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Friday, October 1, 1971
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'Countdown' for Voters
Registration of young voters in Kansas has been disappointingly slow. For the first time in the history of the state, the young people could become a politically potent voting block and nothing's happening. They cannot be disillusioned or too apathetic to take advantage of their new power.
A project has been initiated to change this situation: "Countdown 72. Young Kansans for Kansas." The goal of the project, which is headquartered in Manhattan, is the creation of a broad grassroots network in Kansas to promote voter registration and education.
In order to attain this goal, a voter registration conference, to be held Oct. 30 and 31 in Manhattan is being planned.
The conference is designed to educate youth leaders from colleges, universities, junior colleges and high schools throughout the state in the ways and means of voter registration.
The organizers of the conference have enlisted the support of both local and national political leaders. Pete McCloskey, (R-Calif) the
maverick Republican challenging Nixon, and Allard Lowenstien are scheduled to appear, along with members of the Kansas Congressional delegation. The project has the support of student body presidents in most of the colleges and universities of Kansas.
Efforts like this are necessary to educate young voters to the fact that they can become a very important part of the electorate in the state.
In 1972, over 335,000 18 to 24 year olds will have their first chance to help select the President of the United States.
The Republican candidate for President defeated the Democratic candidate by 175,878 votes in Kansas in 1968. The Democraticubernial candidate defeated his Republican opponent by 74,000 votes in 1970.
So the possibility for a powerful voting block of young people to act on the ideals that they have so long paid lip service now exists.
"Countdown 72, Young Kansans for Kansas" is an important step in making that possibility a reality.
—Mike Moffet
Nixon's New Court
Monday opens a new session of the Supreme Court of the United States. It will mark the end of an era of war in which the United States ended an era of strict constructionism.
Gone are the days of the Warren court. It's now the Nixon court. And all because fate decided that Richard Nixon will be the first president Franklin Roosevelt to appoint at least four new justices to the bench.
Fate can certainly be cruel.
As the President put it so well last week, "I am frankly looking for men who will have a similar judicial philosophy as the Chief Justice of the courts, Mr. Burger, whom I appointed, and Mr. Justice Blackmun."
At least one of his two nominees will be a southerner, probably Rep. Richard Poff, R-Va., noted for his role in drafting the administration's anti-crime program and his strong opposition to civil rights legislation.
That doesn't look good, especially after the departure of two of the
court's most distinguished jurists, Justices John Harlan and Hugo Black.
Thus the court stands to lose not only its position as the active protector of the Bill of Rights for all Americans, but also some of its stature as our country's most distinguished judicial body.
Mr. Nixon's appointee won't take office for at least a month, and probably two. In anticipation of the two new faces, the court has already postponed hearings on major issues due for decisions this term.
Issues coming up for consideration this term include capital punishment, consumer law, sexual harassment and a few of the potential issues of the day.
So it looks as though we'll have to take a "wait and see attitude" to exactly what the new court's positions will be.
Don't bother keeping your fingers crossed.
Portfolio . . .
By K-Cee Colburn
Senate Sounds
Chalmers Denies Gays Again
A Senate Analysis
The Gay Liberation Front tried again Wednesday night for recognition as a student organization and failed. This time they were confronted by Chancellor Chalmers who was, "happy to repeat" his reasons for granting recognition to Gay Lab.
by Jan Kessinger
Repeatedly he laughed off remarks from people in the gallery and student senators. When one would seemingly have him cornered, he would either give back his opinions or mine differ," or simply ignore the question altogether.
He failed to outline his criteria for student group recognition other than labeling it "a judgement matter." When asked why no criteria were on paper, he replied that he was acting as he felt the majority of the student body wanted him to.
If educating what may very well be a majority of students and
When asked to define the difference between Gay Lib, Mr. Dillen said he was a Student's Union, he said the objectives of the Gay Lib were not for the community good. Holds and jeers echoed from the students.
Lawrence and certainly Kansas citizens to the problems and nature of homosexual behavior is not for the common good, then we may be wallowing in our own shortsighted ignorance.
Chalmers returned again and again to the term "proclivity" to the phrase "New World Dictionary" defines proclivity as a "natural nature in human nature; an inclination towards something memorableable."
Who is to decide what is discrediting? Surely nothing is discrediting if one doesn't heed the morals of "a majority." We'd burden churches, witches, crucifying. Christians keeping slaves if that were
If Chalmers were right in defining Gay Lib, in accordance with Webster's, we might assume he would not recognize the BSU in these cases. That is, the BSU would be shunned for being black. The same would hold true for the Women's Coalition where, in many areas, a woman is as black or a homosexual in others.
case.
Gay Lib is not destructive, does not call for a new government, and is misunderstood. Wiley are the regents and the chancellor of the university, Mr. Gay Lib recognition, and acceptance as part society?
Senate. Chalmers will once again sweep Gay Labs into its tidy corner preventing any controversies with the regents,
Despite an effort by the Student
A Gay Lib spokesman at the senate meeting vowed that they will try and try again, until recognition is achieved.
It may be a long time.
Employe Claims Threats
BY LAWRENCE L. KNUTSON
cited Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -A former Lockehed-Georgia aircraft production manager has testified that men with "murder on their murs" threatened his family after he accused the firm of gross mismanagement and waste in the CSA project.
The witness, Henry M.
Durham, was guarded by U.S.
marshals while he accused
the police of "whatever appears to be collusion
... to receive credit and
payment to work on aircraft
which had not been
accomplished."
Durham's principal accusations at a recent hearing of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, were immediately executive Vice-President H. Lee Moore as "positively incorrect."
Durham, who said he had been officially tailed as an anarchist in 1982 and kept a 19 years with Lockheed, said his status changed overnight when he put pressure on company officials to correct him; he said he was arrested.
Durham was called as a witness by Sen. William
Proxmire, D-Wis., who firs reported nearly two years ago that the cost of the CSA cargo figures by more than $2 billion.
employes officially not to harass the Durhams.
Durham said that when he made his accusations public, his family was ostracized by friends and colleagues; "an apparent organized telephone attack threatening in almost every instance my life and frequently the lives of my children," who cases rather lightly at first, but the offensive language and brutal tones of the voices we listened to quickly make us realize that he least, had murder in their minds."
Once, Durham said 42% of tons of costly assorted pieces of material were scraped because they had been damaged or broken and rewrapped they could not be identified.
He said parts were frequently installed on one aircraft only so it could pass inspection by the Air Force.
He said the parts were later removed and installed on the next plane coming up for inspection.
He said thousands of installation documents were fraudulently drawn up to show parts had been installed even though they had not been.
"It was deliberate subterfuge on the part of the company, and I believe the Air Force also," he said.
Griff and the Unicorn
By Sokoloff
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