THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
79th Year, No.6
Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, September 24, 1968
UDK News Roundup
by United Press International
Call forces jet landing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—An American Airlines 727 jetliner with 80 persons aboard made an emergency landing at Capital airport Monday after the airline had received an anonymous call that eight sticks of dynamite were aboard the plane.
Authorities said the jet made a safe landing but 12 persons were injured when they jumped down a canvas chute to evacuate the airplane. Most of the injured passengers suffered ankle sprains when they hit the concrete runway.
GM increases car prices
DETROIT-General Motors Corporation Monday announced an average 1.6 per cent increase in prices for its 1969 model cars-substantially under the 2.9 per cent increase announced by Chrysler Corporation a week ago.
President Johnson promptly called the GM move "a step in the right direction" and said he hoped Chrysler would roll back its larger increases in line with the world's largest automotive manufacturer.
Guard protests call-up
FT. CARSON, Colo.-A petition protesting "illegal mobilization" of Kansas and Iowa National Guard units into the Army has been signed by 1,000 enlisted men in the 69th Infantry Brigade, it was reported in the Denver Post today.
The petition will be turned over to the American Civil Liberties Union in Denver, a spokesman told the Post. There are about 4,500 men in the brigade.
Officials at the 69th Brigade Headquarters said they knew nothing about it.
--on North Vietnam, said the General Assembly could be asked to vote on a resolution on the question.
ASC will consider Senate Code plan
The code is the means for implementing recent proposals for a complete overhaul of KU's student government.
The proposed new University Senate Code takes its first step toward adoption tonight.
Provisions of the code include the abolition of the All Student Council (ASC) and the establishment of a new three-senate structure.
The code will be presented to the ASC during a meeting at 7:00 p.m. today at the Kansas Union.
It will not be voted on until about Oct. 8, said Joe Goering, Moundridge senior and vice president of the student body.
Goering said the probable timetable for adoption of the code is:
- Today—ASC first reading.
- Thursday—Senate Council discussion and vote.
- Oct. 1—ASC meets with Student Faculty committee to discuss the code.
- Conference committee made up of University Senate Council and ASC members to iron out any differences between the two bodies (if needed).
- Further ASC and Senate Council votes (if needed).
- Oct. 20-student body vote.
- Oct. 29→University Senate vote.
- November—Board of Regents approval.
Goering stressed that this timetable is tentative, but felt the code would be ready for regents approval by the end of October.
Secretary General wants UN vote on Viet bombing
UNITED NATIONS (UPI)—Secretary General U Thant of the United Nations Monday suggested a General Assembly vote on ending the American bombing of North Vietnam and drew an angry response from U.S. ambassador George W. Ball.
Ball paid a personal call on Thant after he made the suggestion at a news conference and sharply criticized his discussion of the matter.
"We don't regard the discussion of Vietnam at the Secretary General's press conference as in any way helpful in furthering the serious and sensitive negotiations in progress in Paris," Ball told newsmen after his session with Thant. "I made this clear."
Ball said Thant's statement on the bombing was made "with no advance information or consultation with us," and added: "I don't know whether there was any with North Vietnam."
Thant, stung by criticism of his three-year campaign to get the United States to stop all air attacks
Ball said the United States was "not discouraged about efforts to find a peaceful solution" to the Vietnam War in the Paris talks with North Vietnamese diplomats.
Unofficial U.S. reaction was quick and sharp. One U.S. diplomat
He said voting will be on the proposed Senate Code, not on the report of the Student Faculty Committee on University Governance (the "majority report") or the dissenting report of the committee (the so-called "minority report").
Clif Conrad, Bismarck, N. D. senior and president of the student body, he was he optimistic about ASC passage of the new code in a form similar to the one presented by the committee.
ASC rules require that any proposal be considered at least twice before adoption.
Rusty Leffel, Mission Hills junior and fraternity district ASC representative, said the code was too big to be rushed through ASC. "It is important that all students be given ample time to consider this action," he said.
Alpha Kappa Lambda is officially the plaintiff in the case, representing a majority of the Greek houses on the campus. Defendants are the Douglas County Treasurer, the Board of County Commissioners, and the State Board of Tax Appeals.
Leffel also said he expected the ASC to adopt the code.
Kansas statute states that organizations do not have to pay real estate taxes if they can prove they exist "exclusively for educational purposes."
Rick von Ende, assistant instructor of political science and chairman of the ASC, said he questioned the wisdom of having a Dean of Student Affairs preside over the new Student Senate.
If won, could save each $4-5,000
In a pre-trial motion Sept. 20, County Attorney Dan Young sought to dismiss the suit. The final decision on whether to hold trial is expected within the next two weeks.
Other topics before the ASC tonight will include a resolution commending Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe for his 18 years of service to the University.
Greek houses here now believe they can claim this exemption, which would result in a savings of $4,000-5,000 per year for each house.
Fraternities and sororities at KU have brought suit in Douglas County District Court contending they are exempt from real estate taxes.
The appointment of a committee to set up a lecture series comparable to the Landon lecture series at K-State will also be discussed, von Ende said.
If the motion is overruled, the case will go to trial in late October or early November. However, if the motion is sustained,
KU Greeks file tax suit
the plaintiffs may take the case to a higher court.
"Chances are good that if the motion to dismiss the appeal is sustained the case will be taken to the State Supreme Court," said Bob Sears, Chairman of the Interfraternity Council Judicial Council.
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A similar case in which KU Greeks claimed they were exempt from personal property tax was defeated in District Court last spring.
Sears, a second-year law student from Kansas City, Kan., is assisting the firm of Kansas City tax attorneys who are handling the case for the plaintiffs.
WEATHER
Considerable cloudiness this forenoon becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. Mostly fair tonight and Wednesday, cooler tonight. High today 70's low tonight near 50. Precipitation probabilities 5 per cent today, less than 5 per cent tonight and Wednesday.
CAUGHT IN A KANSAS DOWNPOUR
A KU coed runs for cover in the Kansas Union during one of the many showers that have plagued the campus and made walking between classes a very unpleasant experience during the past few days.
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