THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
80th Year, No. 49
Thursday, Nov. 20, 1969
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
Cyclamate may be sold
WASHINGTON-An official report has recommended the government drop its proposed ban on the sale of food and soft drinks containing cyclamate, and substitute instead a printed warning on the labels of products containing the artificial sweetener.
The recommendation came from a scientific panel appointed last Thursday by Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch. Finch specifically asked the panel to find some way to make cyclamated products available to weight watchers and diabetics.
Sweden grants asylum
STOCKHOLM—Sweden said today it had granted asylum to 18 more American soldiers and draft dodgers who were protesting the Vietnam War.
The Swedish Immigration Board said the Americans had been granted permission to stay in Sweden indefinitely but will not be considered political refugees.
The board said it had under consideration the cases of 15 other Americans who were asking asylum.
Cuts may be drastic
TOPEKA—Cuts in the requested eight to 10 per cent increase in faculty salaries at Kansas colleges and universities would be "a drastic step backward," according to Kansas University Chancellor Dr. E. Laurence Chalmers.
The chancellor said it would be drastic "since the reduced rate does not even meet the annual cost of living increases and is well below both past and estimated future salary increases in higher education."
Chalmers objected to the recommended cuts by state budget director James W. Bibb at the budget hearings held here Wednesday.
Fulbright sees long war
WASHINGTON—The Nixon administration's Vietnam peace plans amount to nothing more than "a prescription for a very prolonged war," according to Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-Ark.
Intrepid blasts off
SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI)—Apollo 12 astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan L. Bean blasted off from the moon at 8:26 a.m. today on the first leg of their quarter million mile trip back to earth.
"Away we go," said Conrad
"Looking good."
"What a nice ride," Conrad said two minutes after liftoff.
Intrepid rose vertically for the first 10 seconds and then pitched over and gained momentum. At that point, Intrepid was 272 feet high.
The Yankee Clipper was 92 miles ahead in a 69-mile high orbit at the moon blastoff.
"Nice ride." reported Bean.
The astronauts handled the vital launch as if the operation were just a routine space maneuver.
They even found time to discuss the scene below.
"Oh, look at that rille down there," Conrad said.
"Wow," said Conrad after spotting the rille.
Yankee Clipper was more than 290 miles ahead when Intrepid achieved orbit at 9:33 a.m. EST.
Mission control reported that Intrepid's takeoff engine burned a few seconds too long, but controllers reported the resulting orbital error was "trimmed out very nicely."
The crucial takeoff firing was necessary to get the two explorers home. If the engine had failed—and they had not been able to find and fix the trouble—Conrad and Bean would have been doomed to die on the moon.
Earth control reported that Intrepid's orbit was almost perfect,
ranging from 10 miles to 54 miles above the moon.
The Yankee Clipper was making its 30th swing around the moon at the time, following a path ranging from 67 to 71 miles high.
At 8:33 a.m. Intrepid safely entered an orbit taking them one and a half times around the moon before scheduled docking in early afternoon with Richard F. Gordon in the command ship Yankee Clipper for the journey home.
Conrad and Bean immediately began preparations for the delicate maneuvers that will lineup their orbit for rendezvous with Yankee Clipper. They were in high spirits after traipsing like "giraffes" in their second moon-walk. At one time Conrad fell but was unhurt and Bean pulled
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Chalmers battles for budget funds
Photo by Halina Pawl
New Student Senate members sworn in
David S. Awbrey, Hutchinson senior and student body president, read the oath of office to new Student Senate representatives at Wednesday night's Senate meeting. Replacements were chosen by the Senate to fill the positions of elected representatives who were unable to complete their terms.
By VICKI PHILLIPS
Kansan Staff Writer
TOPEKA—Representatives of Kansas state colleges and universities Wednesday requested restoration of $2.6 million in salary funds recommended to be cut from their fiscal 1971 budgets.
State Budget Director James Bibb heard the appeals made before the Governor's Budget Hearing in Topeka. The representatives requested 8 to 10 per cent faculty salary increases for institutions under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Regents.
Salary increases were among $9.7 million which Bibb has recommended be cut from the $182 million total operating budgets requested by the six schools and the two state institutions for the handicapped and the deaf.
The institutions are asking for $91 million from the state's revenue fund. Requests for salary increases for the three state colleges and universities total $4,909.041.
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. supported the requests for faculty salary increases in a statement opening the hearing.
"If this recommendation were to prevail, it would be a drastic step backward for higher education in Kansas since the reduced
Instead of the eight per cent representatives are asking for, Bibb recommended four per cent increases at all the schols at a total cost of $2,272,419.
Objecting to cuts in new faculty positions at all schools, Chalmers said faculty resources were being stretched too thin. He also asked for restoration of funds cut for clerical help and other nonteaching personnel at the schools.
rate does not even meet the annual cost of living increases and is well below both past and estimated future salary increases in higher education," Chalmers said.
Restoration of $203,768, the full amount requested to provide matching funds for federal loans to students, was also requested by the Chancellor.
"Student loans have been the (Continued to page 20).
The Student Senate Wednesday night heard a resolution urging the Union Operating Board to start beer sales in the Kansas Union "at the earliest possible date."
Senate's resolution urges beer in Union
Frank Zilm, St. Louis senior and vice-president of the student body, said the Board had already studied possibilities for license application and locations for beer sales in the Union.
The resolution was sent to the Union Operating Board and will be voted on at the next Senate meeting Dec. 3.
Zilm reported the Board had also approved the go-ahead for preparation of working drawings of the proposed Satellite Union and a study of traffic problems around a proposed sight northwest of Allen Field House.
Peter George, Tuckahoe, N.Y., law student and chairman of the
George said the phone will be installed in early December. He explained that Senate members will answer the phone to listen to student problems and answer questions concerning the Senate's functions.
George also announced that kiosks bearing information concerning the Senate will be set up at various locations around campus.
Student Senate Executive Committee, announced the installation of an information phone in the Student Senate office.
The Senate defeated an amendment to the Senate Code presented by Kathy Newcomer, Omaha junior, calling for candidates for student body president and vice-president to run separately rather than on the same ticket.