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Thursday, Sept. 3, 1970
University Daily Kansan
Few Surprised by Senate's Action
The McGovern-Hafetion amendment to end the war was downed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday.
"It just shows that they are trying, but we have a long way to go," one coed said.
A Buildings and Grounds employee, well past draft age, said the solution was to try harder the next time. This entailed talking to more people in order for a similar bill to pass in the future, he said.
"Sure, they got some publicity and it might show some of the silent majority where a lot of their Senators are at. I thought it would lose by a larger margin."
one young man said when asked if he thought the bill had been useful.
One KU junior said the proposal was one of the best political maneuvers that Congress had undertaken in a long time. He said he felt it was a valiant effort by the Senators to regain some of the power that they felt several Presidents had usurped.
"They have got to try. Nixon could keep residual forces in Southeast Asia forever," he said.
The majority of people talked to said they did not think a similar bill would be tried in the future. The rationale given for this point ranged from the opinion that the political lines are drawn long before any bill is introduced to the comment that the amendments was just a rehashing of an old issue that the general American public and young people are tired of.
KU Students Unhappy With Coroner's Inquest
"It is difficult to say who shot him. What were they shooting for anyway?" said David Hohoyd, Kansas City senior.
Uncertainty and dissatisfaction still prevail in the minds of students of the University of Kansas in response to a recent student poll concerning the events surrounding the death of Harry N. Rice.
"For arriving at no definite conclusion the inquest was senseless and very uncomfortable for all involved," said Cathy Brink, Bismarck, N.D. junior.
Diane Thomas, Wichita senior, and Doug Siren, Prairie Village sophomore, both showed dissatisfaction by their answers.
"I'm not satisfied with the results of the inquest and I feel the investigation should have been continued deeper," Miss Thomas said. Siren said he thought "the investigation was intentionally incomplete to cover up unanswered questions"
"Many facts concerning the case are still as hazy and nebulous as before, making it quite difficult to arrive at a conclusion," was the answer of Dave Bliss, North Dakota junior.
Bruce Bauer, St. Louis senior, expressed the feeling of many other students. "It is ridiculous to have an eight hour inquest and find out nothing."
Fat Albert's Strengths Almost Offset Weaknesses
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Fat Albert is fast shedding the image of a freak.
Fat Albert is one of many derisive nicknames given Boeing's 747 jumbo jet when it went into service last January. But it is now building a reputation as an efficient people mover.
The 400 passenger, 710,000 pound superjet has carried more than a million passengers since Pan American made its inaugural flight to London Jan. 21. It is living up to some of the optimistic claims of its supporters.
Not that the big plane has not had its problems.
Boeing's analysts say the airlines' profit margin on 747 flights was the equivalent of 115 passengers per flight.
But the jumbo jet is compiling some economic records that help make up for failings. For example the load factor—the percentage of passengers to seats—has averaged about 63 per cent for all flights on the 747.
One of the $22 million planes was hijacked to Cuba, where Fidel Castro came to the airport to gawk. One was hit by lightning but was not damaged. There have been numerous engine problems. Pan American made 100 unscheduled engine removals in the first six months. And its on time performance is spotty.
Passengers complain about long lines outside the plane's 12 lavatories. Stewardesses complain about passengers who they say tie up traffic by strolling in the plane's aisleways—each of which is more than 200 feet long.
After the 747 was first put into service by Pan Am on flights to and from London, the others among America's big four airlines — United, American and Trans World—soon followed suit using the big planes on numerous domestic and transcontinental flights.
The jumbo jet is living up to
some of the claims of its backers that it would cut airway congestion by reducing the number of planes using the air space.
Statistics show that it took the 747 only 5,000 flights to carry a million passengers. The Boeing 707, still the mainstay of the airline jet fleet, had to make about 15,000 flights to carry its first million passengers.
So far 60 of the 747s have been delivered to the airlines and 200 more are on order. Boeing says it hopes to sell 600 by 1980.
On the whole, the flying public likes the plane, says Boeing. The company says its latest survey showed that 84 per cent of the passengers polled who rode Fat Albert registered a preference for it over smaller jets.
"It's passing from the American psyche as being a moot issue," John Dreiling, Kansas Union concessionaire said.
Prime examples of this indifference were the complete lack of response of the clientelle from two local bars. National politics
is an area which an increasing number of the people talked to at these bars apparently want nothing to do with, because it has proven so unproductive in the past.
Generally, the U.S. Senate did not dash the hopes of many KU
North College Offers Option to Western Civ.
A North College student may take a four hour, one semester Liberal Arts and Sciences course offered by the East Asian studies department entitled "Topics and Problems in Eastern Civilization," said Elliott Gillerman, director of North College.
North College, one of the five Colleges-Within-the-College, is the only one that provides an alternative to the Western Civilization program as a freshman-sophomore and graduation requirement.
The alternative program was instituted in the Fall semester of 1969-1970.
"As far as we can tell," Gillerman said, "student response to the alternative program has been good. More students enrolled in the Eastern Civilization course the second semester it was offered than enrolled the first semester. At the end of the spring semester we were overwhelmingly urged to continue the course this fall. We're satisfied that the program is working well."
There has been no indication the other four Colleges are considering implementing a similar alternative to Western Civilization requirements.
students. The general after-thefact opinion was one of not being pleased, but not being surprised.