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Wednesday, January 23, 1974
University Daily Kansan
AIM Leader Ahead in Tribal Primary
American Indian Movement leader Russell Means appears to be assured a spot in February's general election for president of the Oglala Sioux tribe on Wednesday.
With 12 of 22 precincts counted late in the tible's primary, Means had polled 174 votes. Gerald One Feather followed with 128 votes, and incumbent president Richard Wilson and Mario Gonzales were tied for third with 80 votes each.
The top two vote getters in Tuesday's primary election will meet in the general election Feb. 7 to decide the tribal presidency.
'No Fault' In Insurance Judgement Staved
not awarding a 15-day stay of a judgment finding the Kansas "no-tault" insurance law unconstitutional and granted Tuesday by Shawnee County.
The stay will keep the law in effect while the attorney general's office asks the Kansas Supreme Court for a stay that would remain until the court orders it to move forward.
The law was designed to provide hospital, medical and loss of income benefits to the holders of automobile insurance, regardless of who was at a job with the employer.
Program to Lower Mortgage Payments
For home buyers lucky enough to find the right price, monthly mortgage payments will be as much as $15 lower under the government's new interest-
Under the program, 200,000 home buyers can qualify for government-backed home loans with a 74% per cent interest rate, a half per cent below the
The Department of Housing and Urban Development expects the plan to induce some Americans to buy homes, but the total impact is not expected to
Congressman Says POWs Still Captive
Eight to 10 American pilots are still being held prisoner by the North Vietnamese, Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman, Rep.-N.Y., said he had been told. Gilman said a Laotian general told him of the prisoners while Gilman was in Loez in early January.
The general had no information about the identities or condition of the Gilman, Gilman said, except that they were young pilots who had been flying in
According to the latest Pentagon count, there are more than 1,100 Americans still missing in Southeast Asia.
Goldwater Refuses to Call for Resignation
Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., says liberal columnists are "trying to set me up" as President Nixon's political executioner.
"I think there's just a lot of the press trying to egg me into saying, 'Resign Mr. President,' and I'm not about to do it," he said.
alt. President, and I'm not inochion to it, he said:
But he said he had private polls showing that Watergate and Nixon's unpopularity would cause a 10 per cent loss of votes to Republican candidates this fall.
Fisticuffs Dismiss N. Ireland's Assembly
Northern Ireland's provincial assembly was dismised in disorder yesterday after a battle engaged between militant and moderate forces over power sharing.
The trouble flared when the Rev Ian Paisley and his militant supporters refused to leave the front bench seats given to chief executive Brian Faulkner and his coaition administration of moderate Protestants and Roman Catholics.
By SUZI SMITH
Kansan Staff Reporter
Reacting to each other's platforms yesterday, candidates for president of the student body called each other inexperienced and ambiguous.
Platforms Ambiguous, Rivals Say
"The biggest problem with their platform is that it's just the same old B.S. that we've been hearing for God knows how long," Ed Rolfs, Junction City sophomore and candidate for president of the student body, said about his opponents' platform.
John Beisner, Salma junior and the other declared candidate for president, said Roils' suggestion of merit pay for examination was in violation of Student Senate rules.
Using activity fee funds for that purpose, would violate a rule that forbids use of activity fees for social purposes, including awards. Beinger said.
Rolfa had called for discussion of $300 awards to be made to 10 teachers for ex
That rule could be changed, he said, but it was developed over time and was there for a while.
Rolls' platform listed his proposals in order of priority, from academics to internal affairs. He said there was no mention of priorities in Researc's platform:
"What are their priorities going to be?" he asked.
As part of his first priority, academics.
Although construction of the new Wakimis Memorial Hospital is complete, it won't be occupied until spring break. Keith Lawton, president of the hospital's planning and operations, said yesterday.
Lawton said the hospital staff preferred to wait until spring break to occupy the hospital because it still needed minor work and a thorough clean-up.
New Hospital To Stay Empty 7 More Weeks
"I can't ask if it were an emergency that the staff had to move," he said. "They're quite anxious."
Dr. Martin Wollmann, director of student health services, said yesterday that the move was delayed because the building needed some final touches.
But Beiser said, "We've got to be sure not to embroil the student in a big bureaucratic process. The field house situation is bad but it might be better to face a live human being than to tangle with the infamous University computer."
He also said installation and calibration of equipment was necessary before the move.
Lawton said the building might have been finished earlier if bad weather hadn't interfered. Still, he said construction time would be delayed for a building as large as the hospital.
Construction of the $2.3 million building began in June 1972.
The new hospital, which has two floors and a basement, has 62,400 square feet of space. It includes facilities for out-patient care and 34 beds for in-patient care, and also contains room for the mental health clinic now in the Watkins Hospital Annex.
Rolfs called for a pre-enrollment program. Beisman said this was a good idea.
Also in the area of academics, both platforms discussed the academic advising system, calling it impersonal and sometimes inaccurate.
To alleviate this, *Rolfs*' platform called for a system of authorized student advisers.
"We came with the student advisory program, whereby you could learn what is going on in the classroom."
"I think ours is a more flexible plan," he pointer said. "I'm not sure the present president will be able to do that."
Beisner's plan suggested a charge to the senate's Academic Affairs Committee to investigate the problem and to suggest alternatives.
Kofls said he doubted the specifics of another of Beisser's programs, insurance of the required 20 per cent student loan. He said a making committees of the University.
He said he questioned whether Beisner
Beamer doubled the possibility of Rolfs suggested use of police science students for the study.
Beasler said the police science program was "a long way from reality." He compared it to a courtroom he was expected to
would be able to generate enough interest to make 20 per cent representation a reality.
be a great deal of similarity in their areas of concern, and he thought the election would boil down to "who's got the most experience in dealing with the issues."
"They have made promises of reforms and changes and studies." Rolfs said, "but no specifics on how to accomplish the problem areas that they're found."
In general, Beisner said there seemed to
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