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THE COURIER JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 2, 1990 B3 Hopkins' House fund might aid bid for governor LEXINGTON, Ky. U.S. Rep. Larry Hopkins' possible bid for the Republican nomination for governor has raised questions about what role, if any, his $665,000 campaign fund could play in next year's race. Kentucky law apparently doesn't address whether the money from Hopkins' congressional war chest could be transferred to a state campaign, a state election official said.

"I would say it is a very gray area," said Ray Wallace, executive director of Kentucky's Registry of Election Finance. "I don't know that I can point to anything in Kentucky law where it says he can't do that." Representatives of the Federal Election Commission and the House ethics committee said their organizations would have no problem with Hopkins' using the money to finance a governor's race. If Hopkins decides to run for governor, what the Lexington Republican does or doesn't do with the money could become a sensitive matter. "I do think it is potentially a serious issue whether he keeps it or puts it in a gubernatorial campaign," said Steve Miller, executive officer for Lt. Gov.

Brereton Jones, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Miller said contributors gave Hopkins the money to run for Congress, not to finance a governor's race or Associated Press put into his own Hopkins his own Hopkins pocket. Here's a look at Hopkins' options: Not run for governor, but retire from Congress before 1993. That way he could keep the money for his personal use. If he stays in Congress past 1992, he won't be able to keep the money because of changes in the law.

Run for governor and retire from Congress when he enters the race. He could keep the money or donate it to his gubernatorial campaign. Unlike Gov. Wallace Wilkinson, however, he could not lend his money to his campaign because the state law has been changed. Run, stay in Congress and try to transfer some of the money to his gubernatorial race.

State regulatory officials say there appear to be no laws barring such a move. Run, stay in Congress and not do anything with the money immediately. If he won, he could pocket the money or donate it to a charity or political party. Hopkins has not said what he might do with the money. In a recent interview, he said he didn't even know what the laws are on the subject.

His administrative assistant, Larry VanHoose, said Hopkins has ruled out one option: He will not give up his seat in Congress to run for governor. Fayette seat-belt law in effect Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. Buckling up became the law yesterday in Another part of the law stipulates that passengers as well as drivers are subject to citation if they aren't wearing seat belts. Fayette County, where the state's Failure to wear a seat belt carfirst mandatory seat-belt law took ries a $25 fine plus court costs. effect.

The county ordinance is a sec- Violators can attend state traffic ondary-enforcement law, mean- school rather than pay the fine ing that vehicles cannot be but may not attend the school for stopped for seat-belt violations the same violation more than only. once within a two-year period. Cities will work together to lure Amtrak to state Associated Press ville, Hopkinsville and Guthrie. Through Louisville, ElizabethATLANTA Representatives of town and Bowling Green. several Kentucky cities have pledged to work together to per- A Lexington official said many suade Amtrak to route a proposed questions remain.

train through the state. "We still need to know if rail servpassenger for us to be successful ice is going to have any good we need to work together in- nomic impact on Kentucky," said stead of for route," Ed Houlihan, head of the Greater one particular said Clark, executive vice Lexington Chamber of Commerce. president of the Danville Chamber The conference's participants Shirley of Commerce. were told that if a Kentucky route A group of Kentuckians attended were approved, it would be years conference, which ended before it would go into use. a two-day Saturday, in Atlanta to find out Between $200 million and $300 about the proposal to run a million would be needed to get the more train from Chicago to Jacksonville, trains and other equipment to start Fla.

a route, and states and cities interThe delegation consisted of city ested in the service would have to and chamber of commerce officials help pay the costs, Amtrak officials from Danville, Louisville, Bowling said. Madisonville, Hopkinsville, For Amtrak to stop in a city, it Green, Somerset and Lexington. The group would need a station with adequate met Saturday to discuss a coopera- parking and a covered platform, an tive effort to bring the Amtrak serv- Amtrak official said. ice to the state, Clark said. A feasibility study of the route The line could take one of three will be completed by the end of the routes in Kentucky: year, Amtrak President W.

Graham Claytor Jr. said. If Congress apThrough Georgetown, Lexing- proves the plan, it will be two more ton, Nicholasville, Danville, Somer- years before a route is chosen and set and Stearns. three to five more years before I Through Henderson, Madison- service begins. Hoosier Lottery kicks off two daily numbers games Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS The Hoosier Lottery was to introduce the last of its games today with the sale of tickets for two daily computerized games.

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This is known as winning "straight." Players also may play numbers Church withholds money from Baptist convention By TOM SPALDING Staff Writer In a step some church leaders say could represent a trend, Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville voted yesterday to withhold money from the Southern Baptist Convention because of conservatives' "death grip" on that organization. Apparently heeding the call of their pastor, the Rev. Stephen Shoemaker, to "declare spiritual liberty" from "those who tyrannize the Southern Baptist Convention," church members voted 266-10 to instead invest about $11,500 in an interest-bearing account until church officials decide how to use the money. Crescent Hill became the second local church and one of a number around the country to withhold money from the convention because of a disagreement with the conservative majority. Buechel Park Baptist voted June 17 to set aside about $11,500, its pastor, the Rev.

Rob Nash, said, because "we cannot give in good conscience to a denomination which has disenfranchised us." Moderate Baptists continue to clash with the conservatives who have controlled the convention for 12 years. The conservatives insist on a strictly literal interpretation of the Bible, while moderates espouse individual freedom to interpret Scripture. Conservatives have tried in the past decade to place the denomination's seminaries and other agencies under the control of people who believe as they do. A spokesman for the convention, which is based in Nashville, could not be reached for comment. BLOOMFIELD Bessie Pearl Prather, 65, died Sunday in Bardstown.

Funeral, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Houghlin Funeral Home. Visitation after 1:30 p.m. Monday. BLOOMFIELD Anna Zimmer, 58, Crestwood, died Sunday in Louisville.

Funeral, 11 1 a.m. Tuesday, Houghlin Funeral Home. Visitation after 1 p.m. Monday. CENTRAL CITY Thomas Jefferson Geary 87, died Saturday in Greenville.

His wife, Norma, survives. Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Tucker Funeral Home. Visitation after 3 p.m. Monday.

CLARKSON Margaret Skees Etter, 86, died Sunday in Leitchfield. Funeral, 10 a.m. CDT Tuesday, St. Paul Catholic Church. Visitation at Rogers Funeral Home after 3:30 p.m.

CDT Monday. CORBIN Coy H. Wells, 71, died Sunday in Somerset. His wife, Carlene, survives. Graveside service, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Pine Hill Cemetery. Visitation at Vankirk Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Monday. CYNTHIANA Virgie Richardson, 76, died here Saturday. Her husband, Robert, survives.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, WhaleyMcCarty Funeral Home. Visitation after 4 p.m. Monday. DANVILLE Esta Mae Smith, 53, died here Saturday.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Parksville Knob Baptist Church. Visitation at Preston-Pruitt Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Monday. ELIZABETHTOWN Annie Johnson, 83, Cecilia, died Sunday in Radcliff.

Dixon-Atwood Adkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ELIZABETHTOWN Sunshine Wieman, 84, died here Sunday. Funeral, 7:30 p.m. Monday, DixonAtwood Adkins Funeral Home. Visitation after 10 a.m.

Monday. FLAHERTY Charles Patrick Brown, 63, died here Saturday. His wife, Marianne, survives. Funeral, 10 a.m. Tuesday, St.

Martin Catholic Church. Visitation at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Monday. FRANKFORT Mattie Ruth Johnson Pulliam, 84, died here Saturday. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Harrod Bros. Memorial Chapel. Visitation after 3 p.m. Monday. GLASGOW Mary Florence Adams, 84, died here Sunday.

Fu- The financial impact of Crescent Hill Baptist's decision isn't important by itself, church leaders say. But they contend that the symbolic area's largest churches will be sigimpact of the action est one of the nificant. "Churches like Crescent Hill more or less set the pattern," said Glenn Hinson, a moderate and a professor of church history at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louis- ville. "I think it will snowball." The Rev. Tony Carson, a conservative who is pastor of First Southern Baptist Church of Greater Louisville, said, "When someone makes a step, there's usually a few who will follow." Although no "We cannot give in good conscience to a denomination which has disenfranchised us." The Rev.

Rob Nash Buechel Park Baptist Church exact figures are available, Shoemaker said that some churches in North Carolina and Virginia have taken similar steps and that "this is being talked about all over the country." Shoemaker said he didn't expect immediate repercussions from the convention because any sanctions against Crescent Hill Baptist would have to come through a constitutional change, which could take months. Shoemaker said Crescent Hill, which has 1,600 members, gives $60,000 a year, in two equal allotments, to the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The state convention keeps a little more than 60 percent before giving the rest to the Southern Bap- KENTUCKY DEATHS neral, 3 p.m. Monday, Shiloh Baptist Church near Glasgow. Visitation is at A.

F. Crow Son Funeral Home. HARLAN Phoebe Jones, 56, died here Sunday. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Little Creek Pentecostal Church.

Visitation at Mount Pleasant Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Monday. HARRODSBURG Mary Elizabeth Preston, 80, died here Saturday. Her husband, Bradley, survives. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, McClellan Funeral Home. Visitation after 2 p.m. Monday. MONTICELLO Ellis Dishman, 68, died Friday in Lexington. His wife, Vannie, survives.

Funeral, 2 p.m. Monday, Marvin S. Hicks Funeral Home. MOREHEAD Abby Nicole King, 7-week-old daughter of John E. and Kathy Caudill King, died here Saturday.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Northcutt Son Home for Funerals. Visitation after 5 p.m. Monday. NEW HAVEN Geraldine Harris Dotson, 63, died Sunday in Bardstown.

Her husband, Matthew, survives. Funeral, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Joseph L. Greenwell Funeral Home. Visitation after 7 p.m.

Monday. PADUCAH Pauline Garrison, 89, died here Sunday. Graveside service, 2 p.m. Monday, Maplelawn Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

Roth Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. PADUCAH Goline Hardin, 55, formerly of Paducah, died Saturday in St. Louis. Funeral, 1:30 p.m. Monday, Washington Street Baptist Church.

Visitation is at Hamock Funeral Home. PAINTSVILLE David Fraley, 41, formerly of Paintsville, died Friday in Columbus, Ohio, after an illness. His wife, Brenda, survives. Funeral, 2:30 p.m. Monday, Eastside Freewill Baptist Church in Thelma.

Visitation at Preston Funeral Home after 8 a.m. Monday. RICHMOND Hugh Nelson Sowers, 71, died Saturday in Lexington. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Curry-Parsons Collins Funeral Home.

Visitation after 5 p.m. Monday. RICHMOND Tommye Rupard York, 87, died here Saturday. Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Turpin Funeral Home.

Visitation after 4 Jefferson man killed, two injured in wreck that broke car in half The Frankfort Bureau FRANKFORT, Ky. A Jefferson County man was killed and two others badly injured yesterday afternoon on Interstate 64 near Frankfort when the car they were in ran off the road, became airborne and broke in half. State police said Brian Stepp, 19, died of multiple injuries at the scene. Police said Stepp was a passenger in a car driven by John S. Loring, 19, who suffered multiple injuries.

Loring was flown to the University of Kentucky's Albert B. Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, where he was in critical condition last night. The other passenger, Jack McLaughlin, 20, was first taken to King's Daughters' Memorial Hospital in Frankfort and then trans- tist Convention. Crescent Hill Baptist has already given part of this year's allotment to the state organization; the approximately $11,500 withheld represents the remaining amount it would have provided the national organization. The national organization's portion is used for missionaries and seminaries.

Shoemaker said Crescent Hill will decide what to do with the withheld money by the end of the year. One possibility is sending money directly to missions, he said. Shoemaker said he notified church members about the plan to withhold the money through letters and two meetings held last week. And he outlined it in a long, spirited sermon just minutes before yesterday's meeting at the church. Shoemaker said that for 12 years, conservatives "have disregarded the presence of 42 to 49 percent of the Southern Baptist people who voted against them." Shoemaker said his church has clear goals.

"We intend to be more active than ever and hope to join other Baptist churches in doing together what we cannot do alone missions, education and benevolence we can do no other, God help us all." Moments before the vote, one woman hugged Shoemaker, praising him for his "courage in the face p.m. Monday. SCOTTSVILLE Marguerite Powell Graves, 61, died Friday Bowling Green. Her husband, kel, survives. The funeral was day at Goad Funeral Home.

SHELBYVILLE Charles Virgil Redmon, 46, died here Saturday. His wife, Cathy, survives. neral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Shannon neral Home. Visitation after 3 p.m.

Monday. SPRINGFIELD Nora Belle Cocanougher, 81, died Sunday Lebanon. Funeral, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Carey Son Funeral Home. Visitation after 5 p.m.

Monday. TOMPKINSVILLE Marjorie Nell Adams, 68, died here Saturday. Funeral, 10 a.m. Tuesday, ens Baptist Church near Tompkinsville. Visitation at Strode Funeral Home after 10 a.m.

Monday. TOMPKINSVILLE Carl gene Monday, 75, died here day. His wife, Mary, survives. neral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Strode Funeral Home.

Visitation after 11 a.m. Monday. WILLIAMSTOWN Russell Taylor, 70, Owenton, died there Sunday. His wife, Gwen, survives. Funeral, 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home. tion after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Man falls from boat, is hurt by propeller The Central Kentucky Bureau CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. A Marion County man was seriously injured yesterday morning when he fell out of the ski boat he was driving and was run over by the boat.

State police at the Columbia post said Michael S. Blandford, 24, of Lebanon, was struck at least twice by the propeller of the runabout, seriously injuring his face, right arm and shoulder. The accident 0C- curred on Green River Lake. Blandford was taken to Taylor County Hospital in Campbellsville and transferred by helicopter to Jewish Hospital in Louisville, where he was in surgery late yesterday and was listed in stable condition. State police said Blandford was piloting a boat owned by Steven R.

Smith, also of Lebanon, at 8:30 a.m. when the boat crossed the wake of another craft and Blandford was thrown out. The boat began going in circles and struck him. Smith, who had been skiing, was not injured, state police said. The boat eventually ran out of gas.

Ruby Youngs, operator under 5 presidents, dies WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) Ruby Youngs, who served as a White House switchboard operator under five presidents, died Friday at a retirement home. She was 82. Youngs worked as a White House operator in the administrations of Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. She held the post more than 20 years, retiring just before the Watergate scandal ended the Nixon presidency in 1974.

Youngs also served as a switchboard operator for former American Motion Picture Association chief Jack Valenti. of trouble." Conservative Baptists expressed dismay at Crescent Hill's action, but some are still hopeful. Carson said his church will increase its contributions to the convention to try to offset any loss from moderates. The Rev. Bill Hancock, pastor of Highview Baptist Church in Jefferson County and a conservative, said it's probably too soon to know how many of the more than 30,000 Southern Baptist churches might also withhold money.

"Some of those in the moderate camp are rational enough that they are not going to take that action," he said. Hancock urges reconciliation between moderates and conservatives because he fears that missionaries would suffer from a loss of money. Moderates "need to recognize their choice is not going to affect the people they're angry at but ultimately missionaries" and seminaries, he said. He said moderate leaders should remember that conservatives didn't pull out before they became a majority 12 years ago. "This is a poor way to express their dismay and discontent," Hancock said.

But Buechel Baptist's Nash said it's the only way. "We don't believe in supporting fundamentalist-controlled agencies, but there are missions that we love and care for and respect," he said. "Our problem is how to continue to give to those persons without sacrificing our integrity. It's a real problem, and we haven't found the solution yet." LOUISVILLE AREA FUNERALS E. J.

"Lige" Aebersold, 74, Houston, formerly of Louisville. Funeral, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Brookside Funeral Home in Houston. Visitation after 8 a.m. Monday.

Bernice Asbury, 68, of 1731 Harold a native of Leitchfield. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Christian Faith Church, 3228 Greenwood Ave. Visitation at G. C.

Williams Funeral Home, 1935 W. Broadway, after 7 p.m. Monday. Jeanne Everett Ballard, 32. Private graveside service, Tuesday, Cave Hill Cemetery.

Memorial service, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Highland Presbyterian Church, 1011 Cherokee Road. Visitation at Pearson's, 149 Breckinridge Lane, after 3 p.m. Monday. Marvin Dennison, 88, a native of Logan County.

Funeral, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Arch L. Heady Okolona Funeral Home, 8519 Preston Highway. Visitation after 2 p.m. Monday.

Mrs. Edward J. Dillon. Funeral, 10 a.m. Tuesday, St.

Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, Bardstown Road and Lancashire Avenue. There will be no visitation. Bosse Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Flora Hudson Hardin Drake, 85, a native of Willisburg. Funeral, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, McAfee Funeral Home, 4501 Bardstown Road. Visitaafter 6 p.m. Monday. Helen Marx Harrington, 91, Jacksonville, formerly of Louisville. The body will be cremated.

There will be a local memorial service later. Cody Son Memorial Home in Jacksonville is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Pat R. Imes, Glenview.

Funeral, 11 a.m. Monday, Calvary Episcopal Church, 821 S. Fourth St. Pearson's is in charge of arrangements. James C.

Kelty 79. Funeral, 10 a.m. Monday, St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church, Hess Lane and Pindell Avenue. Russman Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Chestina Miles, 64, of 2618 Algonquin Parkway. Funeral, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Bates Memorial Baptist Church, 619 Lampton St. Visitation at G. C.

Williams Funeral Home, 1935 W. Broadway, after 7 p.m. Monday. Mary Winifred Newell Mitchell, 78, of 5613 Morrison Ave. The funeral was Sunday at Nunnelley Funeral Home.

Pearl King Sikora, 79, of 4720 Cliff a native of Jackson. Funeral, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Joseph E. Ratterman Son South Central Funeral Home, 2815 S. Fourth St.

Visitation after 1 p.m. Monday. James W. "Jimmy" Sweitzer, 66. The funeral was Sunday at Herman Meyer Son.

Joseph B. Tharp, 62, a native of Bardstown. Funeral, 10 a.m. Monday, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 1960 Bardstown Road.

Ratterman's-Bardstown Road is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Irvin Voit, 85. Funeral, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 770 Eastern Parkway.

Visitation at Russman Sons Funeral Home, 1041 Goss after 1 p.m. Monday. Theodore Frank Weidner, 80, of 5501 Billtown Road, Jeffersontown. Funeral, 1 p.m. Monday, Heady Fern Creek Funeral Home, 5406 Bardstown Road.

Fae Emerson Whitsitt, 68. Funeral, 1 p.m. Monday, O. D. White Sons Funeral Home, 2727 S.

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He was in serious condition last night. Police said the car was eastbound at at 1:18 p.m. when the tread came off its left rear tire, causing Loring to lose control. The car bumped into another vehicle and ran off the road. It spun around, became airborne, struck a tree and broke in half, police said.

The front half kept moving and hit another tree. Police said all three men were thrown from the car. They said the vehicle bumped by the car received minor damage, and the occupants were not injured. The occupants' names were unavailable last night. Police said Loring and McLaughlin were wearing seat belts but couldn't determine whether Stepp was using one..