The Lexington Herald from Lexington, Kentucky • 21

cunuay xirraia-Lriufry Lcxingioni lWje Eclipse Is Twice As Dazzling When Viewed From Airplane 1 UlMM EdliM 'V sj A AP Science Editor i a At 39000 feet we were above about 80 per cent of the earth's atmosphere thus revealing the eclipse phenomenon in greater clarity than was visible from earth Dr Branley pointed out Dr who minutes be-1 for the breathtaking moment -of totality had remarked that "she (the sun) is skinnying called it "the best ec- --lipse ever seen Oh that diamond ring was a real beau- the sun These were solar flares great explosions of gases reaching out thousands of miles from the fiery sun with some of their total mass falling back again The corona its outer gaseous envelop shone in brilliant white It pulsed also with variations in brightness shapes and sizes with "the tremendous variations reflecting the activity of said Dr Franklyn Barnley chairman of the Hay den Planetarium of the American Musuem of Natural History in New York Co-llbst He was co-host of the Eastern Airlines jet flight with Gen Joseph George director of meterology which put on the flight from Kennedy Airport to the eclipse aerial station over Nantucket Island off Massachusetts engnieerlng and maintenance department pre- Kred the DC-8-63 for the' flight removing some seats on the right hand side for photographers to work CapL Charles Tennstodt manager of flight standards for the airline was captain of the flight steering a skillful course that intercepted and flew across the path of totality of the eclipse for more than 2Vk minutes His duties precluded him from having any more than one quick look at the total eclipse he said By ALTON BLAKKSLEE ABOARD AN AIRPLANE OVER NANTUCKET ISLAND Man (AP) Slowly ilowly the world begins turning blue ever darker blue Then purple tonei play on the cotton puffs of cloudi below Then Then with an incredible flash of light the aun ia gone ill in an instant The dazzling flaih ii like that of light reflecting from a facet of a diamond ring This ia the beginning moment of a total edipie of the aun as the moon intrudes between sun and earth And this eclipse for some fortunate observers nearly eight miles high in the sky is a double ring ceremony The edipie ends few two minutes and 20 seconds with another diamond ring flash The flash is born of sun rays streaming through a valley or valleys on the edge of the moon The first one at about the 12 o'clock position off the disappearing face of the as the sun was eclipsed The tec-ond signalling the rebirth of the sun exploded at the five o'clock position Probably every total eclipse offers something awesomely beautiful and different 7 Yean Ago Seven yean ago this reporter witnessed an eclipse again from an airplane high above cruelly obscuring clouds in which a memorable sight was the swift approach of a knife-edged wave of the path of totality of the eclipse-coming across the solid cloud cover at 2000 miles an hour to engulf you like a promise of doomsday The darkness born of this eclipse grew more gently it was like an accelerated sunset until the gnat blackneas appeared but it was only really black below the airplane Far out of the horizon the sky remained faintly pastel yellow and gold Now the moon was positioned directly over the face of the sun No Comets In the darkness around the planet Venus popped into view at 10:30 from the dark moon and Mercury took up post at 4 A few faint stars appeared No one among some 120 astronomers newsmen and photographers aboard the plane reported seeing any comets wandering around the sun Little spicules needlelike motion darted up from the barely hidden edges of Solar Clipse Entertains Crowd At Washington Sun-lri Bath County Man Given 8-Month Term OWINGSVILLE Ky The February term of the Bath Circuit Court ended with the trial of Jesse LeRoy Smith charged with hit and run driving Smith received an eight-month prison sentence on the charge resulting from an accident which occurred Jan 17 3-Year-Old Child Founds After Overnight Search BURKES VILLE Ky (AP) Three-year-old Dorothy Groce was found alive and apparently in good condition Saturday after an overnight search for her in the Green Grove community about nine miles east of Burkesville The child's father Lonnie Groce found her about one-half mile from her grandfather's home The child disappeared while playing in the yard Friday afternoon She was taken to the Cumberland County Hospital for a check-up Police and the Clinton County Rescue Squad searched overnight in the hilly wooded terrain around the Green Grove section WASHINGTON (UPI) guy calling himself joined the revels at Lafayette Park Around the Washington Monument rock music end hundreds of bubbles filled the air Celebrants of the eclipse mostly young people from in and around the capital called it a once-in a-century opportunity to make merry as the mom blotted out almost all of the sun his face adorned with luminoua gold and blue paint sat in a crowd of about 100 in the park across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House Around him groups dined on wine and French bread "Everybody has to dig an said who did not give his real name is my first eclipse I work for the government but I just had to come dig this For the bigger throng at the Washington Monument there was music by the "Edison band from Philadelphia and a Washington-based group There was dancing bubble chasing and when the eclipse reached its maximum of about 90 per cent a concerted cry of for several minutes At Lafayette Park- many toasted the sun with their people gathered in concentric circles holding hands repeating Indian chants and snake dancing through the crowd At one point a leader of the sun worship asked everyone to raise his arms A hush fell over 1 the entire crowd as they stood silent bidding their arms in the air "Why are you holding your arms a reporter asked a young man "I don't know because he said Aside chanting dancing singing sun-worshipping kite fly- -ing bubble chasing eclipse- watching and arm-raising it was just another nice sunny Saturday afternoon wineglasses as the peak arrived One shaggy-haired youngster at the monument asked what you do at a sun-in replied: own Among the sun worshippers were members of the Aquarians a Washington peace group Many brought cardboard reflectors to watch the moon passing over the sun Others brought complicated telescopes While the word apparently went out to all those present that staring at the eclipse was dangerous nearly everyone observed was "taking a now and then During the height of the eclipse a hundred or so young Other cases tried in court this week included a civil case involving the Hearst Home Ins Co and Willy Hunt which was continued to the May term as was the case of Athur Benton Staton involving trafficking in whisky In another civil case Orville Darnell was awarded $14500 in damages from the Kentucky Highway Department in a condemnation suit along Ky 111 Johnny Butcher charged with willful murder in the shooting of Clifford Eaton was found not guilty and the cases of Scotty Riddle charged with shooting with intent to kill and Ben Staton charged with possession of -alcoholic beverages were continued The case of Bertbol Crouch versus Bobby Bowman was also continued The grand jury returned three g-r "IP the jailer for the cleanliness of the buildings and the Fiscal Court for the good state of repair They also urged the Bath Fiscal Court to work with the city of Owingsville in securing a full-time attendant at file Owingsville city dump and to secure a site for dumping in the Sharpsburg Bethel section of the county ne Strike Hits Morehead FLEMINGSBURG Ky One hundred Morehead District em ployes of General Telephone Co including 20 at Flemings-burg did not report for work the litter part of the past week in sympathy with a labor dispute which began in the Hazard district According to Earl Goode Morehead district manager the dispute was over the assignment of work duties during inclement weather Two Hurt SHghtly In Wreck PARIS Ky Two persons escaped with only minor injuries when the car in which they were riding was demolished in an accident on the Cliftonville Road Deputy Sheriff Dickie Brunner said a car driven by James Wesley McCarty 22 of the Ruddles Hills Road was traveling west and according to the driver was forced off the highway by an eastbound car The car traveled 21 feet on the right shoulder of the highway knocked down a large mailbox on the Mike Langfds farm then traveled another 51 feet on the shoulder tore down 105 feet of wire fencing on the Richards farm overturned on its top and ksidded 30 feet into afield Ronald Thornberry 19 of the Hutchinson Road was thrown from the vehicle and landed 50 feet from the point at which the car came to rest McCarty suffered back pains multiple contrusions end abrasions Thornberry suffered the same injuries and a laceration of the left hand Both were treated at the Bourbon County Hospital and dismissed There are approximately 100 employes involved in this work stoppage protesting the release of outside workmen at Hazard during heavy rains in that area earlier in the week Goode said toe company acted under the terms of a contract between the company and Com unication Workers of America in assignment of duties during this inclement weather It was further stated that the company is anxious to meet with the union to resolve this question but only when toe employes return to work The manager added: company Is taking appropriate action to see that service is not impaired during the work stoppage In addition to the Morehead District the districts of Lexington Lancaster and Ashland are experiencing work stoppage Operators have been asked to cooperate by handling no more calls than possible especially those requiring information Truck Tag Deadline Set For March 31 FRANKFORT Ky Truck licenses are on sale Prices range from $1250 to $750 per vehicle according to gross weight (loaded) James Luckett commissioner of Revenue pointed out that the truck-licensing deadline is March 31 Last year 353354 trucks were licensed in Kentucky 87204 farm trucks and 286150 commercial trucks Back in 1921 there were only 15144 trucks registered in Kentucky In 1941 the first year the was in World War II the number rose to 81815 and in 1961 it was 243116 Carpenter director of the Motor Vehicle Division said the truck license fee is based on a full year or on the remaining portion of toe fiscal year or quarter A fee for licensing the heaviest truck permitted to operate on Kentucky highways (one of 73280 pounds loaded) is $750 In 1968 filers were 3461 trucks licensed at that rate 2649 (of 62000 pounds gross weight) licensed at $588 a year and 2264 (of 44000 pounds) 11 censed at $474 Carpenter expects about 360-000 trucks to be licensed in the state this year Industry Appreciation Week Set Company Buys Stock In Canadian Firm Artistic Farmer A Dalton Nebraska farmer shows artistic flair as he begins his spring plowing The relatively mild Midwest winter has enabled farmer in the area to "take to the a bit earlier than usual this year addition to securities in an Ashland subsidiary in Canada production last year was more than 4000 barrels daily and its crude oil reserve is estimated at almost 25 million barrels Much of landing holdings are in the Canadian Arctic islands ASHLAND Ky (AP) Ashland Oil Inc said Friday it had acquired almost 47 per cent of I he common stock in Canadian Gridoil Ltd Ashland President Orin Atkins said Scenic Oils Ltd based in Calgary Alberta accepted offer of $3 million In Kentucky Will Pay Tribute To Medicine On 'Doctors' Day' FRANKFORT Ky The week beginning Sunday March 29 has been set aside by Governor Louie Nunn as Industry Appreciation Week In a proclamation the Governor called on "all citizens civic groups and public officials state and local to participate In the recognition of the vital role industry is playing in building a better The proclamaton states that is fitting and proper for the people of Kentucky to set aside a period in which to express gratitude to members of our industrial family and to call attention to the many benefits which have accrued from industrial expansion in every area of file In connection with Industry Appreciation Week officials of the 86 industrial firms which made decisions to build new plants in Kentucky during 1969 will be honored at a luncheon at Stauffer's Louisville Dm on April 2 The Industry Appreciation Luncheon will be sponsored by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and file Kentucky Department of Berea Trio Presents Final Concert Today EKU Teacher Appointed Representative RICHMOND Ky Dr Robert Surplus professor of music and education at Eastern Kentucky University has been appointed Southern Division representative in a new national project of the 58000-member Music Educators National Con ference Dr Surplus will represent the I division on the national com- -mitee established by MENC to make a thorough study of "Mu- By JACK SIMCOX FRANKFORT Ky Louie Nunn set aside March 30 to honor the medical men proclaiming it Day Doctors like McDowell and Drake were giants of the early medical science were primitive and medical knowledge itself was scarce or nonexistent Luxuries such as ether had not been invented and the frontier doctors had to do with what they had Hunting knives became scapels and sharp sticks ed a strong early medical tradition Dr Daniel Drake who learned medicine as an apprentice in Washington Ky gained the attention of file medical world in 1850 with publication of his compendium of environmental diseases of the frontier an advanced attempt to treat disease as a social or ecoiogic phenomenon medical history of Kentucky and were probes Whisky was the the nation And the future of medicine in Kentucky will be no les bright from all onlv general anesthetic Pioneers with an itch were rubbed down with gunpowder and legs and arms were just and bass while Donnie les the musical and harmonic arrangements The Trio will be broken up at graduation this year Ron an English major from Greenville Tenn is joining Montgomery Ward Co as a retail manager Jim a mathematics major from Ohio plans to attend graduate school Donnie a junior elementary education major from Sten-tex said he "might form another trio or just do my own They all agreed that it has been a worthwhile Art Forum Scheduled At Pikeville PIKEVILLE Ky Pikeville College will conduct a "Forum On The Thursday and Friday Problems in art and art education will be discussed by a panel of art educators and others in related fields Among the topics will be the relationships between art and the community art and technology and art 'and Appalachia The program is sponsored by die college art department Panel discussions will be held at the college training school at 1 pm Thursday and at 9 am and 10:30 am Friday Miss Naomi Powell art instructor at the college said the public will be welcome at the panel discussiona and a reception from 4 pm to 6 pm Thursday at the Library Panel members are: Mrs Alfred Wolfsofl lmmedi-ste past president of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen formerly associate professor of art at Murray State University Murray onetime assistant professor of art and art education at Indiana University Douglas Adams art department member at Morehead State University Morehead and president of Kentucky Art Education Association Cliff Myers of Comprehensive Design Collaborative Pikeville architect for Model Cities program Mrs Ruth West supervisor of art education Department of Education Frankfort William Hull director of Kentucky Arts Commission Frankfort Richard DeVore head of ceramics department Cran-brook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills Mich Miss Betsy Swan art instruc-tor at Hindman High School James Masterson coordinator of Craft Component Eastern Kentucky University Richmond Neil diTeresa department of art Berea College Berea Jazz Quartet To Appear At KSC FRANKFORT Ky The Kentucky State College Performing Arts and Lecture Series and the Kentucky Arts Commission will present the modern Jazx Quartert in concert at 8 Pm Sunday March 15 The concerts will be given in Bradford Hall Auditorium on the campus The members of the Quartet re John Lewis piano Milt Jackson vibraharp Percy Heath bass and Connie Kay drums Cancer research is well along sawed off when amputations 4hfi Bfhaviors Indentifica- at the University of Kentucky! were necessary Cholera a aCUiy'nt-ttvivlfitll'n and related to medical center while at the i treated with a mixture of red University of Louisville College pepper and whisky 1 SurPhw was previously of Medicine research in geriai- The on'y qualifications appointed Kentucky representa- U- Vive on the national committee College of Medicine to gtudy research in mugic ed Perhaps most signif-jucation He is one of a small field group of music educators who Dr rics has attracted attention Doctors at recently transplanted the spleen of a London man to his twin brother widespread physicians were need and crisis Almost anyone could call himself doctor and it seemed at times that almost everyone did Most frontier doctors never in the words of Dr Frances living in Louisville By contrast there were no such miracle techniques or drugs when Kentucky first was saw the inside of a medical of the Medical College school They learned by doing Ohio now the University of and through apprenticeship or by reading medicine Nonethe- Largely because of his efforts Andrews MENC presidentelect so able and reliable that both their state and division settled The tools and drugs of! les the Commonwealth dcvclop- Woman Dies In Kerosine Explosion EDMONTON Ky (AP) A fire that started when a kerosene container exploded killed Lida England 68 and destroyed the family home Saturday A spokesman at Glasgow Hospital where Mrs England died said she was burned over 90 per cent of her body Gilford England her husband said she was trying to start a fire with kerosene when the blaze began England received burns on his hands 'president have asked them to and his influence Cincinnati be-ser-e they have double as-came the early day center ofisignments sometimes on medicine in America ranked ferent Boating Regulations To Be Rigidly Enforced BEREA Ky The Pearsons Trio has perhaps come to the peak of its career Today the trio composed of Berea students Ron Reed Jim Richards and Donnie Brown will give their final concert for the Berea College chapel program The message is Brotherhood of The trio admitted that until recently they had sung "for the heck of Now the vein at their singing has become more significant they said the dimension of thought and expression has entered the realm of song The concert will be made more pertinent by what Rim called "a multi-media surprise' True to their style it will be informal friendly and sincere Included in the program will be such songs as "Born Color is and My all attempting to tell man about man As the trio explained un to us to make an impression to put the points across in music and style to say and look according to our Jim said the idea "is man loving man plain and When asked "How do you learn they replied in unison Donnie continued "First we concentrate on the notes then we learn the After practice practice practice the song is taped criticized and practiced some more Though practice sessions are long and hard the three remain jovial The group began In 1968 in Pearson Dormitory of Berea College singing and harmonizing together in the bathroom Discovering that they did not sound bad and did enjoy It they became the Pearsons Trio Their first concert was performed one night outside a dormitory a kind of midnight serenade Jim and Ron both play the then the way the Mayo Foundation and Johns Hopkins are rjnkd today as heating centers The University of Kentucky Jnress recently published with holding tanks built sfcian to the the select- The Goals and Objectives pro- feet of the MENC is a major un- -dertaking this year to study critical problems in music educa- tion Each national committee studying problems of music life and education will present spe- cific recommendations at the biennial national convention in Chicago in March Recommendations will be passed by the assembled edu- -caters on plans to be carried out by music educators on national state and local levels New York Man Held To Jury LAWRENCEBURG Ky Zachary Scott Howard of New Rochelle NY was held to the Anderson Circuit Court grand jury after an examining trial here Friday on a charge of possessing approximately 81500 worth at processed marijuana The grand jury convenes Monday Howard 23 was arrested Tuesday by city police for expired California license plates on his auto A search warrant was later obtained and an inspection of vehicle revealed about 46 ounces of marijuana termed by a State Police chemist as of excellent quality and some of the most potent he had ever seen A small pair id scales several bottles of medicine and a bottle of codeine were also found in luggage along with the marijuana Howard is being held in the Lawrenceburg Jail in lieu of $5000 bond ed writings of Daniel Dr- in which he reveals himself as a man of robust energy and scope of interests that extended far beyond the field of medicine But even before Drake a Kentucky physician gained international renown In 1809 Dr Ephriam McDowell of Danville performed the world's first so that waste can be discharged by pump and vented to prevent escape of gasses Those with vented incinerators capable of reducing waste material to ash Those with new type effluent discharge devices subject to individual prior approval by the Water Control Commission FRANKFORT Ky Pleasure boaters can expect 103 per cent enforcement of Kentucky anti pollution regulations this summer William Newman commissioner of Public Safety said The regulations require the boat owner to sign an affidavit at the time of registration stating that his boat tiolet is equipped with an approved disposal system before the boat is registered refusing to sign or not having an approved disposal system will not be allowed to register his boat said The regulations were issued last July 1 by the Kentucky Water Control Commission They that Newmanioofo stipulate that every marine ovariectomy in the parlor of his home A complication of the surgery was the woman's armed hus- Tierney Is Named To Naturalist Post MOREHEAD Ky John Tierney of Olive Hill has been named acting chief naturalist for Kentucky Tierney is also park naturalist at Carter Caves State Park He is involved in organizational activities related to improvement and preservation of natural environments within the state The state's acting chief out-doorsman was graduated from Morehead State University in 1969 with a bachelor of science degree in geoscience Boats with marine tiolets ren- dered inoperable in an approved manner are exempt from the anti pollution regulation State band who vowed to kiil the doc- Police water patrol units will tor if the operation failed Such RICHMOND Ky Rich- the regulation by citing incidents were rare though mond's newest radio station violators to court Early doctors enjoyed the re- WCBR (1110 AM) went into Newman said further informa-ispect of their patients and im-ioperation Saturday and will tion concerning approval dis- inunity from the usual violence broadcast from sunrise to sun-oosal systems could be obtained of the frontier set in a 50-mile radius of here from the Water Control Com-I One thought twice about doing The general manager of the Depart--harm today to the man who ABC network affiliate is A1 'might save his life tomorrow iWeaver in one of! mission State Health ment Frankfort tiolet in use must fall three categories: 9.