Kentucky New Era from Hopkinsville, Kentucky (2024)

April 14, 1982

Publication:

Kentucky New Erai

Location:

Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Issue Date:

Wednesday, April 14, 1982

Page:

11

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IRmturKy (Hra Local Area Wednesday April 14 1982 Page 1 1 State News Briefs Man Injured By ragment PRESTONSBURG Ky (AP) A man was seriously injured Tuesday when he was hit with a metal fragment as he worked at an eastern Kentucky strip mine said authorities Robert Compton 28 of Duco was reported in serious condition at Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg Compton was injured when a metal fragment broke off a sledge hammer he was using and struck him in the neck according to a spokesman for the Magoffin County Rescue Squad He had been using the hammer to repair a bulldozer at the strip mine near Waldo said the rescue worker Legal Sales Aid inances ASHLAND Ky (AP) Legalizing liquor sales here has been a financial boon to the city according to a survey recently completed by chambers of commerce in Boyd and Greenup counties The survey conducted during the first three months of 1982 showed that at least 119 new jobs have been created in Ashland because of liquor sales Ray Graeves executive director of the chamber said new package stores and restaurants opening soon could raise the liquor sales payroll this year to $13 million He said the survey also showed that new construction starts have amounted to nearly $11 million since Ashland residents voted to go wet last summer Mayor Orders Suspensions GEORGETOWN Ky? (AP) Georgetown Mayor Charles Lenahan has ordered suspensions without pay for the police chief a sergeant and two patrol officers Lenahan who ordered the suspen sions on Tuesday declined to say why the action was taken Police Chief Edward Chesser and Sgt Robert Bruin were each suspended for 10 days beginning April 14 and patrolmen Ron Carroll and Rick True for five days beginning April 26 City Attorney David Ashley said the suspensions were connected with an alleged break in at a Georgetown real estate office in April 1981 Ashley offered no additional details except to say that a Scott County grand jury had investigated the case and had found evidence of no criminal wrongdoing Dispute Nears End IRVINE Ky (AP) A two year dispute between some Estill County landowners and an oil shale developer should end this week with a cancellation of the contested leases Robert Addington of Ashland owner of Kentucky Syn Crude Corp has said he would sign the necessary papers this week Thirty two property owners sued the company in 1980 contending that their leases were obtained through fraud and misrepresentation Last week Syn Crude lawyer Greg Monge of Ashland told the attorney for the landowners that Syn Crude would cancel the leases of 24 landowners Monge said that seven other landowners have decided to keep their leases Another he added 1 never had a lease Syn Crude admitted no wrongdoing in announcing the decision to cancel the leases Contract Action Deferred RANKORT Ky (AP) The Personal Service Review Subcommittee has deferred until its May 11 meeting any action on a contract for reviewing health insurance useage by state employees The subcommittee asked the state Personnel Department to bring additional information on the contract to the May meeting Under the proposed contract with Kentucky Peer Review Organization of Louisville hospital stays of state employees would be reviewed to determine if admission was justified and whether the length of stay was necessary Unnecessary admissions and unwarranted lengthy stays could result in employees being required to leave the hospital or pay for the extra days after a one day grace period An appeal process is included The review group would be over the of the doctor to prevent charges for unnecessary hospitalization said Personnel Commissioner Dee Maynard She noted that the cost of state employee health care has risen from $58 million to $685 million since 1972 Council Head Sentenced BOWLING GREEN Ky (AP) The former executive director of the Paducah City County Arts Council has been sentenced to two years in prison on each of six counts of fraud Don Hayes 44 pleaded guilty in US District Court to charges of making false statements in obtaining some $81000 in loans from three Paducah banks US District Judge Edward Johnstone said the sentences would be served concurrently Hayes who was arrested last Dec 2 in New York and extradited to Kentucky still faces 25 state charges of theft by deception in McCracken Circuit Court Those charges involve allegedly collecting fees for tours that were never carried out McCracken Attorney Mark Bryant said he would meet with federal authorities to determine whether Hayes can be brought to Paducah next week for arraignment on those state charges Workshop Conducted RANKORT Ky (AP) The state Consumer Protection Division will conduct a consumer educa tion workshop for senior citizens at the Emerson Center in Lexington on April 20 Attorney General Steven Beshear said topics will include safe buying and use of medicines generic drugs hearing aids and health insurance Mrs Swigart Attends Meet RANKORT Ky (AP) Natural Resources Secretary Jackie Swigart is attending the annual meeting of the Interstate Mining Compact Com mission in New Orleans through riday She will serve as moderator for one of the technical sessions The commission is composed of states in which mining is a major industry House Rejects Veto After Veto Made By Brown By HERBERT SPARROW RANKORT Ky (AP) It may have been anunprecedented show of power by the state House of Representatives As quickly as Majority loor Leader Jim LeMaster Paris could call up a bill and House Speaker Bobby Richardson Glasgow could call for a vote the House on Tuesday soundly rejected veto after veto by Gov John Brown Jr The House took less than 15 minutes to override seven vetoes of House bills in cluding three measures expanding legislative authority and one guaran teeing state employees 5 percent yearly pay in creases The measures now go to the Senate in the final two days of the 1982 session If the Senate concurs in the overrides the measures will become law despite the objections With the legislature in just its second session ending veto meeting it is thought to be the first time a chamber has overridden every single veto by a governor of bills that originated in that house The House is still waiting on two Senate bills that were vetoed but have not yet been acted upon by the Senate The closest vote Tuesday was the 78 15 count on House Bill 538 which would set up a mortgage insurance fund to insure loans within neighborhood redevelop ment zones Richardson said the House was not trying to be vin dictive with the governor nor was it angry don't see any reason to get upset about the governor vetoing a Richardson said is his Richardson also noted that it is the perogative to override vetoes if it chooses He said the issues were well known and did not need further discussion Senate President Pro Tern Joe Prather Vine Grove did not predict such speedy consideration when the bills reach the Senate will take each one separately and on its Prather said think you will find several overridden and possibly some that will The bills on which vetoes were overridden Tuesday were: Bill 681 which mandates a minimum 5 percent annual increase for both merit and non merit employees in the executive branch overriden 84 6 Brown contended the bill would destroy a for system he is implementing that he says is aimed at rewarding pro ductive employees The 1982 84 budget ap proved by the General As sembly calls for a 5 percent increase for merit employ ees during each of the next two fiscal years The law provides the raises remain in effect in the future until changed by the General As sembly Bill 206 overriden 97 0 would give the Legisla ture through the Legislative Research Commission the authority to approve or dis approve applications by state agencies for federal block grants It would also place 1 percent of the funds in a oversight Bill 413 which would give the House speaker and Senate presi dent pro tern the power to appoint one member each to an expanded State air Board The veto was over ridden 95 0 Bill 756 which would give the speaker and president pro tem the authority to appoint one member each to an expanded State Board of Elections The veto was overridden 94 4 Bill 42 over ridden 78 10 defines air boards as governmental units and requires contracts let by air boards to comply with local zoning and land use regulations The House also overrode 96 0 the veto of House Bill 648 which is the same as House Bill 206 RACHEL (left) coordinator for the Voluntary Action Center and Charlotte Cox (left of center) a center volunteer deliver banquet invitations Photo by Ron Scarbrough to Mayor Sherry Jeffers and County Judge Executive rank Gary The center will host a banquet for local volunteers April 22 at the Memorial Building Voluntary Action Center Sets Banquet Honoring Volunteers The Voluntary Action Center has scheduled an awards and recognition banquet at 6:30 pm Thurs day April 22 at the Memo rial Building in observance of Volunteer Week The week is being observed throughout the nation April 18 24 The Dutch treat dinner is scheduled to become an an nual event to honor the hundreds of citizens who volunteer their time and tal ents to community needs In addition to the workers all agencies that have volunteer programs will be honored Reservations for the dinner should be made by calling 886 8171 Cost of the meal is $5 Each participating agency will give a brief outline of its activities The volunteer center of ficials report that services valued at $32440 have been given in volunteer hours during a period by 628 registered volunteers through the Volunteer Action Center and 173 through the Community Service Alterna tive Program (CSAP) volunteers ifty eight agencies have been served on a regular basis with 4014 hours given by recruited volunteers and 4095 hours by Community Service Alternative volun teers The CSAP handles re ferred court cases in which people charged are permitted to work out pay ment through volunteer ser vices The Voluntary Action Center has an ongoing assessment program to study and search out needs of agencies and organiza tions in the community It is the goal of VAC to be aware of community needs and to recruit people with the ap propriate skills to fill these needs Rachel serves as coordinator for the volunteer center The center has initiated such programs during the year as the recruitment of retired teachers to lend help in the classrooms filling the needs for teacher aides and recruiting help for the li brary when fund cuts left that institution with a re duced staff In addition the center has been active in studying the needs for a spouse abuse center in the area It has worked with the Recreation Department Salvation Army Red Cross Girl Scouts Hopkinsville Housing Authority Arts Council United Way Senior Citizens and other agencies Restraining Order Will Delay Strip Mining Authority Action PAINTSVILLE Ky (AP) A restraining order Tues day apparently will delay assumption of regulatory authority over strip mining in the state The order issued Tuesday by Johnson Circuit Judge James A Knight followed by a few hours a signing ceremony in Washington DC that marked the con ditional approval by federal officials of primacy package The restraining order was issued on a lawsuit filed by lawyers for Morris and Marshall Inc an eastern Kentucky coal firm and BM Marshall an owner of the company Under its provisions the state may not enforce its permanent primacy pro A delivery man for Pizza on Walnut Street has been treated and released from Jennie Stuart Medical Center for injuries he suffered when he was robbed while delivering a pizza Robert Holder 19 of 917 Stanley St reported to city police that two males beat and robbed him late Tuesday night when he arrived with a gram they properly promulgate a regulation package in a non emergency said Joseph Zaluski of rankfort one of the lawyers Carl Breeden deputy counsel for the state De partment for Natural Re sources and Environmental Protection said the de partment received a copy of the order Tuesday af ternoon Officials planned meetings through today to decide what action to take he added was mixed said Breeden accepted primacy and then have it very Breeden said that with the US Interior conditional approval of the program the state would pizza at an East Third Street address The city county Am bulance Service report stated that Holder suffered a cut under his right eye and that he complained of pain on the left side of his ab domen The victim was picked up at Pizza where he returned after be ing attacked Holder said that when he have started administering its permanent program within the next few weeks Now however the interim program and the less re' strictive regulations it in cludes will remain in ef fect until the restraining order is lifted or the lawsuit resolved The natural resources department issued the existing regulations on an emergency basis resulting in their immediate en forcement Zaluski said believe that basically the regula tions expire at the end of this (legislative) although the General As sembly did not act to approve or disapprove them Zaluski said In the absence of legisla got out of his car to deliver the pizza two men ran from behind the house and one of them hit him in the face Both then knocked him down and took his wallet The residents at the address told police that they had not ordered a pizza but that they did hear a loud car pull up in front of their house shortly before the robbery occurred tive action he added the department would be in a position to issue permanent regulations on an emergency basis That Zaluski maintained be an unconstitutional imposition on the The department has had sufficient time to hold public hearings before writing the regulations but has failed to do so he said wait so long so as to create an emer gency and then declare an emergency to solve the pro Zaluski also said his clients believe the regula tions contained in the in terim program are sufficient to protect the environment He waited until the day of the signing ceremony in Washington to file the suit Zaluski added we wanted to wait to get as much of an idea as possible what the final version of the state program will Earlier in the day Natural Resources Secretary Jackie Swigart met with US Inte rior Secretary James Watt as Watt signed a document giving conditional approval to Kentucky's program Delivery Man Beaten And Robbed Senate Gets Set or Showdown Over Vetoes By SY RAMSEY RANKORT Ky (AP) The Senate prepared for action today on the con troversy over gubernatorial vetoes and a decision on possible changes in the truck tax bill The chamber did nothing officially on the first day of a three day session that will end the 1982 session Thurs day The main strate gy Tuesday was marked out in a closed Democratic caucus Two plans emerged Under one an opinion was sought from the attorney office on whether Gov John Brown Jr acted validly in vetoing a Senate bill which would lib eralize legislative retire ment benefits Under the othei more in formation was sought from the state Revenue Depart ment on the precise pro visions of the truck tax bill under which heavy trucks are taxed on weight and distance traveled The legislators want to find out how much revenue the state actually would lose The administration wants to revise the measure to plug a purported exemption All the data was expected today veto of the legis lative retirement measure arrived at the Senate desk a few minutes after the midnight Tuesday deadline for such actions The governor said earlier in the day the lateness was inconsequential mat but a number of legis lators have privately said otherwise One said a court case dat ing from the 1930s clearly ruled that it is mandatory for veto messages to be filed on time In any event the veto of that bill has 'annoyed or angered a number of sena tors An attorney opinion in the case would be advisory only and would have no force of law The truck tax issue hinges on administration conten tions that the state would lose $35 million annually because coal trucks would be exempt from the state fuels tax which will be 10 cents per gallon in July The same exemption applies to a 2 percent sur charge for trucks But Sen Michael Moloney Lexington said there is no certainty that the Senate bill really makes the exemption for the basic fuels tax He said the surcharge exemption would amount to a loss of a few hundred thousand dollars a year for the state Senate President Pro Tem Joe Prather Vine Grove said Tuesday that if it turns out the exemption deals only with the surcharge doubt if any further action will be Another administration request is for the truck tax bill to be made effective immediately rather than in 90 days which would give the state about $9 million at the outset as planned ori ginally Moloney said there seems to be some confusion about this legislation too because of lack of information on when a fiscal quarter begins On the late veto House Speaker Bobby Richardson Glasgow said he agreed with the Senate position that the veto is void But he said if the Senate changes its mind and de cides to override action will override it Kickoff On April 15 Campaign Slated On Teen Drunks A number of local groups is taking part in a nationwide campaign to reduce the number of traffic accidents caused by drinking teen agers Local groups participating in the program include the Office City Council the Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health Mental Re tardation Center and Volta House According to officials at Volta House an alcohol re habilitation organization the campaign will begin Thursday and run through June 15 The effort is spon sored on the national level by the Division of Prevention of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol ics The event is called the 1982 Alcohol Abuse Prevention Campaign and centers in a large part around the health and safety issues of teen age drinking and driving Volta officials quoted na tional statistics that indicate traffic accidents are the No 1 cause of death among teen agers adding that most of those accidents involve a drinking driver Charles Eastland the director of the Volta pro gram said as many as 50 percent of all high school students report that they drink in cars and about one in four reports driving after having good to drink He added that teen agers are inexperienced at both drinking and driving and when they combine the two they become waiting to A number of television and radio spots have been planned along with other activities over the next few weeks to publicize the dangers of teen age drinking and driving Eastland urges parents to talk to their teen agers about drinking and driving and also to examine their own drinking practices and beliefs to see whether they are setting safe examples for their children.

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