Daily Hansan
62nd Year, No. 108
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, March 26, 1965
Alabama Klansmen Arrested In Slaying of Rights Worker
WASHINGTON — (UPI)—President Johnson announced today that four Ku Klux Klansmen in Birmingham, Ala., have been arrested in concession with the death of Mrs. Viola Greggo Liuzzo.
Johnson made the announcement before television cameras in the East Room of the White House. He was flanked by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach moments after he had received astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young in the same room.
THE IDENTITIES of the four Klan members according to the President and Hoover are: Eugene Thomas, 43, Bessemer, Ala.; William Orville Eaton, 41, Bessemer; Gary Thomas Rowe, 31, Birmingham, and Collye Leroy Wilkins Jr., 21, Fairfield, Ala.
He called the sniper shooting of Mrs. Liuzzo "a stain on our American society."
"Due to the very fast and efficient work of the FBI," Johnson said at 12:40 p.m. EST, "... arrests were made a few minutes ago of four Ku Klux Klan members in Birmingham, Ala., charging them with conspiracy to violate the civil rights of the murdered woman."
MRS. LIUZOZ, mother of five,
was shot by a sniper Thursday
night about 10 o'clock while driving from Montgomery to Selma with some of the participants in the Selma-Montgomery civil rights march.
Johnson said the four would be arraigned immediately and brought to trial. He said all were members of the United Klans of America, Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Mrs. Liuzoo, Johnson said, was "murdered by the enemies of justice." He issued what he called an "appeal and a warning" to all Klan members;
"Get out of this KKK now and return to a decent society before it is too late."
Fling Excitement Goes Afoul; Ducks Recalled Until Race
Too much enthusiasm by ducknappers and no cooperation from the weatherman resulted in the recall of Soring. Fling ducks last night.
"Weather was turning for the worse and enthusiasm of all the participants was so great that we thought with these two factors it was necessary to call in the ducks," Elaine Rinkel, Scott City junior and Spring Fling committee chairman, said.
THERE WILL STILL be a duck race at 3 p.m. Saturday. "Each hall may pick up its duck at Templin Hall Saturday morning for the duck race." Miss Rinkel said.
"We didn't have any real trouble. The weather was very bad and very hard on everybody. We thought it in the best interests of everybody to pull the ducks in," Rardin said.
Ron Rardin, Leawood senior and chairman of the Association of University Residence Halls (AURH), which sponsors the event, said. "The whole purpose in having duck stealing and putting out ducks in the first place was to build enthusiasm in the halls. But, we created too much enthusiasm.
TO PREVENT THE have of Wednesday night the AURH had established certain rules and regulations at a meeting yesterday afternoon.
A duck patrol was provided, made up of Spring Fling committee members. They would patrol the area of the halls to keep the movement of the duck-nappers under control.
SPU Protest Called to Halt
The round-the-clock vigil by the Student Peace Union in front of the Military Science building was ended today after 100 hours. The decision to end the vigil was made at a special meeting of SPU at noon today on the picket line.
A triple purpose was listed for the vigil by CharlesHook, Glen Head, N.Y., sophomore and president of SPU. The group seeks negotiation of the war in Viet Nam, the resignation of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets, and signatures from the student body on a petition to be sent to President Johnson requesting that he safeguard Viet Nam and strengthen the United Nations, Hook said.
Petitions with approximately 70 signatures were sent to the President earlier this week, according to David Leonard, Lawrence freshman and member of SPU.
Also all residence halls were asked to keep their duck cages at least ten feet away from any glass to reduce danger of breakage.
WATER BALLOONS were legalized as both offensive and defensive weapons as long as they only contained water.
"If there is ice on the pond (Potter Lake) we might turn the race into a walking duck race inside Allen Field House," Miss Rinkel said.
The ducks were returned to the participating residence halls late yesterday afternoon. Immediately Ellsworth Hall's residents, in the spirit of Spring Fling, captured Grace Pearson Hall's duck to add to their collection.
WATKINS HALL was first attacked by water balloons at 6 p.m. The duck was taken when the guard went inside to don dry clothes.
It was returned because of the physical force used in its acquisition
physical force used in its acquisition. In the meantime Watkins residents, thinking members of Joseph R. Pearson Hall, who were their dinner guests, swiped the duck held one boy cavite in the store room.
TO RETALIATE JRP residents seized Glenda Phetteplace, Smith Center freshman, and Carol Cornelius, Kansas City freshman, both Watkins residents.
A small ban of Templinites marched on Jollife Hall in order to get the four ducks that the hall held. Besides their own they held ducks from Sellards, Stephenson and Battenfeld.
The dorms finally came to an agreement and all of the prisoners were released.
WHEN THEY SAW they could not get the ducks without physical violence they dispersed.
The boys heaved balloons at the area of the cage for about 10 minutes.
At 9 p.m. about 40 JRP residents moved on Watkins and Miller.
In summing up the activities of the night, Rardin said. "Tonight nothing serious did happen but we had threats of it happening. Any thing we had tonight did no damage and we wanted to keep it this way."
IN THE MEANTIME the activities on Daisy Hill were relatively quiet with only a few isolated attacks.
A few eggs were reportedly thrown at Watkins but no damage was done.
Weather
Miss Rinkel stressed "Duck-napping is great fun but the greater part of the fun is yet to come in the activities planned."
The weather bureau predicts clouds and snow flurries tonight. Northwest winds tonight will be up to 20 miles per hour. It will be warmer tonight and tomorrow, with a low tonight of 20.
LAST NIGHT concluded the last of three nights with exchange dinners between the living groups. Many of the dinners were followed by hour dances.
Tonight a dance will be held, for couples only, at The Red Dog Inn featuring the Flippers. Tickets are $2.50 and still may be purchased through hall chairmen.
Saturday morning the activities will be carried on in Allen Field House or on Daisy Hill. A Gymkhana is planned for the Templin parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Coed volleyball is set for 9 a.m.
AT NOON A PICNIC lunch will be served in the field house. Residents not eating there may eat in Templin or JRP. All of the other dormitories will not serve lunch.
Saturday afternoon will include the marathon which is a surprise entailing an old tradition, the bod race, and a pie eating contest.
UHRC Studies Teacher Policy
Student teacher placement and a recent Board of Regents policy statement were yesterday discussed at a meeting of the University Human Relations Committee.
The committee met in closed session and with representatives of the Civil Rights Council, according to Laurence Woodruff, dean of students.
CHANCELLOR W. CLARKE Wescoe attended part of the session to explain and comment on Friday's Board of Regents policy statement concerning discrimination.
Woodruff said the teacher placement discussions were still in the "hearing evidence" stage and a statement would be issued by the UHRC at a later date.
"It (the resolution) provides an opportunity for everyone to be heard. Quite properly, it provides for a policy which will cover every institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the board." Wescoe said.
"It makes the discussion of our University Human Relations Committee exceedingly important for they will, in line with the last statement of the resolution, determine the facts on this campus for the board," he concluded.
THE BOARD OF REGENTS resolution, introduced by Henry Bubb of Topeka and John W. Eberhardt, Wichita, follows: "In accordance with its historic policy the Board of Regents will continue to prohibit discrimination
on the basis of race, religion or national origins within institutions under its control; will uphold the responsible exercise of the rights of academic freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of association, peaceful assembly and petition; and will expect its institutional officers actively to defend them."
"The board expects its institutional authorities by any legal or disciplinary means necessary to preserve the peace and safety of all persons on institutional property and actively to prevent any interference with or disruption of educational functions.
"The only new question before the board is that which has been raised to what, if any, policy it should adopt regarding student organizations housed in their own units not on state or campus property.
"THE BOARD DIRECTS its chairman to appoint a committee to study this question in depth and report its findings and recommendations. Until such time as this report is made, the institutions will continue such relations as they now have with these groups.
"Further, each institution will be expected to assist the committee in ascertaining facts and practices by whatever means necessary."
L. D. Morgan, Goodland, board chairman, did not immediately name the committee of regents, but said he would shortly.
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Rights Policy is Law
The All Student Council passed the amendment at its last meeting, Mar. 16, with a 15 to 9 roll call vote.
An amendment to the Human Rights Bill, which prohibits discriminatory advertising in student publications, went into effect yesterday as Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe signed the legislation.
The amendment calls for all student publications not to accept commercial advertising for employment, accommodations, goods or services unless they are offered to all students without regard to color, creed, or national origin. It also gave the University Human Relations Committee (UHRC) the
Miner said, "I thought it (the amendment) was a wise action by the council and I'm very happy the Chancellor concurred."
power to judge all complaints of advertising discrimination.
Atter the signing, Chancellor Wescoe sent the amendment to Mike Miner, Lawrence senior and ASC chairman.
OJF Goes "One More Time"
Miner also said the amendment became effective as soon as it was signed.
A type of American music, developed from ragtime by introduction of eccentric noises and Negro melodies, and now characterized by melodious themes, feverish or subtly syncopated rhythms, and varied orchestral coloring.
Enforcement will not be the job of the ASC, but all complaints will be referred to the UHRC. "It will be their decision whether the complaint is valid or not," said Miner.
What is it? Jazz. And Jazz at KU will be blowing all day tomorrow in the Kansas Union.
THE OREAD JAZZ FESTIVAL, in its second year, will feature eight collegiate groups, including two from KU: The Herb Smith Quartet and the 16-piece KU Kicks Band.
The festival has groups from University of Missouri at Kansas City, Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., Indiana University, Depauw University, UCLA, and Xavier appearing.
Formed to bring the best of collegiate jazz to KU, the festival has received a national prominence. This year's judges include Phil Woods, an East Coast alto sax player; John Hammond, director of talent acquisition for Columbia records; Dan DeMichaels, editor of Downbeat magazine; and Claire Fischer, a West Coast pianist.
THE GROUPS WILL be competing for prizes and scholarships from various instrument manufacturers and Berklee College, in Boston. Mass.
The winning groups will give performances in the Kansas City Jazz Festival.
Last year, Herb Smith, Memphis senior, was selected as the festi-
vail's best reed player for his performances on alto sax.
TICKETS FOR THE festival are $1.50 and are available at the Kansas Union, Strong Hall, from various merchants in Lawrence.
Photo by Harry Krause
COOL NOTES—Altoist Herbie Smith wailed it cool last night as his group visited residence halls to promote the Oread Jazz Festival which will begin tomorrow.