SLO grateful, unhappy with new student wage
The Student Labor Organization appreciates the University's decision to provide a $1 per hour minimum wage but this is not sufficient, Mike Youngblood, Prairie Village sophomore and SLO president, said today.
"The recent wage increase is a step in the right direction, but it is a token one. The new standard will be 80 per cent of the federal minimum. If, however, the Federal minimum takes its expected rise to $1.25 per hour, the wage will represent only 60 per cent of that wage, a lower percentage than even the present rate."
THE RAISE of the minimum wage for student employees to $1 per hour was announced April 7.
"Chancellor Wescoe has stated that the current wage hike was made possible by the Federal Work-Study Program. Ninety per cent of the cost is to be borne by the federal government and the remainder by the state. The federal funds do not release current state-appropriated money to allow for a
Alum faces crime charge
A 1965 KU graduate was arraigned April 3 in Kansas City magistrate court on two charges of rape and one count of robbery.
James E. Kimball, 29, of Kansas City, is accused of attacking, robbing or raping 11 women in the Kansas City area.
wage increase, but actually call for an additional expenditure of at least $10,000 more. Far from providing for an all-university wage increase, the federal program demands it to keep campus wages at an equivalent level."
China claims downed US plane
The new minimum wage does not guarantee that "the wages for student workers will keep up with either rising costs or wages of the future," Youngblood said.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—(UPI)—President Johnson plans to journey to Mexico City Thursday and Friday for a "brief and informal" visit that will mark his first trip to a foreign capital as President.
TOKYO — (UPI) — Communist China today claimed its war planes shot down a U.S. military aircraft off the Chinese mainland Tuesday. It called the air intrusion an attempt by America to expand the Vietnamese war into China.
THIS MORNING SLO began distributing pamphlets in the Kansas Union, in the library and in the residence halls, emphasizing the present student wages, Youngblood said.
IN A BROADCAST monitored here, the New China News Agency (NCNA) described the downed aircraft as an A3B heavy attack plane. It made no mention of the crew's fate.
At the meeting last night in the Kansas Union, Youngblood said that switchboard managers will meet Thursday to discuss requesting that the pay raise of $1 per hour be made effective immediately.
In Washington, the Defense Department issued a statement confirming that a Navy tanker plane was overdue on a flight from the Philippine Islands to the carrier Kitty Hawk, cruising off South Viet Nam. But the Pentagon announcement made no reference to the Chinese claim. It also identified the missing plane as a KA3B, a tanker which normally has a three-man crew.
LBJ; to Mexico
RESPONDING TO A "cordial suggestion" from Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, Johnson will join his wife and Secretary of State Dean Rusk in unveiling a statue of Abraham Lincoln that this country has given to Mexico as a symbol of friendship.
Johnson is scheduled to arrive in Mexico City at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and remain through lunch on Friday. Then he is likely to fly back to his LBJ Ranch in Texas to resume an extended Easter stay that began last Thursday.
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Wednesday, April 13, 1966
College Life
Chi Omega House April 14,9 p.m., informal
"God is Dead—So What?"
Guest Speaker: John Gottuso, B.A. Sociology, M.A. Psychology, Ph.D. Candidate Los Angeles, California
Remember: College Life Conference April 15 to 17 Rock Springs Ranch
JAYHAWK JUBILEE
Sat., April 16 Potter Lake, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Turn in entry blanks at SUA office, Kansas Union, or Alumni office Strong Hall
Anyone can enter! Put your class on Top!
See Tuesday, April 12 edition of Daily Kansan for more details
CENTENNIAL DANCE featuring JOHNNY RIVERS with
with
The Blue Things and the Flippers
Sat. April 16
8 p.m. to Midnight
Allen Field House
Gen. Admission $1.50 per person-Casual Dress Tickets at Information Booth, Union, Kief's, and Weaver's