TOPEKA—The Thunderbirds, the Air Force precision flying team, performed for the 1,112th time at Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka Tuesday. The group has performed in all 50 states and in 44 nations.
- Top right—The Thunderbirds are beginning a maneuver called the diamond changeover cloverleaf.
- Top left—Completing the diamond to line abreast loop, the pilots seem to be flying atop of each other.
- Bottom right—A little girl watches in amazement as the Thunderbirds roar overhead.
Photos by Zoe Medlin and Burt Lancaster
Tansy offers unusual books
Tansy, a yellow garden flower, is also the name of an independent bookstore which opened recently in Lawrence.
The bookstore, located above the Coach House at 1144 Indiana, is operated by two brothers, John and David Moritz of Olympia Fields, Ill.
John Moritz, a former KU student, said the flower tansy was once sprinkled in front of doorsteps to keep rats and rodents out of the place.
"This description sort of stuck in my mind and I decided to use it for the name of our store," he said.
John said Tansy was stocking mainly what the Kansas Union Bookstore isn't able to stock.
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"I felt there was a vacuum in the literature available in Lawrence," he said.
Browsing through the shelves of books I noticed works by Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Norman Mailer, Kenneth Rexroth and William Carlos Williams. Several copies of "I Am Curious Yellow" stood on one shelf (that probably wouldn't be found in the Union bookstore).
"I like a good poetry section," John said, "and my brother wants a good stock of books on astrology. Between our individual preferences we keep a good balance of selections available."
Tansy stocks some current selections and best sellers, a supply of the classics in literature, a selection of some of the more contemporary but obscure works and a selection of works from
"underground writers" as well as a collection of record albums.
John said one of his hopes for the bookstore was for it to serve as an outlet for local talent. He said he wanted to publish original material and offer original art work for sale.
A collection of poems entitled "Put Poems" by Bill Holm, Richard Deutch, Victor Contoski and Gary Brower has already been published by the Tansy bookstore.
Several paintings by Nan Hill decorate the walls of the bookstore. A radio-stereo combination and a stack of records stand along one wall and a pot of boiling water used for brewing tea rests on a table.
John said the place offers the student a place to read, listen to music, drink tea, and relax.
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