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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
83rd Year, No.2
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Last Day To Register For Election
Tuesday, August 29,1972
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Staff Photo by T. DEAN CAPLE
Nichols Addresses Assembly speaks of 'forward direction' . . .
Nichols Calls for Students To Join Finance Crusade
By BOB SIMISON
Kansas Staff Writer
Acting Chancellor Raymond Nichols, long involved in the University of Kansas budget, has called on students to join a committee that is "financial" support" of the University.
Nichols, addressing an Opening Convocation audience of about 5,000 Monday in Allen Field HKouse, urged students to attend and needn't needs back to their home communities.
"After an austere 1771-72, we look hopefully to approval by the Legislature of the University's budget requests," Nichols said. "We're not expecting next year that our askins be approved."
NCHOLS SUGGESTED that interested students consult Students Concerned for Higher Education, a student organization increased financial support from the state.
Nichols was named to the post temporarily following the resignation last week of Chancellor E. Laurence Numers. Nichols said his first concluding speech yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of his enrollment as a freshman at KU.
AFTER HE JOINED the KU administration as executive secretary in 1929, Nichols served on the now-defunct Budget Committee for more than 30 years. He was advisor to five chancellors before becoming acting chancellor this year.
Students applauded Nichols when he chided the state for failing to finance Wescoe Hall and the new student health facility, both now under construction. Revenue bonds are being guaranteed by student fees voted by the Student Senate.
"WE HOPE THAT never again will the construction of University facilities have to depend on student financing," Nichols said that is definitely a state responsibility."
Nichols also called on the Kansas Legislature to appropriate funds for a visual arts building and a new building for the School of Law. Visual arts, he said, are
scattered throughout the University in nine places, and the School of Law is
Chalmers during his last two years as chancellor led a crucade to obtain more funds from the Kansas Legislature. This would, according to another would attempt to maintain continuity.
"THE UNIVERSITY of Kansas, like other complex universities, does not depend on one person for its ad- dressment or its governance," Nichols said.
He outlined three administration changes that went into effect July 1. They are the Division of Research and Graduate Studies the Office of Instructional Resources, and the Office of Affirmative Action for Women.
Nixon Plans End of Draft. All-Volunteer Force by '73
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)—President Nixon announced Monday he would end the military draft, a three-decade-old relic of the World War II era, by July 1, 1973, and replace it with an all-volunteer armed force.
The announcement, redeeming Nixon's 1968 campaign pledge, came as Secretary of Defense Melvin L. Laird said the United States will delay his decision on Vietnam troop levels.
Laird also told newsmen on the sunny lawn of the Western White House that U.S. bombing and mining of North Vietnam would end if the North Vietnamese attempt to defeat the dummilitrated zone and quit using the DMZ to infiltrate troops and supplies.
Nixon's end-the-draft announcement came in a statement issued by the White House after he conferred with Laird and received what he called "an encouraging report detailing the substantial progress we have made in reducing dependence on the draft to meet military manpower needs."
HIS STATEMENT seemed somewhat softer than conditions previously outlined by Nixon for ending the bombing and mining, but White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said there had been "no change in policy."
THE PRESENT authority to induct men into the armed forces expires next July 1 and Nixon said he would not ask Congress for an extension of induction authority.
In his statement, the chief executive harked back to the 1968 campaign and said: 'Four years ago I pledged that if we were to work toward ending the military draft.'
Also at the meeting were six members of the Selective Youth Advisory Committee—a group typical of the bloc of young voters in his courting in his rehess campaign.
Nixon said Laird told him that the Pentagon believed "sufficient numbers of volunteers can be attracted to the armed forces to meet peace-time manpower needs, and that ending all dependence on the draft will be consistent with maintaining a balance and degree of readiness necessary to meet our vital long-term national security."
THE PRESIDENT said some problems remained in shifting from a system fed by
what Laird called "conscript labor" to a system manned by all volunteers.
He specifically cited a shortage of doctors and other highly trained specialists and asked Congress to pass legislation giving the Pentagon the power to fund up to $15,000 to volunteers who would fill shortages in certain critical skills.
Laird said he was confident that both the House and Senate would act promptly on the issue.
Nixon said that in reaching the goal of ending the draft, "we will finally—28 years after the end of World War II—have done what I said in 1986 that we should do that: to know our commitment to freedom by preparing to assure our young people theirs."
LAIRD SAID the Selective Service would remain intact after the July 1973 transition but that it would have no authority to induct drafttees. In times of emergence, the president would have to request Congress for a renewal of the induction authority.
Laird acknowledged that an all-involvement force was expensive to recruit and maintain, but his 51-page report to the President warned against the temptation in the interest of short-range economy to pay more cost associated with the transition . . .
MILITARY pay and other personnel costs already have risen sharply, he said, noting that in 1965 the military's personnel costs were $21 billion. In fiscal 1973, he noted that cost was $42 billion although military forces have been cut by 300,000 from the 1963 figure.
"We have had great cost growth," Laired said, "and we are going to have continuing increases." In fact, he said, the increase in personnel cost has eaten up "almost the entire peace dividend resulting from declining Vietnam costs."
VIETNAM TROOP levels and Nixon's pending decision on the subject were discussed at Monday's session, Laird said. The President two months ago ordered troop strength cut to 39,000 by Sept. 1, but the increase had already been reduced below 37,000 men.
The chief executive's announcement on troop levels after Sept. 1 will be made before he leaves at mid-day Wednesday for Hawaii for summit talks with Japanese
Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Laird said.
The White House said while Nixon is in Hawaii he would meet with Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, who is being summoned by the president, what was termed "general consultations."
LAIRD, in responding to questions about current operations in Vietnam, said the Communists have the capability for new, spectacular attacks in South Vietnam.
But he added, "I am confident the South Vietnamese will be able to handle that."
He said U.S. bombing of North Vietnam and the mining of North Vietnamese harbors could be stopped in two ways—first, through a negotiated settlement, and second, through a North Vietnamese withdrawn from South Vietnam and by the Communists abiding by agreements prohibiting infiltration through the DMZ.
Newsman asked Ziegler whether Laird's statement was a change in U.S. conditions for an end to the bombing and mining. He said it wasn't.
"That is not a new statement by the secretary of defense. He has said that you should have made it clear."
Football Ticket Sales To Start Wednesday
By HARRY WILSON Kansan Staff Writer
When student season football ticket sales begin Wednesday, students will be paying 50 cents more than the price indicated on their tickets. The assistant athletic director, said Monday.
The Athletic Department had to raise the price, Novotny said, after a Student Senate decision this summer to give approximately $10,000 from Athletic Department funds to women's athletic groups.
Student season tickets will cost $5.50,
although the price on each ticket is $6.
THE DECISION to raise the price of the tickets, was made through the Student Seating Board of the Student Senate and the Athletic Board. Novtavn said.
The price of a student season football ticket was $5 last year. The price would have been $0 then, if the wage-free prize freeze occurred, the raise in prices, according to Novotny.
The schedule for buying the tickets is as follows: Seniors, Wednesday; graduate
Tickets will be on sale from noon to 7 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, this week, and Tuesday and Wednesday of next month in the east lobby of Allen Field House.
students, Thursday; juniors, Friday;
sunday, Wednesday, Sept. 8.
STUDENTS MUST bring their KU-ID
certificates of registration, and
a copy of the enrollment form.
Housemothers must show KU activity cards, which can be purchased at the local store.
For group seating requests, students must present all KU-IDs and certificates of registration at the special table for groups, where all IBM cards are pulled.
Seat assignments for groups will be made according to the lowest university rank.
REGULAR STUDENTS may purchase tickets for their spouses and children for $11.50. Spouses must show proof of identity status or status is not indicated on their JRM cards.
Tickets will be sold at random, which means that the first people to get seats in a class section may not get the best seats in the section. All students may purchase tickets on their designated day and any day afterward.
Non-students may purchase tickets by applying at the ticket window in Allen Field House and filling out an order card. Price prices for nonstudents are $8 per game.
Communist Minesweeper Appears In U.S.-Blocked Haiphong Harbor
WASHINGTON (AP)—The Pentagon confirmed Monday that Communist Chinese mine sweeper "has shown up" inside Haipei harbor, and served notice that the United States would not permit clearing of mine fields which have blocked supply freighters from entering since May.
Intelligence sources, which reported the first appearance of a Chinese mine sweeper in any of North Vietnam's seven mined ports, suggested the development could foreshadow an effort to break the mine blockade.
The Pentagon said, "We will do whatever is necessary to maintain the nine fields so long as the enemy continues the demilitarized zone into South Vietnam."
It did not say what measures would be taken in event of a major effort to clear the
The official statement implied that the United States might take stronger action, such as sinking mine sweepers trying to reopen ship channels.
mines. The mines were laid at the same time that Nixonixon ordered intensified bombing of rail lines carrying war supplies overland from Red China.
There is no indication that the Chinese vessel has done any mine sweeping at Hainan.
Officials said the Navy was prepared to lay more mines to replace any that might be damaged.
"We are watching the harbor closely," it said.
In other action Sunday, American fighter-bombers spread destruction through an army barracks near Hanoi housing troops awaiting transportation to Vietnam, the U.S. Command said Monday. A military training complex also was hard hit.
The raids Sunday, the heaviest in the Hanoi and Haliphong heartland in 4½ years, destroyed or damaged 174 buildings on 20 targets, the command reported.
mine sweeper "apparently moved in through shallow intra-castoral waterways,
The official Pentagon view is that the
U. S. war planes bombed the Haiphong area heavily during the weekend, but the mine sweeper apparently was not among the targets.
Latecomers Face 'Pav Now' Plan
The prime target was the Xom Bai army barracks, 37 miles northwest of Hanoi, hit for the first time in the war. Pilots claimed they destroyed 13 barracks and 10 storage or support buildings and damaged 46 other buildings.
Students who did not enroll last week should follow the late enrollment procedure outlined in the fall timetable of the institution, according to the Registrar's Office.
By JAN KESSINGER
Kansan Staff Writer
A record total of 18,987 students started classes Monday at the University of Kansas.
Just as during regular enrollment, fees must be paid at time of enrollment, but enrollees must pay an additional $10. If a student enrolls after September 6, he must pay a $25 late fee. No enrollments will be accepted after Oct. 6.
William L. Kelly, registrar, said Monday that the number of students surpassed last fall's preliminary enrollment figure by 26.
Kelly estimated late enrollment would raise the total to 20,112.
RON HAMILTON, comptroller, said Monday that the new system worked smoothly with no problems. "In the past it has been too difficult," she added, "has been done. We need to have an early
At Lawrence 17,608 students enrolled. Of these, 4,730 were to kU. Kelly said 2,780 freshmen entered kU for the first time as did 1,310 other undergraduate students. The university estimated 18,873 would be enrolled at Lawrence when enrolment was complete.
Preliminary reports from the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City listed 1,379 enrollees. The anticipated enrollment there is 1,439, which would be the lowest since the fall of 1969, when 1,425 enrolled.
THE EARLY payments of the fees gives the comptroller's office an immediate count of the fees actually collected, Hamilton said.
financial estimate. The University is budgeted from an estimated enrollment figure. If that estimate is higher than the actual fee collection, we can request for more appropriations to allow for errors." he said.
Some people may have charged their tuitions instead of paying by check because of errors in federally insured loans. A spokesman for the Student Financial Aid System said students were blocked by students here had been blocked by a "congestional blunder" in July.
In what has been described by the Office of Education as "the biggest mess in the history of student financial aid," the U.S. Senate and the Office of Education found
that a new bill authorizing the loan program would not work.
Meanwhile, the Student Financial Aid Office is swimming in a sea of paper work while explaining to rapt parents and students that the office is not at fault for
After four weeks of political jockeying and several amendments and substitute ideas, the loan program went back under the authority of the old bill. Another attempt at drawing a new bill is due by March 1973.
THE AID OFFICE has been working Saturdays and Sundays attempting to clear the loans. The spokesman for the office said he hoped the mess would be over by the end of the week. He asked that students be patient and not to come to the office this week unless it was absolutely necessary.
Kansan Photo by MALCOLM TURNER
MOST STUDENTS CONCLUDE their back-to-class activities by locating required tests and materials in the Kansas Union Bookstore. Jan Garnet, Wichita sophomore, waits her return to pay for the pile of books she has picked up for her classes.