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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, October 26,'1975
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PRESENTING THE RETURN OF
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
A 60 song review of all the great Beatles hits, complete with
Beatle costumes and Beatle history. An absolute must for
any Beatle admirer.
U alumni visit alma mater Sadat desires
*with memories of the past Aid
(Continued from Page 1) comingr game!" more enthuisiastic than he ex'-
MONDAY, OCT. 27
$2 STUDENTS; $2.50 ALL OTHERS
AND
Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jew Boys
ing dock in the morning."
MERRY Berglund, a '67 Edu-
cation School graduate, remem-
bers the renowned "Bell par-
ties" as one of the big sources
of campus entertainment.
"When you turned 21 (the
legal drinking age until a few
years ago), you would go to the
Pretzel Bell and stand on the
table and chug a pitcher of
beer - the Bell provided the
beer," said Berglund.
"I love Michigan," she add-
ed. "I enjoyed the game, but I
enjoyed more hearing that
Michigan State lost their Home-
NOT ALL the alumni were as
caught up in University events.
Martin Monroe, a '56 Business
School graduate, said he was
"not even familiar with the
campus any more."
However, Monroe enjoyed
yesterday's game against Indi-j
ana. "What can I say - we
won," he said unemotionally.
James Stinchcombe and his
wife Edie both graduated from
the Rackham graduate program
in 1949, and now live in Phila-
delphia.
STINCHCOMBE found the
game relaxing and the crowd
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also appearing:
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pected. "It looks like the
Homecoming spirit is coming
back," the alumnus said.
However, Edie said, "The
displays were bigger in our
day. We had a pep rally with a.
bonfire."
She said she regretted miss-
ing Friday's phone-booth stuff-
ing contest, but made it to yes-
terday's Mudbowl and the bi-I
cycle race.
"I think the campus looks bet-
ter now," she continued on a
different note. "It's more uni-
fied - looking somehow."
Finally the small crowd of
alumni thinned down, and even!
the weary Homecoming spon-
sors, University Activities Cen-
ter's Don Lovett and Richard
Sherry, ambled out to eat din-
ner. A lone figure remained in!
the vast, darkening room,
chewing on his pipe and slow-
ly sampling cookies - perhaps,
recalling those Saturday nights:
in the old ballroom of the '40's.
Wit. . J _ .. . ._
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Performing some of their most popular hits, "Ride Em Jewbov," "High On Jesus," and
"Beach Party Boo Boo." Combining the styles of Merle Haggard and Lenny Bruce Kinky
persists in writing for and singing to, that most neglected group: Bigots! ". . . Their
lives are just as dreary as those of enlightened folks," Kinky reminds us. Never intend-
ing to offend, Kinky and his band produce some of the finest country western rock
today. Kinky and the boys are in Ann Arbor fresh from a 5-day sellout appearance at
Ratso's in Chicago. Don't miss them!
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- _ _ _ -
Sadat
LECTURE-Tuesday, Oct. 28
DR. ITAMAR RABINOVITCH
(Director Shilooh Institute for Middle Eastern
Studies-Tel Aviv Univ.)
WILL SPEAK ON
"THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO
THE PRESENT CRISES IN LEBANON"
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Sponsored by Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies
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complained about reports of
U.S. aid commitments of $2.3
billion to Israel.
"But there will not be any
announcements or any deci-
sions as to a program for mili-
tary aid to Egypt at this time,"
he said.
The United States "will look
very sympathetically at Egyp-
tian requests" for economic
aid, Kissinger said, and add-
ed: "We are not in any posi-
tion to make any specific com-
ments at this time, but we are
prepared to have a general
discussion."
Sadat is the first Egyptian
head of state to make a formal
visit to the United States.
As Sadat began his trip, the
Soviet Union attacked his poli-
cies and the recent Sinai agree-
ment negotiated by U. S. Secre-
tary of State Henry A. Kissing-
er. Without naming Sadat by
name, the article in the Com-
mnimist mnrtv daily Pravda call-
ed the Sinai accord a "blow
to the Arab peonles of Pales-
tine" and to "the unity of
Arab peones." The article ac-
csed unnamed Egyptians of
undermining Soviet - Egyptian
relations and distorting Soviet
actions. Its timing pointed up
the Kremlin's anger at Egyp-
tian - American rapproche-
ment.
Ohio State's Archie Griffin
leads the nation's returning col-
lege football players with 3,820
yards rushing. Joe Washington
of Oklahoma ranks second with
3,124 yards and Kentucky's Son-
ni Collins is third with 2,685.
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As you read this, other bills for
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