The Park City Daily News from Bowling Green, Kentucky • 4

A WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17 1983 Pogf4-A DAILY NEWS BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY Tennessee man is suing law enforcement officials IX v- I A' i Vvsfc 1 fv A Tennessee man shot Aug 28 1982 by a Kentucky State Police officer is suing him other law enforcement officials and the states of Tennessee and Kentucky for $5 million The suit filed by Jeff Walker Of Jackson Tenn has been transferred from US District Court at Nashville to US District Court at Bowling Green Walker claims he was harrassed and shot because he is black Walker was shot in the back by KSP Trooper OB White when he tried to flee on foot after state police ran his vehicle off the road near Russellville according to the suit ATAnnAKflnA nntMAlmAn a1 I ICiuiCbdCC pou uiuiQil Liaiuio he told White not to shoot according to the suit Walker claims the policemen used abusive language toward him and called him names The suit claims the comments are evidence of discrimination against Walker Sgt Norman Lewis of Tennessee Highway Patrol had pursued Walker for a speeding violation Aug 28 1982 on US 79 in Montgomery County Tennessee according to the suit Lewis later reported car hit Elkton resident Bobby vehicle which was traveling in the opposite direction during the chase Walker failed to stop at the scene of the accident according to the report filed by Lewis Phillips later said in a trial in Russellville he did not believe Walker hit his car according to the that time of year a poor crop this year because of the combination of a delay in planting caused by the May rains and the following drought HENRY SCOTT of Woodburn tops tobacco on the Joe Neal Ballanc farm off Nashville Road near Woodburn Tobacco growers are expecting 4 (SUft Photo by Mike Morse) weekend County Judge-executive Kenneth (Chico) Harper Car judging will be held between 1 pm and 3 pm with awards in the 27 classes being presented at 4: 15 First through third place trophies will be awarded in each class plus special awards for the longest distance driven to the meet the longest distance towed to the meet the choice car the choice car the chamber of commerce choice car and the hard luck where everybody gets up and tells about how much trouble they had getting Emerson said of them are pretty good The audience chooses by their Hensley said Other agenda items include: swearing-in of student Regent Jack Smith combination of equipment and construction requests into a prioritized list presentation of a co-ed housing report presentation of a recommendation to charge admission to basketball games and presentation of a plan to request the Federal Communications Commission to assign a television channel to Bowling Green for possible use by Western at a later date When the regents convene they still will be one person short Gov John Brown Jr has never appointed anyone to replace the late Julius Price the Republican regent who died earlier this year Although the board can make the appointment if the governor fails to nnnAirtl PAWiAAnA uilf 9A I A1TC A 4 auuuiiu buiirounv nuiiui uo uuiu a occurance no board has ever done so and tne VthU board will probably wait for decision according to Hensley A A 'V shows set for models and a swap meet for Corvette parts and related items The Southern Kentucky Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America's annual invitational meet will be held at noon Saturday at the Franklin town square in Simpson County James Emerson of Franklin co-chairman of the event along with John Darnell of Hopkinsville said he expects more than 200 cars from Kentucky Tennessee and surrounding states to enter the festival The cars along with the more than 100 craft booths that usually dot the town square during the day-long festival draw 12000 to 15000 people to Franklin each August Emerson said The booths and cars are usually in place by noon according to Closeout Price! WKU regents to meet IP tSufiEeam suit Walker claims Kentucky State Police joined the chase after he crossed the state line Walker said he realize the people pursuing him were officers and instead thought they were people trying to harm him Kentucky State Police officers rammed his car several times before forcing it off the road according to the suit Deadly force should not have been used to stop Walker because he had committed no more than a misdemeanor and did not possess a gun at the time according to the suit Defendants listed in the case are Tennessee Highway Patrol employees Lewis Jessie Potts of Clarksville and Jack Prague supervisor Russellville Policeman Tommy Allen KSP employees Jerry Smith of Bowling Green Ronald McGee of Bowling Green Noble Ray of Bowling Green and LE Fentress of Frankfort who investigated the shooting and White Ken Smith laboratory technician at Logan County Hospital the city of Russellville and the states of Kentucky and Tennessee Walker claims Russellville failed to confine its officers to its city limits He also maintains the city and both states failed to determine whether their officers had sufficiently controllable tempers to permit them to carry dangerous 'weapons (Assertions made in a lawsuit give only one side of a case) Furniture! lawn Western Kentucky University's board of regents will meet at 11 a Saturday in the Wetherby Administration Building on campus to approve the biennial state appropriations' request the first such request to be made since the controversial formula funding plan took effect Fred Hensley director of public relations for the university said Western will ask for $39449072 for 1984 and $42656947 for 1985 That money will be combined with tuition fees and bequests to make up the total operating budget of the university Hensley said The regents also will hear a recommendation on a plan to sell Western real estate to fraternities and sororities Hensley said adding that the regents would probably act upon the measure Saturday i prr rr (hr is a report from President Donald Zacnanas on a proposal for tne university buy the college bookstore and laundry from the College Heights Foundation I Air Purifier fJTSQQ yd flflS vaIii Recirculates the air in a room every 30 minutes Removes pollen tobacco smoke and odors SMALL ELECTRICS Corvette and Southcentral Kentucky will be the place to be this weekend for car enthusiasts with a Corvette car show and auction at Beech Bend Park and the Antique Automobile Club of regional meet in Franklin Corvette enthusiasts from across the country are expected to start Death being homicide by State police said they currently are treating the death of a man whose remains were found Monday in Allen County as a homicide The man appears to have suffered damage to the skull but the exact cause has not been determined pending further study police said State Forensic Anthropoligist Dr David Wolf will attempt to reconstruct the facial features of the man whose remains were found about a quarter of a mile from Simpson County near Ky 265 After an intial study of the remains Wolf said the bones appear to have belonged to a white man 25 to 28 years old about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9'-2 inches tall and weighing 160-180 pounds Wolf said the man probably was righthanded with dark hair and had had dental work done to correct an overbite Wolf has taken the skull to attempt a facial reconstruction in which a clay is placed on the skull to create features resembling those of the dead man The man appears to have been dead between one year and 18 months Wolf said Anyone who is ni peared that fits the genera! description should contact the Kentucky ing Green post of the State Police State police confiscated 56 man- ut 'TV i juuna piamo iutbua tuuuu giuw ing along the Green River Parkway about two miles north of Bowling Green Sgt Tommy Loving said a truck driver discovered the plants when he had to stop because of truck trouble The plants were valued at $22400 A Lewisburg woman told state police a man broke into her home Tuesday and tried to rape her State police said the 29-year-old woman told them a man armed with a handgun broke into her home about 9 45 The man demanded money and when he get it he started to rape her But before the burglar had a chance to rape the woman her husband returned nome and the man fled on foot The case of a Warren County man accused of mistreating his dog has been continued until Thursday in Warren District Court Bob Cole 67 of Lot 30 Greenwood Estates Mobile Home Park was arrested by sheriff's deputies Tuesday on a charge of cruelty to animals On Saturday night Cole allegedly used a pocket knife to cut the ears off his Doberman pinscher which was tied to a tree He was lodged in the Warren County Jail in lieu of $2000 bond Michael Todd Donnell 21 of 102 15th St was arrested by city police Monday on a charge of first degree criminal abuse Donnell allegedly beat a 10-year-old boy with a garden hose The boy had a black eye bruises and cuts on both arms police said Donnell was released from the antique car arriving in Bowling Green Wednesday for the second annual Corvette Homecoming which will start Thursday and last through Sunday The show will feature tours of the Corvette assembly plant here a car show an auction for Corvettes and other special interest Chevrolet treated as state police Warren County Jail in lieu of $5000 bond Warren County Jailer Bobby Bunch said other prisoners may be charged in connection with the Monday night escape of a prisoner from the jail Bunch said Ricky Summers 23 of St Louis who was being held on several charges including first degree robbery and third degree burglary apparently had help in knocking a hole in the wall of his cell Summers escaped by climbing up a service tunnel and through a vent on the roof He then used a sheet and pair of jeans as a rope to get off the roof He had not been recaptured Bunch said Summers and two or three other prisoners apparently used weightlifting equipment to ram a hole in the cell wall A passerby noticed the sheet and jeans dangling from the roof Tuesday morning but Bunch said jail officials already had discovered the escape City police are investigating an -r-: rr rffcmnf to ric-fmv a man car cat ly today 2OitC6 said a car belonging to David Walker of 223 Glen Lily Road was found to have a burning cloth rag in its gas tank about 4 a Citjr fu crngmci a CAuiiguiaiieu iiie fire and the car was only slightly damaged Walker said he thought the incident might have stemmed from trouble with an ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend Larry Freeman Dorns 24 of Apt A-20 Riviera Apartments was arrested by city police Tuesday on a charge of cultivation of marijuana after they found three marijuana plants that Dorns allegedly was growing in a planter on his balcony He was released from the Warren County Jail in lieu of $100 bond A Portland Tenn man was arrested by state police Tuesday on a charge of third degree burglary alter he allegedly Drone into Arnold's Drug Co No 1 in Franklin Detective Jeff Scruggs of the state police said Franklin city police responded to a burglary alarm at the drug store about 9:51 pm They saw a man running from the store and Officer Robert Huber and Sgt James Powell later caught Michael Eugene Wix 21 near the store Scruggs said after he talked with Wix he charged him with burglary Three watches valued at $106 83 that were taken in the burglary were recovered Scruggs said Wix was being held for Simpson County authorities in the Warren County Jail Charles Finn of Route 7 told deputies a shotgun valued at $300 was stolen between April and Tuesday from a closet in his home Wf End of the Season Closeout of Patio piciirtd: 5pc Hacienda Set Deep Seating Group Set includes two glass top tables sofa two easy chairs all with heavy pads Reg 47999 Sale 34999 IV rough Iron Tea Cart Reg 9999 26'xl8x35" with large wheels and casters With rust resistant Pompeii green finish 5-Pc 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