New research library is dedicated
About 270 persons braved 35 degree weather Friday to watch the dedication of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
The $2,125,000 library was presented to the University of Kansas by Mrs. Helen Spencer, the widow of Kenneth Spencer, a 1926 graduate of KU.
The activities began with a luncheon in the Kansas Union, which was attended by about 160 guests.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, who opened the ceremony on the front steps of the library, called it "a building of perfection and taste." He said, "It takes its place among the great research libraries of the nation."
He said the library bears the imprint of "a woman with impeccable taste." the library will benefit everyone who prosperms from new knowledge, Cushing said.
C. N. Cushing, chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents, accepted the gift on behalf of the University from Mrs. Spencer.
Special guest Lord C. P. Snow, British author and scientist, briefly praised the new structure. He said KU, which "probably has the greatest collection of books of any university in this country, now has the building worthy to hold them."
Wescoe, announcing to the audience that it was Mrs. Spencer's birthday, presented her with a record of her gift to the University.
After the speeches, the guests retreated to the warmth of the library. Several SUA hostesses were on hand to conduct tours of the new facility. (Continued to Page 16)
The Kenneth A. Spencer Research Library was dedicated Friday afternoon during a private ceremony at the library. Mrs. Kenneth A. (Helen) Spencer presented the building to the University in memory of her late husband, who died in 1960. See related stories—Page 5, 14 and 16
79th Year, No. 40 The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas Monday, November 11, 1968
Arabs jailed in plot to kill Nixon
NEW YORK (UPI) - Three Arab immigrants—a shipping clerk from Yemen and his two sons—were jailed yesterday in lieu of $100,000 bond each on charges of planning to assassinate President-elect Richard M. Nixon in a plot the prosecutor hinted may have been controlled from abroad.
New York City police and federal Secret Service agents arrested the three in a raid on their apartment in the East New York section of Brooklyn shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday. The raid also netted two rifles and ammunition.
The motive for the alleged plot was thought to be opposition to Nixon's view that Israel, in a state of war with the Arab nations, should be kept strong to maintain the Middle East balance of power.
Nixon was vacationing at Key Bicyane, Fla., when the arrests were made, but was due back in New York City today. He had no comment on the arrests. Aides said he knew of the plot before the raid.
The arrests immediately brought to mind the assissination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in June. It is believed that he was killed because of his pro-Israeli views, and a Jordanian Arab, Shirhan B. Sirhan, goes on trial for the killing next month.
The three suspects, identified as Ahmad Rageh Namer, a 46-year-old shipping clerk who has been in the United States nine years, and his two sons, Hussein, 20, and Abdo Ahmad, 19, were arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court yesterday and ordered held in lieu of the high bond.
Acting Brooklyn Dist. Atty. Elliott Golden asked Judge T. Vincent Quinn to hold them without bail because the men had strong ties outside the country, familial and perhaps otherwise.
Bruce Mallin Dies from fight injuries
Bruce Mallin, 20, Kansas City junior, who was injured in a fight Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Naismith Hall, died this morning in Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Hospital authorities said Mallin expired about 6 am. They declined to list his injuries, but it is believed he had a broken neck, vertebrae, ribs and possible head injuries.
County Attorney Dan Young said a 17-year-old Kansas City freshman was taken into custody, questioned and released after the 4:30 incident in Naismith's east parking lot.
"The investigation is not yet complete. We still have other witnesses to interview; therefore, no formal charges have been filed. The suspect is a resident of Kansas and a juvenile and no restrictions have been placed upon him." Young said.
The fight climaxed a difference of opinion between the suspect and Mallin which arose three to four weeks ago.
A roommate of Mallin's girlfriend said that about a month ago the 17-year-old appeared in the Naismith Hall cafeteria wearing cowboy boots and Mallin made derogatory comments about them. They then exchanged words, she said.
The two students saw each other on several occasions afterwards, and two weeks ago scheduled a Friday night fight that did not occur.
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Kansan Photo by Greg Norber
Kannan Photo by Greg Sorber
A rare expression...
... this season anyway. The anguished look on the face of coach Pepper Rodgers seems to tell the whole story of KU's heartbreaking 27-23 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners at Memorial Stadium Saturday.
See more pictures—Page 10
Weather
Partly cloudy and cold was the weather bureau's forecast for this afternoon and tonight. Winds should be northeasterly from 15-20 mph. Highs today in the 40s. Lows tonight in the lower 20s. Partly cloudy and not so cold tomorrow with five per cent probability for showers.
Award to Djilas
NEW YORK (UPI)—Freedom House announced yesterday it will present its 1969 Freedom Award to Milovan Dijlas, the former vice president of Yugoslavia who was imprisoned because of his writing critical of the Communist hierarchy.
The board of trustees of Freedom House, a national, nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening free institutions throughout the world, voted to make the award at its 29th annual dinner Dec. 9 just before Dijilas ends his current visit to this country.
"Djilas, as a man and writer, reportedly proves himself to be cast in the heroic mold," the announcement said. "His eloquent calls for individual freedom follow inexorably and logically from his deep personal involvement with authoritarianism."
Trial security strict
MEMPHIS, Tenn (UPI)—James Earl Ray hired attorney Percy Foreman, yesterday, to replace former Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Arthur Hanes Sr., in a dramatic move only two days before his trial on charges of killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The switch was announced by Shelby County Sheriff William N. Morris in a prepared statement, and said that Ray reached his decision after conferring with his two brothers, John and Jerry, and Foreman in his cell.
The development came just two days before the scheduled start of Ray's trial. Earlier Sunday, authorities had begun putting into final stages the strictest trial security in American history.
Vote reform asked
NEW YORK (UPI)—Former presidential aide Theodore C. Sorensen said yesterday the United States has avoided "a really desperate constitutional crisis" for the second time since 1960 and now ought to reform the election system.
Sorensen, who was a special assistant to he late President John F. Kennedy, listed more open party conventions, debates between political candidates and direct election of the president as necessary steps
"We ought to elect our presidents directly," he said in a television interview.
If direct election were not adopted, he said, voting in the House of Representatives in cases where no candidate receives a majority should be on a one-man, one-vote basis rather than a one-state, one-vote basis.