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Avery Recognizes Topekan's Work
GOVERNOR AT CONFERENCE—Governor William H. Avery enjoyed his dinner last night in the Kansas Union after presenting the Distinguished Senior Citizen's Award to William J. Burns of Topeka. Avery emphasized in a speech to the Kansas Council on Aging that old age once was a private problem, but today it is a public one.
Gov. William H. Avery presented the Distinguished Senior Citizens Award last night to William J. Burns, Topeka, in recognition for his contribution as a senior citizen to others in his age group.
The award came at the 15th annual convention of the Council on Aging which will conclude its two-day convention today in the Kansas Union.
Burns, 73, retired in 1961 from the Santa Fe Railroad after working for the company for 53 years. Since his retirement Burns has continued as an active citizen and especially in the field of the aging.
BURNS IS AREA vice-president of the American Association of Retired Persons, and has charge of eight chapters in Kansas. He organized and is past president of the Topeka chapter. Aside from his work with the AARP, Burns is past president and still active in the Topeka Santa Fe Retired Employees Club. He has worked for both state and federal legislation which concerns the aged.
Gov. Avery, the first governor to be a member of the Council on Aging, was in Lawrence long enough to attend the recognition dinner and give his speech. Shortly after finishing his speech, Avery flew to Liberal to be present at the annual Pancake Derby.
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At the present time there are approximately 250,000 persons in Kansas over the age of 65, Avery said. The federal government has estimated that by 1970 there will be 269,000 persons in that age group. Those 65 and over now comprise 11.1 per cent of the population in Kansas.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST problems concerning older people is paying money for facilities they don't use. In discussing this problem, Gov. Avery said he had proposed to the state legislature that a tax credit for homeowners over 70 years of age be allowed. This would help to reduce the load of ad valorem taxes (taxes based on the property's value) of these persons. The bill is currently before the assessment and taxation committee of the House of Representatives.
"In that same message, I also pointed out that the enactment of a state school foundation program, which is designed to reduce the ad valorem tax, was another way to try to take certain tax burdens from our older citizens," Gov. Avery said.
"I am concerned about the local property tax burden especially as it falls on our older people. The foundation program would provide general relief of about $35 to $36 million, but we should provide further help to this group who have already contributed so much. I recommended a $25 credit toward the ad valorem tax per homeowner of age 70 and over with the credit to be a reduction from school taxes," he said.
THIS REDUCTION TO the school fund will be paid back by the state under the school foundation program. The cost of this credit is estimated to total $3.4 million annually.
Old age is a relatively new dimension in American life, Avery said. Years ago it was purely a personal problem. Senior citizens lived in the homes of their relatives. Now this area is a public problem for national, state and local government.
Kansas is one of the leading states in developing solutions to the problem, the governor said. We have progressed so much that we don't have to depend on the national government for suggestions in this area.
62nd Year, No. 90
LAWRENCF. KANSAS
Nine freshman men have been chosen to serve on the Kansas Relays committee to organize the Relays Weekend, April 16 and 17, one of the four top spring athletic events across the country.
The storm that dumped 2 inches of snow on the Lawrence area last night is moving eastward. Reports from other sections of Kansas showed that the eastern border of the state received the brunt of the storm, but all roads are open, according to the Highway Patrol.
ASC Will Consider Tax New Human Rights Bill
Tuesday, March 2, 1965
Officials from the State Property Valuation Department will also be at
"THE DEADLINE has been extended to the spring semester of the 1965-66 school year," he explained.
By Rosalie Jenkins
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A revised human rights bill will be among legislation considered by the All Student Council at 7 p.m. today in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union.
Co-chairmen for KU Relays Weekend are: Bill Flanagan, Scott City junior, and Robert Shenk, Lawrence senior. Acting as advisors are: Ed Elbel, professor of Physical Education, and Millard Easton, head track coach at KU. The weekend is sponsored by the Student Union Activities.
Today will be cold with strong northerly winds and a few snow flurries. The expected high will be around 20-25 with a low tonight around 10, according to the Weather Bureau.
The committeemen were selected on the basis of character, ability, scholarship and leadership. They will serve on the committee for four years.
The nine men are: Terry Gill, Shawnee Mission; Ed Gordon, Fort Scott; Mike Maloney, Hutchinson; Alson Martin, Shawnee Mission; Dave McClain, St. Joseph, Mo.; Larry Peterson, Salina; Tom Rader, Greensburg; Larry Robinson, Iola; and Dennis Taylor, Topeka.
Track and field representatives from high schools, small colleges, and large universities and the Big Eight Conference school will enter events in three main divisions.
The original human rights bill was not signed by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe because he said the deadline for compliance with its provisions against discrimination in university housing should be extended to Feb. 1966.
Bill Robinson, Great Bend sophomore, ASC representative (Vox men's large residence halls) and Committee member, said that this committee, at its meeting last night, voted to comply with the Chancellor's suggestions on the human rights bill.
The original bill set Sept. 1965, as the deadline. Chancellor Wescoe also said grammatical errors in the bill caused him to hold back his signature.
Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a high of 30.
THE ASC COMMITTEE on Committees decided to recommend Bill No. 7 with these changes to the Council tonight. The Committee on Committees reviews all proposed bills presented at the last ASC meeting and either recommends or disapproves their passage at the next Council meeting.
Frosh Help Organize KU Relays
the meeting tonight to answer questions about the personal property tax to be levied on student cars by Douglas County.
Mike Miner, Lawrence senior and ASC chairman, said either Alvin Jones, director of the department, or Louis Carter, assistant director and chief counsel for this department, will be on hand to answer inquiries from Council members and any other interested students.
When asked whether the committee organized at the last meeting to look into the "censure" of Rick Mabbut would make its report, Miner said that its investigation has not been completed.
He explained that the committee, composed of three ASC representatives, had waited until the Disciplinary Committee of the University had reviewed Mabbutt's appeal before completing their investigation.
"We didn't want to interfere with
any action of the Disciplinary Committee," Miner said.
"Our primary concern is to see how a similar situation can be prevented and to review the Kansan Board Constitution."
Miner explained that ASC Bill No. 5 says that the Kansan Board Constitution and practices should not oppose the policies of the ASC. The two organizations are self-governing except where policy clashes and then ASC policy has priority.
Reports on the practicality and possibility of cementing the sidewalk behind Stouffer Place on "Daisy Hill" and also on a resolution to establish an Undergraduate Internship in State Government will be presented.
AT THE LAST ASC meeting, T. J. Snyder, Independence senior, (UP fraternities), proposed that the Council write Gov. Avery, urging him to establish such a program in the state government.
U.S., Saigon Strike Hit 2 Targets in North
SAIGON—(UPP)—More than 160 American and South Vietnamese fighter-bombers and B57 jets hit two targets in North Vietnam Nam today in the biggest strike yet against the north. Moscow radio immediately denounced what it calls a barbarous provocation.
An official American spokesman said damage at a North Vietnamese naval base and at a supply denot near the border of Laos was "between 70 and 80 per cent."
MOSCOW CLAIMED seven of the planes were shot down and said intense anti-aircraft prevented more devastating attacks against military targets in the north.
A U.S. Air Force spokesman, who disclosed today's twin attacks were larger than three previous attacks during February, said at least three of the raiding planes were downed by anti-aircraft fire from Communist positions.
The raids were announced as a battalion-sized force of U.S. Marines prepared to land in South Viet Nam to bolster American forces
there. It was understood the Marines would take over guard duties at vital U.S. installations such as the air bases where today's strikes were launched.
Informed sources estimated the Marine force at between 800 to 1,000. A force of South Vietnamese fighter-bombers attacked the naval base at Quang Khe on the coast of the South China Sea 60 miles north of the border. U.S. jets supported that mission, concentrating on the Communist anti-aircraft batteries.
ALL INDICATIONS were that today's bombing attacks were strictly an Air Force show. It would be the first time that planes from carriers of the U.S. 7th Fleet had not participated in the strikes against North Viet Nam although they may have flown reconnaissance missions.
A statement by the U.S. Embassy and the Saigon government hinted at further air raids "to make clear to Hanoi that North Viet Nam will be held fully accountable for continuing aggression against South Viet Nam."
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SUFFERING SNOW—"As the icy fang and churlish chiding of the winter's wind" blows over Lawrence and Mount Oread, students in the early morning hours curse nature. "These are counselors which feelingly persuade me what I am," Shakespeare said. But these forlorn students are cold and immobile on the corner of 24th and Ridge Court. Shakespeare's words couldn't be further away from these marooned students.