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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Bombs Rock Courtroom
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, October 9.1970
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81st Year. No. 29
Kansan Photo by JOHN L. BROWN
Beauty
Idealism versus stark reality? This flow seems out of place in its not so pretty sensual setting, but this is no less pleasing than all of these plasures.
your fancy. Perhaps this demonstrates the adage that there is some beauty in everything. In any case, someone saw fit to give an unpleasant scene and respite. And when the flower dies? Perhaps place yet another memorial to nature here in anger or for simple pleasure.
FAA Lifts Crew, Charter Licenses Of Firms Involved in WSU Crash
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The government lifted the licenses Thursday of the company that owned the ill-fated Wichita State University charter plane and the firm that arranged it, claiming their business arrangement apparently had a "fee-force" to duck air safety regulations.
Federal Aviation Administrator John H. Shaffer announced the action against Jack Riordan, the lead instructor crashed Friday, and Golden Eagle Corp., which provides the crew. Both are Oklahoma City officials.
The plane slammed into a mountainside near Loverland Pass, Colo., killing 30 persons Friday, many of them members of the Wichita State University football team.
Shaffer told a news conference of the grounding of all 18 plains owned by Jack Richards, and the revocation of the air-taxi certificate held by Golden Eagle because questions about both operations mounted in the wake of the tragedy.
Richardis claimed he was not the operator on the plane, but merely leased it to Wichita Airlines, and that she was not the operator, but simply provided the crew, and therefore was not in violation of its own regulations.
They claimed the university, which had leased the plane, was the craft's operator, and as such would have to accept the legal responsibility.
Shaffer, however, rejected the idea. The arrangement between Golden Eagle and Richards "appears to have been a device to control" a regulations, he said, calling it "a facade."
Shaffer said as far as the FAIs are concerned "its holding Golden Eagle and Richard's relics."
Shaffer said he believed an emergency existed and the FAA was revoking Golden Eagle's air taxi certificate because "the public interest" required the action.
Shaffer also Golden Eagle also flew the Wichita State University football team on four other occasions this year, Sept. 11, 12, 25 and 27.
The FAA also listed the 16 violations against a sister plane to the ill-fated 404 which arrived at Logan, Utah, safely. The list included "excessive oil leakage" in one engine, "presumption of oil" in both engines, hydraulic fluid leaks and an arching 'battery cable'
In a letter released later, the FAA showed it had warned schools and universities as early as August about questionable air charter flights.
"It is our hope to reduce the possibility of harming students by uncertified, 'fly-by-bight', charter organizations so that the teams may enjoy the safety to which they are entitled," the letter concludes.
"Pending our inspection of the aircraft you
Egypt Seeks U.N. Blast At Israelis
By United Press International
Egypt will launch a major diplomatic offensive aimed at winning condemnation by the U.N. General Assembly of Israel for refusing to resume the Middle East peace talks, official sources in Cairo said Thursday.
The campaign was said to have the complete backing of the Soviet Union.
In Jerusalem, meantime, Israel fitted its zond compliant with the U.N. Truce Agreement against alleged violations by Egypt of the 90-day cease-fire. Israel charged more SAMZ and SAMS anti-aircraft missiles had misled the Suez Canal's side of the Suez Canal standstill zone.
The sources said Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad would leave Cairo for New York to confer with the top-level delegation to the General Assembly said he would make important contacts with other delegations and seek a full-scale debate on the crisis "in a manner corresponding with the importance and of the problem at its present state."
Israel withdrew from the U.N.-supervised peace talks in New York in mid-August because of alleged violations by Egypt. Egypt has denied that any missiles have been moved into the zone and have said none will be removed.
Golden Eagle's air taxi certificate permitted to fly on only weights weighing under 12,500 pounds. The Martin 409, a 20-year old, weighted more than 40,000 pounds, the FAA said.
should not operate any of these aircraft until they are found by the PM to be unworthy.
Golden Eagle, however, contended it was merely supplying the crew for the heavier plane and was not operating it under the authorization to fly as an air taxi.
He said that both the plane that crashed and his sister plane apparently had been in crash history before the crash.
first-time prior to the disaster. Under legal procedures, Golden Eagle has 10 days to appeal the FAA action to the National Apparition Safety Board, which can override it.
The crash killed 13 members of the football team, 14 school officials, coaches, athletic officers, fans and three of the crew members. The plane was en route to Logan, Utah, where Wichita State was scheduled to play Utah State.
Richards said Wednesday the FAA inspected the plane last month and pronounced it safe to fly. But the FAA denied any records of such an inspection.
"I feel like if the FAA knew some reasons why the aircraft should not have gone on, they should have grounded it right then and saved all these lives," Richards said.
Nixon: Peace Plan Has Home Support
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (UPH.)-President Nixon said Thursday the "very favorable" reaction to his Indochina peace initiative has led to more American capitalize on American anti-war sentiment.
Nixon, who has crummed an eight-day European visit and a major policy address this past two weeks, said the fact that his new petitions "will not go unnoticed in Hand."
The President made the remarks in Savannah, Ga., where he dedicated a new ocean research center before flying here for a long weekend of rest.
"It was a very warm reception," the President said, noting that businessmen as well as school children—who were dismissed from classes for the occasion—were in the crowd.
The presidential jet, Air Force One, arrived at homestead Air Force Base, south of Miami, at 2:55 p.m. following the 65-minute flight from Savannah. Nixon wiped the at 200 hours on his helmet at Homestead, then immediately boarded a helicopter that brought him to Key West.
They were quite with it," the President observed. "I saw a sign that said, That was Chancellor Merz."
Nikon's visit to Georgia to dedicate the research center on Skidaway Island, off the coast of Georgia, is one of his growing concern over pollution of the oceans, a problem he said would ask the U.S. government to consider.
A crowd estimated by state police as between 80,000 and 90,000 personnel turned out in the city.
He was undaunted by the initial negative Communist reaction to the five-point plan, which included a call for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting in Southeast Asia.
He noted the problems of air and wate, pollution in his remarks, but it was his peace proposal—and the world's reaction to it—that obviously was unperformed in his mind.
'Hanoi Will Notice'
"At first blush, it would seem that it had been turned down," Nison said, but added: "We expect a more serious and formal reply in about a week."
The President said North Vietnamese leaders had been counting on war weariness in the United States to win them a more favorable settlement than they could achieve on the battlefield. But he said his new peace action and the reaction to it has changed that.
"leaders of both parties have supported it, both critics of our Vietnam policy and those of the US," she added.
"Now that we have moved diplomatically, world leaders will give us support who might otherwise have waited, thinking we had not far as we could at the conference table."
Accompanying him on the trip were his wife, Pat, and his daughter and son-in-law, James F. Sullivan, a Georgia dedication at midafternoon, they flew to Boca Raton where they will remain.
Commissioner Says Actions More Than 'Slap on Hand'
Wayne Duke, Big 8 Sports Commissioner, has his office is "just a reflection" of the other institutions in the big 8 conference. In his office Thursday in the Mushlah Hotel in Chicago, he. Duke said he was committed to patting and regulations adopted by the conference.
The University of Kansas athletic program
"No one is more charged at activities this than I am," said Duke referring to the probabilities of the University of Kentucky's University football teams. "We have to have a responsibility for this, but we would like to direct our time toward positive efforts."
Buckley Elected Frosh President
was placed on probation for two years. The Big & Big office issued a statement inferring that fraudulent high school class ranks had been provided for two Kansas athletes.
Freshmen class officers were announced
shredsy night after one of the lightest fresh-
men, a graduate, in a spring dance.
"Any time you impose action, it will have an effect," he said. "The obvious one is a negative effect. The direct parties involved will feel the saliatory effect."
Duke was asked how stern a measure the probation was and what the effect of the probation would be on other conference teams.
The 638 freshmen voted represented about 20 per cent of the class. Last year 1,062 freshmen voted, almost 30 per cent of the class. In 1995, students voted and 1,311 votes were cast in 1996.
Mert F. Buckley, Wichita freshman, was elected president over 11 other candidates including Sipro Agreen. Buckley won with 133 votes out of the 638 cast by freshmen.
"When an institution receives a penalty from any agency it is not considerate a slap on its head."
chairman of the Student Senate elections committee, said the results of the opinion poll would not be announced until next week. He explained that the poll would not be tallied against a poll, Jack Collins, Prairie Village senior, returned from a rugby match in Aspen, Colo.
Voting booths were open Wednesday and Thursday. Besides electing freshmen officers, teachers took an opinion poll about the students. The total number of students voting was 1,431.
John Friedman, Overland Park senior and
Buckley was not present when the totals were posted in the Hawkett in Summerfield Hall and was unavailable for comment on his victory.
Friedman said Collins was best qualified to count the poll. He said that he could not properly count the poll to provide the results wanted by Collins.
Buckley was a member of the Freshmen Student Alliance (FSA). He was the only FSA member at his time.
other offices were won by members of MASH which stands for Joan McCain, Shawen Simon, Katherine Allen, Topeka; Barry Simon, Louis; and James Harrell, Emporia.
Huckley beat Harrell by 15 votes in the president's race to keep MASH from losing.
Stinson was elected vice president, Miss
ulsen secretary and Miss McCabe treasurer.
Curt Wiley, Des Moines freshman, was elected student senator from Olive-Clement.
elected student senator from Oliver College.
Elected blame the low vote total on a poor turnout on Daisy Hall Wednesday night and blame the said polling places were open. Wednesday night in Oliver Hall, Ellsworth Hall and Gertrude Sellarslard Pearson Hall.
Friedman said only 38 students voted at Ellsworth, while 140 voted at Oliver and 95 at GSP. He said the low turnout at Ellsworth was possibly due to the fact that candidates could not go from room to room and urge the speaker. Friedman also said that the speaker was not possibly working and it could not be announced that the voting booth was open.
Friedman said the rainy and cold weather on Thursday might have forced the total vote down. He said the number voting at Strong was 162,508, while the number voted there on Wednesday.
David Miller, student senate treasurer, said David at Strong was traditionally higher the age of a senator.
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World Reaction
By United Press International
South Vietnam said it was in agreement with the proposals. The Saigon government said its statement followed after discussions with the American government.
Much of the world reacted with praise Thursday to President Nixon's call for an immediate cease-fire in the search for peace between the United States governments and statesmen expressed doubt.
The South Vietnamese reaction favoring the Nixon plan followed by several hours an unfavorable response by some South Vietnamese officials.
Australian Prime Minister John G. Gordon,
who country has 8,000 men in Vietnam,
and who country has 6,000 women in Vietnam.
Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the South Korean and Australian governments issued statements praising Nixon's proposals for a war in which their troops also are fighting.
"The Australian government holds strongly to the belief that a just and permanent settlement can only be finally achieved around the conference table."
New Zealand also endorsed Nixon's proposals. Prime Minister Keith J. Holycove said he approved of all five major points Nixon made.
Japan welcomed the plan and said it would play "every possible role" in bringing the agreement to fruition.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiigur Hori is the Nixon proposal places "a great advance on the American policy."
"Our government welcomes such an initiative of President Nixon," said American Institute of Defense.
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Korea called the plan “innovative, constructive” and called on the Communists to accept the offer in order to restore peace in Southeast Asia.
Clive Jenkins, joint general secretary of the Association of Scientific, Managerial and Technical Staffs, writing in the Guardian newspaper, said:
Although the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong did not respond immediately, a British naval unionist just back from Hanoi said the new proposals by Nixon expected the new proposals by Nixon.
"The authorities in North and South Vietnam expected the fresh proposals for the coalition," he estimated he had to react to Viet Cong Foreign Minister Madame Nguyen Thi Binh's new proposals in Paris—and that he would be forced by S. Congressional elections in November."
Agnew Calls Sen. Goodell GOP 'Christine Jorgensen'
NEW ORLEANS (UPI)—Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Thursday asked Nixon Administration critic丝恩 Charles E. Goodell, of the Republican party."
Agnew said that Goodell's "vicious attacks on his President and his administration" were the reasons he (Agwey) was criticizing the liberal New Yorker.
Agnew made the statement in a closed meeting with New Orleans newspaper editors prior to leaving Louisiana for Arkansas and a subsequent trip. The team's departure was delayed by bad weather.
"I think that this business of crossing line paries as I have done to single out a member of my own party is a very serious matter and I am proud," he said. But Mr. Goodell is unique, "Agrew said.
Agnew and Goodell is lending aid to the radical left whom the vice president said was a terrorist. He said he was
"If you look at the statements Mr. Goodell made during his time in the House and compare them with some of the statements I have been referring to, you will find he is truly the Christine Jorgensen of the Republican party."
Miss Jorgensen underwent a sex change operation.
The vice president continued that theme in his prepared P1. Smith speech in which he called on the leaders of Congress of "obsequious, permissive men" who encourage disorders in the streets and on
He charged that Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Mass., George S. McGovern, S.D. Fred Harris, Okla., and Birch Bayh, ind, not only to drive radicals out of their community, but actually "embrace them, fawn over them, identify with them and raise money for them."
Agnew said he has supported other Republican candidates who have disagreed with the Nixon Administration but that Goodell and his administration comments than any other.
"This may be the last day I talk about Sen. Goodell. I have a lot of other radical-liberals in my office," she said.
in an interview Wednesday, Agnew questioned whether Goodell actually wanted to be thought of as a member of the Republican party.
Senate Downs Welfare Plan By 14-1 Vote
WASHINGTON (UP1)—The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-13 Thursday to junk President Nixon's innovative welfare reform plan that would guarantee monthly government payments to all needy American families.
The administration pledged "fight on the floor" of the Senate to revive its $4.4 billion plan despite the overwhelming vote against a domestic proposal of the administration.
His Senate supporters were in doubt about which party had the votes to reverse the committee's report.
Secretary Elliot L. Richardson of Health, Education and Welfare said, "I am convinced that a substantial majority of the Senate is concerned with a belief that now is the time to substitute a fair, work-related reform program for the present confused and inequitable welfare mess."
Kansas Staff Photo
Freshman Student Votes for Officers
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