THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, Oct. 9, 1969
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
80th Year, No.19
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Sen. Reynolds Shultz
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By SUZANNE ATKINS Kansan Staff Writer
Sen. Reynolds Shultz, R-Lawrence, the sole person outside the University community who knows the identities of 21 KU students whose names were obtained by subpoena, reaffirmed his vow at Wednesday night's Student Senate meeting that, "the names will be released."
Shultz' justification of his subpoena of William Balfour, dean of student affairs, to obtain the names of 21 students accused of violation of University guidelines leading to the cancellation of last May 9th's ROTC Review. The students had requested the option of closed University Disciplinary Board (UDB) hearings, and they had been assured that their cases would be kept confidential.
Shultz' primary reason for seeking the release of the names, he said, is that unless the names
are made public it will not be possible to enforce a May 27 District Court injunction which "simply stated makes it illegal for those persons found guilty in any hearing to take part in any other disturbance of a similar nature." He asked, "If these people get out of line again, who's going to know, if nobody knows who they are?"
A student pointed out to Shultz that Kansas Attorney General Kent Frizzell is the officer of the University and has access to all University records, and that Frizzell, if anyone, is the person who should be concerned with the names of those involved in the UDB hearings. Shultz agreed that the 21 names would be a matter of University record, but he did not think that this alone would aid in the identification of second offenders.
According to Shultz, the 21 names were released to no or- (Continued to page 16)
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UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
NAACP case appealed
WASHINGTON—Mississippi has asked the Supreme Court either to dismiss a school desegregation case scheduled for action next week or to expand it to include additional issues.
The case is an appeal by the NAACP for reversal of a lower court order delaying the integration of 30 school districts.
EEC faces crisis
BRUSSELS—The currency upheavals in France and West Germany have plunged the European Common Market into one of the worst crises in its 11-year history, market sources said today.
They warned the European Economic Community was in danger of being reduced to little more than a customs union or a "zone of European cooperation."
Nixon hopes for talks
WASHINGTON—The White House says President Nixon is still hopeful the Soviet Union will soon accept his invitation to begin the long-delayed talks on limiting strategic arms. Both countries have agreed in principle to hold the talks but no date has been set. The United States has indicated a willingness to start the talks at any time.
Fast decision expected
BOSTON—The Massachusetts Supreme Court is expected to reach a speedy decision in the Kennedy inquest case, a highly qualified source said today.
The main thrust of arguments Wednesday by attorneys for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and the other nine witnesses to be called to an inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne was that the proceedings should be held in secret to ensure their clients would not be tried before "world public opinion."
--persons charged with inciting riots during the Democratic National Convention in 1968.
Radicals,police battle in Chicago
CHICAGO (UPI) — Radicals honoring the memory of Che Guevara marched out of Lincoln Park and into a face-off with police Wednesday night. A cloud of gas sent them running through the near North Side where they smashed windows in homes and businesses and stoned autos.
The crowd of 600 to 800 persons—some wearing helmets and carrying clubs, chains and stones was stopped from reaching the home of U.S. District Court Judge Julius J. Hoffman, who is hearing the trial of the "conspiracy," eight
Three persons among 19 injured were wounded by gunfire. At least 66 persons were arrested, 19 of them women and one of them a newspaper photographer. Most of the injured were police.
Weather
The violence came after a rally held in Lincoln Park by the "Weatherman" faction of the Students for a Democratic Society. The rally was to honor Guevara, the Latin American revolutionary who died in Bolivia after Cuba got too tame for him.
Today fair and mild southerly winds 15 to 25 miles per hour and higher in gusts. High temperature today near 80, partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Friday. Chance of scattered showers or thundershowers. A little cooler Friday. Low tonight upper 50s. Precipitation probability today 10 per cent, tonight 30 per cent, Friday 40 per cent.
Police stopped them from progressing southward, but the
militants coursed through the near North Side and Old Town areas, smashing hundreds of windows, stoning autos and fighting police with chains.
Photo by Ron Bishop
Danny jams Middle Earth
Danny Cox, folk-singer, captured his audience at the Middle Earth, Kansas Union coffee house, Wednesday night. Del Sutton, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, preceded Cox. Danny and Del will be back at the Middle Earth at 7:30 tonight, looking forward to another standing ovation.