xt79057cvd8c https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt79057cvd8c/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1976-10-07 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, October 07, 1976 text The Kentucky Kernel, October 07, 1976 1976 1976-10-07 2020 true xt79057cvd8c section xt79057cvd8c Vol. LXVHI, Number 40
Thursday, October 7,1976

Jaywalking is the fastest way across Rose Street for
students hurrying to reach classes. It is also the most
dangerous way during rush hours, when the road

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becomes one of the busiest in Lexington. Proposals to
tame the road include building a wide median, an
underpass. or just closing the road altogether.

City lacks funds for Rose Street

By l)l(‘K GABRIEL
Assistant Managing Editor

When l=niversity officials meet
with representatives from Urban
County Government and talk about
Rose Street, they get a lot of
sympathy r—rand not much else

Jack Blanton, vice-president for
business affairs, said the University
two years ago submitted three plans
for a solution to the traffic congeS»
tion afflicting Rose Street during
school hours. “We‘ve discussed all
the plans with the city, but they say
they don‘t have the money,“ Blanton
said.

Two of the three plans call for
changes which would cost at least $3
million, The plans are:

-— Close Rose Street and extend
University Drive to Rose near Max-
well Street Extend University Drive
to ltoseinont, which means Univer-
sity Drive would intersect with

Nicholasville Road. (“This would
make University Drive the down-
town artery instead of Rose," said
Blanton.) Projected cost: $4.2 mil-
lion.

-—“Depress“ Rose Street, which
means tunneling and building a road
underneath it and turning the street
into a pedestrian mall. Projected
cost: $3 million.

~Widen Rose and build a median
in the middle (“which raises a
question of will it slow traffic or
speed it up,” Blanton said.) Project—
ed cost: $350,000.

Because the estimates for the
projects were submitted two years
ago, they do not include an inflation-
ary factor, said Blanton.

“The mayor said he would look at
the $350,000 plan when the President
(Otis Singletary) and I met with him
last,“ he said. The three met last
fall. Mayor Foster Petit was not
available for comment last night.

Senator Ford says Carter

needs to work with party

By STEVE BALLINGER
(‘opy Editor
Sen. Wendell Ford (D-Ky.) was in
Lexington yesterday to attend the

opening of the Lexington Civic
Center and to address government
classes at a local high school.

Ford is national campaign chair-
man of the Democratic party and
has been working for the election of
presidential candidate Jimmy Car
ter. Yesterday though, he told
students at Henry (‘lay High School
that he “preferred not to get into the
partisan political arena“ during his
visit.

In response to a question. trow-
ever, Ford agreed that Carter had
not made effective use of the
Democratic party‘s regulars and
organization.

“He‘s worked with a certain group
of people since the primaries.“ he
said of Carter. At a national level,
Ford said, “there are people he
hasn‘t gone to, people who do know
how to get out the vote.“

Ford said he had spoken with
(‘arter about the decision to close
Blutgrass Army Depot and (‘arter
had assured him that, if elected, he
would give the closing order a “long.
hard look.“

“It‘s a shame to close the most
efficient installation (in favor of) the
most inefficient by their own stand-
ards,“ he said, referring to Army
statistics.

Asked for his reaction to the
resignation of Agriculture Secretary
Earl Butz. Ford said Butz had no
alternative. “I don't think any
individual in that position could
win," he said. Butz resigned follow-
ing a storm of protest for racial
remarks he made.

Those remarks “had far-reaching

effect, even at the international
level; more than most people real—
ize," Ford said. Noting that Butz had
made similar comments in the past,
Ford said the resignation was the
best thing for the country.

Many of Ford‘s positions are
similar to the campaign stands of
Carter. The congressional commit-

Blanton mentioned a city traffic
survey, which he said should be
completed this month, that might
eventually recommend the Rose
Street problem as a priority.

However, city Public Works Di-
rector Gordon Garner said he is not
aware of the report which will be
presented in the near future. He said
the only report underway at the
present time is an update of the city
transportation plan, which is up-
dated every five years.

City officials are currently study-
ing present traffic situations and
will be meeting with University
officials concerning the Rose Street
congestion. “We‘ve talked about the
situation and there have been sig-
nificant changes made from the last
time we discussed it," Garner said.

This report, he said, is “an
18-month process and we are about
six months into it,” meaning it will
be another year before it is com-
pleted.

Garner said the report to which
Blanton referred could be a special
project which might involve Safety
Commissioner Burt Hawkins. Haw-
kins was tied up in meetings all day
yesterday and was not able to return
any calls.

Blanton said Hawkins is also
understanding when it comes to the
Rose Street problem. “We get a
sympathetic ear wherever we go,"
Blanton said “But it‘s at the price
tag where the thing bogs down."

tee system frequently overlaps and

needs to be simplified so that
agencies could deal with fewer
committees, Ford said.

The tax system is also in need of

revision, said Ford of an issue on ffj
which Carter has a similar stand. .

Ford cited a Washington Post story
that named 11 major corporations
who paid no federal income taxes.

“There' s something wrong with the -»

tax system that
companies to avoid paying taxes,“
Ford said.

The Humphrey-Hawkins bill, a
measure that provides federally—
funded jobs, was supported by Ford
as the right approach to increase
employment He said the govern-
ment should not be the employer of
last resort for everyone but that the
Humphrey- -Hawkins bill would

permits these ‘

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stimulate the economy and provide

new job opportunities

Asked whether the production of f. , ..

safer cigarettes should be encou-

raged through additional taxes on I" 1' " ,.

high tar and nicotine brands Ford
repeated his opposition to such
tobacco measures. “As long as
people know whats in them there
shouldn't be any tax “ he said
starting to light an L & M, “there‘ 5
too much regulation in this country
now. Ford said he would continue
to advocate research toward de-
veloping cigarettes that are less
hazardous to health.

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failed to provide leadership; Ford repeat-

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University ofKentuchy

Lexington, Kentucky

Fine Arts bids overrun

budget by $1 million

By BETSY PEARCE
Kernel Staff Writer

UK‘s Fine Arts Building is going to
cost nearly $1 million more than was
expected.

As a result of bidding which
opened yesterday in Frankfort, the
lowest bid was $973,000 higher than
the $4.6 million the University had
budgeted for the building.

Fra nk Messer & Sons Construction
(‘ompany had the low bid of
$5,573.00), 21 per cent higher than
projected costs. The Cincinnati-
based firm outbid six other Ken-
tucky companies, whose bids ranged
from $5,790,000 to $6,300,000.

Jadt Blanton, vice president of
business affairs, was on hand at the
biddings, and expressed surprise
over the results. “I was disap
pointed, to say the least, that bids
were that much over what we’d
expected“

The high bids were attributed by
some of those present to expected
rising construction costs in the next
two years.

“The fact that the bids came in at
21 per cent more than we‘d an-
ticipated imposes some serious
decisions on the University,”
Blanton said. “We’ll have to review
with the architect the possibility of
redesigning or reducing the facility
so as to get within the $4.6 million
budget.”

The architect, Byron Romanowitz
of Lexington, was responsible for
projecting the cost of the Fine Arts
Building. Since there is a 45-day
period in which to accept or reject
the proposed bid, Romanowitz will
be consulting with University ad-
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Frankfort within the month on what
to do.

Blanton said the University has
the option “to ascertain if we can
find. through some changing of
priorities, the $973,000 needed. Or
perhaps we could combine reducing
the area of the facility with raising

iore money,“ he said.

Blanton said a “very remote“
possiblity would be to completely
abandon the project, but that idea
would not be feasible since revenue
bonds have a lready been sold to fund

the building and the University has
the money.

Planned construction includes an
art museum. a 1500-seat concert
hall. and a 400seat recital hall. The
building will encompass 83,600 gross
square feet, and will have a brick
and concrete exterior, with natural
brick interior and skylights.

“The building was intended by
faculty and administrators to be a
concert tell and art museum, and
was never intended to be a
classroom building,“ Blanton said.
Its purpose is to benefit music
majors, faculty and outside per-
formers as a concert facility, he
said.

Chinese atomic fallout

raises radiation levels

From AP and Staff reports

Traces of radioactive fallout from
a nuclear bomb test in China last
week are fast disappearing from
Kentucky’s atmosphere, a state
radiation control official said
Wednesday.

David Clark, environmental
surveillance supervisor in the
Radiation Control Branch of the
state Bureau for Health Services,
said he expected radiation levels to
be back to normal by Thursday.

A “low amount” of radioactivity
fallout, “three to four times above
what we usually see," was detected,
said Charles Hardin, director of the
Radiation Control Branch of the
Bureau for Health Services in
Kentucky‘s Department for Human
Resources in Frankfort.

It is not necessary for Kentucky
residents to take precautions at this
time, Hardin said. If, however,
radiation levels increase, residents
will be warned by the alert system to
take precautions such as washing
vegetables and fruit.

Hardin added that samplings from
the air will continue to be taken
“until we are assured there will not
be any more (fallout).”

Clark said such thorough testing
hadn‘t been done in Kentucky for at

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States and Soviet Union now test
their nuclear devices underground
rather than in the atmosphere.

“It wasn't at all unusual back in
1963 and 1964, when we had the
thingsgoing off all the time to detect
levels of 10 picocuries per cubic
meter in Kentucky," Clark said.

He said Wednesday’s tests
detected 3.1 picocuries of radiation
per cubic meter in Kentucky‘s at-
mosphere, compared to Tuesday's
reading of 7.4. Readings of up to 2
are considered normal, Clark said.

Even in the 60‘s he said, maximum
permissible levels of radioactivity
set by federal health officials were
never reached in the state‘s drinking
water supplies or in milk from
Kentudry cows.

“We never even had anything
approaching those levels,” Clark
said.

Leonard Wilson, radiation safety
officer at UK, said he agreed with
the evaluations of Kentucky's atmo-
sphere. He said the findings are
“within the acceptable fallout
range.‘

Wilson also said the Radiation
Control Branch borrowed some of
UK's fallout detection equipment
yesterday to “back up“ its equip-

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SCB ignores reality, buys

useless video-cassette unit

In a classic case of putting the cart before the
horse, the Student Center Board (SCB) spent
$3,0(X) for a video-cassette playback unit before
considering its function and operation costs.

With $3,000 of the University’s money SCB
bought a machine that is, for most practicle
purposes, useless.To beginwith,it cannot record.
In addition, it can only play to a limited
audience, costs a fortune to operate and has no
future other than undefined possibilities.

Tom Gaston, SCB president, said the machine
was purchased “to improve the Student Center
building and because it would help to serve the
campus.”

Although it could possibly provide a service,
Gaston said the purpose would not be definitely
formulated until SCB has a meeting three weeks
from now.

Some proposed uses for the video machine,
however, are as ludicrous as they are nebulous.
Gaston said the unit will be used to show feature
films, promotional tapes and commercials for
SCB and its sponsored activities.

Again SCB ignored reality. For one thing, the
feature films are expensive, and SCB has only
budgeted $800 for rental.

For a package of four, one-hour films and one
fea ture film the SCB spent $425. This expenditure
is in addition to the $200 membership fee SCB
had to pay the Video Tape Network to get any
tapes.

Other tape rentals range from $140 to $600 a
week. Since the SCB doesn‘t plan to charge
admission, Gaston said he anticipates a financial
problem.

Even if SCB charged admission fees there

would be financial problems because of the
limited viewer capacity of the SC TV room. The
room can hold only 50 people.

Obviously. it would take several capacity
showings just to break even. That, of course, is
assuming that the SCB can figure out a way to
limit access to the TV room to only paying
customers.

SCB‘s other plans for the video are just as
unfeasible, since they are predicated on
possibilities and hasty planning.

Showing commercials for SCB-sponsored

activities could be a nice idea, but the video-

machine cannot record nor does the SCB
currently have access to one that does.

So the commercials are out for the present.
Even if they were possible, who would watch
them. The same problem would plague the
concert-promotion films. Only 35 to 50 people at a
time could view them.

As for showing football games, nobody
bothered to check with the coaches about that
possibility. Since the games are filmed and not
video taped, that use is also out.

But, undaunted by these minor setbacks, SCB
has even more grandiose plans for its new toy.
Gaston said another goal is to develop a campus
television station.

“It would be a large investment to buy the
necessary equipment, but it would make the
playback unit more efficient and we would be
able to tape and replay our own live concerts,”
Gaston said.

Of course, all of this is in the future. If SCB’s
present lack of planning is any indication, the
future is going to be a mess.

Theatre students show initiative,

treat campus to Outdoor Festival

UK theatre department students apparently decided
that if people weren‘t going to come to the theater,
then the theatre would just come to them. And as a
result of the Outdoor Theatre Festival, which ended
yesterday, campus community members were afford-
ed a rare opportunity to catch a little culture on the

way to class.

Productions at various high-traffic campus sites
provided theatre students with a means to introduce
themselves and their art to people who ordinarily
don‘t attend dramatic events. Crowds were good at all
sites, for all three days, including yesterday with its

nasty weather.

Although the theatre department isn‘t exactly
swimming in money, the fact that they showed
initiative to sponsor a unique presentation speaks well
for the group. It used its resources to their maximum,
using a wise public relations tactic to draw
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Explanation wanted

That dynamic duo of Bernstein
and Woodward, those two famous
Washington Post reporters, have

canceled their speaking
engagements at the University of
Kentucky.

Carl Bernstein was supposed to
have lectured at the UK Memorial
Coliseum Tuesday night. But he had
to cancel because he contracted
pneumonia. He was replaced by Bob
Woodward, co-author of the books
“The Final Days“ and “All the
President‘s Men.” Woodward then
promptly canceled out himself about
four days later. There may be an
excise for Bernstein, but there's no
excuse for Woodward.

According to the Lexington
Herald-Leader and the Kentucky
Kernel, Woodward canceled
because of his part in investigating
the Justice Department’s in-
vestigation of campaign con-
tributions to Michigan G.O.P.
committees. Exactly what he was
working on was open to question,
but the investigation supposedly
ended last Friday night with Ford in
the clear.

According to the Herald-Leader
article, Woodward was not can-
celing his Monday and Wednesday
lectures in the region. But what
about Tuesday night? Why would
he skip UK? Sharon Horstmeyer, of
the Student Center Board, said
Woodward refused to provide the
Center Board with a letter of ex-
planation. UK deserves better than
this.

Mel llolbrook
communications junior

CWC meeting

The Cou ncil on Women‘s Concerns
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plans for the fall semester. We urge
any interested women to attend. The
ideas behind CWC are: to estab-
lish a sense of community among
women; to provide a basis for ef-
fective action; and to advocate for
womens‘ issues on campus.

Beyond these broad goes, the
directions the Council will take
depend on the ideas and
suggestions of our members—and
their collective energy.

So far this year We have set up
regular hours for open-house in our
offices and library in the Women‘s
Studies Center. There are three
consciousness-raising groups
meeting weekly, along with classes
in photography and auto mechanics.
Our first Coffeehouse program was
such a success that we plan to hold
them regularly. The next one is
scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 24.

We also are having monthly
community dinners and programs,
with speakers on various topics
ranging from assertiveness training
and feminist therapy, to women's
health problems and poetry
workshops. Several committees are
working on specific problems, such
as publicity, programs and liason
with other community organi-
zations.

This introduction is merely a
general run down on the activities of
the CWC. If you feel you’d like to
work with us, or are just curious,
you are welcome to attend the
meeting tonight at 658 S. Limestone
St. next tothe Law School, at7z30. If
you can't make it, call 254-70662 or
2504705 (after 7 pm.) for in-
formation.

Linda Welch
('ouncil on Women’s (‘oncerns
member

Football parking

Another football Saturday and
another mas exodus to the Rose
Street Parking Structure via Hilltop
Avenue. Surprise! There’s no access
to Rose Street! That’s all right, just
turnaround the old autoand turn red
while speeding off to Woodland
Avenue.

Does the preceding scene sound
familiar? It should. Not only do one
or two cars zip down that deadend
street everyday, but everything
from five or 10 buses to an endless
procession of trailers and campers
test their backing and turning skills
(not to mention their tempers) after
each home football game. Can you
imagine the frustration of taking 10
to 20 minutes to leave Com-
monwealth‘s parking lot only to find
yourself trapped inside a nother one?

As best determined, there are only
only three solutions to this problem:

a Place a heavy-duty chain across
Hilltop Avenue each Saturday. (This
alternative creates problems for
those in the parking structure and
those in the Sigma Nu Epsilon and
Alpha Tau Omega fraternities.)

——Make Hilltop a through street.
(This alternative would cost a slight
fortune and wreak total havok on
Rose Street.)

~ Place a sign large enough for all
to see at the entrance of Hilltop’s
infamous strip of blacktop.(This
options involves minimal cost and
maximum benefit.)

Even a cursory glance reveals the
best solution to this annoyance. In
the near future, the University
might consider putting an inex-
pensive sign in the right place.
Believe me, the out-of-town guests
will appreciate it.

Tom Gravely
A&S freshman

DiCk Downey . . . Plowboy magazine gets the inside story on Earl Buttinzki

I‘ve only done one interview with
an important political personality
(see last year's conversation with
\\ allace \i'a llace r. and so it's easy to
realize how intimidated l was when
l’lowboy magazine called and asked
me to interview Earl Buttinzki,
former Secretary of Agriculture.

"llow shmld I approach him?“ I
asked Plow boy's Washington editor.

There wasa pause at the other end
of the line. "Don't ask him
anything." he said. “Just talk to him
about tobacco or something. He‘ll
get into his thing. You‘ll see what I
mean."

Cesar Chavez salad

I met Mr. Buttinzki in a hotel
lobby in Lafayette. Ind. He seemed
depressed about his resignation, and
after a few minutes of conversation,

he began to dissect the object of his
wrath.

“Damn politics." Buttinzki fumed
over a drink in the lounge— known as
the Matador Room or something.
"Politicians are real hacks. A man
does one thing that rubs a few voters
the wrong way and they ask you to
quit your job. . . . Politicians a re a
might fusy; all they want is some
loose news and a warm place to sit "

“Some people say all they want is
love.“ I offered.

“Secretaries of Agriculture aren't
supposed to talk about things like
kwe," Earl said. "But we gotta talk
with a sense of humor if we want to
get along with farmers. l know it
works. l‘veheard famiers say. ‘I'Zarl
Buttinzki, you make me laugh‘."

(The waitress approached us. She
didn‘t look very cheerful. She had on

a name tag that said “Ramona.”)

"\l'hadyou guys want for sup
peri‘” sht- asked dutifully.

"I‘ll just have a Cesar (‘havez
salad." Karl said.

".-\ \\ how hat salad?" Ramona's
watchful eyes peered at Earl with an
intensity equalling the moderate
coffee bun she had going,

"A (‘esar (‘havez salad. You know
what it is? I‘ll tell you whatit is. It‘s
threethings: it‘s a bowl of non-union
lettuce and wethacks . .

“What's the third thing?
Dressing"

“Yeah, Cesar “rings that out of
his hair!" liarl laughed
upman'ously. Ramona gave up and
retreated to the kitchen to finish her
cigarette

Did you hear about . . .

"Why do you indulge in these
slurs. Mr. Buttinzki? I mean, if you
don‘t meanthem. which I don‘t think
you do. why do you say them?“

"I don't know how it all got
started." Earl cupped his chin in his
hands. "First. it was jokes about
firstgradets. l was in second grade.
l'd say. ‘Those first-graders are so
stupid. they‘s stuff their nose with a
rubber hose.‘ Then. before I knew it,
I‘d moved up to colored—oops,
excuse me—nigger jokes. Then l
went ethnic: chinks, spies, wops.
canucks» they were all my
property. It finally got to the point
where I got down on the Pope. Man,
were the Jews mad!“

"Do you mean the Catholics?“

"Whatever, But seriously, the real
reason for my Ricklesonian actions.

I guess. is that my parents never
shortened our name from But-
tinzki. They thought about changing
it to Butz, but they were stupid—you
know—~they were Polish. Proud of
their heritage or something. But
ever since they wouldn‘t change it,
I‘ve been a little resentful of any
group with names and stuff that are
as weird as mine is. But on the other
hand, Butz is a pretty weird-
sounding name too."

“Sounds like it could be made the
butt of a lot of jokes. Along those
lines. have you heard the Earl
Buttinzki jokes going around? Like
the one about the Polist Secretary of
Agriculture who hear the Russians
had a record wheat crop in Georg“?
He tried to have the Marines sent to
Atlanta. Another one goes: When he
heard that Dean Martin was going to
roast him. he lost 30 pounds and
bought an asbestos suit."

Tom Snyder to the rescue

“Mr. Buttinzki, before we finish,
let me ask you about your future.”

“Well, that‘s an easy one. It looks
like I’ll have plenty to keep me busy.
Tom Snyder is negotiating with my
agent about an exclusive ap-
pearance on the Tomorrow
program. Cadillac wants me to do a
commercial for them, an! the
Farm Bureau wants me to speak at
their upcoming convention.

“Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Lester
Maddox wants to hire me as a
speech writer, too. Hey, that
reminds me of a good one. Did you
hear abort the redneck who. . ."

 

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L ‘Trust needed for peace in Mid East’

UK CARTER CAMPAIGN

“The best way the United States can
secure peace in the Mid East is to gain the
trust of all nations in this area,” says Jimmy
Carter, Democratic presidential nominee.

He says he believes we must strive to
maintain good relations with the Arab
countries and recognize their needs and
aspirations so long as they realize that the
major element of a solution must be the
guaranteed right of Israel to exist as a
“viable and peaceful nation."

Carter is convinced that the elements of a
final and lasting settlement in the Mid East
will emerge only from long and difficult
negotiations among the parties concerned. It
should be made clear that a basic cor-
nerstone of United States foreign policy is
the preservation of a viable Israeli state.

“Any major territorial concession by
Israel shouuld be based upon a guarantee by
the NATO countries, the Soviet Union and
the Mid Ea st nations of Israel’s security and
right to existence," Carter says.

He says 3 Mid East settlement is likely to
grant Moslem worshipppers permanent
access to their holy places in old Jerusalem
without crossing Israeli territory. However,
Carter does not say Israel will be willing to
yield complete control of the Golan Heights
or of the old City of Jerusalem.

Carter says he does not believe any
Palestinian state can be recognized until the
Palestinia nsarewilling to reecognize Israel.
Furthermore, he says an ultimate solution
probably will involve the recognition of the
Palestinian people as a nation.

Running closely parallel to the Mid East
situation is America’s heavy reliance on the
Arab nations for much of its energy needs.
Carter believes that the development of a
rational energy program is essential. This
country is importing too much foreign oil —
at present, 44 per cent of our consumption.

Because of the lack of executive
management. we are now in a worse position

to deal with the energy problem than we
were during the Arab embargo of 1973.

What can be done to aid America‘s energy
situation?

As president, Carter would begin with an
immediate and substantial reduction in our
purchase of foreign oil. This reduction could
be accomplished through embargo or import
quotas, beginning with a freeze on imports at
present levels.

The resulting reduction in importation
could be accommodated by using the same
mechanisms established during the total
Mid East oil embargo three winters ago,
including the allocation of available supplies
among and within the states at the wholesale
level by state energy offices. (These offices
have been in existence since November,
l973).

An increased emphasis on coal production
and increased resea rch on renewable energy
sources, such as solar, wind and geothermal,
are favored by Carter.

Carter, a nuclear engineer, would use
atomic energy only as a last resort. He says
he believes that voluntary conservation of
energy is the most desirable method of
holding back on consumption. But. he says,
government also has a responsibility to
defend our national sovereignty against
“energy encroachment“ as surely as against
military encroachment. If this requires
mandatory governmental controls, they
must then be invoked.

Some measures which could be im-
plemented immediately are changes in
utility rate structures to encourage con-
servation and enforcement of the present
federal deadline on the production of fuel-
efficient cars.

It is obvious to any honest observer that
the Ford administration is simply not
providing competent leadership in this
important area.

Roy Fugitt. Jim (iordon and Jeff Bowman
are UK (‘arter campaign members.

Jerry Jock, Jimmy Planters

lead parade of candidates

By JOHN FIELDS

It was decided by the fictional League of
Women Boaters (not to be confused with the
real-life Handful of Women Office-Holders)
that as a Betsy Ross-type service to the
(largely non-i voting public, small campaign
biographies of each presidential candidate
should be compiled and distributed to
furtherthe confusion and apathy in this Year
of Indecision. The following are excerpts
from the least dull:

JERRY JOCK: Proving that even the
terminally dumb in their party may be
rewarded with the highest office by a sneak-
thief in the night and still receive benedic-
tion. Jerry Jock has been nominated by the
Neanderthal Party to carry backwards their
banner of “Less government, less ex-
penditure. less employment."

With years of experience in the Congress
he now derides, President Jock is best
remembered for his attempted im-
peachment of Justice Douglas, his blanket
amnesty for law-resisting presidents and his
stirring misquote, “One if by day, two if by
night“ made in Boston during the height (or
depth) of the Buy-Centennial.

JIMMY PLANTERS: Contending with Mr.
Jock for president, is the nominee of the
Donkey Party, Jimmy Planters. One-time
governor of Southern state and proprietor of
a million-dollargoober factory, Mr. Planters
believes in God, goodness, trust and truth,
and has a fervent dislike of sin.

He claims he will bring his beliefs into the
White House, but has not specified where
they will live when they get there. The only
issue Mr. Planters does specify is in his
Sermon (i.e., that the Promised Land‘s a-
comin‘i.

GENE