University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Oct. 1, 1970
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Mirrors
Kansan Staff Photo by JIM HOFFMAN
Someone once said that people's faces are
mirrors of their minds. The gaiety, suspicion and trust reflected in these faces give a clear insight into the three characters' character.
Aircraft Carrier Removal Considered; Rationing on Vietnam Troops
SAIGON (UPI)—U.S. military sources said Wednesday the Nixon administration was considering the removal of an aircraft carrier from Indochina as one of its next moves in the overall Vietnam military cutback.
Military sources also reported that the U.S. command in Vietnam had begun a tight rationing system on ammunition, food and combat equipment to its nearly 300,000 troops.
In fighting action, Communist troops moved in Wednesday behind a huge Cambodian task force and reoccupied two villages brought under government control last week just south of the newly captured town of Tang Kauk 52 miles north of Phnom Penh.
In South Vietnam, U.S. military spokesmen reported an upswing in the tempo of action involving U.S. troops. They said
Dean of Men Helps Mediate Confrontation
Part of the responsibility of the dean of men is to try to smooth out problems such as those which occurred in or near some residence halls two weekends ago, Donald Alderson, dean of men, said Wednesday.
Several incidents of fighting in the residence halls on Daisy Hill or near them were reported on the evening of Sept.18,
Alderson said he was notified by the campus police that there had been trouble at the residence halls and that some students had been injured.
Alderson said he went to the scene immediately.
"Whenever I get a call that someone is injured or something is happening in a residence hall, then I go," Alderson said.
"We need to know what's going on to see if our presence can stop things or if we can offer reassurance," he explained.
Alderson and the nine assistants to the dean offer counseling to involved persons. They also help anyone wanting to press charges to contact the proper legal authorities.
13 Americans died and 16 were wounded in ground clashes, aircraft downings and a shelling attack Tuesday.
In the northern sector, an Air Vietnam civil airliner with 30 persons aboard crashed in a mountain pass 10 miles north of Da Nang. Rescue teams were climbing toward the scene. A helicopter pilot reported he had seen some survivors at the site.
U. S. military sources in Saigon said the USS Shangri-La, oldest of three aircraft carriers now assigned to duty on rotating basis at "Yankee Station" off the Vietnam coast, would be returning to the United States shortly for deactivation.
The source said it was likely the Shangri-La would not be replaced, resulting in a reduction of naval air power available for use in Indochina.
The sources said the removal would be another in a series of unpublicized reductions that have decreased the size of the U.S. 7th Fleet by more than 25 per cent in the past year. To date the reductions have shrunken the size of the fleet from about 200 to 145 ships with a corresponding drop in manpower from about 30,000 to 22,500, the sources said. They said most vessels withdrawn so far have been destroyers and World War II vintage landing ships.
Gubernatorial Opponents Set Times for Debates
TOPEKA (UPI)—The times for three televised debates between Democratic Gov. Robert B. Docking and his Republican challenger, Attorney General Kent Frizzell, have been set.
The debates are at 9 p.m. Oct. 9 on KAKE-TV, Wichita; 6 p.m. Oct. 25 on KMBC-TV, Kansas City, and 9 p.m. Oct. 20 on WIBW-TV, which will feed the program to numerous television and radio stations across Kansas.
Pat Burnau, Docking's press secretary, said in a prepared statement, "A common question from people across the state is why is Governor Docking going to debate his opponent, who is a champion high school and college debater?
"In an age when television is used as a tool in political contests, this is a legitimate question. Although Governor Docking has not had formal training in the art and techniques of professional debating, we believe the people will judge the two candidates on issues and programs rather than style and performance.
"We trust the people. We will let the people judge."
In response to Burnau's statement, Frizzell said, "I'm willing to allow the people of the state to judge the merits of the encounter as to the best ideas for solving the problems of this state and who will work the hardest."
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