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UK graduate recei'tie

chemistry Nobel Prize

By JENNIFER GREER
Kernel Reporter

A University of Kentucky gradv
uate, Dr. William Nunn Lipscomb.
Jr., 55, has been awarded the Nobel
prize in chemistry for work he did in
1%3 with boron hydrides.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio,
Lipscomb was raised in Kentucky.

Lipscomb received his BS in
chemistry from UK in 1941 and
earned his Ph. D. from the Clait‘or—
nia Institute of Technology in 1946.

From 1946-59, he was a chemistry
professor at the University of Min-
nesota. Since then, he’s been with
the chemistry department at Har-
vard University.

Lipscomb has been twice-honored
by UK—-0nce in 1963 when he was
presented with the honorary degree
of Doctor of Science. and again in
1965 when the Alumni Association
presented him with the Distinguish-
ed Alumni Centennial Award.

Lipscomb‘s mother, Mrs. Edna
Lipscomb of Lexington, said her
son's wife called her this morning to
tell her the news. “She said he is on
‘cloud nine‘ and I believe it," Mrs.
Lipscomb said.

“He always told me that if he won
the Nobel prize, he would dedicate it
to his sister Helen, who died of
cancer in January. 1974. They were
very close to each other," she said.

Lipscomb's sister Helen was also
a graduate of UK and held a degree
in music. She was a composer and
part-time piano teacher for the
University before her death.

Mrs. Lipscomb said she was
surprised that her son was receiving
recognition for work done in 1963. “I
know he has done much more
important work since then,“ she
said. “Each project takes about two

Form club at UK

years to complete; right now, he's
working with enzymes."

But Dr. Donald Sands, a chemist
at UK and long-time friend of
Lipscomb‘s, said he could under-
stand why the award was given for
the research on boron hydrides.

“Although it is only one of the
significant contributions Lipscomb
has made to science, it goes beyond
that,“ he said. “His design of the
internal structute of a boron and
hydrogen compound contributes to
the basic understanding of matter.
which is necessary for anyone
seeking to control it."

In that respect, Sands said, the
impact may not seem as direct as
that of Lipscomb‘s work in biochem-
istry. but it is more profound.

As for the man who won the prize,
Sands said that there is something
special about Lipscomb. “He has so
much intelligence, imagination, and
drive that when you‘re around him,
you can almost feel the sparks fly
from his tremendous energy.“

Whenever he lectures on campus,
Sands said, the halls are packed.
because Lipscombs's message is
always clear and concise.

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“Lipscomb is one of those extra-
ordinary men who can assimilate
the understanding of many different
scientists into a working idea."
Sands added.

Lipscomb lives with his wife
Marydell, in Bellmount, Mass. The
Lipscombs have two children: Dor-
othy, 27, who is married and has a
child, and James, who is working on
his masters in computer science at
the University of North Carolina.

Although Lipscomb‘s mother
hadn‘t yet spoken with him, she said
she knew he would be going to
Stockholm in December to receive
the $165,000 prize.

Among other honors, Lipscomb
holds the Lawrence Chair for life at
Harvard, which was dedicated to the
University by the great-grandfather
of Rev. C.K.. Lawrence of the
Episcopal Church in Lexington.

Mrs. Lipscomb said her son also
holds two other doctorate degrees,
an additional honorary one from
California Tech and a PhD.
obtained last summer from the
University of Munich.

“All that chemistry," she said
laughing “I think he‘s in a rut."

Stomach stuff '

UK Theatre‘s Lunchtime Theatre production of ”Inside Stuff.“ playing
yesterday and today at noon in S(‘ room 206. features (‘harlie Jones as
a bon-bon and Elizabeth Shimfessel as a celery stalk. Looking on is Ed
MacAlister, who portrays Young Gastric Juice.

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Frisbee freaks fearlessly face future flings

By JIM M(‘N.\IR
Kernel Reporter

Moonlighter. Fastback. Ultimate.
These are some of the neologisms
that have been fabricated by the
popularity boom of the frisbee.

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Jimmy (‘onyers is fast becoming a l'K institution. as
evidenced by the lack of attention accorded him by

SCB projects
possibilities
of replacing

Free U series

The sport of frisbee, developed
and modified by the Wham-O Cor-
poration, was introduced in the mid-
1960‘s and has steadily grown into a
multi-million dollar business. Ever-
increasing kinds of frisbees. team
frisbee games, and tournaments

Conyers vs. Cats

Hy .\I.\It II‘I MITCHELL
. Kernel Staff Writer
Urban guerilla warfare. fantasy
and science fiction. gay politics, the
occult. marriage from a distance
and the art of massage seem
unlikely candidates for academic
offerings at an institution for higher
learning, but not for a Free
University tFUt. Such courses used
to be part of the FU at UK.

Until this semester FU received
$200 from SG for its operating costs,
accmding to Marion Wade, SG Arts
and Sciences senator. But 86 has
decided not to allot any more money
to the project because they said it
wasn‘t benefitting enough of the
student body to make it worthwhile.
Last fall, Wade said, only 152 people
attended classes.

have launched the friendly flying
saucer from America‘s beaches and
backyards to modern frisbee fields
and even stadiums in the United
States.

Innovative frisbee is biggest in the
Northeast where colleges and

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students waiting in line for tickets to the Georgia
football game at Memorial Coliseum.

FLY also provoked some
displeasure from SC by sponsoring
the Gay Coalition and the First
Annual Cosmic Drag Costume
Dance in spring. 1975. according to
Wade.

Sharon Goff. graduate assistant
and Student Center Board tSCBl
advisor, said she felt FU was a
needed service and hated to see it
discontinued by SC. and so the SCB
has offered to take responsibility for
it. FU was incorporated into the SCB
program and will be replaced with a
similar project.

It‘s currently in the planning
stage, Goff said, but will hopefully
be functional by spring semester.
“We're gathering information on
well-received programs at other
universities. various types of

universities include team frisbee
among their varsity sports. The
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology even offers frisbee
courses for credit.

And now, Kentucky makes its
contribution to organized frisbee.

Only three weeks old, the UK
Frisbee Club has about 25 members
and is open to any student, alumnus,
or faculty or staff member who
wants to exercise his or her throwing
and catching abilities.

“We're not officially recognized
by the Dean of Students Office yet
because we need a faculty member
for an adviser.“ said Lonnie Roland,
a sophomore majoring in accounting
and head of the club. “We want to
get this certification so we can use
UK facilities, such as gyms and
transportation. and to officially
represent the school in possible
future intercollegiate competition."

The Frisbee Club assembles at
Stoll Field across from the
Coliseum on Mondays at 6:30 and
Tuesdays at 3:30 pm. Frisbees are
provided for everyone; however, the
club asks potential members to have
more than just a rudimentary
knowledge of what to do with them.

“We thmw the frisbee back and
forth until we get tired and then play
'ultimate‘. We‘ve been practicing
leading our receivers for this
game." said Roland.

available funding and then we‘ll
evaluate it according to the needs of
UK and decide what system would
work best." she said.

Sundry School. a program at the
l'niversity of Houston, has been in
operation for eight semesters and
has had fantastic results, said John
llerbst. SCB program director.
(“nurse offerings and student par-
ticipation have quadrupled since
they began. and over 2,500 people
attend approximately 220 classes,
from hot air ballooning to bar-
tending.

Four SCB representatives plan to
attend a Free University Network
National Convention in Louisville,
which offers basic workshops on how
to set up prtgrams. recruit teachers.

‘Ultimate,’ or ultimate frisbee, is
a team sport that contains some of
the basis of football. Played on a 60-
by40 yard field, one seven-man
team ‘kicks off” to the other with a
pass. The receiver must begin a
series of spot passes, one teammate
to another, as they move downfield.
The possessor of the frisbee cannot
run with it, only pass

Turnovers are caused by in-
complete passes, out-of-bounds
rulings, interceptions, and offensive
interference calls.

Aside from the many North-
‘eastern teams, Roland is aware of
only two other ‘ultimate‘ teams.
Those are at Indiana University and
the University of North Carolina at
(‘harlotte

“Ultimate originated in Columbia
Iligh School in Maplewood, New
Jersey,“ Roland read from his
frisbee magazine, Frisbee World.

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Mostly cloudy this afternoon
with a high in the upper 50's.
t'loudiness continues tonight
with a low in the low 40's. High in
the mid-Mrs tomorrow. The
chances of rain for today and
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establish student interest and
review changing trends.

A survey will be conducted on
campus to see what classes people
are interested in taking Goff said,
and then the program can begin to
take shape.

FU chairperson applications will
be accepted at the SCB office until
Tuesday at 5 pm, Herbst said. A
selec tions committee will then make
the final decision based on interest,
enthusiasm and amount of time that
can be spent on the project on
campus. Any student is eligible, but
Heth said a junior or below will be
preferred. Official duties will start
in January.

By taking time and care in in-
vestigations and training mums,
Herbst said the SCB boon to

SG studies

ticket lines

By KEITH SHANNON
Kernel Staff Writer

The Student Government (SG)
last night prepared itself to deal with
the question of accommodations for
students attending UK basketball
games at the newly-constructed
Rupp Arena.

A resolution sponsored by Hal
Haering, SG vice president, sup-
ports the idea of making block
seating available to student organi-
zations.

Haering is a student representa-
tive on the ticket committee of the
UK Athletic Board.

The availability of guest tickets
such as those currently available for
football games was also urged by the
resolution.

Haering said he is preparing a
petition to be sent to residence halls.
fraternities and sororities, which
will also advocate block seating and
guest tickets. He said he anticipates
little problem getting students to
support the issue by signing the
petition.

The problem of how students will
get to the arena from campus also
became an issue, with some sena-
tors saying they felt the resolution
should include some stand on that
question.

Provisions for any type of bus
service or sectioning off of down-
town streets for students to walk to
games is ”bleak,“ according to
Haering. He said special considera-
tions do not seem to be forthcoming
from either the Lexington Transit
Authority or the Metro Police De-
partment.

The major lack of cooperation, he
said, is coming from the City of
Lexington and the Lexington Center
Corporation, not UK.

Craig Meeker, senator-at-large,
said the area through which students
would need to walk to get to the
arena is “one of the highest rape
sections in town.

“We've got to get something going
as students on this," he said. “If we
don't, we're going to get nailed to the
wall.” 86 president Mike McLaugh-
lin said he fears the UK basketball
team “is turning into the Lexington
basketball team."

In other action, SG gave initial
approval to a constitutional amend-
ment which provides for changes in
the General Student Assembly, a
constitutionally formed public as-
sembly which is required to be
called by the SG president at least
twice each semester. The changes
include the omission of the require-
ment for two meetings each semes-
ter, the creation of the ability of the
GSA to be called by a petition of 200
students, the deiegation of chair
powers of GSA to the SG vice
president, and the formation of rules
of order for GSA by SC to replace
Robert’s Rules of Order.

The amendment, which encount-
ered no opposition, must receive a
two—thirds vote at the next 86
meeting before it becomes final.

SG also postponed consideration of
applications of persons to serve on
the SG Judicial Board tJ-Board).
Some senators claimed that open-
ings for the positions had not been
publicized enough to insure that the
J-Board would not be “stacked”
only with persons who had been
closely associated with SC in the
past. The new deadline for sub-
mission of J-Board applications to
SC is Nov. 29.

develop a high-quality program
which will be a satisfactory student
service.

Unda' the leadership of Walter S.
(Spud) Thomas, FU made its first
attempt to register as a UK campus
organization in 1969. Associate Dean
of Students Frark Harris said FU
had a problem getting accepted due
to a lack of understanding of its
purpose.

Concrete resuls of F0 have been
the advent of the SG notetakhg
project, Red River Defense Frind,
Questioning University Education
by Sudan: and Teachers (QUEST) ,
gay politics and National
Organization for the Reform of
Mar-than Laws (NORML) on UK':

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Rupp Arena
...how to transport students to the games?

Lexington Center opens,

but loose ends remain

Lawrence Welk and champagne music filtered
through Rupp Arena Sunday as its “grand
opening" was attended by some 20,000 specta-

tors.

The Lexington Center (LC) is now officially
open after a barrage of problems threatened the
project, the most bitter of which displaced more
than 100 families in Lexington’s South Hill area.
Public officials removed families and asphalted
about 16 acres of historic Lexington.

Urban County Council meetings became a
front for South Hill residents’ protests, which
were ignored. The council refused to accept
alternative parking plans, which would have
decreased the number of razed homes.

Then Lexington Center Corporation and
University officials haggled over the center’s
future; whether to allow professional basketball
or to allocate practice time for the UK basketball
team. Another problem developed over a biased
ticket plan pushed through by UK athletic
officials calling for preferential ticket treatment
for those who contribute to the UK Blue-White
fund-raising program. This program got through
albeit the center was built with public funds.

Center officials also had to set up a relocation
program for persons displaced from their
homes. The program became bogged down when

officials found it difficult to relocate persons in a
community with an acute housing shortage.
Some residents found they could receive better

financial relocation assistance when they took

the LCC to court.

So finally, the center nears completion. UK
basketball will be played in Rupp Arena this
season. University officials now are wallowing in
ignorance on how to transport students to the
arena. Seven thousand seats have been set aside
for students. Lack of communication with metro
government has clouded the question of availa-
bility of buses to transport the students the two
miles or so to the center.

Another unknown variable in the situation is
parking. Facilities are not complete and officials
don‘t know how bad traffic will be before and
after center events.

Whether the center is a success or not depends
on how much revenue is generated through
events held at the center. It depends on how
center officials attract events to a $42 million
structure designed essentially for basketball.

A lot of questions remain to be answered
before the LC can live up to its billing as an
image-changer for Lexington. It remains to be
seen whether it will be a catalyst to a growing.
prosperous Lexington or a $42 million flop.

Carter’s campaign motto.

By JOHN E. RENAUD

One of this year’s presidential
candidates has lied, distorted the
truth and changed his position on
virtually every issue during his
campaign. Yet, according to the
polls, he stands an excellent chance
of being elected, despite the fact that
half of his supporters don’t know
where he stands on the issues, a
quarter of them have the wrong idea

 

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about his positions and only 20 per
cent can correctly state his views.

His name is James Earl Carter Jr.

His stategy is simply to be
everything to everybody, and, ap-
parently it is working. There is just
one problem with such a stategy;
Carter has already committed him-
self on several important issues. His
party’s platform declares him on
many others. And his record as
governor of Georgia is open to public
scutiny.

Today, I will look at what Mr.
Jimmy says about his record and
also what the facts say.

The most highly publicized result
of Carter’s governorship was the
reorganization of the state’s bure-
aucracy. It is not significant because
it did not radically‘ change the
intune, cost or efficiency of Georg-
ia’s government. It is important
because Carter’s staff hails it as
such an amazing accomplishment
and promises that he will do bigger
and better things with the federal
bureaucracy. Jimmy says that 278
state agencies and departments
were abolished. The savings, we are
told, totalled $50 million a year.

Bull. The only agencies abolished
were those which had been idle for
years and had received no funds in
the budget Carter inherited. Carter
did not inherit 300 agencies, but
instead about 65. He abolished none
of these bureaus, but created 22
“super agencies” and threw all the
old departments and bureaus under

them. It was nothing more than a
cosmetic rearrangement of what
already existed.

How much did this reorganization
save the Georgia tax-payers? J.C.
claims that he single-handedly re-
duced the administrative cost of the
government by 50 per cent, that he
saved the citizens of Georgia $50
million a year and that he left office
with a $200 million surplus. A closer
look at the record shows that he is
shoveling something with a much
stronger odor than peanuts.

During Carter’s tenure as gover.
nor of Georgia:

-The state budget rose from $1.06
billion to more than $1.68 billion—a
59 per cent increase in less than four
years.

——No state jobs were eliminated.
In fact, the number of jobs rose from
49,000 to 60,000. The number of
employes drawing annual salaries of
$20,000 or more was three times
higher than when he took office.

—During just the first year of his
reorganization, the Georgia budget
increased $343 million—a greater

increase than the combined total
increase of the previous three years.

In addition, Carter claims he left
office with a $200 million budget
surplus. Later in his campaign,

"honeve’r, he trin’ntie‘d his c‘iaii’ri’ fo‘

$116 million (with no explanation of
what happened to the other $84
million). However, even the $116
million figure is a crock. First,
Carter inherited a surplus of $91
million. In the last year that he
controlled the budget, the surplus
had dipped to $43 million—a loss of
$48 million.

But wait, there’s more. During the
same period of time, the state’s
outstanding debt increased from
$892 million to $1.097 billion—an-
other $204 million out of the tax-

payer's pocket.

This observation alone should give
one doubts about Mr. Peanut’s oft-
repeated promise, “Trust me. I’ll
never lie to you.” But in case after

be everything to everybody

case, the Carter record contradicts
the Carter rhetoric.

He told an audience in Mississippi
about the 136 day-care centers using
welfare mothers as staff. There was
one problem with this: it was pure
fantasy. Derril Gay, deputy director
of the Georgia Health Division,
acknowledged that not a single
welfare mother had a job in a
day-care center. A mistake, said
press secretary Jody Powell. Yet
Carter went on to make the same
mistake five times in the next three
days. Oops.

What about a constitutional
amendment to ban forced busing?
Jimmy is very clear; he opposes and
has always opposed such an
amendment. But wait! Back in 1972,
Gov. Carter urged Georgia parents
to support such an amendment.

Two years ago, he flatly opposed
amnesty for draft evaders and
deserters. Now, Smilin’ Jim says he
would issue a pardon to all Vietnam
defectors. We thought you were
opposed to amnesty, reporters ask.
“I am," J. C. replied.

And then he invented new defini-
tions for the words, that “pardon”
meant to drop charges and that
“amnesty" meant the culprits were
right. This will no doubt be news to
the countless dictionary publishers

. across the country.

Although he called *Vietnam a
“racist” war 'at the convention, the
record shows the governor a fervent
supporter of American presence
in Southeast Asia.

While it is true Lincoln said that
you can’t fool all of the people all the
time, he did admit that you could
fool all of the people some of the time
and some all the time. This is what
Jimmy Carter hopes to do and he
may succeed. Edmund Burke said,
“All that is necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing.” What will you do on Nov.
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John E. Renaud is a telecommuni-
cations sophomore.

Can America’s free-enterprise system work for the legal profession?

By (il‘ltllttilfi l’tl'l‘RsYl‘Z

ltick Schweitzer says Jim Harral—
son has gone too far in arguing that
capitalism is always better than
representative government and that
the processes of our society should
be entrusted to the free working of
the market system. Nonsense? Mr.
llarralson has not gone far enough.

 

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I applaud Mr. Harralson for being
one conservative with the courage to
lay the blame tor America's troubles
where it belongswat the door of
democracy itself. He demonstrates
conclusively that the profit system is
always superior to the political
process in advancing human hap-

piness.
But like too many others. Mr.
Harralson stops short of following

his ideas to their logical conclusion,
and says that in some areas "the
political process is both unavoidable
and desirable. We need the process
and a government to provide nation-
al security, police protection and a
system of courts."

Why, 1 ask, must this be so? (Mr.
Harralson makes no attempt to
explain.) I hold with Henry David
Thoreau that government governs
best which governs not at all. Let us

look at just one example. that of
justice.

Mr. Harralson courageously op-
poses the pink menace of national
health insurance. But does he have
less faith in America's lawyers than
in her doctors? If American free
enterprise has produced the finest
medical system in the world (infant
mortality rates notwithstandingl.
can it not work the same wonders for
our legal system?

What is there about the need for
justice that is any different from the
need to be healed? Are they not both
basic human needs? And will pri»
vate enterprise not best meet them
both?

The Gothic bureaucratic tangle of
the court system at the present time.
with its interminable delays. its
seemingly endless appeals. etc.
etc. could be cleared up overnight
by placing that system in the
efficient hands of any one of our
great corporations.

There are those, i know, who will
argue that this is unnecessary. The
system of justice is already the
creature of the capitalist economy.
they will argue.

They will point out that 90 per cent
of the laws Mr. Harralson is
studying in law school concern the
protection of existing property rela-
tions. They will remind us that our

penitentiaries are packed with the
black and the poor. and that our jails
are full of those awaiting trial
simply because they do not have the
money for bail.

They will say that you have to
have a lawyer to go to court. and
that lawyers, like doctors. do not
come free; that you can purchase as
much legal time and expertise as
you can afford. They will contend
that the private corporations employ
battalions of full-time legal experts.
while the private citizen goes with-
out.

And they will demonstrate that it
is the small time crooks who rot in
cells. while the bigtime crooks—in
the Mafia. in the other corporations
and in the government—live in
luxury or in San Clemente. In short.
they will say that justice is already a
commodity to be bought and sold
like any other. And in all this. of
course. they will be right.

And yet I think even the preju-
diced will concede that as things now
stand, there is a good deal of
oppressive governmental interfer-
ence in the justice industry. ranging
from the imposition of laws by
elected legislators to their enforce-
ment by governmemtal police paid
out of our tax money. And. as in
every other area, there are those
who want to see more and not less of

such tampering by big government
in our precious freedoms.

Trifling as they may seem now,
such things as court-appointed law-
yers and “Legal Aid" may be
merely a beachhead for Liberals
and other Negroes bent upon the
destruction of our way of life. Does
anyone really doubt that the more
radical among them mean to stop at
nothing less than the Communistic
goal of equality before the law?

For these reasons, and others, I
think it imperative that all true
Americans demand, at the very
least. that the court system, along
with the police. if they are not taken
entirely from the government‘s
hands. be opened at once to com-
petition under the free-enterprise
system.

Government monopoly in these
areas must cease. Nowhere is the
tyranny of the majority more ap-
parent than in the province of law.
As individuals we are free to choose
what clothes we wear, what cars we
drive. what food we eat. whether we
prefer coq au vin or catfood. but
when it comes to the laws, we are all
forced into the grey uniformity of
those established by the govern-
ment. regardless of our tastes or
beliefs.

Under competition, by contrast,
one could, within the limits of one's

income, pick and choose the laws
one wished to abide by or break and
the penalties one would have to pay.

The murderer who happened to
have more time than money might
choose to spend his life in prison, or
be executed if that appealed more,
while a mass murderer such as
Attica's Nelson Rockefeller, were he
brought to justice by some enterpris-
ing young firm. might elect to give
up a few million dollars instead.

Similarly, anyone feeling with
special force a wrong done against
him could arrange, for the proper
fee, any punishment he found satis-
factory for the offender.

The advantages of free enterprise
in the area of law enforcement will
be obvious to anyone who thinks
about them, and I will not attempt to
exhaust them here. Suffice it to say
that no one would be forced any
longer into paying for protection he
didn’t need or want. A sliding scale
of protection would permit every-
one, within the limits of their income
again, to buy as little or as much
protection as they desired, provided
they showed themselves good risks.

Private enterprise has handled
insurance of other kinds in this
manner for many years with bril-
liant success. It is probably needless
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protection the Mafia has already
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our institutions and our thinking all
vestiges of a belief in self-govern-
ment, in the claims of the public
interest, and in equal rights for all,
will we enjoy the freedom our
forefathers envisioned.

 

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Le ban on
Israelis help Christians capture city

IIEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) —A Palestinian
stronghold in southern Lebanon was cap-
tured yesterday by troops riding in Israeli
helicopters, witnesses said.

A Lebanese Moslem officer claimed the
attacking forces at the town of Marjayoun
were Iebanese Christians backed by Israeli
transport and artillery. He said Israeli
forces also had entered the town once it had
been captured. Other Moslems claimed to
have engaged Israelis in hand-to-hand

combat.

Israel denied that its forces were involved
in the assault. “From the beginning they

Voter registration complete;

state officials deny apathy

FRANKFORT [AP] -
Nearly 150,000 Kentuckians
have registered to vote since
last May, and now both major
political parties must try to
get voters to the polls Nov. 2.

Secretary of State Drexell
Davis said Monday that
Democrats registered 95,679
voters by the time
registration ended earlier
this month; Republicans
registered 38,739 and 13,739
registered as “other.”

Of the 2,374,000 Ken-
tuckians eligible to vote, a
total of 1,713,297 are
registered to vote in the
general election, Davis said.
The breakdown of voters is
1,153,629 Democrat; 498,388
Republican and 61,250 other.

Carter wants to avoid bitter fight

[API— Apparently recog-
nizing that an “up for grabs"
presidential campaign could
become more bitter in its
waning days, Democratic
contender Jimmy Carter ex-
pressed confidence yesterday
that both he and President
Ford would try to keep it from
descending to the “gutter
level.”

Carter made the observa-
tion in an early-morning in-
terview with network report-
ers at his peanut warehouse
in Plains, Ga., hours before
departing on another vote-
seeking foray, to Florida,
North Carolina and New
York. Lasting only two days,
the trip marks an easing of
the pace set by Carter most of
the past week.

have tried to involve Israel in the war," said
a spokesman in Tel Aviv. “But this has not
changed ~—Israel is not involved in the war."

Correspondents have seen instances of
lsraelnrnvirling armored oars weamns and
artillery support for Christian forces in the
border area, apparently to help purge it of
guerrillas. Correspondents have not seen
any actual Israeli troops in action with the
Christians.

In Beirut. an escalation of blind shelling
terrorized both the Moslem and Christian
sectors while six Arab leaders continued
their summit in Saudi Arabia in search of a
peace formula for the 18-month-old civil war.

Davis said he thinks the “must go into the voting
statistics show Kentucky booth and pull the handle it
voters may not be as they are to d