Kentucky New Era from Hopkinsville, Kentucky (2024)

November 15, 1975

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Kentucky New Erai

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Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Issue Date:

Saturday, November 15, 1975

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1

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Big Honors Dyersburg Blue Law ights Elsewhere 6 I Court I ahead in the seems to be a were court law and costs for total of nearly laws in cities like aimed directly at chain that might with small local says George such urban as shopping willfully break the law It would be neglecting my duty if I try to stop them" Williamson said Before ignoring the ordi nance Big filed suit seeking to have the blue law declared unconstitutional A judge ruled against them appeal all the way to the Supreme Court if that's what it takes" says Griffin who has heavy financial backing from the company In Talladega Ala he said it was the threat of massive costs to defend the law that forced city officials to back off enforcement He said in Ow ensboro Ky Sundays to watch store personnel arrested and carted to jail "Blue this are any compete Griffin adistrict manager for Big "When we signed a lease to come to town the blue law was The scenario is not new in various places around the country especially in the South's small conservative cities now starting to feel the impact of amenities centers And there Controversy continues to surround a 1974 referendum on repeal of blue law Those who backed elimination of the statute claim confusing wording on the ballot led them to think a "yes" vote was for Sunday sales when in fact it was for retention of the law situation like this can divide a whole community if you are not says Williamson Police Capt Archie Criswell might even say it can cause friction in families Among the store employes he arrested last Sunday was Jim Criswell his son growing cry from chains that they are being unfairly tar geted for enforcement of Sunday closing laws Last Sunday Big sold only grocery items as allowed under the Dyersburg blue law but Griffin and 11 other employes were arrested Before he was taken away in handcuffs Griffin told the crowd over a loudspeaker: are being discriminated against and we ask your support The city police are under the order of the mayor and two aidermen who have down town businesses to close us down" City officials deny that Big can be considered a grocery although it holds a city permit to sell groceries or that there is discrimination a supermarket down the street with 11 counters of non grocery items and they operate on Sunday and sell the same items we says Griffin "As police officers we are simply' to enforce the law not decide if the law is right or not" says Chief Bobby Williamson The chief cites manpower problems in policing sales at small stores "Big advertised in the newspaper that they would By DOUG STONE Associated Press Writer DYERSBURG Tenn acing a threat of $150000 in fines Big says it defy a Dyersburg blue law by again trying to open Sunday But officials of the depart ment store firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange say continue to fight the Sunday closing law as they have in locales like Owensboro Ky and Talladega Ala In quiet Dyersburg popu lation 16000 throngs estimated by police at up to 3000 appeared the past two 62 store employes arrested before a ruling found the discriminatory Dyersburg Citv Judge John Palmer this week fined Big Griffin and 13 employes $3500 at a hearing in which the store admitted 741 Sunday sales in two weeks He said his re sponse to another Sunday opening would be imposition ot $la0 lines each a $150000 go courts but probably mount a campaign to have the voters repeal the says Griffin IKimtufftij Wto (Eta 14 PAGES PRICE 15c HOPKINSVILLE KY SATURDAY ATERNOON NOV 15 1975 VOL 87 NO 318 Government Bird Lovers Grant Aids Golf Links At Barkley By CECIL HERNDON NEW ERA Executive Editor CADIZ The improvement of 233 acres of Lake Barkley State Park to provide flood control on the Boots Randolph Golf Course was announced today US Rep Carroll Hubbard said the state Department of Parks will receive an $82300 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation grant for construction of flood control dams on the golf course The grant will be matched with the same amount from state funds and will be effective through December 1977 It is routed through the Land and Water Conservation und of the US Department of the Interior The major item in the project will be a dam 615 feet long impounding a 10 acre lake Also included will be two smaller dams storm drains and relocation of a drainage ditch on the golf course looding has been a persistent problem on the golf course which is drained by Blue Springs Creek feeding into Lake Barkley a short distance from Barkley Lodge The golf course parallels Blue Springs Road about five miles north of US 68 between Cadiz and Canton The 18 hole course is the newest of three state park golf courses in the lakes area A much older 18 hole course is at Kentucky Dam Village State Park and Kenlake State Park near Aurora has a nine hole course Pennyrile State Park in North Christian County also has a 9 hole golf course Both the golf course and an annual tournament held at Lake Barkley State Park are named for Randolph a famous musician from Trigg County Warming Trend By National Weather Service Pennyrile forecast air and not as cold tonight with lows in the upper 30s Mostly sunny and warmer on Sunday with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s Extended Kentucky forecast Partly cloudy Monday through Wednesday with warm days and mild nights Daytime highs in the 70s overnight lows in the 50s Temperatures It was 52 at noon today after an overnight low of 24 and a high riday of 45 Year ago: high 50 low 25 Woman Is Hurt ollowing Wreck A Crofton woman is hospitalized in fair condition today as a result of a two car collision at Country Club Lane and Virginia Street City county ambulance reports said Mrs Nola Martin was carried to Jennie Stuart Hospital around 1:30 pm riday with facial and hand cuts and a possible dislocated hip Her husband Kirby Martin 70 driver of the car in which she was riding and Benny Burks 17 of 1715 Virginia St driver of the second car both received minor facial injuries according to police Both were treated at the hospital and released Meanwhile in the county Carol Sue Elliott 29 Crofton reportedly received a minor head injury when struck by a car at the Hideway a US 41 nightspot late riday night She told deputies she was grazed by a car driven by a Greenville woman in the parking lot The Cavalry? I TR00P Il Ml 2D SQUADRON 17H CAVALRY lBI Bi WAGON The spirit of the old Army Cavalry is still represented at Campbell where a frontier day Conestoga wagon is the mascot of Troop 2nd Squadron 17th Cavalry of the 101st Airborne Division The wagon is displayed in front of the troop area surrounded by a handmade wooden corral fence The wagon found abandoned in a field near Dover Tenn was rebuilt by the fort cavalrymen ord Attends Meeting Improved Economy Seen As Result Of Summit Meet By ELIAS ANTAR Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) President ord arrived in rance today for a six nation economic summit that a top aide predicted may result in an improved performance in the American economy "The President has always thought of it in practical terms what it means to the American presidential Press Secretary Ron Nessen said ord arrived at Orly Airport and was met by Premier Jacques Chirac The two men stepped down onto the red car peted tarmac together and inspected an honor guard and then stood at attention as a rench military band played the American and rench national an thems ord and Chirac then proceeded to the Chateau de Rambouillet 30 miles southwest of Paris for three days of talks with 'he leaders of rance West Germany Britain Japan and Italy The conference is to begin at 6 pm noon EST rench President Valery Giscard was waiting for ord at the chateau Nessen told newsmen during the flight across the Atlantic that there are unlikely to be major announcements after the meeting but the fact that it is being held at all is the most im portant thing about it idea is for the six leaders of the major industrial democracies to get together to share their views of what the world economy will look he said is a recognition of the in dependence of the six nations and their Nessen said the meeting should be of benefit to the United States in areas of trade energy and inflation ord is going into it with the idea of how it will affect the domestic he said Nessen declined to specify how the outcome of the summit might directly benefit the US domestic scene He reported however that the President will seek new backing for a minimum price which the industrialized nations would agree to pay for imported oil ord accompanied by Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger and Treasury Secretary William Simon left Wash ington riday night on an overnight flight across tne Atlantic The United States is hopeful the summit can give guidelines to the future economic and political development of industrialized nations worldwide crisis to the democratic process is the deepest challenge before the leaders at the economic Kissinger said in a speech earlier this week It is the economic issues which must be solved US sources said President ord will urge that the six countries begin definite programs of recovery by 1976 then move into policies of sustained expansion and high employment by 1977 As a general goal that is ac ceptable to all participants The sources said ord will also call on the six to abandon protectionist trade policies an approach favored by Japan but regarded with caution by several European nations who want to see more recovery in the United States before they begin reducing tariffs on US goods ord is expected to urge that governments be allowed to choose their own systems of monetary exchange rates provided they conform with international rules and avoid com continued on page 2 Deadline Extension Sought County Water Reaches 600 Mark By MIKE HERNDON NEW ERA Pennyrile Editor The county Water District had sur passed the 600 mark at noon of the deadline day for collecting tap on fees from the required 733 customers Billy Pool district secretary said volunteers were going door to door in various communities in northwest Christian County in an effort to sign as many customers as possible Officials have asked the US ar mers Home Administration to extend deadline so that the county will remain eligible for a $P2 million construction grant and loan County Judge William Edmunds has called a news conference at 9 am Monday when he is expected to an nounce whether HA has granted the extension Pool expressed optimism the district can reach its goal with a small ex tension after a record number of customers poured into his Courthouse Annex office riday to pay the remaining $90 of the $100 tap on fee However he urged customers to make every effort to get their fee payment in the mail this weekend for processing Monday morning Pool 85 persons who had ex pressed a prior interest in the system by paying a S10 deposit several years ago came by the office riday to pay the remaining fee That figure added to 15 payments made during a community meeting riday night at Kelley Baptist Church brought the customer number to 600 There was just 525 at the start of the day riday (A 8 ILL 'ER CALL A up by NOV 15 3 NOV 15 8 LEVEL 9 6 Ban Tergitol By MARK WITHERS NEW ERA Staff Writer Local hopes to use the detergent Tergitol for killing blackbirds to reduce their large numbers here have been snuffed out at least temporarily The US Department of Interior and the Society for Animal Rights which had brought suit to ban Tergitol use reached an out of court settlement of that suit riday afternoon in Washington Basically the agreement outlaws the use of Tergitol for bird control on a nationwide basis until an en vironmental impact study is made of the chemical's effect How long that will take learned The only exception known so far is that the detergent can be used if a health or safety hazard exists The Interior Department apparently will determine what is an emergency Apparently there wasn't any ex ception made to allow using the chemical because of economic loss It has been claimed the birds consumed over $1 million of grain crops in Christian County last year Earlier attempts Io settle the suit failed a week ago Negotiations were renewed riday morning between the Interior Department and the en vironmentalist group which resulted in the afternoon agreement Local attorney for the Blackbird Reduction und Tom Osborne was notified of the settlement just after returning from a meeting of the group where he was instructed to oppose any settlements that would prevent using Tergitol to control the birds The Blackbird Reduction und was formed to finance an organized effort to rid the area of the bird problem Il favors killing as a reduction method as opposed to just scaring the birds away to another location Osborne pointed out all the terms of the agreements arc not known yet Those reported here were explained to Osborne by a US Justice Department spokesman who was notifying local officials that a settlement was reached Based on what he was told by telephone Osborne remarked the settlement changes the local posture as far as courtroom activities are con cerned Because the Interior Depart ment and the environmentalists agree on the Tergitol ban it leaves local ef forts without federal backing we will have to fight both the environmentalists and the Interior people Osborne said the settlement the Interior Department was on our side of the Osborne explained Dr Wade Kadel director of the state Animal Diagnostic Laboratory here and a member of the Blackbird Reduction und viewed the Interior settlement a and said Osborne has been instructed to file papers in court opposing the set tlement He has been in contact with US Rep Carroll Hubbard and Sen Walter Huddleston to see if political pressure be brought to bear on the Interior Department for its action Just prior to announcement of the settlement a motion was filed in Washington by several local and area groups seeking dismissal of the suit Basically the motion contends Society for Animal Rights which is based in New York has no legal grounds to bring suit because it is not directly affected by any action taken locally and it will suffer no injury as a result of the Whether Tergitol will be legal to use to control the birds this winter known irst step will be to determine where the suit stands in court in light of the settlement Predictions Vary armers Preparing or Burley Market By RAY GLENN NEW ERA arm Editor Burley tobacco was on the move today in Western Kentucky as growers took advantage of fair warming weather to get their crops to market While the first day the weed could officially be weighed was riday a lot of growers the getting their burley on the floors ahead of time so it would be among the first to be weighed (on riday) and therefore the first to be sold on that particular floor The drawing for sale order has not been done and is not expected to be announced before the end of next week Some of that tobacco that came in earlier in the week appeared to be a bit on the wet side but cooler weather Wednesday through riday brought most of the crops into good order Quality has been variously described as and the same as last by veteran market ob servers A check this week of some of the crops still in barns throughout the area would indicate there may be a considerably larger range of grades this season than in 1974 with more top quality and nondescript available than usual and with a corresponding smaller amount in the mid grades of the weed Not enough crops have come to the market really to make a generalized statement as to how it is being han both on farm and in the but growers have been warned through a number of sources that it is likely most buyers will be paying closer attention to sorting this season than has been the practice in the past As to what the bids will be like when the market opens for the first sale Monday Nov 24 no one is venturing a guess However some observers ap pear to believe there will be some record breaking high prices paid for the more desired grades with those types of the weed that are not in such demand suffering in the bidding It would appear that most observers think this will bring about a market average that is somewhat less than the record breaking $9169 that was paid for last crop Total volume in the 1974 sales was 6090194 pounds which grossed $5584440 for growers The pool last season received just a little more than 6000 pounds of the total crop that failed to command the government support price on the open market The $7765 average paid for this weed would indicate it was of relatively low quality Predictions also are hard to come by this season on how much of the total crop will be bought by the pool but some observers indicate it likely will be somewhat more than has been the case in recent previous years The opening day average last season was an all time record $10684 up $2138 from the 1973 season opening sale The highest daily average of last season was $12067 recorded on the ninth day of auctions on Dec 9 Again it is too early to predict but on page 2 Paging The News Editorials 4 Horoscope 2 Markets 2 News Digest 2 Sports 67 Women 5 Amusem*nts 10 Church 3 Classified 1213 Comics 11 Crossword 14 Deatt 2 WHi.

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