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Site zoning City Council may decide future A3 Vol is cut bid to play in Olympics is over Cl Eyes for biind Puppies learn how to be guide dogs in 4-H program B1 if The Knoxville News-Sentinel Final Edition JULY 26 1988 35 Cents Jordan nominated for ET judgeship WTVK to become new CBS affiliate UT grad could be approved this year Leon Jordan has all of the solid qualities to make an excellent federal judge I am confident he will be confirmed 99 Rep Jimmy Quillen By REON CARTER News-Sentinel staff writer Senate faces re-election Nov 8 Jordan is the fifth candidate considered for the job since it became vacant in January 1985 by the retirement of Robert Taylor who later died Rep Jimmy Quillen of Kingsport the senior Republican asked the Justice Department in May to consider Jordan for the life-time appointment is good Quillen said of announcement "Leon Jordan has all of the solid qualities to make an excellent Please see JORDAN page A2 WBIR-TV Channel 10 announced in June that it would change to NBC in September At that time CBS executives sure if they would go with WTVK the NBC affiliate or WATE-TV Channel 6 the ABC affiliate The target date for the WBIR-WTVK network swap is By RICHARD POWELSON News-Sentinel Washington bureau WASHINGTON President Reagan Monday nominated Johnson City Chancellor Robert Jordan to fill a 3-year-old vacancy on the US District Court in Knoxville The nomination requires confirmation by the Democrat-con-trolled Senate A Senate Judiciary CBS has found a new home with WTVK -TV Channel 26 killing the possibility of a three-way network switch Duane Eastvold WTVK general manager said Monday that the station is arranging to become the new CBS afilliate The present CBS affiliate proved by the Senate during last months in office because of the short work schedule remaining The Senate is scheduled to be in session only another seven and a half weeks in 1988 before adjourning Oct 8 One-third of the Committee spokeswoman Jane Berman said it is possible Jordan a UT graduate could receive a hearing and approval this year he is not However another Democratic aide said there is only a Jordan 54 will be ap Please see WTVK page A2 US would talk to Iran Reagan says Message reportedly sent to Tehran leaders By Associated Press WASHINGTON President Reagan said Monday the time has come for the United States to talk to Iran about Americans held hostage in Lebanon if leaders are and Reagan did not elaborate but an administration official noted earlier in the day that the United States had sent a new message to Iran last week asking about the possibility of talks aimed at normalizing relations Tehran still has not sent an reply the official said The official who asked not to be identified said the United States would like to talk to the Iranians about ending the Persian Gulf war the nine Americans held hostage in Lebanon and terrorism He said the US message did not specify conditions for a resumption of relations severed in 1980 As he was leaving a White House Rose Garden ceremony honoring participants in the American Boys Nation program Reagan was asked you ready to talk to Iran about the hostages Is it willing and ready to talk he replied White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said really nothing on the fate of the Americans held captive in Lebanon by pro -Iranian extremists Fitzwater reiterated that in the wake of acceptance of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in the protracted Iran-Iraq war American officials have been hopeful that a dialogue could be established with the government of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini On Sunday Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci said improved US-Iranian relations could lead to the release of the nine Americans including the Associated Middle East correspondent Terry Anderson who has been held since March 16 1985 longer than any other American have consistently said that prepared to enter into a dialogue with Carlucci said they have to do is designate somebody who is officially empowered to talk to us and be glad to talk with them about policy issues about terrorism about bringing peace to the region about whatever is Asked about speculation that the US hostages might be released if the war ends Carlucci said obviously not going to discuss any quid pro quo but if the Irnians want to talk to us about the hostage situation and how going to go about influencing their release be delighted to talk to them about it not in the slightest suggesting that there would be any deal for the hostages That is contrary to our Fitzwater took the same stand in answering questions Monday negotiate We pay ransom We Live grenade found at North Knox disposal center Miles CaryNews-Sentinel staff Knox County deputies stand around a pile of junk at a waste disposal where a hand grenade was found Monday The grenade is shown in the photograph below The Tennessee Highway Patrol sent a bomb squad to remove the grenade from the Solid Waste Convenience Center 6659 Maynardville Highway Weapon safely detonated Bomb squad sent by Highway Patrol By MARIA CORNELIUS News-Sentinel staff writer A live grenade was safely detonated after being found in a wooden box of military items Monday afternoon by an employee at a North Knox County garbage disposal center accord ing to Sheriffs Department spokesman Art Miller Sheriffs Department officials called the Tennessee Highway Patrol in Nashville which sent a bomb squad to remove the grenade from the Solid Waste Convenience Center 6659 Mayn- thought it was a dummy souvenir but I going to try and find out 99 Charlie Rice Waste disposal center employee ardville Highway Since the demise of the Knoxville police bomb squad recently both the city and county now rely on Highway Patrol and military personnel to remove explosives Police Commissioner Phil Keith relieved bomb technicians Lt Bob Coker and Officer Jack Jinks from their squad duties in early June when he discovered decaying sticks of dynamite in the armory in the Safety Building Miller said response time would have been much if city police were still responding to local explosive incidents not up to the county to decide the priorities of the city police Miller said Keith said the city should have a new bomb squad operating within three months but the city will require reimbursement from the county for its services which the city previously provided without charge Please see GRENADE page A2 Please see IRAN back page INDEX Bank to increase inner-city loans Japanese firm studies ET sites for two plants Third National plans $20 million package By ERIC VREELAND News-Sentinel staff writer INSIDE For more than eight months a handful of Knoxville community leaders have maintained that First Tennessee Bank has the worst inner-city lending record A2 Comics B5 Dear Abby B4 East Tennessee A3 Editorials A6 Living B1-6 Movies B2 NationWorld A5 Obituaries C9 Sports C1-3 Television B3 Want Ads CIO-14 STOCKS 1944 issues traded Dow Jones ends session up 1081 Stock listings business news C6-9 THE WEATHER Times of clouds and sunshine today with chance of a thunderstorm High 88 Complete weather A2 to meet with CRA Steering Committee representatives in early May and the two sides swapped proposals on meeting the credit needs of the inner city one source involved in the discussions said According to several sources the Third National agreement: Targets low-income tracts with home-improvement multifamily mortgage and small-business loans Allows mortgage loan applicants to pay a deposit instead of appraisal credit check and other front-end charges Bill Murrah a community education specialist with the Knoxville Legal Aid Society praised the responsiveness Murrah was involved in the joint meetings of the steering committee and the bank William Harahan executive vice president of Nippondenso America serious contenders are Michigan North and South Carolina and Harahan said in a telephone interview Monday from Southfield Mich Among the sites on the list are Athens the Tellico area Maryville and Cleveland in Tennessee Asheville in North Carolina and Greenville in South Carolina Harahan said While Knox County may not be at the top of the site list Harahan said has been further consideration for the Knox Coun- By JACK LAIL News-Sentinel business editor A Japanese manufacturer with a plant already planned in Maryville is also studying a handful of East Tennessee communities as possible sites for two manufacturing plants whose construction it may announce by late August The manufacturer is Nippon-denso a big Japanese auto parts maker that is building a 550-job $200 million starter and generator plant in Maryville It is studying six cities in Tennessee two cities in North Carolina one city in South Carolina and sites in Michigan for a compressor plant the size of its Maryville plant said Third National Bank of Knoxville officials have put together a $20 million loan package that would make the bank a leader in inner-city investment sources said Monday If the proposal is discussed the board is expected to approve the 10-year loan blueprint today The loan package was hammered out after members of a citizens group the Community Reinvestment Act Regional Steering Committee waged a public campaign last year to in- crease inner-city loans by all banks The CRA Regional Steering Committee had charged that Knoxville banks or illegally discriminate against poor inner-city neighborhoods when the banks make loans Third National was one of the banks initially accused of redlining Third National officials agreed Please see SITES page A2.