University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 11, 1970
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KU Museum of Art Hires Woman Student as Guard
Kansan Staff Photo by MIKE RADENCICH
New Woman Museum Guard Guides Visitor
... 'it just never ocurred to us before to hire a girl'
Pickets Hold Line At Plastics Firm
Picket lines will continue at the C. M. Moore Plastics Co. in Overland Park, a spokesman for the Worker's Support Committee at KU said Thursday.
Bill Black, Kansas City, Mo., junior, said the committee was exploring the legal action that could be taken against the firm. A KU faculty group is conferring on possible faculty support for the strike, he said.
Students picketing in support of the strike by women employees of the company were questioned
by investigators of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation early Thursday, Black said.
One student picketer said that the KBI men were at the site because of newspaper reports of student participation in the strike.
Black said that some strikers might speak in the Kansas Union tonight after the 7:30 showing of "Oil Strike," a film dealing with community involvement in strikes. Speakers are being organized to appear before living groups next week, he said.
Cong Force Villagers To Impede Cambodians
PHNOM PENH (UPI)—Liberated villagers told Thursday of being forced at gunpoint by Viet Cong to build roadblocks against a Cambodian regiment trying to clear Highway 6, a lifeline cutting through the heart of Cambodia.
The Cambodian task force, protected by a U.S. air umbrella, pushed slowly up Route 6 toward the province capital of Kompong Thom as troops in river assault boats consolidated positions there. The river force broke a 60-day Communist siege at Kompong Thom early Thursday.
About 4,000 Cambodian infantrymen escorted by tanks were involved in the drive up Highway 6, and by Thursday the force had advanced only nine miles north of its starting point.
Blown bridges and elaborate Viet Cong roadblocks stalled the column Thursday.
Villagers liberated in the column's nine-mile advance said they had been under Communist fire control for three months.
Others said four or five Viet Cong, with Cambodian interpreters, had stayed in the village of Skoun for weeks, spreading propaganda, although they had not tried to recruit local men.
"The Viet Cong made us build roadblocks and told us they would shoot us if we did not," one peasant said.
Brig, Gen. Neak Sam, commander of the Highway 6 task force, said he would continue to Kompong Thom, rebuilding bridges, cleaning out Communist base areas and placing strong patrols all along the road to keep it open.
The drive is the biggest of the war for Cambodian troops.
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By REBECCA CHITESTER Kansan Staff Writer
Chris Prather, St. Louis senior, last week became the first woman student to be hired as a guard at the KU Museum of Art.
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A. Burt Waller, director of the museum, said there had been women working as guards in the past; however, there have been no women since the museum instituted the policy of hiring students.
"There were women when the townpeople were the guards," Waller said, "but since we started hiring students—four or five years ago, I believe—we have had no women. I don't believe there has ever been a policy against hiring women. It's just that none have applied."
Miss Prather's job is that of watching the exhibits to make sure none of them are damaged
She said art history was her "first love" and she was content with the 15 hours she spends weekly working in the museum.
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"Things are taken for granted," Miss Prather said, speaking of the lack of women guards. "Men have traditionally taken jobs such as mine. Women just don't try to get these jobs."
Marilyn Stokstad, chairman of the art history department and former director of the museum, said she saw no reason why a woman could not fill the job of museum guard.
"The requirements of the job are that one be there and be alert," Miss Stokstad said. "One has to keep his eyes open. For instance, if a guard sees someone walking out with a large package, he'd better know what to do."
John Taber, Lawrence senior and captain of the museum guard, said he did not mind having a woman working as a museum guard.
"Knowing what to do in this case means having the good sense to call the security police." Miss Stokstad said. "Museum guards are not supposed to try to stop a person in a situation such as this."
"There's nothing Chris can't do that a guy can," Taber said. "I guess it just never occurred to us before to hire a girl. The job's pretty limited. Almost anyone could handle it."
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