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Interior Journal from Stanford, Kentucky • Page 8

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Stanford, Kentucky
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Page 8 THE INTERIOR JOURNAL. Stanford, Kentucky, Thursday. July 1979 1 1 TL Dttjfjiewaia James Myels Ben Hensley Rehabilitation Act to be discussed In 1973, an Act was passed by Congress which, for the first time in history, made it unlawful to discriminate against the handicapped. But six years later, that segment of the population some twenty million strong, is still angry, dissatisfied by what appears to be the slow pace of the Acts implmentation. On Thursday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m..

WEKU-FM (88.9) will broadcast an hour-long program focussing on the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, the concern of handicapped activits about the Ben R. Hensley. 91. of McKi-nney, died Friday at Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital in Danville after a one-week illness. Mr.

Hensley moved to McKinney 20 years ago from Dayton, Ohio. He was a retired employee of Burger Iron Company in Dayton, where he worked for 28 years. He was a member of the McKinney DRAMAMINE CURAO PLASTIC STRIPS C0PPERT0NE Suntan Lotion or Oil 4 oz." Mfg. List $2.79 Act, and the Progress of the Act's Prevent Travel Sickness 12 Mfg. List $1-53 Christian Church; a member of Ouchless Regular the Utonia'Masonic Jxrige 0 he program is being aired as bheer 60 746, and a member of the Valley part of National Public Radio's nil A Mfg.

List $1.49 James Myers, 77, of Stanford, Rt. 1, died Wednesday, June 27, at Fort Logan Hospital after a short illness. A native of Lincoln County, he was a farmer and a member of the Baptist Church. He was the son of the late J.J. Myers and MeShon Myers.

Survivors include three sisters, Katherine Myers, Marietta Myers and Mrs. Robert Matheny; all of Stanford; a nephew, John Matheny of Georgetown; a niece, Mrs. Thomas Herrick of Washington, D.C. and 2 great nephews, George and Andrew Matheny of Georgetown. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m.

Friday, June 29jat Beazley, Raney, Speaks Funeral Home with Dr. John Carter officiating. Burial was at Buffalo Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers were Henry Lair, James Long, J.B. Burton, Ralph Sudduth, Louis Sudduth, Fleece Gooch, Cabell Francis and Earl Butcher.

lijwgli- continuing series "CROSSROADS." The 1973 Rehabilitation Act requires that job opportunities be expanded for the handicapped and the disabled, that specialized VUKIIT aT jCoppertonel curacj of Dayton Scottish' Rite Mason, 32nd degree. Survivors include his widow, Anna L. Hensley; a son, Edwin M. Hensley; of Riverside, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services were held at Morgan and Fox Funeral Home with John Lowery officiating.

Burial was in Buffalo Springs Cemetery. Graveside Masonic services were held. educational programs be established, and that public buildings and other areas funded by the federal government be made more accessible to the lmrnatrjine PREVENT TRAVEL SICKNESS handicapped. The program presents the fsteerbaxtages) viewpoints of those people most affected by the Act companies required to comply with the law, contractors who must adjust their construction plans, officials from Post Office News ES0TERICA Medicated Cream Regular. Facial or Fortified Unscented 3 oz Mfg List up to $4.85 federal agencies, and of course, the handicapped themselves, many of whom have become activists for the cause of handicapped JOHNSON'S BABY SHAMPOO No More Tears 7 oz Mtg List $2.13 rights.

PRETTS DIET AID TABLETS Pius The 9 Day Wonder Diet Bock GO'S Mfg List $6 95 Many of those activities charge the Carter Administration with mm inaction regarding the 1973 law. Says one during the program, July IS is the deadline mailers have to use up small undersized envelopes and cards, Stanford Postmaster Calvin Wiley reminds customers. Starting that date, the Postal Service makes its new size standards effective. Cards and envelopes measuring less' than 3'i inches high or 5 inches long no longer will be mailable and will be returned to sender. We re just putting Carter on warning by saying, 'Sweetheart, If you're going to talk about human rights, you're talking Victor Rice Victor A.

Rice, 70, of Stanford Route 3, died at Ephraim McDowell Hospital, Danville, after a four-month illness. A retired farmer in the Rowland community, he was a native of Lincoln County and member of the Danville Church of Christ. Survivors include a son, Billy Rice of Stanford Route a daughter, Da Victoria Johnson of Huston ville Route three sisters, Nora Dees of Stanford Route 3, Bessie Meece of Stanford and Minnie Wyatt of McMinnville, two Hartwell Rice of Stanford and Edward Rice of Junction City; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services were held Sunday at Morgan and Fox Funeral home w4xhv Kelly was in Buffalo Springs Cemetery. i tat about disabled human rights! Says freelancer John O'Rourke who produced the program, him self blind from birth, "This is a situation which has received very little national attention, Many people aren't even, aware that the: law exists." falls in Lincoln PERS0NNA II 9's' ARF1ID JUHN5UNS BABY OIL Pure and Gentif rv Mtg.

List $2 98 EXTRA DRY A Spray 147 Mf.f'lis'! Regular 'r Light Powder If a piece of Skylab lands near you, the state Division of Disaster and Emergency Services wants to mm moss Mtg List $3.25 know. The state agency, "with the federal Defense Civil Prepared hin3 PERSONNA ADJUSTING ness Agency, is working on ways to monitor the course of Skylab when it falls to earth in about a hundred pieces sometime this month. Should pieces fall in the Linco 5 1 1 i Shot fired, at truck A truck driver from Somerset reported a shooting incident in Lincoln County Monday night. Ray Winchester said he was driving his tractor and trailer west on U.S. 150.

three miles west of here, when a person in a car traveling east shot at his vehicle. The driver flagged State Trooper Kenneth Ball down near Danville at Holiday Inn, and said a bullet hit the cab of the tractor a few inches from the driver's head. He was, not injured. This has been the only reported incident in this area although numerous truckers have reported incidents around the state during the independent trucker's strike. CARTRIDGES coo Fife; -a FJ.izot CJ County area, persons should contact the local Civil Defense.

Laurel Coleman, Linco Director: 365-7555 or Deputy Director, Raymond Redd, 346-2522. The day the Skylab re-entry will take place is uncertain, but it is Extra large First-Class envelopes more than by 1 1 'j inches will incur a 7-cent surcharge if they weigh one ounce or less. Postmaster Wiley advises these oversized pices will be returned to the sender if they do not carry the 7-cent surcharge but can be remailed if the surcharge postage then is affixed. However, delays for these pieces can be avoided if mailers make sure that sufficient postage has been aplied. The new regulation also will prohibit thin or flimsy cards.

After July 15, the cards must be at least seven thousands (.007) of an inch thick. "Small envelopes and flimsy cards tend to jam mail processing equipment and cause damage to other mail as well," explained Postmaster Wiley. "The surcharge on 'oversized or odd-shaped pieces is intended to cover the added cost of handling such pieces which must be processed manually," he said. "These standards have been established to allow the Postal Service to process mail more efficiently and this will mean better service for, customers." expected to be around July 15. MAAL0X PLUS Simethicone 12 oz Mfg List $2.95 DOAN'S PILLS For Relief of Backache 48 Mfg List $2 89 When the day is pinpointed, the state Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort will be open 12 hours" before and fl hours after COLGATE DENTAL CREME Fluoride Toothpaste -a Mfg List $2 09 date to take Skylab reports.

CAR WASH At ML Mortal Christian Church Time: 10:00 to 4:00 this Sat. July 7 sponsored by Mt. Morlah Senior Youth Group. 0 D1 Lessen Learned Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it ajjain.

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