Demos to have it harder—Grumm
By ROGER LINTEMUTH
According to John G. Grumm, the Republican nomination race will be "flexible" but he says, "The Democrats won't have it as easy as in 1964."
Grumm, associate professor of political science and assistant dean of faculties, mentions Richard M. Nixon and Gov. Ronald Reagan as the top contenders for the nomination.
He says, "It still may turn out that Nixon could take it. Nixon has a number of the state delegations behind him, much the same as did Barry Goldwater. He's been working lately and stays in the public eye. He has experience in government and
politics and is okay on civil rights.
"But Reagan is the big corner and has been rising faster than expected, although I don't think he has enough experience in government or politics. His main problem is the lack of understanding about government problems. Fortunately, Reagan has good people around him, including a number of excellent advisors. Reagan gets more exposure and is in a better position to exploit.
"I THINK ROMNEY is a bright guy and has a lot on the ball. He looked real good for a while, but lately hasn't been exciting many people. The trouble in Detroit
now could hurt him much as it hurt Brown in California.
"Percy lacks in experience and has to be in office longer before he could be considered as a favorite. But he is only a freshman Senator, which is a tough position from which to strike out. '68 is a little too early for him."
"Reagan and Rockefeller would make an attractive pair together on the ticket. A combination of Left and Right and West and East would also fit well. Of course that would take a lot of doing. But it would be the winningest ticket I can think of now."
In politics winners don't just happen, they are made. Grumm
gave a preview of how the election itself could go.
HE SAYS, "The Negro vote is quite powerful and although it has been predominantly Democratic it could swing. But, because it's hard to do much about Civil Rights, it's not a good issue for either party. A more rational answer is to beef up the poverty program. And even this is bad in that it looks as though the government is rewarding people for rioting. The federal government has gone about as far as possible for better standards of living; it just needs to reach more people.
"Another factor in the election is the Southern vote. It could hurt the Republicans if they decide to run a conservative. And the Democrats could lose votes if they run a liberal. George Wallace, ex-governor of Alabama, could figure in drawing votes away from either or both parties.
"THE WAR in Vietnam is bound to make an effect on the '68 elections. The Republican party is made up of both doves and hawks, with a greater number of hawks. But it is hard for them to find an issue in this subject.
"Johnson has pretty much a down the middle policy," which would force the Republicans to come up with something quite new. If the war is still going on at the time of elections it will hurt Johnson.
"Not because he has a bad policy, but because people tend to think that a change of administration will help. And unless something spectacular happens, not necessarily peace but a definite indication that we are winning or something like this, it could be a tight race."
THE SUMMER SESSION kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, SSK No. 13
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, July 28, 1967
Sip of Skitch's champagne ousts nine camp counselors
Nine Midwestern Music and Art Camp counselors were "regretfully dismissed" Monday after drinking champagne with TV musician Skitt Henderson in a university residence hall last Thursday.
State law forbids alcoholic beverages on state property.
Russell L. Wiley, camp director, said he was sorry to take action against the girls, but "could not allow a precedent," even in the last week of the six-week camp.
"If all those girls apply for counseling jobs next summer I'll hire them again," Wiley said. "I don't think they did anything most of the counselors wouldn't have done if they had had the chance. Sipping champagne with a man like Skitch Henderson would be quite a thrill for a student."
ONE OF THE counselors dismissed, however, said some of the other counselors had been offered a drink of the champagne and had refused.
Henderson, a guest conductor at the camp last week, supposedly brought one bottle of champagne to Oliver Hall, a women's residence hall with one floor set aside for camp guests, including the guest conductors.
The fourth edition of the Jayhawker will not come out before Sept.1.
No annual before fall
Those who don't won't the issue sent to them can pick it up when they return to KU in September.
The fourth or commencement edition usually comes out by the end of the spring semester.
Students who want the final edition mailed to them should send or bring their name and address to 32 Strong Hall, Tom Yoe, yearbook advisor, said.
Yoe said some people have still not picked up the third edition, which is now in the News Bureau in Strong Hall. Those who want it forwarded must pay 50 or 60 cents postage, depending upon where the issue is mailed.
The women had gone to the lobby to see Henderson and get autographs after his concert Thursday, and he offered them a "sip of champagne" in accordance with show business tradition, Wiley said.
The girls apparently thought it would be all right to accept, because of Henderson's status of camp official.
Wiley said he learned of the incident Friday and discussed it with Henderson during the week-end, but waited until Henderson left before taking action against the girls.
HENDERSON "almost cried."
Wiley said, when he was told action would have to be taken against the counselors.
He said he wanted to prevent a furor centering around a "tele-
"I just failed to realize we were on a campus where the students are under certain types of protection," Wiley quoted Henderson as saying.
Camp counselors, most of whom are summer students at KU, receive room and board in the residence halls while acting as counselors for high school students in the camp.
WILEY SAID the camp will continue to pay the nine girls' room and board at McColum Hall, not used by campers, even though the girls have been dismissed from the camp.
Two counselors have been transferred from Lewis Hall, and
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Board asks KU budget
By RITA HAUGH
The Kansas Board of Regents will request Gov. Robert Docking and the Kansas Legislature to approve a KU budget of $33,608,380 for the educational and general operating budget for the 1969 fiscal year.
This figure, $1,140,461 less than Chancellor Wescoe requested at the Board meeting on June 26, is an increase of $3,290,061 from this year's budget. Included in the budget are all capital improvements Wescoe had recommended, as well as increases in faculty and classified salaries.
CAPITAL improvements approved include $354,000 for KU's share of the Space Technology Building, $200,000 for special repairs and maintenance. $117,241 for the Geological Survey and
Wescoe's request for $5,840 to keep the student employee wages in compliance with the new wage hour law was not approved.
Camper is injured in Hoch fall
A 15-year-old music camper was in critical condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Thursday afternoon after falling 72 feet from the attic of Hoch Auditorium.
KU OFFICIALS could not say how the girl got into the attic, because maintenance personnel who searched the attic after Miss Kelvin fell said all doors to the attic were locked.
The extent of injuries had not been determined at 1:30 p.m. Thursday because the girl was still under intensive care.
Lorraine Kelvin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kelvin, Clayton, Mo., struck four folding chairs in two rows of seats. The chairs were broken by the impact. She would have been traveling about 47 miles an hour when she hit.
One possibility, an official said, is that the girl climbed the curtain ropes on the stage.
A dozen acoustical tiles, ripped loose when the girl broke through the ceiling, were scattered over
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on Photo by David Gump
CAMPER IN CRITICAL CONDITION
$74.745 for an increase in the general research fund.
Other improvements are an increase of $60,000 in the KU library book fund,$50,000 for remodeling the old Electrical Engineering Laboratory for the use of mechanical engineering department, $50,000 for replacing the steam lines serving residence halls, and $19,000 to install street lights on Naismith Drive.
Lorraine Kelvin is being wheeled out of Hoch Auditorium by ambulance attendants after falling 72 feet from the roof.
A six per cent faculty salary increase is recommended in lieu of Wescoe's proposed eight per cent increase. The recommendation for classified clerks, secretaries, janitors, and other personnel is an eight and one-tenth per cent increase instead of Wescoe's requested 10 per cent increase.
KU'S TOP 12 administrators, including Wescoe, are not included in the salary increases of the proposed budget. All decisions concerning possible increases for the administrators will be made after the KU budget is approved by Gov. Docking and the Legislature in May.
A total of 66 new faculty and 32 new classified positions were approved. Wescoe asked for 68 new faculty and 54 new classified positions. KU's 15 to 1 student-faculty ratio will not be changed by the Board's requests, however.
$26,281,907 educational and
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Western-Civ exams Saturday
At eight o'clock Saturday morning the timer will be set and so will begin the four-hour Western Civilization comprehensive examination.
There are 1473 students scheduled to take the examination which consists of four parts: two essay sections, short answer, and multiple choice.
The test scores should be available in about a week.
Last Kansan
This is the last issue of the Summer Session Kansan. The University Daily Kansan will renew regular publishing on Tuesday, Sept. 19.