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Monday, Oct. 5, 1970

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

Vol. LXII, No. 22

Bright Vetoes ZPG Grant;
Cites Economic Situation
Student government president
Steve Bright vetoed a bill last
night which would have given
$150 to Zero Population Growth.
Bright used the veto for the
first time in his administration,
the second time the executive
power has been used in the last
four years. Bright said, "We
Just can't afford to pay an
day-to-d-

operat-

ing expenses."
Bright noted that the $200

given to the Environmental
Awareness Society last year was
for Earth Day, and that, "It involved not only many students,
from all over the University, but
many other organizations as

Bright vetoed the bill with
the approval of his cabinet and
the vice president.
"It is the feeling of this administration
that broad and
sweeping appropriations are not
ZPG."
acceptable," Bright said, "where
Bright said, "It is my own the purposes for such appropriations are vague and unclear."
personal feeling that the successful realization of many of the
Bright said that "(The bill)
objectives of this organization does not provide either general
are essential for the future of or specific outline as to the nature
of the programs to be conducted
our society . . . . "
by Zero Population Crowth in
connection with the monies to
be received through this approwell-Inclu-

ding

Kadaba Finally Back Home.
Calls Politics Irrelevant

the captain's cabin with a pistol
By CAIL CREEN
and hand grenade.
Kernel Staff Writer
"About four times we were
Safety Guaranteed
"One of the hijackers anvery close to being killed," Dr.
Prasad K. Kadaba, UK professor nounced over the loud speaker,
of electrical engineering, said of 'This is the new captain speaking.
his recent experience as a hos- Just sit back, relax and watch the
movie. We are going to a friendly
tage of the Palestine Liberation
Front guerrillas.
country. The name of the movie
Kadaba was a passenger on was 'Marooned',"
laughed
the plane which was hijacked by Kadaba.
The commandos later anPalestinian guerrillas Sept. 6. He
was held captive for three weeks, nounced that they would protect
while the guerrillas bargained for the hostages at the risk of their
the release of several Jordanian own lives.
"I think they meant it," stated
war prisoners. Kadaba was reKadaba. "They continually told
leased last weekend.
us no one would be hurt."
Red Carpet Reunion
Politics Secondary
At Blue Crass Field Friday,
Despite these promises, morKadaba, his wife and young dautar shells and bombs were conghter were met by many of his stantly falling around them. The
friends and students, as well as day before their release a mortar
a complete red carpet ceremony shell fell about 10 yards from
by Logan Crant, airport official. where Kadaba was sleeping,
Dr. Lewis W. Cochran, vice presi- shaking the building and windent for academic affairs, and dows.
Dr. Robert Cosgriff, chairman of
For three weeks the hostages
the department of electrical had no contact with the outside
engineering, were also there to world. They knew little of the
welcome Kadaba home.
political turmoil the hijacking
"The hijacking happened so had caused.
"We didn't want to get insuddenly that I didn't realize
what was happening," explained volved in politics. We only
an apparently exhausted Kadaba. wanted to come home," Kadaba
The two hijackers had rushed concluded.

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priation."

Doug Hennig, Zero Population Crowth chairman, said last
night, "Frankly, it's going to
hurt we had honorable plans
for the money, but hadn't, as
yet, spent any of the $150."
Hennig also noted that Fred
Walker, who introduced the bill
and was present at the assembly
meeting when it was passed, believed that those who voted
against the bill did so because
they thought the appropriation
should be for $300.
"I doubt money will be given
any organization unless it's for
a particular event or activity,"
Hennig said.

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Walt Paraz aider, flute, and Terry Kath, guitar, performed with the
five other musicians who make up "Chicago" Saturday night.
A sell-ocrowd heard the concert, which consisted of three sets.
A review of the Concert is On page three, Kernel Photoi By Bob Brewer
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Ballots Delayed

Don Pratt Loses Election Appeal

state offices seven months before the ballots one week to give
By JERRY W.LEWIS
the general election.
Sedler time to ask the Supreme
Assistant Managing Editor
Pratt, after having his petiCourt to keep the ballots open
Don Pratt, former UK student, ran into another dead end tion for independent candidacy and to schedule an immediate
Friday afternoon in his efforts rejected in August because it hearing on the appeal.
Luther J. Wilson, a. Louisto have his name placed on the was filed late, is charging that
ville Negro businessman, joined
Nov. 3 election ballots in the the law is unconstitutional .because it favors political parties in Pratt's suit in an attempt to
race for Kentucky's Sixth' Conover independent candidates.
enter the race for the third disgressional District seat in ConPratt's attorney, UK law pro- trict congressional seat.
gress.
Tratt's suit argues that havdecision, a panel fessor Robert Sedler, is appealIn a
of three federal judges upheld a ing the case directly to the U.S. ing to file 55 days before the
primary, which independent canKentucky law . that requires all Supreme Court.
The court, in turn, decided didates do not run in, only bencandidates to file for county and
in an agreement with the comefits the two major political parmonwealth's attorney, Ceorge ties.
Barker, to delay the printing of
Continued on Page 8, CoL 3

$100

Law Dean, Business Prof
Develop 'Rio? Insurance

Collece Press Service
Quickly winning national attention oh battered campuses this
g
fall is the
Plan, a new college insurance
concept that would financially
penalize all students for property damage incurred during violent disorders.
The plan, developed by University of Wisconsin Law School
Dean Spencer L. Kimball and
University of Pennsylvania business professor Herbert S.
calls for each student
to pay a $100 insurance deposit
at the beginning of each semester. The first $10 would go into
a general insurance policy covering all campuses in the state
higher education system. The
other $00 would be placed in a
special account on the student's
own campus.
If campus property is damaged or destroyed, the costs are
paid out of the special account.
If no losses occur, each student
gets his $00 back at the end of
Kimball-Denenber-

the year. To the extent that losses
occur, his repayment is reduced
on a pro rata basis.
"What the plan does is give
everyone on campus a stake In
keeping demonstrations peaceful
and avoiding destruction of property," Kimball claims. "It would
change measurably the climate on
campus from one of tolerance for
violence to one where violence
Continued on Face 8, CoL S

Den-enber- g,

Perspectives

While the crowds poured Into the stands last
of the
Satuxday afternoon in hopeful anticipation
outcome, Jim Lucas stood behomecoming game's
neath than in Maclean Stadium. Perhaps he was
dreaming of the day when he would run the win

ning touchdown for the Wildcats. But if football
was not among his thoughts, the 10 year old resident of Pr all town did get a unique view of Stoll
Field.
Kernel photo By Bob Brewer

Weather
Lexington and Vicinity! Sunny and pleasant today. Fair and
mild tonight. Wanner tomorrow
with Increasing cloudiness. Outlook for Wednesday warmer with
a chance of showers. High today
with the low
In the mid-70'tonight near SO. High temperature
tomorrow. Zero chance of rain
tonight with 5 percent chance
of precipitation tonight and
s,

* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Monday, Oct. 5,

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Movie Review

Catch 22: Yossarian Versus a Conspiracy?
'Catch-22,- "
starring Alan Arkin,
now playing at the Kentucky.
By DALE MATIIEWS
Kernel Staff Writer
"HELP THE BOMBADIER!
"I'm the bombardier; I'm all

right."
"HELP HIM! HELP HIM!"
So Yossarian, the main character in Mike Nicholas' "Catch-22- "
helped his only friend; a man

he did not know. A man who
was dying.
"Catch-22- "
is based on the
World War II novel by Joeseph
Heller. Nicholas did a superb job
of directing the intricate story for
the screen. The photography was
unique to say the least and the
casting, as exampled in the lead
role of Yossarian, was very well
done.

HENRY CLAY

This is the status quo as
Contrary to the billings it has
is neither Yossarian sees it in the beginreceived, "Catch-22- "
movie. It ning of the film. As time profunny nor an anti-wis the story of Yossarian and the gresses, liowever, he becomes
convinced that catch-2- 2 is a con"conspiracy" against him.
Yossarian is upset by several spiracy against him.
things. Colonel Cathcart keeps
Yossarian, played by Alan
raising the number of missions Arkin, is the only sane, together,
required before one can request
person in the film.
a rotation. The enemy is always Dut the catch-2- 2
conspiracy is
shooting at him, of course. And bringing him down and Milo
the doctor can't ground liim un- Minderbinder
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Milo is the antithesis of Yosis not crazy because only a sarian. Whereas Yossarian is fed
crazy man would want to fly
up with the system and is looking
catch-2for a way out, Milo is right at
home with, and contributes
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missing parachute whileon amission and is not pleased.
As the movie draws near an
end, the situation in wliich Yossarian finds himself grows continually more bleak. Eventually,
he is stabbed in the back, literally, for doing only the second good
deed of his military career.
The climax of the film oc-

curs when Yossarian, after

hearing of Orr's escape from the
mad house, realizes that he too
could obtain freedom.
Orr had been pulled in from
the sea four times and claimed
that it was good practice. Sixteen weeks after Ids fifth crash
landing at sea, Orr was discovered alive in Sweden.
Upon hearing this, Yossarian,
with a brass band blaring in the
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Held to the sea, and set out for
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Chicago Review

Brass Spoils Concert
the exception of his solo, by the
brass.
Kernel Staff Writer
The brass was bad. The flute
"I Rive it a 98, Dick; its got
was good what little there was
a good beat and you can dance
of it but the brass generally
to it."
That is probably the reception bad.
The lead guitar of Terry Kath
Chicago would receive on the
American Bandstand. I wasn't was fantastic. Aside from the
little that was really good from
impressed.
The group, which takes its the drums, the lead guitar was
name from its hometown, played the only part of the whole concert worth listening to.
in Memorial Coliseum Saturday
night before a sell out crowd
of 12,245 actively screaming students and fans.
For
The act was the second
brought to campus this year by
We
the Student Center Board.
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I enjoy rock and I like brass,
ffArrrv
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but the twain shall never meet
with Chicago. They destroyed
Permits!
rather than complimented each
other.
Walt Sevapline, the drummer
was good. He came through with
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* Guilty, as Expected

Railroad Crossen

The prosecution and conviction of Dr. Phillip Crossen is legally
significant in that it illustrates a fundamental reality of Fayette County
Justice under E. Lawson King and his system of sanctioned conspiracy.
The reality so blatantly exposed last Thursday is simply that the
"Law" is made by the ruling class, for the ruling class. If the "Law"

is ever used against this elite or fails to promote their interests and
prejudices, they will resort to any means necessary to pervert it into
fulfilling it$ original function, or will simply ignore it and crush the
source of irritation.
This time, the county was satisfied with the first option in its continuing crusade to destroy dissent in Lexington. Other cities have
advanced to the second option by condoning and practising murder
in order to silence dissent (The Chicago Police Department and Fred
Hampton, Kent State, etc.). One should expect Lexington to follow the
trend the moment the present tactic fails.
This present tactic has been a popular one with reactionary forces
in America. It consists of using a myriad of petty laws, which exist
in every jurisdiction (and which everyone breaks sooner or later), 10
punish not all of those who violate them, but just those who violate
them and are unpopular with the prosecuting attorney. In some cases,
as in Crossen's, the prosecutor must twist and distort existing laws
in order to create a violation where one does not in fact exist.
Through this tactic, the system removes or punishes the unpopular
while still staining a facade of "the rule of law" and "the right to
dissent" forhe mindless automatons of the silent majority to gaze at.
The eliteTf Fayette County would probably be the first to reaffirm
the right of free speech and assembly and would never dream of prosecuting anyone for exercising those rights. What that elite, through
E. Lawson King, will do, however, is prosecute anyone exercising
those rights for "allowing distilled spirits and wines to be consumed
without a license" or for any other obscure law which can be twisted
to their purposes and which will never be enforced against those
in favor or power in Fayette County.
it is now clear that the function of the "Law" in Fayette County
is to suppress dissent and punish those personally obnoxious to one
man and his supporters.
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Allowing the law to fall under the control of petty, bigoted,
little men is the stuff of which revolutions are made.
power-seekin-

Kernel Soapbox

A Refusal to Participate in the Military Establishment
By JERRY ALLEN GAINES

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jerry Gaines is a
student of Political Science at
UK. Hie following Soapbox was presented
prior to his refusal to submit to a draft
induction examination.
pre-docto-

ideology." Other more perceptive analysts
have recognized the poverty of ideas in
contemporary society as being rooted in
what one former UK political scientist
has called the "eclipse of citizenship."

A Global Consciousness

If contemporary advanced industrial

societies maintain their economies by vast
military spending, it is because the elites
of the big powers instill mass paranoia
through the use of cold war rhetoric.
Many of them do not understand that
rather than nationality.
they are responding to the
logic of industrial economies. Whether or
not a reversal of priorities from military
Continuing Revolution . . .
to democratic development will occur deThe only hope for the new millenium
pends upon the growth of a global consciousness among the peoples of the world. is to supplant nationalism with a global
For this purpose, we need a radically humanism. Today's youth counter-cultur- e
will have to become more philosophically
expanded conception of civic duty.
if it is to
The idea of a human identity as im- jjid historically
posed to a national identity is of more emerge (as it must) as the carrier of the
awesome importance today than ever be- new global consciousness. The context of
fore. The consensus-producin- g
mass cul- technological society provides opportunitural systems of the modem corporate ties as well as impediments to the destate increasingly alienate the individual velopment of a continuing revolution capfrom Ills primordial affiliation with every able of humanizing technology and elite
other human being. To act in accordance political structures.
with our
common identity
With these
(and herein lies our "new" political theconsiderations, I conscientiously objected
ory) requires the kind of historical con-- , to
lending my capacities to the military
sciousness that refuses to forget that all
establishment. With the rejection of my
men are fundamentally
in making
by the Selective Service, I am
and sustaining the
cultural, and appeal to
forced
engage in civil disobedience
hence political, reality-wodThe modem
by refusing induction into the U.S. Army.
bureaucratic state fosters a myopia which
However, I hope that my action results
results in granting prevailing institutions
in something other than "just another
n
a reality independent of
draft resistance case." If that is to be
creativity. Through his own activity, man
achieved, then others must begin to reproduces groups which compete for Us flect on the issues raised
above, for the
and in the process, he "forgets"
loyalties,
only justified purpose of civil disobedithat he created them out of his common
ence is to enhance the quality of demohumanity, which is existentially prior to cratic education.
For me, that is a matter
and therefore deserves his
everything else
most profound loyalty because it is the of life vocation as well as the responsibility of citizenship. Who knows? maybe
the local courts will be capable of providing a forum for responsible dissent.
We shall see in the upcoming months.

Happy Affluence Via Passivity
Many of today's "citizens" have been
As I greet you, "fellow citizen," we
lulled by a happy affluence into an apathemust surely notice the superficiality of
tic, albeit reverent, passivity. How else
for in today's
such a brotherly salutation,
for the decline of responmost "advanced" societies the democratic can we account
Ideal of citizenship remains unrealized. It sible citizenship? Some have detected an
in the dois with
participation in the underlying
human community that individuals act- minant ideology of pragmatism, which
ualize their greatest potentials through perfects technique at the expense of a
considered awareness of fundamental aslanguage, culture, and history. Even the
best of constitutional systems are only sumptions. Other observers, noting the
lack of a feudal heritage in the "new
partially democratic to the extent that world," have
pointed out that Americans
they take citizenship as "a given" rather were denied the
revolutionary experience
than as a capacity to develop.
of building a new order of human reconstitutions play an im- lations by transforming an older one and
Although
portant role in the open,
were thereby deceived into believing that
the Lockean-liberprocess of democratic developassumptions of Amerment, men have historically clung tenican constitutionalism provided a perfect
aciously to antiquated constitutions bepolitical theory needing only slight modicause they fear instability and because, fications through time.
after the first few generations, they are
Armed with a "perfect" theory, there
unable to envision other better poswas little else for the citizen to do but
sibilities for the ordering of human rebecome the "possessive individualist"
lations. But ' if we regard achieving dethat was assumed as human nature by
as, in part, a problem of democracy
veloping the self as citizen, then as one the free market economy. The forces of
political scientist has put it, "a passive, acquisitiveness, unimpeded by any theoretical consciousness of the long-rang-e
reverent citizenry is undesirable regardcommon good, were unleashed on a seemless of how much stability it may geningly Inexhaustible frontier. The upshot
erate."
of this was an industrial and technologifellow in political
As a
cal capacity that presently exceeds our
science at the University of Kentucky
ability to know how to use it to further
and a former instructor in political theory democratic
development.
I have occupied
at Transylvania College,
a rather unique and thoughtful vantage
In the recent history of human society
and culture. I have become especially
sensitive to the ways in which science
and technology are increasingly functionUniversity of Kentucky
ing to legitimate the prevailing order of
ESTABLISHED 1894
MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1970
power and privilege. Institutionalized
knowledge and political power are beEditorials represent the opinions of the Editors, not of the University.
coming so closely allied that the central
dialectic of democratic politics has been
Frank S. Coots III, Ediior-ln-CUreductxl to administrative tweedledum
Bob Brown, Editorial Page Editor
Jean Renaker, Managing Editor
and twtxxlledee. Some American social Jeff Impallomeni, Sports Editor
Dahlia Hays, Copy Editor
not realizing that they have David King, Business Manager
scientists,
Don Rosa, Cartoonist
of technibeen "taken lit" by the triumph
Jane Brown, Ron Hawkins, Bradley Jeffries, Jerry Lewis, Mike Wines.
Assistant Managing Editors
que, have already heralded in the "end of
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Perhaps an implicit appeal was made
to this fact at Nuremberg, which established the universal obligation of the individual to act in behalf of humanity

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changing meaning.

* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Monday, Oct. 5, 1970 -- 5

Kernel Interview: Commissioner Underwood
particular case involved a number of students getting arrested
for being in a tavern. They decided to charge these students
with breach of the peace when
they weren't doing anything. So
I took the case to the Court of
Appeals for them, without a fee,
to try to get it reversed. I didn't
happen to win the case because
civil rights, at the time I took
this, was not particularly popular or fashionable. But that was
long before I thought about being in office.
What I've done to try to improve relations with the university is No. 1, to point out that I
respect the students. And the
way I could show them I respect
those students and their talent is
by employing some seven or
eight people from the campus in
key positions of leadership. They
are running the city of Lexington along with a few of the rest
of us.
These people are John
who graduated from law
school last spring and worked
for us as a student; Terry Sherman, Don Weaver, Mike
Jerry Safford, a UK student, presently in law school,
Guy Ormsby, Mike Goldie, and
others in journalism and other
areas.
That's one way. And
we've also tried to point this
out to the people on campus
through publicity.
'We've had the same feeling
for the tremendous amount of
brainpower among the faculty,
and we've used staff and faculty
people such as Clifford Wilson,
an expert in rate cases; Lymon
Ginger, an expert on federal finance, and Don Soule, an expert
affairs. We've
on
used all these people sort of
quietly through the year. The
reason of course, that I know
about these people is that I at-- '
tended UK myself. I was active
on the TV station when I was
out there.
The other things that I've
done is, when asked, to go out
on campus and meet with left
wing or right wing groups on a
personal friendship, first name
basis with people I've enjoyed
and had a good time with. One
of these was the Town and
Gown Day where we exchanged
roles. I think I ended up playing a flower child and I wasn't
bad. The left wing student who
played the president of the University that day wasn't bad. It
'
was a lot of fun and my wife enjoyed it. She had a good time.
KERNEL: Do you think that
workshop improved relations between resident participants and
students?
UNDERWOOD: I think it did.
It was a tremendous experience.
Of course the point of it was
that everybody's position is difficult. The position of the president of the University and of the
mayor are extremely difficult
positions.
KERNEL: Will UK Day be an
nit
annual event?
"What I've done to try to im- UNDERWOOD: Our ombuds
man, Helen McQuinn, whom we
prove relations with the University is No. I, to point out that employed six months ago, is a
tremendous person. Mrs. McI respect the students."
Quinn organized some 45 stores
tions with them, which makes
downtown and at Turfland, into
situation.
for a very interesting
giving UK students a 10 percent
But the landed gentry of downthe discount upon showing their
town Lexington has, through
I.D. cards. That, perhaps, was as
past 25 years or even longer,
important as any part of our UK
built a power structure that has
controlled city government. I'm day. The merchants and the
students were all tremendously
perfectly familiar with that powpleased, at least the ones I've
because for a few
er structure
talked to.
I was on the fringe of it.
years
She organized this over such a
I was one of the candidates on
short period of time, it did not
their ticket that they supported.
receive the publicity it should
So I know exactly who they are
And yet I have. We got typical cooperaand what they do.
tion from the downtown news-p- a
was always the rebel.
20' as a
jer. which was none.
When I was in my
Very likely, due to the success
attorney I reprefairly young
Mrs. McQuinn
sented some 200 university stu- of it, we will let
This organize another shoppers day
dents in a civil rights case.

Lexington City Commissioner
Tom Underwood, Jr., was interviewed by the Kernel last Tuesday concerning tlic activities of
the commission and its relationship with UK. Underwood, a
graduate of the UK law school,
is now in his fourth term on the
commission. The Kernel interviewer was Assistant Managing
Editor Bradley Jeffries.
KERNEL: What are the duties
of your office?
UNDERWOOD: The duties of
my office are statutory, and they
are set out in KRS 89, which describes the city manager form of
government. Under this form
you have a mayor who serves for
four years and four commissioners who serve for two years who
run
They manage
the affairs of the city of Lexington and make all the decisions-legislati- ve,
executive and judicialas a five man committee
with approximately equal power. Except that, they act through
a city manager. Our particular
city manager is a local man who
is an attorney and a holdover
from a previous administration.
The affairs of government, as you
become involved for instance, in
25 lawsuits in eight months, have
become extremely complicated.
So we have involved ourselves
more in the detailed work of
government than any city commission ever has before.
I've been on the commission
since 1962. I've won eight electionsfour primaries and four
final elections which is a strain
on your family, your teenage children, your friends and yourself
to have to runeight elections in
eight years, a number of which
were as exciting or more exciting than our day to day activities in city hall. We have 1100
city employes. We are making
plans for the city to spend its
approximately $13 million a
year.
KERNEL: What do you think
your office can do to improve
relations?
UNDERWOOD: My office has
already done it. I am not of the
Lexington establishment. Most
of the country club set here I
consider the people who run
Lexington from sort of a downtown base. Most of these people
I consider horses' tails. I happen
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at least that part of it sometime within the next few months.
KERNEL: It has been estimated
that $50 million or more would
be required to modernize the
Lexington sewer system. Is this
a fair or exaggerate