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The i Mission goes on Outside Inside Chuckle The butcher had a beef with his steak distributor and now on the lamb Calendar Classified Community Deaths LocalStates Opinion Special Occasions Sports Weather Bristol Herald Courier 5D 1E 12E 1D 8D 2A 1B 8B' 6A 7A 2D 3D" 1C 8C '4 Page 8A missinri uin Page ID Page IB PagP jc Partly cloudy and warm tooay Mosny clear tonight Mountain Mission Audit shows Norman School marks 75th animal shelter closer to first UKgW anniversary 124th Year No 23953 Sunday April 14 1996 Bristol Virginia Tennessean 48 Pages Plus Supplements $125: Herald CourlerMike Jackson T'c vl 1 Rep James Quillen has made a big impact during his nearly 34 years representing 1st District Retiring lawmaker looks back on 30 years in Washington Please see LASTING Page 5A By RICK WAGNER Bristol Herald Courier that I have teamed in working with people and my open doors have brought the people closer to me for which Quillen helped in a 10 year battle to get the medical school at East Tennessee State' University that bears his name as well as keeping and expanding the Veterans Ad ministration hospital at Mountain Home and helping get flood control in Sevier County The fight for what would become Quillen College of Medicine put him in direct op position to then Gov Winfield Dunn of more things named for him while he is living than most have after death have said that they have received calls from all over the Quillen said at his retirement announcement Wednesday which sat the political world of Northeast Tennessee on its ear are people so concerned about what Quillen is going to do? What has he done legislatively to make him bring such atten The public service career of the man who wants to be remem bered as a con from Northeast Ten nessee mav be nearing an end but his marks on the region are many and will outlast his tenure During nearly 34 years shuttling be tween Northeast Tennessee and Washing ton DC US Rep James Quillen lst has left many marks on this region and its people albeit few bills and laws that list him as primary sponsor Tri Cities residents can drive on an inter state named after Quillen to a medical school in Johnson City or a heart center in tion to so many And their response was Kingsport both also named after him It well a people's congressman seems the 80 year old Quillen has had' proud of that proud of the knowledge A lasting impression Memphis a Republican who vetoed the state legislation setting up the school but had li the veto overridden by the General Assembly Quillen worked with Re publicans and Democrats in Nashville and Washington that and other projects His friends include prominent Republicans like former Presi dent George Bush and Democrats like former Gov Ned McWherter He also worked on federal projects for the state with former US Sen Jim Sasser Tenn I had anything to say about my ser vice to all of you and to the people of the 1st District the people of Tennessee aAd the nation it would be the friends that I have Quillen said yes Israel puts pressure By The Associated Press BEIRUT Lebanon Israeli gunboats blockaded port and a helicopter attack on an am bulance killed six people Saturday the third day of drive to wipe out Shiite Muslims guerrillas in south Lebanon 1 The Israeli army chief of staff Gen Amnon Shahak said the op eration which comes as Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres faces pressure to stand tough be fore May 29 elections could last as long as two weeks As Israeli jet fighters helicopter gunships and artillery batteries pounded suspected guerrilla hide outs and rocket launching pads the pro Iranian group Hezbollah retaliated with a new salvo of Ka tyusha rockets at northern Israel security sources in Lebanon Israel confirmed that seven rock ets landed within northern Israel causing no injuries or damage The violence in the region threatened to get even worse when Palestinian militants said they might renew their deadly suicide bombing attacks in Israel and a "Hezbollah leader said he activated ja bombs Israel said its gunships fired on a civilian ambulance in the south ern port city of Tyre on Saturday because the vehicle carried a Hezbollah activist Eight people were wounded and of those killed three were sisters aged 3 6 and 7 there were children killed I am sorry for it but they were op erating in a place from where Hezbollah fired Katyushas (rock ets) and where we had warned res idents to said the head of northern command Maj Gen Amiram Levine The ambulance belonged to a local civil defense unit affiliated with Shiite political groups ac cording to Lebanese security sourc es speaking on condition of ano nymity They said the vehicle was evacuating people from Mansouri one of 48 villages the Israelis or dered vacated before the bombard ments up the people Then I heard a whooshing sound I was sucked out of the driver Abbas Mdeihli said from his bed at the Najm hospital in Tyre The head of the international Red Cross Philippe Gaillard said the ambulance attack violated in ternational humanitarian law Israel warned Lebanese to evac uate more villages near the border between the two countries Satur day and effectively cut off southern Lebanon from' the rest of the coun try by warning against using the main coastal highway Please see ISRAEL Page 8A 1 Herald CourlerMike Jackson really OK to do this? Most of the time kids are told NOT to leave fingerprints Saturday was one of those rare times when it was' not only permitted but encouraged Above 3 year old Thomas Glover of Bluff City carefully watches as Bluff City police Chief Terry Robinson fingerprints him for the Kids Identification program during a Kids and Kops Day observance Children also had their photos taken for future identification purposes and enjoyed a visit from the Wings Air Rescue helicopter crew from Johnson City arrest was one thing now time for the hard part By The Associated Press WASHINGTON The arrest itself took only mo ments Now comes the painstaking unglamorous lab oratory work to determine with certainty whether the truckloads of evidence taken from The odore remote Montana cabin link him to the 17 year string of Unabomber attacks And that work likely will take weeks ederal law enforcement officials had a lot of ev idence even before agents started combing Kaczyn cabin last week Aside from letters and the 35000 word manifesto published by The Washington Post and The New York Times that Please see ARREST Page 3A Herald Courier Joe uta I Bgl marshal "3 Unlike most county courts in the region federal courts are protected by elaborate security measures as evidenced by the above view of the entrance to the federal courthouse in Abingdon rom left are Tom Hutton court security Woodrow McGlothlin deputy US marshal and DM lannagan court security Are courtrooms secure enough? Most officials say they feel safe but some weaknesses do exist By STEPHEN EVANS Washington County Bureau Circuit Court clerks in South west Virginia say the chances are better than even that someone could get inside a state courtroom most days with a loaded gun or other concealed weapon Court security is not an issue that many clerks judges sheriffs or county prosecutors feel com fortable talking about for obvious reasons But though they agree security can and should be im proved they say the cost of spe cial detection equipment is be yond the reach of most local gov ernments in this area The re circuit court clerks say they generally feel comfortable about safety inside the court room Privately however many of them say they are worried something will happen because varies from one day to the next Nearly all state courthouses in the region are protected by sher iff's deputies wielding hand held metal detectors but that measure of security tends to be seen only during high profile cases typi cally trials and hearings that in volve murder rape or drug distri bution ew Southwest Virginia Please see SECURITY Page 8A George: Hospital merger is still on track By ANNE GRUNDON Bristol Herald Courier 1 Public opinion continues to be supportive of the Bristol Regional Medical Center and Holston Valley Medical Center merger now being finalized Eddie George said ri day adding that long awaited an swers regarding key hospital posi tions will be announced very soon Already office space has been leased for the parent organization a name will be announced Mon day and the definitive agreement needed to legally bind the two hos pitals to the merger will be consid ered later this month The merger touted as a necessary cost saving measure has pret ty George said think substantial credit needs to be given to both boards of both said George now serv ing as CEO and President of BRMC and recently chosen as the administrative leader of the still to be formed parent group boards really have demon strated remarkable The two boards will make their final decision April 25 when they meet in separate sessions to take one last look at the definitive agreement a document full of le galese that binds both hospitals to the merger George said he anti cipates no stumbling blocks say ing the step is merely a formality to finalize what has already been decided Once that move has been made some other key decisions can be made oremost on the minds of many employees is who will be chosen to sen as the administrator at each hospital George said Rose Britt already in a key position at Holston Val ley is a top contender for the lead position there while Jim Hopson now vice president of professional senices at BRMC is being consid ered for the job at the Bristol hospital There are three additional candidates for the role at each hospital George said explaining that Quorum Health Resources the company that manages BRMC has aided in finding qualified candidates think we have some excellent candidates for both George said going to be a very difficult decision? Those decisions likely will be announced in mid to late May as will the appointment of executive vice presidents at both hospitals Shortly after that other employees will learn where their jobs stand Earlier in the merger talks hos Please see MERGER Page 8A YWCA narrows field to nine in Tribute to Women observance Page IB Outside.