xt7fbg2h9z93 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7fbg2h9z93/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1977-11-23 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, November 23, 1977 text The Kentucky Kernel, November 23, 1977 1977 1977-11-23 2020 true xt7fbg2h9z93 section xt7fbg2h9z93 Students strike out financially in Kroger strike

By CHARLES MAIN
Kernel Staff Writer

The 3,500 Kroger employees who
have been on strike for higher
wages, seniority and pension
benefits in Kentucky and southern
Indiana since Sunday night include a
number of UK students. Some of
them are off work against their
wishes.

Checkers Susan Hansen and Tom
Rose, both UK students, have been
employed at the Euclid Ayenue
Kroger store for more than a year.
Both are opposed to the strike, but

Volume LXIX, Number 69
Wednesday. November 23. 1977

say they will continue to picket as
long as the strike lasts.

“We don't have any seniority here
at all," ilansen said. “They can hire
new part-time employees here any
time they want to and pay them $3
an hour and put them in our jobs. We
can't do anything about it."

Rose said no part-time employees
at Krogers are eligible for seniority.
In order to get any kind of job
security, he said, he would have to
go fulltime.

"I'm a fulltime student, though,
and don‘t have time to work
fuinime, too." Rose added that it

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would be difficult for him to get
fulltime status if he had the time.
Hansen agreed.

”To be a fulltime employee here,
you have to work 40 hours a week for
12 weeks; and if they don't want you
to get those hours, you can't get
them,” she said. “Last summer a
woman worked her 40 hours for 11
weeks and they wouldn't give her
any hours the next week. They just
wouldn‘t give her 40 hours.”

“Yeah, they just give you what
they want you to have, and if they
don't want to give you fulltime, you
won‘t get it,” Rose rejoined.

Womenready for change

IWY conferees meant business

By MARIE MITCHELL
Associate Editor

“We are here in America at last to
move history forward. With patience
we will listen. With wisdom we will
decide. With vision and courage we
will seek equality and liberty. And
this time, America. we will not be

   
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
   
 
 
  
 
  
  

denied." .lill Ruckeishaus, counselor
to the President.

Determined, armed with en-
thusiasm and unlimited energy,
delegates from 56 states and
territories at the first International
Women's Year \lWYl conference
successfully pushed history ahead,

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rather than permitting themselves
to be shoved back, proving to the
world that they meant business.
And, as Presiding Officer Bella
Abzug, a lawyer and former New
York congresswoman, had
adamantly insisted, every single
issue in the proposed Plan of Action
was discussed and voted on during
the three-day Houston conference.
Those 20 some issues concerned
areas specifically affecting women.
Congress not only had charged lWY
with the responsibility to identify
barriers to sexual equality in the
United States and make recom-
mendations for removing them, but
also gave them $5 million to carry
through.
While this may seem like a lot of
cash, Vannie Taylor, financial
director of Kentucky’s state IWY
meeting, said that “on a national
basis, that amounts to about five or
10 cents a woman.”
Based on population and per
capita income, each state and
territory received not less than
$25,000 or more than $100,000 for
their respective conferences earlier
in the year. The remaining funds
went toward the climactic meeting
in Houston last weekend.
But the most important result of
the historic event, as Evelyn
Krislov, chair of the Central Ken-
tucky Women‘s Political Caucus,
sees it, is that “we have demon-
strated to, first of all ourselves, our
country and the world, what women
can do, that women care and women

ENTUCKY

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an independent student newspaper

can change the world. And, that if ‘

 

Pros
and cons

For and against—at left. a poster
seems to be stalking an un-
suspecting child. The artwork
was part of anti-ERA efforts to
publicize rejection of the
amendment at a rally in the arena
of the Astro Dome in Houston
Saturday. At right, Gloria
Steinem, one of the women's
movement‘s foremost
spokespersons. joins the fanfare
at the opening of the torch relay.

Both ilansen and Rose attended
the union voting session Sunday
which lasted more than five hours.
Hansen was at the meeting for three
and a half hours, but was not able to
stay for the vote. Rose stayed and
voted against striking.

"I‘d rather not be on strike; I just
want to work," he said. He added
that if the strike lasts very long, he
won’t be able to meet next
semester's tuition payment.

Rose said she would have voted
against the strike for financial
reasons as well. Neither student has
any income now that they are on

   

you will it, failure is impossible.“

Undisputedly, with regard to the
different resolutions passed, these
“women on the move” are ready for
changes, big changes, and soon.

Despite rumors of impending
disruptions, there were not the
expected disturbances from anti-
ERAcrs, pro-family factions or any
of the other militant “con-
sciousness“ objectors.

Some disagreement resulted from
delegates supporting those same
narrow-minded views, but they
remained in the minority and their
grumblings about the alleged
MSconduct by the parlimentarians
were more a rumble than a roar.

Repeatedly, Abzug encouraged
delegates to speak out and "feel free
to disagree." There was no attempt
to silence differing viewpoints. All
comments, which followed correct
parliamentary procedure. were
recognized, and the only clashes
resulting were oral.

All but one of the proposals were
passed, a few with amendments. As
Monday‘s session stretched beyond

strike, but said they will stay off
work as long as the union asked
them to.

“Sure, we resent having to be on
strike," Hansen said, "but we resent
the people in there working even
more."

During one 45 minute period last
night, several dozen shoppers ap
proached the doors of the store,
where the pickets were standing.

"We'd appreciate it if you
wouldn't shop here while we're on
strike," they said to each one that
approached them. Most patrons
simply ignored them and walked in;

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Lexington, Kentucky

its expected adjournment time, the
final proposal, the establishment of
a Cabinet-level Women's Depart
ment, was rejected, but a national
women's commission to carry out
the conference recommendations
was substituted and approved.

While two resolutions passed
unanimously iconcerning financial
credit and welfare). the most con-
troversial, ERA. reproductive
freedom and sexual preference,
launched some heated discussions.

Nevertheless, all were adopted in
their original forms. Since 80 per-
cent of the delegateswere women‘s
rights advocates. the ERA
ratification did not come as a major
surprise. Less unity was expected on
the latter issues.

Under the reproductive freedom
proposal, the delegates voiced
support for the Supreme Court
decision providing for abortions.
opposed legislation banning
Medicaid abortions and demanded
sex education in schools.

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\Nofld

EGYPT WALKED OUT of the General
Assembly hall yesterday as Syria attacked
President Anwar Sadat's weekend visit to lsrael.

“I don't have to listen to these insults,"
Egyptian Ambassador A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
told newsmen after he staged the first Arab
walkout on another Arab speech.

Sadat traveled to Damascus last Thursday in a
vain quest for Syrian President Hafez Assed‘s
support for his journey to Jerusalem two days
later.

Syrian Ambassador Mowaffak Allaf, kicking
off a week-long debate on the Middle East, ac-
cilcd Sadat of "surrendering to the Zionist
butchers" and stabbing the fellow Arabs in the
back" by going to Israel.

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national

Till-2 KROGER (‘0. said yesterday it will close
40 of its 68 stores in Kentucky and southern In-
diana because of a strike by all non-supervisory
store employees.

All stores will be open Wednesday and close
Thursday for Thanksgiving, according to
Charles w. White, vice president for Louisville's
marketing area. Only 28 stores will reopen
Friday, he said.

A meeting has been scheduled Wednesday
between company and union negotiators and the
federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the
company said.

Till-Z GOVERNMENT HAS GOOD NEWS for
Americans, reporting a moderate rise in in-
flation in October and the biggest monthly gain
in workers' buying power since June.

....-...4...-.

Consumer prices increased a moderate .3

percent, the same as for August and September.

Grocery prices rose only slightly for the fourth
consecutive month.

Workers benefitted from an increase of 1.1
percent in the purchasing power of their
paychecks in October, raising the level of their
adjusted real income to a level to percent above
that of a year ago.

state

GATEWOOD GALllltAlTll, president of the
Kentucky Marijuana Feasibilty Study Inc. said
yesterday he has asked the state auditor to
determine the cost of enforcing the an-
timarijuana statutes in Kentucky.

Galbraith said he mailed a letter yesterday to
the auditor's office asking how much money is

spent in investigation, apprehension, detention,
prosecution and probation of marijuana users in
the state.

More than 7,700 arrests for marijuana
possession alone last year cost taxpayers at least
$1.000 each, Galbraith said.

weather

MOSTLY (‘l.0l'DY THROUGH TONIGHT
with a chance of showers. Showers clearing
tomorrow, then slow clearing by afternoon. Lows
tonight in the mid and upper 30s. Highs today and
tomorrow from the upper 405 to the low 50s. Rain
chances are 40 percent today and so percent
tonight.

t'ompiled from Associated Press dispatches

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a few said "I'm sorry"; several
stopped and talked with them, of-
fered words of encouragement, then
left.

“A lot 'of people are sorry,”
Hansen said, “but not sorry enough
to help us out."

“it kind of bothers you to see other
students walk right on by you and go
in, especially when they‘re people
you know, people who are in your
classes,“ Rose said.

Hansen said, “I guess a lot of them
must never have to worry about
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It wasn't easy being a pcon
among all the "high and mighty“
at the iiouston convention, but
maybe it was a case of being
lucky and in the right place at the
right time.

How many reporters can boast
of losing $1.35 in a nickel poker
game with a lieutenant governor?
Thelma Stovall is not only a
fighter for women‘s rights, but
one helluva poker player, too.

‘ Stovall discussed the
significance of the Internatonal
Women's Year conference as this
reporter cringed over a series of
near—missed straights, possible
flushes and pairs that never
exceeded the number eight.

The welfare resolution, which
was passed unanimously and
called for legislation that would
guarantee poverty level families
1 an annual income of at least half
‘the median in their state, par-

‘ ticularly pleased Stovall.

‘ “I almost cried when it passed.

3 So many women voted for it and

3others who didn‘t agree voted

;bccause it was for the good of

‘ all."

' Even so, the main issue con-

‘ cerning women‘s rights in

Stovall's eyes is making sure the

, ERA is ratified in the three
remaining states. “1 hope the

3 anti-ERA people in Kentucky

‘ take a good look at the people on

the stage and involved in the

delegations from states, and then

stake another look at the ERA

} issue,“ she said as she calmly laid

1 down thrce-of—a-kind.

“This stuff about women being I

, drafted makes me so mad," she ,
said. “Women don't have to be ‘

drafted, they just go and fight.

. History shows that women have. i

1 always been in combat. ‘

“I just hope the lesbian .
question doesn‘t cost us the .
ERA," Stovall said. “You can bet 1
your boots, Phyllis Schlafly will i
send out more newsletters backed 1
by the Ku Klux Klan and the John 5
Birchcrs.“

0n the abortion resolution.
Stovall said, “There will be some
fusses and fights, but it goes right .
' back to the freedom of choice. No -
one can talk me into an abortion, 1
but I will not deny that right of
choice and i don't think it is fair to ‘
a poor person to be denied, and i
the rich to be able to have i
abortion.“ ‘

The cards are dealt. it‘s looking :
good for this reporter-one more 3
card -—it's a straight and the bet is ,
raised. l

Without blinking an eye, Stovall .
called the bet and said, "l'm ,
afraid the government won‘t .
appropriate more money for ‘
future women‘s conventions .
because they have seen women
come together and get something
' done. They‘re frightened now,"

And this reporter is out of the
game; a royal flush beats a
straight any day.

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Reunited via oil

NEW YORK— Ilave stared at the
face on television. I wonder if he
remembers me. Dave said to
himself. He swallowed his drink and
held out his glass for another. He
drank the next one quickly. Of
course he remembers me. Dave told
himself. He was just finishing the
drink when he pointed at the
television and announced, "There is
one of the oldest friends I have in the
whole world."

A man at the next table looked up.
“How do you know him?"

“We went to high school together
in Connecticut," Dave said.

"You were in the same class?" the

to the side of the senators or
congressmen who will be putting the
energy bill together.

The oil industry‘s idea is to make
the voice of special interest seem
like the true expression of the
country. It is important to the future
of America. the oilmen say, for
people in New York to be supplied
with unregulated oil that will cost
three times what it did last winter.

And now, on this Sunday at a Tulsa
(‘ountry t‘lub, Dave shook his head
in admiration of himself. “That
Ludlow," he was saying, “I
remember when they used to double
team me. I was a big kid and a little

 

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man at the next table said.

“Same class'.’ Hell, we played on
the same football team together,"
have said.

The man at the next table stood
up. "Let me come over and visit
with you about this." he said.

Dave kept looking at the
television. The best friend he ever
had in the whole world. Rep.
Thomas Ludlow Ashley of Ohio was
just finishing an appearance on one
of the Sunday morning political
shows from Washington Ashley, the
announcer reminded, was the
chairman of the House Special
Committee on Energy.

When the waiter brought the next
drink. Dave grabbed it happily.
"Good old Lud Ashley,“ he said.
holding the glass high.

Dave was in the grill room of thr
Southern Hill Country Club in Tulsa,
Okla. Tulsa is Dave‘s home. He is in
the business of selling a special mud
used by people drilling for oil wells.

The man who came over from the
next table to join him was a
heavyweight from one of the oil
companies Dave supplies.

The interest in Lud Ashley could
be considered basic: He is one of the
major figures in the round of con-
ferences being held in Washington
and will produce the country's new
energy bill.

The hope in a such a place such as
New York is for a bill that will keep
the price down so that you can pay a
fuel bill at the end of the month
without gonng broke. But throughout
their careers in the oil business,
Dave and his big company man have
had one particular love: The idea of
no price controls and a freezing
winter. In the southwestern oil
ballads. they sing ballads about cold
children.

The company heavyweight
slapped Dave on the shoulder.

"You're going to be important to
us." he said. Throughout the oil
industry at this time. men search for
a common thread that will lead them

hard for just one blocker to handle,
you know, well, whenever they'd try
to double team me, Lud Ashley once
in a while would sneak up to help me
out. I never forgot him for it."

“If there‘s one thing I truly admire,
it‘s lifelong friendships,’ the oil
company man said. “Let's drink to
that. We got a lot of things to do
together."

Last week, Dave and the oil
company man swooped into
Washington on a private jet. A sense
of power ran through Dave. “This is
one vote we‘re going to get," he told
the oil company man. 0n Capitol
Hill, in Room 4146 of the Rayburn
Building, Dave gave his name to the
receptionist. He poked the oil
company man. “Wait‘ll you see old
Lud‘s face when he sees me.”

In the inner office, Lud Ashley sat
at his desk and stared at the name.
“He says he‘s an old high school
friend?"

"A close friend." the receptionist
said.

“Send him in." Ashley said.
“Maybe I’ll recall the name when I
see his face.“

When Dave from Tulsa came into
the office. he let out a yell. “Hi,
buddy! Remember those tough
Saturdays?"

Now the name and face came
together in Lud‘s mind. He won-
dered how he would ever could have
forgotten Dave. Everybody used to
call him "Dave the Dog.‘ As he sat at
his desk, Lud could see the Dog on
the high school field. A play would
come at Dave and Dave would react
instantly. First. he would step back-
ward. As the play came closer, Dave
would hesitate. He would then fall
down like a traffic victim. The
moment the play was past him,
Dave would jump up and clap his
hands and call for greater effort the
next time.

“Gee, it‘s good to see you again,"
Dave said.

Ashley had not heard from Dave
for the last 39 years. He is. Lud told

himself, no better at this game than j

he was at football. Lud steered the
conversation from old football
games in Connecicut to the present.
At this point, the oil company man
took over from Dave.

“You know," the oil company man
said, “we just happen to be in-
terested in this energy bil.”

“Really?" Lud said. “That‘s in-
teresting."

The oil company man said that
unless his company had
deregulation of prices on all
newfound supplies, and certainly on
old supplies, there would be no way
for the company to go on drilling
more holes. Pretty soon, he said, this
great country America would have
nobody searching for new oil and
gas. In 10 years, there would be
Arabs in the White House.

Ashley asked the man if there was
any drilling going on now. Of course,
the oil company said. But he said the
cost of living was overtaking the

industry. Ashley said that the in- :

dustry prices have risen 600 per cent
in the last five years, which would
appear to keep them a bit ahead of
the cost of living.

The oil company said that the
price of drilling equipment was so
high that the industry needed
deregulation to keep pace. Ashley
pointed out that every available
domestic rig in the country now was
being used to search for oil and gas
prices would be regulated. Nobody,
he said, seemed to want to stop
drilling. The oil company man
pouted.

Now Ashley sat in silence and
watched as Dave tried to pull
himself together for what was ob-
viously his move. It now was time
for Dave to ask his dear friend why
he remained a congressman when
he could be a king in a castle.

The least he could do, as long as he
came in from Tulsa, 39 years later,
was to allude to money that you need
a ladder to count. Dave shifted in his
chair and leaned forward. He took a
deep breath. And then, just as he did
in high school, he collapsed.

“We ought to get together with our
wives," he said weakly.

Still the same guy he was 39 years
ago, Lud said to himself.

This week in Washington, when
the conference of the House and
Senate starts to put together the new
energy bill, big businessmen from
all over the country will pack the
place in the hopes that the great
flight, to defeat the public, will be
won again.

“Anybody who's been promised
something will be down here,"
Ashley was saying yesterday.
“Except tht guy I had to play
football with.”

[cl 1977 by JIMMY BRESIJN.
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Relative transcripts need
study; but they are voluntary

‘ It’s not very often that the right proposal comes
j along at the right time. One of those rare coin-
cidences has happened at UK, as a University
i Senate committee is now studying the use of
1 “relative transcripts” for Arts & Sciences
j (A&S).

‘ The relative transcript is a concept whose time
§ has come. By reflecting a student’s abilities
‘ compared with other classmates, the transcripts

can solve several problems associated with

, grading practices.
, If implemented here, A&S students could
j receive this extra information with their grades:
i «The number of students in the course.
, —The percentage of students who got the same
. or better grade than the student in question.
. «The average grade in the course.
wThe average grade point average of students in
the course.

Because of severe grade inflation, a good
quality point average means little without

‘ knowing how difficut a course was. If everyone
gets A‘s and B‘s, (while college entrance exam
scores are declining), the grade no longer means

much.

The simplest and fairest way of showing
ability in class is to compare students’ per-
formances. Relative transcripts would show
this, without, endangering the privacy of an in-
dividual's records.

, For people who need additional proof of
‘ receiving a thorough education (for jobs or
graduate school), relative transcripts can be a
great help. The difficulty of a course will be

 

evident, and the A, B or C recorded will carry
more weight. '

But the most important element about the
proposal is that the additional information is
strictly voluntary.

Some have criticized such transcripts for
making education too competitive. Half of the
student body takes on the stigma of being in
ferior, and the practice can discourage taking
new or innovative courses. Instructors feel
pressure to give lower grades, it is argued.

If the technique were compulsory, signing up
for classes could become a strategy of checking
out the opposition, and sticking with familiar
areas where one knows what to expect.

Relative transcripts can help solve a lot of
problems in university education. Grade in-
flation, once exposed on the report card, will be
meaningless. Relative transcripts will equalize
the inconsistent grading between different
professors, often teaching the same course.

If the proposal is approved, there will no
longer be so much pressure to schedule easy
courses and lenient professors. Difficult classes
won’t be as intimidating now that grades will
reflect performance more accurately.

The proposal now under consideration by the
A&S committee should be approved through the
University Senate and tested. After any
alterations or changes have been made, relative
transcripts should be offered to the entire student
body. For those who are interested, a true
measure of their scholastic abiliity should be
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Rah—rah just this once

Elitist’s random notes

Hy HARRY H. MILLER III

Here we go again with a few
random commentaries about the
world around us. It certainly is a
funny place to be.

I personally hate rahtahs. I hate
to be a rah-rah. A rahrah is one who
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vocabulary generally consists of two
words, “ball“ and “win." Nasty
little fellas to be around.

But for the next few months, I will
be one of those despicable little
characters. Why? Because I can
now hear the echo of the ever
roundhall (ballwin). Visions of blue
and white streaks flying up and
down the court (ball-win). And (best
of all) the vibrations of the home
goal after James Lee has shown you
can‘t chain James.

Sorry folks. i cannot contain
myself. i cannot wait. Football
season is over. UK did well. That‘s
fine, But basketball season is
another story. i, as do many Ken-
tuckians, live and die by Kentucky
basketball (ballwin). Last year‘s
loss to North Carolina brought on my
very own manic depression.

The season starts this week. I had
the opportunity to watch one of UK‘s
practices. Things look great. I‘m
finding it harder and harder to
contain my excitement.

I don‘t want to be a rah-rah. So I
will succumb only one time in print.
This will be my only written fling
into rah-rahism.

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So- (i() KENTUCKY (ball-

winnnnnn ).

On less serious events, Hustler
publisher Larry Flynt announced
that he has become a born again
Christian. His converter
(catalytic?) was Ruth Carter
Stapleton, sister of the President.
r‘lynt plans to stay in the publishing
business. Perhaps he could retitle
his magazine from Hustler to
llustled.

Woody Hayes is the head coach of
the Ohio State football team. What a
nice guy. During Saturday's game
against Michigan, Woody was
disappointed with his team's per-
formance. The Buckeye‘s quar-
terback fumbled the ball away.
Woody got mad, so he punched ABC
camerman Mike Freedman.

Was Woody sorry afterwards? "I
make no apologies," he was quoted
as saying on his weekly television
show.

What a nice guy. What a fine

example he sets for the young men
he coaches.

The union employes who work for
Kroger have gone on strike. Anyone
who has ever shopped at the Euclid
Avenue Kroger will likely wonder,
as I do, whether there will be any
significant change in service during
the strike. lt's doubtful.

Certain Palestenians have vowed
that the "blood of the traitor must be

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shed," referring to Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat and his trip
to lsreal. They are evidently from
the same school of nice guys as
Woody Hayes. I wonder if they'd be
interested in college athletics?

Does Bruce Jenner really eat
Wheaties? Would it really make any
difference if he didn’t?

A number of students likely went
to the Student Center cinema this
past weekend to see Marathon Man.
Unfortunately someone working for
the center had managed to mail the
film off to some other place before
the students had a chance to see it.
Oh well, tough luck, guys and gals.

A strange sort of Beatles revival
has begun. This week, NBC will have
two specials, flow The Beatles
(hanged The World and The Beatles
Forever. Plus a film is being put
together (hopefully not by Ken
Russell) entitled something like Sgt.
Pepper‘s. it stars such notable rock
‘n rollers as Alice Cooper and Peter
Frampton. What is curious about
this Beatles revival is the con-
spicuous absence of any former
Beatle. The various media events
won‘t hestitate to obliterate the
music, yet they don‘t seem to want
the involvement of the four people
responsible for the music.

What a funny little world.

Ilarry It. Miller III will glve a eulogy
for the SMU basketball team Son-
day. ills column appears every
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Hixson: unrattled by personalities, side issues

By Jl'l)lTH EGER’I‘ON
(‘opy Editor

In the midst of the mass
confusion at the Hyatt
Regency in Houston, Dr. Allie
llixson was determined not to
be bogged down by per-
sonalities and side issues.

Breakfast in the coffee shop
with Hixson consisted of
cereal, coffee, down-home
stories and hard-hitting
politics.

Unrattled by the apparent
ineptness of the Hyatt staff,

Tricks treated

Hixson spoke rapidly «there
is no time to waste, according
to her, in the pursuit of
women‘s rights.

“I said this before and I‘ll
say it again. One of the best-
kept secrets in this country is
that women are and always

have been second~class
citizens," Hixson said emr
phatically.

Challenged in 1975 by her
lawyer daughter to save the
Equal Rights Amendment in
Kentucky from rescision.
Ilixson has, in two years,

become a nationally
recognized spokesperson of
women‘s concerns.

She was elected chair of the
Kentucky delegation at the
national convention and was
honored to be named as vice
chair for the final plenary
session of the conference.

The waitress remembered
the cream for the cereal and
Hixson, without pausing,
continued talking excitedly
about the conference. She
referred to the statement
l’hyllis Schlafly, the Indiana

COYOTE Opts for legality

By MARIE MITCHELL
Associate Editor

While most sex
discrimination barriers were
discussed and voted upon at
last weekend‘s International
Women’s Year (IWY) con
ference in Houston, one
women’s issue which was not
included in the lWY‘s Plan of
Action was prostitution.

Supporters of that issue,
labeling themselves as “a
loose woman‘s organization"
called Coyote tCaIl Off Your
Old Tired Ethics), were
represented at the con-
ference.

The supporters‘ major
objective was the
dccriminalization of
prostitution. and to have

problems of those "ladies of
the evening” recognized.

Although failing to be in-
cluded in the resolutions, the
Coyote group nevertheless
stirred up some support
among observers. By
decriminalizing prostitution,
said Susan Ilall, a married,
non-practicing prostitute, “it
would take a good deal of
crime off the streets."

She said, “If it were han-
dled much like liquor, the tax
dollars gleaned from its
regulation would be
beneficial. And there would
be greater safety in the
regulation itself.”

Siding with his wife. native
Texan T.R. Hall pointed out
the one-sided law en-
forcement, which penalizes

the solicitor, but not the man
buying the prostitute‘s
favors.

“It takes two," he said.
“Like any other servrce
business, you can’t have a
business without consumers.
While the woman faces jail or
fines if picked up by police,
the only penalty the man
suffers is the loss of his
money.“

“Economies force many
women onto the streets." said
sociologist Marilyn Neckcs,
while arrests keep them
there. Once a prostitute has a
criminal record, her job
options are limited. “She
can‘t even work in a

legitimate massage parlor,“

Neckes said.

Student Senate supports
ERA, lower drinking age

In a meeting Monday in
which a number of bills were
enacted, Student Government
decided on issues and funding
for the lobbying campaign it
will conduct at the upcoming
session of, Kentucky’s
General Assembly.

All of the lobbying issues
suggested by the Political
Affairs Committee, were
approved by the senate.
Included among them are:
—student representation on
the state Council on Higher
Education;

-~—-lowering of the drinking
age to 18 (for six percent beer
only);

Women

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Said one California ob
server who favored the ac-
tion. “You can’t guarantee
the rights of an unborn child if
you don‘t apply those rights to
someone already living.”

Another Californian
thought that the resolution
would not promote
promiscuity because “you
can't put off pregnancy as
being casual. it’s a major
decision for someone to
decide to have an abortion,
and that cannot be done
casually."

Amidst banners waving in
favor of sexual preference.
author Betty Freidan,
modern day mother of the
women‘s movement who has
been most vocal about the
ERA, spoke out in favor of the
proposal. “It has been the
most disrupting and dividing
issue in the movement and
has been seized by right wing
groups and often confused
with the ERA," she said.

“They are two separate
issues, but we are for civil
rights for homosexuals like
we would be for any other
minority.“

Reactions from lesbians
well-represented at the
session was basically a
feeling of being “over-
whelmed" by the nearly 90
percent that voted in favor.
Comments included “the
support is just incredible;"
“a major step forward,” and
“I‘m not at all surprised
because this group is so
together.“

The only unfinished
business left untouched was
establishing a timetable for
implementing the approved
women‘s rights goals. Rather
than leave this unresolved.
Ahzug said the National

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«passage of the Equal Rights
Amendment (should there be
attempts to rescind Ken-
tucky’s ratification of ERA);

——approval of Medicaid
funding for abortions for low-
income women;
—defeat of a proposal
requiring medical school
graduates from UK and U of
L to practice in Kentucky for
a specified period of time.
In passing six other bills,
SG voted to:

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