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irrwpi Thursday November 14 1985 tww TelevlsIon6 Etorijam illomin HtfAlfr Comfcs4 MovIes7 Obituarles2 Teague Denies ver Being With i By JACK HOLMES Herald staff writer GRAHAM Paul Anthony Teague testified in his own de fense Wednesday during his trial on charges of kidnapping rape and murder in the 1979 death of Tammy Sue Aldridge Teague 23 who was living in California when he was arrested this summer not only denied the charges against him but denied knowing or ever being with Miss Aldridge He testified that he had been at parties held on property during owned by his half-brother during two years from the spring of 1979 to 1981 when he lived in Ala mance County aid But he said he attend the one on June 30 1979 when it is alleged he was accompanied by Miss Aldridge and a man who has been identified only as Tony Teague said he never knew anyone named Tony at East 70 Auto Parts where Teague worked nor anywhere else One of the chief wit-' nesses was Charles Lowery who was Teague's employer Lowery who was the host of the parties testified that Teague Tony and a now-deceased man named Frankie Whittington told him the day after Miss Aldridge's body was found that she had been bound and gagged at the house on the property of half-brother JD Pick- enng Teague said Wednesday no such conversation ever occurred He also said he never talked to another witness Bobby Lynch much later about the -death of Miss Aldridge Lynch and Lowery both that Teague told them Miss Aldridge was bound and gagged because she became hysterical after partying and having sex ilto with Teague and Tony They said Teague told them Miss A1 death was accidental Both Lynch and Lowery have Idi federal drug charges pending against them and have an agreement with federal authorities for concessions on sentences in their cases in return for testifying in the trial of Teague The last witness was Dr Page Hudson the chief state medical examiner Hudson examined Miss Aldridge's body where it was found Gathered For Winter The hay is harvested and the corn is change of season Soon the growing sea- winter This shocked as the falling leaves signal the bounty will be needed during the Roxbora Fund Options H-! Vi Wi By DANNY UNEBERRY Herald Raleigh bureau RALEIGH A gasoline sales tax was among the options tentatively approved Wednesday by a task force that will recommend ways to pump up two financial in the state highway Sr- on July 3 1979 Her body was found ly im partially in the high- way on NC54 near the house where the party was held on June 30 He testified that it is his opin- ion that Miss Aldridge died from 1 Hudson said it was very un- likely but conceivable Miss Al- dridge might have strangled while bound and gagged but that injuries about the face head and neck were consistent with manual strangulation Sperm that was no more than 24 hours old was found in Miss Aldridge's vaginal tract Hudson' said however there were no in- juries in the pelvic area or the vagina He also said tests revealed no alcohol LSD or marijuana in her system Hudson said there are no tests to detect LSD in a system and one for testing for the presence of marijuana was available only on an tal basis" in 1979 ery hi Teague Tony and Miss Aldridge had used LSD smoked mari- Juana and were drinking at the une 30 party Teague also said that he Tony and Miss Aldridge were using drugs and drinking before she was tied up Lowery testified Miss Aldridge was last seen by her family before she went jog- ging earlier that day witnesses have testified Teague told them he and Tony 1 picked up the victim while she -was jogging and that she went with them to the property known as the Girl Scout voluntarily She telephoned her home the next night and the following night but told her mother she tell her where she was but that she was all right When she was found her legs were bound Hudson testified marks on her arms and wrists indicated her wrists had been Superior Court Judge Robert Farmer recessed court early Wednesday because he said the rest of the witnesses in the case are coming from out of state and be in Graham until late Wednesday The trial will resume today at 9 "am He said some improvements should be made soon to the water system including improving a raw water pumping station at City Lake and adding a booster pumping station to increase the pressure on the water main running north of the city along US 501 Improvement costs have not yet been estimated Brookhart said he expects the $12000 study of the entire water system to be completed by the end of the nth mont The city can still furnish the 16 million gallons per day with-' out making the improvements' Brookhart said He recommended that planning for the improvements go along with the design of the Cogentrix water lines Cogentrix officials said the company would pay the cost of installing water lines to the plant They want an answer from the city on the cost and availability of water so they can complete their financial plan The Roxboro City Council will meet again on December 10 Brookhart said he will have the completed report at that time City officials also expect a response from Cogentrix at that meeting Facility i tion work would cost between $15 million and $2 million Ralph Knott chairman of the iklin County Leadership Committee said all boils down to what the hospital means to the Bernstein said the community must support the plan for it to work Franklin County Hospital was nd expanded in built in 1951 and 1957 It currently has 76 beds In 1980 county voters voted down a $58 million bond issue to re model the existing hospital or sting pital build a new hos Chase That Started In Chapel Hill Ends In Durham Man Charged Roxboro Council Agrees program The Urban Transportation Task Force also agreed to study increases in license and registra- tion fees changes in the way money from gasoline taxes is distributed and the creation of a re- volving fund from which local governments could borrow to -elp pay for highway improve-' ments was charged with reckless driving and failing to stop for a blue light and was transported to Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh According to Pendergraph and transmissions on a police radio -monitor an Orange County deputy spotted the man in downtown Chapel Hill about 10 lilAi- The man noticed the deputy and fled in his own car driving down Franklin Street The deputy radioed police for help Two police cars pursued the man down 15-501 but radioed ahead to Durham police when the man crossed the county Une Pendergraph said the car might have had mechanical problems as To Provide Water For Plant IStali ku I3TBTT PTIOTD Dr IVMUNI MOQvw scene is along US 501 near no -The recommendations will emphasise users paying the costs for highway construction and main-' tenance more involvement by local governments and long-term solutions if the task force follows a set of policy issues it also tentatively adopted Wednesday ---r Several of the specific recommedations such as changes -in the distribution formula for the gasoline tax could be controversial Legislative members of the task force warned Wednesday that rural counties also must benefit from any changes in the highway program ana that any money taken from the general fund for roads must be replaced political realities have got to be looked said Rep Bobby Etheridge D-Harnett Harrington -appointed the members of the Urban Transportation Task Force earlier this Sar to develop options for meet-g a severe financial shortfall in the highway program The shortfall is a result of highway fund revenues that have not keep pace with the in- creasing costs of highway construction and maintenance The lZK-cent per gallon gasoline tax provides the bulk of i See Highway Fund3B Pedestrian Killed LOUISBURG r- A 64-year-old estrian was killed at 5:40 pedi Tue am when he was struck by a car on NC 56 half a mile east of Louisburg Trooper Brenda Redd identified the victim as Paul Melvin Duke 64 of RL 4 Louisbu: Tray 4205 Sunset Ave isburg Jr 22 of Rocky Mount 1980 Datsun the driver of the which struck Duke said Duke was standing in the roadway wearing dark clothes and sweeping away debris the trooper said Damage to car was estimated at $250 No charges were filed in the accident Youngsville residents work out-side the county Under recommendation a formal arrangement would be set up between medical staff in Franklin County and in a larger hospital in Raleigh The administration would be restructured and the larger hospital would share the financial risk in Franklin County Hospital Specialists would come from Raleigh to work in Franklin County He said an affiliation is necessary for marketing purposes future of much of health 'y A combination of the alterna-tives may win final approval by the task force possibly at its next meeting in January Transportation Secretary' James Harrington urged the members Wednesday to develop collection a potpourri of choices that could be offered to -the governor and then to the Legislature" it reached the 15-501 overpass near South Square Mall The car collided with a Chapel Hill police car and the man was captured Pendergraph said The injured police officer was identified as Eric Smith He was treated and released at NC Memorial Hospital experienced some injury to his nets and shoulder but it is anticipated that be Pendergraph said He refused to say whether Smith was driving the police car which sustained about $1000 in damage'The car reed ceived little damage Pender-graph said He said Durham police are in- vestigating the accident i-'! 'V or a story idea please call the Raleigh 834-2850 In North Carolina VIA'' fct county residents who are hospi- talized She said older Medicare patients make up 71 percent of the patients in the hospital but only 32 percent of that age group go to Frai ranklin County Hospital The occupancy rate dropped to an average of 44 percent in 1985 Bernstein said most of the patients who could go to Franklin County go to hospitals in Ra- leigh suggesting that Franklin County Hospital should affiliate with one of the Raleigh hospitals Where To Calf To offer a news tip a news Item 1 Durham Morning Herald news desks: In Durham In Research Triangle Park 682-81 81 Vv r' i Md-4541 By PAUL BROWN Herald Orange bureau CHAPEL HILL Durham po-1 lice ended a chase that began in Chapel Hill Wednesday with the capture of a escapee from John Umstead Hospital in Butner One Chapel Hill officer received minor injuries in the chase that reached speeds slightly higher than the posted speed limit said Chapel Hill Po lice CapL Ralph Pendergraph Pendergraph refused to iden- tify the man who police chased from Graham Street down Franklin Street and onto US15- '501 Bypass Charges associated with the chase would be withheld until doctors determine the mental state Pendergraph said Pat Williamson public in- formation officer for the NC Department of Human Resources also refused to release the name She said he failed to return to the mental hospital after a weekend pass- An Orange County magistrate listed the man as Thomas Thompson An address and age 1 were unavailable the magistrate 'said since warrants had been sent to the Orange County clerk of courts A clerk there said she had not received the forms The magistrate said Thompson Frankjih By MARY BETH STARR Herald staff writer LOUISBURG Franklin County Memorial Hospital should affiliate with a larger hos- pital if it is to be a viable hospital in the future the chief of the North Carolina Office Of Rural Health Services said Wednesday Night James Bernstein told about 75 people at the courthouse that the hospital should affiliate with a hospital in Raleigh He also By MARY BETH STARR Herald staff writer ROXBORO City Council members agreed Tuesday to pro-' vide water to the Cogentrix Lae power generating plant if the finances can be worked out The council voted unanimously to provide the water after hear- 1UJC IIILCI 1111 ACUUll UU IUV city's water system from Morris ing an interim report on the systemfr Brookhart of WM Piatt and Co consulting engineers City Manager Clarence Burch said ne will send officials at Cogentrix a letter of intent by the end of the week to provide the water The county board of commissioners approved plans for the plant in early October despite fr i plant will pro steam to the Collins Aikman textile plant and electricityto The Carolina Power Light Co 1 Slant will be located near Collins Aikman north of Roxboro Brookhart said Cogentrix had specified it would need 16 million gallons of water per day about half of the reserve water capacity care is going to change in how it is financed" he siad "Medicaid will contract out pa- tients to health maintenance organizations For you to get that business as a small hospital you must be part of a bigger system" he said The hospital board of trustees and medical staff will meet with Bernstein Tuesday at 7 pm to act on his recommendation Bernstein said he would make architectural sketches for their consideration Bernstein estimated renova- '-v: Elsewhere In Chapel Hill 967-6581- 1 80G 672 0061 Hospifal Urged To Affiliate With Larger said that the number of acute-care beds should be cut from 54 to a maximum of 45 He said the 15-bed psychiatric unit should remain and 20 skilled-nursing beds should be added -He also recommended expand- According to Denise Runde a ispokesman for the health services office use of outpatient services is increasing but other services declining ini The Franklin hospital accommodates about 50 percent of Ms Runde said 72 percent of 4 jr-i 1 1.