Friday, October 18, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Allies smash North Viet near DMZ
SAIGON (UPI)—Allied armored vehicles smashed into North Vietnamese troops and killed at least 75 of them in the second day of fighting just below the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), military spokesmen said Thursday.
The North Vietnamese, dug into bunkers, fired B40 and B41 antitank rockets at the charging armored personnel carriers Wednesday. But the South Vietnamese soldiers inside pushed on, roaring among the bunkers and spitting machine gun fire.
The Communists damaged four of the armored vehicles and killed five South Vietnamese soldiers. But the bulk of the North Vietnamese force, which suffered another 30 killed in fighting Tuesday, fled from the battleground.
Further South, U.S. B52 Stratofortresses today continued hammering Viet Cong and North Vietnamese positions near the Cambodian border, northwest of Saigon.
The eight-engined jets twice today bombed guerrilla positions in jungles in Bien Hoa Province 25 miles east of the capital. More raids struck around the city of Tay Ninh, closer to the Cambodian frontier down which runs a major Communist supply line.
KUOK staff receives key
The staff of KUOK now has the key to its men's room.
The staff has been without a key to the men's room in Hoch Auditorium since last March when the Buildings and Grounds men changed the lock.
Journalism School authorities replaced the key Monday after the staff wrote a letter to the Chancellor and to the B and G men.
Both cheers and jeers greet Nixon during day
By SUSAN BRIMCOMBE Kansan Staff Writer
Richard Nixon marked off one more day from his presidential campaign calendar Wednesday as he departed from Kansas City amid a crowd of enthusiastic supporters. But he failed to escape the trauma of jeering faces and heckling voices that has become a part of a politician's daily routine on campaign tours.
A myriad of crowd reactions greeted the presidential hopeful at each place he visited.
An audience of 12,000 future farmers calmly received Nixon, a mixed crowd of 15,000 wildly cheered him, 80 Republican women politely applauded him, but 50 Central High School students marred his visit with demonstrations.
However, the public reserves the right to respond to candidates in the way it chooses. This right was exercised Wednesday.
Despite the swarming supporters and demonstrators, Nixon appeared undaunted and composed. He seemed to take it in stride knowing this was all in a day's work. Nixon had to—he's running for the presidency and it's his job to capture the confidence and support of the public.
Pro-Nixon Kansas Citians expressed their enthusiasm with numerous signs, and more forcefully, with a boisterous, yet warm reception. Youthful supporters at Union Station cheered him as a conquering hero, while the young farmers casually listened as though they were attending a classroom lecture.
Not to be outdone or to go unnoticed, a small group of Negro youths verbally assailed the candidate with rhythmic tunes. They carried anti-Nixon signs and were eager to voice their opinions.
"Nixon isn't good for the
BICHARD M. NIXON
"Debate, debate, debate," they chanted.
Negro; he has no experience." one female student said.
Supporters of Nixon had something to say also.
"We need a change; this country's going to the dogs," said an angered 60-year-old man.
A Kansas City housewife expressed disgust toward the agitators.
"I think these demonstrations are ridiculous. I wish people
would realize that one man can't do everything alone," she said.
Although attention was temporarily focused on the dissenting Negros, they were lost in the crowd along with their chants and signs when Nixon appeared. He spoke to his cheering public, and seemed to ignore the minority group.
As Nixon left Kansas City he took with him the reactions of four audiences. Each one represented a different segment of the American public, and each one provided a different reception. But as Nixon steps back onto the campaign trail, he might forget the future farmers and he might not remember the 80 Republican women with whom he ate lunch. However, when Richard Nixon thinks of Kansas City he should certainly remember Union Station—both those who cheered and those who demonstrated.
Ticket sales start
Tickets for the Andy Williams Homecoming Concert on sale Wednesday instead of Monday because the tickets are not here yet, Katherine Giele, SUA activities adviser, said.
The concert which also features Roger Miller is at 8 p.m.
Nov. 2 in Allen Field House.
Ticket prices are $4, $3.50 and $3.
British historian to speak Oct.26 about electorate
The Midwest Conference on British Studies at the University of Kansas Oct. 26 will feature British historian J. H. Plumb.
Plumb, of Cambridge University, will speak on "The Growth of the Electorate in England, 1600-1715" at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas University Watkins Room.
About 80 persons are expected for the annual conference which is being held outside the Chicago area for the first time. The Midwest Conference is part of the National Conference on British Studies, which has more than 900 members from several academic fields. All sessions, except the one at the Union, will be held in the new Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
Plumb, who will also give a University Humanities Lecture Oct. 25, is the European editor for Horizons magazine, a contributor to the New York Review of Books, and a columnist for the Saturday Review.
Other scheduled speakers are:
J. G. A. Pocock, Washington University, St. Louis, "Eschatology and History in the Writings of Thomas Hobbes" at 10 a.m.; R. Kent Donovan, Kansas State University, "The Opposition to Roman Catholic Relief, 1778 to 82" also at 10 a.m.; and, Philip P. Poirier, Ohio State University, "The Controversy Over the Trade Union Political Levy, 1909-18" at 2 p.m.