Hussein, Israel Deny Agreement to End Occupation
AMMAN, Jordan (AP)—King Hussein will proclaim a revised constitution today that declares the occupied west bank of Jordan an autonomous part of his kingdom, sources close to the royal palace said Tuesday night. But they denied a report in a pact with Israel for return of the territory.
Radio Badghad said Tuesday that Hussein had reached a peace agreement with Israel that would make the west bank an autonomous Palestinian state with an Arab Jerusalem as its capital. Widespread denial greeted the Iraqi report. Israeli authorities called it nonsense.
The king was scheduled to announce his proposal at a news conference today.
Palace sources said the steps Hussem would announce are "purely internal ... for the first time."
do not involve any agreement with Israel."
WESTERN DIPLOMAT in London said the king's plan, as outlined to the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union, called for an end to the war settlement, but was not based on a peace settlement.
Sources in Jerusalem said a statement by Secretary of State William P. Rogers that "immediate developments" were expected in the situation sent the Israeli Cabinet into hurried consultation, Israel asked Rogers to clarify the nature of the request and the Committee in Washington, the informants said.
IN DISMISSING as nonsense reports of a set-
tement, one Israeli official said, "We wish they could be true." A Foreign Ministry statement denying the rumor lacked, however, the usual disclaimer of diplomatic meetings.
Some diplomats in London theorized that Hussein wanted to undercut Israeli plans for municipal elections in the west bank territory scheduled for later this month.
The king might urge Arabs in the territory to boycott the elections and call instead for a plebisite
PALACE SPOKESMEN mentioned nothing of a peace agreement, however, and Jordan's ambassador to the United Nations dismissed the Iraqi reports as "totally unfounded."
The Jordanian U.N. ambassador, Abdel Hamid Sarafar, said Hussein's announcement would be of interest to all leaders in the region.
bank but would have 'no special significance as far as the development of the diplomatic situation with
The two countries have remained in a technical state of war since the 1967 fighting.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry contended it knew nothing of the Jordanian monarch's plans.
Observers in Jerusalem cast doubt on the report of agreement by recalling that Israel had consistently refused to consider relinquishing control under the Jordan River its natural security border.
SPECULATION IN Beirut but that Hussein would disclose a peace offer rather than a set-timing.
Any separate settlement between Jordan and Israel could be expected to bring soot from leftist forces, in addition.
As outlined by Baghdad radio, the peace plan would call for:
Hashemite ruler
—Part of the old Arab city of Jerusalem as capital of the Palestinian state with Amman remaining the capital.
A proclamation of a new federal state under the Hashemite throne to be called the United Arab Kingdom. It would be made up of two autonomous states, each with its own government and parliament.
A Palestinian state government with jurisdiction over the entire west bank and the west bank of Israel.
Wednesday, March 15, 1972
Bayh Speaks on State Primaries, Wallace
Effects of Strike Still Uncertain
Wallace Grabs 42% of Vote In Florida; Muskie Falls 4th
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. . . 'Frightened' by Florida results . .
MIAMI (AP)—Gov. George U. Wamman stormed to a stormed victory Tuesday night in Florida's Democratic presidential primary. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey ran a distant second, while Sen. Edmund S. Muskie was far back in the field.
As the election night court neared completion, Wallace had 42 per cent of the votes. He expected that with 19 per cent showing that doubled Musk's total, Humphrey gained most among candidates other than the Alabama governor. Jackson had 13 per
Among 10 defeated Democrats, Muskie of Maine was the big loser. He ran fourth, behind Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington.
Muskie was back with the also-ran entries, at 9 per cent.
PRESIDENT NIXON swept to victory in Republican primary that never was a Republican.
And Florida voters declared by a gigantic 74-26 per cent margin that they would like the U.S. Constitution amended to forbid the compulsory busing of school students in order to racial balance. They also voted heavily for equal education for all children.
On the Republican side, this was the count with 98 per cent of Florida's 2,841
Nikon 357,138, or 8 per cent, Rep. John M. Ashbrook of Ohio 35,976, or 9 per cent; and Rep. Paul N. McCloskey of California 16,982, or 4 per cent.
McCloskey quit the presidential campaign after the New Hampshire primary last week but his name remained on the ballot.
Wallace Win Scares Bayh
HUMPHREY HAILED the results as a
By STEVE RIEL Kansan Staff Writer
Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., in a press conference Tuesday night at the University of Kansas, said that early returns in the Florida primary, showing a plurality for George Wallace, had caused him to reassess his role in national politics and asked President Obama to "positive electable alternative to Richard Nixon," for the Democratic party.
Bayh said that Wallace looked at governmental problems in "two plus two equals four equations" and that such reasoning didn't work anymore. He called Wallace's appeal demagoguery, which in itself did not solve governmental problems.
Later, in a speech sponsored by the sophomore class, clayy expressed his fears about the future.
"TO SEE GEORGE WALLACE getting 50 per cent of the votes in one of the 10 largest states frightens me," he said. At that, the governor of several hundred people applauded.
In the press conference before his speech Bayh told reporters that in general he did not support the Aiken-Mansfield proposal for a national primary. He said nationalizing state primaries would force voters to choose their party instead of half that number as is done now.
The cost of such a campaign, he said, would be probtable and would tend to cost the country a large part of the cost of a nationwide campaign. Only wealthy candidates and those who were already well known would have any chance of succeeding under such a system, he said.
HIS SPEECH focused on the American
IN ASSESSING the type of candidate to
nassack against Nixon for the Democrat-
rats Baylore.
wide appeal among the broadest possible constituency. A vice-president nominee should be chosen who will reinforce the Democrats on the right or left, he said.
The youth vote will be an important determinant in choosing the vice-president, according to Bayh. He said that with 11.5 million new young voters to the Democrats would choose a candidate for the vice-president who had appeal for them.
When asked if he would accept the vice-presidential nomination, Bayah said that anyone who was asked would accept, but not deny it. The fact she explained that the vice-president was essentially a "yes man" for the president and had no real power to effect social change.
He stressed the importance of the new rules applicable to political conventions and to the exercise of his role as a member of the Democratic Reform Committee, he was influential in structuring the political convention in Miami to be the most democratic in Italy.
Bayh declined to name his preference for the Democratic presidential nomination, but said he would announce it within the next week in Indiana, his home
BAHY SAID that if young people were to register to vote and become interested in the election, it would be because the candidates had found an alternative to Nixon.
Bayh said that Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Ack, and Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., joined the effort to expand the program.
"You can't out-Nixon Nixon, or out-Washington Wallace" so said, referring to their own actions.
BAYH SAID that crime had to be attacked at its source. At present, too much time is spent on incarceration and punishment, when it could be better spent in other ways. He said hard drugs were one of the key causes of high crime rates today.
"Shortcutting freedoms doesn't make the community safer," he said.
He said that an atmosphere of fear in our society had created a reliance on short-term planning.
political system and its viability in dealing with contemporary problems. He said that the system would work, but that its performance depended on the willingness of American citizens to give time and effort toward that end.
Babyh stressed his own contributions of working within the system as an indication of the change that was possible. He also worked in his work with constitutional amendments.
Bayh expressed his concern for the trend toward reduction of constitutional protections by the government. He noted an increase in government surveillance and a lessening of judicial safeguards as symptomatic of the problem.
Bayah said the people of this country overwhelmingly favored the removal of the electoral college, but that this would be held up by a senate filibuster last session.
Bayh was a leader in passing the 25th Amendment which dictates succession in case of presidential disability. He was elected in 1934 and then which changed the legal voltage are to 18.
AT PRESENT he is working in support of the rights of women and age requirements in the election of senators and representatives, to provide equal rights for men and women, and to have women participate.
sign that he and not Muskic was the
ominous among progressive
Democratic candidates.
Muskie, who came to Florida a shaken front-runner for the nomination and leaves with a serious blow to his campaign, said he'd win some battles ahead.
Democratic Results
Jackson said he had gained "a tremendous boost" for his campaign. He
These are the vote totals in Florida's Democratic presidential preference primary with 590 votes for the 2,841 Democratic candidates reporting.
Wallace 514,483-42 per cent.
Humphrey 230,947-18 per cent.
Jackson 17,563 - 13 per cent
Muskie 109,449 - 4 per cent
Lindsey 81,065 - 7 per cent
McGoverson 74,282 - 6 per
Chisolm 44,747 - 4 per cent.
McCarthy 5,812 - 0 per cent.
Wills 4,610 - 0 per cent.
Mullins 3,950 - 0 per cent.
Vryse, 2,756 - 0 per cent.
said he was disturbed at the Wallace victory, and surprise that Muskie ran so hard.
In winning the primary with a strong showing across the state, Wallace gained a near sweep of the 81 delegate votes Florida won in a Democratic national convention in July.
With 97 per cent of the vote counted, he had 75 delegates. Humphrey had the six awarded to the leader in the 11th district, which includes Miami Beach.
Nixon swept the 40 Republican nominating contest by winning 87 per cent of the statewide GOP.
THE WALLACE VICTORY guaranteed that Democracy are going to have to cope with a new form of government, long primary season ahead. Wallace has said he intends to campaign in at least 10 more states, and in a spintered field, he could prove formidable in some Northern
"After tonight, all the other Democrats are in trouble, I'd say, said Wallace." I was a bit shy. "Let's talk about it."
For Muskie, who won but not by the anticipated margin in New Hampshire last
Tuesday, the far-back Florida showing was a sharp defeat.
The bandwagon psychology his organization sought to fashion with an array of political endorsements prior to the primaries had weathered New Hampshire, but it was unlikely to survive after Florida.
Humphrey said he'd leave it to Muskie to assess the vote.
"I never said he was the front runner," the Minnesota senator said.
The statewide primary winner captured 20 Florida delegate votes at the Democratic National Convention. The other 61 were apportioned among the state's 12 congressional districts, with the winner in each district receiving its share.
IN THE REPUBLICAN primary, Nixon
virtually turn the tide of all the
delegates to 40 all the votes.
There are 2.1 million registered Democrats in Florida, 773,000 Republicans, and a turnout of close to 70 per cent was forecast, with interest stirred by the announcement of an anti-contrievey over the busing of school children to achieve racial balance.
That issue was on the ballot in the form of an advisory referendum which asked the voter to register an opinion on a proposal and the amendment to forbid compulsory busing.
For Democrats seeking White House nomination, the big question was who
finishes in the first of a half-dozen all-candidate primaries.
George Wallace
By JIM KENDELL
Kansan Staff Writer
Students will elect the president and vice-president of the student body, student senators and class officers, and vote in a referendum Wednesday and Thursday.
The referendum asks students whether they are in favor of a Student Senate proposal that the Endowment Association lend the Athletic Department $80,000 for the installation of a Tartan surface on the floor of Allen Field House.
R. L. "Puf" Bailey Aitchison graduate student and elections committee chairman, said Tuesday he had no idea of how large the turnout would be.
Voting Begins Today In All-School Election
By TOM THRONE
Kansan Staff Writer
ROTC Cuts Review Again;Apathy Blamed
This year is the fourth consecutive year that the review will not be held. However, the three military units on campus plan to have some trove of awards ceremony.
A lack of student and faculty interest has made planning a Tri-Service Military Review for this spring impractical. Col. Carson, a professor of army ROTC, said recently,
The Navy is planning a Spring Review at Alumni House, 14 in front of Alumni Fish House, for outstanding performances, Ma. Richard Brinegar, assistant professor of Navy
The Air Force will present its awards at
"Dining on the Moon," p.m. 10th April, 20 B.
Air Force Base Billings, Montana.
The Florida state was particularly big for Muskie, striving to reassert himself as the leader of the game in Democratic White House contenders. A minority victory last Tuesday in New Hampshire, on his New England home farm, helped off to a shake up in the primaries.
The Army has no definite plans, but they will have a change of command and awards ceremony sometime in the spring, Riedel said.
Riedel said there had been a slight drop in the freshman Army ROTC enrollment the last four years because of the Selective Service has called fewer men each year.
The candidates have created no issues and the Kansan has not provided enough evidence to make a determination.
Eddy said the number of people enrolled in Air Force ROTC had also dropped. However, the number commissioned is about the same.
The enrollment in Navy ROTC is about the same as last year, Brinegar said. The present number enrolled is 111 men. Brinegar said the Navy courses had changed over the years and were now officially acceptable to the University.
Bailey said, "it's been a lackluster campaign as far as I can see."
"I'm really disappointed with the Kansan in its covering of the election," Bailey said. "In the past the Kansan has been on the issues, if not the candidates."
The candidates for president of the student body have nearly concluded their campaigns. They spoke Tuesday about campaigns for election and their campaigns.
MOHAMMED AMIN, Rafsenjan, Iran, senior and candidate of the KU Student Party (KUSP), said his chances of being elected were good, but with so many candidates in the field, the outcome was hard to predict.
Arin said, "I think we appeal to the best of our minds. We are very viscous. We don't need for his big legs."
Amin said student government was the most important issue of the campaign. He said that to get anything done changes must be made in Student Senate.
Amin said he expected the support of a few of the fraternities and sororities, most of the residence halls on Daisy Hill, many of the students and many of the black students.
He said of the campaign, "I really wish I'd had more time to reach more people. Most of the people we contacted are young, healthy, and willing because we didn't reach enough people."
KUSF will disclose its exp andidures soon after the election, according to Argin.
DAVE DILLON, Hutchinson junior and presidential candidate of University Commitment, was not overly optimistic about his chances.
"I think our chances are not too good if people don't turn out," Dillon said.
Dillon said he didn't think there was any central issues in his campaign.
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