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KU Students Plan Community Service
By Bobbie Bartelt
A move to put college students into community service is one of the several goals sought by a group of KU students.
Bill Manning, Wichita junior, is the instigator of this idea for what he terms a "college program to draw students into community service.
"The idea has been successfully worked out on several other campuses throughout the United States, namely Harvard University, the University of North Carolina, and Northwestern," Manning said in an interview yesterday.
INTERVIEWED WITH Manning were Frank Munday, Denver. Colo., sophomore, and Jack Croughen, Novato, Calif., senior.
Also active in the group's planning activities are Mike Miner, Lawrence junior, and Brian Grace, Lawrence senior.
"We are hoping to get a general breakthrough between the campus and the community." Munday said.
"Students live in Lawrence most of the year, and can be considered 'citizens in good standing,'" Croughen said.
THE GROUP stressed the idea that students working on community projects would not be outsiders coming into the community.
"The idea of a program of this nature is to orient more activity toward the students," said Manning, who transferred here this semester from Harvard University.
OUR IDEA would make students aware of problems in civic affairs and work in a program of this type would give them insights that would be valuable when they leave the college, Manning stated.
"This program would also benefit the community as well as the student.
"Students will get an idea of the scope of problems and what can be done to solve these problems," Manning said.
"THE GROUPS IS currently approaching the administration with our program, and we are seeking an adviser." Manning continued.
The group has already been considering ideas for a summer pilot project, and have consulted with several Lawrence groups for advice and support.
This program would include working in Lawrence courts, conducting summer interviews and surveys for the Lawrence Human Rights Commission, starting an enrichments program, and initiating additional recreational programs in the city.
IN EXPLAINING the purpose for each of these ideas Manning stressed the role that each would play in the student's life following graduation from college.
"We would propose a plan to work through the Lawrence courts to help especially young people coming through the courts.
"It would also be advantageous to deal with some of the problems that send the young people to the courts in the first place," Manning said.
"AFTER TALKING TO the Lawrence Human Rights Commission it is possible that we would work during the summer making interviews and surveys in connection with equal job opportunities in Lawrence." Manning said.
"An idea for working and counseling with high school drop-outs has also been suggested," he continued.
Enrichment programs for pre-high school students to encourage reading and interest in education was another suggestion for a summer pilot project.
"FINALLY WE have considered possibilities for some sort of recreation program." Manning said.
"This would include regular playground operation and possibly a swimming program worked out in connection with Robinson gymnaisum and/or private pools," he said.
Manning and his group, after studying the successful projects on other campuses and in other communities, went on to suggest possible courses of action for the future.
Lawrence, Kansas
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Friday, May 15, 1964
Viet Cong Kill 54 Rangers In Ambush Near Saigon
SAIGON, South Viet Nam—(UPI)—Communist Viet Cong guerrillas ambushed a government ranger force almost on the doorstep of Saigon and killed at least 54 men, it was announced today.
A U.S. army major serving as an adviser to the rangers was wounded in both legs. The Vietnamese also had 26 wounded and 10 missing in the humiliating defeat which occurred yesterday. It came only a day after Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara ended a visit here in which he predicted a very long war before the communists are defeated.
THE BODIES of only three Communist rebels were found afterwards at the ambush 25 miles north of Saigon. But a Vietnamese commander estimated that 100 Reds were killed, mainly by government artillery fire.
The American major was shot through both legs, but was reported in good condition at the U.S. Navy hospital in Saigon.
Six Vietnamese T28 planes later bombed and strafed a nearby Viet Cong concentration which was assumed to be part of the ambush force.
Reliable American sources said the Red guerrillas lured two Vietnamese ranger companies into
a trap and wiped out half of them in a vicious two-hour battle.
ONE AMERICAN source said the rangers pulled back their badly-mauled force and the Reds broke off the engagement by "mutual consent."
The sources said the ambush was set by four to eight Viet Cong companies, numbering at least 300 men.
They baited the trap shortly after midnight with simultaneous attacks on five outposts clustered near Provincial Highway 16 between the district headquarters of Tan Uyen and Phu Giao.
The outpost defenders fought for two hours in the eerie light of parachute flares dropped to illuminate by U.S. Air Force C123 planes circling overhead.
The government ranger companies set off on foot at dawn on a relief expedition, marching directly into the Viet Cong trap.
The communists opened fire from both sides of the road on which the rangers were moving, cutting them down in the initial surprise and pouring in a continuous rain of bullets and shells as the battle raged on for two hours.
YD's Vie for State Positions
By Lee Stone
It will be a game of wait and see at the Collegiate Young Democrats' state convention tonight in Topeka.
Three voting blocks of near equal strength will vie for a dominant position at the convention by waiting to see who makes a deal first.
ALL THREE BLOCKS of active YD clubs are composed of clubs that are traditionally friendly to each other, George Groneman, Kansas City sophomore and delegate to the convention, said.
Furthermore, all three are supporting a candidate for the chairmanship of the state club, and each candidate seriously wants the office, he said.
The voting blocks are composed of Washburn University and Emporia State Teacher's College with several smaller clubs; Kansas State University and Fort Hays State College with other small clubs; and, KU and Wichita University together with Ottawa University and Baker University. Groneman said.
"It seems the convention will be deadlocked until one of the three groups gives in to one of the other two." Groneman said.
"WHEN THIS HAPPENS the two groups that band together will con-
Books Full of Issue
ATLANTA — Ten years ago Sunday the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the enforced segregation of public schools and thus set in motion a social revolution that has become the No.1 domestic crisis in the nation.
Integration 10 Years Old
Bv Al Kuettner
The generation soon will be half finished, and the litigation has filled hundreds of law books, logjammed scores of courts and established a whole new concept of human rights in the Unites States.
When Eugene Cook, then and now attorney general of Georgia, heard the news, he sighed that "this means a generation of litigation."
IN THE DECADE since the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools could no
"Which group gives in first will undoubtedly get the vice-chairmanship and probably a few other offices. In other words, it will come out second best. But, it will still have a controlling voice in the state club." Groneman said.
"The interesting thing about the struggle is that all the clubs are trying to wait until the last minute to give in and each candidate is afraid that each of the other two candidates will try to make a deal between themselves.
Of the 17 states and the District of Columbia which required segregated classes 10 years ago, only Mississippi has made no start toward the transition ordered by the high court. Even in Mississippi the federal courts have directed that the long put-off step in public schools be taken this September.
longer be constitutionally tolerated in public education, school segregation barriers have fallen in all but one state.
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trol the convention—or two-thirds of the vote. The other group will be left out in the cold and won't get anything (offices and appointments)," Groneman said.
"BUT, THEY ARE all hoping that it will be themselves who will make the deal." Groneman said.
Asked if he agreed with Groneman's analysis of the events that would occur at the convention tonight, Mike Rogers, Hutchinson junior and president of the KU Young Democrats said, "Till put my stamp on it."
Of the 6,141 school districts in the previously segregated states, 1,159 have made at least a token start toward school desegregation, according to the Southern Education Reporting Service, a private fact-finding agency.
There now are 316.524 negroes attending schools in newly deseg-
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) which initiated the original school cases, are far from satisfied with the results of the court victory.
Twenty-five new districts, including three in Mississippi, are scheduled to take the desegregation step in the fall.
regated districts, almost one out of 10 of the negro children in the southern area.
On this 10th anniversary of the ruling the NAACP plans to intensify both its efforts toward major new gains in school desegregation and toward speeding up the pace at which the transition has moved so far.
Brad Summer, Leawood junior and collegiate council representative of the YD's, added a few more observations to Groneman's.
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"To my knowledge, there are no slates of officers formed yet. This will probably take place, if at all, tonight at the convention. And, this will leave quite a bit of room for politicking." Sumner said.
SUMNER IS RUNNING for State Collegiate Council treasurer, and is said to have the support of the Wichita-KU candidate for chairman of the Collegiate Young Democrats, Dave Berkowitz, a Wichita University student.
The YD's president explained how KU came to support Berkowitz.
"At first some of the girls wanted to support John Taylor," Rogers said. Taylor, a Kansas State student, had a good personality, Rogers said. But, Taylor's support faded.
Then, after the KU club had had its election of officers in April the
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Weather this weekend will be marked with variable cloudiness and mild temperatures through tomorrow. Thunderstorms may be expected Saturday afternoon or evening. Low tonight will be in the 50's with a high tomorrow in the 80's, the Weather Bureau said today.
two other candidates for chairman, Berkowitz and Richard Williams, a Washburn student, visited the KU chapter on the same night.
FOUR ELECTIVE OFFICES and three appointive offices in the state organization are the targets the fifteen active college clubs are shooting for, Groneman said.
"Then, at the April meeting, a motion was made to send a committed delegation supporting Berkowitz to the convention," Rogers said.
"WILLIAMS AND BERKOWITZ both catered to KU for the support of their candidacies, but neither of the hopefuls could come to an agreement between themselves. KU was consequently forced to choose between the two."
CYR's Elect New Officers
"We feel our support went to the best qualified candidate for the state chairman." Rogers said.
The elective offices are the chairman, two vice-chairmen, secretary and treasurer. The appointive offices are parliamentarian, and representative to the executive council of the state Young Democrats.
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Other officers elected:
Bill Porter, Topeka freshman, was elected chairman of the KU Collegeiate Young Republicans last night.
Other oncers include Pris Osborne, Stockton junior, first vice-chairman; Gipp DuPree, Oklahoma City, Okla., freshman, second vice-chairman; Brian Biles, Hutchinson sophomore, third vice-chairman; Susan Hartley, Atwood sophomore, secretary, and Chuck Frickey, Oberlin sophomore, treasurer.
All the elected officers were on the nominating slate drawn up by the outgoing officers. There were no nominations from the floor, and all officers were elected unanimously.
Porter said the main duty next year will be "to make and hold interest before the election." A membership drive will be held before November, he said.
For the past two summers, Porter has worked with the Kansas Republican State Committee, and he plans to do so again this summer.