THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
79th Year, No.121
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, April 30, 1969
Weather
Scattered showers and a few thundershowers this forenoon followed by partly cloudy and warmer with southerly winds 15 to 30 miles per hour this afternoon.
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UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
Pentagon may alter ROTC
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said yesterday it was willing to make some compromises to ease collegiate objections to ROTC programs, but Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird said it would not allow the programs to be "degraded in any way."
The compromises would, if accepted by the colleges and universities, alter military courses to make them more compatible with regular curricula a and thus remove objections that they are offered for credits toward a degree.
VC slaughter 260 at Hue
SAIGON - The official North Vietnamese radio has confirmed that Viet Cong guerrillas slaughtered hundreds of civilians in Hue during the Communists' 1968 Tet offensive.
The bodies of at least 260 were found in mass graves near the former imperial capital earlier this month by South Vietnamese troops. The hands of the victims were tied behind their backs with wire. A man who said he escaped the massacre told reporters the victims were taken outside the city and "executed" by firing squads during the offensive last year.
Opera star tries suicide
NEW ORLEANS - An international search for rising young American opera star William Justus ended in Charity Hospital's psychiatric ward where he was reported in fair condition following a suicide attempt, it was announced yesterday.
Justus, 32, a native of Kansas City, Mo., disappeared March 3 after an appearance with the Minneapolis Symphony in a cantata by jazz composer Dave Brubeck.
Ohio prison guards return
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Guards at the Ohio Penitentiary voted to return to their jobs early today, following a court order requiring them to end their walkout over a wage dispute.
Some 300 National Guardsmen, who maintained security at the prison in three shifts of 100 men each during the protest, were expected to be recalled.
Protesters taunt ROTC
By PHYLLIS JONES Kansan Staff Writer
A small group of demonstrators protesting ROTC on campus yesterday disrupted the ROTC review on the lawn of Allen Field House.
Carrying two American flags and beating drums and tamborines, 15-20 protesters marched from the 1200 block of Oread, down Jayhawk Boulevard and halted on the steps of Strong Hall.
Several members of the group addressed 150-200 students who had gathered.
"We demand the abolishment of ROTC on campus," one long-haired protester yelled, explaining the purpose of the march.
Standing before the American flags, one of which was turned
upside down, a demonstrator who identified himself as a Vietnam veteran said "ROTC has to get off campus."
The speakers appealed for student support.
Appeals for aid
"We're not asking you to take over a building," one leader said. "We just want you to march with us to Allen Field House and confront the enemy on campus."
With fingers raised in the peace symbol, the demonstrators—some carrying toy guns and streaked with paint—marched to the beat of drums toward Allen Field House.
About 50 students joined the trek down the hill.
At Allen Field House, the protesters marched though and around the Ft. Leavenworth Army band assembled on the lawn for the scheduled ceremony.
The band members stood passively, ignoring the taunts of demonstrators. Occasionally, a soldier broke into a grin, causing one heckler to comment, "They seem friendly."
Festive air
As the crowd increased in number, the affair took on a festive air. Demonstrators squirted each other with water pistols and played bang-bang with their toy guns. One couple kissed in the midst of the soldiers oblivious to the people around them.
A shaggy-haired leader monopolizing the megaphone entertained the spectators with jokes. Besides inviting the soldiers to "play blackjack," he called for song requests from the ever-increasing number of spectators.
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Photo by Halina Pawl
Demonstrators, ROTC officers salute National Anthem
Factions arise in Senate
By JUDY JARRELL Kansan Staff Writer
Dave Awbrey and Marilyn Bowman were sworn in as student body president and vice president last night in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
"The Student Senate is a reality." Awbrey, Hutchinson junior, proclaimed.
The new president opened the
Photo by Ron Bishop Awbrev takes oath
After the election, Awbrey said he thought he could stop playing the old political games and start working to govern in a responsible manner. But that had not happened.
"The last few days enemies have continued the old traditions. We must forget our personal loyalties and remember who elected us-the students of the University of Kansas," he said to the Student Senate members present.
meeting with a few comments concerning the past election and the future of the Student Senate in the next few years.
As his first official act, Awbrey appointed Rick von Ende, Abilene, Tex., graduate student and former All-Student Council (ASC) chairman, to the chairmanship of the Senate.
Point of order was called on the grounds that the Senate Code reads: "The President of the student body shall be the presiding officer of the Student Senate." And only in the absence of the president shall another member of the Student Senate be allowed to preside.
Awbrey and Miss Bowman.
Merriam junior, left the room temporarily. Debate later arose over the issue.
Awbrey expressed disappointment in the members of the Student Senate as a group.
He explained that the different factions were selfishly fighting one another, and that if this sort of action continued the Student Senate could never get anything done.
"If the next couple of meetings go like this one, I plan to go to the students of the University next year and call for a new election," he said.
A resolution suggesting censorship of such student actions as those which occurred in Strong Hall and the Student Union last Wednesday was considered, amendments proposed, and tabled for further consideration by the Student Senate next week.
A second resolution to prevent the existence of a vacuum between the ASC and the Senate was passed. It provides that all rules, regulations, bills and statutes currently in existence be adopted by the Senate, unless specifically supplanted by provisions within the Senate Code, until rules are
promulgated by the Student Senate and the University Senate.
Kathy Newcomer, Omaha, Neb. sophomore, said she would present an amendment to the Senate Code next week to provide for the independent election of the student body president and vice president, rather than by the party ticket.
Seven Senate members also were elected to serve as members of the University Council. They were: Peter George, Tuckahoe, N.Y., senior; Darrly Bright, Lawrence sophomore; Willis Jacobs, Kansas City, Mo., fifth year student; Bob Stoddard, Mission junior; Gus diZerega, Wichita senior; Bill Ebert, Topeka sophomore, and Brian Biles, second year student at the KU Medical Center.
Earlier at the last ASC meeting, the three students elected to serve on the Council were: Bill Hansen, Lawrence graduate student; Frank Zilm, St. Louis, Mo., junior, and Rick von Ende. These three also will serve on the Student Senate.
Elected as Senate members to serve on the Student Executive committee were Gregg Thomas, Mission freshman, and Norenda Tally.