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Thursday. December 2, I976

Makeup

Mary Beth Wrightson. a senior Theater Arts major,
applies greasepaint to her nose before walking the
boards for a dress rehearsal of “The Importance of

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Being Earnest" last night. The play opens Friday
night at 8 pm. in the (iuignol Theatre (see story on

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Lexington. Kentucky

Slow emergency care
criticized by patients

By PATTY ROMERO
Kernel Reporter

(Ediors note: In the second part
tomorrow. this story about
emergency treatment for UK
students will give the reaction of
Medical Center officials and the
experiences of patients at Good
Samaritan Hospital.)

In a situation where immediate
care and medical facilities are
urgently needed, emergency rooms
frequently provide the initial
treatment after an accident. In the
Lexington area, two hospitals where
UK students are often treated are
the UK Medical Center on Rose
Street and the Good Samaritan
Hospital at 310 South Limestone St.

During a recent visit to the Med
Center, interviews with people

UK denies ‘deal’ with NCAA

By JOHN WINN MILLER
Managing Editor
and
MARK CHELLGREN
Assistant Sports Editor

University officials have denied a
report published in the Miami (Fla)
News which states that football
coach Fran Curci may be tired in
order to lessen National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA)
penalties against the University.

Miami News sports editor John
Crittenden reported in his column
Wednesday that “UK is headed to a
bowl game for the first time in 25

years but head coach Fran Curci
may get fired anyway.

“The story goes like this—the
NCAA is about to put Kentucky on
probation for rec'ruiting violations, it
is reported. The school has been
offered this deal: Fire Curci and
take one year probation or keep
Curci and go on probation for three
years.

“The NCAA has offered that kind
of proposition in previous cases. It
tends to keep the program going, but
it sure is hard on head coaches.“

Cliff Hagan, athletic director,
called the story “utterly absurd.

“It just adds fuel to something

that shouldn‘t have been in the first
place," he said. “There‘s nothing to
it at all."

Curci was out of town and
unavailible for comment.

President Otis A. Singletary said,
“If I could reply to that in one word,
it would be: ‘Nonsense.’ ”

He said any statements made by
anybody at this point are unfounded.
“We are not in negotiation with
anybody."

Acca‘ding to NCAA procedure, the
University must receive an official
report from the infractions Com-
mittee before sanctions, if any, can
be imposed. University represen-

tatives appeared before the com-
mittee Nov. l, in Kansas City.

University officials say the report
has not been received. However,
they were informed of the general
content of the report before ac-
cepting the Peach Bowl bid, sources
said.

“It is our (NCAA) policy not to
negotiate any penalties,” said Dave
Cawood, NCAA public information
director.

Crittenden, however, said he got
the story from two “very reliable
sources" and he told the Kernel he
was confident that his information
was correct.

Rockefeller grant funds study center

By KIM YELTON
Kernel Staff Writer

UK is planning an Appalachian
Studies Center through a $35,000
research grant they received this
fall from the Rockefeller Foun-
dation.

The Rockefeller Foundation in
New York City is an international
philanthropic organization. They
awarded UK the nine month plan-
ning grantfor study of Appalachia in
four areas»instruction, research,
community development and
development of archives of Ap-
palachian folklore and oral history.

“A lot of us (at UK) have been
interested in the area for a long
time,“said David Walls, planning
coordinator. “Two or three groups
have tried to develop similar
programs but they lacked a singular
interest."

“There was a flurry of national
interest in the 60's," he continued,
“kind of a rediscovery of poverty. It

dissipated in the 70‘s. But the
problems still remain. We are glad
the Rockefeller Foundation is still
interested."

“This is not just a faddish
development of waning and waxing
interests though," he said. “It is a
long term program.“

Dr. Tom Ford, director of the
Center of Developmental Change
appointed several faculty, ad-
ministrative personnel and students
to develop the center, which will be a
focus f0; planning the studies.

“We currently have a sociology
course which is an overview of
Southern Appalachia," Walls
cxlained. it explores the history,
folklore, politics and other aspects of
Appalachia. “But that is the only
academic course devoted to Ap-
palachia.”

“There are a lot of people doing
work there in practicum classes and
internships,“ he continued. Usually
these are centered around the
medical professions. “We hope to

expand such opportunities and offer
more courses.”

Berea, Alice Lloyd and other
Kentucky colleges are operating
similar programs. “We do not want
to duplicate or replace them," he
said. “They have a lot closer touch
with the region."

“But they don't provide graduate
training. There is a whole lot more

that we can do in an institution of
this size."

As one of their first goals, the staff
is developing a minor field of study
in Appalachian history, literature,
political science and other concerns,
according to Walls. These courses
will usually be directed toward
students majoring in Sociology,
English and similar majors.

“We also hope to define some
areas where research is needed and
make some proposals for faculty
members to work on," he stated.
Graduate students could be included
in this. The research could include

topics like environment or social
development.

Community development services
the staff is planning will enable
students to offer some assistance to
community programs in those rural
Appalachian towns. “This will also
tie in with field practicum courses
for students here," he said.

In another area, the staff will be
preparing an archival collection of
books, films, records, video and
audio tapes. “We hope to set up a
catalogue d Appalachian holdings
of the university," he said.

However the planning stage for
the Center is limited. “All we have is
a nine-month planning grant, Walls
said. “During this time we hope to
devise a program and get enough
money to carry this out.“

Walls thinks the program will be
successful. “We expect a lot of this
to be under way by next year," he
said.

Printing errors delay Kentuckian magazine

By MARIE MITCHELL
Kernel Staff Writer

If you are one of the 900 Kentucki-
ai subscribers wondering why your
magazine is late and why it is just
mw appearing on the newsstands.
the second edition has been delayed
because of printing errors.

When the 1,500 copies were deliv-
ered Nov. 19, the staff was disap
minted when “the simple black
and white magazine came out gray
and white," said Mindy Fetterman,
editorial director. Track marks left
by printing wheels were also notice-
wle, she said.

“High quality photographs were

sent in and the returned product was
macceptable with our standards,“
said Nancy Green, student publica-
tions adviser.

Since physical appearances are
what is noticed first, Green said,
accepting and distributing an inferi-
rr quality magazine would be an
mfair reflection on the students who
noduced it. “Both advertising and
«or image would be hurt by distribu~
ting a product we weren't satisfied
with," Fetterman said.

“We goofcd," said David Shrop
shire, general manager of the
Thoroughbred Press, the maga-
n’ne's printer. “It‘s something that
can happen occasionally to anyone.“

Usually either the pressman or
Shropshire checks the final copy
before releasing it, but “we were in
too big of a hurry this time,“
Shropshire said. “Because it was
our mistake, we reprinted the
magazine at no citra cost.“

In addition to improving the
(pality of the first printing, the
cover was also changed, Fetterman
said. Featuring the article, “The
Qiest for the Skinny Body,“ the
p‘cturc of a slender woman inside a
large pair of pants was substituted
for a less distinct image of a hip.

Thoroughbred Press, after win-
ring a competitive bid, has printed
all but the first copy of the

Kentuckian since it changed from a
yearbook to a magazine in the fall of
1975. University Printing Services
piblished the first issue, but due to
the extensive use of color which they
weren‘t set up to handle, John
Barker, administrative staff officer,
said it was necessary to employ
mtside help.

This is the first major printing
poblem encountered since entering
a contractual agreement with the
Press, Fetterman said.

”One of the first issues we printed
won an award of merit for excel-
bnce in the printing industry in a six-
state area competition.“ Shropshire
said.

waiting for treatment in the waiting
room found several who were
dissatisfied with the medical care,
and especially the time they spent
waiting for it.

The waiting room which seats 22
people has a sign, “It is the policy of
University Hospital that emergency
room services are paid at the time
the service is rendered." reminding
patients to have health cards and
insurance numbers.

Anna Franklin arrived at 5:30
pm. with her son, who had injured
his hand. “I always come here, in
fact my private doctor works here,“
said Franklin. “I'll have to wait
around three or four hours but I
don‘t get mad cause there are other
people waiting, too." Franklin was
one of five people waiting to hear
from the doctors. “I was operated on
here for a bleeding ulcer before. I
used to work here as a maid and I
like the service here. I feel com-
fortable here because I know quite a
few perple." said Franklin. It was
10:40 pm. when her son was taken
for his hand to be operated on.

Zella Vickers also was waiting at
the time. ”I came here because it
was the closest hospital from where
lwas.” said Vickers. She arrived at
approximately 7:30 pm.

Zella Vickers has been treated at
the Med Center before. “They (the
nurses) take me to another room

and l have to wait there. Then I
usually getmy X~rays back. Then I
go home.“ said Vickers.

Sometimes Vickers pays $10 a
week till the bill gets paid. On
another occasion she paid $20 in
cash. She could not remember if that
hastened her treatment.

At 10:10 pm. Zella Vickers got
tired of waiting and left. At 10:30, a
nurse called her name. It was too
late.

Ruth Edwards was waiting for her
sister Susie who had arrived at 5
pm. Susie was called in at 7. “They
called her name. I think she’s
waiting in one of those rooms for a
doctor.” Edwards said.

“i don‘t understand, there are
some people who arrived later than
us in a less critical or even same
situation who were called in first,"
Edwards said. “I've been here
before with other people and I don’t
like coming here. Who wants to wait
six hours? They could speed up the
system, I think, even if it means
hiring more staff,“ said a frustrated
Edwards. At 9:50 pm, Susie Ed-
wards was still waiting to hear from
the doctor.

“1 don‘t like the atmosphere.“
Susie Edwards said of the Med
Center. “There is no privacy,”
added Ruth Edwards. “1 think there
should be a place for female

Continued on back page

3rd month abortions
not done in Kentucky

By JENNIFER GREER
Kernel Reporter

(Editor‘s note: This is the third in a
three-part series on abortion. The
first and second articles dealt with
laws on abortion and the availability
of abortion in Lexington.)

Abortions in Lexington are limited
to those performed during the first
trimester (three months) of
pregnancy and to women who have
the money to pay for them. The two
doctors in this area who perform
abortions refuse to accept Medicaid
patients.

Although voluntary second-
trimester abortions are legal under
Kentucky law, no hospital or clinic
in the state is presently equipped to
adequately provide these services.

Officials at Louisville General
Hospital(which now performs only
first-trimester abortions) say they
haveturned down 20 to 25 per cent of
the abortion requests because the
pregnancies were too advanced.

Because of this, General
(Louisville's only publicly-
supported hospital) plans to expand
its clinic to include a four-bed unit
that would accommodate second-
trimester abortion patients.

General Hospital also handles
Medicaid patients. but is not
recommended for abortions by
Louisville's Planned Parenthood.

The proposed expansion has met
with strong opposition from the
city‘s Board of Aldermen and the
Jefferson County Fiscal Court.
Members of both groups have
considered reducing their allocation
to General by the amount the
hospital would spend to set up and
operate the unit (an estimated
$30,(I)0 to $50,000). Such action may
well be overturned in court, but the
board of aldermen has scheduled a
public hearing on the matter for
Nov.:l).

According to Tom Stickler.
secretary d the National Abortion
Rights Action League ( NARAL). the
meeting is designed to give both
sides a chance to tomment on the

proposed expansion.

“The Right to Life people will of
course be there, but I‘ve also heard
that the Right to Choose supporters
plan to stage a small demon-
stra tion," said Stickler, who intends
to testify at the meeting.

Stickler, who recently met with
hospital officiab, said they have
been considering the expansion to
second-trimester facilities “since
September 1975.“

“General knows they have to offer
these services,“ he said. “Suit has
already been brought against them
for refusing to perform an abortion
for a Louisville woman who was 14
weeks pregnant.“

Although the issue has not been
resolvedat the Supreme Court level,
Stickler said all lower courts have
ruled against hospitals in similar
cases.

Mason Rudd, chairman of the
Louisvilledefferson County Board
of Health, has taken a firm stand in
support if the abortion clinic ex-
pansion.

“The board is responsible as an
agency for public health care, to
provide abortions permissable
under law." Rudd was quoted as
saying earlier this month in a
Louisville newspaper.

Until General Hospital does ex-
pand, women in need of second-
trimester abortions must obtain
them somewhere other than Ken-
tucky.

Continued on back page

 

Surprise

So you thought it would be
warmer today. huh? Well. it
won‘t be. Cloudy and cold today
with a high temperature in the
low 30's and a good chance of
more snow. The sky will clear
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degrees. a high again Friday in
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Small-scale farmers
not rich from tobacco

Despite the increasing emergence of anti-
smoking and non-smokers rights' groups,
tobacco use remains essentially unaffected. That
means big business for Kentuckians, especially
at this time of the year when the burley crop goes

to market.

The annual tobacco sales represent just one
step in a never-ending process. After the sales,
farmers prepare burley seedbags for spring
planting. Hundreds of labor hours and another
year later, the crop is stripped and hauled to the

ma rket.

Collectively, the state’s farmers produce more
than 400 million pounds of burley. They take
pride in the work. And it’s a good thing they do,
because there’s not much money to take from

growing tobacco.

For the great majority of Kentucky farmers,
tobacco is their major cash crop. They depend on
profits from the burley sales to finance other
farm operations and to meet everyday costs of

living.

University tobacco researchers estimate that
300 hours of labor are expended for one acre of
tobacco to be produced and sold. And reports
show that farmers are rewarded for their efforts

in tobacco production at a rate of about half what
a factory laborer receives.

This fall, many Kentucky farmers have held
their crop out of the sales, hoping the market
price would rise. The bids have been disap-

pointing, but farmers have no choice but to sell

the crop. Burley buyers are constantly suspected
of collusion in setting prices for the leaf.

In line with the general rule in American
farming, the large-scale farm operator gets the
fairest shake in tobacco production. Burley~

growing quotas are set according to the amount

of burley that was produced in 1934 when the
system was established. So the big farmers, with
the big quotas, are able to produce more burley,
making more money than the small farmer with
limited growing capacity.

Farmers, especially those with a small-scale

operation, are hard -pressed to absorb continuing
increases in labor costs, which often make
burley production seem less than worthwhile.
Mechanization technology for tobacco har-

vesting would cut labor costs, but advances in

this area are slow.

Smallscale tobacco farmers will never make
it rich. Kentuckians, not just smokers and
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D 1616 Dawn 9”. e 0 Exploring the effects of men playing God

Man, as Aristotle said, is a
political animal. People‘s various
interests and pursuits inevitably
intersect, and when they do, voila!
Political interaction is generated.
That‘s what I call “phying Man.”

As we near‘flwucloge of the year,
we can recall events special to 1976
America that showed ultimate
manifestations of people playing
Mari—things like scheming in
politics, competing in athletics,
talking about sex, and celebrating
victories. The three presidential-
scale battles, the Olympic games,
the Capitol Hill sex revelations, and'
a willing, if limping, Bicentennial
celebration were all archetypal
forums where people played Man,
exposing all his virtues and follies.

The Lebanon civil war is an ugly
example of playing Man. Farming is
a nice example. Being a member of
the Communist Party, ifyou happen
to live in Peking, is playing Man,
too. And so on.

My definition of “playing God," on
the other hand, relates to things that
are larger than everyday events. It
is taken within the context of the
Westem religious myth that at-

Will Carter self-destruct or can

By LEONARD Kl‘l LSAY

Editor's note: This commentary is
the second in a two-part series on
Jimmy (‘arter and Woodrow Wilson.

We have seen the remarkable
similarities between two Southern
evangelists—Jimmy Carter and
Woodrow Wilson—~who reached the
pinnacles of their ambitions, the
Presidency, with a long list of
reforms to be translated into law. By

commentary

examining the performance of
Wilson. we can gain some insight
into what to hopemand fear—from a
(Tarter presidency.

At first, the Wilson presidency was
an unqualified success. Like Carter,
in came into office with large
Democratic majorities in both hous-
6. Many of the new members were
freshmen dedicated to reform. In
two years, from 1913 to 1915, Wilson,

tributes Adam and Eve as the cause
of the vesting of the source of this

.power in Man. When that infamous

pair were cast out of the Garden of
Eden by Yahweh, the story goes, it
was because they had acquired the
Knowledge of Good and Evil.

”Tantamount to that were several

fringe benefits—among them, the
implementation of the powers of
procreation, creation, and
destruction.

These were powers that had
theretofore been reserved to Yah-

weh, Western religion tells us.
People had thus attained the
capacity to “play God,"if only in a
small way, by virtue of their
awareness and actualization (their
“Knowledge") of their own powers
to create and destroy.

In the twentieth century, a new
kind of knowledge dominates the
development of civilization~
scientific knowledge. Presently, the
amount of known, recorded
knowledge is doubling every four
years. If the exploration for new
knowledge continues at its present
rate of discovery and recordation, at
the end of this century the amount of

by strong leadership, guided
through a remarkable series of
mmestic reforms paralleling Lyn-
don Johnson‘s and Franklin Roose-
velt's Great Society and New Deal.

Wilson treated the Congress much
as he had the New Jersey legisla-
ture. He took the almost unprece-
dented step of addressing it in
person to drive through his reforms.
He brooked little compromise, but
the temper of the country and
Congress was for action. He got it.

Similarly, Carter intends to use
the “honeymoon‘ period to gain
authorization for governmental re-
organization, Vietnam amnesty and
other programs.

Wilson‘s White House was re-
markable for its dependency on the
ideas of one man—Col. Edward
House, an unofficial, unpaid Wilson
adviser, who played much the same
mle to Wilson as Charles Kirbo, the
Atlanta attorney seems to play for
Carter. House was an older man
than such other Wilson intimates,
and proferred much advice without
requiring Wilson to accept it—just
as Kirbo does.

Like Wilson, Carter is committed

known, recorded knowledge will be
(‘rt times that which we know today.

While considering that, consider
the tremendous amount of
technology that we already have

that is capapble of altering the very .,
form of life on this planet. Such‘

awesome powers of creation and
destruction are the essence of
“playing God."

In fact, our potential control over
the existence and form of human life
(multiplied by 64 times!) has
become frighteningly sophisticated,
and all this is made possible by the
very earthly pursuits of scientific
research and development.

First, we can split a hydrogen
atom into little pieces so that the
released energy can either benefit
us greatly or destroy us completely.
If the atom is the basic unit of
matter, then the ability to tamper
with it can be said to be “playing
God."

Second, we have succeeded in
isolating DNA molecules, which are
associated with the transmission of
genetic traits from one generation to
the next. Basically, DNA is the
chemical source of life. As a result,

to bringing in fresh new faces to
Washington. Wilson tapped the re-
sources of men outside the govern-
ment, bringing such men as Louis
Brandeis and Franklin Roosevelt to
Washington.

Wilson was open to suggestions as
far as policy was concerned, until he
led made up his mind. There seems
to be a resemblance to Carter here.
In Georgia, be appointed commis-
sions to study reorganization,
milled over their reports, made up
lis mind about them, and then stuck
to the proposals at the risk of losing
all. “Better half a loaf than none,"
was alien to Wilson, and it seems to
be to Carter. But Carter—at the last
minute—did compromise enough to
save his reform.

Although he is often accused of
waffling on the issues, Carter has
tisplayed remarkable stubbornness.
It was only with great difficulty that
In was stopped from his harsh
mmmenls about Ford‘s leadership.
Although he alienated the vital
Catholic vote, he stayed with his
position on abortion (except for a

brief waffle). His popularity de-

dined precipitously when he an-
munced a populist reform program

the icecold term “test-tube babies”
could easily become a reality
someday. Chromosomal
engineering could determine the
make-up of human beings,
something that. has been within the
sole province of God for centuries.

Third, technology has led to abuse
of the environment that is said to be
a form if destruction of parts of the
only planet that we have to live on—
one that Man had nothing to do with
creating.

And lately, there have been
validated reports coming from
parapsychologists, psychiatrists,
and first-ha nd experiences that shed
light, for the first time, on the realm
of existence beyond this life. People
who have been clinically “dead” and
brought back to life report unar-
ticulable but—they say—real sen-
sations of a definite other-worldly
nature that could lead to more ex-
ploration (and control?!) of life
after death.

This dallying with technology that
is capable of altering the production,
form, or destruction of human life
and matter is challenging stuff to a
world still beset by all the problems

of playing Man. For these latter
problems are the ones that are
related to our more personal,
everyday, immediate experiences,
and they thus consume the bulk of
most of ourtime.

In contrast, the latent possibilities
associated with technological God-
playing have been institutionalized
into settings that seem distant,
inaccessible, incomprehensible,
beyond the grasp of all but those who

hold the keys to them~the scien-
tists. They don’t seem to affect us on
a daily basis.

It is as if the old religion, where
the ultimate power and mysteries of
life itself were vested in an
unknowable God, were being
replaced by a new religion, where
the ultimate power over life is
vested in the unknowable Applied
Sciences. Instead of clergymen
acting as intermediaries between
the masses and the Unknown, ‘there
are now scientists who serve that
function.

Where will it all end? Will
technology overcome what have
heretofore been basic human
limitations? If it does, will we be

able to cope with our new powers?
Can we control them—or will they
control us?

Do men “play God"? And if we do,
will it allow us to someday escape
ourmtural'tnman limitations? And
if we dothat, will it mean freedom or
enslavement for those affected by
it?

I believe that these questions are
among the major ones that civilized
man must adr himself—particularly
in this and other highly-developed
nations—before the turn of the next
century.

The concept of “playingGod” isn’t
a hard one to consider. Remember
the old~timers who used to say, “If
God had meant for men to fly, he’d
have given them wings"? That’s
what they were talking about. Men
playing God.

In order to get a better handle on
this, however, another concept
should be examined first—that of,
for lack of a better term, “playing
Man."

 

Dick Downey is a third-year law
student. His column appears every
Thursday in the Kernel.

he buck a presidential trend?

'n his acceptance speech, but he still
says, firmly, “I’ll keep my promis-
es.” Unfortunately, as Wilson
learned, that cannot always be done
inpolitics.

It was in foreign affairs that
Wilson suffered. It was a field in
which. he had little experience, and
he reportedly prayed that his ad-
ministration would deal primarily
with domestic reform as he assumed
office.

Likewise, Carter has little back-
g'ound in foreign affairs, but he does
lave self-confidence. He will pro
lnbly be a quick study, like Wilson,
who earned high praise for his
mnduct in keeping the United States
ml of war for several years before
mtry become inevitable.

In foreign affairs, Wilson was
mitivated by Christian charity. He
wanted every nation to have demo-
aatic self-government, a position
which lead to US. intervention in
lbiti, Santo Domingo, Mexico and
Rtssia. His idealism lead him to
more intervention than the rampant
imperialism of, say, Theodore Roos-
evelt.

Carter displays a similarly moral.
'stic tone toward world politics. He

las voiced strong disapproval of
dictatorial regimes in Korea and the
like. But times have changed, after
Vietnam, and it is unlikely that the
ration would tolerate intervention in
foreign countries. Carter is opposed
to it, at least in the case of
Yugoslavia.

Wilson’s idealism gets high
n‘arks; his insistence on applying it
(hes not, especially in the case of his
tragic failure in failing to get the
United States in the League of
Nations.

There, all of the characteristics
which had earlier made Wilson so
successful—ambition, idealism, re-
fusaltocompromise — turned
against him. The chance of a
generation was shattered, and the
United States turned inward, with
tragic results for the world.

What can we conclude from this
examination of Carter?

One thing is certain; Carter is a
strong leader who is unwilling to
compromise. Such men, as in the
case of Wilson—0r Lyndon Johnson
—are remarkably successful as long
8 they have substantial support
behind them. When they lose that
support, they are unwilling to alter

  
 
 

 

their policies. Wilson stuck to the
League of Nations; Johnson, to his
war. The question is, is Carter such
a man-or is he willing to follow the
winds of public opinion rather than
crash into a rock?

Only time will tell.

Fifty-five years have passed since
Woodrow Wilson left the White
House a shattered old man. His
irsistence on his League of Nations
had destroyed his health. His term in
the White House ended in failure,
and failure was unacceptable to
Woodrow Wilson.

"I am a broken machine,“ he
whispered on his deathbed, “and
when the machine stops, I am
ready." The promise of his first
term was broken on the shoals of a
lost peace. Only six months after
Wilson died, Jimmy Carter was
born.

America has a habit of destroying
ter presidents. In the last 15 years,
we have killed one, broken another,
made one resign and voted one out of
dfice.

Jimmy Carter shows great pro-
mise. He did not self~destruct in his
term as governor. We can hope he
will not as President.

 

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Teachers strike

Louisville'school system shuts down

LOUISVILLE [APT-Strik-
ing Jefferson County teachers
maintained picket lines yes-
terday as negotiators went
back to the bargaining table
in an effort to end a strike
that has shut down the na-
tion’s 18th largest school
system.

But after several hours of
talks, both sides announced
that a settlement still was not
near. Both sides, however,
said they were willing to
continue negotiating through
the night if necessary.

David Vogel, a spokesman
for the Board of Education,
said school officials decided
during a closed meeting not
go to court to seek an in-
junction ordering the
teachers back to work.

There were indications the
teachers would have ignored
such an order anyway.

Vogel said the board
“decided not to take in-
junctive action" because “it
would be in the best interests
of the board to let the
negotiation process con
tinue.”

Milbum Maupin, a deputy
superintendent and a
member of the board‘s

ski

negotiating team, said, “‘All I
can say is, we are making
progress. The ball is in their
court. It‘s up to them when
school will open."

Tom Belew, executive
director of the Jefferson
County Teachers Association
tJCTA), said, “No sub-
stantial progress" had been

made in the contract talks.

He praised the J CTA‘s 4,500
members—a bout 1. 100 ad
ditional teachers are covered
by the organization’s contract
but do not belong to it—saying
“the attitude during this thing

has been fantastic."

He said some of the
teachers who are not JCTA
members have helped out on
picket lines at the county's
160 schools, bus compounds
and others areas.

Belew criticized the Board
of Emcation for its “utter
disregard for classroom
teachers.

“It takes care of its ad-
ministrators, makes things
comfortable for them, but has
disdain for its classroom
teachers," Belew said. “This
creates morale problems and

indefinitely

teachers are very upset with
this. They know they strung
themselves out last year
trying to make the busing
order work and knew they
were the ones that held it
together.

“And yet the school system
just says ‘job well done‘ and
won’t follow up with
meaningful language in the
contract." he said.

He said “a lot" of ad-
ministrators make more than

$25,tl)0 a year while starting '

pay for teachers is under
$9,tll0.

Dole doesn’t regret his role

LOUISVILLE tAPl—