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Friday, January 14, 1977

 

 

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Vice Mayor Scotty Baesler, a Lexington lawyer and a former UK
basketball player, announced his candidacy yesterday for mayor of
the urban county government. He will compete for the office in a
May primary election against state Rep. Joe Graves and James
Amato, former state Alcoholic Beverage Control commissioner.
After the primary, the two candidates with the most votes will vie
again in November.

state

New State Police Commissioner Kenneth Brandenburgh, former
associate dean and assistant budget director at UK, may cut down
on the extent of use of motor vehicles by the state police. “We need
to look into the cost implications of the present policy of assignment
of a vehicle to each officer,“ he stated. Brandenburgh intends to
keep a tighter rein on his budget than has been done in the past, he
said in a recent interview.

Dr. John Smith, UK vice president for minority affairs, has been
chosen for a nine-member, non-partisan commission to make
recommendations for federal judgeships in Kentucky, it was an-
nounced yesterday. Sens. Wendell Ford and Walter Huddleston told
a news conference that the commission was set up so that only those
individuals of “the highest professional and personal qualifications
and a ttributes would be appointed to the federal judiciary. "

Federal programs that fund state and local employment
programs are shortchanging Kentucky by using incorrect statisti-
cal methods, according to Robert MacDonald, chief labor market
analyst for the Department of Human Resources. Federal funding
levels are based on federally adjusted state unemployment rates. It
is MacDonald’s contention that the adjustment made of Kentucky’s
figures by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington causes the
state’s unemployment figure to be dropped by one per cent, causing
deficient dollar amounts to be sent to the state employment pro
grams. MacDonald estimated the resulting cost to Kentucky to be in
the millions of dollars.

nafion

President-elect Jimmy Carter began laying the groundwork
yesterday for an economic summit meeting of major non-Commun-
ist industrialized nations when he held long-distance telephone
conversations with the leaders of West Germany, Japan. France
and Great Britain. The meeting will probably be held in April. in the
United States. Carter and his top national security advisers were
also briefed yesterday on military matters by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff in a 10-hour session. Carter said he “learned a lot“ during the
“hours and hours of detailed discussion. “

Harold Brown, Jimmy Carter‘s choice as defense secretary. was
recommended unanimously to the Senate Armed Services Com-
mittee yesterday. Chairman John C. Stennis, D-Miss.. scoffed at
allegations that Brown would be soft with the Soviet Union on the
issue of arms control, saying, “There are no particular minuses that
we could find“ with the nominee. Stennis predicted that Brown, a
nuclear weapons whiz and former Air Force chief, would be con-
firmed by thefull Senate on inauguration day, Jan. 20.

('onvicted murderer (:ary Gilmore has chosen the witnesses for
his Monday execution and repeated a desire to stand hoodless
before the firing squad, Warden Samuel Smith said yesterday. A
Harris poll published yesterday said 71 per cent of Americans
believe Gilmore should die Monday, but that 86 per cent feel the
execution should not be televised.

With Andy Williams and Jack Nicholson present in the courtroom,
the defense and prosecution rested their cases yesterday in the
Claudine Longet manslaughter trial. The trial, which began
Monday, ended surprisingly early because the prosecution declined
to offer a rebuttal case after the final witness appeared for the

defense. Closing arguments and jury instructions are slated for
today.

world

France‘s release of aueged terrorist Abu Daoud has drawn new
criticism in the U. S. Thirty-two senators, including Wendell Ford
and Walter Huddleston, signed a letter yesterday saying that “all
governments must cooperate in a genuine effort to expunge the
scourge of political terrorism from the world." The letter stressed
that Daoud should stand trial for his alleged role in the killings of
Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympics. Jimmy Carter talked to
French President Valery Giscard d‘Estaing by telephone yester-
day, but a French spokesman would not comment on whether they
discussed the Daoud release.

weather

Today will be cloudy with rain possibly mixed with snow. The high
should bein the mid 30‘s with a low tonight in the mid 20‘s. Snow is
expected tomorrow, but should end by tomorrow night.
Precipitation probabilities are90 per cent today, 60 per cent tonight.

 

 

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an independent student newspaper

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Panel to evaluate cost benefits

SC addition gets scrutiny

By STEVE BALLINGER
Copy Editor

A 20-mcmber student committee
will be selected by the end of
January to decide whether the
student body is willing to‘pay for
Student Center iSCi expansion, and
if so, how the additional space will
be used.

If the expansion is approved.
student activity fees will be in-
creased to foot the $4,080,000 price
tag. Proposed increases \vill raise
the fee from $12 to $22 per regular
semester, $6 to $11 for summer
school students and $2 per credit
hour for part-time students

The committee will also evaluate
a feasibility study prepared last
year that found an urgent need for
expansion of the SC. The report
contended that lack of space
restricts activities and prevents

additional services. It also founo
that the UK facility was relatively
smaller and offered fewer services
than those at nearby universities.

Jack Bianum, vice president for
business affairs, said he hoped
preliminary approval work could be
finished before students leave at the
end of this semester. Although he
said he is convinced that expansion
is vrtai for the S(.‘, "I don‘t want it
forced on the students if they don't
want it." ‘

Members of the committee will be
selected by Blanton, Dean of
Students Joe Burch. Student Affairs
Vice President Robert G. Zum~
winkle and Student Government
President Mike McLaughlin, Burch
said.

“We‘re going to get suggestions
from campus groups. residence
halls...and ask leaders of
orga nizations" for candidates to he

namtxl E0 the committee, Burch
said.

Groups who use and are interested
in using the S(‘ would be contacted,
Burch added. and Student Govern-
ment would be asked to suggest
members from the general student
body.

if SC expansion is recommended
by the student committee, the
proposal must be approved by the
Board of Trustees, and then by the
State (‘ouncil on Higher lCdUcation.

The t‘easiiiiliti study found that a
trend toward more part—time,
commuter and older students has
created a demand for more program
requirements and services at the SC.

(‘ranipcd conditions now exist in
the St‘ theatre, the report found. The
theatre is sold out frequently and is
too «malt to ttt't‘tuilll‘titltlif‘. 3.3 mm
cqtiipiiicnt. iic. :nally uscdiii current
prtxiuctions.

Staff photo

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p.i:i. torthc play which will lit-gin Feb. lit.

As prices perk upward. . .

Coffee drinkers still enjoy caffeine brew

By JENNXFER GREEK
Kernel Staff Writer

Although the retail price of coffee
more than doubled last year and will
continue to rise in 1977. coffee
drinkers are still enjoying the
caffeine brew despite what they
have to pay.

In Lexington food stores. the
average price for a pound of electric
perc coffee is $2.75 tup60 cents from
last month), but students who are
forced to buy in markets close to
campus will feel an even harder
pinch.

Expect to pay as much as $3.49 a
pound, and more for instant, which
mns between $3.15 and $3.77 for a 6-
ouncejar. Decaffinated coffee is the
highest at $4.99 for an 8-ounce jar.

Even so. grocers claim that cof-
fee. never a profit-making item, is
selling close to or below wholesale
cost at most stores.

Most perple drinking coffee at the
Student Center agreed the price was
high, but few seemed willing to do
without the hot pick-me-up, par-
ticularly when temperatures were
hovering around zero.

Marwan Rayan, an engineer
senior. said he could do without his
coffee if the price got “ridiculous,
but it sure tastes good in the mor~

mug and 20 cents is still not too much
to pay.“

That‘s whata cup ot coffee costs at
l'niversity cafeterias amd grills i up
.3 cents this year). but local
iestaurants are charging ‘25 to 30
cents per cup with to cents extra for
refills.

Keith Martcndale, manager of
Jerry's on Limestone, said his
customers have started bringing
their own mugs “so they can get
more per serving."

Dave ‘vVlnlttll‘lS, manager of the
Library in the l.'niv~.rsity Plaza. said
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Sta" proto

In local food stroes, the average price for a pound of electric perk
coffee is 32.75—in tut cents from last month.

 

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Other facilities that are now
overcrowded include the University
Bookstore, which has much less
space than those of other schools.
And Food Services, which require an
additional 950 seats during a one-
hour lunchtime period. is “highly
inefficient because of its separation
by floors w here food is prepared and
served," according to the report.

The 5th ‘._“ .ecommended that
expansion should also accommodate
several new programs, Suggested
activities include arts and crafts.
dance programs, a video tape
service and outdoor recreation.

Members of the task force who
wrote the report are George
Ruschell, assistant vice president
for business affairs; Robert
Blakeman. director of auxiliary
sevices; Mary Jo Merteiis, St‘

director: Jean Lindley, asSistant
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Housing

situation
better

By BETSY PEARCE
Kernel Staff Writer

Although a housing shortage for
University students still exists. it is
not as critical on campus as it was in
the fall, according to Jean Lindley.
UK‘s acting housing director.

“We realize that housing is a tight
situation—housing is all over.” she
said. But on-campus housing
problems this semester are slight.
when compared to those of last fall.

()f the 1200 students on the fall
semester residence hall waiting list,
447 were forced to find alternate
living plans. However, only 60
people are presently on the waiting
list and Lindley is confident they all
will be placed within the next two
weeks.

Lindley said the current waiting-
iist figure is tallied excluding the
"no show" students. These are
students signed up for University
housing who will not return this
sum ester.

"Every semester we have
students who don‘t return.
especially in the spring," said
Lindley. Last spring, 66 men and 59
women who had housing assign-
ments didn‘t return to UK.

The housing shortage is not as
serious in the spring for many
reasons, Lindley said. Some
students leave school, while others
tind off-campus housing. Many
students decide to live in fraternity
or sorority houses and some
students get married.

Another reason for short spring
waiting lists is disappointed
studmts. “Maybe some of the
students who would have lived in
University residence halls but
couldn't get in tall semester, get
discouraged and seek off-campus
housing in the spring," said Lindley.

“Quite a bit of shifting goes on
between first and second
semesters,“ Lindley admitted,
explaining that many students are
released from University housing
contracts during this time.

Joe Burch, dean of students.
confirmed that housing contract
releases are easier to get during
homing sha'tages. Exchanges may
be made as long as there‘s a waiting
list, he said.

“In a situation where students are
on a waiting list to get in and others
want out, there seems no reason to
keep both sides unhappy," he said.

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editorials 8: comments

Editorials do not represent the opinions of the University

Carter, courts slip;
racial equality hurt

(me of the most effective means of countering
racial discrimination is through appointment of
blacks to high government positions. Although
President-elect Carter made this effort in his
t'abrnent appointments. the news of late hasn‘t
been encouraging for the civil rights movement.

Carter‘s appointment of Patricia Roberts
Harris as Secretary of Housing and Urban
fhwt‘flpltwlll was a progressive step toward
black reprcOT Friday
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