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Cease Fire Holds in Dominican
SANTO DOMINGO—(UPI)—A tiny inter-American peacekeeping force today assumed official responsibility for ending the Dominican crisis. An informal cease-fire was in effect.
Gen. Antonio Imbert Barreras, leader of the junta forces, declared Sunday he expects to stay in power when the civil war, entering its second month, comes to an end. He urged rebel commander Col. Francisco Caamano Deno and his followers to surrender.
Imbert made a 20-minute radio and television address in which he said his government would be dedicated to progressive legislation when peace is restored. The day was quiet with only scattered gunshots heard.
"Liberty will never be in danger under a government I lead," the junta leader declared. Imbert was one of the assassins of dictator Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the Dominican Republic for 33 years until he was gunned down four years ago.
The United States this week is expected to withdraw about 1,700 of the estimated 21,500 Marines and paratroopers on duty here.
American officials now feel the Dominican Republic will not fall victim to a Communist takeover.
Coalition Resigns in Belgium
BRUSSELS—(UPI)—Premier Theo Lefevre went to the royal palace today to submit the resignation of his Catholic-Socialist cabinet after results from Sunday's parliamentary elections showed the coalition parties had lost majority control of the lower house.
The returns gave the opposition Liberal party a record 48 seats in the 212-seat House of Representatives and pared the coalition parties down to a combined 141 seats. The Catholics and Socialists needed 142 seats to pass the constitutional reforms on which the Lefevre government had staked its life.
The heaviest losers were the Socialists who took only 64 seats as compared to 84 in the former house.
Lefevre's Catholic Social Christian party, with 77 seats, remained the largest single party. But with the loss of 10 seats, it fared only slightly better than its Socialist partners with whom it had ruled Belgium since 1961.
Bolivian Strike Reaches Peak
LA PAZ, Bolivia—(UPI)—Strife between government troops and striking Bolivian tin miners reached the flash point today. Soldiers were ordered to take control of the mines and the workers resisted.
The order was issued Sunday after an emergency cabinet meeting called by President Rene Barrientos, the general who heads Bolivia's military government.
Strikers opened fire on Barrientos' car Saturday in a bold assassination attempt as the president sped through the city of Cochabama about 210 miles southeast of La Paz. Barrientos escaped injury but a security guard was killed.
The rebellious miners kidnaped five air force officials who stayed behind to recover the body of the slain security guard.
THE TRANSMISSION WILL be audio-visual each way. In the class room situation there will be personal contact between the student and the professor. Instructors will be able to ask students questions and the students will have the opportunity to answer them. Students will also be able to raise their hands and pose questions. Prof. Geerttsma explained.
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Humid weather and cloudy skies will continue through tomorrow. A high temperature in the upper 80's is predicted for tomorrow by the weather bureau. Thundershowers are expected over 50 per cent of the state tonight. Winds will be southerly with velocity 25 to 30 miles per hour. Low tonight will be near 70.
Campus Research Discovers KU Favors Republican Party
"In return, the Lawrence campus would hopefully receive similar broadcasts from the medical center." he continued.
A survey to determine campus political interests, recently conducted, shows that nearly half of the people interviewed prefer the Republican Party while about 30 per cent favor the Democratic Party.
This sample of student population,representing slightly over 10 per cent of the entire student body, was picked at random by using the telephone directory.
Initiated by Earl Nehring, associate professor of political science, a group of 80 students of American Political Parties Class, conducted the survey as part of their class work.
"We looked to this communication plan particularly in the manner of making available to students and faculty at the medical center, formal classes and special lectures given at KU and also to the possible usage by the means of the computer system," Raymond Nichols, vice-chancellor of finance said.
By Harihar Krishnan
The students interviewed were 374 freshmen, 229 sophomores, 251 juniors, 287 seniors, and 245 graduate students.
"WE WANTED TO measure, through this project, the student's interest, his lack of interest, or his need for interest in politics," Prof. Nehring added.
The survey was completed a week ago, after the students had interviewed 1,386 men and women on the campus.
"It was going to be a research project designed to sample student interest in politics, both campus as well as national." Prof. Nehring said.
Lecture rooms will be used here although the specific locations have not been decided.
THE RESULTS also showed that 128 of the students belong to the Collegiate Young Republican party while 46 belong to the Collegiate Young Democrat party. About 44 per cent of the people interviewed are members of either the Vox or the University party. Thirty-four per cent of the interviewees belong to either a fraternity or sorority.
Those who answered "yes" accounted for 24.5 per cent of the students. The ones who answered "no" amounted to 35 per cent. Others indicated that they pay "some" attention to state politics.
"This television set-up will allow for the broadcasting of certain courses on the KU campus to the medical center and vice versa," H. Geertsma, professor and director of the medical center communications. said.
Courses being planned for broadcasting from here are statistics and advanced organic chemistry. he said.
FCC Grants TV Circuit For KU. Medical Center
62nd Year, No.142
Closed circuit television between KU and the KU Medical Center was made possible last Friday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
ACCORDING TO THE results that have now been tabulated by Prof. Nehring, 49.2 per cent of the students indicated the Republican Party as being the party of their preference; 29.7 per cent of the students favored the Democratic Party; Independents accounted for 15.5 per cent and the "no preference" category accounted for 5.2 per cent of the students.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, May 24, 1965
Turning to state politics, the indifference on the part of some of the students was much more pronounced.
To the question, "Do you pay much attention to national politics?" 58 per cent of the students answered "yes"; 35 per cent answered "some" and 6 per cent answered "no."
In the questionnaire was included the question: "Do you think current events discussions, political speeches and similar campus activities sponsored by groups like SUA and KU-Y are better than when they are sponsored by the CYRs or the CYDs?"
Forty-one per cent of the students answered "yes," 32.5 per cent students said "yes," 11.5 per cent answered "no," 13.5 per cent said "no opinion," and 3 per cent said "no difference."
Another question was asked if the students thought Republican and Democratic party leaders should try to get students on college campuses interested in party affairs. Eighty-five per cent of the said "no," and the "no opinion" category accounted for only 1.5 per cent of the students.
Asked what he felt about the accuracy of the survey, Prof. Nehring said, "The accuracy of the survey cannot be guaranteed by this sample. At the same time, it is a reasonably good cross section of the student community and within the so-called limits one could assume this survey reflects the general pattern of the student thinking."
"Wherever the class is, the broadcasts will be sent by means of cable to the transmitting point which is the engineering tower behind Marvin. The message will be transmitted through air to the relay station at Bonner Springs and from there to the medical center." Bruce A. Linton, director of radio, television and film, said.
The relay station proved to be one of the major difficulties in getting the FCC's approval. The tower is necessary for the closed circuit television set-up because it is a transmitter of microwaves, Prof. Linton said.
"WITHOUT THIS TOWER, we would have a problem with the hills between KU and KUMC," Prof. Linton said. "Microwaves have to travel in a straight line because they will not curve with the earth's surface. There is no building at the medical center tall enough to receive the message without the tower."
Now that the FCC has approved the construction of the tower and facilities here, the programs will begin in the fall, according to Helen Sims, director of information at KUMC.
The cost of the relay station is $60,000. About $25,000 of this will come from a special grant from the
national fund for medical education. The balance will be paid from the university fund, Miss Sims explained.
"After everything is built, the FCC will have to approve a license before the operation can start." Prof. Linton said. "I doubt we will have any problem getting the license then."
The courses taken by the students at KUMC will be for credit. There will be some enrichment courses taken for no credits in the future probably, Prof. Geertmsa said.
Closed circuit television is not new at the medical center. It was the first medical school in the country to use closed circuit television to instruct students and doctors. C. Arden Miller, dean of the medical school, said.
Dr. Paul Shaffer started instructional television there in 1949. It was black and white until 1952 when Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, then dean of the medical school, initiated color into the plan. Operations were the first to be televised.
There is now instruction in pathology and demonstrations in the science laboratories. Anatomy classes are now taught by television. This allows for the presentation of difficult dissections.
UHRC Opposes Teacher Placement
Recommendations concerning student-teacher placement by the school of education were presented by the University Human Relations Committee to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe after hearing evidence presented by Charles Landesman, professor of philosophy, dealing with discrimination in placement.
The following information was omitted from a story on page 8 of the Friday, May 21 issue of the UDK concerning the recommendations and the basis for them.
IN A JOINT meeting of the UHRC and the Civil Rights Council (CRC), May 11, concerning discrimination in student-teacher placement, Landesman stated that "in the 1963-64 school year officials of the Kansas City, Kans., school district requested that the staff of the KU Office of Student Teaching place the letter (c) on the records of Negroes when forwarding information to the district regarding student teachers."
According to Landesman, the Office of Student Teaching complied in order "to stay in the good graces of the Kansas City, Kans., school district.
Banquet Will Honor Long Easton Career
A banquet in honor of Bill Easton, KU track coach dismissed April 20, will be held at 6:30 tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Wes Santee, chairman of the banquet committee and former KU distance runner, said that a program like "This Is Your Life" honoring Coach Easton will be presented after dinner.
He also said Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and Wade Stinson, athletic director, were invited but informed Santee they had other speaking engagements.
Santee said many noted athletes will come from all over the country, including Billy Mills, Olympic gold medal winner.
Tickets will cost $2.00 each. More than 300 people are expected to attend.
Santee said he would not object if students who did not attend the dinner came for the program afterward.
KLWN-FM (105.9) will provide live coverage of the ceremony portion of the banquet. No definite time has been scheduled; the station will interrupt their regular programming when the ceremonies begin.