OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1968 SECTION getWegMIINQUIRER Mbota RMW4t, 1174 cmiImm4 JMMiy 2, 129 vMi HE 0 SBC 0 INQUIRER, 11)4 Stote and Genera! News, Society Editorial, Movie, Comics, Classified 10 PAGES Ml Falmouth Wants Proposed Dam WASHINGTON (AF) A fort Green Kiver Res-spokesman for Falmouth, Kentucky stressed Tuesday the urgency of Peninsula Revetment planning for the proposed Fal- mouth Dam and reservoir on Laurel River Reservoir xvf i wrr '-4 000; Lock and Dam No. 52, Sturgis Cannel-ton Locks and Dam Newburgh Locks and Dam 1 lllllllll.lllliliIUJJWU.WUWMWllU-iVW.' pi i J- I iC 7' mtts i jN, i the Licking River. The community was heavily damaged by a flood in 1964 and was struck by a tornado a week ago. Kenneth Harper, a Kentucky state legislator, told a House public works appropriations subcommittee that there is need for prompt planning to control the Licking River to prevent if mm- i 800,000 and Uniontown Locks and Dam $4,300,000. Rep.
Frank Stubblefield, voiced support for a number of small projects in his district and Rep. Perkins asked for increases in budget requests for several Eastern Kentucky projects. Rep. Tim Lee Carter, requested appropriations of $490,000 for Booneville Reservoir and $800,000 for Martins Fork Reservoir, projects for which there were no request in the budget. Rep.
Snyder said he believes the proposed southwest Jefferson County Floodwall, near Louisville, will be authorized this session. Subject to this authorization he requested the subcommittee approve $120,000 to initiate pre-construction A KENTUCKY COLONEL commission from Lt. Gov. Wendell Ford and a trophy presented by Gov. Louie B.
Nunn were two prizes re ceived by Charles McKinnis of Owensboro Tuesday for being a runner-up in a statewide essay contest. The 13-year-old Owensboroan pic- J. O. Matlick Resigns As JjJp fif J4w i linn mi i in i mi i ii nan in ir 11111111111 iiniil Jsj.t.H?Jt. Commissioner CHAPEL 'FIRST' Tuesday night marked a "first" for the Owensboro All-Faith Chapel for the Handicapped.
The Sacraments of Confirmation and the Mass were offered at the chapel by the Most Rev. Messenger Inquirer Photo By Bill Kyle by lay Cathechists from Brescia College and Owensboro Catholic High School under the guidance of Sister George Ann, O. S.U. Rocky's GOP Entry Points To Coalition With Reagan tured in Frankfort receiving his Kentucky Colonel certificate from Ford, wrote an essay entitled, "What America Means to Me." Owensboro Youth State Runner-Up In Essay Contest Charles McKinnis a 13- year-old student at Daviess County Junior High School, was one of three runners-up in the 1968 Kentucky Jaycees-Com-monwealth Life essay contest. McKinnis' essay was one of five judged best out of nearly 15,000 entries.
He and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. McKinnis of 1806 Antler joined other winners and their families at the Governor's Mansion as luncheon guests of Gov. Louie Nunn and Mrs.
Nunn yesterday. McKinnis received a trophy from Gov. Nunn and a $50 Savings Bond for his winning essay on the subjext "What America Means To He also wa commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Lt. Gov. Wendell Ford of Owensboro.
The winners of the essay contest were Roy Lanesdnn 13 and ManueJ Perez, 14. The two tied tor nrst place. Langsdon is from Trenton. small western Kentucky com munity with a population of 500. He is a student at Trenton Elementary.
Perez, from Louisville, Is a student at St. Helen. He and a sister came to the United States from Cuba in 1961. He lived in orphanages for two years until bis parents were able to leave Cuba in 1962. Neither Perez nor his family spoke English before coming to America.
Art Critique And Workshop Set At Brescia R. Michael Ferrv. drawing and art history instructor at Brescia College, will conduct an Art Critique and Workshop at the Brescia College Art Department on May 1 and 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. The public is invited to attend the workshops, offered as a service in connection with the Owensboro Festival of the Arts. Ferry holds a master's degree from the University of Wyoming and has exhibited his paintings and sculpture nationally.
Matlick was named 1964 man of the year by the Progressive Farmer Magazine and has re ceived several distinguished service awards, including ones from the U.S. Forest Service, the Federal Land Bank, the UnT- versity of Kentucky, the Kentucky Heart Association and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. From 1940 to 1960 he was editor and general manager of the Kentucky Farmer, the Tennessee Farmer and the Indiana Farmer. Shropshire, who hasbeen as sociated with the burley tobacco warehouse industry for 14 years among other farming activities, said Matlick had given him some "good guidelines" during the transition period. Shropshire said he anticipated no changes in the department.
Although he did say he planned to place emphasis on "two or three" areas, Nunn interjected that policy discussion should be reserved until later. Nunn noted that Shropshire, like Matlick, was "a man of the soil" whose "broad background has taught him the value of soil and water conservation." Shropshire left immediately after being sworn in to visit strip mining operations and forestry stations in Eastern Ken tucky. He said he would make a similar trip to Western Kentucky the week after next. Matlick expressed appreciation -for the "fine cooperation and support" given by Nunn since he took office and commended Nunn's "careful selection" of men he brought into the department. In particular, he singled out the appointment of Jewell Gra ham as director of the water division and Welborn Adams as chairman of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Another recent appointment was that of Robert E. Adams, 45, of Salyersville, as attorney for the department. He suc ceeded David Schneider, anoth er key figure in strip mine control, who resigned to enter private law practice. floods such as that in 1964 which caused millions of dollars of damage as far south as Louisville. He asked the subcommittee to provide $175,000 for planning the project.
Most of Kentucky's House members either testified pr submitted statements in support of construction of projects for which more than $45 million was requested in President Johnson's budget. But Falmouth was one of the proposals for which no money was requested in the budget. Rep. Gene Snyder, and Rep. William H.
Natcher, were among those urging money for Falmouth. Construction of the reservoir, Natcher said, would go a long way toward eliminating the difficulties now confronted by people in this section. Snyder said the project would not only save flood damage but would also provide Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky the assurance of a future pure water supply. The subcommittee also was urged to provide $1.9 million to begin construction of the Smith-land Locks and Dam on the Ohio River. Natcher said a traffic congestion of serious pro portions is developing at the obsolete locks and dams 50 and 51.
Support also was expressed for the Red River Reservoir. The budget requested $800,000 for this project but Rep. Carl D. Perkins, said Congress should provide $3 million Some conservationists have objected to plans for the dam because they want to preserve the Red River Gorge in its natural state. Some of the major projects, supported by the Kentucky members, and the amounts requested: Barkley Dam Carr Fork Reservoir Cave Run Reservoir Frank Woman Is Held Without Bond In Murder Case TAVARES, Fla.
(AP) A woman arrested Saturday in connection with the death of a Leesburg legal secretary was held without bond Tuesday. Officials would say nothipg except to confirm she had been charged with murder and kidnaping. Marie Dean Arrington, 34, was picked up a few hours after police discovered the body of Vivian June Ritter in a wooded area between Leesburg and Lisbon in Lake County. She had been shot in the head. Mrs.
Ritter, 37-year-old secretary of public defender Robert E. Pierce, was reported missing April 22 after she and a woman left Pierce's office. State Atty. Gordon Oldham Jr. refused Saturday to elaborate on the investigation or autopsy.
He would not say wnetner otner people were sought. Oldham was unavaila ble Tuesday. Lake Sheriff Willis V. McCall refused to answer any questions except to confirm Mrs. Arrington was held without bond.
Sebree Woman And Daughter Killed By Train SEBREE, Ky. (AP) A Webster County woman and her six-year-old daughter were killed Tuesday when they were struck by a Louisville Nashville freight train, near here. Webster County Sheriff Ray Cole identified the victims as Mrs. Bobby Paul, 23, and her daughter, Darlene, of Sebree. Authorities said the victims and two other persons were gathering vegetation along the railroad track when the train approached.
The child was killed immediately and the mother died later at an Evansville, Ind. hospital. Resources By WILLIAM BRADFORD FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) J. O.
Matlick resigned as natural resources commissioner Tues day with assurances from Gov. Louis B. Nunn that the "sig nificant work" he began would be carried on. Nunn named James S. Shrop shire, 61, Fayette County farm er and conservationist, to suc ceed Matlick.
Shropshire has KWC Newspaper Is Awarded Honor Rating The Panogram, the Kentucky Wesleyan College student newspaper, has been awarded an Ail-American Honor Rating by the Associated Collegiate Press. The All-American Honor Rating is the highest award made to college newspapers by the ACP. Dr. Fred Kildow, director of the Associated Collegiate Press, said the All-American honor represents a rating and is reserved for the very top publications in the country. Judges for the ACP critical service are professional newspaper persons with extensive backgrounds in publications work.
A pair of seniors, Sandy Williams of Louisville and Dick Reid of Staten Island, N. are co-editors of the student newspaper this year. James Elkins, director of publicity at Wesleyan, is advisor for the college's student publication. The ACP rating is for the first semester of 1967-68. The All-American rating follows six consecutive First Place Honor Ratings received by the Wesleyan student newspaper.
The Panogram is published twice a month and has ranged from 12 to 16 pages per issue this year. The critique on the Wesleyan student newspaper said: "Your staff has done overall a much-improved job of newspa-pering." The judging agency singled out several departments of the newspaper as being quite superi or. "Your editorials are written to be read they deal with real campus problems they cover a variety of subjects, in eluding human interest the variety and depth are excel lent." The sports pages received high praise for "great photo coverage." The ACP added that the centerfold picture displays were "very effective." The Panogram is financed by student activity fees from the Wesleyan student body and by Owensboro merchants. Pretty Soon TOKYO (AP) The Metropolitan Statistics Bureau has reported what it said is the first population decrease in the Japanese capital since the end of World War n. It said the city had 11,193,799 persons on April 1104,635 fewer ban a month earlier, been Matlick's chief deputy since early this year.
At a news conference to announce the changeover, Nunn said Shropshire would continue Matlick's programs, adding that "when they need adaptation to new circ*mstances, he will do that too." "For the record," Nunn asserted, "he will rigidly, but fairly, administer the state's strip mine control statutes." Much credit is given to Mat lick for enactment of Kentucky's 1966 strip mine control law, generally regarded as the strictest in the nation. Still more stringent regulations governing strip-mining were issued by the department last December. Nunn said that Matlick had "labored long and effectively in the interests of Kentucky agriculture and soil and water conservation, and he has earned a rest." "That he consented to stay on with this administration as long as he has was at considerable personal sacrifice to him," Nunn noted, "but was of great value to me and to the citizens of the commonwealth." Matlick, 56, has been commissioner of natural resources or of conservation, as the post formerly was called since 1960. He frequently has indicated that he was eager to retire to his farm near Middletown in Jeffer son County. Former Gov.
Edward T. Breathitt last year presented Matlick with the governor's medallion, the state's highest award, for his services. Howell, Lovett Named Aides In Peden Drive Miss Katherine Peden, candidate for the Democratic nomina tion for United States senator, has announced the appointment of Robert Howell as her campaign chairman for Daviess County. Howell is president of the Owensboro Jaycees and is an insurance agent. Wells Lovett, an attorney and former chairman of the Public Service Commission, has been appointed chairman of the Dav iess County Advisory Committee by Miss Pedfen.
Howell was one of more than 50 chairmen and co-chairmen named this week by Miss Peden. Considered the leading contender for the Democratic nomination, Miss reden now has campaign organizations in more than 50 Kentucky counties. Within two weeks she plans to have all of the state's 120 coun ties organized with effective leadership, a spokesman from her headquarters said. Miss Peden, one of 13 Democrats running for that party's nomination, is the only candidate organized on a statewide basis. Formerly state Commissioner of Commerce, she was the first Democrat to enter the Senate race and has been actively campaigning since January.
Henry Soenneker (above), Bishop of the Owensboro Diocese, for the first time. The exceptional children and adults receiving these Sacraments were instructed weekly 176 votes toward the 667 needed for the nomination. Only by sticking together and attracting favorite sons to their coalition banner can they hope to force the multiple roll calls which could swing the nomination to one of them or possibly to a dark horse. Any coalition of this kind is obviously going to be difficult to put together and even more difficult to keep intact because of the diverse party elements involved. Reagan is strong in the South where Nixon's most compact strength lies and where Rockefeller could expect little more than a pleasant greeting from party workers.
Rockefeller is strong in New England and the eastern industrial states, where Reagan is not exactly popular. Reagan holds California and presumably has secondary strength in the Pacific coast and some of the mountain states. The chief stumbling block to team action is that neither governor can admit publicly he is clubbing with the other to stop Nixon. It would be' politically unseemly, for example, for Rockefeller's backers to give public support to Reagan in the Nebraska and Oregon primaries, where the California governor is on the ballot against Nixon and the New York governor is not. The matter of welding favorite sons together is a business fraught with political risks.
Rockefeller obviously is going to depend on Republican governors to back his bid for the nomination. But they are not easily herded in any single direction, as they have demonstrated repeatedly. Gov. John H. Chafee of Rhode Island, head of the Republican Governors Association, has been for Rockefeller since Gov.
George Romney of Michigan dropped out of the race. Other Rockefeller supporters include Govs. Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas, Spiro T. Ag-new of Maryland and Tom Mc-Call of Oregon. Romney has demonstrated reluctance to back Rockefeller, who supported the Michigan governor before he withdrew.
Some politicians think that Gov. James A. Rhodes of Ohio might be induced to back Rockefeller. But the canny Rhodes is likely to wait around for the New Yorker to demonstrate that he has a good chance for the nomination before he makes any commitments. Nixon has some governors on his side, too, and some potential favorite sons.
Sen. John G. Tower, who expects to be the first I ballot choict of Texas' 66-vote delegation, has made it clear he I preiers rvixon ur xveagaii ovei Rockefeller. Gov. Claude Kirk, heading Florida's 34-vote delegation, is playing his own game and no body knows where he eventually will land.
The 58-vote Illinois delegation, of which Sen. Charles H. Percy hopes to be the favorite son, is regarded as likely to be strong for Nixon. Percy could take Rockefeller as a nominee but apparently won't control the delegation. New Jersey's 40 votes could find their way into Rockefeller's column.
But they may depend on how Sen. Clifford P. Case reads Rockefeller's stance on Vietnam after the New York governor's speech on the issue today. Pennsylvania could be helpful to him with 64 votes, but Gov. Raymond P.
Shafer has playing his cards close to his vest. Sen. Hugh Scott will be urging the governor to plump for Rockefeller. Rockefeller's claim that he can win in November and Nixon can't has been somewhat tarnished recently by polls showing that Nixon could defeat the three leading Democratic candidates. But one of the apparently telling arguments that nudged the New York governor into active candidacy was said to have been the report of Sen.
Thruston B. Morton and William E. Miller, the 1964 vice presidential nominee, that they had found on a midwestern swing that Republicans there are still dubious that Nixon could win. Dr. Gordon Wilson Speaks To Local Historical Group Dr.
Gordon Wilson, former head of the English department at Western Kentucky University, was guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Daviess County Historical Society. Dr. Wilson spoke on "Folklore in the Mammoth Cave basing his talk on research he has conducted concerning the culture of nearly 2000 people in the Mammoth Cave area. Part of Dr. Wilson's research includes making tape recordings of people's voices in various areas of the country, and collecting home remedies, proverbs, weathersigns, and good luck signs as an aid to the study of linguistics and folklore.
By JACK BELL AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's entry into active competition for the GOP presidential nomination points toward a coalition of convenience with California Gov. Ronald Reagan. The necessity of preventing former Vice President Richard M.
Nixon from sweeping to a first ballot nomination at the Miami Beach, convention may force New York's Rockefeller and Reagan into a cagy embrace even though they are presumed to occupy opposing poles in Republican policy thinking. Between them Rockefeller and Reagan are expected to control the bulk of their states' NORMAN HOOD Insurance Firm Names Assistant Vice President Norman T. Hood has been named an assistant vice president of Commonwealth Life Insurance Company and placed in charge of the company's newly-created College Division. Hood is responsible for the development of a new marketing program designed exclusively to meet the needs of college men and women. A native of Owensboro, Hood has been providing professional insurance guidance to members of the community for 11 years.
He is a member of the hie insurance industry's Million Dollar Round Table. Hood is chairman of the board of trustees at Lewis Lane Baptist Church. A member of Win-dridge Country Club, he was club golf champion for four consecutive years, 1963-1966, and has won several other golf championships. Mr. and Mrs.
Hood and their two youngest sons live at 3316 Comanche Placa. DENNIS THE MENACE 'flwsu mwtotiu STAIRS A.
