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TELEVISION 'Don't touch that dial' Don West makes pitch on 'Sports Collectibles Show' SPORTS, 1C IN THEATERS Who are these X-men? Decades of comicbook story lines pared down for film MOVIES, IF HOCKEY July 14 2000 I A95 T69 Complete weather forecast on 6B Predators sign Russian Arkhipov gets three-year deal, likely start with affiliate SPORTS, 1C ilk- WTRICK STEWART AS PROFESSOR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE A GANNETT NEWSPAPER VOLUME 96, NO. 196 9 SECTIONS 3 COPYRIGHT, 2000 PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID IN NASHVILLE, TN JHlE L-jtl'l'it nil 1 Getting your hands on these Report positive on health of US. children Want Titans tickets? Have good game plan What's available: 5,000 tickets for each game. Limits: Fans can buy as many as four tickets to as many as four games. Prices: $12, $18, $27 0n2A What's the best way to get tickets? Here are some tips.

List of Ticketmaster outlets. What Single-game tickets for all 10Titans home games (two preseason, eight regular-season) go on sale. Where: Adelphia Coliseum box office, Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster by phone, (615) 255-9600, Ticketmaster online, www.ticketmaster.com. When: Tomorrow, no starting at 10 a.m. ySr games Dallas, Jacksonville, Kansas City in a matter of four or five minutes," he said.

Collins said if he was trying to buy tickets he would work with friends and be dialing phones, (615) 255-9600, and trying to get onto the Web site (www.ticketmaster.com) simultaneously. Or, Collins said, he might try one of the more obscure Ticketmaster outlets in Middle Tennessee. There are approximately 60 within a 60-mile radius of Nashville. "If you get more than what you're looking for," he said, "I think you're going to be Please see TITANS, 2A By PAUL RECER Associated Press WASHINGTON By some measures, this is a golden age for America's children: They are healthier, better fed, less likely to live in poverty and more likely to survive to adulthood than ever before. But a new government study also shows that US.

kids drink too much, smoke too often and more than a quarter of high school seniors are using drugs. "In some areas, the health and well-being of American children is better than it has ever beea" said Dr. Duane Alexander of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. But Alexander added: "There are some things that are not the way they should be, and even the indicators that are 'best-ever' status have room for improvement." U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W.

Riley noted, "Today is a good news day for America's children." Rising prosperity of the last eight years, said Riley, "is making a real difference for our nation's childrea" He noted that 59 of young children are now enrolled in early education programs. Riley said that 55 of high schoolers are now participating in volunteer activities, a 10 increase from 1996. The annual report was compiled by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. It uses data from 20 federal agencies on the health, educatioa economic and education trends among America's 70.2 million children under the age of 18. The report is based on the most recent statistics, with most of the data from 1999, 1998 or 1997.

Among the highlights: More children 19 months to 35 months old have received vaccinations than ever before. For 1998, the rate was 79, a 3-percentage-point increase from the previous year. Please see KIDS, 2A niA COLISEUM BltK6Tf 10 ly, through Ticketmaster online. Marty Collins, the team's ticket manager, said he thinks all 10 games two preseason and eight regular season could sell out in less than two hours. "With the capacity of the system and all the avenues available, we could sell out of what seem to be the hottest Pi fr MP SUDS $29, $31, $37 $40 and $48.

CLIFF ETIERNEYSTAFF '-5 9" J- 7 4 "lUk." aw-! T. Lane's wife may have been injured By PAUL KUHARSKY Sports Writer Roughly 5,000 tickets for each of the Titans home games this season will go on sale tomorrow morning at 10. If your heart is set on getting in Adelphia Coliseum this fall, the best thing tomorrow may be to stay far away from it. Officials will start to organize lines at Adelphia around 8 am and six windows will be open two hours later. Those who aren't at the very front may be waiting in line while the treasured tickets fly away at Ticketmaster outlets, through Ticketmaster by phone and, most substantial- Grief swells as police hunt clues to slayings By LEON ALLIGOOO and LEON M.

TUCKER Staff Writers SMYRNA Yesterday was a day of regret and remembrance for family and friends of the Captain D's workers found shot to death early Wednesday. In Memphis, Julie Myers pondered the cruel timing of her husband's death. Scott Myers, 42-year-old manager trainee, was killed the last night of his training, his widow said in a telephone interview. In La Vergne, T.J. Brady remembered his best friend, William Troy Snell, who at 18 was the youngest of the homicide victims.

"I've known him since day one," said Brady, 17, who last saw Snell Tuesday morning, just before each departed for their respective restaurant jobs. Meanwhile, many people who didn't know the victims but who were touched by the senseless violence ex- inside Metro detectives shaken by latest Captain D's slayings. 0n8A fl Stevi Parker, 16, places flowers at a memorial for her slain PHOTOS BY JOHN PARTIPILO STAFF friend, Troy Snell, In front of the Captain D's in Smyrna. fmmmm mi.inwit.Jl iiiwj tffKmrmm mi i'11'1' i jj 1 ly third victim, Bryan Speight, 29, of Nashville. A recent resident of Washington D.C., Speight was hired by the restaurant as the assistant manager on April 10.

While Smyrna police spokesman Scott Byers also confirmed that all three were working the night of the slayings, details about the case remain scarce, in cluding who killed the three and why. No arrests had been made in the case last Please see SLAYINGS, 8A bells will ring out songs on the hour between 7 am. and 11 p.m. at the mall, just behind the state Capitol. Although the mall opened in 1996, a funding shortfall delayed completion of the carillon until this spring The carillon has been under construction for the past 18 months.

said: "I can't go into that right now." This week, a Charlotte court denied a local television station access to the 911 tape of Deidra Lane's call to police. Fred Lane the player's father, said that he "didn't get too much" out of his last discussion with police and that his frustration is mounting. "They said they didn't see any scars (on her), but they said that didn't mean there weren't any," Fred Lane Sr. said. If the (police) say it was a domestic situation and he strangled her and she shot him, then so be it She admitted to killing him.

I just want to know something and want something done. "I want to know why nothing has been done. Somebody murdered my son, and somebody has to pay." "Mr. Lane is obviously in a position where he wants something done about what happened to his son, and I would, too," Bridges said. Everybody wants answers, but, right now, we are not able to give them." Family, friends and neighbors have been interviewed by investigators.

RANDY PILANO FILE Thomas Black-well cleans in front of the Tennessee Carillon, which begins ringing out from the Capitol Mall tomorrow. Business onSns Vbur Termessean N. business depart-k mentis now online. Get the latest news first, at www.tpnnessean.ctm By JIM WYATT Sports Writer A police spokesman in Charlotte, N.C., says Deidra Lane may have been injured during the domestic dispute that led to the death of her husband, NFL football player Fred Lane. Police say Lane, who was a star at Franklin High, was shot to death by his wife of two years on July 6 during a domestic dispute about an hour after he returned from Nashville.

No charges have been filed against Deidra Lane, however, and police spokesman Keith Bridges said it probably will be next week before the case goes to the district attorney to determine whether charges will be filed. Bridges has indicated that Deidra Lane may have been injured during the couple's domestic dispute. "Let's put it this way: We offered her the opportunity to go to the hospital, and she declined," Bridges said. "There was no serious injury, no but she had made some statements to lead us to believe it may be best if she was looked at by a doctor." Asked if Deidra Lane had any visible injuries, Bridges Talks turning wheels of change BridgestoneFirestone Inc. and the United Steelworkers of America are working on four new agreements covering employees of Bridge-stone's nine U.S.

tire and rubber factories. On 1E. I T-J- Brady. facing front, and Stevi Parker hug as Jeff Wood looks on. pressed their feelings with flowers.

Dozens of carna- tions and roses were laid in front of the store all day by a stream of caring people. "You just can't help but feel for them. I know of so many teen-agers who are working the late shift. It could have happened any- where, said Denise Sanders, who traveled from her Murfreesboro home bearing flowers. At Smyrna police headquarters, authorities released the identity of the is not going to do that.

If it is a nuisance, we will turn it (the volume) dowa" After a four-year delay, the 95-bell Tennessee Carillon will begin ringing out such runes as Tennessee Waltz and Love Me Tender at noon today to celebrate the state's rich musical heritage. Starting tomorrow, the Officials hope Tennessee Carillon, Capitol Mall visitors find harmony No ceremony is planned. but beginning at noon the carillon will play the Tennessee Waltz and a medley of three other songs at the top of the hour. Each hour thereafter, the carillon will again lead off with the Tennessee Waltz, but there will be a new medley of three songs, one representing each Grand Di vision of the state. Architect Kern Hinton said the state's musical heritage is what led to the development of the carillon.

"It is the thing at the park that reminds people and honors the music forms of the state." The carillon was designed with 95 bronze bells, one for each county. The U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation into whether Thomas Jones' civil rights were violated when Philadelphia police beat him this week. Police Commissioner John Timoney rejected anv cnmnarisnn tn the 1991 By DDREN CHEEK Staff Writer Will hearing the Tennessee Waltz 17 times a day from the state's new $4 million carillon at the Tennessee Bicentennial Capitol Mall drive people in the neighborhood bonkers? No, State Architect Mike Fitts says. "I feel confident it To subscribe call: 242-NEWS or (8001 342-8237 Officials probe beating Classified 1G-12J Comics 60.2-3H CioswwnJ 2D DearAbby 20 Deaths SB Editorials 12-13A Entertainment, 3D Horoscope 2D National 5-11 A Scoreboard 9C feleMskr, 7D VferUNews 4A Local News Sports Business Movies AutoRadng 8C Basebal 4-6C Brad About Ntxj Ex-shenff Thomas in critical condition Fate Thomas, Davidson County sheriff 1972-90 who built a powerful political organization, was in critical condition last night in the cardiac intensive care unit at Centennial Medical Center, a spokesman said.

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