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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
A student newspaper serving KU
78th Year, No. 133
Those April showers that bring May flowers have been hanging around this year a little longer than many KU students deem necessary, but the rain seems to have escaped the notice of this couple as they stroll down Jayhawk Boulevard during Monday's shower.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, May 14, 1968
NOW LISTEN DEAR . . .
Harriman, Thuy plan for Wednesday talks
PARIS—(UPI)—U. S. Ambasador-at-large W. Averell Harriman today conferred with aides and consulted the White House in preparing for another Vietnam peace meeting with North Vietnam negotiator Xuan Thuy.
The plan presented Monday calls for restoring a true demilitarized zone in Vietnam plus a mutual pullback of opposing forces as "a step toward broader measures of de-escalation."
They opened full dress talks Monday and will meet again Wednesday. Harriman was hopeful Hanoi eventually would find merit in a new American plan to de-escalate the Vietnam war.
Today's recess gave Harriman and Thuy time to digest each other's opening statement. While Harriman was in touch with Washington, Thuy undoubtedly was consulting his superiors in Hanoi.
U. S. delegates put under "microscopic" study Thuy's opening speech to find some evidence of "give." Thuy mainly restated the familiar Communist condemnation of U.S. policy and action.
So far no "give" has been found, U.S. sources said. As before Hanoi says Americans must stop all bombing of North Vietnam with no return gesture from the Communists. Thuy argued that his coming here was concession enough.
Pom-pon tryouts are tonight
With an audience of KU men gathering around the balcony, three KU pom-pon girls drilled 10 Negro coeds on the pom-pon routines Monday night in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The women were preparing for the special tryouts for the selection of a pom-pon girl tonight in Allen Field House.
The 10 women's names were not released.
In the tryouts tonight, the
women will perform their routines to "I'm a Jayhawk" and "Hey, Look Me Over," said Vince Bilotta, adviser to the pom-pon squad.
In the tryouts held last month, the finalists had to do those two routines, plus an original routine and an unfamiliar one.
The special tryouts came as a result of a demand made to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe that a
Negro pom-pon girl be selected for the regular squad. Tryouts were arranged for an alternate to be selected. Even before the group making the demand could turn down this proposal, it was reported a regular pom-pon girl had resigned to marry this summer. The alternates, who would normally compete for any vacancy on the regular squad, agreed not to try for an open position, leaving it for the Negro girl selected.
American officials said they are hopeful that once the talks here pass through a propaganda period—if they do—Thuy in private will give serious evidence of how Hanoi might like to go about fruitful peace bargaining.
Several more rounds of propaganda were in the offing. Both sides gave evidence of wanting to
make a public case before getting down to serious negotiations in private.
Untouched at the moment was the immediate and critical point in the talks here—how to dampen the flames of war in Vietnam to create an atmosphere in which to hold a meaningful peace conference.
'No town-gown split local merchants say
By Jerry Bean Kansan Staff Reporter
Lawrence businessmen see no town-gown split but insist they bend over backwards to please the University people so they will, in turn, trade in Lawrence.
"If there is a division, it is superficial," Jim Schubert, a manager of a women's clothing store said. It is superficial because it would exist through communication failure, he said.
Communications between the merchants and hill people are facilitated by mutual memberships in civic and church groups, Schubert said.
A former president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce said he has always noted cooperation between the "Hill" and the Lawrence community. "In the Chamber of Commerce, some of our best workers have been professors on the Hill," Lawrence Rhodes said.
If there was friction, it was caused by a few bad ones on both sides.
"Individuals are individuals with a few outspoken ones everywhere," Rhodes said.
"I don't suppose anybody has worked harder for downtown Lawrence than Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe. He worked to get more than one industry into town," Rhodes said.
It is important to see that as the University grows, so does the town and consequently there would be more trade to draw from, Rhodes pointed out. Each side profits from the betterment of the other.
Expressing it more candidly, Dick Raney, former Lawrence mayor, said his drug stores make it a point to be nice to students so they will feel comfortable shopping in his stores.
"I don't think there should be any deluding; there is nothing particularly charitable about our policies (in reference to the liberal check-cashing policies of the stores). We are not giving anything away in the long run—it is a legitimate advertising method
(See page 8)
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts variable cloudiness today through Wednesday. There is a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and again Wednesday. It will be cooler tonight with the low in the mid 50's. Precipitation probabilities are 20 per cent tonight and 30 per cent Wednesday.
Students help candidates in Nebraska campaigns
Student power may be a major factor in getting out the vote for Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.) and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.)—in today's Nebraska primary.
Between 900 and 1,000 students for McCarthy from New York to California were in the Omaha area last weekend, Kit Colenberg, University of Chicago graduate student and publicity committee member, said. KU students were among the canvassers who went to 50,000 Democratic homes during the last three weekends in an effort to place McCarthy's name before the voters.
About 350 Young People For Kennedy, including 38 KU students, were in Omaha over the weekend finishing a canvass of every Democratic household in the area, Bill Maloney, Omaha student co-ordinator, said.
"The number of students from out-of-state working on the canvass is really surprising." Maloney said. "There were even four men up from Kentucky, although I don't know how they got here."
Most of the students campaigning for McCarthy drove their own cars to Nebraska and were given a gas allowance on their arrival. Campus groups supporting Kennedy came to Nebraska on buses
provided by Kennedy headquarters.
Lodging in private homes and church basements was arranged for both Kennedy and McCarthy campaigners. Both groups were also provided with their meals, usually doughnuts for breakfast, $1 to pay for lunch, and cold cuts for dinner.
Buses took the students to their canvassing area usually around 10:30 a.m. and picked them up at 5:30 p.m. During this time each student canvasser visits about 50 Democratic homes. Voters were absent at a great number of the homes. At these the canvassers left pamphlets about their candidate.
When voters were personally contacted, canvassers attempted to conduct discussions about their candidate. The primary objective of the canvasses is to make the voters aware of the issues and to vote in the election.
The attitude of the voter, either for or against the canvasser's candidate, is recorded for future use by campaign headquarters. Voters noted as favoring a candidate may be called to work in that candidate's campaign or just urged to vote. Those against the candidate are not called or contacted again.
"UNHAND ME, YOU CAD"
Has Don Quixote changed from a wind-mill fighter to a ladies man? It looks like it here, as Mona Hammam, Potsdam, N.Y., sophomore and John Green, Wilmette, Ill., freshman, practice a scene from "Man of La Mancha" in act three of "Revelations: An Evening in Total Theater." See page 6 for related story.