UDK News Roundup
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14th U.S. plane hijacked
MIAMI - A hijacked Delta Air Lines jet returned to Miami with its 114 occupants today and the captain identified the air pirate as a Venezuelan armed with a chrome-plated, snub-nosed pistol.
Capt. William Wood and the other crewmembers were led into a Miami airport building for questioning.
It was the nation's 14th commercial airline piracy this year.
House limits strikes
TOPEKA - A bill to create a grievance procedure for public employees was passed by the Kansas House of Representatives lt yesterday. The vote was 84-31.
The bill would forbid strikes by public employees, but would permit them to join labor organizations. A conciliation system would be established to solve grievance problems.
Escapee leaves 'friend'
TOPEKA — A man who assaulted a new acquaintance, left him bound and gagged and fled in his car was identified yesterday as Von Greathouse, state prison escapee who terrorized three Kansas City residents last week.
Shawnee County Undersheriff Harvey Bahner said the man identified as Greathouse had been staying since Sunday at a Topeka rooming house where he posed as John Bryan Pierce.
Miniskirt minister molested
LUSAKA, Zambia - A Zambian minister who defended girls who wear miniskirts was jostled, insulted and threatened with death during a reception, persons present reported yesterday. They said guards had to be used to disperse a crowd of about 20 persons who made the insults Friday night following a remark by Valentine Musakanya, minister of state in the vice president's office.
Black squad elected
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Reynolds told the gathering. "Blacks disagree with the decision and with the whole process."
"It seems like everything blacks ask for they have to crawl and beg for. We have asked several times, and they still don't hear us. It is time somebody pulled the cotton out of their ears. We have decided to take some initiative, and take a step on our own.
"We held tryouts last weekend and now have 12 or 13 black
'Tired of being pushed'
BSU president Clarence Reynolds, Kansas City freshman, addresses blacks in Strong Hall Rotunda.
cheerleaders who will be financed, dressed and supported by the BSU.
"We are not going to stand around and be humiliated. This is what we want—hell this is what we have, and what we are going to do."
Last year a similar situation
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occurred protesting the absence of a black pom-pon girl. Black students presented a petition stating their demands to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and, in a related move, 15 black members of the KU football team failed to attend the last spring practice before the inter-squad game.
A vacancy occurred on the squad and a black girl filled the vacancy
Mary Ish, Rockford, Ill. sophomore, was the only black finalist. Three of the nine judges were black.
Vincent Bilotta, alumni field director and adviser to the pom-pon girls and yell-leaders, said, "The selection of three black judges was done to provide every opportunity for fair and just tryouts. I feel the judging was absolutely fair. All judging was done individually with individual evaluation of the ability and talent of the girls."
After last spring it was said tryouts would be held in the normal procedure. "We continued this procedure judging on ability and talent." Bilotta said.
Bari Robinson, Kansas City senior, a judge for this year's tryouts and the only black girl on
this year's pom-pon squad, said, "I feel the judging was fair; however, I think it must be realized that there are many Negroes on the football and basketball teams and they should be represented by black pom-pon girls."
Miss Robinson added that Miss Ish did not perform well in the finals Thursday night, basically because she "panicked."
"I think the judging was far, Bob Hartman, Los Angeles senior and head yell-leader on the 1968-69 squad said.
"I tried for 1½ months to get as many Negro girls as possible to try out," he continued. "Out of 147 girls trying out there were only four Negroes, I really thought more would tryout."
Tuesday night the first training clinic for yell-leaders was held. Hartman reported only one Negro man tried out in a total tryout of 30 to 40 men.
"The situation on campus demands quality should not be the main issue but representation should be," Hartman said. Therefore, I don't think the demands of having a black pom-pon girl are unreasonable."
Army replaces Khan
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of his rule in a national radio speech broadcast from Karachi and was tape recorded earlier in Rawalpindi.
"There is no legal and effective organ left besides the defense forces," Ayub Khan said in his clipped British accent. "All the nation demands that the commander of the land army, Gen. Yahya Khan, take up his legal responsibilities."
"The navy and air force of Pakistan are with him and all the citizens trust his bravery and character and patriotism," said
Khan, and then he declared, "I have today resigned as president of Pakistan."
It was an ironic end to the rule of the heavy set, 6-foot-tall president, for it was during a similar period of martial law that he came to power in 1958.
At the time, Ayub Khan had just been appointed supreme commander of Pakistan's armed forces and chief martial law administrator by Iskander Mirza, the president at that time. Three weeks later, Ayub Khan deposed Mirza after the president was accused of wide scale corruption.
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