LBJ Reports To Congress
WASHINGTON - (UPI) President Johnson goes before Congress and the nation tonight, prepared to express new determination to fight on two fronts—for peace in Southeast Asia and to achieve the domestic goals of his Great Society.
The Chief Executive will deliver his State of the Union message before a joint session of the House and Senate. It will be televised in color across the country, live at 8 p.m.
The nation is anxiously awaiting the report from the President, particularly in view of his campaign to bring the Communists to the conference table in the war.
But the highly delicate peace offensive, which has reached the point of direct contact with the government of North Viet Nam, is forcing Johnson to tread carefully.
For this reason his message is designed to stress reality without sounding too grim to the home audience or overly anxious to the Communists.
Avery Suggests Budget Increase
The field of higher education in Kansas received special attention by Governor William H. Avery in his budget message to a joint session of the legislature this morning.
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Avery recommended a state budget of $569.9 million. This is an increase of $5.3 million for higher education to provide for an estimated increase of 5,400 full-time students in the fall of 1966.
THIS EROUGHT to $107.1 million, the state's share in supporting the six institutions of higher learning. The amount is "almost one-fourth of the total state budget," said Avery.
Avery took into account the effects of the draft call on higher education, but said if present "enrollment estimates are met, we are in the same situation this year as last, providing for the education of a number of additional students equivalent to a new institution as large as Pittsburg or Emporia.
The Governor said he recommended to the Board of Regents that a "detailed study of classroom utilization be made so that we can more accurately assess the need for classroom and laboratory construction."
THE GOVERNOR asked for a total of $34,390,790 for KU. This is an increase of $1,181,566 over spending for the current fiscal year.
Recommended in the budget was a $30,000 item for a 16 per cent increase in law school faculty salaries and an increase of $50 a semester in KU Law School fees.
Governor Avery recommended a total of $34,152,904 for Kansas State University. This is an increase of $1,396,405 over spending for the current year.
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Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
Minuteman to Forum
Wednesday, January 12, 1966
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
76th Year. No. 66
Speaking at 4 p.m. today in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union will be Robert B. DePugh, leader of the Minutemen. His return visit to the KU campus is sponsored by the Minority Opinions Forum. First speaking on the campus in April, 1963, DePugh criticized various organizations and the infiltration of government offices by communism. The Minutemen organization was formed, according to DePugh, because of the threat to the security of the United States posed by Russia. Last summer DePugh was under investigation in Jackson County, Missouri, for involvement in a kidnapping case and for possession of firearms.
Reds Threaten U.S.
MOSCOW—(UPI)—The Kremlin appears ready to offer Hanoi still more firepower to meet any new U.S. escalation of the war in Viet Nam, diplomatic observers said today.
They attached this significance to a speech Tuesday night in the North Vietnamese capital by Alexander N. Shelepin, an ace Soviet trouble-shooter who is heading a high-level Kremlin mission to Hanoi. The mission,
which arrived in Hanoi Friday, included top rocket and armament experts.
IN HIS SPEECH, Shelepin delivered a stern warning to the United States about Viet Nam, which underlined the Communists' negative response to current American peace overtures.
"If the United States imperialists do not stop their aggressive actions in Viet Nam," Shelepin
warned, "still sterner retribution lies ahead of them."
While the Kremlin's second ranking party official did not spell out what he meant by "sterner retribution," observers here said today Shelepin presumably referred to more North Vietnamese firepower to be supplied by the Soviets.
WASHINGTON—(UPI) — Diplomatic authorities here are uneasy over the possible effects of the sudden death of Indian Prime Minister Lal Badahur Shastri.
Officials Ponder India's Future
They said today that Shastri's death Monday from a heart attack came at a particularly critical point in India's history.
Slowly clearing weather is forecasted for tonight with northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday will be mostly fair and colder with temperatures in the upper 40's in the north and lower 50's in the south.
There is a possibility the conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir may erupt again and add to the flames of war in Asia. The struggle was temporarily eased by the
Tashkent agreement Shastri signed just a few hours before his death.
American officials are relatively certain the new regime of acting Premier Gulzarilal Nanda will abide by the terms of the Tash-kent agreement.
AT THE SAME TIME, Shelepin took what was considered a mild slap at the Communist Chinese when he called for the need of "unity" and "cohesion" in the ranks of the world Communist movement.
However, the agreement is limited in nature and does not eliminate the basic conflict of issues which have kept India and Pakistan at each other's throat for 18 years.
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Council Endorses KU 'Stop Week'
Support for the establishment of a "Stop Week," the week before final examinations begin, was expressed by the All Student Council at last night's meeting.
The Council, in a resolution, voted to support a "Stop Week" and requested the deans of each school to work toward the establishment of a University administered "Stop Week."
VERNON VOORHEES, Kansas City sophomore (UP—Married) said the purpose of the resolution was to encourage the deans of the respective colleges to establish "Stop Week" within their own schools, and further, to bring about the establishment of a "Stop Week" for the entire University.
A RESOLUTION, stating that the Council should urge the Administration to take immediate steps toward the expansion of the Hospital, was tabled, with the restriction that it be discussed at the Council's next meeting Feb. 8. Discussion of the proposal was postponed to give the members a chance to poll the opinion of their constituents and think it over before reaching a decision.
The Council passed another resolution directing the ASC Current Events Committee to hold an informative session, open to all KU students, on the Selective Service System. It stated that members of the state and local draft boards and James K. Hitt, KU Registrar, be invited to explain the present and potential ramifications of the draft laws with regards to their effects on college students.
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD—That's the pen that signs a check. Students at KU make up nearly one-fifth of the total checking and savings business with Lawrence banks.
—Staff photo by Bill Stephens
Credit: Student-Bank Worry
By Jerry Kern
The KU student has characteristics which can classify him as a special problem according to three Lawrence banks. But the banks, which do 15 to 20 per cent of their business with KU students, agree that the problems are not great.
According to Russ Watkins, Douglas County State Bank official, the student presents a problem in loans because he has no steady source of income which he controls.
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"We DO HAVE some credit problems with students, but the number would be impossible to nail down. However, students are
H. D. Flanders, vice-president of the First National Bank, said students do not present any problem with their check accounts. However, as regards loans, he said, "Students occasionally present a credit problem, but no more than any other group.
"MOST OF OUR student loans are with the U.S. Aid Fund program. The student borrows the money through his local bank, and it is insured by the United Student Loan Fund. A student may borrow up to $2,000 at a six per cent interest," he said.
generally a reliable group," Watkins said.
term loans to fill the gaps in their income. Lawrence National makes 50 to 75 emergency or temporary loans to students each season, he said.
"The student presents a special problem only because he has a minimum of resources and assets," Ryan said.
According to George Ryan, president of Lawrence National Bank, students ask only for short
How long a student will be in school, and when he will be out earning money are considered when making a student loan, said Flanders. The First National Bank uses references to check student identification. University records are not used because they do not reflect the changes in a student's financial or social status. Flanders pointed said.
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