Monday, March 11, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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UPI Briefs
Viet Cong blast U.S. Marine base
SAIGON—(UPI)—North Vietnam forces lost 109 men attacking Allied troops on South Vietnam's northern frontier and then fired more than 540 artillery, rocket and mortar rounds into three Marine bases near the border Sunday night and today, U.S. spokesmen said.
Leatherncks in their deep bunkers withstood the shelling of the Khe Sanh and Dong Ha forts with little damage, spokesmen said. But the Communist fire blew up an ammunition dump that virtually flattened the Marine supply base at Cua Viet, they said.
No reprisals in Oregon prison riot
SALEM, Ore.—(UPI)—A 16-hour riot at Oregon State Penitentiary resulted in major concessions for inmates today but left the 100-year-old prison a fire-scarred shambles.
Prison officials promised there would be no reprisals against the 700 rioters.
Blanket-carrying convicts, refugees from their cells, milled in the main yard where they spent the night in tents. Food was prepared in a portable National Guard kitchen set up outside the walls of the ravaged prison. Officials estimated fire damage at between $2 and $5 million.
Striking teachers return to work
Pittsburgh's striking school teachers go back to work today but about half of the 17,000 teachers on strike in Florida were expected to remain off the job.
Teacher unrest continued in Florida despite the willingness of teachers to return to their classes after three weeks of protesting wages and working conditions.
Striking teachers in Pittsburgh voted Sunday to end their 11 day strike.
Polish students jailed for protest
WARSAW—(UPI)—Polish newspapers today said 10 students have been jailed for their part in battling police Friday and Saturday. Warsaw was tensed for more trouble.
Johnson asked to act on anti-riot report
WASHINGTON — (UPI) President Johnson is being produced to take a firm stand on the sweeping recommendations of his antitrust commission so that the panel's two-week-old report will not sink into governmental limbo.
At the same time, Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield says he doubts whether the United States has either the will or the money to carry out the panel's suggestions while the war in Vietnam continues.
Johnson has made no specific comment on the commission report, released March 1, except for a general reference to a group of visiting bankers here last week when he asked the businessmen to "do what you can" to follow up on its recommendations.
The only other official administration reaction came last week from Housing Secretary Robert C. Weaver who told Congress it was "highly improbable" that the panel's housing recommendations could be put into effect.
Johnson was chided over the weekend by one of the panel's members, Sen. Edward W. Brooke, R-Mass., for "procrastination" in taking any action on the report.
Brooke, a Negro, said putting off action to cool urban tensions now will only lead to higher costs for meeting riots and other disorders later.
"I believe the President must do all in his power to mobilize our political and social institutions to proceed on the general course sketched out by his report," Brooke said.
But Mansfield expressed pessimism that the commission's recommendations would get much action from the government.
He said the burgeoning costs of the war in Vietnam made the outlook for the war on urgent domestic problems dim.
MOM.. I'm Going To The Library
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
Wednesday, March 13
7:00 p.m. CLASSICAL FILM SERIES—Wild Strawberries and (Bergman, Sweden, 1957) Kansas Union Ballroom 9:00 p.m. Admission 60c
Thursday March 14
7:00 p.m. MINORITY OPINIONS FORUM—"Nudism and the Modern Morality." Mr. Ahman Karr, Director of the Echo Valley Retreat. Kansas Union Ballroom
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, March 15, 16, 17
7:00 p.m.
and
9:30 p.m.
POPULAR FILM SERIES—To Be A Crook
Dyche Auditorium, Admission 40c
Sunday, March 17
1:00 p.m. DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB, Kansas Union
2:30 p.m. KU CHESS CLUB, Kansas Union
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SKROWACZEWSKI
presents
CONCERT COURSE
PROGRAM
The University of Kansas
Third Symphony . . . . . . . Brahms
Second Symphony . . . . Szymanoski
The Fire Bird . . . . Stravinsky
THE MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY
under the baton of the distinguished musical director,
STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI
Hoch Auditorium - Monday March 11, 8:20 p.m.
Show your ID at the Door for FREE Admission-Bring your DATE too!