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Friday. January 21, 1977

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By STEVE BALLINGER
Copy Editor

Lexington voters will not elect a
new mayor until November, but four
candidates are already in con-
tention, preparing campaigns which
could make this race one of the most
hard-fought ever.

Three announced candidates are
well-known local political figures;
James Amato, Scotty Baesler and
Joe Graves.

The fourth, Nick Martin, describes
himself as a concerned citizen
frustrated with city government.
Another possible candidate, Urban
county councilman Don Blevins has
indicated he may enter the race.

The two leading vote-getters of the
May 24 primary will face each other
in the Nov. 8 election. If the race is
closer than the one in 1973, it will be
a tight contest indeed. Mayor Foster
Pettit defeated Amato four years
ago by all of 54 votes.

By law, the mayoral race is
nonpartisan, with party affiliation
not given at the polls. Here is a look
at the candidates, in alphabetical
order, and the issues they’ve em-
phasired:

James Amato

Amato, '43, has called for
leadership in city government and
says the lack of direction is “more
critical” than in his last campaign.

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At a kick-off rally this week, he
described the government as “adrift
in a sea of bureaucratic and
legislative red tape.”

If Lexington can finance a Civic
Center, said Amato, “We can surely
provide a traffic program to allow a
person to get to work and back in a
reasonable time.”

A lawyer, Amato has served as an
appointed city prosecutor, was
elected police court judge, and
recently resigned as state Alcoholic
Beverage Control Commissioner to
begin his campaign.

His opponents may call attention
to Amato's association with
Lexington attorney Robert Miller,
who worked in Amato‘s 1973 cam-
paign.

Miller was prominently involved
in the controversial state lease of the
Pepper Distellery warehouse, now
under grand jury investigation.

Amato has pledged to try and
solve traffic problems through re-
routing of lanes, constructing
railroad overpasses, supporting
staggered work hours and a com-
prehensive growth plan. He
promises to release detailed issue
statements before the primary.

Scotty Baesler

Of all the candidates, Baesler has
perhaps the best recognition factor,
the advantage of being a UK
basketball player in the early 19605.

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of Lexington by collecting more
votes than any other councilman in
winning his at-large seat.

Althoughthatelection was his first
political contest, Baesler is not
worried about charges of inex-
perience. “I have more experience
in local government, especially in
the merged government,” Baesler
said of his opponents.

He and Pettit have proposed a
citizens’ task force, to be assisted by
an outside expert, to develop a
comprehensive growth plan for
Lexington.

That plan is, more or less, the
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community design and traffic
congestion. Pettit described it as the
most important local proposal
during his term as mayor.

Baesler said the most important
“issue" to the voters would be who
they thought could generate public
confidence and trust in government.
He expects to conduct an extensive
advertising campaign, reportedly
planning to spend more than $50,000
for the primary alone.

Joe Graves
A veteran of local and state
government, Graves, 46, has a
lengthy political background and is,
involved in various civic activities.
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University of Kentucky
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urges 'new faith’

By WALTER R. MEARS
AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON—Jimmy Carter,
an outsider no more, was inaugura-
ted president of the United States
yesterday, urging everyone to have
fresh faith and a new commitment to
“the bold and brillant dream" of
America.

Then, hand in hand with his wife,
Rosalyn, the new President walked
near the head of his own parade.

Three minutes past a sunny, icy
noon, Carter concluded the oath of
office that ended the 29-month
appointed presidency of Gerald R.
Ford.

And the first words he spoke as
President were words of thanks to
the departing Ford “for all he has
done to heal our land.”

His inaugural address was a
12-minute summons of hope, not an
agenda or blueprint, if slogan there
was, it was a simple one. He
promised an administration of quiet
strength.

It was at once an hour of renewal
and farewell, this solemn, peaceful
transition of awesome power amid
rites and pagentry as old as the
Republic.

A crowd of about 150,000 people
assembled in the Capitol plaza to
watch as Carter became the 39th
president, and to salute the 38th.

Ford left the White House for the
last time to escort Carter to the
Capitol.

Carter said, “Let us create to-
gether a new national spirit of unity
and trust. Your strength can com-
pensate for my weakness, and your
wisdom can help to minimize my
mistakes.”

Tears had glistened in Ford’s eyes
as he said his goodby to about 75 of
his closest aides and advisers at a
White House breakfast.

By Carter‘s decree, it was a
people’s inaugural. By Carter‘s
decision, the crowd of 150,000 lining
Pennsylvania Avenue for the inau-
gural parade saw their new Presi-
dent march by, smiling and waving.

The temperature was in the upper
20‘s, and it was weather for mufflers
and stocking caps along with the
ruffles and flourishes. Carter
shunned coat or hat, despite the
chill.

Vice President Walter F. Mondale
was sworn in first, by House Speaker
Thomas W. O’Neill.

Then Carter stepped solemnly to
his place, and Mrs. Carter held a
family Bible.

The cannon salute punctuated the
strains of “Hail to the Chief," and
Jimmy Carter stood alone, in power,
his long quest behind, the challenge
of office ahead.

86 legal counselor
provides free advice

liy KIM YELTON
Kernel Staff Writer

Chester Care, a Lexington at-
torney, sets up sh0p in the Student
Government (SG) office every
Wednesday morning from 9-llz30.
SG hired Care to advise students
free of cha rge about a nswers to their
legal problems.

Care, who practices by himself in
his own firm, is not there to
represent students in their cases, he
contends. SG hired him last
semester to tell students where to go
with their legal problems. If they
consult him, he directs them to
lawyers who will handle their
problems.

Most of the cases he handles are
divorces and landlordtenant cases,
he said. Many people involved in a
divorce have misconceptions about
the no-fault divorce laws. Before
Kentucky legislature passed the
law, a person had to accuse their
spouse of some wrong doing such as
mental cruelty. “With no—fault you
don‘t have to allege wrongdoing or
give specific reasons," he said.

The cases Care says he doesn’t
enjoy are landlord-tenant problems.
"They‘re very frustrating. There
don‘t seem to be any winners in

them. Everybody is pointinga finger
at the other guy. It becomes a
personal thing between the two
parties," he said. “Usually fault lies
a little bit with both sides.”

Roommates who split up are also a
common problem he sees. Care said
that sometimes when roommates
get mad at each other, they will
leave and refuse to pay the rent for
the nest of the lease.

Care said he knew of one girl who
told her roommate that she would
hold her ’l‘V until the girl paid the
rent. “It may sound reasonable,“ he
said, “but it's very risky business."

The girl‘s roommate issued a
warrant for her arrest, Care ex-
plained. The police then arrested her
and she went to court. The judge
explained to her that there are laws
to sue for rent but it‘s illegal to
t-orifiscatc another person’s
property.

“Ptople should be very conscious
of the fact that they are 18 years old
and whatever they sign they are
obligated to," Care said.

Some people who come to see him
do not actually have legal problems,
he said. Sometimes they just need

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metro

A restraining order has been issued to block sales
of stock within the estate of the late financier
Garvice Kincaid pending the outcome of a lawsuit
filed by his daughter.

state

State Rep. lion Stephens tD-Lexington), chair-
man of the Ilouse Education Committee and the
Interim Joint Committee on Education, will head
tiov. Julian Carroll‘s new Task Force on
Education, Carroll announced yesterday.

In a rare and possibly unprecedented operation a
team of surgeons at Louisville‘s Jewish Hospital

successfully transplanted a kidney from son to
lather ycdcrday. It has long been assumed that
kidneys could not be transplanted successfully
from son _to father because it was thought the
recipient would tend to reject the transplanted
organ. The best kidney donors usually are brother
and sister since they share their parents’ genetic
mix. Dr. David C. Asher, 50, of Pineville, was
routinely listed in serious condition after receiving
his son Dav id‘s kidney. David. 27, was listed in good
condition.

nafion

A few hotrs after Jimmy Carter became the 39th
president of the United States, the Senate took steps
to confirm his choices for some of the top posts in
his administration. Senate Majority Leader Robert

1‘. Byrd (D-w. Va.) said only those nominations

that could be approved without roll calls votes
would be acted on.

At least two persons were killed yesterday when
an explosion ripped trough an Universiy of Pitt-
sburgh classroom building, collapsing the walls and
part of the roof into a mass of rubble and twisted
steel. the Allegheny County Coroners Office said.
Area hospitals admitted at least 26 persons with
injuries. mostly cuts and broken bones.

world

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government
restored key democratic rights yesterday after I!
months of stem emergency rule by ordering we
release of political prisoners, lifting press censorship
and revolting a ban on public rallies. The govern-

 

ment said the decisions were taken to speed the
revival of political normalcy as the country
prepares for parliamentary elections in March.-

Egyptian cities quieted down yesterday after two
days of bloody rioting over price increases on food
and other products. The riots left 45 dead and
many injured.

weather

Today will be partly cloudy and warmer with a
chance of snow f lurrics. The high should reach the
mid to uppa' 20‘s with a low tonight between 10 and
IS. There is a «to per cent chance of precipitation.
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In a fleeting, windswept moment, America
traisferred the awesome mantle of power from
one man to another. It was a simple ceremony
that changed President Ford into Mr. Jerry Ford
and transformed citizen Jimmy Carter into
President James Earl Carter, the new leader of

the western world.

James Show, of The New Republic, once
likened the ceremony to America’s middle way
between a coronation and a coup d’etat. Of
course, the Inauguration is not quite so dramatic
as these events. but true to its root word, augury,
the ceremony is often rt portent of things to come.
If nothing else, the newly installed President’s

editorials 8: comments

Editorials do not represent the opinions of the University

illusions.

Watergate, America no longer needs grandiose

Like the stroll afterward, Carter’s speech
probably epitomizes the naturalness and un-
pretentiousness of his new administration. The
speech was eloquent without being verbose, the

message simple: his election “marks a new

approval.

address sets the mend of the incoming ad-

ministration for the next. four years.

Unlike Kennedy or Nixon

Unlike Kennedy and his platitudes or Nixon
and his austere, well modulated promulgations,
Carter chose to deliver a brief statement on the

country’s direction.

Carter said he had no new dream to put before
the American people but urged “a fresh faith in
the old dream." It's probably
because after the death of Camelot, the crum-
bling of the Great Society and the nightmare of

beginning, a new dedication within our govern-
ment and a new spirit among us all.”

It is a spirit this country needs badly. Carter’s
Inauguration marks the end of a 29-month,
caretaker government that was, for the first
time in history, installed without the voters’

A spirit badly needed

Nearly 200 years ago another caretaker

government, the Continental Congress, was

struggling for existence while 100 years ago a
new administration, accused of stealing the
election, was coming into power. Both events

marked a new era in American history. Perhaps

just as well

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Church leads opposition

Abortion battle continues

By M “(UAR E’l‘ KEH HY.

Jan. in will be the fourth on
nivcrsary of the Supreme Court
decision which ruled abortion legal
in the United States. in 1973 the court
ruled that. in the early stages of
pregnancy the decision to have an
abortion must be left entirely to a
woman and her doctor.

In lieu of the above legislation.
many persons interested in women’s
rights might understandably
question the time and energy still
being expended on the pro‘abortion
rights issue especially with the
ratification of the ERA hardly under
our hclt.

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why l strongly believe that women's

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abortion rights are being scierely
lhl‘t.ill.(‘ll(,\'l on many fronts by a
highly financed, tightly organized
group, I will also suggest a plan of
action to collectively voice support
for pro-choice in abortion
legislation.

One of the most drastic attempts
to completely eradicate women‘s
participation in the decisions con-
cerning her own body was a
proposed constitutional amendment
outlawing all abortiOns by
guaranteeing fetuses constitutional
protection from the moment of
conception. Last spring the Senate
rejected this amendment by a slim
vote of 47 to 40

Another effective attack occurred
in September when Congress passed
the Hyde Amendment as part of a
hill including funds for the Depart-
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare. This amendment would
have cutoff federal Medicaids funds
for abortion except these necessary
to save a pregnant woman‘s life if it
had notbcen halted by an injunction.

Medicaid tiirrently finances about
three out of every ten abortions in
the US. at a cost of about $40.50
million per year If Medicaid funds
were not available for abortion IIEW
estimates that the annual cost to the
government would be 5450-565
million for medical care and public

assistance in the first year after
birth.

Without Medicaid support for
women who choose abortion there
would be an estimated 125-250 deaths
annually from illegal and self in-
duced abortions as well as 1,200 to
2.500 complications requiring
hospitalization according to HEW.

At the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops which met in
Washington DC. on Nov. 17, 1916,
the 2.50 Bishops at the meeting were
presented a program that called for
a massive lobbying effort to secure a
constitutional amendment against
abortion, .

In addition to lobbying Congress,
other tactics are ttsed. The Bishops
are also instructed to encourage
lawyers and law professors to write
articles for law journals attacking
the, philosophical basis of abortion.
All dioceses are urged to increased
contacts with Congressmen “urging
positive support for a human life
amendment."

Where does the money come from
to fund this huge operation? Since
1974 the Catholic Church has poured
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arm, The National Committee for a
Human Life Amendment

And. under a challenge in federal
court by the Women’s Lobby, the
United States Catholic Conference
revealed in 1973 that it had spent $4
million in a single year for anti-
abortion activities.

Despite the millions being spent
by the Catholic Church alone the
major polls show pro-choice for
women concerning abortion sen-
timent is very strong. In 1975 the
US. Commission on Civil Rights
recommended that Congress reject
all anti-abortion legislation and
c0nstitutional amendments and
pcOplc, by outlawing abortion
through the amending process.

repeal those already enacted.

Carter will also herald in a new epoch.

If his campaign and Inauguration are any
indication, America’s third century could signal
a return to basics- simple decency in govern-

The Commission stated, "So long
as the question of when life begins is
a matter of religious controversy
and no choice can be rationalized on
a purely secular premise, the
would be establishing one religious
view and thus inhibiting the free
exercise of religion of others.”

Now abmtions performed in the
first trimester of pregnancy are
seven times safer than childbirth.
Women who seek later abortions are
usually those without adequate
access to medical services; the
young, the poor and those living in
rural areas.

Nearly two—thirds of the world‘s
people live in countries where legal
abortion is liberally available. No
democracy which has liberalized it‘s
abortion laws has reversed them.

Abortion is usually free in
England. Sweden. Eastern Europe,
Soviet Union and China. In many
other countries abortion costs are
subsidized by the government.

Last Jan. 22 was observed as the
third anniversary of the Supreme
Court decision on abortion by anti-
abortion groups around the country.
In Frankfort. the Kentucky Right to
Life Association held a rally at-
tended by t.500 t 2.000 people from
around the state.

The rally began with an invocation
by Rev. Morton Oliver of the Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church in Versailles.
He tnade several remarks about the
selfishness and promiscuity of
women who seek abortion, and
prayed that God would make them
see the error of their ways.

Meanwhile the pro-abortion rights
movement has been less active. This
Jan. 22 I would like to suggest that
we join together and show our strong
support of the Jan. 22, 1973 pro-
abortion rights Supreme Court
decision.

There will be an anniversary vigil
Saturday at 3 p. m. at the Courthouse
in downtown Lexington. Many
groups are sponsoring this vigil
including Planned Parenthood,
Reproductive Freedom League,
Alternative’s for Women, Era-
(‘ampus Alliance and Council on
Women's Concerns to name a few.

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