University Daily Kansan /Thursday, April 29, 1965
Civil Rights Group Pickets Apartment
Members of CORE, the NAACP and the Civil Rights Council (CRC) are picketing the Park Plaza South apartments and plan to continue, according to Mildred Dickeman, assistant professor of anthropology.
Prof. Dickeman, also a member of CORE, said the picketing had started last Saturday when Gloria Carillon, Gainsville, Fla., graduate student, was allegedly refused when she tried to rent an apartment.
Prof. Dickeman told of extended negotiations with Jim Vestering, the owner of Park Plaza South.
"Both CORE and NAACP have been in negotiations with the owner and manager since February. We began negotiations with him and asked him to meet with us. After many delays, he did so. He said he couldn't change his policy without the stockholders' approval." she said.
Vestering said, "I have no comment at this time."
THE NEGOTIATIONS started, Prof. Dickeman said, over the alleged refusal of apartments to two Negro students.
Prof. Dickeman said CORE and NAACP had planned a picket of the apartments two weeks ago, but upon seeing an advertisement in the Daily Kansan for the apartments, decided to try once again to obtain an apartment for Gloria Carillon.
"After seeing the ad, we went to Park Plaza South and Gloria was allowed to select an apartment and put down a $10 deposit. This was Thursday night. She called the next Saturday and was told by the manager he was sorry, but he couldn't rent the apartment," Prof. Dickeman said.
The manager of the apartment, T. R. Amess, said he was told Miss Carillon could not rent the apartment.
PROF. DICKEMAN said CRC has become the third group to officially join in the picketing.
"We don't have a formal list of people." Prof. Dickeman said, "but at times we've had 35 people. We are only picking the office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
"We are simply asking for a non-discriminatory rental policy. That the rentals will be available to all without regard to race, color, religion or national origin." Prof. Dickeman said.
PROF. DICKEMAN SAID the picketing had been peaceful with few incidents.
Flood Rages —
Crest Heads South
ROCK ISLAND, Ill.—(UPI) —The Mississippi River spread its awesome flood front along a twisting, tortured 300-mile stretch today and aimed its crest at smaller cities south of here.
With the century's worst Mississippi floods three weary weeks old, the worst was still to come for many Iowa, Illinois and Missouri river cities.
ROCK ISLAND AND its sister Quad Cities fought a final day against the river crest, which was already pushing downstream. Water covered 280 blocks in the four industrial cities here and drove 4,000 persons from their homes.
The river was expected to start falling off slowly here tonight. Next in line were Burlington and Keokuk, Iowa; Quincy, Ill., and Hannibal, Mo.
Even before the crest, the four downriver cities fought severe flooding. Floodwaters closed several industries and a key railroad bridge in Burlington, washed three factories out of operation in Keo-
kuk, knocked down a dike just south of Quincy and flooded 6,000 acres of land there.
HANNIBAL. HOME of Mark Twain, looked little like the bucolic river town he described. Flooding pushed more than 20 families from their homes and buried 15 blocks. Workers built dikes higher as the river rose and the crest drew near.
The flood crest was broad and flat, extending 50 miles or more with the Quad Cities in the middle today. Flooding was widespread, extending far above and below the crest and covering thousands of acres of farmland as well as towns and cities.
Twain's home, still the most hallowed shrine in a river city of 20,-000 population, was not threatened by floodwaters.
THE FLOOD'S DEATH toll was 14. The Red Cross said floodwaters had driven 38,180 persons from their homes. Damage totaled between $100 and $200 million.
Aero-Astro Club Has Joint Meeting
The Kansas City section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is meeting with the KU student chapter today. The annual joint meeting consists of a dinner, a social hour, an address on space exploration, and a tour of KU engineering facilities, including the supersonic wind tunnel in operation, a Titan I rocket engine, and the shock tube and ground effect machine flight simulator.
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SCARAB to Give Campus Art Sale
A scene reminiscent of the annual Washington Square art sale of New York City will be a part of the campus Saturday and Sunday, as SCARAB. architecture fraternity, sponsors an art sale between Marvin Hall and Hoch Auditorium from noon to 5 p.m.
"Anyone is eligible to sell art work at the sale," Gary Salts, Hqyt senior and president of SCARAB said. "We are expecting a wide variety of media—paintings, drawings, ceramics, and sculpture, and possibly photography. Anything the individual feels he can sell," Salts said.
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In case of bad weather the sale will
"BUYERS MIGHT BE INTERESTed in meeting the artists if the artists will stay near their work," Salts said. Prices will be fairly reasonable, he said.
"This is the first year on this campus for the art sale," Salts said. Other chapters of SCARAB have had much success with them in the past," he added.
Salts indicated the art sale will probably be continued in the future if there is sufficient interest in the project.
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