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“a...“ my none out.

By THOMAS CLARK
Assistant Arts Editor

“Did I say something clever?
My, you are an easy crowd."

Tony Randall spoke his way
into the heart of a Memorial
Coliseum crowd Wednesday
night, dishing out generous
helpings of humor, gesture, and
deadly seriousness.

A brilliant speaker, blessed
with an exceptional command of
the English language, Randall
dwelled on the two loves of his
life: comedy and opera.

“H umor is a serious business.
lthink d myself as an actor who
has found a niche in comedy. I
do not think of myself as a
comedian."

Speaking from experience as
a serious actor, Randall spent

at actor’s job description for the
500 people who attended the
Central Kentucky Concert and
lecture Series (CKCLS) event.
Randall's Speech is the last in
this year’s CKCIS series.

“Whatwecallanart—the art
of acting— is really not an art at
all. Rather it is a way of com-
munication, reliving an ex-
perience out again for others to
see.

“Only the worst and poorest
acting is lying and pretending.
Real acting, good acting if you
wish, is the truth. The truth is
convincing and the truth '3
capable of bringing tears and
building emotions within the
audience. Lying and pretending
never convinces."

' Randall cited an example, an
accident he had once seen in
New York where a man was hit

by a car. Randall demonstrated
how in had relived the accident
for his family. He spoke in
fractured sentences, recalling
the incident, and the scene
became strangely real for the
audience, reducing them to a
stoney silence.

Although Randall is often
annoyed by which questions
imply a resemblence between
him and Felix Ungar, h's neat-
freak character on The Odd
Couple, Randall also feels the
inquiries are flattering because,
“it mears they believed me.”

In addition, Opera's “biggest
fan” indulged in a bit of history
for the crowd. Speaking without
notes, he described how the art
developed, a progression of
male singers from 14th Century
castradrs to the modern tenor.
Randall added a few humorous

 

several minutes outlining a type

Tony Randall

Felix charms University crowd,

tales of the great goofs he had
seen on stage.

After his speech, the actor
answered questions from the
audience, drifting through
memory to recall some of the
notable actors with whom he’s
worked.

Randall’s voice dropped to a
level reserved for those held in
awe when he reached the late
dramatic actor Paul Muni. In
the late 1950’s, Randall worked
with the actor in both the stage
play and film, Inherit The Wind.

“Only three or four times in
your life will you meet a
Superman. .His voice was
volcanic when he took off —
something that he did in nearly
every performance. And when
his voice dropped into the low
rangs, the stage literally shook.
This is what real acting is.”

discusses comedy and opera

And of course there was a
question about rock music,
which Randall despises.
Responding to the Beach Boys’
fakedo sing'ng, he said, “I am
proud and happy to say that l
have no idea who the Beach
Boys are.

“I don’t consider rock music
to be human Now~don’t take
that wrong, what I mean is the
music is made by electronics
and massive amplification. I
want to hear what the singer can
do."

After the lecture outside his
dressing room, Randall ap-
peared a different man than on
the screen. He’s still Felix in
some ways, immaculately
dressed in a grey suit and white
shirt. And the beginnings of deep
creases cross his forehead,
although his body is tit and

deserving of a man of 30 years,
rather than Randall‘s 57.

“I'd like to stay with the Tony
Randall Show this current
televis'on series) for about five
years," he said, “That seems to
be the magic number. Of course
a show never really makes a lot
of money until it goes into
syndication Actually it loses
money the first year."

Randall is-a serious man, both
on and off stage. His smile,
broad, with just a h'mt of teeth
behind it, seems to hide
something of the man.

He is the living example of
what the late-actor David
Garret was speaking, when he
said:

“An actor‘s job is to live it out.
You can fool the world with
tragedy, but comedy, comedy is
a serious business.

 

 

Vol. LXVlIl, Number 150
Friday, April 22, 1977

Prichard

state

A temporary restraining order was issued
yesterday by the Frarirlin Circuit Court against
Kentucky Liquid Recycling Inc. in West Point, Ky.
to halt the dumping of toxic chemicals. Liquid
Recycling is one of the firms under investigation by
the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency
in cmnection with the dumping of thousanth of
gallons of hexachlorocyclopentadiene into the
louisville sewer system.

The Carroll Admhistration plans to announce
within days, possibly today, the site of a new $15
million medium security prison. The location
remains secret. although it is reported that civic
leaders in the affected community have been
briefed. The administration also will disclose the
location if a forensic psychiatry unit.

KENTUCKY

'an independent student newspaper]

The “boy genius" is an old man
now.

He‘s almost totally blind from his
bout with diabetes and the long, coal
black hair has turned a dull grey.
But the sharp, analytical mind that
earned him that reputation is still
very much intact, his influence in
Kentucky still felt.

Though he‘s over (i), Ed Prichard
tPrichl has kept his hand in Ken-
tudry politics as a member of the
Council on Public Higher Education
since 1966. (He is now vice chairman
of the council, which is the state
agency governing public higher
eduration.)

in that time he has become one of
the guiding forces behind the
council.

As ideological conflicts between
UK and U of L‘s “edumtional
missions“ came to a head during

' recent council meetings, Prichard's
calm ability to cut through rhetoric

nation

America‘s coal industry beleves it can produce 1
billion tons of coal amually by 1985, as President
Carter has asked, but spokesmen are worried that
consumers won‘t be allowed to use the coal because
of strict environmental standards. During a speech
befae a joint session of Congress Wednesday,
Carter said that one of the gosh of his national
encgy policy “will be conversion from scarce fuels
to coal whenever possible," and caled for an an-
nual production increase of it!) million tons. About
650 million tars of coalwere produced last year.

The Columbia Gas Transmbsiea Corp. will bqin
development of a major Ohio natural gas storqe
field winch will hek) prevent gas W. a
company spokesman said yesterday. Columbia‘s
gas stir-age capadty will increase by 32 billion

was particularly invaluable.

Repeatedly. meetings of the
council brought innumerable
speeches by both university
presidents, Drs. ()tis Singletary and
Jams Miller.

Lines were drawn. Sides were
taken.

But before the bloodbath started,
Prichard would clear his throat for
attention—a low. rumbling growl
that always turned heads his way.
And in his methodical and articulate
way, Prich would sum up the con-
flict, prrpose a solution and make a
motion to the chair.

.lust like that.
Discussions ceased and a vote was
taken.

Time has softened the hard
feelings many Kentuckians had for
l’ridiard.

H‘s boyhood days in Paris, Ky.,
were filled with books and studying
and he soon advanced ahead of his
classmates. Eventually, he went to
Princeton. graduated with honors,
and went on to Harvard Law School.

By the time he was 30, Prichard

cubic feet when the first phase of the project is
linidied in four years, the spokesman said.

Indiana Gov. Otis R. Bowen said yesterday he has
decided to veto legislation to legalize the
manufacture, sale and use of Laetrile as a cancer
treatment in lndiana. Surporters of the bill, passed
last week by the state legislature, predicted that the
veto will be overridden, and Bowen conceded that

they probably are right. The

laetrile, like all other drugs, should be subject to

state health regulation.

had gone to Washington to work with

President Franklin D. Roosevelt as

one of his top war-time advisers.
Frankly, some were jealous.

Then he got caught stuffing ballot
boxes in Bourbon County in 1949. it
wam‘t a heineous crime, and many
people admitted it had been done
before. Kentucky politics have never
been pure.

But Prich was convicted and spent
five months in Ashland's federal
prison. After that, he career was
shattered.

lie soon built back his reputation
and became known as an adviser to
governors -- a non-political sage
with few axes to grind.

And now Ed Prichard is known-as
oneof the least partisan members of
the highly political Council on Public
Higher Education.

“1 don‘t think i have any
prejudices or favorites among the
universities, mainly because i am
not an alumnus of a state school,“
l'richard said. “Perhaps I feel a
little closer to UK because I‘ve
always lived in the Bluegrass. but

governor said

The Supreme Court has voted not to review the

Watergate cover-up conviction of former Atty.
Gen. John N. Mitchell and Nixon White House aides
it. it. Haldeman and John D. Etrlichman, National
Public Redo reported yesterday. The station said
rhea-does voted 5 too at the court's secret, weekly
conference last l-‘riday to deny the three men's

requot for review.

University of Kentucky .
Lexington, Kentucky

is one force guiding council

By MINDY FET'I‘ERMAN
Kernel Staff Writer

I‘ve been in and out of Louisville for
years."

Prichard sits at the head of the
council table in his conservative,
and slightly time-worn black suit.
lle listens.

llis feet tap incessantly and his
hand flutters across his face. resting
over his mouth, rubbing his eyes,
rearranging his thin bow-tie. And he
listens.

But the meetings are long, the
breaks are few and far between.
When he yawns. his whole face
resists the urge.

“i wouldn't say that We been an
influence in the council, but i have
been interested in gettingthe council
to meet its responsibility to make a
comprehensive plan for higher
education in Kentucky," Prichard
said.

“We often felt that the council
moved slowly. especially in the past.
liut the present council members
spend a lot of time on council
matters now and i think that with
this (roles and missions) statement
we are making progress.“

world

(‘halard lliranyasiri, a former Thailand general
accused but never tried for leading an abortive
military coup. was executed yesterday by a single
burst from the submachine gun of a one-man firing
squad, military swrces said. it was Thailand’s first
execution for political reasons in almost so years.
Iliranyaa'ri had aho been accused of killing a
progovernment army commander in the coup at-
tempt last month.

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UK is number one,
be magnanimous

Editorial tidbits. . .

UK is finally number one, or so says the The
Council on Public Higher Education. In another
of a series of policy statements, the council

declared Wednesday that UK
statewide institution.

Of course, University of Louisville officials
weren’t too pleased with the school’s designation
as a metropolitan university. Nor were they very
happy about losing potential revenue to UK

because of a lower ranking.
While. losing the prestige battle

still came out on top of the other state-supported
colleges and universities. U of L, the council has
tentatively decided, is more than just another
regional school but less than UK.

But President Otis A. Singletary madea strong
case for UK dominance when he pointed out that
U of L’s inclusion in the state system in 1970 was
at UK’s expense. He also said that the state

cannot afford to support two
stitutions.
Apparently, the council

agreed with
Singletary’s assessment because it defined UK
as the principal university for graduate
education, statewide research and public service
programs, without geographic limitations.
Although the mission definition statement
released by the council was only adopted “in

College of Medicine dean, downplayed the recent

is the only

resignation of 17 doctors.

Several of the resigning doctors had com-
plained about inadequate salaries, overcrowded
and underfunded facilities and other deficiencies

in the Med Center. Bosomworth admitted that

members.

the economic crunch makes it difficult to
maintain the quality of Med Center health
programs arnd to retain top-notch faculty

But he pointed out that the number of

to UK, U of L

statewide in- situation.

resignations is actually below the yearly
average for UK. So far, 6 per cent of the faculty
has left UK this year. Last year 7 per cent left
and two years ago, the turnover rate was 13 per
cent, Bosomworth said.

Bosomworth also acknowledged that the
faculty is preparing a report on the condition of
the Med Center and the College of Medicine. The
report states that the Med Center faces a crisis

The resignations seem to add credence to the

Aga inn, we

principle,” it was nonetheless a victory for UK fire.

, and President Singletary.

Now wouldn’t it be magnanimous of UK to give

U of L a chance to get even, say on
court.

The Med Center is not falling apart, according
to Dr. Peter Bosomworth, Medical Center vice
president. In a‘press conference Wednesday,
Bosomworth, along with Dr. D. Kay Clawson,

Carter flops

the basketball

reports of widespread dissatisfaction with
conditions and priorities in the Med Center. Now,
claims arnd counterclaims have muddled the
situation further.

advocate an independent in-

vestigation into the problems of the Med Center
because where there is smoke there is usually

The Kernel ’s non: ination for'Quote of the Year,
has to go to an unidentified State Department

official who recently commented on a request
from Zaire for Coke to feed the army. Explaining

why the Zaire troops needed the soft drink, the
official said, “You can’t expect a soldier to fight
on a Coke-less stomach.”

So that’s what the “0” stands for in C-rations.

Foreign policy is atrocious

ByJOHN FIELDS

After a careful consideration of
Our Jimmy’s Acts of State‘these
past four months, I have come to the
conclusion that the man’s
prosecution of foreign affairs, in
terms of equity and coherence, is
atrocious. Those of us who voted for
Mr. Carter (partly) outof dislike for
the authoritarian tactics of Henry
the Kiss. now have, instead, the
Keystone Cops.

I saw the confusion beginning
almost as soon as Jimmy and his
kirnfolks got settled inn the White
House. Off went Fritz Mondale to
Europe to hob-nob with the Heads of I
State, off went Andy Young to Africa
to embolden the emerging nations.
and off went Cy Vance, soon
thereafter, to the Middle East to
promise aid and comfort to almost
everyone in sight.

To the casual eye, it seemed as
though Jimmy was casting aloft all
his doves at once irn hopes of finding
some dry land (and friends)
somewhere. What happened was
that none of his messengers could
even agree what dry land is.

Fritz was criticized in German
and French government circles for
the chiding tone he took with those
nations, Andy managed to hold forth
with the positively absurd thesis that
Cubanintervention in Angola is fine,
although American intervention in
Vietnam was wrong (denying the
trite but true maxim that “what‘s
good for the goose is good for the
gander") and Cy made more
commitments of arms and aid to the-
Arabs and Israelis than Carter knew
what to do with.

To switch metaphors, the dan-
delitn nods Jimmy cast to the wind
all took root to grow different kinds
of plants.

Undatlnted by this chaotic foray,
Jimmy then launched his greatest

 

gaffe. his confused campaign for
universal human rights, directed
primarily against the Soviet Union.
Jimmy did not initially clarify what
he meant by “human rights,”
although I suppose that we all, in a
vague sort of way, imagined him to
mean “political rights” or “rights to
bodily integrity" (that is, the right
not to be tortured) and went along
with him.

At the United Nations, Our Jimmy
seemed tomake things a wee bit
clearer when he said that some
natiorns had violated their pledges to
uphold the UN Declaration of
Universal Human Rights arnd should
be brought to task.

Actually, however, this
clarification made the matter all the
muddier, since that document-
contains (among others) the right to
a job, the right to be well-fed and a
list of other “economic rights”
which are not provided in our
country by law, but are so provided
in the Soviet Union.

Whatever Jimmy means by
“human righb," his crusade for
them, from its irnception, was either
a bit of noble whimsy or a cunrningly
effective public relations campaign
here at home. I am not yet cynical
enough to accept the latter, so I
imagine that Carter really does feel
that he has a moral duty to “wit-
ness" the Gospel of Democracy unto
the World.

The problem with such witnessing,
arnd what gave his crusade its
whimsical flavor, is that my telling
an immoral person that he or she is
immoral is tantamount to
podairnirg that I am a worthy
judge This loath nd only to harsh
feelings, but generally to a canplete
breakdown in communications.

Of course the Soviet Union
regularly and ruthlesly violates the
rights it provides its citizens under
its own constitution, but crying out

against sudn sins like a voice alone
in the wilderness, inevitably causes
the immoral, by their nature, to
push therrnselves further into im-
morality.

The practical results of moral
evangelism are often just the op-
posite of what one seeks to ac-
complish, and from this standpoint,
Mr. Carter is not adequately un-
derstand what he was doing from the
outset.

He further confused the already
murky issue of international human
rights by not even preaching his
sermon to all nations equally.
Traditional allies and military
hams, like South Korea, Iran,
Thailand, the Phillipines, Singapore,
Zaire arnd (usually) South Africa,
bulwarks against the advent of
World Communism, are left
relatively urnscathed by Carter’s
fervor, as are, not surprisingly, the
strategic Communist nations of
Chirna, Vietnam and Cuba.

It seems odd that Carter, in his
drive to reestablish diplomatic
relatiorns with Vietnam, has not
given wide press to the type of
terrorism daily ga’ng on there, while
publicly condemning the com-
paratively mild civil rights
violations of the Brezhnev regime.

The Idi Amin escapade would
seem to be sufficient proof that

stinging denunciations of one.

country’s tyrant by the head of
another country, as amopriate as
such denunciations may be, leads
only to further blood and oppression.
Unequal denunciations among
nations can only make such
rmraism seem all the more un-
justified to the immoral.

Jimmy appearstobeumure what
he wants in a forehn policy. He
wants lrienddnip with al, and makes
attempts to appease (his most
recent bring h'u promise of a
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Consumer focus . . .

Wallace’s Book Store had good idea

Wallace’s Book Store announced
last week that it will refund the
difference between the price of any
new book bought at tlneir store at the
beginning of last semester and the
price it would’ve cost elsewhere.
The procedure will be simple: go to
Kenrnedy’s or UK book store and get
a receipt so you can show your book
was more expensive at Wallace’s.
Then go to Wallace’s to collect.

But don’t expect any big gains,
even if you find one of the books that
may have been higher-priced. The
Kernel did a survey last fall, when
Wallace’s was making the claims of
lower prices on books. It found the
claim basically true, except in about
a third of the cases.

Where we found lower prices
elsewhere, the differences only
amounted to abort 30 or 40 cents. So
even if you intend to take advantage

 

JIMMY CARTER
. . .More matter. less art

followed by a quick backtrack on the
promise).

He says he wants a moral foreign
policy, yet he repudiated the am-
bassador who publicly apologized

.for the US. role in the military

takeover of Chile. He says he wants
to reduce the US. hegemony over
the World, and yet has promised to
maintain foreign troop strengths
and naval forces at approximately
what they are now until at least the
beginning of his second term.

He says that he stands for
universala bsolute human rights, yet
only selectively does. In shirt, his
foreign policy is grossly unfair,
highly disorganized, shrilly
moralistic, absolutely tac'tless and
(seems to be) completely un-
planned if I were grading the first
four months of Carter‘s handling of
foreign affairs. I think I would give
him a “.‘D

[can only hope. as I hoped when I
so! my ballot for Jimmy in
November, that he can grow into the
job required. and possesses the
necesary humanly and native
intelligence to become a fairly good

(and not so public relations orien- .

MiPresident. .

 

This comment was submntu-d by
John Holds. a Philosophy junior.

of the refund offer, you’ll make less
than you would if you took a carton
of pop bottles back to the grocery.
And it’ll probably be a lot less hassle
to take back the pop bottles than to
get the book refund.

Even so, the idea of discounting
new textbooks was a good idea.
Where Wallace’s went wrong, of
course, was in their advertising.
Somewhere along the line, someone
wrote the copy indicating Wallace’s
in Lexington was the first book store
in the United States to make such
discounts.

Whether this was intentional or
accidental, it makes no difference.
The fact that the advertising was
aired was enough for the Attorney
General's office, an active one in
consumer affairs in Kentudty, to
begin an investigation.

The Wallace’s store in Lexington
was not. of course. the first to make
such discounts. But there have not

been many others in the nation to do

it, according to Jadt Newcomb,
associate editor of the National
Association of College Book Stores
Journal.

Ironically, the theory on which the
Attorney General’s office ap-
proa ched the case resembled unfair
competition. It is unfair com-
petition, the theory goes, to ad
vertise fabely. But the basic idea of
the discount policy is one that could
encourage competition.

Competition has been severely
lacking around here. If you need a
book for a class, you go to any of
three places. Period.

I've been buying books since about
1963 from the local book stores (at
that time, high school students in
Fayette County had to furnish their
own textbodts). In that time period,
it has been apparent that the

, traditiornal principles of shopping

just don’t apply to buying books. No
nnatter how much you check out the
prices from Sore to store, you’re not
going to get much of a break.

The publishers are one reason for
this. They start out with a rather
high price on their books. They then
allow a maximum of 20 per cent
mark-up. From this, the book stores
must take their overhead, profit,
etc.

But even with such a limited
nnargin of markup to work with, it
scene there’s some chance of
competition among the stores. At

 

 

one time, it didn’t seem likely that
this would happen, since the book
stores have this 20,000~member
captive audience. But it looks like
Wallace’s tried.

Though the Attorney General’s

.office was right in making an in-

vestigation and finally getting
Wallace’s to sign an Assurance of
Voluntary Compliance, the book
store should be commended for at
least tryirng. If they do it right next
time, their policy of d'scounting new
bodts acros the board may be
contagious. And that would be a
great help for the consumer,
especially corsidering the fact that
tuition is going up next semester.

Of course, the best way to buy'

your books is to get them from
someone who has had the course
before. The law school does it that
way in its student book excharnge. It
works very well for a small number
of studernts on the campus. It could
work for the rest of the University
community, butI wouldn’t want the
tremendous job (i organizing such a
project. ’

Bruce W. Singleton is a second-year

law student. This is the final Con~
sumer l-‘ocus.

 

“—Letters—é

Biker’s bile

It is that time of the year again
when many people take to the
streets on their non-polluting two
wheelers known as bicycles. I am
one of three who enjoy riding my
bike as many places as possible,
rather than using the car for'con-
venience sake

I have been riding bicycles for
many years. I have had more
wrecks than I care to recall. At least
90 per cent of three wrecks were
caused by unconcerned motorists
who think they own the road and to
hell with anymc who gets in their
way.

Well, this aning and sunnrner is
going ,to be different! Battier than
being breed into the curbs. [utters
and dorm sewers, I'm going to take
my partritheroedfilrcethepolce
and government carnrnot or win not
protect the bikers then I‘m going to
equip mysol with steel medshoes to

kick the hellout of any car that gets
too close.

If this scheme does not work then
I'll rests-t to plan “B” which is
carrying a stick. Amanng what a
stick will do to a paint job.

I will just be getting even for all
the 'nicks, scratches, cuts and

.bruises careless motorists have

given nne.

If this sounds like I’m angry and
crazy, I am! We all know that irn the
erndit‘sthepersononthebite thatis
going to be mnshed!

It‘s time motorists arnd govern-
ment officials realize that as
gasoline prices soar and fuel
becomes scarce. more and more
peqnle will be using bicycles to get
around Soal of you “horn honking"
fools lad better get used to seeing
bikes an tie dreets.

Sunday it coukl be a'frlend or a
son or am you force into that
parked car or pde.

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UK’s Sidney Ulmer
examines high court

ByJIM MCNAIR
Kernel Staff Writer

Since aiming his doctorate
at Duke University in 1956,
UK political science
professor S. Sidney Ulmer
has concentrated his studies
and writings on the American
court system, particularly
the US. Supreme Court.

Chairman of the political
science department from 1963
to 1968, Ulmer is Southern
Political Science Association
president and has belonged to
numerous other political
science groups during his
tenure at UK. Last year he
was selected College of Arts
and Sciences Distinguished
Professor by his department
colleagues and was granted a
semester of research leave.
He is taking a sabbatical in
the fall.

Accountability and

respmsibility of the Supreme -

Court to the public, judicial
power and the Supreme
Court’s case selection process
are three of Ulmer‘s chief
concerns.

Ulmer said unlike the
executive and legislative
branches of government, the
judicial branch '5 not ac-
countable to representation
and, as a result, personal
opinions evolve into law.

“As soon as you recognize
the Supreme Court as a
policy-making body, you

justices represent the
thinking of the people? “ he
said.

“Many of the policies
higher courts make should be
made by legislative bodies
who are responsible to the
people,” he said. “The
Supreme Court could write
legislation on their own
whims. What they think
becomes the law.

“As in a democracy where
you can second guess, social
cases should be decided by
Congress, which is more
sensitized to the people," he
said. “The policy-making
body should be more
responsible, more ac-
countable and less insulated
than the Supreme Court is."

Applications to the
Supreme Court for appeal
consideration have risen
from about 1,000 in the 1940’s
to roughly 5,000 now, although
the number of cases which

reach the opinion stage has
remaineda steady 125, Ulmer
said.

“This industrialized society
of ours keeps getting more
complex, thus, there is more
litigation and more appeab,"
Ulmer said. “M inorities have
grown increasingly aware of
their rights and seek the
courts as a source of relief
when the legislative branch
cannot help. Issues have
become so complex that the
solution the law can provide
is often not that clear cut."

Ulmer feels the US.
Supreme Court is the most
powerful court in the world
because of its power of
judicial review and its power
to nu llify acts of the other two
branches.

A prolific writer, Ulmer has
had 4050 articles published in
law and political science
journals and has written two
books and edited two.

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