Union...
Thursday, April 20, 1978
From page one
There were several various protest groups with on the right and left wings at KU in the early 1980s.
was a case of cutting your nose off to spite your face."
However, a December 31, 1968 memo from J. Edgar Hover, then director of the city to the Kansas City field office called the "wank" area in the Lawrence area "weak and inactive."
Tom Gleason, a Lawrence layer who participated as a student in leftist activities during the late '60s, said there had been a not very united front at the University of Maryland, he said, there had been a variety of groups concerned about a variety of causes.
"THERE REALLY was not a single left, as such," Gleason said. "There was as much disagreement among the groups as there was disagreement with the administration."
Thus, a fire set behind Strong Hall the day after the fire might have been a part of the incident.
An earlier fire in the Military Science building may have been done by an anti-rotic FCTC action. And the fire bombs at the ground level on the campus of High School could be attributed to raid style fires.
At the time, some thought the trouble began with racial tensions at Lawrence and others said it was a carryover from an earlier incident. Over the promotions of two KU professors,
"People said it was done by either white radicals, black radicals or right wing people. There are reasonable arguments that they were wrong and that the case was hardly reasonable," he said.
DIZEREGEA NOW teaches political science at San Francisco State University. He said three theories were popular at the time, and they are about what he harbors the Union and why.
Still others blamed the appearance of Abbie Hoffman the week before for the upheaval. Some were willing to place the beginning of the fire's roots as far back as the ROTC demonstrations on campus the year before.
If right wing people were responsible for the fire, it might have been to halt the mimeographed production of left wing groups, DiZerega said. All of the mimeographed equipment of the left wing groups and the Black Student Union were housed in the
"But I if I had to guess who, I would suspect that someone from a peripheral wing left the fire," he said. "Not a student, but a street person down on anything affiliated with a University. There were a lot of burned-out souls at that time."
"THAT SUSPICION is made without any proof whatsoever, though."
Chalmeri also said he thought that the fire was set by a group entirely external to the University. From the same information he as chancellor received from the FBI, he said
Concern...
From page one
Marilyn Kent, a graduate student in the dean of women's office, said there were eight full-time staff members in the office and five part-time staff members.
She said the office handled withdrawals from the University, housing, staff selections for residence halls, Panellinic beds, and other groups, advising to student organizations, career counseling, helping with financial resources assertiveness and stress management.
SHE SAID special services for women included the KU sexuality network, which provided information and services to these women in a general cerebral disease and other sexuality concerns.
The women's resource center also is staffed by the dean of women's office.
"It seems like it would be easier to go to
From page one
Firemen...
Burt, chief negotiator for the city, said he was not sure when a meeting would occur, but that he would try to schedule one for tomorrow.
The first negotiations between the Lawrence police and the city are also ongoing.
In August and September 1977, a lengthy dispute arose between the city and police and firefighters, the latter two uniting to request a 1978 wage increase.
During the negotiations, which lasted until mid-September, police staged a three-day work slowdown. The contract was signed with a 6 percent increase instead of the 10 percent increase requested by police and firefighters.
Expo to have demonstration of auto airbags
Joe Lee, associate professor of civil engineering, said yesterday that an airbag demonstration car would be displayed in the parking lot of Learned Hall during the Engineering Exposition tomorrow and Saturday.
Area residents and people at the University of Kansas will be able to witness an automobile safety device this weekend could be required on all cars in the future.
THE CAR is on loan from the Highway Safety Commission through the Kansas Department of Transportation, Lee said, and its appearance at KU is being sponsored by the KU student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Members of the chapter will be on hand to demonstrate the airbags, and the people will be able to sit in the car as the airbags are inflated.
The bags are designed to inflate upon impact in a crash, but air compressors will be used to inflate the bags in the demonstration. Lee said.
University Daily Kansan
The public can view the car during the hours of the exposition, which are from 12 noon to 9 p.m. tomorrow and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.
NFL players group to help Job Corps
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Labor Secretary Ray Marshall and the National Football League Players Association today signed a contract that will pay them $175,000 for the Job Cares work with the next 12 months.
NFL. football stars and top athletes in other sports will participate in a program aimed at promoting Job Corps enrollment among high school seniors in community acceptance of new corps centers.
Many of the Players Association's 4,000 active and retired members will take part in radio and television spots recruiting Job Corp enrollees and will visit centers to help in physical training programs and boost morale, Marshall said.
the dean of women's office than to a student affair office, 'Martie Dunn, Lawrence
"There's a supportive atmosphere there because you're surrounded by women, though."
"1 hope the space and energy there for the resource center won't dissipate in the recycle stream."
MICKS BICYCLE
REPAIR SHOP
it indicated the suspects were not thought to be enrolled at KU.
But Randy Gould, a former KU student who freely admits that there are people who think he set fire to the Union, has a different theory about what happened.
Michelin High Speed .. $3.95
Michelin 50's .. $3.50
Michelin Presta Tubes .. $1.75
IRC-80 lb. Gumwall .. $3.50
IRC-90 lb. Skinwall .. $4.19
IRC-27x1 1/4 inertube .. $1.39
IRC-28x1 3/8 inertube .. $1.39
Offer expires Sat, April 22.
"To tell you the truth, I think there's a better than 50-50 chance that no one set the
Limit 4 per customer.
Hours: Mon.-Fri.
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sat. 12:05 p.m.
411½ W. 14th
842-3131
(Downhill from the
(Downhill from the "Wheel")
"I never read about any concrete evidence that the fire had to be arson. I think the law enforcement officials and the administration wanted it to be arson."
"There's a lot of wires in that building that could have shorted and started a fire."
But with the statute of limitations probably in effect and the last entry into the files more than two years ago, age is a factor in burning the Union can feel relatively safe.
IN AN ironic twist of fate, Gould now works in the bookstore.
However, the attractiveness of guessing what happened eight years ago still remains.
Perahs a KU professor, recently sharing his theory, described the mystery best: "I think they were by a group of male and female, black, white, psychopathic students and non-students."
Pyramid Pizza
FAST, FREE DELIVERY
Special of the Week
FREE DOUBLE CHEESE
Good thru 4/23/78
At The WHEEL WE PILE IT ON . . . 842-3232
the University of Kansas School of Engineering Presents Engineering and the Economy the 58th Annual Engineering Expo
Lessons for Today
Panel Discussion
"HOLOCAUST"
Learned Hall April 21 12 p.m.-9 p.m. April 22 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Banquet at the Kansas Union, April 22 Funded by Student Senate.
Thursday, April 20
8:00 p.m.
Forum Room
Kansas Union
Panelists:
Ben Edelbaum, concentration camp survivor
Charles Sidman, Chairman, K.U. Dept. of
History.
Patsy Kempthorne, K.U. student
Francis Horowitz, Associate Dean, College
of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Moderator: Bonnie Ritter, Director, Affirmative Action
Sponsors:
Campus Vets
Douglas County Ministerial Alliance
Gay Services
International Club
Jewish Student Social Workers
K.U. Federation of Student Social Workers
K.U. Hillel, the Jewish student's organization
K.U.Y.
Lawrence Jewish Community Center
St. Lawrence Catholic Center
United Ministries
Women's Coalition
Refreshments will be served after the discussion.
TO: K.U. FACULTY
FROM: KANSAS UNION BOOKSTORES PLEASE NOTE:
ONLY 25% OF THE FALL COURSE CARDS FOR TEXTBOOKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. . .
IF WE ARE TO BUY CURRENT TEXTBOOKS FROM KU STUDENTS AND/OR HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM BOTH USED AND NEW TEXTBOOKS FOR FALL SEMESTER COURSES, IT IS VITAL THAT YOUR TEXTBOOK REQUISITION CARDS BE SUBMITTED NOW!
PLEASE HELP US TO ATTAIN OUR GOAL OF MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. THANK YOU.