THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
84th Year, No. 73
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
New Numbers Cause Trouble
Tuesday, January 22.1974
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Forced Maternity Leave Ruled Illegal
The Supreme Court yesterday struck down mandatory maternity leave regulations that force public school teachers to leave their jobs in the early 2010s.
The 7 to decision said regulations that don't take account of an individual's ability to work violated the 14th Amendment's guarantee of due process.
However, the court reserved judgment on whether it would permit school boards to establish a firm date during the last weeks of pregnancy on which it could terminate its protection.
Ecuadorian Hijacks Colombian Airliner
A young Ecuadorian hijacked in Colombia an airliner yesterday, stopped at Cali and Baranquilla in Colombia for fuel and repairs and then took off for Cuba, authorities reported. Most of the plane's 43 passengers, including eight Americans, were released at the two stops.
Airport officials in Barranquilla said the plane suffered wheel damage during landings and two tires were flew from in Bogota, 450 miles away. Authorities reported earlier that the hijacked aircraft probably would have to remain in Barranquilla all night.
Rep. O'Neill Says Nixon Should Resign
The Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. of Massachusetts, said yesterday that it would be in the best interest for the House to adopt a new law.
However, House Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma, who outranks O'Neill in the Democratic leadership, told newsmen he would have no comment and added, "I would have to think a long time before I would recommend to the President that he resign."
Elections Scheduled at Wounded Knee
The struggle for tribal control of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, site of the 1-day siege of Wound Knee, moves to the polls today amid predications of a federal crackdown.
Twelve candidates were on the primary election ballot for president of the Caiola Sioux tribe, including incumbent Richard Wilson and American Indian candidate Jimmy Barr.
Means, 33, of Porcupine, S.D., was a leader of the takeover last year. Wilson, 39, a plumber before being elected president of the reservation, is an avid hunter.
Scott Says Oil Embargo Obstacle Lifted
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott said yesterday that the largest obstacle to an end of the Arab oil embargo had been removed with the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian disengagement agreement.
After attending a briefing by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, along with other Republican and Democratic congressional leaders, Scott said the U.S. would be better able to govern the country.
Meanwhile, Kuwait said speculation that the embargo might be relaxed was "premature."
*Lifting of all oil measures is still linked to Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories and the restoration of the national rights of the Arab people.*
Review of Oil Depletion Allowance Urged
Budget Director Roy L. Ash said last night that the administration should review the oil depletion allowance and consider reducing or even dropping it. But Ash added the allowance should be continued if investigation showed it was still serving its purpose of stimulating increased oil production.
The depletion allowance, which allows oil companies to take tax deductions based on crude oil production that decreases their original oil reserves, has long been defended by the oil companies as a necessary allowance for lowering resources and has been attacked by critics as a subsidy to the industry.
Crisis Real, Oil Leaders Say
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oil executives told Congress yesterday the energy crisis wasn't contrived by the petroleum industry but fuelled by gas prices and environmental concerns.
The executives tested before a Senate subcommittee investigating the severity of the energy crisis. The hearing opened with Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, D-Conn, accusing the oil industry of "cheating the American public."
Ribicoff said major oil companies had deliberately misled the public about the scope of the energy crisis to create a panic situation. He said the result was that "people are so frightened about tomorrow that every time they pass a gasoline station they fill up, just like a dog stopping at every telegraph pole."
Executives of Exxon, Gulf, Mobil, Skeen,
Standard of California, Amoco and Texaco
sat as a panel to answer, under oath,
charges that the oil shortage was concocted.
Harry Bridges, president of Shell Oil Co., said that the shortage won't only genuine problems persist.
"We are going to have acute shortages in the next few months in all products," beige
D. Z. Bonner, president of Gulf Oil COU.S., said the shortage should have come as no surprise because the industry had been issuing warnings since 1960.
Bonner denounced the "mistaken notion" that the crisis was caused by the Arab world.
Another myth, he said, is that the United States is running out of energy resources
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He said environmental concerns were an important factor because they had delayed construction of badly needed refineries, power plants and the Alaska oil pipeline.
Bonner said a key reason for the current shortage is that natural-gas prices have been held down by the Federal Power Commission.
Other causes, he said, were reduced tax incentives for oil companies and the control of U.S. prices by controlling oil imports. He also latter discouraged refinery construction.
Shankel Likely Candidate For Exec Vice Chancellor
By LINDA HALES
Kangan Staff Reporter
As a result, he said, oil companies have had "too little income to pay for enough exploration, resulting in a decline in natural-gas reserves."
One result, he said, is that 'low naturalist prices had an inhibiting effect on the evolution of plants'.
Kansan Staff Reporter
Speculation is that Del Shankel, acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is the front runner for the position of executive vice chancellor.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes interviewed the four remaining contenders yesterday, but isn't expected to announce his choice until tomorrow.
SANKEL HAS BEEN acting dean of the college while George Waggoner, dean of the college, was on a year's leave of absence. Waggoner returned to Lawrence last week.
Neither Ambrose Saricis, vice chancellor for academic affairs, nor Joseph Pichler, acting dean of the School of Business, would comment on the position. Both men would meet Dykes' requirement of academic and administrative experience.
Considered to be another strong contender is James M. Rosser, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. However, he reportedly left Lawrence on Sunday, the day before Dykes began interviewing the final quartet.
When asked yesterday whether he had been selected, Shankel said, “I’ve heard that rumor. I think that probably you should have been selected. You could be inappropriate for me to comment.”
Dykes, when asked what position Shankel would move to now that Waggoner has returned to KU, said only, "I don't really know."
RON CALGAIRD, ASSOCIATE DEAN of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, responded to a query by saying, "I wouldn't say yes and I wouldn't say no—but it's not
"I SUPPOSE I'M on the list," he said last night.
Another possible candidate is Francis Heller, professor of law and political science. Heller was once provost and, later, vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Dykes did say he was very pleased with the four names submitted to him.
"Any of the four would be able to function effectively," he said.
THE DECISION TO create the post of executive vice chancellor, similar to the old post of provost, was announced by Dykes early last December.
At that time, Dykes had hoped to be ready to fill the position by Jan. 15.
However, the search committee, led by Chancellor Emeritus Raymond Nichols, apparently bogged down during the Christmas break.
Names of the four candidates was submitted to Dykes last Wednesday, but the chancellor said he had been too busy to interview the nominees until yesterday.
DVKESSAID a need to devote more of his time to "interaction with outside agencies" and the coming retirement of Nichols Kirkman, an executive vice chancellorship at KU.
He said the executive vice chancellor would be responsible for the day-to-day internal workings of the University which, in turn, would work more effectively with the legislature.
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs William O. Rieke was named executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Board of Regents' meeting, on Dec. 21.
DYKES SAID RIEKE's new title represented both a promotion and a change.
"With the increased responsibility or at Medical Center," said Dykes, "it seemed to me that I was a person of color."
John Conard, director of University Relations, said the decision to change Ruke's title followed the plan to name an executive vice chancellor here.
"It became apparent that it should be made clear that the Medical Center is not based on experience."
"It's a recognition of the size and complexity of the Kamas City vice chancellor's building."
About Dykes' decision to create two executive posts, Conard said, "I think he's simply creating the administrative structures he sees best."
CREP Officer Charged In Watergate Coverup
WASHINGTON (AP) - Herbert L. Porter, the former Nixon re-election committee (CREP) official who admitted lying under oath to remain "a team player," was charged yesterday with making false statements to the FBI.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Porter, 35, had been prepared to plead guilty, his lawyer said, but the judge assigned to the case was ill and the case was put off, perhaps for a week.
The slender, boyish-looking Porter told the Senate Watergate committee last June that he led to the FBI, to the grand jury and at the Watergate trial about money he gave to G. Gordon Liddy, the alleged mastermind of the Watergate break-in.
He said he agreed to the lie "because of the fear of group pressure that would erase his reputation" (King).
Porter, who had charge of scheduling, is the third official of President Nixon's reelection committee to be charged in connection with covering up the break-in.
Jeb S. Magruder, deputy director of the committee, and Frederick C. LaRue, political coordinator, pleaded guilty last week by accepting a strict justice. They haven't been sentenced.
As Parker站外 U.S. District Judge J. Sirica to waive his right to an injunction against the judge.
testimony in the case of the flawed and nonexistent White House Water tapes.
Porter said Magruder told him at the end of June, 1972—some 11 or 12 days after the break-in at Democratic Party headquarters—that "dirty tricks" would sound bad to investigators. Porter said he agreed to say that he gave Liddy $100,000 for hiring 10 college students for 10 months at $1,000 a month.
That was the story he then told to the FBI, grand jury and at Liddy and James W.
Porter said he told the true story to the U.S. attorney's office in mid-April.
Porter told reporters he works in a small construction business owned by his father-in-law in Laguna Niguel, Calif., doing payroll posting to seeking new business.
Near the end of his testimony before the Senate committee committee Porter told Sen. Howard H. Baker, R-Tenn. that "my loyalty to this man, Richard Nixon, goes back longer than any person that you will see sitting at this table throughout all of these hearings."
Porter said yesterday that he 'wasn't des loyal to Nixon' now, but, "I'm a little disappointed, not so much over what he's done or hasn't done." Porter said.
"I'm disappointed in the advice he is taking. I think a lot has been mishandled. They go up and down—one thing one day and one thing another."
By SUZI SMITH
Kansan Staff Reporter
2 Platforms Released In Student Body Race
Reinstatement of the initial warning ticket for parking violations and a week of energy crisis seminars were two of the specific proposals made by candidates for student body offices when their platforms were released yesterday.
Concentrating on "issues that directly affect students" is an aim of the campaign for John Beissner, Salina junior and candidate for president, and Todd Hunter, Oklahoma City junior and candidate for vice president.
Ed Rolls, Junction City sophomore and candidate for president, and Kelly Scott, Houston sophomore and they wanted to be Senate officers more than Student Senate officers."
ROLFS AND SCOTT called academic affairs their first priority. In this area they said they were in favor of pre-enrollment to provide a uniform way of determining faculty needs and to computerize the enrolment process.
Beisner and Hunter called for a "positive"
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State Senators View Erotic Films, SUA Board Cancels Two Shows
By BUD HOFFMAN and ERIC MEYER
Kansas Repertory
The senators, Chuck Wilson, D-Jetnure, and Ed Reilly, R-Leavenworth, viewed the move Friday night and then told SUA board members it was pornographic and probably violated anti-obscency laws, according to Chancellor Archie C R. Dykes,
Two state senators objected to a Student Union Activities (SUA)film presentation, "The Erotic Celebration," and the SUA board on Saturday morning cancelled the last two of the film's scheduled four appearances.
Dykes and State Se. Arden Booth, Lawrence, were called in to discuss the movie with Burk Frank, director of the Kansas Union, after the senators protested.
However, William Balfour, vice-cancer for student affairs, said the criticism was made in confidence and he thought he should respect the confidence. All he would say was that Dykes had been "informed of the board's decision."
Dykes refused to identify Wilson and Reilly as the protesting senators, but Reilly, when contacted early this morning, said he hadn't requested his name be withheld.
"We came over to Lawrence to see the movie because we have a schedule of events for KU and the title really looked intriguing." Reilly said. "But we didn't come over here with the idea of making a raid or getting publicity or anything like that. If we bad, we would have contacted the attorney general."
tried to contact the senators yesterday to testify, violating anti-sacrifice laws had been
But Reilly said he had not visited with Miller personally because "to my knowledge, the situation has been corrected by administrative action."
Reilly said Atty. Gen, Vern Miller had
"I hate to think what might happen if the chairmen of the ways and means committees had stumbled on those films Friday night," he said. "When you've got a budget sitting up here before you, you've got to watch out for yourself."
"There might have been a detrimental effect on the University's budget if the movies had continued. But I'm an alumnus of KU and I didn't want to see that happen. That's why we met with Mr. Burge and Chancellor Dykes," Reilly said.
Kelly said he didn't object to the film itself but to the place in which it was shot. "It's just a bit of a mess," she said.
But Reilly denied using the budget as a weapon to force the cancellation.
Reilly said Dykes and Burge told him they would leave the matter up to SUA and would abide by whatever decision the board reached.
The chancellor denied persistent rumors that he had pressured the USA board to cancel the movie. In fact, Dykes said last month that he would be the matter with an USA board number.
"If it were used to threaten anyone, someone else used it," he said.
SUA board members were also tight-lipped about the cancellation.
Stewart Warren, Hastings, Neb., senior and SUA board president, said he couldn't make any statements about the cancellation until after the board met Wednesday. He said the board had voted to make no comment about the matter until after the meeting.
However, another SUA board member, Mary Protodsky, El Doro senior, said the board didn't agree unanimously to cancel the showings. Reilly said nine of the 12 members had voted in favor of cancellation with three members abstaining.
Warren also declined to comment about whether the board had been pressured into making its decision.
"The SUA board cancelled the Saturday showing. We didn't know the whole deal and the implications of the situation then. This is not a bad thing, but it more a political thing," Probahsdak said.
She refused to elaborate.
The SUA film chairman, Jim Milio, Hinsdale, III, ill荐, sophomore, had previewed the movie, and allSUA board members were present. The special showing, Saturday, Probably said,
Milo acknowledged the board's "press comment" rule but said, "there's a lot that I love."
He said he hoped a full explanation would be given after the Wednesday meeting.
The film consisted of eight short segments. Some of the segments depicted acts of heterosexual intercourse and lesbianism.
The film was part of SUA's popular film series for this semester.
"YESSIR, I AGREE WE DID THE RIGHT THING TAKING THE FILMS FROM THOSE KIDS! SAY HARRY, COULD YOU PUT A LITTLE MORE LIGHT IN THE PICTURE - I CAN'T QUITE SEE WHAT'S GON'D ON!!"