KANSAS FREE PRESS
Editor tells paper's stands
By Kathleen Vaughn A newspaper of the old muckraker style still survives in the Kansas Free Press, according to its editor Laird Wilcox.
Wilcox said in an interview last night on KUOK radio's first airing of "Candid Campus" that the KFP favors controversial news and also makes its own by drawing attention to little-publized issues. Financed only by subscriptions and donations, Wilcox said the paper's largest single donation to date was $250.
A REGULAR FEATURE of the paper is a column dealing with the activities of right-wing political factions in Kansas. This information is not available through any other source in Kansas, said Wilcox. The KFP is not publicly committed to any political organization, he said.
Recently the KFP made a plea for money to help finance the court case of a Kearney, Neb., teacher, fired for participating in anti-war demonstrations in Washington, D.C. An attorney from the American Civil Liberties
Union may defend the teacher, said Wilcox.
Wilcox voiced his opinion of KU women student's closing hours. "If closing hours are needed, they should be decided by the girls themselves. I am against closing hours since they infringe upon individual freedom," he said.
River threatens flood as Texas freezes over
The Mississippi River threatened one of the worst floods in the history of the quad cities of Illinois and Iowa today. South Texas shivered under an attack of snow and cold.
By United Press International
A 10-mile ice jam forced the Mississippi to its third highest level Tuesday. Army engineers estimated 450 person were forced to flee their homes. Nearly 200,000 sandbags have been thrown up to keep river water out of Daven-
same standards should be applied to these organizations as would be applied to the Communists.
Wilcox traveled with Frank Wilkinson, chairman of the Committee to Abolish the House Committee on Un-American Activities, during his recent visit to the state. His efforts to end investigations of political ideas were successful in Kansas, said Wilcox, and a chapter was formed in Emporia to promote this cause.
port, Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline, Ill.
The warnings came as the weather bureau forecast temperatures at about normal—a bove freezing-levels for the next five days. However, officials expressed confidence that the ice jam, stretching from Buffalo, Iowa, to Davenport, would release its pent up water gradually.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on Un-American Activities also infringes on individual rights by being unfair and arbitrary in its methods, he said. Although he has no sympathy for American Communists, Wilcox said persons should be protected unless they commit an overt act stated in present laws.
Snow fell today on south Texas, where up to seven inches fell Tuesday night.
THE HUAC damages the reputation of anyone brought before it and many lose their jobs because they were investigated even if proved innocent, he said.
p. m. of the day before court is to be held.
New rules in Student Court
Two new rules pertaining to operation of the Student Court have been announced.
Those students who do sign the docket but fail to appear in court will forfeit their cases unless they have shown good excuse for not appearing to the Chief Justice, said Jack Duncan, Raytown, Mo., second year law student.
Effective Tuesday, those students who want their cases heard before the Student Court must sign the docket, located in the Dean's office in Green Hall, by 5
College Bowl rounds start
The first rounds of the annual College Bowl will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Kansas Union, according to David Tilford, Wichita senior and arrangement chairman of the College Bowl Committee.
Wilcox considers himself to be politically near the left wing. "I am encouraged by the new leftist organization of Students for a Democratic Society in its handling of problems at KU although they seem to be a little immature," he said.
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The John Birch Society and the Ku Klux Klan have many of the same biases many Americans share, said Wilcox. He also sees the political right wing in America as dangerous but feels the
Three rounds will be held in the first sessions on a single elimination basis, so that after three rounds there will be 10 of the 36 teams remaining.
Eighteen men's and 18 women's teams have entered the competition.
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