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KU Student Discovers South Quiet Amidst Storm of Selma
On his way home from the South last week, Lee Ayres, Park Ridge, Ill., graduate student, stopped off in Montgomery and Selma, Ala.
Ayres said that as he drove through Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi he did not "know how a Kansas license tag would go over." However, he did not have any trouble on his trip.
THE KU STUDENT arrived in Montgomery late Thursday afternoon after the demonstration by marchers from Selma had been
Dinner to Fete KU Political 'Widows'
Campus political widows — or girls who are dating campus politicians this spring — received cheerful news last night from Jackie Caesar, St. Louis junior.
Miss Caesar announced plans for a bipartisan dinner to be held the night before elections for all "girls who date boys vitally involved in the ASC elections."
Club Scholarships Go to 5 Women
The annual Benefit Fashion Show sponsored last week by the University Women's Club earned enough money for the club to present scholarships to five KU women for the coming year.
Scholarship winners were chosen on the basis of merit and need. Those who received awards are: Charlotte Almquist, Bridgeport junior; Betty Arnold, Hoisington sophomore; Valerie Smasal, Kansas City, Mo., junior; Marry Ann Sutherland, Prescott sophomore; and Ineta Williams, Wichita senior.
Club membership is composed of women on the KU faculty and wives of faculty members.
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staged at the capitol. "Montgomery was as quiet as could be," Ayres said. "There was no one on Dexter Avenue (the main street), there was hardly a sign of activity."
Ayres said that the citizens of Montgomery were not too upset about the demonstration. The state legislature continued its session throughout the day.
Ayres continued, "the people felt like they had been invaded by outsiders." There was animosity expressed against members of the clergy and college students, according to Ayres.
As Ayres continued his trip toward Selma on U.S. Highway 80 he came across the scene where Mrs. Viola Gregg Liuuzzo had been shot while
driving her car towards Selma. "I came up on the scene where the lady was killed. I talked to one of the state troopers there. He told me to 'move on, nothing's happened'," Ayres related.
The KU student said that everywhere he went in the South he met with friendliness. His Kansas license drew a few stares, mainly from policemen, but no adverse incidents occurred.
AYRES SAID that the Negro in the North has it a lot better than the Negro in the South.
By the time Ayres reached Selma there was no activity. The town was quiet, like Montgomery. Ayres said that Selma is "a pretty nice, clean town."
Professor Killed As Car Crosses Turnpike Lanes
An associate professor of psychology at the KU Medical Center was one of two men killed in a Kansas Turnpike collision east of Lawrence last night.
He was Aldo Vigliano, 40, of Lawrence. Vigliano was dead on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The hospital said he died as a result of massive head injuries.
The other victim was Charles Myers, 64, of Kansas City, Mo., who was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. He was the director of the Kansas City Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament of Champions for the past several years.
The Highway Patrol said the accident occurred when the westbound Vigliano car caromed off a guard rail,
crashed through the medial strip, and plunged into the path of the Myers' vehicle.
Dr. Vigliano came to the United States from Bari, Italy, as a student about 12 years ago. He completed his undergraduate work and earned his doctorate degree at KU.
He is survived by his wife Helga, a former German national citizen. Both had become U.S. citizens. Dr. Vigliano's father is a retired engineer in Italy.
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