University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1970
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Finance Committee Grants 5 Requests
The Student Senate Auditing and Finance Committee Monday night recommended allocations that would reduce the Senate contingency fund to about $5,000 for the rest of the 1970-71 school year.
A recommendation of $12,500 for a student news broadcasting facility was the big request of
David Dary
the meeting, held in the Governor's Room of the Kansas Union. The request was explained by David Dary, associate professor of journalism and director of the broadcasting laboratory.
. . . requests funds
An allocation of $3,000 was given to the Kansas Law Review, a publication put out by law students which contains information pertaining to current legal problems, and reports of legal services provided by KU law students.
The recommended allocation would equip a news room to be used jointly by KUOK and KANU radio station with typewriters, wire services and tape recorders, and would provide funds to construct a news broadcasting studio.
The Kansas Engineering Magazine received a $840 recommendation. This magazine reviews the activities of the School of Engineering
The Underground Social Work Organization, which coordinates activities in the new School of Social Work, such as teacher evaluation and student enrollment advisers, received a recommendation of $170 to help carry out these activities.
An additional $100 was recommended for allocation to the KU People-to-People organization, in addition to $400 that Senate had already approved.
A request from the Kansas University Moslem Student Association was denied consideration on grounds that religious organizations are not eligible to receive Senate funds.
Missouri Candidate Shot; Suicide Ruled
ST. LOUIS (UPI)—John W, Peters, 49, Republican candidate in Missouri's 2nd district congressional race, shot himself to death, Dr. George E. Gantner, St. Louis County medical examiner, ruled Monday.
Incumbent Rep. James W. Symington, son of Sen. Stuart Symington, D-Mo., immediately canceled his political appearances for the time being.
Peters' body was discovered in the basement of his campaign headquarters late Sunday night by his teen-aged son, John, 15, and Harry Dunman, a Brentwood policeman. The youth rode his bicycle to his father's campaign headquarters after there was no answer to repeated telephone calls.
Mrs. Peters said her husband had no financial or health problems.
"In the examination, we found no evidence to indicate another party was involved," Gantner said.
However, Gantner said: "We have officially ruled it a suicide. From our medical examination and what we know from the legal examination, this appears to be the answer. It was a single shot with a contact wound. He (Peters) had powder burns on his hand.
Police said Peters had been shot in the left side of the chest. A 16-gauge shotgun was found beside the body.
The 2nd district Republican committee was expected to meet within the next few days to select a candidate to replace Peters on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. Some GOP officials had earlier indicated disappointment at the slow pace of Peters' campaign against Symington and he was given little chance for victory.
He defeated two opponents in the Aug. 4 Republican primary, but had been virtually inactive since. One other candidate, Sterling E. Lacy of the American Party of Missouri, is in the race.
StudEx to Fill Vacancy Open On Judiciary
The 2nd district seat was held for 18 years by Republican Rep. Tom Curtis. Symington won the seat in the 1968 general election after Curtis yielded up his House seat to run against Symington's father in the U.S. Senate race.
The other major order of business at the StudEx meeting was the approval of funds to secure the Bread and Puppet Theater Group for a three-day performance Oct. 4-6.
There will be interviews Thursday in the Kansas Union to fill vacancies on the University Judiciary and the Union Operating Board. A committee representing the Student Senate Executive Committee will hold the interviews at 7:30 p.m. for all interested persons, as provided by StudEx in its weekly meeting Monday night.
The Bread and Puppet Theatre is a group of 17 traveling performers with "a different kind of life style," according to Frank Zilm, St. Louis senior.
The group contacted R. L. Bailey, Atchison senior, head of the Senate Finance and Auditing Committee, to arrange a performance. Funds were not available Monday morning when Bailey was contacted, but the group agreed to perform for $2,000 because they thought they could draw sufficient contributions to make up the difference.
Law School Seeks Women Students
There are many opportunities for women in law, and it is an ideal profession to combine with a family life, Mrs. Helen Mountford, assistant to the dean of the KU Law School, said Monday.
She was commenting on efforts of the law school to increase its percentage of women students. Although no formal recruitment
program is underway, representatives are trying to contact living groups and discuss with women residents the possibilities of studying law.
She said that until three years ago the percentage of women students in the school was about two or three per cent, and that this percentage has been substantially improved.
with Kenneth Smith
University Theatre 8:20 p.m.
Oct. 9,10,11,16,
17 & 18