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KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence; Kansas
84th Year, No.142
Tuesday, June 11, 1974
New Students Getting Taste Of College Life
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Aftermath
A tornado turned the Lincoln Park trailer court in Emporia into a mass of rubble Saturday. The town was declared a federal disaster area yesterday by President Nixon and is now eligible for federal relief funds, emergency housing and other assistance.
Nixon Holds Tapes
Defies House, Sirica and Gesell
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Nixon stood fast against the House Judiciary Committee and two federal courts that sentenced fugitives to surrender Watergate evidence.
"Since it is clear that the committee will not draw . . . a line. I have done so." he said.
The President, who left Washington early in the day for a tour of the Mideast, rejected the impachment panel's demand for 45 more tapes.
Nixon wrote chairman Peter W. Rodino Jr. (D.N.J.) that he was acting to prevent the presidency from becoming "theforce and forevermore subservient," to Congress.
House Speaker Carl Albert (D-Oklaha) called Nixon's response "outside the bounds of reason." And a senior Republican member of the committee said he would seek by resolution its support of the full House for the tapes request.
AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE,
The President again refused through his attorney to let District Judge Gerhard A. Geseli decide what White House materials may be used by former aide John D. Buchman for his defense in the plumbers' trial.
Nixon's position in that case could lead to dismissal of charges against his one-time domestic affairs adviser or delay the trial, set to begin next Monday.
The President was adamant, too, in another court. He told Judge John J. Sirica by letter that he objected to turning over a portion of a tape recording to Watergeat prosecutors. Sirica already holds the tape; it is too sensitive. The judge asked him not to release it pending arrest.
Rodino's panel sought tapes of 45 Watergate-retired conversations for its interview series.
REP. ROBERT MCCLORY of Illinois, senior Republican committee member, said he would introduce a resolution of inquiry today asking the President to supply all the material demanded in four subpoenas issued thus far by the committee.
McClory said the rarely used resolution would have no additional legal effect but, if passed, would put the full House on record in support of committee demands.
The committee voted 37 to 1 May 29 to subpoena the tapes
In his six-page letter to Rodino, Nixon attacked the committee's warranty that it might assume that material he withheld was damaging to him.
The President said his executive privilege claim "must be accepted without adverse inference—or else the privateile itself is murdered, and the separation of powers mutilated."
Ehrlichman, scheduled to stand trial with
three others on conspiracy charges stemming from the break-in in Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, had subpoenaed all his notes, handwritten on yellow legal pads that he was President Nixon's domestic counsels between January 1971 and April 30, 1973.
Last Friday Gessell angrily told St. Clair that refusal to allow Ehrlichman to see the notes with his lawyer present "borders and threatened to hold a contempt hearing.
In a three-page letter to the judge, St. Claire said that Ehrlichman could examine the entire file of his notes of conversations and interviews, which he has attorney still had to wait in another room.
ST. CLARA SAID that after Ehrlichman had determined he wanted a particular document, a presidential lawyer would send it to the president, and the material was relevant to the case.
Gesell scheduled a hearing for this morning to learn whether the arrangements set out in St. Clair's letter are satisfactory. But until then, he will make no ruling, he said.
Combined Football-Basketball Ticket to Be $25
Gessell had already ruled that he, not the President, would make the final deter-ment.
By STEVEN LEWIS Kansan Staff Reporter
Season football and basketball tickets next year will cost University of Kansas students $15 and $13 respectively; however, a compromise between the Student Senate and the University permits students to buy a combination football-basketball season ticket for $25.
The compromise was reached at an Athletic Board meeting May 25.
Last year, football season tickets were
and basketball season tickets were
$5.50.
The dramatic increase in student ticket prices followed a Student Senate vote April 10 to reduce the Athletic Association's $25,000 for the $45,500 to $39,500 for the next fiscal year.
Athletic Director Clyde Walker immediately announced that student season
football and basketball tickets would be raised to $15 each. A special meeting the Athletic Board reduced basketball season prices to $15, but left football prices at $15.
The Student Senate reacted by passing a resolution 68 to 1, dermaceutical that season
After weeks of heated controversy, which included demands for the athletic director's resignation, the $25 combined ticket compromise was reached.
John Beisner, student body president, said Sunday that the $25 combination football-basketball season ticket was no plan to try to reduce prices further.
"if you look at the past record when smaller increases of 50 cents or $1 were made," Beinser said, "there was a significant decrease in the number of
"I still wish that the prices would be lower," Beinser said. "I think they could be somewhat lower and still not hurt the athletic corporation.
tickets sold, and I think it will show again this year."
Beisser criticized for overspending.
"I think cutbacks in certain areas or
Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Sirica had ordered in 15½-minute section of a Sept. 15, 1972, tape recording turned over to the prosecutors, saying that he, Sirica, made a mistake last year when he deemed that part of the tape as privileged.
Arabs May Ask Nixon For Israeli Withdrawal
Arab leaders are expected to try to convince President Nixon to support the view that peace in the Middle East requires complete Israel withdrawal from occupied territories and restoration of Palestinian rights. chances in the near future.
The judge, however, gave St. Clair a chance over the weekend to review the section of tape and comment on whether it should be turned over to the prosecutors.
The view was expressed as the President
Ottawa Graduate Charged in Rapes
Johnson, a recent graduate of Ottawa University, is being held in Nebraska on one charge of attempted rape and one charge of rape. Bond is $45,000.
Sixteen cases of rape and attempted rape between November 1972 and March 1974 may be cleared by the arrest of Al Lawrence Police detectives last week.
The conversation was one in which Nixon discussed with H. R. Haldenman and John W. Dean the use of the Internal Revenue Service to lean on political enemies, including Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien.
Johnson is also charged in Douglas County with two counts of rape and one count of attempted rape. If he posts bond in Nebraska, he will be held there on a Douglas County waiver and extradition proceedings will be initiated.
Johnson, who gave his address as Rt. 1, Ottawa, and Fremont, Mont., was arrested last Wednesday in Lincoln shortly after a man who attempted to pull her into a car
Douglas County Attorney David Berkowitz said yesterday that the
possibility that Johnson may have been involved in two attempted assaults last week.
Lincoln officials contacted Lawrence officers last week shortly after Johnson's arrest. They said Johnson had been talked about Lawrence. Two Lawrence detectives, Ted Crady and Wayne Schmille, flew to Lincoln with KI. Security Director Mike Watts of the University plane. They met Watts in Lawrence Thursday morning. Shortly thereafter, the announcement was made that Johnson was being charmed here.
Berkowitz said Johnson would be prosecuted on the three counts he was charged with here because these were the three strongest cases.
Johnson's trial in Nebraska is scheduled for June 25. Berkowitz said that should Johnson post bond, extradition would take about a month.
Lawrence Chief of Police Richard Stanwix said last week that he believed only three or four rapes near Lawrence remain in the area, but he described the description given by victim Linda Case.
All three cases that Johnson is charged with occurred on the KU campus. One rape occurred Feb. 3, 1974, and both a rape and an attempted rape occurred May 14, 1973.
In a statement released several days ago, Ambrose Saricks, vice-chancellor for academic affairs, cited the cooperation of the department and government agencies and the attorney's office.
failures to advance funding in certain areas could be made without really harming the athletic corporation," Beisner said. "People are going to have to start taking some stands about how big our athletic program is going to become."
The county attorney and local detectives expressed gratitude for the cooperation they received from the University, the KU Rape Council and the victims.
"Although all of the incidents have not yet been solved, the possible clearing of a number of them is good news to all of us," Saricks said.
left Washington for the Middle East, where he was scheduled to arrive tomorrow after a two-day stopover in Salzburg, Austria. He then moved to Saudi Arabia, Syria, Israel and Jordan.
Beisner alluded to a criticism that has been made often by others, such as Athletic
In Damascus a usually reliable source reported Syria will seek at least one high-level Arabian meeting in the near future to discuss the Israeli-Arab peace conference in Georgia.
He indicated the Arabs would take a hard position on Jerusalem withdrawal and invasion.
The source did not indicate when or where the conference strategy meeting would be held, but presumably it would come after Nixon leaves the area. The session would not be connected with, or replace, the Pan-Arab summit scheduled for September.
In Israel the forthcoming Nixon visit was welcomed in a radio commentary as both useful and timely. The commentator said he was pleased to hear the American presence in the area.
Meanwhile, in Syria two more returned prisoners accused the Israelis of mutilation and charged that a leg was torn and an eye removed unnecessarily.
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The two countries have traded charges of burture and mistreatment since the final agreement.
With Nixon headed to Cairo, Egypt published a sweeping new investment law that
Penny Pinchers Cough Them Up
Kansan Staff Reporter
By LOU ANN LEE
"We have had tremendous customer response," said Beth Muehler, assistant cashier and head teller at University State Bank. 555 Iowa St. "We don't have unlimited credit; we can meet the present demand, if the requests are reasonable."
Pennies are beginning to circulate again after being scarce for about two months. Public response is helping increase demand.
The shortage in Lawrence hasn't been severe. Most businesses have obtained sufficient pennies by asking for correct change, buying pennies from customers and receiving more frequent but smaller than normal bank purchases.
Evelyn Scheldon, manager of the Yarn Barn, 730 Massachusetts St. said she started asking for correct change when she read about the shortage.
"I've had a roll of pennies for a week and haven't had to use it yet. I ask for pennies and quite often I get them," she said.
Dairy Queen Drive In, 1835 Massachusetts st. which has a comparably large penny need, offers a 75 cent banana cup, a 20-cent ice cream cone, and a 10-cent milkshake.
Dar Malott, owner of Malot's Hardware, 736 Massachusetts stt, said, "It's no problem. We can always get as many as we want." Malott said his store used about $30 a week in pennies.
Many merchants indicated they wouldn't have known about the shortage if they hadn't read about it.
"There's been no penny shortage as far as I'm concerned," said Bob Schumm, owner of the Mass Street Dell,
The shortage has had no effect on Griff's Burger Bar, 1618 West 23rd St.
"I have had no trouble getting pennies," said Garry
court manager. "The short haul hasn't hit me so I haven't
haven't lost money."
The First National Bank of Lawrence, 900 Massachusetts St., normally buyurs will about $1,000 in pennies monthly, received $300 worth. University State Bank received $50 in pennies.
The Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City began allocating pennies to area banks May 13. The Federal Reserve cut bank penny purchases to two-thirds of averaged demand.
Douglas County State Bank, Ninth and Kentucky streets,
offers a silver dollar for 90 cents to supplement its supply.
The rising cost of copper prompted an announcement a
few months ago from the U.S. Mint that the copper content in pennies might be lowered. Speculative boarding then took many pennies out of circulation and provoked the shortage.
Local bankers said there should be no penny shortage.
"The idea of pennies really getting valuable is, face it,
outandish, there have been too many minted." Mueller
A total of 62 billion pennies have been minted in the past 15 years, according to a letter to bank presidents from Arthur Burns, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board. The lifespan of coins averages 15 years. The mint currently makes 35 million pennies a day, twice as many as at this time last year.
"a change in alloy may not be necessary," said the Burns latter, "due to the recent drop in the price of copper. There was no change."
"Their bank told them that people are beginning to hoard all change," he said.
Many people said they had no penny problem while shopping.
Paul Dahl, owner of Better Days, 725 Massachusetts St., has had no problems with the penny shortage in his business because his prices round to the nearest nickel. Last week, however, Reese Bar in Kansas City, Mo., couldn't give
Audition
Kansan Staff Photo by DEBBIE GUMP
Clark Raker, St. Louis freshman, performs a scene from William Ingel's "Hicie" at the Museum of Modern Art.
World of William Inge" summer theatre festival. See story page 4.