THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
79th Year, No. 73
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Wednesday, February 12, 1969
ASC hears gun plan
UDK News Roundup By United Press International
Sirhan trial begins
LOS ANGELES — Sirhan B. Sirhan will hear Prosecutor Lynn Compton make his opening statement tomorrow—a demand that the 24-year-old Arab die in the gas chamber for the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
Selection of three men and three women to serve as alternate jurors yesterday ended the preliminary phases of the trial, and paved the way for initial statements by Compton and attorney Emile Zola Berman of Sirhan's defense team.
Reds hit near Saigon
SAIGON — U.S. fighter-bombers, helicopter gunships and artillery attacked a Communist rocket-launching squad apparently ready to fire upon U.S. Army headquarters in Vietnam yesterday and killed 50 Red troops in heading off the potential barrage.
Military spokesmen who reported the strike today said U.S. reconnaissance teams intercepted about 100 Communist troops with long-range 122mm rockets already in launching positions last night, just outside Saigon.
Landon speaker named
MANHATTAN, Kan. - The first "Landon Lecturer" at Kansas State University this spring will be Sen. Mike Mansfield, D-Montana, majority leader and leading figure in national politics.
According to Dr. William Boyer, chairman of K-State's series of "Landon Lectures on public issues," Mansfield will speak at 10:30 a.m. March 10 in Ahearn Fieldhouse, on "A pacific Perspective."
Canada causes concern
WASHINGTON - The State Department says it is "very much concerned" over Canada's intention to explore the possibilities of establishing diplomatic relations with Mainland China.
Department spokesman Robert J. McCloskey said the concern came from the "possible implication of such moves" for the nationalist Chinese government on Formosa.
Students, police clash
PARIS - Teachers and students occupied an assembly hall in the Sorbonne for $5\frac{1}{2}$ hours yesterday and clashed briefly with police early today when they emerged from the building.
The group voted to "occupy" the hall in the ancient university, a focal point for last spring's destructive student riots, to protest the recent expulsion of other student demonstrators.
Judge requests vote
NEW YORK - A federal judge ordered the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) last night to hold a ratification vote on a contract reached with New York shippers nearly a month ago, but refused to order dock workers to return to their jobs pending the outcome of the vote.
ILA officials have refused to submit the New York settlement to a vote until agreements are reached at other Atlantic and gulf ports in the 52-day-old walkout.
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By JOHN GILLE
Kansan Staff Writer
A resolution requiring that campus police carry no firearms except within their patrol cars between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. was introduced last night in the All-Student Council (ASC).
The resolution will be considered at next week's ASC meeting. A firearms bill banning all firearms from campus police was rejected by ASC last week.
Introduced by Bill Hansen, Kansas City, Mo., law student, the resolution contends that firearms are extremely dangerous and are unnecessary when campus patrolmen are directing traffic, manning security booths or patrolling at campus events.
Hansen said he believes the ASC "missed the boat" in rejecting last week's measure. He said he believes the measure he introduced will be a more workable solution.
Frank Burge, director of the Kansas Union, discussed plans for a satellite union near Allen Field House. Burge said the $1.4 million structure was still in the planning stages.
Burge emphasized that student advice had been sought at all times in planning the structure. "We've turned to everybody." Burge said.
Burge reminded the council that ASC advice had been sought several years ago before the new union addition was conceived. "What we found then from talking with students was that one of the most recurring needs for the union was to make it more accessible," he said.
"We really thought students wanted the tunnel between the Union and X-zone," he said, "But it wasn't until this fall when the tunnel was already under construction that students began talking of their dislike of the
expenditure of money for the tunnel."
"I felt badly about that insane tunnel," Burge explained, "It was too late to stop the work."
Burge asked the council to look to the future and to try to anticipate the University's needs in considering the satellite structure.
Though plans have not jelled, Burge said the satellite union would contain 35-40,000 square feet and a 60 to 100 car parking lot for the exclusive use of union patrons.
The largest operation in the building would be an all-night food service equipped with vending machines. A survey of 500 students showed this food operation to be the most wanted service, Burge said.
The building would also contain a bookstore area, a small auditorium, meeting rooms, private television and stereo rooms and possibly a
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Clean-up program slated
By RICK PENDERGRASS
Kansan Staff, Writer
A program involving students in a "paint-up, patch-up, clean-up campaign" in Lawrence's New Jersey St. area was the topic of a meeting at McCollum Hall last night.
Charles Kahn, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, and Leonard Harrison, director of Ballard Community Center discussed student involvement in community improvement.
"The university is a rather monolithic organization. It moves slowly, and only when it sees something to be gained," said Kahn. He added that students are not like this because they make commitments and want to move on them.
Explaining the student's role in the community, he said, "The university must prove now its relevance in the 20th century. It has a responsibility to its community."
"Here in Lawrence, Kansas—our beautiful city—there are about 1,700 homes without running water," Harrison said, referring to the area of needed improvement.
"It would be easy to get the city to enforce the housing codes, but the problem is to offer the residents an alternative place to live." Kahn said.
After investigating the problem, Harrison said he has found the housing problem to be greater than anticipated.
"I was under the impression the basic problem involved mainly the Negro population. Recently I found that both whites and blacks suffer."
Landlords have the option to repair substandard living units or to accept the condemnation notice at no financial loss.
Both Harrison and Kahn believe the major cause of poor housing is "absentee landlords" and landowners who exploit the residents in the areas.
Presently, Kahn and Harrison are trying to start a non-profit corporation to buy ghetto property in hopes of combating rent exploitation.
When asked how long the New
Jersey St. project would take, Harrison replied, "If we get student response, we can possibly get it done in two weekends. It could be done in about five minutes if we had all KU students," he added with a grin.
The attitudes of New Jersey St. residents toward a clean-up campaign are appreciative and cooperative, said Rex Stonger, Wichita senior. He said he worked on a similar clean-up campaign last fall.
Photo by Jim Graham
Aisles and aisles of books
Gail Padgett, Kuwait, Saudia Arabia sophomore, examines Watson Library stacks for the first time. Before last week, undergraduates were not admitted to the stacks