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2B REGIONRECORDS MESSENGER-INQUIRER, CKensboro, 1982 Sturgill still optimistic on synfuels 4 Find lay quintuplets celebrate first birthday announcement Thursday during the Governor's Industry Appreciation Luncheon, citing a need for Sturgill's leadership to aid the Kentucky coal industry. Sturgill resigned as secretary last December 31, but remained affiliated with state government as chairman of the State Racing Commission and an informal adviser to Brown. In an interview after the luncheon, sponsored by the state Commerce Cabinet, Brown said he had been talking to Sturgill about returning to state government for about a month. "We have a lot to do" in the fields of coal and agricultural exports and synthetic fuels, Brown said. David Drake, whom Brown named secretary to succeed Sturgill, will return to his former position of deputy secretary.

"He's a team player," the governor said of Drake. "He has a good technical mind and he's a good of mountain slopes being strip-mined, Sturgill noted. On June 22, the UK Board of Trustees is to formally appoint Lyle Send-lein, a geologist who heads a similar but smaller program at Southern Illinois University, as director of the Kentucky research institute. Sturgill said he and Seindlein are in agreement that state-financed research of synfuels should continue. Meanwhile, leaders of the synfuels industry say they are pleased that Kentucky is supporting research that they can use to develop their projects.

"Kentucky's the model of what a coal state should do," said Walter Flowers, chairman of the National Council on Synthetic Fuels Production. "Instead of sitting and waiting for the federal government to do something," said Flowers, "Kentucky's doing its own research and putting its money where its mouth is." Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. made the Farm complex in Lexington.

So far, the state agency has supplied more than $5 million of the lab's annual $6.8 million budget, and Sturgill indicated that the situation is not about to change. "The economic benefit to Kentucky of the synthetic-fuels program is far greater than anything that's ever loomed on the horizon in this state," he said. Sturgill said the institute's work on turning coal into synthetic oil and other chemical feedstocks and on improving boilers so they can use high-sulfur Western Kentucky coal is crucial. The laboratory's effort to encourage development of Kentucky oil shale is also important, since it is about to move from cataloging oil-shale reserves to demonstrating how to process the shale, he said. Scientists at the institute also have worked on new ways to transport coal in slurry-like mixtures and one using computers to determine the stability Alsociotad Prvss LEXINGTON Synthetic-fuels research will pay off for Kentucky in the long run, despite recent setbacks in financing for a number of projects, said returning state Energy Secretary William B.

Sturgill. Sturgill, reappointed last week by Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. to the state's top energy post, said he is still optimistic about four major synfuel plants proposed for Kentucky in Breckinridge, Daviess and Henderson counties.

Plans for some of the projects have been put on indefinite hold by the private companies backing them. But Sturgill said the projects are not dead. "They're all still going, they're just not in the 100-relay right now," he said Monday. The state Energy Department contracts with the University of Kentucky to operate the Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, an $11 million laboratory built atop the old Spindletop said. The Granatas also have a 7-year-old daughter, Jenny.

Amanda's 205-day hospital stay was the most expensive. Her hospitalization costs since her birth have come to more than $212,000. Eric, with the shortest hospital stay, ran up a $37,240 bill before his discharge last Aug. 6. Nathan and Heather had bills of about $80,000 each.

In addition, care for Mrs. Granata and the infants through last June 10 amounted to $59,748. And there have been other expenses amounting to thousands of dollars. The bills continue to come in. Oxygen costs for Amanda are running about $400 a month.

Granata works for Marathon Oil Co. of Findlay, which provides an insurance plan for employees. Marathon spokesman William Ryder said the Granatas' insurance claims do not yet approach the maximum $250,000 permitted for each child over a five-year period. Mrs. Granata said she gets weekly visits from participants in an infant-stimulation program who help her exercise the babies and teach them to swim in a basement pool.

She also gets help in her home from a volunteer nurse. Mrs. Granata says the smallest child, Amanda, will develop at a slower pace than her sister and brothers. She says her lengthy hospitalization made her moodier. Associated Press FINDLAY, Ohio To George and Janice Granata, the progress of their four surviving quintuplets is "the best thing that ever happened to us." On their first birthday, the quints also have proven to be the most expensive.

A bulging manilla file folder contains nearly a half-million dollars worth of hospital bills that chronicle the quints' struggles to stay alive since their birth last June 1. All of the hospital costs and most doctor bills have been covered by insurance. Asked to compare the cost of the Granata quints to the costs usually associated with the delivery of a baby, Toledo Hospital Treasurer Gary Court said it would be like comparing "a gunshot wound in the head to a splinter in the finger. These kids were so sick, it's difficult to compare. One year after their much-publicized birth, the infants are in various stages of development.

Born three months premature, their weights now range from MVz to 18 pounds. The largest child, Eric, has tried to walk. Both his sister, Heather, who weighs 16 pounds, and his brother, Nathan, at 14 pounds, are able to crawl. The smallest, Amanda, remains on oxygen most of the time. The fifth quint, a male, died two days after birth, the hospital Japanese trade mission visits Kentucky government representatives will advise chambers of commerce, banks, utilities and industrial development groups on how to attract Japanese investment here.

The group, which is also visiting Philadelphia, New Orleans and Houston, was invited to Kentucky by Ted Sauer, executive director of the state Office of International Marketing, during a recent trip to Japan. More than 100 Kentuckians have soring the trade mission, also will be represented. The Kentuckians will be able to introduce products to potential buyers and inquire about specifics of selling to Japan, Sauer said. He said products of interest could include machinery, textiles and clothing, medical equipment, department store items, "and any kind of new technology." signed up for the meeting. Those with products to sell can talk individually with mission members in their areas of interest.

The mission will include representatives of the Bank of Tokyo, four of Japan's largest trading companies and large general-merchandise chain stores and department stores. Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry and its External Trade Organization, which are spon Associated Press FRANKFORT If someone wants to put "Made in Kentucky" goods on sale in Japan, a conference this week in Lexington could be the place to start. A 23-member Japanese trade and investment mission will meet Thursday and Friday with Kentucky businessmen and farmers looking for new markets. And the Japanese businessmen and New Centre College president sees challenge TO ACCOUNTING COMPANY -iiCNN Need Help With Vour Payroll? Qualified Affordable Confidential fourth and alien 684-8634 Cigar Factory Mali Phone 683 1505 BERNICE JEANINE OAKS I HEARING AIDS Wednesday we provide every style hearing aid that is Glenn Funeral Home i currently manufactured one is designed for AARON JAMES CONKRIGHT you! Route 4 Benton, Ky. NO COUPON NEEDED Private Services Just a desire to hear better and an apprecia- tion for fair prices and honest treatment.

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"One would be trying to expand and extend Centre's own horizons, and at the same time seeking to gain it wider recognition for what it has achieved," he said. Morrill said he will remain committed to private higher education, where he believes even administrators can receive enjoyment from affecting the lives of students. Morrill, a Phi Beta Kappa history graduate of Brown University, earned a bachelor of divinity degree at Yale University and a doctorate in religion at Duke University. He has been a faculty member at Wells College in New York and a faculty member, associate provost and assistant to the president of Chatham College in Pennsylvania. funds, which benefit 50 percent of those enrolled at Centre, are steadily being eroded, especially on the federal level, he noted.

"It really gives you pause as to how one can maintain momentum during this kind of a decade," Morrill said. Morrill takes over as president of Centre, a private, liberal arts school, on Tuesday. He is the former president of Salem College and Salem Academy in Winston-Salem. N.C. "Centre has an unusual combination now of exceptional opportunities, together with a good measure of vulnerability, like most colleges of its type," he said.

College officials speculate the 163- Associated Press DANVILLE Dr. Richard Morrill has what seems at first glance to be a rather unchallenging task: He is taking over the presidency of a college with a solid reputation and the private financial support to back it up. But Morrill, 42, says he is not going to run a laid-back administration at Centre College. That's because he believes there are potential problems lurking that could prove damaging in the future. For one thing, tuitions have risen to offset inflation, and the college's rural setting has no built-in population base to draw from.

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Wednseday Holey-McGinnis Chapel Associated Press LEXINGTON The East Kentucky Health Systems Agency, which evaluates the need for new hospitals and nursing homes in central and eastern Kentucky, will close June 30. Ken Rich, chairman of the board of directors, said the board did not reapply for federal funding because the 13-employee agency was facing a 60 percent funding cut. "It looked like it would be feasible to hang on by a shoestring until next March, ibuti it just didn't seem Rich said. "We've got federal money here and why drag things on and on'1" Similar agencies in five other states also are closing as the Reagan administration moves away from health-care planning and toward competition in the health-care industry, said George Kent, director of health planning for the state Department for Human Resources. Larry Nevvby.

executive director of Kentucky Health Systems Agency-West, said recently that his agency might also close within a year. The decision to close the East Kentucky Health Systems Agency also raises questions about how proposals for new hospitals and nursing homes will be evaluated, Kent said. Currently, the proposals are discussed first at the local level, and are then forwarded to either East Kentucky or West Kentucky agencies. The proposals ultimately are decided in Frankfort by the state Certificate of Need and Licensure Board. Rich and board member G.

Philip Points complained that their agency's recommendations often were overturned at the state level. Points said some other board members believed politics played a part in some decisions by the licensure board. Points said that he disagreed with that belief, but he and Rich conceded that frustration over some rulings by the licensure board was a factor in the decision to shut down operations. They said, however, that a lack of money was the deciding factor. 19 Locust Street Phon.

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401 KAR 59:005. General provisions. 401 KAR 59:010. New process operations. 401 KAR 61:005.

General Provisions 401 KAR 61:015. Existing indirect heat exchangers. 401 KAR 61:020. Existing process operations. 401 KAR 61:075.

Steel plants and foundries using existing electric arc furnaces. 401 Existing by-product coke manufacturing plants. 401 KAR 63:010. Fugitive emissions. The full text of these regulations is filed at the location listed below for public inspection during regular business hours.

In addition, individuals requiring a copy of the full text or any additional information may contact the Development and Evaluation Branch of the Division of Air Pollution Control, Fort Boone Plaza, 18 Reilly Road, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. telephone number (502 1 564-3382, ext. 346. Air Pollution Regional Office 311 West Second Street Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 All interested persons will be afforded the opportunity to present oral and written testimony regarding these proposed regulations. Written statements will be considered as part of the hearing record if received by the close of business onJuly 1.

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Photw! lNihl.l nRSJtllM. gran plant )4KT AIR. LOCAL DEATHS Aaron James Conkright. infant son of Bennie and Kay McBrayer Conk-right, of Benton, died Sunday. May 30.

1982. at Kentucky Baptist Hospital. Paducah Survivors include his grandparents. George Conkright, of Owensboro and Mr and Mrs Shelby McBrayer. of Masonville.

and his great-grandparents. Mrs. Ethel Richards, of Owensboro and Marvin Southerlin. of Masonville. Private graveside services are today at Owensboro Memorial Gardens.

There is no visitation Delhert Glenn ist Church Survivors include her husband, Dewey F. Oaks; four sons. Robert L. Rider of Zanesville, Ohio. Scott A Rider, of Taylorville.

Mark I). Rider and Craig Rider, both of Kin-caid. Ill two daughters, Debra Baez. of Kmcaid. Ill and Tacy A Rider, at home; nine seven grandchildren, 25 stepgrandchildren.

13 stepgreat-grandchildren. and two sisters, Wanda Hunt, of Roseville. Ohio and Reta Dennian. of Terre Haute. Ind.

Services are at 10 a Wednesday at Delbert Glenn Funeral Home, Burial in Liberty Methodist Cemetery. Ohio County. Visitation after I p.m. today at the funeral home. Dabnev.

Lurene Goodman, 60. of 2260 E. 19th Owensboro. died Sunday at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital. Services are at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at Miller-Schapmire Funeral Home, Hartford. Burial in Sunny-side Cemetery, Beaver Dam. Visitation after 3 p.m. today at the funeral home Long. Ida Lee.

50. of 2775 Flamingo Owensboro, died Friday at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital. Services are at 11 a.m. today at Haley-MeGinnis Funeral Home, Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home.

Kowe. The Rev. Prentice. 54, of Akron, Ohio, died Tuesday at his home. Services are at 1:30 p.m.

today at Mt Lebanon Baptist Church. Burial in Akron Cemetery Visitation at Stewart and Calhoun Funeral Home. 529 Thornton Akron Owensboro police received a report Monday of $500 in radios stolen from vehicles parked outside a business in the 300 block of West 10th Street. A $150 bicycle was reported stolen to Owensboro police Saturday from the 2600 block of Count Fleet Loop. Owensboro police received a report Saturday of $200 in cash and $10 in miscellaneous items stolen in a burglary at a residence in the 1400 block of tripled Street.

Steven Dukes, 24, of 617 Chuck Gray Court was charged by Owensboro police Monday with leaving the scene of an accident. EDITOR'S NOTE: In reading news reports of criminal accusations, it is possible to forget what jurors are reminded of In the trial of the accused: The law presumes the accused to be innocent of a crime. OPEN: 8-5 Sat. 8 'till Noon 419 LEWIS 6M-W3 1 Three Sen ice, facilities, are the elements thai determine funeral sen ire nlue. heliee you'll find all three in (ilenn's fuor.

Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Gilbert l.angley llemlrirk, of 1520-C Walnut Park Dr Owensboro. died Monday. May 31. I9H2. at County Hospital.

He was the head photographer the form designing department of Florida Power and Light Company, Miami. lor 28 years He was a veteran of World War II and served in the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, was a member of Buena Vista Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge His wife, Nell Ginger I lendriek. died in Survivors include five sisters, Mrs Alma Klein. Marjorie I lendriek, Mrs. Louise O' Fly tin, Virginia L.

lien-dnck. and Mrs Eugene Davis, all of Owensboro Private services are at III a Wednesday at Haley Mediums Funeral Home Burial in Owensboro Memo rial Gardens Visitation from 4 8 i today at the funeral home Hernli Jennine Oaks, 45 of liul put. Ill died Sunday, May 30. 2. at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, III She was born in White Cottage, Ohio and was a member of the Method FUNERALS Austin.

Anna Sue Rii kard. 42. of Livermore. died Sunday at Owensboro Daviess County Hospital Services are at 2 today at Muster Funeral lioine, Livermore Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Livermore, Visitation at the funeral home Bishop, Alia 72. of Louisville, died Sunday at Audubon Hospital.

Louisville Services are at 1 today at Duke lievil Funeral Home, ('en-tertown. Burial in Walton Creek Cemetery, Centertown Visitation at the funeral home. Crahtrri'. Lewis 64. of 814 George St iwvnsboro, died Sunday at Owensboro Daviess County Hospital, Survivors include two sisters, Mrs Ruby Ijames, of Owensboro and Mrs Myrtle Cavney, of Indianapolis Services hiv at I in Wednesday at Haley-McGinnis Funeral Home Burial In Fordsville Cemetery Visitation at the funeral home NEW ARRIVALS At Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital: WIl.KENSON.

Carolyn and Mark, of Rockport, a daughter on May 26. BOSWELL, Mary and Gary, of Le-wisport. a daughter on Mav 26, C'ORLEY, Myra and Ricky, of lla-wesville. a son on May 26. Elsewhere: Smart, Ann.

54, of Hardinsburg, died Saturday at Breckinridge County Hospital, Services are at 2 p.m. today at Hardinsburg Baptist Church. Burial in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Visitation at Trent-Dowell Funeral Home, Hardinsburg. POLICE REPORTS Consumable goods valued at $120 were reported stolen to Owensboro police Sunday from the concession stand at Southern Little League's ball diamond. Owensboro police received a report Sunday of a theft of a $140 bicycle from the 300 block of Park Plaza Drive, A burglary reported to Owensboro pallet' Sunday at a home In the 800 block of Cednr Street resulted In the loss of $759 in mit'ellnneous property.

Robert Schienda jf hitoiw am 0 II vncraT.tome rouRTH ALltN STREETS At St. Mary's Medical Center, Evansvllle, Ind. Boehmunn, Carla and Gary, of 4913 Sturbrldge Owensboro, a daughter, Jilllan I-ci-ann on May 18, Dome rftirtoi i you went rhtm done unci tms.