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Varied expressions flashed across the face of Robert Wells
FCC member gives opinions
The only broadcaster on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Robert Wells, gave his views on his recent appointment to the FCC yesterday in the Flint Hall film studio.
Wells said his position in a regulatory agency would be quite a jump from his former position as a businessman. He said he had few rigid guidelines for his new job.
He does not favor any governmental agency with only seven members having the power to determine what is in the public interest, he said.
A large part of the responsibility for looking after the public interest, he said, must be exercised by the broadcasters on the local level. He said the broadcasters' code of ethics should play a major role in the decision making.
"A broadcaster who doesn't pay attention to the interests of
the public won't last too long anyway," he said.
Wells said the FCC should not only encourage broadcasters to bring their opinions to it, but also the FCC should go to the broadcasters and solicit their opinions.
Wells said he believed that cable television does not represent a threat to radio, free television or newspapers because the history of mass communications had proven differently. Newspapers were not eliminated by the advent of radio, and neither radio nor newspapers were eliminated by television, he said.
Wells was president and general manager of KIUL, Inc., Garden City. His appointment required his disposing of his interests in the Harris Group of radio stations in Illinois, Iowa, Colorado and Kansas which included minority stockholdings.
Wells was appointed by Pres. Nixon to fill the unexpired term of James J. Wadsworth. His
nomination by Sen. Robert Doles, R-Kan., was approved by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday.
Wells will begin his job as FCC commissioner January 1970. His term expires June 30, 1971. He said this short period allowed him
to look over the job and allowed Pres. Nixon to observe his performance without being committed to a long period.
Davis elected VP
Prof. Jed Davis, director of the University of Kansas Theatre, has been elected second vicepresident of the American Educational Theatre Association and will take office Jan. 1.
Professor Davis was elected during the 33rd annual meeting held Aug. 24-27 in Detroit.
Frank S. Zilm, St. Louis senior and student body vice-president, said he will propose a compromise to the Senate. He will ask the body to vote that the architects be given permission to go ahead with the working plans, and that the University Senate Planning and Resources Committee and Parking and Traffic Board be requested to conduct a study to determine ways to alleviate the traffic congestion near the proposed site
New union awaits OK
The proposed KU Sateline Union, in planning since 1966, waits in limbo pending the outcome of Wednesday's Student Senate meeting.
On or before the date when the working plans for the Union are complete, the two committees will be asked to report their findings to the Student Senate.
of the Satellite Union which will be located west of Allen Field House.
William M, Balfour, dean of student affairs, said the Union Operating Board will not meet until after Wednesday's senate meeting, because any decision they might reach with regard to the Satellite Union will depend on the outcome of the senate meeting.
Russian study planned
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is accepting applications for an advanced Russian language program in Leningrad this summer.
The program consists of six weeks of study at Leningrad University for eight credit hours, two
ARTHRITIS TREATMENT
BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI)—Disability from arthritis can be prevented in the majority of cases if proper treatment and comprehensive care are started early, according to the California director of public health.
Dr. Louis F. Saylor said an estimated 1 1/2 million persons in California alone suffer from some form of arthritis and urged those afflicted to seek medical help promptly.
Saylor said arthritis is not one disease but several related illnesses, including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Women are affected more often than men and incidence appears to increase as family income decreases.
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weeks of travel in the western Soviet Union and a week of free time at the end of the tour.
Participants in the 1966 summer program at Moscow University, or the 1967,1968 and 1969 summer programs at Leningrad University are not eligible.
The deadline for application and requests for financial assistance is Jan. 15, 1970.
Financial aid is available to cover the $1,700 cost.
Lyle L. Ost, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arden H. Ost, Burr Oak, has been awarded a Munchin Foundation Scholarship for the 1969-70 academic year in the University of Kansas School of Engineering.
A minimum of three years of college Russian is required.
Muchnic award given
Ost, who will be a senior in electrical engineering, has a cumulative grade point average of 2.08.
The scholarship, which cover fees and many books, was established by the Muchnic Foundation of Atchison to encourage and reward excellent academic work by juniors and seniors in the School of Engineering.