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Creg Page, sophomore defen- sive end from Middlesobro, was hurt Tuesday in a light defen- sive drill and suffered what doc- tors termed ”a probable bruise to the spinal cord." He has been paralyzed from the neck down since then and remains in the Intensive Care Unit ofthe Med- ical Center. Stan Forston, sophomore quar- terback from Lexington sustained severely torn ligaments in his knee Friday, in drills at prac— tice. A successful operation was )erformed on Forston Saturday, but he apparently has been lost for the season. Both accidents occurred in an unusual manner during light drills. The drill in which Page was injured was a pursuit drill which calls for thedefensivc line- men to push through the offen- sive linemen to get to a back with the ball. Evidently, Page slipped and fell into a pile—up and his neck was somehow snapped back, causing the injury. Forston was involved in a pass drill that pitted the op- posing lines against each other. He had rolled out and released a pass when he was hit by a lineman. Coach Charlie Bradshaw was Continued on Page 14, Col. 3 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY; LEXINGTON 'ERNEL Vol. LIX, No. 1 Splinter Destroyed; Arson Cited As Cause Arson is blamed for the fire that destroyed Splinter Hall, a campus landmark for two dec- ades, in the early morning hours of Aug. 13. For years students had cursed, marred and occasionally at- tempted to burn the wooden building that was first built in 1946 as an Army barracks. Though it was officially the Social Science Building, students and faculty alike seldom called it anything but “Splinter," a questionable tribute to its con- struction. ‘Practice, ’ Brown Says . . 0] thmg United Prea- International, DETliOlT — Black Power leader H. Rap Brown told a cheering crowd ofmore than 3,000 Negroes Sunday that Detroit riot- ers ”did a good job” and this city's riot would ”look like a picnic" when Negroes unite. Brown, visiting West Side De- troit exactly five weeks after the city's bloody riot broke out, was greeted by wildly enthusiasticA throngs of Negroes who smashed a box office window and pushed through blocked doors in efforts to get into the small theater where he spoke. “The honky (white man) is your enemy," Brown shouted as the crowd clapped, cheered, shouted and stamped feet. Spec- tators were jammed in the aisles and at least 2,000 more yelled outside. ”The brothers are now calling Detroit destroyed," Brown said of the savage july riot which left 43 dead here. ”You did a good here." But he said the Detroit riot, the bloodiest and most costly in modern US. history, would ”look like a picnic" after black people unite to ”take their due." BrOWn said Detroit's riot was "a war that was-no accident." He said the United States was trying to wipe out the Negro Continued on Page 4, Col. 1 Although the building was considered totally; destroyed, the contents were not damaged. Col. F. C. Dempsey, director of Safety and Security,attributed this to the fact that windOWS and doors in the building were closed. Col. Dempsey said there were numerous instances where adoor would be charred but papers in an office on the other side would be unharmed. Report Cites Arson in a report to Vice President for Business Affairs Robert Ker-. a.» 5-.» The lounge area in the center of Splinter Hall (above) is thought ley, Col. Dempsey said "without a doubt the fire was set by a person or persons unknown with the intent of destroying the fa- cility.” The report says that ”fire in- spectors sifting through the de- bris . . . found 10 areas in the halls which had apparently been soaked with a liquid and ignited either by direct flame or ‘flash- ing'." The fire started at nine minutes after midnight, as reported by a , nightwatchman who had passed through the building only min- Continned on Page 4, Col. 1 .1. v‘ to be the point where the fire started. Although the outside of the building was undamaged, the interior was gutted, making repair of the frame structure virtually impossible. This photo is from the files of the Safety and Security Department. Farm Purchase Now Grave Problem For UK In late july the University moved to purchase a prime horse farm that is bounded on three sides by land the school already owns. That move has since mush- roomed into a public controversy that represents the gravest pub- lic crisis faced by the adminis- tration of President John W. Os— wald since he came to Kentucky in 1963. Indeed, so grave are the pos- sible results of the controversy that a UK vice president, Dr. Clenwood l.. (Ireech, already has publicly said the University has been threatened by reprisals in the General Assembly which will‘be presented with the Uni— bersity's two—year budget in Jan- uary. The Legislative Research Commission already is investigat- ing the University’s attempts to purchase the farm, as is the state attorney general. And the school has 5 become involved in 3 fed- eral suit brought by a California horseman who also wants the land. ' How the simple purchase of a farm became one of the most controversial issues in recent years is a matter ofpublic record. The why of the matter is not yet quiet clear. Says UK ‘Used' Fayette County judge Joe Johnson, who has taken a posi— tion in bitter opposition to the University's purchase ofthe farm, charges that the school is being "used" by the Keeneland Asso- ciation to keep horseman Rex. C. Ellsworth from moving a part of his operation to Kentucky. Mr. Ellsworth, who was out~ bid for the farm by UK by 358,0“), had said that he would spend up to $3 million improving the property and, among other things, planned a school for grooms and jockeys and a breeder's sales on the 721—acre Maine Chance property, which was owned by the late Eliza- beth Arden Graham. Keeneland operates the only breeder's sales in the area and Ellsworth and his backers claim in a federal suit they have filed that Keeneland convinced the University to buy the land in or- der to stop Ellsworth's plans to compete with Keeneland. It has only recently become known that Lexington financier Garvice D. Kincaid is backing Ellsworth and thus has increased speculation that plans for the farm might include commercial and residential development. It was this type of develop- ment in the area that the Univer— sity was seeking to prevent by purchasing the farm. From the outset, UK officials have said the purchase of the farm was an effort to ”prbtect the University's properties iln the area" and to provide land for agriculture research. A new group called the Ken tucky T (Taxpayers) Party has begun an intensive radio and television advertising campaign against the University purchase of the farm for $2 million and apparently hopes to influence state officials to stop the move. University Trustees, in re- sponse to the mounting criticism, met two weeks ago and issued a lS—page statement defending the purchase and streSSing that no tax money would be used. One thing is certain, however, the University's image has been tarnished greatly by the contro- versy.