Vol. LXXI. No. 61
Monday. November 20. I918

Stovall cal/s
legislature
to session

(AP) —-— As Gov. Julian Carroll
returned to Kentucky yesterday to
cope with the special legislative session

call of his lieutenant governor. a key
' lawmaker predicted the session would
last about l0 days.

House Speaker William Kenton. D-
Lexington. said. however. that if he
has his way. the Legislature simply will
convene on Dec. II and then recess
until perhaps early next year to
consider the topics listed by Lt. Gov.
Thelma Stoval.

They include relief from various
taxes and proposed reductions in
various fines that were increased by
the I978 General Assembly.

Kenton said on a Lexington
television panel that he is calling a
meeting of the Democratic leadership
in the House and Senate this week to
set the agenda for the session. called by
Stovall last Friday while Carroll was
attending a governors‘ conference in
Georgia.

Kenton said it might be a good idea
to pass a constitutional amendment
which would prohibit a lieutenant
governor from taking such action.

He said the authorization came
during a time when travel and
Communication were comparatively
primitive and a governor might be
away from the state for a week on a
routine trip.

Kenton. who supports the

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Sunspots can cause cold weather, according to some
scientlsts, but the UK band won‘t have to worry about
that anymore. The Wildcats lost their final home game
to Florida on Saturday. dashing any hopes of post-

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season play. The band was practicing its "Marching K"

afternoon on the Shively Sportscenter

astroturf. It performed Saturday at halftime for Band
Day. with four outstanding high school bands.

No hope for bowl bid as Wildcats suffer

a Georgia-esque loss to Florida Gators

By JAMIE VAL'GHT

Associate Sports Editor

Saturday wasn‘t a very peachy day
for Kentucky.

“It was one of those kind of days."
said a weary UK Coach Fran Curci.
“We were our own worst enemy
today." .

C urci was referring to the mistake-
ridden Wildcats‘ l8-l6 loss to Florida
at Commonwealth IStadium.
Kentucky lost three fumbles and had

' four passes intercepted in a
Southeastern Conference game which
was decided by Gator senior Berj
Yepremian‘s 38-yard field goal with 42
seconds left to play.

The setback removed all possibility
for Kentucky to receive an invitation
to the Peach Bowl. which will be held
on Christmas Day in Atlanta. A
victory over Florida and Tennessee —
with the help of Georgia. who failed to
beat Auburn - would have sent the
Wildcats to the same bowl for the
second time in three years.

“We made too many mistakes."said
Curci. whose Cats lost to (ieorgia I7-
|6 three weeks ago on a field goal. also
in the final seconds. “We have some
young kids who make mistakes. Our
guys played hard and that's all you can
ask them to do. We have a good
football team. but not a great team.

“This was not as tough a loss as
Georgia. It‘ll take me a long time to get
over that one. That was a much harder
game to lose."

Kentucky split end Bill T'olston said.
“We just didn't play like we should
have."

Kentucky. now 4-S-l overall and 2-3
in SEC. raced to a I6-l5 lead with 4:45
remaining when running back Rod
Stewart scored on a one-yard
touchdown run. climaxing a 60-yard
scoring drive in IS plays.

One play earlier. the Wildcats had
kept their victory hopes alive when the
officials penalized Florida for pass
interference on UK‘s fourth down.
Kentucky quarterback Larry
McCrimmon had thrown an

Florida’s Yepremian proves
is something for the whole

By BRIAN aeran
Staff Writer

Maybe it‘s genetics. Or maybe their
mother made them eat a lot of
Wheaties.

At any rate. Berj Yepremian.
Florida‘s kicker. proved Saturday that
kicking talent is all in his family.
booting four three-pointers. including
the last-minute one that lifted the
Gators to an l8-l6 victory over UK.
Yepremian‘s older brother. Garo. is
one of the NFL‘s premier kickers.

Yepremian's statistics are just as
impressive as his performance. against
Kentucky. On the season. he is l6-for~
l9 on field goal attempts and I9-for-20
on extra points.

The man is not flawless. however.
Saturday. for the first time this season.
he missed an extra point. The miss
came in the first quarter. during which
the Gators jumped to a 9-0 lead.

After the game. Berj obviously had
not forgotten that miss.

“I'm going to call Garo in about five

minutes.“ Yepremian said. "I‘m sure
he listened to the game on the radio
and I'll bet the first thing he asks me is
why I missed that extra point. ljust
hurried it."

Berj said that miss weighed heavily
on his mind when he came in to
perform his late-in-the-game heroics.

“It was my fault and I felt bad about
it because I let my team down. But I
wasn't nervous; I‘ve been in pressure
situations before. You can‘t afford to
get nervous: it‘ll destroy you."

Yepremian said the Wildcats tried
to distract his concentration.

“They were making remarks about

my mother." Yepremian said. "And‘

they don‘t even know her. It did I do me
up. ljust kicked the ball and looked at
them and said. “Thank you.“

But Yepremian had no hard
feelings.

“I don‘t blame them." he said. “They
were just trying to win the game. I
would‘ve done the same thing if I had
been in their position. but I might not
have been so nice."

incomplete to Tolston on that play.

But the game wasn‘t finished. The
(iators began their eventual winning
drive. starting on Florida‘s ll. Ten
plays later. 5-6 Yepremian booted his
fourth field goal of the contest to give
the (iators their fourth win of the
season in nine meetings.

“We had two or three chances to
break it open.“ said a happy Florida
Coach Doug Dickey. “There were two
or three ways we could lose and it
looked like we were going to do it.

“But we kept on fighting. On the
final drive we felt that ifwe could reach
the 35. we'd be all right. I am very
happy for Yepremian."

Curci said. “Florida is a sleeping
giant. They‘ve got the talent. You
don‘t let them jump out on you.“

After Florida. which made four
turnovers. took a 9-0 lead. Kentucky
had the crowd of 56.500 roaring when
the Wildcats rallied to score l0 points
with less than three minutes to go in
the second frame.

Split end Felix Wilson gallopcd 80

kicking talent
family

Yepremian said he is “very close" to
Garo and that the elder brother taught
him a secret about kicking when Berj
was in high school. He wouldn‘t reveal
what that secret is.

_ "Whenever I’m home. Garo and l
are together 90 percent of the time."
Berj said. "We just go out in the yard
and goof around. Mom thinks we're
never going to grow up. We're just
young at heart. I guess."

Yepremian said he wouldn't mind
being drafted by the Dolphins. but he
hopes to play for Tampa Bay. Berj
nearly left school last year to try out at
the Buc‘s training camp. but opted for
his senior year at Florida.

Yepremian‘s winning kick was one
of the few bright spots in a season
that‘s been about as warm as
Saturday‘s weather. The Gators have
never satisfied Florida fans since
coming within a hair of winning the
Southeastern Conference football title

each of the three seasons.
mConthued on me 5

yards fora touchdown on a pass from
McCrimmon and an extra-point kick
made it 9-7. Moments earlier. Florida
had a touchdown nullified because of
an offensive pass interference in the
end lone. This resulted in - an
automatic touchback. turning the ball
over to Kentucky.

After UK linebacker Jim Kovach.
who led both teams in tackles with I3
solos and five assists. intercepted a
Florida pass. Tommy Griggs then
kicked a 42-yard field goal with 58
seconds left in the quarter to give
Kentucky a l0-9 halftime advantage.

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l'niversity of Kentucky
Lexington. Kentucky

Decision delayed
for adopting new
transcript proposal

By DEBBIE MCDANIEL
Copy fditor

Controversy still surrounds the
adoption of relative transcripts by
Senate Council. It delayed a final

decision until additional studies of
samples of

anonymous random
voluntary relative transcripts can be
made by council members.

The council voted Friday to table
the proposal implementing transcripts

at UK until it receives the samples of

the format for the proposed relative
transcript.

The transcripts proposed for UK
would list 40 to 50 courses by name.
the average GPA of the class. the
average grade in the class. the student‘s
grade and the number of students in
the class.

Arts and Sciences Dean Donald
Sands. who initiated action to
implement the transcripts. met with
the council Friday and answered the
.najority of its questions. Yet after a
lengthy discussion. it deferred action

. for the third time in four weeks.

Two Student Government
representatives on the council.
Business and Economics Senator Bun
English and SG President Gene
'Tichenor. submitted a Iii-question
memo for the meeting resulting from
three weeks of research on possible
detriments transcripts
might have to career plans of UK
students.

“A lot of the questions I won‘t be
able to answer." Sands said.
“Transcripts provide some additional
information about the course. It
seemed to us when we discussed it
(relative transcripts) it was to the
student‘s advantage.“

Later in the meeting. when a council
member mentioned tabling the
motion. he argued. "What the Senate
should be doing is enforcing the
principle."

Sands said the only other college
presently using relative transcripts is
the University of Utah. which
implemented it last year.

The concept of relative transcripts
initiated at the University of
California at Berkeley. but mandatory
relative transcripts was defeated by
strong student opposition.

Even though such transcripts were
initiated as a means to combat grade
inflation. Sands said "it certainly was
not designed to beat the faculty over
the head“ to demand they assign un-
ianated grades.

Students applying for admission to
medical. professional or graduate
school would benefit most from
having a transcript providing
additonal information for admissions.
personnel. Sands said.

After the obvious top applicants are
accepted. the admission people must
select from the middle range of
applicants with similar qualifications;
a student with a solid 3.0 grade point
average who has taken rigorous
courses will benefit from a transcript
showing his GPA has more weight
than another student with a 3.0 GPA
and simple courses. Sands said.

Several council members asked
whether admissions people for
medical. professional and graduate
schools would require relative
transcripts if they were available to
UK applicants. They implied that
students not submitting transcripts
would be discriminated against.

“These things that begin as a good
idea and voluntary. rather rapidly
becbme a great idea and required.“
council member Jane Emmanuel said.
“I just don‘t think it‘s going to be that
useful to the majority of the students.“

“I don't know how many students
would take advantage of it. probably
not a large number." Sands agreed.
adding most would be students
applying for admissron to medical.
professional or graduate school.

After Sands left. the council debated
the issue for several more minutes
before deciding to request additional
information. “I don‘t think the
students have enough information to
make a decision and I think students
should have input." English said.

Law Senator Stockton Wood asked
that the sample transcripts contain
examples of out-of-state students.
people who return after several years.
students taking several pass-fail
courses or transferring from
community colleges and general
studies students in addition to those
with majors.

 

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state

sale.

THE Al'CTIONEER'S CHANT ECHOES throughout
Kentucky today as the I978 burley tobacco crop goes on

apprehended.

Authorities in (iuyana said at least one suspect had been

 

The US. Department of Agriculture estimated
Kentucky's crop at 415.8 million pounds and 622.5 million
pounds for the eight state belt.

Higher government support prices this year should assure
growers of record prices. The average support price is SI .24
per pound. up more than seven cents from last year.

AS JEFFERSON COI'NTY'S TEACHERS prepared
for a one-day protest today. their spokesperson reported she
had asked again for “face-to-face negotiations with the
school board on the contract dispute.“

Jane Charmoli. president of the Jefferson County
Teachers Association. said she made the request in letters to
Superintendent EC. Grayson and board president CB.
Young.

The two sides are 5249.000 apart
average for the system‘s 5.700 teachers.

The amount is the difference between the 9.8 percent pay
raise recommended by a fact-finder and accepted by
teachers. and the 9.5 percent hike adopted by the board.

$44 a year on the

world

THE Gl'YANESE GOVERNMENT AIRLIFTED
troops yesterday into the remote jungle where a California

congressman and three newsmen were ambushed and killed.

as they tried to escort unhappy settlers from the camp of an
American religious sect.

One of the settlers also was killed. government officials
said. and eight other persons were reported wounded. All the
dead and wounded were Americans. the US. Embassy said.

lhere were reports. meanwhile. that 200 or more of the
sect's members had committed mass suicide at the camp in
the aftermath of the Saturday ambush of Rep. Leo J. Ryan‘s
group. The government could not immediately confirm that
such a bilarre bloodbath had taken place.

FOR THE FIRST TIME .the population growth rate of
the world has reversed and is declining. population experts
sa '.

)But they say the actual number of people being added to
the world is still increasing and that zero population growth
rate will not be reached until between the years 2020 and
2025. Zero population growth will occur when the world
birth rate and death rate are equal.

A U .5. Census Bureau report released yesterday shows the
world growth rate was l.9 percent in I976 compared to 2
percent a decade earlier.

The total population increased from 3.5 billion in mid-
I967 to an estimated 4.3 billion in mid-l977. the report says.

The new report shows that in almost half of the world‘s
most crowded countries . the growth rate declined in the last
l0 years.

Demographers say there is no pat explanation why the
growth rate has reversed.

weather

LEXINGTON METRO FORECAST TONIGHT.
mostly cloudy and cool. Highs in the mid and upper 40 s.
Tonight. cloudy and not quite soeool. Lows in the upper 30 s
the around 40 tomorrow. cloudy and cool with a good
chance of rain. Highs in the mid and upper 40s.