Rocky plans visit with KU students
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller will follow his 12:30 Thursday address in Allen Field House with a 20-minute informal gathering with
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interested students, a member of his staff said Tuesday.
During the gathering the New York governor plans to "answer questions, shake hands, sign autographs and just meet students" his aide said.
No formal greeting is planned for the Governor when he arrives at the Lawrence Municipal Airport about noon Thursday. He will meet the 20 Kansas delegates to the national GOP convention following the K-State talk. The length of this conference will influence his arrival time in Lawrence.
Rockefeller, who will speak at KU following an appearance at Kansas State University earlier that morning, has only recently announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
Rockefeller will leave Lawrence by car for Kansas City where he will board a plane for Buffalo, N.Y.
Budget cut debated may hurt KU building
WASHINGTON — A Senate Conference Committee on Excise Tax was to resume debate this morning on the proposed cutback of $4 billion in federal spending in the wake of a $10 billion tax increase.
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Earlier, the office of Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.) had pointed out that the reduction in spending could affect the $1.9 million appropriation for construction of the KU Humanities Building.
Carlson said this morning the committee was attempting to resolve differences that exist between the House and Senate bills concerning to the cutback and tax increase.
It was pointed out that the compensatory reduction would affect educational appropriations severely since four other areas of
budgetary consideration now are exempted—the Vietnam War, the Veterans programs, Social Security Trust Fund and the national debt service.
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It is not known how the explosion occurred.
According to Dr. Raymond Schwegler, director of the student health service, Underwood was not seriously injured and is progressing well.
A KU student, David C. Underwood, Hiram, Ohio, graduate student, was admitted to Watkins Hospital 8 p.m. Tuesday with multiple cuts suffered from an explosion during a chemistry experiment at Malott Hall.
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Student injured in experiment
Officials said the U.S. delegation plans to give daily, possibly
U. S. officials indicated belief the talks may bog down quickly into routine haggling with very little prospect of progress.
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McCarthy called his 30 or so percent of the vote "The most significant achievement in the campaign thus far" and vowed he would press on through Nebraska and the other primaries remaining.
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Branigin, whose aides charged Kennedy and McCarthy with spending $2 million each to buy the Hoosier vote, said, "I wrote my own speeches and drove my
Kennedy gets 42 per cent in primary
By David Smothers UPI Senior Editor
Kennedy told his wildly happy supporters, "This was a vote for a change in the United States . . . I might at the moment be the person indicative of that change."
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—(UPI)— Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Tuesday night won his first ballot bid for the presidency by winning the Indiana primary in a three-way battle with Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy and Gov. Roger D. Brandigin.
twice-daily conference briefings instead of clamping down a tight secrecy veil, as had been predicted earlier.
Kennedy took Indiana by storm in a four-week campaign and with 73 per cent of the vote counted—3,273 of 4,461 precincts—had 42 per cent with 249,877 votes. Branigin had 30 per cent with 177,907 votes and McCarthy 28 per cent with 164,267 votes.
Richard M. Nixon, unopposed on the Republican ballot and gunning to match the 408,408 votes he collected in winning the 1960 Hoosier primary, had 392,680 votes out of 3,260 precincts. Indiana's 26 first ballot votes at the GOP National Convention were sewed up in his hip pocket.
own car, but you can't beat $2 million.
Despite Kennedy's victory, there could be a question of how many of the 63 Democratic delegate votes he will get. All but two of the Hoosier delegates are supposed to be bound by primary votes, but a quirk of Indiana law gives party leaders the technical chance to change their minds.
ASC elects officers, passes amendment
American officials said a formal opening session may be held Friday to get the talks underway and the real negotiating may not begin until Monday.
U.S. ready for peace talks
The amendment, which was tabled at Sunday night's emergency meeting, reads, "If the Chancellor should veto a statute, a two-thirds vote of the council can refer such a statute to the entire student body for a referendum vote. If a majority of those voting should approve such a statute, it should be returned to the chancellor for his consideration."
PARIS — (UPI)— The United States will be ready to open preliminary Vietnam talks in Paris Friday as scheduled, U.S. officials said today. But they said the Hanoi delegation has not yet confirmed it also will be ready to start on time.
U. S. Ambassador - at - large Averell Harriman, America's chief negotiator, and Hanoi delegation Chief Xuan Thuy were scheduled to arrive Thursday-the North Vietnamese at noon and Harriman in the evening.
A constitutional amendment to allow the student body to question the chancellor's veto was passed by the All-Student Council (ASC) Tuesday night.
A resolution to abolish COSA was tabled until the next meeting. Don Chubb, Topeka senior and the past chairman of ASC, drafted the resolution. He said he feels a committee like COSA is needed, but that COSA does not fit the needs for which it was intended.
Harriman was said to be in full agreement.
Chubb said such a committee should serve in an advisory capacity only and should not be able to enact legislation. He said "it would be better to scrap COSA and start again, than to try to change it."
Officeers elected were: Rick Von Ende, Abilene, Tex., graduate student, chairman; John Lungstrum, Salina first year law student, vice chairman; Carol Leek, Fort Scott sophomore, secretary; Steve Joyce, Ulysses sophomore, treasurer.
Approved a change in student Blue Cross-Blue Shield for next year which would give the student complete surgical and medical coverage not included in the present policy. This extended coverage would include both single student and family plans.
Although the ASC chairman normally loses his vote, except to break ties, the election of Von Ende this year avoided that. He is one of three ex-officio, non-voting members elected by the new council.
- Passed a resolution commending James K. Logan, departing dean of the School of Law, for his contritions to KU.
- In other action, the ASC:
- Passed a policy change of the ASC social committee which
condensed the previous policy and eliminated unneeded clauses.
The ASC also heard a speech by Frank Burge, Kansas Union director, who explained the construction of the new wing on the Union and the pedestrian passage-way to Zone X.
He said the cost of the passageway will be approximately 1/12 of the cost of the new construction—nearly $80,000.
Burge said the cost of the new addition will be $1 million plus 4.66 per cent interest over the next 25 years until the revenue bonds which were issued for the construction are paid.
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WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies with little change in temperatures today, Thursday and Friday. The high today will be 65 to 70 and the low tonight in the mid 40s. Precipitation probabilities are 10 per cent tonight and Thursday.
Poet to read at PotterLake
Lawrence Lieberman, a young American poet, will read from his work today at 4 p.m. in the Potter Lake recreation area.
The 33-year-old Lieberman is a native of Detroit and a graduate of the University of Michigan where he won awards for his poetry. He now is teaching at the University of the Virgin Islands.
KU faculty reaches goal in Day Camp funds drive
The faculty has reached its goal of $7,500 for the Fairgrounds Community Day Camp funds drive.
Clifford Ketzel, professor of political science, said the contributions by faculty members have reached $7,541.
"This is in addition to other gifts which have been made, like those by Chancellor Wescoe and
other members of the KU staff who gave as individuals and to the KU effort as well, "Ketzel said.
Assisting Ketzel in the faculty drive were Roy Laird, professor of political science, and Herman Lujan, assistant professor of political science.
KU senate approves committee for student-faculty committees
The KU University Senate Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to form a student-faculty committee to study proposed representation on faculty committees.
The action taken Tuesday was merely formal senate adoption of the resolution which had been approved by the Senate executive committee Sunday.
Meeting in Swarthout Recital Hall, the Senate heard a statement by Clif Conrad, Bismarck, N.D., junior, and KU student body support, endorsing the resolution. Conrad's speech marked the first time since at least 1950 that a student had addressed the University Senate, according to Ambrose Saricks, professor of history and chairman of the Senate executive committee.
Members of the new committee will be announced by Friday, Saricks said. The Senate executive committee met Tuesday evening to discuss possible faculty representatives to the committee. The executive committee will meet Thursday with Conrad, and Joe Goering, Moundridge junior and student body vice president, to decide who will be on the committee, Saricks said.
The students also have a drive to raise money for the day camp. The student goal is $15,000, about a dollar a student.
He said the only possible difficulty will be in finding persons who will be available to work on the committee during the summer.
Ketzel said he anticipates some more contributions, which may mean a total of $8,000 from the faculty.
"We got wonderful cooperation and we certainly appreciate it," Ketzel said. "People really seemed to get the feel of this project and its merits."
The camp will run for 10 weeks at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. It is organized for about 200 needy children in the 5 to 12 age group. It will provide job placement for other youths.
The staff of 73 will be directed by teacher Jesse Milan. Frances Horowitz, associate professor of psychology and human development, is the head of the camp's advisory board.