Laos settlement possible in talks
PARIS (UPI) — The return to Vientiane of North Vietnam's ambassador may mean the Communists are willing to include Laos in a Vietnam peace settlement as U.S. negotiators have demanded, diplomatic observers said today.
Henry Cabot Lodge, chief U.S. negotiator, has been telling the Communists for weeks there can be no lasting settlement unless Laos is made truly neutral
and the Communists stop using Cambodia for troop stationing,
The first signs of Communist movement in the area were part of the Viet Cong plan of last week calling for "good neighborly relationships" with Cambodia and Laos by an eventual South Vietnamese coalition "peace cabinet."
Le Van Hein, North Vietnamese ambassador to Laos, is back in Vientiane with what
government sources said may be a plan to end the war in that country involving the Hanoi-backed Pathet Lao guerrillas.
Laotian officials said the Communist guerrilla operation has been stepped up in past weeks, perhaps in an effort to gain ground before the Laotian issue is discussed in Paris.
Le returned to Vientiane
Friday, Laotian government sources said.
Royal household sources confirmed that King Savang Vatthana had granted Le's request for an audience.
Because North Vietnam does not recognize Premier Souvana Phouma's government, Hanoi deals with Laos through the king and his council.
Grad student takes part elected KU-Y chairman
Graduate students in the University have always been thought of as a separate entity, but recently a change has been taking place.
Graduate students have been taking a more active part in University activities and organizations. Walter Mdoney, Wichita graduate student, is one such person.
Mooney and Betsy Menke, Webster Grove, Mo., sophomore, will be co-chairmen of the KU-Y for the 1969-70 school year.
Mooney, the first graduate student to become KU-Y chairman, said his concern for the campus and community came too late for his undergraduate years, adding that many graduate students find themselves in similar situations.
He said graduate students should realize that they're still needed in campus and community affairs. He cited tutor match, a program in which students tutor others in the University, as one of many ways graduate students can help.
Mooney said he did not feel that being a graduate student would affect his actions in the KU-Y, but added that next year's KU-Y would try to develop more campus-wide interest to involve more students.
He said he hoped this could be accomplished by improving old programs and developing new ones.
In previous years, he said emphasis has been put on service to KU and the community. Next year more emphasis will be put on the benefit the student derives from these services.
Mooney cited the valuable experience a student gets from going to an elementary school in Lawrence and seeing the problems the teachers must face everyday. He said this helps an individual become a better person and also gives one the satisfaction of helping.
One of the criticisms leveled against the KU-Y and its many community service projects is that they treat only the symptoms of the problems and not the causes. Mooney said that this is where help must start. "We feel a student should have a background from which to
Next year's KU-Y, Mooney said, will attempt to be a totally open organization. It will try to involve more black students, he said, explaining that in the little brother-sister youth friendship program and children's hour, at least one-third of the children involved are black.
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He said that a survey of freshmen will also be made. It will ask what they, as freshmen, felt they missed in the KU-Y's programs and what they would like to see in its future programs. He said in this way KU-Y could find the interest of the present freshmen and would know which programs to emphasize.
operate before he can treat causes."
the Viet Cong plan was a "global" project and that North Vietnam and the Viet Cong would reject any attempt by the United States to negotiate some of the points separately.
He said that many students hear about community problems and they drive through the city and think they've seen the cause. Mooney said, "it's not until you get involved. You have to be educated to know what you are looking for. You have to know the more basic need."
One improvement which is hoped for in next year's KU-Y. Mooney said, is "more inter-communication in the Y's cabinet. In the past, board meetings were just a place to go for an hour a week and not accomplish anything. We're now
trying to get a feeling of inter-relationship."
Communist diplomatic sources said North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegations at the Paris talks would insist the Allies discuss the Viet Cong's 10-point peace plan as a package, if at all.
In the past, Mooney said, each committee worked separately and went its own way. Next year total KU-Y programs are planned which will involve everyone, such as picnics and retreats, he said.
The Viet Cong's National Liberation Front appeared dismayed over South Vietnam's immediate rejection of several of the 10 points in the plan, specifically a proposal for a coalition government in Saigon, unconditional withdrawal of U.S. troops and neutrality for South Vietnam, Communist delegation sources said.
Many students wonder in what way the KU-Y is a Christian organization. Mooney said it is Christian in its effort to carry out the meaningfulness of one's life onto the campus. To provide the greatest learning experience, he said, and to contribute to the lives of others.
South Vietnamese negotiators said they were ready to open talks on some aspects of the program immediately but turned down other parts.
The Communist sources said
Sorenson to run?
MIAMI BEACH (UPI) — Former President Kennedy's special counsel Ted Sorensen, may be a candidate for the U.S. Senate from New York in 1970. Sorensen said he had been asked to run for the seat held by Robert F. Kennedy before his assassination. Kennedy's seat is now held by Republican Charles Goodell, who was appointed to the post last year by New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.
Air Force welcomes mob of 75 students
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A band of 75 high school students descended on Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland during the weekend. The Air Force opened the gates to let them in.
They came to wash, not to protest. The students from Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, Va., had volunteered to show support for the Navy by scrubbing down several Navy jet fighters based at Andrews.
They finished two hours later. The Navy gave them free lunch in the Andrews mess hall.
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