Eastern Progress Eastern Progress 1974-1975 Eastern Kentucky University Year 1975 Eastern Progress - 06 Feb 1975 Eastern Kentucky University This paper is posted at Encompass. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress 1974-75/19 ®Jj? lEasfrrn frogrpBB Thursday, February 6, 1975 10 Pages VoJ. 53 No. 19 Official Student Publication of Eastern Kentucky University Judge Fagan discusses shoplifting problem, warns Eastern students or a bet. Fagan said, "that considering a BY t AYI.KN TKIIKNOR Judge Fagan said that if shoplifting increases he will add a five day jail life time police record and a fifty dollar Staff Writer sentence to the current $50 fine. Under fine involved, a dare or bet is a pretty law he is permitted to fine the offender a poor reason to steal a 89 cent package of In an interview with Richmond City Maximum of $300.00- bologna." Police Judge Paul Fagan.Monday he According to Judge Fagan the offender discussed the growing problem of also has his fingerprints and mug shots shoplifting involving Eastern students sent to the FBI bureau in Washington and Charles Combs He said at least one shoplifter a day Frankfort as a matter of permanent was caught citing Thornberry's Super record. He is also denied any state or sworn in to Value as an example of the stores that federal job with the government. have been hit the hardest in the area Thornberry's will also deny entrance to any person who has been convicted of a Larry Thornberry, owner and shoplifting charge-in their store. replace father manager of the store, said that since the store began keeping records las! April Thornberry said most of the shoplifting over three hundred shoplifters have been is done between the hours of 6 p.m. and 1 BY MARLA R1DENOUR caught Sixty percent of these he said a.m. when most shoplifters figure that Staff Writer were Eastern students. the store would be least watched. Thornberry said shoplifters were not However, he added that at this time the Charles Clayton Combs, son of Earie B. arrested until it was certain that the store was watched the closest. Combs, is now completing his father's person intended to leave the store Thornberry's is protected unlike other term on the Eastern Kentucky Univer- without paying for the item. stores by a hired security force and by sity Board of Regents. In that case the shoplifter would be employees who use their spare time to Combs was appointed by Governor taken to the store's office until a police watch the aisles behind a special one way Julian Carroll and sworn in on Friday, officer arrived Merchants are allowed mirror. January 24th to fill the vacancy on the to hold, and search suspected shoplifters The store does not have a scanning Board after his father resigned for health by law until the police arrive according camera that is used by many other reasons. to Judge Fagan This is the standard stores. However, Thornberry estimates The elder Combs has served on the procedure in most stores where that the store catches at least ninety-nine Board of Regents since 1957. He is a prosecution of shoplifters is practiced percent of all shoplifters. former state banking commissioner, and The shoplifter then is taken to the Store owners in Richmond when a New York Yankees baseball star, police station where he may be released questioned said that when a shoplifter where he was a teammate of Babe Ruth on a bond of sixty dollars. He then was caught they would prosecute. and played on the team that won the 1927 appears in court on a given date and is Judge Fagan and Thornberry agreed World Series. In 1970 he was inducted /■ tried. that most shoplifting was done on a dare into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Another of Combs sons, Donald, is director of athletics and swimming coach Foster renovation brings faculty at Eastern. Charles Combs has served as past to Case, Keith Halls while... president of the Madison County Farm Bureau, and was named a master con- servationist by the county's Conservation District. For the past two years he has been president of the statewide Burley Farmers Advisers Council. His service Coeds relocated to the Kentucky tobacco growers organization has made him known as one BYJANHESSI.EY According to Dr. Myers, the ground of their leading spokesmen. News F.ditor level of the south wing of Keith Hall with Combs is also a member of the Ken- seven rooms will be used as office space. tucky Farm Bureau Board of Directors Thirteen girls living there previously It was the girls-turn to pack up their and chairman of the Bureau's were assigned to vacant beds in the same belongings and move last week as 36 Resolutions Committee. dorm. The east wing of the ground level coeds were notified January 27 that Combs is also a member of the Ken- in Case Hall had 12 rooms in which 23 certain dormitory rooms in which they tucky Farm Bureau Board of Directors girls were reassigned. Fifteen were had been living in Case and Keith halls and chairman of the Bureau's assigned to beds in the same dorm but will be used as faculty office space for the Resolutions Committee. eight girls were reassigned to rooms in duration of the spring semester. Combs was graduated from Eastern in other resident halls. This was the second of such moves 1950, where he majored in industrial arts The reason these areas were selected, decided by the university within a two and earned four letters under former according to Myers was because of the week period, the first being, the baseball coach Turkey Hughes. isolation from the rest of the residence relocation of 186 male residents in Martin Combs serves as an elder of the First halls and the convenience to outside hall on January 16, to conserve energy Christian Church of Richmond. In 1973 access by faculty. •* and reduce heating costs. he was president of the Combs Family By 11 a.m. last Monday it was decided By 3:00 Monday afternoon a meeting Association. by Dr. J.C. Powell, vice president for the was held with the House Council of Keith He is married to the former Betty Jo Hall, the officers of Women's Inter- Clark, a 1951 graduate of EKU. They Administration, Dr. Fred Ogden. dean of Photo by Rick Yea Arts and Sciences and Dr. Thomas dormitory Board, the Dean of Women, have three sons: Charles Clayton Jr., a Myers, vice president for student affairs the Director of Women's Residence student at the Air Force Academy: For whom the bells toll Halls, and the Vice President for Student Clark, a sophomore at EKU, and Craig, a that "selected rooms in selected areas of It all depends on how close you live to the bell tower on every hour they hauntingly remind Eastern students that certain residence halls would be con- Affairs. senior at Eastern's Model Laboratory it is time for their next class. Silouetted against the sky in According to Myers, the student School. They live on Walnut Meadow campus as to what extent you appreciate it's cheerful sidered for offices for the duration of the music at 8 a m. The chimes ring every 15 minutes and at the distance is the clock tower. spring semester." members of this group voted to support Road. The reason for the sudden move given the move recommendations. Students by Dr. Myers is that it was because of an involved in moving were notified on For training in detection, treatment of disease altraclive bid for the renovation of the Monday evening and*asked to complete Foster Music Building It was decided to the move by Thursday night, January 30. relocate the music faculty and proceed When discussing the possiblity of immediately with the renovation instead moving the faculty into one section of MLT program promotes career in hospital of wailing until next summer. Martin hall as an alternative Dr. Powell According to Dr. Powell, "Eastern said that it would be "quite expensive would have lost the bid unless they had because the university would have to The MLT program is designed to allow nol started right away with renovation " Designed for the student interested in a who want to choose a career in which employ the services for another building BY BECKY HANNF.R students to transfer with no loss of hours He also mentioned the problem of having clinical approach to medicine, the they can work in a hospital or in a and heating costs would be involved." Staff Writer to a four year program leading to a to relocale (he faculty next fail if the program involves training in detection research situation." The MLT program Most of the coeds having only to change baccalaureate degree in Medical renovation had not started until summer and treatment of disease. leads to an Associate of Arts degree from rooms within the same dorm were not Technology. "This is a short project, we will be out the College of Arts and Sciences. upsel with the matter of moving. The Medical Laboratory Technician "It's a nice program for people who Currently there are 14 students of the spaces by the fall semester. It The program requires students to However, girls moving into other dor- tMLT) program is a new and in many want to invest two years in college," said enrolled in Eastern's MLT program. One really makes more sense to do it this spend four semesters at Eastern and one mitories had mixed reactions.