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for UK neo-natal center funds

By CHAS MAIN
Kernel Reporter

Citing a letter of advice from Med
Center Vice President Robert
Bisomworth, Gov. Julian Carrdl
yesterday declined to take action at
a petition presented him for in-
creased funding d the hospital’s
neonatal care unit.

The letter, dated Nov. 29, statedin
part:

“In our opinion the question of
actual need cannot be dealt with
until more substantive data is
availab .”

The petition was presented to
Carroll by a group of citizens
representing “The Citizens Com-
mittee for Neonatal beds at UK,"
and carried more than a thousand
signatures.

Linda Harvey, a committee
member, presented Carroll with the
petition, which has been circulating
in Lexington forabout five days. The
petition was written by Dr. Robert
Breshear, a Lexington pediatrician.
Breshear spoke to reporters as a
large group of supporters waited in

Vol. LXVIII, Number 83

line to add their signatures to the
1,00) on the petition

“This petition carries the
signatures of numerous Lexington
physiciars and religious leaders, as
well as a host of nurses and health
workers, and many mothers,”
Breshear said

Earlier in the afternoon, Breshear
addressed an asembly of some 100
people on the steps of the Capitol
Building. Also speaking to that
group were William Underwood,
William Hacker and Paul Kyker, all
of Lexington, and State
Representative Steve Breshear
(76th District).

“It’s good to see all of you out here
this ma‘ning raising hell,” Rep.
Breshesr told the group, “because
hell needs to be raised.”

He also said that he had been
making on the project for “10 or 11
months” andthat his group had been
able to get partial compliance from
the statein the form of six new beds
and a promise of seven more.

“But it’s not enough,” he said,
“they've tried to tell us it's enough
and I’m not sure why, but it’s not

Friday, December 10, 1976

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enough and they know it." Breshear
added that several professional
studies haveindicated an immediate
need hr 45 beds at the Med Center.

“All I hear from UK officials is
‘wr main mission is to teach med
students’ but I’m not sure that’s
true. We give them our tax money;
the least they can do is to provide
care for our infants.”

Rep. Breshear concluded his
remarks on a somber note.

“There is nothing political about
what you’ve heard here today. This
is not politics, this is lives.”

Gov. Carroll received the petition
in his dfice, in the presence of four
representatives from the com—
mittee.

“Shouldn't Iput my name on it,"
he asked with a smile, “I agree.
After all, I was one of the original
sponsors of this move.” Carroll,
however, refused to support the
petition.

“I am responsible for 35,000
patients across this state every
day.” he said“While I sympathize
with the 17 babies that your little
ward serves, I cannot ignore the

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needs of the other 35,000.”

Offering to Harvey a copy of the
Bosomworth letter, Carroll con.
tinued; “I am responsible to be sure
that the money I spend could not be
better spent elsewhere. Dr
Basanworth apparently feels that
this expenditure is not justified yet.“

He spdre breifly with Harvey and
with Mrs. Clara Wheeler, whose
grandson was borm prematurely on
Monday andwas kept alive by virtue
of (are administered at UK, but he
declined to discuss the issue any
further.

“You should talk to Dr. Bosom-
worth if you want to argue with him
about the way he runs his hospital."

Bosomworth could not be reached
for comment, but Frank Butler,
assistant hospital director, talked
about the letter in a telephone in-
terview.

“He (Bosomworth) is not con-
vinced that the figures that have
been quoted reflect the true needs of
the area. This addition would cost
$600,000 initially, and I‘m sure he
wants to feel that the request is
justified."

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

By MARIE MITCHELL
Kernel Staff Writer

(Editor‘s note: This is the secondof a two—part
series. The story, which ended this fall.. is
true. “Mary" requested that her real name
not be used.)

After three years of active membership in
her sorority, Mary was asked to leave the
house th's fall. Her sorority Sisters would not
accept her after it became known she was a
homosexual.

The tension began when Mary told her
roommate and several frienrb about being
gay, a transformation she said occurred
during last summer.

Accused of writing affectionate notes and of
making physical advances to someone in the
house, Mary was questioned by the standards
chairwoman and the sorority president on
Nov. 2. She denied the accusations.

“Attitudes toward me changed and people
began to feel more uncomfortable around
me," Mary said. “Why sharld there be any
difference? If they are settled into their own
sexuality, why should mine make them feel
uncrmfortable‘?“

Mary said she willingly agreed to give up

her membership and moved the same day

since it was implied she shouldleave “as soon
as possible.“

Although discontented with the sorority
before the incident to the pointof having “had
it up to my ears," Mary said she decided to
stick it out because her membership was
important to her family.

Despite being somewhat relieved, she said
she also feeb hurt and hatesto have to explain
to her mother (who knows that Mary is gay)
why she left.

“But we‘re your family back here,” Mary
said the sorority president told her, “think of
us, too."

The president said her first respmsibility
was to the chapter as a whole. “It’s not a
question ofright or wrong but I must act in the
best interest of the chapter. Many of the girls
felt threatened and upset that Mary had
developed homosexual tendencies," she said.

Taking the matter before the sorority
judicial board would have been “too big of a
deal," Mary said. The president had said she
didn‘t have much of a chance of winning and
the chairwoman told her it would have been
hard on her because she had told so many
petple about being gay.

Were thecase to go beyond the board to the
national level, Mary said she felt it would
create too many hassles for the sorority. With

school to consider and finals approaching, it
was best to let the matter drop, Mary said.

“Every group has certain standards and
expectations by which they operate," said
Sarah Jenkins, panhellenic adviser.
"Members willingly agreetoacceptand abide
by these when they belong. If they change
their minds they can eitha' leave or stay and
be unhappy,“ she said.

“In sororities the girls are targht to be
selfless and put the betterment of the group
above all eke. Sororities can exercise contrd
over the individual when they feel the in-
dividual is not keeping with their standards
and objectives," she added.

“There are no hard feelings,” Mary said.
“Now I have the space to be the person I
really wanted to be with no limitations."

Although the sorority wished to keep the
incident quiet because it could hurt its
chances of getting pledges during rush and
decrease social life if it were labeled a “gay
sorority,“ Mary said her friends encouraged
her to bring it out into the open.

“it‘s not that I want the publicity for
myself," Mary said, “but it seems that the
image if thesorority goes above its members.
The best display of sisterhood wouldn‘t have
been asking me to leave, but tostand with me
on this."

Dog-gone

Fugitives find winter home

By JIM McNAlR
Kernel Reporter

Stray Dog Number 49 peereu

scraggly, unkempt, windblown,
‘guardian of the fountain,’ and
Astro, ‘the rodr eater’, remain. She
is now eligible for adoption based on

stuff dirough osmosis?

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Who ever said that seniors have I made? Lee Maiser. accounting senior.
finds studying for his Acc 301 exam just a little too much. (‘an you learn that

anxiously through the mesh of her
minimum security cage with a
puzzled expresion on her face. She
is me of three mutts that the
Humane Society dognapped last
Friday from the fountain area, a
popular dog sanctuary. Now in the
dog shelter, her shivering and
starvation are bygone woes.

Working at a tip from UK police,
the Humane Society dispatched a
truck and crew to apprehend the
carefree dogs, who had maintained
self-sufficiency despite not knowing
where their next meal world come
from and who wage a continuous
battle against the freezing Nor-
therlies ricocheting off the Pat-
terson Office Tower.

The crew caught three fortunate
dogs, fortunate in that during their
stay in the pen, they would receive
good treatment, good health care,
and lots of good food.

Two of the original three have
already been returned to their
masters, but Dog Number 49, that

her good behaviour.

“The dogs are definitely better off
here in the shelter," said Ben
Prewitt, exewtive directtr of the
Lexington Humane Society. “There
is great danger for dogs who run at
large. They run through traffic, pick
up and spread disease from gar-
bage, sta rve and freeze to dmth, and
breed excessively. It‘s all the
owners fault. Owners can art down
the amount of tragic experiences
their digs go through by assuming
the full responsibility of taking care
of a dig."

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Dear Santa... Otis

prepares UK gift list 1

..A reprieve at last.

..School is out and 30,000 people will be leaving
for a month of good cheer end so on. We believe it
would be nice if some things changed while
everyone’s away. And we also believe in Santa
Claus. Accordingly, the Kernel hereby submits
the University’s Christmas gift list as a public
service.

Dear Santa: We’ve tried to be good since you
last heard from us, but some things just haven’t
worked out. We need your help, Santa.

First of all, could you bring us a box of muzzles
to put on our alumni? They‘ve been whispering
sweet nothings to our athletes and giving them
good jobs and money. We think it’s really very
nice of them, and they mean well, but this group
of people out in Kansas is really bothering us
about it.

We really don’t think it’s bad that our alumni
help the athletes, helping them buy cars and
such. You know, Santa, they do this everywhere,
but these people in Kansas are just picking on us.
And right when we‘re going to a bowl game, at
that

As you know, Santa, our athletic program is
very important to us. It brings in money and
prestige. That‘s why we had to give all those
tickets to the big shots, even though it fouled up
our students.

Could you help us win the Peach Bowl? It
would do wonders for recruiting and it would
make us feel better after those people in Kansas
finish with us. Also, it would make Fran feel
better— he‘s been in a nasty mood ever since last
football season.

We‘ve teamed to live with the fact that those
people in Kansas just won ‘t be content until they
really hurt our football team. But, Santa, please,
see if you can keep them away from our

basketball boys. Santa, we think they can go all
the way this year—don’t let anything mess that
u .
pAnd another thing, Santa. Could you drop some
money down the chimney instead of gifts? It’s
not that we don’t appreciate the gifts, but what
with the state giving its funds to secondary
education and liking U of L more than us, well,
it‘s really getting tough, Santa.

We’ve already had to cut some programs and
we'd hate to cut more. We can’t pay our faculty
enough money and it’s going to hurt the
University if they get mad and leave. We’ve even
turned down the heat so everyone’s cold.And we
pay our staff little as possible. But, Santa, it just
isn’t good enough.

Our students have a lot of problems, too,
Santa. Some of them can’t find places to live, and
the ones that do have to pay high prices for low-
rent housing. We really can’t do anything about
this, Santa, but maybe you could.

It‘s getting so bad that some of them have
trouble making ends meet financially. I guess
that’s why we didn‘t want our law students to
have outside jobs. It limits enrollment, you
know.

Oh yes, could you ask the nice men in blue to
leave the students alone when they celebrate
after a football game. And maybe you could get
them to restrain those mean dogs?

We know you’re real busy this time of year,
Santa, so we’ll cut the list short. We have other
problems—we always worry that someone will
get run over on Rose Street and there are still all
kinds of questions about our fabulous new Rupp
Arena—but even you can’t fix everything.

Have a safe sleigh ride, Santa, and try to make
our Christmas a lttle merrier.

Love, Otis and the gang.

Generation gap

Father knows son will never understand

By FRANK ESPOSITO

In about the year 2000, I can see a
conversation taking place between a
father and son which will go
something like this:

Father: This used to be where the
UK basketball team played.

commentary

Son‘ You mean right in this
parking garage?

Father: No, there used to be a big
arena here that sat thousands and
thousands of fans. That was before
they becamse the Lexington Wild~
cats and before they moved the team
to Louisville. I can remember seeing
students wait for days on end in line
forthosc tickets.

Son You mean they actually let
students in to watch the Lexington
Wildcats.‘ Why would they wait so
long for the ticket auction?

Fiitlwr- The ticket auction was

Consumer focus . . . secretary Coleman

“Vox Populi.“ the Latin phrase
goes. “Vox Deum.” Roughly
translated: “The voice of the people
is the voice. of God."

It was this idea that the founders
of the country set out to put into
practice, Voting, expression of

bruce w. singleton

opinion, and other indicia of the
desires of the people were
paramount and are reflected in all
the bicentennial documents.

I have my own Vox populi. Two
guys who work out at Adtl’. both UK

just an idea that the Athletic
Department came up with later,
when they found that none of the
students was making the drive to
Louisville. They said it was rather
unfortunate, especially since the
new stadium in‘Louisville was only
88.8 miles from the student center
and 1.8 miles from nowhere.

That all happened a long time ago.
before the NBA folded because they
couldn't remembe how many teams
they had or couldn’t print money
fast enough to pay the players. In the
old days, the rich folks went to the
NBA games sometimes and left the
college game for the students to
enjoy.

Son: Why didn’t they have ticket
auctions? I mean. that is the best
part of going to a game now—watch-
ing all those rich old people getting
so mad while they bid for the tickets.
What was a game like? Was it fun
going to those games?

Father: You have to understand,
son, that all that happened when the
approach to the game was different.

students, and both regular Kernel
readers, always have something to
say about the most recent column.

“The worst yet“ is the typical
comment. Or “I liked the one about
the baitarri switch on the cameras.”
And the most recent one was, “You
use the word ‘ripoff’ too much."

I listen to these guys. Especially
when you consider the fact that one
is about six feet five and weighs in
excess of 200 pounds. But listening
and putting into action are two
different things.

One of the most prominent people
to listen to the Vox Populi lately has
been Secretary of Transportation

The theory was that the team
represented the college—that they
really ought to let large numbers of
students go to the game. Now they
let the team members in and one
student for the sake of tradition.

At one time, it didn’t matter how
much money a student had, he had
the right to go and he could go to see
the game on campus because the
essence of the college game was the
special spirit and flavor that could
only be found on campus. Now the
games are rather dull and it just
isn‘t worth the money you have to
pay to get in to see them.

Son: They certainly had some silly
ideas back then. You must be
kidding that they played basketball
in that parking garage in the middle
of campus and let students into the
game. How could they make money
on a deal like that?

Father: I guess you don‘t under-
stand, Iguess you just never will . . .

Frank Esposito is a second-year UK
law student.

William Coleman. Coleman, you
remember, recently announced his
decision not to require air bags on
auttxnobilos produced in the near
future.

He has been criticized by many
groups including the Ralph Nader
bundr and insurance companies.
One person noted that this is the first
peacetime move by the government
which would knowingly sentence
thousanth of people to death.

Allstate, the company which has
tested the passive restraint devices
for abort five years, says that in the
thousands of test cars on the high-
way, there were hundreds of ac-

 

Thanks, Kernel

On behalf of the men of Far-
mhouse Fraternity I would like to
personally thank Nancy Green and
the entire staff of the Kentucky
Kernel for their advertising
dmation toward our benefit square
dance for the Ephraim McDowell
Cancer Fund. We are truly grateful
for the corsideration given to this
organization by the Kernel people,
and again we say thanks.

Reid
Engineering

Paxton
sophomore

O O
Mistrial

The US. Supreme Court really
took a grand step hindways with its
decision not to make coverage for
pregnancy mandatory in company
disability and sick leave programs.
The six justices in the majority
stated in essence that men and
women would be treated equally
(under such a plan) because, if a
man were pregnant, he would be
treated in the same manner as a
woman.

Such a definition of sexual equali-
ty is certainly less than enlighten-
ing; or as Justice John Paul Stevens,
one of the three dissenting justices,
reminded his conservative col-
leagues, ”it is the capacity to
become pregnant which primarily
differentiates the female from the
male.“ It seems that GE assumes
that women voluntarily chose to
have exclusive rights on being able
tobearchildren.

Two painfully obvious repercus-
sions of this ruling are that compan-
ies voluntarily setting up a disability
plan for employes won't need to
include a provision to continue the
salary ofa woman who is away from
work because of pregnancy or its
complications, and that those corn-
panies already providing such co-
verage need no longer do so.

These are implications which
could potentially affect every work-
ing woman in this country—consider
the working women who cannot
afford being laid off or are unable to
plan their pregnancies around their
work.

A GE spokesman. commenting on
the decision. stated that the com-
pany was “very pleased," but

cidents. but not a single fatality.

But Coleman, unflinching in the
face of cold, hard facts, has truly
listened to the people and has in-
terpreted the maxim of the un-
lastened seatbelt.

The old safety in autos kick came
about partially as a result of Ralph
Nader‘s Unsafe at Any Speed, a
condemnation of the (‘orvair Since
the publication of that book back in
the 60‘s, seat belts. special body
design, special glass. and pollution
control devices have become
mandatory.

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Letters

declined to estimate how much (3)
the decision will save GE. So, since
the only language GE apparently
understands is that of the dollar,
that is the lingo those who are
disgusted with this decision will
have to use: i.e., they must write GE
and let them know that their feelings
will prohibit them from purchasing
GE products in the future.

Jennifer Tichenor
Student Senator, College of Nursing

Drama and music

George Harrison once wrote some
lyrics that include the line“...isn't it
a pity. isn't it a shame..." The words
are very dramatic and makes for
good music.

I)ra ma and music are two things
that ha ven't been together at UK for
a long timc. And it ts a pity...and a
:hamc.

Musical drama. which some
tritics have called the “bastard
child“ of theater, is one of the most
popular firms of theater today.
l’roductims of such works as “My
Fair Lady," "Fiddler on the Roof,"
and “West Side Story," have
tstablishrd a reputation of drawing
Slit) crowds wherever they are
productd. be rt Broadway, colleges.
high schools or pure amateurs.

The problem that laces l7l\' is that
to date only t )Mi has been scheduled
tor the 1970-77 season. the premiere
production of “Lightin Hugs ‘r\"
tiods ‘N' 'l'lnngs." that came off in
November as a part of the Eleventh
Hour 'l‘hr-atcr series.

it you tall-t to a thcatcr ttrajor hc'll
tcll ym that lllt‘ problcrn alt-ms from
the music t'cpartnrcnt. A music
major “ill say theater l’tut regar-
dless ol who‘s at tault. nothing is
l'cmg done to correct it. And it Is
i'ltliit ridiculous tor a school the size
of [K not to do a major musical
drama production. 'lhe best
tlmtcnts of acting. music and
dance, not to mention tostiiming,
wtsa nd lighting, could be combincd
tor a brillant xxlratagarr/a.

ltuttlrcrc isotore at stakcthan the
must for intertairimt-nt. l‘~ccausc of
the petty arguments, it is practically
impossible fora student to major Ill
'i-usitalthcatcr at l K; that is if they

may lead us to

won‘t pay up unless the occupants of
a car were wearing their seatbelts.

But safety devices and the like
make the price of cars go up. And
though wearing seatbelts and doing
other things safely would make the
insurance companies happy, most
people dm’t seem to care for them
very much.

Have you noticed how many of the
new seatbelts tyou know, the ones
that make the burzers go of f or won‘t
let the car start) have been per—
manently fastened across the seat.
Or the number (1 cars driving
around with tires that make Kojak‘s
head look like the black forest.

want to be out in less than six years.
The two departments usually
schtdule their major courses at the
saint time.

The only altemative is for a
student to so four years for the basic
drama or music degree and then
pick up the others courses in the
lollowing years Whether the con-
tlict is intentional or not, it should be
cleaned up.

What ever happened to
“Oklahoma" and “South Pacific"?
l’nless the music and theater
departments act together. theyu
may never beset-n again...at least at
IR.

1 humus (‘tark
journalism freshman

Deserving award

While in danger of reinforcing the
stereotype of socialists being “hu-
morless zealots,” I would like to
take exception to Dick Downey’s
attempt at humor in his Dec. 9
column.

Actually, the “Don’t you dudes
ever give up” award is kind of an
honor despite the sexist implication
that we are all males. No, we don’t
give up and we are proud to say it. In
fact, we are agin taking up space on
the opinion page to thank you.

Though the issues of the right to
abortion and the ERA; equal educa-
tion and US. support to racist
regimes: and the fact that we have
eight per cent unemployment might
not be important to Mr. Downey,
they are important to women, black
people and working people in gener-
a.

If we seem overzealous, then it
seems more of an indictment of
others lack of concern than an
indictment of the YSA for still
writing about them. Thankfully,
there are. people like the ERA
Alliance, whose members work 40
hours a week and don’t need to win
that “privilege." And those that
protested the CIA and fought for
South Hill residents know that
injustice continues.

We thank you for the award, but
there are many more who deserve it
also. Hopefully, there will be many
more deserving the award for not
giving up next semester.

Bronson Rozier
YSA member

Vox Deum

So it is refreshing to know that .we
who dnve our cars with the faith of a
medieval monk are being listened to.
We of the unfastened seatbelt should
be thankful for such a decision.

The only problem with Coleman
listening to the Vox Populi is that as
a result. many of us in the un-
fastened seatbelt set may someday
acquire firsthand knowledge of the
Vox Deum.

 

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l'K law student who feels that
anyone crazy enough to take time
out from exams to write a column
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In the
General
Assembly

Joint committee recommends

107 district judgeships

FRANKFORT [APl—The creation of 107 district
judgeships was recommended Thursday by a join
HouseSenate committee—a giant step toward im-
plementing Kentucky' 5 new lower court system

“This is the major unresolved question" in
implementation of the judicial Article, said the
chairman of the House committee, Rep. Charles
Wible. “It is and has been all along the most
controversial question.”

District courts will replace all existing county and
municipal courts on Jan. I, 1978, under a constitutional
amendment approved by voters last year.

Wible, D-Owensboro, said the House committee will
hold a Special meeting Friday to amend the
administration’s district court, making it conform to
the joint committee‘s recommendation.

The administration bill recommended the creation
of 112 judgeships. The state Supreme Court recom-
mended a minimum of 123.

“I’m optimistic the House committee will not try to
change what the joint committee has recommended,"
Wible said at the end of the marathon three-hour
session.

Capital punishment labeled
‘fancy word for murder’

FRANKFORT [AP]—A man who was sentenced to

die in the electric chair said Thursday that capital
punishment is a fancy word for murder.

“We dress upthe word capital punishment," Robert
Jones of Louisville told the House Judiciary-Statutes

Committee. “It should be called cold-blooded murder.
“We give the job of pulling the switch to some
moron-the governor should be there to help,” Jones
said.
Gov. Julian Carroll has indicated his support for a
revision in Kentucky s death penalty law that would
retain ca pitai punishment for certain offenses.

The 38-year-old Jones, paroled after the 1972 U.S.'

Supreme Court ruling which held state death penalties
unconstitutional is director of a charity food program

W Louisville church

Remark on halfway houses

concerns Speaker Kenton

FRANKFORT [AH—Concerned over a remark by
Kentucky‘s corrections commissioner that halfway
houses are not effective, House Speaker William
Kenton demanded Thursday that the Justice Depart-
ment review the one in Kenton’s own district in
Lexington.

Corrections Commissioner David Bland told a

conference in Lexington Wednesday that while most‘

halfway houses are not effective, the one in Lexington
is an exception because the community is making it
work.
“If it’s not good enough for the rest of the state then
it’s not good enough for Lexington,“ Kenton said.
The Lexington Democrat had opposed the project,
initiated in Lexington Aug. 6, and said Bland’s
statement “greatly concerned” him.

 

 

 

Grand jury to release

warehouse report Friday

FRANKFORT [APl—A
Franklin County grand jury
will issue a report Friday on
its probe of the state's con-
troversial Lexington
warehouse lease, Common-
wealth‘s Atty. Ray Corns said
Thursday.

State Auditor George At-
kins, who has made his own
investigation of the lease, is
expected to appear before the
panel Friday mornings be-
fore the report is issued
“To complete his rep-
resentation,” Corns said.

Atkins has termed the lease
of the former James E.
Pepper Distillery property an
example of “bigness, arro
game and inefficiency in
government."

In his own report, Atkins
said the lease, since can-

celled, involved “many im-
proprieties,” but that it was
not his place to determine if
laws were broken.

“We say if, in fact, it‘s not
illegal, it should be,” Atkins
said when he released the
results of his inquiry, which
he has turned over to the
grand jury.

Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert
Hensley, who has studied
“the criminal law aspects” of
the lease, appeared before
the grand jury for about an
hour Tuesday, Corns said.

Hensley said it would not be
proper for him to comment on
the matter before the report it
issued, and Atty. Gen. Robert
Stephens' office said
Stephens also would not com-
ment before the report comes
out.

Carter given options
on housing, transit

WASHINGTON [AP]—
President-elect Carter was
presented on Thursday with

‘ options for dealing with such
issues as airbags, supersonic ‘

airplanes and aid to the cities.
Several options, if adopted,
would reverse controversial
decisions made by the Ford
administration.

In the first face-toface
encounter between Jimmy
Carter and his housing and
transportation staffs, Carter
was briefed on issues he’ll
face in 1977, most Specifically
in the first 60 days, according
to one person familiar with
preparations for the session.

Details of a multibillion
dollar housing plan were
unveiled for Carter, accord-
ing to several sources. The
plan involves spending up to
$5 billion to subsidize interest
rates on mortgages to stimu-
late local and national econ-
omies.

The money is available to
the current administration
under a 1975 bill, but Ford
administration officials chose
not to spend it.

In the transportation field,
transition staffers presented
papers for Carter saying he
can sustain, or reverse deci-
sions on the Concorde super-
sonic airplane and the air bag
auto safety systems.

JFK, King
probes to

be funded

WASHINGTON [APl—The

. House cgmmittee investiga-

ting assassinations of Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy and Dr.
Martin Luther King voted on
Thursday to spend $6.5 mil-
lion in the first year of an
estimated two-year probe.

'1 he 12-member select com-
mittee on assassinations ap-
proved the fund request with-
out objection following a de-
tailed presentation by chief
counsel Richard A. Sprague,
who described the budget as
“bare bones.”

Sprague made the same
presentation to the House
Democratic caucus later in
the day and was scheduled to
deliver a public summary of
the results of his investigation
so far.

The full House must approve
the budget request when Con-
gress convenes in January.

Members of the assassina-
tion committee appeared
surprised by the size of
Sprague’s request, which is
more than three times the

' amount spent by the House

Judiciary Committee during
its President Richard Nixon
impeachment probe. The re-
quest “takes you breath
away," Rep. Richardson
Preyer, D-N.C., chairman of
the subcommittee investiga-
ting the Kennedy assassina-
tion, told Sprague.

All the members present
endorsed the budget proposal
without reservation. “You get
what you pay for," Preyer
said.

“Congrees' reputation is
riding on this,” Rep. Stewart
McKinney, R-Conn., added.

“If we’re not going to be
given the tools and if Mr.
Sprague is not going to be
given the tools, I would have
to withdraw my name from
the committee.”

   
     
 
   
   
 
     
   
   
    
    
       
   
     
   
      
     
   

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