The Lexington Herald from Lexington, Kentucky • 29

Sunday llerald-Leader Lexington Ky Jannary 30 1966 29 Berea College Student Saves Grandfather From Burning House Suffers Severe Burns KEA Says Support Of Strike Good LOUISVILLE (AP) The Kentucky Education Association predicted Saturday that more than 95 per cent of the teachers will take part in its walkout called for Thursday The KEA said reports from its eleven district show that fewer than 1000 of Kentucky's 29000 teachers will be in their classrooms Thursday The KEA issued Its statement after a meeting of its board of directors and legislative committee Richard Van Hoose KEA president and Jefferson County school superinendent said that several colleges will dose their campus laboratory schools in support of the KEA's protest against low salaries Van Hoose said the KEA is calling upon professional leaders in each community to hold meetings on the day of the walkout in an effort to "get the school story across to the Van Hone said the KEA sees no reason to call off the walkout in the light of Gov Edward Breathltt'a appolnment of an educational commission to consider ways of securing money for teacher pay hikes He said nothing definite has been worked out sociation honoring the agency for its travel coverage The department topped all other tourist promotion agencies in the country and tied for international honors with the Bahamas News Bureau TOPS IN TOURIST Miss Cattle Lou Miller commissioner of the Department of Public Information and Knight director of the department's Travel Division accept a plaque from Clayton Irwin left president of the Midwest Trivel Writers As '66 Legislature Has Opportunity To Be Stamped Great Gov Breathitt Asserts Jenifer Brenda Ellen Shew Judy Gail Johnson Appeal Filed In Franklin Tract Case FRANKFORT Ky Jan 29 (Special) A Franklin County Court award of $20000 for a tract of land was called lnade-uate in an appeal filed today Amanda Killebrew in Franklin Circuit Court The property was condemned in order for the state to acqul it on behalf of Kentucky State College Mrs Killebrew who owns a one-tenth Interest In the tract says the property is worth ai least $35000 It is located near East Main Street and the college Meanwhile the State Department- of Revenue filed suits for recovery of sales tax against three Lexington firms It named Bingham 226 Idle Hour Drive as operator of Kamp Kennedy Restaurant for S3T848 Llnville Puckett operator of The Palms Northern Beltline for $300 and Mae Angel 1090 West High Street doing business as Chateau Restaurant $36750 Capital Finance Company filed suit against Gladys Sudduth for $50306 on a debt claim Wreck On Bridge Injures Motorist RICHMOND Ky Jan 29 (Special) One person suffered minor injuries In an auto accident on Clays Ferry Bridge Saturday Injured was Otis Christian 38 of 930 Highland Park Drive Lexington He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital Lexington and released State Trooper Jesse Baek said Christian's auto was struck in the rear by a car driven by Raymond Grubbs 18 of Galion Ohio The mishap occurred about 11 am in the southbound lane GOOD CITIZENS The Lincoln County Log in-Whit-ley chapter the Daughter! of the American Revolution hai elected the winner In ita annual Good Citizen contest They were chosen for leadership pstriotism service apd dependability Pins were given to Teresa Reed Memorial High School daughter of Mr and Mrs Reed Waynesburg Route 1 Ellen Shaw Stanford High School daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Shaw Crab Orchard Judy Gail Johnson McKinney High School daughter of Mr and Mrs Orville Johnson McKinney Jennifer Brenda Crab Orchard High School daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Brenda Crab Orchard and Pameula Coffman Hustonville High School daugh-ter of Mrs James Curtis Stanford Route 4 BEREA Ky Jan 29 (Special! An 18-year-old Berea College freshman who rescued his grandfather from a flaming house early today suffered severe bums John Combs said he was sleeping upstairs when he was awakened by smoke and rushed to the first floor where he was able to get his 65-year-old grandfather through a window to safety The youth said he went back upstairs to get some clothing but spreading flames forced him to jump from a second-tory window clad only in his underwear The son of Mr and Mrs Elvin Combs id Berea suffered first second and third degree burns on bis head faec legs and hands He was admitted to the Berea College Hospital where his condition was described as satisfactory His grandfather William Combs was treated for shock and released The eight-room frame house on Ky 1016 near here was destroyed A fire truck from the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot near here arrived but flames already had engulfed the dwelling Joha Frizer Frazer Is Named Aide At Centre DANVILLE Ky! Jan 29 (Special) John Frazer of Louisville president of the Kentucky Independent College Foundation since 1963 has been named assistant to the president of Centre College here The announcement was made today by President Dr Thomas A Spragens Fraser 36 Centre graduate is to assume his duties here about March 15 Frazer was on the staff here for 10 years until bis resignation in September 1963 His last position was general secretary He previously had served the school as mathematics instructor and as registrar As assistant to the president he will be responsible for the college's external relations program including the gift program informational services and alumni relations Ha replaces Raymond Handlan who resigned Jan 1 to become executive director of development at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City 6 ROTC Cadets Commissioned RICHMOND Ky Jan 29 (Special) Six Easton Kentucky State College Reserve Officer Training Corps graduates were commissioned second lieutenants in the US Army Reserve Friday after completing requirements for the degree Col Everett Smith professor of military science administered the oath of office and John Vickers executive assistant to the president presented the commissions Commissioned were Arden Henderson South Shore corps of engineers Stephen A Mulll-ins Flatwoods corps of engineers Joseph Osteon Louisville infantry William Ostermeyer Bellevue ordnance corps William Thorpe Hallandale Fla infantry and Erlan Wheeler Cincinnati quartermaster corps Eastern will commission 33 Army officers during the 1965-66 school year Twenty two cadets will be commissioned after spring commencement exercises and five in August Woman Pinned Between Car Bumper Iron Railing neighboring states which compete for new industry Since employers would foot the entire cost it said "This will be interpreted as an unreasonable expectation from Twilight Zone In a kind of twilight zone are other measures none acted on yet which have personal blessing but are not officially marked as administration bills One example the governor said is a proposal to put the revised Constitution on toe general ballot in November for toe approval or rejection "It is a superior he said it would be done in an ideally non-political year and toe constitutional debate would be fresh on the Breathitt said the constitutional matter will be bi-partisan and he does not want to complicate matters politically Another instance is toe meas-sure to abolish capital punishment The House has scheduled public hearings on it Wednesday and Thursday Favor Abolition Breathitt has said repeatedly he favors abolition but has resisted pressure to stamp the measure with an administration seaL 1 Such proposals he said "will give the legislature a chance to show what can do on its own' The General Assembly in his opinion has redeemed the judgment of The Constitution Revision Assembly which gave it new powers to the proposed Constitution Lopsided? How does Breathitt explain the lopsided legislative majori- ties on the dvfl rights and strip mine bills both of which had toe Ingredients for explosive controversy? They don't come from pressure or arm-twisting he said "They resulted because when it really came to the point By ST RAMSEY Associated Press Writer FRANKFORT (AP) Gov Edward Breathitt said Saturday "this legislature has the opportunity to be stamped as In the first four weeks of the 1968 session he said the General Assembly has shown commendable concern with moral and human problems The lawmakers have finished passage of three main bills the budget civil rights and strip mining controls Next week the governor indicated there will be a brief respite from administration-endorsed measure give the young members a chance on their own Second Wave Then he said second wave of will follow such si: A proposal to revise broad form deeds under which strip mine operators have power to work land over objection of owners This is known as the "Widow Bill in honor of a mountain woman who defied strip mine operators and wound up in jaiL Proposals to fight air and water pollution throughout the Commonwealth Everything may be included in one package Proposals to revise the Insurance laws to give policyholders and the public greater protection Campaign Ceilings Proposals for more realistic ceilings on election campaign expenditures and methods of making political contributions public One Breathitt bill already is in the House and in line for passage next week It would raise from $40 to $48 week the maximum unemployment compensation in Kentucky The Associated Industries of Kentucky has labeled it as bill that must not The AIK contends it would put Kentucky far out of line with MT STERLING Ky Jan 29 Mrs Anna Williams 39 of day City Route 1 suffered possible internal Injuries about 4:30 pm Friday when she was pinned between a car bumper and an iron railing at the Kroger parking lot on East Main Street Mrs Williams was admitted lo the Man Chiles Hospital for X-rays ana observation Police Chief John Miller said Mrs Virgie Green Scott of 28 East Main Street was backing her car into a parking space on the lot when the accident occurred 199 Girl Scouts Montgomery County now has 190 registered Girl Scouts Mrs George Brackman neighborhood chairman said They are registered in five Brownie troops four junior Girl Scout troops and four Cadette troops The annual Girl Scout cookie sale will start Feb 14 Mrs Jack Cropp Is chairman of the cookie sale Lane Re-Elected County Judge Caswell Lane baa been re-elected president of the Mt Sterling Federal Savings and Loan Association Ollie McCormick was reelected vke president and Lu-cion Clemons secretary treasurer Directors elected for Painless Tax' Hike Proposed FRANKFORT (AP)-A Republican House member has proposed a "painless tax on beer and wine to raise an estimated $205 million in the next biennium for teacher salaries Rep Harold DeMarucs of Stanford said the taxes he seeks are an extra two cents per bottle of beer and pint of wine the Southern states have higher taxes than Kentucky on these products and would still have higher rates if my proposal were DeMarcus said The proceeds would be earmarked only for salaries of teachers and custodial employes such as janitors "I call upon the governor and his high-level education committee to quit stalling around and get behind this bill which is all that is needed to relieve the acinous problem of the underpaid educators of our the representative said Gov Edward newly-appointed Commission to Help Education will meet Monday to hear two experts from the National Education Association in its effort to resolve the protest about teacher pay Breathitt's platform is for no new or added state taxes during his tenure which ends in 1967 although he also favors permissive legislation to raise local occupational taxes of decision the legislators cast their vote in the public Now that the General Assembly "has caught the spirit more significant Mils will be the governor said Work Slated On State's ETV Project FRANKFORT Ky Jan 29 (Special) Construction of Kentucky's imposed educational television network is expected to begin early this summer The $7 million ETV project scheduled to reach schools and homes throughout Kentucky in 1968 got its final okay Jan 14 when Governor Edward Breathitt signed toe state's biennial budget wich included a $359000 appropriation for ETV 'Construction and equipment costs at $7400000 will be financed from the sale of revenue bonds and from federal grants "Elementary and secondary schools throughout toe state will be toe prime target for toe programs although college-credit courses vocational training and other programs for adults will be Press director at toe State ETV Authority said Programs and educational materials from the network will be broadcast to all schools without charge he said Plans call far ETV transmitters to be built near Murray Bonding Green Madisooville Elizabethtown Covington Lexington Somerset Hazard Morehead Ashland and Pike-ville Owensboro will get a small transmitter to Insure its getting a first-class signal from the net work So will other undetermtoed sites Press said three-year terms were Lane and Harry Hunt Jr Banquet Set Mors than 200 young people representing 11 city and county churches will attend a youth banquet to be held at 6:30 -im Monday at the First Christian Church The banquet will highlight Youth Week sponsored by tl Montgomery County Ministerial Association and the United Church Women of Mt Sterling The Rev Steve Meisburg of the Lexington Theological Seminary will be the guest speaker Young people from of the 11 churches will be on the program Sen Stanley Blake In Bourbon Hospital PARIS Ky Jan 29 (Special) 1L Stanley Blake former state senator underwent surgery Thursday at the Bourbon County HospitaL His condition Is listed as good Blake who was the dean of the Senate at the time of his retirement in 1962 served in the upper house for 24 years He represented the 30th legislative district which includes Bracken Grant Harrison Nicholas Pendleton and Robertson counties Bourbon County was added in 1964 I.