The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 2

A2 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Friday October 28 1988 FROM PAGE ONE Knox Briefs Shells formed on the three 32-caliber shells will shed light on the case The shells are to be taken today to the state police academy in Donelson near Nashville where specialists will examine them Meanwhile people who knew Jenkins revealed a bit about his past He was born in Harlan Ky where he lived for a few years before moving to Sevier County his family said There he attended public schools and graduated from Sevier County High School where he later returned to teach music family members said Jenkins studied music at Maryville College but never graduated relatives said However he continued practicing the piano and organ Methodist Church on Henley Street said Jenkins practiced there Jenkins was a man with problems say the people who knew him He seemingly had difficulty holding jobs he rarely had much money and would sometimes ask for food at the churches where he practiced He w'as a familiar sight walking along Chapman Highway in his Van Dyke beard turtleneck sweaters and berets He would sometimes talk about his troubled personal life and lack of money to those who stopped to pick him up acquaintances said He sometimes complained that people in Sevier County understand him because he had given up everything for his music was all he lived said cousin Frankie Gorman In the 1960s Jenkins had established himself as a dedicated musician at the University of Tennessee He played with a UT opera company during that time and practiced with various UT music ensembles Billie Arnold a secretary at UTs music department for 23 years remembered Jenkins would sit in front of the piano and play for four five or six she said was sort of an odd personality" In recent months Jenkins practiced at downtown Knoxville churches Members of First Presbyterian Church on State Street First Baptist Church on Main Avenue and Church Street United Cocaine marijuana confiscated in search A 46-year-old Knoxville man was arrested Thursday after Knox County Sheriffs Department officials searched his residence and found cocaine marijuana and cash said sheriffs spokesman Art Miller William Walden 3908 Copper Ridge Road was charged with possession of drugs for resale after authorities searched his North Knox County home at 12:45 pm Miller said An ounce of cocaine was found in a pump house and seven pounds of marijuana were in old cars outside he said They also found $22000 in cash Miller said Authorities obtained a search warrant for the house after developing information about Walden Miller said Walden is being held at the Knox County Intake Center on $75000 bond and is scheduled to appear in City Sessions Court Nov 10 He also was charged in 1985 on drug possession charges Miller said Continued from page A1 church around 3:30 pm Tuesday and left saying he would return in an hour and a half to practice on the organ He never showed however Someone shot him in the chest and head and left his body under the Western Avenue viaduct near Blackstock Avenue What makes both shootings so disturbing is that assailant vowed to kill a lot of people police say A day later Jenkins was killed Investigators have been unable to tell if the same person shot the men They hope tests per Man dies when train hits car on tracks A 33-year-old Maryville man died Thursday after his car was struck by a train at 6:45 am authorities said Randall Banks was driving across the tracks at Gore Street near Kingston Pike in a 1982 Chevrolet Camaro when his car was struck on the passenger side by an eastbound Norfolk Southern train said police spokesman Foster Arnett Jr The train engineer said the car which was traveling south on Gore Street was moving slowly over the tracks Arnett said Banks was taken to the University of Tennessee Hospital where he underwent surgery He died later Thursday morning Arnett said peared For good reason On Tuesday night about 6 Brown said she heard what seemed to be gunshots coming from the track area underneath the bridge was before 7 pm I hear three shots just one long one Maybe one or two close together that could have been because of the echo of the bridge The back of my building is open and we get all kinds of echoes off the bridge in here It could have been one shot an echo then another shot and the echo overlapping it thought at the time that this was a sound that belong I never heard that sound before It a metal sound It was a Brown who has owned the Lone Star for 15 months said she recognized Jenkins a regular customer but I have seen him before I have talked to him and I think at some point he has been in Phil Kunselman a landlord in the Fort Sanders area for the past 14 years said some of the transients he has talked to are so worried they are thinking about arming themselves who lives on a balcony near me was terrified after he heard about the shootings He come off the balcony of the street people I know have told me they are staying away from the railroad Fear Continued from page A1 known as Leroy Whoever he was the death of Jenkins has thrown the world of the street people into a state of fright Betty Brown who owns the Lone Star Cafe on Forest Avenue in front of the viaduct says that since the shootings the homeless who usually frequent the street in front of her cafe have disap Glow sticks available to trick or treaters Thousands of Knox County trick or treaters will be safer this Halloween thanks to the Knox County Sheriffs Department and American Cynamid Co The department has distributed 4400 to children in grades kindergarten through 6 The is a safe non-toxic lightstick that may be carried or affixed to clothing It produces a bright green fluorescent glow easily seen by motorists and lasting for six to eight hours The sticks were distributed for $1 each which is what it cost American Cynamid to make them The Sheriffs Department distributed the sticks as a service not as a fund-raiser or product endorsement department spokesman Art Miller said Special to The News-Sentinel Inmate works at Atchley home Former state Rep Fred Atchley left watches Sevier County Jail inmate Bill Cross use a leaf blower on driveway Sevier County news photographer Dan Stepp took photographs at 10:15 am Sept 30 of the inmate doing work at the Atchley residence The photographs have been turned over to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation which is looking into the apparent violation of state law Atchley says he is president of the county fair association and uses prisoners to work at the fairgrounds He says sometimes they finish early and help him around his home Sheriff Carman Townsend says he does not authorize inmates to work for anyone unless through a court-sanctioned work release program Cross is serving 6 months of a four-year sentence on grand larceny charges There is no record on file in the office of his being authorized for work release Mount Olive PTA backs sales tax boost The Mount Olive School board of directors has endorses the proposed county wide sales tax increase said board member Carl Pierce enactment of this sales tax in Knox County is very critical to the continued improvement of our school he said County voters who live outside Knoxville will vote Nov 8 on a proposed three-fourths cent increase in the 7-cent sales tax rate If approved the tax increase would generate about $12 million a year for the county schools 1 School program recognizes parents The Greater Knoxville Chamber of Commerce will recognize the school -family partnership Tuesday Awards will be presented to parent-volunteers and the schools they work in during a reception from 4:30 to 6 pm said Sarah Byrd director of the education program Recognition of parental involvement in the schools is one more initiative of the Business Encourages Students and Teachers or BEST program Ten Knox County elementary middle and high schools and their individual volunteers will receive plaques and cash awards Duncan rejects request to debate Taylor John Duncan Jr Republican candidate for Congress has declined a request by an organization of journalists to debate his opponent Dudley Taylor The candidates for the 2nd Congressional District seat were invited by the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists to appear for a face-to-face debate Taylor accepted and Duncan did not respond (we assume) he intends as a said chapter president Cynthia Moxley voters of the 2nd District are the real losers however because they will not have the opportunity to judge how the candidates would handle themselves in a one-on-one exchange of she said Throughout the campaign Duncan has refused to debate Taylor or make joint appearances with him As for the eventual need for another interchange in the West Knoxville area she said this point obviously our engineers feel that what our plan is sufficient possible that at some point in the future there will be more she said try to accommodate in our highway designs some type of concept that would make it possible to accommodate future development and agency was motivated by a need to put the controversy behind it and get on with building the parkway extension immediate concern is to get the project moving and on she said hard to say how far behind it really is right now but for this section probably six months or even a Hopkins said the entire project from 1-40 to Alcoa Highway can still be completed by Toole Continued from page A1 Bailey was not available for comment The Transportation Department had earlier decided against a proposed interchange at Westland Drive Nolan predicted that when the parkway opens the department will have to reconsider and open an interchange either at Westland Toole Bend or Bluegrass Quentin Gulley president of the association said think the commissioner and the governor made the right think everyone involved used good said Roger Daley the vice president Though Evans was unavailable for elaboration on his prepared statement his representative Gwen Hopkins said the state Corrections Amplifications If you find a mistake in The News-Sentinel call Associate Editor Harold Harlow 521-1849 so we can correct the error weather The News-Sentinel 521-6300 Temperature forecast Recorded by EZ97-FM (Jincinnati 5329 pc knoxville four-day forecast 24-hour forecast high and low) Sunday Saturday Today Tonight Monday and becoming Partly sunny High 62 Low 40 Partly sunny and cool High 62 Low 42 A shower in spots breezy with Mainly clear some sunshine High 62 chilly Low 38 A mixture of clouds and sunshine High 64 Low 42 11111 1 1 1 Rm-irmm i 40 4ft 4 around the nation Birmingham 6850 eh 60v region nvt and forecast for 6 pm today vVjmi rrn Cokf-w ftnuMMft-ieMe-MiiiiuniCmHiiiH i ii- statistics lake stages TENNESSEE: A few spots in the east will start with a shower then today will turn out partly to mostly sunny and breezy Highs 59-67 Under a mainly clear sky tonight will become chilly Lows 33 mountains to 45 southwest Saturday will be at least oartlv sunny Highs 59-69 KENTUCKY: Clouds and a couple of showers in the east will give way to partial sunshine today with a breeze at times Western areas will be partly to mostly sunny Highs 54-62 Toniqht will be mainly clear and cold Lows 27-37 Saturday will be cool with some sunshine Highs 52-62 VIRGINIA: A few showers will move from west to east across the state today There will be a gusty breeze and some sunshine will return to western areas during the afternoon Highs 58 northwest to 72 southeast Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy and chilly Lows 28 in the mountains 50 southeast Saturday will be mostly sunny Highs 52-62 NORTH CAROLINA: Today will be partly to mostly cloudy with a couple of showers moving through Highs 65-75 Patchy cloudiness and chillier conditions will rule tonight Lows 40 northwest 50 southeast Saturday will be cool with some sunshine Highs 56-66 GEORGIA: Today will be breezy with clouds some sunshine and a shower or thundershower Highs 68 north to 82 in south! ern Georgia Partly cloudy skies will be featured tonight with a shower in the south Lows 45 north to 58 south Saturday will be cool with variable cloudiness and a couple of showers and a thundershower Highs 66-76 east tennessee Sun sets 6:45 pm today rises 7:55 am Saturday Temperature: Thursday high 62 low 27 mean 45 normal 55 Records for Oct 27: 85 (1940) 25 (1962) Precipitation: 0 Month 116 year 2549 deficiency for year 1303 Relative humidity: 8 pm 44 percent Barometer: 7 pm 3007 tailing Highest wind: 7 mph northeast 8:48 am wind forecast: southwest 10-15 mph Midnight Today Steady Steady flu 13690-13703 flu 12575-12595 fall 01 fall 03 fall 08 fall 02 fall 01 flu 7940-7950 rise 05 Steady flu 8125-8130 flu 7388-7393 7 am Yesterday 16834 19223 13700 12586 10311 9542 16442 17876 9794 7944 14901 7938 8128 7391 above sea level Station Holston hw Watauga hw Boone hw Ft Henry Cherokee Douglas Fontana hw Santeetlah hw Norris hw Melton Hill hw Hiwassee hw Great Falls hw Ft Loudoun hw Watts Bar hw in feet poll en spore count moon phases Full Oct 25 Pollen: below 5 cu meter (very low) Primary source: undetectable Mold: 812 per cu meter (low) (Source: ET Pollen and Mold Station Dr Marek Pienkowski allergist) 1st Quarter Nov 16 3rd Quarter Nov 1 New Nov 9 Weather information forecasts by Accu-Weather Inc.