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Vol. LXV No. 71
Thursday, November 15, 1973

an independent student newspaper

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY. 40506

 

Becky Watts
tops Senate

voting list

By RON MITCHELL

Kernel Staff Writer

Cox tiring
illegal,

saysiudge

By G. DAVID WALLACE

Associated Press Writer

News In Brlef

By the Associated Press
and the Kernel Staff

Okecommendations
OPenalty reductions
OThirst quencher
OGold prices drop
oAEC to build plant
OUrges rejection

oToday's weather...

SOPHOMORE BECKY Watts tallied 567
votes to lead all candidates for the 15
Student Senate at-large seats in balloting
Tuesday and Wednesday.

A total of 1,725 ballots were cast in the
election, which drew a field of 36 can-
didates. Two of the candidates, sophomore
Tim Cunningham and junior Bill Wessell,
have requested that the election board
make a recount of votes.

Cunningham lost by two votes, finishing
16th with a total of 278 votes. Wessell
tallied 270 votes, 10 short of 15th place
finisher Mark Kleckner, a junior.

THE RESULTS were announced to an
audience of some 50 students Wednesday
nightat 10:50 inside the tabulating room in
the Student Center.

One election board official said the
possibility ofa recount is very low ”unless
we find a case of gross error or in-
competance." The official noted that from
the time the boxes were sealed, security
was probably the best ever for an election.

The possibility of a new election was
averted when sophomore Glenn Stith
finished fourth with 443 votes. Since his
name was mispelled on the first day of
balloting, Stith had indicated he would
request a new election if he lost.

TEN OF THE 15 victors were members
of a “coalition" which focused its cam—
paign primarily in Greek houses and
dormitories. The group circulated a list of
19 candidates and requested students vote
for any 15 of those listed.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled
today that the firing of special Watergate
prosecutor Archibald Cox was illegal, but
the judge stopped short of ordering Cox
reinstated.

The judge said his ruling was intended
as a guide to future actions.

President Nixon, who prompted a
preliminary impeachment move against
himself by the firing of Cox and the related
resignations of the Justice Department's
top leadership on Oct. 20, has since ap-
pointed a new special prosecutor.

US. DISTRICT COURT Judge Gerhard
A. Gesell ruled that Cox‘s firing by Acting
Atty. Gen. Robert H. Bork and the sub-
sequent abolition of Cox’s office violated
the regulations under which the special
prosecutor‘s post had been established.

The Justice Department had argued that
Bork wasjustified in firing Cox because he

0 FRANKFORT. Ky. —— An Interim
Legislative body recommended Wed-
nesday that Gov. Wendell Ford put higher
education back into his education and arts
cabinet and not allow a state offical to
head it.

The Interim Study Commission on
Educational Organization also recom-
mended that the governor’s appointee to
that cabinet-level position would have to
be confirmed by the state Senate.

0 FRANKFORT, Ky. — A legislative
committee agreed Wednesday to reduce
the penalties in a proposed bill aimed at
getting habitual traffic offenders off the
highways.

It voted to prefile an amended measure
which would impose as much as one year
in jail on a motorist convicted of driving
after his license had been revoked as an
habitual offender. The previous version
specified up to five years in prison.

Student Senate at-large
election results

Name

Becky Watts
Roger Massengate
Karen Nelson
Glenn Stith
Emily Ledford
Reid Rippeloe
William Sanders Jr.
Stew Taylor
Michael Bewley
Barry Harmon
Mari Lou Vatter
Jim Harralson
Patrick Bashore
Mark Manning
Mark Kleckner
Tim Cunningham
'William Wessell
Monte (‘onrad
Stephen Hensley
Bob Rosenstein
Ed Hill Jr.

John Spalding
(‘harles Hughes
Vickie ('olson
Robert Templeton
John Stockton
Dave Weinstein
Greg Hofelich
Daniel Wells
Richard Dorton
John Pirolli
Jerry McKenney
Richard (iraef
Chris Hornbeck
Bill (‘lauss
Laban Young

Only two students from two official
slates registered for the campaign won
seats in the senate. Mark Manning and
Kleckner members of the Student.
Faculty, Employee slate finished 14th and

ARCH! BA LD
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(‘ourt says his

firing illegal

has the power to fire any lower—ranking
official.
But Gesell ruled in response to a suit by

three Democratic congressmen: “An
agency‘s power to revoke its regulations is
not unlimited—such action must be neither
arbitrary nor unreasonable."

O CHILLICOTHE. Ohio —— Moonshiner
Cyrus Kerns, 67, told a judge Wednesday
he made bootleg liquor to quench his wife’s
thirst.

Kerns testified that he made the
moonshine whisky for his wife, who he said
drinks up to five gallons of liquor in two
weeks. He also said she drinks about 15 to
20 bottles of beer a day.

0 LONDON — European gold markets
were plunged into confusion and gold
prices dropped sharply Wednesday after
the American and six European govern-
ments took the right to sell gold on the open
market.

0 MADISON. ind. — Public Service
lndiana has informed the Atomic Energy
Commission AEC that it will build a 900,000
kilowatt nuclear energy plant about 10
miles southwest of Madison, ind.

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15th in the balloting which expanded the
senate to 40 seats.

The other members of the SFE slate and
the two candidates running on The Slate
failed to finish in the top 15.

AND (REST-ILL SAID both acts involving
(‘ox and his office were arbitrary and
unreasonable.

Gesell provided for no relief, making his
order a simple declaratory judgment on
the legality of the firing. He had earlier
denied requests for injunction to pave the
way for Cox‘s return to his office and to
limit his successor. Leon Jaworski.

Jaworski had been appointed after the
Justice Department promulgated new
regulations for the special prosecutor.

THE REGL’LATIONS were identical to
the ones establishing Cox's post. except
Jaworski's regulations provided he could
be discharged only after consultation with
congressional leaders.

Gesell noted that the Justice Depart-
ment had argued that the suit was made
moot by the appointment of a new

prosecutor.
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0 WASHINGTON — The liberal
Americans for Democratic Action today
urged rejection of Vice President-
designate Gerald R. Ford, calling him a
politican with a poor civil-rights record
and no experience in foreign affairs.

In testimony prepared for Senate Rules
Committee hearings on the nomination,
ADA Vice Chairman Joseph L. Rauh Jr.
said Ford is unsuitable for the residency
and that his confirmation would make it
more difficult to impeach President Nixon.

...enioy the warmth

Enjoy the warm weather now because it
probably won‘t last. The high today will be
in the 705, with cloudy skies and a 50 per
cent chance of rain. Tonight will cool down
to seasonable 30s Showers will end
tonight. For Friday it‘s back down in the
505 with a slight chance of more showers.

 

   

 

  

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University-wide policy
on enrollment needed

Selective enrollment policies are gradually spreading
throughout the University. The colleges of Medicine. Law.
Nursing. Allied Health. Dentistry and Engineering have
implemented programs limiting their enrollments.
Education and Architecture will soon follow unless the
I'niversity Senate fails to approve their proposals.

In the spring of 1972 President Otis A. Singletary
organized a task force to study selective enrollment. The
chairperson of that force. Dr. Elbert ()ckerman. UK
Registrar. said that the main thrust of the force 8 findings
was the establishment of a University-wide selective
enrollment policy.

.-\pproximately 18 months after Singletary‘s charge we
still have no policy and the present chairperson of the force.
Dr. Paul Sears. offers a terse “no comment“ when
questioned on the issue. What‘s the secret and why the
prolonged holdup‘.’

Disguised blessing

Possibly the loss of a quorum in Monday's University
Senate meeting was a blessing in disguise. Although Senate
members should have stayed for the entire meeting. those
who left delayed approval of the College of Education‘s
plan.

Education's proposal was weak in several areas:

1/ The college is proposing this policy of limited
enrollment yet recent figures show there has been a decline
lll students entering education. Won‘t selective enrollment
tend to drop the figure too low?

i/ The proposal also asked for immediate Senate ap-
proval. but indicated specific criteria concerning admission
policies wouldn‘t come until later. We hope the Senate won’t
pass any proposal without knowing all of the ramifications.

Troublesome red tape

1." a stringent selective enrollment policy is adopted for
Education tanrl likewiseother undergraduate programs)
non-majors of the particular programs will have a difficult
time obtaining a broad-based education. The bureaucratic
red tape would probably match that of an undergraduate
taking several law courses, thus altogether discouraging
students from attempting to receive better educations.

Until a University-wide selective enrollment policy is
established, Education and other colleges within the in-
stitution should accomplish their aims—smaller classes,
production of higher quality graduates, etc—through
counseling. Students should be made aware of their actual
chances for survival in the programs by means of accepted
tests now used in the counseling department. This process
would at least allow students an opportunity to try them
without a predetermined denial.

A wise vote at December‘s Senate meeting would adopt a
resolution requesting a decision of some sort from
Singletary's task force. A unified selective enrollment
statement would benefit the entire University, while

piecemeal policies in the different colleges serve only to
confuse.

  
 

 

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Bottles and bodies

It was gratifying to see the large number
ofelementary school children with parents
and teachers early one gray morning in
October. reciving the huge quantities of
paper bottles. and flattened tin cans for
recycling at the depot established at Main
and Vine.

Reminiscent of war days, we had been
flattening our cans for almost six months
and were amazed at the accumulation.

The thought occurred to me, “I wonder if
people ever think of recycling their
bodies?“ Some of our medical schools
have announced a critical shortage of
bodies. It gives me real satisfaction to
read my letter from the chairman of the
Department of Anatomy of the Albert B.
Chandler Medical Center:

“It is a great pleasure to acknowledge
receipt of the bequeathal form. willing
your body to the Medical Center for
medical education and research. I hope
you will feel pride in the knowledge that
you have made an extremely valuable gift
to medical science which must inevitably
redound to the betterment of humanity.
Also. I wish to thank you on behalf of the
medical students or researchers who will
benefit from your generosity."

I have had a wonderful life and am
joyfully anticipating the glories of the
place prepared for my Spirit when it
returns to its Maker. It pleases me to think
a child might have a new lease on life by a
kidney transplant or a blind person may
again see the fall foliage and the faces of
loved ones. When we consider the recent
advances in medical science and the
greater miralces awaiting our embryonic

Nicholas von Hoffman

Abdullah and the NFL

WASHINGTON — Dear Abdullah:

How‘s things in Cairo? They must be
pretty good after you guys finally learned
how to get it on with the Israelis. You‘ve
gone up an easy ten points on the
American macho meter. Jimmy the Greek
is laying odds that one of you Arabs is
going to be good enough to play in the
National Football League.

IF IT HAPPENS. your guy ought to
come equipped to throw his forward
passes with one of those Russian SAM-6
launchers. Even though they're looking at
your ball club with new respect here,
they‘re even more impressed with the
hardware the Russians gave you From

surgeons of today. it seems a privilege to

let the Med Schools—instead of the
worms~rrecycle our bodies.

Erna B. Sorg

l'K graduate school

A thank you note

I want to thank all the people who were
so helpful on Tuesday. Oct. 30. after my
friend and I were hit by a car on Rose
Street. I don‘t remember too much im-
mediately after the accident but I do
remember several people who were trying
to help. I want to say thank you for your
help and your concern.

Marian Dorsey
Nursing-sophomore

Like clockwork

The University Senate conducted a
regularly scheduled meeting Nov. 12.
Announcement of the meeting circulated
in advance of the meeting to the senators.

The spectacle of one third (to one half) of
those senators present exiting “as the
clock struck five” was appalling and
ridiculous. At the time of the exodus, the
Senate was discussing the College of
Education‘s proposal for selective ad-
mission. Two other resolutions awaited
Senate action. Only one set of proposals,
these concerning the status of graduate
students. received final Senate action.

Persons accepting positions as senators
should be willing to accept ALL the
responsibilities of the office including
attendance of all meetings to their con-
clusion (regardless of meeting length).
Senate business should not be halted
simply because some senators grow tired
or bored and desire to leave.

Stephen A. Winkle
Student senator—A&S

what we‘ve been reading you and-or the
Russians can total the US. tactical air
force and score a complete wipe-out on any
kind of a tank we know how to make. You
would think that people might be asking
our Pentagon some irritated questions
about how they spent so much money to
develop equipment so inferior to the
Russians. but no. the prevailing opinion
seems to he that your SAM missiles are
another example of Arab perfidy.

Boy! Do you guys have a bad reputation
here! If you win you‘re going to be branded
as aggressors and if you lose they’ll say
you‘re not being realistic about the new

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Hideous troubles continue

due to U.S. foreign policy

by JILL RAYMOND

While a large portion of the nation is
speaking, perhaps for the first time.
against its leaders, and even attempting to
“purge" the government of its chief
executive. hideous things are going on
elsewhere in the world that are enabled
to continue only because of U.S. economic
support and encouragement-support that
would and will continue under any
president, Ford or Albert, Democrat or
Republican, because it is integral to the
nature of U.S. foreign policy.

I‘m referring to South Vietnam, towards
which Americans seem unable to once
again turn their attention, though what
goes on there today in Thieu's prisons may
be the most horrifying aspect of the entire
war, and it is far from over. Thieu’s
budget for next year provides for 4400,000
prisoners, an increase of nearly double
those estimates of this current prison
population (200,000 - source: American
Friends Service Committee).

WHAT CONSTITUTES a political
prisoner is indicated in the following laws
and decrees issued by the Saigon govern-
ment:

“Article 2 of Decree Law 93-SL-CILT:
Shall be considered as Pro-Communist
Neutralist a person who commits acts of
propaganda for and incitement of
Neutralism.

“Article 19 of Decree Law 004-66 makes
it possible to administratively detain a
Vietnamese citizen for up to 2 years
without trial or charge. The sentence is
renewable."

(1N .l.-\.\'l,'ARY 22, to prepare for the
gining of the Paris Peace Agreement,
'I‘hieu issued new repressive laws in-
eluding:

“All police and military forces are
permitted to shoot to kill all those who urge
the people to demonstrate, and those who
cause disorders or incite other persons to
follow communism“. '

But the real horror story of South
Vietnam is not only what has happened to
the notion of civil liberties (people seem to

take such a situation for granted, although

it may surprise them and make them a bit
uncomfortable to know that their
American tax money is what trains and
equips Thieu’s police force). The un-
believable part is not that the priSons
exist, but what goes on inside them.

TWO FRENCH teachers, Jean-Pierre
DeBris and Andre Menras were in-
carcerated in Thieu‘s prisons for two and a
half years, between 1969-72. and in their
book We Accuse they describe what is
commonplace there:

“Prisoners are tortured by being ex-
posed to the sun whole days at a time on
the prison roof, or shut into tiger cages 20
inches high - not even enough space to sit,
the only possible position is lying down.
When the weather is cold, they have cold
water poured on them. . .Other tortures
were invented (crushing fingers between
two wooden planks, driving nails into the
spinalcolumn and the feet, hitting the face
or joints with a hammer, pouring boiling
water, breaking teeth, pulling out
fingernails, making people run across
barbed wire, throwing prisoners onto nests
of red ants, placing red hot iron bars all
over the body, pouring melted rubber into
the navel).”

They remark on the torture room where
much of this went on at Chi Hoa Prison:

“TIIE PRISONERS call it the ‘movie
house‘ because at each visit by some of-
fical delegation all the instruments of
torture are removed or concealed. and the
room is disguised as a cinema projection
room. A screen is unrolled and a projector
set up.”

The tiger cages which were
“discovered" in 1970 exemplify how
deeply the United States is involved in
perpetuating the terror of South Viet-
namese prisons. In 1971 an American firm
-- Raymond, Morrison, Knudsen — Brown,
Boot, and Jones —- was hired to build new
isolation units (like the tiger cages only
smaller by two square feet) at Con Son
prison. A memo from the U.S. Agency for
International Developement released by
Sen. Edward Kennedy stated that money

 

to pay for the tiger cages came out of a
fund called Assistance In Kind (AIK).
When Sen. Abourezk asked about the
source of AIK funds, the USAID explained
that the funds came from the Food for
Peace program.

Another example is the Commercial
Import Program. American manufac-
tured goods. bought with our tax dollars.
are imported into South Vietnam and sold
to local merchants. Some $3.3 million of
the money from these sales pays for
Thieu’s police and prisons. Through Food
for Peace and the Commercial Import
Program together, over $194 million was
channeled into Saigon's military budget in
1973. The Pentagon contributes another
$1.4 billion.

The helplessness one senses while
pouring over the masses of material which

 

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these references only touch on is an almost
suffocating thing. But it is important not
to submit to the helplessness. Public in-
formation seems to me to be the first step
towards attempting to halt the flow of
economic aid to Thieu. Letters to
newspapers as well as ('ongresspersons.
area vehicle to be used. as are forums and
meetings. At programs similar to DeBris‘s
presentation last week. we can begin to
talk collectively about what concrete
action can be taken. and how. within
ourselves. we can engender a sense of our
own collective power to replace the
helplessness.

Jill Raymond is a junior English
major and a member of UK's
People's Party.

...or the Egyptians ain't bein' kosher

( ontinued from Page 2

boundaries. All kinds of Senators are
giving every kind of speech about what an
international outrage and a violation of
civilized law it is for you Egyptians to
invade Egypt. They do have a point there,
Abdullah. You Egyptians have been oc-
cupying Egypt since the time of the
Pharaohs. so why not give somebody else a
chance?

\Nti’l‘lllfilt THING that is not helping
you in the polls is this oil situation You
may not know it. but your refusal to sell us
your oil is generally considered blackmail.
Please don‘t write back and ask me how
that differs from the American refusal to
sell machinery and such stuff to Cuba. The
point is that we are a superpower and you
are not. Furthermore. you are accepting
an enormous amount of war goods from
the Russians which, since we‘re a nation in
the steely grips of detente. annoys us
almost more than we can say. The fact
that we won‘t sell any guns to you but only
to your enemies is the sort of specious
argument that could only come from an

Arab.

In addition, our oil companies are irked
at you for trying to squeeze them out of
their middle-man operation on sales of
your oil to Europe and Japan. Our tax-
payers are going to be even more irked
when they get that $2 billion dollar bill for
replacing all the bullets and shells the
Israelis shot off at you in defending
themselves against your attacks. If you
would stay the hell out of your country it
would be a material help for us in fighting
inflabon

\‘(il‘ ARE ALSO not going to win any
votes with the forthcoming heating fuel
shortage which they are already blaming
on you. When the brow n-outs and the cold
furnaces hit Boston and Minneapolis our
politicans are going to come roaring in the
chauffeur-driveneight-milesto-the-gallon
(‘adillacs and do a job on y ou. Please don't
w rite back. Abdullah. to tell me that camel
dung makes good fuel, That makes as
much sense as your telling me last sum-
mer that you Arabs stay cool without
electricity by teaching your dromedaries
to rotate their tails rapidly.

We may avoid a fuel crisis by cutting
down on consumption. There‘s a big drive
071 for that in Washington. A number of
high Administration officials have been
senn telling their assistants to roll down
the windows so they could congratulate
pedestrians for not wasting fuel. White
Ilouse aides. admirals. generals and
(‘abinet muckity-mucks have been setting
.in example by limiting the size of thcit‘
motorcycle escorts and rationing
helicopters. We're all being urged to adopt
a spirit of wartime self—sacrifice which
may be w by not much gas is getting in
farmers' tractors and why we may not be
able to swap you any wheat for oil next

year

|\ 11le HIV; RI \ y our y icious tactics
may save our country People are
predicting that walking will return as a
prime means of locomotion Already a
number of community colleges and adult-
cducation centers are offering classes in
walking Political scientists are
speculating that you Arabs may have
found a way out of our perennial School-

busing crisis for us. and cardiac
specialists are worried that a prolonged
drought at the gas pumps may cut their
business even more drastically than
lex0ii‘s_

Some visionaries are suggesting that an
indefinite continuation of your war with
Israel will do more to clean up the air in
our metropolitan areas than the catalytic
i-oiiyei'tei or the rinyironmcntal Protec
tioii .\gency 's littllt'XISlt‘IIl emission control
standards For that reason. the ecology
lobby is lining up with Senator Scoop
Jackson. the Pentagon. and the Israelis
(tl’l’tisl'll) I‘t) VIII and dedicated to
peace and iustice III the .\lltl(llt‘ East are
the people and the (li'I\'t‘-III
restaurant crowd who want to make it
possible for their customers to continue
littering the countryside with hamburger
w rappmgs

motel

Anyway. if you and the Israelis keep
killing each other I think we'll have a nice
country here. My best to all your my es and
the kids.

 

 

     

  

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and labor strikes have forced
comic book publishers to cease or
cut back publications, the first
such action on the history of the
industry.

Gold Key and Charlton have
announced plans to halt
publication of all titles for three
or four months. Other companies
are cutting back in titles and
frequency of publication.

  

A Gold Key spokesman said the
action was taken as a result of the

paper shortage. Other
publications by the company‘s
parent firm, Western
Publications, will have top

priority for any available paper.

The company publishes
Whitman and Golden Books,
most of which are educational
publications for younger
children. Since comics are the
lowest priority of the firm, they
are the first to go.

Charlton spokesmen would
not comment on the paper
shortage, but an official of
Central Kentucky News,
Lexington distributor for all
comics, said Charlton has can-
celled all publications.

THE TWO largest publishers in
the country. DC and Marvel will
be affected only slightly by the
shortage.

Jack Adler. production director
for National Periodical
Publications. publishers for DC,
said a 20 per cent decrease in
November production was or-
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He said the number of titles
would remain the same, since a
decrease in this area would mean
a loss of money for the company.
The 20 per cent decrease will
come in the form of cutting back
on the frequency of some titles
and would mean a price increase
for consumers.

DC. PUBLISHERS of major
superhero comics, are merging
three top titles--Lois Lane,
Jimmy Olson and Supergirl-~into
one edition to make up for the
shortage.

Marvel, which also publishes
superhero titles will not be af-
fected by either labor problems
or paper shortage.

Don Rosa, an engineering
student and avid comic book
collector, explained this is the
first time in history of the
publications they have been
affected by a paper shortage.

HE NOTED that in 1954 there
were some 500 titles being
published but derogatory
publicity in 1956 caused the
decline of about 50 companies.

“There was a feeling that
comic books rotted kids’ minds
and there was a Senate sub-
committee investigation into the
industry.“ Rosa said.

With the introduction of the
Batman television series in 1961,
Marvel began publishing
superhero comics. This
developed into a fad, he noted.

THE FM) lasted about eight
years until the novelty wore off in
1969. At that time there was
discussion by most companies

Paper shortage deprives
avid comic book readers

concerning the future of the in-
dustry.

“Then or no reason at all, in
1971, interest began to climb
again," Rosa said. Horror
comics are the current big seller.

Rosa said he could not an-
ticipate the effect of the paper
shortage on the future of the
industry. Publishers are
currently trying to expand to 50
cent and $1 editions, allowing
more profit for them, he ex-
plained.

“1 DON'T THINK the people
who buy comics, mainly older
young people, will be willing to
put out that much for a comic
book when they can get other
magazines for a similar price,"
he said.

Directories
to be late

The student directory.
scheduled to be distributed this
week. will be delayed ap-
proximately 10 days because of a
paper shortage.

The publishers said the cover of
the directory is the only thing
that has been printed thus far.
David Mucci. Student Govern-
ment tSG) administrative
assistant, said the company could
not assure SG when they will
receive paper to complete the
directory.

Directories are usually
available around the first of
November and include telephone
listings for students, faculty
administration and staff.

  

Footnotes
by Kaye Coyte

 

Rent-a-what?

RACINE. Wis. — Rent~a-cow agencies are flourishing in
Wisconsin and may set a national trend. Wisconsin
Agriculturist. a rural magazine, reports that rent-a-cow
businesses are proving popular because of the rising price of
dairy cows.

Today a good dairy cow costs asbout $6000. You can rent
one for $12.50 a month.

The magazine says that renting a cow is often better than
owning one, particularly if a dairyman must go into debt in
order to build or expand a herd.

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Kentucky's contribution

A Kentucky hairdresser’s assistant has regretfully
abandoned his attempt to row across the Bering Straits in a
bathtub.

Leonard Moore from Olive, Kentucky, walked ashore
from the tub after it became icebound two miles off the coast
of Little Diomede Island.

“I took four gallons of peanut butter along," he said, “but
on the morning of the fifth day. it was frozen solid. By late
afternoon, although the sun was still high, the sea became
rather heavy. Next morning I was frozen in."

(from National Lampoon)

Monument(aI) proiect

ROME ,__ Rome‘s subway system, slated to be finished in
1960. is still far from completion. One of the problems is that
the city is built on top of a storehouse of ruins. When
engineers turn something up. all digging stops and the spot

often becomes a national monument.
(from AP)

Who attacked whom?

PORTALES. NM. — A mailman Aubrey (Slick) Imoe ot
Portales was attacked by a snake as he made his rounds in
the University Heights area.

The letter carrier said he spotted a snake in the grass.
Imoe grabbed a rake and pinned down the snake until it was
killed by the householder in whose lawn the snake was found.

Jim Scott. who reported the incident, said ‘the snake was
a rattler and about three feet long.

(from AP)

Venus de Hedges

EAST ORANGE. N. J. —— Venus. the goddess of love, may
have been the goddess of sewers, according to Robert H.
Hedges, sales manager of Rockwell International‘s Flexible
Pipetool Division. makers of sewer cleaning equipment.

Rockwell researchers found that the statue of Venus and
her shrine in Rome's Forum were manifestations of a deity
known as Cloacina.

Hedges says Cloacina was the personification of Rome‘s
Cloaca Maxima ~— a sewage drainage channel built in 800

B.C. by the Etruscans. '
Hedges said he didn‘t intend to raise a stink about Venus s

reputation.
( from AP)

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