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University Daily Kansan Monday. Nov. 23.1964
IN MEMORIAM f things past, and of things to come
IN LAWRENCE, it was cold and wet. By afternoon, it was very cold.
In Dallas the weather held promises of a very nice day. The President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was in Dallas that day. He was on a speaking tour.
LEE HARVEY OSWALD, a rifle and History were in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
The shots were fired, the deed was done.
More than one year has passed, and while the passage of time reduces the pain to a dull ache, there is much to remember.
A COLLEGE CAMPUS, shocked with disbelief, slowed by a cold misting rain.
Nov. 22 was on a Friday. Friday afternoon is usually the beginning of the weekly weekend Bacchanalian celebration. However, the followers of Bacchus had been subdued and the local places of gathering were quiet. The bacchant and the bacchante were not to be found.
AT ONE PLACE a boy and his date sat quietly. They were alone, very alone.
At other places, it was very still.
A lonely drive across the state, a wide spot in the road, a few buildings, one said "United States Post Office," the flag in front was at half-mast.
A NATION was in mourning.
Thanksgiving and a very good friend was seen for the last time. A month later, he also was dead.
A LITTLE BOY'S salute, a woman's courage, a Senator's eulogy, and a nation's grief.
How does a country apologize for its disgrace?
It was a time of the all important question, "where do we go from here?"
AND YET. our world did continue.
In the year that has passed we've elected a President, read about soldiers dying in Southeast Asia and seen a new regime take power in the Soviet Union.
In California this summer the Bay of Tonkin crisis received large headlines. East of the Rockies it was just another crisis.
AND SO. the year passed.
What there is to say about Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963 has been said many times before.
And we still have much to remember.
HOWEVER, what cannot be forgotten must be remembered.
And, what of the new year already begun.
The chances are that 1965 will be no better and no worse than 1964. This may be the year that economics will give Southeast Asia and other small foreign countries to the state of Communism. Our losing battle may finally be lost.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, some events will be lost to History, other events will be lost to 1965. Some will remember, and some will forget, but that is for the future.
Nov. 22, 1963 for now cannot be forgotten.
PART OF 1964 is already forgotten as will be parts of 1965 in 1966. But for now, I remember because I cannot forget.
Of things past and of things to come, we can only remember the former and hope the latter will be for the best.
BUT FOR NOW, In Memoriam, Nov. 22, 1963 For the future, In Memoriam, never again, I hope. Jim Langford
The Law and Joe Citizen
Information about law enforcement classes and seminars, such as those frequently hosted by KU, gives one the impression that modern police forces and sheriff's offices are staffed with individuals familiar with the very latest methods in crime prevention and detection.
SUCH AN impression often lends a feeling of confidence to the citizen observer of law enforcement agencies.
One is shocked, therefore, when he learns that, even in this day and age of advances and achievements, ridiculous errors in judgment, such as one made last week in the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, Topeka, can bring crime detection and prevention to a standstill.
Saturday morning, a child was abducted in a Topeka residential neighborhood. Shortly after the child was missing, but before her disappearance was reported to the authorities, a Topeka man saw a small Negro girl, believed to be the one taken, in the company of an adult on a lonely road outside of town.
The man who spotted the pair,
Charles C. Guillory, thought it
unusual to see an adult man with a child of a different race in an out-of-town automobile on a lonely road on the outskirts of Topeka.
GUILLORY, RATHER than choosing not to become "involved" in such a matter, questioned the man driving the automobile. When he asked the man if everything was all right, the man replied that it was. Guillory, however, noticed that the child was crying and decided to report the matter to the authorities.
He then called the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office and told his story to a deputy there. The deputy told him that all he could do was take the information.
GUILLORY SAID THE deputy acted as though it would be too
When Guillory appeared at the office with his story, he was told that all that the officers could do was take the information in the event someone called about a missing person.
Guillory, not satisfied, waited in the area to see if a police car would be dispatched to the area. When no car appeared, he went, in person, to the sheriff's office to report the incident.
much trouble to take action on his story.
It might be understandable that the deputy did not see fit to take action on Guillory's report—even to the extent of not alerting patrol cars. The thing which is not understandable, however, is that the deputy did not even think it was necessary to take Guillory's name, in the event that future information might be needed.
One would think that it would be routine for the sheriff's office at least to take the names of persons reporting unusual happenings.
Without Guillory's name, the authorities who eventually were called in to investigate the case were deprived of their only witness until he was finally located Sunday after an extensive search which should have been unnecessary.
ITWOULD SEEM that law enforcement agencies, in their efforts to improve their effectiveness should make certain that, in their search for the more scientific means of crime detection and prevention, they do not overlook the reports of private citizens who have the interests of society at heart to the extent that they choose to "involve" themselves and seek to assist the authorities.
—Marshall Caskey
A Slice of Cam-Pi
A year ago and one day it happened. Three shots were fired and a President was dead. Too bad, it's tragic, but it is done.
FRIDAY was dedicated to the former President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. The top half of this page is also dedicated to John F. Kennedy in a round-about way.
However, the cries have been heard.
"It's done, let's forget it. Why?"
THE ANSWER is of course because it happened and it did affect the world.
However, I must admit that such a thing can be carried too far A man should not be martyred because he was killed.
LIKE CHRISTMAS it's going to come once a year. Unlike Christmas and unlike Christ, John F. Kennedy was not the son of God.
Let's just hope that once is enough, and that an assassin's bullet will not bring saindha to a human being.
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The results are in and the English Pro has taken its toll. To you twenty per cent who must waste another evening next semester, do not give up hope. The statistics are with us. King's-X.
ON THE anniversary of such an event, it is appropriate.
Sick jokes will never die. Especially on a college campus. This one is sick, but I don't think it's sacrilege. It depends on your viewpoint. I understand that tomorrow is Lee Harvey Oswald day. Don't fret, Rick smiled too.
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IN A DIFFERENT vein, this Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. Don't forget, we do have much to be thankful for.
Jim Langford
A Great Debate
THE CAMPAIGN got off to a good start at the national conventions. In the moments immediately following his nomination, Barry Goldwater faithfully promised that personalities would never have a place in the campaign. The President responded with similar statements. The issues were to be supreme.
The Great Debate never came off.
There never was a debate over the issues.
IS IT ANY wonder that only the rock-ribbed conservatives supported Goldwater and the rest stayed with the present administration? Goldwater failed to make his conservative points clear, and Johnson refused to make any bold statements which might get him in trouble. So the people, most of them at least, refused to leave an administration because there was no articulate alternative. While the chances of Goldwater winning were slim anyway, certainly the margin would have been less if there had been a Great Debate.
What's more important is that this may have been the last time a Great Debate between conservativism and liberalism was possible and the candidates loused it up.
—Greg Swartz
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
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Jim Langford and Rick Mabbut Co-Editorial Editors
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Our Thanks Given
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The first time the thanks was for survival. Thanksgiving was for the passing of the first hard year of life on the new continent. In the laying out of food under the virgin forests of New England, the American forefathers established a tradition which, each year, takes on new meaning.
IN 1776, Americans gave thanks for their first positive stand against the tyranny of Great Britain. People gathered around the tables, convinced that the thirteen colonies should be free and independent states, and gave thanks that they had said it to the world. Their cause had begun.
1789 saw Americans meeting again at Thanksgiving and giving thanks for their free nation, and their first president, George Washington. Many men saw the potential of this country, and were thankful that at last they would be unhindered in their attempts to exploit this potential.
AMERICANS HAD MUCH to give thanks for in 1865. The bloody war which had put brother against brother, father against son, and friend against friend was finished. But with the war died a way of life, an institution, and a great President. More important, however, was the survival of the Union—the inseparable United States. The United States gave thanks for peace.
Thanksgiving came close on the heels of the November armistice with Germany. Once again the Americans gave thanks for peace. The boys would be home to share the feast and to share the joy of Christmas. Although part of the world was in shambles, Americans had helped to put down a dictator and had fostered the growth of freedom.
1928 saw Americans enjoying Thanksgiving during one of the most prosperous periods in American history. The economy was in a period of boom, and Americans gave thanks for plenty.
WORLD WAR II was over in time for Thanksgiving of 1945. Many American soldiers would be home for the first Thanksgiving in three years. The thanks was for those who came home, the prayers were for those who did not. Once again the Thanksgiving of 1945 was dedicated to peace and the preservation of freedom in the world.
Today, as in the past, we have much to be thankful for. We are enjoying the highest standard of living in American history. Doors have been opened this year for the diminishing of prejudice and inequality. We are enjoying peace at home, and although there are those of us who will spend Thanksgiving in a damp, unfamiliar country, our thanks will be that they are there.
OUR THANKS are for all these things, and for ourselves. Bobbetta Bartelt
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