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'c 'S 50 city workers face laVoffG if 'V't Baum Special services The Knoxville News -Sentinel Final Edition Saturday December 22 1984 Price 25t Four more bodies found in coal mine A-B route picked for Pellissippi exits to be Kingston Pike Northshore Topside change at Westland Drive was dropped at the request of Knox County planning officials Parris said "The land use in that area is their responsibility" Farris said adding that eliminaling the West-land interchange was "an attempt to hirther protect the character of the neighborhood" There would ho only three interchanges heskles those at 1-4075 and Alcoa Highway Those would be at Kingston Pike and Northshore Drive in Knox County and at Topside Road in Blount County Parris said the route will "serve the traffic needs in this area better than the other alternatives" Department of Transportation estimates are that 7100 to 12000 vehicles per day would use the route if it were open now and by the year 2005 traffic would reach an average of 18700 to 27000 vehicles per day somewhat more than the other three alternatives "We also feel ij provides the best location for crossing the Tennessee River and that thp overall alignment will present fewer givitogical -problems by avoiding the Ten Mile -Creek drainage basin and the Keller please see ROUTE page At by TOM HUMPHREY Nows-Sentinel Nashville bureau NASHVILLE state Department of Transportation has selected the 124-milc "A-B" route for the Pellissippi Parkway extension and has scrapped plans for an exit at Westland Drive The route would cost an estimated $121663210 Other routes ranged from $2 million to $18 million more than that The route selected yesterday is the least expensive and poses the fewest geological problems of the four alternatives considered says Robert Parris state transportation commissioner Construction could begin in late 1986 at the earliest Parris said The A-B route begins at the existing Pellissippi interchange on 1-4075 in Knox County runs southeast to Northshore Drive then ruts northeast to the Toole Bend area Prom there the route turns hack to the southeast crosses the Tennessee River and ends at Alcoa Highway just north of McGhee Tyson Airport The parkway would reduce the distance traveled from 1-4075 to Alcoa Highway on existing roads by 78 miles documents indicate A previously planned inter think someone will build an industrial development because it's 10 minutes to the airport?" The Pellissippi Extension is the heart of Gov Lamar technology corridor that he says would develop along the highway The extension would link Pellissippi Parkway which goes to Oak Ridge with Alcoa Highway just north of McGhee Tyson Airport The announcement of the route has brought bitter responses from Denial ProctorNews-Sentinei stall Parkway foes hope funding battles slam brakes on by United Press International ORANGEVILLE Utah Weary rescue workers have found four more bodies in the smoldering Wil-berg Mine bringing the total of known dead to 13 The rescuers pressed the search for 14 other people still trapped and perhaps alive in the dead-end shaft Nine bodies including those of top officials of the Emery Mining Co were found yesterday morning and four more were found last night as -rescuers some from as far away as Kentucky fought smoke and dodged chunks of burning coal The four bodies found last night which had not been identified were slumped in a blind tunnel about 700 feet past a burning coal seam Specially trained volunteer mine rescue squads wearing oxygen tanks inched their way along the tunnel in searing heat and blinding smoke searching for the remaining miners who have been trapped since Wednesday night Visibility was only two feet Emery spokesman Bob Henrie said "The fact that the six top officials were found in a group near the fire concerns us because they were the leaders The position of the bodies indicates they may have been attempting to lead others out of the he said "That brings up fears that some other miners were also trying to exit and we may find more bodies farther down in the tunnel" The company officials were in the mine to observe as workers tried to set a 24-hour world production record The nine dead men included James Hamlin 37 the vice president for operations for Emery and David William Bocook 51 the Wil-berg mine manager Both were from nearby Price Other officials included Vic Cin-golani 33 of Huntington the gener- al mine foreman Alex Poulos 33 of Price the long-wall mining foreman and supervisors Tom Hersh 60 of East Carbon and Philip Bell 28 of Orangeville The other dead miners were Randall Curry 31 Castle Dale and Lee Johansen 35 and Roger Ellis 28 both of Perron plans to leave town anger dealers by JACQUELYN McCLARY News-Sentinel staff writer Dealers have cried to Shell Oil plans to get out of the retail gasoline business in Knoxville The company has told the six Shell dealers in the city that it will not renew leases on their businesses And at least three of them say it's all part of a plan to drive the full-service dealerships out of business and substitute them with self-service operations Southeast district manager John Ludwig said the decision was based on its extremely small market share compared with other cities in Tennessee and elsewhere in the region "We have six stations If we tried to make a large expansion into Knoxville we do that and still address our larger Ludwig said The company hopes a jobber will step in to supply the six remaining Shell service stations in Knoxville Four of the six dealers lease the building and property from Shell Shell owns only the building for the other two and the ground is leased from another entity John Joiner president of the please see DEALERS page Af majority leader) get money out of President Reagan Why would anybody think Albert Gore and Jim Sasser (both Democrats) can? Reagan has a $200 billion deficit" Rowland's comments were in response to yesterday's announcement by state Transportation Commissioner Robert Parris that the $120 million project would be financed in large part with federal money hopes special surgery chance to walk again by STAN DeLOZIER News-Sentinel staff writer The next battle over construction of the Pellissippi Parkway Extension will be a fight for money opponents of the highway say are they going to get the money?" asked Knoxville lawyer Mike Rowland whose West Knox County farm will be split by the extension "Howard Baker (retiring Senate Gary Michael Pate Tips given by LOUISE DURMAN News-Sentinel food editor extension those whose land would be taken Florence Hillis said she was in- viting all her friends to her home during the holidays "berause this is the last Christmas well be here I The state plans to take the two-story Hillis home to make way for an interchange at Alcoa Highway "The commissioner had already told us that we should expect to be please see OPPOSITION page At earning his own way in the world But neck was broken Oct 2 1983 when he lost control of a car he was driving and was thrown through the windshield "The first 10 wwks he was in Park West Hospital from Oct 2 through Dec 9 He was home until May 14 when he entered the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center He came home in August but went into the hospital again this time for dental Jacquelyn Pate said "Until you experience living with someone who is a quadriplegic you cannot imagine just how much more complicated life ran become why this surgery seems like a miracle to me" For example before the lanky lad could be brought home the first time his parents had to be given a quick course in nursing so they could care for him One result of the nearly 24 -hour care he needed is that his father is now unemployed And since he has had difficulty finding employment even though an "A-l mechan- please see SURGERY page Af IMiuenai-wi4 ufur-yMp The surgery performed by Dr Joseph Waltz of New York is said to restore feeling and some movement to the body and lower extremities The ordeal has not been easy on the Pates said his mother Jacquelyn Pate "But in a sense the accident has pulled the family closer together Now we all work as a she said They have had to bathe him dress him move him from bed to wheelchair and back and take turns turning him over every two hours at night Members of at least 369 area churches have received a letter from Jacquelyn Pate requesting contributions to help finance the special surgery for her son Pate is a light-hearted young man the oldest of four children He dotes on his younger sister and brothers He had kept patrons of the Lovell Road Waffle House where he worked laughing at his antics He had long since abandoned school for the independence of "Ill tell you what the state ought to be doing" Rowland said "If they want to attract industry they need to concentrate on loan guarantees tax incentives and other economic factors "This highway is a pipe dream Rowland said "Transportation is way down the list when executives begin looking for a place to locate an industry To say that this highway is the key to industrial development makes no sense You Quadriplegic will give him by JACQUELYN McCLARY News-Sentinel staff writer Gary Michael Pate who will be 19 tomorrow appreciates the simple things in life He wants a job a wife and a child of his own like to feel the tickle of a feather on his leg to dangle his feet in a lake and feel the coolness of the water Above all he wants to walk again But Pate is a quadriplegic confined to a wheelchair dependent on his family for the most basic of necessities He has no feeling from his upper torso down And before he can realize any of his dreams he must have an operation to restore those feelings and movement to his body He recently learned of a new surgical procedure that could make it possible for him to achieve at' least sane of his goals but it costs $15000 far more than his family can afford Medicaid cover the costs Another day for lunch serve beef stew with commeal muffins and fruit cocktail or serve vegetable soup with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fresh apples Two dinner menus from Westbrook include pinto beans potatoes fresh orange and apple salad com bread macaroni and cheese green peas applesauce and bread Westbrook offers other suggestions for using the food items nutritiously Applesauce: In gelatin salad quick bread as a glaze for meats or sweet potatoes Cranberry sauce: As a glaze to fin baked apples Green beans: Add nuts spice or herbs Green peas: Use in a salad with hard-cooked eggs cheese sweet pickles and onions Add to turkey on preparing food from ESF noodle or tuna noodle casserole to stew or cook with potatoes in a cream or butter sauce Sweet potatoes: Glaze them with cranberry sauce or applesauce cook with apples pineapple or oranges use in a pie Whole-kernel com: Use In stew Sliced pineapple: Use with apples nuts and oranges in a fruit salad bake with sweet potatoes use in turkey salad Canned beef stew: Top with biscuits and bake for a pot pie Peanut butter: Use in quick breads on apple slices as a topping for French tout for peanut butter sticks mix in equal parts with cranberry sauce for sandwich spread mix with orange for sandwich spread Stuffing mix: Use as topping for please sec FOOD page Al I fessor in the UT expanded rood and nutrition program and Etta Mae Westbrook associate professor in the program ofTer ways to get the most out of basket contents For a festive Christmas dinner prepare roast turkey with stuffing green beans sweet potatoes cranberry sauce bread chocolate cake and beverage Leftover turkey can be served in sandwiches in a hot or cold salad in stew and in casseroles Serve turkey casserole with green beans com bread mashed potatoes and applesauce Turkey is a perishable food Westbrook says After it is served be sure to refrigerate leftovers immediately and store the dressing and gravy separately in the refrigerator Use the turkey within two to three days Jf From turkey to chocolate cake more than 25 food items will be in the Empty Stocking Fund boxes distributed on Christmas Eve Among the other items included to make Christmas dinner a happy occasion are applesauce cranberry sauce green beans sweet green peas black-eyed peas sweet potatoes sliced pineapple fruit cocktail whole-kernel com beef stew dried beans commeal sugar vegetable soup macaroni peanut butter salad dressing coffee stuffing mix apples oranges potatoes nuts candies and bread How can recipients best use all these items to prepare nutritious meals for their families? Ester Hatcher leader and pro- J' Showers ending today then fuming cooler High 59 Partly cloudy and cooler tonight Low 29 Details on page A3 4.