Story nominated
A science fiction story by a KU administrator has been nominated for selection as one of the best science fiction works of 1968 by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA).
The story, "The Listeners," was written by James E. Gunn, administrative assistant to the Chancellor for University Relations.
One of seven novellettes nominated for the 1968 Nebula Awards, "The Listeners" was selected from novellettes published during the year.
Students, policemen struggle
BERKELEY, CAlif. (UPI) Screaming demonstrators battled police yesterday in a rampage that surged from University of California's Sather Gate to campus buildings and into nearby streets.
At least 20 persons, mostly non-students, were arrested.
Several persons were hospitalized, including four policemen.
The uproar erupted when 300 demonstrators ignored orders from campus police to clear the gate-main pathway near the entrance to the 28,000 student campus. Striking minority students set up a picket line at the gate nearly two weeks ago.
The militants linked arms and refused to budge as about 40 officers marched to the gate. The officers, including sheriff's deputies, used their nightsticks against the demonstrators.
The dissidents battled back with sticks, cans, rocks- and bottles.
As the demonstrators were dispersed by police many raced through nearby buildings where they broke windows, disrupted classes and smashed doors and furniture.
The rampage came on the 13th day of a strike by the Third World Liberation Front to back demands for an autonomous college for ethnic studies. The university already planned to begin the program next fall but as an integral part of its academic system.
Sporadic clashes occurred previously between the pickets and students enroute to classes as the Third World drew little support for its strike. Police repeatedly were called to maintain order last week.
Czechs tighten reins on press
PRAGUE (UPI) The Czechoslovak government is establishing ideological councils in radio and television offices and tightening press controls to prevent deviations from the Communist party line, informed party sources said yesterday.
The sources said the decision was reached last weekend during talks between government leaders and journalist union representatives aimed at silencing so-called liberal editorial workers in the press and broadcast news media.
Chief editors of newspapers were warned they would be ousted if they continue polemics against the government and the party program, the sources said.
Editors will be held responsible for the contents of their publications
Members of the SFWA will select the final award winners in various fiction lengths and will sponsor award dinners during March in New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans.
Feb. 5
1969 KANSAN 15
"In a way, it was vindication because my former agent did not care for the story when he first read it," said Gunn. "I finally sent it in on my own to be published."
"The Listeners" was published in the September 1968 issue of Galaxy magazine. Gunn first learned of the recommendation for the nomination in October when lists were sent out by the
SFWA, but the final nominations were not made public until Jan. 10.
"The story was originally planned to be the first of five or six stories dealing with communication between species of life on other planets, and with communication between people here on earth," explained Gunn.
A new story by Gunn, "Trial by Fire," was published in another magazine this month. Gunn expects of have another story published in April.
Gunn is the author of 50 published stories and six books. He has been writing science fiction since 1948.
Rebel students seek formal talk
CHICAGO (UPI) The steering committee of rebel students who held up in the University of Chicago administration building said yesterday it was "actively" seeking formal negotiations with the administration on all the dissidents' demands.
A spokesman for the sit-in group said negotiations imply compromise but insisted the protesters' four basic demands—including rehiring of a controversial sociology professor and an equal student voice in the hiring of faculty members—remain "nonnegotiable."
A university spokesman said officials were aware of the students' bid for talks and had "no comment at this time."
On the sixth day of the occupation of the university's nerve center, squads of the protesting students fanned out over the ivy-draped campus and visited classes to present their case to nonstrikers.
An open-end teach-in, attended at times by more than
Airliner hijacked by unarmed man
HONOLULU (UPI) - A United Airlines jet reported a hijack alert yesterday high over the Pacific and 6,000 miles from Havana.
The plane landed at its destination in Hilo, where a man identified as Archie E. Evans, 33., of Portland, Ore., was questioned about the incident. He was later arrested by the FBI on charges of "imparting false information on piracy of an aircraft."
Flight 205, with 75 passengers and a 10-member crew, was 300 miles from its destination when the pilot, Captain M. E. Berlin of San Francisco, reported the skyjack threat.
Evans, dressed in a brown sports suit and turtleneck sweater, complained "it's all a tall mistake."
An airline spokesman said stewardess Judy Dooley informed the pilot of the Super DC8, "there's a man back here with a gun who wants to be taken to Cuba."
Evans, who was unarmed, voluntarily waited at the Hilo airport for two hours and then agreed to make the 200-mile air trip to Honolulu, where he was seized by FBI agents.
Berlin continued on to the Hilo airport, requesting local police to take the passenger into custody.
200 persons, went on in a lounge in the basement of Cobb Hall, a classroom building near the administration building.
Evans is a book salesman. While waiting at the Hilo airport he told a newsman he did not "make any such statement" as that attributed to him. "All I did was to ask the stewardess for two drinks, which I got," he said.
The number of students camped in the administration building dwindled, either because many were on assignments elsewhere on campus or because demonstrators were becoming bored and deserting the cause.
Patronize Kansan Advertisers
At the height of the protest last weekend, sit-in spokesmen said about 400 students were participating. Demonstrators permitted newsmen to enter the building but barred them from all but the first floor, making an accurate count impossible.
SOPHOMORES!
GRADUATE & LAW SCHOOL STUDE Qualify for a Commission in the U.S. NAVAL RESERVE through the TWO YEAR NAVAL ROTC CONTRACT PROGRAM
ADVANTAGES
- Six week paid summer training program
- Free
- Monthly subsistence allowance
- Free textbooks for NROTC classes
- Six different duty options available Surface, Aviation, Marine Corps (ground & aviation), Supply, Science & Engineering, Law
- Exempt from draft
ELIGIBILITY
- Good academic standing of 1.00 GPA or better
- Married or unmarried
- Graduate or Law Student with minimum of two years remaining
- Physically qualified. Waivers of visual acuity acceptable up to certain limits
- Successful completion of mathematics through trigonometry and other specific courses
- At least 18 years of age and not over 25 on June 30 of commissioning year
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 11 March 1969
for further information, contact
NROTC UNIT, ROOM 115, MILITARY SCIENCE BUILDING, Telephone UN 4-3161.
---
---