Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 1

Wednesday id Chapman signs with Hornets spore How US produces nuclear arms -2 top of game 0 1 i i II1 I I 1 1 01 I i rlf Lexington Herald-Leader October 12 1988 Vol 6 No 284 Bluegrass Lundergan kept part of commission from Wilkinson firm diet- Sports percent commission to die Horae Park of $1740 and $580 in sales tax charged die commission on die full bill Under the Horae Park contract could have deducted a gratuity which ranges up to 15 percent of die bill before figuring the commission But told the Horse Park that die total bill was only $7480 No mention was made of $34N in liquor served during die party then subtracted sales tax gratuities labor and decoration before calculating the com Lundy's paid Horse Park $1 214 less than it charged Bookstores BooksbraeSflie 340 HSlpanM IMUS Bar service Final Protest In Perry Enamel says play Partly 50 52 pages 35 cents mission As a result paid die Horse Park only $526 in commission and pocketed die $1214 difference: The discrepancy came to light after a Herakl-Leader investigation of business dealings with die state revealed that the company had repeatedly sent customers and state agencies documents with different seta of figures hi all die company was able to pocket at least $15700 over two years in commissions that it did not forward to state agencies like die Horae Park Bookstores was on a list of customers in die Horae files But die discrepancy could not be documented until yesterday fhim lo LlftBYV AT) HwaH-LMderCtwriM Bertram Eric Manuel after hearing at UK and meeting of attorneys Lack et an athMea board raaoMlon backing Roaaka it mann lack of UKapokaaman aaya Paga A12 nuel who had previously failed to meet the NCAA academic gride-lines far freshman eligibility commonly known as Proposition 48 met those standards when he scored a 23 on the ACT at Lafayette High School in June 1987 The 23 represented an increase of die equivalent of at least nine points Manuel had previously taken die Scholastic Aptitude Test Imposition 48 requires a minimum score of 15 on the ACT or 7N on die SAT far a freshman to be eligible: (Turn to M4MUEU A12) go on the air 7-year effort UK player to sit out practices games until questions about ACT answered Davender on Lexington Kentucky By John Winn Miller and Kit Wagar Herald-Leader staff writers Rep: Jerry catering company pocketed $1214 by charging Gov Wallace book company more in commissions far a party at the Kentucky Horse Park than it paid to die park Records showed that die Horae 'Park did not reoeive die entire commission it was due and that Wallace's may have been overcharged But Clarence Wilkinson president of Wallace's Bookstores Inc said yesterday that he was satisfied with die bill and that he had no problems with Lundergan one of die closest allies Lundergan 41 was one of Wallace Wilkinson's earliest and moat 1-M up Paga A12 ries reduce daaa sizes and offer incentives is bad enough teachers said But the new health insurance plan represents a step backward "We have to come up with twice as much on our co-payment" arid Charlotte Toler an English teacher at Breathitt County High SchooL "We just got a 2 percent raise so actually we're going in die hole" Marilyn Chaffins a Knott 4 1' 1 1 1 i if 1 1 i' i i I i' i i Chain -Horn 'Sales fan i'Ar M'-Mrn GTE Bell press case for per-call local billing Number length of calls would determine charges By Tom Daykin Herald-Leader business wHtar FRANKFORT South Central Bell and GTE South customers would be billed each time they made a local telephone call according to a proposal reviewed yesterday The billing method called measured service would base local serviceon the number and length of calls instead of using a flat monthly charge far unlimited local calk Telephone company customers would pay a lower monthly rate But they also would pay a small diaige far mHi calL Under the South Central Bell proposal residential and business customers could choose from among three different monthly rates The call charges would be baaed on die distance between die two parties die length of the call and die time when die call is made: GTE South has not made a specific proposal but is seeking approval far measured service Idling Members of several volunteer elderly and business groups crib-cued the (dan during a hearing yesterday before die state Public Service Commission Tony Martin an attorney with Kentucky Legal Services said measured service would hurt low-income families and help families in Which both spouaes work leaving no one at home to use die telephone 1 dunk we really need a Yuppie relief Martin said But officials from South Central BeU and GTE South said measured service was a fair method of determining local phone bills Under die flat-rate system people who make fewer are subsidizing die bins of people who make mare calls said economist Lewis PerL "At the supermarket you don't fibula MONK A ardent supporters His company has received a number of large pniitirai catering jobs since election The controversy centers on commissions for events at the Horse fork All caterers are required to pay die stateowned facility a 15 percent ccnunission on die total catering bill minus sales tax and gratuity Clarence Wilkinson die governor's brother said Wallace's Book-paid far a it catered at the Horae Park 1988 die bill included a 15 County special education teacher arid less coverage far more The new plan known as Kentucky Kare takes effect Nov It will have higher premiums copayments and deductibles than die current insurance policy through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kentucky which will expire soon Mrs Chaffins was so angry about die proposal dial her husband sought Blue Cross Blue Shield coverage on his own but was told he was ineligible as long as his wife merited as a teacher fibril 9M8UKAMCEAiaj By Jerry Tipton Herald-Leader Waff writer Eric Manuel yesterday volunteered to sit out University of Kentucky basketball practices and games until the questions about his college entrance exam can be an- swered The decision was announced as part of a joint statement issued by UK and the player's attorneys The announcement came after a 15-minute hearing that was preceded by a meeting of attorneys far die player and the school that lasted more than an hour Manuel emerged from die hearing with his eyes staring at die floor "No' comment thank he told reporters In a statement UK coach Eddie Sutton again expressed his faith that Manuel did not (heat on his American College Test Sutton whose team opens practice with the traditional Midnight Madness on Friday night at Memorial Coliseum said he was in die decision But one of Manuel's attorneys Danny Reeves said he was satisfied a holding Reeves said "The university always had die option to declare Eric ineligible "Nobody farced Eric or anybody to do anything People might think it was heavy-handed but it A spokesman far die National Collegiate Athletic Association said last week that a member school would be guilty of a rules violation if it knowingly allowed a student-athlete who might be ineligible to participate Manuel's ACT has been a subject of questioning as part of the NCAA's continuing investigation of the IK basketball program Ma- Channel 62 to Saturday after HerakJ-LeaderJsmes a VanHooM Teachers from 10 school districts attended the rally Many criticized Gov Wilkinson 1 000 teachers state workers protest health insurance plan By Judy Jones Lewis Southeastern Kentucky bureau HAZARD About ljOOO teachers and state workers filed Hazard's City Hall Amphitheater yesterday morning fanning a mass of green sweat shirts green arm bands and green lapel rib- Green was a symbol of solidarity far die Kentucky Education Association in its fight against a new health insurance plan far state employees and It is no coincidence that green is also die color of money A shortage of money to raise sala By Susan White HeraM-Lee der Mewswn writer The Lexington area win get its fifth TV station Saturday after more than seven yean of legal battles over its license: i The victor in the long and sometimes nasty fight far die right to broadcast cm Channel 62 is Family Broadcasting Corp a group of Lexington business and professional people With die help of a Uat ofprogramc on WLKT Paga A12 Florida-based TV management firm they wfi run WLKT-TV as a "traditional independent" filled with movies network reruns and programming WLKTs broadcast signal will be available in about die same area Tlffi to TV 4t9 A -J.