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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No.35
WEATHER WARMER
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
See Weather—page 12
Friday, November 4, 1966
—UDK Photo by Robert W. Parker
AHEAD OF THE RUSH
Jack Prim, Overbrook senior, helps put together the Joseph R. Pearson Homecoming Jayhawk.
Governor is last recourse
By DAN AUSTIN
A letter to Governor William Avvie is the last recourse of a KU faculty ad hoc committee in their attempt to abolish racial coding of state employees.
On March 29,1963,the committee met with Vice Chancellor Raymond Nichols to protest listing of the race of all University employees as a prerequisite to receiving a state paycheck.
At the time, Roy Shapiro, state comptroller, said he issued the race code directive on behalf of the Kansas Civil Rights Commission. Apparently, the commission was attempting to determine their success in promoting fair employment practices to state offices.
THE ISSUE fomented until early May when Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe announced to the University Senate that the racial coding would end with the June 1, 1965, payroll. The Chancellor promised the information would be kept only in statistical form.
Last week, however, the ad hoc faculty committee discovered in a faculty newsletter that the racial code was still in use.
TUESDAY, members of the committee and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) once again went to Chancellor Wescoe to protest the code.
This time, according to David Jones, assistant professor of philosophy and committee member, the Chancellor "was sympathetic but urged us to go to the Kansas Civil Rights Commission."
Instead, they wrote a letter to the governor.
THE LETTER alleges that the governor did not rescind the code directive because the Kansas Civil Rights Commission asked him not to do so.
"... we remind you that you are the chief executive officer of this state and that you, not the civil rights commission, issued the directive," the letter read.
The committee's letter also suggested that the governor had not rescinded the directive because
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Rivalry spices Homecoming
By BETSY WRIGHT
Competition, the side-kick of Homecoming, will begin tonight as campus living groups vie for the Homecoming decorations judges' appreciation of their artistic efforts.
Between 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. the judges will tour the campus living groups, inconspicuous and anonymous among the hundreds
Schedule
Friday:
The schedule of events for the 1966 Homecoming weekend is:
5-11 p.m. Viewing of house decorations.
8:20 p.m. Special University Theatre production of "Oliver" for alumni. Tickets available at Murphy.
Saturday:
9 a.m. Alumni registration, Kansas Union
9-11 a.m. Free campus bus tours from the Union.
9:30-11:30 a.m. General Homecoming reception in Union Lounge with Homecoming queen finalists.
11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Homecoming buffet. Union Ballroom.
1:15 p.m. Football game with Nebraska in Memorial Stadium. House decorations winners announced before the game. Homecoming Queen crowned at half-time.
4 p.m. Reception in Union Lounge.
8 p.m. The Student Union Activities' "Al Hirt Show" in Allen Field House. Homecoming Queen will present decoration trophies.
of other drivers viewing the house decorations.
One large dormitory, Joseph R. Pearson, plans to attempt a window lights and blackout spelling of GO KU on its east side, from 7 to 11 p.m. tonight.
AFTER A strenuous Saturday morning schedule of receptions, campus and house decorations tours, and open houses at dormitories, scholarship halls, sororities and fraternities, Homecoming guests will move to Memorial Stadium for the football game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Three skyrockets will herald the beginning of stadium Homecoming activities, and will be immediately followed by the introduction of the three Homecoming queen finalists as they ride around the stadium. House decorations winners will also be announced at this time.
At half-time the three finalists
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WHAT'S INSIDE
OLIVER REVIEW—opening night—page 2.
BIRTH CONTROL
methods discussed—page 5.
SPORTS—game precede
—page 6.
Jayhawks favor Avery, Pearson
By ROBERT STEVENS
Republican candidates for Kansas offices controlled the straw vote conducted by the University Daily Kansan last night.
A total of 708 votes was counted by the Kansan tabulators who manned the phones from 7 until midnight. Each caller was allowed
GOV. WM. AVERY
to vote for only one particular race per phone call.
ALMOST 500 PEOPLE voted in the gubernatorial race. Governor William H. Avery, the incumbent, compiled 384 tulles, more than a 5-1 edge over his Democratic opponent, Robert Docking. Docking collected 75 votes.
The tabulators did not count many votes, when it was obvious that one person was trying to stack the voting for one particular candidate.
The biggest interest in any of the five U.S. Representative races was shown in the Third Congressional District race of which Lawrence and most of Kansas City (Johnson County) is a part. Larry Winn, Republican, compiled almost an 8-1 margin over opponent Marvin Rainey. The former president of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity polled 77 votes while Rainey got 10 votes.
In the U.S. Senatorial race, James Pearson, the Republican incumbent, compiled an impressive 96 votes. His challenger, J. Floyd Breeding, received only 19 votes.
Neither of the men are incumbents. They are seeking the seat of U.S. Representative Robert Ellsworth (R-Kans.) vacated to oppose Senator James Pearson (R-Kans.) in the August primary.
THE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN for Ellsworth, being conducted by two Ottawa graduate students at
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SEN. JAMES PEARSON
KU professors split on election predictions
By RUTH ROHRER
A close gubernatorial race is forecast for Kansas by four KU political science professors. Two gave Docking the edge and two said Avery would win since Kansas is traditionally Republican.
Earl A. Nehring, associate professor; Herman J. Lujan, assistant professor; John G. Grumm, professor; and James Drury, professor, agreed that taxes seem to be the only real issue in the race.
"The WAY THE TAX was raised was a political mistake." Grumm said, "because it affects many more people now than it did before. Relatively speaking, the people in the lower income bracket have to pay a much heavier tax. There are more poor people than rich and they all have a vote."
Nehring, one of the few Republicans in the political science department, said, "The Democrats have emphasized the tax issue and there is a great deal of public reaction against the increasing taxes.
"For this reason, everyone anticipated that Avery would have trouble no matter who he ran against," Nehring said. "An in-
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