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ews Clfflsslfi Section Lexington Ky Monday i June 6 1977 Air show here this weekend sO 'W-s five million people at 56 shows last year The Thunderbirds will appear on Sunday only Advance tickets are $250 for adults and 75 cents for children ages 6-12 Tickets purchased at the gate will cost S3 for adults and $1 for children Children under six will be admitted free Parking is free at Keeneland The Thunderbirds the official Air Demonstration Squadron of the US Air Force will he one of several acts performing this week-end atthe Lexington Jaycees Air Show 77 Aerobatic pilot Art Scholl the US Navy Stars" aerobatic pilot Carolyn Salisbury and the Red Devils Precision Aerobatic Team also will participate in the air show at Blue Grass Field The Thunderbirds entering their 25th show season have performed worldwide and appeared on such television shows as "The Donny and Marie and "The Six Million Dollar Man?" The 10-member squadron flies T-38 Talon aircraft Art Scholl formerly an aeronautics instructor at San Bernardino Valley College in California has been seen in a variety of films including "The Great Waldo and He has flown more than 175 types of aircraft including blimps balloons and jumbo jets The second female aerobatic pilot to appear at the Jaycees show Carolyn Salisbury is one of the leading low-level aerobatic pilots in the world She has appeared in air shows and on television throughout the world The Red Devils Precision Aerobatic Team specializes in formation loops bomb-bursts torque roils and head-on snaps They performed before Bill Bordeleau a leading air show narrator will announce the Jaycees show which begins at 12:30 pm on both Saturday and Sunday Special features will include aircraft displays rides and concessions Death not for slaying WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 today that a state may not make the death penalty mandatory for the murder of an on-duty police officer The five-page unsigned opinion came in a Louisiana case which has caused the justices problems from the start Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Byron White Harry Black-mun and William Rehnquist dissented But the majority said the Louisiana law under which Harry Roberts was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of officer Dennis Mclnemey at Mardi Gras day in New Orleans in 1974 constitutes and unusual in violation of the Constitution The majority said it is bound the court's 1976 opinion striking down Louisiana's capital punishment law although a majority of the justices did not join it Quoting from that opinion the court said today even narrowly drawn categories of possible offenses are rigid and no meaningful opportunity for consideration of mitigating factors presented by the circumstances of the particular crime This is the refurbished Mary Todd Lincoln home on West Main Street Concern seen over rift between US Israel Fallen tree causes homes to lose power Master bedroom TEL AVIV Israel (UPI) President Ephraim Katzir will give right-wing Likud leader Menahem Begin a mandate to form a new government Tuesday it was announced today amid growing concern about a rift between Israel and the United States office announced the president will meet Begin 63 before noon to give him the official right to form a government based on the victory of Likud bloc in the May 17 election Begin will be prime minister Likud sources said Begin who was hospitalized with a heart ailment for a week after the election would form his coalition government during the week of June 11 The Likud leadership and the new moderate party headed by Prof Yig-ael Yadin will hold a fourth round of coalition talks Tuesday eveninjg Likud sources said it will be decisive The party the Democratic Movement for Change is the Likud's biggest potential partner have passed the stage of clarifications" a Likud source said the fencing has been done and ore way or the other things will start moving tomorrow It will be a time for progress toward setting up a new coalition came as Prime Minis- mandatory policeman or by the attributes of the individual A footnote to the 1976 opinion noted that only an intentional killing by a person serving a life sentence is unique problem that may a mandatory law In the Harry Roberts case the court acknowledged that the fact the murder victim was a peace officer performing his regular duties may be regarded as an aggravating circumstance is a special interest in affording protection to these public servants who regularly must risk their lives in order to guard the safety of other persons and the opinion said But it suggested there may exist mitigating circumstances such as the age of the offender the absence of any prior conviction the influence of drugs alcohol or emotional disturbance" The individual may even have rea-' sonably believed he had a moral justification for his conduct it said The court recognized that life of a police officer is a dangerous by including statistics showing that 57 law enforcement officers were killed in line of duty in 1966 while 129 were killed in 1975 had power restored in all areas by around 3 am Robinson said A spokesman for the National Weather Service at Blue Grass Field said 32 inches of rain fell during the storm Winds reached 34 miles per hour at the airport Sen Byrd speaking FRANKFORT (AP) Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd D-WVa will speak at the Kentucky Democratic annual Jefferson-Jackson Day fund-raising affair June 11 at the Capital Plaza Sports Center here month for cats cate cat care booklet and a coupon for free cat food A $10 fee is charged for each adoption to cover costs including shots The humane society is open weekdays from 8 am to 6 pm from noon to 6 pm Saturday and from 1 to 6 pm on Sunday (Staff photo) This is the master bedroom in the Mary Todd Lincoln House The four-poster and matching furniture were made in Winchester in the early 1800s The Mary Todd House opens for tours on Thursday San Diego teachers walk oiit on strike ter Yitzhak Rabin expressed tne growing concern of his outgoing government about a rift between Israel and Washington over statements by President Carter on the need for a Palestinian homeland The national radio said the dialogue between the two countries is increasingly Rabin told the cabinet Sunday comments marked serious from past American policy Yet the radio said the Carter administration has been reassuring Israeli Ambassador Simha Dinitz in Washington that nothing has changed Rabin said of Carter us with a graver problem than the question of borders President definition of a homeland could easily be interpreted as consent to establish a new state for the in the occupied West Bank of Jordan Left-wingers lead ANKARA Turkey (AP) Former Premier Bulent leftist Republican party held a slight lead over Premier Suleyman Demirel's conservative Justice party in official returns early Monday from the Turkish general election paring for the walkout since last week when it began advertising for temporary teachers The union was seeking an 11 per cent pay hike reduced class size an equitable evaluation procedure and binding arbitration on grievances The school board has sought a court Injunction to bar the strike but the case will not be heard in Superior Court until Tuesday such as fund raising and organized campaigning The act was initially designed to government employes from partisan political pressures The Carter voter plan has alarmed many business civic and government officials as well Ford's opinion of these issues and more were solicited during the two-hour session Sen Ford was one of the early and staunch supporters of the President during the 1976 campaign The Legislative Issues Forum is a continuing series of programs for business members of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce Last month Rep Carroll Hubbard was the featured speaker The forum is a non-partisan designed to enhance the level of business-government SAN DIEGO (UPI) Mayor Pete Wilson called on community volunteers to help keep classrooms open today during a strike that was called by the San Diego Association The group which represents 3700 of the district's 5800 teachers voted to strike the 165 schools after contract negotiations broke down Sunday afternoon The school district has been pre A large tree fell on a Kentucky Utilites substation during Sunday rainstorm and caused some homes along Harrodsburg Road to be without power for nearly four hours According to EL Robinson KU district manager power was out in portions of the Beaumont Park Garden Springs Southland and Twin Oaks areas Another major outage was reported on Newtown Pike north of New Circle Road The rainstorm and accompanying lightning and wind struck about 10:30 pm Crews worked into the night and A Vi June is the June is Adopt-A-Cat month and according to Betsy Parker of the Lexington Humane Society on Old Frankfort Pike they have a stockpile of felines for adoption During the month adoption kits will be given to each new owner The kits contain cat food adoption certifi Burssels carpet is a reproduction of carpeting listed in Robert estate sale inventory in 1849 This money along with $100000 from Governor contingency fund was presented to Mrs Nunn at Spindletop in 1971 when more than 10000 people gathered there to honor her work in restoring the Executive Mansion in Frankfort and the ancestral home of Cassius Marcellus Clay in Madison County The Mary Todd Lincoln House property was purchased by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1971 but lengthy legal complications prevented the actual restoration from starting until 1976 Governor Julian Carroll provided $465000 to restore the house and pup chase the furnishings Governor and Mrs Carroll also made available items of furniture that were not being used in the Executive Mansion for the house The Mary Todd Lincoln House is leased for 99 years to the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation by the Commonwealth of Kentucky clubs in Kentucky raised money to save the Mary Todd Lincoln House from certain destruction school children saved their pennies to contribute businessmen banded together to raise money and two governors have played a great part in restoring the Mrs Nunn said want every Kentuckian to be a part of returning the Lincolns to Kentucky and to make this house once again as elegant and proud as the lovely woman who grew up Combination tickets for Parker Place and the Mary Todd Lincoln House are $3 for adults and $1 for children ages six to twelve Children under six are admitted free but must be accompanied by adults Group rates are available The Mary Todd Lincoln House Parker Place and Todd Square will be open from' 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday' through Saturday and from 1 to 4 pm on Sunday Local business people voice concern over vote changes The 175-year-old Mary Todd Lin coin House on West Main Street wil be open to the public after dedication ceremonies this Thursday Restoration of the double brick house where the wife of the 16th US president spent her girlhood years is part of an historic preservation project that includes Parker Place and Todd Square on West Short Street Visitors to the Mary Todd Lincoln House can park in Todd Square purchase a combination ticket for the two houses there and begin their tour with the Parker Flace Parker Place home of Mary Todd Lincoln's maternal grandmother is now a museum and gallery of fine antique furnishings and paintings and memorabilia of many periods Many are for sale to support the three-part restoration project Plans call for Todd Square to be developed into an inner-city shopping area with brick walls gas lights teahouse and greenery Construction is expected to begin this year Parker Place will also serve as an orientation center for the Mary Todd Lincoln House before visitors proceed there by way of Short Felix and West Main streets Mrs Louie Nunn who was instrumental in restoring the Mary Todd Lincoln House today conducted a pre-opening tour of the Georgian-style house built between 1803 and 180GL She guided reporters and other guests through the three-story structure which contains several pieees of furniture and glassware used by the Todd family after they purchased the house in 1832 as well as reproductions of the original furnishings and other period pieces A hind-raising drive was begun by the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs in 1969 to raise the appraised price of the house at that time $28- 5001 Local business men and women expressed their concerns over proposed election reforms being considered in Congress to Sen Wendell Ford at a luncheon today at the Holiday Inn North The private luncheon session one of a series of Legislative Issues Forums held by the Lexington Chamber of Commerce was to be followed by a news conference open to the public and press Election reform was only one of the topics discussed during the private session with business and civic leaders Other subjects addressed by Ford were business' concern over proposed minimum wage increases that would be automatic Several amendments have been sponsored in Congress that would adversely in the view of business interests alter the Hatch Act That law prohibits federal employes from engaging in overt political activities irrnr.