Middlesboro Daily News (Newspaper) - March 24, 1977, Middlesboro, Kentucky Weather Sunny and today with highs to the low or mid Ms Clear and cold Knight with lows la the upper or the low Wi Sunny and a little warmer Friday with highs In the mid or upper XX VOL 64 307 The Home Daily of the MIDDLESBORO KENTUCKY THURSDAY MARCH 24 1977 15 Cents Goal Companies Win Strip-Mine Concession WASHINGTON Pushing lor quick passage of a federal strip-mine the House Interior Committee has made a major concession to Kentucky coal interests The latest version of a being debated by an Interior subcommittee flatly sanctions with no qualifying pre- requisites the mining method that Appalachian operators have lobbied for As the current session of Congress began the pending legislation authorized mountaintop removal but required coal operators to meet a number of qualifications that would asa ure a bona f ide use of the land lef t a f ter min in g Kentucky coal operators joined by Gov Julian Carroll and the state's chief environmental officer Robert Bell argued that such prerequisites would be difficult to meet and should be dropped Rep Morris Udall the committee chairman agreed after a trip to Kentucky last month that mountaintop removal could be beneficial in creating flat land for future development So Udall's has been modified and the version now being debated by the energy and environment subcommittee puts mountaintop removal on a par with all other types of strip mining and adds tests for the application procedure In the technique which is being used with increasing frequency in the top of a hill is lopped off the bed of coal removed and a area of flat terrain is left behind A Udall assistant explained yesterday that the sub- committee did not consider the elimination of tests on mountaintop removal as a major concession Gov Carroll Gov John D Rockefeller IV of West Virginia coal operators and the Interstate Mining Compact Com- mission agreed that it the subcommittee recognized mountaintop removal as a legitimate mining process it should be treated like all others The subcommittee this week began the lengthy procedure r Files for Sheriff Seeks Reelection Jesse Shackelford 47 of has filed as a Republican Sheriff's candidate in the upcoming May Primary A native of Middlesboro U retired from the U.S Air Force in he for 20 years ID as an in- He has studied science at Sacramento State College in California and has at- tended seminars in that state on control and abuse of drugs fie has also voluntarily attended local training sessions sponsored by the City Police He is married to the former Carolyn Hurst of and operates Jesse's Speed Chek on Cumberland Avenue He stated in making his an- that If elected Continued on Page 11 Willie Hendrickson 49 of has an- that he will seek a second full term as Bell County Judge went Into the job to complete an umpired term of the late Judge Jesa Slusher was elected for a full term and now seeks his second In making the announcement Judge stated that there are several major construction projects for the county hat he would like an opportunity to serve on including a county health building for through matching state a cooperative effort with he city of to construct a new city hall through the use of federal funds and he would like to continue o Continued on Page II Files in 2nd James Simpson Jr a Lifelong resident of Jenson Kentucky has filed as a Republican in the May Primary race for Con- stable in he Second District He Is the son of the late Rev Jim Simpson and is employed by the Bell County School System He is a Vietnam veteran having served three years In the Division If elected he promises increased protection and school property in the District Files in 6th Steve Schoemaker 32 104 Prospect Road has filed for 6th District Constable on the Democratic ticket Schoemaker li a graduate of High School and has a background in law enforcement having attended school and served as a road patrolman and a Military Schoemaker sayi that he feels there Is a need for more young people In law enforcement and more education for law enforcement officials of hammering out a that will be sent on for the full Interior Committee The subcommittee sessions will continue this week and next Udall is hoping to move the final version of the to the full committee early next month The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee which is dealing with a counterpart measure has scheduled two days next week for discussing its at the sub- committee level The now being dealt with by the House subcommittee contains a number of changes from the original version that are not likely to be applauded by coal operators who are lobbying to weaken the legislation One change would reduce number of companies that could qualify for an exemption from the payment of core sampling analyses that would be required with mining permits The first version exempted any company that produced tons per year or less from such payments The new version scales that down to companies mining tons or less annually Another change applicable to mines on steep slopes Is more res trie live on spoil m a terial the wa a te re moved from above the coal seam its handling by the operator The original allowed the operator to put the spoil from his first cut Into the coal seam on the lower side of the Elope No other was te ma terial would be a to be dumped over the side But as rewritten the prohibits dumping of the material from the first cul and requires that it be placed In a surplus spoil disposal area somewhere within the zone During debate Tuesday the subcommittee adopted an amendment by Rep Joe Skubitz that removed a provision that half of the money collected for a reclamation fund would have to be returned to the state of origin The original intent was to give each stale a guaranteed portion of the reclamation tax for use as It saw fit which Skubitz objected to The rest of the money would have been allocated to the states with the greatest reclamation needs on previously mined but unreclaimed land The Skubitz action Is expected to be reversed by the sub- committee however Hep plans to introduce language that would allow up to 50 per cent of the coal tax to be returned to the state of origin at the Interior secretary's discretion for implementing a state reclamation program Although coal Industry lobbyists have continued to push the subcommittee has given no sign that it will bend on its stance that all mined land Its proximate original contour The strip-mine companies Gov Carroll and Bell have contended that the requirement Is too restrictive and in some instances may cause greater environmental harm than good by leading to excessive erosion on steep slopes A minor change in the will permit operators to retain access roads on the slopes as long as they are consistent with land-use planning programs But the continues to require the elimination of all walls provision that the operators and Carroll objected to strenuously They have contended that leaving some walls exposed after mining could help curb erosion Artwork Wins Awards At a recent Art Exhibit held at Ky on March 19 these works of art brought awards to the High School student Winning a tint place award wag Kevin for hli pen and Ink exhibits tit bear Kevin also won second place for head Sherry Rowlell won a third place for decoupage Bailey won third place In pottery Don Reynolds won tint place In painting Theie exhibits were taken to by the Junior Club to the Exhibit by the tucky Federation ol Woman's Club in the Tht first place winners will advance to the itale level to be held In on April IS 19 and 20 Organized Labor Fails Attempt In Overturning Picketing WASHINGTON UPI labor has lost its first major battle in the heavily Democratic 95th Congress with an attempt to overturn Gerald Ford's 1975 veto of a sial conduction Industry ing The known as common situs was defeated by the House Wednesday night on a vote 217 to 205 The outcome raised doubts about many other item son labor's big legislative agenda for 1977 This is the end of situs picketing for a long concluded Hep Frank son Jr closing the book on a 25-year lobbying Kidney Recipient Dr Asher Rapidly Resumes Normal Life By Dr David Asher is slowly resuming a busy public and professional life after receiving a kidney from his son earlier this year in a successful operation medical experts termed an shot Asher was in Frankfort Tuesday and Wednesday to attend meeting of board of education which he serves on as vice chairman and said he plans to resume his general medical practice in Pineville next month along with his chief of surgery at the Pineville hospital He also said his son David who donated a matched kidney to his father in the rare operation Jan 20 is also recuperating well and is scheduled to return to work in a coal mine Monday Although his own recuperation was set back by a rupture in his colon Asher noted with pride I have had no period of rejection In W per cent of all kidney transplants there is a small period of rejection I feel great Asher said he is not even taking medicine normally given transplant recipients to help ward off rejection by the body of the new organ Asher who tu 50 less than two weeks after the operation said he still returns weekly lo Louisville where the operation was performed by a team of doctors from the University of Louisville and Jewish Hospital for a checkup They feel like the first six months is the most important although we will keep checking on now Asher said surgeons said the kidney began functioning on the operating table as soon as they connected the ureters the tubes linking the kidney with the What has apparently helped in the recuperation was what made the Asher splant so rare It is not the first time a son has donated a kidney to his Asher said But it is the first time we know of they were perfectly matched Asher said tests also his other Iwo children's kidneys were also perfect matches for his The three children were from Asher's first marriage in which he and his wife had common ancestors because of the intermarriage practiced among early settlers in isolated Appalachian mountain area The kidney is only one Asher now uses but it has freed him from dependence on a dialysis machine which he used for nearly 10 years before his operation The dialysis acts as an artificial kidney In filtering and cleansing blood of toxins and must be used three limes a week for six hours at a time Asher had not let his kidney problems which first developed while he was in the Navy during World War II beep him from a busy life which also included chairmanship of the Pineville City Board at Education active participation in state Democratic party activities and extensive travel One trip he had lo miss was President Jimmy Carter's inauguration In Washing ton same day he had his operation I had three he noted effort by the nation's building trades unions Thompson chairman of the House labor committee pre- there would be no effort to revive the measure in the Senate where it was certain to face a filibuster The would have allowed striking building to picket an entire construction site in a dispute with a single It also provided for a labor-management com- to oversee contract talks The vote was a big victory for the right to work lobby conservatives and many big industry employers who together waged a less campaign against the These forces were responsible for Ford's veto two years ago AFL-CIO officials were stunned by the defeat After contributing some 18.2 million last year big labor had expected to reap the benefits from on in- creased Democratic majority Robert Georgine of the AFL-CIO Building Trades De- blamed the defeat on a massive array of forces that want organized labor knocked down and knocked down at any price But Hilton Davis vice dent for legislative action in the U.S Chamber of Commerce called the House action a magnificent victory for the business people across the country who helped defeat a that was not only unfair but would impede economic recovery Although President Carter promised lo sign the House Democrats suggested labor failed to lobby for it Labor worked liard but it may have started loo Thompson sold Tlie defeat spelled for other pending lubor bills including repeal of so colled laws and an increase in the minimum wage Labor seeks to overturn three other Ford vetoes The defeated picketing was similar to the one vetoed by Ford and considerably weaker than one labor had hoped to obtain A total of 88 Democrats joined 129 Republicans to defeat the while 191 Democrats and only 14 Republicans voted for it KSP Probe Execution Slaying VINE GROVE Ky UPI State Police report that a Vine Grove man died Wednesday night at Louisville General Hospital after being shot in the head Adrian Chambers 25 found shot in the driveway of Wednesday unclothed with his hands tied behind his back Authorities said there were no signs of a struggle and it was not known if the shooting occurred inside or Chambers mobile home Ky Farmers Left Out In Cold Pasture Renovation Machine Here Sat FRANKFORT Ky UPI Kentucky farmers who suffered serious coM losses during the winter will be left out in the cold again this time by an million federal farm aid program announced Wednesday While we have not been notified it ly would not apply to said state Agriculture Commissioner Tom Harris Cold weather losses simply do not qualify a state under the existing federal program be added The program announced by President Carter would assist drought-stricken areas of the Midwest and Western states Carter asked Congress to appropriate up to million in loans and grants for the project Although parts of Western Kentucky have suffered from conditions during the winter the extent of drought damage there also would not be sufficient to qualify the state for any aid the commissioner said Harris who has made two trips to Washington lo push for federal disaster aid for tucky fanners has grown increasingly frustrated in recent days with delays by federal officials in giving a definite yes or no answer to the The problem the explained is that under some of the guidelines for federal assistance certain types of such as subzero cold and extreme snow conditions aren't included Floods tornadoes winds are included but we've found that in some of our disaster requests the type of weather we've had the worst in 177 years just won't Harris said a terrible situation and will cost our farmers a lot of money if we don't get it straightened out In the Wednesday ment out of Washington Carter proposed million in loans and million in outright grants The plans also calls for about MOO in community water Continued A revolutionary new piece of machinery used to renovate pasture and hay land will be demons I rated here Saturday according lo Darryl N District Conservationist of the United Slates ment of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service The demonstration is sponsored jointly by the National Bank and Bell County Conservation District and will take place at 10 at the Middlesboro Airport Manufactured by John Deere the new piece of equipment will allow a farmer to renovate his pasture or hay land with just one trip over the field It also gives belter results than with plowing or bogging the field Nunnelley said The University of Kentucky Department of Agriculture and Engineering worked on the machine for nine years before John Deere started producing it last year This will mark the first time the machine will be used In Bell County but Nunnelley it will soon be found on many farms in the Bell Claiborne Lee County area The demonstration is open to the public and local farmers especially are Invited by the sponsors
