Hospital improvements suggested
Have patience
Photo by T. L. Simmons
Inadequate facilities at Watkins Hospital have forced patients to form a makeshift waiting room in the hall. Some read, some nap, some study, all worry.
inadequate health facilities at Watkins Hospital prompted the Student Senate Wednesday night to recommend improvement of present services or construction of a new hospital facility.
A report drawn up by the Student Senate Committee on Health and accepted by the Senate pointed out health needs of the University community in contrast to existing hospital conditions.
- Based on the American College Health Association studies, a physician-student ratio should be one physician per 1,000 students, while at KU the ratio is about 1 to 2,000.
- There should be enough examining rooms to allow doctors to examine more than one patient at a time. At Watkins Hospital there is an insufficient number of examining rooms to permit this procedure.
- An efficient student hospital should have waiting rooms capable of handling 50 to 100 persons. In contrast the waiting area at Watkins is restricted to hallways.
- A physical plant should conform to current standards of hygiene and safety, but the present plant, designed in the 1930's, is outdated.
- Sufficient space should be allotted for laboratory, X-ray, food production and administrative functions. These functions are presently carried out under crowded conditions.
- Adequate parking should be provided for patients and staff, with easy access for delivery and emergency vehicles. Currently, staff parking is limited and patients' and visitors' parking is non-existent.
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80th Year, No. 40, Sec.1
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, Nov. 7, 1969
Special Homecoming Edition
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
Burmese clash with Reds
RANGOON, Burma—Premier No Win disclosed Thursday that Burmese troops have fought a series of clashes with Communist forces on the Red Chinese border.
The fighting has left 133 Burmese troops dead,250 wounded and 42 missing,the general told a conference of the Burmese Socialist Program party (BSPP) in a review of Burma's 21 years of independence.
At no point did he identify the Communist forces as Chinese, but it was clear he was referring to the Chinese as well as Burmese tribal dissidents backed and armed by the Peking regime.
Four under question
TOPEKA—Gov. Robert B. Docking and Atty. Gen. Kent Frizzell discussed Thursday investigations of possible illegal activity by four of the governor's state appointees.
The Republican attorney general said following the closed-door, 25-minute conference with Docking that the charges involve possible violation of the state conflict of interest laws and the Securities Act and possible solicitation of a bribe.
Frizzell presented a written, confidential report to the Democratic governor on his investigation of nine complaints or incidents involving the appointees.
Nixon to Cape on M-day
WASHINGTON—President Nixon will fly to Cape Kennedy, Fla., Nov. 14, in the midst of a three-day mass antiwar demonstration here, to witness the launching of the Apollo 12 lunar space flight, it was announced Thursday.
Nixon will be the first incumbent President to see the launching of a manned space flight since they began in 1961.
M-day defense set
WASHINGTON (UPI)—The Justice Department said Thursday it would use "the minimum force necessary" to keep antiwar demonstrators from conducting a mass march down Pennsylvania Avenue past the White House Nov. 15.
But Rep. Allard K. Lowenstein, D-N.Y., one of the original sponsors of the antiwar drive to dump President Lyndon B. Johnson, warned the government's refusal to permit the march only increased the danger of violence.
Deputy Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst told a news conference if the protesters tried to conduct a mass march down Pennsylvania Avenue—instead of a symbolic procession as approved by his department—they would be committing an illegal act and
we would attempt to stop it with the minimum force necessary."
Despite the government warning, Ron Young, a leader of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, said the protesters have requested to be allowed to encircle the Executive Mansion Nov. 15 with thousands of demonstrators.
Young also accused the Justice Department of mounting a "scare campaign" to try to keep demonstrators from attending the march. But he predicted "a larger crowd than if they hadn't started this scare stuff" by warning against the possibility of serious violence.
Lowenstein, told a news conference the prohibition of the march in itself raised the danger of violence. But Kleindienst said the possibility was already a reality and the march would only give those who would create violence a chance to act.
Lorene Brown
Committee approves outline for BSU crowning ceremony
The assembly of a large crowd on the avenue, he added, "greatly increases the potential for success (Continued to page 24)
"It is the view of the Department of Justice," Kleindienst told reporters, "that there is a substantial likelihood of serious violence. . . We have notified the New Mobilization Committee . . . that we cannot grant a permit for a mass march down Pennsylvania Avenue."
The University Homecoming general steering committee approved Thursday an outline submitted by the Black Student Union (BSU) concerning the details of the pre-game crowning ceremony of the BSU queen.
The Homecoming committee Tuesday afternoon heard and denied a request from Darryl Bright, Maywood, Ill., senior and BSU president, for the crowning of the BSU queen at the same time as the University Homecoming queen. Three proposals allowing a pre-game crowning ceremony and/or a motorcade during half-time at the conclusion of the University Homecoming queen's motorcade were made available to the BSU.
The BSU queen, Lorene Brown, Value, Miss., freshman, will be crowned in a five-minute ceremony between the time the teams
Photo by Ron Bishop
A pop rally at the northwest corner of Allen Field House Thursday night kicked off KU's 1969 homecoming. See related story on page 14.