Skiing on Mt. Oread's slopes?
When you can't go to Colorado, you bring Colorado to you. Dave Reidstein, mind in the right place, does the best he can on Kansas snow. After a helpful tow up the slopes and a quick schuss down, this cross-country skier learns "going it alone" back up.
Photos by Ron Bishop
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
80th Year, No.69
Friday, Jan. 9, 1970
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
Army charges two
WASHINGTON—The Army has charged two more soldiers with premeditated murder in the alleged My Lai massacre. The two were also charged of committing sex crimes during the incident in which scores of South Vietnamese civilians reportedly died.
Blacks and whites study
JACKSON, Miss.-The first week of court-ordered "total" integration ends today in Mississippi with hundreds of black and white students attending classes together. But many whites飞到 public institutions.
Sgt. Charles E. Hutto, 21, Tallulah, La., was charged with premeditated murder, rape and assault with intent to commit murder. Pvt. Gerald A. Smith,.22, Chicago, was charged with premeditated murder and "indecent assault" on a Vietnamese woman.
Classes were to resume today in Leake County, boyhood home of former Gov. Ross Barnett, where 1,698 Negroes and 1,378 whites registered for the public schools. School officials said 410 white children and 385 Negroes did not register while another 325 whites have switched to a new private school in the Madden community.
Free counsel planned
WASHINGTON—In a first for a federal agency, the Federal Trade Commission will provide free legal counsel in FTC suits for persons too poor to hire a lawyer.
Poverty-stricken victims of consumer fraud have recourse to the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) Neighborhood Legal Services Program, and indigents accused of crimes are entitled to free counsel. But in civil cases before federal agencies, a defendant hitherto has not been given the same consideration.
It was too soon to know whether other federal agencies will follow the lead
KU to add black personnel
The Black Student Union (BSU) moved closer to realization of its demands Thursday when Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. told representatives of the BSU that black personnel would be added in three departments within the University.
During a meeting with the BSU representatives, Chalmers said that black personnel would be added in the offices of the dean of men and dean of women and in the office of financial aids.
and in helping find the qualified persons available."
Chalmers said after the meeting that he had invited the BSU to "nominate students to assist in discussions for providing personnel to work in these three areas,
Chalmers said these "job discussions" were not an attempt to put off or negate the recruitment of black personnel.
He said there was a "clear need for black people in these areas."
If vacancies exist in the three areas, Chalmers said black persons would fill the vacancies. Otherwise, black personnel would be added to the offices.
The BSU said the positions must be filled by September. BSU representatives had hoped to begin recruiting personnel by February.
Chalmers said he recognized their "sense of urgency." He said it would be important for the BSU to have these job descriptions in the next four to six weeks so that the recruitment process could begin.
After the meeting, Darryl Bright, Maywood, Ill., senior and BSU president, said the BSU representatives had received a "commitment" from the Chancellor for the appointment of associate deans of men and women and an associate director of financial aids.
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Substandard housing poses many problems
(Editor's note: This is the last of a series of three articles on substandard housing in Lawrence.)
By DAVE BROYLES Kansan Staff Writer
Nobody has developed the ultimate solution to the substandard housing problem, though many are trying. The University administration, Student Senate and Lawrence City Commission are seriously considering the problem.
The City Commission, relying mainly on federal funds to solve Lawrence housing problems, claims it can do little. This is due both to the shortage of city funds and the fact that students don't qualify for public housing.
Housing codes can't be intensively enforced unless the tenants can be relocated. Public housing will solve this difficulty for Lawrence families. Code enforcement for student-occupied rooming houses will still be difficult as long as the siortage of low-cost student housing continues to exist.
Dennis Kallsen, acting city manager, said any intensive effort in the vicinity of campus will require state funds. "The problem is not serious enough at the present time to rate a high city budget priority," he said. "We have other neighborhoods in greater need."
The area around campus, however is not being totally neglected by the city. The building inspector has forced some repairs and demolitions. The building inspector is continuing to investigate complaints and even initiate inspections without complaints.
City efforts are affecting only a
small percentage of the substandard student dwellings. Neighborhood Development Program plans for the near future incorporate only part of the problem neighborhood.
William Balfour, dean of student affairs, blames the problem on the national housing shortage. "The real problems are construction codes and labor problems that make it difficult for anyone to construct low-cost housing," he said.
"I think the primary role of the University at the moment is education," Balfour said. "Students who move off campus should be educated as to what they should look for in housing, particularly safety factors."
Balfour sees no possibility of a state subsidy for low-credit student
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