FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1986 THE PADUCAH SUN, PADUCAH, KY. B-9 Collins challenges newspapers to push TV study program Staff report LOUISVILLE, Ky. Gov. Martha Layne Collins told newspaper representatives today she is renewing her drive to promote participation in the televised high school equivalency study program. Flanked by singer Tom T.
Hall, a native Kentuckian who earned a GED (General Education Development) degree in the military, Collins reminded the winter convention of the Kentucky Press Association that Kentucky is last in the nation in percentage of the population with high school diplomas. She challenged businesses and newspapers in particular to get involved in promoting the GEC study-at-home program on Kentucky Educational Television. She said that since the program started last September, more than 2,000 people have enrolled, twice the goal originally set by program organizers. Collins said she has offered a 10 percent salary increase incentive to state employees who earn their GEDs, and she challenged Kentucky businesses and employers to offer similar incentives to their employees. Collins asked businesses to help in three ways: By making information available to employees about the availability of the program.
a By offering monetary or other incentives to employees who participate. By, providing feedback to the state about how the program is working in their specific operations. "We want want to know what is going on and then we want to give credit to those businesses and groups who participate in this effort," she said. Collins also referred to the recent outpouring of inquiries to KET about the availability of the GED program following the announcement of the location of the Toyota plant in Scott County. She said the inquiries showed "that we have plenty of ambitious people in the state." She said that a high school diploma or the alternative the GED certificate is today "the minimum academic credential necessary for most good jobs." She said that 10,000 Kentuckians passed GED exams last year and that she and KET have set a goal of 50,000 passing the test over the next five years.
Colins said KET has received more than 8,000 phone calls about the GED program during the past four months. The KET-GED program allows students to prepare at home for the general education development test by receiving instruction on TV. For a $15 fee, the program provides students with workbooks and tutorial help through a toll-free number. The fee also includes preand post-testing to track the progress of participants. Hall spoke after Collins.
He said that passing the GED test enabled him to pursue a higher level of education in later life that he believes contributed significantly to his success. "I think Kentucky was caught some years ago in an economic trap because the industrial North led our youth to believe that you could get a job with an eighthgrade education," Hall said. "It was true then, but it's not true any more and I believe we need to get this across to our youth." Hall urged newspapers to take a more direct role in promoting the KET-GED program. He asked for involvement in three ways: By running regular newspaper reports on the progress of the program. By running local feature stories about students who get GEDs and the effects that has on their career opportunities.
By publishing enrollment forms in newspapers to help local readers sign up for the program. Hall also asked local newspapers to give credit to GED recipients by publishing their names in a fashion similar to publicity given to high school graduates. The annual KPA convention concludes Saturday. Feds may back off mileage standards for 1987, 1988 cars WASHINGTON Saying fuel economy requirements for 1987 and 1988 cars appear to be too tough on automakers, the nation's highway safety chief says the government will consider lowering the mileage standards. Diane Steed, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said her agency will seek public comment on whether 1 to lower the 1987-88 standards from 27.5 miles per gallon to any level down to 26 mpg.
"We do not think that 27.5 is feasible, so we are proposing a range," Steed said in a speech Thursday to Washington automotive reporters. "We're asking whether anywhere within that range is more appropriate." Steed said NHTSA would consider comments from the public and other information before making a final decision on the 1987 and 1988 standards, with no ruling likely for at least 90 days. She said NHTSA posed an open question rather than issuing a specific proposed rule because of the uncertainty inherent in projecting fuel economy figures for future years. "It's a very complicated, very tough kind of prediction," she said. "What we have to do is set it at the maximum feasible level.
Our concern 1 is that 27.5 is not maximum feasible given the numbers the automakers have given The so-called CAFE requirements for corporate average fuel economy set minimum standards on the average mileage for an automaker's entire fleet of passenger cars in a given year. NHTSA last year reduced the standards for 1986 models from 27.5 mpg to 26 mpg, as requested by General Motors Corp. and Ford Delivery man finds restaurant entered By NANCY BENAC Associated Press Writer burglary of Ken's Barbecue, 1735 Bridge was discovered by a bread delivery man early today, according to Sgt. Ken Alexander, city police information officer. An investigation showed glass in the front door had been broken to gain entry.
Deaths Deaths Richard Cooper Frank Hill Nona Melton Roger Moore Richard Cooper SYMSONIA, Ky. Richard Lee Cooper, 38, died at 7:25 a.m. today at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. He was a resident of Symsonia Rt. 1.
Mr. Cooper was a construction supervisor for South Central Bell Telephone Co. and was a member of Clarks River Baptist Church and the Telephone Pioneers. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cheryl Bridges Cooper; a son, Robert Cooper of Symsonia; a daughter, Leslie Cooper of Symsonia; his mother, Mattie Jo Cooper of Paducah; two brothers, Phillip Cooper of West Paducah and Doug Cooper of Paducah, and a sister, Tracy Franklin of Paducah.
His father, Aubrey Brown Cooper, preceded him in death. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Clarks River Baptist Church. The Rev. Leamon Blalock and the Rev.
Elmer Crouch will officiate. Burial will be in Clarks River Cemetery in Graves County. Friends may call at Lindsey Funeral Home in Paducah after 11 a.m. Saturday. Floyd Smith BROOKPORT, Ill.
Floyd Smith, 78, of Brookport Rt. 1, died at 2:20 a.m. today at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Waldo Baptist Church with the Rev.
Jack D. Russell and the Rev. A.W. Landis officiating. Burial will be in Pell Cemetery.
Mr. Smith leaves his wife, Mrs. Juanita Smith; two daughters, Gloria McGee of Brookport, and Marsha Burrow of Paducah; three grandchildren and a sister, Sophia Marks of Westville, Ind. Friends may call at AikinsFarmer Funeral Home here after 6 p.m. Saturday and until 11 a.m.
Sunday at which time the body will be taken to the church. Friends may call at the church from noon until the funeral hour. Ex-Hopkinsville fire chief sues to get job back By The Associated Press HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. Former Fire Chief Paul Barnes has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Mayor Herb Hays and the city of Hopkinsville, alleging his dismissal was politically motivated. The suit, filed in U.S.
District Court at Paducah, charges that Hays' decision stemmed from his belief that Barnes "backed and supported" another mayoral candidate in the November general election. In a statement issued Thursday, the mayor said "there were no political considerations at all" in dismissing Barnes. The statement also said that state law "gives the office of mayor the responsibility of supervising all city departments and the authority to appoint all city employees, except for the staff of the (City) Council." Barnes' suit requested a temporary injunction and District Judge Edward Johnstone scheduled a hearing next Tuesday. Barnes, who left the payroll Sunday, was among a number of administrative personnel who were terminated last month. Kentucky joins lawyer fund pool By The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky.
The state Supreme Court has approved a program making Kentucky the 39th state to decide to pool interest generated on lawyers' trust accounts and use it to help the poor. Under the program, known nationally as IOLTA Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts interest generated on small sums of clients' money held briefly in bank accounts by attorneys is pooled statewide. The proceeds are then disbursed by non-profit foundations to help pay for such things as legal aid for the poor or other public projects. Traditionally, attorneys have placed their clients' briefly held funds, such as small filing fees, in non-interest checking accounts because they are barred from reaping interest on such money. Under the IOLTA plan, which takes effect July 1, the funds can be deposited into a statewide interest bearing account.
Chief Justice Robert Stephens, who advocated the plan before the Supreme Court, said it is impossible to predict how much money the program could generate in Kentucky. MARION, Ky. Frank Hill, 83, of Marion, died at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Mr.
Hill leaves his wife, Mrs. Mabell Hill; a daughter, Mona Faye Curry of Providence; a son, Easley Hill of Marion; two sisters, Aline Stalions of Benton, and Daisy Rankin of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; five grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sugar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ray Lathem and the Rev.
James Messer officiating. Burial will be i in Sugar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Tucker-Gilbert Funeral Home here after 4 p.m. today. Billy Draughn Frank Hill SOUTH FULTON, Tenn.
Services for Billy Joe Draughn, 44, of South Fulton, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, Ky. Eddie Cassetty will officiate and burial will be in Obion County Memorial Gardens. Mr. Draughn, an employee of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
in Union City, died Wednesday night at Baptist Hospital in Union City. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Karen Horton Draughn; a son, Kenneth Draughn of Union City; his mother, Mrs. Mignon Oliver Reynolds of South Fulton; two stepdaughters, Michelle Horton and Patti Staggs, both of South Fulton, and a stepson, Floyd Staggs of Martin. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m.
today. Mildred Barnfield GOLCONDA, Ill. Mrs. Mildred R. Barnfield, 71, of Golconda, died at 3:17 a.m.
today at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. Surviving are a daughter, Carolyn Yocum, and a granddaughter, Leigh Ann Jackson, both of Golconda. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rottmann Funeral Home here. The Rev.
Paul Sadler will officiate and burial will be in IOOF Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Thelma Bugg CLINTON, Ky. Mrs.
Thelma Dorothy Bugg, 78, of Clinton Rt. 2, died at 9 p.m. Thursday at Parkway Regional Hospital in Fulton. Services for Mrs. Bugg will be at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Brown Funeral Home here. The Rev. Tommy Grubbs will officiate and burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. She is survived by a stepdaughter, Norma Marie Waite of Mound City, two sisters, Ruth Smith of Lake Panasoffkee, and Edith Barber of Palmersville, and a brother, Warner Washburn of Charleston, Tenn. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m.
Saturday. Rose Williams CAIRO, Ill. Mrs. Rose M. Williams, 66, of Cairo, died Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Kathy Walsh of Mounds Rt.
1. Mrs. Williams was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mound City and the Daughters of Isabella. Her first husband, Troy Kester, and her second husband, Tim Williams, preceded her in death.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by a son, Larry Kester of Virginia Beach, two stepsons, James Dean Williams of Clearwater, and Mike Williams of Pulaski; a sister, Ruth Clifford of Villa Ridge; eight grandchildren, and several greatgrandchildren and nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mound City. The Rev.
Robert J. Chlopecki will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Mounds. Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home after 5 p.m.
Sunday, where prayers will be said at 7 p.m. Sunday. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the St. Mary's Catholic Church Improvement Fund. George Carroll METROPOLIS, Ill.
George Carroll, 77, of Metropolis, died at 5:19 a.m. today at Southgate Health Care Center in Metropolis.Arrangements were incomplete at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home. Mrs. Nona F. Melton, 80, a former resident of Pierce Lackey Court, died at the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home and Infirmary in Masonic Home, at 2 a.m.
today. Arrangements were incomplete at Roth Funeral Home. Irl Clarke Nona Melton SMITHLAND, Ky. Irl Clarke, 93, a resident of Austell, and a native of Livingston County, died Wednesday morning at his home. Mr.
Clarke is survived by a daughter, Betty James of Austell; four grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pinckneyville Baptist Church. The Rev. Joel Frizzell will officiate.
Burial will be in Pinckneyville Baptist Church Cemetery. Friends may call at Smith Funeral Home here. Willie Fritts MARION, Ky. Mrs. Willie Maude Fritts, 98, of Marion, died at 7:25 a.m.
Thursday at Salem Nursing Home. Mrs. Fritts is survived by five sons, Edwin Fritts and Herbert Fritts, both of Marion, Orlan Fritts of Dixon, Hollis Fritts of Daytona Beach, and Kenneth Fritts of Popular Bluff, a brother, Sylvan Clark of Marion; 17 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Tucker-Gilbert Funeral Home.
The Rev. Robert Phillips and the Rev. Harold Grace will officiate. Burial will be in Crooked Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m.
Saturday. Rev. L.S. Biles Services for the Rev. L.S.
Biles, the pastor of Husbands Street Baptist Church in Paducah for 15 years, will be at 8 p.m. Sunday at Bloomfield Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn. The Rev. Ralph White will officiate and burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at New Park Cemetery in Memphis.
Mr. Biles, a resident of Memphis and a former resident of Paducah, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Methodist Hospital in Memphis. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruby Biles; a foster daughter, Claudette Williams of Memphis, and several cousins.
Mr. Biles served as the pastor of Bloomfield Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis for 31 years until his retirement. Friends may call at Snow Funeral Home in Memphis. The body will be taken to the church at 4 p.m. Sunday, where friends may call until the funeral hour.
Roger Moore Services for Roger W. Moore, a resident of 111 Anderson Court, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hamock Funeral Home with the Rev. L.D. Brown officiating.
Burial will be in Henderson Cemetery in La Center. Mr. Moore died at 3 a.m. Monday at Western Baptist Hospital. He was 69.
A veteran of World War II, Mr. Moore is survived by a daughter, Janet Vandyke of Fort Wayne, two sisters, Esther Hicklin and Carnell Ransom, both of Toledo, Ohio, and a niece, Charlotte Strong of Toledo. Friends may call at the funeral home where special visitation will be conducted this evening. Friends may also call at the funeral home from noon until the funeral hour on Saturday. Thomas Pickle SOUTH FULTON, Tenn.
Services for Thomas Heinz Pickle, 63, of South Fulton Rt. 2, will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Hornbeak Funeral Home in Fulton, Ky. Dr. Mel Mason will officiate and burial will be in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Pickle, a commercial sign painter, died Thursday morning at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah. He was a member of South Fulton Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Elizabeth Pickle and Jean Burnette, both of Fulton; two sons, Richard Lee Pickle of South Fulton, and Steve Pickle of Charleston, S.C.; six sisters, Mary Lou Gibbs of Fulton, Sarah Pfeifer, Dorothy Gulland and Josephine Gillis, all of Wichita, Florence Millhouse of Fairborn, Ohio, and Imogene Barham of Memphis; two brothers, Max Pickle of Highland, and Charles Pickle of South Fulton, and one grandson. A brother preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. Alma Dowdy MILBURN, Ky. Mrs. Alma R.
Dowdy, 79, of the Milburn community, died Thursday afternoon at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Russell Dowdy; a sister, Lenora Sides of Memphis, two brothers, Albert Reno of Metropolis, and W.V. Jeffries of Tulare, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church. The Rev. Herschel Jennings and the Rev. Lester Willis will officiate. Burial will be in Shiloh Church Cemetery.
Friends may call at Isaacs Funeral Home in Arlington after 5 p.m. today. Friends may call at the church from noon until the funeral hour on Saturday. Motor Co. Immediately thereafter, the two automakers began pressing for similar reductions for future years, claiming they would be forced to curtail production of big cars to meet the 1987-88 standards.
"We like 26," GM spokesman John Hartnett said in response to Steed's announcement. "Our argument has been for 26. We're going to give it everything we have, all the arguments we have." Ford spokeswoman Barbara Mansfield said the company had no immediate comment. Chrysler which says it spent billions of dollars to manufacture a fuel-efficient mix of cars that meets federal standards, has consistently opposed any reduction of the mileage requirements. The mileage standards were established in energy-conservation legislation enacted by Congress in 1975, which allows federal transportation officials to adjust the requirements to a "maximum feasible" level for post-1985 model years.
In reducing the 1986 level, NHTSA said falling gasoline prices had increased consumer demand for larger cars and made it impossible for Ford and GM to meet the higher standards without restricting production of bigger, less fuelefficient vehicles. Several consumer groups and major cities have filed suit against the government's rollback of the 1986 fuel economy standards, saying the relaxed rules will increase automobile air pollution and gasoline consumption, and allow the carmakers to sell more profitable big cars without risk of penalty. Carmakers that don't meet the fuel-economy standards are subject to fines of $5 per car for every tenth of a mile-per-gallon their car fleets exceed the standard. In the past, GM and Ford have avoided millions of dollars in civil penalties by using credits from past or future years in which they exceeded minimum standards. Jaguar Cars Inc.
in December became the first carmaker to be assessed penalties, when it didn't have enough credits available to avoid fines of more than $6 million for failing to meet the. standards 1983 and 1984 model years. 101 al Were YOU Married In FEBRUARY, 1936? Well Now 1986 is a mighty important year for you and the Paducah Sun would like to give you an 8x10 portrait of yourselves together. If you will simply fill out and mail the coupon below, we will advise you promptly how to make an appointment for. your free portrait.
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