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PAGE EIGHTTHE HARLAN (KY.) DAILY ENTERPRISECLOVERFORK ALL-STARS — The Cloverfork All-Star* were beaten by Corbin 7-2 In the Senior League district tournament at London yesterday. Here fla the Cloverfork team: (front row, left to right) Darryl Howard. Tommy Webb, Danny Karst. KondallMiddleton. Ed Thompson, Danny Luttrell and Raymond Hays. (Back row. left to right) Butch Steele, coach. Michael Long, Tab Witt, Jonathan Perkins, Terry Kigney, Gordy Stewart. Jerry Freeman and Johnny Perkins, manager. (Staff Photo)Confusion RemainsEarly Warning System Due ReviewBy RANDY MINK OFFFRANKFORT, Ky (UPI) -The Emergency Broadcast Warning System in Kentucky will come under federal scrutiny early next year after calls have been made for quick improvements in the way the system is run in the state.Tom Little of the stategood knowledge of what the EBS system does and how it works.“This was so grandly illustrated a couple of years ago when they mistakenly activated the warning system/' Little said. “What should have happened was that only specially designated stations were totune to 640 or 1240 on the radio, but this system was replaced with the current EBS wherby designated stations are to remain on the air and give out information to listeners.The designated primary stations are equipped with auxiliary power to remain on the air during a disaster. TelevisionHuddlestonUrges Fasttraining on-the^air employees what to do when the system is activated. In addition, the government plans to survey whether the state of Kentucky would have adequate coverage from the primary stations that would remain on the air.“They are also going to look into the equipment available,PassageWASHINGTON (UPI) - The original black lung legislation, enacted in 1969, has had many successors, but the record is full of cases of inexcusable delays in processing claims, seemingly endless appeals and denials which at times appear inexplicable.With that comment Thursday, Sen. Walter “Dee” Huddleston, D-Ky, urged the Senate to pass black lung reform legislation to make the program permanent and eliminate some of the bureaucracy that prevents speedy processing of claims.Huddleston s statemant came during consideration of black lung legislation by the Senate He said here’s what the bill will accomplish:—“First, as reported, it eliminates the 1981 termination date of the current black lung law, leaving no doubt that we fully intend to permanently honor our commitment to our disabled miners.—“At long last, the responsibility for financing the program is put where it belongs — on the coal mine employers, and not on the federal government.—“It amends the terms “pneumoconiosis’’ and “miner to assure that all respiratory and pulmonary impairments arising out of coal mine employment, and all coal workers exposed to these impairments, are compensable, —-“It eliminates unneccessari-ly strict time limits underA I******Ml a I lot7-2ByWSenathecontirevHtedbeneThtheray
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Fri, Jul 22, 1977
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