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Thtindly. dam, '1‘ 1979 an Independent student newspaper Lexington. Kentucky
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Caudill says state ’3 ’ace ’ ma y be a joker
l By BARBARA WARD counties will be mined to death." he continued. Caudill favors it. He claimed it is possible to restore
Reporter [and that has been deep-mined “is never like it stripmined land “if we put the time. money and the
was,” the I948 UK law school graduate said. labor into it. VV ,
1f President Carter‘s planto rely heavily oncoal to explaining that the land and roads over the mines “If you can‘t put it back into something as 1 VV VV
ease the energy crunch becomesareality,“Kcntucky settle and crack and nearby wellsV gVo dry. productive as it was originally. don‘t use it.“ he , o4
will have to payafearful price.“according to Harry The detrimental effects of mining. though. go added. . . V " ’ ’
Caudill. UK professor of Appalachian studies. beyond the land. he said. . Problems also exrst With the combustion of coal ~ a
CaudillV considered by many an authority on life “Mining is traumatic.“ he said. “People losVe arms. and the subsequent release of possibly deadly sulfur. l- g; 8 I
in Eastern Kentucky. spoke at the College of Law legs and lives in deep mines. not to mention the carbon and mineralcompounds. Caudillsaid. lf coal - - f; VV % (4/
Noon Forum yesterday about the implications of emotional and psychological illnesses." is used to solve most ofthe nation‘s energy problems. . .g
Carter‘s energy proposal. He said the president's Expensive treatments for black lungta respiratory “You and your children will absorb the carcinogens '22}.
plan calls for a doubling or tripling of coal disease caused by coal dust) and welfare programs that will bring you to a wracking death.“ he said.
V production, a switch from oil power to coal and are often the result of such injuries. because miners C audill predicts Carter‘s energy proposal will
increased use of coal gasification and liquefication. are often 50 incapacitated, they can't take care 0i mean “power plants on the Ohio River will have to . VV '
, . The well-known author and lecturer said Carter‘s themselves or their families. he continued. stand shoulder to shoulder“and their pollutants will , . . ‘V', 3,.”
plan would involve vast increases in the amount of “Initially. strip mining constitutes a total assault spread all over the country. ,2 . s ' 42’ ,5
coal coming from both eastern and western on the land. Nothing that has ever happened in The award-winning professor berated Kentucky‘s V Va. *1/53/ VV.:-_: ,
7 Kentucky. artillery parallels what strip mining does to land . .. gubernatorial candidates for ignoring the issues . Z
“Coal inevitably generates illness. injuries and It does something comparable to glaciation because Carter‘s plan has raised for citizens of the state He ' ‘ ' a ’19.,” photo
dependencies.“ Caudill said. adding that mining is it completely changes the landscape." Caudill said. said the politicians ofthe coal region are either “too HARRY CAUDILL
detrimental to the environment. “Both ends of the Although the reclamation of stripmined land is corrupt or too ignorant“ to deal with the increased
state will be simply shattered by mining. Some (308“)! — an average 0f about 515900 PCT acre ’ Continued on page I0
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. . = , . students smoke marijuana. lsn t that a damage. Husband pornted out that the
officers. . . . N. QR“; majority. and isn‘t the majority marijuana used in cigarettes is not -
This handtboto'd ISVVCVJHVC OfVVzg ffecohgmtethdallom medctln 3: . - . " supposed to rule in a democratic cleaned or processed as istobacco used '
. managemen s u y a ea c or e er communicaVion V socle[V\"?“a student asked. in convention cigarettes.
. “Wee“,caml’“? users “3" PPD‘ Jack Blanton, UK bustness ' . ., The questioner was part of the But the lung damage marijuana use
. affairs Vice presrdent, Vsaid. V . . ,_ _.V:'-V=;VI;-;i ’8. audience at a forum on marijuana use can cause may not matter to the heavy ,
The study, called An Appraisal of the VFVunctioVn and V yesterday. Those at the forum. the user. he noted.“lf you smoked four or .
. Management of thef Physrcal Plant VDlVlSlon. was VV 3 VVV_ ' VVV . .V third part of the Student Center five packs of joints a day. you‘d have .
undD:rti:ifr:elrit5th:::rs :iridrtiestzoiifigiaiiiicelcslnt‘ooih:[Easiness Boards Brown Bag Series. posed lung trouble.“ he said, “but you‘d
affairs office (under whose jurisdiction PPD falls) about the questions about marijuana to probablybe too apathetic ‘0 breathe.
V cost of the division‘s services and the amount of time it takes was“ representatives from L K s Student V Physrcrans may prescribe marijuana
to et tho s ' e f d 81 t t Id 1 - \‘§§§sssx Health Service “de PoliceVaan an m Kentucky for certain reasons, such
g se erlec 5 per orme . an on o a reporter Vast §§§Mv§§k attorney representing the National as psychiatric use, according to
December that the complaints definitely show there is a V . 3.3.: Organization for the Reform of Husband. The government- .
prizlggam Am a d S V n De D Vd S d . -. sx‘s . Marijuana Laws. manufactured cigarette is difficult to '
stranger to problerrils thcheP‘EVS) an ona an S ‘5 no V s; V \s Dr. Lowell Husband of the health get. however, srnce it must be obtained .
“The frustrations of trying to'get even simple things done . 5“ . \ service. U K Police LL Robert from the NationalVlnstitute 0f Mental ‘
i properly by the Physical Plant are too familiar to the faculty. MM” Imi'i'a ‘ . N ‘ $33113? [twirmyniirlfig lg“; :52: by applying for a research
chairmenVand staff Ollhls college." he said. . . .. .s VV .. V VV s, .~ V 19:33:... V V “3 aproximately 40 people about the Zeman was asked about marijuana '
The biggest shocks. however. come when the bills arrive. 3:3,... ,. .. s \s “x V 2-, -.._V‘,§ its .‘V 3 effects of smoking marijuana. and the law.
academic Programs is in jeopardy “ q y -. l . » ‘ 3» i -' V chr‘me‘mam“ and applications 0f decriminalize marijuana and cutdown ‘
V A “Help Desk," has been started to aid in resolving such IX: . " \ ' l "A "'1‘ exrsting laws m pot smokers. on legal proceedings and courtroom i"
complaints about PPD‘s services Blanton said 53;: ' 1' H \\ x “ ‘ MOS! 0f the questions (mined at haSSlc’ one student “keg. Zeman ‘
, pPD AdinVS‘rvae ASSsz.nt JUdy A .Vc te WV“ V,s..,VV.VVV..VVV.. V... VV.VVV....:-..;V,.;....;;..:.:...:.,.;.x.VV “XC‘W VV . V VV Husband dealt With the plyvsmal and agreed. but added the opinion that V
monitor the desk She will be responsible tPopr ‘grz-leceiving w it i i g: sass is... . . f .l 3 [ViVSychothVigical effects of marijuana ushe. :Eiiglilmahfzjruogotthsosrsigrefuo? 0:: ~ .
. ' _ , _ , , _ V. >3 g = :' . l, ,_ M e sai a major concern in t e IeS n r - .
fiftitgrjiggdoixgilfiyfl[ligcgzlfgiggéhszsyes havrng difficulties ‘ .3: V3; . ’ " i i l “s ----»s , \ research into marijuana‘s effects is the possible jail sentences to a small (me,
Other suggestions ofthe study that have beenimplemented .. - sh: s\\ “amonvauonalu syndrome the maybealongtirVne away for Kentucky. ,
are: recluiring written. rather than oral work requests- '. II ‘ - at“ belierthat marijuana use reduces the Zeman said NOR M- L' che ‘
increased participation by PPD employees in in-house i i \\ capaCIty ”think clearly and prodlices organization he represents. is seeking '
‘ training sessions and promotion evaluations that consider ‘ ’ ' ' ' ' a loss 0f WIH' Husband calls thls ‘the not to legalize marijuana use. but to ' ‘
both leadership and incentive ' By DAVID MAYNARD/kernel Staff dropout syndrome. V reform laws affecting those who use it. ~\
Other recommendations made in the study include' an It k ' ’ Husband also discussed chromo- Although NORML ”3““ no '
evaluation of the size of work crews. a radio paging systemto eeps you runn|n somalhdamage. Onbe reient mleofr y 15 Encasrli'ltiri‘naonittheolmblggufd ieiiisftiri)f
speed Vinterworker communications and allowing ShOP All you have to do is pick ‘em up and put ‘em — four miles each day. She often visits the :Ziijcuarriamiissfneausiii: biiilsiudtefggt? lawsthich are uniifst. unreal a rid n03! . V
superVIsors to aunt in making job estimates. back down. Shelly Morlan. freshman physical sidewalks around Commonwealth Stadium on He 53V d studies of the question are Continued on page 3 :V:
A recommendation that would have pleased many on education mum, “y; she does it —jogs that is her aerobic jaunts. .
campus — allowrng bids to be taken from private firms for 1'.
certain jobs raiherthan relying on PPD — was the only one of I i
the study‘s 20 suggestions that will not be renewed, |——t 0 d l r——_————_———_—__._____________—————————-— ,
State regulations don‘t allow such bidding. Blanton said. a . . . . ~
- . He said he believes the new handbook should eliminate a)”: "‘2' Richthde. mag'hazzbgenlnlhglof' Th2“? ii? fiolgifégagzr: 1:13:35 hes mum to comm" "18mg ‘
many of the problems with PPD. as enie any suc treate wo as ever en urne att e e U ' ~ . V . ~
' C5 state “il‘é‘r- .. . , . .— we:3°'.‘1:“i."::.¥:.2::2::a:::3:.:.::‘:’::::.::‘::: ’ .,
“explain concisely the workings of such a large and complex . “sum“? as a pom 6 cause 0 mm cam 0 'h ' k d -~ while in colle , mm“ mm .
organization.“ he said. A SPECIAL FEDERAL GRAND JURY is expected to leukemia m the RIChmOhd area :5?“ w VoVsmohe bmarijuaVnat .1 in 3 mg was finedyand .
' The introduction in the book says its Purpose is “to give an hear charges that Gov" Mia" can?“ In“ spring med to ' lager; joonnirVngbtanonureau. ns ea ‘ e g ‘
' overall view of theentire PPD.but moreimportantlytosivea Pressure ti0 Harlan coumy mm "“0 “Worms Tm" natlon p p i . ‘
hand reference to hel t , , . McBrayers campaign for governor. the ltxmgron Herald .. . Id ‘
. ,V _y . pee approvriatesemcesquwkly and reported yesterday. AN “ABNORMAL ocroasa snowsronm WOT .
‘ , effiCIenthy. Quoting unnamed sources. the newspaper said in a surprised the east yesterday. burying summer‘s foliage with
‘ PPD 15 large enough to require a guidebook. copyright story the FBI currently is investigating both cases. accumulations up to a foot deep. Homes went dark and i
. The division has over 700 full-time employees and an The Herald said the men were Roy Dari Jackson. a coal schools closed as leaf-laden trees toppled onto power lines. P0": JOHN PAUL " YESTERDAVVVRGED Roman .
' annual budget of more than S] l million. operator from Cranks. Ky.. and Harold Coldiron, of Baxter. It was the earliest snowfall of the century in the suburbs of C‘lhOl'C "““s ‘9 be loyal ‘0 h“ leadership '“ the church and ’ - , - _
‘ PPD is “responsible for all campus utilities, maintenance who headed Carroll‘s Harlan County campaign in l975 and Washington. DC. where more than 72.000 utility customers “CV" become “""m‘d orVembittered. . . , V ,
. ‘ and operation ofthe 288 University buildings and the grounds was his county patronage chief until being replaced beforethe lost their power and a layer of slush up to three inches deep . The p”; 5 words we: '"‘°'P'°‘°d m3 val?" Cny '5 an . ‘
' 1 of the 750acre main campus.” according to the guidebook. May 22 PM?” “mm,” , , made driVlns treacherousa , . 'T":"°°‘ :°'°"°°V;:V' J;;:;l‘:fi:q&°:sh:: O'Vllcl'm: ntiiiii ‘, . ..
. Employees of the PPD spend most of their time on routine Gary Auxrer. Carroll s press aide. said the governor would In the state of New York. a school bus carrying 23 high t elf“; “1":- Eabecdine riests 3‘ ‘ 3 V'
. V - - maintenance jobs. The division workers can carry out no‘ comment on me newsmpfl repon' “MOI smdcms ““th "“0 a din-mow“ macmm duringa oiho ontiff told a roup of 600 Italian mother su riors i
. V requests from various University departments after the snowstorm at Pleasant Valley. Several studentsandthedriver the :1ng to show gfirmriiess and delicac .. in the chiirch 3 VV . .
. mum“ w k . rf d GOVERNOR JULIAN CARROLL YESTERDAY suffered cuts and brmses. VVy V y V V , VV .
“ . or is pe oVrme . ASKED the Federal Center for Disease Control m Atlanta to Show yourselves above all to be sensible and illuminated . V.
~ services are provided on a priority basis second to the investigate a noxious cloud that hospitalized 45 Madison m DIRECTOR WILLIAM H. WEBSTERisliberaliling mothers . . . Letvou berathercour-scousinIhglymmnmn 1. ' ,
. ongomg maintenance.” the guide says. County residents last August to determine if it contained the the bureau‘s long tradition of harsh punishment for agents following the mice 0f Chnst‘s Vicar (the Pol”) '" l “3' that V:
. ‘ Four basic types of services are offered bythe PPD: general toxic chemical PCP. who engage in sexual relationships outside of marriage. "0 nun feels depressed 0" separated "9“ If she may hi" 3 . , 'V
University maintenance service, routine or Newman“ A spokesman for Carroll said the governor‘s intervention The shift means that an agent involved in a premarital or "Mi" i ‘
V . building maintenance service‘ emergency service and job apparently was needed before the federal agency could enter extramarital relationship no longer faces automatic dismissal t. . V
. . order ”met the investigation. The governor had talked with US. Rep. from the bureau. weathal‘ i . ‘ - '
. . - Tim bee Carter. R-K .. about the situation before makin the In two other areas of rsonal conduct homosexualit . - ~
WE; Vtzlpe‘hzl :22: rendered determmes the manner of request. y . V 8 and marijuana use ~ wrbster has bent the old rules ever 5: VAT LEAST YOU‘LL IE a little warmer today. TheVskies :5 VV . ‘
. , . V I General ””3ch those “services Which are required 30 VAn Eastern VKVentuckyV University professor and a slightly as he develops the bureau‘s first clearcut written will be mostly cloudy. but the high temperature willbeinthVe >
. » , 0 rate and ma' ta' 3 . , Richmond physicnn earlier this Vweek suggested that pohctes on such matters. V V upper 50s. There is Va 30 percent chance of showers this .
, pe In In I ructures Ol’ eqtiipment WhICh are pentlcholorophenol. a preservative used in wooden Though he continues to ban practicing homosexuals from afternoonending tonight with clearing by tommorrow V
V ~ . ~ permanent fixture: on campus.” are prayided automatically. .mmunmon no". mired .i the Lexington-Blue Gm; Army bureasu jobs, Webster has asked for the latest scientific data morning. The low tonight will be in the 30:. . , ' .
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