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0 (fit Jftcs nuitt C0vriah 104 Th Ar4 i 5 t3ELC Paper Microtext TS 5 1984 VOL 119 NO 124 DANVILLE KENTUCKY 12 PAGES World War II veterans reunited in ceremony in their honor By JO ITT men didn recognize each other at ruipm anil oar (Continued on Page 12) cui em up ana eat em over my rice because I knew they were good for me Boy I did everything to stay In a 45 minute ceremony in the armory gymnasium 21 men received a Bronze Star and an em brace from Lt Gen Arthur Brown Jr director of the Army Staff at the Pentagon Ten other people wives brothers sisters and daughters of deceased veterans accepted posthumous awards for their loved ones Speaking in front of a giant American flag that hung from ceiling to floor Brown told a standing room only crowd of about 500 people that the awards were a small token of ap preciation from a grateful na tion" Brown recounted the service of Despite the defeat the Philip pine defenders are often credited with holding off the Japanese long enough to give the United States a chance to mobilize for war country has seen patriotism rise and fall and rise Brown said He called 1984 great year for our nation for patriotism and for the healing of the bitterness that has hurt so many for so long" The audience broke into ap plause when Brown mentioned one sign of healing: the dedication in Washington of the statue ighting overlook ing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Kentucky Adjutant General Bil ly Wellman spoke briefly at the ceremony and Harrodsburg resi dent Connie Turner sang the na the Bronze Star recipients who were members of a Harrodsburg based Kentucky National Guard company that became part of the 192nd Light Tank Battalion that fought against the Japanese in dark days of early World War After the bombing of Pearl Har bor the "Philippine as they have come to be known waged a losing battle with the Im perial Japanese army which was invading the islands The American army surrendered at Bataan and Corrigedor in the spr ing of 1942 and many of the Har rodsburg soldiers w'ere taken prisoner In captivity they en dured some of the worst atrocities of the war including the infamous Bataan Death March and Japanese prison camps tional anthem Most of the veterans remained dry eyed until a 21 gun salute and the playing of taps signalled the end of the ceremony Some of the men wearing newly received medals on their left breast pocket removed eyeglasses to wipe away tears Others sat with heads bow: ed or stared straight ahead with a faraway expression help but think about the people who make it said Danville resident Cecil Sims one of the medal reci pients makes you wonder be next" Edwin Rue a retired Lexington businessman who was among the veterans honored remembered one particular soldier who Staff Writer HARRODSBURG Ralph Stine balanced a plate of cake on his knee and took a sip of punch Stine one of 31 World War II veterans who received a Bronze Star during a special Veterans Day ceremony here Sunday was seated in a big room at the Kentucky National Guard Armory enjoying a recep tion held partly in his honor Although the presentation of the awards to men who served in the Philippines during the early days of the war was a solemn and at times tearful occasion the recep tion which followed it had an air of festivity The 63 year old Stine a Burgin resident had been reunited at the ceremony with a comrade he hadn't seen since the war The two 25C HlHn to nook nt i vakil viiici dl first "I sat down next to him and said "Durn I know you from somewhere Stine recalled with a chuckle Disabled in a work related acci dent about 10 years ago Stine has been confined to his home recently because of other health problems His wife Gladys said Sunday's event was the first time he had been out of the house since August But Stine is proud of the strength and willpower he was able to muster during the three years he was held prisoner by the Japanese never gave up Every time six months would roll around say 'Well it can't be more than another six months get sweet potato vines and Copy! i9t4 The Adtocau Mewengar All Right Reserd MONDAY NOVEMBER 12 1984 I OR EVSPAERS NG 1 To of combat alert Looking in 910 7 9 Looking out Off the record Local data By Herb Brock 43 32 0 12 32 30 71G5 7232 Low in the mid to upper 20s Calm wind Tuesday sunny and a little warmer High near 50 Light and variable wind Area news Business Classified Comics Dear Abby Deaths Highest reading Sunday Lowest reading Sunday Precipitation Precipitation a year ago Temperature 7 am today One year ago 7am today Herrington Lake level Lake level a year ago vative like Reagan was reviled by the younger generation Now he is revered by the kids The young people of the 1980s look ata rosebush and admire the roses rather than gripe about the thorns Gabler said In the late 1960s a lot of us col lege students looked only at the thorns Many of us learned to fiercely distrust presidents despise war and generally abhor the American way man like our leaders are plastic and the system is fascist I mean wow it be neat to day Highs mainly in the mid 50s to low 60s Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s 57 40 30 inch 40 By CARL MANNING Associated Press Writer MANAGUA Nicaragua (AP) armed forces were put on a state of combat alert and the civil defense force was ac tivated today in anticipation of military action the Sandinista government said Communiques from the Defense Ministry and the civil defense high command read over nationwide radio said the military moves were being made because of threats of attacks on Nicaragua The communiques did not specifically mention the United States but Nicaraguan govern ment officials have repeatedly said recently that a US invasion was The United States has denied the allegation Meanwhile the Soviet freighter that sparked the latest US Nicaraguan confrontation left port after unloading its cargo and Sandinista leaders said US suggestions that warplanes had been aboard were fabricated to make Nicaragua appear threatening As the freighter Bakuriani sail ed from the Pacific port of Corinto on Sunday sonic booms were heard across Nicaragua for the fourth straight day The leftist government's Voice of Nicaragua radio station said the two booms were caused by a US SR 71 high altitude spy plane Last week US intelligence sources said the Bakuriani might have been delivering MiG fighter planes to Nicaragua but San dinista officials denied these reports and US officials have subsequently indicated they doubt warplanes were on board The exact nature of the cargo re mained unknown but a source in Managua who spoke on condition he not be identified said the Bakuriani brought two Soviet Mi8 combat helicopters and one Mi24 transport helicopter Nicaraguan Interior Minister Tomas Borge in a speech Sunday said the Reagan administration is using "propaganda that is After the presidential election returns came in Tuesday night I suddenly felt 10 feet tall and about 75 feet long I also put on about 30 tons turn ed gray and a long neck and a thick tapered tail And I developed a tremendous aversion to little men wearing bearskin loincloths and wielding clubs torches and Reagan Bush banners In short I felt like a political brontosaurus I was witnessing yet another sign that an end had come to the era when 1960s vintage liberals and their social high mindedness and anti military leanings were on the rise and conservatives and their silly capitalistic and patriotic tendencies were laughable kooks No longer can I call conser vatives the dinosaurs of American politics It is I and folks of my ilk who have become extinct' second landslide in four sophisticated and without impuni ty to make Nicaragua look like a threat to the internal security of the United States" Speaking in Matagalpa about 90 miles north of Managua Borge said the threat of a US invasion "is increasing" He said that if Nicaragua is in vaded "we feel we have the right and the duty to punish the ag gressors in whatever part of the world" He did not elaborate Roman Catholic ar chbishop Miguel Obandoy Bravo a frequent critic of the San dinistas said in a homily "There can be no peace while those who govern us talk of the desire for peace while talking of violence at the time" A US State Department spokesman John Hughes accom panying Secretary of State George Shultz to a meeting of the Organization of American States in Brasilia Brazil said Sunday that talk of a US invasion was "absolute nonsense" Hughes also said that whoever told reporters that the Bakuriani was under surveillance be prosecuted" Last week US intelligence of ficials leaked to the news media that the ship was being monitored and that the United States would not rule out a strike to prevent MiGs from being delivered US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said Sunday on the that there was that there had been MiGs aboard the Bakuriani A second Soviet vessel the fishing trawler Ekliptika arrived in Corinto at midday Saturday and left sometime that night accor ding to Bernardo Lang an official with the Vassalli Shipping Co in that port which is about 105 miles northwest of the capital The arrival of Soviet boats "is nothing Lang said used to come even in the times of Somoza Nobody gets scared and just now that they're saying bringing MiG planes Nobody has seen that here" Index I Local news 1 Police news 1 Sports Stocks TV schedules years apparently drove another nail into our coffin In a recent interview with Cen tre College student David Gabler a politically aware and conservative leaning 19 year old I was struck by the upbeat tone he expressed about America and his devotion to a 73 year old president College kids these days look up to their president and they regard him as a hero and his conservative policies as the salvation Gabler said In my day sonny a conser Highest reading Sat Lowest reading Sat Precipitation Sat Precipitation a year ago Temperature 7 am Sunday 40 One year ago 7 am Sunday 30 Herrington Lake level 715 Lake level a year ago 7232 drill Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital staged a mock emergency riday morning The scenario: an accidental spill of uranium hexaflouride at Dillehay Street in Danville The spill took place at about 10 am and Boyle County Rescue workers notified emergency room staff of the cident" According to Ron Bar bate director of physical therapy services at EMMH and disaster committee chairman the drill was set up to test the response to an emergency of such magnitude In the top photograph nurses Ar thella Withers at left and Betty Brinkley check the blood pressure and eyes of "victim" Vina Boyd At left Ms Withers tries to contact Boyle rescue workers from an ambulance while Ms Boyd lies in the back Weather forecast Today cloudy this morning clearing this afternoon Cold with a high in the lowMOs Nor thwest wind 5 "to 15 mph Tonight clear and very cold Extended forecast The extended forecast for Wednesday through riday calls for a chance of rain each politics have a revolution or something?" we said We molded libertine anarchic pacifistic socialist hippie yippie and just plain wacky ideas into one confusing ideology and the targets were the establishment people over 30 anybody in uniform and the man residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave ed by the televised horrors of the Vietnam War many of us mar ched and rallied in protest I recall a 1970 rally at the University of Kentucky where leftist lawyer William Kuntzler said in front of Memorial Coliseum that "the would turn the university and other of the upside down Memorial Coliseum is still there and many of us who cheered Kuntzler 14 years ago often drop by to purchase tickets for that form of warfare known as UK basketball or all its nobility and good in (Continued on Page 12) Nicaragua armed forces in state Here's a political dinosaur view ot conservative swing in US Emergen cy 4 9 Wa Jr jjr I Jiff8 1 1 i 1W JI.