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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, April 19, 1968
Local alert system passes test
Classified ads get results
The civil defense alert Thursday morning seemed to provoke nothing more from students than an occasional curious glance at the campus police cars which circled the campus with their wobble-tone sirens wailing.
This passive response was attributed to the thorough forewarning of the test given by the University and the local news media.
Sending police cars onto streets, sirens wailing, isn't an ideal system, but satisfactory and all the county has to work with, Robert Hellstrom, director of civil defense for Douglas County, said.
Hellstrom is studying different warning systems which include sirens, radio monitors and devices in light switches. The light switch devices and radio monitors, however, can be set off accidentally and are considered unsatisfactory. Even sirens have a drawback if there's a power failure. There isn't a foolproof system, he said.
Scholarship is created
A $1,000 scholarship is being offered by Naismith Hall and Allen and O'Hara Co., Memphis, Tenn., builders of the hall, Bill Spotts, Naismith manager announced Thursday.
The scholarship will be awarded on a basis of academic ability and financial need by a three-member committee comprised of Robert Billings, director of financial aid, Frances Ricks, assistant to the dean of women, and William Robinson, assistant to the dean of men.
Applications, available in the office of Student Financial Aid, 26 Strong Hall, are due May 1. The announcement of the winner will be made sometime prior to final week.
The first president to be depicted on a U.S. coin, other than commemorative, was Abraham Lincoln.
The present warning system includes three sirens and two steam whistles, one at KU. To provide more sound coverage, police sirens are used because wind can carry sound away and there are deadspots in Lawrence where the sirens and whistles don't reach.
Poace Corps Week April 15-19
The alert Thursday morning was the first test this year and in recent years. It was discovered that one bell on a special alert telephone from the civil defense office of the police and sheriff's office wasn't working. It will be repaired, Hellstrom said.
"We got one complaint, but it was the kind of complaint we like," Hellstrom said. "A lady called to tell us the sirens were driving her crazy."
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