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Thursday, February 8, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Indian Jewelry Big Seller
Just as there are very few genuine Americans, there are also very few genuine American art forms. One of the most famous is jazz, but one that is regaining prominence is the handcrafted jewelry of the American Indian.
The current trend in fashion jewelry seems to be a move away from the gaudy gerns of Hollywood starleties toward simpler designs that highlight purity of line and on-road use of material.
The skillfully crafted silver and turquoise jewelry of the Indiana of the Southwest file below.
Sophisticated Westerners have been collecting this jewelry for years but only recently has their foresight been rewarded by the high demand for turquoise jewelry has begun rising steadily.
Customers in Lawrence may have some difficulty in finding genuine Indian jewelry. Local merchants had not counted on the jewelry's being a big seller. Dave Anderson of Trinity Leather said that he had received a gift from Thanksgiving, but that most of it was gone.
"We had a deal with some people over at Haskell to trade leather for turquoise which they were getting from Indians in New Mexico, but there's not much left—just a few rings and they are beautiful." Anderson said. The women they were hoping for a new shinestone to arrive soon.
"The stuff really moved fast. The college kids were usually the ones that bought it, but there were older people, too," he said. Another jewelry retailer in Lawrence, Pat Read, is in the process of moving his displays to Room 203 of the Eldridge House and hopes to be open again by the middle of next year, not only Jewelry, but Indian handcraft.
"We have the largest stock of Indian products in the area," he said.
All of Read's merchandise is made by Indians of the Navajo, Hopi and Zuni tribes
Ex-Chancellor To Launch Lecture Series
Former University of Kansas Chancellor Franklin Murphy, who is now chairman of the Board of Directors of Times-Mirror, Inc., Los Angeles, will deliver on March 14 the first lecture in this year's Spencer Lecture Series.
Also scheduled to speak in the series is Edward D. David Jr., a former presidential science advisor to President Nixon. David is in late November or early December.
David was director of the Office of
Science and Technology during his
integration last month.
Before that appointment, he was involved in research at Bell Telephone System Laboratories as a specialist in underwater sound and communication acoustics.
in New Mexico and Arizona.
"strictly retail operation. We sell to
that Indian jewelry in enjoying a boom.
"We make two or three trips a year to the Southwest to buy the stuff," he said. "All of these pieces are hand made—strictly one-of-a-kind items."
"Our business is the largest it has ever been. We've got rings as inexpensive as three dollars and necklaces as expensive as $50 and it's all selling," he said.
Read said that although he sometimes sold to stores in the area, his operation was
Prof Aids Preparation Of Uniform State Laws
William A. Kelly, professor of law, has been appointed to a third two-year term as a commissioner to what has been described as "the world's least known legislature," the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
The conference is a group consisting of three members from each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico that prepare their delegations to attend the conference on subjects where uniformity is desirable.
Special committees meet regularly to draft laws of uniformity for such issues as abortion, marriage, divorce, commercial codes, motor vehicle accident reparation and many other topics of concern to all states, Kelly said.
The conference meets annually to hear proposed acts of uniform legislation from special committees, according to Kelly. Proposed acts are debated, and after a minimum of two years the acts are voted on by the conference.
If an act is accepted by the annual conference, it is taken back to the individual state legislatures for consideration, Kelly said.
Kelly, who has been a commissioner to the national conference for four years, is a member of special committees on the Uniform Motor Vehicles Accident Reparation and the Uniform Abortion Act. He has been a member of both committees for two years.
Commissioners from Kansas are appointed on recommendation of the president of the Kansas Bar Association and the lieutenant governor, Kelly said.
The other commissioners from Kansas are Glee Smith, former president pro tem of the Kansas Senate, and Paul Wilbert, Pittsburg attorney.
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