The Winchester Sun from Winchester, Kentucky • 2

WORLD UlfiR II ITY YEARS AGO TOD A April 1 1 1 9 4 1 i Hungary sends troops into Yugoslavia to aid the German and Italian invasion The British force in Tobruk is surrounded by Rommel's Afrika Korps Roosevelt tells Churchill the US Navy will extend the American Defense Zone to cover much of the Atlantic Source: "World Amnac Book of World War II Bson Books Corp 1981 VWaJArii A2 The Winchester Sun Thursday April 11 1991 Scenes CtKK Ev Df! "ArA rL 7 (WMIw wos 'M (Sun photo by James Mann) An ornamental tree was damaged by the severe storm that swept through Clark County Tuesday evening The tree was located near the entrance of the Winchester Cemetery West Lexington Avenue Looking ahead Thursday April 11 Winchester Clark County Chamber of Commerce After Hours 5:30 7:30 pm courthouse annex SCOPE Community Club 6 pm office 20 Court St Informa tion 744 0370 Boonesboro Water Association 7 pm offices 5687 Lexington Road riday April 12 Tax counseling for the elderly and low income noon 3:30 pm Room 209 amily Life Center Central Baptist Church Saturday Arpil 13 Patriotic rally noon front of Clark County Courthouse Infor mation Janice Carmichael 741 7849 Monday April 15 National Association of Retired ederal Employees 10th anniver sary meeting dinner 6 pm busi ness meeting 7 pm Golden Cor ral Steak House House Montessori board meeting 7 pm arm Bureau Insurance building lower level South Highland Street American Legion Auxiliary Daniel Boone Post No 19 at 7 pm Kentucky Utilities commun ity room West Lexington Avenue Daniel Boone Post No 19 American Legion 7 pm College Park gym Tuesday April 16 Clark County Retired Teachers Association noon Daniel Boone Pioneer estival Committee 4 pm home of Kitty Strode 17 Windridge Drive Hickman Lodge No 22 and Blue Grass Rebekah Lodge No 1 1 4 sand wich and salad supper 6 pm IOO hall South Main Street Thursday April 18 Clark Regional Medical Center Auxiliary annual Recognition Dinner 6 pm fellowship hall Central Baptist Church Saturday April 20 County wide Clean up Day Winchester Lions Club pan cake breakfast 6 am noon irst United Methodist Church Looking back 25 years ago Rehearsals are proceeding for the annual Lions Club Minstrel scheduled April 15 16 and 17 at the George Rogers Clark High School auditorium Dr GE Nicholson will be the interlocutor and endmen will include Dr Robert Davis Howard Rogers Jimmy Welch Bob Tupman Por ter Guy EH McGuire and Cecil Caudill LAKELAND la (AP) Tor nadoes spawned in a severe squall line thrashed across central lori da Monday leaving a 150 mile path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic At least nine were dead more than 300 injured several missing and hun dreds of homes house trailers and businesses destroyed LA GRANGE Ky AP) High way Commissioner Henry Ward has condemned Kentucky politics and said the residents would be justified in launching a against political kingmakers" SAIGON (AP) A compromise appeared tonight to lift the threat of civil war within the Vietamese armed forces at Da Nang But a Buddhist demand for establish ment of a national assembly with in three months maintained polit ical tension The Winchester Sun 20 Wall Street Winchester Ky 40392 USPS 686040 Member of Th AeeocUled Prem Mailed Monday through Saturday excluding holidays Second Claae Poet age paid at Winchester Ky KATES Walking news carrier in Winchester One 3 C60 Yearly Motor Route Delivery One I IM Yearly 3400 Mail In Clark payable in advancei 3 32400 Months Yearly All other mail or 3 months Zones 1 A 2 33000 Zones! A 4 t00 Zones 5 A Zones 7 Al 33100 Zone rated on destination Zone fumiahod upon requeM Single Copy In Kentucky smB auboeHptions not accepted in carrier delivered areas Postmaster: Send address changes to: The Winchester Sun PO Box 4300 Winchester Ky 40392 people in the news BEVERLY HILLS Calif Singer Harry Nilsson pleaded no contest to drunk en driving and agreed to get treatment Nilsson 49 entered his plea Monday Nilsson was stopped by officers July 6 His blood alcohol level was 23 percent or nearly three times the leg al limit of 08 authorities said Nilsson sang from the movie and won the 1972 Grammy for best male pop vocal performance for ALBANY NY (AP) The four day rescue of Emily Davis Mobley after she broke her leg 1000 feet down was the toughest cave rescue she says The 40 year old spelunker ought to know an expert in rescues herself When Mobley arrived home Wednesday from New Mexico she was met by fami ly and friends and a banner mixing news metaphors: Home Emily rom the Mother of All Caves" In New Mexico Mobley underwent surgery on her left leg which was broken by a falling rock March 31 dur ing a mapping expedition two miles into Lechuguilla Cave got quite a bit of hard ware in Mobley said rays look like rank leg" Mobley who lives in Scho harie is a 20 year veteran cave explorer my opinion of any rescue gone on in this country this was the hard she said The operation required 170 people above and below ground Of great concern during the rescue was preserving the structures I was being repaired at the hospital various crews went in to repair the she said little damage was i fz 5 Z' I 1 I WWfe a 1 KIM BASINGER Gets key to city BRASELTON Ga (AP) Kim Basinger finally picked up the key to this town which she bought two years ago for $20 million Wearing a Braselton but ton the screen siren accepted the key Wednesday from Mayor Henry Braselton on his porch have the key to my Basinger told the mayor a descendant of the founder and a throng of residents love this It means a lot to Basinger bom in Athens Ga 37 years ago has starred in such films as and Marry ing The actress has said her plans for Braselton might include movie and recording studios and a con cert hall But on Wednesday she said nothing about develop ment plans just dropped by to say hi" she said Braselton 50 miles north east of Atlanta has about 300 residents NEW YORK (AP) CBS reporter Susan Spencer is taking Lesley place as White House correspondent Stahl is going to CBS News made the announcement Wednesday Spencer a national corres pondent since 1989 joined Washington bureau as a reporter in 1977 Since then she has also been a meical correspondent and anchor of the Sunday edition of the Evening She covered the 1988 Democratic and Republican conventions and the 1989 student demonstrations in China She also covered the Gulf War from Riyadh Saudi Arabia briefs Clark Regional Medical Center Admitted: Alice Duncan and Dorothy letcher Winchester Joseph Jones London rank Walker Whitestown Ind Mrs Grover Tackett Pikeville Dis missed: Mrs Gregory Graves and baby Mrs Russell Willoughby and Mrs Dallas Prows Winches ter Mrs Gerald Sowers Clay City Drugs confiscated Winchester police charged David Commodore William A Gills Donald Johnson and Keith Johnson all of Lexing ton with one count each of posses sion of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at 5:49 pm Wednesday after the driver of their vehicle Sue Johnson red ville was stopped for speeding on eastbound 1 64 at the 97 mile post Man charged Dennis Spicer 119 Steven son Heights was charged at 9:15 pm Wednesday by Winchester police on one count of disorderly conductnthis residence in connec tion with a fight Also charged was John Davis Georgetown on one count of disorderly conduct and one charge of alcohol intoxication Accident reported Nancy eix Mt Sterling told Winchester police at 12:52 pm Wednesday her vehicle hit a vehicle driven by Duane Tibbs 3433 Old Boonesboro Road as she changed lanes on West Lexington Avenue Tibbs told police he had already moved into the center lane when Ms eix moved her vehicle into the lane Hit and run reported Burl Watkins 20 Holly Ave told Winchester police at 4 pin Wednesday he left his vehicle parked in the Department Store lot and when he returned he found someone had hit the rear bumper Deer hit Reese Egleston 2660 Dry ork Creek Road told the Clark County Sheriffs Department at 8:28 pm Wednesday he hit a deer while traveling south on the Epperson Road four miles east of Winches ter The sheriffs department said state ish and Wildlife officers were advised of the accident Egleston told the sheriffs depart ment the deer appeared to have suffered a leginjury and ran away into a field Jones to speak Lt Governor Brerton Jones will be the guest speaker at the Winchester Rotary Club meeting at noon riday at Cliff Restaurant Lexington Road James Allen Jr will serve as the program chairman Incident reported rank Walker Whitestown Ind told the Clark County Sher iffs Department at 11:36 am Wednesday he lost control of his vehicle while simultaneously driving east on the Ecton Road and working on a computer Dam age was done to a fence at 3800 Ecton Road owned by Michael Wiseman news briefs NKU ground breaking HIGHLAND HEIGHTS Ky (AP) Ground will be broken in early June for a much delayed dormitory project at Northern Kentucky University During a special meeting Tues day the board of regents author ized President Leon Boothe to enter into a contract with Pulliam Investment Co of Spartanburg SC which will build the dorms going to be a great addition to have at the said Herbert Booth regent president why we labored so long for it and we are glad coming to After much controversy the state last week awarded Pulliam the $98 million contract to build the 600 bed dormitory The pro ject had been delayed for months GravesTurner Developments Inc of Lexington originally was awarded the contract but was dis qualified in ebruary when it con ceded it obtained a copy of Pul first bid Pulliam contended that GravesTurner copied its bid and also benefited from political favoritism People involved with Graves Turner and the subcontractors it proposed to use have contributed at least $58000 to political causes supported by Gov Wallace Wilkinson A federal grand jury in Lexing ton is investigating the process minorities and damage awards for victims of violence from hate groups Dees founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgom ery Ala was here Monday even ing to receive the 1991 Brandeis Medal from the University of Louisville School of Law Louis Brandeis a US Supreme Court justice from 1916 to 1939 was a Louisville native He was known for his struggles for economic political and social justice In his speech Dees said a sher iffs deputy had charged one of his farm workers named Clarence with public drunken ness and assaulting a police officer Dees 16 at the time was dis patched by his father to make bail Clarence told him his car had broken down on the road when the deputy beat him up and arrested him on the false charges Dees said the two decided to plead their case before the justice of the peace who ran a local drug store figured if I could tell that story to the justice of the peace I could get Clarence right out of he said would be pretty But the judge believed the story and fined Clarence $150 IRS study Louisville drug raid LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Act ingon an anonymous tip Louisvil le police raided what they called a major drug operation and seized more than 10 pounds of what they believe is cocaine and 250 mari juana plants Lt Ed Blaser said police received a tip this week from Ken tuckiana Crime Stoppers which offers cash and anonymity to call ers who sup ply crime information Blaser said that polied then watched the property and did background checks on individuals they believed lived there Unjustice spurs interest LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Civil rights attorney Morris Dees Jr noted for winning cases against Ku Klux Klan says his interest in law was spurred by an unjust inci dent he encountered as a teen ager in Alabama in 1952 Since that incident Dees has been hailed as one the most passionate civil rights attor neys He has won cases securing military benefits for women employment and voting rights for Maj Donnie Kirgan comman der of the Jefferson County Louisville Metro Narcotics Unit said Monday raid at a ram shackle house resulted in one of the three largest drug seizures ever in the city Police estimated the street val ue of the suspected cocaine at more than $400000 and the mari juana at more than $100000 James Mason Phillips 44 who lists the house as his home address and Bud Bess 41 were arrested and charged with one count each of traffickingin cocaine and marijuana and culivation of marijuana Kirgan said Help adults learn to read 744 1975 WASHINGTON (AP) Inter nal Revenue Service employees in Covington Ky will work under the watchful eyes of a congression al subcommittee on Monday the deadline for people to file their tax returns Members of the oversight sub committee of the House Ways and Means Committee want to see how the IRS employees work under pressure Monday will be the busiest day of the tax season The visit will include the Cin cinnati Service Center in Coving ton which processes the most individual returns of any of 10 such centers in the nation and the district office in the federal build ing in Cincinnati April 15th millions of tax payers will be fighting the clock and demands on the IRS will be heavy The subcommittee visit will provide an opportunity to see how taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service react to this said Rep JJ Pickle Texas chairman of the subcommittee Rep Jim Bunning who serves on the oversight subcommittee suggested the visit to Covington and Cincinnati Bunning Southgate will be on hand Among its many responsibili ties the Ways and Means Com mittee oversees the IRS Pickle said his subcommittee will on the service ability to timely and accurately process the large volume of returns filed at the end of the filing The service center in Covington handles about 24 million tax returns a year including paper and electronic returns filed from Ohio Indiana Kentucky Michi gan and West Virginia and elec tronic returns only from nine states in the Southeast orfeiture blocked LEXINGTON Ky (AP) A judge has intervened to spare a lorence woman from forfeiting her home to the federal govern ment because her husband was convicted on drug charges US District Judge Karl orester of Lexington has issued an order restraining the federal government from seizing and sell ing the home of Rose and Bill Patrick ederal officials had sought to force Ms Patrick to sell her home because Bill Patrick was con victed in August 1989 on 11 counts of drug dealing and one count of fil ing a false tax return Two others former Irvine car dealer Delmus Gross and former Lexington businessman Joseph A Mohwish also were convicted Patrick received a 21 year pris on sentence and forfeited his interest in the home to the federal government which can seize and sell property used in drug transac tions under a 1984 federal law Kentucky last year adopted a similar law Covington lawyer Robert Lotz argued that the Patricks owned the property under a Ken tucky law known as a by the which means that neither Patrick nor his wife could be forced to sell the property to cover a debt the other may have accrued But federal officials said the Patricks owned the property under a which meant the house could be sold and the government could collect its forfeiture while giving Ms Patrick her share of the proceeds Demolition stopped LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Aiderman Steve Magre withdrew a resolution calling for Mayor Jer ry Abramson to order the demoli tion of 161 vacant homes in High land Park an action that would violate a federal instructions Magre co chairman of the Board of airport project review committee said he decided to drop the resolution Monday after talking to city lawyers and Highland Park neighborhood leaders The 161 homes were purchased by the city and sold to the Regional Airport Authority which plans to raze them and others to make room for airport related develop ment ire Chief Russell Sanders has said the homes present a fire hazard However lawyers for Highland Park and two other airport neigh borhoods have asked US District Judge Ronald Meredith to stop the city and the airport authority from razing any homes A hearing on their request is scheduled for Monday The city has asked for permis sion to demolish the homes but Meredith told officials to postpone any demolitions until he rules on the request I Can you i remember back when? Can you remember things that happened back when?" The Sun is seeking person al memories of days gone by from our readers for inclu sion as a regular feature in the Neighbors section If you have a story from days gone by that like to share with your neighbors send it to our Neighbors POB 4300 Winchester Ky 40391 Please limit contribu tions to 500 words or less.