KU Students Paint Center
HARD WORKERS—Painting the steps of the Bess Stone Activity Center as part of a community project are Joel Jon Barr, Topeka junior, and Linda Dueders, Independence, Mo., freshman. The project was completed this weekend through the joint efforts of Theta Chi and Alpha Chi Omega. (Photo by Tom Moore)
The Bess Stone Activity Center for retarded children sports a new coat of paint today, thanks to the weekend efforts of the Theta Chi fraternity and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
AFTER DISCOVERING the project Barr then talked to the Lawrence treasurer Mike Jones who helped obtain all the materials necessary for the repairs Barr was planning.
Joel Jon Barr, Topeka junior Theta Chi, said that a month ago the Theta Chi's were looking for a community project when he noticed the center.
The center, which is the only one of its kind in Douglas County, was in need of some repairs, Barr said. The center is neither state nor county supported.
Barr then contacted the Alpha Chi's who agreed to join the Theta Chi's as a joint project.
The actual work began last Thursday night when Barr and two of his fraternity brothers spent much of the night steaming wallpaper off walls of the center that they planned to paint.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, both groups were working on the center. Some were mowing the lawn, others were painting the porch and some of the rooms, and others were plastering holes in the walls.
The two groups also cleaned the screens and the basement, they hauled three truck loads of trash out
of the basement, Barr said.
The group also retiled one of the fireplaces of the center.
The work carried over into late Sunday night as well as most of Saturday.
THE CENTER, which is two years old, is maintained by the Douglas County Association for Retarded Children, Mrs. John L. Glinka is the past president of the association and present director.
The association, founded in May 1956, rented the house at 745 Ohio with the purpose of training severely retarded local people, people who have a IQ of 35 to 50.
The house was the first chapter house for the KU Theta Chi's when they were established in 1952.
The center is supported by the United Fund and public contributions. It has applied for city and state aid, Mrs. Glinka said.
Two registered therapists, who are aided by about 20 to 25 volunteers each week, work with the retarded people who attend the center.
THE CENTER HANDLES 16 regular retarded people per day, their ages ranging from $3^{1/2}$ to 64, Mrs. Glinka said.
Mrs. Glinka said that the center does not work with retarded children in the age group of 6 to 16 since they are taught in the Lawrence public school's special education classes.
Mount, Wichita senior, was suspended by the disciplinary committee last week after admitting he wrote a bomb threat note found at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house Monday night.
AMONG THE SIGNERS of the petitions, Mills said, were all old and new members of Mortar Board, senior women's honor society, and about 30 old and new members of Sachem, senior men's honor society. The Mortar Board members signed the petitions during an initiation meeting at the home of Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT,
two members of Kappa Kappa Gamma
denied this morning that they
asked Mount that evening if he had
written the note.
Mills said every member of Sachem contacted about the petition agreed to sign it.
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Last Thursday, a member of the Disciplinary Committee said two Kappas saw the note on a table shortly after it was written, asked Mount if he were its author and were told no.
Petitions Ask Committee to Reconsider Suspension
The petitions contained about 1,400 signatures when handed to the administration, Bill Mills, Topeka senior, said last night.
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The petitions were given to a member of the administration who also serves on the disciplinary committee by a student who has worked in Mount's behalf.
Petitions asking that the suspension of Mike Mount be reconsidered by the All Student Council Disciplinary Committee were given to the administration Friday afternoon.
LATER FRDIAY, the committee met, but it was not announced whether Mount or the petitions were discussed.
Catholic Literature Stuffed in Boxes
Monday, May 11, 1964
Catholic literature in the form of pamphlets appeared in University Daily Kansan distribution boxes during the weekend. The staff of the Kansan has not placed these pamphlets in the boxes.
Injunction Ends Railroad Strikes
U. S. District Judge Alexander Holtzoff, acting at the request of the nation's railroads to quell a series of work stoppages across the country, issued a permanent injunction to prevent strikes by members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen (BLFE).
With some passages underlined in red ink the pamphlets have titles such as "A Short Story of the Popes," and "What Do You Mean . . ." The pamphlets were published by the Religious Information Bureau of the Knights of Columbus.
WASHINGTON—(UPI)A federal judge today ordered a halt to wildcat strikes by railroad firemen and warned he would hold union leaders in contempt of court if they led or encouraged such walkouts.
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THE FEDERAL judge declared that the courts could not tolerate defiance of an arbitration award dealing with cutbacks in firemen's jobs. He said the ward, handed down under an act of Congress, was now the law of the land.
Leaders of the BLFE have declared the walkout against more than a half dozen railroads were unauthorized but were triggered by "extreme" interpretations of the arbitration award.
Holtzoff said union members who fail to report to work without a lawful excuse may be fired or considered to have resigned their jobs.
A spokesman for H. E. Gilbert, president of the firemen, said after today's ruling: "We hope all the firemen stay on the job until we get this thing settled. We hope the carriers will refrain from extreme application of the award, too."
"We devoutly hope there will be complete acceptance of the award and that the railroads will not have to take drastic action that the court indicated is an available remedy."
WOLFLE ADDED: "The court's verbal statement made clear that employees who fail to obey the award will be considered as having resigned or are subject to discharge.
Holtzoff granted the management request to make permanent a temporary restraining order he granted last week against the firemen's brotherhood to block work stoppages in protests against the award.
J. E. Wolfe, chief spokesman for the railroads, said he hoped Holtzoff's ruling would end the walkouts.
Gleissner, Wichita sophomores, identified themselves as the two women mentioned then, but gave a different version of the incident.
MISS YANKEY said she encountered Mount Monday in the sorority's telephone booth, where he was doodling on pieces of paper.
"He showed me the piece of paper with the bomb threat on it and I read it," Miss Yankey said. "I muttered something sarcastic, like, I wonder where this came from?" because we were all sick of bomb threats by that time.
"BUT NEVER DID I ask him if he or anyone else had written the note, and never did he say he had not written it. I wasn't expecting to ever find out who wrote it."
Miss Gleissner also said she did not inquire of the note's authorship when it was shown to her by Miss Yankey, and therefore received no answer from Mount.
"My first reaction was that it was a joke," Miss Gleissner said. "It never occurred to us then that it was a serious thing. We were in a hurry to get to an exam."
Officials Probe A Plane Crash
SAN FRANCISCO — (UPI) — The recorded screams of a dying man, a powerful revolver containing two empty cartridges and the strange conduct of a former Olympic athlete from the Philippines were the prime clues today in the mysterious crash of an airliner which killed all 44 persons aboard.
The screams were recorded at the Oakland airport Thursday morning as ground personnel were relaying landing instructions to the Pacific Air Lines F27 turbo-jet as it neared the end of a flight from Reno, Nev., to San Francisco.
AFTER A BRIEF exchange of routine messages, the voice of either the pilot or co-pilot of the ill-fated plane was heard to cry out: "I'm shot. I'm shot, oh my God, help."
Just seconds later, the plane lunged into a hill 30 miles east of San Francisco and exploded, scattering bits of the plane and its victims over a quarter-mile area.
THE .375 MAGNUM revolver, believed to have been used in the shooting of both the pilot and the co-pilot, was found as authorities began the grim task of sorting the debris.
On Saturday, the weapon was traced to Frank Gonzalez, 27, a former Olympic athlete from the Philippines and one of the 44 persons killed in the crash.
Investigators said Gonzalez, who
had taken out insurance for at least $45,000, had bought the pistol Wednesday—shortly before leaving on the round trip flight to Reno.
Although married, Gonzalez had been living apart from his wife, Patricia, for several weeks but the reason for their separation was not revealed. Gonzalez had been living with his brother, James, who described him as "a loner."
THEY EMPHASIZED, that while ownership of the gun has been established, Gonzalez has not been accused of firing the shots.
CAB officials played the tape recording of the final few minutes of the flight for reporters at the Oakland airport Saturday — but made no comment.
James told authorities that Frank had made several gambling trips to Reno, but this was believed to be the first time he had made such a trip by plane.
JAMES SAID NEITHER he nor his mother and father, who arrived recently from the Philippines, knew Frank had gone to Reno. The $45,000 insurance policy was made out to the father.
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), which is conducting a separate investigation of the crash, has steadfastly refused to comment on any matter relating to the fact that one or both pilots of the F27 were shot.
LIMA, PERU —(UPI)— Two survivors of an air crash which killed 46 persons were reported out of danger today in a hospital here. A third escaped this mishap unharmed.
Crash Survivors Out of Danger
The plane, an Argentine military transport, plowed into a coastal sand dune Friday night as it approached for a landing here in heavy fog. Airport officials said the pilot apparently began his approach too low.
THE FOUR-ENGINE DC4 was on a flight from Buenos Aires via Antofagasta, Chile. All 49 persons aboard were Latin Americans except for a Spanish nun. Most were Argentines.
Weather
Showers that began last night will continue through this afternoon and tonight. Skies will become clear tomorrow, and westerly winds will remain moderate. Low temperature tonight will be around 50 degrees.
Two of the survivors were children—Jorge Enriquez, 14, who was uninjured, and Graciea Gestaldi, 8, who received a superficial scalp wound and assorted bruises and contusion.
THE THIRD survivor, Sgt. Oscar Ahumada, 29, suffered a fracture of the thigh and head cuts. He was a crewman on the transport.
Enriquez said he was knocked out on impact and thrown clear of the flaming wreckage. When he came to, he said, he shouted for his two sisters. Both were dead.
THE YOUTH THEN found Graciea. He held her throughout the night trying to console her, and along near morning they heard feeble cries for help. They located Ahumada who subsequently lost consciousness.
After dawn, Enriquez decided to take Graciela away from the horrible scene. He carried her down to the Pacific Ocean where they were spotted by a Navy rescue helicopter. The youth then led rescuers to Ahumada and the wreckage.