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Volume LXIX. Number 91
Friday, February 3, 1978

Close encounter...

University of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

' ...with technical adviser

of popular UFO movie

By STEVE HIRSCH
Kernel Reporter

The phrase “Close Encounters of
the Third Kind” now rivals “I can’t
believe I ate the whole thing” and
“Love means never having to say
you’re sorry” for the title of Most
Over-Repeated Comment of All
Time.

What most people don’t know is
that the ungainly expression was
coined by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, an
astronomy professor at Nor-
thwestern University, to classify
real-life reports of alien cmtact with
humans.

Hynek, who lectured at the UK
Student Center yesterday, was
technical adviser for the film “Close
Encounters of the Third Kind” and
is Director of the Center for UFO
Studies, an association of scientists
established in 1973 to promote
serious research on UFO’s.

Originally a sceptic, Hynek
became interested in UFO’s as an
astronomical consultant to the Air
Force on its studies, “Proect Sign”
and “Project Blue Book," which
examined UFO sightings.

In a press conference Thursday
afternoon, Hynek discussed his
involvement with the film and spoke
of government supp-ession of UFO-
related information.

“When (film director Steven)
Spielbu‘g asked me to be technical
adviser, I expected to meet the
typical Hollywood director, sitting in
his chair shouting through a

megaphone. Instead I found him to

.be extremely knowledgeable. I

didn’t have to tell him too much
about UFO‘s.

“He asked me to go over the script
and make it jibe a little better with
reality. Many it the things in the
film have their basis in real reports.
Of course, Spielburg highly
dramatized them."

One incidental bit of drama was a

cameo appearance by Hynek in the
film. “It was a gag. Spielburg and I
thaight it would be fun for me to
have an Alfred Hitchcock walk-on
seqrence. Most of it got cut, which is
a relief since parts of it might have
affected my professional credibility.
Originally, he had the little
creatures come up and
examine me, pull my beard and so
m."
Hynek said that, far from in
spiring a flood d phony sightings,
the film is a boon to UFO research.
“People said that as soon as the film
came out, there would be a rash of
fictitious sightings,” he said. “That
isn’t exactly what happened The
picture is making it acceptable to
talk about UFO’s. What we are
getting is a great number, of reports
that go as far back as ’55, from
people who only now are speaking
out. ‘UFO’ is no longer a dirty
word.”

According to Hynek, efforts on the
part of the Air Force and the CIA
have done much to discredit UFO
research. “Sightings come in global
waves; the last wave was in 1973.

DR. J. ALLEN HYNEK

There was such an enormous wave
of reports in 1952 that military wires
were clogged,” he said.

“The CIA became concerned not
about the UFO’s but about the
volume of reports. This was in the
wake of the McCarthy period and it
was thought that an enemy could tie
up military communications with
UFO reports and then pull off a
sneak attack like Pearl Harbor. So
the CIA and the Air Force issued a
directive to debunk UFOs.

“None of the 13,000 cases reported
to the Air Force was ever released to
the press unless the press had prior
lmorvledge of the case. Six hundred
of those cases were neva' explained.
The government certainly has never
played clean pool with the public. In

Blood supply critically low;
student donations needed

By DEBBIE McDANlEL
Kernel Staff Writer

The critical blood shortages
caused by January’s snowstorms
continued this week despite blood
drives conducted by the Central
Kentucky Blood Center. The center,
a non-profit organization, supplies
blood to 33 Lexington and regional
Kentucky hospitals.

Patty Bowen, donor service
representative for the center, said,
“During that week of heavy snow,
we had to cancel a couple of blood
collection mobiles due to the
weather, so we didn’t have nearly
the amount we expected.”

The center, which relies heavily
on students for blood donations, fell
low on blood levels during the
hdidays and was forced to summon
faculty members for support. Now
that school has resumed, the
weather has taken over as the main
determinant of blood suptly.

“We need to maintain a supply of
over 900 pints on a daily basis to

keep us in a safe situation," Bowen
said. “One hundred twenty pints of
that is to meet orders from 33
hospitals over a Ito-county area. Last
week we were down around 500 pints
and we had to notify hospitals that if
we didn’t draw enough blood they
would have to cancel all elective
(postponable) surgeries and save
blood for emergencies.”

Radio appeals brought an over-
whelming response from Lexington
residents and a sufficient amount of
blood was collected.

Volunteer drivers for the center
picked to donors and emergaicy
bloodmobiles were sent to four local
hospitals. Calls made to various UK
fraternities and sororities attracted
approximately 60 volunteers. “On
(January) 22nd and 23rd, we were in
desperate shape We stayed open all
right and got over 500 pints in two
days,” said Bowen. “People are not
aware that we need it (donations) all
the time. People respond so well to
appeals, but when we’re not drawing
blood for me two or three days it

 

inside

puts us in an emergency situation
again.”

Mark Pritchett, the area coor-

dinator of the north campus, called,

the center and arranged for two
mobiles to draw blood at Holmes
Hall. He said that upon hearing the
radio appeal, he asked the center to
send personnel “over here to save
students the long walk through snow
and ice.”

According to Pritchett, of the
nearly 140 students who volunteered,
one in three did not qualify to give
blood. Bowen reported that 64 pints
composed the total donation.

Lexington hospitals stay in
operation regardless of the snowfall
and must be prepared to handle
emergency ‘bleeder’ cases. Each
hospital struggled through the
shortage in its own way. Most
hospitals said that even though a
shortage existed. inter-hospital

blood transfers had been continued
with abundant blood bank resources.
Continued on page 3

 

today

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..THE FLORIDA GATORS INVADE Rupp Arena
tomorrow night, hoping to avenge an earlier loss to the
Wildcats. Bob Stauble writes about what’s in store for UK
on page 5.

state

..A MEASURE TO LEGALIZE THE MANUFACTURE
AND SALE OF LAETRILE IN KENTUCKY was ap-
proved 79-14 Thursday by the state House of Represen-
tatives. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Laetrile is a substance derived from apricot pits that is
believed by some to cure or prevent cancer.

The bill requires a physician’s prescription for the
purchm of Laetrile, and would require all patients'
requests for the substance to be filed by physicians with
the state Human Resources Department.

..SI-IN. WALTER BAKER. R-Glasgow, Thursday in-
troduced a bill to allow Kentucky women to use their
maiden names on their drives‘ licenses.

The bill is a response to a federal court ruling that a
Lexington woman, Sylvia Scott Whitlow, could not use her
maiden name on her license under existing Kentucky law.

“The only pupose of the driver‘s liceme if for iden-
tification.“ Baker said. “It's to make sure the person is in
fact the person identified on the license who has passed
the driving test."

The bill provides a person may use any name he or she
is commonly known by on his or her driver‘s liceme.

Whitlow is a UK journalism professor.

..SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAROLD BROWN said
Thursday the United States must increase its defense
spending by $56 billion over the next five years in order to
stay‘up with Russia.

He said also that Soviet advances in satellitedestroying
weapons are leaving the United States with little choice
but to get into a space weapons race with Russia.

world

..MOVIE DIRECTOR ROMAN POLANSKI slipped into
Paris Thursday after fleeing California to avoid a sen.
tence for having sexual relations with a l3-year-old girl.
Polanski, 44, flew from Los Angeles to London on
Wednesday and then came to Paris where he maintains an
apartment, according to friends of the director.
Polanski. who directed such popular films as
“Rosemary‘s Baby" and “Chinatown,‘ declined to
discuss the matter with reporters who conta ‘ted him by
telephme at his Paris apartment. But he said he might
issue a statement later.
slate

weather

..IIEAV’Y ON THE SUNSHINE. PLEASE. Partly sunny
skies have been predicted for today with a warming trend
taking the tempe'ature up to highsof near 32 degrees. A 20
percent likelihood of snow showers exists for Friday night
and only a slim chance of precipitation is expected for the
weekend Look for even warmer air as early as Sunday.

Compiled from Associated Press dispatches

 

 

the military, when in doubt classify.
“There’s also some face-saving
involved,” Hynek said. “If the Air
Force had to tell everything they
know, they’d have to admit they
don’t understand everything.”

The biggest obstacle to the ac-
ceptance of UFO research is not the
govemment, Hynek said, but his
colleagues’ inflexible point of view.

“So many formal scientists are
guilty of what I call ‘temporal
provincialism,’ the idea that we
have discovered everything. They
forget we’ve always had scientific
revolutions and will have more.
They say,‘Now we know
everything.’

Continued on page 3

r

Senate activates
withdrawal policy

By JIM MCNAIR
Copy Editor

In a scantily piblicized legislative
measure, a new course withrkawal
policy was enacted by the University
Senate in its last meeting of the fall
semester.

The policy, effective this
semester, supersedes the previous
withdrawal policy and sets later
deadline dates for course with-
drawals and pass-fail and credit-
arxiit option changes.

According to Professor Paul
Oberst, Senate chairman, benefiting
most from the rule are freshmen
who are inexperienced at selecting
courses and students in genaal who
find themselves in courses for which
they are not adequately prepared.

“All students run the risk of
getting into sectidns too hard for
them," Oberst said. “Freshmen
often don’t have enough preparation
for certain courses and others take
glamour courses they know they’re
not prepared for.”

Oberst also said students often had
no grades by the time the old with-
drawal deadlines approached.
Extensions of the deadlines, he said,
would help them decide whether to
drop a class or remain.

Under the old rule, if a student
wanted to withdraw from a class
with no grade or record of
enrollment, the withdrawal
procedure had to have been com-
pleted within the first quarter of the
semester.

If the student sought to withdraw
after the first quarter, it could be

done “only upon petition certifying
urgait reasons related to extended
illness or equivalent distress." The
petition had to be approved and then
a‘grade assigned

Now, students can withdraw from
classes withtxit dire reasons until
halfway through the semester.
Students who withdraw during the
first third of the semester will not be
assessed a grade or record of
enrollment.

A grade of “W” will be given to
students who withdraw between the
first third of the semester and mid-
term.

If withdrawal after mid-term is
dsired, a petition must be sub—
mitted stating reasons including but
nd limited to: .

—illness or injury of the student;

—serious personal or family
problems;

—financial inability to continue at
the University, or;

—call to military service.

The petition must be approved by
the dean of the student’s college. The
instructor will then assign a grade.

Oberst said one problem with the
liberalized withdrawal policy is that
students who were denied entry in a
limited enrollment class are cheated
by those who wait a long time to
withdraw from it.

Even though Oberst himself
favors the idea of extending with-
drawal deadlines, he said, “It is the
consensus of faculty members that
withdrawals are a waste of time and
money.”

Continued on page 3

David O'Neil

Famed sports artist Leroy Neiman shares a laugh John's basketball game. Neiman has been com-
with Mike Connelly (right),physical education junior. missioned to create a painting depicting the UK
Connelly, a sportscaster for WBKY-Fm. the UK radio basketball team.
station. interviewed Neiman during halftime of the St.

Basketball prints available soon

Neiman puts Cats on canvas

By JENNIFER GREER
Kernel Staff Writer

Noted sports artist Leroy Neiman,
whose accomplishments include
paintings of the 1972 and. 1976
Olympics and, more recently, Super
Bowl XII, has just finished what he
considers to be one of his “best
sports paintings."

was made possible by Ashland Oil
Inc., which commissioned Neiman
to create a painting that would
depict “the color and excitement of
UK basketball in Rupp Arena."
Neiman visited Lexington in
December and made preliminary
sketches while watching finals of the
UK Invitational Tournament here.
His finished work captures UK

The subject? The University of players Jack Givens and Mike

Kentucky basketball team.

Three hundred serigraphs (silk
screen prints done by hand) of the
new Neiman painting, numbered
and signed by the artist, will be
offered to friends of the University
by the UK Alumni Association.

The serigraphs will measure
roughly 25 by 32 inches and will sell
for $800 apiece.

Proceeds from the sale of the
serigraphs will be used by UK for
scholarships, professorships and
other areas of academic need.

This unique fund-raising effort

Phillips engulfing a St. John’s player
as the three go up for a bruising
rebound. In the backcourt, James
Lee and Rick Robey watch warily,
while the faces of the other players
blendinto a vivid splash of color that
captures the electricity of 213.0(1)
screaming Kentucky fans.

Bob McCowan, president of
Ash hnd Oil and chairman of the UK
Annual Giving Fund, said he got the
idea for the Neiman painting when
he spoke with the artist‘s agent at a
New York luncheon.

"We‘re always looking for ways to

raise money for UK. By selling
something like these serigraphs—
which appreciate like you wouldn’t
believe—it kind of puts some fun into
the giving," McCowan said.

According to McCowan, his
company paid Neiman $25,000 for
the basketball painting. “I‘ve heard
he is one of the most commercially
successfully artists in the world, and
that the total value of his works has
been estimated at $75 million."

McCowan mentioned the
possibility that, following the sale of
the serigraphs, prints would be
made available for purchase
(presumably at a cheaper price).

Ray Hornbazk, vice president for
University relations, said 50 of the
serigraphs are already spoken for.
“Like his other works, they are in
great demand." he said.

Inquiries concerning pitchase of
the Neiman serigraphs should be
directed to the UK Alumni
Association.

 

  

 

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Easterly, Moloney bills
deserve consideration

The sale of alcohol has long been one of the
most heavily regulated areas of commerce. Two
bills now in the state leg-lature would relax that

regulation in areas where it has become harm-

ful.

One bill, spornsored by Sen. Tom Easterly, D-
Frankfort, would repeal the Kentucky “fair
trade” law, which forces liquor dealers to charge
price at consumer~gouging levds.

The measure, Senate Bill 82, is in the Senate
Judiciary committee, where it may die unless it
recieves further support. In the 1976 legislature,
a similar measure filed by Easterly was ignored

into oblivion.

The “fair trade” law compels distillers to
mark up their sales to wholesalers by 15 percent.
The next sale, from wholesalers to retailers,
must be marked up 33 and one-third percent.
Distributors cannot sell at prices below these

rates.

The present rules go far beyond maintaining

“fair trade,” but insure great

regulated number of liquor producers—at the

expenm of consumers.
Kentucky bourbon costs less

states than it does here, and discount liquor
stores across the border, like the ones in Jef-
fersonville, Ind.(“Cut-Rate Liquors,” for
example), do a thriving btsiness. Most Ken-
tuckians, though, are too far from the border to
take advantage of out-of-state bargains.

If Kentucky does not allow liquor stores to
connpete in pricing, it should not continue to
allow a few selected producers to exploit
customers with the help of government. If a “fair

distribution).

trade” lawis absnluteiy necessary to support the
industry, then excess profits should be returned
to the consumer through taxation.

A second bill whose time has come is the wine
license measure sponsored by Sen. Michael
Moloney, a Lexington Democrat. The bill would
create a new license under statutes that set up
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (which
supervises liquor and beer sales and

The new license would cost $250, and would

permit restartants in a “we ” area to sell wine

provided the restaurant seats at least 50 persons
and derives half of its revenue from food sales.

Moloney’s proposal would be a boon to
restaurants who have been unable to obtain the
heavily regulated liqmr licenses. Beer and

liquor pe'mits are issued in an amount based on

profits for the

a county’s population, with retail liquor licernses
costing up to $20,000 in Lexington.
Moloney’s bill is a perfect counterpart to his

measure that was passed in the 1976 session

in many other

which established licenses for small Kentucky
wineries. Presently, only one winery (in Paris)
is operating in the state. Many small restaurants
(such as “etlnnic” restaurants) unable to afford
expensive retail licenses could help the new
industry expand if Moloney’s measure passes.
The bill, Senate Bill 76, has been approved by
the Senate and now must be passed by the House
before it is sent to the gove'nor, who has not
opposed it. The bill has a good chance of passing,
and is now in the House business committee.

 

 

Letters to the Editor

 

 

Defends “Little.

The Lexington-Bluegrass Chapter

of the National Organization for
Women rn'ges that progressive in-
dividuals and groups send letters
and telegrams to Governor Carey of
New York, demanding that JoAnne
Little not be extradited to the racist
prison system of the state of North
Carolina.

JoAnne Little is a courageous
Black woman who was acquitted on
a murder charge in August 1975
after defending herself against a
rape attack by a white jailer while
imprisoned in the Beaufort County,
North Carolina Jail. Her case at-
tracted international attention and
support, and she has come to stand
for the rights of women, Blacks, and
prisoners to defend themselves
against attack.

Although she was freed on, the
murder charge, Ms. Little was
sentenced to 7-to-10 years on an
earlier charge of breaking and
entering and was sent to the North
Carolina Women’s Correctional
Center in Raleigh. While imprisoned
the-e, JoAnne Little became the
targa of a campaign of retaliation
and harassment by prison officials.
The jail system has never forgiven
Ms. Little for ,her courage, for
daring to defend herself; nor can
they forget the symbol JoAnne Little
has become in the struggle against
oppression.

The North Carolina jailers have
wanted revenge and have tried
every trick possible to keep her
imprisoned. Ms. Little faced con-
stant denial of her parole even
thongh the superintendent of the
women‘s prison said in an interview
that she was a model prisoner.
Finally under pressure North
Carolina officials granted her work
release, but then revoked it, in spite
of ob'pctions by her employer.

A teacher at the jail refused to
cooperate with a scheme to frame
Ms. Little on a phony charge in order
to again deny her parole. The
teacher publicly etposed the plot.

 

 

 

The Kentucky Kernel welcomes letters and
commentaries submitted for publication. Articles
must include the signature, address. phone num-
ber. year and main if the writer is a student.
Commentary authors should have expertise or
expeience in the area their article pertains to.

The Kernel editors have final decision on which
articles are publishedand when they are published.
The editors reserve the right to edit submission:

Gloria Artis Saunders, an ex-
prisoner with Ms. Little in NC. said,
’ “Ward has got to‘get 'out of what it's
really like down ~there. They
wouldn‘t let us speak to the press
down there. For anything they would
put me in the behavior modification
unit and try to give us drugs; if we
refused they put us in solitary
confinement.

“They were always trying to pin
something on us, especially JoAnne.
We knew they would try to get us, so
we were very careful. But they
would frame JoAnan her work
release, and she was at work
everyday. I feel they want her to do
the whole ten years.”

JoAnne Little, fearing for her life,
took freedom in her own hands and
escaped to New York City, where
she was captured on December 7.
The police had fired their weapons
at Ms. Little and her companion,
although both were unarmed.
ironically, JoAnne and her com-
panion were than charged with
assault.

Ms. Little is currently in a New
York jail, facing extradition to the
revengeful jails of North Carolina
where her liberty and life would be
endangered if forced to return. Her
attorney, William Kunstler, has
said, “It would be dangerous for her
to go back. She doesn’t have a
chance in North Carolina.”

It is the brutal prison system
which is guilty of criminal behavior,
not JoAnne Little. it is still her right
to self defense that is on trial.

To progressive people she is a
symbol of resistance and courage.
But to the prison system she is also a
symbol, and it fears her for that.
NOW encourages you to stand by
this sister and to fight the ex-
tradition of JoAnne Little to North
Carolina where she faces legal
lynching. and to continue the
struggle until our sister is finally,
completely freed.

letters and telegrams demanding
that JoAnne Little not be extradited
to North Carolina can be sent to:
Hugh L. Carey, Gov. of the State of
New York, Executive Chambers,

State Capitol, Albany, NY. 1224.

Messages of support can be sent to

JoAnne Little at: Correctional In-

stitute-for Women, 1515 Hazen St., E.

Rikers Island, E. Elmhurst, NY.
11370.

Jim Lenahan

Member of NOW

graduate student

Student jobs

Concerning the Article “New
Minimum Wage Won’t Affect UK
Employees” in Wednesday January
25th Kernel, where Mr. Jack Blanton
made the statement, “We probably
could get greater efficiency to hiring
all full-time employees, but we want
to make jobs available to students to
help them through school...” I have
th's response. I am a part-time
student employee of the Business
Services Department and I resent
the fact that he would call the work
of students as less efficient than a
full-time persons work. let me
assure everyone that many students
like myself work hard to keep this
University running, just as the full—
time personnel do.

Let me remind eveyone also that
the student part-time personnel
make hourly much less than a full-
time person does. And also think of
all the money that we save the
University! The University is not
requ'red to pay the benefits of full-
time employees to the part-time
students. Take as examples of these
benefits, Social Security,
retirement, Blue Cross—Blue Shield,
sick days, vacation days, or snow
days. ’

I would be willing to bet that if the
University hired 2,000 part-time
student employees in place of 1,000
full-time employees, it would still be
saving qu'te a bit of money.

In closing, let me remind everyone
that if it were not for the students
who decided to attend this
University, all the full-time per-
sonrnel would not have jobs

Kris Kerwin
Economics Senior

 

Letters Policy

 

because of unsuitability in length, grammatical
errors. or libelous statements. All letters and
commentaries become the property of the Kernel.

The best-read letters are brief and concern
campus events. though commentaries should he
shatessay length. Letters and commentaries can
be mailed to the Editorial Editor. Room lit.
Journalism Building, University of Ky. 40500, or
may be ddivered personally.

 

 

 

 

 

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Columnist Payton returns

(Editor’s note: A few years back,

this paper employed as a columnist
a rather Thompsonesque individual
named Scott Payton. Peyton’s “Ten
Years On" was one of the most
avidly followed regular features in
Kernel history; so loyal were (are?)
Payton's readers that they continue
to write letters asking us to bring
him back.
..Apparently sensing that the time
was right for a reemergence, Payton
recently contacted us through
Simian Medulla, andf expressed an
interest in writing for us one more
time. Herein is the result of that
contact, complete with Medulla's
introduction.)

Editor, The Kernel:

About a week ago I received the
following communication from Scott
Payton, who is living in Sonora,
Mexico,
Metaphysics at Don Juan University
the'e. He claims it’s part of a novel-
in-progress, but I doubt it—the
bastard talks a better game than he
writes.

At any rate, he suggested I submit
the little excerpt to the Kernel,
primarily as a respornse to those old
Ten Years On fans who keep writing
him letters of inqu'ry and tipping the
authorities off to his whereabouts.
(Which mystifies him, by the way,
since he can’t imagine how those
freaks keep managing to get his
add-ess—little does he know i’ve
made a tidy sum selling it to the
highest bidder).

But I’ve got money of my own now
(see below) and I’m willing to give
up that lucrative siddine. So here’s
his screed You may wish to print
this correspondence along with
Peyton's sh't as an explanatory
preface and as an example of truly
good writing.

Simian Medulla

it’s hot here in Mexico. The sun
bales my face and hands as I swat
flies and gulp margaritas before
they melt. About an hour from now
the little pigs will come running
down the street to rub against my
legs. I‘ve gotten used to them—in
fact, since Diablo the Pig Leader
seems to understand English l
rathe' look forward to their visits.

“Rather look forward...?" What is
th's shit? Since l've been hiding here
my own English has become stilted.
On the phone two nights ago to a
cocaine dealer in Caracas, I canght
myself asking him, “Hast thou good
nose?"

['1] have to watch that. No point
tipping the buggers off with psuedo-
biblical dialogue that sounds
straight out of Tortilla Flat.

Where was I? Something about
drinking hot margaritas with the Pig
Leader...and seizing a raw cocaine
connction to Caracas while i bake
my face and hands...courtesy of
Steinbeck and the Holy Roman

But Pete Hamill was wrong in his
liner notes for ”Blood on the
Tracks." 1 see no stn‘vivors trudging
through the smoking mlns as the

and studying Yaqui-

Empire. . .Is that what I was trying to
say?

No. Of course not. This mescal
cocktail has fucked my memory. I
think I’ll have to return soon. Even
here, The Scene has self-destructed.
Kerouac is dead (he sat on this very
toilet, you know, high on morphine
writing Mexico City Blues) and
Burroughs is off somewhere chasing
the interplanetary connection. God
love ‘em both. Last week some pot-
smoking Mexican hipsters took my
raincoat just like they took Jack’s. I
feel the wheels of karma turning...
plague recedes. My God, the plague
has moved inside us! Even here, in
the Ratlands of Mexico, I can feel
the treacherous bastard closing in.
Either that or Simian Medulla is
back in town, and that’s something I
don’t want to think about right now.
Give me the plague any day.

But I shouldn’t say that. Since
Simian made his fortune with a book
of pornographic poems called “Boot
Fury” he's been much easier to live
with. Just the other day I received a
crumpled, wine-stained letter from
him announcing he was “really
getting into some good old laid-back
Southern California rock.”

i hope the poor son-of-a-bitch isn’t
getting into downers. My personal
theory is that a chronic am-~
phetamine psychosis is good for his
work, but then my license to prac-
tice chenotherapy was revoked long
ago.

Me, I play contraband Elvis
Costello tapes on my contraband
black market Sony, and plot ways to
meet Johmy Rotten of the Sex
Pistols. i engaged an attorney here
to change my own name to Scotty
Scum, but in his garbled English the
name came out “Sotty Scam.”
Which may well sum up my mood
these days, but doesn’t look too
classy on a byline. I suppose I’ll

have to pay the shyster another
$2000 to get the mess straightened
out. A lawyer by any other name, or
any other nationality, is still a
hopeless shitbag...

Well, enough of that kind of talk.
I‘ve got to learn to control my
tongue. Not let personal animosities
color my work. i am, after all, a
responsible member of the Writer’s
Fraternity. A Pro. and the issues at
stake are too large for random in-
dulgence in subjective whimsy,

“In this time, more than any other
time, we need the clear uncm-
promising voice of The P .”
Richard Nixon said that. “In this
time, more than any other time, we
need the clear uncmpromising
weirdness of The Weird." Simian
Medulla said that, but I disagree.
Sanity is the measure of progress
these days, and I'm damned glad of
it. The Era of Fuckups and Misfits is
over. Thank God. Now I can relax
and contemplate the ultimate
Kemuacian Truth, muttered into a
bottle of Johmy Walker Black as
Sweet Jack slumped over his
mother’s toilet and heaved the last
spark of life out of himself: “i don’t
know; i don‘t care; and it doesn’t
matter anyway.” Drunk old Jack.
Zen Master of the Open Road and
epic American prose-poet. Hard
words to speak on the last road to
Atman...

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little sand devils in the dirt street,
and just around the corner I hear the
first manic squeals of Le Puerco
Jefe. He'll be wanting to talk about
America again. The little bmtard
wants to emigrate. As if it would do
him any good.

Well fuck you, Pig Leader. You
know what they say: Today’s pig is
tomorrow‘s bacon. American will
eat you alive. And when you cross
Spit River in the dead of night. I
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University Hospital
Operating Room Director
Helen Marcum said, “Our
blood bank (pa-sonnel) did
some drawing from em-
ployees and their families at
the h ital."

Chie Blood Bank
Technician Jane Bryant said
no more than four or five
elective surgeries were
reschedmed, although stored
blood levels fell from 175 to a
low of 90 pins during the
shortage.

Janet Wilson, supervising
technician for Central Baptist
Hospital Blood Bank, said,
“It’s been the same at most of
the other hispitals in the
area. Usually we keep so
many units on the shelf, but
now we have no back-up
supplies.”

A blood drive conducted
yesterday for UK faculty and
staff members yielded only 20
pints by 3:30 pm.

The Center and the UK
Student Government are
sponsoring a fourday drive
next week from 10 a.m. to 4
pm, Feb. 6-7 at the Student
Center and from 2 to 9 pm,
Feb. 8-9 at the Complex
Commons lounge. Student
senator Steve Petrey, chief
representative for SG during
the drive, has set a goal of 400
pints.

“With the student
population UK