residents. state , The city of Haurd. faced with an acute natural gas shortage brought on by the severe cold, has asked most businesses to close and has made preparations to evacuate thousands of nafion The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 to 3 yesterdav to recommend Griffin Bell to be Jimmy Carter’s attorney general, making him the last of Carter’s Cabinet nominees to win approval from Senate committees. b A bill to legalize pari-mutuel betting on a county option basis passed the Indiana House 56-42 yesterday. The bill now goes to the Senate, which the last two years has approved pari~mu~ tuel betting and then refused to override Gov. Otis R. Bowen’s vetoes. President Ford yesterday ruled out blanket amnesty for Vietnam military deserters and . draft evaders but said wounded and decorated ‘veterans who received other than honorable discharged have their status changed to honorable discharges. In a letter to the widow of Sen. Philip A. Hart (D-Michigan), who had supported a general amnesty, Ford said he had “decided to maintain my position on earned clemency and hope you will understand.” Jimmy Carter, who emerged from the obscurity of rural Georgia to become one of the political phenomena of the United States’ first ., 200 years, will be the first pres- ident inaugura- ted in the na- tion‘s third cen- tury. While Car- ter journeyed to power, dent cleaned out his desk yesterday, telephoned his farewells to world leaders and pardoned Tokyo Rose. JIMMY CARTER ...first for the third Presi- Ford “It's like the world is ending." a Florida woman joked as she watched snow swirling near Fort Lauderdale. The nation's low was 29 below at Houlton, Maine, and temperatures dipped into the 30’s in southern Florida, with snow flurries reported in Miami Beach. weather Snow flurries are expected this morning and should diminish by this afternoon. One to three inches could accumulate by dusk. There is a 70 per cent chance of snow today and 20 per cent tonight. The high should reach 20 above zero with a low tonight of 10 to 15 above. Tomorrow may be partly cloudy and warmer. Compiled from Associated Press and National Weather Bureau dispatches. Vol. LXVIH, Number 90 Thursday, January 20, I977 Elbow room KENTUCKY an independent student newspaper] el University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Housing study recommends construction of new units By CIIAS MAIN Kernel Staff Writer A University housing feasibility study has recommended that the University construct at least 200 units of twobedroom housing in the Shawnteetown area, with at least 50 units reserved for married students. The 35-page study was recently completed at the request of Jack Blanton, vice president for business affairs. It was conducted by a five— member panel of University of- t'icia b. That panel consisted of: G. J. Ruschell, assistant vice president for business affairs, Robert Blakeman, director of auxiliary services, Larry Ivy, Jean Lindley, acting director of housing. and Jeanne Garvey, director of management services for business affairs. In doing the study, the panel examined estimates of growth potential for UK and the outlook for the surrounding community. Part of the function of the com- mittee was to examine the enrollment possibilities at UK in determining whether it could afford additional housing. They were also to corsider the financial position of the University, and its effect on housing affordability. In gathering information, the panel consulted University per- sonnel, administrative personnel, officials of other universities and employes of local and state planning organizations. In assembling its report, the panel examined predicted enrollment, community growth, national trends and expansioncosts. The panel found that the University had accommodations for 4,735 undergraduates, which ac- Three major mayoral candidates call for extensive traffic changes While they’re waiting forever to make a left turn, Lexington motorists may find some solace in knowing they’re experiencing perhaps the number one political issue in Fayette County: traffic. Politicians and others have frequently lamented poor planning in Lexington while praising the city’s prosperity and rapid growth that have contributed to it. This year, though, traffic congestion and city planning will have added importance because a new mayor will be elected. All three major candidates are establishing positions calling for extensive traffic alterations and a comprehensive growth plan, which is required by state law in 1978. Mayor Foster Pettit, who is not ninning for reelection, and Vice Mayu‘ Scotty Baesler have proposed the creation of a citizens’ task force to assist the Urban County Council in planning. Under their proposal, the two groups would work with one of the nation’s leading urban planners hired by the city. Professor Robert Freilich, of the University of Missouri law school, was specifically mentioned by Pettit and Baesler, who is a candidate for mayor. The other principal candidates, James Amato and Joe Graves, have emphasized traffic problems in their early campaigning. Graves has Press partly to blame Nugent cites African problems By CIIASMAIN Kernel Staff Writer John Peer Nugent, former African correspondent for Newsweek magazine, told a crowd of about 150 in Memorial Coliseum Tuesday night that the American press is partly to blame for the current political tension in Southern Africa. “The American press has tried to create the image that what the blacks in Africa want is to have independence without the whites...that is not what they want,” he said. Calling the black leaders “pragmatists,” Nugent said, “they know they can’t do it on their wn now; they know that they are going to need assistance at first.” Nugent also said he feels sure if white Rhodesiam could “see their way to a compromise," the black leaders would recognize that “they do need to keep the Europeans around.” Nugent traced the origins of the current antipathies on the dark continent to the start of the colonial period. The whites, he said, first settled in Rhodesia and South Africa in the 1600‘s, and they see them- selves as settlers in that land. “They have no homeland to go to," , he said, “and they have developed the attitude that they will remain even unto death. They feel that they are under the guns: the guns of violence.” Nugent does not defend the “white Africans" categorically, however. Ile recounted several incidents which he felt illustrated “the kinds of things the white mentality can do wrong.“ In the early 1960's, he said, the African territory of Guinea told its French colon'nts that it no longer wanted colonial leadership. In criticized the present administration for ignoring practical concerns and has pledged to replace traffic engineer Joe Heidenreich. Amato promises extensive changes such as re-aligning lanes and adjustinglights, and claims that he was interested in traffic concerns before his opponents, during his unsuccessful mayoral bid in 1973. In their proposal, Pettit and Baesler identified major outgoing roads——such as Versailles and NicholasvilleH—as being so clut- tered with driveways and minor roads that they are hazardous. New Circle Road, they said, frequently causes traffic jams because it is overdeveloped and connected with other clogged streets retaliation, French officials destroyed the scholastic records of the nation‘s top students, thereby depleting the Guinea’s reserve of accredited academicians and scientists. Nugent attributed the current problems in black-led nations to “black leaders trying to emulate their former white leaders. The gentlemen running these countries," he said, “now presume that the way to do things is to start moving their money to a bank account in Swit- zerland and to buy a Mercedes- Benz" The name Mercedes-Benz has lent itself to a new word in the African vemauilar. The lower classes of African society have created a name for the ruling white “tribe." They call them “Wa-BENZ-i." There has been a reduction of tension in Africa in recent years, according to Nugent. Continued on page 3 Baesler said in an interview yesterday that the selection of the citizens’ committee is nearly complete. The group is to represent diverse interests from all areas of Lexington-Fa yette County, interests often at odds in court and in lawsuits. According to Dr. William Lyons, 8th district councilman, Freilich is one of the most competent urban planners in the nation, and hiring him or “someone like him” to coordinate Lexington’s growth, is a step that should be taken. A UK political science professor, Lyons said Freilich could especially assist Lexington in legal areas and long-range planning. counted for 85 per cent of the total student population. According to the report, there are 15,000 students in need of off-campus housing. Part of the study was devoted to a comparison of UK’s housing situation with that of other univerities. It was found that the problems facing UK were also facing other institutions around the nation. Itwas found that the major area of housing shortage was that of married or graduate students. All of the schools contacted agreed that this shortage represented a trend; they were unanimous in predicting continued increase in this area. The panel concluded that; a) dormitory life was a constructive aspect of the ‘collegiate learning experience’ b) the current trend toward increased need for student housing would hold up through the next decade, c) the increased need for student off-campus housing would put a strain on the already- weakened city housing market, d) this strain will result in increased pressure on the administration, and that e) the University will have to borrow money to meet construction needs. In deference to these conclusions, the panel recommended that the Shawneetown-area housing project be undertaken; and that funds for the exparsion be raised by the sale of bonds. The committee also concluded that the best type of housing would be apartment-type housing. The reason for this, they said, was to insure easy dispensation in case of their becoming unneccessary, and reduced stress on the Lexington housing market. The deadline for fee payments in the Student (‘cntcr ballroom has been extended through today btcause of a delay in the arrival of student linancial aid checks. Vice President for Business Affairs Jack (I. lllanton, noting an unusually large number of students attempting to pay fees late yesterday afternoon, ex- tended the deadline and waived the late fee. Payment date extended lllanton said he was com ccrncd about the large number of students paying at the ballroom rather than through the n ail in advance. He said the current number of students paying l'ccs at the ballroom has caused “a tremednous pmccssing burden" and added that he is considering ending ballroom payments, requiring payment to be mailed in ad- \ancc. —-Iroco 0min 'F r rom the madding crowd' Carolyn Conner. crowd in the Stw PENCIL WRITING Arts I: Sciences fresh- man. gets far from the maddening. late fee t Center Ballroom. Registration and fee payments are winding up for this semester.