Explosions Mar Racial Peace Talks
United Press International
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—(UPI)Two explosions damaged at least eight Negro homes and four automobiles here early today, only hours before a two-man Presidential team was to begin meetings to restore racial peace.
No one was injured in the blasts, which police surmised were planted. The explosions, shattering the early morning quiet of a Negro neighborhood in southwest Birmingham, sent rocks, gravel and debris flying into the cars and the homes.
ONE BLAST sheared off a utility pole at its base, and the other dug a three-foot-deep crater in the ground a few feet away. They were the 22nd and 23rd such blasts in the city in recent years. A police investigator termed them "harassment tactics."
investigator termed urban hardship. The nearest house to the street corner blasts was occupied by John Hardrick, a Negro who said he belonged to no antisegregation organizations.
Police said the explosions were much less powerful than the one which demolished a Negro church Sept. 15, killing four girls in a Sunday school class.
A two-man team appointed by President Kennedy to work on racial problems here arrived yesterday and scheduled separate meetings with white and Negro leaders for today.
ARMY Secretary Kenneth Royall and ex-West Point Coach Earl (Red) Blaik scheduled a morning (9:30 a.m.) meeting with white leaders.
leaders. A separate afternoon meeting (2:30 p.m.CST) was scheduled for members of the city's Negro leadership.
The segregated meetings were the vanguard for many more to come,the two presidentially-appointed good will ambassadors said.
They gave no explanation for meeting separately with whites and Negroes, except to say, "we are not in Birmingham to arbitrate or negotiate."
AT ANOTHER trouble spot in Alabama, Selma, state troopers and local police yesterday broke up two demonstrations by Negroes and arrested 156, many of them students.
The main demonstration formed at the First Baptist Church. Streets were jammed as a group split off and began a march. One block away they were halted and arrested. State troopers armed with clubs left their cars and ran the other Negroes into their homes and apartments.
In Montgomery, a federal court issued a preliminary restraining order last night prohibiting Gov. George Wallace and other state officials from interfering with public school integration in Alabama. The order was considered somewhat stronger than a temporary restraining order issued during the Birmingham school integration crisis two weeks ago.
crisis two weeks ago. The goodwill ambassadors to this trouble city, where racial violence has resulted in seven deaths in three weeks, were met by Mayor Albert Boutwell. Their arrival time was not announced here, and the city apparently did not notify Negro leaders.
A NEW SCORE BOARD has been installed and will be used at KU's first season home game against Syracuse University Saturday. Maintenance men are working on the ground near the 20-yard line in Memorial Stadium for Saturday's game.
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Action on Civil Rights Bill Deferred Until October 8
By Fred Frailey
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 196$^{2}$
dinner preceding the ASC meeting. Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe told HRC and ASC leaders that misleading conclusions could be drawn from the bill in regard to civil rights at KU if parts of it were taken out of context.
The All Student Council delayed action Tuesday night on a civil rights bill submitted by its Human Rights Committee.
"As a result, many parts of the bill set forth principles which the University has observed for many years," Thompson said. "However, it was pointed out that University compliance to these principles is not mentioned in most of the statements. We hadn't realized this and will be happy to correct it."
The 12-section bill, resulting from an HRC survey last spring on student opinion of human rights, was sent back to the Committee on Committees on Legislation for clarification of certain parts of the proposal.
THE DECISION to return the bill to the legislative committee followed the approval of HRC members present at the meeting. At a
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the four-page bill was expected by ASC officers to be enacted last night during the Council's first meeting of the year. It will be considered again at the next ASC meeting, Oct. 8.
Frank Thompson, Iola senior and HRC chairman, said the bill recommends few specific actions. He said the legislation seeks to set a human rights policy for the University which could be the basis for future ASC action.
Brayden was born March 17, 1945 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Archie Brayden and three sisters, Marcia Brayden, Marlene Brayden, and Maryl Brayden, all of the home.
OPPOSITION TO the terms of the
KU Student Dies Today
Archer Barry Brayden, 18, Bel Aire, N.Y., freshman, died this morning at Lawrence Memorial hospital from injuries he received Sunday night when his bicycle and an automobile collided.
Brayden died at 5:25 a.m., at the hospital. Hospital authorities said an autopsy would be held this morning to determine the exact cause of death. He had been in critical condition at the hospital since the accident.
BRAYDEN BOUGHT the bicycle on Friday. Friends said they believe he may have been trying the bike out at the time of the accident.
The accident occurred at 13th anc Tennessee streets. Brayden's bicycle collided with an automobile driven by Joseph B. Harden, 20, Moundridge junior. Brayden was rushed to Lawrence Memorial hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care ward.
Weather
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with today's fog and cloudy skies clearing by evening. Temperatures will be slightly cooler tonight and tomorrow, until the advancing cool front from Western Kansas moves out of Kansas tomorrow. High today in the 70's. Low tonight will be 50 to 55.
Funeral services will be in Queens Village, N.Y.
bill itself did not develop during a short period of debate. Several council members advocated strengthening its provisions, one suggesting that it be added to the ASC constitution and another offering an amendment to a statement on bias in social organizations. The amendment was defeated.
Dan Wanamaker, Salina junior submitted an amendment which stated:
"While the All Student Council recognizes the right of social groups to choose their members freely, it disapproves of selecting these members on the basis of race, color or national origin."
Wanamaker's amendment was proposed in place of a statement which said the ASC "disapproves of any action to force a group to accept any person if it does not wish." Wanamaker said the original statement conflicted with another declaration in the bill which deplored discriminatory practices in pledging.
JOHN STUCKEY, Pittsburgh senior and ASC chairman, disagreed, saying that the two sections of the bill did not conflict.
"The original statement merely reaffirms the doctrine of free choice." Stuckey said. "It is not right to force a group to accept someone who is unwanted."
Wanamaker, in arguing for his amendment, said it would also help Sigma Nu fraternity, whose constitution still prohibits the pledging of Negroes, to show its national convention how KU feels about the clause.
WANAMAKER'S amendment was defeated, 16-13 on a roll call vote.
defeated, 16-13, on a call vote. Jim Thompson, Hugoton senior, said the rights bill belongs in the constitution of the ASC.
"To state that this is KU's policy on civil rights is fine, and I would support this," Thompson said. "But a bill should be reserved for an area where specific action is taken. I would like to see this declaration amended into our constitution."
Peggy Conner, Sacramento, Calif. senior, criticized the bill for not incorporating a plan of action to end all discrimination.
"IT IS ALL very good to say this 'must' be done and this 'should' be done, but there are few definite policies here setting forth what should be done," she said. "I would question its usefulness."
"The bill is an ASC stand," Greg Turner, Seattle, Wash., senior, said.
Frank Thompson, Jr.
"When the time comes, specific action can be taken in the framework of the statements made in this bill."
Frank Thompson and Turner repeated several times that the rights bill is to be considered as a policy statement of the University's position on the question.
"The opinions expressed in the survey told us that KU students would like to see a University statement on human rights." Thompson said. "This is what we have presented."
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ASC, Administration Discuss Civil Rights
An informal discussion last night between Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and campus leaders on the proposed human rights bill postponed All Student Council (ASC) action on the bill.
At a dinner, held prior to the ASC meeting, Chancellor Wescoe declared himself in favor of the legislation, but said it could be misleading if read out of context.
FRANK THOMPSON, Iola senior and chairman of the Human Rights Committee (HRC), which is sponsoring the civil rights bill agreed that it should be referred again to the Committee of Committees and Legislation for rephrasing.
Thomas Turner, Seattle, Wash. senior and chairman of the legislative committee, also concurred with the chancellor's opinion. Turner's committee had originally approved the human rights bill Saturday, clearing the way for ASC passage.
Present at the dinner were members of the administration, leaders of the ASC and HRC, and campus leaders. It was conducted by the ASC to hear views on the bill before its presentation to the council.
"The truth is that this university has been a leader in Kansas of
DR. WES COE SAID a person reading only parts of the bill could conclude that KU is "a hotbed of discrimination."
movements to wipe out all discrimination." he said.
The Chancellor referred to statements in the proposed legislation outlining a new University policy on human rights without mentioning present enforcement of many of the recommendations.
"I THINK THE PURPOSE of this bill is admirable," Dr. Wescoe said. "Certain sections, however, should be clarified, because otherwise people could think it is to be presented only because the civil rights situation here has gotten out of hand."
Dr. Wescoe said the bill's meaning would be clearer if recognition of present University policy were included in each section of the proposal.
The question of misconception of KU's civil rights policy was also raised by Donald K. Alderson, dean of men.
"If parts of this bill are reprinted, are we presenting an accurate picture?" he asked. "For example, the section on recreation states that KU should oppose the use of facilities by recognized groups if all members of the group are not assured equal treatment. This is the case now, but the bill suggests that it is not."
THOMPSON said the bill represents a University statement of policy on human rights.'99 per cent of
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