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Tuesday. September 7, 1976

 

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Ombudswhat?

Secretary in new position takes students’ complaints

By lifl’i‘Si' PEAIN‘E
Kernel Sta ff Writer

Since last March. Judy Singleton
has held a unique position at UK. She
is ombudswoman for the Office of
Business Affairs

“1 gutss i should actually be
called an ombudsperson." she said.
as she explained how the idea for the
job was conceived.

“My job started out as being Jack
Blanton‘s (vice president of
Business Affairs; secretary last
September " she said. “By last
January Mr. Blanton decided he was
not getting enough feedback in the
business affairs area and thought
that we needed a central office for
various complaints. He is just too
busy to handle complaints himself.
so we came to a mutual agreement
that an ombudsman was the an-
swer.”

The Office of Business Affairs
encompasses several campus
services including billirigs‘and
collection, housing and dining,
police matters much as parking

stickers and fines) and general
accounting.

Singleton acknowledged that
cutting red tape at a large university
can be a real problem for students.
”it can be a hassle enrolling and
paying fees. and with a big com-
puterized school like UK. one often
feels dehumanized," she said.

.iany students she talks to need
information regarding payment of
tuition or housing. or liavea problem
unrelated to business affairs and
don't know where to go. “A lot of
them are sent from one department
to another and back again. Students
that come to me might not always be
happy With the solution to their
problem, but at least we give them
an answer,“ Singleton said.

There have been many complaints
about lack of housing this fall.
although Singleton says there is no
single major problem. While the
faculty occasionally needs legal
advice. Singleton estimates that 99
per cent of all complaints brought to
her are from students.

Before she took the om~
budswonian position. Singleton said

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students might have gone without
help with problems because, except
for Blanton, there was either no one
to talk to or students didn’t know
who to talk to.

"It’s nice to establish an office
where people can come for business
affairs." she said. "So often it seems
that kids are given the ruriaround."

Although Singleton serves as a
liaison between students and
Blanton. she makes recom-
mendations and suggestions where
decisions are concerned. “Mr.
Blanton is notified on every problem
that comes to me and without his
authorization, i could never reach
certain problem-solving channels.
lie is the one who makes the final
decisions." she said.

While some problems take only
minutes to solve, others require
more time and thought, Singleton
said. For instance, last year a
student had to be placed on a
dialysis machine at the Medical
Center three times a week.

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BGS program thrives at UK;

faces re-evaluation this year

“escalated very rapidly when the
program was first begun, but now it
seems to have become stabilized."

BGS was designed to meet the

By KEVIN (iitifititiifi‘
Kernel Reporter

For the student who is not satisfied
with some aspect of the basic majors
that UK offers. there is a special
degree program called Bachelor of
General Studies (BGS). The BGS
program isometimes jokingly
referred to as the “Blue Grass
Special"t allows the student. with
the help of an advisor, to obtain a
college degree without having a
specific major

BGS was introduced at UK in the
fall d "372. At that time, programs
such as this were starting to be of-
fered at many universities across
the nation according to Herbert
Drennon. associate dean of Special
Programs. Drennon said it was this
trend thatcaused UK to include BFS
among its various other degrees.

Students currently involved in the
program number around 500. ac-
cording to Drennon. “The number of
students in BGS.“ Drennon said,

needs of certain students more
adequately than a regular major
could. One example of students
likely to be involved inBGSare older
people returning to college for a
degree. According to Drennon.
”BUS allows them to work directly
toward explicit goals."

Another type of student commonly
involved in 808 is the pre-
professional student tpl‘t‘-lil(.‘d. pre-
law. etcfl.

Drennon said the BGS degree is
valid and well-accepted. All
American medical schools and law
schools. as well as other graduate
schools. recognize this degree and
offer the ROS student no undue
problems in entering the graduate
school.

Prospective employers also
recognize the BGS as a valid degree.
Drennon said. “i have not run into

any instances where it has presented
the least problem. Employers and
graduate schools look at the courses
you have taken and not the degree
itself. For the most part. BGS
students exercise their options in
choosing courses very carefully."

When t he progra in was introduced
at L'K. it came in under the con-
dition that after five years it would
be reevaluated to see if it measured
up to accepted standards
Drennon said A report on students
who have graduated with a BGS is to
beincludcd in that evaluation. which
is to begin later tli.s year.

According to Drennon. the
program is expected to be re-
approved by the evaluating co".-
mittee. "in my opinion." he said,“ it
has been successful in meeting the
needs of a large number of
students." and it has received “a
favorable reaction and no sharp
criticism" from faculty and students
alike.

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‘Ignored’ students get help

University ofKentuchy
Lexington, Kentucky

Office untangles red tape

By KIM YELTON
Kernel Reporter

Unknown to many undergraduate
students is an office on the third
floor of the Patterson Office Tower
created just for them. it was
designed to help them survive four
bewildering years of college and to
help their instructors make their
subjects more comprehendable.

The Office of the Dean of Un-
dergraduate Studies was created to
focus more attention on the needs of
undergraduates who many ad-
ministration and faculty members
felt had been ignored in past years,
according to John Stephenson, dean
of Undergraduate Studies and
professor of sociology.

Six years ago Stephenson was a-

kind of proponent for on-
dergraduates‘ rights. “The decade
before was a period of great for-
ward motion in research and
graduate training." he said. “Most
universities payed more attention to
the graduate student.

“I had done my fair share of
complaining about the short shift
undergraduate students were get-
ting," he said. So in 1970, UK
President Otis Singletary asked
Stephenson to become dean of the
newly formed office.

“I guess enough people realized
the problem,“ Stephenson said.

Few universities in the United
States today have programs similar
to the one at UK, according to
Stephemon, although they are ap
pearing more and more. “This is not
particular to UK or a select number
of schools,“ be said. “i am just glad
UK is a part of that trend."

The programs run the gamut from
a skills improvement class for in-
coming freshmen to a consultation
service for graduate teaching
assistants (TA’s) and professors to
improve their teaching methods.

One of the programs called
“experiential education,” im-
plemented in a few other univer-
sities in the country, has received

national attention. It enables
students to gain practical ex-
perience in their area of study while
getting credit for their work.

ACTION. an agency that oversees
VISTA and the Peace Corps. has
selected UK to do a pilot project in
experiential education for other
schools across the country.

"They picked UK because we
have the best program around,"
Stephenson said. “i am asked 15-20
times a year to talk about it to
education groups all over the US.
That has been a great source of
satisfaction.“

 

“Programs run the gamut
from skills improvement...

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Stephenson‘s office has also put
out reading materiab ranging from
its own quarterly magazine to a
bodr, soon to be published, about
college life written by current UK
students and alumni.

The purpose of the book,
Stephenson explained, is to head off
students forming negative views of
college life before they run into
University bureaucracy.

As dean, Stephenson has injected
his own personality into the at-
mosphere of his office by assuming a
low profile. He said he prefers to
work more in a “behind the scenes“
capacity.

While being interviewed, he asked
that personal information about him
remain out of the article and only
news about the programs appear. “I
have never liked people who
predominate their functions.“ he
said. “Sometimes that is hard to do.
I just like good work."

From the start of his job. he said
he never intended to remain as dean
more than two years. But at the end
of two years he decided to stay
because the programs he had
started began to work, Stephenson
said.

For example, his office organized
the Developmental Studies

Program. “We knew we were not
ieeting the needs of students
adequately." Stephenson explained.
Some freshmen were entering UK
ladting basic skills in reading,
writing and math. So the studies
program instituted special classes
that started at these students‘
academic levels while giving them
free tutoring services.

Last year 165 students enrolled in
the program. “That pleases me
when i see something like this work
after the President tSingletary)
gives it time and money,“ he said.
“It is enormously gratifying. i'm
glad i didn't quit. l wouldn't give it
up for anything."

Instructors have also been in‘
cluded in some of the benefits of
undergraduate programs. Working
with the Office of institutional
Resources, programs provide
consultation sessions for instructors
who are having difficulty coni-
mun ica ting with their students.

if a TA is having trouble With his
or her first experience in a large
class,he or she can go to Stephen-
son‘s office to obtain reading
materials that may give helpful
ideas. The TA can also find out in‘
formation about workshops dealing
with his or her problems or names of
other instructors who might be able
to help.

Stephenson's office also works
with philanthropic organizations
that contribute money for new ex-
perimental classes. The Danforth
Foundation has given funds so that
undergraduates may do research.
This is the only fund of its kind as far
as Stephenson knows.

Stephenson is also working on
other programs. He said he views
his office asa kind of a “think tank”.

“However effective the office has
been." he said, “is because we have
done things slowly and effectively"
and because, Stephenson said, he
and other members of his staff are
determined that undergraduate
students “won‘t become another cog
in the wheel of the University."

 

W Stewart Bowman

 

~8rua' Orwin

Sunshine serenade

Jimmy Buffet fright] enthralls the crowd
at the September Sun Festival at
Masterson Station Park on Labor Day.
Earlier in the day. “Merle.“ a Great Dane
[left]. poses for the camera while his
master. Danny (‘lampet. tries to hold him

still.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

editorials 8: comments

Editorials do not represent the opinions of the University.

 

This should perk you up!

 

Presidential debates:

issues or TV frills?

For all practical purposes, the presidential
campaign will not begin until Sept. 23 when
President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter
clash in the first of three debates.

All previouis political stumping will be
merely a prelude to what could join the moon
shot as premiere television productions.

The debates could prove as decisive as the
Kennedy-Nixon confrontation in 1960. Political
observers maintain that Nixon‘s haggard
appearance measured with JFK’s cool
demeanor provided the narrow victory

ma rgin. ,

We hope the outcome of thiselection will not
be determined by cosmetic appearances but
by answers to the substantive issues of
domestic and economic policy in the first
debate, foreign and defense policy in the
second and a free-for-all in the third.

It can be justifiably argued
dependent Eugene McCarthy, American
Independent Party candidate Lester Maddox
and others are being ignored in the debate
forum. Their inclusion, however, would result
in a political circus wherein no worth would be

derived.

that In-

The debates are significant in that they will
force Ford and Carter to address the issues
face-toface. Instead of the two bantering
attacks against one another on the political
stump, the debate forum is much more
beneficial to the voter.

And, the debates should heighten voter
interest and participation, which is at a
fearfully low mark.

The real worth of the debates, however,
hinges what kind of forum is devised. Aides to
the two ca ndidates: will hold their own debates
to determine specifics for the agenda.

They must set a proper procedure for
questions, ensure that the candidates stick to
issue-oriented discussion about national
prospects and generally set the tone for
regulation of the debates.

The league of Women Voters should be
commended for pursuing the debates from an
idea to reality. Their real worth, however,
ca n’t be determined until we see whether the
debates are substantive discussion or come

down to political hoopla and television frills.

McCarthy challenges system

This is the first of two commentaries
on the candidacy of Independent
Eugene McCarthy.

NICHOLAS M ARTIN

How magnificent it is to feast upon
the spectre of the antiquated rem-
nants of the “two-party system,“
breathing frenzied fire into efforts to
sustain their waning power.

The conventions provided us with
a grand barrage of oratory on how
the Democrats and Republicans
have “served the country so well"
and should continue to be the
dominant forces. They practically
beg us to ask the question. “Would
you buy a used party from the likes
of Connally, Humphrey, Daley and
Rockerfeller?"

Lively speeches from the heads of
each party suggested that ancestors,
from Jefferson to Truman, would
want them to grow ever-stronger.
but mention was not made of Jef-
ferson’s stirring remark, “If I could
not got to heaven but with a party. l
would not go at all." And they
seemingly forgot Thomas Paine‘s
advice that,"...itis in the nature and
intention of a constitution to prevent
governing by party.“ Carter and
Ford would not take kindly to this

sort (1' rhetoric. _
They did happen to quote Patrick

Henry, failing to note that he too (as
did Washington, Adams, et al)
despised the notion of political

parties. Fortunately, our
forefather‘s scripture is not easily
manipulated.

Little mention is made of the bi-
partisan failure the parties have
perpetrated upon the nation they

have “served so well.“ They retain
dim memories: Vietnam (which
Jimmy Carter supported); and
Nixon‘s Watergate lie (which Ford
ignored): not to mention con-
stitutional abuses by the CIA, FBI
and IRS which Congress and the
President supposedly control. Then
there‘s Agnew; massive unem-
ploy ment; environmental
deterioration; congressional
scandals: you name it. Clearly they
have “served us well".

As if attaching life support
systems to a terminal patient, they
have instituted a law that will serve
to extend their painful demise.

This year, for the first time, we
have federally funded elections. Our
two "spendthrift" candidates each
have had $2 million conventions

and get $22 million each for their
fall ca mpaigns. That alone should be
enough to indelibly disgust voters;
that these officials could so callously
ignore the advice of our founders
and of the Constitution. but, there is
more. "Minor" candidates
(anybody who is not a Democrat or
Republican) get absolutely zero. A
small price to pay for the salvation
of the parties that have Served us so
well." Even if the people do not
desire their salvation. It is ex-
pensive to elect a President who
Won't lie to us. Almost as expensive
as it was to elect the President who
was not a crook.

Acquioscing in this jolly farce are
our reknowned defenders of freedom
and accuracy, the media. It's truly
amazing that the national media has
such insight into what Americans
wish to know and in deciding what is

news. We have been provide with
such investigative classics as the
Amy Carter lemonade controversy
and the Betty Ford Bump. Clearly
these are the issues of 1976. If only
independents could see that.

It is not that Americans have
chosen to poor further power into the
hands of those who “served so well,"
for they rarely ask what we want,
but appropriately the people now
rate the performance of the
Democrats and Republicans lower
than ever before. The polls indicate
that if there was a choice, both
parties would be drummed out, and
fortunately this time we have one.

Independent Eugene McCarthy,
formerly a Demoxrat, feels that it's
time to challenge the two-party
monopoly. He feels that we must
force the party bosses to come to our
terms or they will force us to theirs
and that the time has come to
deliver a vote of “no confidence" to
those who have served us so poorly;
to put a positive, Independent spirit
in the “hite Houseand to return it to
the people.

He has said he would gladly
debate the record of the parties with
their standardbearers. Alas, they
prefer to ignore that challenge and
their dismal performances. You
can't blame them for that. After all.
how could they successfully defend
that record? They would like fer-
vcntly to maintain the status quo.
hut Gene McCarthy won't allow that
to happen.

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Funding the campus bus

Two weeks ago, I deposited my
daughter, along with what seemed
likean inordinate amount of clothes,
supplies and stereo equipment at a
dorm on the Indiana University
campus. (It could have been Ten-
nessee, but parents have to draw the
line somewhere.)

Be that as it may, I can state
without reservation that offering up
my daughter to a“ typical large
university bureaucracy was not my

 

perspective

 

idea of pleasure. What became
really traumatic, however, was
trying to find ways to cover all those
checks for what IU calls “other
fees.“ One can understand the idea
of paying for such trivial things as
tuition, books, and room and board.
One ca neven respect the person who
invented the laboratory breakage
fee.

But there was one item on the list
of “other fees” at IU that struck me
as rather peculiar. It was a $25.00
fee to cover the price of a student
pass to use the Indiana University
campus bus service for one
semester.

Now, I know that such an idea
sounds totally absurd to UK students
who have access to a seemingly
“free” intra-campus bus service.
But it's the truth — IU charges each
studentwho wants to use the campus
bus service a $25.00 per semester
fee. At first, I was outraged. How
could they do this to a parent who
had given his “first begotten off-
spring" to the evil'tmtd‘in-

emulating lU on this score. (Hell, if
we can't copy them in basketball,
why not copy their fee schedule?)
Now before you turn me off by
turning to the sports page to find out
how Joe Hall thinks we will do
against IU in basketball this year,
allow me to explain my position.
First. under the present system at
UK, the campus bus service is paid
for out of general revenues. This
means that, in effect, a portion of
every dollar of tuition paid by every
student goes to pay for the campus
bus service regardless of whether
you use it or not. India na University,
along with a number of other major
universities in the country, place at
least part of the burdens of this

service on those who use it through a

special fee.

Second, as a member of the Urban
County Council, which has to find
ways to pay for the almost $1 million
annual deficit incurred by our public
transit system (Lextran), I have
become painfully aware that the UK
contract with Lextran is likely to
become much more expensive to the
University in the very near future.
The current UK contract is virtually
a break-even contract, even without
figuring in such incidentals as
depreciation And by next February
or March, with the current rate of
inflation, it is expected that the
taxpayers of Lexington will be
placed in the postion of subsidizing
the UK campus bus service.

It is possible, of course, to argue
that the taxpayers of Lexington
ought to subsidize this service for

”M students. However, the reality of

diana University? (ttwasalmosras 'ttt‘he situation seem to suggest‘that

humiliating as watching IU beat UK
in basketball.)

Like most parents, I finally wrote
the check to cover this disturbing
encroachment upon my fiscal in-
tegrity. And, in due courseI began to
reconcile myself to the fact that: (a)
my daughter could not possibly get
to some of her classes without using
the campus bus service; and (b) the
“fee" will only cost me about four
cases (i Pabst per semester.

Upon further reflection on the
matter, it began to occur to me that
maybe UK ought to consider

the Urban County Council and the
Lextran Board will begin looking for
ways to at least break even on the
UK bus contract.

This mears that, while the council
and Lextran may be prepared to
subsidize the growing deficits of
Lextran in order to provide a
community-wide, mass transit
system, they are likely to be as
opposed to subsidizing the UK bus
service as they have been toward
subsidizing contracts with private
companies that run bus tours to the
horse farms.

Given this reality, UK may be
faced with the prospect of either
cutting back the campus bus sevice
or finding additional revenues to
cover the likely increased cost of
even continuing the current level of
service.

The first alternative, in my view,
would be a disaster. The current
level of service, from what I hear
students say, is inadequate. So that
leaves us with the task of finding
additional revenue.

One way to do it in this era of tight
budgets would be to cut some other
service on campus and shift
revenues to the campus bus service.
That will be difficult. Another way
would be to raise tuition slightly to
cover the bus service. But again,
that means charging those who don’t
use the service. So why not go to the
fee?

Not only does the fee approach
seem fair and reasonable, I would
hope it would lead to UK students
receiving the kind and level of bus
service I observed on the IU cam-
pus. Not only do IU students receive
excellent intra-campus service, they
also have the opportunity to use the
campus bus to get to major shopping
areas adjacent to campus.

With a fee system at UK, I would
hope that the University bus service
could be tied into the planned “‘free
bus zone" for the downtown area
during normal shopping hours.
There is no reason why this could not
be done.

At any rate, the fee idea deserves

. serious consideration. The .real

test, however, will hinge on the
question of just what kind of campus
bus service UK students want and
how much they are willing to pay for
it.

 

Dr. W.E. Lyons drafted the charter
for merged metro government in
Lexington. A UK political science
professor. Lyons was elected as a
council member last fall. “Per-
spective." a column written by
members of the campus and metro
community. will appear bi-weekly
on Monday or Tuesday.

 

Letters

 

 

.‘sicliolas Martin is Kentucky
coordinator for McCarthy '78.

Fair is fair

This letter is in response to one
appearing in the Kernel on Sept. 1
which attacked the Student Ac-
tivities Fair held in the Great Hall of
the Student Center during Wildcat
Welcome Week. Cathy Dunn‘s at-
tempt at being a crusader turned out
to be a tasteless, nearsighted view of
the purpose and effects of the Ac-
tivities Fair.

The fair is a forum for registered
student organizations and interested
outside groups to come in and give
the new students a chance to see
what is available to them on this
very diversified campus. Students

here have a wide range of interests
and it is their right to be allowed to
see first-ha nd what is happening and
to make their own choices about
whether to become involved or to
shy away.

The Student Center Board, which
sponsored the event, made every
attempt to see that all registered
organizations on campus had a
chance to sign up for a place in the
fair to give the students as full a
view as possible of campus life. The
organizations did a great service to
the students by participating in the
fair.

In the center of the fair was a
general information table, manned

 

by Student Center staff and SCB
members.

At that table, every type of
questio. was answered. If the
persons manning the table didn’t
know the answer, they were referred
to a person who did. This turned out
to be one of the most used and
helpful parts of the fair.

About the pencils mentioned in
Dunn’sletter: whatabout free pens?
Pens came in the packet handed out
by the Welcome Wagon which also
contained some fine coupons and
informational brochures.

Nick Glancy

Publicity Director
Student (‘enter Board

    

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FBI enters probe of bombing
at Louisville Male High School

LOUISVILLE (AP) —- The
FBI. has entered the
investigation of a predawn
bombing at a high school
here. Despite the bombing
and sporadic nighttime
disruptions by antibusing
protesters, school officials
said classes would resume on
schedule today.

The bomb that went off
early yesterday morning at

Male High School in
downtown Louisville had
been placed beside a radiator
in the lobby of a gymnasium,
police said.

The bomb blew the radiator
from the wall and blasted a
hole about two feet in
diameter in the floor.
However, a police bomb
squad officer said it did no
structural damage to the
building.

FBI officials and bomb
squad members swept up
broken glass and other debris
around Male High School and
sent it to an FBI laboratory in
Washington.

Police assume the bombing
was related to the busing
dispute and thus could con-
stitute a violation of the fed-
eral court‘s desegregation
order.

Carter’s scramble under way

(AP) — Jimmy Carter, open-
ed his fall scramble for the
presidency yesterday.

Sources in the Carter cam-
paign said he was irritated by
Sen. Bob Dole’s presence at
the South Carolina stock car
race. A spokesman called
Dale’s presence “bad man-
ners and bad taste.”

But the two candidates met
amicably, shook hands sev-
eral times and wished each
other good luck.

Carter accused Repub-
licans of hitting the nation
with “hammer blows" of
scandal and mismanage-
merit.

“It‘s time to restore the
faith of the American people
in our own government and to
get our country on the move
again,” Carter declared.

Carter‘s speech started a
five-day tour of 20 cities in 11
states.

 

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Sen. Walter Mondale, Car-
ter‘s running mate, began
Labor Day hunting votes
among airport workers in

TU..N.., Northf..Korea’3re’ach,

new security agreement

SEOUL, South Korea [AP]
—The United Nations
Command and North Korea
agreed yesterday to keep
their guards separated in the
Panmurijom truce village to
avoid further clashes, U.N.
Command officials said.

In Washington, the White
House said the new security
arrangements “hopefully will
prevent the recurrence of
such unprovoked attacks" as
the one of Aug. 18 in which
North Korean guards killed
two American Army officers.

U.N. Command officials
said the new agreement will
go into effect in 10 days.

The agreement includes
the following:

—-The joint security area
will be split into two halves
along the military demar-
cation line, with each side
taking responsibility for
guarding its own sector.

-North Korea will with-
draw its four checkpoints now
located south of the
demarcation line in the area.

l39-day URW strike nears end;

pact proposes wage increase

[AP] —The longest rubber
workers' strike in US.
history drew nearer an end
yesterday when BF.
Goodrich and United Rubber
Workers union negotiators in
Columbus. Ohio settled on a
new contract.

URW President Peter
Bommarito said he expected
the three-year pact to be
ratified in votes starting
today or tomorrow.

The strike by Goodrich’s
94m workers was in its 139th
day yesterday.

It calls for hourly wage
increases of $1 .35 over the life
of the contract and includes a
cost-of-living adjustment.

Fast said production could

resume possibly Thursday.

He predicted tire prices
would rise.

“There won't be any
problem in the contract being
ratified." said Bommarito.

In addition, the tentative
contract picks up 4.7 cents
“carved out" of the 1973 pact.

Soviet pilot requests asylum in U.S.

HAKODATE. Japan [AP]
-A Soviet pilot brought his
supersonic MIG25 fighter to a
screeching landing here
yesterday and asked for
political asylum in the United
Stats, police said.

Despite parachutes
billowing behind to slow the
plane, it avershot the small
airport's 6.700-foot runway by
we feet. It also smashed two
navigational antennas and
punctured its nose landing
gear.

Japanese authorites
declined to identify the pilot
“because of the delicate
international situation in-
volved.”

In Washington a State
Department spokesman said
no decision had been made
about asylum for the pilot.

Officials in Moscow
declined to comment, but the
Soviet Embassy in Tokyo
asked to see the aviator. The
Japanese Foreign Ministry
had no immediate response to
the request.

Washington, then told a
Labor Day parade in Barber-
ton, Ohio, near Akron: “We
want to put working people
and their families number
one again.”

Mondale went on to a series
of appearances in Alameda
County, Calif.

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