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ick pok speech at Carolina Coliseum. In "The Washington Wonderland," he lamented the government's threat "to jail a group of eccentric apricot pit purveyors who had exaggerated the benefits of their health claims." Kilpatr By Kip Blevin "As children grow older, their legs grow longer." This was the $440,000 conclusion of a congressional study group IU1 uivu iu i CUC91511 U1C 11 And this was one example conservative commentator James J. Kilpatrick cited to illustrate the topic of his Wednesday night tfWVWWWWWWWVWWW I - tfa ij pi Putt. ! p ' out I j; IS !? C 1975-PPGCA !; 1150 Knox Abbott Dr !; Cayce, S.C. j; 532 St. A I r* _ I.. J V-OIU 3wwwwwvwvvwwvwwv\ CULTURAL S JAC TUESD4V, At CA I Make-up i j Cap MmVXXWWiOM v . IVMOMOACtalftMM* His list ol Washington, D.C., political serendipities ranged from the ridiculous to the absurd: from federal requirements that ve ? I 1' * * * 4. jani - I ay | Putt? 1-rU! I ; anKgy^l a J @ PfGCA i| 5606 Rercival Rd.jj Columbia, S.C. ;! nrlrAiiie D /J * IIUICWO l\U ? 2 mbia, S.C. ;! WWyWMWWWWMWM ERI6S PRESEN" !K THOMAS as IM CT ? H I B >RIL 20 at 8.*f5| PSTONE CAM PL workshop*' stone Camp ;e s fun i industrial trucks and farm tractors must go "beep, beep" whenever backing up, to earplug requirements so the "beep, beeps" can't be heard; from catalytic conveners mat oacktirecl and now cause more polluting than that which they were supposed to correct. Unlike his afternoon press conference where he predicted a Ford-Carter confrontation in November, Wednesday night Kilpatrick told an estimated crowd of 1,500 that he thinks the Democratic convention will be deadlocked and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, D-Minn. will emerge, from the smoke-filled room. Kilpatrick was quick to add that he ;n n i it is iiui a ncpuuiitau. 1 am a surviving member of the Whig Party-the last Whig on the tree," he quipped. He said he didn't need to be "riding and speaking on the friedchicken circuit"--but he said he enjoyed the opportunity to sing the praises of Washington, "a beautiful capital and the center of the greatest power in the world." While praising John Rivers, head of the USC Speakers Bureau, he noted how unique his conservative in?iuuua me un many college campuses. "I'm the token conservative, usually sandwiched between Dick Gregory and Jane Fonda." He said his position is often described as a "troglodyte, to the right of Genghis Khan and south of John C. Calhoun." Nicolas Von Hoffman, his former sparring partner on the CBS "60 Minutes, Point Counterpoint" segment, was called an old friend who disdained liberals, considering himself an anarchist. He I. ..1 I I Al " ciuMiuwicugcu me curious coincidences when he and Hoffman often found themselves in basic agreement. "Von Hoffman was a little too rs I l. LMH VvJEZ sm in (he IS ROOM FREE i&ofTue. ?is Room at Wash flamboyant," Kilpatrick said, and his "big mouth, by his own admission, got him fired." He expanded on his seeming philosophical kinship with Hoffman by pointing out how differences between manv on CaDitol Hill "are largely semantic." The diminutive, silver-haired author and columnist, resplendent in sunburned-face and crimson blazer, "pulled out all the stops" when he started naming assets and liabilities of various and sundry presidential candidates. He noted Ronald Reagan's "impossible dream," but said Gerald Ford will get the nomination. On the Democratic side he seemed to imply that Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter was a bigger actor than Reagan. "He looks like a guitar player," Kilpatrick said, adding however, that he is the "first credible Southerner in a long, long time. He's cool under fire and has a marvelous ability to smile and talk at the same time." Humphrey, if elected, will be the "second oldest president in U.S. history," Kilpatrick said. He said he believes the Democratic nomination will settle down to a two-man race and "I have a feeling that 'the Hump' will get it." The Irishman betrayed a certain fondness for the candidate"who never naa a prayer," Alabama Gov. George Wallace-"I admire that tough, wiry, indefatigable person," Kilpatrick said. "Wallace runs for president the way other men go bowling." He will always be a hero to the "little man," Kilpatrick stated, and his "send 'em a message" was popular with those frustrated by Washington's bureaucracy. He also commented on: Henry "Scoop" Jackson is billed as a conservative, but, Kilpatrick said, "he's a 100 per cent liberal, votes that way." He said Jackson peaked too soon "in May of 1972." Fred Harris--"The only candidate to give an honest answer to an honest question." Morris Udall~"A Mormon, real tall, and the only liberal left." Kilpatrick said under questioning that he believes there's still a northern bias toward southern presidential candidates, a result of Appomattoxand the civil rights era. He said, however, that changing population trends favor n See our exc ifing collec tion of T enniswear. Net knits by G iamo, si^e 6-14, $30-$40 Spec ial orders by request. lingtori the South and in "another 10 or 12 years" attitudes should soften. The former newspaperman from Virginia earlier had announced that he brought greetings from his home state, calling North Carolina, "a veil of indifference between two mminfainc n( nnnfloU " U? "? ?J ivuitwiiiu u> iic savcu his most effusive praise for President Ford. "How's your wife?" "Compared to what?" was Kilpatrick's vaudevillian style in describing the United States' economy under Ford's "go-slow" policies. Compare America's inflation with the rest of the world and this country comes out "smelling like a rose," he said. Other selected comments included-praise for Secretary of State Henrv Kis?iino??f demnation of Woodward and Bernstein's latest Nixon book; support for decriminalization of marijuana laws; support for a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling considered negative to homosexuals and predictions on the demise of the two-party system in favor of multiple parties or no parties. Also, "ethnic purity" is a media event; the House and Senate ethics committees "are full of ethics for everybody but themselves, and are overcome with spasms of morality which smack of hvnocrisv" as u/itn#?c*; "Bo" Callaway "inquisition." During the press conference held earlier that afternoon Kilpatrick had to be excused. CBS was on the phone. They wanted his reply to Shana Alexander for Sunday's "60 Minutes" show. Later that evening he expressed dismay when he learned that his lecture would be the last to highlight the speakers Bureau. Head of the bureau, John Rivers, told the audience before introducing Kilpatrick that the program "will not be returned next semester due to a change of policy wnicn 1 ao not agree with." He thanked those "13,000 people who had supported us with our other speakers." Rivers, who supported the oponents of the new student body president, doubted whether the university will ever again have national speakers of the caliber they had this year. "It will be to the detriment of the students that (President Dave) Wilsford will not support the speakers bureau." he said. *U" Mck, multi colored striped rib knit bodice, regular waistline, solid skirt trim urnunH nark mH armhole. 100% Polyester. White I skirt with yellow, white, mauve ' and pir.k stripes. Yellow skirt with yellow, green, mango and white 9 '%WI /H S?Me Ave.* Rve W<i Ofr.dtK & C 4