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)-'! 0 njiipj in MTSU BASKETBALL 1 I (tH Phone 893-5860 Good Afternoon 143rd Year-No. 821 Friday, May 29, 1 35( 1 nr, -oiikjty'S HOME NEWSPAPER SINCE 1849 200792 3076 JSTflT LlBHy ee 37130 403 7ih AVE NORTH NASHVILLE, TN 3721? raiiiiiiKOT if DGfltoti next year Teachers ask raise for 992 20 Bullen said. "We're dealing with labor costs, but what the labor is about is 18,000 school children," he said. fWe have an obligation to these generations and we have an opportunity to help them compete and be taxpaying citizens." As presented the budget would require no new property tax money. And while the $10 million is covered by increased revenues from other sources, the Commission should be cautious about pulling funds now, Bullen said.

A year ago the Commission gave the schools a 10-cent property tax increase and allowed them to take $1 million i from reserve funds to replace state By JOHN CALLOW News Journal Staff Writer Rutherford County schools will see their budget climb by more than $10 million if the County Commission's Health and Education Committee has its way. After the school board presented its $66.7 million budget to a joint meeting of the Health and Education and Budget committees Thursday, the Health Committee voted 4-1 to pass the proposal on to the Budget Committee without changes. "I feel strongly this budget has to go through this year," Budget Committee vice chairman Bob funding cut with the understanding the money would come back if funds were restored. "The temptation is strong to get the 10 cents back," Bullen said. "But I plead with you to listen closely and be cautious about pulling away." The school is in a position to stand on its own, he said.

"If we take away from the system now, we may be faced with a big increase later," he said. Commissioners spent more than three hours poring over the proposal presented by School Superintendent Elam Carlton and finance director Ed Shirley. (See Committee, page 2) Although the agreement calls for a 7 percent raise, this figure would be applied only to the local contribution to. salaries. The raise for a typical county teacher (master's degree and five years experience) would be less than $500, the amount given to all county workers but teachers for the current fiscal year.

For the lowest paid teacher, the raise would be about $200 a year. "Historically getting a commitment for salaries is pretty hard until the tax rate is set," Beasley said. "But we got assurances from (school finance (See Teachers, page 2) By JOHN CALLOW News Journal Staff Writer With only half a day of school remaining, Rutherford County teachers agreed to salary proposals for a new contract Thursday. Teachers agreed to taking no raise for the school year, which ends today, if the board will support a raise for next year, Rutherford Education Association chief negotiator Bearl Beasley said. The settlement was announced during a joint County Commission Health and Education and Budget committees meeting Thursday called to review the proposed school budget for 1992-93.

i i i my. $22,000 for La ByRIC GROSS News Journal Staff Writer LA VERGNE Mayor Shirley Winfree cast the deciding vote to triple her salary Thursday night, as the Board of Mayor and Alderman approved on final reading a $5.8 million budget. Winfree's $22,000 raise brings her annual salary well over $30,000, including expenses and X. State funds boost Blue jean blues city schools $2 Drive with rocks and royal blue dye from a McMinnville jeans plant. Officials said the spill was not toxic.

Browning-Ferris Industries workers wash down South Rutherford Boulevard near MTSU Thursday morning after one of their trucks showered the roadway between U.S. 70S and Greenland blackio Joan dye leave By LISA MARCHESONI News Journal Staff Writer Driver Lois Anderson thought fresh oil caused wet pavement Thursday morning on Rutherford Boulevard. But when she arrived at work moments later, "blue stuff dripped off(her) tires. "When you're driving through it, you're wondering, 'What in the world is Anderson said. The Murfreesboro Electric Department employee later learned the "blue stufT was blue jeans dye which leaked from a Browning-Ferris Industries truck van.

Tom Harrington, BFTs district manager, said the truck tailgate opened, spilling rocks and some used dye from stone-washed jeans production onto the roadway. Bill Travis, county emergency services coordinator, said the BFI truck hauled the materials from McMinnville en route to the landfill. "It's hard to estimate how much spilled but it's not a great amount," the coordinator said. The rocks and dye splashed onto Rutherford Boulevard between U.S. Highway 70S (Woodbury Highway) and Vergne mayor benefits: "-vAldermen Joe Montgomery and Mike" Webb voted against the raise and budget, while Richard Norris and Tom Brewer voted in favor.

The board also voted 4-1 in favor of a property tax cut of 3 cents, which decreases the rate from its present 60 cents to 57 (See Winfree, page 2) for growth, teacher experience and the Ka-cent sales tax increase. The board took no action on the budget at the 3 p.m. -meeting Thursday at the city schools central office. Typically, the. budget is approved during the regularly scheduled June meeting and is then passed on to city officials for their consideration, said Super-(See State, page 2) Doctor regrets coach injuries By LISA MARCHESONI News Journal Staff Writer A Murfreesboro physician sued by MTSU's women's basketball coach for alleged negligence said he regretted the injuries his patient incurred.

Coach Lewis Bivens seeks $2 million in damages from Dr. Joseph Knight, Dr. Stephen Odom and Middle. Tennessee Medical Center, stated a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Circuit Court. Bivens' treatment with strep-tokianase caused him to suffer paralysis in his legs from treatment which required him to undergo extensive the lawsuit stated.

The lawsuit blamed Knight, Odom and the medical center for negligence in his treatment Knight said Thursday afternoon he "deeply regretted the injuries Coach Bivens incurred during the treatment of the potential life-threatening condition. along with all of the sporting world and Middle Tennessee, am encouraged by his progress as he hopefully makes a full recovery" Knight said. Odom couldn't be reached for comment. Joe Henson, medical center executive vice president, said he couldn't respond to the lawsuit's allegations. DNJ Photo by Jim Davis p.

blue. Greenland Drive. "It was" more an aesthetic problem than a hazardous problem," Travis said. "It was not a hazardous material." Authorities contacted state solid waste and water quality officials, who advised how to handle the cleanup. BFI employees brought front loaders to scoop tip solid materials while firefighters flushed the royal blue dye with "copious amounts of water," Travis said.

Workers placed straw in a pond near MTSU to absorb some of the dye, he said. (See Jean, page 2) renewed, she told reporters. She made $29,000 per year and had headed the Women's Center for eight years. Walker, whose office said he was unavailable for an interview this morning, told other media the personnel changes were unrelated and "they just so happened to occur at the same time." Tunstill said he was stunned Wednesday when Walker told him over lunch he was going to be replaced with a person of Walker's choice. "It was out of the blue it is still hard to believe I have been inundated with calls of support," Tunstill said this morning.

"Since I help create the telecommunications department, I chose (See MTSU, page 2) By KELLY LOCKHART News Journal Staff Writer Murfreesboro City Schools Board of Education members studied an $18.6 million 1992-93 budget Thursday which includes close to $600,000 in restoration funds and more than $700,000 in new monies from the state. The 1992-93 budget represents a $2,025 million increase over the 1991-92 budget. Much of the new monies are coming from the state TODAY'S HEADLINES Mountain of JFK files awaits public's eye A mountain of documents pertaining to the assassination of President Kennedy awaits public release as legislation to unlock the files moves through Congress. See story, page 3 Airlines slash fares in economic battle American Airlines cut Its lowest fares In half In a promotion immediately matched by four rivals. See story, page 10 Index Church 6 Classified 16-19 Comics 8 Lifestyles 5 Sports 11-15 TV M.

9 Weather -10 If you don't get your Daily News Journal, phase call your carrier or 693-5860 before 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and before 10:30 a.m. on weekends. Old library uses may be multiple 93 'It smcllcd Lois Anderson Motorist en route to the Middle Point Landfill. "It smelled terrible," Anderson said.

BFI officials offered to pay for cleaning the exterior of her gray is to make recommendations to the Library Board, the City Council and the County Commission in hopes that they will agree that the best use for this building can be to serve the many arts groups which exist in the county," Corlew said. In a related development, Linebaugh Library will reopen June 8, not June 1 as planned, children's librarian Sherlea Swan said. Linebaugh Library Board chairman John Pittard and head librarian Briley Adcock made the decision because moving is taking longer than expected. A survey questionnaire was sent "to every arts group we knew anything about in the county" to gather ideas and sufestions on what to do with (See Library, page 2) Two other officers removed By CLINTON CONFEIIR News Journal Staff Writer What will be done with the old Linebaugh Library building after the library reopens next month at the Civic Plaza is the subject of recommendations from a special commission. TheMurfrees-boroRu therford County Cultural Arts Commission, chaired by Robert Corlew, was scheduled to meet this morning in the Rutherford County Courthouse, said Dot Harrison a commission member.

"The commission is evaluating the space needs of a variety of cultural arts organizations in our community and attempting to determine how the building can best now serve our community," Corlew said. "The intent of this committee By DAN WHITTLE News Journal Staff Writer Three executive heads rolled Thursday at MTSU as president James Walker made changes in his administration. MTSU vice president of finance Jerry Tunstill expressed "shock" Thursday when it was made public he had been asked to step down. Two other MTSU administrators Walker's executive assistant Bene Cox and the June Anderson Women's Center director Rebecca Rice, also experienced career changes Thursday. Cox said she decided to return to the college classroom as an English teacher after discussions were held with Walker.

Rice's contract was not.