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78th Year, No.10
Serving KU For 78 of its 102 Years
WEATHER WARMER
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Friday, September 29,1967
Torch march visits campus
HEADED FOR STRONG
Pence Marathon marchers carried a torch containing fragments from a U.S. anti-personnel bomb down Jayhawk Boulevard Thursday. The marchers are walking from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. to present the torch to Congress as a protest of the war in Vietnam.
Protest groups mingle at SDS demonstration
Folk songs, sneeches, and free doughnuts highlighted the demonstration by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the Kansas Union Thursday afternoon.
The SDS was protesting the presence of Marine Corps recruiters in the Union.
Joining the SDS in their Thursday protest were the Draft Resister's League, a newly-formed group, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. A representative of the Students for Positive Action at K-State also joined the demonstration.
Torch carriers too
Two non-students, Richard Elmore and Lars Speyer, both of San Francisco, Calif., and organizers of yesterday's peace torch marathon, also came to the Union to tell the demonstrators about the torch, which arrived on the KU campus at 4 p.m. yesterday.
Hamilton Salsich, instructor of English and SDS advisor, said in one of the speeches, "I am here today to protest the violence that pits the body of one man against the body of another."
John Garlinghouse, Salina graduate student, speaking for the Veterans for Peace and Freedom said, "We are all men who have served our hitch in the Army and the smartest thing we did was to get the hell out!"
Answering a question from a
listener, Garlinghouse admitted he was receiving financial aid under the G.I. Bill.
"I think I earned it," he replied.
Between speeches, Jeff Stover, Hill City junior, played guitar and sang protest songs. Many of the demonstrators joined in the singing of some of the more well-known songs.
"People come to us who are opposed to their movement, and people opposed to our movement so to them," said Capt. James G. Custar, who also was at the Marine recruiting table.
One of the Marine recruiters, Staff Sgt. Robert Strawser, said, "We've been getting quite a bit of interest—more than usual—because of the attention drawn to the Union by their (demonstrators') presence."
'Lots of interest'
The recruiters were invited by the SDS to speak at their forum, but declined the invitation.
DiZerega felt that Thursday's demonstration had accomplished quite a bit. "We exposed a lot of
Gus diZerega, Wichita junior and SDS spokesman, announced plans for Draft Resistance Week Oct. 15-21. The week will end with a mass demonstration in which demonstrators will try to close the Pentagon for a day, diZerega said.
See Protest, page 9.
As the Peace Torch Marathon marchers carried their torch down Jayhawk Boulevard Thursday strains of "I'm a Jayhawk" could be heard in the background.
The KU marching band in Memorial Stadium practiced—unnoticing.
The marchers stopped under the American flag at Strong Hall and began passing the torch—a protest symbol against the Vietnamese war—among the gatherers.
The marathon began in San Francisco Aug. 27 and the marchers expect to reach Washington, D.C., Oct. 21.
About 200 students gathered at Strong Hall on the south lawn to listen to members of the marathon.
Vince Rossi, a marathon spokesman, said the situation of Kansas is perhaps one of the most dangerous in the United States.
Kansas most dangerous
"Kansas is complacent," he said. "People in Kansas write us off as hippies."
He described Kansas as a "fool's paradise" and said that the danger in Kansas was "conformity in opinion."
Living room gets 'altered'
Maybe by Parents' Weekend, the Chi Omega's will have their living room ready for the guests.
But last night it looked like what happens when a fox gets loose in a hen house.
The Chi O's had decorated the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house with purple and gold toilet paper. They also decorated the trees, the lawn and the SAE house's white columns.
The SAE's retaliated.
"You couldn't see the mirror (at the end of the long Chi O living room) when the fight started," one girl said.
Feathers and book pages were an inch thick on the blue rug.
"I just came by to pick up my date," moaned a man from another fraternity.
The SAE's were helping clean up the debris at 11 p.m. The toilet paper was still where the Chi O's left it.
WHAT'S INSIDE
The Hill suffers from crowded classes and overloaded teachers- page 6.
Two blind students fare "just like everybody else" on the KU campus—page 8.
Daily Kansan sportswriters predict Big 8 results> page 10.
A torech marathon marcher tells why he came—page 9.
Many students are forced to stand at the Classical Film Series—page 5.
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John Berthrong, another speaker, said, "The American government is not interested in peace and freedom. It wants social stability in Vietnam."
He said that the U.S. did not want to take over Vietnam but planned to gain control of the rich lands of Indonesia and Malaysia.
"The East is red only because it has no other alternative," said Berirrong.
The original marathon group is led by Lars Speyer, a professional photographer from San Francisco, and Richard Elmore, a designer also from San Francisco. The marchers now total 35 — people from all walks of life, said Speyer. He said the number varies because many join the march for a while and drop out later.
Lit in Hiroshima
The torch contains fragments from a U.S. anti-personnel bomb used in Vietnam. It was lit in Hiroshima by Elmore and is inscribed with "World Peace — Hiroshima, August, 1967."
Elmore and Speyer said the purpose of the torch marathon is to stop the bombing in Vietnam, negotiate, and ultimately withdraw all foreign troops from Vietnam. Their direct aim is to awaken the American people to the evil of the war.
The marchers have been crossing the country on foot. Shifts of them carry the torch so that the torch "walks" all the way.
Speyer said, "We are crossing the country on foot to be able to talk to more people."
Present torch to Congress
The torch will finally be returned to Hiroshima.
Present torch to Congress When the marchers reach Washington, they will try to present the torch to Congress, said Elmore. Later the torch will be taken to New York and given to the United Nations.
The Peace Torch Marathon will arrive in Kansas City today.
See related story, page 9
His appearance is sponsored by the SUA Minority Opinions Forum. Vaughn, a Democrat, is against the war in Vietnam.
'U.N.C.L.E.' star to speak on war issue
Robert Vaughn, the "Man from U.N.C.L.E.", is coming to KU. He will speak at 11 a.m., Oct. 14, in Dyche Auditorium on the topic "The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Looks at Vietnam."
Vaughn is chairman of a California group known as the Dissenting Democrats. In an interview for Saturday Review magazine, Vaughn spoke against the war in Vietnam at a time, he said, when only a handful of public figures agreed with him.
He contends he gets no help from Hollywood. He said he sent letters to 25 top movie stars who have been known for "at least taking some kind of public stand on vital issues" telling them if "they just felt emotionally about stopping the war," he would send them information and background material about the war. He got one answer, from Tony Randall.
In answer to the accusation of doing anti-war work for publicity, Vaughn said, "First of all I don't need it. and second, it couldn't be worse publicity.
"I am attacking the very structure of this country—all the establishment forces, as well as the administration, which is, after all, my party," he said.
BULLETIN
A Topeka federal grand jury has indicted two former KU students on charges of possessing and selling stimulant or depressant drugs illegally.
The two named in the indictment are Carla Nelson of Lawrence, a senior last year, and Norman D. Quinn of Kansas City, Kan., a sophomore here last year.
Administration agrees University is tax burden
KU burdens Lawrence, admits James Gunn, administrative assistant to the chancellor.
For example, fire and police protection for the university is provided by the city. The city, however, receives no property tax payments in return.
But only the Board of Regents or the state legislature can remedy the problem, Gunn said.
"We fully realize the additional burden this puts on the Lawrence taxpayer," said Keith Lawton, vice-chancellor in charge of operations.
In a town hall meeting this week Lawrence residents asked the city how tax or in lieu-of-tax payments from the university could help pay for city services.
City commissioners said they hope to discuss the situation with the Board of Regents or the state legislature.
"We have yet to make the decision which body is appropriate," said Richard Raney, Lawrence mayor.
Raney said he appreciates the
University's position and realizes no financial help can be provided with the present budget.
City commissioner John Emick suggests the tax problem could be solved with a motor vehicle tax similar to the one voted down this past August by Lawrence citizens.
He says the tax would bring additional revenue to the city.
The city has no plans at present to put such a proposal to a vote again.
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WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts fair and warmer weather tonight and Saturday. The low tonight should be near 40. The high Saturday in the upper 70s.
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