ASC Ad Policy Bill Sent to Chancellor
The bill banning alleged discrimination in the advertising of all student publications has been sent to Chancellor Wescoe, according to Mike Miner, Lawrence senior and All Student Council chairman.
Miner said that he did not know if the chancellor has signed it. "I have not received a letter yet from the chancellor on the bill," Miner explained.
Chancellor Wescoe could not be reached on this matter last night since he is out of town.
The bill, passed by a 15-9 vote at the ASC meeting last Tuesday night, states that no publication shall accept advertising for employment, accommodations, goods, or services unless these are offered to all students regardless of race, creed or national origin.
THE BILL also requires that all student publications carry a statement in their format that its advertisements for employment, accommodations, goods, or services are offered to all students.
Miner said that the ASC will not have a meeting tonight. A bill calling for a meeting every week instead of the present every other week was passed by the Council several weeks ago. It is not in effect vet since Chancellor Wescoe has not signed it, Miner said.
Miner also was asked about a recent ASC resolution, asking that the dean of the education school send a letter to the ASC, explaining the school's policy on civil rights regarding the procedure for student teacher placement. Miner said that the school is preparing a statement for the ASC, but has not completed it.
FRANK BURGE, director of the Kansas Union, was also contacted about an ASC resolution to allow the Union to sell necessary drug items like toothpaste to students.
Burge said that he is presently looking into the proposal. He said that he received the ASC resolution and has asked the ASC for a list of the specific items which would be sold in such a drugstore at the Union.
"I am taking the proposal under the proper advisement." Burge explained. He noted that such a system is quite complicated.
Miner was asked about further developments in the KU traffic situation which were mentioned in a report to ASC by Tom Ruzicka, Leawood junior and chairman of the ASC traffic and safety committee, last Tuesday night.
MINER SAID that Ruzieka would present the ASC recommendations and proposals to the University Traffic committee.
The recommendations include:
- More parking space for the Watkins and Sellards scholarship halls.
- Expansion of the time limit for parking in front of these halls Ruzicka, at last week's meeting, was also asked about the parking accommodations for residents in McCollum Hall, currently under construction on Daisy Hill.
Vox Gains Support; ASC Powers Equal
Two All Student Council representatives and University Party members have, in the last few days, announced plans to support Leo Schrey and Bill Robinson who head the Vox Populi ticket.
Larry Geiger, Mission junior and ASC men's large dormitory representative, made a complete switch in party affiliation. Geiger lives in Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Geiger's change in affiliation will alter the balance of power on the council from 21-19 representatives in favor of UP to a 20-20 tie. UP has held at least technical control of the council vote since last fall's election which gave UP two more council representatives than Vox.
Miss Jacke Thayer, Ellsworth sophomore, who lives in Sellards Scholarship Hall, said she would not break with UP and plans to support the UP candidates with the exception of the top two. Miss Thayer is an ASC representative
from the small women's dormitory district.
Geiger also switched from Vox to UP in 1964.
EXPLAINING HIS CHANGE, Geiger said. "The primary reason for my switch is that I feel Leo Schrey and Bill Robinson are the most qualified candidates."
"I came to this conclusion," he said, "after working with Leo and Bill and their opponents on the ASC this year."
"I think that these two independents can do more for JRP, the independents, and all students that can their opponents." Geiger said.
COMMENTING ON HER decision to endorse the top of the Vox ticket, Miss Thayer said, "I represent the women's scholarship halls, and Leo lives in a scholarship hall. It is one of the first times in recent history that a scholarship man has run for student body president."
Sales Tax Exemption Passes Kansas House
TOPEKA—(UPI)—A bill exempting out-of-state customers from paying sales tax went to the Kansas House after Senate approval on a 27-10 vote Monday.
Under the bill, non-residents of Kansas would not have to pay sales tax on showing proof of residence. Goods purchased in Kansas and delivered out of the state would automatically be exempt under Interstate Commerce regulations.
The measure also drops pesticides from the list of taxable items when sold for commercial use. However, it rejects the exemptions on ink and print, requiring publishers to pay the sales tax.
Proponents contend the bill would boost Kansas business. Only two Republicans, Robert Bennett of Prairie Village and Norman E. Gaar of Westwood, were among the 10 senators who voted against it.
Daily hansan
62nd Year, No.105
LAWRENCF, KANSAS
Tuesday, March 23, 1965
Grissom, Young Down After Tri-Orbital Flight
FLASH
America's astronaut "twins" — Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young—whipped around earth today in the world's first proven demonstration of spacecraft steering in orbit.
CAPE KENNEDY—(UFI)—The two-man Gemini space capsule splashed into the Atlantic at about 1:20 p.m. CST after a three-orbit flight that established historic firsts in space maneuverability.
Their flight, the first by a twowoman U.S. spacecraft, began at 9:24 a.m. EST after a nearly flawless countdown. It was the first of 10 Gemini training flights looking toward the landing of Americans on the moon later this decade.
At 10:57 a.m. EST while flying over Texas the astronauts made space history by firing small propulsion jets to change the shape of their orbital path. According to U.S. officials, this switch in orbits never had been accomplished before—despite Soviet claims to the contrary.
The countdown was almost perfect. At one point it became necessary to tighten a fitting when a leak developed in a rocket oxidizer line. This accomplished, the launch came off only 24 minutes later than scheduled.
Building up speed as it rose, the spacecraft went into orbit over Bermuda at a speed of about 17.-500 miles an hour. The initial flight path ranged from a low point of 100 miles, exactly as planned, to a
THE TWO-MAN GEMINI 3 capsule rose from Pad 19 at this spaceport and belched reddish brown smoke from its twin engines generating 430,000 pounds of thrust. It rose into the sky on a pink column of flame and faded to a bright star-like point as Gemini hurtled toward orbit.
high point of 142 miles, eight miles under the pre-planned orbit.
THE WORD FROM both spacecraft and pilots was that they were in "excellent" condition. Underscoring this, Grissom and Young were given the "go ahead" for a second orbit only 51 minutes after liftoff.
Ground controllers were set for conclusion of the three-orbit flight in the Atlantic sometime after 2:07 p.m. EST.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) billed the Grissom-Young mission as the first aboard a spacecraft capable of changing orbits in space.
Col. Pavel I. Belayavev, chief pilot in last week's flight by Russia's Voskhod 2 spacecraft, contended that the Soviet ship also was maneuverable in space.
BUT U.S. trackers detected no proof of this, either for Voskhod 2, according to U.S. intelligence, was steerable to a limited extent but only during its descent into the atmosphere for a landing.
This is a far cry from forcing a spacecraft, hurting at 17,500 miles an hour, to change its orbital path in flight. Gemini 3 accomplished this. Over Texas, Grissom used his on-board rockets to force the capsule from a path ranging from 100 to 148 miles in altitude to a new path ranging from 97 to 105 miles. Officials proclaimed this a "truly historic maneuver."
Occasional snow with a low near 10 is expected tonight. Tomorrow will be cold with a high temperature in the mid 20's according to the Topeka Weather Bureau. Skies will be cloudy with snow continuing to fall. Winds will be northerly, 15 to 20 miles an hour.
Weather
IF ALL GOES as planned, the pioneering U.S. astronauts will descend into the Atlantic about 70 miles northeast of Grand Turk Island in the British West Indies about 4 hours and 50 minutes after liftoff.
Fifty minutes after liftoff, while the spacecraft was darting over the Indian Ocean, ground control reported that the "data on both pilots is excellent." One minute later, nearly 40 minutes before completion of the first orbit, the controllers gave the astronauts a "go" for a second orbit.
The radio call name for the 7-,000-pound cabin is Molly Brown, picked by Grissom from the Broadway musical, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," in memory of the unhappy fact that his first space flight, a downrange rocket hop in 1961, ended in the sinking of his capsule.
JUST 17 SECONDS after liftoff astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, who made a 22-orbit Mercury flight in 1963, messaging the Gemini pilots from ground control that "You're on your way, Molly Brown." To Cooper's later assurances that Gemini-3 was successfully launched in orbit, Grissom replied;
"Yea, man . . . oh, man . . ."
It was a textbook countdown.
From the start the pilots were pronounced in "great" condition.
Spacecraft and rocket were "go."
But there was a moment of tension when it appeared a leak in an oxidizer aboard the rocket might cause trouble. It was spotted at 8:25 a.m. EST and repaired at 8:30 a.m.
As the 7,000-pound spacecraft went into orbit, President Johnson was watching on television at the White House and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was listening
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Through Sleet and Snow...
SPU Protest Vigil Continues
By Joan McCabe
Despite cold winds and snow, the round-the-clock vigil by the Student Peace Union outside the Military Science Building went into its second day this morning.
There are three reasons for the demonstration according to Charles Hook, Glen Head, N.Y., sophomore and president of the SPU. The SPU seeks negotiation of the war in Viet Nam, the resignation of Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets, and that President Johnson consider a petition sent by the group asking him to safeguard Viet Nam and strengthen the United Nations.
ROTC members do not believe that there will be any resignations.
HOWARD FOSTER. Cedar Vale sophomore and member of the Naval ROTC, said, "I see no point in the demonstration. I don't believe any midshipmen will resign."
"I disagree with their views but I suppose they have as much right as anyone to say what they feel." Charles Mosley, Air Force ROTC member and Kansas City senior, said. "I am definitely opposed to such displays of 'rational thinking' as the wrist-slashing last week however." he continued.
Mosley said the ROTC members are "just ignoring the demonstrators and the SPU is not changing our minds because at least 99
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SPU PROTESTORS—Several members of the Student Peace Union braved the cold winds last night to protest the U.S. position in Viet Nam. Members of the organization plan to maintain a constant vigil at the Military Science building until Friday night.