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. By EVERETI‘ MITCHELL Rights said that “segregation and "Each time i hear white faculty faculty members and staff. UK education. The DOE ordered the state's colleges“ said Turner 2 .- ' .
Staff Writer tokenism continued to characterize or admimstrators say they are in» would be a major institution of state to draw upa plan for the even- Roweilsaid he thinks that UK not ' ,
the employment picture for black terested in recruiting black faculty, higher education similar to. for ex— tuai racial integration of its univer- only needs to hire more black facul- '
After students. faculty members faculty" in the state university they always say ‘qualified ample. the University of Michigan, sities. and requested that the plan ty members but that the Universi- ,' ' ’
make up the largest portion of the system. partly as a result of unsuc- biacks‘.“ said Charles Rowell. ac— University of North Carolina and besubmitted within three months ty also must. place blacks into per- V 4 ' '
UK population. cesfui attempts to recruit and hire ting dean of lTndergraduate Ohio State. in the meantime, the newl)‘ manent policy-making academic ’ , ' _ '
And like the majority of students blacks. Studies. "it is very strange that the "in other words. i have noticed formed Black Faculty and Staff positions. ,. ‘ 1
on UK's campus. most of the facul- The report showed that Kentucky word ‘qualified‘ is seldom if ever that UK has numerom not—so- Association. founded through the . . .
ty members are white. had fewer black tenured faculty used when whites refer to hiring qualified white faculty and staff. Black Studies Committee of the 0f— , “Ithasn tJUSHO d0 wtththecuun- .
ACCOl'dlflS to figures supplied by members in 1979 than in 1977. white faculty and staff.“ Why then do whites at UK always fice of Undergraduate Studies by “98 0‘ blacks as the ”V9097“ CW“ .‘." ‘ ‘L
the UK Policy &Operations office. although it madesome gains in non- Rowell said he believes job say ‘qualified black faculty Rowell and other black faculty Rights report did: said Rowell. " .-'.'
only 260‘ the 1.503 faculty members tenured black faculty. qualification is used discriminate-1y members and staff‘ while they members. vviil probably attempt to “What I am Speéklng 0‘ 15 the ad- . .3 I '
employedontheUKcampusduring in 1979 UK was ranked third in the hiring of black faculty lWhilOSl do not require the same of act as a black faculty advocacy ding 9f new pOSItive perspectives to , '. V w ..
the 1979-80 academic year were lowest statewide in numbers of members whites‘.’ The answer is racism.con- group in the formation of the "‘9 directions and "“5510" Of the i." 7 f"
black. black faculty members. with 1.4 “At the center of whites saying scious and unconsious." desegregation plan. according to University ' :-
' The 1.7 percent of black faculty is percent of total full-time faculty be- ‘qualified black faculty and staff" is itowell‘s conclusions are sup- ASSistant Sociology Professor "If the slate government is going i . .- ‘, . :
less than proportionate compared ing black. Eastern Kentucky racism," he said. “i have noticed ported by a US. Department of William'l‘urner. to demand that Kentucky State ’_ _ V
to the 3.4 percent of blacks in the University ranked second lowest since coming here that if UK, in the Education study released Jan, 15. “One of the things the association L'niversity cease being a black .- .‘ . f. ';
UKstudentbody. with .9 percent and Morehead past » before ever hiring black which said that Kentucky has failed wants todo is to have someinput in» univerSll)‘ it should likewise r“ i.
A report released Jan. 26 by the University was on the bottom, with professors — had always concen- to eliminate vestiges of segregation to the desegregation plan. relating qmre that UK divest itself of its ex’ ’V Vi- .-
' Kentucky Commission on Human .6percent. trated on hiring qualified white from its institutions of higher to the civil rights review of the cluSly'eM'hlteinlSSion‘Vuhesald 3*ng '
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Thursday, February 5. 1981 Lexington. Kentuck Reporter the "same persuasion of Thomas ': ’ ._‘-
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. * Many people daydream about "i'm a PrtlfOund patriot.“ hf’ :-'V
. ‘ elf Europe _.. its green countrymdi Said ”I love this country. [LS almost '
snowcapped mountains. Big Ben endless variety has provided me “'
we and the Eiffel Tower with a good life, i do hope. however V
, . V i Imagine taking a break from COl' that 1 Will have Ull.‘ continumg ()p' i . ' .
My lege and living in Europe for almost 90“”th [0 be a ”21118" ‘ '51“)? I"
. .335; » five months imagine being fluent France.“ ‘ 7
in four languages and acqumng a He said thqt while on his saba
.‘g V. * thorough understanding of other batical. he had the opportunity to i
of" ., ’ cultures. 85! Of all. imagine gt‘t speak three languages in addition . .
' / .. ' rs _ ting paid for it! to his native English French. (ier- *
it. ’4 its ‘ " . t: _ . Raymond Betts. director of the man and ltaiian ,.
. - .. 3.’ _-~’ " is. ' . , uca iona lg lg ts. Belts said
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71:; 3 “m" V‘“ England and _ P ”me him he could not make a right turn 1’ ;
'i . 5“ _» ‘v gathering research material for a in traffic 1.
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~ “i‘m in the process of com- _”Ih?d‘° makeagrand sweeping 1‘
t. _ ., .V_ pieting a book on 20th century Circle in order to get on the road 1
‘1 ’ I European colonialism. and that had m‘end‘fi following. and m the 9." .
VV 1 was my main purpose of going process I did all ofVVMonte Vtarlo in .» .
.gw . ' abroad _ both 10 find some about 10 minutes. he said 1“) ’VV.
‘ i: a " . material i felt i still needed. and to daughter. “h” was traveling “"th .. "
N , .‘l: ' have the opportunity to get my me. said ‘You‘re really becoming
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"V . ‘ g. aspect. Betts said he had another The only real problem Belts said 5' ., V'
‘ _ '1‘ _ V3 " reason for making the trip he encountered was the European Luff»
i ,~ h i“ - -‘ "I bring back a sense of cn- inflation ralt‘.wh'chis much higher
V a: }gf é; 3i thusiasm and direction that Iwas in than that ofthe limit-d States, ,
: f , 9 ' .13 the process of losing because of my ‘1 found myself pi nching pen V; .- ~ .
.-. 7' ~ intensive involvement in day-to mes. he said. "and every time I
N. A e. day University affairs."he said. “I tried to do a comparative cost
' - I * I I: i' . , also have some material i can analysis l found how dreadfuiiyeic ‘V
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its: ' _ ‘2‘“? new.“ ' . of mouldy professorthatwe all fear However. he said he was im- ’-V'.,'
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.. ' ' f . ' ~ ’ "i V ’ IX." Hetts said be located enough use of resources. especially the ’. ' '
N * .t " » _ *- 3"?” material to inspire several new French.adding that in many ways. I:
.°. .. A g“! I" " sf, research projects. he found France to be more modern "V. ‘ jg.
“.’- " «<2 3 fia‘ ‘ “i refreshed myself intellectual thanthe United. 3 . V"
’ , ' jgfir * V’ “ ‘5‘ °‘ ly." he said. “and had an opportuni- Betts said he made the trip ' '
, fi‘ \ I ty to do some writing and further through a summer fellowship from
. .‘. research." the American Philosophical Socie- ’ .V
The sabbatical was ”less an m, ty. and through a fellowship from 'Vng 'V,
. teresting thing than a wonderful op- the t‘amargo Foundation. which V‘ j ,
. i "M 3‘ BEN VAN HOOK/Kemel Staff portunity to reemcrse myself provided him with his living t -
. . . . . ' . again in French culture." he said. quarters Also. UK paid his regular .. ‘i
h a) Passmg the time away at a lecture are Kelly Morton and 1 enter last night. Black History Month was the topic and Betts ranks France as his salary during the period of his Sh} 2.. 3 -. V
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:S‘ ’ w a . her Sister. Leslie. The youngsters. ages 7 and 9 respectiye DI" ( corge erght wast P . homeland. second ("113' to the baticai ». i;
iy. were listening to their uncle speak at the Student photoon page 10. . "t ’,. .
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chargestisrepresentation W the By DALE (i. MORTON two years of study by UK‘s Depart- and UK trustee. noting recent in- pay." said Phil Chaney. a history in the civil engineering depart- _‘-V.:
Kernel Ill a letter appearing on Senior Staff Writer ment of Public Safety. The depart- creases in the cost of iivingShe senior and Shawneetown resident. ment. 4 ’2 ;~.' I
page 3‘ With commentary by Ker"?! ment proposes to raise revenues by said that doubling theparking rates “How much do you pay to park in She said many people park ll .3. -
Editor Steve Massey. Strongly-worded QUESllOUS COW doubling current parking sticker “is absolutely not permissible." your own driveway?" he asked legally. taking up the available ‘. I?
. cerning the management and en- fees ~~ a proposal which has met Others said the problem with the Jack Blanton. vice president for spaces. ‘
forcement by campus police of a apposition from some faculty. staff planisinits basic format. business affairs. Linda Harris. secretary 'V.:'.
Columnist Dana Pico discusses major-parking proposal for UK andstudents. . “There‘s a tremendous amount “What will you do ito ease the treasurer of the Adult Student . “"
the Woodland Park controvers were directed toward UniverSity of- Tom Padgett.VUK director for of waste around campus." said traffic situation’H" Chaney asked, Association. said she does not con- -' *_ ~.
and says Lexington is alread Si fiCiais last mght in the second of public safety. said the proposal IS Agricultural Economics Professor “You all could do any damn thing sider the football stadium parking .31" ".
drastically short of rk s ceyac- two public hearings. V based on studies made for UK by John itedman. adding that there you want if you think l‘m mad » lot as beinga prime place topark 5'.
cording to the 1965pliland 3:“ 'See About 30 people attended the Harland-Bartholomew and has been a lack of adequate plann- you‘re right." . . . “it‘s a place to park. but its con . ..
page2 ' hearing at the Student Center. Assomates. a traffic consultant ing with the allocation of parking “There has been an inequity in tainly not convenient." she said .-
' Some charged mismanagement of firm based in Memphis.Tenn. spaces and the location of the system in allowing you to park Her solution to the problem would ’V i.
. parking revenues in the past while “You are proposing this plan buildings. in front of your house at no cost." be to “allow students the option to ' .'.V ,
' others questioned the validity of the when the faculty is experiencing a “i don't think you‘re making Blanton said in response to Chaney. purchase more convenient .._.' '.j ,'
. parking proposal. (relative) decrease in pay," said good use of the money you have “You could leave anytime you spaces." . -
10:3: ixfdfifgtitdfiérfidtail:bger2 Theproposed plan is the result of Connie Wilson. a faculty member now." said a staff member who want." . Harris said people should be Vi
pages ' ‘ would only identify himself as One suggestion. presented by allowed to deCide what is conve ' . .
' “Perry Mason," Physics Professor Richard Hanou. nient for them and to allow anyone . .
. 1’ i ‘ ‘ 1 Pointing out the disparity was to move the proposed parking to purchase whichever sticker he , ' 3 .
' 4 V, between UK and benchmark in. structure away from main campus w'ished.including“A"or"B“park V- ' .‘
Marijuana pills may be ‘ “Q stitution salries he said. "you cer- toalleviate traffic problems. .. ing stickers. . ' ' .
distributed to cancer patients at the ' ‘ ) A " ‘ai'fly don" "y to match our ben- “People want 9°"Vemence- ”If ”‘9 bus 59”“ were " , . '
Albert 8. Chandler Medical Center , _ » chmarks in salaries. Why should Blanton responded. anywhere near adequate we‘d have »
to ease the side effects of ., . k - we try to top them in parking “i would sincerely hope enforce less complaints front the students . ' V
chemotherapy.Seepage 5. . . = ' ifeesl‘?" ment is a major concern." said about the bus serv1ce."shesaid.
‘ ' “Mason" claimed that the RF. Tamer. director of continumg in response to a question related .
v ' ‘ University has no “legal, moral. or education in engineering, who sug- to the redesignation of all parking . ' , .‘
.1 . financial justification" for denying gested increased parking fines as a areas behind Memorial Colisseum ‘-
a iii—E; " , V . "A" parking stickers to University solution to the enforcement pro- as ‘0 lots. Padgett said. “there's V ~ ,
4.7--.. e, ___W,_..._ ’ .. ' .VV .. employees. blem. no logic inhavinga‘C' lotatail. V i . .
, "You say it‘s your fault we're in Many people at the hearing com- “People are lucky to just get the '~ .
Sunshine and “soaring" . ”\ . " ‘1 ' thesituation we‘re in now (soldon‘t plained about campus police en- stickers." he said. “There‘s no ‘ ‘ V~ .
temperatures today should case the l V ‘ , expect us to pay for the Univer- forcement in parking lots. saying logic in providing close-in parking
pmry blues as temperatures < - . l ' ‘ Sity's mistakes in planning over the that too many people park illegally for commuting students, We do not
climb between the uppermto low - , ‘ . next lOyears.“hesaid. in spaces reserved for cars with have the ability toserve that (park- . . -.
ma. Partly cloudy tonight and Many of the people who attended restricted parking stickers. ing) need close-in." ‘ , -
tomorrow. with lows dropping Listening to the views of irate students and faculty is no fun. as the meeting concentrated their "I'm confined to my locale “MaSOn.” the staff member who V ‘ . .
between the upper teens to low 203. evidenced by the expressions of Tom Padgett. Martin Brewer and questions on more specific areas 0‘ becausewhen I return (from lunch) refused ‘0 be identified. said he *
The high Friday will be in the mid Jack Blanton. These University officials were at a public hearing on the proposal. ‘ can't find a place to park. said "might "we ought ‘0 question if a .
toupper ”V parking held I." "'5'" at the Student Center. “i'm just mad about having to Cecile Richs. a new staff member problem really exists“ .
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. ' - ‘ ‘ .. . , shrinking open parkland in the City. the concrete floor, concrete block 2) themayor does not know from are even more likely to build
I . . ' PROGRbsn- "w 'meVemem‘» ’ The Senior Citizens' Center may walls, and a roof on a structure of wherethemoney will come. elsewhere
v. . . advance toward perfection or I" a .' ’ ~ wellbeneeded; itquite probably is. that size, and that's all; there If theformer is true, then the new How do we define progress? If
" I ._ , higher state. But inner city parkland is also would be no finished plumbing, no total figure should have been given progress is simply to continue to
‘ - , . d needed. It does not make sense to carpet, no heat, no interior walls to the site selection committee. It build, regardless of the en- .
- I . and - subtract from one vital urban ser- and no use for the Center. Even if the latter is true, then the mayor vironmental damage, then it would
f I:- Progress is a lalrly simple word, plCO vice to provide another; if it can be the Center were reduced to 10,000 should not begina structure that he be far more economical to sell
I ' u . ' asdefined by Webster's New Twen done for free the sum would be squarefeet,theabsolute minimum, cannotcomplete. Woodland Park to a private
, , Q . tieth Century Dictionary, But there . zero. But constructing a large it would still cost over $400,000 to However illogical the mayor‘s developer and let him fill it with
I I‘ ‘ I seems to be a sizable segment of building and an attendant parking build. fiscal calculations, they are not the high-density apartments and a
~ . T . f . ' Lexington‘s population which does lot costs money, lots of it. If the city But $400,000 was the data base crux of the matter. The issue is not Burger Chef; the city would make
; . . I I- . I not undeistand the meaning 0; pm . spends hundreds of thousands of that Mr. Amato was using, When a how much the proposed Center will money, the homing shortage eased
-. ' . . _ grass, and that segment is led bx dollars to producea zero sum gain, committee was looking forasite for wet. the issue is park encroach— and a few more minimum wage
‘. I‘ I‘ Mayor James G. Amato. ceeded to recommend 30 acres as the city loses. the building, their guidelines stated ment. Lexington needs parkland, jobs created for teenagers. lf pro-
. _’ ' i . Mr. Amato would like to build a the minimum size for that type of The solution: build the Senior that the building had to be between and is hundreds of acres short of gress is simply to continue to build, ‘
' , I- , Senior Citizens' Center in Woodland park. Citizens’ Center somewhere else. 13,000 and 16,000 square feet, have the amount it needs. perhaps Woodland should be paved
. . Park. The Center and its parking Mr. Amato's plan would reduce That would be progress. However, room fora40-space parking lot.and Throughout the nation cities are and striped for parking and UK
' would occupy a minimum of 3/4 Woodland to merely 53 percent of Mr. Amato claims that the Center stillbeobtainable and remodelable trying to preserve and expand their could run a shuttle bus there to
, ’ acre. But if the Center had the the recommended minimum. That cannotbebuilt elsewhere, and that for $400,000. Of course, they didn’t open-air recreation areas. It has relieve its parking problems.
. necessary landscaping to make it same Planning Division study the city looked for three years find it; a building fitting that been an accepted fact that people Butif progress isathoughtful ad-
'. . aesthetically pleasing and in some (which was conducted under the before deciding that Woodland description in today‘s economy need open spaces to enjoy it they vance intoa better future. then the
-' way relative to its surroundings, it present administration) also con- Park was the only possible site. But would have tobeready to fall down. are to remain happy and produc- provision and protection of parks
would. in the estimate of Bill (‘rone cluded that Lexington was 234 the mayor was using a false data So the city settled on Woodland tive. are essential. The open spaces. the
. ' . . (a landscape architect With the acres short of innercity parkland base topredicatehisstatements. Park. If those who view progress as fresh air, and the ancient beauty of
. - , Land and Nature Trust oi the for what the city needed. Does the The mayor claims that the Center But still the Center camiot be simply a term which describes the asmall‘remnant of the forest which
‘ Bluegrass), take well over an acre mayor‘s concept of progress ln- must be built in Woodland because built for $400,000. The only savings construction of buildings can set med to cover Kentucky are things
' . ‘ Woodland Park has a total area elude subtracting from that which its price tag is restricted to that would accrue from building it the precedent in Lexington of using which cannot be replaced once _
" .' now of 1712 acres: Mr Anialo‘s is needed yet isdeficient in supply‘.’ $400,000. If that is the total in the park would be not having to parks as construction sites, then taken. The trees in Woodland Park
‘ . i plan would reduce that to 16 acres What the mayor apparently available, then let’s not build it, buy the land. (There is other city- watch out. Next it will be a Big were alive and growing before Mr.
Yet the Planning DlVlSlon ot‘ the believes is progress is to build a because it‘s simply not possible to owned land that could be used.) BrOthers building in Castlewood Amato‘s yandparents were born;
‘ Urban-County Government 16,0005quare foot recreation and 01- build a 16,000 square foot building Further, since Lexington received Park, and then something else. and let’s keep them alive until his
, 11 classified Woodland as a mum fice structure for senior citizens. for that amount of money. money for Woodland Park under later something else again. Soon grandchildrenare old.
/ ; neighborhood park and then pro— regardless of the detriment to the For $400,000, the city would get the 1965 Land and Water Con- the inner city park will be listed in If progress is the advance to a
. servation Fund Act, if the city used thedictionary as an archaic term. higher state, then it surely means
.' I ‘I _ apart of Woodland for the proposed For those who define progress as improving the quality of life. Im-
.-’ I . . Center, the city would have to buy continued building, take note: in- proving the quality of life demantk
‘.-' t l that same amount of land dustrial and commercial that Lexington have more
I I , h I elsewhere toprovide the parkspace developers take into account the parkland, not less. improving the
1, I' thatwasconfiscatedlf the city will amount of parkland a city has quality of life demands that we
, - ‘ '- f ' have to buy land anyway, it should available just as surely as they look have open spaces for growth among
'I build the Center on the new land. at tax rates. If a city is defiCient in the concrete buildings of the
, '; . Lif ' th tt tak t ' t h And if the Center can‘t be built parkland (as Lexington is by it ad- modem cuty. Let‘s save Woodland
. : , C 1n 6 C 0 63 a WIS W en for that amount,then there are only mission), then that is a negative Park; it belongs to all of us.
I . . two logicalalternatives: mark for potential developers. But
- . . - COlummSt be 118 searCh for nei bor l) The mayor knows where he if a city which is deficient in Dana Pico is a staff columnist.
. I, g1 can get the additional money parklandis movmg to reduce even His column appears every other
. . " I , necessary to finish the project; or further that asset, those developers Thursday.
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. ‘ , ' just lost your job with the Right- for Uncle Ned, then why pray tell realistic hope for a livable energy turbines, could place energy in-
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f . ‘0 hi5 misfortune, and we “ere go' slammed on the brakes, and it took good trail. campaign rhetoric, announced that ‘1'." - . i ’ a forei ,
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; , .15; .~ bag full of what 1 thought was drew back my fist and spiked the radiation burger (those sandwichs development. energy, strip mining, and other pe to - the .
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‘ " 1 " saidit would spice “9 the trip the clues. checkout girl if she’d seen a short, tegratedI are?“ chips m the mld The Reaganadministration's big- .
If“; C We had been on the road about 0n the ground beside the cow was fat guy carryingadoctor‘s bag. She 605? Still "5th Sllde rules and gest argument for non-support of Of course, big oil and its allies, .
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, I ‘. ' bringing up a couple of questions. the bottom. lknew it couldn‘t have 1000 paper bags and 30 feet of 5‘0“ to warm UP; Stlll “/3"th f0!” from the need for budget cuts, is the Reagan, would never allow it. It’s
,.'_ . One was simply, "What the hell are been doing bag hits (there were no twine. We were still on the right the development °l small Icom- same hackneyed logic offered the highly unlikely they would ever _
?,_ we doing?" The answer: “We're other cows around to blow the track. putersI for hUSln‘SS and private oil companies and nuclear power relinquish the deal they’ve got now
. ; I, , ‘ 'i going after Uncle Ned, man." Ask a smoke into the bag). It had to have The rest of the trip to LA. went use; Stlll paying thousands (rather proponents for the past few years: — ever-increasing profits with no
‘-, I stupid question, get a stupid been Uncle Ned. Upon further in- pretty smooth. Clyde and Axis kept than hundreds) 0f donors for eleC- “There is no feasible solar downturn in sight — especially for .
I}. answer. “But why?" ”The rent‘s vestigation, I detected a small inci- quiet and I continued to fume in the ironic equipment. In ShOI't. WithOtlt technology.” something so far beyond the ends of '
., I' due, man.“ sion at the base of the cow‘s skull. driver‘s seat. Assoon as we got into much 0‘ the important technology The key word here is “feasible." their noses as assurances Of a
I’..I' : -I. For some reason. my Whole body Uncle Ned had not only been do- town. the gas gauge was tickling we now take for gr anted. 1C Chlpsi by this definition, weren‘t strong basis for the future health '
began to jerk violently. My skin lng bag hits here,he had performed empty, solpulled intoa Right-Way Fortunately, Congress, bowing to feasible until mass production andsecurity of this nation.
~: ‘.' .. turned the color Of a Tennessee a frontal lobotomy on the cow. We Service Station (owned, of course, Johnson‘s persuasion, granted the began, simply because they were
I 1‘, ,‘7 . Volunteer‘s neck. My eyes Popped were hot on his trail. by the Right-Way Greeting Card manufacturer or [C chips a fat tooexpensive. The equivalent 0f tO- Increasing centralization of
out of their sockets And when the I knew I was being used. but 1 Company). government contract that allowed day's pocket calculator would have power and its concentration l" the
.- 1., jerks ceased. hot flashes took owr swallowed my pride and climbed As the attendant filled the tank, 1 for the eventual development 0f cost thousands, rather than tens of hands 0‘ a small group 0‘ influen-
iv’i l“, 3 My derangement was triggered back in the car. Even Clyde and walked over to a newspaper rack mass production capabilities. The dollars. tial men are key to the Reagan ad-
.v‘, ’- by those simple words. “The rents Axis were surprised at such a and took one. The headlines read, result: an enormous drop in prices So it goes for solar cells _ ministration’s vision of the US.
.. H ‘ ', due, man." YOU see. l thought bizarre act as punching a cow. No “Crazed Fiend Lobotomizes 2,00 as volume rose and an increased numerous practical designs have economic structure. It appears that
2I I'- 1.. Clyde W35 SObblng because he was worth were ever spoken about it, Dogs; Parents Fear Puppy avallabllity of [Cs for diversified been perfected, bUt the‘cost per unit in the future, any challenge to the
,- n’jI. . sorry tosee Uncle Ned golthouglit but they understood that ll they paralyzerg» There was no doubt applications. Think about it the has yet to dip below the 32.5043 established power structure, as
, these menial midgets had the opened their mouths, 1) they would about it, Uncle Ned had made it to "9’“ mm W“ “5,9 3’0“” calculamr level However. a government With 50““ energy, vi" be PmmPtlv
2. II, I ,’ capacity to actually look out for so very well find themselves walking L. A. or turnonthe radio. sponsored study concluded that this put down underthetwin condemna-
g I. j. meme eke-s wehbemg I was back to the ghetto and 2, i could Tobecom-muedI II Proponents of solar energy have figure could be reduced tenfold if tions of “unfeasiblity“ and
{i’g' “: wrong. All they wanted was Uncle easily substitute their heads for the argued for years that a similar Congress were to approve a “wastefulness.”
‘ I Ned's money. cow‘s the next time I wanted to Scott Owens is atelecommunica- government contract, awarded to substantial contract allowing for
.-I '. .I ,'-. A few minutes later. the seizure punch something. Case closed. tions senior. His column appears oneIorImore of the myriad com- mass production. Bill Steiden is a senior staff
I. . subsided. I took a tremendous dare As we traveled along in silence, l every Thursday. panics involved in the development Imagine: a cheap, clean, infinite- writer. His column appears every
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