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13. DEBATERS CONTINUF WINNING WAYS

     The University debate team continued to bring home honors dur-
ing March from speech and debate events.

     The top varsity debate team captured first place in the Mid-
western Invitational Tournament at Butler University, Indianapolis.
Jim Flegle, Bardwell, and Ben Jones, Campbellsville, won a 4-1 de-
cision over Northwestern University's team to claim the championship
trophy. Jones also won the first place speaker's trophy over 96
other debaters, while Flegle took fifth place.

     The debaters took championship trophies in both novice and
varsity debate at an invitational meet on the University of Missouri
campus in St. Louis.  Mary Thomson. Nashville, and Mike Chapman,
Paducah, won the final elimination over a Morehead State University
team on a 2-1 decision.

     First place honors also were brought home from the Florida In-
vitational Debate Tournament, held in Gainesville. Miss Thomson,
and Gil Skillman, Kettering, Ohio, won a 2-1 decision over Catholic
University to claim the championship trophy. They won over 32 teams
representing 27 institutions from 15 states.



14. BUSINESS COLLEGE AGENCY COMPILES FIRST PRICE INDEX REPORT

     Dean Charles Haywood of the College of Business and Economics,
who also serves as chairman of the Kentucky Council of Economic Ad-
visors, saysthe recently-developed cost index for Lexington and Louis-
ville will be expanded to include a cost study in other Kentucky cities.

     The Council's first report, released two weeks ago, showed that
the cost of a representative group of food items inthe Lexington area
rose by 2.3 per cent in a five-month period dating back to September.

     The report is based on a study initiated a year ago by the Office
of Business Development and Government Services, which is housed in
the College of Business and Economics. Purpose of the study is to
develop a consumer price index comparable to the national index of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, which does not include any Kentucky cities.

     Dr. Haywood said part of the reason for the food price increases
has been shortage and increase in transportation costs. He said the
country has been going through a series of crises for several months.



15. WRIGHT'S MARY TOOD LINCOLN OPERA PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY

     "Wing of Expectation," written by Dr. Kenneth Wright, professor
of music, during the University's 1965 Centennial celebration, is
still being performed. Based on the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, the
opera was presented three times last month at Red Bank, N.J., under
the joint sponsorship of Brookdale Community College and Theatre-8,
Lincroft, N.J. The company gave three performances in 1970 at Ford's
Theatre, Washington, under the auspices of the Kentucky Society of
Washington.