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he Commercial Appeal fCWFPS HOWARD 155th Year No 230 4 Sections Memphis Tennessee Thursday Morning August 18 1994 FINAL r'4 1 CJI TT'I 4- 1 Altmam quilts Treasury in wake of WMtewater Hanson chief lawyer also leaving to him for help on fidal criticized by Senate Repub-Ives ranging from licans for contending that dam- to health care re- aging information about White- From Our Praaa Sarvfoaa Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bent-sen recommended Frank Newman undersecretary has turned key initiatives budget policy aging information i I ir y-t rr 'V rAs Sf I 1 vr ''-n rri Xvi WASHINGTON Roger Altman a rising star in the Clinton administration until White-water led Democrats and Republicans in Congress to attack his truthfulness submitted his for domestic finance as replacement Officials predicted the nomination would be made as soon as the paperwork could be done Altman the agency's second-ranking official became the latest casualty in the Whitewater my congressional testimony leaf February what it should have been there was never any intent to Cl withhold Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman who Wtdiwtdiy water in his diary was not entirely accurate is likely to remain as chief of staff officials said His resignation was a bitter re: versal for Altman who has hungered to be an important player Washington since his student days at Georgetown University Once viewed as likely successor he was regarded as an effective inside player who moved easily among the White form to international trade Altman and Hanson were harshly criticized by members of the Senate Banking Committee during the recent White-water hearings for misleading them in February testimony over the extent of contacts between the White House and Treasury over Whitewater testimony contradicted on key points and created tension within the agency Joshua Steiner a Treasury of- ignation Wednesday as deputy Treasury secretary Administration officials also said the Treasury general counsel Jean Hanson will resign shortly President Clinton termed departure right step under the circumstances" and Fox to buy WHBQ from new owner and unplug ABC By Tom Walter The CommarcM Appeal The Fox Broadcasting Co Wednesday to buy (TV Channel 13 in Memphis The agreement came on the day ComCorp of Tennessee took over the station from Adams Communications Once the sale goes through WHBQ-TV will change its affiliation from ABC to Fox leaving current Fox affiliate WPTY-TV 24 out in the cold at least temporarily WPTY currently is in the second year of a five-year affiliation agreement with Fox It was not known whether Fox can break that agreement No terms of the Fox purchase were disclosed The sale would also leave ABC looking for a local affiliate Station officials said they didn't know how long it will take L- TVA has a mountain of sawdust piling up for newest fuel test affair which prompted the ignations of former white House counsel Bernard Nussbaum and Associate Atty Gen Webster HubbelL It was another personal blow for Clinton who has known Altman since college and ter Winfrey supports the crime bill "as part of a comprehensive attack on crime" But Memphis Police Association President Bryant Jennings today will join other police association presidents at a press conference here to counter the support of national police organizations President Clinton will continue to lobby and shop compromises for the eight votes he needs by Saturday to reverse last 225-210 House vote blocking the anti-crime meas BUSINESS BYGONE DAYS CS CLASSIFIED DS-14 COMICS C4-S CROSSWORD CS DEATHS A 14-11 HOROSCOPE C4 L0TTERIE8BIRTH3 A1S MOVIES C4 SCOREBOARD D4 TELEVISION All VIEWPOINT A10-11 WEATHER: Sunny today High near 90 8W winds 5-10 Fair tonight Low In the upper 60s Partly sunny Friday High In the lower 90s Details AS CopyrigM MM Tta CotwniroM 7 10040 11 v4' 'i for the Fox deal to go through General manager Tim Lynch said it could be as short as three months and as long as two years Until then ABC programming will remain on WHBQ and Fox TOmming will remain on ComCorp agreed to buy Channel 13 earlier this year for $43 million The deal became final Tuesday in New York ComCorp took over the station Wednesday and immediately turned around and sold the station to Fox ComCorp of Tennessee is a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Corporation of America based in Lafayette La ComCorp controlled by Thomas Galloway of Lafayette owns TV stations in Brownsville Odessa and Waco Texas and in Baton Rouge Laplus radio stations in Lafayette Fayetteville Ark and see WHBQ Page A15 spokesman John Doty is waste these folks have to dispose of in some way" he said Already TVA has conducted initial tests involving sawdust as fuel at its Kingston jilant in East Tennessee ana its Colbert plant in northeast Alabama Further tests are scheduled at those two facilities in the coming weeks In the tests at Allen mixtures of up to 10 percent sawdust will be used said plant manager Ricky Jett TVA so far has gathered more than 200 tons of sawdust under a tent to keep it dry In all about SOO tons will be burned during the next two weeks or so Officials with two firms that have provided sawdust for the project Golden Timber Inc in Senatobia Miss and Memphis Hardwood Flooring Co referred questions to TVA If the preliminary experiment concludes satisfactorily TVA Please see FUEL Page A16 Staff map some from down toward South Amoriea who are interest- i see RESIGN PageAlS the Gore fundrairing trip Cooper says he has to see what changes are made in the bill before ne decides how to vote again Scheduled to greet Gore and Cooper at the Orpheum in Mem-' lng gressionri Black Caucus to support the bill despite personal opposition to the more Please see CRIME Page A7 said Rep John Reeves (R-Jackson) who handled the hill in the House are scare They are fearful (for) their lives And they are crying out for somebody to put the criminals in jail and to administer the death penalty to those who murder and rob and rape" In Mississippi capital murder is murder during the commission of another crime like rape or assault Under current law capital murderers may be sei fenced to death life without parole or life (which means a minimum sentence of 20 years) "You'll have judges going around at election time talking about how many people sent to death" said Rep Dennis Sweet (DJackson) who voted Please see DEATH Page A8 Bill for kids' Interrogation OK'd AS! By Richard Gardner Memphis firemen Wednesday pop open the trunk of Frederick car releasing Dorsey who was trapped inside Armed men approached Doreey el a carwash at Hollywood and Golden put him In the frank and drove around toi hows before stripping hla car and leaving Community Police Program officer Robert Acred (second from left) found the automobile Crime bill backers say the new officers tt would proride could bo used In projects like Operation Saturation ClaabomFoote homes of which Acred la a part Local crime bill reaction mixed despite pledge of 340 new officers By Tom Charlicr Tlw CommarcM Appeal Though not exactly idle TVA is gathering dust as much as it can get in fact Under a tent large enough for a modest circus the Tennessee Valley Authority is stockpiling up to SOO tons of sawdust for use in an experiment scheduled to start Friday or Saturday at the Allen Fossil Plant in southwest Memphis Having already tested the use of chopped-up scrap tires as fuel TVA now wants to bum sawdust at the Allen plant The sawdust wood waste supplied by area flooring and lumber manufacturers will be mixed in low amounts with the coal fun-neled into boilers at the plant Like the tire-fuel test tne sawdust experiment has an environmental rim Using the waste as fuel will keep it from clogging up space at landfills said TV A ure But while Clinton lobbies Vice President President A1 Gore today will help one of those votes Rep Jim Cooper (D-Tenn) raise money for Senate race at four $100-a-person fund-raisers in Knoxville Chattanooga Nashville and Memphis "I think the message on the crime bill is undermined one bit" said White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers Wednesday when asked about Miss House approves bill permitting judges to decide death penalty: WHAT A SALES PITCH! Town devises washer toss to catch attention i I By James Broenan The Commercial Appeal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Supporters of the $33 billion crime bill say it could put 340 more police officers in Shelby County neighborhoods but area members of Congress remain deeply divided over its merit So is the Memphis Police Department Memphis Police Director Wri- ed" said washer mittee member branch manager of Union Planters Bank inY orkville also been in contact with some people from Canada too" Tne prizes alone are enough to draw hordes Winners will get a special walnut washer holder champion cap and T-shirt "They will also have bragging rights of being the first York-ville international washer Miller said The idea for the contest came from a group of people who were sitting around trying to think of a way to get YorkviUe on the were trying to come up with something unique to try mi get the community involved and there is nothing more unique than pitchin pitching com-Mark Miller Please see CONTEST Page A16 By David Willis to The Commercial Appeal By Sarah Campbell The Commercial Appeal jackioni Mlts Butmu JACKSON Miss Judges and not juries would decide whether convicted capital murderers should die by lethal Injection if a bill passed Wednesday in the House becomes law Supporters argued the change would decrease opportunities for mietekea during capital murder sentencing that lead to reversals and lengthy appeals However opponents Including all voting black House members said judges who are elected would be more likely than juries to feel political pressure to impose death The bill which passed on an 8336 vote is expected to go to the Senate today after routine reconsideration in the House "The people in this state are in a state of siege by crimi YORKVILLE Tenn Boosters here are pitching what they hope will be an international contest that will make their dot on the map stand out This town of 348 in western Gibson County will hold its first "International Washer Contest" on Saturday The event apparently will not be a washout The contest will be limited to 100 teams of two So far 45 teams 1 have paid the $5 entry fee with Texans as the only foreigners -Still contest planners hope teams from other countries will show up Residents who know people other cities have told them and they told other people and so on HWe understand there may be 1.