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"2A Sturdy. Dcwnhw 13 1997 THE TEWNE88EAN WORLD IN 5 MINUTES 1 Compiled from Tennessean tiews sennces and staff reports ft v-a-iftj-. At? rh li Amazon report delayed No one disputes that the Amazon rainforest is shrinking, but just how fast it's disappearing is a mystery. A new report by a congressional com- mittee investigating foreign logging companies says the Amazon is vanishing at a rate of 20,000 square miles a year. About 12 of the 2 million-square-mile wilderness is already gone.

Scien- tists say the loss mainly from wildfires and logging adds to the greenhouse effect that is believed to cause global warming. Although the numbers are only estimates, it's hard for the government to refute them without 1 Family honors parents Almost two years ago, a Navy jet crashed into a home on Luna Drive. To honor their parents who died that day, the family of Elmer and Ada Newsom has donated $25,000 to the Nashville Fire Department The money will be used to purchase a device allowing firefighters to see into smoke-filled rooms. On IB. APSU MOVES ON Faculty members at Austin Peay State University are hopeful that the acrimony of the past several months can be put aside, but few say they have read the Tennessee Board of Regents report of the strife between the faculty and APSU president Sal Rinel-la.

Fewer are willing to talk about it On IB. I figures of its own. But the official numbers have been under wraps tor nearly tnree years, ine government had promised to release its figures Dec. 1. They were withheld after Eduardo Martins, president of Brazil's Environmental Protection Agency, asked for more data on the average size of deforested areas and vegetation affected.

AP I CAN HARDLY BEAR IT! Randolph Hurt's bear hounds peek through small windows he cut into his homemade camper shell. The hounds were waiting patiently for the black bear hunt to begin in Madison County, Va. DIFFERING VIEWS It was clear from their joint news conference that Secretary of Jackson says she's sorry 'Recess appointment' for Lee siaie Maaeieine AiDngni ana umgos tTesiaeni Laurent Kabila hold different views on the definition of democracy. But Albright said she made it clear that the United States wants Kabila to permit open political activity, including that by members of the opposition. On 5A.

Good news comes to Vandy Vanderbilt got a little good news last night when No. 1 prospect Everett Robinson said he will sign with the Commodores. Robinson helped Birmingham's Shades Valley High School to an 8-4 record and the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs playing quarterback, tailback, split end, cornerback and safety. Today, word is expected to come from David Jor-gensen, a prep All-American lineman from Hartford, Conn. On 2C MIX FIGHTS The Mix Factory seats less than 1,000 people and is one of the smallest boxing venues in the country.

But Tuesday night three former world heavyweight champions will fight at the tiny venue. On 7C BUTLER IN BAGHDAD Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler was back in Baghdad for the first time yesterday since pulling out inspectors in protest of Iraq's expulsion of American members of the team. Butler returned to Iraq to push his demand for full access to suspected weapons sites, including buildings declared off-limits by Saddam Hussein. On 3 A.

A senior White House official said President Clinton plans to announce a confrontational "recess appointment" at a White House news conference scheduled Monday. Clinton apparently plans to use the action to install his embattled nominee, Bill Lann Lee, as head of the Justice Department's civil rights division over the objections of GOP Senate leaders. On 15A. ETHICS WATCH The list of Clinton administration officials who have been indicted, resigned under fire or investigated is growing. Whitewater is the subject of ongoing investigation by an independent counsel.

And a number of financial transactions and practices from his 1996 campaign are under Justice Department investigation. Other presidents have had then-own ethical problems. Still, ethics watchdogs say the problems on Clinton's watch are particularly galling because he came into office promising things would be different On 14A. IE "I'm so sorry," a sobbing Autumn Jackson said in pleading for mercy. The young woman who shattered Bill Cosby's image as America's most devoted family man was sentenced to more than two years in prison yesterday for trying to extort $40 million from him by threatening to tell the tabloids she is his out-of-wedlock daughter.

Jackson could have gotten nearly six years, but U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones portrayed her as an unsophisticated player in a scheme devised by Jose Medina, who is awaiting sentencing on identical charges. On 13A. CRASH REPORT An investigation by an Air Force panel into the September crash of an F-117A jet into a residential neighborhood crash found that when the wings were removed and reinstalled as part of a maintenance check, four fasteners were likely left off, according to an Air Force report Military technicians failed to install four of five fasteners on the left wing of the jet causing the $42 million stealth fighter to crash, the Air Force said. On 10A.

CHILDREN RESCUED In the early morning darkness, a button-size listening device police had dropped through a broken window picked up a sound they hadnt heard all week: snoring. That was all the SWAT team needed. They stormed the house, shot a murder suspect to death and rescued two youngsters being held hostage. John Edward Armstrong had held the children hostage in their home for almost four days. On 13A.

Holiday fare on television Today's Entertainment page brings you the next installment of our list of holiday television shows. There's something for everyone in the family to enjoy: cartoons, movies, music specials, religious programs and episodes from classic and current TV series. On 3D. Diarrhea drug close to OK The Food and Drug Administration panel's unanimous conclusion that the first vaccine against the leading cause of childhood diarrhea is safe and works moves Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories' RotaShield vaccine a step closer to U.S. sales.

The FDA is not bound by the panel's advice but typically follows it If the FDA agrees, the vaccine would be given to infants in three doses, at ages 2, 4 and 6 months. On 17A. SPURRED TO ACTION Sea Jay Rockefeller, vividly remembers his an- ly.jlj fTf ger ai ine way nis momer was reaieu uuring iu years of dying from Alzheimer's. "The doctors at the hospital said they knew what they needed to do to make her comfortable, but they didnt" he said. Motivated in part by that experience, Rockefeller pushed a law requiring that any health-care facility receiving federal funds must inform patients of their right to prepare advance directives, such as living wills and medical powers of attorney.

On 14 A. Illegal deliveries probed New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco said he had notified delivery companies FedEx, UPS and Airborne, along with 12 wine and liquor distributors, that he plans to sue them for violating the state's liquor laws. Vacco says the companies illegally delivered beer, wine and liquor to minors in New York. On IE. Frco Lottery Results sourcess4 Call 242-2424 and enter 3700 for the latest winning numbers.

Wider Briley bridge Intermedia goes digital Idig, InterMedia's new digital cable service priced at $15.95 a month, will deliver numerous new channels to Nashville-area cable subscribers in 1998. The additional service is optional, and there will be a $14.95 fee to install a new digital cable box in the home. Here is an overview: likely despite hurdles mission has slated a May hearing i 4- existing Briley Parkway Bridge in the 1960s. Wetlands, on the west side of the river, that would be destroyed by the new bridge design. Tanglewood Lodge and several smaller log houses, which were built in the 1920s or "30s by noted builder Robert Condra on or near the site of an early pioneer settlement called Haysbor-ough and may have incorporated some of the original structures.

Transportation officials say none of the concerns raised by neighbors is likely to delay the $35 million project, which is in the design phase and has a completion date of late 2000 to 2001. While the turtles, lake and wetlands will be addressed through regulations of the state Department of Environment and Conservation and TWRA, the potential historical site may be bypassed, said Ray Brisson, environmental program manager for TDOT. "We feel like the way we have the plan for the road now, it will not impact that area." The Tennessee Historical Com By RENEE ELDER Staff Writer A turtle, a pond, wetlands and an old log house have become hurdles the state Department of Transportation must jump before completing plans to widen Briley Parkway near Opryland. The environmental issues have been raised by residents on the banks of the Cumberland River, where a new bridge is planned as part of expanding Briley from four to eight lanes between Mc-Gavock Pike and Gallatin Road past Opryland. "I have met with the concerned residents on both sides of the river as well as the Department of Transportation! and I have some concerns," said state Rep.

Ben West, D-Hermitage. At issue are: A pair of alligator snapping turtles that are not endangered but considered "a species in need of management" by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Cheek Lake, which once ran deep but is already half filled with silt from construction of the for a nomination of the site to the National Register of Historic Places. Residents of the area are worried that construction to widen the highway to eight lanes will have a negative ecological impact and an adverse impact on their property values, West said. A potential bridge location slightly south of the current planned route was considered but rejected because it would have required the state to purchase valuable commercial properties, Brisson said the pair of alligator snapping turtles spotted on Love Creek adjacent to the proposed construction could be relocated if the TWRA advises it "It may be a strange creature, but it's not threatened or endangered.

If TWRA wants us to move them, we would certainly entertain that" The wetlands would be destroyed, but replaced with a 2-1 ratio of new wetlands downriver in the Lakewood community, he added. 30 new viewing channels: America's Health Network medical and health information BBC World News the best of British Broadcasting Company programming BET on Jazz studio documentaties and interviews Bloomberg Information TV business and financial news CBS Eye on People national news and features Classic Sports Network memorable sports moments Discovery Civilization Network world history and geography Discovery Kids Network educational programming for children Discovery Living Network cooking, travel and lesiure Discovery Science Network technology, space and anatomy ESPNews sports news, scores and highlights Fit TV fitness and health information Food Network chefs, restaurants and cooking demonstrations Fox Sports World football, basketball and baseball games Game Show Network classic game show re-runs The Golf Channel coverage of more than 70 tournaments The Independent Film Channel commercial-free movies INSP (The Inspirational Network) preaching and family-oriented movies International Channel International news, dramas and sports Kaleidoscope disease and disability information Much Music musical events, trends and Interviews Nostalgia classic programming for older adults Oasis New Age music videos and concerts The Outdoor Channel camping and nature Outdoor Life- hunting Ovation opera, ballet and fine arts Romance Classics commercial-free movies Southern Entertainment TV gospel music videos Speedvlslon motor-sports racing Turner Classic Movies commercial-free movies DMX (Digital Music Express) Idig also will deliver 40 audio channels playing country, rock, rap, jazz and other kinds of music in CD-quality sound. Subscribers can connect their stereos for what amounts to commercial-free radio. More movie channels Subscribers who pay for HBO, Cinemax or other movie channels also will receive extra channels free. For example, if you currently have HB01, HB02 and HB03, you will receive HB04, HB05 and HB06 as well.

New channels include: HB04-HB06 Cinemax3-Cinemax5 Showtime3-Showtime6 TMC2-TMC4 (The Movie Channel) Sundance Channel and Sundance2 Flixl and Flix2 Starz2 and Starz BET Encore Westerns, Encore Action, Encore Mystery, Encore Love, Encore True Stories and Encore WAM 4- Last link of Briley to open Source: InterMedia ANGIE WALTON STAFF 3 November 1995. Briley Parkway, Thompson Lane, Woodmont Boulevard and White Bridge Road now make a loop that stretches 34.1 miles. All of it is at least four lanes except the 4.5-mile, two-lane Woodmont Boulevard strip through residential Lipscomb and Green Cherry found guilty of lesser offense Hills areas. In 1961, when the county controlled the project But, Grandinetti said, the section to open Friday will significantly reduce the amount of time it takes commuters and tourists passing through town to get around the city. Farris Deep, executive director of the Metro Planning Commission from 1965-84, said Briley Parkway was initially supposed to be completed before the interstates.

"In the old days, the idea was to finish the parkway before the interstates so you could divert the traffic while the interstates were being built But it didnt happen that way because of scheduling and money." In 1983, the state took over 3,330 miles of local roads, including Briley Parkway. Now, the completed parkway will provide alternate routes for motorists in times of bumper-to-bumper traffic on the interstates. Deep said relief from traffic congestion in Nashville, particularly amid numerous highway construction projects, is needed more than ever. "There's a greater need for the parkway now than in the 1960s because the traffic is worse now. Anybody living in the north section of the county will have good access to .1 Feb.

11 sentencing hearing. Defense attorney Tommy Overton is expected to ask that Cherry, who completed a drug treatment program soon after his son was killed, be put on probation. Overton said that Cherry "is in a jail" in his own mind "every day of his life." Assistant District Attorney Roger Moore said he feels the charges that prosecutors pursued against Cherry were justified, but he is satisfied with the jury's verdict "We felt that a Davidson County jury should hear the facts and decide whether Donald Cherry's actions were poor parenting, negligent or criminal" Moore said he hopes that Cherry's conviction will show people that they should not take children "Into dangerous situations." He also said "Christmas has come early" for Cherry, thanks to the jury verdict i Cherry, 33, a warehouse worker, would not comment after the verdict His estranged wife, Kim Cherry, who testified for the prosecution, said she was pleased the jury decided, as she feels, "that he was guilty of endangering our children." But she said Cherry has "an excellent relationship" with their surviving son, Matthew. "They See each other every day." younger son, Matthew, then 1, to danger during the drug deaL That offense is a misdemeanor, with a maximum penalty of 11 months and 29 days in jail Matthew Cherry was strapped into a child-restraint seat like his brother, but he was not injured in the shooting. Chanta McKay, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder, accused of firing into Donald Cherry's car.

The bullet struck DJ. in the head. He will be tried at a later date. Judge Cheryl Blackburn allowed Cherry to remain at liberty under $10,000 bond yesterday, pending a and interstates only reached the city limits or county line, a study said the parkway was needed to encircle "the central business district provide cross connections between the freeways and radial streets and divert considerable traffic on the most congested section of conventional streets." The "central business district" was downtown Nashville and the "radial streets" were defined as routes extending out from downtown, including No-lensville Road, Dickerson Pike and Murfreesboro Road, Grandinetti said. The completion of Interstates 40 and 65 into urban Nashville in the mid-1960s and 70s satisfied many of the concerns Briley Parkway was designed to address, Grandinetti said.

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