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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, January 7, 1969
Bowl flight job is hectic
By LINDA LOYD Kansan Staff Writer
Everyone has a few problems. And Irv Robinson has heard them all.
The prarie village sophomore was in charge of both SUA charter flights to the Orange Bowl.
Beginning in October the special trips chairman arranged flight and hotel accommodations. His job ended Jan. 2 when 320 Miami-bound students returned to Kansas City.
"You wouldn't believe some of the things that happened in Miami," Robinson recalled between peals of laughter. To begin with, the second plane leaving Kansas City for Miami was three hours late because of poor weather conditions and heavy traffic, Robinson said.
"Rumors were started that we were flying an Army conveyor
plane that had been hijacked to Cuba."
Robinson expressed relief at his roommates' cooperation in Miami. "That first night I got in about 6 a.m. Ten minutes later, some girl knocked at the door: 'Irv, are you awake? I left my contact lens on the plane and they said to call you.'"
After getting dressed and walking three blocks to get change for the telephone, Robinson said he called the airport to learn that the plane could not be located. "So I called the airline headquarters in Oakland, Calif. I still don't know whether that girl ever got her contact lens!"
Although the KU sophomore found time to go to the beach and to hear the Fifth Dimension at a local nightclub, he kept busy answering complaints from students and management. "Students called me because there were no washcloths in their rooms or a window wouldn't open."
Disturbed by the KU students gathered in the street in front of the hotel at midnight New Year's Eve, the manager requested SUA to hire police protection the next night or else leave the hotel.
Irv Robinson
"Police and dogs were called out to calm students. When I walked into the hotel lobby a couple of hours later, I was told several students suffered from rabies due to dog bites."
This rumor was false, as was the manager's report that students had overturned cars, yelled profanity at police and threw water bombs, Robinson said.
"The police told me that students were blocking traffic and wishing everyone a Happy New Year."
Later than night, more than 25 persons were stuck in the
Students report bad time at the Biscayne
By TOM WEINBERG Kansan Staff Writer
Many memories will remain from the Student Union Activities (SUA) sponsored trip to the Orange Bowl, but there is one memory that most students would like to forget—the "Biscayne Terrace Hotel."
The 320 students on the SUA flights were treated to hot rooms, used towels, rusty shower water and uncashed travelers checks, they claimed.
Members of the second flight arrived at the hotel at 6:00 a.m. December 31. The 160 students joined 160 other students who had arrived in the first plane just six hours earlier.
It was a warm 75 degrees and most students were "under the weather" after spending five hours at the airport refreshment area. However, sleep did not come too quickly to most students.
Howard Forsythe, Kansas City junior, said, "We called downstairs and told the hotel our air-conditioning would not work. They acted very surprised. They sent us an "engineer" to fix it. He came in, took one look at the vent and said, "Ah, I fixy." He walked over threw open the windows and left, Forsythe said.
Members of the group said they learned later that the hotel used this as an annual excuse and that the hotel never turned on the air conditioning during the "winter" season.
The showers didn't work, either.
Pam Flatton, St. Louis senior,
said. "It was real nice stepping
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hotel elevator for 20 minutes because they exceeded the 2,000 lb. capacity, Robinson said.
New Year's Day was comparatively quiet for the Orange Bowl flight chairman. However, his authority was questioned that evening after the game when he approached a policeman in the hotel lobby, only to be told, "You just better spread the word around that if there are any problems, we'll throw you in jail."
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