The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 1

Just in time good ideas Wednesday November 14 1984 Price Final Edition Arraignment: Wednesday Nov 21 At this time the accused will make their tv pleas A trial date could be set at this time It is also possible for the accused to request a change of venue (move the trial to another location) or make a plea-bargain request Bond: All three accused were released on personal recognizance bonds is $500000 is $200000 and is $100000 All three may travel anywhere in the continental United States without restriction On the Jack Patrick profile A4 a I Jake Butcher profile A4 Chronology of events A5 I List of toppled banks A5 I List of indictments A5 I Former Erwin Tenn banker sues FDIC charging negligence A4 With overcoat draped over handcuffs former banker Jake Butcher arrives at federal courthouse -i 1 fl hi I Hi Hi -im RMGnSBI iBinCKfNaKOwlllinvl SISi accompanied by FBI agent Spacewalkers retrieve second Ex-banker indicted on 44 charges by JIM BALLOCH News-Sentinel staff writer Two blocks from the Fair site he helped create and two blocks from the 27-story chrome-and-glass building that was headquarters of his United American Bank chain Jake Butcher stood in front of the federal courthouse vowed to fight charges of bank fraud and declared: am innocent" On May 1 1982 Butcher then at the peak of a financial career stood shoulder to shoulder with President Reagan as the Fair opened its gates for a successful six-month run Yesterday afternoon he turned himself in to FBI agents Who brought him in handcuffs to the fed- era! courthouse to answer 44 criminal charges lodged against him in two grand jury indictments stemming from last collapse of his UAB chain Regulators declared the bank insolvent and ordered it closed on Day Grim faced and showing some strain Butcher 48 gave a brief emotional statement to a throng of 'reporters who surrounded him much like in the days of 1978 when he was running for governor But on this chilly afternoon Butcher was responding to charges that carry a combined maximum penalty of 220 years in prison hope you members of the media and the public afford me the presumption of innocence because I am Innocent" Butcher said "This indictment as well as others that might be forthcoming is another step in an ordeal for me and my family which began on Day 1983 With the help of God and the faith of friends I will continue to fight with courage and dignity" Butcher former UAB vice pres-dient Jack Patrick 46 and personal financial consultant Jesse Barr 48 all surrendered voluntarily to FBI agents yesterday after the indictments were returned The three arrived separately at the FBI- headquarters on North-shore Drive and turned themselves in They then were placed under arrest and brought to the courthouse to make an initial appearance before UJS Magistrate Robert Murrian Murrian scheduled formal arraignments for all three defendants for 9 am Nov 21 At the arraignment the men will say whether they are going to plead innocent or guilty and a trial date may be set Permission to enter plea negotiations with government lawyers also may be given at an arraignment if it is asked for Murrian granted the requests for bonds: $500000 for Butcher $200000 for Barr $100000 for Patrick He also followed a recommendation by gov- emment lawyers that the three please see INDICT page A4 Mtchaai PatnckNsws-Santinel dad A handcuffed Jesse Barr enters Courthouse misguided were forced to use in placing Palapa in the bay Once Gardner left the cargo bay in pursuit of Westar he needed only 7 minutes to catch the target as he propel lied himself with bursts ofni- trogen from his rocket backpack After stabilizing the target he maneuvered the 21-by-7-foot package over to the shuttle so that Allen could grasp an antenna on top of the satellite to hold it steady Once the collar was mounted Fisher with Allen still gripping the satellite lowered it onto this pallet by Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL Fla With a shout of spacewalking salvage crew made it 2-for-2 today corralling a second stranded satellite and securing it in the cargo bay during a dramatic excursion captured in extraordinary television pictures "We have two satellites latched in the cargo commander Rick Ha uck reported after Dale Gardner and Joe Allen had locked down the Sterling Owen IV Westar 6 payload on a pallet next to the Palapa B2 satellite recovered Monday- The double rescue completes one of the most ambitious and important operations in the brief history vividly demonstrating the versatility of the re useable space plane Westar 6 was latched in the bay three hours after Gardner cast free of Discovery to float across a 35-foot chasm and spear Westar with a lance-like docking pole --A television picture -(him the and was encircled by a fence with a locked gate was discovered burning about 3 amt Agents of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the state fire: office are investigating I State and TVA public safety officers had been checking on the' house during the day The gate to the house was locked at 5:30 pm and it was checked once after that "There have been threats on the house before but that's been a long time ago" said Max Ramsey manager of cultural resources And there have been break-in Fire devastates historic house near Tellico Lake I- spaceship showed Allen mounted in A "cherry picker" work' station onc'Jfie end of the shuttle's 50-foot robot arm holding onto the top of Westar while Gardner attached a berthing collar to the bottom a pate they held for more than an hour Inside the ship astronaut Anna Fisher moved the arm by remote control mount was a change worked out to make it "a heck of a lot easier" to secure the satellite than the unplanned muscle job they attempts at the housewhich was boarded up "It was a house that was basically unique to Tennessee architecture" Ramsey said "It is arare architectural style (Gothic cottage) And it had a history associated with some prominent families in this- area" German prisoners -of -war bad worked on the John Carson farm during World War IL "It had seen a lot of history from this region go by" Ramsey said just a tragic loss to the region for that to occur" member churches and agencies of Emergency Food Helpers About 2 pounds of food were i donated for every student at the high school said Connie Wilkes a history teacher who organized the drive In addition to the hunger awareness week drive the Central stu- dents collected 1000 pounds of food for Thanksgiving baskets to needy families living in the Central High area want the students to realize they have a coir nitment to society In addition learning basic skills the studef need to become int voived in community activities satellite 'ij: and Gardner fastened it down The almost identical communications satellites were injected in low useless orbits last February when their booster rockets failed after they were successfully launched from the shuttle Challeng- er The insurance companies want to reforbish and resell the payloads to recoup some of the $180 million in claims they paid The crew is to return to Earth Friday landing at this spaceport from which they departed last Thursday high and there is a two-story attic There were 13 rooms two great halls marble mantels a curved stairway suspended from a wall and a trapdoor leading to a secret room in the basement Other buildings in the area that have been claimed by fire include the Jackson stone house Jackson School House Curtis House Hope-well Mill Thomas McGhee House and the Fort Loudoun Museum Another building "disappeared" TVA officials said The remains of a log cabin owned by a minor Cherokee chief Bark were diS'Xtvered missing officials said Food Helpers The shopping list includes dry milk tuna fish greens macaroni dinners canned meat cream of wheat vegetable soup peanut butter applesauce spaghetti with meat sauce dinners and more Those foods are packaged in quantities that will provide three days of nutritionally balanced meals for a family of four The food is needed more than ever according to survey of emergncy food agencies From 1981 to 1984 four of the largest food pan-tries in this area experienced a 163 please see HOLIDAY page A1S Irom staff reports VONORE Another building has been claimed in a series of suspicious fires in the Fort Loudoun Historic Area Fire today damaged Tuskega the house Charles McClung McGhee started in 1859 State fire investigators are probing the Mate that did major damage to the historic home also known as the McGhee-Callaway-Carson House near Tellico Lake off US 411 Monroe County deputies said the house which was unoccupied It is particularly sad Ramsey 'said that after TVA had owned the house for several it was destroyed just after the state and TVA had set aside money to ren- ovate the house The house was started by Charles McClung McGhee along the Little Tennessee River (now Tellico Lake) in 1859 TVA had agreed to proyide $100000 for renovation and restoration of the house The house was to become part of the Fort Loudoun Historical Area The walls of the house are three bricki thick A porch wraps around three sides The ceilings are 12 feet1 order to become well-rounded citizens" Wilkes says The families to receive the Thanksgiving baskets have already been designated Adopt-A-Schooi sponsor Tony Metier of AJ Metier Co was to present a cash donation to the food drive this afternoon Twenty-four other city county and private schools also are partici- pating in the food drive as part of Hunger Awareness Month Principals and teachers at the schools have suggested each child contribute some of the staple foods included in grocery packages pre-' pared by SHARE and Emergency Central High gives needy holiday food by MARTI LEVARY News-Sentinel staff writer Just a week before Thanksgiv-' mg Day- Central High School stu- dents will be celebrating that native American holiday in a very tradi- tional way Every school child hears of pilgrims from England and American Indians who gathered to shore their harvest with other hungry families at that first Thanksgiving holiday The Central students' are expressing thanks for their bounty by donating over a ton of food to needy families to the Southern Ap-palachian Food Bank and the 93 k- I Fair and not as cold tonight Low 35 Increasing cloudiness and mild to-' morrow with a chance of an afternoon i i 4 1 3 A I t- '-a''-.