University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Community Several stars from the television soap opera HOne Life To Live came to Knox- ville to help the city celebrate its annual festival of arts and crafts. During the festival, the soapis cast also filmed scenes of the parades and festivities and televised them in May, giv- ing Knoxville some precious publicity. But, Knoxville had some problems, too. Mayor Randy Tyree was busy preparing the 1981-82 budget, which included cutting city employees insurance benefits. The proposal angered many Knoxvillians and led to police sick-outs, protests, and law- suits against the city. Almost three days in spring saw Knox- ville without a complete police force, when members of the Fraternal Order of Police suddenly caught an epidemic of the Blue F1u.On one shift, only three out of 37 police officers reported for duty. But, when the sick-out did not seem to have the desired effect on the city council or on the mayor to change city employees insurance plan, the controversy that had started the chain of events, policemen began picketing. T0 stress their point even further, a few hundred policemen and supporters of their cause visited the World's Fair site on the day of the One-Year-To-Go celebra- tion May 1 armed with picket signs to promote their cause. Gov. Lamar Alexander and Space Shuttle astronaut Bob Crippen greet guests at the World's Fair site May 1, Crippen was on hand to join Knoxvillians in the One-Year-To-Go Celebration. 24eC0mmunity Another group expressed their dis- pleasure with federal financial methods. About 1,500 Tennessee Valley Authority employees filed 1980 income tax forms claiming enough dependents e in some cases, more than ten - to be exempt from paying income tax. The federal government further influ- enced the Knoxville area when a commit- tee headed by Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee drafted a report on TVA. When the report was released. President Ronald Reagan recommended Charles H. tChili1 Dean. manager of KUB, for the TVA board. A shock that hit many auto-driving Knoxvillians right in the pocketbook was Reaganis deregulation of gas prices in the latter part of January. Gas prices in Knoxville rose more than 12 cents over the first few months. and the threat of the Knoxville Transit Authority to cancel weekend bus services made mat- ters even worse for bus riders. But, the rough times were almost always overshadowed by the hustle and bustle of World's Fair preparation and the annual Dogwood Arts Festival. Between visits from presidential can- didates in the fall and from television stars and an astronaut in the spring, Knox- ville was busy making itself known all over the nation and the world. - Viola Gienger Amid his charred belongings. Bill Kittrell. a graduate in wildlife and fisheries. looks over what he was able to salvage from his Fort Sanders' home. One student, Carlos Ramirez, a freshman from Venezuela, was killed in the Oct. 29 blaze. ,5 lat, EOE ' 'PEK CH a u 5 I -Lee Thomas

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