KANSAN
79th Year, No. 39
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, November 8, 1968
--among the financial community They said they provided the display "for love."
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
Sun orbiter launched
CAPE KENNEDY—The United States shot its Pioneer 9 interplanetary "weather" watcher into orbit around the sun today to spot solar radiation storms in time to warn moon-bound Apollo astronauts.
A small hitchhiking satellite rode along into earth orbit to imitate the radio voice of the Apollo 8 moonship and train ground tracking stations for the December launch of three astronauts.
However, whether it was the rainy weather or the comparatively meager measurements on display, the girls failed to stir much activity among the financial community.
Bust parade continues
NEW YORK—Four young women, stripped to the waist, appeared before a shocked but enthusiastic crowd in the lobby of the Chase Manhattan Bank in the center of the New York financial district yesterday.
Last robber caught
TORQUAY, England—Police today announced the arrest of Bruce Richard Reynolds, the only one of the $7.3 million "great train robbers" never brought to justice.
All 11 other members of the gang, who staged the world's costliest train robbery in 1963, have been arrested.
Thieu asks new plan
PARIS—South Vietnam today laid down a new plan for joining Paris talks on settling the Vietnam War. Allied diplomats said the United States would find it hard to agree with Saigon's plan and Communist diplomats said North Vietnam would reject it.
In Saigon, President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam told a news conference he would end his boycott of the talks if South Vietnam could lead the allied side and if
the Viet Cong were only a part of the North Vietnamese delegation.
In Paris, a high allied diplomat said the United States would find it very difficult to agree if it meant Washington had to ask Hanoi to renegotiate the deal already made for the talks. He also said it would be equally difficult for the United States to take a back seat behind South Vietnam at the talks.
North Vietnamese diplomatic sources predicted Hanoi would re-
Beating victim listed as 'extremely critical'
Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials described a KU student as in "extremely critical" condition last night after he suffered a severe beating in the Naismith Hall parking lot yesterday afternoon.
youth at present. He also said there was no evidence of the use of a weapon.
County Attorney Dan Young said a suspect had been taken into custody, questioned and released. The suspect was described as a 17-year-old KU student. Young said no charges were pending against the
Bruce Mallin, 20, Overland Park junior, was unconscious when taken to the hospital after a fight in the parking lot about 5:30 p.m. The extent of his injuries was not known early this morning, only that he was in very critical condition.
He said five witnesses to the fight had been questioned and he expected police to call at least one more.
"The doctors don't know for sure what the injuries are," he said.
Acquaintances of the alleged assailant said the fight between him and Mallin had been brewing for three or four weeks and the two had exchanged angry words on several previous occasions.
One witness to the fight said a number of people had watched the fight but no one stepped in to help the victim until it ended.
ject the Saigon plan because it would lessen the conference status of the Viet Cong's political arm, the National Liberation Front (NLF).
When word of Thieu's plan reached Paris, W. Averell Harriman, the roving ambassador who heads the U.S. delegation, went into immediate consultation with Washington.
Washington and Hanoi had arranged for their own delegations plus the South Vietnamese and the Viet Cong to begin talks here Wednesday. Saigon said no.
As the new Thieu plan came, U.S. and North Vietnamese officials here were holding secret meetings on arranging ground rules for the expanded talks, diplomatic sources said.
Saigon has refused to enter talks where the Viet Cong would be considered a separate, independent party.
Hanoi and the Viet Cong have proclaimed they agreed with the United States to hold four-way peace talks where the Viet Cong and Saigon would have independent status.
The United States has charged that this is a misinterpretation of the Washington-Hanoi accord which last week halted the bombing of North Vietnam and proposed expanded negotiations.
U. S. officials maintain the loose accord was allowed merely for both the main parties-North Vietnam and the United States-to enlarge their delegations by bringing in their allies, the NLF and Saigon.
KU artist has strong beliefs on what it takes to be good
By FRED PARRIS Kansan Staff Writer
Her statuary was booted out of one art center for being "obscene."
Another gallery demanded that a priest inspect her art for "moral fitness" before it could be displayed.
She is skilled at creating nudes, but also excels at dog portraits and surrealistic scenes.
Her name is Mrs. Frone Mintz, and she is a sculpture student at KU.
Concerning her brushes with the "public morality," Mrs. Mintz merely laughs.
"I was scheduled to show my
Debris throwing sends players to dressing room
Throwing debris on the field Saturday will interrupt play in the KU-Oklahoma game, according to Big Eight Conference procedures.
A directive from the Big Eight conference office states that: "the procedure established when any materials are thrown into the field is that it will be up to the management to control the situation. The standard procedure is that officials, coaches
works at an art center in Lubbock, Tex., directly in the heart of the Bible Belt," she says. "Practically all of my statues were nudes and, anticipating an unfavorable reaction, I had them partially clothed in burlap 'gowns,'"
See debris page 16.
Nevertheless, after the special preview showing for Lubbock's "cultural elite," she received numerous nasty phone calls.
"After midnight, I began getting calls from outraged citizens," Mrs. Mintz recalls. "They said my art was obscene, highly improper, and all sorts of dreadful things."
The coverings hadn't helped, she said, because the local babbits had peaked under the burlap.
"Yes," I replied, "But so are we."
As a result of the complaints, she was asked to leave the art exhibition.
"As one matron told me, 'But they're *nude* underneath!"
Partly as a result of her experiences with the public, Mrs. Mintz has strong beliefs as to what it takes to be a good sculptor.
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"A work of art must satisfy its creator first of all," she insists.
"If you make something that doesn't relate to yourself, it's merely a piece of design."
"I don't expect to communicate to everyone," she adds, "and it doesn't bother me when I don't."
While an artist must be independent, he must also be competent at his craft, she said.
"You must have both technical knowledge and inspiration," she says. "One without the other results in shoddy, incomplete work."
A so-called "artsy" background isn't enough for a good sculptor, Mrs. Mintz says.
"Knowledge of chemistry and physics is vital."
Also useful is an understanding of metallurgy, she says, since bronze and scrap metal are used in much contemporary sculpture.
A constant worry for most sculptors, says Mrs. Mintz, is the cost of the necessary materials. Bronze is a popular medium, but highly expensive.
"If I bronzed each statue I will
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Weather
Mostly cloudy and cool with light variable winds today. Snow flurries this morning. Decreasing cloudiness tonight. Partly cloudy and a little warmer tomorrow. High today mid 40s. Low tonight upper 20s. Probability of measurable precipitation 10 per cent today, 5 per cent tonight and less than 5 per cent Saturday.
'I DON'T EXPECT TO COMMUNICATE TO EVERYONE'
Frone Mintz, graduate student in sculpture, adds finishing touches to her surrealistic "primitive women."