Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky (2024)

January 1, 1983

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Lexington Herald-Leaderi

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Lexington, Kentucky

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Saturday, January 1, 1983

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2

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A2 The New Year! Day Herald and Leader Lexington Ky January 1 1983 Drunken driving economy on minds of holiday revelers President Reagan planned to put on a Mack tie for a formal dinner in the California desert resort of Palm Springs For Barney Clark the first recipient of a permanent artificial heart it was "just another routine day and evening" in a Salt Lake City intensive-care unit hospital officials said Chicago kicked off a year of festivities marking the incorporation of the city in 1831 More than 7000 fireworks were to be fired in time to music and Mayor Jane Byrne was to throw a switch illuminating eight river bridges a few minutes before midnight The old year was marked by high unemployment and increasing attention to the problem of drunken driving Both were on some minds as the new year was rung in Terry Raisio manager of a lounge in Tukwila Wash said bar op- erators were "definitely more aware" of their legal responsibilities in cases of patrons who overindulge "There is more pressure to cut them off" said Nick Campo of the Soap Creek Saloon in Austin Texas 'People are much much more aware of the drunk Some communities and businesses tried to help on New Year's Eve a holiday traditionally celebrated with alcohol The Forest Lawn mortuaries far Los Angeles were handing out free coffee to drivers police far Great Bar rington Mass and Wisconsin were offering free rides home and a Toyota dealer in Fort Worth Texas shelled out cab fere for drinkers Three restaurants in Creve Coeur Mo installed breath analysis devices for customers Police helicopters in Detroit were ordered grounded after 10:30 pm because of a tradition of welcoming the new year with a fusillade of bullets and buckshot For those seeking more glittering entertainment there were parties galore In New York 1200 police were assigned to control the crowds in Times Square where a lighted apple descends at midnight Donny Osmond and the cast of Sophisticated Ladies entertained at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel1 was charging $300 a head for those who wanted to dine on caviar and veal Bill Lombardo nephew of the Guy Lombardo the bandleader with the holiday was en-f tertaining patrons with an eight-piecf ensemble at Water Club Some people celebrated quietly (K home too expensive to go outj said Shari McCann of Delmar NYP adding that fear of drunken driverC-also was a factor in her decision Merchants boarded windows in New York's Times Square Detroit police grounded their helicopters to avoid celebratory rifle fire and couples everywhere dug out their dancing shoes to welcome the arrival of 1981 Meanwhile police and citizens groups were on the alert for drunken drivers and some businesses offered incentives for safe driving A mortuary in Orlando Fla offered free funerals for drunken people who die in traffic accidents More rain due in Louisiana Mississippi 9 Susan Saint James Christopher Mayer -1 1 1 1 tlf 1 I I a boy for actress Susan Saint James Watt's report Interior Secretary James Watt displayed a copy of his annual report to the president shortly before his appearance on NBC's show in Washington yesterday morning Watt said that he's done a first-rate job of managing America's public lands and preparing the country to meet the 21st century and they think going to get Treen said yesterday during a stop in Monroe "I want to be an alarmist but we've got to be ready There seems to be water Storms and floods since Christmas have killed six people far miuiam and one in Mississippi Before leaving Baton Rouge Treen said he sent a telegram to President Reagan advising him that when survey results are in Louisiana will ask for federal disaster declarations for 19 counties so flood victims can get low-cost federal loans In Mississippi where an esti- mated 1000 homes have been evacuated since Christmas holiday rains Gov William Whiter planned a helicopter tour of Greenwood Greenville and Moorhead in the Delta area where water covered 600000 acres Officials in Grenada Leflore and Washington counties have asked for -disaster aid However the Tombigbee River crested Thursday at Cohimbus about 2 feet below expected levels and several hundred families that had fled began returning home Almost half a foot of snow blanketed much of Texas north of a line streching from Corsicana to Tyler Snow also fell over much of New Mexico and a mixture of snow and rain spread over Oklahoma Overpasses and bridges in Abilene Texas were frozen streets and highways were slushy and police reported numerous accidents The Nolan County sheriffs department reported Interstate 20 was coated with ice Snow was felling in Dallas and Fort Worth and the Department of PuMic Safety said some bridges far western Fort Worth were icing over In Louisiana Treen and his party landed at Monroe on a day-long in-spection flight that was to include stops at Alexandria Natchitoches and Lake Charles The Ouachita River was up to the foot of die levees at Monroe for the first time since 1953 when it reached 50 feet on the gauge Yesterday it was at 49 feet The state sent 60000 additional sandbags to Monroe yesterday and Alexandria officials asked fa more "We have got 15 roads under water and we are short on AJ Gambondeila a Rapides Parish civil defense spokesman told the governor at Camp Beauregard a National Guard facility at Alexandria By David Langford With more rain on the way and "no place for any more volunteers stacked thousands of sandbags yesterday to try to hold back floodwa-' ters that have driven more than 10000 people from their homes fat Louisiana and Mississippi In Texas a snowstorm piled up foot-deep drifts in El Paso prompting police to urge the 450000 residents to stay home and dosing the airport to inbound flights The National Weather Service predicted ankle-deep snow will greet visitors to the Cotton Bowl football game fat Dallas today The worst area now Is out fat El said Bob Neely a spokesman for the Texas highway department reporting snow and Ice accumulations up to 8 inches with significant visibility problems from Mowing Louisiana Gov Dave Treen making an aerial inspection of flooded areas from Monroe in the northeast to Lake Charles in the southwest said a statewide survey showed the flooding from up to 17 inches of rein earlier in the week had forced 9700 people out of their homes "What seems ominous is that no place for any more water after he left the second time "He liked to have gone too for but he McNear said He said the man was jailed for faivestiga-tion of illegally carrying a weapon There would be no robbery charge he said The man told police that he and his wife were having financial trouble His wife was shocked when police called and said her husband had been arrested McNear said "At first she said that his wallet must have been stolen or somebody else had he said "She kept insisting that it be her 300 pilots imposed according to seniority and are linked to the grounding of the L-101 IS which carry 296 passengers and require a three-officer crew "The L-lOlls are Just too doggone big for the Ashlock said new Boeing 757s which carry 185 passengers ami two flight officers will replace die larger airliners on certain flights officials said out of robbing bank People for the Sharon Pa City Council says his hind-raising gimmicks are doing their job getting him recognized in the predominantly Democratic area More than a fan: Many tele- vision watchers head for die fridge when the commercials come on But when Harry Wayne Mo-Mahaa really starts paying attention His library of television commercials begun in 1950 contains about 23JH0 entries one of the largest anywhere and he adds 100 a year It's not just a passing infer est McMahan who lives in Escondido Calif began writing commercials in 1950 invented the cereal slogan best to you each and helped found die annual Clio awards for TV commercials Jaycaaa winners: a Ui senator from Oklahoma a professional football player and the mayor of Waco Texas are among three selected by the UJ5 Jaycees as the Outstanding Young Men of for 1981 Sen Don Niddes R-OUa Minnesota Vikings defensive captain Matt Blair and Waco Mayor Roland 1 Arriola will be honored along with seven others in Tulsa on Jan 11 A view stealer loo: Rickey Henderson's neighbors say the star base stealer of the Oakland A's has a rooftop microwave satellite dish that robs them of a view of San Francisco Bay "I mind Ridey Henderson stealing sold Royce Chamey who fives uphill from the record-setting condominium I watt him to steal iqy The association for file Windward Hills section filed suit this week in Superior Court after getting complaints from neighbors said Carol Sweeney Greco president of the group Actress Susaa Saint James co-star of the old "McMillan A TV series gave birth to a boy in the same hospital where her hus- band was born 35 years ago -The new father "Saturday Night Live" executive producer Dick Ebersoi said yesterday that both mother and son were "in excellent won- derfid The baby Charles Dunam was born Thursday afternoon at Charlotte Hunger ford Hospital in Torrington Conn and weighed 9 pounds 2 ounces The new arrival already has a TV appearance lined up Ebersoi said Miss Saint James whom Ebersoi met in 1981 when she was the host of "Saturday Night Live" will be the host again on April 16 and will take die baby along It was Miss Saint third child Ebereoft first Another new arrival: Christopher Mayer star of TVs of series and his actress-wife Terl Copley-Mayer are the parents of a girl Ashley Noelle Mayer was born Tuesday at Ce-dars-Sinai Medical Center fai Los Angeles aid Warner Brea spokesman Mike Casey She weighed 7 pounds and 8M ounces Mayer portrays Vance Duke and began on the television serin last fell when the original stare John Schneider and Tam Wopat left during a contract dispute that has since been settled Winging It For a $75 contribution to his city council campaign Michael Puree win deliver a chicken dinner to your home Double your donation and you can eat the chicken with Pearce his wife and three children If that's too pricey Pearce is offering the right to stay home from his for a donation of $5 For $10 you get a copy of a tipenpage speech he didn't deliver at the non-event And for $25 you have to read iL Pearce an admittedly littleknown Republican candidate Man backs DALLAS Police say an insurance salesman set out to rob a bank thinking it might save his marriage but "chickened out" twice at thelast minute The -29-year-old man got himself a ski mask and a 4Scaliber pistol and went to the Texas Savings A Loan on Thursday with larceny in mind police said He told officers that his wife had threatened to throw him out if he come up with by New Eve "He said lie was standing in line at a bank the other day and thought it would be the solution to his problem" Eastern plans to lay off MIAMI Eastern Airlines anticipating a very tough year" will lay off 300 pilots tar 1983 a' spokesman says Eastern lost $871 million during the first three quarters of 1962 and analysts expect the company to finish the year with losses of at least $85 million Spokesman Jim Ashlock said that eight of the airlines' 27 L-HH1 wide- said police investigatin' Stan McNear Wearing the blue ski mask he had bought for the occasion the man twice entered and left the bank while trying to make up his mind to rob the place "Once he got inside he said he chickened out" McNear said "He went inside twice and chickened out both McNear quoted the man as saying may have cost me my marriage but I just rob that Suspicious tellers called police after the man left the bank the first time Officers arrested him at his car body jets will be on the tar 1983 and that by the end of die coming year 300 of the 4JOO pilots will be furloughed "We were counting on things getting better but we cant do that anymore" Ashlock said Thursday "We have to plan right now for the coming year and we anticipate that tt will be a very very tough Ashlock said the furloughs affecting Eastern's entire system will be On January Clearance Sale We're open today 12 6 WHEN you NEED THE NEWS rffir-GET IT INSTANTLY Selected groups of Sportswear Dresses and Accessories It's time to add the most gorgeous styles of the season to your wardrobe at great savings! fayette mall I ToloPross Mews emorys TekCabk Channel 9 in Lexington.

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