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A 8 THE COURIER-JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1986 Rallies back university funding Greed called big pusher Continued from Page One "It is an investment in human capital," he said. The dividends are paid, "not just to the individuals who are fortunate enough to benefit directly from it, but to the society itself of which they become a part." The rallies featured a 27-minute videotaped panel discussion moderated by David Dick, a former CBS News correspondent who now teaches at the University of Kentucky. Landrum, chairman of the board of Alexander Alexander insurance In Louisville, also announced last night that another rally for higher education has been scheduled for Feb. 5 in Frankfort "That night we are going to play on the legislators home floor," he said. one indication that the people are beginning to show that they care.

He also said an increasing number of lawmakers are concerned with higher education's problems and are willing to do something. "We need to increase the number of those legislators. It's time we let them know we want to help those who want to help us," he said. The myth of unnecessary competition among the universities also must be laid aside, he said. There is a clear-cut agreement among the schools on their priorities improved salaries, centers of excellence and better research equipment and programs, he said.

But most of all, he said, there must be a realization that money spent for higher education is an investment in the future. dience was asked to sign petitions supporting full funding. UK President Otis Singletary called more money "the central theme" for improving higher education. "I'm perfectly aware that more money alone will not necessarily solve the problem," he said, "but without it I will say to you, you will never have a quality educational system. There is no other way." Singletary also told the audience that some myths must be dispelled.

They include beliefs that Ken-tuckians do not care about higher education, that legislators aren't interested in it and that excessive competition abounds among the state schools, he said. Yesterday's rallies, he said, are money, they note, that benefits students enrolled in both public and private institutions. More than 500 people, including most of Fayette County's legislators, attended the rally at the University of Kentucky. State Sen. Jack Trevey, R-Lexing-ton, said he thought the rallies would help the universities win better funding from lawmakers.

But Sen. Michael R. Moloney, the Lexington Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee, said that money will be scarce in the session. During speeches by three educators and a business executive, the au Sloane plans creative approach Continued from Page One sure Ridge. It's time that we healed some very, very old wounds." The idea for an inaugural train trip came from Cass Harris, Sloane's executive assistant Ms.

Harris took a train ride from Anchorage, Alaska, to Portage, Alaska, while at the U.S. Conference of Mayors last summer. "It was great fun," Ms. Harris said. "Everybody got to meet everybody," and to see part of Alaska.

So when Sloane adviser A. Wallace "Skip" Grafton Jr. asked several of Sloane's close aides last fall to come up with ideas for inaugural activities, Ms. Harris suggested a whistle-stopping trip. When he heard the idea, "Harvey just pounced on it," Main said.

"We thought it was a good way to symbolize" Sloane's hope for unity in Jefferson County. Stopping at five places Pleasure Ridge Park, Shively, downtown Louisville, St Matthews and Anchorage "brings out the differences" in each neighborhood, Mrs. Sloane said. "The Jeffersonian," decked with red, white and blue bunting, was really an engine and two historic train cars borrowed from the Kentucky Railway Museum. At each stop, students from Jefferson County schools greeted Sloane, and were given certificates of appreciation.

"It's a good way to come out and show support for his new office," said Bob Wartschlager, whose fifth-grade class stood along the tracks holding a sign that said: "Best Wishes, Judge Sloane, from Shelby Elementary School." Postmaster general is fired Continued from Page One mean this year's appropriation of about $438 million would increase about $89 million in 1986-87 and $18 million more in 1987-88. The state's higher-education system is now financed at about 85 percent of the formula, which is based, among other things, on a school's enrollment and mission. University officials have said they would spend the bulk of the new money on pay raises for faculty and staff. The higher-education advocates are also pushing for increased support for student aid programs ILS. planning new sanctions Continued from Page One but did not disclose details.

Others noted, however, that the United States has only limited economic leverage over Libya, because trade is sharply reduced as a result of sanctions, still in effect that were imposed in Reagan's first term. In addition, the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions is reduced as long as Western European allies continue to trade heavily with Libya. While some allies, including West Germany, have rebuffed U.S. appeals to isolate Libya with an economic boycott, Reagan will renew his plea tonight while again denouncing Khadafy's role In supporting terrorists such as the group responsible for the Dec.

27 attacks. Reagan's decisions came as the rhetorical contest between the United States and Libya continued yesterday. Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes and State Department spokesman Charles Redman both said Khadafy's denial Sunday that there are terrorist training camps in Libya is "patently untrue." Speakes said the United States has "firm evidence" that the camps exist. Sources said the administration was considering releasing, in conjunction with Reagan's news conference some now-classified aerial photographs showing the training camps. Speakes said separately yesterday that the evidence may not be released because it would expose intelligence-gathering methods.

The administration has accused Khadafy of supplying training camps and money to terrorists such as Palestinian guerrilla Abu Nidal, whom the Reagan administration has identified as the mastermind of the latest attacks. But Speakes indicated that a military strike against Libya is unlikely, given the possible deaths of innocent people, which Reagan has said he wants to avoid, and reprisals against Americans working there. "We want to be certain as to what we're doing and where we're striking," Speakes said. "We subscribe to norms of behavior that many other countries do not, particularly those that export terrorism, and we certainly would deal with what is acceptable to our own people as far as dealing with terrorism." However, he also said Reagan "would like to be able to punish those responsible for these acts." Khadafy threatened last week and again Sunday to send suicide squads into the United States in response to any military attack. Speakes said yesterday that American authorities are "on guard" against the possibility.

On economic measures, Speakes said, "We would think that our Eu ropean allies would be more likely than ever to join us in some kind of economic isolation of Libya." Other officials said Reagan would point out that U.S. imports of Libyan oil and exports to Libya have fallen off sharply since 1981. "We're not asking people to do something we ourselves are not prepared to do," a White House official said in discussing Reagan's approach. The official said the president was looking at "other measures" besides limiting exports to Libya, which totaled approximately $200 million in 1984, down from $860 million in 1979. One option under consideration would be to ask other nations to deny landing rights to Libyan commercial aircraft In Moscow, meanwhile, the Kremlin accused the United States yesterday of preparing a blow at Libya as part of an aggressive doctrine of "new globalism" that could cool off relations that have warmed up since the Geneva summit meeting.

Vladimir Lomeiko, a spokesman for the Soviet Foreign Ministry, spared Reagan and put the blame on unidentified "ruling circles" in Washington in an apparent effort to limit damage to Soviet-American relations. Pravda, the organ of the Soviet Communist Party, mounted a separate attack in an editorial that will appear in today's issue. Lomeiko declined to say what the Soviet Union would do if there was an American attack on Libya. He said that he would not speculate on possible scenarios involving military action, and added: "All our thoughts and all our actions are aimed at preventing conflicts." Western analysts said the Kremlin apparently felt it was important to challenge Washington's hard-line approach to Libya, yet wanted to avoid any direct attack on the president at this time. The Kremlin, they said, wanted to give the Impression that Reagan himself was not issuing orders for a military buildup against Libya but was a puppet of right-wing forces.

The Pravda editorial made the same points that Lomeiko did and in almost the same language. But it said that Secretary of State George P. Shultz was the architect of what it perceived to be a new U.S. policy that looks for some regional conflicts to continue. police that "eight to 12" males in Diue ponce uniforms stormed the 40-foot Mary while six civilian men were unloading 350 kilograms vi cocaine into a van.

A witness told police he heard one of the officers yeu, "Kill -em." All six jumped into the river, three drowned. Their bodies were round in the river a day later. Last week, after a five-month in vestigation, Estrada, 26, Rodriguez, 23, and Garcia, 25, were charged with first-degree murder, racke teering ana cocaine trafficking. De La Vega, 26, Arias. 29.

and Coello. 25, were charged with racketeering ana cocaine tranickmg. Estrada also has been questioned about the murder of Luis Rodriguez, 42, a Little Havana bar owner and drug dealer described by one Metro Dade detective as "the godfather" of the police drug-racketeering scheme. His body was found Aug. 1, four days after the Mary incident He had been shot several times.

Estrada denies killing Rodriguez. However, police said that last month he told a witness wired for sound that he planned to kill him. All six are being held without bail at Dade County Jail. More arrests are expected. Last week, 40 officers, many of whom worked the same late-night shift as those facing charges, were subpoenaed for questioning.

Now, the state's case rests on information provided by four parties identified in the affidavit only as witnesses "1," "2," "3" and "4." Their names eventually will be disclosed publicly. At least two of them are co-conspirators in the Enterprise, authorities say. The matter is expected to go to a grand jury within two weeks. The case has attracted some of the city's leading defense attorneys, who already are calling the state's evidence weak "the result of self-serving statements made by criminal informants who have everything to gain and nothing to lose by giving false testimony against a police officer," said Roy Black, attorney for Roman Rodriguez. Investigators are not certain when the Enterprise began, but said it probably was around the time Estrada became friendly with Luis Rodriguez, a drug-dealing refugee of the Mariel "boatlift" who owned the Molino Rojo bar in Little Havana.

Investigators theorize the relationship began with the officer taking money from Rodriguez in exchange for not hassling his bar patrons. According to the arrest affidavit, Rodriguez and his associates collaborated with the officers to rip off parties with whom they had completed drug deals. On Sept 4, 1984, two men who had just sold cocaine and marijuana to Rodriguez were sitting in a cafeteria next to the Molino Rojo when Arias, on duty and in uniform, began to search them. After finding a small amount of cocaine on one of the men, Arias searched his car, and allegedly removed a bag containing $16,000. He arrested the men for drug possession, but police records show that the 16,000 was never Impounded, nor was it returned to the men.

Between April and June 1985, two witnesses set up the purchase of 100 pounds of marijuana and gave Estrada a description of the van that would be delivering the drugs. Later that day, one of the witnesses met with Estrada and De La Vega and followed them in a Miami squad car to a warehouse, where two officers removed 60 pounds of marijuana from a patrol car's trunk, according to the police affidavit As time went on, the Enterprise grew more ambitious, investigators said. After discussing a small cocaine transaction with Estrada, one witness said, the officer told him to forget about "the little ones." The only important thing, Estrada told him, was "the river." Their first job on the Miami River was at the Tamiami Marina, according to the affidavit, when Estrada, Arias, Garcia, De La Vega, Coello and about six other uniformed Miami officers loaded 300 to 400 kilograms of cocaine from a boat into Miami police vehicles. In the process, they found two men hiding in the boat They were beaten and thrown into the river, according to the affidavit. They survived.

Total take from the job: more than $12 million, investigators estimate. After that Estrada and company turned in their beepers. They were going to quit Detective Alvarez said, staggering their retirements so as not to attract attention. Estrada, Roman Rodriguez and De La Vega bought houses in the 100,000 range in new south Miami subdivisions. In-laws of Estrada and Rodriguez moved into new houses next door.

But things began to unravel. Estrada pushed for one more job the disastrous Mary "If they hadn't tried the Mary they wouldn't have gotten caught" said Metro Dade Detective Jorge Plasencia. "None of these guys were ever suspected of any wrongdoing by the city of Miami Police Department." In addition, Investigators said, Rodriguez was becoming a liability. "He had a big mouth," said Alvarez. "He liked to brag about how he had policemen on the take.

He was making the Enterprise nervous." Three days after the Mary Rodriguez was dead. On Aug. 15, Coello resigned from the depart ment after an internal investigation into allegations of cocaine use. Two days later, he was arrested doing 120 miles per hour in a jsa.uuu rea Lotus. Inaugural ball for Sloane a quiet affair By JIM RENNEISEN Start Wrlttr Last night's inaugural ball for Jefferson County's new judge-executive, Democrat Harvey Sloane, was as staid and decorous as a Republican affair.

The music and the dances were from 1940s and earlier. The dance floor at the Gait House East was rarely more than half filled most of the evening. And the crowd seemed small in the huge Grand Ballroom of Louisville's newest downtown hotel. The ball was billed to begin at 8 o'clock, but only a few dozen couples had arrived by then. Despite the spirited efforts of Herbie Hale and the Derby City Dixie Dudes, more than a quarter-hour passed before Bill and Mary Noller ventured onto the dance floor to "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" There were nearly a dozen couples on the floor for the next number, a rousing rendition of "New York, New York." The arrival of Sloane's party shortly after 9 put additional life in the party.

Louisville's bachelor Mayor Jerry Abramson swept onto the dance floor with the county's first lady, Kathy Sloane, on his arm. He was followed quickly by Sloane himself dancing with his 14-year-old daughter, Abigail. Most of the new county officialdom was on hand: the newest county commissioner, Chris Gorman, and his wife; the new county attorney, Mike Conliffe, and his wife; County Clerk Jim Malone, taking office for his first full term; and Irv Maze, who is beginning his first full term as county commissioner. Commonwealth's Attorney Todd Hollenbach was there with a former Miss Kentucky, Cynthia Bostick of Owensboro, who won the title in 1970. Home from Washington for the affair was Rep.

Romano Mazzoli, D-3rd District State officials present were Attorney General David L. Armstrong and Superintendent of Public Instruction Alice McDonald. Vivian Corradino, wife of consultant Joe Corradino and general chairman of the inaugural ball, said plans were made for 1,000 guests, but some tables at the ends of the room were empty and most of the rest were half filled or less. One of the hotel employees thought the sparseness of the crowd was because the ball was being held on a Monday night. "Everybody in Louisville goes out on Saturday night," she said, "when you don't have to work the next day." IN STOCK COLT License Extra.

intimidation and fear, we say this: We won't stand for it." The new county judge-executive rounded out his tour of the county with a helicopter trip to the Central Government Center, 7201 Outer Loop, for a small reception given by District Democrats. About 40 people including Commissioner Irv Maze, Sheriff Jim Greene, and state Reps. Larry Clark and Dottie Priddy welcomed Sloane and his three children, who shared the helicopter ride. Sloane told the gathering he would be making other trips to the district with the Fiscal Court. He said he and Maze discussed holding court sessions in the governmental centers and planned to do so.

Sloane's cabinet secretary, Ernie Allen, confirmed several more impending appointments in the new administration. These were: Dee Wilson, a business writer for The Courier-Journal until yesterday, will become Sloane's director of communications. James Hurd, retired federal chief probation officer, will be director of public protection and regulation in the Public Safety Cabinet. Jim Smith, aide to Ehrler and former organization director for the Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee, will be a special assistant in the Intergovernmental Relations Cabinet. Former state Rep.

Bob Hughes, who has been a deputy sheriff since leaving the legislature, will be coordinator for the aging, the post held by Charles Dibowski until his recent retirement CARLIN CASEY unless Carlin "can regain in the next couple of months the confidence of his governors and senior managers, he can't survive." The labor-intensive Postal Service, the largest U.S. agency, lost $251.5 million in the fiscal year that ended last September, and its total work force grew from 702,000 in 1984 to 740,000 by midsummer of last year. Board members were also critical of Carlin for allegedly failing to master the intricacies of some of the service's complex issues like the nine-digit zip code and the controversial E-Com electronic-mail venture. X8503 CONQUEST TSI ONLY ONE IN TOWN Tax License Extra. "48 Months Business Lease, Tax if In his inaugural address, Sloane compared the financial problems facing county government to the challenges posed by school busing, urban decay and the 1974 tornado, and he pledged to meet the budget crunch with creativity and pride.

"Everybody will have to shoulder a fair share of the burden but we have met tough challenges before," Sloane said. "Once again, we will design new initiatives to cope with our problems. We will use creative approaches to move our community forward." Sloane said he would encourage economic development by stream lining zoning procedures, merging city and county economic development operations and building a coalition of labor and management He said he would encourage block watches and crime-prevention programs and emphasize cooperation between city and county police. Terming human services "one of the primary missions of county government," Sloane said county health services would be "enhanced" in spite of budget cuts. He said county human services would focus on the family as a unit unlike federal welfare programs, such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, which he said encourage fathers to abandon their families.

And Sloane called for a "spiritual coming together." In an allusion to recent incidents of racially-motivated violence, he stated: "To those who try to divide us with bigotry, While the timing of Carlin's firing was unexpected, board members were known to be disappointed with him as early as March, Just three months into his tenure. Van H. Seagraves, publisher of a trade newsletter called "Business Mailers Review," which has accurately predicted postal developments in the past, wrote in his March 18 edition that the governors were angry with Carlin over delivery standards. "Paul Carlin, the new PMG, Is on the spot" Seagraves wrote then. "Some governors are giving him a limited amount of time to get results." Seagraves reported again in December that the governors were unhappy with Carlin for refusing to go along with plans for massive layoffs as part of the effort to modernize the mail monopoly and hold down its costs as it prepares for the next century.

Seagraves reported then that LASER XE T-TOP Annual Percentage Rate, 20 Down Cash or Trade Equity, UU Mo. Continued from Page One Michael F. Cavanaugh, a consultant to large postal consumers. "But it is certainly significant that the governors chose not to just put in the next career person in line. That's what's important" Carlin, 54, was a Postal Service insider, a former regional postmaster in Chicago who took over Jan.

1, 1985, by a unanimous vote of the board. His replacement by Casey was seen as a signal of the board's frustrations with what sources called the post office's internal management malaise and as a commitment to bring in an outside manager to make tough reorganization decisions and create a leaner, more modern and more efficient mail-delivery service. Carlin did not return a reporter's telephone calls. A spokesman at the Postal Service said all questions would be answered when the board holds a news conference this morning. X3500 '86 NEW YORKER SAVE 60 Months 9.4 HORIZON DUSTER RELIANT LEBARON GTS Jy Mc.