THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
CLOUDY
83rd Year, No. 137
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Second Boycott Of Meat Begins Today
Monday, April 30, 1973
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Kansan Staff Photo by PRES BRANDSTED
Ups and Downs
Although his handmade flying machine never made it off the ramp, Damp Wessel, Kansas City, Kan., senior still a hero to her.
spectators. About 300 people turned out to watch Wessel's attempt at flying Friday morning. He intended to take off from a 28-foot long and six-foot high ramp behind the Campanle and fly towards the stadium. The flying machine fell from the ramp before it got airborne. Wessel had been working on the machine for about a year.
River Receding Slowly
By the Associated Press
Flood levels on parts of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers dropped Sunday but more than 10 million acres of land remained underwater. The thousands of families were still out of their homes.
The Mississippi River reached its crest at St. Louis. The National Weather Service said the river "is beginning to fall slowly" at that point.
The river was still 13 feet above its flood stage at St. Louis. And the weather service said it would be May 13 or 14 before it would flood again. The water there was no additional appreciable rainfall.
along the Mississippi's 1,500-mile length,
however, more than 10 million acres of land,
much of it prime farmland, remained
uninhabited. That will it take weeks for
the waters to recede.
The food claimed another victim Sunday. A 14-year-old girl died in a St. Louis hospital after she fell through a window while eating.
from a sand truck during sandbaggion operations at St. Louis, where the death of a man was reported to the floor.
Seven states have been declared federal disaster areas and have been receiving aid from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Small Business Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies.
"Our top priority is temporary housing," an official said in Seebe, Genevieve, where 170 children are housed.
The Army Corps of Engineers estimated that 35,000 people had been evacuated from their homes in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, which was placed in federal and state housing projects.
The Weather Service said that showers and thunderstorms have moved into northeastern Missouri and the extended forecast called for a chance of showers through midweek. The service's river forecast, however, called for both the
Missouri River and the Mississippi River in the north to drop.
Although the Mississippi was slowly dropping in the north, it was rising in the south. The Corps of Engineers said that more high water was expected in the lower Mississippi valley within the week and said Ohio and Illinois rivers were still rising.
The flood crest at St. Louis came on the 50th day that the river had been above flood stage. Levees were reported to be holding but soggy and under constant observation.
Although the waters were rising in the south, a Corps of Engineers spokesman said they were "guardedly, very guardedly, tactically" over the situation in the lower valley.
With a return to normal river levels,
the effects of the flooding were expected to be felt for months. Agriculture officials in Idaho and Oregon had drop in cotton, rice and soybean plantings.
Nixon Aides Urge Watergate Cleanup
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Nixon is being strongly urged by White House aides just below the top层 to sweep out all the trash and to scandal, according to a staff source.
These aides in private, and major Republican office holders in public, insisted the quick removal of such persons is one of their priorities, who spent the weekend in guarded security.
Sen. Charles Percy, R-III, announced he would introduce a resolution today calling on Nixon to take the case out of the hands of his appointees in the Justice Department for impeachment. The special prosecutor of irreproachable reputation and "immeccable" intertwity
Perry said, however, he hoped Nixon would seize the initiative by making a full statement on the case and by firing all those who had his staff who have lost public confidence.
Robert Meserve, president of the American Bar Association (ABA), endorsed proposals for a special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation.
Stressing that he was speaking personally and not as ABA president,慕瑟 told newsmen there was good precedent for the move, particularly in President Calvin Hewlett's appointment of a special prosecution in the Teapot Dome scandals of the 1920s.
A similar proposal was made by Sargent Sriver, the 1972 Democratic vice presidential candidate, who said five former Supreme Court justices should be appointed to appoint a special prosecution with indictment over every aspect of the affair.
Sen. Lowell Weicker Jr., R-Com, said the White House might be putting out a deliberately false impression by implying that she had forced out of his job as acting FBI director.
The source on the White House staff said those aides urging Nixon to fire those implicated might be doing so at the risk of their own jobs if that advice is not taken.
“‘ their own positions may become untenable, ‘ the source said, because the men are seeking to oust include White Donald Trump. The chief domestic adviser John Erhbrichman
The New York Times reported in today's edition that sources close to the case said Halldeman and Ehrlichman would meet with federal prosecutors this week to discuss their possible roles in the Watergate break-in and its subsequent coverup.
The Times reported the sources as saying that arrangements for the meeting had been
Revised Budget to Go to Regents
By DWIGHT DEAY
Kansan Staff Writer
Probably no University of Kansas campus organization is completely satisfied with the Student Senate budget that will be approved Tuesday to the Kansas Board of Regents.
Roger Martin, Lawrence third-year law student and senate treasurer, said during the first night of the senate budget debate that it was impossible to trim $230,000 of
funding requests without compromising the interests of some groups.
The budget that was prepared and passed by the senate eliminates 45 of the 92 groups that sought activity fee funds and requests the requests of many other organizations.
The most substantial cuts were in allocations to the LA&S program, from $2,000 million to Black Student Union ($7,172 to $8,956), and Indian Affairs, $10,960 to $995; the
Kansas Biological Survey Suffers Growing Pains
Haymaker, $15,213 to $8; KU, Bands,
$11,276 to $85; Intercollegiate Women's
Sports, $17,961 to $8,300; and Supportive
Educational Studies (SES) $15,320 to $8
After the Finance and Auditing Committee's budget was originally proposed to the senate April 18, 12 organizations that received heavy cutbacks, including the College of Nursing and the Haymaker, formed the Coalition of Concerned Students Organizations.
By BYRON MYERS
Kanean Staff Writer
The growing interest in ecology and related legislation is placing increasingly heavy demands on the State of Kansas Biological Survey, according to Frank Cross, outgoing survey director and professor of systematics and ecology. The survey is having difficulty meeting these demands, he said.
Until recently, the survey was a small state agency that was a minor arm of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. The survey provides the state with information on the abundance, habitats, distribution and ecology of wildlife.
Its responsibilities have increased as other governmental agencies and companies ask the survey to draw up environmental impact statements whenever a major project, such as the construction of Clinton Reservoir, is proposed. Cross said.
"We recently put a proposal before the Board of Regents for expansion on a stage basis," Cross said, "but were in a tight money situation. I hope that recognition by the function that the survey has and the demands placed upon it will be effective."
"This information is desperately needed," Cross said. "Right now we have a can we only work half time because he is not in training full-time biologist, who is a civil service
McGregor said Sunday that the Biological Survey offices would be moved from Dyche Museum of Natural History and temporarily relocated in the botany research building. He also said the fish research laboratory, which is presently directed by Dr. Daniel Werner, will be surveyed by the survey. Participation in the fish laboratory still will be a joint effort, he said.
employee, and graduate assistants to gather the information."
The coalition asked the senate to reconsider their budget requests and set aside $38,241 they considered necessary to support their programs.
Nancy Archer, Anamasa, Iowa, junior and senate vice president, declared the petition out of order because it was not in accordance with senate rules. Archer's decision was supported by Charles Old-father, University attorney.
The senate, however, refused to reconsider the requests. A week later, the coalition presented a petition to the senate, signed by more than 1,300 students in an
The coalition has made no further appeals to the senate.
Plans for revamping the agency should be finalized by Wednesday.
attempt to expel Student Senate members from office and nullify all senate legislation.
McGregor said the purchase of new equipment, hiring personnel and operating facilities.
Another controversy erupted on the floor of the senate over allocation of senate funds to agencies.
On April 24, the Finance and Auditing Committee submitted an alternate budget that pooled school council funds with those of the City of Edison to said this merger released money that could
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Organization Request Allocation
Air Force Club $ 506.0 $ 1280.0
Amt. Inst. of Aeronautics and
Astronautics $ 655.0 $ 0.0
Anst. Studies Undergraduate $ 60.0 $ 0.0
Anst. Studies Graduate $ 734.0 $ 0.0
Arab Students Organization $ 1,818.0 $ 0.0
Arab Students Organization $ 1,818.0 $ 0.0
Asian American大学生协会 $ 4,923.0 $ 1,110.0
Asian American大学生协会 $ 4,923.0 $ 1,110.0
Black American大学生协会 $ 4,196.0 $ 1,927.0
Bicycle Club $ 1143.0 $ 185.0
Black Student Union $ 1712.0 $ 815.0
Black Student Union $ 1712.0 $ 815.0
Blondiehunders $ 310.0 $ 80.0
Blondiehunders $ 310.0 $ 80.0
Campus Veterans $ 3,920.0 $ 2,465.0
Campus Veterans $ 3,920.0 $ 2,465.0
Chinese Students Association $ 1,246.0 $ 0.0
Chinese Students Association $ 1,246.0 $ 0.0
Commission on the Status of Women $ 6,275.0 $ 1,140.0
Commission on the Status of Women $ 6,275.0 $ 1,140.0
Computer Machinery $ 50.0 $ 0.0
Computer Machinery $ 50.0 $ 0.0
Curriculum and Instruction Survey $ 26,130.0 $ 10,977.0
Education School Council $ 771.0 $ 81.0
Engineering School Council $ 1,040.0 $ 1,81.0
Federation of Student Social $ 655.0 $ 0.0
Female Team $ 1,600.0 $ 70.0
Female Team $ 1,600.0 $ 70.0
Department Play $ 11,357.0 $ 10,567.0
Friends of Art $ 1,000.0 $ 160.0
Friends of Farm Worker $ 1,000.0 $ 160.0
Galaxy $ 2,860.0 $ 0.0
Graduate School Council $ 507.0 $ 3,728.0
Graduate School Council $ 507.0 $ 3,728.0
Haymakers $ 15,213.0 $ 0.0
Haymakers $ 15,213.0 $ 0.0
Headwear Farm $ 1,747.0 $ 6,025.0
India Club $ 380.0 $ 0.0
India Club $ 380.0 $ 0.0
India Club $ 17,846.0 $ 9,492.0
International Club
International Law Society
International Law Association
Princess Student Assn.
RK Law School
RK International Law Association
RK Legal School
Lahore Program
Lahore Law School
Law Council School
Law School
Legal Self Defense
Media Club
Media Club
Model UN GAS
Model UN GAS Conference
Music Therapy Group
Society Arts
Society
Odisha Students Org.
Ordnanceman Office
Ordnanceman Office
People-to-People
River City Yellow Pages
River City Yellow Pages
Sailing Club
Sierra Club
Sierra Club
Soccer Club
Soccer Club
Societys Educational Students
Societys Educational Students
Sports Car Club
Sports Car Club
Supportive Educational Services
Supportive Educational Services
RUTY Action Committee
RUTY Action Committee
Vernus Club
Vernus Club
Volunteer Clearing House
Whisperer
Whisperer
worked out during conferences between John J. Wilson, the attorney for the White House aides, and Earl J. Silbert, the chief counsel in the fight against comment on the report, the Times said.
The Post said at least two other high-level White House officials have concluded Haldenman and Ehrlichman supervised a cover up.
The Washington Post, in its Sunday editions, quoted an unnamed White House official as saying that presidential counsel John Dean III intends to swear under oath that he will continue the Schieffliman regular progress reports on attempts to cover up the Watergate bugging.
Dean, the Post quoted its sources as Dean, has written a history of his version
of the bugging of Democratic party headquarters at the Watergate building and steps taken to prevent public disclosure of it.
In a copyrighted interview in U.S. News and World Report, Agnew also said he thought the Senate Watergate committee should stop its investigation and postpone public until the conclusion of the investigation being conducted by the federal grand jury.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said that if the Watergate affair is not cleaned up by 1974 chances for Republican success in that midterm elections could be damaged.
"If we get through it (Watergate) and finish it in the public consciousness," he said, "then I don't see how we're going to be hurt by it. If it's still dangling its going to hurt us because it's been discussed as a coverup and it's eroding confidence."
By MARIEL BIMM
Kansan Staff Writer
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Campus Survey Says Nixon Knew of Plans
A majority of students and faculty members at the University of Kansas contacted in a Kansan survey Sunday said they believed that President Nixon had prior knowledge of the Watergate break-in and burglary.
The survey asked 36 students and 10 faculty members whether they thought Nixon knew of the bugging of the intricate headquarters. Thirty-four said "yes."
Of these 34, seven said that they thought Nixon knew of and approved the plan. The remaining 27 said that they thought he knew the bugging but gave it no official sanction.
Those questioned were selected at random from the KU Faculty-School Directed Students.
Faculty members were less emphatic than students on the question of prior knowledge—but only slightly so. Sixty per cent of the faculty members questioned said Nixon knew of the plan while 78 per cent of the students said no.
"Any action is, of course, up to Congress," said Earl Erlhring, associate professor of political science. "They could do that, but I wouldn't think they would do that."
Sixty-seven per cent said that if the president did not know of the illegal action, he would be able to resist it.
All respondents said some action should be taken against the President, but they were unsure. Although some mentioned impeachment, most said they thought no action could be taken because of the President's position, and that Nixon was "pretty much invulnerable."
"This is a serious reflection on the White House no matter what happened," said Jack McCarthy, the director of the Western Civilization program. "If he did know and took no action, it was reprehensible. And if he didn't, it doesn't know what is going on around him."
Nehring said he thought it was quite understandable if the President did not know of the bugging. He said this did not imply Nixon was remiss in his duties.
"I think it means he is leavening too much to his advisers," and Steven Cohen, Prairie Valley.
Debarsh Stansbrough, University City, M., sophomore, said she did not think Nixon had prior knowledge of the affair but "he obviously knew afterwards and took no action. Some blame must be laid at his door for the whole thing."
Forty-two of those questioned said they brought some form of political espionageWomen in the military were also.
"There is probably a certain degree of activity in every area of politics. I think it is unfortunate," said Dave Murfin, Wichita county member of the state Republican committee.
Most said that regardless of whether the activity was widespread, it was not because it was a new technology.
One person questioned the statement that espionage was all right because "everyone is doing it" was a Machiavellian scheme, implying that the ends justify the means.
Leland Pritchard, professor of economics, said, "I don't think criminality in one place excuses criminality in another."
Experts Plan Removal Of Rail Yard Bombs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—Bombs experts prepared to remove an unknown number of bombs Sunday in an effort to prevent more of the explosions that ripped a munitions train and turned a rail yard into a tunnel of flamenco banners and flying shrapnel.
At least 52 persons were injured Saturday when the series of blasts roared the yard, located near an isolated Sacramento suburb about 105 miles northeast of San Francisco.
There were no immediate reports of critical injuries, deaths or missing persons, authorities said. There was also no word on how many people were injured in the damage estimated in the millions of dollars.
Forty-six Army and Air Force detonation experts were ready to move into the area of the Roseville Southern Pacific yard, taking trucks with them to remove the 250-pound bombs, a Department of Defense spokesman said.
"We haven't decided where to take these things," said Air Force Capt. Richard Sheffield. "We can desensitize a small part, but eventually they must be detonated."
Numerous 250-pound bombs were reported on the ground following the series of explosions that first rocked the yard, and caused a twisting patching point in California, early Saturday.
Authorities said the last explosion was held at Sunday at about 18 a.m. Lawrence and Carlyle have been evacuated.
clouds and smoke from fires was absent from the sky Sunday.
A Defense Department spokesman said authorities had to agree the danger to bomb squads was minimal before giving the goahead to send them into the area.
About 2,500 persons remained evacuated from homes in the area Sunday, according to the emergency management agency. An earlier estimate by the Sacramento County sheriff had placed the number of evacuees at 35,000, but a state emergency official said that figure appeared much too low.
A Southern Pacific spokesman said smoke was seen about 10 a.m. Saturday and the explosions started about five minutes later.
Sacramento 15 miles away. The dome area in the 103-year-old capitol building was closed to the public because authorities feared the shock might cause it to collapse. A switchman said railway cars were blown off the tracks on both sides of the rail yard, which is 23 tracks wide. Another railroad employee said a set of wheels from a boxcar weighing more than a ton were thrown into the air and fell near where he was working.
The explosives were loaded on the train at Hawthorne, Nev., he said, at a Navy supply depot and were to be delivered at Port Hancock for Navy installation on San Francisco Bay.