xt7zs756hv85 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7zs756hv85/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1978-10-18 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, October 18, 1978 text The Kentucky Kernel, October 18, 1978 1978 1978-10-18 2020 true xt7zs756hv85 section xt7zs756hv85 Vol. LXXI. No. 44
Wednesday. October I8, I978

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an independent student newspaper

 

Sheep
skinning
wolves

Students in the Meats and Meats
Processing l.ab class can seldom
complain about lack of activity.
Class members Alan Dorton and
Gary Duncan. both animal
science majors. have just
slaughtered a sheep. They will
skin and dress the carcass and
then cut it into sections. all for a
. class grade.

By LINDA ('AMPBEIJ.
Kernel Staff

 

 

Nexus has longer hours, new numbers
and answers to benefit students in need

By DEBBIE MCDANIEL
Copy Editc

So you royally flunkcd your evening
midterm exam and decided at II that
night you had to change your major.
Before you panic and call your advisor

at home call. Nexus and request the .

“How to Change Your Major“ tape.

Nexus. UK‘s campus telephone
information service. has information
tapes on approximately I75 subjects as
diverse as “How You Can Party Safely
With Alcohol” and “What to do if
Your Car is Towed."

Drema Wire. program coordinator
for the Human Relations Center. said
Nexus receives an average of 2.630
calls each semester. In her first year
with Nexus she has expanded the
program in several areas.

After two years of operating 8 A
4:30. Nexus increased its phone
coverage from eight to lo hours. To
provide coverage from 4:30 to
midnight. a duplicate Nexus system
was established this semester at the
Complex Commons library.

Both' systems contain a special
phone. connected to a tape recorder.
and a duplicate cassette collection.
When callers dial 257-392l the Nexus
operator answers. takes their request.
and plays the information tape.

“This is the first time we‘ve had
weekend coverage.” Wire said. Paid
student operators man the phones at
the Human Relations Center (room
2l3 Bradley Hall) Monday through
Friday. where the main Nexus system
is housed. Weeknights from 4:30 to
midnight. and weekends from 8 am.
to midnight. desk clerks at the
Commons library provide phone
coverage.

Bob Clay. activities coordinator for
north campus dorms. said the clerks
are not paid extra for answering the
Nexus phone. “We just redefined their
job description to include this —~ no
one has quit yet.“ he said.

“The library is open 24 hours for
people over here. and we decided since
they‘re (desk clerks) sitting here
anyway. they can answer the phone."
he said.

Nexus topic code numbers used to
identify the cassettes have been
changed since last year. “One problem
we have is many people call and ask for
tapes from the old brochures.” Clay
said.

He said many students are still using
last year‘s purple brochure which has

different code numbers from this
year‘s green brochure. Students
requesting tapes on sensitive subjects.
such as problem pregnancy. are often
reluctant to tell the operator the tape‘s
name. and Clay said operators often
ask what color brochure the caller is
using to prevent hassles.

The green brochure listing tape
numbers is available on the second
floor by the elevator of the Student
Center. or in the Human Relations
Center in 2l3 Bradley Hall.

Add-drop. birth control and
campus sports are the most requested
tapes according to Wire. but the rate of
requests is relevant to the day of the
semester or what is happening on
campus.

In updating the program this
summer. Wire said she added thirty-
four new subjects and discarded the
old tapes after re-recording them on
high quality ten—minute cassettes.

“Our cassettes were old. they were

tearing. and the sound was poor.“
Wire said. “Tapes that were no longer
pertinent were deleted (from the
Nexus collection). We‘re aiming for a
professional system“

“Nexus is offering a series called ‘lfl
major in fill in witha major what
are my job alternatives?‘ " Wire said.
She and Terry Hale-Hicks. an
experiential education graduate
student. are researching the most
requested majors and what job
alternatives are available for graduates
in that major. Wire said tapes will be
made for each major after they finish
their research.

Nexus tapes are recorded in the
Alumni Gym’s soundproof booth
which is also used to record material
for the blind. Each department or
college which has an information tape
writes a script for the reader to record.

Continued on page 5

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University of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

 

Views on Iranians discussed
by Singletary at meeting

By JI'IANNI-T WI'IHNES

Associate I ditor

.In his first public statement about
the arrests made during CIA Director
Adm. Stansfield 'l'urncr's speech April
I2. UK President Otis Singlctary said
there was one unshakablc point in the
midst of the controversy.

"(We should) take seriously the
right of a spcakcr to be hcard...'l‘hc
heart of every university is the open
forum.“ he said.

In his address to the Board of

'l‘rustces' Executive Committee
yesterday. Singlctary said he didn‘t
wish to imply any restrictions on the
right to free speech,

An area for such purposes was
provided at the speech hcld at the
Student Center Ballroom. (The area
between the Student Center and South
limestone is designated a “free
speech” area.)

Singlctary said any student at the
University must expect to observe U K
and commonwealth regulations.
’l'hosc arrested were tried. found guilty
and sentenced in a state court and
because of that. legally the case has
been removed 'from University
control. he said.

(liight Iranians and three
Americans were found guilty last
month of disrupting a public
assembly. District Judge l’aul (iudgcl
lined each defendant $250 and all but
one were sentenced 45-90 days for thc
misdemeanor.)

Scnatc Council has recommended
to Dean of Students .Ioc Burch that a
University judicial board hearing of
the students arrested and currently
enrolled is not warranted. However.
Burch will proceed with disciplinary
action for violation of the student code
by those students.

Burch told Singlctary no student
would be suspended. dismissed or
expelled for participating in the
demonstrations last spring.

"The general feeling is punishment
has been meted out. There is no need
for further punishment.“ Singlctary
said.

International students are valued
and welcome at UK. Singletary said.
“We prefer. . .that they have a warm
and on the whole happy cxpcricncc“in
the U.S. as well as receive a formal
education.

The Executive Committee also
approved the appointment of an
executive director for the University
Medical Center.

Faculty to study teaching

By NANCY 0me

Staff Writcr

A faculty committee has been set up
in the College of Arts & Sciences in an
effort to improve the quality of
teaching evaluations. however there is
no student representative on the
committee.

The committee which is chaired by
sociology professor Michael Brooks.
consists of four Arts & Science faculty
and two observers from other colleges.
All members of the committee have
been given an equal vote.

When asked what he thought about
the committee lacking a student
representative. committee member
Dr. Brad Cannon said he thought the
presence of a student would be useful.
but unnecessary. Committee member
Dr. Earl Rankin expressed a similar
view.

Educational psychology professor
Earl Rankin. said he would like to see
an instructor evaluated by how much
students learn. “I think that this is the
ultimate criteria.“

The content of last semester’s
teacher evaluations questionnaires
answered by students is being
scrutinized by the committee
members. “We may well be making

decisions by instruments inherently
inacurate to begin with.“ Rankin said.

The committee pointed out the
limitations of questions which require
numerical rankings. But the
practicality of objective question-
naries in departments with large
faculties was also discussed.

“When it comes to (teacher self-
improvcment. the (questionnaire
numbers aren‘t very useful.“ said
Cannon. a political science professor.

But Cannon said essay-type
questions do not provide statistics.
Questions with numerical ranges were
also considered as possibly more

Yankees whip

David C. Sclimaus‘s. currently a
director for the Albert liittstcin
Medical Center in Philadelphia. will
assume the position “definitely within
the calendar month.“ perhaps before
Nov. I. said Dr. Peter Bosomworth.
Medical Center vice president.

Ihc position was left vacant when
.Iudgc I. Calton accepted a
directorship at Mcthodist Hospital in
Memphis last April.

In addition to being responsible for
the actual operation of the hospital
complex and its approximately L600
employees. Schmauss will also work
“intimately" in coordinating the
teaching program and hospital
services.

Schmauss was an Appalachian
Regional Hospital director in West
Virginia and served on its executive
board in Lexington prior to his work
in Philadelphia.

A recommendation was approved
to establish a UK-University of
Louisville coordinating committee for
health sciences. The committee.
approved at the Council on Higher
Education's meeting last week. will
establish a priority list for areas of
coordination between the two
teaching facilities.

evaluations

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precise than the individual student‘s
perceptions. 'l'hc inaccuracy of
statistics was also taken into
consideration because of the high
possiblity of skewed distribution in
faculty ratings. Often it is easy to
identify the poor teacher. but the rest
are lumped together in the higher
categories with no grey area
inbctwecn.

“'Icachcr evaluations can involve a
great deal more process than a
questionnaire.“ said Brooks. Statistics
Professor David Allen said the best
evaluations come from one-on-one
verbal comments.

Continued on page 8

Dodgers

To win World Series 4-2

By HAL nocrt

Associated Press Writer

I.OS ANGELES (AP/ -Slaphitters
Bucky Dent and Brian Doyle
combined for six hits and five runs
batted in. and Reggie Jackson added a
monstrous homer as the New York
Yankees defeated the l.os Angeles

Dodgers 7-2 Tuesday night to claim
their 22nd World Championship.
Crafty veteran Catfish Hunter
scattered six base hits through seven
innings to pick up the victory. Yankees
bullpen ace Rich Gossage replaced
Hunter after .loe Ferguson's leadoff
double in the eighth and held the
Dodgers in check on one hit the rest of

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state

A SUBCOMMITTEE of a schIaI task force studving
Kentucky’s legal system WI“ travel around the state to gather
information and suggestions on improving jails.

The subcommittee will hold three public hearings in different
areas and a series of meetings with the regional jail staff of the
Bureau of Corrections and local officials in the state‘s Area
Development Districts.

The first hearing will be held during the annual convention ofthe
Kentucky Association of Counties in Covington Nov. I5-l7.

The subcommittee is considering such proposals as regional
jails. guaranteed salaries for jailers. minimum jail facility
standards. jailing of juveniles and jailer training requirements.

Members of the subcommittee. which held its first meeting
yesterday. include: Corrections Commissioner David Bland;
circuit judge James Chcnault and Lloyd Berry. president of the
Kentucky Jailers Association.

UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA INC.. is planning a rally
south of Munfordville. Ky.. Saturday night. with Imperial Wirard
Robert Shelton of Tuscaloosa. Ala.. among the featured speakers.

a Klan spokesman said yesterday.

The spokesman. John Palmore of Louisville. said the rally
would be three miles south of Manfordville on U.S. .‘llW He said
Klansmen are expected from Kentucky. Illinois. Indiana and

Tennessee. and possibly from Ohio.

Others on the program are Klan attorney .Iohn Mays of
Tuscaloosa; Don Henson. grand dragon from Tennessee; Jesse
.lent. grand dragon from Indiana. and Sherman Adams. grand

dragon from Kentucky.

nation

PRESIDENT ( ARTER RESTORED citizenship rights
posthumously yesterday to Confederate President Jefferson Davis
and declared that post-Civil War reconciliation is finally complete.

He said the bill he signed “officially completes the long process
of reconciliation that has reunited our people followingthe tragic
conflict between the states.“ Carter said.

Davis. who was president of the Confederacy a century ago. was
left out of congressional resolutions restoring rights to other rebel
officials.

“He had served the United States long and honorably as a

soldier. member of the U.S. House and Senate and as secretary of
war.“ Carter recalled.

SCREAMS PIERCED the pre-dawn silence and roused
neighbors across the street. but no one was able to reach the eight
members of one family trapped in a burning apartment. All eight
died in the fire yesterday in Philadelphia that officials say might
have been arson.

The dead included four teenage girls and their parents. and two
young men. the dead woman‘s children by a previous marriage.
said Dr. Marvin Aronson. city medical examiner.

Two of the victims jumped from the burning building. located in
a predominantly Hispanic and black neighborhood near the
Philadelphia Art Museum. fire officials said.

Witnesses reported smelling a strong odor of gasoline. and fire
officials were investigating possible arson.

world.

THE SEVEN—NATION ARAB conference on Lebanon ended
yesterday with a pledge to neutralile the right-wing lebanese
Christians and. if necessary. to use force to end their collaboration
with Israel.

The threat of action against the Israeli-backed Christian militias
was one of eight major points contained in a statement issued at the

end of the three-day conference. The meeting was called by
Lebanese President Elias Sarkis to find a way to restore peace to
the strife-torn country.

The eight points were largely a reiteration of previous Arab calls
for the disarmament of private militias and an cnd to the radio and
press propaganda war waged by the warring Lebanese factions.
Those calls have gone unheeded in the previous four years of
fighting in Lebanon.

Observers noted. however. that the eight points did not refer to
an extension ofthe mandate ofthe Syrian-dominated Arab league
peacekeeping force. dispatched to Lebanon in November I976 to
police the armistice that ended the civil war between rightist
Christians and the alliance of leftist Moslems and Palestinian
guerrillas.

TWO AMERICANS WHOSE WORK with microwave -
radiation supported the “big bang" theory of the creation of the
universe shared the Nobel Prile in physics yesterday in Sweden
with a Russian scientist. The prize for chemistry went to a Briton.

Dr. Arno A. Penrias. 45. and Dr. Robert W. Wilson.42. both of
the Bell Telephone Laboratories of New Jersey. shared the
$65.0“) physics prize with Professor Pyotr Leontevitch Kapitsa
of Moscow. Kapitsa. 84. was honored for his work in low-
temperature physics.

The chemistry prile. also Sl65.000. went to Professor Peter
Mitchell. 58. for his work in bioenergetics. which concerns the
chemical process responsible for the energy supply in living cells.

Six of the nine men named to receive or share in Nobel prizes this
year are Americans. Americans shared with other nationalities tn
physics and medicine. and won outright III literature and
economics. The Nobel Peace Prize has not yet been announced.

weather

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’Such an act of charity

was a total

Such an act of charity was a total sur rise.

The jailed protestors seemingly had no hope of
being released. They were entering the second week_
of imprisonment. on sentences that ranged from 45
to 90 days. The amount needed to post bond was so
high that bail looked hopeless.

The protestors, including two UK students and
one professor, were weak from a hunger strike (one
had already been hospitalized) and were in fear of
losing their status as students. If that happened. the
Iranians were certain they would be deported to
their home country. where punishment would be
swift and severe.

And then on Monday, unheralded John T.
Smiley of Winchester stepped forward. In a
magnificent gesture, he posted bond for all the
prisoners. a stake of $l25.000.

Bill may reduce

Because of a bill approved by Congress. there's a
danger that Lexington may suffer a loss in airline
service. Ironically, the bill‘s intended effect is to
promote consumer interests through lower prices.

Passed last Sunday by Congress and expected to
be signed by President Carter. the bill will slowly
phase out the Civil Aeronautics Board. along with
the agency's regulation ofair service and prices. The
measure is designed to increase competition
between airlines and increase the number of cities
that receive services.

But what many observers fear is that the airlines.
free from government regulation, will concentrate
on the heavily-traveled routes between major cities.
Those flights are the most profitable, and a tighter
market is less expensive to maintain.

Officialggt. Lexington‘s Blue Grass Field are
concernQ‘mut ”such developments. though the
final phase-out of regulations would not occur until
I982. with the CAB itself being shut down in l98l.
Lexington is at best a medium-sized market for air
service. and faces competition from larger facilities
at nearby Louisville and Cincinnati.

It may become necessary for airport and local

surprise’ '

Explaining why he placed his lile savings on what
some would consider a risky venture. Smiley said
things reasonable people have been thinking ever
since the absurd sentences were handed out. «

“I couldn‘t sleep if I didn't." he said. “I'm really
ashamed of Kentucky justice. These people aren‘t
criminals. these are good people. I can‘t see where
there is very much crime involved.“

Thanks to the unexpected concern of an
American stranger, the protestors are free now. free
to end their hunger strike and attend classes again.

The case is still under appeal in the courts. but
maybe now there will be time forjudges,juries and
prosecutors to realize that the punishment handed
out for disrupting a speech was cruel and unusual.
John Smiley understood that. and he deserves
gratitude for his generosity and initiative.

local air service

government officials to work on convincing the
airlines to remain in Fayette County. Certainly.
every effort should be made to at least maintain the
present number of flights which land at Lexington’s
airport.

For the future. consideration of growth in
Lexington. and discussions on whether to expand
Blue Grass Field should treat the new deregulation
bill as an important factor. If Lexington air service
can continue to grow. Bluegrass residents will be
able to take advantage of lower prices without a
concomitant decrease in the number of flights that
are available.

All letters due

To avoid possible last-minute rushes. and thus
ensure equal time. the Kernel requests that letters to
the editor supporting candidates in the Nov. 7
election be delivered by next Monday. Oct. 30.

No letters urging support of a candidate that
arrive after that date will be printed. Letters to the

editor should be delivered to Room I I4. Journalism
Building.

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Headaches

Thank you, Nell Fields, for bringing
attention to the smoking issue. I, for
one, suffer from severe headaches in
the presence of tobacco smoke. I have
generally been unassertive in regards
to this issue for fear of alienating
smokers, especially teachers. But I
have come to realize it is the smoker
who is infringing on my rights. After
all, we were born non-smokers. It is
the individual's choice to become a
smoker. Smokers must accept
responsibility for their habit and
exercise self-control.

If one is unable to abstain from

smoking for 50 minutes in a
classroom, then he is not only

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subjecting others to the irritating
pollutants of his habit but denying
himself fresh air.

Susan L. Sullivan
Journalism Senior.

Blood donors

The Student Center Blood Donor
Subcommittee would like to express
its sincere thanks to those students
who gave blood at the Student Center
mobile drawing site on Oct. l2. Both
the subcommittee and the Central
Kentucky Blood Center considered
the drawing a success since 79 units of
blood were drawn during a six-hour
period. _

Each of the pints given will literally
help to save lives by providing area

hospitals with an adequate supply of
an essential substance.

We would also like to thank the 4|
students who attemptted to give blood
but could not meet all the standards
required for donation. Your concern
for human life is admirable and we
hope that you will attempt to donate
again in the future.

Student Government‘s next mobile
drawing is scheduled for Oct. 30. 3I
and Nov. l at the Zeta Tau Alpha
sorority house. All students
especially those who are members of
Greek organizations. are encouraged
to attend. .

Once again. thank you for your
support.

Peggy O‘Mera
Chairman, 80 Blood Donor
Subcommittee

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’/ have to know howmuch
the administration cares abom justice’

By MICHELE PAVON

(Editor's. note: The author
submitted this letter on Friday.
October [3. three days before the
Iranian students mentioned herein
were released/romjai/ on bond put up
by a 67-‘t'ear-old Mt. Sterling
resident.)

I am a foreign student from Venice
(Italy). I am close to finishing up a
Ph.D. degree in mathematics. The
three years I spent in Lexington have
provided me with the opportunity of
an excellent scientific education and
an important human experience.
However, it isjust by chance ifin these
days I can write my dissertation
instead of being in jail together with
my American and Iranian friends.
Fortunately, the police didn't arrest
me the night ofthe CIA speech. as they
didn‘t arrest about 200 other people
very hostile to the speaker.

Today while nine demonstrators are
in prison on a hunger strike (one of
them already in the hospital). I ask you
to take a clear public position on this
issue. I think that this has gone too far.
We have seen people being arrested for
daring to express a differing view from
that of the CIA, we have seen the Dean
of Students Joe Burch, the Director of
the Patterson School of Diplomacy
and all kinds of policemen
contradicting each other in a trial
soaked with racism, we have seen a
judge treating the defendants like
bloody criminals and setting
unbelievable bails. But we have also
seen the UK administration in late
spring ignoring the opinion of a large

 

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number of faculty members asking to
drop the charges and the UK Police
Department rejecting a reasonable
settlement of the whole business (the
protestors and prosecutor Scotty
Baesler had already negotiated an
agreement whereby the protestors
would plead guilty toa reduced charge
of a violation rather than a
misdemeanor; the UK Police
Department rejected this plan,
insisting that the protestors plead to a
misdemeanor, which they declined to
do). Now the absurdity of the
sentences and of the bails (a total of
$l30.000) exposes the true nature of
the whole affair, namely political
persecution and blatant racism.

Police chiefs have said in the trial
that the night of the speech they were
worried about the safety ofthe people.
This is pure slander. Not that night.
not any other time have I seen any
violence whatsoever coming from the
Iranians and their supporters. The
only violence that night came from the
police that prevented the arrested from
expressing their ideas and listening to
Turner. A night which would have
been without major incidents was
turned into the beginning of a long.
absurd case by the Dean of Students
and the police.

All the demonstrators wanted was
to inform other people about the
criminal activities of the CIA around
the world.

This case is casting a shadow over
the whole University. Sacrificing the
freedom of speech of peaceful
demonstrators in favor ofthe CIA and
abandoning them in the hands of the
police and. possibly, the immigration

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“service" creates an extremely
dangerous case for the independence
and democracy of UK. An increasing
number of faculty members, students
and civil and religious organizations is
sharing this concern (the Central
Kentucky Civil Liberties Union has
recently called “outrageous“ the
sentences and the bails).

As a foreign student I perceive
symptoms of racism surfacing in the
Lexington and academic community
which deserve a clear reply. Those who
grow xenophobic feelings should be
reminded of the tremendous
contribution of intelligence, energy
and ideas that this country has
received and receives from foreigners,
which is largely witnessed in the
history of culture and science of the
United States. We foreign students do
not feel like guests in this country since
we are giving to the American people
at least as much as we receive from
them. /

In this perspective the protesting of
the Iranians should be regarded as an
important contribution to the
understanding of significant events
happening in their country which

,show a heavy involvement of the

United States and prospect the
possibility of a new Vietnam-type
tragedy.

Mr. President. let me know where
you stand. Before I can accept a degree
from this university I have to know
how much the administration cares
about justice and freedom of speech.

Michele Pavon is a graduate student
in the Department of Mathematics.

 

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Cruisin‘ has been an essential
part of Kentucky lore since
paved roads first cut through
the Bluegrass brush. lfyou lake
a spin out any of Lexington‘s
byways or highways you will
inevitaly encounter the endless
labyrinth of classic country
roads. This is where a
traditional country cruise
begins.

To live is to experience a
cruise. It doesn‘t even matter in
which direction you cruise; in
fact it‘s a lot more interesting
when you get lost.

Country roads are the
perfect place to forget troubles
and worries. And if you travel

fun. It‘s all tree and more than
readily available.

()0 out one night and
experience the thrills iii a
country clip. but beware of one
side el‘lect: the many Kentucky
legends. That's right. good old
positively true haunting

I-Iyebiill Bridge

Possibly the most lamous
legend ol lexinglon‘s outskirts
is this one. I'll give it to you
straight.

About a hundred years ago
there was a tavern on old Iron

 

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legends. After much digging l
have unearthed some exciting
tales. The great thing about
most of them is that you can
dare to defy such stories by
following the traditional
methods. Keep reading.
(Authorfv' Mile: Iht’at' [ales

Works l’ike where a man could
partake ol the pleasures ol
good drink and good spirits.
Well. one inght a local drunk
was staggering home from the
tavern. on the now llul'l'nian‘s
Mill road. and pauused at a
bridge over Flkhorn Creek. A

man. then dropped his body
nilo the creek and lled

llte man‘s body was louiid
the next day lloatnig near the
bank.erawdads swarninigover
his head and his eyeballs eaten
ottt ol their sockets.

It is said that on a night with
at lttll moon the dead drunk‘s
eyes lloal under the bridge
still looking lor the man who
killed him.

Bunk. you say‘.’ l)rive out
one night and see his eyes with
your own eyesl mysell have
witnessed this several times.
Oh. yes the bridge is a great
place logo parking.

Suzie‘s ('orner

llie date wa iii the late lillies
llte place was oll I’aiis l’ike on
llaip-liiiiesioad Sit/iewashei
name and partying was her
game One iiiglil she pai tied a ll
too hard

-\ cal load ol \ on rig
gentlemen escotled a dinnkeii
Miss Sit/re into a mid aside a
9tl-deglce linii It] the ioad one
tiight and pioceeded to tape
and murder hei Hence. the
tttiit lias beeii labled \ti/ie‘s
(‘oi'iici

Iltil that‘s not all \n/ie, who
came lioiii a wilchy back-
ground. managed to pill a cut se
oti the lieatlieiis beloie she
died.

lli young men hopped into
their car. sped around the nest

load \‘1 persittt:
It too stop ‘ti't.l tai .i‘. the
s.i:sed t-itzi.' and shoot

\ti/ie's .i wliozt ” slipposetlh

vol. wolf! zenitli iiit end ol tlit
load without having .in
.Itsltit'll!

ll \otth i'ot the guts. go ll\
ll lliaveiil attempted lills one.
.tllsl sil‘ll'l t.tit' li'. t'llilcl
lltsitles. that's not .l nice thing

to sa\ .li‘s‘lti \n'..~ .in\wav

Russel ( aye House

““ay out‘ Russel (the
Road. I am toid. past lion
\\oiks I'ike. past a clitncli on
the lelt. and [list past a

ttnitlen on the iiglit is an old
sotitliei n iiiansioti with a well in
tlit lioiil llie place is
st.pposedl\ genuinely haunted.
toiiipletc with holes Ill the
lfooi . stlueak\ dooisaiid winds
li.ill\\a\s

\ teal lite episode includes a
liieiid ol mine who. lll his
soniigei. iiioie dainig yeais.
took the lonith iail tip on the
staiiwav bannistei lle arid a
biidd\ went home that iiiglil
and both slept side by side with
the iail niidei llieii pillows

lo tlieii surprise. the nest
nioiiiiiig ll was gone -\nd.
today. that tail is still lltlact on
the baiiiilslei

Here‘s a chiller one that I ttiiii. and crashed in llaiiies as

far enough. in to the are null/or (he squeamish.) they struck a tree lllsl oll the

mountains. you can gaze out
over the lights of Lexington
and wonder no more why the
settlers stayed.
But the aesthetic values are
\ only one good point about
carav'anning Lexington‘s
country corridors. If a friend

. happens along with you the ..
9 country is an ideal place to sit
back. smoke a number and ,-"
enjoy a Kentucky flatland high.
And if. on occaision. you .
encounter a similar mobilist
travelling in a challenging
trusty sports car. the roads
prove to be an excellent rally
race course.
Drink a little brew. run your
little car and enjoy a little red

thug robbed and killed the

don‘t advise challenging.

  
   
    
 

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