xt7f4q7qrj5m https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7f4q7qrj5m/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1981-02-17 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, February 17, 1981 text The Kentucky Kernel, February 17, 1981 1981 1981-02-17 2020 true xt7f4q7qrj5m section xt7f4q7qrj5m \\/ VOI'LXXXIII' N0-109 ' . _ - University of Kentucky '1' .'.
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Assistant Day Editor Composite ACT scores are fromthegiven material. rosefrom8t023percent 4‘5
significantly lower than in 1969, the Student performance in social “Math has dropped alarmingly," 4. -;
Freshmen arriving at UK in 1979 report shows. studies indicates a general decline Rose said, adding that the ACT
were generally less skilled ACI‘ scores are reported on a in reading and comprehension, measures first-year high school 4 -‘ "
academically, but were paradox- scale of 1-36, and students who Rose said. The percentage who algebra and geometry skills. ;
ically graded more favorably than scored in the high 2636 range fell scored between 1 and 15, rose from AmOng the sectional reports, t'
freshmen a decade ago, according from 26 percent in 1969 to 15.7 in 11.8in 1969 to 33.8in 1919. natural sciences showed the least ‘,,'-. 4} !
toa report presented at yesterday’s 1979. The percentage who scored in Rose said these figures translate change in scores between 1969 and .- 4.’ ‘4
University Senate Meeting. the lower rank, 1-15, rose from 6.8 into “1,056 freshmen who cannot 1919. 1:43?- ‘
The report, ““15th": Then t020.4. read a paragraph and answer a While ACI‘ scores have declined ’4
and Now” presents statistics about “It’s bothersome, but it‘s what's question." in the past decade, Rose's report . ‘4 j
' UKfreshmen in 1969and 1979and is happening all over the country," In other sections of the report, the showed that grades have ac- ' ",-
based on data taken from the Rosesaid in reference to the drop in number of lowest scores on the celerated.“The high school grade ' .f-
American College Testing Service. composite scores. English section of the ACT rose by P0th average has gone UP ' ‘ ~l
Counseling and Testing Center The most siglificant report of 13.3percentagcpoints. unbelievably,"she said. -'.4
5 Director HarrietRosecompiledthe ACT test scores is that of how ln mathematics. the biggest The mean high school grade point ' ‘ilr
data to produce a profile which in- students performed on the social change occurred in female scores. average incoming UK freshmen 4 ,4. "

. eludes statistics about ACT test studies section, Rose said. On that Females who scored between 1 and received in 1969 was 2.87. In 1979. .
scores and high school and college section of the test, students read 15 rose from 15 percent in 1969 to 34 the mean was 3.07. The number of . 4 _
grade point averages of both paragraphs and answer questions percent in 1979. Among males, the Continuedonpages ' ‘.
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By RON HALL4 ble to define every instance wherea the public and other organizations quirements of the amendment ‘ ,- f ’
’ SeniorStafferter conflict of interest may arise, a outside this institution." could encourage faculty members .4
conflict does exist when a faculty Don Soule, professor of not to disclose their outside con- 5
Faculty members are concerned member represents the legal in- economics, said the outside con- sultation. “l wouldn'tbeat all sur- 3". f
‘ that an amendment passed by the terests of an outside party against sultation he does is primarily prised if more people don‘t tell the 7 .
Board Of 'I‘rtstees last semester the University. economic studies for state govern- University what they are doing." .
Wlh restrict their ahlhty to do °“t' It also requires that faculty ment and providing expert Both Rogers and Soule expressed :13
side consultation for Pa4Y~ members now obtain prior written testimony for court cases. “lt‘s concern that the faculty viewpoint . '4
The amendment tightens the approval from appropriate Univer- very difficult for me to think of had a minimal effect on the final '
‘ guidellna faculty members m‘5t sity officials before they can accept whenlwould haveacase of conflict form of the amendment. Rogers ‘» - ». .
follow in accepting Pa‘d work out- paid work outside of UKThe pro- of interest," he said. “Every time I said perhaps if faculty were more L . ‘
SidetheUmverslty. 4 _ posals must pass through the submit these i assume the approval organized they could have a t7 ,.
With salary the? eases jeopardiz- department chairman, the college willberoutine.“ greater impact on the decisions 3“
ed by the expected budset deficit. dean, and be finalized by the vice Soule said the amendment re- thataffect them ’ 3'
the attractiveness 0t OUtSlde con- president of academic affairs. quires “a lot more paperwork." He “If there were a more unified ‘. f
5Ult3t41°h 353 supplement to faculty The outside job must be said his proposal for outside work voice we would be able to make a '_
salaries has heightened faculty specifically described; the amend- goes first to the chairman of the stronger response,“she said. 3"
concern about the restnctlons. ment says no broad authorization economics department. and if ap- Soule said that as a result of their 91""
JOAhh Rogers, assoc1ate Pho‘ for outside work willbeapproved. proved there,to the dean of the col- lack of involvement in the early ';
. i “$0? 0’ library 5019"“?! 543“» Comic Wilson, faculty represen» lege of business and economics. His stages of making decisions, faculty 1 .'
" “Loosening those restl'tCthhS tative to the board, said the purpose request then goes to the vice presi- members are often reduced to com- . ‘ ‘ '
ti WOUJd be one way to retain people of the amendment is to control out- dent of academic affairs for final plying with decisions already made .L
whoareactive in their fieldand are side consultation, not prohibit it. approval. by University officials. “My im- ' ‘5'
Q, finding it difficult to live onafacul- “In general the University is not The request can be held up or pression here is that the faculty
' ti ty salary." 4 against a faculty member having denied at any of these three stages, doesn’t get involved until after the 4'_
i Rogers said she believes the outside assignments. It helps us to Rogers said. “The procedure itself decision has essentially been 4'
:' basic idea behind the Pohelj' ‘5 fair, hold good faculty." might be used as a mechanism to made." ,4
hUt added, "I think the hmlts plac- Rogers said the additional re- discourage faculty." Wilson said it is important that i, .7
By BEN VAN “OOK/ Kernel Staff edarealittle 1‘95"”th speClally quirements of the amendment Frank Clark, professor of faculty believe they are involved in
. given this budgetary constraint.” could inhibittheexchange of infor- astronomy,said he understands the the decisions that affect them. 4. ,‘pr'
Wfled worker The amendment, passed at the mation and ideas between pro- need to eliminate conflicts of in- “Faculty are in general creative, .4".: -"‘44,
' - board’s Dec 9 meeting, has as lts fessors andthepublic. terest, “but creating a ferocious independent, and they're problem 4 J 4. ; ,
main objective avonding a conflict “My big concern is thewhole idea bureaucracy is not a very good solvers," she said. “Faculty will ‘
Silhoutted 38th“ the afternoon Shy- John Prise °t AShh'hdv Ky. Of interest between °ht51de work behind restricting the freedom of solution. Bureaucracy should serve cooperate and take on burdens and - 5 ~41 '
cleans out a flue at the law office of Shuffett, Kenton, Curry and and a faculty member’s duties to expression and the flow of informa- some 1.5er1 function, if it doesn't it make sacrifices if those three “ (j 3 '
Karem. Prise has been working at the North Mt“ Street hhlh'hhg for the UmverSlty. The amendment tion," she said. “It can’t help but shouldn’tbe there.“ things canbepreserved.and if they . -." ,' H
the PISt two years. states that although it 15 notposs1- hurt the way professors relate to Clark said the additional re~ are allowed to do problem solving." '14 I
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Fib—ruary. Unseasonably warm t"; "Jami" \t 1' if
temperatures Wt“ 1"“ the he to the By JACK! RUDD sweater, matching the redness in as if to give emphasis. Her voice teams in the nation lives in the . 2' _..
normal February fre4eze. Today Day Editor her cheeks compliments the billow- gets quiet when she talks about brick split-level house. The colors 4 , t??? ‘f -
will be cloudy and mild wrth the ing grayness of her brushed-back herself,which isn’t very often. blue and white are absent from the _, £43 4‘; ,- . 3 4‘
high m the 50s. The low WI“ drop4ln- She smiles easily and puffs occa- hair. Her features are noticeably She is Katherine Hall, wife of the interior of the house, although blue 4 ' “a
to4the 4“ tomght. Tomorrow’s iugh sionally 0“ a cigarette. The oversiz- striking, a smile begins, first in her UK basketball coach. is her favorite color. No plaques or ‘L\ f 4 ’2, "i ‘ 4.} ’;
wrllclunbtonearoo- ed ashtray rests procarlomly on eyes spreading to their corners and While her husband is constantly wildcat prints adorn the walls of the 4 " ‘
onekneeasshesitslnachalr by the accentuating at her mouth, often thrust into the public eye, she is living room, den, bedrooms or ‘ ,5? 4 ‘5 A i s 'g' T.
Insfie fireplace. O4ne leg is folded under ending inachuckle. content to remain in the foyer. \ 4 " e ‘ 4‘ l.
————-—-—-————— her. She swings the other leg back At times her brow creases and background. His occupation in- “Well, I think at one time l had h " , . 44 - ‘ ,1
Liz Lukschu needed jlst 32 and forth intermittently; her toes her tone becomes serious. She volves the training and disciplining one Wildcatupin the basement and \ 4 44- -
minutes to score a career high 33 sometimesth the coffee table. patses often to reflect — gathering of young athletes. The occupation somebody gave 15 another4one and K ’
' - - v - The room ‘5 warm and the lights her thoughts. At other times her of Katherine Hall has involved car— Joe said ‘Don't put it up, ‘ says ,4” . 3,
pomts m last mghts 9572 Victory are dim A fire roars ‘h the (h ‘ ' ‘ ' Mrs Hall “He said ‘I don't want 3'
over Western Kentucky in fireplaceits glow zeroing in on the wor4 conflef oulti in a 4(ieontmuous outi mg forafamilyandahome. k 4444 .40 bea basketball house 4445 4.4.,4 44
Memorial Coliseum. Chris Ash softcolor'ofherface 940141?th 0 cc "8. 1‘ vmce leVe Those unfanullar With Kentuc y 4444354 44 4 ho 4444 4 n- 44 KATHERINE HALL 4. t4
givesthedetails on page 54 _ . - nsmgas she becomes engrossed in basketball would never know that am y s use.4i sno mi e.
Her thICh crimson turtleneck her topic. Sheleans forwarda little the coach of one of the top-ranked Contmuedon P3893 4 - .‘ 4
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Federal Energy Commisszon restrictions on building temperature controls vary 4 . -
By LIN! KADABA same problem. Ritchie concedes that this does fectively maintainedin most public . 3,
Reporter “We keep the windows open all A « waste energy and pose a pro- areas. “But it IS difficult to enforce . 4 . _
the time,“ said Susan Warshaw, ‘ blem.“But retrofitting (making the it (EBTR) in the indmdual offices ~ ' . ‘
One of this season’s simple communications freshman. 1 0 building energy conservativeils a 0t professors." 4 ‘ 4, . 4
pleasures is hidirg from winter's “The room‘s pretty hot,” said :,_4,4,,:,4,.,,..,_ .Rm4 real expensive PTOPOS‘tIOhv he hh’htm has mile ltthe "599",; , ' '
fria'd embrace in the comfortof it Am Lee, arts and sciences at m " at said. Many north campus halls are sibility of those individuals Wit ~ 4 . , 4
toasty dormroomButa north cam- freshman. W's <§§ §t§ hot because of “the age and design thermostats in the" offices to keep 44 4
put dorm, Keeneland Hall, and The Emergency Building h'“ «32* we». 0‘ the hUIldeS-" 4 4 them “65680155. theh‘e “ht
south-side Donovan Hall, are both Temperature Restrictions Law $14; < Th at? A The newer, modern hulldlhss use 1531'“ places 8 09th 0“ wata' . . ,'
so hot in the winter that some (earn). issued by the Federal 5:" c forced airsystemoto heatand cool. temperatuos also. The low soys '. -. *
students must keep their windows m Commission, states that all $9,; 44y wwwwt while the older buildings me steam water in public areas.4 such as 4 .4 _ 4
open. federal buildings mist maintain a kg 4 t“ radiators. 4‘4'Cr4ank4 valves44ton the restroomsshould benohlgher than 4 4
”We have tocrackthewindow at temperature of 65 degrees in the gm,» . 4% x radiatmi.4 Ritchie said. arelust 105 degrees _ 4 . ~
least one inch every night," said winter and 78 degrees in the sum- mfito ..; ' V not a swhlstIcated control by any we. Simpson. bwldma operator. . ~ 4.
Brenda Suiter, business and met. hh‘w’h 6 3% proved with automatic thermostat- explains that research areas usual- 4 '
economics junior, who finds But there are exceptions to the * Qiiiétti,» controlled valves,“ he said. This 1y maintain water temperatures
Wham ”extrunely hob" law, includim sane for residence is onesolution to the mblem. but It between 135 to 140 m Dorms . 4
"It’s warm. The window's been means." ' isvery expensive.“ also require higher water ~
opaullwinter," said Joan Kreke, Becauaeofthemechanically con- halls. “The temperatures maintained Other campus buildings, in- temperatures because of the 4
homeoconomicuenior. trolled valves, the rooms tend to “If propertyu'reeearchprojects (in the residence halls) are the eluding general office areas and showers. 4 4 ‘
Blaine Adams. an architecture overheatorunderheat. hesaid. or peeple are going to be affected, best, I‘m sure, the maintenance classrooms, must comply with Failure of the Umversity to cem-
sophomore, finth Keulellnd “fine, However, improvements have the“ they are exempted (from people candofor huflilh Cmm." guidelines amblished by EBTR ply with EBTR .°°‘hd remit In ,
rmlt now," althotm he added, been made in North campus temperature ratrictionei." said hesaid.“The first priority we de- andJack c. Blanton, vice president criminal proceedings or a max-
“oometlmee it's a littletoohot." residence halls, Ritchie said. John W. Ritchie. assistant director cent environment for the students, of business affair-g imum fine of 310,000, depemtng
‘ Donovaq Hall mldente face the {Jewell and Boyd lave been im- of 'the Physical Plant Division. and W elegy conservation.“ Ritchiecaid tunperatures are ef- upon the extfint of violation. , ‘

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‘ _ - _ Last week, the president of Western Ken- ed by the state’s eight public universities. That means not only reductions in funding mat. '
' '. . tucky University was the object of a student Given .Brown’s past record, and the fact to. various programs, but the possible UK, however, remains a paragon of
. . ; 1: demonstration, and he didn tmind at all. that he is in no way required by the con- elimination of several schools altogether, apathy. Faculty morale has reached an all-
, . -' . ‘ The students were rallying in support of stitution of the Commonwealth to proVide not to mention the resultant demoralization time low, as demonstrated by a recent I
1 > n his fight to save WKU from what Wlll Surely support for higher education, even larger of faculties throughout the rest of the AAUP survey; the Student Government
3 . :1 . . a be disastrous budget cuts in the coming cuts_to higher education are expected in the UniverSity. Association has attempted to distract our ‘
‘. _ , . . . . academic year. . . coming year. . Other Kentucky schools have attention from the real issues by pursuinga
. = A The Kentucky higher education story UK, the flagship of Kentucky’s higher demonstrated their willingness to fight for drawn-out, ultimately futile battle with
» - ' ' should be familiar by now: Gov. John Y. education institutions, took the brunt of the self-preservation. At WKU, although it is GTE; the Council foi- Higher Education is .
, ' . " " , Brown is expected to announce in the near cuts this year, suffering an $11.2 million set- certainly a lesser school than UK in the too busy playing politics to worry about the
‘ . ' y .' future a state revenue deficit of $180 million back that effectively cut away What little hierarchy of universities, the student body fate of the state’s universities; the students,
- . or more for the second half of the 1989-8? “fat" it had managed to retain during this obviously feels _very strongly about the judging from the lack of response in the.
,. . biennium. This year, he announceda defic1t era of inflation. , . threat posed to its academic integrity by Kemeps “letters to the editor” section to
.' of $114 million, and ordered budget cut- .In short, next year 5 budget reductions budget cuts, and even tiny Kentucky State the numerous articles and editorials about
' . y backs throughout the state, the largest pro- Will be cutting away at the bone, muscle and UniverSity has demonstrated its willingness budget cuts that have appeared in this .
portion ($30 million) of which were absorb- marrow of UK’s academic structure. to take the Brown admmistration to the newspaper recently, could care less.
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. .. ..You must not act the way you _ If that’s not paying the dues, I don’t and more cramming. to have more. No more sleeping fill There isa town unlike any other
" , , were brought up ‘ " what it is! Well. now I’m almost through noon on Saturdays. No more pizza - “The Call Up,”'l‘he Clash [
'. Who knows the reason why you ‘ ‘1‘ But there‘s more, much more. and the world IS waiting Wlth open at 5 am. No more Village Voice or
’ ,- - have grown up e Junior high brought a new school claws The bad part Is that, actual- Railing Stone. Uh, unh. Ah, so, maybe there is hope as
,' v, j - “The Call Up," The (‘lash john ,. - and Alice Cooper on the tube while ly: Wlth all its faults, I could go on This is respectability time. Time I'm dragged kicking and scream-
, . P f i everyone was asleep. 7A, 73, all, this way forever. . . _ to strap on the blue and brown, get ing from my youth? No, gangboss,
‘ ‘ ’ Saturday, I turn 22 Not just short -' \ BB. Science experiments Where Putabowl of Wendy’s chili in one a twocar garage and settle down no. Can’tyou see. Idon’t want to die
. V ’. 3 and Simple as any other day or Clay if. ' nitrogen meets something blue and hand (don't forget the hot season- withoutsettling, too much: intheteeth oftheblahs.
, ~ " another dot ona line. Few frills. pin ,_ ., becomes a beaker (or something ing) and a Sports Illustrated in the Wall Street Journal here I come.
. - - V the tail on the checkbook. no . like that). Dances without bands, other and leave me be. Icould lose But, at 22‘ is this what I’ve got to
g: ' packages. few presents I buy basketball without dunks. myself .in Jackson Browne and look forward to? Can’t I get my
' ' themJtakethem back- High school brought freshmen Curry Kirkpatrick and never come money back? John Clay is the Kernel sports
' . Where went21'.’ ,. . W. . M .- . freak-outs, morbid study halls up {01‘ air. Keep the lawyersr guns editor. His column appears every
_ - . Ah, that was supposed to be the where silence earned good marks, and money Off the Form, frienfi. There is a rose that I want to live other Tuesday.
~ . year. Somehow the correlation shade with their expense accounts paper wads detention. Kiss and I‘m not coming out. Not everyone for
5 -- ‘ between the two lust doesn't fit — and separate vacations. Joni Mitchell on alternate moods. was meant to have perfect hair and Although God knows I may not Clash songs © 1980 by Ninden
i‘ ' 21 to 22. 22 from 21. The end of an Admittedly. sometimes I Girls in daddy's car (more nails in tan lines anyway. All I really have met her Limited. American rights by
' * era. the beginning ofa new one. T00 slouched on the arrangement. the coffin) fully equipped with wanted wasaBetamax. There is a dance and I should be Warner Brothers Music Corp.
,‘L old for Brooke Shields. too young Honest, I wasn't going fast when I french curls and Stri-Dex pads. But, ohno. 22and they say I have with her (ASCAP)
, » I for Jill Clayburgh. They say 40 is didn‘tsee the rock fence. It Godhad first car, first date. first wreck. r--——r—r~~~w‘___~h_e_~___h
' . : f » ' bad,well. buddy, 22ain‘t so easy. wanted me to speak Spanish l Graduation meant the opening
. A Especially when 21 was supposed would have been born in Los farewell. 360 We BQQN I’M AFRAID MLlPRoMISeD
., > . to be the big one. Legality at long Angeles. I can‘t help it if I wasn't But then there was college, the Miller! GONG GHQ AND? I’M GOING 1b MW? 1: any WAgfe
’ ; last. All dressed up with born tall, dark and cosmoploitan ultimate test (I‘m still testing). 75899 TlEBUDSGT “Ambler ANDFRMDIN
‘ .3 , .' ‘ everywhere to go — finally. Life in withamath mind and an expanding “Hitsville, UK.“ Courses in Item \ )bUGp WW9"
- the fast lane stripped of everything wallet. cynical 101‘ majors in groaning and WT / 4K, \ l 7 0 r / I .
. . .' ' but its innocence. No fake lD's, no But a deal is a deal. Look at the growling. [hide my time drowning . 4 “Man; ./_ ”3’4
-, shadows behind the back. No wor» facts in a sea of pink and green punc- \ WT? .J r/ W‘ x” i’l:‘_‘_. .. , (1' / _
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- g ' .. taken? [5 it a sham? How do I Batman-infested kid should. I hil- pieces of flimsy cardboard hoping _' .c ‘ ..~. ’ i g. g ' on“? i
. know? Getting there was hard ched up my pants and fought the for return visits to national cham- . i ), “‘fiflnfl .- .44 I ' gig.” fig“! f!“ Sign} F
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'. -: do your homework. keep your nose ing of the end) next door. Fourth appearance of sophisticated girls 0F New \ g I‘ , :-' W l. l / I .
s_ .w. .. clean,changetheoilandsomething grade teachers with unpronoun- (slop! stop! stop!) in kilt skirts ‘. l 7 . 55“..” FRESH / ”J", -.
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g: Old Frankfort Pike isn t practical, but it meets one of Kentucky 5 greatest needs
‘2 ' If “I took the road less traveled by veer sharply away from you at —— for memory maybethe best chance ankfort Pike should be saved no From the rim of one of these
7 . others. 3 to preserve the vanishing land- matter how many parties it takes. baskets a crow could fly, usmg Old
-. i There are two kinds of cars on It is not a road built from a i scape. Together they could travel across Frankfort Pike as a rough snide,
01d Frankfort Pike. One is the car blueprint, not a road that the Army In a state that “ought to be run the globe to raise money to have the directly to Rupp Arena in about
taking people to some farm or Corp of Engineers or the Depart- ; _ M_ , the way IBM is run.” according to road paved into a four-lane twenty minutes. Alongtheway you
‘2 -"-_' house located on Old Frankfort ment of Transportation would or ‘ lomes , ' , Governor Brown, Old Frankfort highway; until then the View from can trace list about how far Ken-
“3 7r 7' Pike» and the other IS the car could build- The road r$PeCtS Pro' 3 ' A"§§ Pike is simply a parcel of land, a the Sikorsky helicopter Will have to tucxyhas come in all theyears that
. ,‘ .-' traveling to no place in particular. perty lines drawn by stone walls. l griffin . ' realestate tax number complete suffice. have seenagroupof farms grow to
,‘2 its occu lants content to enjoy the white and black picket fences and . ’ J‘s-"o.- with legal description. [fyoudonot Emmylou Harris and Buck a non-union indmtrlal center at the \
“3', l i'l' pleasure and sensation 0f moving small streams, and it probably ‘ , believe Old Frankfort Pike is ex- Owens are tearing them up on the topof thesun belt.
“liq". along the road 35 peacefully as owes much of its heritage to the . K .‘t pendable, we simply haven’t been jukeboxes in Renfro Valley tonight, I‘d describe it for you, but what's
f possible. slow erosion of grass and land that ‘L \ encouraging and attracting enough and Willie Nelson is crying. “Blue the use? Go out to Old Frankfort
1."? .._ It is not likely, however, that occurs after countless wagon ”7 ,_ "--~ industryandenergyproduction. Eyes,”overtheoldPhilcoradio. Pikeyourselfandcruiseanddream
" If. - anyone Chooses Old Frankfort Pike wheels. horses and tractor tires ride in the country. And if some Real Kentuckian The old Pliilco radios brought all and remember well What you see.
., ' . X . as a direct route to anyplace on the have rolled, galloped and sputtered “Look for Hahway 62 and turn at strikes oil or finds a rich coal seam of Kentucky the exploits of Rupp They aren’t making any moreof it.
4' 5: map. A straight line being the theirwaypast. theblinkan’lahts,"he'lllikelysay. off Old Frankfort Pike, make way. and his lilly-white wonders. He .. and it made all the dif-
'- ,.'",- 5“ shortest distance between two Ask directions to Old Frankfort I don‘t need to tell you to drive Nothing will stand in the way of gave every Kentuckian a pride ference.” .
'5", ' ‘ 1’ poihtS. 01d Frankfort Pike is the Pike and the weathered gas station away from town when you get there progress, especially when it’s mas- about being from Kentucky, home
longest distance between any two attendantwill ask where you're go- you'll do that instinctively if queradingasabulldozer. of the Big Blue. Along 01d
1' ‘ points I know. It is a winding. ing. He’ll suggest another route if you've gotten this far. But roll down Maybe Phyllis should anoint Frankfort Pike you’ll see netless
.l I , . lWlSUng country road Where the you tell him. so flash a smile. an il- the Windows, at least a tad, and herself chairperson of a washed-up- hoops nailed to trees and telephone James Griffin is a speech senior.
' ' concrete and aSphalt and dirt rise licit smile will do the trick, and say relax. Gasoline is not getting any star-studded commission imbued polemapatch ofdirtthelane,aspot HE column appears every Tues-
7 , up to meet you at some spots and you’re only interested in taking a cheaper, and saving the experience with the philosophy that Old of pass marking the foul line. day.
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(h m u S Police said the tanker driver —- Larry fraud and extortion in connection with 111 me 103' emergen 0168
p Akegs, 27, of Matewan — had a slight the purchase of Hidden Valley in Powell , V
hea injury and was taken to the June County. Stamper also is charged with . . . . " 1
The rap session ” t UK Blacks Buchanan Clinic at Hindman where he simingtwofalse tax retiimi‘. By MATT PAWERwl‘ tion of the‘population. and The Vial of Life program . , ,, V‘
, H _ llha . was treated andreleased Reporter confuse it With the programs was initiated in Lexington a ’ - ..
Thinh d UK' M“ btheld tonight ”.7 The tank truck belonging to Alters The state bought 542 acres 0‘ the “id . in different states. two years ago by the Subur. ' ’ I
PM in the SC cafeteria. The session is Supply Inc of North Matewan W Va denValley property for $515,000to useas The success of a nationwide . ' ' ',
presented as a part of Black History had carried non-explosive chemicals us- a state irison. That project later was project aimed at saving lives Marilyn Pfanstiel, Lex- . ' ,. ‘ 4
Month. edin processing of coal but had made its abandoned and the state has been trying, during medical emergencies ington Vial of Life chairman. ban Woman‘s Club, with sup- -'5 ; '
deliveries and was may at the time of unsuccessfully so far, to sell theland and led to the initiation of similar said the Lexington area was port from the Lexington- I ‘ ‘- ,
thecrash offici alssai d bUIldings. programs in the Lexington researched professionally by Fayette County Department .1 —, ; ,. 2
tate ' ' Prosecutor Robert Andary said the area and in counties both the city government and ofV Health and the Division of 1 , .2 j .' '
sale to the state “could have been a sim- throughout the Com- the Health Department In Fire Emergency Medical ., . .:
Atanktruckandecarryell loaded with . ple sale of land ...but this state senator monwealth. order to determine the fun- Services. Financial support '7
15 peoplzcollidmma curve are moun- Natlon put himselfin the middle for persmal grimy 13-23] aniarlfcs Ltlhe shaman?! needsh In £29 com- 3?: gen waded {chiefly ' . i » '.
tain m near southeast Kentucky profit.” Vance 0 Via 0 e um y or suc apro ram. ou contri tions mm a .' . ‘. '. .
F f umCitil’ldren0f H1illnd unVyesteiggyhgll- The director of the Indiana [is firm Andary said Stamper paid Hunt 316,700 ghfkplggfimmgngygehlefn The program encourages local drugstore chain. 0" " I ' .
I me our . irgr an o ‘ - po for Hunt’s influence with state officials h' h f ' ' 1 every citizen ‘0 obtain a free During its two-year ex- ' ' .- .’.-'
Ta] 0M mm [[1 the carryall were that SOld tlfi Hidden Valley rsort t0 the . _ . W H: ree Vla 5 are . , . . . -
_ . . . . . . . kit. which cons15ts of a 15- he xtn ton - 2. I, I,
hos talized commonwealth Will be uestioned again and then “ed ‘0 hls accountant 5° that his distributed to Citizens for the lswhcev ‘ Le g pro . - .
'l‘llle head-on collision of the 4-wheel- asthefederal trial of tw?) men stemming income would be understated 0" his tax purpose of storing pertinent gram pill vial, a medical in- gram has distributed over ' f. i i" "V
drive