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FRANKFORT, K.. (UPI) — ‘Gov. Edward T. Prewthitt and AMtherd Thursday his support for land and homeowners, in cluding Mrs. Ollie Combs, 61, of Knott County, in their balte Against strip and auger mining operations. I want the Widew- Combs and all other Kentuckians whose homes and farms are threat ened with destruction by strip and anger mining to know that Tar on their side, Breathit said. Our stale government is moving by every intant which we can lawfully use to protect all Kentuckians from the de struction of homes and proper ty B. “strip mining ‘case as hig special counsel. . Breath Itt said Prichard would work at Department at ent ere that ike is “breed-form| deed= ought ty ‘he éonstrued to permit the ruin farms a..acher prop of homes,’ erty by those types of mining, including strip and auger min ing, which were unknown to the people who executed those deeds at the clime they were evacuated,” Breathitt added. The governor said interprets+ tion of broad-form deeds under Present law is up to the courts. He said the state attorney gen eral already has intervened in several cases on decide of the homeowners and ‘ardowners, Breathitt said he also had in structed the state commission er of pubic safety not to use Kentucky State Police for en forcement of civil processes without his specific permission. state police troopers helped Knott County Sherif Oliver Hye ton forcibly removes Mrs. Ci from in front of a bulldozer at the Capertor Coal, Co, mising operation in the Honey Gap rece [ds at Knott County last Tue ay, Mrs. Combs aid two other sexs were jailed wedget, violating a Knott Circuit Court restraining under forbidding tres passing of the strip-moining ate}
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Middlesboro Daily News
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Fri, Nov 26, 1965
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