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The distant past and realistic present clash sharply on the wide, open field of the old cemetery, which has provided a spacious and beautiful retreat for KU students.
Pioneer Cemetery is across the street, and a century away, from the modern Daisy Field residence halls.
Rows of small white tombstones remind one of the bloody Civil War era in Kansas with inscriptions like "Louis H. Shaw, Killed in the Lawrence raid, Aug. 21, 1863, Aged 31 y, 3 d."
Their sunglasses and transistor radios contrast with an inscription on an almost illegible tombstone which says, "John Plantz, Co. D, 13th Wis. Inf."
Jazz among tombstones
NOT FAR AWAY, students are stretched comfortably, in ones and twos, and are sunbathing and studying.
Sunbathers unmindful of past
By JOHN HILL
THE TOMBSTONES, some upright, some leaning, some fallen, appear starkly motionless against the continually swaying grasses of the field.
The truly depressing aspects of the cemetery are the tiny tombstones, white with age, which have a dove carved above the name, which apparently signifies a small child.
There are many carved doves in the field, and as many small areas of matted grass, evidence of students who have spent hours in relaxation, or contemplation.
"Annie B., dau. of C.C. & M.A. Hutchinson, Died Oct. 4, 1862, Aged 11 M, 6 D." reads the stone, which is leaning, rests very loosely in the soil and will soon fall.
High upon a hill, the shaded cemetery commands a beautiful
THE TEMPTATION to hold up such a contrast as a sign of the times is very strong, and so is
the disconcerting feeling that someday people will stroll above yourself, casually reading the faded wording.
"James Baldwin, Died April 30,
1863, aged 28 y's, 7 m's, 22 d's..." reads another, and the poetic inscription, "Remember friends as you pass by, as you are now so once was I, As I am so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me."
Nearby, a dented can of Budweiser lies in the grasses of the wind-swept field.
DETROIT—(UPI)—The oxygen fire death of astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffe was a special shock for Marvin Butler of Detroit.
His number wasn't up
view in all directions, especially at twilight, or before an evening rain.
Butler once spent 35 days in a space capsule filled with pure oxygen—a capsule similar to the one in which the astronauts died.
"We have no volunteer force, Sanders explained. "We used to, but they've all left the department now."
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UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS pay no taxes to the city, but all housing off campus, including Greek houses and apartments, do in fact pay taxes to Lawrence.
"The city manager has been conferring with the chancellor about this problem, but nothing has been decided vet." he said.
Sanders thinks additional support for fire protection should be contributed to Lawrence by KU.
The equipment now possessed by the department is becoming outdated.
Sanders could make no estimate of the total cost of revamping the city's entire fire protection system.
A SEPARATE University-operated fire station is unfeasible, Sanders thinks.
"A station near the Hill would be a good idea, but the city's fire department should be operated as a single unit," he said.
"Our aerial ladder truck was purchased in 1947," Sanders said. "It's hard to believe, but it'll be 20 years old next month."
He declined to comment on the justifiability of fire protection support from KU, because "I'm not familiar with the issue."
"The State makes no contributions, and no taxes to the city are paid by the school (KU)."
NEW PUMPER vehicles will each cost approximately $35,000.
He referred to problems encountered between Lawrence and university concerning financial support.
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