Marine watched Moratorium
A marine private back from Vietnam only a few weeks participated in moratorium events at KU last Wednesday—to observe the reactions of civilians at home.
Mike Blitch, son of Harold E. Blitch, KU supervisor of grounds and landscaping, said he listened to speakers and watched students' reactions because he was curious to bear the opinions of students, and he wanted to see if solutions to the war were offered.
Blitch said he was against the war because of the way it was being fought. He felt no effort was being made to actually win the war and the political stalemate was too costly in terms of loss of lives and money. Blitch said the boys fighting in Vietnam felt they were there to back up American policy rather than to win the war.
Blitch said he felt an immediate pull-out was not economically feasible, and he believed that either the war should be fought to win or troops should be with-drawn gradually in the immediate future. He said he felt the war was hard to justify when South
Legal pot can provide taxes
Mike Dickeson, Atchison senior and president of KU Collegiate Young Democrats, said it was in his opinion that marijuana should be legalized and taxed in Kansas.
Dickeson, speaking to CYD members at a meeting Tuesday night, said he believed marijuana was not dangerous and could become an important source of state revenue.
Dickeson appointed Bill Fabian, Fairway sophomore, as head of a committee to investigate legalization of the drug.
Nila Walker, Wichita junior, announced members would register democratic voters in two Lawrence precincts Saturday.
Space work to be speech topic
"A Review of Space and Plasma Physics—Where we stand Now" will be presented at 7.30 p.m. tonight in 238 Malott Hall by Thomas P. Armstrong, assistant professor of physics.
The speech, sponsored by the Society of Physics Students and Sigma Pi Sigma, will be a general interest survey of research in the space program and no advanced knowledge of physics is required.
Armstrong has participated in space projects with James A. van Allen, discoverer of the Van Allen radiation belts.
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Vietnamese troops were not enthusiastic about winning the war
"They have never known anything but war. Another war makes no difference to them," he said. "If a war must be fought, it should be fought to help a country such as Hungary or
Czechoslovakia where there is actually a popular revolt.
Blitch has been in the Marine Corps for two and one half years, of which six months were spent in Vietnam. He has been in Lawrence on leave before returning to duty in California.
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