xt70p26q254w https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt70p26q254w/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1975-04-14 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, April 14, 1975 text The Kentucky Kernel, April 14, 1975 1975 1975-04-14 2020 true xt70p26q254w section xt70p26q254w Vol. LXVI No. 144
Monday. April l4. 1975

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Dam foes plan another march in Frankfort

R) JOHN “INN MILLER
Kernel Staff Writer

A small group of students and concerned
citizens who oppose the Red River Dam
project met at the Student (‘enter Sunday
night to plan another rally in Frankfort

(Dov .lulian (‘arroll is the immediate
target of the rally which will be held
Saturday. April 26.

“GOV. ('.\I{Rt)l.l. is still sitting on the
fence and he hasn't made a decision on the
dam yet." said Linda Welch. rally
coordinator “.\leanwhile. appropriations
hearings are scheduled the first of May
He has to make a decision soon or funding
will be approx ed ”

Tim Murphy. coordinator of the Red
River Defense Fund. said if appropriations

are approved by (‘ongress then the Red
River Dam issue will be taken out of the
political arena and and placed in the
courts “This will greatly increase the
probability the dam Will be biiilt because
the courts usually favor federal construe»
tioii projects." Murphy said

The meeting was an informal strategy
session aimed at avoiding last year's
mistakes and deciding who should speak at
the rally The first major obstacle was
whether to invite politicians to address the
rally

\ Sl\lll. \R R \I.I.Y in protest of the Red
Ri\er l)am was held in Frankfort approxi
mately one year ago,

After each person in the room expressed
their views on the rally the group decided

it would be best to exclude all speeches by
politicians By making such a decision the
group felt it could avoid alienating the
governor or make any new enemies.
During last year‘s rally. which was
attended by approxmiately 1,500 people.
the speeches lasted over two hours. The
group lelt people became bored and left
early. The coordinators of the rally are
planning a shorter speech period this year

TH E Ql 'ESTIUN HF who should address
the rally was discussed by the group but
llt firm decisions were made

“last year we had too many speakers."
said Welch. "so. this year we plan to have
no more than four and to let them talk
longer '

Before the rally there will be a six-block

march from Ewing High School to the
(‘apitol building. Two Bluegrass bands, the
Fall (‘ity Ramblers and the Smith Bro-
thers. are scheduled to play for the rally.

AFTER THE MEETING. several mem~
bers of the group explained thier feelings
about the dam.

“The most influential proponents of the
dam have a financial stake in its
construction." Murphy said. “That fact
was well documented by the Louisville
Courier-Journal."

According to government figures 89
residences that have suffered from flood-
ing will be protected if the dam is
constructed. however. 59 residences will
be flooded by the dam. Murphy said.

 

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Expert says
American hypocrisy

keeps it in business

By Blil't‘lfi W INGES
Assista nt Managing Editor

The American public's hypocrisy is the
main factor that has kept organized crime
in business for more than 30 years. said an
organized crime expert

ltalph Salerno. chief rackets in
\estigator for Queens (‘ounty. New York.
said "the public is ambivalent toward
which laws it wants enforced." "They
want that long-haired. pot smoker on
campus arrested. but they don't want you
to touch their local bookie." he said.

SALERNU. SPEAKING TU ap-
proximately 35 persons at a lecture en»
titled “Syndicated ('rime in New York in
the Seventies." said as long as there is
public approval and demand. organized
crime can operate.

“A monkey on the police officer's back is
not enough to enforce gambling laws
without the public wanting them en-
forced." he said. “And this is a source of
corruption."

Salerno said organized crime makes at

least $20 billion annually from such illegal
gambling activities as slot machines. card
games. bets on sporting team events and
dog and horse races. All this money is
completely untaxed. he said.

"I “till,” FtVHR state owned and
operated entities." Salerno said “But you
can't run a gambling casino with civil
servants "

New York's off—track betting on horse
races has taken some business away from
organized crime. however. only about 15
percent of all illegal bets are placed on
horse races, Salerno said. The majority of
organized crime‘s gambling money comes
from bets on team sporting events. he said.

Salerno said the American public also
helps organized crime through its election
of public officials. “We elect politicians
who give us what we want by telling us
what we say.“ he said.

ORGANIZED (‘RIME (‘AN exist in such
cities as New York and Chicago because
the public never asks the mayor about his
position on organized crime. Salerno said.
“People don‘t get excited about organized
crime until it walks into their living
room." he said. “And'ny then it's too late."

Salemo defined organized crime as an
on-going operation. attempting to corrupt
and use fearas a weapon “With organized
crime the name of the game is to make
money at the lowest poss1ble risk." he
said.

Organized crime wants power in
government to insure that the government
does not bother its business. he said.
However, organized crime does not want
to take over the government. Salerno
said.

"THEY WANT TO make money." he
said. “The government is a losing
moneymaker. So they don‘t want to take
over the government.“

The Mafia. traditionally of Italian
orientation. is organized crime‘s hardcore
group. he said.

“In the 1970's. whether you area former
member of a Mafia ‘family‘ is no longer

important." Salerno said. There is no
longer any exclusivity.he said. “They‘ll do
business on the basis of capabilities.“

ONE RECENT (‘IIANGE in organized
crime is the move of the traditional white
syndicate into the suburbs with the white
population. Salerno said.

“But this is not an abandonment of the
central city." he said. “Minorities now
play a more important role in organized
crime in their own areas. particularly in
drug traffic "

 

   
    
  
   
   
 
   
   
 
  
   
   
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   

Editor-inch“. Linda Carries
Managlig editor, Ron Mitchell
Associate editor, Nancy Daly

Features editor, Larry Mead
Arts editor, Greg Hotelich
Sports editor, Jim Mauoni

Editorial page Editor, Dan Crutcher Pnaography editor. Ed Gerald

 

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No maior bars to locating prison here

Fayette (‘ounty is one of three sites

under consideration for location of a.

proposed state maximum security
prison and so far there has been little
public supptrt or opposition to the
project.

A citizens group. Volunteers in
Corrections (VIC) and several
Central Kentucky horsemen have
said they do not favor building the
prison in Fayette County. Mayor
Foster Pettit supports the project
mainly because of the new jobs it
would bring to the community. Other
members of the community and the
l'rban (‘ounty (‘ouncil have given
little reaction to the proposed building
of the prison

If State t‘orrections Commissioner
t‘harles «I. Holmes is sincere in his
statement that the Bureau of
t‘orrections welcomes comment from
all people and elements oi the com~
munity about the matter. then

citizens and the local government
should soon air their views.

A good suggestion was made by \' 1(‘
when it concluded that a public
hea ring should be considered before a
decision is made on the location. At
least this way the Bureau of
Corrections could have some gauge of
public reaction to the project from the
Lexington area.

The 1974 General Assembly ape
propriated $13 million for con-
stniction of the facility which is ex
pected to be completed iii 1977, The
proposed site is behind the Federal
correctional Institution on l.ee.s‘towii
l-toad

cher possible locations reportedly
under study by consultants include
state-owned property near the
Kentucky State l‘ietormatory in
ttldham tounty and another tract
near the Kentucky correctional ln

Nicholas Von Hoffman

stttution for Women at l'eewee
Valley.

The advantages for locating the
maximum security prison in Fayette
t‘ounty seem to outweigh the disad
vantages mentioned by the horsemen
and \'l(‘ organization.

Ben l'. Walden, president of the
'l‘horoughbred Breeders of Kentucky.
has said the prison would damage the
image of Lexington. hurt the horse
industry. present a possible safety
ha/ard to the community and cause
laiid \aliies to deterioriate

chers tear that the presence oi the
prison would cause an increase of
crime in the area and also that many
treed ottenders would i'eiiiain in
l.e\ington

It seems unlikely that. iocat n:- the
prison here would sigiiititaiitiy but"
the community 'l'iic i‘casons :‘a

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should be considered. but the
drawbacks would be the same no
matter where the prison is located

The facility would be good for
l.e\mgtoii‘s economy because it
would bring 12?) 1.3“ new jobs into the
county for local residents Locating
the prison near Lesington would also
help the facility attract more
qualified staff workers than if it was
built at one of the other sites

In addition. tobopportimitiestor the
outeomiiig prisoner are likely to be
better near a i'Ily shell as l.e\lltgton
than IIi ttldham county or l’eewee
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Babylift and cannibalism: Our Asian schizophrenia

By Nl(‘ll()L.\S VON HOFFMAN

1.05 ANGELFS — Last
weekend the President rushed
out of Palm Springsdown here in
Southern California. up north to
San Francisco to perform the
traditional American political act
of baby kissing. Only these were
darkeyed ()riental orphans from
Vietnam. those babes who are so
exotically super-cute to our oc—
cidental eyes.

Just asthe President was being
photographed. carrying infants
in swaddling clothes off a rescue
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publishing a story in which it was
revealed that our side in the
Cambodian war has been
practicing cannibalism on the
enemy ‘s dead While it may be
that in the final analysis it makes
no difference whether the bodies
of slain soldiers are buried.
burned or eaten. camiibalism. for
people of our culture at least. is
the symbolic act of barbarism

Yet here we are.
congmtulating ourselves on the
humanitarianism of Operation
Babylift while our ally is literally
fricasseeing the members of the

Letters to the editor

Urges defeat of crime bill

The editorial of April 3. 1975,
urging the defeat ofSenate Bill 1.
deceptively styled "(‘riminal
Justice ‘Reform‘ .-\ct of 197:3"
should awaken those who now
sleep easy under the mistaken
belief that the Watergate men
tality departed with its ex
ponents Alas. the eyil does in
deed live after them.

Well warned, we now have the

opportunity to alert our senators
and representatives to our firm
opposition to a bill which in the
interest of efficient crime
detection would strip us of the
last vestigesof privacy: which in
the interest of unfettered
executive action would
emasculate the first Amend
mcnt. and which in the interest of
societal revenge would reduce us
to collective murderers by

other side and consuming as
thoughthey were missionaries lt
figures From the start to what
we must hope is the end of this
affair, our official people have
never been able to get a hint of
what they look and sound like to
.st‘t‘tilltl‘péil'y' eyes and ears

'l‘.\Kl'I 'l'lll-I (‘BA that went
down. killing all those children
It 's the war in microcosm First a
brainstorm in the White House
then a self sery mg an
nouncement to the world about
this newest example of our

       
 
   
 

 
 

resurrecting capital punishment

The ('entral Kentucky (‘1in
Liberties l'nion would urge
Kernel readers to write to
“ashington rejecting this un
sought legacy from out .\ it ioii tl
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