The Corbin Times-Tribune from Corbin, Kentucky • Page 1

YOL.M NUMBER 191 CUMBERLAND FALLS Friday Afternoon, August 13,1976 12 PACES TODAY 15 CENTS A COPY Lunch Prices Are Raised At High School The CorWn School -Board Ivoted last night to Increase lunches the Ugh school I.M to Mt a day at nigh school. The board cited 'total deficit on the lunch for the W7S-70 school year that figures out to almost About 4N students nd staff -are served each'day In an lunchroom. The fliuncU report Indicates that the program it the elementary schools can continue at the pfimit chirge of IJ8 per meal. The difference between-costs at grade acboob and the Ugh school was attributed to the amoonti of food required to serve amaUar chfldron. The price' increase will be effective the Bret day of KbooL Another price IncreaM In- stituted by the board lait night purchateri of reserved cute at football gamee this year.

The cart of Octets wai raleed from tl.50 to General admission win be a and ttadent tickets win be tl.00. The board noted that moei schoola in the area are now charging 12.00 general ad- mission. Sunon tickets Will remain the i a discussions of proposed tuition increases for etudenti attendbig Corbln echoob from outside the district, the school board has been unable to react a decision. Certain families In the West Corbln area were advised last winter that tuition bikes would be forthcoming if the families did not petition to enter the city school district. It looks as though no Increase in tuition will be instituted by the present board.

"I think it's too late now, but we need to do something for next year," one board member said. Tlw board agreed to defer the problem end tat the new board which will alt in January con- rider the problem. The warranty on the new high school empires not Wednesday, the first day of classes, and much of the board's time last night was taken up with problems with the bulking end equipment. The latest problem centered on the air conditioning system. A compressor that operates the system's delicate letwork to be defective.last month.

The equipment was 'replaced and the system seems to be operating more or less correctly, according to various of the board who have examined the system. Vibration of the machinery In the heating-ventllating-air to one of the biggest problems. Roof-mounted machinery does not seun to be operating correctly, according, to Bill Hood, who Hid last night that note and vibration from the units extends down to the ground Boor of the building. A large part of the problem with the equipment seems to be the complicated control! and the lack of qualified personnel to operate them. Architect K.

Norman Berry told the board that he would set 'up next' Thursday as a day to train someone to operate 'the equipment and carry out minor maintenance procedures. The school board wants to have at least two men trained, but as yet, have not found anyone suitable. Berry also said he will ask the contractor, sub-contractors and engineers to be hen on the same day. "I want you to go around with these people and show them exactly what is wrong with the school," said Berry. "They've all agreed to come down here one more time and correct all these problems." The board has been withholding the final payment on the school to the James N.

Gray Construction Company until all the problems are resolved. Berry 1 also informed the board last' night that the plans for the middle school renovation have been submitted to the Department of Education for approval. He to be ready to advertise for bids within two to three weeks. Four weeks was tentatively set as the time for allowing bids to be Construction time for the remodeling has been set at II months with completion of the school scheduled for the second semester of the 1977-71 school year. In other matters considered by the board: South Ward and East Ward Elementary schools are ready for the beginning of the school year, the board The heating-ventilation system of South Ward was completely renovated over the summer at a cost of almost $16,000.

Bast Ward was painted inside and out and work was done on the brick and masonry at a total cost of approximately 110,000. A proposal by Superin- tendent Raymond Herndgn to move one of the night wat- chman from Edwards Gym to Campbell Field was refused by the board. (Centimed Te Pete I) Little Hope Held For Corbin Getting Power Generated At The Laurel Dam Pnepects are not too DriaM to Orttate receive any groat MMWkt flt pomf frtttt OM plant at the Laurel Lake dam when It fed Into production smnettme In If77, MOOTwftMf to Atfciiiniiojriwtflf JM of the The Southeastern Fewer Adnunstratton It a branch of the A Department of Interior and has charge of the dftrlbuuuii of puwei from the dans built by the A Corps of vkt Hall WednesdayiyTM3ghlit, ei- ai length the steps' nacMsary for Corbin to receive any power from the Laurel Lake project: The Southeastern Power Administration does not own any dUWbutton Bnes.Itmerely the dams into lines owned by private or cooperative utilities. In the case of the Laurel protect the distribution win be made by either the Kentucky Utilities Company and the East Kentucky Power cooperative, or by the Cooperative ex- clusively if a contract cannot be worked out with K.U. By law the power generated by the Laurel dam to cities within a Ittmue radius having nwnkipel ship or the cooperative.

The dties must share the power on a per- centage basil of their present kilowatt consumption. Eight citlee come within this range: Corbln, Bardstown, Frankfort, Nlcholasvllle, Falmouth, Paris, BarbourvlOe andBenham. Corbin's share of the power would be about six percent. That would have very little effect on the cost of the elec- tricity to the customer In Corbin. The city of Corbin Is now Liquor Vote Will Be Sept.

7 For the second time ta four years, residents of Wuuani- stwgwttl be asked next month to vote on the sale of alcoholic bemages tastde the city limits. September 7 was set by Whlttey County Judge Jerry Taylor as the election date. Taylor had reviewed petitions requesting the election that were present id to the judge last month. The petition needed M7 signatures to qualify for a special election, and about 400 were contained In the lists, Taylor said. The vote on local option sales will be limited to five precincts in Willlamsburg, including Highland Park, Courthouse, Armory, City School and College Hill.

Also voting will be approximately 10 Savoy families who reside Inside Wllllamsburg's corporate Voter registration for the election will be conducted up to seven days prior to the election ending Aug. and absentee ballots will have to be obtained by 11. Three years ago, a similar proposal was defeated In the seat of Whltley County by a 1-1 margin. paying about gl.M per kW to the Kentucky Utilities for its power. The cost at the dan for power was estimated by Ad- ministrator Fortune to be about lll.M, before cost of "wheeling' 1 the power was added.

This would bring the cost to about equal what Corbln Is now paying. The only possible aid here would be to hold down Increases In prlces'at a future date, because the cost of production at the dam would not' be subject to inflationary The net result of-the con- ference at City Hall Wednesday night was the opinion of Supt. Paul Rains of City Utilities Commission that Corbln could not expect much effect on its distribution system by Lauel dam power. There Is no way Corbln can get power directly from the Laurel dam. And It would not be a satisfactory deal If It could, because the power supply would not be constant.

The generating unit will operate only about 10 to hours a week, depeming on the water supply to turn the unit. In times of extreme dry wwther, when the lake level would be static, the generating unit would be idle completely. The power produced at the Laurel dam will be fed Into a system and distributed in ink manner. Rain Possible) Chance of rain through Sunday. Lows tonight in the mid to upper OOs.

Highs Saturday in ihe low to mid OOs. Chance of rain 10 per cent tonight and per cent Saturday. The dam and generating plant has cost a total of fel million. It must be repaid at a rate of 11,170,000 a rear. This governs the rate of cost of power produced.

Mayor R. C. Miller, In- troducing Administrator Fortune at the opening of the meeting, said that the people of Corbin will be disappointed If they do not get power from the Laurel reservoir. The (CantlnueaVTo 01 LAN Picnic Will Held At4-H The employees of the LAN Railroad company, Cum- berland Valley Sub-Division of the KnoxviUe Division, have scheduled a Family Safety Day picnic at the J. M.

Fettner Memorial dub Camp at Highway near Lev! Jackson State Park Saturday, Sep- tember 4th, between the hours of lliOO noon and 1:10 p.m., according to Joe Heringer, publicity chairman. Entertainment during the picnic will be furnished by various employees of the local area; games for Ihe children and door prises are also plan- ned. All IAN families, as well as retired LtN employees, are invited to attend. This will be a "potluck" affair, and those attending are requested to bring a covered dish. A OR OF LOVf one) apai eilotton VMM ctwartuMy given Or.

Ketth Smith Imt night by Mrs. Curt (Jona) Murnchi of county.i in behoH of the 45 members of her who been ddiverwd by me 1974 Cititen of the Yaor. A large crowd graottod congenial locol doctor from 7 until 9 p.m. at the Corbin High School 'catatarto. reception sponsored by kxal chapter of the 1 3 Cars Hit Man Walking On 1-75 An Arkansas man, on foot to seek assistance for his disabled automobile, was struck by three automobiles and killed late Thursday evening on Interstate 75 near Corbin.

Holberi Lovely, 57, was In the southbound lane of the highway, according to police reports, when his car broke down. He was first struck by a car driven by Thomas Lovern, Wheaton, authorities said and was subsequently hit by two Willlamsburg motorists, who. were unable to stop in time. Ixvely, of Benton was pronounced dead on the scene by Whltley County Deputy Coroner Charles Moses, who ruled the death accidental. The accident occurred at 10:30 p.m., just south of the 175 interchange with US Investigating were the Corbin Police Department and troopers from the Ixxidon Post of the Kentucky.Slate PoNce.

THE SEARCH for Mock Halcomb, 50, Woodbine, and hit 6-year-old daughter Stephanie, intensified yesterday afternoon whan Sheriff Dick Vermllllon colled in the Willlomsburg Rescue Squad to begin dragging the ponds near the Halcomb home. Halcomb, an of South Central Bell for almost 25 years, also ran a fish hatchery at his home. The sheriff decided to begin the saarch by dragging each of the numerous ponds. According to Vermillion, Halcomb and his daughter were last seen Monday night. Search Goes On sheriffs office Intensified the Halcomb, SO, and his daughter, Stephanie, yesterday In an attempt to solve the disap- pearance of the two parsons.

Halcomb and his daughter ware last seen at the Nlbroc car- nival Monday night and one person told the (that she talked to Halcomb as late as sheriff that 11:10 that night. Evidence gathered by Sheriff Dick Ver- million at (he Halcomb home, located about one mile south of Corbin on Route near Woodbine, Indicates "foul play," according to the sheriff. The clothes the two were wearing when last seen ware found In the home and relatives told the sheriff that the pajamas 0- yearold Stephanie was known to wear are missing. The sheriff recoverd two bullets from the living room and bedroom of the house, one a caliber and the other a caliber. Bloodstains were found on one wall near the floor.

Halcomb's brother, Glen, who was Mack's supervisor at South Central, said he was first concerned Tuesday when Mack didn't show up for work. He attempted to call his brother, but the phone repeatedly registered a busy signal. Later Tuesday morning, Glen went to his brother's home end found the restdence. empty, but the radio was playing and the phone was off the hook. The pick-up truck belonging to Mack was in the drive with the keys In the Glen then called the sheriff who came to the house.

'Vermllllon said Halcomb had been the victim of burglaries recently and that the missing man called him Monday and asked him to come by the house. From evidence at the house, the home was either broken Into again in the past few days and Halcomb was calling for that reason, or, as the sheriff betteves, Halcomb may have had proof that would Identify the burglars. The home looked as though It had been thoroughly ransacked either Monday night or earlier. Former deputy sheriff Marvin Hammons arid part of the Interim of the home was ransacked In an earlier break- in. Halcomb reported a pistol missing and a plggybank belong to Stephanie.

Halcomb kept a filing cabinet that con- tained a safe. Thieves had twisted the lock off the safe and rifled the contents of the cabinet The sheriff believed that this had occurred earlier and not the night Halcomb dtsap- One of the main pieces of evidence was Halcomb's ray pick-up buck which the sheriff Impounded Immediately. Thick coagulated Wood stains were found In the bed of the truck and Vermillion theorised that the Halcombs were taken from the house In the truck. A neighbor who lives close by told the sheriff that she heard the truck have more than once sometime between 1 and 1 am Tuesday. The truck left for about minutes and then came back.

Mud and grass found on the chassis of the vehicle led police to the conclusion that Halcomb and daughter may have been killed and their bodies dumped either in a pond or a dead lift that could be reached in a matter of minutes by the killers. (Cwillnwd Te Pate I) Robbins Surrenders To Laurel Officials The second suspect wanted in connection with the shotgun killings of two Florida coal operators last December surrendered to police in Laurel County yesterday. Vanis Ray Robbins, 41, arrested In Las Vegas some weeks ago and released then on a 18,000 bond for two counts of complicity to murder for profit or for hire, flew from the Nevada city to Lexington yesterday. Lester Burns, a Burnside attorney who represents Robbini, picked up the suspect and drove him to Idndon where Judge Leotard Karr set bond at 170,000. The bond was immediately signed by Burns and Lance Robbins, a cousin who lives In Laurel County.

The bond la the same as that set for James R. Durham, the first suspect arrested in cwnnecUon witti the murders. Durham hat yet to pert' bond and remains the Jail. Both Robbins and Durham face two counts each of com- plicity to murder for profit or for hire. A preliminary hearing for Robbins has been set for next Tuesday at 1 p.m.

According to Les Yaden, a third suspect is to surrender today, but a spokesman for the state police said this morning that the suspect changed his mind on advice on his attorney and will not voluntarily present himself. The i third man, Frank Slarkey, who listed a Nashville address last December when he registered at the Harvest Inn motel, will be charged with murder. Slarkey, who is in his has been sought by local and FBI officials for some time. Tom Handy, aaslstant Wood Creek Lake last December 10. According Dei.

Doyle I Stogsdill, Robbins has volun- Urily agreed to.submit to a polygraph test today in Frank- fort. 'In addition to Robbins will also be defended by Robert Cato of London. Durham, who was represented by Robert Dyche III, has now retained B. Robert Laurel Circuit judge, as his attorney. The charges against both men could result in the death sen- tence if they are convicted.

the third warrant is the last in 'connection with the killing of Horace P. Gill and Curios W. Deaths found face on the edge of.