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The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
79th Year, No.86
Monday, March 3, 1969
BULLETIN
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - Striking San Francisco State College teachers, warned to return to work immediately or face cancellation of their classes, voted last night to end their eight-week walkout.
Gary Hawkins, president of the local union of the American Federation of Teachers, said details of the vote would be announced at a news conference today. He gave no further information.
Apollo 9 crew off on record voyage
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) Apollo 9 thundered into space today on a 10-day flight to make the dangerous first tests of the weird lunar "spider" built to land men on the moon this summer.
Astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart blasted off exactly on time at 10 a.m., their enormous Saturn 5 rocket lifting off its launch bad with agonizing slowness.
Two and a half minutes after
Riding a river of orange flame, the 36-story rocket carried into
space America's first complete Apollo moon package-men, mother ship and lunar lander. But Apollo 9 was to stay in earth orbit for the first manned flight tests of the delicate landing craft.
The massive machine disappeared almost immediately behind the heavy clouds covering the cape area, then appeared again high over the Atlantic.
The rocket took 10 seconds to clear its umbilical tower and, building up speed until it sent a sonic boom thundering across the beaches, arched gently over the Atlantic.
liftoff, the spent first stage booster fell away and the five-engine second stage took over, ramming the spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere.
"Apollo 9, at five minutes everybody's looking happy as a clam," ground controllers radioed.
"So are we," came the word from Apollo 9. "It looks beautiful."
McDivitt reported helium pressuring the spacecraft's main engine "went to zero" on the ship's monitors but data radioed to the ground showed satisfactory.
Speaker predicts
Tension in high schools
The next big blowup in America will come from the high schools, Edward Chambers, an associate of Saul Alinsky, a well known political organizer, said last night in the third speech of a Wesley Foundation series on institutional racism.
"The high school unrest will make university tension seem mild. It's starting already, not led by the dropouts, but by the best students." Chambers said. He called high school education "programmed education."
Chambers is the associate director of the Industrial Areas Foundation, a Chicago group formed to organize the "white middle class."
He said the middle class must organize in its own neighborhoods. Instead of moving with blacks, Chambers urged whites to organize, wait for the black groups to ask for help, and then join them as allies.
Polarization of right and wrong was listed by Chambers as one of the most important methods of organizing people.
"You've got to impress on people that you're 100 per cent right, even when you realize that you may be only 65 per cent right. Otherwise you don't convince people, and you don't get anything done," Chambers said.
Keeping objectives immediate
and specific, and fighting personalities instead of broad areas like "the administration," were stressed by Chambers as important techniques in organizing.
"You don't fight the administration. You fight the dean; you fight personalities. That's the only way you can meet any kind of goal," Chambers said.
In a question and answer period following Chamber's speech, one student said he thought Chambers was speaking in generalities. The student said the American white middle class was lost.
"I don't think we can write white America off," Chambers answered, "I have some hope for it."
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
Fighting on USSR border
MOSCOW - The most serious Sino-Soviet battle ever officially reported brought threats from both Moscow and Peking today that further aggression by each other would be dealt with harshly.
The fighting yesterday on a frozen section of the 5,000-mile border was one of the most critical developments between the two Communist giants since their ideological split nearly 10 years ago.
Reds threaten Berlin
BERLIN — Western airlines brushed aside today Soviet threats of possible dangers if their planes fly to West Berlin and vowed allied aircraft would operate until they were shot at.
The Soviets warned yesterday they could not be responsible for the safety of flights from the West to the outpost city this week.
Power struggle in Israel
JERUSALEM - The Cabinet ministers of Israel's ruling Labor Party voted 13-1 yesterday to endorse ex-Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meir for selection as Israel's next premier. But political leaders of the Rafe Party endorsed Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.
The two developments together gave the first official indication that a political power struggle may be developing in the Jewish nation over succession to the late Premier Levi Eshkol.
Nixon returns from tour
The President landed aboard Air Force 1 at nearby Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland at 9:55 p.m. EST after a nine hour, five minute flight from Rome. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew led a group of more than 500 persons on hand to greet Nixon.
WASHINGTON - President Nixon returned last night from his eight-day tour of Europe after telling Pope Paul VI he will seek a world of peace, justice and freedom for all men.
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Rock Chalk
'Twink' tiptoes away with trophy
Rock Chalk Revue '69 recognized all four skits by an equal distribution of trophies awarded Saturday night.
The Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Chi skit, "I'll Never, Never Land" or "Hook. Line and Twinker," received the first place trophy. Second place went to the Delta Delta Delta and Beta Theta Pi skit titled "All Our World Was the Stage" or "Pogram's Progress."
The best actress trophy was awarded to Beverly Gilbs, Kansas City senior, for her leading role in the Tre-Delt and Beta skit.
Steve Adams, Bartlesville senior, was named best actor for his performance as Twinkerbell in the Pi Phi and Sigma Chi skit.
The Pi Phi and Sigma Chi skit also won the awards for the best choreography and best ensemble singing.
Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Tau Delta received trophies for the best costumes and best sets with their skit, "Two Holes Are Better Than One" or "A Stick in Time Saves Nine." The Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Tau Omega skit, "All the Way with KKK" or "Knighty Knight," won best original song and best script categories.
"Overall profits for Rock Chalk this year were approximately comparable to previous years," said Dave Pitts, Wichita senior and Rock Chalk business manager.
Rock Chalk winners: Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Chi