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1 THE MESSENGER SATURDAY, MARCH 10. 1990 STATELOCAL WORLD NATION STATE MBS Moslem extremists reportedly kidnap four intelligence agents Fifth disease hits Western Kentucky By The Associated Press By DILIP GANGUL Associated Press Writer The incident has created great panic in the administration. Unite Newt of lorila. The Finance Cabinet said U.S. Corrections will be paid $26 per day for each inmate, while Dismas Houses winning bid was $25.95 per day.

Other bidders for the Lee County contract were Allvest Inc. of Alaska, Bannum Inc. of Florida, Concept Inc. of Louisville and Corrections Corporation of America, based in Tennessee. U.S.

Corrections, Concept Bannum and Allvest also bid for the womens prison. SRINAGAR, India Four Indian intelligence agents disappeared Friday in Kashmir, and a news report said they were kidnapped by Moslem militants fighting for independence. Earlier in the day, a Cabinet minister, acknowledging the Moslem rebellion had reached an unprecedented point, said the government was opening negotiations with the separatists. The agency United News of India said the missing agents, who provide security for senior government officials, were abducted from the Nawab Bazar area in downtown Srinagar. It said the militants burned the agents jeep.

Gov. Jagmohan of Jammu-Kashmir state said the four men were missing but did not confirm the reported abduction. I do not know if they were kidnapped. There was no sign of any struggle. No guns were fired, said Jagmohan.

He said the men were on a regular patrol when the intelligence headquarters lost radio contact with them. Their burnt jeep was found a half-hour later, he said. One is a Hindu and the remaining are Moslems, a government source said. United News of India said the incident has created great panic in the administration. The news agency, reporting from Jammu, the states winter capital, quoted unidentified government sources.

Earlier Friday, Railway Minister George Fernandes told reporters the government was opening talks with the separatists. It is too early to say what shape the dialogue will take, but at least the process has begun, he said. Fernandes, selected by the go- vernment of Prime Minister V.P. Singh to initiate the talks, said he was meeting the right people through intermediaries. But, he said, we have a tough job here.

Islamic militants have been fighting for secession of the Moslem-dominated Jammu-Kashmir state from predominantly Hindu India for the last four decades. The latest round of violence began Jan. 20 after a government crackdown on the militants. At least 173 people have been killed and hundreds injured since then. A high-level political delegation, comprising leaders of all major parties, visited Srinagar, the hub of the separatist campaign, on Thursday to assess the situation.

The team returned to New Delhi on Friday but Fernandes, who was part of the delegation, stayed back, apparently to initiate the dialogue. The mood of the people is very obvious. The campaign for secession has reached an unprecedented point, he said Friday. It was not known who the government would negotiate with. The militants said earlier they will not negotiate their demand for independence.

Srinagar remained under curfew Friday, and no violence was reported from the city, the summer capital of Jammu-Kashmir state. In neighboring Pakistan-held Kashmir, about 500 demonstrators demanded self-determination for their brethren in India during a protest march to a Pakistani military checkpoint along the bor der. Protesters shouted Death to V.P. Singh! and Indian dogs, go home! but no violence was reported. Kashmir, oiice a fabled tourist area, is in fr northern India, about 400 miles north of New Delhi.

It has been under dispute between India and Pakistan since 1948, when the Hindu ruler of the former princely state decided to merge with India. Since then, Moslem-dominated Pakistan and India have twice gone to war over the region. Greyhound shot in Ohio By JOHN NOLAN Associated Press Writer EVANSVILLE, Ind. Fifth disease, a virus that causes red faces and slight fevers, is making a seasonal appearance in western Kentucky and southern Indiana schools, health care officials said Friday. Its always around, said Dr.

Reginald Finger, acting director of the Kentucky Department for Health Servicess Division of Epidemiology. Occasionally there are large school outbreaks like the one in Henderson County Kentucky) last year. There was an outbreak in eastern Kentucky three years ago, he said. Health officials in Henderson and the surrounding counties, including Vanderburgh County, just across the Ohio River, are preparing for the possibility of another outbreak this year. The diseases symptoms are relatively mild, and most sufferers are told they are well enough to work or attend school, Finger said.

There is a low risk of fifth disease leading to anemia in an unborn child whose mother is exposed to the virus, he said. The risk of death is from 1 to 3 percent if the mother comes in contact with someone else in the household who has the disease, he said. About half of adults have had fifth disease by the time they reach adulthood, Finger said, but many people are never properly diagnosed. The virus more commonly turns up sporadically instead of in concentrated outbreaks, he said. Weve been hit two years in a row, but this year it has only been isolated cases, said Robert Mitchell, director of pupil personnel for the Henderson County School System.

It may get worse as the season goes on; well have to wait and see I guess. I hope it stays sporadic. Fewer than 10 students have been diagnosed with fifth disease this year, he said. In April 1989, more than 90 cases were reported. About 14 students in the Daviess County, school system have been diagnosed, officials said.

Only one case has been diagnosed in Vanderburgh County this month, said Denise Cory, director of communicable disease control for the Vanderburgh County Health Department. Sne said she expects the number to grow. Douglas Palmenter, a pedia-triacian at an MEC Medical Center in Evansville, said the illness is just beginning in the area for the spring season. related incidents, he said. Its a regrettable situation.

hate to think the publievwould point the finger at any of the people on the picket lines, Nichols said. I can tell you that the union in no way condones violent acts or property damage. The patrol said the shooting occurred when a vehicle passed the bus, allowed the bus to pass and then pulled alongside it. The vehicles driver turned off 'the headlights, and shots came from it, the patrol said. The vehicle then sped away, police were told.

The bus driver continued southbound to a truck weighing station along the highway near Wilmington and stopped to report the shooting. The driver then took the bus south another 40 miles to Entitled to job NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) Robert Eaton, a former Newport principal who was fired over a racial slur, is entitled to get back his job, the Kentucky Supreme Court says. The Supreme Court let stand a state Court of Appeals ruling that said Eaton should be reinstated. Eaton, a former principal at A.D.

Owens Elementary School, was fired three years ago by the Newport Board of Education after introducing a black secretary using a racial slur. The appeals court said the comments were inappropriate but did not constitute grounds for dismissal. The Newport board appealed to the high court, which refused to hear the case Wednesday. Im just very pleased about it, said Eaton, an educator for more than 30 years. Asked if he would return to the job, he said, Thats the reason we filed, but thats been three years ago.

Im going to have to talk to Mr. Cetrulo and see what happens from here. Eatons attorney, Robert Cetrulo, said the ruling means Newport will have to compensate Eaton for up to $90,000 in benefits, attorney fees and the difference in a principals and teachers salary. Eaton has been working as a teacher in the Covington school system for two years. Suffocation death MOUNT VERNON, Ky.

(AP) -Preliminary autopsy results indicate that a newborn abandoned on an isolated creekbed in Rockcastle County died of suffocation. Coroner Billy Dowell said the boy probably suffocated because he was placed in a plastic garbage bag. State police said the baby was born Tuesday morning to a 17-year-old girl while she was alone at home. The investigation began after the teen-ager was taken to Rockcastle County Hospital. The baby was found Wednesday in a bag about 40 feet down a steep embankment near the Buffalo community.

No charges have been filed in the case. Couple found shot RUSSELL SRINGS, Ky. (AP) A husband and wife were found shot to death Friday, and state police said they were investigating the possibility that it was murder-suicide. Trooper Don Knifley identified the victims as William Shepherd, 76, and his wife Mabel, about 80. Knifley said Mrs.

Shepherds body, with several bullet wounds, was lying in the back yard of her home nearly six miles from Russell Springs. Shepherd was found inside the house with a bullet wound in the chest and died later in surgery, the trooper said. He said the shooting apparently climaxed a domestic dispute. Prison sites FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Lee and Daviess counties have been selected as sites for a pair of privately operated minimum-security prisons, Gov.

Wallace Wilkinsons office announced Friday. U.S. Corrections Corp. of Louisville will operate a 400-bed prison for men in the Fairgrounds Ridge area of Lee County, a Wilkinson news release said. A 100-bed institution for women will be operated in Owensboro by Dismas House Charities, headquartered in Louisville, the release said.

Both prisons will begin receiving inmates in about three months, the release said. The mens prison will employ 100 people and the womens prison 40, it said. Railroad ties bum SILVER GROVE, Ky. (AP) -Thousands of old railroad ties burned throughout the night in an abandoned train yard and then died down early Friday. Fire Chief Ken Knipper said the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency was sending a representa tive to determine whether the ashes were toxic. Lenny French, assistant State fire marshal, said the ties were all more than 30 years old and not much creosote was left in them. Creosote, a petroleum product used as a sealant, is listed as a hazardous waste, said Annette Hayden, spokesman for the state Division of Waste Management. Firefighters decided to let the blaze which started about 3:45 p.m. Thursday burn itself out.

The fire, between Kentucky 8 and the Ohio River, may burn for several days yet, they said. The blaze spanned an area 100 feet long and 40 to 60 feet wide, fire officials estimated. Flames shot 25 feet high. Estimates on the amount of railroad ties ran from 10,000 to 20,000, Ms. Hayden said.

The railroad ties were left from the rail yard in Silver Grove, which closed almost 10 years ago. CSX contracted with Midwest Tie Sales out of Indianapolis to get rid of the railroad ties. The good ones were sold last summer and Midwest was supposed to dispose of the left-overs, said Daryl Moore, assistant fire chief in Silver Grove, a Campbell County community. President chosen FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -John Wolfe a university provost from Maryland, was chosen Friday to become president of Kentucky State University, the school said.

Wolfe, 47, was chosen unanimously by the board of regents from among three finalists. The selection is subject to contract negotiations. He has been provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md. He has also held positions at Fayetteville (N.C.) State University and Furdue University, where he earned a doctorate in linguistics. It was not known when he would begin his duties at Kentucky State.

Wolfe will replace Raymond M. Burse, who left the university last April. Mary L. Smith, university vice president for academic affairs, has been interim president since Burses departure. I believe that with the leadership of John Wolfe and with the commitment and support of the rest of us, we will accomplish the goals (of) fully realizing our liberal studies mission, regaining academic prominence and building a multicultural atmosphere on this campus, Alan C.

Moore, Faculty Senate president, said in a statement. The other two finalists were Johnny R. Hill, vice president for student affairs at Chicago State University, and Herbert Watkins, vice president for business affairs at North Carolina Central University at Durham. Both are Kentucky State alumni. CINCINNATI A Greyhound bus carrying 29 passengers was struck by three shots from a passing car on an interstate in central Ohio on Friday, authorities said.

No injuries were reported, and there were no arrests. The State Highway Patrol and Greyhound Lines Inc. officials examined the bus at a company garage in Cincinnati. Its under investigation. We dont have any suspects at this time, said Capt.

Richard Rucker of the patrols Wilmington post. He said the weapon that was used was not known. Greyhound will prosecute whoever is found to be responsible for the shooting, company spokeswoman Elizabeth Hale said from Greyhounds Dallas headquarters. Ms. Hale said the bullets hit on the left side of bus.

striking a window near the driver and the front of the bus, hitting the body of the vehicle one foot above the baggage bin, and damaging the third window from the rear. The shooting occurred about 12:40 a m. on Interstate 71 in Madison County, about 25 miles southwest of Columbus. The car from which the shots were fired in the dark was described as a sports car, Rucker said. A detailed description was not available.

Ms. Hale said the bus was operated by a driver from another bus company that is helping Greyhound during the nationwide strike begun March 2 by the Amalgamated Council of Local Greyhound Unions. Rucker said a passenger list his investigator was given showed that the bus carried 28 passengers, but Rucker said his officer may have missed an extra name. The striking union has urged its members to avoid violence, spokesman Nick Nichols said. The union will cooperate with police investigating any violent strike- MARCH Skit 2 BIG WEhKS 30 ENTIRE STOCK KIDSWEAR SPRING MERCHANDISE! MARCH 11 MARCH 24th $2S Gift Certificate Drawing Bring this Coupon to enter I I I Name: I Phone: I Drawing Tuesday, March 27 PORT USA Whar America's favortta brand of kidawaar coat laaa.

TOWN CRIER Caldwell Smith PTA meeting on Monday Caldwell Smith Kindergarten Center will host a PTA meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 12, featuring a program on Earthquake Awareness, presented by by Bill Jackson, of Madisonville-Hopkins County Disaster and Emergency Serices. Afterward, Mrs. Bushs and Mrs. Reynolds classes will perform.

Baby-sitting will be available. Jay Cees currently seeking memberships Madisonville Jay Cees, who are currently accepting new memberships, meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. The public is invited to these meetings. For more information, call Wayne Fuller at 821-4348. Exchange program openings remain Special to The Messenger i' The Friendship Force of Western Kentucky still has openings for ambassadors to Brazil in the exchange scheduled for June 7-21.

The organization "is a people-to-people program, covering most nations of the world, utilizing citizen diplomacy to bring nations and cultures closer together in friendship that will foster world peace, according to a spokesman. The 1990 exchange will provide opportunities for area residents nine years old or older to spend a week with a Brazilian family with options for other travel in Brazil during a second week. Additional information can be obtained from Ronald Lee Logsdon (686-1600), 1990 exchange director, or Marshall Arnold '(827-3053). Eddyvllle, KY West Kentucky Factory Outlet 101 Outlet Ave. (502) 588-9738 Paducah, KY The Village 2925 Lone Oak Rd.

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