Thursday, October 24.1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Force Lindsay out says Republican
NEW YORK (UPI)—A top Republican New York City official demanded yesterday that Mayor John V. Lindsay be forced out of office for his failure to settle the city's crippling teachers strike.
Borough president Robert T. Connor of Staten Island, the city's only other high-ranking GOP elected official, called on Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, also a Republican, to start proceedings to remove Lindsay from office because he "has manifestly demonstrated he is incapable of resolving" the school dispute.
Firemen joined police yesterday plaguing the city with a work slowdown to demand higher pay. And a major concession by black school administrators failed to break the latest school deadlock which has kept children out of classes 19 of the first 30 days of the fall term.
The local governing board of the predominantly Negro and Puerto Rican Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district in Brooklyn voted in a dramatic reversal to accept back a group of white teachers it had tried to transfer from the district, touching off the strike by the teachers' union.
Albert Shanker, president of the United Federation of Teachers, said he would not call off the strike in the nation's largest school system until the central Board of Education ousted the local board, its chief executive officer and its eight principals.
Lindsay busied himself yesterday with the police slowdown. He met with John Cassese, president of the 23,000-member Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, which began its work curtailment Saturday.
Cassese announced earlier at a rally of 1,500 off-duty police outside City Hall that PBA members would begin picketing 11 police stations throughout the city Thursday.
As part of the slowdown, 2,049 police called in sick with "Hong Kong flu" Monday and 2,701 Tuesday.
Firemen were carrying out emergency duties but limiting building inspections, training exercises, paper work, polishing of equipment and court appearances.
Winners' Ancestry
NEW YORK (UPI) — Since 1964, 207 out of 274 horse races have been won by descendants of Eclipse, according to records of the American Thoroughbred Racing Association. Of the remainder, 31 races were won by descendants of Matchem and 36 won by descendants of Herod.
The firemen also rejected the terms of a proposed contract.
The city's 10,000 uniformed garbage men accepted their proposed pact but have indicated they too might demand better terms if Lindsay agreed to reopen contract talks with the firemen and policemen.
Singer to perform at informal concert
Danny Cox, folksinger and coffee house entertainer, will perform at an informal concert at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas National Guard Armory in Lawrence.
Cox, who has appeared at various clubs around the country including the Vanguard in Kansas City, Mo., will feature songs from his latest album.
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and the Vanguard will sponsor the two hour concert.
Ex-Veep's grandson hijacks plane to Cuba
KEY WEST, Fla. (UPI)—A grandson of the late Vice President Alben Barkley, bearded free lance photographer William Barkley Truitt, hi-jacked a small plane to Cuba yesterday, leaving his wife and three children behind.
Truitt had hired the small plane for a flight over the Gulf of Mexico. His wife, who drove to the airport to pick up her husband, was flabbergasted at the news of the hijacking.
"How ridiculous!" she exclaimed. "Why would he ever do that?" Then, escorted by an FBI agent, she hurried off to break the news to her small children coming home from school.
In Washington, Mrs. Max O'Rell Truitt, daughter of the late vice president, said she had "just talked to two FBI men" about the hijacking and said, "I'd rather not say anything about it now."
Truitt and the pilot of the single engine Cessna 177, Charles Oliveros, landed in Havana at 2:56 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Agency.
Truitt carried a lot of photographic gear with him for his alleged objective of taking pictures.
Election turning point due polisci professors believe
He said the parties need a better system of choosing their representation. "The Democrats should cut their number of delegates in half," Grumm said.
He explained that the national primary would require very expensive campaigning by the candidates, and would limit the campaign to the wealthy.
Discussing possible convention reforms, Nehring advocated a national primary election.
Three KU political science professors, speaking on a KANU radio broadcast last night, expressed the belief that this year could be a turning point for national election procedures and the two major political parties.
Grunm said the television coverage of the Democratic Convention has made many people want to do away with national conventions.
But Lujan was critical of the national primary. "I tend to be opposed to this," he said.
Herman Lujan, Earl Nehring and John Grumm appeared on the half-hour broadcast, which began at 7 p.m. Gary Shivers, KANU radio news director, narrated.
Shivers then mentioned the proposal to eliminate the electoral college in favor of a direct election.
The panel said this proposal would tend to change federal-state relationships if enacted. For this reason they felt the proposal would have to be carefully studied.
The strength of the Wallace movement was interpreted by the panel as an indication that the two major parties must realign themselves.
Grumm said the white, blue-collar workers are deserting the Democratic Party because of the civil right's issues. Lujan agreed and contended that the Wallace ideology will probably find a place within the Republican Party.
Last night's broadcast was part three of a four part series entitled, "Election '68", Shivers said.
He said KANU has already presented discussions featuring members of the School of Journalism and the department of speech communication.
Next Tuesday, the same subject will be discussed by a panel from the department of economics, Shivers said. Starting Oct. 30, the first of four interdisciplinary discussions on the same subject will be broadcast.
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