Volume LXIX, Number l28

Tuesday. April 4, I978
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KENTUCKY

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Galloping through the motions is a routine activity
as they are readied for the spring meeting at Keeneland race track.
The thoroughbred, at left with numbered saddle and taped ankles, is
going through a regular morning workout. The spring meet, which is to

In SG contests

Off to the workout

for thoroughbreds begin this Saturday, will provide one more way for students to spend
their time and money during warm spring days after a long winter
trapped indoors. The Keeneland races will last for [5 days. The track.
located on Versailles Road. is closed Sundays and Mondays.

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University of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

Trustees to consider
housing, meal hikes

By BETSY PEARCE
Copy Editor

The UK Board of Trustees today is
scheduled to vote on proposed
housing and dining increases for
students living in residence halls. If
approved, the increases will take
effect this fall.

The proposed increases are
necessary to accommodate rising
food, salary and utilities costs,
according to Jack Blanton, vice
president of busineS affairs.

Students in University housing can
expect to pay approximately $56
more per year for housing alone —-
which will result in a seven to eight

percent increase for room and board

combined, depending on the meal
plan.

Also proposed is an additional
meal plan which would offer three
meals five days a week. Another
change in the dining system will give
students on the threemeal, seven-
day plan twenty-one meals instead
of the current twenty, beginning
next fall, he said.

While the cost of meat contributed
to an increase in the dining budget,
“a big part" of the housing increase
is due to utilities and telephone rates
costing five percent more than last
year, Blanton said.

Salaries for both housing and
dining employees were a major
factor necessitating the overall
increase, Blanton said.

When the University received
additional funds from the state
legislature to increase salaries this
year. the salaries of self-supporting
programs like housing and dining

were not affected. "We had to raise
salaries in housing and dining in
order to keep on par with tthe
othersi,” Blanton said.

Expressing regret regarding the
increase, Blanton said the increases
are necessary for housing and dining
can operate on a break-even basis.
“I don‘t like the increase any more
than the students do.” The final
proposal was discussed with
members of the Business Affairs
Student Advisory Committee last
week.

Proposed dining rates will in-
crease as follows: three meals,
seven days - $34; two meals, seven
days —» $84 and two meals, five
days — $44.

These figures represent an ap-
proximate 16'2 cent increase per
meal. Meals now cost about $1.99 per
average meal.

The two-meal, seven-day plan was
raised more than the other meal
plans because of utilization, Blanton
said. The new, computerized Vali-
Dine meal cards system has cut
down on the illegal use of meal
cards, he said, and has decreased
the overall cost of dining services.

“We surmise that meal coupons
last year were being passed off to
friends," he said. With the new
system, he said, fewer meals are
utilized, which passes the savings
back into the dining service and
ultimately on to students.

Whether or not room and board
will be increased again next year is
“awfully hard to estimate," Blanton
said. “It's too early to project in-
creases in utilities, food and salaries
over the next 15 months."

Senator cites reluctance in reporting election fraud

By ALFRED BUCHANAN
Kernel Reporter

Don Prather, one of the two student
senators who recently reported charges of
fraud in last year’s Student Government
elections, has claimed the other senator,
Jim Lobb, misrepresented his role in going
to the Dean of Students office, where the
allegations were first made.

Prather, an Arts & Sciences senator, said
a Kernel article reporting the March 15
University Senate Council session at which
the charges were later reported was
misleading. 86 election procedures must
be approved by the University Senate.

“In this article, Jim (Lobb) came across
as implying he wanted to expose this," said
Prather. “His actions to me did not indicate
he wanted to do so. i

“Last spring, Jim did mention to me that
if I went to t Dean of Students Joe Burch’s)
office, he wanted to go with me, but when I
did decide to go he tried to dissuade
me . . . “ said Prather.

According to Prather, there were two
reasons for not going to Burch to present
evidence. He said a mutual friend of theirs

Senate criticizes
, appointment of Terry

By JACK WAINWRIGIIT
Kernel Staff Writer

The Student Senate last night passed a
resolution expressing disappointment
over the appointment of William B.
Terry to the Board of Trustees.

The motion says Terry would have a
conflict of interest in being on the board
because of contracts between UK and
Coca-Cola for soft drink products. Terry
is Chairman of the Board of the Blue
Grass Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

The resolution also cites lobbying
efforts by Terry's company against a
bottle recycling bill, efforts it says are
unsympathetic to the UK student
population.

The state legislature recently passed a
bill allowing trustees to serve on the
board provided that any questionable
contract is decided through competitive
bidding.

The senate also approved a resolution
last night endorsing political asylum for
llector Marroqu'n.

Marroquin, who was involved in a
Mexican civil rights movement. has
been in the United States for several
years and has been accused of rebellious

on the Election Board muld be hurt. In
addition, there might be other unsavory
incidents in the past few years that could be
brought to light.

Asked to respond to Prather’s
statements, Lobbadmits to have discussed
such possibilities with Prather, but he said
the decision to go to the Dean of Students
was mutual.

“We talked about these ideas, and it

ended up that if he was willing to put these.

on the line, then I was willing to go with
him. . . . I’m sorry Don feels this way. I
don‘t think the story misrepresented
anything," said Lobb, also an Arts &
Sciences senator.

The allegations reported by Prather and
Lobb are that Election Board members, the
panel appointed by the Student Senate to
run the election, stuffed the ballot boxes
with up to 200 false ballots.

“It occurred both at the polls and after
the ballot box was opened," said Lobb at
the University Senate Council session.

This year’s Student Elections Board has
no members who have worked with SC in
the past, according to SG President Jim
Ncwbcrry. In addition, efforts are being

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made to hire poll workers who have no
connections with any candidate, said
Newberry.

Lobb said a nonpartisan Elections Board
will help keep elections honest, but the
structure of the elections is vulnerable to
fraud, especially with paper ballots.
Because few voters vote as many times as
they‘re allowed, a poll worker could check
additional candidates, he said.

Lobb answered “no“ when asked if he
tried to dissuade Prather from reporting
the charges. However, both Prather and
Newberry refuted that statement.

“At first, I had decided not to go to the
dean because I had no hard evidence of
election fraud," said Prather. “But my
conscience got to me over the summer and
I wrote a letter to Dean Burch. This leaked
to Jim Lobb and he (Lobb) had his
secretary call Newberry to try to convince
Newberry to call me and stop me from
going to the dean."

“The best I remember is that (the SG
secretary) said Jim wanted me to stop Don
from going to the Dean of Students,” said
Newberry.

Lobb denied that the phone call was to

stop Prather. “I remember calling Jim,
and I thought if Don was going, then Jim
should know . . . I would say I didn't try to
stop Don because I was for going to the
dean long before that,“ said Lobb.

Prather said Lobb wanted to have an 80
committee to investigate the charges, with
Prather and Lobb as cochairmen, and
Lobb asked Prather to “play dumb" before
Burch, letting the committee handle the
investigation.

“We both mentioned the possibility of
cleaning house from the inside and
preserving our credibility." said Lobb.
“But I'm upset about the fact that he ac-
cuses me of wanting him to play dumb. I
don't believe in that sort of thing, I think it's
sort of repulsive."

Newberry said the idea of a 86 panel to
investigate SG scandals wasn‘t good.

“I discussed (a committee review) with
Dean Burch and it was agreed that it would
be much better for his office to look into the
allegations because first of all, we were not
capable, and the dean's conclusions would
be more credible than the conclusions of
people establishing their own in.

vestigation,“ said Newberry.

“I remember two things he (Lobb) said,“
Prather said. "I remember them vividly.
they were, ‘We‘ve got to stonewall it’ and
'We've got to minimize our losses.’ I just
couldn't believe it. With all the stuff that
had happened, he wanted to do more stuff
that had happened, he wanted to do more.”

Asked about those quotes, Lobb said he
remembered no such statements. “I don’t
remember them. It just sounds like he
tPratheri has been reading a good Nixon
book," said Lobb.

Prather said he felt Lobb wanted to help
SG by attempting to keep the allegations of
vote fraud in a low profile.

“I felt if this was not brought out at this
time," said Lobb, “we would be setting
ourselves up for the same situation we had
last year. I am disappointed that Don feels
that what he said is what actually hap-
pened. . . My appearing with Don at the
dean‘s office is ample evidence that we did
not try to slow down the proceedings.”

Burch's office determined that there was
no hard evidence existed prove that a fraud
had actually existed.

 

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of only a limited role in
protecting the public from any

activity in Mexico.

A bill which would appropriate $400 for
a political forum was appr0ved by the
senate. The forum would bring major
Kentucky political figures, including
candidates for gubernatorial
nominations. to UK on April 12th and
lrttli.

the senate voted unanimously to
award $20 to the Black Studait Union.
The money will be used to sponsor a
contestant in the Black Scholarship
Pageant on April 10th

In another unanimous vote, the senate
approved the creation of a suggestion
box and a bill which would require
Student Government election ballots be
kept for one year in case of in-
vestigations to determine the legitimacy

of elections.

The senate moved to adjourn before
thedebate of a bill prohibiting smoking
during senate meetings. sponsored by
Home Economics Senator Mark Benson.

“They knew that there was new
business to be voted on and there was a
rush to get home." Benson said.

criticizing what he felt was a premature
adjournment. “A senator has respon-
sibilities to his constituents." he added.

I

ISRAEL ANNOI'NCED
YESTERDAY IT IIAD
STARTED a gradual with-
drawal from southern
Lebanon. occupied by Israeli
forces in an air. land and sea
strike against Palestinian
guerrilla positions last month.

The Israeli military com
mand said a "significant
thinning‘out of forces" had
begun a week ago and that its
soldiers were being replaced
by I'nited Nations
peackeeping troops. But the
command gave no details of
the withdrawal.

In New York. UN.
Secretary-General Kurt
\t'aldheim said that of a
planned 4.000 I‘N troops.
about Laoo hate been
deployed so far and a total of
3000 will be in place by next
week Israel had said earlier it
would withdraw when the
I' N force was fully deployed

 

DECIDED TO ALLOW white
church schools to admit non-
whitc children‘in certain
cases. breaking from South
\frica's traditional policy of
segregation in the nation‘s
school system.

The Cabinet has decided on
separate schools, but in
regard to private church
schools exception may be
made in suitable cases in
consultation with provinCial
authorities and the schools
concemed. said minister I’iet
Koornhof

Koornhof did not elaborate
which cases are “smtable”
but and indicated he favored
”qtiict” integration of schools
and Sports

lxtIIlE\\ lilt I‘. Dr.“ Ell
'I‘tt\t;§l'\ I’\Itl\'. saying his
career was an "American
success story.‘ ptblicly
testified yesterday that he
gave more than $860,000 to

However. he dmicd. as he
has repeatedly. that he was
actingas an agent of the South
Korean government when he
made those contributions.

And although
acknowledging he had made
mistakes. he swore that he
engaged in no illegal con-
spiracy to buy influence for
his country or for himself

I’ark gave his first public
testimony in an appearance
before the House Ethics
t‘nmmittec He said he had
made more than $9 million in
t‘l('(‘ sales to South Korea

nation

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\londiy morning quar
tcrbacking.” gave federal
government greater freedom
in determining the nation’s
nuclear energy policy

Federal courts may play

possible dangers of nuclear
power plants. the justices said
unanimously yesterday

Their decision struck down
a ruling by the If S (‘ircuu
court of Appeals in
Washington that the federal
\‘uclear Regulatory t'om-
mission does too little to en‘
sure nuclear safety

The dcrismn nullifies those
court-imposed requirements
prouding an important legal
Victory for the commisswn
and to power companies
which had sought a Supreme
t'ourt rcvu‘sal

weather

at \I\IEI{ \I.RE\D\'
\IITII lllttIlS in the upper iris
'l'onights lows in the 30s with a
40 pacent of rain Tomorrow
the high will be near 00.

Compiled from Associated
Press dispatches.