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Vol. LXVII No. 54
Saturday October 18 1975

 

 

Taylor's
mother
speaks

’5 Copyriw, Kentucky Kernel, I975

The mother of kidnap victim Luron
EugmeTaylor, sat quietly on the stereo
console. In the background, two of her
four children wandered around their
small surburban home in southeast
Lexington.

Six days had passed since Luron was
repa‘ted missing.

”I feel like any mother would feel,“
said Mrs. James H. Taylor in a Friday
interview. “But I try to keep busy so I
can forget about it."

Words seemed to come slowly. “I
don‘t know what to say. I haver't talked
to the police or any other seporters
about Lumn. As far as I know. my

husband hasn‘t talked to anyone either."

This was the first time she had
discussed her missing son with anyone
outside the family

She flicked a speck off her red jersey
and shook her head. “Luron is my
oldest boy. He never gave me much
trouble , [just don‘t know what to say."

The Taylor family has always lived in
Lexington. she said. Rev. Taylor has
been a minister for 15 years and 15
currently pastor at a Baptist church 10

miles east of Richmond. “It's really
just an old country church." Mrs.
Taylor said.

Lumn attended 'l‘ates (‘reek High

School and was an average student.
After high school, he joined the
Marines. “He always wrote home a lot.
but I can‘t remember where he was
stationed“

A series of
Marines.
name it.

odd jobs followed the
“Construction. dry wall you
he did it." she said.

Mrs. Taylor was uncertain of Luron
recent friends and activities. even
though he still lives in Lexington. “He
was with one friend. then another,“ she
said. She also knew of no link between
Luron and any persons connected with
his disappearance.

"I had dinner with Luron‘s wife.
Darlene. just the other night." she said.

“I really don‘t know much about her.
but I like her."

Darlene Taylor. a UK student. has
been married to Luron for four years.
She w as present when he was kidnaped
from their apartment parking lot.

"I didn‘t want to talk about it
tl.umn‘s kidnapingt and neither did
she We talked about other things to
.l‘.'ll(l It

Mrs 'l‘a_\ for glanced towards the
floor. gttup and opened the door. ‘I just
try to keep myself busy to forget about
It.

connection with the ()ct.
Luron Eugene Taylor.
arrested in the kidnaping were:
Bishop. 22. and Robert Channels. 22.

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nothing unusual about it,’
“He's a routine witness. It was very short
and routine."

Information for this article was
Bruce Winges. editor-in-

assistant managing
Dick Gabriel, assistant sports

(Cf: Copyriyn, Kentucky Kernel, 1975
UK running—back Alfred “Sonny" Col-

lins was questioned for the third time by
Lexington Metro Police early Friday
morning.

Collins has been questioned twice within

the last week by Metro police because his
name has been mentioned by Elmore
Stephens,
Liaison Joe Catt.

according to Metro police
Stephens is one of three men arrested in
11 kidnaping of
The other two
John

Collins was interviewed Friday con

cerning his earlier statements to police.
said Asst.
Fryman. At the
session. Collins said he told police he was
visited in his dorm room at 1 am. Oct. 1::
by Stephens. Bishop and Channels.

Metro Chief Frank

questioning

Police
original

However. the Lexington Metro Police

blotter states Channels was arrested at

am. Oct. 12 for possession of

marijuana for use. Channels was released
sometime later on bond.

There was
‘ Fryman said.

“It was a very brief call.

University Police Chief Paul Harrison

said. ”Metro police requested us to pick
Collins up“ around 3:15 am. Friday.

“He was not in his dormitory room, and I

understand they (University police)" went
off campus, Harrison said.

UK football coach Fran Curci, contacted

by telephone in Baton Rouge, La, said he

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Football player questioned again

(Note:
compiled by:
chief: (iinny Edwards. managing editor:
Walter Hixson. assistant managing editor;
John Winn Miller.
editor:
editor; and Ron Mitchell. staff writer.

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'lhis photogr Iph of alleged kidnap victim lqun l-Iugene Taylor was
Ieleased by the l.t'\il’ gton Metro Police Department to lexington and

l «min ille media
was unaware of the Friday questioning of
Collins.

Stephens is a former UK football player
who was later cut from the NFL's New
York (iiants. Bishop is a former IIK
football team manager.

Taylor, 24. was abducted from his
apartment at 1261 Village DI. around 11:30
pm. Oct. 11, according to Catt. An
unidentified man is still being sought in
connection with the incident, Catt said.

He also said there have been no major
new developments in the case.

Metro police have distributed a photo-
graph of the missing Taylor to Louisville
television stations and newspapers.

Catt said the photographs are being
distributed to Louisville media because
two of the suspects—Stephens and Bish~
opaare Louisville residents.

Fryman said the number of tips received
by police has not increased since a similar

photograph was released to the Lexington
media Thursday afternoon.

A spokesman for the Lexington FBI said
the agency is “not participating in an
active investigation" in the Taylor kid»
naping case.

However, Catt said Thursday the FBI
has been informed on most aspects of the
case. He said this was being done in case
the agency had to become actively
involved in the case.

(The FBI would be called into the
investigation it the abduction of Taylor or
other aspects of the case involved more
than one state.)

 

Today's special edition of the Kernel
was published to keep the University
community informed of developments
in the disappearance of Luron Eugene
Taylor. Another special edition will be
published Sunday.

 

 

 

 

 

luron Taylor
kidnaping
chronology

Saturday. Oct. II

At 3:15 p.m.. two men entered Robert
Channels' apartment, 1508 Yates Cres-
cent. and forced Channels and Elmore
Stephens to lie on the floor. About $1.000
and a $500 watch were taken in the
robbery. After the robbery. Channels
and Stephens went to Lexington Metro

Police headquarters on Forbes Road
and reported the incident.

At about 11:30 p.m., Luron Eugene
and Darlene Taylor were getting out of
their car near their apartment at 1261
Village Dr. Four men then got out of a
car and forced Taylor into the trunk of
that car. One shot was reported fired
and the car was driven away with
Taylor in the trunk.

Sunday. Oct. 12

At 12:55 a.m., Channels was arrested,
for possession of marijuana for use,
according to the Metro police blotter.

At 12 :58 a .m ., the police blotter states
Donald W. Johnson, 22, Route 6
Leestown Rd., was arrested on the
same charge as Channels: possession
of marijuana for use. In addition.
Johnson was arrested for obscuring the
identification of a machine.

At 1 a.m., Alfred “Sonny“ Collins
said he was visited in his dorm room by
Channels. Stephens and John Bishop.
Collins said the three stayed for about
15 minutes and discusses the Auburn
football game.

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By MONTY N. FOLEY
Kernel Staff Writer

A delayed flight in Raleigh.
NC. kept former NBC newsman

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ing, but at last night‘s Sigma
Delta (‘hi meeting (Society for
Professional Journalists) impor~
tant questions were raised about
the present and future roles of
television news programs.

Four participants in a panel
discussion Ken Kurtz. WKYT
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burn. UK journalism instructorrr
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for information.

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luture. TV stations in markets as
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He said the use of “electronic
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of sophisticated electronic de-
vices. He said live reports on
news programs would be accept-
able for fast—breaking stories. but
that live coverage would not
eliminate criticisms that ’I‘\'
news reports tend to be superfi~
cial.

Johnson said complex news
explanations would not fit the
format of the live report. “You
can't ad lib about a complex
story"

With the public depending
more and more upon television
news as its main source of
information. Johnson said TV
news has tried to provide in-depth
coverage of important events by
expanding program length to a
full hour. But he added audience
surveys have shown that viewers
prefer brief stories with limited
detail.

As a results. he said. hour—long
newscasts have failed to main-
tain audiences. resulting in loss
ot' revenues for stations.

“They (viewers) want to see a
good-looking blonde give the

weather and some handsome
stud give the sports." Johnson
said. In attempting to give view-
ers what they want. “you concen—
trate on the personalities of
reporters and program pacing
rather than content.“

In contrast with commercial
stations‘ attempts to appease
news watchers. Rayburn said
public television stations. that
aren't required to sell time to
stay on the air. could provide
more detailed news coverage
for viewers who demand it.

Rayburn said Florida public
stations have been able to pro-
vide extended coverage for Flor-
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In the absence of Sander Van—
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Post‘s television editor. David
Reed briefly traced Vancour‘s
NBC career.

Reed said Vanocour found
himself in disfavor with network
official when he attempted to
question US. Viet nam policies.

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By DAVID BROWN
Kernel Staff Writer

Dormitory polling methods.
used to record student opinion of
Student Government (SG)
support of the Gay Student
t‘oalition iGSt‘i attempt to gain
l'niversity recognition. may have
been illegal.

Rosemary Pond. dean of
residence hall programming.
said she had no qualms with the
idea of conduc ting a poll. “as long
as our staff wasn’t involved. and
it was conducted” by residence
hall governments

However. she said students
could not go door—to-door to get
people to respond because. ”to
me that would be soliciattion."

A l'niversity regulation
prohibits solicitation in dor<
mitories. Pond said.

Seven dormitories have con-
ducted. or are conducting. polls
which concem student reaction to
SG support of the GSC effort to
receive University

organizational status.

()f the seven dorms. only one is
not using a door-to-door method
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“I contacted Dean Pond when I
first began and she had no ob~
jection aslong as the staff wasn‘t
involved and I worked through
the dorm governments." said
Robert Stuber. Kirwan Tower
l)orm t‘ouncil iKTIX‘J secretary
and proponent of the poll.

“We didn‘t talk about the
mechanics“ of the poll. and “I
interpreted what she said to
mean “that door-to~door
solicitation was all right if ap-
proved by the dorm councils,"
Stuber said.

Polling began when the KTIX‘
voted to inform S0 of student
opinion on the (:St‘ resolution.

Results of the Kirwan Tower
poll. which were attacked by
members of the (}S(‘. showed 320
opposed the SG action. 46 in favor
and 50 had no opinion.

No results are available from
polls in other dorms.

“It looks like selective
questioning and coercive polling
were used" said (‘arey Junkin.
(:SC president. “I don‘t see how
the poll could be accurate.“

A written and anonymous poll

would be the only method that
could hope to be fair. Junkin said.

Stuber admitted some
irregularities in polling in Kir~
wan 'l‘ower, but hoped to
eliminate charges of bias by
providing a written questionnaire
in future polls.

The costs of printing the
questionnaire were prohibitive.
and Stu ber w as only able to print
enough to distribute to floor
repmsentatives in each dorm.

The representatives in the
dorms using the door~to—d(X)r
method are presenting the
written form to students on their
floor and asking for a verbal
response. or asking students to
vote on a blank piece of paper.

Residents of Jewell Hall are
voting by show of hands in special
corridor elections whether they
support the SG action or not. said
I’aula Richwalsky, president of
Jewell Hal] Dorm (‘ouncil

Eight dorm councils have
decided not to conduct the poll.
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Kernel Staff Writer

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The bill. authorizing $200 in SC
funds which would be used to
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lf Harralson does not veto the
bill before the Oct. 20 Student
Senate meeting, it will automatr
ically become law. according to
the SG constitution. and the
money will be allocated to Free
U

“Free U is not moving toward
selflsufficiency" and has “never
accounted for any of the money"
S(} has given it. Harralson said.

"I haven‘t decided yet (if the
Free U bill would be vetoed I. but
lguess I‘ll have to make up my
mind by Monday. I‘ll think about
it this weekend.” llarralson said.

When Free U was first formed
they asked for SO funding until
they could become self-sufficient,
llarralson said.

“llarralson did not support
funding Free U last year (as a
student senator). and he cam-
paigned against it," said Marion
Wade, Arts and Sciences senator
and sponsor of the Free U bill. SG
has been funding Free U since it
began in 1969. Wade said.

“Four weeks is too long to
make a simple decision,“ Wade
said. “This postponing has se—
verely damaged SG's credit ra-
ting.“

Wade said Free U contracted
with Feedback Printing for 3,000
posters promoting Free U. Feed-
back was willing to accept the
order because they knew SG
funded Free U. he said. Feedback
has always printed Free U post-
ers. but by not paying the bill
promptly SG's credit rating will

 

(‘ontinued from page I
Monday. Oct. l3

At 5:10 p.m.. Bishop was
arrested for kidnaping and
criminal conspiracy, according
to the police blotter. in connection
with Taylor's disappearance.

At 5:52 pin. the police blotter
states Stephens was arrested for

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Chronology

Harralson still undecided
on Free U funding bill

suffer. Wade said.

“Every year we (Free l'l tell
S(; we need the money for
printing. and every year they
turn around and ask us to account
for the money they give us. We
spent it on printing." Wade said.

llarralson also said he was
disturbed about the number of
cancelled Free I' classes.

The cancelled courses were
taught by two people. Wade said.
One person. who taught f0ur
classes. had to return home. The
other person's classes were can—
celled because of lack of student
interest. he said.

In order to raise money. Free
I‘ is attempting to schedule
benefit concerts and is c6nsider~
ing sponsoring a dance. Wade
said.

“Harralson never formally
discussed the situation with me,“
Wade said. “He discussed it
informally; occasionally catch-
ing me in the SG office and asking
a question.

“That‘s not the proper method
of conducting an investigation.“
Wade said.

“I don't know what kind of
investigation Marion (Wade) ex-
pected, but I think that would be
up to my discretion." Harralson
said.

“I spoke with Marion one day
last week. and then later I spoke
with Mattie (Teller. Free U
coordinator). but “I don't know
what Marion calls formal dis-
cussion." Harralson said.

 

kidnaping.

At 8:09 p.m.. Robert (‘hannels
was arrested for kidnaping. the
police blotter states.

Tuesday. Oct. It

At 1:17 a.m.. Rodney Perkins.
24. 8:31 Charles. was arrested in
connection with the Saturday
afternoon robbery of Stephens
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