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Wednesday, March 27. 1974
University Daily Kansan
Longevity...
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Jesse Henderson, 82, of Lawrence Manor Nursing Home, agrees that work is the key factor. He was the cobbler for 50 years at McCoy's Shoe Store at 813 Massachusetts
Dr. A, C. Mitchell of 1826 W. 20th St., a personal physician for many elderly people im the Lawrence area, supports the hard work theory more than the psychological
"People in this area have a history of long, physical work, and this has had a negative impact."
Mitchell sees this as the only viable explanation for the lone life-snaps.
Kenneth Kammeyer, professor of sociology, takes a broader view of the subject, but like Mitchell plays down the psychological aspects.
"The access to economic resources is the main determining factor," he says, "and the more access a state has, the longer average life-sans its people will have.
"Kansas is more homogeneous and has less economic disadvantages than other states," he says" and this accounts for the lower unemployment rate in the United States in per capita income).
Still, the elderly people themselves contend that keeping active in retirement, maintaining alert minds and having social interaction are the keys to a longer life.
Proctor has started a club in Lawrence called the Retired Eagles Activities Club (REAC), an offshoot of the 1st Paternal Order of Eagles. Its purpose he says, is to provide entertainment of all kinds, from inviting cards to cards to getting together for meals.
REAC has 112 members, Proctor says most of them retired Eagle members and their wives. It meets the second Thursday of every month and dinners饭 for its members and guests.
REAC is the first organization of its kind in Kansas, Proctor says, and is now operating in several Kansas cities. Proctor says intends to make the club a national
Proctor says that organizations like KC "keep older people alive, it gives them a place to live."
Decision . . .
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less than 2 per cent of the vote in the preceding gubernatorial election must nominate their candidates at conventions of the primaries reserved for major parties.
Additionally, they must come up with rotated signatures of voters equaling one other. They can be elected, gathering the signature either at the conventions or during a 58-day stay.
The state showed a compelling need for the laws, Justice Byron R. White said for the laws.
The provisions had been attacked as unconstitutionally burdensome by the Texas American party, the Texas New Republican Party, the Texas Socialist party and the La Raida Unido.
White said the court wasn't persuaded "that the convention process is invidiously more burdensome than the primary election."
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Technical difficulties marred an otherwise good presentation by Les Blank, documentary film director and producer, last night in Hoch Auditorium.
By KENN LOUDEN
It was the second presentation in the annual SA Festival of the Arts.
Kansan Reviewer
Blank's program consisted of three films and a question-and-answer session.
blues singing and playing of Lipscomb. He displayed an optimism about life, and the film ended with his smiling contentedly at the socteurs.
"The Well-Spent Life," the first film, centered on Mamie Lance, a 75-year-old woman.
Lipscomb lives most of his life in eastern Texas. He said virtual slavery had been a common pastime for him.
"We couldn't help ourselves," he said.
"We didn't know any better."
Blank's sensitive direction revealed a formerly traditional black culture that was slowly disappearing. Black faces were happy, sad, afraid and sometimes expressive. People were shown working and playing in their homes and in the bossman's fields.
The soundtrack was backed by the good
The second film, "Spend It All," was a faulty sound system. Some people felt it was a joke.
They missed an excellent documentary about the Cajuns—people of French descent from Louisiana.
Blank revealed a slowly dying culture made up of the elderly. Young people aren't
The films were all enlightening and entertaining. The only problem was with Hoch Auditorium.
was accompanied by pictures of black life in the South.
Two sides of the Cajan culture were revealed. One was sensitive and more tolerant, while the other was
The auditorium had poor acoustics, one could hear echoes from soundtrack. Also, the show lasted more than three hours, which was too long for most people to sit in the chairs. Perhaps Wooddrift Auditorium would have been a better place for the program.
The other revealed a people who can deal with life. One man removed a tooth with pliers. His reaction: "I got more room in my mouth now."
Cliffon Chemier, blues and folk singer, was the subject of the last film. The film, "Hot Pepper" was technically the best of the two, but it lacked the sensitivity of the other two.
The soundtrack, by Chenier, was great, It
Blank said in an interview before the program that he had just completed a new film about Leon Russell entitled "A Poem by a Naked Person." The film will be entered in the Cannes Film Festival in April, he said.
Blank's honors in filmmaking include awards at the London, Edinburgh and Oberhausen international film festivals. His other famous documents include "The Blues Accordin" to Lightnin' Hopkins" and "The Sun's Gonna Shine."
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