Licking Valley Courier, 1971-02-25
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King Library Uaiv^pr^v of Ky. iaiblished In Morgan Le-Tir-i-Wr 1^ -^ 7T« The Courier Is Read By THE BLUEGRASS COUNTY MORE THAN 14,000 PEOPLE Of The Mountains Ctrfetnij HaUpy (Enumr This Week, Every Week Per |1 $4 a Year in County — $5 Yea» Vol. G1 — No. 8 WEST LIBERTY, KENTUCKY 41472 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1971 Copy |l In Ky.— $6 Year Ojtside Ky i _ _ Monitor Plans Extensive 3 Are Indicted Drilling In Three Counties In Death Of Mrs. Well At Moon Is Rissie Day, Age 75 Past 9,200 Feet Six persons were meted peni¬ Still A-Drilling tentiary sentences and 18 oth¬ ers indicted during the Febru¬ Although tobacco allotments Drillers for Monitor Pe¬ ary term of Morgan circuit were cut 10 percent, last year’s troleum Corporation of New court, which concluded here burley crop in Morgan county York were down past 9,200 Wednesday. has brought in $2,200,029.34, tect Tuesday in the deep- Four defendants pleaded guil¬ according to checks clearing test well in Eastern Morgan ty this week and received sen¬ through the Commercial Bank near Moon post office and tences. in West Liberty to date. were about half way through i Jesse Swanson, a colored The $2,200,029.34 figure was the basal sand (the Cambrian), j youth from Georgia who was icached this week on the ba^is according to estimates by Bink arrested after breaking into the of 3,515 checks clearing through Strickland, Monitor’s division store of J. A. Oldfield & Sons the bank. manager. at Mize Sunday, Jan. 7, pleaded The county’s 1970 burjhy Strickland said Monitor pro¬ guilty Tuesday and was meted income was only $56,626.08 lers bably would go about 200 feet a sentence of one year on a deeper in the Moon well. At charge of storehouse breaking. that depth they should be near Two other young men were in¬ t'he granite, or basement rock, dicted in the same robbery but and could make adequate tests have not yet been apprehended. of the basal sands, he said- THIS IS FFA WEEK — County Judge Gene Allen has proclaim¬ In the case of stealing from So far the Cambrian has ed this week (Feb. 20-27) as FFA Week in Morgan County. Look¬ a public bedding against John¬ shown no oil or gas in excit¬ ing on as Judge Allen signs the proclamation are James Fugate, nie Cole, Lonnie Cole, and Ken¬ ing amounts at the Moon test president of the Ezel FFA Chapter, left, and Carl Elam, secre¬ neth Dalton, the indictment well. But the Moon drilling has tary of the Morgan County FFA Chapter. National FFA Week against Johnnie Cole was dis¬ revealed that all structures is observed annually during the week of George Washington's birthday. missed because of lack of evi¬ j .above the Cambrian were dence, and indictments against running about 300 feet higher the other two were amended to storehous breaking. Lonnie Cole at Stevens, some 15 miles to and Dalton both pleaded guilty ' 1 INCREASES SOUGHT BY TWO The Morgan County High the north. However, the basal to the charge anJ each was giv¬ Blue Devils, riddled by flu, structure was about level with en one year sentence. lns.t two eames in recant ac- Franklin the Stevens well. _HUES SERVING MORGAN CO. Evelena Stevens of Elliott tlon> fauing 84-65, to Wolfe JUMPING HIGH FOR THE CRICKETS in Mor Bchby Bressler. The Bats won this encounter, This could indicate that County pleaded guilty to issu- Couaty iast Friday and losing gan County Peanut League action is Jerry Tur- 29-26. The Peanut League, formed this year for drillers are on the edge of Hearings Set For and electric power from sup¬ ing a forged cheek to D. B {o Fleming County, 105-73, ner. No. 22. Going up with him at the jump is the first time, and sponsored by interested an uplift at Moon—an uplift pliers has made rate increases Kenny Allen (face hidden) of the Bats. Look- school officials and the Morgan County Boos¬ Gullett and was meted a two- Xuesday evening. Both games, of all structures above the Requests By Elam necessary. year sentence, which was pro- on the road were played with- ing on at left rear is Denzil Hill, referee; Jim- ters Club, is drawing wide interest and several Cambrian, that is. my Adkins, referee (back to camera), and at fans have been attending league games, UtilityUtility And RECC B. C. Phillips said Elam Util- bated by the court when it was out the services of starting Monitor reported a big flow right Greg Holbrook, No 12, Randy Steele and _ ity’s decision to seek a rate in- made known she had made rev ouards Tim Keller and Mike of oil at 4,800-4.900 feet in the Two utilities serving custom- crease results from a 12 percent titutoi for the forged amount Blanton, out with the flu. Rose Run —-section of— the- -»Knox, ot~.V in:n MnrPflnVTnronn CnnntvTnnritv havphave an increase in111 the tusiCOSt ofui gasgets hlS Leonard Riggsby received a At Campton last Friday, Young Democrat also ^ J" Dlied to the Kentucky ‘ Public ’jrm Purchases from Kentucky two-year sentence on a plea of perry Stacy and Steve Ratliff, EAST KENTUCKY WOULD LOSE FOUR tGSlicai well.wcu. nA vum-^ivu,dnll-Stem t”*’t-—- —in- ■ GasCac Transmissiontironcmiccmn CorpConn of guilty to child desertion. who came off the bench to re- Meeting Saturday cheated a production of about Commission for rate . - Charleston w Va Murder Case Continued place Keller and Blanton at the 400 baireLofoildanyin the h ; Elam utilit We„t . I,hllliPs said the 13^5 percent I guard positions, scored 10 Joe Lykins, Morgan county HOUSE SEATS UNDER NEW PROPOSALi ^a;-n'tho finn foot Liberty gas company, and Lick '"crease,, if approved, would The murder case against | points each. Center Jim Hill yoitng Democrat manager for Since drilling the 9.600 foot Va„ RECC< which serves amount to an average rate in¬in crease of 7 cents per day per Sam D. Owens for the slaying I collected 27 points and forward the Cbmibs-Caiwoll campaign Morgan, Wolfe Would [ ed altogether after the sessionn ^estu1 in Elll0t:• 1!!1t /in AAA 8,100O.iUU customersLU3lUIIU:i 5 IIIin 1UU1Morgan. ftUU, crease of 7 cents Per day Per of a neighbor, Ben Adkins, near j Cliffie Smith scored 15. How- ticket, announces (hat a coun¬ _ 7 ’ _ . starts. Wolfe, Breathitt, and Magoffin cuf“ Gordon Ford was continued to ever, Wolfe County’s Willis ty-wide meeting of Young De¬ Be Among 9 Counties The House plan also calls for of leases in four eastern Ken- Count’eg ’ Licking Valley RECC Office the May term of court. Agee scored 39 points to lead mocrats is to be held Satur¬ Split Under The Plan reversing the traditional sys- tucky counties—Morgan, El- The Wegj. Liberty gas com- ManaManager6er James W. Elam said Charge* of involuntary man- his team to an easy victory, day night of this week in the tern of numbering districts from liott. Lawrence and Johnson rnmipstine an" annual t,le co-op’s application for a slaughter against Sena Alice; At Flemingsburg Tuesday ev- court house starting at 7:30 west to east. -and is planning extensive ?atc increaseofn 5 pe“ 142 Percent increase, if ap- Williams, Tommy Ison, Thur-1 ening, Cliffie Smith led Mer¬ p.m. Mr. Lykins invites all A reapportionment plan sub- Here is the way the proposed drilling operations <*i these Th RFrr = ProvefL will be smaller than in- man Ison, and Andy Wright in gan’s losing effort with 29 ;;nterested young Democrate in nutted to the Legislative Re- EasternEaster n Kentucky districts leases.leasts. rate iinncrease™! otof 14142 2 percent.nercent treases panted to<■« neighboringucibhuik,nS the death of Jack Williams in, points and Jim Hill scored 23. the county to attend. search Commission Tuesday would look— The Elliott and Morgan deep Hearings on both proposals c°°Peratlves- Some, he said, December of 1968 were dis-j Also adding a bit of luster to _ would cost Kentucky’s 26 east i1st—Fartst_Fan of Pike. wells were drilled on a farm- haye been schcduled for March have requested increases as missed because of insufficient \ the Blue Devil attack was Steve ernmost counties four seats in 2nd—Rest of Pike and south- out arrangement with Ashland ,7 in the publie Service Com high as 23 percent. evidence. ; Ratliff, filling in at guard with C1CT niQT NET the House of Representatives. eastern edge of Floyd. Oil Co. But Strickland this n,jssion office in Frankfort. KIam sald electric power, U1JI Dlul. llLI , d reap. 3rd—Most of Floyd. week indicated Monitor would Both the gas firm and thfi which cost the RECC more than Ray Bolin, who was meted a j 14 points, 61ST DIST. NET See map of proposed reap¬ two-year sentence by a jury last Fleming County had three rrAimil 1 ifriTT IP portioned Senate districts 4th — Martin, Johnson and sink a number of wells individ- BECC say ciimbing cost 0f gas $500,000 last year, will cost the portioned 5 eastern Morgan ually on its own acreage in-cooperativecooperative an additional $158- week that adjudged him guilty ; men in double figures. Bowling TOURNAMENT elsewhere in this edition. of arson in the burning of a with 37 points, and Evans and TOURNAMENTlUUKNAlTlEm IS10 elsewhere m th.s ed.tion.