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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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81st Year, No. 16 The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas Tuesday, September 22, 1970
Frank Zilm
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Kansan Photo by DARRYL LOUKOTA
Breakthrough
The gloom of another rainy day on the hill is briefly disrupted as the clouds part to make room for the warming rays of the sun. Any brief
respite the sun's rays may offer from the bleakness of a gray day, such as this one seen from McCollum Hall, is welcomed by most KU students.
Catalyst to Receive Academic Funding
By BOB DICKSON Kansan Staff Writer
Funds for Catalyst's LA&S 48 program at the University of Kansas will be provided within the academic budget, Ray Nichols, executive secretary of the University, says.
The Kansas Board of Kegents deleted the salary allocations, proposed by the Student Senate Sept. 9, on the condition that the commitment for salaries could be met within the tuition costs.
Originally, $10.000 in student activity fees had been allocated to Catalyst for the funding of the LA&S 48 courses.
The $10,000 will be returned to the Student Senate contingency fund.
Catalyst did receive the $1,860 budget recommendation for the operation of other coordinating and curriculum programs that were outlined by the Senate.
The University funding of the LA&S classes should not have any effect on the nature or subject matter of those classes, Jerry Lewis, associate dean of the liberal arts and sciences department, says.
"At the beginning of the year, instructors and student assistants were hired without promise of salary, due to the uncertain funding status," Lewis says. "Still, all instructors and courses were set up within the guidelines set by the department concerning LA&S courses. Those guidelines are in effect, regardless of the source of funds."
The guidelines to which Lewis refers are eight requirements for the conduct of an LA&S 48 class. These guidelines include a departmental screening of applicants for assistant instructor positions and a faculty sponsor to participate in the class and provide consultation for readings, assignments and grading.
Brad Smoot, Sterling junior and chairman of the Student Senate Executive Committee, said he protested the principle of the Regents' intervention and not the reallocation of funds in this case.
"If the University academic budget can allow for LA&S funding, I am in favor of it," Smoot said.
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Hussein Makes Plea For Aid from Powers
WASHINGTON (UPI) King Hussein of Jordan has asked the United States and other major powers what they would do to help him resist the attacks of Syrian troops, which have joined the Arab guerrillas, official sources said Monday.
They emphasized that Hussein had not appealed for military assistance in so many words, but asked generally what assistance he might expect.
Word of Hussein's request came shortly after Jordanian ambassador Abdel Ahmid Sharaf conferred for 90 minutes with Joseph J. Sisco, assistant secretary of state for Mideast Affairs.
However, Hussein's request for information on what action the United States and other big powers were prepared to take came before Sharaf visited Cisco.
U. S. officials said Sisco and Sharaf discussed the situation in general and talked at some length about how the Jordanian government could avail itself of the U.S. contribution of two field hospitals to the International Red Cross, which has yet to find some way to get them into Jordan.
Hussein ordered his troops in the Jordanian capital of Amman to stop shooting Monday night in a move to end the widening war with Palestine guerrillas. U.S. paratroopers were put on alert for possible action to rescue stranded Americans.
Hussein charged that Syrian forces invaded his country to help the guerrillas and blamed the widening conflict on the Syrians.
The White House expressed deep concern for the safety of about 400 Americans in Jordan, including 38 hostages from hijacked planes held captive by Palestinian commandos. A
spokesman for President Nixon said the situation was "very serious, complicated and very fluid."
Egyptian reports said more than 6,000 persons had been killed and thousands more wounded in five days of fighting in Amman and other Jordanian centers. The Palestinian
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Regents' Actions Immobilize Code
By ROBERT LITRAS
Kenson Staff Writer
Lack of approval or disapproval by the Board of Regents has left the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct in a legal limbo, according to Frank Zilm, presiding officer of the Student Senate.
The board gave particular rise to the question of the Code's legal status when it trimmed Senate allocations of funds to several campus organizations.
Article 14 of the Code states that "The Student Senate has sole authority to allocate University funds designated student activity fees. Approval of requests for such funds shall be conditioned upon submission of budgets to, and approval by, the Student Senate. Where such funds are allocated, financial accountability shall be required."
Zilm claims that the board acted illegally when it cut the budgets of several KU organizations.
"The Code is in effect on the campus," he said. "Technically, they (the regents) violated the Code."
Zilm agreed that the point was a minor technicality, but he told the Kansan that it involved "almost half a million dollars." The lack of the board's approval or disapproval and their action Friday complicated the status of the Code and whether it could be enforced, he said.
"They have a legal right to approve, disapprove, to sit on it—whatever they please," Zilm said. "But they should approve or disapprove the Code publicly. The enforcability of the Code is now being studied by the Senate."
"We're having some law students work on it," he said.
Evacuation of Americans From Jordan Possible
WASHINGTON (UPI)— The Pentagon alerted paratroopers, medics, and air transports Monday for possible evacuation of Americans from Jordan and sent naval vessels with Marines steaming toward the Mediterranean.
Defense Department spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim said the emergency measures were taken to protect the lives of 400 U.S. citizens now in Jordan, where the government is under attack from Palestinian guerrillas and invading forces from Syria.
"We can tell you today we are continuing to take a series of precautionary actions to increase the readiness of the Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force units to support an evacuation operation for American citizens should that become
necessary," Friedheim said. "These increased readiness operations involve units both here and in Germany, including some medical and hospital units and some ships and aircraft."
The alerted forces included the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C., and other paratroopers from the 8th Infantry Division stationed in West Germany.
The alert order was issued Sunday night as Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird and Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard held a series of "overnight" meetings.
Should evacuation become necessary, it was believed the paratroopers would be used first to secure the airfield at Amman and clear an escape route between it and the capital city.
President Nixon, meanwhile, met with top military and diplomatic advisers to discuss what the White House called a "very serious, complicated and very fluid situation."
White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler emphasized to reporters that as of the moment there were no plans to evacuate Americans from Jordan and that Nixon still planned to visit the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean during his European tour that begins next Sunday.
The United States has about 200,000 troops in West Germany, including three airborne battalions plus armored and mechanized units.
Friedheim refused to identify ships steaming toward the Mediterranean but said the alert "does include units that are now in the Atlantic and the 6th Fleet."