World-Wide Wire Interim Government Rules Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria—(UPI)—An interim military government today ruled Africa's most populous nation, brought to the brink of civil war in an abortive coup by dissident junior officers.
Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Johnnie Irceni, 41, Nigerian Army chief of staff. Sunday night said in a radio broadcast he agreed to a request from the cabinet to head the temporary military regime. The posts of prime minister and president were suspended, as was parliament.
The whereabouts of Prime Minister Sir Abubaker Tafawa Belewa and Finance Minister Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh remained unknown. They vanished Saturday during the lightning one-day coup attempt launched from key regions throughout the country.
TUSKEGEE, Ala.—(UPI)Civil rights leaders planned a downtown parade today in this predominantly Negro rural community where racial violence flared over the weekend.
Negro student leaders at Tuskegee Institute said, however, that, because of the racial atmosphere, the demonstrations would be confined to a parade—with no picketing.
Voter registration was scheduled to begin in the Macon County courthouse. The youthful Negro leaders said they would bring into the city Negroes from rural areas to bolster the number of registered voters.
Holiday Peace in Viet Nam
SAIGON—(UPI)—Gen. William C. Westmoreland, U.S. military commander in Viet Nam, today ordered American troops to observe a formal ceasefire over Tet, the Chinese lunar New Year. The truce will begin at noon Thursday and last until 6 p.m. Sunday.
It will be the second ceasefire in less than a month, although the 30-hour Christmas truce was broken by the Viet Cong almost as soon as it began. The Communists and the Vietnamese government previously announced a Lunar New Year truce.
Civil Rights Parade Set
Westmoreland's directive today ordered the 190,000 American troops in Viet Nam to fire only in self-defense during Tet.
Peace Drive Questioned
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—The Communists have not yet given any indication that would show whether President Johnson's campaign for peace in Viet Nam has been a success or a failure, according to two high administration officials.
according to two high-ranking Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey and McGeorge Bundy, Johnson's assistant for national security affairs, both said in public statements there has been a lack of clear response to U.S. efforts to lead the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table.
Johnson, meanwhile, planned to meet today with William Porter, the U.S. deputy ambassador to South Viet Nam. Porter is returning to Saigon this week after a review of the Viet Nam situation with officials here.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
76th Year, No. 69
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, January 17, 1966
Weather
Cable TV May Come To Lawrence, KU
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts generally fair skies and cold temperatures through Tuesday. High Tuesday lower 20s, low tonight 5 to 10 degrees.
By Barbara Phillips
Cable television may be introduced to Lawrence and KU, Dolph Simons Jr., publisher of the Lawrence Journal-World, said yesterday.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, former adviser to the late President John F. Kennedy, has accepted a bid to speak at KU. according to John Sapp, Urbana, III. senior and officer of Student Union Activities.
Simons said the group sponsoring the cable had a petition for a franchise up before the City Council, but that it would go through several readings and
Schlesinger to Speak
discussions in the Council before any definite action could be taken.
Schlesinger, author of the current best selling book about the Kennedy administration, A Thousand Days, will appear in Hoch auditorium Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. The original topic of his speech was to concern a discussion of United States foreign policy and how to attain it, but according to Sapp this might be changed to a description of the Kennedy administration.
STOUFFER PLACE, university housing for married students, would be the main group affected by the cable, Simons said. However, since the apartments are maintained as university housing, the University must agree to having the cable installed there, he explained.
"If the people there want it, then we would definitely try to give it to them," Simons said.
MARRIED STUDENTS at K-State already have the benefits of cable television. The rates for students at K-State living in government housing comparable to Stouffer Place will be $3.95 per month per resident if 100 households subscribe to the service, a recent article in the Kansas State Collegian said.
The rate was agreed upon by the Government of Campus Married Housing and Manhattan Cable TV Services, Inc.; it is low because the rates for a group are lower than for individuals.
Installation of the cable began last summer when residents in married-student housing petitioned the housing office to let Manhattan Cable TV Services, Inc., install their cable. Housing paid for all the materials and the company donated the labor, the Collegian said.
CABLE TELEVISION in Lawrence is a long way off, Simons explained.
"Originally, cable television or Community Antenna TV (CA-TV) was an attempt by an individual or company to provide television services for areas of the country which were beyond reception range." Glenn Price, assistant professor of journalism and production manager of KUOK radio, said.
"In order to provide this service, huge antennas were built to pick up weak signals. That is where the term community antenna originated." Price said.
NOW. THE CA-TV IDEA is moving into areas already well provided for by television," Price said.
"Since we get all the networks from Kansas City, Channel 13 from Topeka, and the educational television channels 11 and 19, the question is: Why CA-TV in Lawrence?" Price said.
"The answer: There are some pretty outstanding non-affiliated channels in New York, Los Angeles and other major cities, which we do not get," Price said.
With a cable television network, Lawrence could get programs from New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and almost any other U.S. city, Price added.
THERE ARE LINKS and connections between cities from coast to coast, he said.
"Once a cable television program is brought in, then any channel which is not being used can be available." Price added.
Even New York City, which has all the network channels and many non-affiliated stations, can make use of the CA-TV program since there are many high steel buildings which obstruct good reception, he said.
Where to live, where to live Finding Suitable Housing Plagues Students
By Earl Haehl
One of the most expensive items on the college student's budget is housing. The question of where to live during the study years must be answered. Where do students live and what are some of the problems they face in making the decision?
Housing office records show 5.586 students live off campus, not counting the 700 who commute. About 4.150 students live in university dormitories. Another 450 reside at scholarship halls and 56 men live in two co-operative projects.
The population of the fraternity houses is nearly double that of sororities. In September there were 1,475 men living in fraternities and 748 women in sororities.
ter Place.
Married students face the most serious problem, though it is not so bad as the quonset hut era following World War II. KU now has Stouffer Place for married students. The husband must be enrolled at KU.
About 400 students and their families live in Stouffer Place.
There are 200 one-bedroom and 100 two-bedroom apartments in Stouffer Place. The rent is $70 a month, single bedroom, and $80 a month, two bedrooms. Students pay for their own utilities.
The most important problem is size. Couples with more than two children are referred to private housing because the Stouffer apartments are too small.
Capacity is important too. The Stouffer Place apartments are generally full. None will be available next semester.
Private housing for married couples costs on the average about $20 a month more than Stouffer Place.
Female undergraduates who are unmarried have three choices during their freshman year. They may live at home if they live in Lawrence. Otherwise they must live in a freshman women's dormitory or in a scholarship hall.
Scholarship halls are less expensive than regular dormitories but the student on scholarship must work in the hall about nine hours a week. The cost is about $40 a month for women and $45 a month for men as compared to about $70 a month for a regular dormitory.
The undergraduate woman who wants to live off-campus faces a shortage of housing unlike any that men face. A man may live where he pleases—an undergraduate woman must live in housing approved by the Dean of Women.
Emily Taylor, dean of women, said "less than a hundred undergraduate women live off-campus." This figure does not include those who are married or live with parents.
The list of facilities for undergraduate women issued by Dean Taylor's office does not represent all housing. "Some girls find their own and come to us for approval," she said.
A number of women remarked about the lack of freedom, but they were not ready to go back to the dormitory.
The need for off-campus housing is becoming greater as the enrollment at KU increases. Dean Taylor said the dormitories are crowded and off-campus housing for women is low in proportion.
Presently there are ten houses on the approved list, not counting the houses women find for themselves. These will not hold as many women as will the relatively unlimited apartments for men.
The need for more women's housing is important. Dean Taylor said she expects the list to expand. The private dormitory under construction will provide some housing.
The number of women housed in the new facility will depend on the number of applicants. Housing will be by floors and the number of women will affect the number of floors to be used for housing.
Dean Taylor's office also serves graduate women who request help in finding roommates, but the primary job is working with undergraduate women.
Living off campus can give a student a sense of freedom from the regulations of the dormitory. However, the bulletin a man picks up at the housing office has some regulations on it:
Women are not permitted in men's rooms. Liquor and other alcoholic beverages are not permitted in living quarters. Gambling is not permitted in living quarters.
Men don't have to worry where to live at present, the expansion of Lawrence seems adequate to handle them. McCollum Hall is not entirely full and the women are vacating Ellsworth at the end of spring semester.