Support for amnesty grows after pardoning of Nixon
By BETTY HAFGELIN
Reporter
With the complete pardon granted former President Richard M. Nixon on Sunday, a new announcement has been attached to President Gerald R. Paterson to take the nation's winds and provide amenities for his rehabilitation.
In a survey taken by the Kanas, many of the 800 people interviewed said that although they had favored conditional amnesty before, the pardon had changed their feelings and caused them to believe that draft evaders should receive the same sort of pardon extended to Nixon.
Jed Berliner, first year law student from New York, said Ford's pardon of Nixon was a "total travesty of justice" and rendered a statement on amnesty for draft evaders almost meaningless.
More than half of the students in the survey -445 (56 per cent)—said they favored a system of conditional analymmia in which draft evaders would be allowed to return to the United States but would have to serve in some other government agency, such as the Peace Corps or VISTA.
Bob Harkness, Hays senior, said he thought a returning draft waiver should serve for a year in the offseason. "It's not a bad fit," he said.
"A person has certain duties in a society," Harkness said, "but he shouldn't be forced to do a type of service that is unconscionable to him. The military is at best a necessary evil, and a person who doesn't think he can do it should be provided an alternative."
Unconditional amnesty was favored by 245 (30 per cent) of those polled. Many said they thought the
principles of the men who left the country should be honored. Others questioned the legality of the
"The United States never did declare war against France." Mr. Taylor, Fortice, Montclair, junior, said. "I don't believe that."
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should be arrested for refusing to go to Vietnam,
and I know I myself wouldn't have gone."
Roger Stuacher, Beloit sophomore said he thought unconditional amnesty would be proper for the returning men because they had followed their convictions.
"I just don't believe in war," Schuster said. "I think an unconditional ammets must be met with
Joe Capipi St, Louis freshman, said he didn't see why anybody would complain about granting an internship.
certain bitterness, but I know I wouldn't feel bitter."
"guess to some people either conditional or
unconditional amnesty would be unacceptable," Capilla
Charles Ashley, Stafford freshman, said some evaders were so well established in their new surroundings that amnesty would have no effect on them.
"I think it would be nice if they could come home," said Ashley, "that they're probably pretty well settled, and it would be really hard for them to back, especially with the job situation the way it is."
Seventy-five of the persons surveyed (9 per cent)
omitted amnesty of any kind
Gail Hinkle, Towanda senior, said she thought amnesty for draft wonders would be unjust to those who lost the war.
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"My boyfriend came back from Vietnam all shot up, so if he had to go don't think anybody else would help him."
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Only 35 of those surveyed (5 per cent) said they favored a conditional amnesty in which returning draft evaders would have to take an oath saying that they had been wrong in leaving their country,
Kansas had a small number of draft evaders. Approximately two dozen Kansans failed to report for induction and are still sought, according to MaJ. In addition, many have reported that the state's Selective Service headquarters.
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curtain calls for Previn is evidence that the audience enjoyed the performance more than it minded the heat.
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Shirtsleeve conducting
Ford ends possibility of massive pardons
Andre Previn kept the tempo as well as his cool last night as nearly 4,000 concertgear braved the oppressive heat in Hoechst. "I don't know if it's a new year," he said.
From the Associated Press
WASHINGTON—President Gerald R. Ford is not considering pardoning all R. men accused or convicted of Watergate crimes but would weigh any applications from them individually. White House spokesman said yesterday.
As a new storm of disapproval hit the White House, spokesmen issued a series of qualifying statements amending the plan by John W. Hushen, acting press secretary.
in other developments, the chairman of a Senate appropriate subcommittee said his committee had employed a high-pressure "snow job" to treat $800,000 in federal funds to help the department.
FORD ALSO DISCLOSED through a spokesman that he planned to announce his decision on amnesty by the end of the month.
U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica refused
u.s. request to delay the Coverage tieup in
the case.
Pressure continued to build from Congress and the American public against Ford's pardoning of Nixon and the possibility that he might pardon other people accused or convicted of Watergate-related crimes.
Previn succeeds despite Hoch heat
By KENN LOUDEN
Reviewers
A hot and exhausted Andre Previn said last night that the University of Kansas had the potential to have a great concert series in which he would be playing the air conditioning in Hoch Auditorium.
Despite the overwhelming heat, the London Symphony Orchestra presented an
exciting performance to an enthusiastic and overflowing audience in Hoch.
The auditorium apparently had been oversold and about 200 people were standing or sitting in the aisles. Hoch has a capacity of 3,719.
The majority of the audience didn't seem to mind the inconvenience.
Previn is the principal conductor and artistic adviser to the London Symphony
State questions claims about local pollution
Recent statements by the Sierra Club that a quality in Lawrence was decreasing among residents
A spokesman for the Air Quality and Conservation Department of the State Board of Health said yesterday such information had made but would be hard to substantiate.
In their September newsletter, the Sierra Club said, "About three years ago, it was a rare day that the skies over the city were hazy or smoke-filled; now, haze and smoke that dull the brightness of the Kansas sky are everday occurrences.
The spokesman said the department took regular readings of pollution levels and couldn't make predictions on a month-to-month basis but rather over a period of years to determine significant changes in air quality.
"The seriousness of the pollution does not strike home until one realizes, after a trip across the state, that nowhere else in Kansas does air pollution even remotely approach the levels that are normal in Lawrence."
Jim Hamrick, chairman of the Lawrence Sierra Club, said the group had made visual observations that Lawrence skies were drier.
Allen Hoffman, plant manager for Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association (CFCA), said part of the plant had been shut down for extensive equipment maintenance.
"Winds from the east blow smoke from the Co-op plant over Lawrence," he said.
Orchestra. After the concert, he said that the reception and enthusiasm at the University were wonderful but that he had to be done about the air conditioning.
He said that during this time, there would be a noticeable increase in the level of nitrate in the water.
But Hoffman added the emissions couldn't be a health hazard and would be waste of money.
"The three musicians fainted during the performance," Previn said. "I have traveled as far as India and I have never seen anything like this."
The ammonia unit that will be shut down produces the hydrogen used to fuel pollution-control equipment, said Hoffman. Without the hydrogen for the equipment, a marked increase of smoke will be noticed, he said.
Joe Eagleman, associate professor of geography and space technology, said the Space Technology Center didn't monitor air pollution levels regularly. He said equipment for such purposes was used occasionally for graduate research.
The problem of the heat was complicated after the intermission because the house lights were never turned off. In addition, programs ran out before everyone had been seated or not seated, as the case may have been.
Hoffman said the shutdown began Saturday and would continue for two weeks. He said that the plant was co-operating with the State Board of Health during the period.
Hoffman denied that Lawrence air quality had decreased because of his plant and sait it was better than when the plant was operating without abatement equipment 363 days a year.
The problem was also complicated by a few concert-goers who added to their enjoyment by smoking marijuana. Pot-smoking is usually reserved for rock and folk festivals and concerts, but in this large crowd, all types appeared.
The first two numbers on the program were very popular with the audience. The orchestra opened the program with "The Wonderful Day" and the music was an exciting piece of music marveled only
Eaglerman said he knew of no information toiante the alleged decrease in air quality.
Several Lawrence industries, including CF CA, have been forced to burn oil several days a month to compensate for inadequate natural gas allocations, said Hoffman.
by latecomers opening doors and looking for seats.
A highlight of the program was the "Romeo and Juliet Suite" by Serge Prokofiev. Most persons know Prokofiev only for his "Peter and the Wolf." Few are as familiar with Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet as with Tchaikovsky.
The Prokofie piece is a fun, if somewhat weird, piece of music. It is extremely descriptive of the Romeo and Juliet story. There are beautiful harmonies and astonishing dissonances that together form an exciting whole.
The weakest and most unpopular number on the program was the Symphony No. 2 in G major, based on its first pitch.
The first movement was distinguished only by a lovely theme in the cellos. The second movement, adagio non troppo, must have put several persons to sleep, because they were not afraid after it. The third and fourth movements were lively and much more interesting.
SenEx members discuss credit examination policy
The performance of the orchestra itself couldn't be criticized. The articulation and
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Some members of SenEx yesterday expressed concern about the Kansas Board of Regents policy that the University of Kansas must accept credit from examination awarded by any other state-supported school.
Restrictions on the use of college credit hours awarded through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) vary from school to school.
Some SenEx members said they were concerned that, for example, another state school might award 30 credit hours through CLEP although the University of Kansas would award five credit hours for the same CLEP scores.
be transferable to all other institutions in the state system."
The Regent's policy states: "The extent to which the program (CLEP) is utilized by any institution is a matter of institutional responsibility and will be subject to similar situation in conformity with this policy shall
Chancellor Archil R. Dykes, who attended the meeting, said his would contact the government in order to get information.
Dykes also answered questions from SenEx members about the University's commitment to teaching, including a program of the UMA, a continuing education program of five Big Eight schools. He said any decision on offering courses through UMA would be made through regular faculty-administration channels and that it wouldn't be solely an administrative role.
Charles Oldfather, university attorney,
explained to SenEx the new judicial procedure for paying parking fines issued on campus.
Adrienne Hyle, graduate representative on SenEx, was elected vice chairman of the Senate.
Congressional leaders said Ford had told them that his position on pardons had been denied.
Ford issued through Senate Minority
Committee a statement clarifying his stance on fur-fur
THE STATEMENT SAID, "The announcement yesterday by Mr. Husbun concerning a study of the entire matter of presidential clemency and pardons was prompted by inquiries to the White House to report on the number of reported statement in reference to pardoning of her husband and similar public statements on behalf of others.
"Such a study is, of course, made for any request concerning pardon of an individual. However, no inference should be drawn as to why the person being pardoned is my pardon of the former President, under the unique circumstances stated by me in granting it, related to any case which was in our possession."
Hushen his earlier statement 'should have been broader to say that the President's pardoning power is what is under study.'
HUSHIEN SAID HE said 'w wasn't aware of any formal requests for pardons and declined to say whether Ford might issue pardons that weren't requested.
Congressional leaders met with Ford for nearly two hours amid a wave of congressional protests over the statement that Ford might issue additional pardons.
Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor, was described as strongly opposed to the parity case.
Husain, also trying to clear up confusion on Ford's planned announcement on Tuesday, said the deal
said Ford would make that decision this month.
Ford had been scheduled to make the announcement Tuesday but found his time consumed by negotiations leading to the pardoning of Nixon.
SEN. JESEPH MONTOYA, D.N.M., said Nixon aides had used pressure to seek heavy funding from the federal government for operation of Nixon's office and preservation of his documents and tape recordings.
Montaya's criticism came after Arthur
Sampson, director of the General Services
Administration (GSA), requested $50,000 for Nixon, including $110,000 for a special vault 12 miles from San Clemente to safeguard Nixon's documents.
"It appears that when you went to San Clemente, although, it wasn't in the middle of winter, you were given a snow job," Monteva, told Sampson.
Montyona and Sen. Mark Haffield, D-Ore., questioned why the documents could be stored in a federal office building and the gov't by the GSA's regular guard force.
IN ADDITION TO the vault and amanu for it, the government proposal included a request for $50,000 for each of the next five years to hire five guards for the vault.
Samppson said Nixon also needed new office equipment, including high-speed magnetic typewriters to let Nixon answer the 350,000 letters he has received.
The senators said the $850,000 requested was more than twice the amount, given
A group of 10 semifinalists for the 1974 HOPE award was selected yesterday from nominations by more than 500 seniors.
HOPE semifinalists of varied disciplines
The HOPE (Honor to the Outstanding Progressive Educator) award is given to a faculty member by the senior class for his teaching ex
The semifinalists are: Allan J. Cigler, assistant professor of political science; Jess H. McNish, adjunct professor of business; Donald E. Metzler, professor of civil engineering; Louis F. Michel, associate professor of architecture and urban design; Calder M. Pickett, professor of journalism; David Quadagno, associate professor of physiology and cell biology; John Senior, professor of comparative biology; Amy A. Moore, associate professor of business; Charles F. Sidman, professor of history; and Lee F. Young, associate professor of journalism.
The semifinalists were the 10 most frequently nominated faculty members. Five finalists will be selected by popular vote Friday at the
Fall Sophic, chairman of the HOPE award committee, said the winner would be selected strictly by popular vote, rather than popular vote and a panel of experts.
Later, seniors will vote to select the winner, who will be announced Oct. 19 at the KU-Nebraska football game.
Crier came to the University of Kansas in 1970. He received his B.A. from Thiel College, Pennsylvania, his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. from Cornell.
McNish received his B.S. and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska. He came to KU in 1970.
Metzer came to KU in 1958. He received his B.S. from KU and his M.S. from the University of Iowa.
Louis Michel received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan. He has been at KU since 1970.
Pickett received his B.S. from Utah State University, his M.S. from Northwestern University, Illinois, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Quadagno received his B.A. from Penn State, his M.S. from San Francisco State College and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He spent a year at the UCLA's Brain Research Institute and came to KU in 1970.
Senior received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University, New York. He came to KU in 1967.
Sheer received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
He came to KU in 1968.
Sidman came to KU in 1960 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Young received his B.A. from the University of Syracuse and his M.A. from KU.