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4 fHE COURIERJOURNAL TIMES, LOUISVILLE, KY. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1967 a 1 JOE CREASON'S KENTUCKY I Nt YOt Mil 1 00000000' All's Quiet, for Now, On Dan 7 Boone Front twig' ii fi New York's! Betting New Lotted Will Be A Winner for Schools Bv ROBERT LAMBERT ALBANY. Y. CUPI) It's smaller and unreliable way to raise money than a regular bank check, costs a dollar for education. Supporters said that since and could be worth a sweet $100,000.

i- people were going to gamble anyway It's a lottery ticket, and New York the state might as well take advantage State, hoping to attract bettors across the i of the lure of getting something for country, is back in the lottery business nothing. after a lapse of 134 years. 'i New York has a stiff income tax, With much fanfare, the tickets go on.i plus a 2 per cent sales levy which, illilll If fit urn ii oooooooo I i crri. iw, Wf a 1 i' mt wxtto I gg" i einiKMUI'. I i mi msh -1 sale this month, with the first drawing, at local option, can co as high as 5 scheduled in late July.

0 AT THE MOMENT, anyway, things are quiet on the Daniel Boone front. The NBC-TV show based on Boone's life and times, the series that has caused all the controversy because of its flagrant historical distortions, soon will end its season and be off for the summer. This will be the first full season for tourists to tramp about in Daniel Boone National Forest, the preserve that formerly was known as Cumberland National Forest. And the statue of the old trail blazer now is back on its pedestal at the entrance of Cherokee Park in Louisville, while its identical twin stands in the center of the campus at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. The Cherokee Park Boone was on leave of absence for eight months, serving as a model from which to cast the Richmond replica.

Artistically speaking, the absence was worthwhile because the new statue is exactly like the old one done by sculptor Enid Yandell nearly 75 years ago. It was ordered for the campus by Dr. Robert Martin, Eastern president, to emphasize Boone's close ties with the Richmond area. Boonesboro, the fort he built for settlers who followed him along the Wilderness Road, was on the Kentucky River less than 10 miles from Richmond. The new Boone statue was unveiled with due ceremony 10 days ago.

In making the main talk, Dr. Thomas D. Clark, UK historian, gave the best short summation I've ever heard of Boone's true status as a historical figure. i ii Si, vs. i itMf A TICIttT 3 Although the odds against winning arc fiscal experts say, there could be as many as 86,400 prizes a year, ranging from the jackpot down to $150.

A New York is the second state to try hand at fiscal roulette to ease the burden of the tax-weary. New Hampshire set the pace with its lottery four years ago. New York State hopes to pour $200 li 1, lion a year into its coffers for education after deducting prizes and operating expenses from an anticipated gross of $3130 million. 1 The state already collects nearly 55 50 million a year from pari-mutuel betting at race tracks, but puts that money amto its general fund. By comparison, Nevada, considered! the nation's gambling capital, is in the rjfinor Unit4 Prut InUrnttiMil New York State lottery tickets, going on sale this month, cost a dollar, could be worth $100,000 to a winner.

The state is hoping to raise $200 million a year for education with the new lottery. Out of the gross, 55 per cent is earmarked for education, 30 per cent for prizes and up to 15 per cent for operating costs. The money will be distributed according to a complicated formula which includes a flat 2 per cent grant to areas outside New York City and returning amounts equal to sales to New York City. The rest would be returned on the basis of sales. Will it work? The state is betting it will.

drawn and the order of post positions at the finish will determine the winners. By using the double drawing and assigning the post positions rather than actual horses to pick the winners, the state hopes to avoid lottery fixing. To handle administration, a lottery division has been created in the state's tax department to audit and examine lottery records. Nine banks, one in each of the state's nine banking regions, have been chosen to sell the tickets. leagues, it takes in only io.o mnnnm in gambling levies.

Tempt, the Underworld? per cent. New York City was so hard pressed for money to balance a $5 billion budget that Mayor John V. Lindsay sought, but failed to win, an increase in the liquor tax of 90 cents a fifth. When it came down to writing a lottery law to carry out the voter mandate, many legislators suddenly backed off and treated the issue gingerly. Rockefeller, who refused to endorse the lottery while campaigning for his third term, agreed reluctantly to sign a bill.

He sought to limit the scope of the lottery and suggested running it four times a year. But opponents said his plan, which included letting only banks sell the tickets, would never raise the required revenue. When Lindsay came to Albany for money, he suggested upping the number of lotteries to 12 a year and succeeded in persuading Rockefeller and the legislature. Lotteries were used before the Revolutionary War to raise money for construction of such eastern colleges as Dartmouth, Harvard, Columbia and Williams. After the war, many financially hard pressed states New York among them resorted to lotteries.

During the 1820s and 1830s lotteries fell into disrepute because of abuses and fraud. In 1833, New York abolished its lottery by constitutional amendment. The unhappy experience left such a strong aftertaste it wasn't until recent years that the lottery was given much chance of revival. How It Works For each million dollars worth of tickets sold the state hopes to sell $30 million a month there will be 240 prizes in two "tiers." Out of each $1 million, $300,000 will go for prizes. On the first level, there will be prizes CAP I I.

FUNIS II If the Opposition 's For, Who Are Tors Against? Bv ART BUCHWALD The new Daniel Boone statue, a twin of the Cherokee Park original, stands at EKU, Richmond. and for good reason, since the birds have cleared up the mosquito situation at his home near Waverly Hills in southwestern Jefferson County. When the Chessers moved into the house two years ago, the mosquitoes almost ate them alive. But last year there were none, and the Chessers wondered why until a neighbor pointed out that martins had appeared and were clearing up the insects at a rate of 2,000 per bird per day. After that.

Shorty started talking about martins, and now a regular feature on his program are letters from listeners exchanging news and views of the little birds. Two weeks ago, Shorty received a big assist in his personal war on mosquitoes when G. B. Cummings of Mt. Vernon sent him a 40-pound, 14-unit martin box.

Since he isn't called Shorty for nothing, he had to volunteer his son, Tim, just to get the thing into his car. Incidentally, the house builder added a short note relative to another bird and its dietary habits. "I have always wished," Cummings wrote, "that a scissortail flycatcher had eaten the two houseflies Noah had on his Ark. It sure would have saved the world a lot of trouble." Save This Shift? IN VIEW of all the rain, cold and tornado alerts that have loused up our weather in Kentucky in the two weeks since the state was split over the issue of Daylight Saving Time, yes or no, I wonder if the daylight we've been having is worth saving. Sliakor Museum Open FOR THOSE who have asked, the Shaker Museum at Auburn now is open for the season.

The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m daily, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The museum contains more than 2,000 items associated with the Shaker colony that was established at nearby South Union in 1807. The colony, which at its peak numbered more than 300 persons, disbanded in 1922.

With the state budget pushing tifie $5 billion mark, about one dollar of wvery 15 collected by the state will come: from gambling activities and the lottery, i State officials believe they have; come Up with a fool-proof system, butj'critics warn the $360 million lottery fpot is certain to tempt the underworld. The legislature took nearly four months to work out details of (the lottery, which the voters authorized by a constitutional amendment last flfvember. One of the major concerns was to make the tickets readily available bi at the same time keep "school kids froon spending their lunch money on tickets." New Hamphsire sells 80 per cent of its tickets to out-of-staters, ew York expects 80 per cent of its sales to come from its more than 16 million Presidents. The tickets will be sold iat banks, Western Union offices, hotels fjid motels, initially. The state also has authority to sell them through government agencies such as thruway toll booths if sales are slow.

The 1965 legislature, undor the control of Democrats for the first time in 30 years, pushed through a( resolution putting the issue before the f'people and climaxing a lengthy drive 'm eliminate the ban on lotteries. Although the Republicans regained control orf the senate in a court-ordered 1965 elect kin, the resolution got through both houses for the required second time in 19(16 and went to the voters. It did not need the approval of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Despite strong opposition from many Protestant church groups, 'educators and upstate communities, the lottery amendment won 3-2 approval with the heaviest support coming from New 5ork City.

The critics charged a lottery was a Dour Effect Feared "Boone's role as far as Kentucky is concerned falls into three categories the trail blazer, the land scout and the opener of the area," Clark said. "He was the man who could describe what he had seen in this country so vividly that others wanted to see it, too. He had an amazing memory for landmarks that enabled him to guide others here, i "Boonesboro was a symbol, an anchor point in the frontier. There the pioneers took their stand and held it during the trying years of the American Revolution. "If Boonesboro had fallen in 1778," he went on, "Kentucky itself would have failed.

Clark's Northwest expedition would have failed, and the entire course of the Revolution might have; been changed. "Boone has suffered from over-romanticism and fictionalized portrayal. Actually, we should take our Boone straight, and view him as one who towered over others of his time because he was a practical man and a great diplomat." In commenting on the pleasing features of the statue, Clark mentioned an incident of years ago when Gov. Ruby Laffoon dedicated the somewhat-less-than-heroic stone statue of Boone that stands near the site of old Boonesboro. The governor talked at length on the glory of Boone and the skill of the stonemason who had created such a great likeness.

Then the cover was pulled aside and the audience got its first look at the statue. There was deep silence except for one old man in the back of the crowd. "Don't look a damn' bit like him," he growled. Shorty's Marl in Apartment SHORTY CHESSER, the' early, early morning (5 to 6 a.m.) entertainer on WHAS radio, is an admirer of martins; of $100,000, $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 for the first four places and $5,000 for each of the remaining 15 prizes. On the second tier, there will be 15 prizes of $1,000 15 of $700, 15 of $400, 15 of $250 and 165 of $150.

Each batch of 500,000 tickets will be poured into a clear plastic drum from which 120 first-stage winners will be picked. The winning tickets go into another drum from which the 15 grand-prize winners will be drawn and assigned in sequence to post positions which will be matched against a horse race. The same procedure will apply to the consolation tier. The next step will be to place 12 slips of paper, each representing the first or second race run during the previous week at a specified track, into a race bowl. The winning lottery race will be Sen.

Dirksen had to come out of the hospital to defend the President." "Dirksen's a good Republican," I said. "I notice Barry Goldwater has also been defending President Johnson's policies in Vietnam." "Most Republicans are," the spokesman said. "There is a small minority of discontented politicians in our party who are against Johnson, but every opposition party has to put up with them." "Will you punish the Republicans who have come out against President Johnson?" I asked him. "It's being discussed. After all if you don't have party discipline, what have you got?" I ran into a Democratic Party leader a few hours later and asked him if he was disturbed by the GOP "white paper." "Not in the least," he said.

"You can't blame all the Republicans for what a few misguided Republicans do. You have to have a strong two-party system in this country, and as long as the majority of Republicans support President Johnson and many of the Democrats oppose President Johnson, we'll have the balance that has made this country so great." WASHINGTON The latest Republican policy report on Vietnam has caused great consternation in Republican circles in Washington. The report, which was quite critical of the Democrats' handling of the Vietnam war, was responsible for more anger among Republican politicians than it was among the Democrats. The reason for this is that the Republicans so far have been supporting President Johnson's policies with far more vigor than the Democrats. One Republican leader told me, "As the opposition party, we think it's wrong at this time to criticize the Democrats.

The way our government is set up, all opposition to the Democratic policies must come from the President's own party." "Then you think it was wrong for the Republican Policy Committee to release a 'white paper' pointing out the mistakes the last two Democratic administrations have made in Vietnam?" Opposition by Agreement "I certainly do. The one thing the Republicans have been noted for is their unity in backing the Democratic Party. We may not agree with everything President Johnson does, but we should keep Tjhc Sunday Jumble Unscramble th'tiie six Jumbles, one letter ton' each square, to form six ordinary words. Sunday Crossword Puzzle Art Buchwald's column is a regular feature of The Louisville Times. WHAT THE MAM I I WHOSE WIFE TOOK UP I 5IKP-WATCHINS WAS.

1MR4UD WECHEtf. I TT1 1 aJ Ld I LEGALY1) OP 3. bimebT I FT" liJ LJ 1 TYLPEpf Txfcm devices. 36 the Man. 38 Minty liqueur: 3 words.

39 Anathema. 41 Fished for congers. 4.1 Turns loose: 2 words. 41 "Take arms against a of 46 Italian stringed instrument. 47 Close by.

48 Bowling score. Private's braid. 52 Heedful. 53 Visible. 54 Paradise.

57 Mother of the prophet Samuel. 58 Giant: Olis. 60 Young one. Begin again. 9 Pelted with rocks.

10 Oriental sash. 11 Places of confusion. 12 Spanish jar. 13 Choose by ballot. 11 Service station sign.

15 Highway entrances. 16 Lonely lands. 17 Tennessee F'ord. 38 Snicks and 28 Humbles: 2 words. 31 Fluff.

31 Valley of Thousand Smokes. 35 Heating 62 Moiher of ancient lris.li gods. 64 Homesteader. 68 Rail riders. 70 Homicides.

71 Impresarios, 74 Make tidy: Dial. 75 Japanese apricot. 76 Resting places. 77 Actor Ladd. 78 Refrain syllable.

81 Appian Way, for example. 82 Swamps. 84 Book maps. 86 Planet. 87 Porch: Cnllofj, 89 Venerable Tesident.

90 Health resort. 92 Soaks up. Bobolink. 98 Hit show-notice: lnit. 100 Snow White'i friend.

102 Score in horseshoes. 103 Baltimore sports name. 101 Boxes. 0.i Doctrine. 0f Rul out.

07 Church parts. 110 Venerated object. 111 Boxing ring. 112 Wanting. 115 Tessera.

117 Scottish caps, for short. 320 Summer: Fr. 322 Finis. 2t Small hird. 125 Before.

126 Hearing aid. this dissatisfaction to ourselves and show a solid front. Otherwise the opposition in President Johnson's party will take advantage of our minor disagreements." "But if you don't criticize President Johnson's policies how can you maintain that you're the opposition party?" "Everyone knows we're the opposition party because we're not in power. But just because we're the opposition party doesn't mean we have to oppose the party in office." "If the role of the opposition party is not to oppose the party in power, what exactly should your role be?" "To support the President against his own opposition in the Democratic Party. We don't want to do anything to encourage the Democratic Party leaders who are against President Johnson." An Error on Errors "That makes sense," I said.

"But why, if the Republican Party feels this way, did it release the GOP report pointing out all the errors of the past two Democratic administrations?" "Very few of us knew about the report The policy committee was acting in good faith because they thought Republicans might want to have some guidelines on which to attack their Democratic opponents in the 1968 campaign. But we had no idea the report would also attack President Johnson and the Democratic Party as well. It was so serious LDWl'JE Xij-r- 01 IQ I Now arrange the circled lettero to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. SHfry YT Ii ANSWEI 80 Dominant' feature. 83 Samuel' teacher.

84 Riblical lion. 85 Paid attention. to). 87 Hebrew. 88 Natives of Pierre and Bismark.

91 a thousand years, myself, 2 Kiln. 91 Fishhook fastener. 95 Curling-, for, example. 97 Chanticleers. 99 Palindrome in the family.

101 Dormant cell ia algae. 104 Cowboy hat. 108 Possessiv pronoun. 109 Furry pouch, worn by Highlanders. 113 Fairy.

Ill Roman statesman. 116 Insect egg. 118 Dry. 119 "Wiiatf ia 2 words. 321 Wicked.

123 Chin whiskers. 127 Author Harper. 128 Adjust again, as a watch. 329 Dash or verve. 130 N.Y.

city on the Chemung 131 Index; Abbr. 132 Metric measure. 133 Dispatch. 131 Tired man. 335 West Indian reef.

rov.v 1 Creator of Dr. Watson. 2 Land sptces. 3 Bread ingredient. 4 Khan's title.

5 Malayan ape. Three: Prefix. 7 Statue in riaadilly. Br Hume Craft ACROSS 1 or V. 4 Changes.

10 Wind instrument. I Monopoly, etc. 39 Bauxite. 20 Attic. 21 Independence Hall exhibit.

22 Whence comes the oak. 23 Affirmative. 24 Melodious. 25 Unoccupied, 26 Teacake. 27 Unenvied position.

29 "The Also 30 Chantilly. 32 Pennsylvania city. 33 Billmore, and others. 37 Where th Kaaba is. 40 Unbound hair.

42 Percussion instruments. 45 Musical syllables. 46 Insect feelers. 49 51 Landlord's document. 55 Sheepfolds: Scot.

56 "Star-Spangled Banner" and 59 Affirmed. 61 Toy maker's animals. 63 Glossy cotton fabric. 65 Lightning arrester. 66 Fairway entrance.

67 Common lar felony. (A Having a given sound. f9 Throw off. 71 -Sute. Nittanv Lion.

72 Two: Var. 73 Alo-rans. 75 "Ode on a Grecian 76 Farm 78 of gfod-hve. 79 Yere pattern: Var. The, Jumble appears daily in The Louisville Times (Sunday Jumble answers on Page 5) ASK A ij Coal: Fantastic Forest Millions of Years Later Last Sunday's Answer 21 Ii 27" I JO 31 32 3T" 3 3S 136 37" 3lTT39 1 40 41 I I 1 I I I IT" IT" 48 1,0 bT- bi bi 5S "I by WJ ST- 63 lib mm, II -a 4 7 11 7i HO 81 82 ST" 8 lib 6 9 92 51 5T" 96 98 1 1 100 ioT 1U2 10j iuTToTTIoo' io? PTiw uuTTTTu? 11 1 1 120 121 I U3 124 I2S 120 727 TUT 123 Tjo 731 kV2" 7 134 Ub" RD plPflRlA QlNiEll RIP ASF 'tit A' Km? a PillFIHAIVPlA in haps for millions of years.

At last it died and its remains were buried under ages of dirt and perhaps a few landslides. Underground, the heat and the crushing weight changed the old vegetation stage by stage into coal. It became' soft brown peat material, then soft brown coal. After perhaps 250 million years, it became shiny black coal. Hard anthracite coal takes ages longer to form.

And if the layer remains buried for another 100 million years or so, the heat and pressure change the coal to waxy black graphite. And Mndi a 14 inch World look Glob lo Billy Bob Alford, ag 10, of Mtxico, for hit qutition. How long does it take the earth to form coal? Most of our bads of buried coal started to -form in tbt; earth's Carboniferous 'period. This geological period began -about 265 mill inn years ago and lasted some ,55 milliqn years. Coal, of course, 'is formed from masses of plants fand layers of vegetation.

The story of vour coal begam with the strange forests "of the Carboniferous Period. In those days, there were no flowers, no woody trunks or sprvadin branches. The big-, gest plants were tall tree ferns and "giant honetaijs. There were mosses and often the ancie nt forest stood in a a wamp of soggy wateirweeds. Th fantastic forest flourished per- ibHiiNlRiF EjCfKHn'Rll IP OlLJL TE sic LjM'U JL! Wan iLJ jQf 1 0i mmmm i-- i i i A- -v -1- -S -i i.

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