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Spring break '74
ring break '74

In two weeks, UK students will embark on that annual
exodus known as Spring Break. School books are thrown
aside, classes forgotten. Thoughts of sand, sun and other
distractions flood the brain.

Whether it be Lauderdale, New Orleans or Atlanta to the
south, Chicago or New York to the north, students will be
hitting the road.

What’s waiting? Read today’s Special Spring issue for all
the pertinent info.

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Vol. LXV No. 123
Monday, March 4, 1974

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FRUSTRATED SCIENTISTS are urging
the Nixon Administration to release a long-
suppressed report that recommends a
substantial increase in financial support
for heart research and education at each of
the nation’s medical schools, according to
a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher
Education.

The report was prepared by a special
advisory panel on heart disease in 1972. It
never emerged fropm the White House
supposedly because its liberal spending
recommendations are not in accord with
the Aministration’s desire to keep federal
spending in check.

Headed by John S. Millis, Chancellor
emeritus of Case Western Reserve
University. the panel, interviewed
scientists, hospital administrators and
others connected with heart disease. It
concluded that more research was needed
“to determine why heart disease is so
prevalent and so menacing, and what can
be done about it."

Scientists
await
financial

report

THE REPORT recommended a coor-
dinated attck on heart disease through
research, education, communication and
delivery of health services.

Continued on page 4

By TERESA ZIMMERER

Kernel Staff Writer

. PARIS — A packed Turkish jetliner
exploded and slammed into a wooded slope
north of Paris Sunday, spewing debris and
bodies for miles French authorities said
all 346 aboard were killed, making it the
worst civil air disaster in history.

“it exploded with a great roar," said a
witness.

The trijet DClo had taken off only five
minutes earlier from Paris‘ Orly Airport
after a stop on its flight from Istanbul to
London when it crashed into the forest
under sunny skies, rescue officials said.

a JERUSALEM — Premier Golda Meir
announced on Sunday she was resigning as
head of the Israeli government.

The 75-year-old leader made the stun-
ning announcement at a closed meeting of
her Labor party executive. or governing
council. Transport Minister Shimon Peres
said. Then she walked out of the meeting.

Mrs. Meir told the party leadership she
would not be premier of Israel's next
cabinet, evidently because she was th-

News In Brief

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—
. Jetliner crashes
eMeir resigns
OReport delivered

0 Heath resignation?
0 Slow down!

eToday's weather...

Mother nature '5 son?

This Industrtous student took advantage of the warm weather and sunny skies
Sunday todo some outdoor typing. (Kernel staff photo by Phil Shewmaker.)

warted in the efforts she has been making
for the past two months to put together a
broad coalition government.

0 WASHINGTON — Two subjects of the
sealed grand jury report on President
Nixon involve discussion of executive
clemency and the raising of hush money,
sources indicated Sunday.

The 50-page report was handed to US.
District Judge John J. Sirica Friday by a
grand jury that also indicated seven
former Nixon aides and campaign officials
for allegedly trying to block the in-
vestigation of the Watergate break-in.

0 LONDON — Prime Minister Edward
iieath is likely to resign by Wednesday
unless he can form a government with help
from smaller political parties. sources
close to his Conservative administration
said Sunday.

His chances of clinging to office ap-
peared slim as the British press, striking
coal miners and other trade unions began
a “Heath Must Go" campaign.

Four out of the seven British national
newspapers said in Sunday editorials that
Heath should quit.

a NEW YORK —- Slow down! Federal
legislation requiring a nationwide 55-mile-
per—hour speed limit takes effect today. All
47 states responding to an Associated
Press survey had moved to lower the
speed limit by Sunday—some just under
the deadline. The new law applies equally
to all vehicles—cars, trucks and buses—
and is applicable 24 hours a day.

...thundcrstorms?

Unseasonably warm temperatures will
be accompanied today by a 60 per cent
chance of thunderstorms. The high today
should be in the low 705 and the low tonight
should be in the low 50s. By Tuesday, the
thunderstorms should be changing to
showers and the high should be somewhere
in the 60s

 

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Steve Swift, Editor-in-Chief

* It takes two to tenant

Kentucky’s 1974 landlord-tenant act received a
substantial boost Wednesday when it cleared the
house 70-19. The bill will require additional respon-
sibilities from both landlords and tenants but will
offer protection for tenants with careless landlords.

Verbal opposition came from only one legislator
who claimed the measure was an infringement upon
“the American way—the free enterprise system.”
Actually, the bill isn’t as strong as many tenants had
hoped. It can, however, accomplish much if both
parties fulfill responsibilities.

The major thrust of the legislation is aimed at
maintaining the quality of housing by following
specific guidelines established therein. Perhaps the
stongest wording in the bill requires landlords to
make repairs, within a 14 day period, on property
dangerous to the health and safety of the tenants. If a
landlord fails to make necessary repairs the tenant
may have them done then subtract the cost from the
next month’s rent.

Other strong points of the bill include:

—Prohibiting landlord entrance into a dwelling
without two days prior notice except in the case of an
emergency.

-—Allowing landlords to collect securitydeposits but
requiring the money to be placed in a bank. The
tenant is allowed access to the name of the bank and
the account number.

—Authorizing landlords to keep deposits of tenants
who leave dwellings after failing to pay the last
month’s rent.

HB 125 won’t solve all problems encountered bet-
ween landlords and tenants but it does provide a
starting point from which better relations may begin.
If it becomes law, tenants and their landlords must
work together for maximum results.

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Letters to the Kernel

Repression an the campus

Repression, or the threat of it,
has recently manifested iself on
the UK campus. Students are
going to learn (as many others
already havelthat their con-
stitutional rights in this decade
have become somewhat
irrelevant. The film “Best of the
New York Film Festival” might
possibly not be shown on campus
because it allegedly contains
sights and sounds which are
“obscene" and not fit for the eyes
and ears of innocent youth. And
who is going to protect us from
such evils? Why, our local law
enforcement officials, naturally,
— because as everyone kows,
public officials, by virtue of their
inherent goodness and im-
peccable knowledge of what's
right and proper for students to
see, hear, read and think, have

been entrusted with the sacred
responsibility of upholding
community morals (whatever
they may be) even if in the
process of protecting us the Bill
of Rights must necessarily be
discarded.

if students are willing to accept
that kind of paternalism, if they
are going to continue to conceive
of themselves as helpless,
dependent creatures for whom
the rights embodied in the First
Amendment do not apply, then
they should not feel too grieved if
someday they become a victim of
an injustice of one kind or
another.

But if students do not have that
conception of themselves — if
they feel that they are mature,
intelligent, and independent
beings and that no one, no

policeman, no FBI agent, no
university official or faculty
member — regardless of im-
portance or prestige, has the
right to dictate to them, or
anyone else, which of the first 10
amendments to the Constitution
they will be permitted to enjoy,
then students ought to actively
resist any attempt to do so.
James Nall
Sociology-grad student

Thanks

Thanks for the article Greeks:
“mindless group creatures" by
Beverly Jane Stewart. This was
one of the best pieces of satire
I've seen in the Kernel in quite
some time.

David Daniell
Business-junior

Shield law: perils, dilemmasapparent

 

By EDWARD MEZVINSKY

THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON—The proposal for a
shield law to protect news reporters
from forced disclosure of confidential
sources by courts and grand juries is
a tempting one for elected politicians.
We all want to earn the gratitude of
the men and women who report our
activities.

But as Congress goes deeper into the
thicket of so-called newsmen’s privi-
lege legislation, its perils and dilemmas
become apparent.

Specifically, Congress has been
asked by the press to protect its free-
dom from the obvious constraints im-
posed by the subpoenaing of confiden-
tial information. In essence, however,
Congress is being asked to decide how
free the free press should be.

The dangers of this are clear, and it
is disturbing that the press—the pow-
erful Fourth Estate—has offered its
destiny to Congress in this way. Cer-
tainly, there have been disappointing
court decisions, such as the Caldwell
case. But instead of running for cover
behind a shield of questionable and
variable strength, I think the press
should follow the advice of Judge
Harold Medina and “fight like tigers"
in the courts until the right of confi~
dentiality of sources is recognized

Recent court decisions have been en-
couraging—at least as many in favor
of reporters as against them.

Of course this does not alleviate
the legitimate concern of those who
are going to jail rather than reveal
confidential sources. But before Con-
gress acts, it must measure the extent
of the threat that now exists and the
threats a shield law would pose.

An absolute privilege law would
certainly provide the strongest pro-
tection for the press, but like all the
proposals, would set the dangerous
precedent of legislating within the
realm of the First Amendment.

Such an unqualified shield law, giv-
ing all who report absolute exemption
from disclosing any source, is highly
suspect to lawyers and, I think, would
be unacceptable to the people general-

ly once all its implications are under-
stood. With this in mind, Congress
must consider qualified privilege legis-
lation, knowing that any limitations on
the privilege would open the door to
dangers inherent in any formal effort
to restrict the First Amendment.

The first hazard in writing a quali-
fied shield law is in the necessity to
define the journalist. It is part of the
definition of a free press that there
are no standards for its practitioners.
Anyone can play. The only price is the
courage to put your money where your

mouth is, to be as willing and able to
take it as to dish it out.

Unquestionably, there are efforts by
members of the current Administration,
as well as by officials at other levels
of government, to restrict and intimi-
date the press. But much of the pres-
ent problem of the press lies in the un-
certainty these days about the joy of
taking it and the necessity of dishing
it out.

As long as there are officials who
criticize and threaten the press, as
there always will be, we must have a
press that can take criticism and thrive
on threats.

The history of American journalism
suggests that any newspaper which is
not most of the time being threatened,
harassed and at least verbally as-
saulted by government, simply isn’t
doing its job.

I personally have not only a great
appreciation for the freedom of the
press in this country, but also a
healthy respect for the power of the
press. I believe both would be im-
paired if Congress takes the unprece-
dented step of intrusion on the First
Amendment suggested by proposed
shield laws.

At most, Congress should consider
a resolution reaffirming the First
Amendment.

Such a resolution should be directed
as much at the press as at the Admin-

istration and the judiciary. It should
go beyond reaffirming the belief that
the press must be free to go about its
duty of gathering information unfet-
tered by Govemment interference. We
must call on the press to judiciously
exercise the responsibilities that afford
it its freedom. All of us, including the
critics of the press and those who
would shackle it with subpoenas, are
entitled to assurances that reporters
are engaged in careful and professional
activity and not in something frivolous
or personal.

The nation’s need is not so much for
protection of the press as for perform-
ance from it—for more courage, more
skill, a stronger commitment to stand-
ards of accuracy and fairness which
will deny its critics their excuses for
intimidation.

I believe the chief service Congress
can perform for the press is not to
legislate protection, but to pursue its
attack on administrative secrecy, on
the abuse of the executive privilege
and document classification, and on
the high level to which the art of ly-
ing has been elevated in this govern-
ment.

 

Edward Mezvinshy is a
Democratic Congressman from
Iowa.

 

  

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SSSSSStreakin9!!

UK: best of the baresf

By JACK KOENEMAN

The perfect campus sport is elusive. The
more research one does, the more difficult
it is to find a single sport in which everyone
can participate.

Some of the “moldy oldies” rule out
certain people. For instance, “goldfish
swallowing" rules out all of those with
weak stomachs and those who are
vegetarians, although the local pet shop
owners would be all for the idea. ”Phone
booth stuffing”, would eliminate all people
with claustrophobia and those who are
overweight. Besides, General Telephone
booths are notoriously uncomfortable. We
could try having campus demonstrations
again, but there doesn‘t seem to be many
stray wars to get involved in. All this
elimination leads to one sport. America’s
newest, s-t~r-e-a—k-i-n-g.

STREAKING, 0R flashing in the
singular sense, involves running (healthy)
to some object that is somewhere close to
you (non-tiring), in the nude (fun). What
more could anyone want?

Streaking is for man, woman, black or
white, and it can be participated in
regardless of social or class standing.

With our new intramural and varsity
streaking teams we could easily top the
world record of 138 students, 400 yards set
at Western Carolina University. President
Singletary might even open the season
with the first streak, just like presidents
throw out the opening ball at baseball
season.

WITH NEW RECORDS being set daily
at campuses smaller than ours, UK with

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its size, could sweep in and take over the
title of “Streak Capital of the World”.

Think of the monetary gains for the
athletic department, from the endorsing of
Official UK Streaking Equipment, what-
ever tha. .s, to the money that- will surely
be brought in from the huge gate receipts
and fees for the University of Kentucky
Invitational Streaking Tournament
(UKSIT).

Lexington merchants would be able
to smell all the money, when Common-
wealth Stadium opened for the UKSIT.

Controversy about several things might
even be cut short. For instance, who would
go to see “The Best of the New York Erotic
Film Festival" when outside, 200 streak-
ers are trucking down Limestone. Wo-
men’s Libbers couldn’t complain about not
being treated equally. When you’re nude,
everyone has the same number of pockets.
Finally, dorm visitation could be abolished
under the principle of : if you can trust
them to streak, you can trust them in the
privacy of their own rooms.

THE HEIGHT OF the sport on campus
would come when UK streakers would use
the classy lines that follow as reported in
the Sunday Courier—Journal: “....the group
of six naked Stanford gentlemen who, the
story goes, were carrying golf clubs when
they encountered a fellow student and his
date."

“May we play through? they politely
asked before streaking on.”

What class. What a sport.

 

Jack Koeneman is a journalism
freshman.

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Adam and Eve" by Lucas Cranach/The Bettmann Archive

Japanese, Russian fleets a whale of a problem

By STEVE MAYES

Old-time New Englanders called it a
Nantucket Sleighride. Japan and Russia
call it a necessity. Every other major
nation calls it a greedy slaughter.

I‘m talking about the killing of whales.
Already, five species have been driven to
the point of extinction. The Fin and Minke
whale are sure to follow unless in-
ternational opinion forces Japan and
Russia to halt their blindless technological
stupidity.

RECOGNIZING the threat of imminent
extinction (the total whale population has
dropped from 4.4 million to less than
200,000). the US. Senate and House of
Representatives voted unanimously in
1972 on a resolution for a 10 year
moratorium on commercial whaling. This
would allow whale herds time to
regenerate.

Other international action. quickly
followed. The U .S. delegation to the United
Nations Stockholm Environmental Con-
ference introduced an identical resolution
and it passed 53-0. At Geneva in 1973 the
moratorium was unanimously approved
with only Japan making a reservation. The
moratorium has become the official
position of the United Nations.

And in June 1973 the International
Whaling Commission (IWC) voted 8-5 in
approval of the 10 year abstention. Un-
fortunately the vote fell three short of a
three-fourths majority. But after all this
Japan sent a Diplomatic Note to each

nation informing them that it would not
observe the decisions by the IWC which it

opposed.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS im-
mediately charged the Japanese govern-
ment of “bowing to the blind greed of the
major Japanese whaling companies.
Japan has pursued a policy of
unrestrained rapacity not only toward
whales but toward dolphins, porpoises.
endangered sea turtles and other marine
creatures . . in contemptuous disregard for
international opinion."

Citing Japan‘s refusal, Russia an-
nounced it would disregard quotas for
Minke whales. Environmentalists charged
that the Russian behavior was “more
greedy, imperialistic, and exploitive than
that of any capitalist nation, with the
exception of Japan."

And here‘s the real clinchers: Japan
claims it needs the whale meat to feed its
people; however, whale meat provides
less than one per cent of their total protein
intake. The Russians get even more
apologetic. The majority of their whale
meat is used to feed minks and sables on
fur farms.

USING ANY FORM of rational thought
you would think that the Japanese and
Russians would agree to the moratorium
because if the present killing rate con-
tinues they will soon be out of business.
Many economists and scientists have
concluded that the Japanese whaling in-

dustry is timing its operations so that they

can bring all species of whales to com-

mercial extinction at the same time that

their factory ships become .too old to“

operate economically, within five to 10
years.

What is a modern-day whaling operation
like? Dr. Harry Lillie, a ship’s surgeon,
witnessed it first hand: “The presentsday
hunting harpoon is a horrible 150 pound
weapon carrying an explosive head which
bursts generally in the whale‘s intestines,
and the sight of one of these creatures
pouring blood and gasping along on the
surface, towing a 400 ton catching vessel
by a heavy harpoon rope, is pitiful. So
often an hour or more of torture is inflicted
before the agony ends in death. I have
experienced a case of five hours and nine
harpoons needed to kill one mother blue
whale.

“If we could imagine a horse having two
or three explosive spears driven into it,
and then made to drag a heavy butcher’s
truck while blood poured over the roadway
until the animal collapsed an hour or more
later, we should have some idea of what a
whale goes through."

IT‘S REALLY AMAZING how civilized
man can be. I suppose this is just one of the
ways he has evolved of bludgeoning nature
into submission, even when it works
against his own interests. But it must be
remembered that the killing is being done
by two capitalist nations (Russia is
capitalist for all practical puposes) whose

only goal has been short-term profits
since WWII”

How to stop the slaughter? En-
vironmental groups have called for a
boycott of all Japanese and Russian
products. Russian goods include fish
products and fur clothing. Japanese goods
are more readily recognized: Sony,
Hitachi, PanasOnic, Mitsubishi, Sanyo
(TV, electrical appliances, etc), Datsun
and Toyota automobiles, Canon and Nikon
cameras, Seiko watches, Shiseido
cosmetics, Geisha tuna, clams, mandarin
oranges, S and W smoked oysters, Kame
Rice Crunch Wafers, Bonavita smoked
baby clams, Kirin beer, and Japan Air
Lines.

The most important thing you can do is
write the Russian and Japanese am-
bassadors and tell them you are boycotting
their products until they accept the 10 year
moratorium.

The addresses are:

HIS EXCELLENCY Takeso Shimoda,
Ambassador of Japan, Washington, DC,
20036.

His Excellency Anatoliy F. Dobrynin,
Ambassador of the USSR, 1125 16th
Street, Washington. DC, 20036.

The whales thank you friends.

 

Steve Mayes is an education
sophomore and a member of the
Environmental Action Society.

 

      
 
  
     
    
          
    
  
   
    
     

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House approves
confidentiality bill

By RON MITCHELL
Kernel Staff Writer

FRANKFURT — The house of
representatives overwhelmingly
passed Friday the student
records confidentiality bill in a
71-9 vote.

Rep. Terry Mann (D-Newport),
sponsor of the bill, said HB 108
would give students “basic rights
which have not been given to
them."

The bill was amended to
permit any student’s parents
access to grades and other
academic records, regardless of
the student‘s age.

THE ORIGINAL bill said
parents of students over 18 would
not be given access to the
records. The amendment was
unanimously approved by the
education committee.

HB 408 strenghtens present
confidentiality laws by tightening
the regulations for access. Only
university administrators in-
volved in the student's academic
progress and parents will be
permitted access.

Under the present law, the
records can be given to almost
anyone requesting them, in-
cluding any local, state or federal
law enforcement agency.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT
administrators David Mucci and
Mike Wilson drafted the bill. it
has been the subject of a strong
lobbying effort by several UK
students with the Kentucky
Student Lobby.

HB 408 now goes to the senate
for a vote. The senate killed a
similar bill on the last day of the
1972 legislature.

Heart researchers
lack funding

Continued from page i

“We believe research in the
cardiological field should be
more vigorously supported," said
Dr. Borys Surawicz, professor of
medicine and director of the
cardiovascular division of the
department of medicine at UK.
More support of basic research is
needed to acquire dividents from
direct research, he said.

Surawicz is a member of the
Board of Trustees of the
American College of Cardiology.
The College was involved with
the panel investigation in 1972.

THERE IS A “great concern to
us (at UK) over loss of funds for
research and training,” Surawicz
said. Those involved in car-
diovascular research bombarded
congressmen with mail in favor
of release of the report. They all
replied “sympathetically," but
no action followed.

Surawicz said federal money
for research has “increased
slightly,“ but not in step with
inflation. Government research
dollars must be spread over more
scientific areas, because the
scope of research has broadened,
he added.

Competition for federal funds is
keen. “Each scientific group

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must push for its own goals," said
Surawicz. Cardiovascular
research has some weight behind
it, since more than 50 per cent of
deaths in America are car-
diovascular in nature. There is a
“lot to learn and a lot to teach" in
the field, he said.

THE FIELD HAS had
tremendous practical advances
in technology and; drugs, ac-
cording to Surawicz. However,
growing gap between the well-
educated in the field and prac-
ticing physicians shows a need
for more specialist training
centers.

These training centers would
promote basic research and
disseminate knowledge to
practicing physicians. They
would ”create an environment
where people create new ideas
and investigate new methods,”
Surawicz stated.

“There is an uncertain future
in funding," Surawicz said. “We
must constantly scrounge for
funds, as hardly a day goes by
when we do not worry about
money.“ Grants have been ap-
plied for and approved but not
funded because “there is no
money,“ he said.

 

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UK tries to stem rising postal
costs and improve services

By JIM CARROLL
Kernel Staff Writer
In an effort to stem rising
postal costs, Lawrence Forgy Jr.,
vice president for business af-
fairs, has ordered new posting
methods for University mail.
A recent memo to UK officers
called for these changes:

—UK staff members are
directed to use proper mail
classifications to reduce postal
costs;

-—employes are instructed to
use metered mail and to reduce
“the purchase and use of
stamps";

——responsibility for mailings
is being shifted from the College
level to departmental units;

-airmail and Special
Delivery stamps are to be pur-
chased “only with the approval of
the major administrative office
to which the department
reports";

—only one roll of First Class
stamps may be purchased at one
time, without approval of “the
major administrative office”.

ACCORDING TO the memo,
postage costs increased by
$50,825 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1973. This represents a
15.8 per cent increase over the
previous year.

A. Paul Nestor, director of
business services, attributed this
increase to “the growth of the
University, primarily.”

HE SAID. by making depart-
mental units responsible for mail
expenditures, the University will
be able to determine more ac-
curately the postalbudget needed
for each department. He
suggested that this may save
money in future UK mailing
budgets.

Nestor said he hopes for a 10
per cent reduction in postage
costs from these measures.
However, the recent national
increase in postal rates will
result in an estimated 25 per cent
hike in the University’s postage
bill, be said.

   

 

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In order to make departments
accountable for mailings,
secretaries must now insert a
computer card in each stack of
outgoing metered mail bearing
the name and account number of
each department. The card is not
required for campus mail.

SOME secretaries have no
objection to this change. Marlene
Pettit, a sociology department
secretary, said, “It’s not any
more trouble than it was before.”

Maria Palomo, chemistry
department receptionist, ob-
served, “It really has been no
inconvenience.”

Earline Fillmore, Kernel
secretary, objected to the new
system. She said, “We’re not
going to get any better service.”

NESTOR SAID. “The system is
working very smoothly.”

He said in a recent survey
dealing with the performance of
the UK postal service, “the only
comments we got . . . were of a
positive nature”. The survey was
given to “the secretaries at
stations where mail is
delivered,” in April, 1973, he
added.

One measure of postal efo
ficiency is the Standard of Postal
Service established by the US.

Postal Service. This chart sets
the time standard for delivery of
mail.

A RECENT MEMO from
Nestor revealed that time
standards on mail is “being met
on more than 95 per cent of all
mailings.”

Nestor said this figure applies
to national mailings. He con-
ceded no figures are available on
the UK post office performance,
by this standard.

The Lexington post office fares
well by this standard.

ROXIE REESE, tour
superintendent for the Lexington
branch, said 96 per cent of mail
handled by local post offices met
the time schedule. This per-
centage pertains to post offices of
the Louisville District. The
Lexington post office is part of
that district.

The origin-destination in-
formation survey (ODIS) which
yielded this information revealed
that98 per cent of local first-class
mail was delivered overnight,
Reese said. The survey was
conducted by the Inspection
Service division of the Postal
Service, in January and
February of this year. Reese
added.

UK business honorary
captures state awards

In a conference held last
week by the state chapter of
Phi Beta Lambda, busines
honorary, UK placed two
officers and won awards in two
contests.

Freshman Steve Hamilton
was named vice president and
junior Patty Hamilton was
named treasurer of the chap-
ter.

THE MAIN objectives of the
conference, held at King’s
Center in Nazareth, Ky., were
adopt a new state constitution
and by-laws, hold competitive
contests in different fields of

business, and elect state offi-
cers for 1974-75.

UK’s Parliamentary Proce-
dure Team won first place in its
event and Debbie Cole placed
third in the Miss Future
Business Executive contest.

This was the first year UK
has participated in the con-
ference.

THE UK TEAM, freshmen
John Duggins, Steve Hamilton
and Glenn Larson; junior Patty
Hamilton; and senior Bob
Goderwis wil next compete at
the National Conference in San
Francisco June 17, 18 and 19.

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