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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No.117
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts scattered showers and thundershowers tonight and tomorrow morning with southerly winds becoming 15 to 25 miles per hour tonight.
Wednesday, April 19, 1967
KU granted $2.7 million
By RUE CHAGOLL
The Federal Government has approved a loan of $2.7 million to KU for construction of a new residence hall.
Word came late Monday in a wire from the office of Sen. James B.Pearson (R-Kan), J.J.Wilson, director of housing.said.
"The building will be a companion in size, shape, and appearance to Oliver Hall," Wilson said. "It will be constructed west of Oliver and parallel to that building."
THE RESIDENCE HALL, which will have a capacity of 680 students, will be designed by state architect William Hale, recently appointed to that position by Kansas Gov. Robert Docking.
Wilson said the loan, which was applied for after approval from the Board of Regents in 1964, will carry an interest rate of three per cent.
In order to get financial assistance from the government, the University first had to prove that there would be a need for additional housing space in the future. Judging from KU's rate of expansion, there will be such a need in the near future, Wilson said.
The five residence halls on Daisy Hill are operating at 85 per cent of their capacity of 3.054, Wilson said.
"We try to budget our expenses and revenues on the basis of approximately 90 per cent. We've got to have substantial proof that we'll be able to repay the cost of the building," he said.
Wilson said no immediate plans for construction or a completion date have been made. As soon as the architect's plans are presented, bidding on construction will begin.
—UDK Photo by Mike Okun
MONKEY BUSINESS AT LEARNED
Being unloaded for the Engineering Exposition at Learned Hall is a Mercury capsule. This was the first space capsule to go up, and it orbited Enos, the monkey, twice around the Earth in November, 1961. It was the Atlas #5 Mission, Mercury spacecraft Number nine.
'Der Alte' goes peacefully
Adenauer dies at 91
BONN—(UDP)—Konrad Adenauer, the granite-faced father of modern Germany who rebuilt Hitler's ruins on a foundation of economic free enterprise and firm alliance with the West, died today. He was 91.
The iron-willed first chancellor of West Germany's Federal Republic was a Roman Catholic who founded the ruling Christian Democratic Union.
He died peacefully at his hillside home in Rhoendorf, a Rhine River village four miles from Bonn. His seven children were at his bedside.
Respected and consulted by all Western world leaders, even after his 14-year career as chancellor ended in 1963, Adenauer also commanded the attention of the Communists.
Adenauer was in his 70s before he emerged on Germany's national political scene. He was strong from the start. He harnessed the floundering post-war nation firmly to the Atlantic Alliance.
The Communist world reacted explosively to almost everything Adenauer did and claimed he was the real architect of American foreign policy during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's eight years in office.
ADENAUER WAS struck by a grippе-like infection and bronchitis a week ago Friday. His condition worsened Tuesday and steadily declined except for a brief weekend rally.
ADENAUER's political credo was simple. He was convinced that strength lies in unity and
that Germany must never again be allowed to bolt from its natural allies—France, Britain and the United States.
"Der Alte's," as he was called, first interest was international affairs and Germany's place in the world community. His treatment of domestic affairs was often criticized as too high-handed for the head of a parliamentary gov-
ornment—one British critic called him a "Democratic dictator."
He was the consummate po'ltical tactician, able to control the coalitions he headed with a minimum of difficulty during most of his 14 years at the helm.
He studied law and economies at the universities of Munich, Freiburg and Bonn.
Students victims of car-strippers
Bu ALLAN NORTHCUTT
Stripping cars of magnesium wheels, carburetors, four-speed transmissions, engine heads, and other valuable accessories, the thieves concentrate "mostly on student cars in the general campus area," according to Rex Johnson. Douglas County sheriff.
Experienced car-strippers are working in Lawrence.
"With this particular group o
Polls open for ASC voting
car thieves, it doesn't seem to affect them if the car is locked," said Bill Troelstrup, Lawrence chief of police.
Light vote anticipated, but running heavier than expected Students balloting on 15 Council, class positions
TROELSTRUP SAID the number of car thefts involving stripping has increased in the last five months. "Many of the 29 car thefts occurring in Lawrence during the first three months of 1967 were strippings."
Today and tomorrow are the days of reckoning campus politicians have been waiting for—the election of student body officers, class officers, and All Student Council (ASC) school representatives.
Dolph Johnson, Wymore, Nebr., senior and chairman of the elections committee, said this was much higher than had been expected. Earlier, he had predicted a heavier turnout of voters due to the election of a student body president.
Polls opened this morning at 8:15 for student body elections and 400 students had voted at 11 o'clock this morning.
INDIVIDUAL POLL TOTALS at 11 a.m. were: Murphy Hall, 64, Kansas Union, 75, and Strong Hall, 261.
Final results of the races are not expected to be completed until Friday morning even though a light turnout is expected at the polls.
Students will vote for 15 positions on the
ballot. Student body president and vice president are elected on a party ticket basis. There are four individual class officers and 10 ASC positions open in the election.
VOTERS ARE ELIGIBLE to cast ballots for candidates representing the class they will be in next fall. Current seniors who plan to enroll again next semester may vote for senior class candidates.
University Party (UP) offers a full slate of ASC candidates with Kyle Craig and Brian Barker running for student body president and vice president.
Ken North and his running-mate, Guy Davis, head the list for Vex Populi along with six Vex candidates for ASC positions.
The newest party on campus, the KU Political Alliance (KUPA), has a ticket of three ASC candidates and no party platform. KUPA officials have said financial restrictions have limited enlistment of candidates and campaign activities.
E. P. Moomau, chief of KU Traffic and Security, said most of the thefts occur in the early evening until midnight, both on and off the campus.
"The thieves concentrate on the sporty 1965, 1966, and 1967 Chevrolets," Moomau said.
"Because a student may park his car before dinner and not use it again until morning, the thieves have lots of time and are usually several hours ahead of us when we're notified," Johnson said.
"CAR THEFTS are one of the most difficult crimes to control," Troelstrup said.
Most of the stripped cars are eventually found in surrounding counties by the sheriff's patrol.
Johnson said Kansas City and Topeka are also having increases in car strippings.
Law enforcement officials urge students to take the following precautions against car thefts: Lock all doors, take the keys from the ignition, and report thefts or apparent car tampering as soon as possible.