ADVOCATE MESSENGER, Danville, Kentucky, Wednesday, May 26, Police news In Boyle County Yards damaged Ronald Barnett of 182 Mason Ave. told police Sunday his front yard had been driven through and two dogwood trees knocked down. Officer Cathy Gilliland reported that an investigation of tire tracks showed a vehicle traveling west on Mason Avenue left the road at 180 Mason, then drove through that yard and onto Barnett's property, causing extensive damage to both lawns. Purse reported stolen Anna L. Hocker of Stanford Route 3 told police Sunday that her purse which she mislaid at the Danville Manor Standard Oil Service Station was missing.
Ms. Hocker said she left her purse, containing $3 in cash, in the service station restroom and returned a few minutes later to have two service station customers tell her another woman had found the purse, then left with it, promising to mail the purse to its owner. Danville Police Officer Joe Gilliland investigated the incident. Youth charged A 19-year-old Harrodsburg youth was charged with possession of marijuana Saturday evening after he was stopped by police officers in connection with a disturbance at Silver Ball Fun Center, 1060 Lexington Road. Charles M.
McLear was arrested at Greenleaf Shopping Center for allegedly having the remains of marijuana cigarettes in the open ashtray of his car, police said. Officers said McLear was stopped after they received "numerous complaints" from the Silver Ball Fun Center about a person causing a disturbance. Police officers Joe Gilliland and Bob Craig made the arrest. Burglary reported Ronnie McGrath of Harrodsburg Route 6, a Pepsi Cola distributor, told police Saturday that several items valued at about $527 had been stolen from a storage building at 449 Dillehay which he rents. Thieves apparently broke into the storage building early Saturday morning, McGrath reportedly said.
Police officer Wayne Stevens investigated the incident. Huffman case goes before grand jury FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) A theft case against former state official William L. "Larry" Huffman will go before the Franklin County grand jury, probably in June, said a commonwealth's attorney. Franklin District Judge William Graham ruled at a hearing Tuesday that enough probable cause exists for the grand jury to hear the case.
Huffman's attorneys had attempted to show there was not sufficient reason to believe Huffman had committed a crime. Franklin Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Corns said he expects the case to go to the grand jury in June. Huffman was arrested in April and charged with four counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of property. The charges stemmed from the handling of four state checks issued in 1976 to I and Center of Bowling Green. The checks, which totaled $5,275, were for the examination of X- rays of coal miners who had applied for black lung workers' compensation.
was director of workers' compensation in the state Labor Department at the time. The I and Center was operated for five months by Huffman's uncle, James W. Fetterman, and Dr. Travis B. Pugh III, who closed the center saying they did not receive enough business from the Labor Department business to keep it open.
According to testimony at Tuesday's hearing, Pugh gave state police and defense attorneys conflicting statements. Judge Graham said Pugh had indicated to state police that he might be a victim of the checks' disposition, then decided "he wanted to wash his hands of the whole thing." State Police Detective Steve 0'Daniel said Pugh would testify that the four checks were owed him for services performed for the Labor Department. But defense attorneys introduced a May 14 affidavit from Pugh in which he said, "Mr. Fetterman has advised me that he did in fact receive these same four checks from Mr. Huffman in early 1977." Pugh was subpoenaed to appear at the hearing, but did not.
'Daniel said Pugh said he couldn't come because he could not find a doctor to fill in for him. Also introduced at the hearing were statements from Fetterman, now of Athens, and his wife, Margaret, saying that Fetterman received the four checks from Huffman. 0'Daniel said the state police investigation began after a 1980 report to the Justice Department by James B. Taylor, former deputy secretary of the Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet. Taylor reported that a management study had found "gross inefficiency" in the Labor Department.
Stanford squad has fourteen transports STANFORD Stanford Rescue Squad made 14 transports during May 19-25, including the following: 3:18 a.m. May 19 Clarence Meade, taken from Stanford House nursing home to Fort Logan Hospital. Squad Stephen Sebastian and Robert Gisler. 1:10 p.m. May 19 Claude Gerkey, taken from FLH to Stanford House.
Squad Carmelita Kidd and Betty Warmouth. 1 p.m. May 20 John Stull, taken from FLH to Stanford House. Squad Kidd and Freddie Vonlinger. 10:10 a.m.
May 21 Ira Brock, taken from his home oh Stanford Route 3 to FLH. Squad Kidd, Mae Oaks, J. C. Dawson, Everett Austin and Vonlinger. 10:30 a.m.
May 21 Nannie Hysinger, taken from FLH to Lake Cumbenland Medical Center, Lexington. Squad Oaks, Dawson and Vonlinger. 10:45 a.m. May 22 Arid Campbell, taken from Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital to Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington. Squad Sebastian and David Ferguson.
4 p.m. May 22 The rescue squad responded to a call at Cree Mee Restaurant, but no transport was necessary. 5:42 p.m. May 22 Luther Hurley, taken from Stanford House to FLH. Squad Dawson and Ferguson.
10:30 p.m. May 22 Margaret Simmions, taken from Logan's Trace to FLH. Squad Kidd, Vonlinger and Austin. (No time reported) May 24 Josephine Humphrey, taken from Boneyville to FLH. Squad Kidd and Austin.
9:30 a.m. May 24 James Robinson, taken from FLH to Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital. Squad Kidd and Ferguson. 2 p.m. May 24 Gracie Mason, taken from FLH to a Danville physician.
Squad Dawson and Ferguson. 3:50 a.m. May 25 Estelle Walls, taken from Stanford House to FLH. Squad Arch Walker and Ferguson. 8:30 a.m.
May 25 Gracie Mason, taken from FLH to EMMH. Squad Stewart Dawson and J. C. Dawson. Newspaper sues UK for records LEXINGTON, Ky.
(AP) The Lexington Herald-Leader Co. is suing the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees to obtain records of two surgery cases at the university's Albert B. Chandler Medical Center. In one case, a colon removed from a 19-year-old woman allegedly was found to be "normal in all respects," according to the complaint filed in Fayette Circuit Court. In the other case, a man undergoing surgery for a vascular aneurysm died after.
being injected with a drug that allegedly "caused a chain reaction in which clots formed throughout the body," the complaint said. 1982 Mercer court gives $1.1 million budget first reading HARRODSBURG Mercer Fiscal Court Monday gave first reading to its budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 1983. The more than $1.1 million dollar budget is to be submitted to the state Thursday for tentative approval, County JudgeExecutive I.C. James III said. He added that the budget would then be released in its entirety.
According to a summary analysis of appropriations supplied by James, the proposed budget, which totals $1,136,294, includes $319,140 in the general fund, $441,000 in the road fund, $294,318 in the revenue sharing fund, $6,836 in the local government economic assistance fund, and $75,000 in other funds. After giving the budget first reading, the court went into regular session and appointed Johnny Bottom, Alvin Johnson and Nelson Gritton each to four terms on the Mercer County Board of Assessments and Appeals. The court agreed to close the courthouse Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Also, it was announced that a public hearing on use of money in the road fund would be held at 9 a.m. June 7 in the fiscal courtroom.
The court will hold its next regular meeting at 10 a.m. June 8 in the fiscal courtroom. Suit ch challenges ges police pay plan A lawsuit filed in Franklin Circuit Court challenges the way the 1982 General Assembly decided to finance incentive pay for the police and firefighters. House Bill 525 levies a 1.5 percent surcharge on fire and casualty insurance premiums to support the incentive pay program. Police and firefighters in the state now can receive a percent of their annual pay for completing an annual training program.
The American Insurance Association, Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies of New York and The Hartford Insurance Group of Hartford, filed the suit contending HB 525 is special legislation of a kind specifically prohibited by the state constitution. Under HB 525, each firefighter of police officer would receive $2,500 per year from the state. Danville Police Chief James Ryan said the $2.500 is better than what officers now receive. The incentive pay plan is now on hold because of the suit. Franklin Circuit Judge Squire Williams has granted a restraining order prohibiting the collecting of the surcharge on April 1 insurance premiums.
The plaintiffs contend April 1 billings were mailed out before the surcharge went into effect. The suit also argues that because changes were made by the Senate, the bill violates the constitution, which requires that revenue legislation must originate in the House. A hearing was scheduled today on the suit in Franklin Circuit Court. James Klosterman, who handles the' firefighters incentive plan at the state level, said he is hopeful that the new incentive plan for firefighters will go into effect by December of this year. Ryan has been advised by Robert K.
Bird, commissioner with the Bureau of Training, that the $2,500 rate will not become effective for police officers until July 1, 1983. In a letter sent Ryan, Bird said appropriations were made at the present 11 percent rate for police officers through June 1983. Until HB 525 made other provisions, the money for the training incentive came from general fund revenues. Local insurance agent David Demaree said the legislation would be more costly for the consumer, because the new surcharge would be passed along to the customer. Purchasers of insurance are already paying taxes to municipalities, he said.
Danville residents pay a municipal tax of 7.8 percent of policy premium on life and homeowners policies and 6.5 percent on automobile insurance policies. Junction City residents pay 12 percent of premium on each type of policy. Watkins discusses industry at joint chamber breakfast Boyle and Mercer county industries were recognized today during a breakfast at Apple Tree Restaurant. The appreciation membership breakfast was a joint project of the Danville County Chamber of Commerce and Mercer County Chamber of Commerce. Approximately 65 persons attended.
S. Rayburn Watkins of Louisville, president of Associated Industries of Kentucky, was guest speaker. Watkins has served as president of AIK, Kentucky's largest business association, since 1955. AIK has 5,000 members. Of those members, Watkins said 42 percent are manufacturing industries which provide better than 90 percent of all manufacturing jobs in the commonwealth.
A native of Benton in western Kentucky, Watkins is also president of the National Labor-Management Foundation and was recently named executive vice president of the Kentucky Safety Council. In the past 20 years, he said he has watched a few "pockets of industry" in Kentucky expand to almost every section of the state. He said Kentucky now has a "pretty good" manufacturing base to go along with a good agricultural base and coal mining base. But according to Watkins, the future for continued industrial growth in Kentucky is not without problems. While the state is attractive and is readily accessible by water, road and rail, so are many other states.
Said Watkins, "In my opinion, th business climate in Kentucky is not as good as it was 10 years ago." Watkins blamed the lack of right-towork legislation and costly workman's compensation for making the state unattractive to industries looking for homes. Watkins said a Chicago firm, acting at the request of Gov. John Y. Brown studied Kentucky's industry potential and reported in November 1981 that without right-to-work legislation, Kentucky would continued to be overlook by a number of lucrative industries. Currently 20 states have right-towork legislation, said Watkins.
"The absence of the right-to-work law today stands as the biggest deterrent to attracting industry to Kentucky. The states that are doing the best job of growing are the right-to-work he said. Watkins blamed Brown for the City and area deaths Verna S. Cornelius HARRODSBURG Verna Scrogham Corneluis, 90, of 1102 Linden, Indianapolis, died at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital.
Born May 12, 1892, in Washington County, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Polly Durr Scrogham. She was the widow of Richard S. Cornelius. She belonged to Harrodsburg United Methodist Church and was a homemaker. She also was a member of Modern Woodsman organization.
Survivors include three sons, Dan of Harrodsburg, Richard of Covington and Jack Cornelius of Columbus, Ohio; two daughters, Linda Todd Indianapolis and June Grivetti of Harrodsburg; three step-sons, Howard and John Cornelius, both of Indianapolis, and Jim Cornelius of Harrodsburg; a brother, Edgar Scrogham of Washington County; two stepdaughters, Evelyn Ellis of Lexington and Julia Spear of Florida; 10 grandchildren; 10 greatgrandchildren; and several step and stepgreat-grandchildren. Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home. The Rev. Larry Gardner will officiate.
Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Visitation will be at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Hatchett SPRINGFIELD W.B.
"Bill" Hatchett, 62, of Springfield Route 1 died Monday at his farm here. He is survived by his wife, Polly Cocanougher Hatchett; two sons, James W. and Robert Burton Hatchett, both of Springfield; three daughters, Mrs. George (Ruth Ann) Duncan of Lexington, Mrs. Richard (Esther Rae) Money of Richmond, and Mrs.
Russell (Mary Margaret) Bledsoe of Lawrenceburg; 13 grandchildren; a brother, Porter Hatchett; and a sister, Mrs. James M. Arnold, both of Springfield. Funeral was held at 10 a.m. today at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Buri: will be in Bethlehem Cemetery. Carey and Son Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Elwood Jones TURNERSVILLE Elwood Jones, 85, of Turnersville, died at 12:45 a.m. today at Fort Logan Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The body is at Adams Funeral Home. D.J Johnson: 9m LEXINGTON William Daniel Johnson, 72, of 1827 South Limestone, died Sunday at his residence. He was a retired salesman for Blue Grass Cigar Company and Louisville Grocery Company. Survivors include his wife, Mary Katherine Winkler Johnson; three daughters including, Mrs. Leslie (Katie Lu) Manley of Springfield; a son; a sister; and nine grandchildren.
Funeral was held today at W.R. Milward Mortuary-Broadway. Burial was in Lexington Cemetery. Everett T. Phillips Monday at Veterans Administration Hospital in Lexington.
He was a press operator for 21 years at Corning Glass Works. He was a member Ellers Memorial Baptist Church, Douglas Laws American Legion Post No. 52 and Bratton Memorial VFW No. 6935. He was director of Royal Ambassadors and an assistant Sunday school teacher of youth boys at Ellers Memorial Baptist Church.
Born in Danville on June 17, 1926, he was the son of Dera Cox Phillips of Harrodsburg and the late Jerry Phillips. Additional survivors include his wife, Sally Lee Pearl Yocum Phillips; two sons, Robert F. of Perryville and Charles Hayden Phillips of Harrodsburg; a stedaughter, Donna T. Russell of Harrodsburg; a brother, J.C. Robert Phillips of Harrodsburg; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ellers Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Cornelius Wilson and Bill Vaught officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Military rites will be held at graveside.
Visitation is Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the church at noon Thursday until time of the funeral. Eller G. Shuck LEBANON Eller Gladys Shuck, 81, died Monday in Louisville.
Funeral was held today at Bosley Funeral Home. HARRODSBURG Everett T. Phillips, 55, of 713 Greenbriar St. died George W. Wohner SPRINGFIELD George W.
Wohner, 71, of 106 High a retired farmer, died Monday in Lebanon after a long illness. He was 'the husband of Gertie "rouch Wohner. "meral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursa. at Temple Baptist Church.
Visitation will be at Carey and Son Funeral Home. Funeral Geneva La Bonte LANCASTER Funeral for Geneva Shaw LaBonte, 58, of EastyE way Drive, Who' died Monday, was held today at Ramsey Funeral Home by the Rev. Forrest Ford. Burial was in Lancaster Cemetery. Pallbearers were George and Jeff Adams, Francis LaBonte, James Johns, Billy Owens and Lucian The Advocate- -Messenger state's lack of right-to-work legislation.
He said the governor allegedly promised the United Mine Workers to keep right-to-work laws out. Contrary to arguments by union workers, the largest group of opponents to right-to-work legislation, Watkins said union membership is increasing in right-to-work states. He said opponents say right-to-work laws meant the right to work for less. He said this is not true. Kentucky is no longer a low-wage state in industry, Watkins said.
Average weekly wages in industry in Louisville are above those in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. And, said Watkins, "the cost of living in Louisville is certainly a lot less 20 to 30 percent less than those places that I've noted." A conservative, Watkins said, "I think the facts of the case are such that even liberals in Washington are having to think, talk and act like conservatives." Watkins said the banks are lent-out and the corporations are borrowedout. "We must become more efficiency oriented," he said. The United States' competitive edge in industry has eroded since World War I1, said Watkins. Japan is becoming increasingly competitive.
He said the high cost of labor in the U.S., which includes paid vacations an other benefits, adds nealy $2,000 to the cost of producing a single automobile. Unions, said Watkins, have demanded too much and have caused problems in the auto industry. He said about 250,000 automobile industry employees and an equal number of workers in satellite industries will be replaced by automation because it is cheaper. Plant managers of the following Mercer industries recognized today were: Corning Glass Works, Hallmack, E.W. Brown Power Plant, Cricketeer, Dairymen, Eaton and National BY-Products.
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