The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 25

fife B-10 Hk Knoxville News-Sentmei Sunday Detente 21 1980 Michael Patrick The 'New' 1-751-2751-640 Interchange at Sharps Gap With Downtown in Background and Clinton Highway Lower Right Get Full-Size Set of Bedding FREE reg Governor To Open West Leg of 1-64075 $499 In addition to making the walk Alexander will plant an evergreen tree at each end of the new route With the opening of the route travelers will have to get accustomed to a new set of highway designations It will be I-640I-75 from Sharps Gap to 1-40 in West Knoxville: I-275 from Sharps Gap to Malfunction Junction and just 1-40 from the 1-64075 interchange in West Knoxville to Malfunction Junction Walkers and drivers alike ought to be happy Tuesday with the opening of the West Leg of 1-64075 Those who like to hoof it can walk along the new route with Gov Lamar Alexander beginning at 9:30 am at Sharps Gap and ending about 1 1:15 am at the 1-40 connection in West Knoxville After the walk the Governor will cut a ribbon to officially open the highway The route is 35 miles long That is when drivers can do their thing To some the 1-275 designation may seem in error but a check with transportation officials shows that it is not According to the Interstate Numbering System loops through-routes or highways connecting Interstates are marked by three-digit numbers with the first digit an even number Spur highways or Interstates that deadend into another type road carry three digits with the first digit an odd number Millertown Pike Reopening by Middle of Week 5-dr chest available Includes: Double dresser Framed mirror Bedside chest 46-50 headboard Massive Super Comfortable Queen Sleep Sofa Loveseat or Queen Sleep Sofa Chair Ottoman in Wide Welt Corduroy Velvet The I-640I-75 west leg is not the only thing new about highways in Knoxville The Tennessee Department of Transportation says drivers on Millertown Pike will be able to resume their normal route by midweek It has been necessary to detour from Millertown to Washington Pike and to a frontage road between Lindbergh and 1-640 Other areas where there will be construction this week: (1) Drivers on 1-40 may run into blocked lanes at various points between Hollywood Drive and Asheville Highway Delays of up to 30 minutes should be expected At least one lane will be kept open in each direction at all times and all lanes will be open during rush hours There will be a short detour at Western Avenue (Road work 24 hours a day) (2) Construction has been completed in the I-75I-640Clinton Highway area and the west leg of I-640I-75 is to open Tuesday (3) Drivers should avoid Seventeenth Street and Western and University Avenues There will be a detour on Seventeenth between Ailor Avenue and Western with traffic routed to Ailor There will be construction on Ailor Western University and Dale Avenues with portions of Euclid Ailor Leslie and Twenty-First Street closed (Road work 24 hours a day) (4) There will be construction on Pa-permill Road at Liberty Street and on Liberty Street at Middlebrook Pike Midd-lebrook is closed at Keith Street (Road and utility work 24 hours a day) (5) Middlebrook Pike is under construction from Weisgarber Road to the KUB entrance There is a detour to a frontage road (Road work 24 hours a day) (6) Millertown Pike will open at midweek (7) There will be construction on Henley Street from Western to the Henley Bridge Cumberland Avenue is closed from Henley to Thirteenth and there is two-way traffic on Main between Thirteenth and Henley (Road and Expo traffic alert features: High grade expensive upholstery Reversible seat back cushions Queen size sleep sofa has Heavy duty steel mechanism TV headrest Comfortable 4" mattress reg $948 work 24 hours a day) (8) Booker Street is open (9) Magnolia Avenue westbound is closed between Gay Street and Broadway (Road work 24 hours a day) (10) Only local traffic should use Woodlawn Pike between Chapman Highway and Southwood Drive (Road work 24 hours a day) (11) There will be utility work along Washington Pike between Fairview Boulevard and Fairway Drive (12) There will be utility work on Central Avenue Pike at Cedar Lane (8 am to 4 pm) (13) There will be utility work on Kingston Pike from Winston to Morrell Roads (8 am to 4 pm) (14) There will be utility work on Kingston Pike at Gallaher View Road (8 am to 4 pm) Parking Garage Opens at Downtown Hilton Site The light at the end of the tunnel for the downtown Hilton Hotel came into sharper focus last week with the opening of its first component a 430-space parking garage The four-level garage attracted more than 100 customers on its first day of operation Monday said Winston Frazier assistant general manager for Safety Park which operates the garage Frazier said construction is continuing on elevators which are expected to be installed early next year He said stairwells now provide access to upper levels Rates for the spaces are 50 cents for the first half-hour and 35 cents for each succeeding half-hour up to the daily rate of $250 Parking for a month costs $30 Frazier said the garage will be open around the clock when the hotel is completed next fall GRAND OPENING SPECIAL or Bedding Package with purchase of any Queen or King Size Set of Bedding Queen Set 2- pcs 199 Group Retracts Demand for Resignation of Economic Development Corp Director 7-PC Set includes: Canon Percale fitted sheet top sheet and matching pillowcases Acrylic blanket 2 Dacron-filled pillows James Robinson who also is Federal Projects Director for the Knox County Board of Education said the CPC was formed to look at the cultural and economic participation of the black community in the fair He said that in spite of progress by KIEE with minority involvement in the fair there are still concerns He said the primary areas of interest are concessions and merchandising as well as whites are still very concerned about the high cost of participating in the he said The letter asked for a response at a CPC meeting Dec 16 However James Robinson said that Theotis Robinson had corresponded with the CPC before the meeting and the committee agreed to defer action on the letter The CPC executive committee will meet Monday to set a time for its next meeting which James Robinson said probably will be sometime this week Asked if he knew how he would respond to the CPC Theotis Robinson said But wait until the meeting to say 299 King Set 3-PCS Knoxville's Largest Selection of Sleep Sofas! Trainer Is Convicted of Trying To Kill Wife By HOYT CANADY News-Sentinel Staff Writer An organization monitoring the involvement of blacks in the 1982 Fair has reconsidered its demand that Theotis Robinson vice president of economic development for the fair resign his position as president of the Greater Knoxville Economic Development Corp (EDC) That demand was made in a letter to Robinson dated Dec 8 and signed by James (H Robinson chairman of the Community Projects Committee (CPC) a group Robinson of 13 businessmen and civic leaders with an interest in the black community The letter charged that Theotis Robinson was EDC as your private domain as well as for your primary It called on him to nullify the appointments of EDC board members relinquish your claim as The EDC was formed last spring to assist minorities who wanted to take advantage of business opportunities created by the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) promoters of the fair However James Robinson said Saturday that since the letter was written the CPC had decided hold the letter in and give Theotis Robinson an opportunity to respond to charges in the letter He also said that the scope of the letter might have gone beyond what was intended by the full CPC and not merely the CPC executive committee Theotis Robinson said he did not believe the letter expressed the majority view of the CPC The letter claimed that Theotis Robinson chartered the EDC without informing CPC concomitant accused him of of board members to EDC and himself as president of defying decision to have the EDC board composed first of CPC members willing to serve and other members selected after review by the board and of re-i fusing to allow a CPC panel to use his office facilities to pursue community development information to assist black concessionaires Every unit features: Heavy duty steel frame TV headrest 4" mattress Gregory who was described in court testimony as despondent since his separation from his wife last May had pleaded innocent by reason of temporary insanity said it was like a light bulb psychologist Dr Reuben Hor-lick testified for the defense during the trial sight of his wife on top of another man made him The three principal characters in the case were well known in social circles in Middleburg about 40 miles from Washington DC The trial was one of the most celebrated in recent memory in mostly rural Loudoun County The nine-man three-woman jury recommended eight years in prison after delivering its guilty verdicts No date was set for formal sentencing Gregory was acquitted of the third charge against him breaking and entering with the intent to commit murder while armed which would have carried a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison A murder charge Gregory had faced earlier was dropped county prosecutors said because under Virginia law spouses may not testify against each other in crimes that are alleged to have been committed against third parties LEESBURG Va (AP) In a case that sent shock waves through northern genteel horse country a well known horse trainer has been convicted on charges he tried to kill his estranged wife after catching her in bed with another man Theodore Gregory 29 of Middleburg Va was found guilty Friday night by a circuit court jury on two charges attempted second -degree murder and the use of a firearm during the attempt According to testimony Gregory burst into a bedroom last Aug 20 as his wife Monique and Howard LaBove a horse dealer were making love at cottage a few miles outside Middleburg stood at the door and said going to kill you Monique Gregory a 26-year-old riding instructor testified during the trial Instead Mrs Gregory escaped ran naked across a field to a nearby house and beat through the glass window of a locked door to seek refuge She required 300 stitches on her arms LaBove 30 was killed by three gunshots from a 45-caliber pistol as he struggled with Gregory Many styles to choose from up 5613 KINGSTON PIKEwm pm Nod to Old Bearden High School Saturdays: 10 AM 6 PM MMfit 588-1388 Sundays: 1 PM 6 PM.