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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1980 3 Reaffirms his support for father's campaign Brown to take 'one last look' at housing plan I v. By ED RYAN Cwrtor-JowiMt Staff Writer WASHINGTON Gov. John Y. Brown In Washington yesterday for a meeting of the Appalachian Regional Commission, said he would take "one last look" at a potential housing-development site in Pike County. Harvey Sloane, president of the Kentucky Rural Housing and Development Foundation, has proposed the project for federal funding.

But Brown repeated his administration's belief that it would be better if a $300,000 feasibility study, which Sloane requested at one time and which would be paid for by the regional agency, considered housing sites closer to Pikeville. According to state Transportation Secretary Frank Metts, who accompanied Brown, the Sloane-recommended property owned by Pikeville College is about 14 miles from Pikeville by paved road. Asked if politics is involved in his decision about the Pike County proposal, Brown said, "Lord, no. This has nothing to do with politics. I will do anything I can for Harvey in his work." Sloane was runner-up to Brown in the hotly contested 1979 Democratic prima- ry for governor.

Sloane, former mayor of Louisville, Is considered a potential candidate for governor in 1983. Brown is pushing a proposed amendment to the state constitution allowing a governor to succeed himself. Kentuckian Al Smith, the federal co-chairman of the commission, said he wilf abide by the wishes of the governor, who has to approve the allocation of any commission money to the state. --Brown also took the opportunity to talk up his father's race for the 6th District Democratic congressional nomlna- Hon, saying John Y. Brown Sr.

would THE BUTCHER- Wednesdays in ACCENT! AuMlitetf Prtw North Carolina Gov. James Hunt, left, greeted West John Y. Brown Jr. yesterday at a meeting of the Ap-Virginia Gov. Jay Rockefeller and Kentucky Gov.

palachian Regional Commission in Washington. in the hands of the Democrats," Brown said. Yesterday was Brown's first session with the other governors of the 13-state ARC. It also was Smith's first formal meeting with the governors. Merle Ellis is a journeyman meatcutter! who learned the trade as a boy from father.

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For those who want to know. The commission took up a number of the titular head of the Democratic Party in Kentucky. The elder Brown has two major opponents: state Sen. Tom Easterly of Frankfort and Ed Miller of Cynthiana, a retired state policeman. It is unusual for a governor to publicly endorse a candidate in a primary.

But Brown noted that "by coincidence" his father is one of the candidates in the 6th District primary this year and "I made my first campaign speech for Dad when I was 12 years old." The elder Brown, an 80-year-old attorney and former congressman, has run many unsuccessful races for governor and senator. The governor said he is "very sensitive to the misuse of power" in the state-house and isn't putting his administration behind his father's candidacy. He said any individuals in his administration who want to work in his father's campaign must do it on their own time. Brian Lunde, a high-ranking member of the administration, has taken a leave of absence to help coordinate Brown's campaign. The governor said his father has "a more distinguished record" than the other two Democrats in the race and is obviously the best candidate to face Hopkins in November.

"It's time to get the 6th District back routine matters that require a formal vote of the governors. There was little debate. Also accompanying Brown were W. T. face Republican incumbent Larry Hopkins.

In an interview Brown said that he has already taped a television campaign commercial with his father and would do what he could before Tuesday's pri- mary. But Brown said his schedule is so jammed he doubts he will be able to do a lot, The governor stressed that he is help-. ing put on his own and that his endorse- ment shouldn't be construed as that of Young, vice chairman of Brown's Cabinet; Wilburn Pratt, chief of the Depart ment for Local Government; and Ralph Coldiron, director of the Division of Economic and Community Development in the Local Government Department. State says water-pumping system is dangerous Enjoy the convenience of every day delivery of all the news and features of The Courier-Journal by calling 582-2211 or our toll-free numbers, 1-800-292-6568 (Kentucky) or 1-800-626-6315 (Indiana). AMKlattd Prtn FRANKFORT, Ky.

An air compressor that exploded May 7, killing a groundskeeper at a Harrodsburg golf course, was designed for storing water and not for pressure, a state Occupa- tional Safety and Health official said yesterday. Robert A. Easton, assistant director of the Occupational Safety and Health Division of Compliance, said similar systems are being used at at least eight Kentucky golf courses and one Indiana golf course. The pump had been used to force wa- ter from a water tank into a sprinkler system to water the greens at the Bright Leaf Golf Course. Groundskeeper Arthur Murphy died in an explosion that blew part of the roof of the pump house 20 feet in the air.

Easton said the tank wasn't equipped with pressure-relief valve and the compressor, which was directly connected to the tank, was manually operated by plugging an electrical cord into an outlet. Evidently, Easton said, the explosion occurred when the pressure became too much for the tank. Although regulations governing such tanks will go into effect on June 15, none currently is in effect. Easton said state officials are concerned because the system's designer, Clarence Blankenship of Harrodsburg, has installed similar equipment at the other golf courses in the state and in Indiana, Blankenship, who owns the Bright Leaf Course, has provided a list of those courses to state officials. A state inspector found conditions similar to those at the Harrodsburg course at six private courses he inspected.

Either the managers or grounds-keepers have been advised of the potential danger. The courses are: Hickory Hill at Liberty; Lone Oak at Nicholasville; Henry County Country Club at New Castle; Dix River Country Club at Stanford; Spring Lake Country Club at Lexington; and Ponderosa Country Club at Ashland. The two other courses are at General Burnside and Carter Caves state parks. The Department of Parks has been told of the danger. And Indiana officials have been informed about the Valley View Golf Course at Floyds Knobs.

Occupational Safety and Health Director Michael Ragland said he is concerned there may be other courses with similar systems and urged course officials to get in touch with him in Frankfort if they have any questions. Final segment Union votes on proposed pay cut ft ON 1 of Interstate 24 in hope of saving Danville plant t0 Hnally open Muciattd Prats DANVILLE, Ky. Union employees of the Palm Beach Danville plant have voted on a proposal to accept a 10 percent wage cut in the hope of keeping the plant open. Results of Tuesday's vote have not been disclosed. However, some union workers who emerged from the meeting were angry and predicted the proposal would pass.

Officials of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union presented the proposal at a 90-minute closed meeting at a school near the Palm Beach plant. The union is conducting similar votes this week with Palm Beach employees in Somerset and in Knoxville, Tenn. Some workers who emerged from the Danville meeting expressed mixed feelings. Some were angry with the union about the pay-cut proposal. Others said they were willing to make a sacrifice to keep the plant open.

The union reportedly is also considering proposing layoffs of workers with less than three years' experience. The proposals apparently are meant to demonstrate to the company that workers are willing to make sacrifices to keep their jobs and to keep all three plants open. The proposals reflect the union's emphasis on equalization of labor and seniority, points union representatives are said to be pressing in negotiations with the company over the fate of the Danville and Knoxville plants. The company has indicated it is considering closing either the Danville plant or the Knoxville plant because of a decline in sales of tailored clothing. Men's coats and formal wear are manufactured in Danville.

The negotiations between the union and the company are to resume today in New York. Brown names regents at Murray, Northern Tuesdays in ACCENT By RICHARD WILSON CturtoiMwirMl Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky. Gov. John Y. Brown Jr.

appointed three new regents to the governing boards at Murray State and 7 Northern Kentucky universities yesterday. Two of the three new appointees are women. During his election campaign last year, Brown had pledged to appoint more women and blacks to university boards. None of the appointees is black. All of the appointments are for four-year terms.

Sara Page of Paducah was appointed to the Murray board to replace A. B. Mitchell of Smiths Grove. Mrs. Page graduated with highest honors from Murray in 1973.

Brown also reappointed Dr. Charles E. Howard of Mayfield to his fourth term on the Murray board. Howard has been board chairman for the past several years. At Northern, Pat Sommerkamp of Edgewood was named to succeed Dr.

Edgar Wippermann of Fort Mitchell. Mrs. Sommerkamp, a General Electric Continued from Page 1 ing monotony of wheels thumping at regular intervals. Part of the highway will also have a special surface that keeps vehicles from hydroplaning or fish-tailing in wet weather. The material, being used experimentally, also is composed to keep spray, especially from trucks and buses, from showering vehicles immediately behind them.

Mileage for 1-24 was provided for in an amendment to the Federal Highway Act in 1957. From 1957 until 1964, the route was not firmly established and at first, it was proposed that it by-pass Paducah. Henry Ward, become highway commissioner under Gov. Bert T. Combs, recommended to Rex P.

Whitton, U.S. highway administrator at the time, the route eventually selected. Construction of 1-24 lagged because of several factors-including an uneven flow of federal funds on a $9 to $1 basis, lack of priority because of it being added mileage and because of changing safety standards required by the federal government Antenna hits power line, injures Woodburn woman WOODBURN, Ky. (AP) Jannittie Chaffin, 35, of Woodburn was reported in satisfactory condition at the Medical Center in Bowling Green yesterday after suffering a severe electrical shock while helping to take down a citizens band radio antenna. Mrs.

Chaffin was standing at the foot of a wooden ladder when Ray Nealy removed the antenna from the roof of a service station, said Matha Sparks, a mechanic at the station. The antenna apparently touched an overhead power line, but Nealy was insulated by the ladder and did not receive a shock, Sparks said. He said Nealy dropped the antenna, shouting to Mrs. Chaffin, but she was unable to get out of the way and the antenna struck her. Sparks said he and Nealy discovered that Mrs.

Chaffin's heart had stopped but were able to resuscitate her. administrator, has been director of institutional advancement at Thomas More College. She has degrees from Thomas More and Xavier University and is working on a doctorate in organizational management at the University of Cincinnati. Brown also named Richard Spears of Ashland to the board at Northern. Spears, senior vice president for human resources at Ashland Oil is a graduate of Georgetown College and the University of Kentucky law school.

He succeeds Alex Parker Jr. of Maysville. What is Carry On? It's a column primarily for, buf not limited to, those 60 and older. Written by Katherine S. Kirwan, a retired Waggener High School teacher, it serves as a forum for ideas -and topics of concern to the elderly.

Its range as limitless as the interests of those it column might detail little-known services, available from government, while another would. tell of unusual activities or profitable hobbies of retirees in this area. Look for "Carry On" in the" Spending plan considered for exhaust tests Accent section. up an ordinance the local governments could use. So far the local governments have refused to adopt such an ordinance.

Mrs. Swigart said a meeting has been scheduled next week to deal with technical questions raised by officials of the three affected Northern Kentucky they don't agree on an inspection program by June 30. Legislation to give the state power to start the program died in the final days of the 1980 General Assembly. The state has concluded it can support local efforts, and Mrs. Swigart said her department's legal staff has drawn Auociatatf Pratt FRANKFORT, Ky.

The state Natural Resources Department is writing a proposal on how the state should spend million Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. has committed to an auto-exhaust inspection program in four Kentucky counties. Jackie Swigart, department secretary, said yesterday that the money would come from the Capital Construction Fund and a federal Environmental Protection Agency grant of $1 million.

The EPA has said it will cut off federal highway and sewer money and restrict industrial growth in Jefferson, Kenton, Campbell and Boone counties if For those who want to know? Kscapee from Barren jail is recaptured in Glasgow GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) Phillip Tuesday night in Glasgow, officials said. Bowles, 22, of Glasgow, one of two men Bowles and William Ford Pruitt, 26, who escaped Monday night from the also of Glasgow, were both awaiting tri- Barren County Jail, was recaptured al on burglary and theft charges. Enioy the convenience of every day delivery of all the news and features of Th'e Courier-Journal by calling 582-221 1 or our toll-free numbers. 1 -800-292-6568 (Ken -1 tucky) or 1-800-626-6315 (Indiana).