Thursday, September 21, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Howdy week apparent hit of Baptist Student Union
The recent Howdy Week in Lawrence to welcome KU students apparently was a success, according to leaders of the Baptist Student Union.
Mike Dunagan, Kansas Baptist Student Union president, said many students were surprised because they hadn't expected such friendliness from merchants and residents.
Bill Marshall, Baptist Student Union director, said Howdy Week resulted from "tremendous downtown cooperation."
Howdy Week, observed September 13-17 following a proclamation by Lawrence Mayor Richard Raney, was sponsored jointly by the Chamber of Commerce and the Baptist group.
The event was not a price promotion but rather a means by which merchants let KU students and newcomers to the city know they were welcome, said Keith Winter, Chamber director. Visible signs of Howdy Week included name tags worn by merchants and sales clerks, messages on local marquees, and banners placed on the KU campus and
Balkan dance to spark 1st club meeting
A sample demonstration of Balkan dancing will be given at the first meeting of an international folk dancing, club which is organizing on the KU campus.
Called the Balkan Dance Club, the group will hold an organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Sunflower Room. Future activities, including the possibility of concerts and foreign travel as the club grows, will be discussed.
Members of the club will have the opportunity to learn and perform folk dances, a club representative said.
The group plans to meet weekly on Wednesday evenings. No dues will be charged.
Kansas gets disaster aid
TOPEKA — (UPI)— Gov. Robert Docking has announced approval by the federal government of applications for $500,872 in emergency funds.
The money is part of the $1-
250,000 in federal disaster funds
that the Office of Emergency
Planning allocated to Kansas because
of tornadoes and flooding
during the spring and summer.
The money is for loss of public
facilities, debris removal and
uninsured public buildings.
The recipients
Atchison County $12,205; Atchison City $2,885; Bazine $2,797; Carbondale $3,361; Coffey County $3,980; Concordia $2,600; Denison $1,070; Doniphan County $34,187; Effingham $1,232; Jackson County $131,426; Kingman County $62,884; Leavenworth $18,605; Marion County $11,851; Mitchell County $16,817; Nemaha County $15,538; Pittsburg $1,595; Rossville $2,060; Topeka $1,653; Wabausee County $18,722; Douglas County $8,190; Finney County $28,565; Franklin County $20,653; Ness County $25,320; Osage County $3,216; Pottawatomie County $12,905 and Kansas Board of Regents $15,515.
elsewhere in the city. Members of the Baptist Student Union handed out Howdy Week name tags during KU registration.
Also featured during the week were a "Know Your Neighbor" campaign conducted by KLWN and a "Friendliest Sales Clerk" contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.
More trouble in Hong Kong
HONG KONG -(UPI)--A Hong Kong newspaper reported today that two Communist Chinese army infantry divisions had been rushed to the China-Hong Kong border area to reinforce defense positions along the frontier.
The rightwing newspaper Sing Tao quoted travelers recently arrived from Canton. The travelers said the troop buildup along the border was aimed at preventing
Communist Chinese refugees from crossing into the British crown colony.
The newspaper said the travelers reported thousands of Chinese from all parts of Kwangtung Province had converged on the areas adjacent to the frontier, hoping to escape to Hong Kong.
Another rightwing newsaper, the Hong Kong Daily News, said other arrivals from Canton reported heavy fighting in the Kwangtung provincial capital. The travelers said several warehouses containing thousands of tons of rice had been burned to the ground.
The United Arab Republic is about the size of Texas and New Mexico combined.
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