KENTUCKY KERNEL, Thursday, Dec.

2-- T1IE

10, 1970

Holiday Mail May Be Affected by Rail Strike

Workers struck the nation's
railroads early Thursday, with
thousands of commuters expected
to he among the first affected
and deeper troubles predicted
if the walkout is a long one.

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The steering committee of the
Student Mobilization Committee
(SMC) has announced SMC's
consponsorship of a state-wid- e
ference on "Alternative America"
to be held on the weekend of
Feb.
The conference will consist of
workshops on such issues as
Appala-chiWomen's Liberation,
ecology, CI's and the draft,
imperialism and the Third World
Revolution etc. Registration will
begin in the Crand Ballroom of
the Student Center at 3 p.m.
on Feb. 27.
27-2- 9.

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The commuters will be forced
to find other means of transportation starting Thursday morning.
Long before it occurred, it had
been predicted a strike could
pose a real danger to the nation's already sagging economy.
As picket lines were set up at
stations and freight yards across
the nation, auto industry spokesmen said the rail walkout could

quickly shut down their production. General Motors, the largest
of the automakers, just weathered
a long strike by the United Auto
Workers Union.

Library to Close

The strike came at the height
of the Christmas mailing season.

Dill Lee, director of the
Margaret I. King Library,

announced

"We must not run the risk of
tying up our post offices at a
time when the massive Christmas
mail load is bearing upon the
system," said Postmaster General Winton M. Blount in announcing the embargo. It affects
second - third and fourth-clas- s

agreement, an average attendance of 4,000 must be obtained
Kernel Staff Writer
teleat the first two road-gamThe fate of closed circuit televising of UK basketball games casts if the remaining games are
to be televised.
will be known by Jan. 4, acAttendance at the Indiana
cording to Lawrence Forgy, vice
game (Dec. 12) and the Missispresident for business affairs.
Forgy restated Tuesday the sippi State contest (Jan. 4) will
$1 agreement between UK and the determine whether the New York
New York firm in charge of the company televises the remaining
broadcasts. According to that games of the season.
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spokesman for Bcthelehetn
the firm had been
lining up alternate means of
shipping as the rail strike deadline drew closer. But with the
walkout on, he said, other modes
of shipping could quickly become
overloaded.
Another industry that could
be hard hit by an extended strike
would be the food industry, which
depends heavily on the railroads
to ship vegetables, fruit and
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Steel Co. said

Closed Circuit TV Fate Unclear

Wednesday

afternoon that the library
will be closed from Dec
25 through Saturday Dec
27. The library will
on Sunday Dec 28. '

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Auto spokesmen's ertimatcs
it would take a
strike to halt the industry varied
from 48 hours to "within a week."
They explained that most parts
are shipped by rail to fabricating
and assembly plants.
of how long

In the face of the threatened
strike Wednesday, postal officials
ordered an embargo on mail rates
covering many types of publications, catalogues and parcel post,
the latter heavily used during
the Christmas season.

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If an average of 4,000 people
does not attend these two showings, the broadcast company legally can withdraw from its contract with UK after the Jan. 4
telecast.
Tickets to these games will
be sold at the Coliseum on a
d
basis. Admission is $2 for students and
$4 for
The broadcast company feels
it needs an average attendance
of 4,000 at the two games In order
to cover the costs of televising
both the away games shown on
a fee basis and the home games
shown free to students in the Student Center Crand Ballroom.
first-com-

first-serve-

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non-studen-

The
game, the
first home game to be broadcast
via closed circuit TV, was presented live and in color Dec. S
to about 500 students and faculty
members free of charge.
Forgy, who did not attend the
telecast, said he had received
favorable reports from several persons who did.

"People who went said it was
Just like being at the game,"
Forgy said. "I was told that the
audience stood for the national
anthem, cheered Rupp and booed
the referees."

College Seniors and Grads:

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DNCENTIIVE PAY

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Peter Lee Scott, Minister

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with representatives of

Sunday
10:30 a.m.

Brown & Williamson Tobacco
J. Bacon and Sons
American Air Filter Co.
Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.
Commonwealth Life Insurance
Corp.
Courier-JournaFirst
Co.
Louisville Times, WHAS, Standard Gravure
National Bank General Electric Co. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.
Kentucky Department of Economic
Kentucky Blue. Cross & Blue Shield
of Personnel
Liberty National Bank & Trust
Kentucky Department
Security
Louisville Public
Co.
Lorillard Corporation
Louisville Board of Realtors
National Cash Register Co. Philip Morris, Inc. Sears, Roebuck &
Schools
Co. South Central Bell Telephone Co. Standard Oil Co. of Ky., Inc. Stewart
Dry Goods Co. The Travelers Insurance Co. Union Central Life Insurance Co.
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