with the Sheriffs Department Gty Police Department and the attorney office Those experts said it was possible for sounds picked up by the device to be heard through a special receiver even blocks away from the Gty-County Building In operations police set up storefront operations and obtain evidence on suspects who sell stolen goods and are indicted before they are ever aware of the investigation Miss Randles' office prepares the indictments after they are returned Her office also handles sealed indictments for the grand jury cases in which the defendant's name is not released until the defendant is under arrest Father of Camping Out Family Dies Alex Lucas 80 wanted to live in a home but died before setting up housekeeping in an apartment on McCalla Avenue He died Saturday at Presbyterian Hospital Services for Lucas were held today at Funeral Home He waa to be buried in Mountain View Cemetery The Lucas family was the focus -of story in The News-Sentinel Thursday which told how the family was living in a makeshift camp: along the Holston River selling off their furniture piece by piece for-food The family came to Knoxville from New Mexico Lucas was taken to the hospital me week ago with what doctors told the family waa sugar diabetes and leukemia Since Thursday Lucas's wife Myrtle and his son Preston 39 -have moved into a four-room apartment at 3000 McCalla where they are paying $200 monthly to live Preston Lucas has a job helping to paint the Gty School Building for Painting Co Their new landlord Arthur Wolfenbarger is allowing them to work off the other $50 per month in' rent Preston Lucas said apparently Wolfenbarger's conscience would npt allow him to sleep after the sto- ry appeared on the Lucas family Weather VauarOoy UMaon 7 9 Normal 70 PaWclawcv tor Si month to dal IS Doftdoncv date: HO tar yaar to NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 AM E8T M00 KNOXVILLE OAK RIDGE AND MIDDLE EAST TENNESSEE: Fair tonight Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers tomorrow West winds 5 to 10 mph tomorrow Low temperatures early tomorrow near 70 high tomorrow upper 80s low this morning 70 high yesterday 86 Twenty percent probability of measurable rain tomorrow Th Waathar Sarvic pravia updotod waathar iRlunitifi ai Ma 24 hour waatear Mohan 142471 mH (Special radte wad ragulredj lan 4 dm Som 4 dm 7 ajn ajn 9dm lOajn 11dm If noon 1 pjn 2pjn 1 71 71 71 71 72 72 77 4 5 7 -11-SI Ipjn 4 pjn I pjn ASM 7pjn turn 10 pun 11 pjn 12 arid Tajik lojn Unofficial Par lha 24 hour andtng afmkMoM: Far lha monte to dolac 141 For tea yaar to dodo: MAI pafletoncv tor tea manta todaMJI Exctsa tar yaar to date: 429 Moamat Today 922 pm Meoflrta Tomorrow 737 din Sunoot Today 0:50 pjn SunriM Tomorrow 35 tun Hlah Vtttordoy Law Yatforday Mahon Ashovilto 45 Atlanta 90 70 09 71 UPI WEA7HER FOTOCAIT Fair weather is forecast across the natjon.