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Kamas University cheerleader Tom Laney entertains the crowd during

off with his version of a ‘barrel roll' in the 90-degree Lawrence. Kan.
a time out at the Kentucky-Kansas football game Saturday. Laney shows

The ‘barrel roll’: what a way to travel

Volume LXVIII, Number 27
Monday, September-20 1976

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an independent student newspaper

. Public health

Nation’s experts converge at UK to discuss pressing issues

By CHARLES MAIN
Kernel Reporter

Experts from all over the country
met this weekend to discuss some of
the pressing issues in public health
as part of the Health Department
sponsored Forum 76: Issues on
Trial.

Despite a tumout that director
Ellen Greist termed
“discouraging," the three panel
discussions presented were lively
and informative and the 50-100 in
attendance participated eagerly.

The first discussion, held in the
morning session of the symposium,
dealt with the problem of food ad-
ditives and whether or not the
government should effect stricter
controls governing their use.

Dr. Michael Jacobson. codirector
of the Center for Science in the
Public Interest in Washington,
presented the arguments for those
favoring more control. In a broad
general plan he presented the
following three points:

a) All food additives should be
tested for as wide a variety as
possible of potential harms.

b) No food additive should be used
unless its use is absolutely
necessary.

c) Testing of food additive safety
should be taken out of the hands of
the manufacturers and placed in the
hands of an independent group.

It’s no gift this time

In introducing his plan, Jacobson
asserted that “strict regulation (of
food additives) is not only desirable,
it is inevitable." Jacobson also
stated that most of the additives
currently in use can be either
replaced or done away with entirely.

“As science advances," he said,
“more and more of our food pro-
blems are being traced to chemi-
cals."

Dr. Joe Dennis Fox, regional
representative for the Institute of
Food Technologists, presented the
argument for the opposition. Calling
the Food and Drug Administration a
victim d “emotionalism and con-
sumer over-reaction," he contended
that strict control of food additives
would be useless.

“There is,” he said,“absolutely no
way to prove that a chemical is
absolutely safe. We could not
guarantee absolutely the safety of
any one additive.”

Citing the “spotless” safety
record of the FDA, Fox said, “Since
the inception of the FDA, there has
not been one case of food sickness
due to a food additive that was
properly used. The FDA has done
one heck of a job.”

The third member of the panel
was Richard Ronk, who is the
director of the Division of Food and
Color Additives of the FDA. Ronk
presented an essay written in 1908 by

the first director of the FDA. The
essay dealt with the food additive
problem, which wasa new one at the
time and how wary consumers
might deal with it.

“The most effective way to guard
against any harmful effects of ad
ditives,“ Ronk said,“is to have a
wide variety of foods in one’s diet.
Exposure to a great many
nutritional foods cuts down on one‘s
exposure to any one.”

The secondgpanel discussion dealt
with possible government controls
on the advertising during children‘s
television. The panel heard first
from Dr. Karen Hartenberger,
director of Children‘s Programming
Task Force of the Federal Com-
munications Commission. Dr.
Hartenberger said that she “would
much prefer exhausting all other
channels available before allowing
the government “to take measures
against unfair ad practices aimed at
children.

“We had better keep big govern-
ment from trying to regulate what
we see on TV, lest the first amend-
ment start to look like a piece of
swiss cheese,” she said. Har-
tenberger argued that if the ad-
vertisers were made directly
responsible to the consumer, rather
than to the government for the
content if its ads, they would be
more responsive.

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC ) was represented on the panel
by Lawrence Zacharias, of the
FTC‘s division of special projects.
Zacharias offered a view similar to
that of Hartenberger.

“Self-regulation has been very
effectivein the area of children’s toy
advertisements,” he said. “I see no
reason why the food manufactureers
would not be as cooperative."

Dr. Rachael Wolkin, attorney for
Action For Children‘s Television,
called for immediate tightening of
government restrictions and in-
crease in the number of “Public
Service Announcements” aired on
television.

“Children learn very easily to
value the wrong things. Generations
of children today are getting
misleading information about their
health.“

 

Rainy weather

Thundershowers Monday and
Monday night. Highs Monday in the
mid to upper 705. Lows Monday
night in the low to mid 505. Tuesday
chance of rain and much cooler.
Highs in the 605.

Rain chances are 80 per cent
Monday and Monday night.

 

 

 

Improved Kansas clobbers Cats 37-16

By DICK GABRIEL
Assistant Managing Editor
LAWRENCE, Kan. — They take
their football seriously in Kansas.
There are more pictures of the
Kansas .layhawk mascot in this city
than there are of Sen. Bob Dole, the
Republican vice-presidential can-
didate who hails from the same

state.

Kansas whipped Kentucky 37-16
here Saturday, ending UK hopes for
revenge. The Cats came to town
seeking to avenge a 14-10 loss to the
Jayhawks a year ago in
Lexington.

The KU victory last season was an
outright gift. Eight Wildcat drives
stalled inside the 10-year line and
Kansas took advantage of a UK
fumble to win the game in the
waning minutes.

It was a different story Saturday.

Kansas was fresh off of two
sloppily played victories. Ken-
tucky was still strutting from a
decisive season-opening win over a
team which gave UK a run for its
money.

But the Jayhawks pulled Cloud
Nine out from under the Wildcats,
scoring two quick touchdowns in the

first quarter and forcing UK to
scramble to a catch-up offense for
most of the game.

It wasn‘t a matter of UK errors,
although two were costly. The
Jayhawks whipped both Kentucky
lines and ran the wishbone to per-
fection, looking nothing like the
Kansas team which last year
escaped from Commonwealth
Stadium with a tainted victory.

“Last year we were their best
frientb in the world,” Fran Curci
said in his post-game analysis.
“After the game they won when we
made all those mistakes, they
realized they had to go with

quarterback Nolan) Cromwell. It
changed the whde team. They‘re
nothing like they were last year."

Last year the UK defense
manhandled the Jayhawks, as KU‘s
sputtering offense could manage
only 46 offensive plays to UK's 83.
But Cromwell ran the wishbone with
poised perfection Saturday. The
Jayhawks marched 69 yards for a
touchdown on their second
possasion as fullback Bill Camp-
field went inside and speedy half-
back Lava-rte Smith went outside
the UK defense for sizable gains.

KU fa--ed a fourth and one
situation at the UK 10, but Smith
promptly settled the matter with a
touchdown burst up the middle,
dancing through the UK line vir-
tually untouched.

“They clearly beat us up front on
both sides of the line," Curci said.

Kansas recovered a UK fumble on
the Wildcat 34 as quarterback
Derrick Ramsey and fullback Joe
Dipre collided in the backfield and
lost the ball. The Jayhawks scored
eight plays later and Kentucky had
to begin the chase.

The Cats rallied briefly as
Ramsey directed a drive which
ended with his ”yard touchdown
jaunt, cutting the KU lead to seven.

Kamas came right back with a
field goal, making it 17-7, but
Kentucky forces were encouraged.
The defense had stiffened inside the
fiveyard line and the offense had
shown that it could move the ball.

Enter the case of the vanishing
wide receiver.

Kansas was mounting a last-
minute drive before the half but the
UK defense was proving to be un-
cooperative. KU backup quar-
terback Scott McMichael dropped

back and heaved a desperation pass
designed to land in the next county,
nowhere near the field in order to
stop the clock.

Defensive back Dallas Owens was
out of position at the beginning of the
play and in his haste to recover, he
plowed into a Kamas wide receiver
two seconds before the ball was
anywhere near.

Owens really couldn't offer a
feasible explanation for the mishap.
“Well, at first I saw him, " he said,
shaking his head slowly. “Then, I
gues I didn't.“

The resulting pass interference
call set up the third KU touchdown
and proved to be a crushing blow to
the UK cause.

“The touchdown before the half
really hurt us,“ Curci said. “When
we‘re that.far behind, we have to
open up a little more than we would
like to

Kentucky charged out of the locker
room and opened the second half
with a 73-yard drive which ended
with a 27-yard field goal by John
Pierce. Sophomore fullback Rod
Stewart ripped off a 35-yard run
during the drive and the Wildcat

Continued on page 6

weather.

Student instructor offers

free fundamental course

in modern sign language

ByJENNII-‘ERGREER
Kernel Reporter

“You don’t have to be coor-
dinated . . . you don’t have to be
Italian . . . am you don’t have to be
deaf to learn sign language," says
student-instructor Dave Gantt, who
is offering a free course in “signs"
beginning this October.

Gantt has billed the class as
“great fun and possibly even mind
expanding" on the Student Center
bulletin board where he hopes to get
at least 20 signatures before the
Sept. 24 deadline.

He emphasized the fact that the
class is for beginners only. “I don’t
have time to teach at more than one
level," he said.

Gantt has a BA in Deaf
Education from MacMurray College
in Illinois and is currently studying
library science on a graduate level
at UK.

“My studies now don‘t involve the
use of signs," Gantt said, “and I’m
already forgettting some. I need to
stay in practice and I think teaching
this class will help.

“Besides, I want to introduce
people to a new avenue of expression
which can be a lot of fun, and at the
same time, a valuable educational
tool."

Gantt said students will first be
learning the sign alphabet, which
takes about 15 minutes, then
studying basic sentence structure
and memorizing songs to increase
their vocabulary.

“We’ll practice both making and
interpreting signs,” he said.

Gantt plans to meet with students
once a week for about 30 to 60
minutes, bit hasn’t decided on
location for the class.

“There will be an attendance
policy,“ he said, “because I‘ll

present new things each class
period. If a student were to miss
regularly, he would really get
behind.”

Gantt said he would also explain
when and why the deaf use signs.
“Not all deaf kids use signs," he
said. “Some schools advocate
speech reading and auditory
training, but don’t recognize the
value of signs."

These oralists, as they’re called,
have different reasons for not
teaching signs, Gantt said. “Some
feel the signs aren’t structured and
formal enough to meet grammatical
standards; others believe there is a
stigma attached to the gestures,
because a deaf person using them
can easily be identified as han-
dicapped.“

Gantt said the Lexington Deaf
Oral School advocated oralist in-
struction. “That is the only local
school for the deaf," he said. “UK
has no deaf education program.”

These schools which teach signs
and speech reading both are total
communication schools, Gantt said.
“I have worked with oralists and
total communication schools and
believe almost all kids can benefit
from learning signs."

Studies have proved that children
who are taught both signs and
speech reading have better speech
than those taught just speech
reading, Gantt said.

Gantt, who wants to work in a
library for the deaf after graduation,
said deaf education is a relatively
new field. “It was pioneered by
Alexander Graham Bell, who sought
to educate his deaf wife," he said.
“One if my professors told me Bell
invented the telephone while trying
to make a hearing aid, but I couldn't
substantiate that."

—Slalrt human

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arm of Kansas defenders Tom Dinkel [93] and Caleb Rowe [25]. Hall-

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Premier Hua
faces ordeal

leading China

“There is need to fear

an yo ne .

710

the
.. The revolution must still go on. .. We
must be prepared at all times to leave our posts and
we must always be ready with successors."
(‘hairman Mam 196i

death of

Not surprisingly, Chairman Mao Tse-tung was
ready with his successor when he died last week

at age 82. The man who seems destined to follow
the most powerful leader in modern history is

Chinese Premier Hua—Kuo-feng.

Hua emerged into international recognition
less than one year ago when he was named to
replace Chou-En-lai as Chinese premier. The
appointment surprised Western analysts who

knew little about Hua.

Indeed, even his marital status is unknown and
the best record of age has Hua in his fifties.

Hua is best known for his lifelong devotion to
collectivization of agriculture and he has
displayed a talent for organization. He has
controlled the Chinese public security system
and. most recently, directed relief operations
after the massive earthquake in Northern China.

But it has been Hua‘s unswerving devotion to
Mao through the last two decades that have
vaulted him into his position of power. Perhaps
more consistently than any other leader. Hua
has defended the Chairman against Nationalist

criticism.

Similarly. Hua has spoken fervently on the
significance of agriculture in development of the
peasant revolution in China. He is in the radical
Marxist-Leninist mold that Mao has coveted

Perspective

in 1949.

 

HL'A Kl'O-FENG

since the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Speculation has surfaced on what directions

years.

China will take following the death of its two
major leaders within a year. The country has
experienced labor and political strife in recent

Some analysts have said China would initiate

enemies.“

an effort to improve relations with Russia if
political moderates succeeded Mao's radical
rule. This remains questionable; Hua has little
known experience with foreign policy.

One thing is sure. Hua faces a difficult role in
succeeding an amazing leader. Mao was the first
Chinese leader to unify the country. His efforts
over a quarter of a century ended Chinese
famine and bolstered health and education-

But Mao was a ruthless
provoking chaos in order to follow his doctrine of
continuing revolution. Some reports have Mao
dispelling with more than one million “class

leader, often

The burden now falls on Hua to continue
Chinese gains in agriculture and industrializa-
tion while controlling a potentially dynamic
political situation.

In search of a philosophy

Recently. the world has been
made an art- of the life the work.
and the ( miacterof one of the most
fill-lint? .1. figures in world affairsof
the Jith century. if not the single
most powerful leader of the modern
historical era. then t‘hairman Mao
must he regarded as the most
respected world figure of my
lifetime. judging from the responses
to his passing and ‘ributcs to his
life's work as reported in the media.

l was so impressed i this any
prureriented display of praise and
admiration for \lao that i asked

myself what it was about this par
ticular man that had such at: impact

 

, .l RRY sit

on the world" After due con-
sideration. l have concluded that the
greatness of Mao Tse~tung. or of any
positive influential individual upon
the world, can be attributed to a
great extent to the principles
guiding his thoughts, words. and
actions which were in fact his
philosophy.

My observations of the lives of
great personalities in a variety of
fields of human endeavor have in-
dicated that the development and
practice of their philosophies in spite
of the prevailing circumstances or
conditions surrounding their lives
was the essence of their greatness.
The greatness of the life and work of
Jesus (hrist is exemplified in the
beauty and simplicity of the
philosophical notion of the
brotherhood of man. based upon the
“Fatherhood of God “

Napdeon s greatness is attributed
to his philosophy that the human will

is invincible when developed and
controlled by certain means. Martin
Luther King. Jr had his Dream
(philosophy) that the destiny of the
world is that of peaceful co-
existence and harmony among the
races of men. Mao‘s philosophy
deals with the unlimited potential of
the collective human energy of a
people united by a common goal.

The definition of the word
"philosophy,“ which seems ap-
propriate to this discussion. is as
follows “The system of values by
which one lives.“ If it has been seen
thatthedevelopmentand practice of
a system of values has guided the
lives of great individuals, then it
would seem to me that the greatness
or success of any group of in-
dividuals would depend upon the
degree of wisdom and truth con-
tained in the philosophy of the group
in question. This bit of simple logic
would apply to families as well as
athletic teams; to small or large
communities as well as campuses.

it is my personal belief that one of
the tragedies of our society is that
we as a people have allowed the
importance of a sense of human
values, as a guide to individual and
collective action, to be supplanted
by material self-interest as the
primary motivational and con-
ditioning factor in our lives. The
result. absence of a philosophy of
human values in society, has led to
indulgence and corruption of the
powerful few at the expense of the
powerless many.

The history of this country reveals
that the degeneration of the human
ideals contained in the founding
"philosophy“ of the United States
was well under way before the ink
had dried on the Constitution. What
is more significant than the absence
of these human values governing the
quality of life for all the members
of our society is the fact that we
tolerate and even devote ourselves
to leadership in the various aspects
of our collective lives, locally and
nationally. which is far more con-
cerned with image and appearance

      

than it is with quality or substance.

We are actually lulled into
believing ard expecting that the
affairs of our community, nation,
and world can be managed without
reference to a clarity of purpose or
philosophy reflecting our collective
commitment to human values which
can be the only basis for assessing
our impact upon the world, either
individually or collectively.

It is also my belief that our
campus and local community have
the potential to realize a degree of
success and prosperity which will
only be limited by the degree to
which we develop and practice
philosophies based upon the human
and spiritual values which have
been so long ignored. I have the
strongest desire to see our children
inherit a better world than the one
into which I was born, but I also will
teach my children and the children
of others to value the substance of
principle (the essence of philosophy)
rather than the form of appearance
(the essence of image).

As a means of correcting the
situation i have just described, 1
propose that we each commit our-
selves to the search for a more
humanistic philosophy which we can
use as a guide in our lives on a day-
today basis. The most important
phase in the development of a
philosophy of life, and without a
doubt the most difficult, is the
practice of the principles and beliefs
which make up that philosophy. We
can have a better campus, a better
community, a better world, if we
commit ourselves to the restoration
of human and spiritual values as the
guiding principle in all we think,
say, and do: and if we show a little
more faith and consideration for one
another.

if one man and his philosophy can
so influence the world, then surely
several of us and our convictions can
change our community for the
better.

 

Jerry Stevens. 32. is Director of the
Universly‘s Office for Minority
Student Affairs.

The Prophet

Dylan still speaks and we should listen

By MIKE D. KING

Bob Dylan said many things the
other night ~ i understand that it
was hard to follow or appreciate him
fully. The truths cradled in the
quality lyric poetry remain obscure
by implosion: too much at once blurs
one‘s vision of the world past,
present. and to come. There remains
only to search the lines of the songs

 

commentary

 

for content; that is, for something
being offered —- a solution? Hardly.
Predictions? Maybe.

Some points need to be stretched
and connections made, between the
ideas and the voice of a great
American prophet, so that the in-
cident does not pass unnoticed. The
connections reveal the most in
“Where have you been by blue-eyed
son," the ever favorite “Blowin’ in
the Wind," "Railroad Boy.“
“Deportee,” “I Pity the Poor [m-
migrant.“‘ “Shelter From the
Storm" and “Mozambique." In his
visionary scope, Dylan comments on

so many areasof the world and mind
that they cannot be perceived totally
or written within this space. The
viewer, America, must come to
terms with Dylan‘s comments
before he does so with the reality of
them.

Notice the titles. To whom is the
first question directed? Has the
arswer ever beenfound . . in the
wind“? Do the workers of the
country, the Southwestern alien, the
immigrant, lead decent lives
through conscious effort of fellow
Americans? Where else can we turn
for “Shelter fromthe Storm" around
us?

Who else offers peace of mind
while he warns you of the slaughter
in the bloody streets, the Blacks and
Whites cannibalizing themselves,
and white South African dictators
running scared behind
Parlimentary walls, outlining the
future war that Africa will be? Will
there ever again be free living and
loving on the sunny beaches of
Mozambique, or Columbia Avenue?
Pose these questions to yourself at

 

 

 

least weekly, kids, and don‘t forget
so easily how one feels when bom-
barded by great war scenes from the
other side of the planet. What do you
need, one war every ten years? The
prophet speaks, so listen.

 

Mike D. King is a graduate student
in English.

 

Letters

Readers write about use of dogs

Police state

On Thursday, Sept. 9, the Kernel
ran a commentary by Mark Elliot
Vittes on values and society. Mr.
Vittes wrote: “As a society, we rely
on people‘s ‘good‘ judgment, to stay
on the ‘right‘ side of thelaw." This is
a statement reflecting the
progossive ideology of constitutional
democracy.

But America is no longer the
America of Jefferson. The events
surrounding the dispersal of the
block party on Aylesford Saturday
night show how little our ideals
correspond to reality. America may
yet change into a police state.

On Saturday night. the Metro
Police demonstrated that students
have no rights worth respecting
when they sicced trained killer dogs
on a victory party celebrating the
UKOregon State game. One police
dog bit Alvin Green on the arm. Was
he on the "wrong" side of the law, a
victim of “poor" judgment? No.
According to the Kernel interview.
he wasn‘t even part of the block
party. He was attacked while
committing the same “crime" as
Becky Smith, another victim of the
dogs ~ entering his own residence.

And what about the Kernel
reporter, Charles Spinelli? He was
busted 20 feet from the crowd, with
both a press pass and clearance
from the cop in charge. This cop‘s
word apparently doesn't mean a lot.

Could anything excuse the use of
dogs on a crowd? The head cop on
the scene, Sgt. Glindmeyer, seemed
to think everything was okay. “We
were outnumbered,“ he said. This
sounds like Custer describing Sitting
Bull‘s Sioux. But Lexington's boys in
blue weren‘t involved in a military
confrontation with hostile troops,
except in their imaginations. They
faced a couple hundred slightly
drunk college students who wanted
to have fun, not fight.

“They threw beer bottles and
cans," said Sgt. Glindmeyer. This
sounds like a real barrage of heavy
projectiles, which could have in-
jured cops and dented cop cars. But
witnesses could only verify that one
empty mn hit a cop car and one
bottle was “hurled at" (apparently
missing) a police van. The barrage
too, then, was only in the cops‘
imaginations. Perhaps they thought
they were in Viet Nam.

What happened on Aylesford was
a cop n'ot. Every sensible person
will protest it vigorously.

imagine this: a band of Syndicate
mobsters. or political terrorists

    

breaks up a crowd with violence to
spread fear. What would you do
then? On Aylesford last Saturday. a
band of men broke up a friendly
party with excessive violence. un-
doubtedly scaring many people. We
don‘t believe that police uniforms
give anyone a blank check that
legalizes terrorism.

Mark Manning
graduate student
Margie Plarr

A & S junior

Ben Miles

l'nion (‘ollege alumnus

Gestapo tactics

Seems no one was too upset over
the metro police canine corps ges-
tapo tactics last Saturday on Ayles-
ford Place. Besides being quite
incensed after learning of the mass
police action taken to bust a beer
blast, l was quite astonished; not
because the police used vicious dogs
to break up a party. but because UK
is usually five years behind the
times...God help us. 1984 is already
here.

These storm trooper tactics are
evidence of a diseased, decadent.
derranged set of attitudes and even
administrative (get-tough) policies
used for the benefit of the public.
Yes sir...and if you’re a “student“
ie: long hair, rich, smart, beware.
Beware, because 1984 is here for
you. . .buddy.

My hope one day is to see a
community (maybe even Lexing-
ton) assisted by a law enforcement
staff made up of well paid, educated
(sociology, psychology), emotion-
ally sound individuals. Days of the
power hungry, trigger-happy (re-
member “old man Featherston")
bully-clubbing cop are gone.

For the rest of you, John Q. Public,
1984 is just over the horizon.

Andy Manchikes
microbiology senior

Illogical editorial

The editorial last Tuesday on the
police use of police dogs on
Aylesford Place was illogical.
There are many discrepancies:

1. “Many times these parties have
become as large or larger. . . and. . .
had always disbanded peacefully,
usually before I am.“ This seems to
say,itis all right to break the law (it
at least condoms it) if you don‘t
break it too long.

2. “The police, naturally, had an
obligation to respond to ‘37 com-
plaints,‘ if there were indeed that
many.“ What are we doing keeping
a tally sheet: PARTIERS — 300-400,
BOTHERED PEOPLE 37'?
Regardless of whether it was three
or 37 people complaints, those in-
dividuals had their rights infringed
on. The demonstrators were
disturbing the peace.

3. The writer is enraged because,
“Police did not move into the crowd
and warn students of their possible
arrest, or even make a ‘we-mean-
business‘ arrest. . when the
writer already stated in the
beginning of the article,~ “There
were reports from both police and
witnesses of beer cans and bottles
being hurled at police vehicles and
the crowd was warned several times
to disperse.“

The main beef here was that the
crowd was not warned, but he-she
has already presented evidence to
the cmtrary. Heshe believes an
arrest should be made on one per-
son. Which one? That is prejudice,
not equality, and is totally against
the law. It is suggested the police
leave their vehicles and enter a
crowd that has been drinking and is
evidently quite hostile. (At least
they were throwing beer bottles and
cans.)

Good seme tells me I would not
enter the crowd, at least not without
something to protect me. The police
could have entered the crowd with
their guns dra wn, but someone could
have been shot and killed. I would
rather have a dog bite than a bullet
hole in my body. Dogs were the best
choice possible for the safety of both
sides.

As to the photographer arrested,
Spinelli. it will be up to the courts to
decide whether he was outside the
crowd covering the news. or inside
the crowd making the news.

M ichacl Osborne
mathematics freshman

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Major networks’ objections

may doom televised debate

WASHINGTON [AH—Facing a possible
blackout by the three eommercral television
networks, the League of Women Voters says it
will talk again with President Fords and
Jimmy Carter‘s representatives about ground
rules for this week‘s scheduled presidential
campaigndebate.

The networks object to the present format
that would not allow them to show audience
reaction during the debate.

There was no indication Sunday that the
League had conveyed the networks“ obJee
tions to the presidential contenders. Carter
spokesmen said they had no work on any such
communication, nor had the White House
League officials were not available for
comment.

Richard S. Salant. president of CBS news,
sent a telegram Sunday to Ford and Carter.
Salant said that to bar television cameras
from showing audience reaction would

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“create the most dangerous precedent" for
news coverage at home and abroad.

The dispute between the networks and the
League concerns not only audience reaction
shots, but also the method of selecting the
journalists who will form the questioning
panel when Ford and ('arter meet at
Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theater for the
first of their three scheduled debates.

The ban on audience reaction stems from
concern shared in both the Ford and t‘arter
camps that showing how any of the 200
journalists and 300 other persons to be present
at the debate react to the candidates‘ remarks
might distract or influence viewers at home.

The Public Broadcasting System says it will
cover the debates live regardless of how the
dispute turns out, but the three commercial
networks. (YRS, NBC and ABC. have indicated
they might not carry the debates unless it can
be resolved in their favor.

favored to win re-election

WASHINGTON [APPMost of the nearly
dozen House candidates campaigning under
clouds of allegations. convictions and repri-
mands are favored to win reelection. an
Associated Press survey shows.

Republican campaign officials say they
hope to regain a. ' 26 of the 43 seats they lost
in the Watergate-tainted election of 1974.

Democrats say the Republicans could
recapture between 12 and 15 seats. But they
add there is just as good a chance they can
add even more seats to the two-to—one. 28014.")
House majority control they already have.

AP bureaus a