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Vol. LXV No. 32
Friday, September 21, 1973

an independent student newspaper

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY. 40506

 

 

Senate
approves

budget

By BILL PINKSTON
Kernel Staff Writer

Discrepancy
prevents

filing

By RON MITCHELL
Kernel Staff Writer

News In Brlet

from The Associated Press

0 King crushes Riggs
0 Dollar falls. . .again
0 Skylab looks 'A-OK'

0 Bullet-dodging 'fun

0 Five infants rally

0 Today's weather. . .

The Student Senate last night passed a
revised version of the Student Government
budgetapproved this summer and listened
to Third and Fourth district candidates for
the Lexington Metro Council discuss
campaign issues.

The Senate‘s original budget was
discarded by SC President Jim Flegle as
being too hard to work with. Flegle at-
tributes much of the problem with the
original budget to the lack of adequate
financial records left to his administration
by out-going SG President Scott Wen~
delsdorf.

TIIE WENDELSDORF records are
composed of copies of vouchers. Flegle
said. but they lack internal audit records.
SG had to reconstruct “after the fact“ its
financial status. he continued.

With no existing records of how SG
money was spent last year to serve as a
guideline. it became difficult to build a
budget for this year. the Flegle ad-
ministration maintains.

TIIE PRINCIPLE CHANGES in the
revised budget involve a partial funds
redistribution from some SG expense
accounts to others. For instance. the
special presidential contingency fund was
increased from $600 to $750 and the Senate
contingency fund was increased from $340
to $1,000.

The SC budget allocates expenditure of
the $10,000 given SG by the University.

FLEOLE TOLD THE Senators that SG
was still in the process of straightening out

Continued on page 20

A discrepancy between Dean of Students
Jack Hall and Vicky Heston is the only
barrier preventing the UK sophomore
from filing formal charges of
discrimination against eight sororities.

After a meeting Thursday afternoon in
Hall’s office, Heston claimed that the two
differed on her use of an advisor when she
presented her charges and evidence to
Hall.

WHEN CONTACTED later, Hall said the
dispute is not over her use of counsel——in
fact he urged her to have someone else sit
in on the meeting—but the real issue
concerns how he should conduct his en-
suing investigation after Heston files her
charges.

Hall said Heston preferred she give him
a portion of the charges. let him in-
vestigate and report back to her. then let
her decide if she wanted to continue the
investigation.

0 HOUSTON — Audacious Billie Jean
King struck a blow at all male chauvinists
by crushing Bobby Riggs 6-4. 6-3. 6-3 last
night in their circus-like. $10,000 winner-
take-all tennis Battle of the Sexes at the

Astrodome.
A wild roar went up from the 30.472 fans

in the huge airconditioned arena when
Bobby dumped a weak forehand shot into
the net for the final shot.

At the end of the match. while
skyrockets flared on the big Astrodome
scoreboard and the University of Houston
band played a martial tune. the happy
Mrs. King flung her racket high in the air
and hurdled the net in traditional fashion.

0 LUNINIV — Rumors of a possible
devaluation of the French franc set off a
wave of speculation on world money
markets Thursday. dragging down the
dollar and putting pressure on the French
money.

86 PRESIDENT JIM FLEGLE

Kernel staff photo by Brian Harrigan

Explains his new budget to the Student Senate

IIE SAID TO conduct the investigation in
the manner Heston suggested would not be
fair to either side and her origianl request
was that she be allowed to sit in when he
questions persons she charged.

The original issue was touched off when
Heston wrote a comment to the Kernel
(Friday. Sept. 14. p3) complaining that
she was omitted from rush activities after
the third round because she was black.

AT TIIAT TIME. Heston did not file a
formal complaint but she wants to now
because she things an investigation being
conducted by Vice President for Student
Affairs Robert Zumwinkle is “headed in
the wrong direction."

Heston contends the Zumwinkle in-
vestigation has found only one thing—that
is. the fact that no third invitation was
delivered to her when it should have been.

IIESTON ADDED she told Zumwinkle
the information when she met with him

0 SPACE CENTER. Houston -— The
Apollo spaceship that will carry the men of
Skylab 2 home next Tuesday was given its
first checks in almost eight weeks. and
astronaut Alan L. Bean reported
"everything looks excellent." Bean. the
Skylab 2 commander. spent more than
three hours aboard the Apollo craft. He
turned on guidance and navigation.
electrical. computer and propulsion
systems and found all were working well.

. .\II.\.\II. Fla. —— Sixteen-year~ol:i
Michele Mercer said she and nine other
.-\niericans had a "great time" dodging
bullets tor three days during the Chilean
revolution. It was "a once in a lifetime
experience." said Michele. one of eight
members of a national swim team which

arrived in Miami Thursday with their

coach and ('Ililpt‘l‘tmt‘. 'I‘he swimmers had
arrived in Santiago four days before the
revolution.

Aug. 28 so that indicates how “intense" his
investigation is.

IIESTON SAID SHE has evidence.
obtained on her own. that could bring
charges against eight sororities about
what happened during rush activities.
There are at least two witnesses. and in
some cases three. which will support her
claims. she added.

The community college transfer student
and only black to enter rush activities. said
in the event that she and Hall can‘t reach
an accord. she would file an official
grievance with UK President Otis
Singletary.

IIESTON IIASa meeting with Singletary
scheduled for this morning.

Commenting on her decision to press the
matter further. Heston said all she wants
to do is show "them (sororities) that black
people are people with feelings"
and she doesn‘t want what happened to her
"to happen to others."

0 DENVER. Colo. — Three of the five
surviving Stanek sextuplets were gaining
in their battle against the lung disease
which killed their sister Julia. Doctors said
the three babies. who had shown signs of
hyaline membrane disease. were in
satisfactory condition. The other two
babies. both boys. were reported in good
condition.

. . .wunneriul weekend

Although it may not start out with a
sunny bang. the weekend weather looks
promising. Today will be mostly cloudy
with a chance of a few rain shower periods.
extending into tonight. Ilowever. Saturday
should be partly sunny and warmer.
'l‘emperatures warrant your jacket again
with a high in the low 70‘s. dropping to the
30s tonight. Precipitation chances are 30
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Disagreement on goals
is source of squabble

Disagreement over curriculum goals seems to be the
source of the squabble between the telecommunications
department and its students. For the second straight year,
telecom students have voiced their disapproval of the
department; its lack of money to purchase expensive
broadcasting equipment and the emphasis the department
places on the non-technical study of telecommunications.

“You don‘t need a degree for the sort of thing some want
to do.“ said Dr. Robert Bostrum, chairman of the speech
department. explaining that some students merely want the
kind of training they could receive from a vocational school.

What some students may not realize, though, is the
department began in 1965 and is still in its formative stages.

However. we recognize their complaints and agree with
their ideas that UK‘s department should have a balanced
program like other Universities.

Ohio University has a School of Radio-Television and a
broadcast news sequence in the School of Journalism.
Whereas the radio-television aspect places emphasis on
broadcast economics, station management and program
direction, the journalism sequence is designed to train
people for broadcast news, said Dr. Guido Stempel III,
director of the OU school of journalism.

At OU, Stempel explained, they have tried to strike a
balance between production-oriented programs dealing
with policy studies,and management. The university owns
AM and FM radio stations, as well as a television station.
Although a professional staff manages the facilities,
students participate in both programs to obtain practical
experience.

At the University of Florida. emphasis is given to
practical experience with lecture material covering
theoretical phases of telecom. The UK department places
emphasis in the opposite direction.

Dr. John Paul Jones, director of the College of Journalism
and Communications at UF, explained students receive the
broadcast experience by airing the only local newscast.

Even among department personnel here, there are dif-
ferences of opinion as to how the problem can be solved.

Referring to the present system, Bostrom said, “The
students are not competent to judge what is the correct
program. The telecommunications faculty has put together
the most exciting and imaginative curriculum around.“ He
offered that students may gain practical experience from
Media Services, the University’s radio station or from local
commercial stations.

This may be true, but the department should obligate
itself to coordination opportunites for students to work in
these areas and incorporate them into the curriculum.

On the issue of funding, Dr. Lewis Donohew, acting
director of the School of Communications, said, “Propor-
tiona tely, telecommunications has received about the same
kind of budgeting support for faculty as have other
departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.”

Donohew struck a favorable note when he said the School
of Communications is currently making a self-study of its
own organization. “This," he said, “might result in a dif-
ferent kind of structure for the school, which could lead to
revisions in the curricula.”

Obviously, students and faculty disagree that this
telecom department has the “most exciting and
imaginative curriculum around.” Neither group has a
perfect plan, but through efforts of both in the School of
Communication‘s study, a balanced curriculum like OU's,
which runs along the same lines students here seem to
want, can be achieved.

 

 

 

 

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Letters

 

Let's try again

I am sorry my original letter was taken
the wrong way. I was told that Phi Sigma
Kappa pledged a black this semester and
that was the twenty first fraternity that I
didn‘t count. I regret that Sigma Pi is an
all white fraternity a fact I hope will
change.

The constitutions of all fraternities and
sororities are in the Dean of Students of-
fice and if there was any written proof of
segregation they would not be a registered
student organization. However I am not
naive enough to believe that it doesn’t exist
even if there is no written proof. The point
of my letter was that the sororities should
not be the only ones investigated for I feel
that all of us are just as guilty.

William Wassmer
Bus. Adm.-——senior

Enlightening, but

I must say, T.L. Tucker’s article about
the Demo Telethon ( “ ‘Abominable’
telethon disturbs card game, " page 3,
Sept. 19) was indeed enlightening. But
somehow I wish he would stick to cards. It
seems obvious that he is either a very
partisan Republican or a very cynical
cynic—or both.

Even more mystifying is his concluding
paragraph which echos the archaic
ideologies of kings, czars, and politicos of
years gone by. Mr. Tucker states:

“For one thing that seems to me more
terrifying than the reign of highwaymen
and racketeers that now predominates in
this country is the chance that the common
man might somehow succeed in gaining a
position of power from which, inspired
with the flames or retribution and
romanticism, he would be free to confuse
his ideals with the workings of the state."

Perhaps Mr. Tucker is less than sincere
or a bit of a hypocrite. Indeed he must
recognize that he is no more than a
common man who writes very common
articles. Please Mr. Tucker, unless you
are above us. spare us.

Zack (‘oblens
Pol. Sc.-—senior

Enioys cartoon strip

It is with extreme pleasure that I
congratulate you on your insight and in-
telligenCe in deciding to resume the
publication of “Pertwillaby Papers". The
adventures of that ever so resourceful
Lance Pertwillaby and his admirable
friends are sure to be enJOyed by the
students and faculty here at UK, for there
is something for everyone with any college

    

experience there) to identify with Lance,
et. al.

Your artist. Don Rosa. is a person of
rare talents and it‘s great that you have
the opportunity to put those talents to good
use not only as a political cartoonist but as
an artist of impeccable skill; and who
knows'.’ Maybe Ray Foushee will exceed
the precedent set by the incomparable Ron
Weinberg in the area of dialogue and story
content.

Remember, Lance Pertwillaby is
greater than a combination of Jack Arm-
strong, Frank Merriwell. Tom Swift, Chip
Hilton and the Hardy Boys. It is good that
you have come to realize this, and I hope
that realization never leaves you;
otherwise, your circulation will fall
drastically!

Donald Wilson
Medicine—sophomore

Empty rhetoric

TL. Tucker‘s commentary of Sept. 19
must have been a real emotional outlet for
him. However, empty rhetoric combined
with dirty name calling serves no other
purpose.

Tucker was damning the Democratic
Party‘s efforts to gain more imput for the
common people by relying on their support
instead of money from big business (as the
GOP does). Tucker said that if the com-
mon people become instrumental in-
directing national affairs the result would
be a catastrophe. Furthermore, Tucker‘s

view of the common people was one of
utter contempt.

. I disagree with Tucker. I believe that it
IS a mistake to underestimate the in-
telligence of the common people. I have
found that the tendency to look down on the
common people is a typical Republican
characteristic. Politicans who un-
derestimate or under-value the people
usually don‘t last long.
John Webb
A&S—junior

‘Help, I need somebody'

Help! 1 have lined up a fine assortment
of academic personnel to speak in my Free
I» pornography course, but I am having
trouble finding people to present the case
for outlawing pornography. I would like to
hear from anyone who would speak to us
on the dangers of pornography to society
or to our children.

Wayne ll. Davis, Ph.D.
Professor

   

 

By TERRY W. FEATHERS

“Tasks left unfinished are better not
begun.“ Indeed, the task undertaken by
TL. Tucker in the “Comment“ of Sept. 19
is one of great magnitude. In his critique of
the Democratic National Telethon, Tucker
has belittled the intelligence of en-
tertainers of national prominence, ac-
costed the integrity of our political
leaders, faulted the political system, and
discounted the ability of the common man
to govern himself. Granted that the
Democratic National Telethon is not a
likely contender for an Emmy, but this
alone is no justification for a malicious
assualt on the abilities and motives of the
citizens and their leaders.

Henry Fonda may be no Archie Bunker,
Steve Allen may be no Junior Samples,
and Robert Strauss is admittedly no Walt
Disney, but these men need not answer to
the personal prejudices of T.L. Tucker for
the sincerity of their beliefs.

IT IS ONE thing to disagree with a
man's opinions. quite another to attack a
man of his opinions. Tucker displays no
restraint in his presumptuous judgements
of men as varied in background as are
Wendell Ford and Edward Kennedy. From
among the “money-hungry convention of
fools and thieves“, Tucker singles out John
Y. Brown as “licking his well-manicured
fingers at the prospect of a presidential
candidacy"; George McGovern as a
“once-respected, idealist-turned-greedy
politician“; and Edward Kennedy as the
“last surviving American of royal
descent." Would Tucker then advocate one
more bullet for one more “monarchist'”?

The deadliest thrust of the article is
lodged in Tucker's doctrine of the inability
of the citizen to govern himself. Tucker
implies that the common man should not
“become instrumental in the directing of
national affairs", and states that he is
“terrified" by “the chance that the
common man might somehow succeed in
gaining a position of power.“ He would
rather see social power in the hands of the
political “highwaymen and racketeers” ,
he accosts in the very same article. This
brand of paternalism, which has been
harboured throughout history by
monarchists, elitists, and tyrants, has
proven to be dangerous and deadly.

Tl'(‘l\'ER INSTINGL'ISIIES the ideals of
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the state“ as separate and unrelated
concepts, disregarding the principle of
“government of the people, by the people,
and for the people." Furthermore, Tucker
is “frightened" of the possibility that
present-day “power-hungry politicos“
may be serious about “selling their party
down the river of public ownership”.
ignoring the fact that the Founding
Fathers saw fit to initiate the Constitution
of the United States with the phrase “We
the people...“

 

T.L. Tucker makes an unfounded
progression from belittling the talents of a
handful of entertainers to degrading the
intelligence and ability of American
citizens to determine the course of their
own affairs.

The recent spectacle of Sen. Joseph
McCarthy illustrates the dangers involved
in unsubstantiated accusations. Tucker
stands to benefit from this example.

T.I.. Tl'(‘KER‘s attitudes exemplify the
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sit back and randomly critize the efforts of
sincere individuals to better the society
rather than attempt the improvement
themselves.

 

Terry W. Feathers is a political
science sophomore who worked
in Washington. DC. last
summer as a senatorial aide.

After three weeks, bewildered and disappointed

By NICK MARTIN

I have now been attending classes at UK
for about three weeks. At this point I find
myself bewildered and disappointed. So
much that it has sent me tumbling to the
brink of unhappiness and depression.

I have always feund that many of the
ideas I have expressed have been un-
popularly received and most (sic)
outrightly rejected. In Jr. High, when I
wore an armband to express my
displeasure with the war I was told in no
uncertain terms to remove it. In the same
precice isici sort of dictum I was ordered
to cut my hair. In other words I knew
exactly what I was dealing with. Honesty
and straight forwardness. But here at UK it
is ever so much more subtle, or in-
tellectual one might say, and incalculably
more cruel with its deceptive promise of
an education.

(‘UI.I.I‘1(;E ALWAYS seemed to be the
beacon of tolerance topping a hill of rancid
intolerance. I assumed that. although my
ideas might not be received with any more
credibility. I still might be ingratiated by
an atmosphere which stimulated me to

enthusiastically delve into my absurd
thoughts and find my own answer to
mankind's ills.

At this University. at this time no such
atmosphere of encouragement exists. I
have been confronted by a hail of in-
tellectual oppression by those who pride
themselves most of their liberalness. Spiro
Agnew need not fear.

Rather than being pleased by dissent
and the questioning of values. the point has
been reached where my girlfriend. a UK
graduate. was prompted to remark that.
“There seems to be a whole new breed of
professors that don't like to be
questioned."

WHAT I CONSIDER to be a sificant
(sic) representation of what I have been
coming across can best be shown in the
following example: In Communications
101 we were assigned a paper on “An in-
stance where communication failed." Well
to keep this story short I did what I was
sure fit all the required criteria for an-
swering. Out of six possible points I got a
grand total of one. Thinking I had
somehow been burgled out of some points I

confronted my professor, a Mr. Dr. Robert
E. Bostrom, with this proposition. After a
few minutes of haggling over a
generalization contained in the paper and
the content of it the following exchange
took place:

MYSELF: "It‘s obvious that I got the
point?"

Bostrom: "Yes."

Myself; “Well I thought that that was
the point of education."

Bostrom: "If you want an education this
isn‘t the place to come."

Myself: “If you know that and I know
that then. hell. why don't you make it one."

Bostrom:

It is extremely hard to comprehend how
important that dialog tSlt‘ i was unless you
rcmeiiilier that Mr Hostrom gets paid for
promoting thought and yet rejects the
notion that he must fulfill his role as iii-
tellccttial stimulator

More frightening is the knowlege that
probably most or at least many professors
concur iii that rejection

'I'IIIS I‘IIUII.\III.\' isn't too important to
the average student because whatever the

  

price to be paid in the stifling of the mind
that degree must be had? What a pity.

I don‘t know what will happen to me
from this point on at this institution, but I
am secure in knowing that the Bostroms
and the Singletarys and the Wendell Fords
couldn‘t care less. I am also confidant
isici that despite all of this interference I
will go on thinking.

Nick Martin
freshman.

is a journalism

Editor's Note: “hen contacted by
the Kernel. Bostrom said he recalled
the incident Martin refers to hilt he
was quoted out of conte\t. Itostrom
said the subject being discussed by
the two was large lecture classes as
smaller discussion-
orieiited classes. IIostrom said he
told Martin "if that (small
(lisciission-oriented classes) is the
kind of education you want. then this

opposed to

isn't the place to come.”

    
    
    
      
         
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
    
        
  
  
    
        
    
      
     
    
   
  
    
      
       
  
     
 
 
   
  
    
 
 
   
     

  
   
 

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State Department optimistic

about future foreign policy

By BlFF l.e\'I‘ZI‘I
Kernel Staff Writer

State Department officials are
generally optimistic about their
chances to again formulate US.
foreign policy if Dr. Henry
Kissinger becomes the new
Secretary of State. a State
Department head said here
Wednesday.

Dr. E. Raymond Platig.
Director of the Office of External
Research. Bureau of Intelligence
and Research. US. Department
of State. held a sparsely attended
informal seminar for the Pat-
terson School of Diplomacy on
"What‘s happening in the State
Department (if anything)?“.

The State Department hopes to
get “back into the foreign policy
game from which it has been
excluded" because of the Nixon—
Kissinger style of conducting
foreign policy. Platig said.

Kissinger and the National
Security Council (NSC) have
largely conducted recent US.
foreign policy. secretly laying the
foundation for the spectacular
1972 visits by President Nixon to
China and the USSR. and
participating in the most im-
portant rounds of the Paris Peace
talks concerning Viet Nam.
Kissinger said he intends to
conduct foreign relations in a
more open manner. “A great deal

of secrecy has characterized
foreign policy in the Nixon Ad-
ministration until now," declared
Platig. a career bureaucrat.

"Was it necessary, or a
characteristic of the Nixon White
House or of Kissinger himself?"
If Kissinger does what he says he
will, continued Platig, “then we’ll
be in for a rather exciting time—
if that‘s what he really wants."

To successfully involve State in
foreign policy decisions.
Kissinger “will have to know how
to orchestrate (the
bureaucracy) ..... not dominate or
ignore it.“ said Platig.

KlSSlNGER IIAS sometimes
been characterized as a loner,
and if so. Platig said Kissinger
will have to “get on top of things
in a way that no Secretary of
State since Dean Acheson has.
Because Kissinger has worked
only with a staff and not a full-
fledged bureaucracy. some
persons have hinted Kissinger
may not be a very able manager.

If Kissinger does become the
new Secretary of State, he will
have a dual role as Special
Assistant to the President for
national security affairs and as
Secretary. Platig outlined what
he called a “grand Kissinger
scheme". which he admitted may
be mostly a figment of his
imagination.

NOW KISSINGER IS actually
only a member of the NSC staff
(which prepares papers stating
policy problems, options and
implications for the Council), but
will become a NSC member as
Secretary of State. The President
chairs the NSC, which includes
the secretaries of State. Defense,
Director of the Office of
Emergency Preparedness and
the Vice President.

Will Kissinger bring his NSC
staff with him to the State
Department, ignore the rest of
the State Department
bureaucracy and operate bet—
ween the NSC and the White
House? That would leave the
existing bureaucracy out of
foreign policy decisions, and
everything would continue as in
the past only Kissinger would be
Secretary of State in name as
well as in fact, Platig said.

IN HIS WRITINGS Kissinger
has shown a disdain for
bureaucracies, portraying them
as being conservative and not
innovative or creative, Platig
said. Circumventing the State
Department and secrecy were

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Dr. E. RAYNOND PLATIG
State Department official

justified when the President (as
chief foreign policy formulator)
was looking for new foreign
policy directions. Nixon feared
the bureaucracy would sabatoge
these new directions, perhaps by
leaking them to the press.

This type of bureaucratic in-
fighting can be minimized by
leadership style, said Platig, who
gave an “impressionistic” view
of its beginning.

BUREAUCRATIC POLITICS
have existed since the founding of
America but were aggravated
after World War II, Platig said.
Failure sometimes brings out the
worstin people, Platig noted, and
this was one of the “nastier
results of Viet Nam."

It “plopped right flat on the
ground with the Nixon Ad-
ministration,” whose style is

   

partly one of “pervasive
distrust".
Platig blamed these

bureaucratic uoblems on the
attitude of the Administration
rather than the system itself,
although he noted this Ad-
ministration has been kinder to
his bureau than the previous one.

White House, special prosecutor

tail to reach

By I)()NAI.I) M. ROTIIBERG
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON —— The White
House and the special Watergate
prosecutor told a federal appeals
court Thursday that they had
tailed to reach a compromise
settlement on access to

presidential tapes recordings.

IN NEARLY identical letters to
the clerk of the seven-member
appeals court. both parties said
they had met on three occasions
this week and regretted to advise
the court “that these sincere
efforts were not fruitful."

They said they had agreed to
say nothing about their
discussions beyond the
notification to the court which
had set Thursday as a deadline
for response to its suggested
compromise.

THE (‘Ol'RT HAD proposed
that both sides explore the
possiblity of permitting special
prosecutor Archibald Cox to
listen to the tapes and determine

compromise

what portions were essential
evidence for the Watergate grand
jury.

The letters disclosed that Cox
and J. Fred Buzhardt, special
White House counsel. had met
Monday and Tuesday and that a
final meeting was held Thursday.

PARTICIPANTS IN the final
meetings, which lasted several
hours. included Cox, Buzhardt,
Prof. Charles Alan Wright,
special legal consultant to the
President for the tapes case. and
Leonard Garment. White House
counsel

The failure to reach an out-of-
court settlement left it to the
appeals court to decide the case

on the constitutional
raised.

issues

WHEN IT suggested the
parties try for a compromise. the
court had cautioned that its
suggestion should not be taken as

an indication of how it

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might rule. y

on tapes

Whatever decision is forth—
coming is considered certain to
be appealed to the Supreme
Court. Nixon has said he would
abide by a definitive decison
from the highest court but he has
refused to discuss what he would
consider a definitive judgement.

After considering written and
oral arguments from both sides.
US. District Court Judge John J-
Sirica ordered the President on
Aug. 29 to give him the tapes to
hear in private so he could
determine if the President's
claim that they should be kept
secret was valid.

 

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By MARIA BRADEN
Associated Press Writer

Students in at least two Ken-
tucky colleges are being given a
chance to file for “academic
bankruptcy”—a plan under
which a student can petition to
have an entire semester’s grades
overlooked.

Under the program adopted
this year at Georgetown College
and Western Kentucky
University, students may
complete thier college careers
with an over-all grade point
average which theoretically
reflects their true ability—rather
than an average which includes
lowered grades caused by cir-
cumstances beyond the students