The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky • 1

IT! mam (MOD1 v- and other aIDIjI1S Wayne Gretzlcy couldn't be talked out of retiring. Sports, IB Crappie fishing doesn't get any better. Outdoors, ID OTdvgESBO'S HOME, 1C 111 1 I I SATURDAY f- M8U TV station" sells adveirtiiiig9 takes criticism to be a commercial operation, it should be a full commercial operation and not a mixture that uses tax money." Dr. Ted Wendt, dean of Murray State's College of Fine Arts and Communications, said the station's income revenue from advertising is so low that it should not be a threat to any local commercial radio station. Neither Wendt nor station manager Stan Marinoff could provide figures on the revenue.

However, Wendt said it represents only a fraction of the annual operating budget of about $200,000. Wendt said WQTV-Channel 46 does not have a professional full-time advertising salesperson. He said the only salesperson is a part-time student. The station also airs commercials on the station soliciting Please see MSU12A The president of the Kentucky Broadcasters' Association says it's unfair competition because the station is subsidized by tax funds. BY BILL BARTLEMAN THE PADUCAH SUN MURRAY, Ky.

A low-power television station owned by Murray State University is selling advertising, and that concerns the president of the Kentucky Broadcasters' Association. Barry Williams of Bowling Green said it represents unfair competition because the Murray station is subsidized by tax funds. He worries that it is taking funds from commercial radio stations. "We in commercial broadcasting have to pay our own way and buy our own equipment," Williams said. "If they want 1 I New witness contends Buford made up story 0 Lee Ramey, who said he purchased drugs from Buford, are included in a motion for a new trial that was filed late Friday by attorney Dennis Null of Mayfield.

Hodge claims that Buford told her she made up the story about the conspiracy to get even with Williams because Williams would not pay $300,000 as part of an extortion attempt. month, a McCracken Circuit Court Please see BUFORD 12A BY BILL BARTLEMAN THS PADUCAH SUN Neil Williams says he should be granted a new trial because his attorneys have found two new witnesses, one of whom would testify that Valva Buford. made up the story about Williams' paying $50,000 to have his wife murdered. Affidavits from Kimberly Hodge, a former cellmate of Buford, and Brandon 7' STEVE NAGYThe Sun Ready for takeoff: Andrea Lowery of Paducah keeps, an eye on her kite Friday afternoon at Paducah Community College. Students in a three-dimensional design class at PCC built and decorated kites and received awards for longest and heaviest flights, largest and heaviest kites, and most innovative use of materials.

Friday was an excellent day for some of the larger kites as wind speeds averaged between 20 and 30 mph, gusting to 40. Administration: Compelling Fan to see country singer in Paducah atrocities of Kosovo evidence Rubin reports evidence of mass killings and graves associated with those mass killings west of Phstina. BY ANNI CEARAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The Clinton administration said Friday there is new, "compelling" evidence of fresh atrocities inside Kosovo that might explain in part an increase in the exodus from the besieged Serbian province. The disclosure came as the administration readied a $5.9 billion emergency spending request and prepared to call up as many as 33,000 reserve forces for the Kosovo operation. i CV Generosity helps fulfill dream of Cyrus fan BY ANGIE KINSEY THE PADUCAH SUN When social services worker Tish Willhite first met Ruth Martin, the two women had an instant connection.

Martin, who has been a resident of Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, for three years, had the walls of her room covered with Billy Ray Cyrus and Elvis Presley posters. "Ruth is what you call a young elderly person," said Willhite, also a Cyrus fan who attended his 1992 concert in Paducah. "She is like 30-something mentally. She's very young at heart. Most people her age wouldn't be a Billy Ray fan.

"When I heard Billy was coming to town, I thought Ruth will enjoy that. I just made some calls." Willhite, 35, contacted J.R.'s Executive Inn and Security Taxi Inc. The Executive Inn donated Assessment President Clinton defended the U.S. role in during a fund-raising I Increased success of appearance in Michigan. Air Force Dombings claimed.

10A Yugoslav officer held as prisoner of war. 1 0A He asked how Americans would feel "no matter ANGIE KINSEYmw Sun how many apprehensions Girls' night out: Ruth Martin holds two tickets to tonight's Billy Ray Cyrus concert at J.R.'s Executive Inn. In Italy: A U.S. airman with the 20th Fighter Wing from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., carries his bag at Aviano Air Base, Italy. compelling, comes from refugee accounts and independent sources he would not identify.

It was turned over to the international War Crimes Tribunal, where investigators are compiling records that could lead to prosecution of Serbian officers. At the Pentagon, Maj. Gen, Charles Wald said he had heard similar reports of mass graves and had seen corroborating "overhead imagery," presumably from either satellites or NATO pilots. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Please see COMPELLING 1 1 A you nave asKea to explain "why we couldn't lift a finger to do anything about" the crisis in Kosovo. At the State Department, spokesman James P.

Rubin said, "There is evidence of mass killings and graves associated with those mass killings," west of Kosovo's capital, Pristina. He had no information on the number killed but said it was more than a few dozen. The location is different from one where mass graves were reported last week, he said. The new information, which Rubin called with news of the concert, Martin thought it was a joke. "I've just never dreamed I would get to see him," said Martin, who turned 78 on April 4.

"I was tickled to death. It was really a surprise. I haven't been out of this Building except to go to the doctor's office since I've been here. Please see DREAM 12A two tickets to Cyrus' 7 p.m. concert, which will take place tonight in its showroom.

Security Taxi volunteered to transport Martin, who uses a wheelchair, to and from the concert free of charge. Parkview is paying for Martins pre-concert meal at the Executive Inn's Patio Dining Room. When Willhite surprised Martin H(o) irlHjK, 7 3C 174 2D 31 TEST Adults take test that area students will face next week. 2A College students beat the market with TV A money. 7A If you were outside around 9 p.m.

Friday, chances are good you saw a large flash of light and heard a loud noise. The Federal Aviation Administration in Memphis, which handles Paducah air space, reported that a meteorite passed the region. Law enforcement agencies in western Kentucky and southern Illinois received several telephone calls from frantic and curious residents, but there were no reports of damage. chemical plants will be 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Calvert City Elementary School.

Because of a reporter's error, the day was incorrect in Friday's Sun. The former J.C. Penney store at 5th and Broadway did not have the city's only escalator, as was reported in Thursday's Sun. The old Paducah Dry store at 4th and Broadway also had an escalator that went into service on Jan. 24, 1955.

Penney's escalator went into service on Oct. 5, 1960. IV 8A T-s Brian Rov of Marshall CORRECTIONS County. A story in Friday's Sun incorrectly quoted Steers. Presentation of a Risk Management Plan by Calvert City Congressional candidate Lee Steers of Franklin said his being from the eastern end of the 1st District will not be a negative factor in his campaign against Calvert crowd hails Outlaw racing.

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