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lty ltETSY PEARCE
Kernel Staff Writer

Passage of the Equal Rights
Amendment (ERA) is doubtful
unless the “urgent support“ needed
for its ratification can be found, said
Margaret Kelley at a campus ERA
Alliance press conference yester—
day.

Despite what she terms “social
awarenes," Kelley, an Alliance
member, said the ERA is more
necessary than ever because of the
continuirg number of individual
court cases involving sex
discrimination

Kelley reminded the sparse crowd
that four more states are needed to
complete ratification of the ERA by
March 2, 1979. “But in reality we
don’t have the luxury of this much
time because none of the
legislatures in Indiana, Florida,
Illinois. Nevada and the Carolinas
(where our best hopes for
ratification lie) will be meeting in
1978," she said.

“This means, in effect, that we
have about six months at the
beginning of 1977, plus a few short
weeks in 1979 to push through this
change thatwill have such a marked
impact on the future of American
women.“

The amendment, first introduced
in 1972, says that “equality of rights
under the law shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by
any state on account of sex."

Kelley warned that Kentuckians
must always keep in mind that “he
ratifica tion in our state is absolutely
meaningless unless a total of 38
states ratify abo."

Also announced at the press
conference was that there will be an
ERA ratification rally and march at
the Indiam State House in In-
dianapolis on Jan. 9 at 2 pm. The
rally is sponsored by the In-
dianapolis National Organization for
Women (NOW), although supporters
include the Louisville NOW, Human
Rights Commission and UK’s
Student Government, among others.

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Vol. LXVIII, Number 82
Thursday, December .9, l976

It can’t happen there?

Sorority persuades lesbian member to leave

By MARIE M IT(‘HELL
Kernel Staff Writer

ll‘Iditor‘s note: This story is the first
in a two-part series. It is a true
account which ended this fall.
"Mary" requested that her real
name not he used!

It began like any normal girl-
joinssorority story. Mary became a
member during her freshman year
and moved into the sorority house
the following fall.

For nearly two years she served
as assistant treasurer and handled a
check-cashing service for the other
members. Enthusiastic and loyal to
her sorority, she had been
nominated for historian-reporter,
took charge of the coke machine and
initiated several small contests.

Then, after three years of
membership, Mary was asked to

give up her pin (and membership
along with it) and leave the house.
Mary had gone through changes last
summer that her sorority sisters
couldn‘t accept.

Mary had ”come out"
lesbian.

It was after Mary chose to confide
in her roommate and several friends
about being gay that tension began.
“Attitudes toward me changed and
people began to feel uncomfortable
amund me," Mary said.

Until then there had been no
problem. she said. “Why should
there be any diffcrt-ncc" If tin j, :xl‘c
settled into their own sexuality. why
should mine make them feel un-
comfortable?"

The standards chairwoman, who
handles problems in the house. and
the sorority president. questioned
Her Nov. 2 about complaints from

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Christmas food

By KIM YELTON
Kernel Staff Writer

(Editor's note: This is the first of a
two-part series on nutrition.)

Christmas may be a time of joy,
butifyouarelike me it willalsobea
time of trial. The trial comes in
trying not to eat yourself into a
blimp before you can get back to
school and cafeteria food (which is
known to make dieting easier).

Christmas is a great time for food.
It‘s the seasm you bring out favorite
recipes stored away during the year.
And egg mg and whiskey just seem
to taste better at this time.

Eating becomes the national
pastime. When you were little your
parents may lave used food as a
reward for being good. Now eating
has become a social function --
hopefully associated with happy
times.

It makes visits with friends and
relatives more fun. Food is love.

What is not so lovely is how you
look on Jan. i when you wake up
from the New Year's Eve party with
a hangover. To fight off that
depresion you ”pig out“ on a
chocolate sundae topped with a
blanket of nuts when friends come
over with the same depression
(misery loves company). Or you
sneak a candy bar when — dare I
admit it — no one is around.

So you will likely make resolutions
to diet. But by then it is too late. The
trick is to make your resolutions
before you leave school. Decide now
on a plan to avu'd those fattening
snacks.

Sure, you say. How many times
have I tried that. It lasts till I walk
in the door at home and see a plate of

others. They wanted to know if the
complaints were true and what to do
about them, Mary said.

Asked if she had written notes with
affectionate overtones to someone in
the house, Mary said that was
”ridiculous.” Her notes were either
informative ones to her roommate
or to a friend who was aware of her
preference and understood their
meanings.

The friend said Mary had told her
earlier about being a lesbian. “I
thought it was wrong and couldn’t
accept that way of life so our
triendship cooled The notes were
written to make me understand her
position,“ the friend said. It wasn‘t
until others learned and felt
threatened that the friend men-
tioned the notes to the president.

Asked whether she had made an
advance toward a girl in the house,

Hagan
has NC

By MARK CHELLGREN
Assistant Sports Editor
and
.lttlil KI'IMI’
Sports l‘Iditol‘

UK Athletic Director Cliff Hagan
last night confirmed that the Uni-
versity has received a copy of the
National Collegiate Athletic Asso
ciation (NCAA) report on possible
recruiting infractions.

“I will confirm I have received a
copy of the confidential report,”
Hagan said in a telephone interview.
Hagan would not comment on
specific items in the report.

According to informed sources,
the University received the NCAA
report five days ago. UK has 15 days
to reply to the report after its
receipt.

In a copyrighted broadcast, a
Lexington television station, WLEX,
reported last night that the NCAA
Ins imposed penalties on UK for
recruiting violations.

According to the report, the UK
football program has been placed on
p'obation for two years, although
actual sanctions will be imposed for
mly one year. WLEX quoted “relia-
tle sources” in reporting that the
sanctions state that the football
Wildcats will not be allowed to
[articipate in any post-season bowl
@mes or televised games next
season.

In addition, according to the

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Lexington, Kentucky

Mary said it would have been “a
dumb thing to do because of the risk
involved.”

Although the president said the
advance was a physical one, in the
form of akiss, no one would admit to
it and she agreed that maybe the
gesture was misinterpreted.

There were no pmblems between
Mary and her roommate until Mary
mentioned being gay. “I felt
threatened (although Mary had
never made advances toward her)
and uncomfortable in the room so I
stayed away (from it) as much as
[kissiblef‘ her roommate said.

“Maybe this is an overreaction,"
said Sarah Jenkins, panhellenic
advisor, “but it‘s one thing to react
intellectually to something like this
and another when dealing with
emotions, especially if you're from a
provincial area."

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report, five of UK‘s 30 scholarships
will be forfeited for one year.

Hagan dismissed the possibility
that this will affect UK‘s appearance
in the Peach Bowl.

“Before I accepted the Peach
Bowl bid, I was assured that we
would be able to compete," he said.

The only penalty imposed against
UK’s basketball program is a reduc-
tion of scholarships allowed next
year. Hagan refused to comment on
how many of the six scholarships
available to UK next year would be
affected, if any.

WLEX also said that the report
rmde no mention of disciplinary
action against UK coach Fran Curci.

Hagan discounted the televised
report as “untrue.”

“That report could not be true,"
Ihgan said. “Until we decide what
to do with the report (whether UK
will appeal the decision), then it’s
not official.”

Hagan refused to say whether UK
ins decided to appeal the decision of
the NCAA.

“In a sense, we’re still in liti-
gtion,” he said.

UK President Otis Singletary was
out of town and unavailable for
comment.

However, a source close to the
investigation said that there is a
“very good possibility” that UK has
dacided whether to appeal the
(bcision. The source would not say
what that decision was, but would
say that the televised report was "so
damn close it’s not even funny.”

Efforts to reach Curci were un-
arccessful. His wife said he was out
(i town on a recruiting trip.

Basketball coach Joe Hall said. “I
wouldn’t comment on that, unless
it’s official; and then I doubt that I
would comment on it."

Hall referred to the report as
“speculation.”

Tom Hammond, WLEX sports
(irector, said he was secure in the
validity of the report.

Sorority closeness is a bondage
like sisterhood, Jenkins said. “Even
though there is a lot of closeness and
touching involved it is not until the
intent is questioned that it is a
problem.”

Because the house was over
crowded, there were no vacant
rooms to move into until the
following semester. “I didn‘t want to
cause any problems so I didn‘t tell
anyone but another girl who already
knew about Mary," the roommate
said.

That girl had learned during a
discussion with Mary about the
women’s movement and feminism.
Afterward, she told the president
about Mary‘s stand.

Reported “from outside sources"
was the rumor that Mary had been
seen leaving a Gay Students
Coalition meeting at the Student

“I wouldn‘t have put it on the air if
Ididn‘t believe it," Hammond said.

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(‘enter wearing her sorority jacket.
This group is no longer active and
Mary said she had never belonged to
it nor attended any meetings.

"I do belong to a lesbian-feminist
group but it meets in a building
where other activities are scheduled
so no one could pinpoint which I
attended," Mary said.

The president said her first
responsibility was to the chapter as
a whole. “It's not a question of right
or wrong but I must act in the best
interest of the chapter. Many of the
girls felt threatened and upset that
Mary had developed homosexual
tendencies." she said.

“When Mary admitted she was a
lesbian we talked freely about how
this might influence the chapter,”
the chairwoman said. “She cared a
lot for the sorority and didn‘t want to
hurt it.

brings out the most in students

chocolatecovered cherries sitting
on the coffeetable --“just for me, my
mother says because they are my
favtrite."

I admit -- that’s a hard thing to
turn down. But there are ways if you
really want to keep from gaining too
much. Remember, I‘m not saying
“lose" weight, just try and stay
close to your current size.

Don‘t punish yourself. “Allow
yourself to taste everything at a
meal,” said Margaret Newton,
student health nurse practitioner
and a nutrition instructor. “But
always leave something on your
plate. Eat inlf. Then you won‘t feel
like yoi‘re missing out on the
celebration.

“I think with a lot of people it is not
a matter of being hungry, it is a
matter of over-eatng," she added.
Listen to what ymr body is telling

you. "If you eat slower, your
stomach will tell you when you are
full.“

One way to do this is to lay your'

fork down after each bite. Try to
maintain a ratio of one bite per
mouthful. Also try to be aware of
what you are eating. Take a “two
minute delay" at some point in the
meal, suggested Marian Ho,
assistant professor of clinical
nutrition. This allows your brain to
catch up with your stomach, which
is probably fuller than you realize.

“Also, keep food out of sight," she
added. "There are a number of
people who keep candy just sitting
around the house. Just the sight of
food is a strong stimulus for some
movie."

”There really are no tricks,“
Newton said It just takes will
power."

 

  

 

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Off-track betting can
limit organized crime

Within a few hours of Louisville Police Court
Judge Louis Cohen’s ruling that a new betting
service in the River City does not. violate state
law, Gov. Julian (‘arroll announced he would
strongly support a bill he submitted to the
Special Session of the General Assembly to
outlaw such services. Carroll should reconsider.

'I‘rackside Ltd., which has opened for business
three days, delivers bets on horse races to
Kentucky racetracks for a fee of 10 per cent of
the amount wagered. Tony Meagher, a company
employe, was issued citations by the Louisville
Police each day the service opened. The service
suspended operation pending Cohen’s ruling.

Messenger services for betting previously was
prohibited in Kentucky, but the ban was repealed
when the state’s new Penal Code was adopted by

the 1974 General Assembly.

Concerning the present attempt to begin a
said,
ministration is not about to permit activities
which present or even suggest support of
organized crime in our state.
concerned that this new practice initiated
recently in Jefferson County could clearly
contribute to the presence of and give financial
support to illegal and illicit activities of all

betting service, Carroll

kinds."

Cohen said, however, that. Trackside’s

..I am deeply

gambling.

racing.
“This ad-

receives its fee regardless of the outcome of the
race. They, therefore, will not benefit from
illegal deals with messengers or whomeVer
New York, for example, has regulations Which
govern off-track betting. Government in-
tervention there seemingly has reduced illegal

Carroll said the anti-gambling legislation will
carry an emergency clause making it. effective
immediately after it passes through the House
and Senate and receives his signature.

Apparently Carroll acted on the Kentucky
State Racing Commission’s request to have such
legislation enacted on an emergency basis. The
commission said it “was deeply concerned with
the probable adverse effects” of messenger
betting services on the state’s thoroughbred

And now, according to the Lexington Herald,
Trackside is considering opening a Lexington
office to place bets at Northern Kentucky’s
Latonia race track.

Off track betting should be viewed as a way to
put clamps on organized crime because of the
potential regulatory nature of such a service.
Instead of pushing for legislation to declare

messenger betting illegal, the governor and the

Dick Downey

Tight lips, funky football highlight Arbitrary Awards

An arbitrary decision, the law
says, is one that considers inap
prepriate factors or fails to consider
appropriate factors in reaching a
result. In other words, the trier of
fact doestvhathe wants to do despite
what the facts may or may not say.
Such decisions by the judiciary or by
governmental agencies are illegal
and cannot withstand scrutiny by an
appellate court.

Fortunately, there are no such
legal limitations on the content of
this column. To that end, this second
annual edition of the Arbitrary
Awards does not purport to follow
any reasonable standards~
journalistic, legal or otherwise.

What about tight lips, Earl? Fifty
per cent of the royalties from John
Dean‘s next book and a piece of
(It-raid Ford‘s hide to Earl Butz, for
being stupid enough to say things in
closed company that Archie Bunker
is a hem for saying on national
television every week.

Still. it's only a game. A pair of
Bowie Kuhn's undershorts and a
Marv Throneberry Autograph
outfieldcr‘s glove to the New York
Yanktes for being the first major

league team in history to win a
league pennant through skillful
management of corporate assets
instead of players. And for buying
Don Gullet’s arm, they get to have
their catfish and eat it, too.

Freedom's just another word for
nothing else to lose. One free pass
into the exciting world of business
and 40-hatr work weeks to the
Campus ERA Alliance. And one
eight-by-ten glossy of Phyllis
Schlafly having her toes sucked to
the Pink Polyester Ladies.

She needs the west. A month’s
paid vacation to the reptiwian
Babwa Wawa. And she can spend it
with Tom Snyder.

Hey man, is “defunct” anything
like “funky"? One first-round draft
selection to the World Football
League to Bill Tolston, UK football
team (retired, 1976).

Will the real Bruce Springsteen
please stand up? A chain saw, a
baseball bat and Bruce
Springsteen‘s switchblade knife to
the Ramonas, a new rock group
from New York City. Their album,
which cost $6,000 to produce, in-
cludes hits like Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat

General Assembly should consider the antonym.

on the Bra t, I Don’t Wanna Go Down
to the Basement, and Judy Is a
Punk.

l may be paranoid. but that still
doesn't mean they're not out to get
me. An honorary doctorate from the
Woody Hayes School of Reporter
Relations to Fran Curci.

Bernie Taupin's on his way over.
guys. A copy of all the lyrics that
Kiss ever wrote to the brothers of
Kappa Alpha for their delightful
little ditty, “I’m a bastard, I’m a
bastard, I’m a bastard til I die, but
I’d rather be a bastard than to be a
Sigma Chi.”

Don‘t you dudes ever give up?
Three cars of black spray paint, a
copy if the Book of Dreams, a
passptrt to the Land of Oz, and
(hopefully) a 75 per cent reduction of
space on the Kernel opinion page to
the Young Socialist Alliance for
making more noise that is
disregarded by more people than
anyone else on campus.

Sixteen tons, and what do you get?
All of the remaining copies of
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Sister State key to ERA chance

By CAROL DUSSERE
It’s almost time for another rally
for the Equal Rights Amendment
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designated as Kentucky’s “sister
state” by national ERA strategists.
The Jan. 9 rally in Indianapolis,

doses of methane gas to the Scotia
Coal Co. and the Mining En-
forcement and Safety Ad:

.ministration for their .parts. in.

protecting the safety of Kentucky
coal miners.

“Shildler’s harr‘s a mite bit white.
ain‘t it Denny, ol‘ buddy?" A new
personnel director to WKYT
television to replace Hardin McLane
as an announcer for UK basketball
games. Or. in the alternative, a
radio to all TV viewers so they can
tune in Cawood Ledford and tutte out
Hardin.

Barry White uses the rhythm
method, and it works just great for
him. To the most boring and unin-
telligent of all musical genres—
disco music—a new beat, less
violins, less emphasis on marketing
concepts, and anything to relieve us
of its overall a ppeal to mindlessness.

What they really needed was
Angie Dickinson. 2,000 free copies of
the Ramones latest album to the
Metro Police for the punk mentality
they displayed when they broke up a
perfectly good party with killer dogs
this fall.

called by the Indianapolis chapter 9f
the National Organization for
Women (NOW), is part of the
movement for the ratification of the
ERA in Indiana.

Indiana NOW ltas been conducting
an ERA caravan irt Indiana for
several months, distributing
literature and speaking on the ERA.
Other tactics include writing letters,
lobbying and continuing a vigil at
the capitol until the ERA is ratified.

Indianapolis NOW determined
how it would spend its energy for the
ERA after several careful viewings
of “How We Got the Vote," a
dynamite film the campus alliance
hopes to bring to Lexington next
semester. ~

The Jan. 9 rally also will celebrate
the '92 birthday’of- Alice Paul, 'the
famous ‘National 'Womeri’s (Party

.mganizert and» activist for moments.

suffrage and the ERA.

Actually, prospects for
ratificatim in Indiana look pretty
good. On a national scale, the
momentum for ratification shifted
outof revefse with the last elections,
when Massachusetts passed a state
ERA and a referendum on rescission
failed to pas in Colorado.

But we need another strong
positive step to get things going
again; and we need it now so We can
be sure the ERA will gain four more
states by March, 1979. State
legislatures have a way of moving
with uncanny slowness.

In case any of you would like some
mae information about the ERA,
the alliance has a number of pam-
phlets for free distribution. Some
are quite brief, and others go into a
fair amount of detail.

Recently we received some new
ones from South Hills NOW
describing the advantages of life in
Pennsylvania since the passage of
the state ERA four years ago.

The advances in human rights are
impressive. They include equal
treatment by financial institutions
and licensing boards, equal access
to scholastic sports and equal
sentencing and parole standards in
the criminal courts.

( At present, court practice in most
states arid some state sentencing
laws automatically give the
maximum sentence to any offender
who is female, including juveniles.)

The state ERA extended property
tax relief to widowers, in addition to
widows, and made alimony
available to either sex, based on
need and ability to pay. It affirmed
joint ownership of household goods
and established that a mother who is
a housewife is providing her
children 'with _ valuable 'sttjiport,
equal" in worth to ' the father’s
fi‘hanéial‘sttpptx't.

It has not caused an increase in
the divorce rate or challenged the
right to privacy in public restrooms.

This is the sort of change I believe
we need, particularly when one
considers the potential of a national
ERAto create major changes in the
workplace. Or as a friend of mine
mce said, “So many women have
joined the work force of necessity;
they ought to at least be given the
dtance to survive."

But it’s all words, words for most
of us until the amendment gets
pa$ed

That‘s why we are asking you to
join us in going to Indiana. Those of
you attended the Teach-In on Nov. 18
will notice that the date of the rally
has changed. Please call, either for
information. transportation or
further details, at 255-9851.

 

(‘arol Dussere is a tnember of the
ERA Alliance and National
()rganiration for Women.

Common misconceptions about abortion need examination

Hy MARGARET KELLEY

Some commonly held misconcep-
tions about the issue of abortion need
to be examined a bit closer. The first
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control, springing from the dual
phenomena of modern medical tech-
nology and the explosive women's
movement of the ‘605.

Many people also falsely assume
that the Catholic hierarchy has
always, with steadfast consistency,
been against abortion. Thirdly, the
“prolife” movement, funded heavi-
ly by the Catholic church, is erron-
eously thought to be based on a
sincere belief in the sanctity of all
humanlife.

We can add much insight and
clarity to the abortion issue if we
takea historical look at abortion and
follow it right on through to the
present “prolife” movement.

In the Greek city states and in

Rome, contraception was practical-
ly unknown, but abortion was not
only used but also was completely
accepted as a form of birth control.
The nasiturus (“to be born") was
not thought of as human life, but
simply an extension of the woman’s
body.

Aristotle believed that the male
fetus was endowed with a soul 40
days after conception and the fe-
male fetus got her soul 80 days after
conception. The Roman Church,
influenced by the leadership of
Jerome and Augustine, accepted
Aristotle‘s views, as did Thomas
Aquinas, another major Christian
theologian.

In 1140, Pope Gratian announced,
"He is not a murderer who brings
about an abortion before the soul is
in the body." Pope Gregory IX
upheld that ruling in 1234. The
Church penalties were applied only
if at the time of abortion the fetus
hadasoul.

In 1588, Pope Sixtus V abruptly
announced that the Church penalty
for abortion would be the same as
the secular penalty for murder.

Three years later, Pope Gregory
XVI reversed that decision and
abolished all penalties for abortion
except for those after ensoulment.

From just this brief history, we
can see that the Church’s position
has not been an unchanging con-
demnation of abortion.

In 1917, the Church declared that a
woman and all her “accomplices”
must suffer excommunication for
the sin of abortion. In 1930, Pius XI
rejected any compromise in his
famous encyclical on Christian mar-
riage: all abortion is murder; the
fetus’ right to life is equal to the
woman's; with the exception of the
rhythm method, all contraception is
a crime against nature.

In 1972, Paul VI, the man who is
currently acting as pope, said the
fetm has a full right to life from the
moment of conception, that the
woman has no right to abortion even
to save her life. He ended his
statement by saying, “The church
stand against it (abortion) has not
changed and will never change."

The Catholic hierarchy claims
that abortion at any stage of fetal

development is the taking of inno-
cent human life. The Catholic
church insists that a fetus is a
human being—not a potential hu-
man being, but a full human being
with legal rights.

Despite the fact that governments
issues certificates confirming only a
person‘s date of birth, not the date of
conception; despite the fact that a
pregnant woman‘s passport acknow-
ledges only one traveler, not two,
and despite the fact that fetuses are
not tax deductible, the Catholic
hierarchy insists that this mass of
cells that science chooses to call a
fetus is endowed with rights so
powerful that they displace a wo-
man’s right to live in many cases.

For example, sometimes a fertil-
ized egg becomes lodges in the
woman’s Fallopian tubes instead of
her uterus; this is called an etopic or
tubal pregnancy. In a few weeks, the
egg will rupture the narrow Fallopi-
an tube.

The fetus must not be tampered
with directly for any reason. How-
ever, if a woman’s life is endangered
by one of the three causes—uterine

cancer, appendicitis or tubal preg-
nancy—a doctor may remove the
uterus, the appendix or the Fallopi-
an tube. A doctor may not treat a
pregnant woman for nephritis, an
often-fatal kidney disease, because
the medical procedure involves
emptying the contents of the uterus
which in the Church’s eyes consti-
tutes direct tampering with the
fetus.

The Church prohibits the treat-
ment of nephritis despite the fact
that there is about one chance in
three that the woman will die and
near certainty that the fetus cannot
live. This is justified because the
disease does not fall within any of
the categories recognized in the
hierarchy of the Church.

The rank and file of Catholic
women are undergoing a marked
change in sentiment regarding this
so-called “right to life" stance. The
Catholic hierarchy’s noble concern
for all human life becomes even
more questionable when we team
that the commandment, Thou Shalt
Not Kill, has been amended to read:
’Ihou Shalt Not Kill Except In Case
Of Just War 0r Capital Punishment.

Cardinal Cook has labeled the US.
war in Vietnam a “just war.”
According to a survey conducted by
the Knight-Hitter newspaper chain,
81 per cent of Americans (82 per cent
of Protestants and 76 per cent of
Catholics) endorsed women’s right
tochoose the form of birth control to
use.
Another indication of the pro-
choice favoritism is an organization
called Catholic Altemativea in New
York City. This clinic is staffed with
courselors who help clients deal
with sexual problems. Also, birth
control devices are distributed and
abortion ls dealt with in a supportive
environment.

So, as history recounts, abortions
have been performed for hundreds
of years and will continue to be
performed, no matter what stance
the Church and-or State happen to
take. But if the Church and-or State
decide to prohibit legal abortion, it
will force thousands of desperate
women to be mained or killed from
illegal, back alley abortions.

 

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Carter in Washington

for personnel decisions

WASHINGTON [Al’I—I’rosident-elect Carter flew
into Washington Wednesday night to consider per-

sonnel changes in defense

and intelligence agencies,

the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal

Energy Administration.

Ca rter said lie had made no decision yet on whet her
'0 replace FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley, who has
stated he would like to remain in his post.

I-Ia rlier, he met wit h Harold Brown. president of the
California Institute of Technology and a former

secretary of tire Air Force.

Brown is widely rumored

'o be under consideration for the post of defense

secretary.

Brown, asked if he had gotten the job, replied.

“What job?“

House chooses leaders

\l'ASIIlMi’I‘DN [Al’l—Bolh Democrats and.
Republicans on Wednesday completed their
organizing for the new congressional session that'

begins Jan. 4.

Democrats chose Rep. John Brademas of Indiana as
'heir whip, tlte third-ranked post in the majority

leadership.

Republicans re-elected their top leaders, who in-

clude John J. ltltodesol' Arizona in the top post oi the
GDP minority in the House. Others are Republican
whip Itobert Michel of Illinois and GDP conference
chairman John It. Anderson of Illinois.

lly t29 to 92, the Ilouse Democrats approved a
proposal calling for Senate-House legislative con-
l'erence meetings to he held in open session unless he
House, by roll~call vole, decides they should be closed.

Legislator urges state
to intervene in strike

l-‘lt.\t\l\’l"tllt’l‘ l:\I'l——A legislator from Louisville
said Wednesday that he will introduce a resolution in
'he Kentucky liouse calling for state intervention in
‘he Jefferson County teachers strike.

ltep. llmce Blythe, It-l.ouisville, told the House tltat
" he public schoolsit uation in Louisville and Jefferson
(‘ounty is rapidly deteriorating. Our children are not
being educated and the citizens of our community are
becoming very impatient.“

He said teachers “have chosen to ignore a legal
contract“ and that “school administrators are tum-
bling and bumbling,“ while both sides “have written
'lte kidsolf as pawns in a power struggle.“

ltlythe said he will introduce a resolution 'l'hursday
asking 'he state superintendent of public instruction
and ‘lte chairman of the state lloard of Education “ o
use any legal course of action necessary" to end the

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History prof hunts for artifacts

A UK history professor and
six ieachirg assistants are
looking for artifacts and
information to help them
compile a visual history of
UK involvement in World
War 1.

“We’re primarily in-
terested in the UK ROTC unit
that was activated for the
War, but we‘re also in-
terested in the involvement of
other members of the
University community," said

Coal researchers
to hold conference

A conference to explore
ways in which coal research-
ers can share