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be - some fog, light winds, intermittent “4i ’ ' l AVocrOmek
‘ light rain or drizzle and o thundershowor . ’ 7' 1 Both an album and a concert by the Roll
or two today and tomorrow. Highs today , .4 Mg Stones headed up the year tn musm ‘
' will be around 50 with tonight's lows In Otherwise audiences heard few htgt. ,
the ‘05. Tomorrow’s high temperatures 4 ' spots or surprises See pages 4 and S for '
WI“ be around 55. I the homo-I‘- analysts at mus-t 198l ,
Vol.tXKXIV, No.89 Monday, January 2|. lm University at Kentucky Lutnqton Konhuky An independent student newspaper since W71 '
Se en k'lled in Mink Branch - I I. ‘
————To—-E——— by the Bumis Hamilton family, hurl- the Hamilton family, but declined to theTopmostexplosion.” He said federal inspectors were at industry to determine “what needs to '
”WP Wrter ed debris up to 600 feet away, accor- name them. He said carbon dioxide levels show- the mine last week and found nothing he done" to make coal mining safer : '
“3”” n dingtostate police. “I’d say they run in age from 20 to ed evidence of a fire or some other amiss. and prevent such accidents.
_.___...____.————- The blast occurred at 10:10 a.m.. about 35,"hesaid. type of combustion. Police said the Terry Mitchell. who was at thesite, John Mchm spokesman for the
_ according tostate police. . Themine was contracted to remove explosion sent a thick cloud of black said the blast hurled a conveyor belt Labor Department's Mine Safety and ,
CRAYNOR. Ky. — The bodies of Police saidtheminerswere believ- thecoal,whichwasownedbyElkhorn smoketumblingintotheair. inside the mine into some trees out- Beam, Administration in -.

. seven victims of aneastern Kentucky ed to have been trapped 1,400 feet in- Coal Corp. of Wayland, a subsidiary Stanley said carbon monoxide bad side. Washington said the compan is i ’7
coal mine explosion were recovered side the mine. Albert Alexander, ofEthleorp..0fficials said. to be flushed from the mine, slowing Gov. John Y. Brown, who had left unionized 35d that a federal ins y to, é‘
last night, according to local district manager of the Hazard United Mine Workers President the rescue operation. He said the for themine by helic0pter, was forced was sent to investigate the blastpec - '-
authoritiss. and relatives were surn- district of the Kentucky Department Sam Church, who had been in mine had a “narrow, 38-inch scam, to turn back because of poor visibili— ‘
moned to a nearby school to make of Mines and Minerals, said the Charleston, w. Va. discussing mine and it’s low coal and our men had to ty,saidaspokosman in his office. Twenty-four mine deaths occurred ,; .
positive identification. _ _ miners “could have been traveling in safety with Gov. Jay Rockefeller, ar- crawl (intothe minet." Brown, who rescheduled the trip for within a week in early December. ,‘ .-' .

Floyd County Deputy Sheriff Glllls or out (of the mine),” accounting fm‘ rived at themine ina helicopter loan- Mike Froman, a witness to the 10am. today, said that as soon as the Three miners died in a roof fall in ‘i _-F .~
Conn reported the bodies hodhccn the discovery of three bodies at the edby Rockefeller. blast, said it blew the wall out of a bodies of the victims were recovered Bergoo, W.Va.; eight were killed four *:
removed from the mine. A relativeof 700-foot level early last evening. . Church called the accident “a car- supply home and destroyed the fan he planned to call a meeting with days later in a methane explosion at ‘._
one Of the victims said the families State Trooper Phillip Tucker would bon copy” of one at nearby Topmost, house. He also said “...there were two Stanley, Kentucky Public Protection Topmost, and 13 were killed two days '

~ were askedtogototheJohn M- Stum- not identify the seven other than to where eight miners were killed Dec. 500-gallon water tanks that were and and Regulation Secretary Tracy later in an explosion in a Whitwell. ~ ,3
ho Elementary 501500] at Grethel, say that the chief operator of the 7. blownsoofeetoverahill and the force Farmer, the leadership of the UMW Tenn.,mine. 'y
aboutthreemiles fromthemine. mine, Burnis Hamilton, was trapped Willard Stanley, state Mines and oftheexplosion blew outsomuch coal and representatives of the federal The deaths were among 153 ;

The explosion. in the RFH Mining inside withthreeofhis brothers. Minerals commissioner, said the ex- dust it blackened the hill facing the Coal Mine Health and Safety Ad- repOrted in mining accidents last ,‘ .
C0.’S Mine No. 1. W and Operated He said the other three were also in plosion was “much more violent than mine." ministration and the Kentucky coal year. -’
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Ic er, 0t ers Iscuss newspaper s et «:3 in Huber story . .-
————-———— professor specializing in press law, intrude by electronic means into the time and was “handled very respon- :‘ f
33'9"”: G',M0RmN said his general impression of past precincts of another’s home or office. sibly" —all the information obtained y I; . j -
Editorial Editor rulings tend to indicate “an inclina- It does not become such a license from the recordings was checked by ' \ 3.
©1982 Kentucky Kemel tion to . . . look on disfavor on jour- simply becausea person subjected to other means. our: . .. g :0,
“ ____________.__ nalists using (hidden) recording the intrusion is reasonably suspected “University officials were given ‘_ g, Q ,
devices. Courts really don’t like that ofcommittingacrime." every opportunity to respond," Black sgj " \ .. is: , '

Ethical questions regarding for journalists.” According toJohn Carrou, editor of said. i ‘ W is ' f
methods used by the Wow A Kentucky law says if one person theHerald,therecordingsinquestion Panel members were split on the ,2" ‘33... § §“ ‘ _ l; » .' ~
Herald-Leader to 88M information agrees to use a hidden recording were made by Huber and then sub- topic. 7,, ,s' ‘°' ' -: ~« .,
about the controversy summing device, it is within the limits of the mitted to the newspaper. “The tapes “Once you’ve got that information. r3 .3; ~
Gary HUMP. former director 0‘ the law -— but may not be ethical, would have existed whether the you have no other choice than to print ' . ' .-
Tobacco and Health Research In- Rayburn said. Herald-Leader company had (ex- it (unless there is reason to believe it * $2.}, ‘ ‘ 3
stitute, were discussed by PTOTGS' Although a SupremeCourt ruling is isted)ornot. isn’t true)," said Tom Wicker, ’ " ’ ‘mpw «out j .
sional journalists during a forum not available, the most definitive “We considered (the issue) to be of nationally-syndicated columnist and . i " ‘°“‘ ;
yesta‘day. statement on the subject is a US. extreme interest to the public," Car- associate editor of The New York ’ ' “for t?“ f ' ~_

I Panel members were concerned Court of Appeals ruling in Dietmann roll said. “We decided to use QUOteS Times. ‘- - 's ‘ u . '
that Huber’s use of a hidden tape v. Time. Inc. upholding an invasionof thatwereveryclearintheirmeaning. “I findtheuseOfsecretly-recorded ~- . 33.. as? . .4 ~:
recorder to obtain key information privacy claim based on the use of a When a source has information we information distasteful," he said. W“ , .3 :1 ‘
later used in the Herald's story may hidden tape recording device. willcertainly listentowhat he’s got." “You pay a high price for access to * a . _ ’ "' 3 i
have Vlda‘ed an unwritten cm Of The court said “hidden mxhanjcal This sentiment was who“ by g00d information (and) Iassume the “it. Q - ,. A... ‘ g . ,s .I ’ I
ethics followed by professional jour- contrivances” are not “indispensable (reed Black, Herald-Leader chair- Herald-Leader puta very high priori- » " y .7ng - .. ‘ - f .L
nalists. tools” -— “the First Amendment is man and publisher. He said the story tyon that information," ' - § ,
J .D. Rayburn, a UK joumalism nota licensetotrospass, tosteal, orto had been developed over a period of David Holwerk, political writer for W L ' .
the Herald, said, “The totality Of this ,_ ; s, , ‘ .3. '1
story rested with what went on inside i _ n s ; ‘ ‘ .
- (UK president Singletary’s) office." - w ,. i"? f r ,*
He said there is a very important _ u . .1
‘ -.-.-:-:-:3:I:1:-:-:-:-.-. question to be asked in this situation . I,
' . —— “If I could have confirmed this in- j - ‘
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42.222322? 5523232523;533:535;. wouldlhaverun (the story)?” .
1:32233E23233:' ,zéigizisi. 52232522; The question of prowiety led to a f v. " "
long discussion on the ethical topic of .. : ' ..'
. “Sing ‘3” recorders. . .1 .
- Joan Stoeckinger, former education " ~
‘ editor of the Herald-Leader said, ‘ ~.. , :
l “Journalists have a low image now ‘ '~ I
because of the me of the tapes. If we fix
maintain a source’s respect the Story . .. . as o\ s" i . - fists? . £5 i. J I.
, will come.” _ = t .,; not ""5. ; ,
...-..:.:~-:-:1'1":i:‘3"” ' ' ” Wicker said he would shy away, ‘
"*"3"1:-=:~:~.. from using tape recorders at all. my", coo,“ WWW“ " : . 3 .
. “Putting a tape recorder in front 0f Tom Wicker, syndicated columnist of the the New York Times and a t"; if: 'ti
' - ' . people tends to change the nature of visiting professor at UK, discussed media ethics yesterday during a 7'1, it
. GIOWIHQ demand fa nurses mtmnwfle \ theirresponses." panel diSCUssion at the King Alumni House. . i) i .
I a - “2:23. ‘.'.l', i , It
. producing shortages Ill area hospitals S . I t B d' b ..
W mm m . M W t. mg 9 ary, rown Iscuss udget .____..
5:" Staff Writer nurses who will work the night shift. 2525;. _ ‘ ' ."’
.5" Nurses who work in critical care and By GEORGE W. HACKE'I‘I‘ bell continued. He declined to give That proposal would further reduce 1 >1 , f
s? w medical surgery positions are paid '=‘:3§3; AssociatedProsswi-iter any details. UK and ms funding andhasbeenop- rot-5,.
5' . . . more than eneral nurs' RN‘s. 5333:. and staff dispatches Swain said he and Singletary posedby Singletar and Swain. j'i'hr; .
11‘.tu 1‘08le ll! Lexmgton not Leach salad mealternlintfve potential , “restated our convictions that the “The governor had he would ex- i gt" ~3
experiencing it nursma shortage ts attraction of a nursing career is the -2 m council’s proposal is a good one. We amine it,“ Campbell said of the pro- ‘5.
Central daptist on Nicholaslnlle wide range of options as far as work FRtl‘lKFORT _ President Otis tried to impress upon Mr. Brown the posal submitted yesterday. “If there "I "
Road, said Elizabeth .Scott, the schedules. Nurses can work the Man Singletary and Donald Swain pmp importanceof acting soon, The longer is some part of our prOposa] that he -~ ‘ g‘. f.
“mt.“ sdirectorofnursing. day through Friday job in a doctor’s dent of the University of Lodisville this drags on, the more we are going likes, we want him to announce it." ‘ ', 7
Lexingtonisfeelmgtheeffectsof a officeu-asanurseinafacm'my appealed to Gov. John y_ Brown to have universities fighting each Donald Zacharias, president of ._ .'.
nationwide shortageofnurses, which teaching, public health and school yesterday to support the Council on other.“ Western Kentucky University. said
has led to such extreme measures as nursingpositimsarealsoavailable. Higher Education’s controversial The dispute invotVfi a compromise last night WKU would suffer “severe '3' if ‘1 .‘
”"93 m places as far away as “Nurses can now work a nine to compromise budget request for the 0f the ”‘1"ch miSSlm model plan consequences" if the governor does ' . . 7T
Hawaiiand 9mm“ advertising “I five, Monday through hiday job in- 192.34 biennium. adapted last November. The Plan not improve on the council‘s recom- ‘.~. ,' i
nmmmm.@wsmpm. stead 0f the regular nurse’s hours," “We told the ov mor that f it would have distributed state ap mendation. " '- , , f
'l‘heseadsprornisingbeachesand - 8 e wee .. . _ ,
’ msgwd- he should stand behind the Council's Prwnaoons m 1982434 to seven of the Zacharias termed the councxl's _‘
benefits, may reflect ‘ movement of tattributeshersatiafiedstaff to recommendations," President Otis eight state universities according ‘0 recommendation “a starvation diet“ ~’; -.
nurses away from 1‘9““ areas to the “total care nursing" program at Singletary said after emerging from the “Sims developed for them by and said all involved were having “a ; ‘ '3.
more glama'ousjob climates. Central Baptist. theclosed-door mm_ the council in 1977. very cmstructive kind of discussion" ‘ . ,
M. W “met m ‘6“ 1“" “Team nursing is the situation may also urged Bmwmke his (Kentucky State University is not with Brown, He credited [hegovernor _.
““9““ towtrk fit the Veterans Ad‘ where one nurse give the bath, one decision as quickly as possible on the eligible ft! any increase in State 89' and members of the General ' . '
mm“ hospitals on Cooper nurse hands out medication and plan thathasfailedtowindiebacking propriations in 193243) Assembly for taking such an interest ,' '
Dnve and laeestown Md because 0‘ another nurse does the treatment," of four regional universities. The plan W011“ have given the Vast in thedispute. : .
be"? mm “id mm” he‘d“ Scott said. ‘flbtalnmingistheaitua- ~ majority of appropriation increases He also expressed hope for a rapid . ..
. Hospital lnlexington. Now shesaid hon wherea nurse. is totally responsi- also conferred with Brown yesterday, to pit, .UL and Northem Kentucky settlement of the issue so it wont
' ’ ’ bio for a certain number 0f patialts. voicing their objections to the coun- Umvel's1ty. Continue to occupy the (:eneral
other hospitals have caught up with She does all the treatments, medica- cil’s suggested mg and submitting The council had to revise the plan, Assembly‘s time." : . .
buiefitundnay. gang and baths. Total musing igmuch an “Wye proposal oftheirown. however, when Brown revealed there Swain told reporters that the '
The VA is avalanche I Ihor- . mm mum; (in... tum was. Joe B“, Campbell chairman of would notbeadequate funding for it. regional universities were “attemo ‘ ‘- -'
. “9' f" the “m mm “id m lml." Western Kentucky, University’s A WNW” Blunt! 3‘ least a Six “"8” W‘P'e‘smm “Willow” - t
Black, drector d m 't the VA The VA is also planting to imple- Board of Regatta, said the regional percent guaranteed increase in 182- The alumni has been flooding M 5 ‘
Wm (MWNWX mam v.11” imfive W to ”m lldml‘ mm "B council’s K3 "ate appropriations t0 the seven withletters, 1&me,“, at least. " 7 .
. M aid on w W attract nurse ‘0 it. facility, Bth recommendation as fair and universities WIS subse “en" “We haven‘t engaged in those tac- ' 1’
M 35° be in ll“t the rault 0‘ do" ld . - . q y ties "he continued “but we can pla '
”1"“,th fa- men. a ' equitable. It doesnt provide Suffl- adoptedbythecouncd Jan. 14. - . . .. y »
film to thirt One I ‘ am includes creating . cient funds to 8‘” 0“" faculty a de- The compromise specified a return that game ‘f wehave ‘0-
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y y ya" u “MWWIMM. cent ”hr-y imm_ We mind to u” miflim mm muss ap_ Swain ”Id that m governm- had ‘ '
funnier wentintofemalejoh IN mmmd.wm thattothel armor." ltion “hum“ beenhearingonlymesideofthebat— .
gfimmdlx’ Now more tool "as mld coil-lat of io-botir days. he and Whom of Eater-n would reduce UK's fundim increase ”imam" .
In w“ m is . 31-hour . lac waking (by: and mm days off Kentucky, Murray State and by ”,5 million and the was,“ “The stakes are tugh," Swain con-
ay job. Each Wm h. a... «- nm 4'” with still “m" day- Morehead State universities mummy increase by an average tinned, and we will fight in the _
dihedral-sea “.th “f- mammal-companion mun Wuhhu‘ctfmry- ~
' Sienidahcfodsfldnilfeuifle ”mum ' ' Both Swain and Slnfletary laid .

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.i‘ . A long battle over one aspect of the higher state allocation for the regionals from $1.8 A I // I. i S - - -::i.':'5;_!,-’I;;:... .,, r

‘- education budget —— the Council on Higher million to about $1.3 million — more of a loss 3" l ,I 0 (t A, 3 V
‘ r Education's budget recommendations for than they could reasonably sustain in a Single rr . ,. (I ( , , I I, . 4 / .4
j .; - . j state universities in the coming year, is year. i r" t? // fl _ _ \ i ' ‘ .:__ .3 ‘

. I . .' degenerating into a petty, dispiriting battle Faced with this situation, the CHE com- ’IIIIIII ‘ I / l irFfllm‘E; _...:

I -. . that may further damage the future of higher promised, reducing the prOportionate share of L \l s l [Ii—3 =5
.. ' ,' g g ' education in Kentucky. the 1982 appropriation earmarked for UK, UL / 7 H §gi V3 3 ’ :fiéféi

I". II . It all started with the Council onIHigher and NKU by about 5percent while increasmg \ e I , é; age—s:

. , , - Education’s nearly unanimous approval in the regionals’ by an average 2.4 percent, but . Kg? / I// t. n :_ -' T:

I‘ . . November of a funding plan UK, the Universi- retaining mission model formula figures for K E w- 1.. / l I 5.: EE

'5. j . I ty of Louisville and Northern Kentucky 1983-84. . u, 'U) Ww/ / 2525522522225:""=52325555555é555555555 =

t 2 , ‘:I - University during the 1982—84 biennium. Although President Otis Singletary and UL . . ./ ‘\ .Hi / g / ,fl / g :
7 ' . Known as the mission model plan, it was President Donald Swain sacrificed the most in ‘ i 7 00 :‘ I\ :g . 1 UK MEDGEW'B‘ I: ‘14

, presented to Gov. John Y. Brown for his OK. the campromise, they said they hoped to \ RI \ ‘ —. \\ 3 ? pepipmm/ g : ,
‘. over the protests of the regional universities’ preserve the mission model formula by domg ' 7W. . g 5,: OBSTETRIC/ I:
1. .- ~ presidents. so. The regionals, however, still are not \, 90‘ ' s '/ NGDNATAV : ,§
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- ' The hiloso h behind the lan was to for- satisfied Although guaranteed the same SIX / § \‘a- , ; .l W“; ”N i.::::: ._. =:
' ’ p . p y p . percent apiece awarded to NKU, they want 6.5 Q... "M s =5 E
‘ mulateaserles of graduated funding levels for . - t - .a a / . - = I W (.552; :2“—
. . II th t t , . ht bl' . 't' be d percent, and they llst0p at nothing ogetit. ! \\ K . g . 52.2; g
. 'I, ' the SCiIEZ‘S eig p”. 1? unwifilllw S.e .0“ In the case of Western Kentucky University, . '\ ‘Mfluflwfi" 7;, if I a
I : eh , is 19177 nulls?“ T .8 S‘Kasflgi‘qg this amounts to only $323,000 more than , j '1'— @E‘ ,vv......,EI
:iach aedc 83: y e 1:) r0 6 In en UC y S already appropriated _ a mere drop in the [I'IIIIII y) . § ::::::::::::;::::::::::::::“:”:::5” __
1 , . s -‘ 3 er "ca 1"“ P” “re- . . bucket compared to its $25.7 million 1931432 \ e » s ——--.-—.-; ‘=—.
. :'1 The plan was deemed esDeCially important . . V 35:.:s.55' :: EE: 55$ 55515?" 3 ' ‘ t
. , . -. . thi t' f b d t tt' d t' ed state appropriation. \l on”, 55.33:. ,5; c . g -
m 5 131$, “1,59. f“ ting 3“ f0“ 1““ The real intent in their efforts is obvious — s: 9 L ‘
Evin“: e '0‘ S' "2 en :09 was 0 teInsurIe to discourage the implementation of the mis- 4.! /
j ' 5. e u". ing necessary 0 re am. pr esen (3."? s sion model plan in the coming year by making a HXZ. K‘fl KERNKL CD‘PDttlER/bv
. , - . - of quality at the state 5 two maJor univerSities - - ,
,5 ,. - . h] d' NKU th t f th it more trouble than it sworth.

" . :mtSSaqu?:e;:igties a temgoryailynignisrege f0: The CHE must hold firm, demanding the

I" ZII ~- '; . . ‘ support of the governor and the Legislature II
’ €0.15". UtCthE {Of {11?de classrogm as: dor- for the mission model formula. Already, it has essenger WI never orgat e FaSt
' i . .‘ gm 3% am 153.5” te 1:190” §’ Ieen} over- backed down on one important question,

I i. . u: 1d [Swami 0 ed ‘6". £11551?" ormu a, allowing Kentucky State University to retain -

' . "1 .5 w u ve n rc ocu ac ' its status instead of downscaling it into a com- Ontheraw, gray morning after two ismodesttothe pointof humility. because he was on his way home to

. . - , , But the picture changed Jan. 8 when Brown munity college. The stakes are much greater gvhastly accidentsl all but hyped out byorime‘iigfitlige’cmiigeitsi awed Lorton, Vat. hléiIlItSdthe rest of the

* ._ -_ indicated the higher education budget would now —- if Kentucky is to retain quality educa- ”hum“, We were “8‘"! °“ 0° 3’ ' say governmen . been e an ear y

- , I ' . . . . to one man, somebody they never what was going through his mind becauseoftheblizzard.Whenhesaw
. 3- '. only bfegbtiut 60IpIercteIrInt of what the CHE had tion for future generations, the mission model heard about before Jan. 13. beforehedived intothefrigid water. thefearful commotion at thebridge—

; ' 2 - j , expec ’ oweri g e average incr ease 1" plan ls a neceSSIty. He is Martin Skutnik, called “Len- Skutnik was having none of it. He ambulances, helicopters, passengers

I . '. . . ' ny."Hei528-yearsold,amessenger had made his statement by his bobbinginthewata—hestopped his

- lbw man ht “lbs does It) take at the Congressional Budget Office. plunge. it was simply that he hadseen car, got out and joined the fnistrated

., [I Hisheroism atthe 14th Street Bridge the frustration of the rescue team. workersonthebank.

‘. y . . ., - ' 2 ‘ 9 was one bright patchonablackday. Noneoftheropes were long enoughto He watched forawhile, then shuck-

I 1 i; - screw UP - e RUSfilanS reach the victim. As to what he was edottluscoat and his boots and dived
, . .' I- - e— I “ thinking when he got to the shore, he in. Lucky for all of us, he was not one
, , .~ ' , “ - remarked . matter-of-factly, ”I was ofthosebystanders who hear cries for

.} - _ .. . ‘ Marv relievedlgotherout.” helpandpasson.Hegotinvolved.

‘- .‘ . , '=-‘ i- Met: The Congressional Budget Office He plainly doen't think there is
.' , ‘ any people were pretty puffed up about anything special about what he did.
~ . - @I, Skutnik’s feat. So were all the other His attitude, and we must hope it is

, , . ' ovemment workers in Washington. conta 'ous, seems to be, “Wouldn’t
~. ‘ In sczgplzzvmmuweattfvhofigeéaag (if: (she of them had shown what stuff anybo’dy?”

*‘ -. . _. . , m _ death in the frozen Poromac there is in the despised bureaucracy, Onakillerdayinabrutal winter,he

. death inadark tunnel—stopped flin: most of which was branded “non- threwusallalifeline by remindingus

I: ~ ,:-..II'.'I 5 ching and 3mm only during the essential” when Ronald Reagan that decency is not dead. He. may get

. = , sequence in which Lenny Skutnik ap- showily closed down the government the glory treatment whether hewants

II" .‘.-_ ' . - WI , on Nov. 23. it or not. Television crews may stake

{1,2,} Q, (:13)? IAgroupofrIescue workers are stan- I'l'he direCtOt‘ 0f the CBO. Alice out ms house. 3’”? “fluids “"1!

~ ,. , pg drug on the riverbank. A few yards Rwhn. called uptoconsratulate him. WWW-999”“ “m-Weml’a‘"

33', "i ". i offshore, a woman is floundering SO did his immediate boss, Stanley fully short of heroes, of examples 0f

~ ; . :~' -: . a c h. " amidtheice flows.'l‘hehelicopter lets Gregg, head of the Intergovernmen- valorandmercy.

1 J . J}. Zr, iii-g down a life preserver. The woman tal Relations Section, where Skumik LittleelseaboutJan. 13bearsthink-

5.? .I- o I .‘ . If . L: hands.The helicopter tries again. She Previously hedid comtruction work. sombrely that the subway victims

3.. “is It . i II doesnothavethestrength maybenot andforawhilehehadaclericaijobiii may have been trampled to death. A

. - t " ' eventhewill,tograbit. ’ the Arlington office of the Social Merv w"° “NV“ the Plane

. '. ,. /. I,» ‘ WM a young manisbreak- SecufityAmsn-auon crashandishimselfapiiot, said from

I‘ t - ing away from the group. He plunges Gregg relJOI'tS that Skutnik is ex- his hospital bed that he thinks the

3 . ' into the river. He swims strongly emplary on the jOb, “gets in early, is pilot of Flight 90 thought °f aborting.
; ”mmmo “ towardthewoman,whohaslaidher always Melitta! and pleasant, fimfififimfigufim‘ The
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f , Hundreds of new chemicals are in- ‘ larynx andispotentiated by smoking; mustache, a husky build. His manner life 0t stewardess Kelly Dunham Washington Star.

to; ,. ,9 troduced into the environment via ' John however,alcoholisonthemarket.

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I, '. , . market the product. The EPA is now lh 0th?” words- If any data ”8805ts Don Clay, director of the Pesticiths ,, i or = , Ml
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Environmental Ddaise Fund at- mechanicalmsamef-tebddlthe Toxicology and to producer of l] $.11 Viki ' r ll l l' - In. l Mll-
- tomeys Warren and Sandler say that DEHP commund at thereon“wt the Telecable’s "Science Neweune." ‘ ' ‘
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 , THE KENTUCKY KERNEL. Thursday. January 21, 1982-3

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much ice on its wings when it took off during u before traditional midsummer negotiatiors were 2' ' f” I . .
State steady snowfall after waiting at least «13 minutes l0 begin. CUTIE!“ contr acts expire Sept. 14. ' ,_ , . hit}? it“? , .
for clearance. Ford and GM are asking the UAW to grant ma- , , _. in. , 3‘” . ”A - , ,
FRANKFURT — The state Senate approved a , , , ,. , , ior wage and benefitconcessions to makethe car ’ "f, a " ,i ‘ , c'
redistricting plan yesterday, once again rejec~ WASHIM'TOE‘“, _ P r “We": heagan, companies more competitive With foreign . a, , .- A, —— — ,
tingthesometimes heated argumentsofSen.Jon celebratingthe impresswe 5'3". he ”)5 h" manufacturers. In exchange, the umon says it w “.1... g . a ,6 . -.-. .i.
Ackerson. R-Louisville. whose district would be administration has made. told h's appomtees wants greater job security and some kind of , . ,
most affected by theer changes. throughout the government ”New” that “"‘ profit sharing planfnr its members. "‘3” r . ., . '
Ackerson tried, and failed. to persuade his col» have laid the fmhdaho'“ h" 990mm” recovery . 3%.. . ’ , . .
leagues to adopt changes that would keep his and nationalrenewal. . . I d . I A - c . . I .
suburban Jefferson County district