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The Knoxville News-Sentinel Thursday January 14 199: Defeated senator elected to Demurs response was to ask He added be able to care of Us need Tm sur" Sen Steve Cohen D-Memphto jected on the Rep Stamps hsuac farvl had the Elvis stamp and thatk the beet stamp for the people' Darnell said he will be more in pursing more money bom the Legists turn for tee Library and Archive to resume publishing the Tenru blue Book which indudes the state con NASHVILLE Riley Darnell whom volets ousted in November bom hie Senate seat was elected eecretery of state by the Legislature on Wednesday with one dissenting vote The former Democratic senator from Clarksville was defeated fbr re-election by Carol Rice a Republican bom Us hometown She cast a ballot for him in Wednesday's vote understand why If someone rejected by the voters we turn around and give him a high-paying Job It sends the wrong message to the people of the state of Tennessee that the Legislature promotes someone rejected by the voters)) went bom the House of Lords to the House of Commons" Darnell eakL was a step down as it is for He said he is beyond and will strive to make the General Assembly competent and inde- pendent as it can Last monte Darnell ousted then-Sec-retary of State Bryant MiDsaps when the Democrats nominated their candidates for constitutional officers Because Democrats control a majority of the Legislature they also control those elections which included the re election without opposition of Treasurer Steve Adams and Comptroller William Snodgrass This year the Republicans did not field lfUsaps had succeeded Gentry Crowell who shot himself during tee Rocky Top investigation of public corruption and illegal bingoi Darnell was praised by Us Mow Democrats as a leader they know and love Repi Randy Stamps R-Henderson-viDe was tee lone lawmaker critical of DarndTS election saying it was of tee good oT boy system understand why if someone is rejected by the voters we turn around and give him a high-paying Job" said Stamp whose abstention bom voting for Darnell will be counted as a sends the wrong message to the people of the state of Tenneeeee that the Legislature promotes someone rejected by the voter IfS a step Stempesaid stitution and date on the Legislature state government He said interested in legislation to reform voter registration teat may indude a voter bill to allow voteni to register when renewing their driver! His first choice was to be senator and his second choice was to be secretary of state Darnell told the Joint convention of Senate and House members convened to elect constitutional officers feel Hke Winston Churchill when he bub fsi a fjm8 8Si? sES 23f8-a? rmtspim Channel 8 to build studio in West Knox By Vita Rand Knoxville's CBS affiliate WKXT-TV Channel 8 ingoing west General Manager Lewis Cosby on Wednesday said the station will move to what he called studio and office complex to be built on PapermiD Drive five-yev lease is up always planned on our own Cosby said Cosby said $2 million will be invested in the new Sdlity by Knoxville Channel 8 Limited Partnership he owner It will be buQt on three acres and next to Bill Rodgers Buick and behind the Boy Scouts of Smoky Mountain Council office Groundbreaking is scheduled for April 1 fbr the 18400-square-foot building Michael Brady whose work includes the Bagwt Communications complex is the buDdingk archi tecL WKXTs transmission and antenna will remain on Sharps Ridge where its facilities are currently located Cosby called Channel 88 current bunding inefficient swing that operations are divided on three floor now on top of Sharps Ridge Kk the only television station location which is not a visible lo- Travelers walk through McGhee Tyson Airport lobby Wednesday The airport In 1992 set a record for the number of passengers passing through the airport Discount fares cited as airport sets record cation All the other stations were built in the early he said referring to WHIR-TV iq and WATE-TV Channel in West Knoxville win make us more visible and more accessible to tee community and our advertiser1- WKXT went on tea air in December 1988 succeeding WTVK-TV Channel 28 a CBS network affiliate at that time but formerly an ABC affiliate for many year The station was one of the last VHF By Kan Garland 1 Bount County bursau Comair Trims World Exptes United Express and US Air Express McGhee Tyson to the hub she said Delta provides service to Atlant OnefamsH she said "The exciting thing is that people are recognizing tee benefits of McGhee Tyson Pound said think people realize the level of service that existe at McGhee Tyson Airport jkjrticulariy as it relates to nonstop service to 11 She said one factor in the high number of passengers using tee airport was the large number of discount fares the major airlines offered last year Airlines also engaged in fare wars in 1987 helping to account for the luge number of passengers using the airport during that year she said The airport serves airlines that fly to or bom 11 hub airport she said Four major airlines Delta Air Line USAir United and Northwest and five commuter airlines American Eagl McGhee Tyson Airport in 1992 set a record fbr the number of pnaaengors passing through the airport officials said Airport records indicate that a total of 1481494 passengers either arrived or departed bom the airport on commercial airline said Sharon Pound director of marketing and public relations for the Metropolitan KnoxvUte Airport Authority represents a 9J7 percent increase over last year and a 24 percent increase over our previous record year which was Pound said A total of 1148496 passengers used the airport in 1991 and 1227515 used ttta 1987 she said More passengers left McGhee Tyson than arrived according to the figures provided by airport official A total of 83518 passengers boarded planes while 626176 passengers arrived and DaUas-Fort Worth airports USAir flies to Pittsburgh and Charlotte NXL airports United provides Jet service to Chicago Olive airport and United Express flies to Washington Dulles airport Northwest provides daily service to Memphis American Eagle flies to Nashville and Raleigh-Durham airport Comair provides service to Cincinnati Trims World Express flies to St Louisa and USAir Express serves Chariott Pound said the top 10 cities of origin or destj-nation for passengers flying into and out of McGhee Tyson Airport include Atlanta Chicago New York CSty Washington Memphta DaDas-Fort Worth Pittsburgh Los Angela Orlando and Denver awarded by the Federal Communications Commie-sion Channel 8 made news in April 1991 when it fired 10 staffers and dropped its 11 pm weekday newscast and its weekend newscast At that tun coowner Don Bagwell said an advertising revenue slump and changing viewer tastes prompted the move South Central Communications Gorpi which was Channel 8k majority owner aold its 70 percent interest in the united partnership to the John PUpps family of TaOahuee FI last year for $5J minion Evansville tad-based South Central Communications announced Jan 6 that it was agreeing to buy WIMZ-FM and AM fbr $34 million from Stoner Broadcasting Com Steve Edward South Central's radio division president said ten that the company planned to move the WIMZ stations and WEZK-F1 its other Knoxville property into the Sharps Ridge facility pro history Tom papers donated to UT library NmSJmsMwSw Siler that were never published The letters and interviews put I rwagstaaraga I Suspect with drunken driving history indicted on vehicular homicide charge Aman with a history of drunken-driving arrests was indicted Wednesday on a vehicular homicide charge Dennis Gerald Coad 42 of Maryville was also indicted on Charges of vehicular assault aggravrted assault reckless endangerment and violation or driver's license law The June 26 accident left his passenger Teresa Lynn Blackwell dead after Coadak Ford Pinto struck a curb sideswiped another car and hit another car on Kingston Pik According to testimony in City Sessions Court Coadak blood-alcohol level waa 012 The statek presumed legal level of Intoxication to Oil Coada has been arrested for five drunken driving offenae to rest some myths of the Nay land era and beyond For instanc the rivalry between Neyland and Alabama Coach Wallace Wade wu so intense that many thought the two coaches disliked each other Intensely Siler knew better said AUen Wadek signed nomination Neyland the best America: college football coach aver fa among SOerk paper Dr Andy Kozar a tailback under Neyland an author and uni vanity profaaaor says he can' wait to see the Siler paper cepe ctaOy the letters from primary aourcee who will reveal new in sights into sporta history Jim Lloyd head of special coi lections for UT hbrarie said expects anybody concerned wit! UT history win want to see Sileri wo wuuaw vw uaawe 1 A treasure trovo for Volunteer fans has Just been opened at tee University of Taimeaseek Hoskins Library Papers of the late Tom SOer longtime sports editor of The Knoxville News-Sentinel offer an insiderk look at UT and Southeastern Conference athletics ftum the first days of the Bob Neyhmd era through the Johnny Majors £VAe 9 SOer who dad in 1988 was a Journalist for more than 50 year He kept very thorough file said Ron AUen a dealer in rare books and manuscripts and an avid UT football fan who appraised the collection for UT The whole oollectioa to Just hbulou There are some real gems in tear" sakl Alton who ta vi ung Property tax collections are way up Knox County Trustee Tommy Schumpert reported that Decern-' ber property tax collections were more than double the amounts collected in December 199L The December 1992 collections were $17472118 or 189 percent of the total $95422400 expected for the year In 1991 the December collections were $8483479 or 104 percent of the total expected Schumpert attributed the increase to several factor worked with some of the large mortgage companies and got them on computer tap and that speeded up us being able to process them and get them through the Schumpert said Slight improvments in the overall economy probably contributed to earlier payment and some large property transfer including the Bank of Knoxville Building to Jim Clayton and hia Loudon banking interest also boosted the total of current and delinquent taxes collected Delinquent tax payments were also up in December with $24945401 in delinquent 1991 taxes collected In December 1991 $15747240 in delinquent 1990 taxes was collected Judge transfers robbery case A Criminal Court Judge on Wednesday said she could not hear a robbery case because tea defendant had practiced law in her court Judge Maty Beth Lefltowitz transferred the case of former Knoxville police detective and lawyer Mike Parker Parker 45 wu arrested last month at his Blount County home and charged with aggravated robbery involving a 1991 holdup of a Pizza Hut in Hall Tom Siler Sledgehammered officer out of hospital Knoxville Patrol Officer Brian WaDue wu released from a I Wednesday a day after being attacked by a wwmum i through 20 boxes of letter srti- tpovUnct are sinned letters from paper de Silerk numerous awards and Kij wnr wukjwmn Since obtaining the Siler docu the manuscripts of his four book Vince Lombardi Paul mentUTLibnry has beenrora Bryant and Bobby Dodd Thera to Just a world of staled letters and things in there from prominent American foot- 27 piling the papers of Neyland froi several aourcs Among thoi who have contributed papers ai Johnny Majors and Bob Gilber author of a Neyland btograph They were donated to UT bv Silerk wif Nancy SOer deflate papem ara then and I hope thqr will be used she said think he would Wallace wu on routine patrol on Fotoome Avenue near Glenwood Avenue about 542 ajn Tuesday when he saw a man carrying a sledgehammer Wallace tola the man to put down the sledgehammer and answer some question The man approached Wallac grabbed him and threw him onto the hood of his cruiser He then struck Wallace in the chest with a 16-pound sledgehammer and fled Wallace suffered a bruised heart an damage to the lung coaches over the last 34 be very pleased to have his pa- year said Allen Also in the collection are some "yna suumogn Among Silerk personal cone- ong revealing interviews bjr phy which wu never pubUstad Silerk papers Include amanu script of hie Neyland autobiogra.