THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Grand Jury Near Decision On Kent State
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
84th Year, No. 114
Thursday, March 28, 1974
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Kansan Staff Photo by CARL DAVAZ
Stepping Lightly
found out yesterday through an occupational therapy class exercise what it is to be blind. Here she walks slowly and wards down the steps north of Malott Hall.
Lu Ann Hermreck, Osawatomie junior,
BY DAVID CROCKETT Kansas Staff Reporter
Space, convenience and a modern setting seem to be the main attractions of the new Watkins Memorial Hospital southeast of Robinson Gymnasium.
Watkins, a $3.6 million building under construction since mid-1972, was occupied by the hospital staff during the spring semester break. The building was designed to meet the needs of 450 to 475 patients daily or the 100,000 patients that KU's health service clinic annually serves. The new building features carpeting, 80,000 square feet of space, 34 beds for in-patient and out-patient care, and a medical director, described as the "kind of dignity that most people want when they need care."
Campaign Bill Passes Test Senate Retains Public Funding Clause
The old hospital, a gift from Mrs. J. B.
Watkins in 1931, was cutout and didn't
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supporters of public vote in the Senate yesterday campaigned a test vote in the Senate yesterday.
An amendment to strike out this part of a campaign reform bill was rejected 61 to 33.
Sen. James B. Allen, D-Ala., who offered the rejected amendment, has said that he planned a filibuster against the bill if its public financing provisions are retained.
Meanwhile, President Richard Nixon formally submitted to Congress his own campaign reform legislation outlined in a message to Congress March 8. His bill would omit any form of public financing.
Tax funds could be used to pay the full cost of general election campaigns, up to the spending limits set by the bill, and for matching private contributions in primary campaighs.
have enough space, according to Wollmann. It has been renamed Esther Twente Hall and will become the home of the School of Social Welfare.
But other attempts to modify and eliminate government funding are still ahead.
Wollmann said numerous facets of hospital operation, such as germ control, fire prevention and air circulation, had changed since the old hospital was built.
"Even though it was a bit scuffed, as long as it was sturdy we kept it. Wollmann said. The hospital is equipped to handle most emergencies but has no intensive care unit.
In his message, Nixon wrote: "I realize that the Congress is now considering a number of other
Many pieces of old furniture can be seen throughout the building.
"It would be too expensive to set up for the rare amount of cases requiring such a case."
campaign reform proposals, including public financing of federal elections, but I believe the federal campaign reform act of 1974 which I am promoting offers the best hope for change that works.
The move went smoothly, mainly because everyone, including doctors and supervisors had helped. As a result, the move cost about one-third of the total estimated cost.
Under the Nixon bill, each candidate for federal office would have to finance his campaign through a single committee maintaining a single bank account. The governor would, in turn, manage, but individual contributions would be restricted.
Just before the vote on Allen's amendment, the Senate tabled by a 74-19 vote an amendment by Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., to provide for only 50 per cent of the electoral election campaigns, instead of full financing.
New Hospital Spacious, Modern
Senate GOP Whip Robert P. Griffin of Michigan said he didn't见 public financing as a reform but as an excuse to continue his campaign.
McGovern said there was a need to reduce "the influence of special interest money," but citizens should be encouraged to make modest contributions to candidates of their choice. He also said this would give candidates an incentive to take their case to the grass roots.
Nuclear Talks Reach Critical Stage
He said the Senate should focus on full disclosure or campaign financing, and other parts of the bill that would be included.
He said tax credits or deductions for small political contributions were a better way to take money out of the budget.
Manfield said a mix of public and private funds was probably "the best we can get, if we can get
MOSCOW (AP)—There were indications that talks on a new Russian-American nuclear arms treaty were reaching a critical stage late yesterday as Leonti Birezhnev and Henry A. Kissinger resumed negotiations.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana wasn't mistic that the bill's public financing provisions could become law, because of an expected veto even if the bill passes opposition in the House.
In this way, Griffin said, taxpayers could make contributions to the candidate or the party of their choice instead of having their taxes used to finance candidates they oppose.
The Soviet Communist party leader and American secretary of state for the theti-
A high-ranking Soviet official said the two sides had already reached agreement on several points and were now "talking about" whether to give Ukraine its search for a nuclear arms limitation
agreement that President Nixon could sign at a Moscow summit conference in early 2003.
At the same time, the official said some issues remained unsettled. He shook his head vigorously in the negative when asked whether there was an impasse.
Kissinger told reporters at a luncheon for
French Foreign Minister Andrea Gryzonyk,
who is visiting the United States.
wind up his meetings here.
UNITED STATES officials said they expected Kissinger to leave for Washington, via London, today, but possibly a few hours later than originally scheduled in order to
At the heart of the talks is an attempt by Kissinger to manage what he calls a "conceptual break-through" in the deadlocked negotiations at Geneva on limiting the two powers' offensive nuclear weapons.
The Soviets have been urging Syria to continue its demands for an Israeli withdrawal from all former Arab territory. Kissinger wants Moscow to help persuade them to a further round at the Geneva peace conference.
will negotiate through Kissinger beginning April 10.
The second leading item is the Middle East. Kissinger is seeking Soviet cooperation in working out a separation of Syrian and Israeli forces in the Golan region, which has been occupied with Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Dayan tomorrow in Washington. A Syrian mission
WASHINGTON (AP)—The two senior members of the House impeachment inquiry pledge on headsets and listened to Wake Forest House tapes yesterday for the first time.
Tapes Don't Explode; They Cuss
Chairman Peter W. Rodino Jr., D-N.J., of the House Judiciary Committee and the senior Republican, Rep. Edward, Hutchinson of Michigan, refused to characterize what light the tapes might shed on the impeachment inquiry.
"Was there a bombshell in the briefcase?" Hutchinson was asked.
Lawrence Memorial." he said.
The new hospital provides no additional services to students than those provided previously, however, the new building is designed for following the usual hospital procedure.
The new Watkins has one service that is unavailable elsewhere in Lawrence, the electrocephalograph, a machine that monitors the electrical activity of the brain.
Other new equipment in the building is confined to X-ray and laboratory equipment, such as an X-ray developer that gives X-ray images in one minute, and two new X-ray units.
"We are more than to happy to share this memoir with Lawrence Memorial," Wollmann man.
There is the same amount of in-patient care space as was in the old building.
"It didn't explode." he replied
"It didn't explode," he replied.
Rodino refused to characterize the tapes in any way except to say they were "tedious to listen to; it's going to take a long time."
Rodino also said a cursory examination of the grand jury material turned over Tuesday indicated it was "as the grand jury relevant, relevant to the impeachment inquiry."
Hutchinson said he and Rodin didn't listen to any part of the disputed March 21, 1973, discussion of paying hush money to keep the original Watergate murders quiet.
He did indicate there was foul language on the tapes. Asked whether he had heard any "cussing or bad language," he replied, "Well, no more than usual."
Hutchinson refused to comment about whether the tapes came from the grand jury material turned over to the committee Tuesday or were among the material that was transferred over both to the committee and to Special Watergate Prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
Hutchinson turned aside all questions about whether he had heard anything new or anything that tended either to clear up misconceptions or allegations against him or substantiate them.
He said he and Rodino put on headsets and listened to portions of tape-recorded conversations in chronological order. They typetwisted transcripts as they listened.
"I just won't comment on the tapes at all," he said.
Besides listening to the tapes, Hutchinson said, bet and Rodino also had given a curated selection.
Ridino could be seen talking to members of his impoisoned inquiry throughout the night.
Rep. Edward Mezvinsky, D-Iowa, said Rodino was assuring committee members that he and Hutchinson were examining the inquiry's evidence and would be meeting with the full committee later to discuss how to handle it.
Henry Kissinger
U.S. Mint Shelves Plan For Aluminum Pennies
WASHINGTON--America won't see any military presence this year, according to Marine Corps spokesman Mike Wendler.
By JIM KENDELL
Brooks testified at a House Consumer Affairs sub-com committee hearing yesterday with representatives of the vending machine industry and medical authorities about a proposal that would change the allow in pennies to 96 per cent aluminum
She said the mint had acquired a sufficient amount of copper to enable it to produce pennies through the end of the year.
Brooks, testifying in favor of the proposal, said the mint first became concerned about pennies last fall when the price of copper rose too close to the point at which it would
become profitable to melt down pennies.
Copper now costs $1.20 a pound, but it would become profitable to melt down pennies when the price reached $1.50 a pound. The price doubled from the end of 1972 to the end of 1973.
Brooks' second choice for coins is a 70 per cent copper, 30 per cent zinc penny, which would be profitable to melt when copper reaches $1.86 a pound.
Physicians at the hearing testified against the aluminum coin because it produced only a faint image on an X-ray. If you purchased an aluminum coin, the coin is unmistakable on an X-ray.
Representatives of the vending machine industry also testified against the aluminum penny, saying it would tend to jam vending machines.
Reasons for Fights at Intramural Games Are Disputed
By MARK MITCHELL
A recent ban on spectators at intramural basketball games is necessary to ensure the safety of players and officials, according to Robert Lockwood, intramural director.
Four teams have been expelled from intramural competition, and many of the players and officials close to the incidents have suggested that the fighting stemmed from racial tensions.
Kansan Staff Reporter
Lockwood said Monday that the ban on spectators was started after recent incidents of fighting between them.
The no-spectator policy began after the March 1 game between the Ghetto Gunners, an all-ball team, and the Cooks, an all-white team. Lockwood said that intramural supervisor Don Lotte reported to him that 28 or 30 spectators and players were on the floor before the game, throwing chants and attacking officials and players.
Terry White, Overland Park sophomore and intramural referee, said he was officiating on the adjacent court and witnessed the fighting. He said the crowd of "around 40 spectators, most of them black" became angry at the officiating at the end of the game.
WHITE SAID the spectators ran onto the court and began "causing a rockus" by yelling at the referees, fighting and throwing chairs and anything else within reach. He said the incident lasted no longer than two minutes and was quickly brought under control by the two referees.
"You're there to officiate the game and not to side with one team," said White. "More than half of the teams, I don't know any of the players. It makes no difference to me who wins."
White said the fights were caused by players and spectators who didn't accept the authority of the police.
He said he thought the nature of the fights was "definitely racial," but he also said the lack of knowledge of the rules by the players and spectators was the cause of many misunderstanding.
White said several black players had told him they didn't like taking orders from whites. He said there had been instances of minor scuffles between them, most of extent of having 40 fans come out of the stands."
According to White, the decision to prohibit spectators was a necessary decision but he said this is not unusual. He suggested that it
30 minutes because of the extra time needed to clear spectators from the gymnasium.
Mike Cook, Cheney junior and captain of the Cooks, said the incident began when several black spectators jumped a white spectator who was dressed similarly to the Cooks.
WHITE SUGGESTED that a more strict security system was necessary and that a full-time campus system was needed.
He said that although the members of the teams weren't initially involved in the fight, several members tried to break up the fighting and became involved themselves.
Cook said racial tension could have been the cause of the incident because there were several instances of name-calling between the two teams during the game.
"It seems that there should be a little more supervision," said Cook. "Lockwood needs more help in one way or another—there is really a big burden on his shoulders. They need another teacher in the intramural school. It's a pretty hopeless situation."
Tony Adams, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore and manager of the Gheto Gunners, said racial tension
wasn't the cause of the outbreak of fighting. He said there were some Gunner supporters who got out of hand but only because of their emotional intensity in the game, not underlying racial tensions.
ADAMS CRITICIZED the officiating of the game. He said that poor calls had "turned around a very close game against his team." He said better referees work needed.
Adams said he was defended against the suspector rule at intramural games because the court ruled that it was illegal.
Lockwood also thought that racial tension wasn't the cause of the fight.
"Intramural basketball is not on the same level as University basketball," he said, "but the players gain satisfaction from being able to play before spectators."
"Many people are not educated as to what is or is not a racial incident—name-calling in my opinion,
He said there was no animosity between his team and the Cooks unless it was a personal problem between two players. This was doubtful, he said, because the teams didn't know each other before the game.
is not a racial incident." he said.
Lockwood said incidents of fighting weren't uncommon at other Big Eight schools during intramural sports. He said this was the first time that a rule had been used at the University of Kansas.
THIS TYPE OF LIMITATION is unfortunate, he said, but strict organization of intramural basketball is the only way to present this sport to so many participants.
Lockwood said the element of competition was very important to the intramural program, but it had not been done in recent years.
"It all boils down to the individual players and their attitudes toward winning and losing," he said, "and you have to know that they are very resilient."
Lockwood said he didn't think the no-spectator rule would endanger the intramural program. He said the "very last resort" would be the elimination of the intramural program.
According to Lockwood, the program needed more and larger basketball courts and more qualified officials. He also said an open program of classes was fun, without officials was being considered.