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Friday, March 26, 1971
University Daily Kansan
KANSAN comment
Call the Mafia the Mafia
Millions of Americans have enjoyed reading the taut, suspenseful novel "The Godfather" and were excited to learn that it will become a motion picture. In fact, many readers had selected their own casts of stars before it was announced the producer would use mostly unknown actors in the movie.
Now, comes an announcement from producer Al Ruddy that the terms "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" will not be mentioned in the script. This, to say the least, is mystifying to those familiar with "The Godfather," which tells all about a New York Mafia family.
Ruddy bowed to objections from an organization called the Italian American Civil Rights League, headed by Joseph Columbo, who, according to law enforcement officials, is a member of the Mafia's national council.
Columbo also went to jail last week to serve a term for a perjury conviction. He was recently indicted for larceny and conspiracy and faces trial for income tax evasion.
Not only has Ruddy agreed to drop all references to the Mafia but he also told Columbo he would donate the proceeds of the film's New York premiere to the Italian American Civil Rights League.
Columbo has had great success raising money for the League, and until he went
to jail, participated in daily picketing sessions at the F.B.I.'s New York headquarters claiming harassment of Italian Americans (namely himself).
The words "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra"
do not imply that all Italian Americans
are involved in organized crime, or that
Italian Americans are exclusively
responsible for its evil, parasitic
flourishing.
And not all Italian Americans approve the deletion or Columbo's League. John Marchi unsuccessful candidate for mayor of New York City in 1969, sharply attacks the League. He defends the F.B.I.'s activities against gangsters and says, "Lice are lice whether they bear Italian names or Russian or whatever origin."
"The Godfather" is an entertaining inside look at organized crime, albeit from a glamorized human standpoint, but it strains credulity and reason to assume that Italian Americans will help by omitting the words "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" from the script. Or that people can't see through Columbo's sham effort to use respectable Italian Americans to clear his own tarnished name.
The action of producer Ruddy is a strange quirk indeed in this day of striking realism in motion pictures.
Bob Womack
SST—Right on, Congress
By DAN EVANS
Campus Editor
The Senate's vote Wednesday to withhold further funds for the supersonic transport deserves applause. Though President Nixon called the vote only a "setback," it is evident that the project is doomed as several government employees have said.
Too many questions about the SST were unanswered, especially its effects upon the environment. For every government spokesman that assured that the plane was perfectly safe, there was a scientist, ecologist or just plain Senator who argued that the plane would hurt the environment-if not also people.
The White House and its supporters consider the SST safe, a consideration based on sketchy and largely unreleased information. That is the same position that many students and "freaks" take with regard to marijuana—they claim it is safe, again based on sketchy and largely unknown information. But marijuana is still outlawed and it now seems fair that the SST will also become, in effect, outlawed.
One of the loudest cries will doublest come from the labor unions who worked for approval of the funding, along with President Nixon and members of the aerospace industry. The unions will complain that the Senate's action, coupled with defeat of funds for the plane
in the house of Representatives, will put thousands of men out of work.
The scene is reminiscent of the fairy tale about the little boy who called "wolf" too many times. Repeatedly the aerospace industry and the unions have gone to Congress and asked for funds to build new planes. They always said that the new machinery was necessary for national defense or just to keep the United States ahead of other countries so we could be "first."
Time after time the projects were plagued with cost overruns and swollen expenses that Congress felt obligated to meet so that we could be defended and stay ahead. But at last the representatives and senators realized that they were being took. The industry and unions called "wolf" too many times.
It is unfortunate that more than 5,000 men will loose their jobs, but it is even more unfortunate when a few industry and union officials can convince Congress that an unnecessary expense is vital to U.S. well-being.
Nixon's cries of the vote being a blow to "continued" U.S. leadership in the aerospace industry seem hollow The British-French Concorde SST is near completion and the Russian SST will soon be test flown. The United States is already behind in the aerospace industry when it comes to SSTs and that seems like a good place to be.
Quirks in the News
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DETROIT (UPI)—When an anonymous caller telephoned Frank Zdrowski Wednesday to tell him there was "a little present" in a can behind his suburban Madison Heights gas station, he was a little leery. Fearing the "present" was a bomb, Zdrowski telephoned police, who gingerly probed around in the can and found a $2,000 diamond ring wrapped in a paper bag.
The ring had disappeared when Zdrowski's family moved recently. Police had questioned the moving men
and threatened them with lie detector tests before the ring turned up.
SEATTLE (UPI)—St. Patrick's Day wasn't a big success for two transients who approached J. P. Sullivan Wednesday at a downtown intersection.
Sullivan and a partner, both plain-clothes policemen, arrested the pair for being drunk and begging.
'Speaking of cracking down on lawbreakers ...'
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ROTC supplies college educated officers for the armed services to contribute to our war effort. Since college supposedly liberates individuals, ROTC helps liberal element in the military.
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The university community instils ideals, and sometimes "narrow-minded liberalism" in students. This leads a better than-average living atmosphere. Among students, there is less racism. Crime rates are usually lower. Social problems have scores low with most students. We are supposed to be more intelligent. And we all share the distinction of being students in the university, these qualities with most other communities, and you'll find we've got a lot in common. Mike Farmer has been living in this environment for at least 3% years.
To the editor:
Mike Farmer expressed a number of opinions in the Kansan position, 23, implicating ROTC's United States defense system in general. We congratulate Mike Farmer for his support of these institutions. We rolled in laughter. However, we remained steadfast and recorded straight (no pun intended).
Whatever the causes of the conflict, humans tend to resort to violence to settle hot differences occasionally. As Mao would say, "war is the biggest form of the force for resolving contradictions." Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, page 58).
If violent conflict can occur in our own "beautiful" community, what about those that aren't so beautiful? In 1945 the rape, murder, torture-you name it' is a reality in the world to the tune of more than 40 wars since 1945 (Padeford and Lincoln. The Police, second edition, 1983).
student sponsored, except for one incident last fall. But it still happened at KU.
Tkach, an Air Force veteran of Hungarian descent who grew up in Pennsylvania and served eight years as a medical assistant physician to President Eisenhower, says President Nixon is an extremely well-educated man who seldom relaxes before the daily challenges he faces.
Wo takes his doctor, Brig. Gen Walter (Ikach), who heads a team of emergency medical technicians and two medical technicians that cares for the health of the First Lady.
Attend or enroll in an ROTC
They're open to students,
that most classmates at KU. You
must be a student, and you
that Mike Farm does, so be
won't have "apologize to all
those people who have a better
understanding of the purposes
of our country's military."
Dave Suptic
Overland Park sophomore
Dave Hull
Three more points: 1) u study of military science is stifled at KU, academic freedom is restricted from no academic credit for drill and ceremonies. That includes the ROTC Review. 3) The majority of ROC students do not support American involvement in Viet Nam.
He agonizes over many of the decisions he must take, but long as he suffers from the only suffering. The only medication he has taken since assuming office has been some antibiotics to cure his condition of bronchitis last spring.
Rv FUGENE V. RISHER
President Nixon is in remarkably good health and seems to thrive on his job. He has a strong voice and is 26 months ago. At the age of 58, his blood pressure is normal and his weight is slightly between 170 and 174 pounds.
To the editor:
"Copyright 1971. David Sokoloff."
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Backstairs at the White House:
Nixon Thrives
Yes, spring indeed is coming to River City. I can tell, because the first warm days bring from the city's romantics like Mr. Farmer.
When he first came into office,
he occasionally played golf but
now finds this too time-
consuming.
Sometimes now he joins in place. But his favorite exercise is swimming, outdoors and in salt water.
who have lived much of their lives under intense pressure.
"The only thing I'm concerned about is physical exercise. I wish he would get more." Tkach said in a recent interview.
By his own estimates, Nixon eats both breakfast and lunch in about 10 minutes. Unlike his two most recent predecessors, he never catches on the long flights he often takes. But during his visit to Mexico in 2004 David and Key Biscayne, Fla., he frequently sleeps in late.
A self-imposed diet he rigidly follows keeps both his weight and blood lipids, the fatty substances that invite heart aneurysms, low.
By Sokoloff
Mr. Farmer's allegations concerning the ROTC program at K.U. are at best a stale exercise. In contrast, most MA students are aware of the corruption in many parts of the armed services, the gross mismanagement of the state military conscription, the brutality of war, and the outrage of the Indochina morass. But to make sense of these problems will somehow float
Tkach, who traveled widely with Nixon when he was vice president and witnessed his famous kitchen debate with the president in Moscow, estimates in Moscow, estimates the President averages little more than six hours of sleep a night. He never naps in the afternoon
He never naps in the afternoon and quite frequently has lunch brought to his desk.
Joseph R. Schaefer Jr.
Des Moines, Ia. senior
The ROTC program is designed NOT to "broaden minds . . . with guns and clubs," but to assemble knowledge of military operations as they now exist in order to later develop better systems which can be used in the tradition" of the armed forces. Undoubtedly ROTC graduates are partially responsible for the recent liberalization of barrack housing.
away upon successful disruption of the 1971 Chancellor's ROTC review at the University of Kansas is irresponsible behavior.
History has shown that no society, communal, regimental, or otherwise, has survived in any form without a system of system
organized defense. I applaud the ROCT program's commitment to constructive analysis and improvement of that system in our country. The odds against it (Spiro Agnew, Mr. Farmer, etc.) but the program is part of the solution, not part of the problem.
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I listen how much of the "Lysistrata" I saw March 19 was actual script and how much was a liberal adaptation thereof. Some of the latter was not in the best of taste.
Carol Adams Osage City junior
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This fact, long ago discovered by European cities, is at least gaining widespread recognition in the United States.
And that's good news for taxpayers, for all concerned about the reckless speed with which we are using our natural resources, and for those who hate to see an ever-growing environment covered with unsightly refuge dumps.
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The trash which piles up in American cities at a rate of 200 million tons a year, becomes an economic burden.
BY LOUIS CASSELS UPI Senior Editor
Cities Begin Recycling Trash
The collection and disposal of solid wastes is one of the more expensive chores performed by modern municipality. At moderate rates, these are spending upwards of $4 billion a year on this function.
Moreover, it will relieve the drain on our mines and forests resulting from our profligate logging activities once and then throwing it away.
Glass bottles, for example, when pulverized, may be used instead of sand making more glass, or mixed with asphalt and used as a paving material.
The aluminum in cans can be melted down and reused.
Included in our mountains of
materials—including glass from
bottles, aluminum from cans and
cellulose from paper—that can be
This "recycling" of refuse, by reducing the cost of trash handling and may even enable cities to begin making a profit on the
Paper—which constitutes container content of trash can be processed into fertilizer or burned in special incinerator machines to produce electric power for operating stations.
In the United States, Chicago and New York are stale large scale plants for separation and recycling of trash. Other cities are preparing to build new facilities.
To encourage the trend,
Congress last year enacted the "Resource Recovery Act of 1970" which authorizes $460 million to help cities devise less wasteful means of handling waste.
Many cities in the Netherlands have fertilizer from converted waste. Refuse-burning power plants are in operation in France, Germany, and the U.S.
Those There the Days
45 Years Ago Today-1926
"Do not think the pacifist is a coward. It takes more courage to be a pacifist in time of peace than a here in time of victory." Thomas J. Moore, co-founder and fellowship of Youth for Peace, said in a speech.
Company "C" of the ROTC won a marksmanship award. And, Kansas won the quarter-mile in the Texas relays, with a record of 43.4.
25 Years Ago Today-1946
25 Years Today - 19-20
Balloting for candidates for *Hobona Queen*, *King* of students, ended today. The winner will be presented at the Hop on March 30. Pictures of candidates for queen of the 21st Kansas relays were due today.
Women's ping pong games were underway
H.Nagara Today, 2005.
"Tumultuous Gaiety Increases Flankees," or TGIF, and "Snow Red and the Seven Bolshieks" were titles of Rock Chalk Review skirts that were chosen as the best. The first
was sponsored by the North College Hall and
the second by Alain Tan Moore fraternity.
George Docking became the first Democrat to enter the 1966 race for governor after being unsuccessful in his attempt in 1854. He entered the race because of the "continuing bitter fight between the almost evenly-balanced Party in Kansas." He promised to bring "more orderly, progressive administration to the State of Kansas."
Eighty dozen Easter eggs, ice cream,
eikies, cookies, a picnic, 65 pounds of
chocolates, and gifts of toys and clothing were
provided for needy children by various
 university organizations, in the Easter spirit.
Guests and egg hunters occupy them for an
 afternoon.
Life became a little more difficult for seven-foot Wilt Chamberlain, KU basketball player, due to a new rule preventing tipping a hook. The referees were able to basket before it hits the rim or the backboard.