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the coiTxiER.jom.NAL, Friday, At cist so, 1974 Of Tf ft rrm "Gjf Cattrifr-loBmar Gov. Ford's suacestion 011 dam called 'absurd' Kentucky Miners greet new pact with relief, bitterness ing a temporary halt to work on the dam while the court determined if the corps had "followed the law" in its evaluation of the project under the National Environmental Policy Act. Noting that the corps agreed to a 90-day cessation of work on the dam, Geralds said. "They apparently had read our complaint." The major thrusts of the environmental groups suit were that the corps had not 'in good faith studied the alternatives" to a dam and that the cost-benefit ratio of the project is not realistic. Geralds told the students attending a Baptist Student Center forum that the recent suit was the only way to deal with the corps, which he said feels it is "called by God to build a dam." Also addressing the students were UK biologist Charles Andre, who said many types of flowers and wildlife would be destroyed or threatened by the dam, and the Rev.

William Turner, pastor of Central Baptist Church, who suggested churches should be leading the fight against the dam. But the bitterness left by the strike, during which some miners and their wives and children were jailed, men beaten and, near the end, a 23-year-old striker slain, still lingered even though a contract had been won. "I imagine the funeral put a damper on things a little," Deaton said. The funeral is for Lawrence Dean Jones, who received a fatal head wound in a strike-related affray Saturday night. Jones died Wednesday just hours before the settlement was announced, leaving a 16-year-old widow and a 3-month-old daughter.

He'll be buried tomorrow after an observance that will be attended by UMW President Arnold Miller, Vice President Mike Trbovich and Secretary-Treasurer Harry Patrick. Jones' death, which brought a subdued strain to general UMW satisfaction with the settlement, was described by Miller yesterday as part of the "high price" of The Brookside strike is over After many months of strife It's back to the pits for the miner And back to the kitchen for the wife. Junior Deaton By JOE WARD Courier-Journal staff writer HARLAN, Ky. The bitter, 13-month United Mine Workers (UMW) strike of the Eastover Coal Brookside mine near here ended yesterday with little more left to do than is indicated in the brief poem by the keeper of Deaton's Store, next door to the mine. Darrell Deaton, a Brookside UMW local vice president who sat around his brother's store with some other miners yesterday morning, said there was brief exuberance at 3 a.m.

yesterday when the word of a settlement reached a handful of miners down the road at Evarts by phone from Washington. 1 State files $3 million coal-haul suit By DON WALKER and ANNE PARDUE Courltr-Journal Stiff Writers FRANKFORT, Ky. State Department of Transportation Secretary Billy Paxton said yesterday that the department has filed suit in Pike Circuit Court asking an injunction against overweight hauls of coal and seeking $3,059,000 in damages to state roads. Named as defendants were 500 Pike County coal-mine operators and other haulers of coal. In an interview Paxton noted that the department filed a similar suit in Clay Circuit Court May 24.

He said that the department is planning to implement a 1974 state law designed to phase out overweight hauls in four years and to control the routes by which overweight hauls can travel in the meantime. Unless this plan succeeds in alleviating the problem of damage to roads and bridges by overweight hauls, Paxton said, other suits will be filed. Previously the state attorney general has been successful in seeking injunctions against overweight hauls in Perry and Pulaski counties. By REX BAILEY Courier-Journal statt Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. An attorney for environmental groups opposing the proposed Red River Dam has labeled "absurd" a suggestion by Gov.

Wendell Ford that work on the dam be stopped until the courts have ruled on whether it should be built. Oscar Geralds of Lexington, told a group of two dozen University of Kentucky students last night that the courts are not the proper forum for deciding if the dam should be built. The legislative and executive branches should make that determination, he said. "He (Ford) is trying to pass this thing to anybody who will grab it," Geralds stated. The governor told reporters in an informal press conference in Western Kentucky Tuesday that he was "beginning to worry" about the Army Corps of Engineers' information ho had relied on in deciding to support construction of the controversial dam in Powell County.

Ford said yesterday that his comments Tuesday indicated no changes in his position. "The only thing that I intended to say (Tuesday)," Ford said, "is that I'd like to find out the reasons why the corps had held up for 60 days and I understand today that it is 'to evaluate the complaints that have been made against their environmental statement and this is the only reason they asked for the 60 day Gov. Ford, candidate for the U.S. Senate, is opposed in his election bid by Republian incumbent Sen. Marlow Cook, who opposes the dam.

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A charge of malicious shooting with intent to kill filed against Bruner was amended to murder after Jones died. Three other Harlan County men, all UMW members, have been charged with malicious shooting and shooting with intent to kill in the wounding of Bruner. UMW organizers asked miners at a mass meeting Wednesday night not to let Jones' death stir them into an "incident," and indications were yesterday that the request has been complied with. State Police Capt. James Cromer said the day was "very quiet" and he expects to "go back to policing" in the wake of the strike settlement.

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119 from the West Virginia state line at Williamson to U.S. 23 at Pikeville; and U.S. 460 from its junction with U.S. 23 south of Pikeville via Belcher to the Virginia state line. 62,000 pounds on KY 80 from its junction with U.S.

460 at Belcher via Elkhorn City to the Virginia state line, KY 1499 from its junction with U.S. 460 at Mouthcard to its junction with KY 194 at Nigh Station; KY 197 from its junction with KY 80 at Elkhorn City via operation is located. The law authorizes a $150 fee for each permit plus a $35 fee for each acre disturbed. So far, $1.4 million has been returned to the counties. The two largest checks yesterday were $77,435 to Muhlenberg County, the biggest strip-mining area, and $55,145 to Pike County, the largest underground coal producer in Kentucky though the money is for surface mining permits.

In an informal news conference that followed, the governor also said he has been very frugal in spending surplus state funds. That was an indirect answer to the legislature's Interim Appropriations and Revenue Committee, which suggested he avoid spending anticipated surpluses until the funds actually become available. Ford said, "I have exercised the judgment made by the legislature according to its instructions." Call 778-7311 For a fret tstimtt Falls 2936 St. Xovier St. KID TESTED ESQUIRE Scuff the dispute.

A statement by the Duke which owns the Eastover Mining Co. that operates the Brookside mine, also regretted the shooting. Miller told a newsman in Washington that he intends to go to Jones' funeral and said, "I accept part of the blame for that young man's death I directed the start of our activities down there." Though Jones was not technically eligible for union death benefits the strike began before the newly organized UMW Brookside local got its first contract-union organizer Houston Elmore said the union will provide for his family. He said the UMW will pay for the cost of the young miner's hospital care and funeral, and will give Diana, his widow, $5,000 cash. In addition, he said, "some sort of trust fund" will be established for the education of Jones' daughter, Amy Sue.

State police said yesterday that Billy Ashcamp to its junction with U.S. 23 at Shelby Gap. 30,000 pounds on KY 881, KY 1469, KY 195, KY 194, KY 632, KY 611, KY 1056, KY 468, KY 292, KY 1384, KY 199, KY 319, KY 1426, KY 1441, KY 1789, KY 2062, KY 1373. The suit also seeks an injunction against overweight hauling on "any other road and highway" in Pike County, and on any other road and highway in the state "with gross weights or axle weights which exceed the lawfully maintained maximum weight for any of said roads and highways." The new state law requires industrial haulers to apply for permits for loads greater than those posted for individual roads by the department and the haulers must file a route plan listing the roads and bridges they would use. Another new law increases the maximum legal gross weight for trucks from 73,280 pounds to 82,000 pounds, but Paxton has said the state probably will not issue permits for more than 73,280 pounds until Congress acts on pending federal legislation to increase the limit on interstate highways.

Last winter the General Assembly, mindful of the financial uncertainties stemming from the energy crisis, granted Ford his request for unprecedented power to make certain changes in the budget once it was passed. The governor said yesterday he is using available money on his own authority only to "cut down the lead time" for various projects. "If the money is not there, I won't spend it," he added. These were the counties receiving strip-mining permit fee checks: Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Butler, Carter, Christian, Clav, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup $1,135. Also Hancock, $237; Harlan, Hopkins Jackson, $855; Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, McCreary, McLean, Magoffin, Martin, $46,467.

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Member Audit Bureau ol Circulations. Associates; press FRANKFORT, Ky. Gov. Wendell Ford distributed $592,965 yesterday to 40 counties as part of their share of the state's income from stripmining fees. The amount is $161,702 more than was returned to the counties a year ago.

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