The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 2

-V AS Tha Knoxvflle Naws-Santlnel Friday December 9 1988 FROM PAGE ONE 4 Knox Briefs ORNL chops called threat to 90 jobs By FRANK MUNGER New Oentlnd 0fc Wdga OAK RIDGE A proposed $6 million Cut in Oak Ridge National fusion energy budget would have a severe impact WKXT-TV on air at reduced power WKXT-TV Channel 8 was on the air at reduced power late Thursday following delays that have plagued the new station all A week 1 Channel 8 signed on at 4 pm said General Manager Lewis a Cosby He said the station is operating at reduced power until a part for the transmitter arrives some time this weekend "We decided it was better for our viewers to go ahead and go on the air even with a weaker signal" Cosby said He said reports to the station show that even with a weaker signal viewers are getting better reception from the new VHF signal than they were this week from WTVK-TV which was a UHF station WKXT replaces WTVK Channel 26'which was broadcasting on reduced power this week during the transition Equipment problems and high winds have delayed the station which was to have signed on Monday -l1 City approves bonds mostly for airport The Knoxville City Council on Thursday approved the sale ofii $12275000 in bonds most of which will be used to pay for improvements at McGhee Tyson Airport Because the bond rating was improved last week by two national rating agencies the city was able to save money on interest rates Finance Director Randy Vineyard said He estimated the rating increase saved the city more than $250000 in interest costs over the life of the bonds -'mb About $10 million of the bond sale will go to the airport The remainder will finance public improvements in the downtown area-- Metropolitan Planning Commission members and staff members huddling from left are MPC staff member Vaughn Smith Commissioner William Knight Executive Director Sue Adams and Commissioner Imogens King Whittle Betty Smith KCDC executive director and Richard Cate president of the Downtown Organizer tion recommended the commission accept the compromise In a letter Whittle Communi-cations Chairman Chris Whittle said he applauds MPC efforts protect the integrity and the fu- ture of downtown Knoxville have a feeling Whittle Communications and the commission agree to the same concerns and we have only been stating them ly Both of differently on the operation of a major test device and likely force the layoff pf 80 to 90 people a top ORNL official said in a letter to the Department of Energy Dr' Murray Rosenthal the associate director fa advanced energy systems said the I cut would be particular-because or previous cutbacks absorbed by the pRNL fusion program Rosenthal made the assessment in a Nov 21 letter to Joe Lenhard DOE'S research chief in Oak Ridge The News-Sentinel obtained a copy of the letter In November after learning of the plan to cut ORNLS budget as part of a decision at DOE headquarters to shift the overall priorities in fusion research Lenhard asked Martin Marietta Energy Systems to prepare the assessment' 1 Martin Marietta operates the' laboratory and four other plants for the federal government The $6 million would have to come from funds allotted for the current fiscal year which began Oct I The lain total fusion bud- get is $37 million However the midstream reaming of fusion for fiscal 1989 still requires congressional approval 'and some officials including Rep Marilyn Lloyd have vowed to fight the DOE proposaL "She is not in favor of this at Vail" said Katherine Wallace-Smith press spokeswoman "The program (at ORNL) has been cut in half in the past five years put too much money into the program to just chop it all The congresswoman not only Under the compromise a special warranty deed win contain the provisions about pedestrian access However if Whittle should default on mortgages the lenders would not be bound by the restrictions Despite behind-the-scenes comments from several downtown business representatives that they opposed granting Whit- 1 tie complete control over Market Street no one raised objections at the MPC meeting Commissioner Elizabeth Henry cast the dissenting vote against the compromise proposal saying that she believes it violates planning principles Earlier she had made a motion supporting a pedestrian easement It railed by an 8-3 vote Adams stuck with her original recommendation but told the commission: think it (the compromise) does represent a compromise and addresses most of our mgjor concerns in a way that you should seriously consider accepting" Ceatiaaed Iran page A1 The compromise ends a two-month controversy between MPC Executive Director Sue Ad- -ams and Whittle representatives over the final parcel of property that Community Development Corp needs to acquire for the Whittle project Adams said that allowing Whittle complete control of the section of Market Street would violate the Downtown Plan which calls for Market to be the main pedestrian route between the TV A Towers and the (Sty County Building She recommended the city retain a trian easement Whittle tatives said it has always been their intent to provide a pedestrian walkway but that die easement would damage the financing package It is based on Whittle having ownership of the property and mortgaging ft dear or encum- Probation granted after 6 months in jail 7: A Knoxville man convicted of voluntary manslaughter will be placed op probation now that served six months in jail Knox County Criminal Court Judge George Balitsaris on Thursday suspended the remainder of Terry Tyrone Bowman's six-year sentence the rest of which will be sport on probation In November 1987 Bowman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the slaying of Joe Melvin Martin who was struck with a bumper jack during a fight in June 1988 Bowman originally was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge Martin 39 was fbund lying on his back in front of a package store hi the 2400 block of McCalla Avenue Balitsaris ordered Bowman to undergo substance abuse treatment not use alcohol or drugs pay restitution of funeral expenses for Martin if requested and perform eight hours of -i commmunity service per month :7 1: Kidnapping charge to go to criminal court The case of a Strawberry Plains man arrested alter he allegedly kidnapped two security guards at gunpoint last May will be decided in Knox County Criminal Court Shane A Miles who disappeared from a Connecticut naval i training school before the alleged kidnapping was formally charged Thursday Miles is accused of kidnapping the guards at a Target store on Ray Mean Boulevard The guards were trying to capture Miles because he allegedly tried to shoplift $3999 wo merchandise: dness community and we are committed to -v Bernstein said he anticipates that the passageway will be open for public use from about 8 in the morning to 8 in the afternoon He said Whittle arJ the community would have to work together to determine exact hours Although he resisted tinkering with the language of the compromise he agreed to one change specifying that the walkway would be at least 10 feet wide instead of the original 9 feet wide I Bebb said that the day of Le-! sentencing he had to ask someone who "Babe Finley was and they told me he was the bag man for the LeQuire Bebb said he asked the question after he saw someone sitting in the courthouse he didn't LeQuire that time tomey in panda said plan represented at' Fishman an at-firm who Es-not know of the could not recall also had a Ten- Chairman of MPC re-elected Jeff Fletcher on Thursday was re-elected chairman of the "'J-Metropolitan Planning Commission Elizabeth Henry was re- 4' elected vice chairwoman Fletcher a real estate appraiser was reappointed to the MPC in 1987 after serving as a commissioner from 1982-86 A nominating committee had nominated Fletcher and Henry for chairman with the provision that whoever get the chairmanship would serve as vice chairman Halfway house plans an open house Knox County Dismas House a facility in the parolee residential rehabilitation program will have its dedication ceremony and open house from 3 to 5 pim Saturday Located at 1316 Forest Ave the house is nearthe University' of Tennessee and businesses Its purpose is to provide homeless parolees with a place to live near educational facilities as well as rehabilitation and job opportunities during the first weeks of adjustment after leaving £js questioning the wisdom of the -move but also is critical of the tway DOE has handled the matter Wallace-Smith said Because ORNL's fusion budget was already down considerably from the previous fiscal year and Martin Marietta had to transfer workers into other programs the Added reduction likely have I to be achieved Ire actual termina-tions" Rosenthal said The personnel cuts involving those directly and indirectly as--sociated with the fusion program couldbe as high as 90 employees addition the lab would only jiave funds to operate the Advanced Toroidal Facility about 90 percent of the time The $20 million ATF the largest fusion device of its kind began operation only a year ago The experimental machine is fix tests in which hydrogen fuel is heated to temperatures of up to 90 million degrees Fahrenheit The ATF does not produce any power but it is bring used to help determine the amount of fuel that can be contained by the specially designed magnetic field and future fusion Judge CeatlmMi from page A1 change the sentences so that they would run concurrently to each other instead of consecutivriv That would have changed sentence to 20 prison rather than 60 That was never done according to Bailey Bebb said that at the time Le-Quire was sentenced a judge had wily 30 days to change a sentence from running consecutively to concurrently Bebb said he never changed sentence Bebb said he does not come up for re-election until 19901 know what guarantee anyone has I win run in 1990" Bebb said only did I not receive any money nobody every talked to me but a US marshal who wanted me to wear a bulletproof vest" Bebb said can also say Don Raid never mentioned this case to me doesn't surprise me that people of this ilk of the LeQuire clan would try to blacken Jerry Chuck and Tommy Le- Quire are also accused of arranging the April 1984 murder of Mildred Cornell mother of a potential witness against them After Cornell was killed by i fire at her son's Fat Fla home Fapnnnli according to her testimony went to Tennessee where she received $701000 from Tommy LeQuire to be given to CofomMans who arranged the slaying She said she and Chuck LeQuire returned to Florida and paid the Colombians Espanola 29 lived with Jerry' LeQuire from December 1982 unto his arrest in August 1981 Le- Quire was a fugitive at the time and was living under the name Richard Martin She said she divorced Lequire two years ago and moved to Lexington Ky where she was arrested for selling cocaine She recrived a three-year sentence in exchange fbr ho-ation with prosecutors in has in southern Florida she said Espanola has since remarried and is in the federal witness protection program Espanola arid she told the USL Drug Enforcement Administra-tion and the IRS of the nged bribe in September 1987 "I believe Tennessee people are aware of she said Espanola an admitted former cocaine addict and former prostitute received complete immunity in exchange for her testimony against her ex-husband his son and his brothers -Jerry LeQuire his brothers Gene Robert Michael and Tommy his son Chuck and Jenkins are accused of engaging in a five-year conspiracy to import millions of dollars of cocaine into the country ns Corrections Amplifications The News-Sentinel incorrectly reputed the type weapon used in the shooting death of Michael Rudolph Wednesday night Police Officer Robert Wooldridge shot Ru-fcr driph with a 9mm semiautomatic pistoL If you find a mistake In The News-Sentinel can Associated-Editor Harold Harlow 521-1848 so we 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