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Friday, October 18.1974
University Daily Kausan
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OPINION
"G'WAN HOME! GIT!"
By JIMKENDELL
Contributing Editor
Wayne Smith's cat, "Stupid," doesn't eat TV dinners.
But that's about all Smith, a retired Rochester, N.Y., mailman, eats.
Life more than TV dinners
45 cents, less than half what he'd pay in the supermarket.
Smith devotes much of his time and energy to perfecting the ideal homemade TV dinner. The chef prepares a parternitalized meal costs him
Every morning Smith gets up,
selects a TV dinner from among
the dozens in his freezer and
has special TV dinner oven.
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Half an hour later, he takes the dinner out of the oven, places it on a special TV set, and shows the morning paper and dogs in. After 20 years as a mailman Smith retired to a 12-foot trailer
He has made TV dinner preparation into an art and a science. He gets great pleasures from bargain shopping for the ingredients, economically preparing each item, packaging them, and serving them at precisely the right temperature.
Smith begins with a golden rule: Don't buy it if it isn't on your list. Buy it through the refrigerator, freezer and cupboards,
Congress passed a measure last week that would cut off military aid to Turkey until Turkey at least showed signs that it would remove its troops from Cyprus. By passing the measure, Congress recognized that the United States is in a rather embarrassing position.
Congress favors rule by law
Congress was supposed to recess this week so the incumbents who face re-election could stump the hinterland for votes. It didn't recess. Instead, many incumbents are flirting with defeat by staying in Washington to argue about military aid for Turkey.
The congressmen think the Turkish question is important enough to risk losing their jobs because it is one more skirmish in a continuing struggle we see whether this nation is ruled by laws or men.
Partly because the United States wants to keep the Soviet Union from gobbling up more states than it already has, and more than a little because our economy is so tied to wartime production, the United States loves to sell weapons to its allies.
We sell things that go clank and things that go boom--all the toys necessary for a first-rate war. But it's quite embarrassing when the people to whom we have sold the toys start hitting one another over the head with them. They're supposed to be on the same side.
Congress recognized the possibility that our allies might try out the war machines on one another. So it passed a law—two laws, as a matter of fact.
The laws are the Foreign Assistance Act and the Foreign Military Sales Act. They say weapons sold by the United States can be used only for self defense or internal security. Any nation that uses our weapons to aggress another "shall be immediately ineligible for further assistance."
It's clear that Turkey's invasion of Cyprus falls into the category of aggression. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, D-Mo., was quoted last week as saying, "... the letter and the spirit of American law require an immediate cutoff of military assistance to Turkey..."
Why, then, is there any question at all about whether Turkey's aid should be cut off? Existing
law dictates an automatic cutoff. Why should we accommodate what already is called for?
The reason is Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Congress makes the law, but functionaries in the State Department are the people who ultimately control the valve that sends weapons to Turkey. And Kissinger controls the functionaries.
Kissinger says the United States' only bargaining chip is military assistance to Turkey. Congress withdraws that assistance, the argument being that assistance is left without any leverage to negotiate peace.
Kissinger says we must continue supplying weapons to Turkey so he can negotiate peace. How's that go again, Mr. Secretary? We're asked to pour gasoline on a fire to put the fire out?
Rather, it seems that the opposite is true. If the United States stops aid to Turkey, the Turks will have to look over their shoulder northward at the cold and hungry Soviets. Then Kissinger's leverage would be enormous. He could say to the Turks, "Stop bashing our common ally or I'll close you out of the alliance and throw you to the bears." And Turkey's primary concern isn't control of Cyprus; it is protection from the Soviet Union.
Sen. Eagleton sees the logical and practicability of Kissinger's argument as essentially the question to him isn't what is expedient, but how he be ruled by law or by the whims of diplomats.
“Mr. Kissinger, quite naturally, desires maximum flexibility to deal with the Cyprus matter,” Eagleton says. “But in a democratic system, it isn't always possible to give carte blanche to our diplomats. Those who represent the United States at the bargaining table must operate within the framework of the Constitution and within the constraints of American law.”
Rule by men is certainly more efficient, more expedient and more stable than rule by law. It may be said to autocracy. Knuckle under, Mr. Secretary, with no freedom is a frightening prospect.
By JACK McNEELY Contributing Writer
Color enlivens prints
Maybe beans and rice don't even occur to Smith.
(Everybody knows that orange juice comes from cans, not oranges.)
Smith's TV dinners may well be the kind of unconscious revolt that runs through our lives—dooding in class, getting around to reading our assignments, etc.
Is life so frightening and dreary that Smith sits in front of his TV night after night rather than reaching out to the thousands of other people doing the same thing?
ounce can of instant mashed potatoes.
Smith's attempt to gain some control over his own life by making his own TV dinners seems bizarre.
It's a wonder that he can retain his sanity eating TV dinners and living in a 12-foot cat in a cat and two color televisions.
Watching television is Smith's second favorite pastime. He spends most evenings watching TV.
If he was subsisting on beans and rice, it would be clear that he wanted to eat as cheaply as possible.
Wayne Smith's way of life would be funny, if it wasn't so sad.
recognize them.
There has to be more to life than saving five cents on a 48-
But the forms and structures that shape our lives are often so ingrained that we don't even
The "Annual Printmakers' Show" now showing at the 7 East 7 Gallery is limited in
An awareness of the social and physical structures that control our lives is the first step toward changing our lives.
By LORI LYNAM Art Reviewer
Predictably, Smith is the proud owner of a TV set. As a matter of face he got two color room and one in the bedroom.
ture in relation to limited pure color. The single bands of color used in each of his three pieces are more sophisticated. These bands serve to enhance the textural quality of his work and are also enhance by distance.
Linda Brown handles color in an interesting manner. She makes great use of monochromatic hues that are stepped at various places by a color of high contrast. Surrounded by interesting pieces, the Natural Nicholedeen," is black and white and has beautiful linear involvement.
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Smith prepares his dinners in batches of six. It doesn't take him an hour to whip instant mashed potatoes, divvy up a can of vegetables, slice the main dish, stir up a few minutes, and commercial TV dinner lips.
Hastings' and Brown's pieces are definitely the highlights of the show because of their variations of color use. It is also easy to see the variations but it is difficult to producing that so few artists read to the observer. The show is exciting primarily because the color used by the majority of the artists is strong.
claiming he saved a nickel here and a dime there.
Take that step. Listen. Watch. Be critical.
As usual, Jane Asbury's pieces are excellent in quality, but their effect is a little disappointing. Her prints are organic and muted in color. She doesn't offer any variation to this and with all the vibrant color piece surrounding her pieces, she works for any length of time. Lawrence Kirkland's pieces
Brilliant use of pure color unites the artist's themes, while a diversification of working materials and variations. The prints are in monochromatic hues and highly contrasting colors.
Billey Hastings' works are superb, mainly because of her use of color. She mostly uses high contrast colors in her work to give it a beautifully in "Red Muscle Muraena" and "Pink Place."
scope but, for the most part consists of high quality work.
"I bought eight cans of soup for $1 a while back. One can go to six dinners," he said, "and little over two cans of a serving."
He lambents the one-layer cake mix that for a long time two for 25 cents is now up to 15 cents each.
Bruce Hiles deals with tex-
"Blue with Red" and "orange with Blue," although interesting when viewing them closely, have little effect from a distance. The high contrast tones remain interesting, but his monochromatic contrasts appear to fade together.
On stage
The Fantasticks—Hashinger Hall Theatre presents the famous musical comedy that is also the longest running off-Broadway play in the United States, Book and lyrics by Tom Jones. Music by Harvey Schmidt. Ready to leave Johnston. Last chance to see it. (At 8 p.m. Friday in Hashinger Hall, 1632 Ingel Rd.)
Radio, Gueep and Frip-Frip
And The Adventures of Nyrfm
the Sprike Plate 12—Halloween
Spook Special. (At 1:30 p.m.
prior to the Meade Hall
Plaza, 9284 Massachusetts
St.)
Gospell-Highlight of the week. Excellent musical based on the Gospel, Music and lyrics by John Tebekel and Stephen O'Neill Keeler. A potpourri of techniques, from mine to low comedy to metaphorical simplicity and conceptual sophistication. (At 8 p.m. Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 30, Mathematics at 8 p.m., Oct. 20, 27 in the University Theatre, Murphy Hall.)
Fractured Fairy Tales for Adults—(At 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Mead Hall House, 292% Massachusetts St.)
On screen
Executive Action—Director David Miller tried for innovation by combining film and documentary fiction to make an assassination of John F. Kennedy as a conspiracy. Unfortunately, the result is extremely boring. With Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Green, (At) 9:30 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. at 1:30 and 3:30 Saturday in woodruff Auditorium.)
This Week's
Casque D'or—1952 French classic. Simile Signoret portrays a lovely young Parisian woman being chased by gangsters during the 20th century. Directed by Jacques Becker. At (7:30 p.m. Thursday in Woodruff Auditorium.)
The Phantom Tollbooth,
Jump Hop and Hopscooth—A
full length feature and two short
subjects for the kids. (At 1:30
p.m. Sunday in Woodruff
Auditorium.)
Gudalaenel Diiry and Sands of Iwo Jima—Two above average war flicks based on the best-selling books by the same author. Foster, William Bendix and Anthony Quinn. Directed in 1943 by Lewis Seiler. The second film, made in 1949 stars John Wayne and Forrest Tucker. Directed by Allan Dwan. From the screen of 'Sands' at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Woodruff Auditorium.
The Lady Eve—Another excellent screwball comedy for all those who need a good laugh. The cast is phenomenal. Stanwyck sticking out her lovely legs and Henry Fonda continually tripping over them. Directed by Preston Sturges. Filmed on Friday in Woodruff Auditorium.)
ENTERTAINMENT
Sandra - Excellent 1965 Italian film featuring Claudia Cardinale a sensuous young woman and Jean Soul as the man who pursues her. Directed by Luchino Visconti. (At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Woodruff Auditorium.)
Mixed Company--Mediocre comedy about raising children of different races. (At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. through Tuesday. At 6:30, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Granada Theatre.)
Around the World with Fanny Hill–Hill your stomach if you go to see this one—you would be do drunk to waste your money on it. At 7:30 and 9:30 at Matinees at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Varsity Theatre.)
Gone with the Wind—The best movie in town is also the oldest movie in town (1939). Maybe that says something about the quality of movies that Comcast has been screening at Lawrence for the past few weeks. Starring Vien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. Directed by Victor Fleming. Highest recommendation if you haven't seen it about three times, (At least once) in any movie. Matines Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Hillcrest L.
King of Hearts—Excellent 1967 film about what happens when members of an insane asylum take over a small French town during World War I. It makes one wonder who is really insane. Starring Alan Bates and Genevieve Builqd. From the 1958 English subtitles. At (7:30 and 9:45 p.m. through Tuesday. Matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Hillcrest II.)
Summer of '42 and Class of '44. The first is one of the few nostalgic films that is actually good. It (was also one of the first) Jennifer O'Neill is best known for Gary Grimes is good as the young boy who falls convincingly in love with her. The second is a terrible offshoot of the first that really doesn't deserve mention. ("Summer" was published through Tuesday, Matines Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at HIllestor III.)
Death Wish and The Parallax View —The first movie is right-wing junk starring Charles Bronson, the original Nean-Travis; very good thriller about an attempted assassination starring Warren Beatty and Paula Prentice. Directed by Alain Pahulu. (At 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sunset Drive-In.)
In concert
Quittin' Time—A rock band.
(At 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Free State Opera House.)
Billy Spears-Rock and Bluegrass, Special appearance right after the Kansas-Nebraska game at 4 p.m. (At 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Free State Omera House.)
Memorial Carillon Recital—Albert Gerkin. (At 3 p.m. Sundav.)
Memorial Carillon Recital—Albert Gerkin. (At 7 p.m. Wednesday.)
Faculty Recital—Antonio H. Perez, baritone. Corole Rose, piano accompanist. Program includes songs and arias by Ferandiere, Rosales, Berloh, Moynihan, Schubert, Purcell, Haydn, Schubert and Verd. (At 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall.)
Dimov Quartet — Chamber Music Series. Dimo Dimov, violin; Alexander Tomov, violin; Dimitar Tashillik, viola
and Dimer Koez, cello. From Bulgaria. Program: "Diverterion,"名爵 AK 185" by Dimitar Amadayev "String Quartet" quartet Luto lasolawski and "Quartet in D Minor" "(Death and the death)" by the chubert. At 8 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Norman Blake -Winfield Bluegrass Festival Star. Excellent guitar picker and dobro Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and others, and has cut three albums. A real treat for country and bluegrass lovers. (At 8:30 and Free State Opera House.)
Student Recital-Loretta Sremak, Lorie Malin and Man Fan Wong. (At 2:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recall Hall.)
At the gallery
William Albright—Guest organist and pianist. Accompanied by Gary McCarty, percussionist. Program: Organbok II HI by William Kendall, Organ, Percussion by William Bolcom, "Animations for Piano" by Eugene Kurtz, Oh Susanna" by Loren Ruse, Charleston Rag" by Eubie Blake, "Gladiolus" by Scott Joplin and "Corolla Shout" by Jesse P. Johnson. (At 8 p.m. Thursday in Swartooth Rectal Hall.)
Museum of Art—"The L.A.
Flash." A multiple-projection
museum that looks like from
look from high fashion to
Superfly. (Flashed hourly 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday
to Friday.) On Sundays, 9:
p.m. Sundays through Oct. 20.
Museum of Art - "Subject: Women, Venus, Photographs of women, Venus"
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
p.m. Sunday through Noy. 24%
Museum of Art—"Spanish Baroque Drawings in North American Collections" (Same as above.)
Natural History Museum—"Plains and Southwest Indian Art Exhibit." Works of Indians from 3000 BC to the present. (At the museum) Special special shows at 8 to 6 p.m. Fridays through Nov. 11.
7 East 7—"Third Annual printmakers Show." Works by Bertel Hastings, Hiles, Kirkland, Lubensky and Shimomura. (From noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday through Nov.
Kansas Union Gallery— "Chinese Folk Art." Part of the
—Kenn Louden
private collection of Lawrence
Sickmann, curator of the Nelson
Art Gallery in Kansas City. Put
together by Chu-Tsing L,
professor of art. (From 8:30
am to 10:30 a.m.) Friday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
saturday and noon to 4 p.m.
Sunday through Nov. 2.)
-Kenn Louden Entertainment Editor
The Psychology of Freed - A collection of articles that treat the psychological aspects of freedom. The editor's theme is, "What to do in the world of limited choices." The authors include Henn' Berman, John Dewey, Emerson, Erich Frommm, Herbert Marcuse, Horne-Paul Sartre by Raymond Van Over. (Premier. $1.50)
Omega-Thirteen original science fiction stories. Established authors as well as newcomers are represented. Edited by Roger Elmwood. (Gold Medal, 98 cents)
Contemporary Latin American Short Stories—A collection that demonstrates the growing number of vital writers in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The stories are indigenous rather than inspired by his inspirations. Urban life, stories of Indians and other themes. Edited by Pat McNees Mancini. (Premier, $1.50)
Off the shelf
We Gave at the Office—The adventures of two uninhibited secretaries. If you liked "Coffee, Tea or Me" you may enjoy By Laura Mills and Pauline Burklin. (Gold Medal. $1.25)
I lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression—Author Erna Bombeck has a sometimes enjoyable syndicated column, "At Wit's End." This woman frequently someone seems like the big brains in Washington. (Crest. $1.25)
The Way to Dusty Death—Alistair MacLean has moved here from his more bizarre adventures on the seas or in the Arctic to a story of auto racing, with its almost as plastic as in the "Guns of Navarone" or "Ice Station Zebra." (Crest.) $1.49
The Kowloon Contract-
Pipilp Ailee's book is the latest
capstone of Mr. Ailee's
dirty work for the U.S. government,
this time in the alleys of
Hong Kong. An old Chinese
knight shows up. (Gold Medal.
96 cents)
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