Tornado Swath Traced at KU
While many KU students were coming back to the campus Sunday, a KU graduate student was standing watch at the KU weather observation laboratory.
Richard Skaggs, Long Beach, California, graduate student, at 11:30 a.m. reported that severe weather predictions coming in on the Air Weather Service teletype in the new engineering building to Ferdinand C. Bates, associate professor of
TORNADO WARNER — The first warnings of Sunday's tornado came from Richard Skaggs, Long Beach, California graduate student, Skaggs was watching the Air Weather Service teletype for severe weather predictions in the KU area when the first warning was sent. (Photo by T.S. Moore).
geology and meteorology.
Bates and Skaggs discussed the tornado possibilities, and Bates called the Lawrence Civil Defense at 12:00 noon.
BATES MADE an unofficial report to Howard Lindley, director of the Douglas County Civil Defense, about the possibilities of tornadoes in the Lawrence area.
Bates' warning of the tornado possibilities was confirmed later by the
Topeka weather station.
After reporting the possibility of a tornado, Bates went to the Lawrence Airport to watch his radar scope for any indications of tornadoes forming. He was soon joined by Bill Fenstemaker, of the KU Traffic and Security Office. He manned the two-way radio at the airport to help Bates keep officers informed of the movement of the tornado when it did develop.
SHERIFF FRED Broaker spotted the first funnel at 3:26 p.m. west of Lone Star Lake. At about the same time, Deputy Sheriff Doug McCleery spotted one near the lake, and Undersheriff Rex Johnson who was in the same area saw a third funnel.
The tornadoes were termed by many veteran county weather observers as the worst that ever hit here.
Among the returning KU students who saw the tornado and its after-effects was Walter Webb, Lawrence graduate.
WEBB WAS ABOUT 11 mile south of Garnett when he saw the first after-effects of the tornado He said the tornado had just hit but by the time he reached the stricken areas to offer aid, police officers were already there.
Webb said several cars, and a large semi-truck had been hit by the tornado. He described the truck as being "mangled into a ball like a wad of paper." He said the cars caught up in the tornado were not just pushed off the road, but were carried into the brush.
1nree people were hospitalized in Douglas County according to the sheriff's office with as many as twenty homes destroyed or badly damaged.
LEAVENWORTH POLICE reported Monday night that one man had died as a result of the tornado which struck in downtown Leavenworth. Electricity was out in most of downtown Leavenworth for most of Sunday evening and the city was placed under martial law until Monday morning.
The Leavenworth police force had to operate with walkie-talkies without power for their two-way radios. The hospital at Leavenworth was not effected by the tornado or the loss of electricity. They have their own emergency power supply.
Students living in the Engel Road residence halls had a front row seat for watching the tornados as they touched down west of Lawrence and then moved north and east toward downtown Leavenworth.
UP Analyzes Victory As Desire for Change
Eob Stewart, president-elect of the student body, said yesterday the election indicated KU students wanted a more "student orientated" government.
By Gary Noland
"I like to think that since we (UP) did elect the student body president and vice-president, and took 8 out of 11 council seats, that it is an expression by the students that they are ready to give us a try."
Stewart, Bartlesville, Okla., junior, and Kaye Whitaker, Wichita senior, take the oath as student body president and vice-president tonight.
Attempting to analyze the April 1-2 election which gave University Party its first student body president and its first majority on the All Student Council, Stewart commented:
"I SAID EARLIER I thought the main issue was whether student government should change to a more student-orientated philosophy.
They, along with eleven new council members, will be sworn in at a meeting of the ASC at 7 o'clock
Stewart said the election helped to strengthen the two-party system, which he said was an essential part of student government.
"THE VOTE WAS so close that now we do have a good two-party system. Vox is still strong, but the students wanted somebody else to
Stewart defeated Marshall Crowther, Lawrence second year law student and Vox candidate for student body president, by 282 votes. A total of 4,695 votes were cast.
Stewart said his immediate plan is to organize ASC workshops for new members on the council and an ASC visitation program where council members would visit living groups to work with their leaders and discuss the issues.
"Also the gimmicks (campaign buttons, cowboy hats, and torch parades) helped them. These things conveyed a lot of catching enthusiasm."
I try it for a while."
Stewart attributed the victory to the "cooperation of Greeks and Independents" in UP.
"We proved Greeks and Independents do have a common ground and can work together," Stewart said.
"THEY (UP) got off to an earlier start in the campaigning and built up more momentum.
Tom Bornholdt, Topea senior and Vox chairman, told what he thought were two main reasons for the UP victory:
"Student government basically has responsibility for all student activities; to help, advise and work with other activities to see what student government can do for them," Stewart said.
Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, April 14, 1964
Dailu Hansan
The Kansas Board of Regents passed proposals yesterday in Topeka which will further restrict campus parking and raise parking fees at KU beginning in September.
The increased restrictions on traffic regulations were proposed to the Regents by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
Regents Raise Car Fees; Limit Hill Access More
By Tom Moore
The new restrictions outlined by Keith Lawton, vice chancellor are:
- Extension of restricted traffic hours on the central campus from 7:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Restricted parking on the central campus will be extended to 11:00 p.m. instead of the present 3:30 p.m. limit.
- X zone and O zone will permit non-permit parking after 5:30 p.m.; X zone will continue to cost 10c for students without permits.
- Increase of all parking permit fees from $4 to $10.
LAWTON SAID the increase in parking fees is to pay for the traffic control services required by the growing number of student cars.
Lawton said that to do this will require additional traffic and safety personnel. The state legislature and the Board of Regents have said that vehicle users should pay the cost of university parking facilities because parking lots are operated on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Chancellor Wescoe commented: "The increasing numbers of student vehicles means confusion and lack of safety in coming years unless it is kept in an orderly pattern.
Lawton said the plans for the regulation changes had been reviewed and recommended by the faculty Senate Traffic and Safety Committee. In addition to the formal regulation changes, Lawton said there will be an intensification of enforcement on speed zones and safety zones.
"This, together with increasing requests from students, faculty, and staff for orderly parking regulations have brought about this decision for this request (to the regents)," the chancellor said.
Nine students contacted this morning said they did not agree with the new restrictions and fee increase. None of the students said they like the new rules.
"I feel they (Board of Regents) have disregarded the wishes of the students in most respects. I think the parking situation is just another example of how the KU student has lost his responsibility to himself and to the school. This responsibility has been taken by the board of regents," Steve Peterson, Lawrence senior, said.
"I think it is too much for a parking permit. The University can make money in other quarters. It looks like Big Brother is at it again." Dick Griffin, Bartlesville senior said.
"It's the way things go. The main thing is that parking restrictions on the hill have been extended until 11:00 p.m. This will make it difficult to attend Friday night functions on the hill and any studying you want to do in the evenings on the hill." Tom Sajwj, Lawrence graduate student, said.
"I'ts bound to come—too many people and not enough space," Jim Brink. Wichita freshman, said.
"TM AGAINST increasing the restrictions and raising the parking fees. I think a certain amount of restricting is necessary, but this is getting out of hand." Ed Williams, Leavenworth sophomore, said.
"I don't like it. I like to go on the
Weather
The weather will be generally fair tonight and tomorrow. Warmer temperatures are predicted for tomorrow. The low tonight will be in the upper 30s and the high tomorrow will be 70.
campus at 3:30 p.m. It makes it convenient to get down to the Union and back," Richard Vance, Shawnee Mission sophomore, said.
"IT IS UTTERLY ridiculous - if for no other reason than the parking problem while studying at the library. Jayhawk Boulevard just doesn't hold enough cars for those who study at the library at night. I can see a moderate fee increase, but not the more than double increase from $4 to $10. The ruling favors the dormitories and fraternity students and hurts the students who have to drive on the hill from off-campus houses." Ron Fahey, Quinter sophomore said.
"Who is the University for? The students seem to do all the suffering. I know many students who drive on the hill to study at night. It seems this is something the ASC (All Student Council) can look into." Fred Hoffman, Topeka senior said.
"I don't think the fee increase is so bad, but the restriction on parking to 11:00 p.m. is idiotic. The students have as much right to the parking facilities at night as do others. Is the college for the benefit of the students or the professors?" Cliff Roark, Scott City senior, said.
Chancellor Proposes Student Fee Hikes
The Board of Regents yesterday took under advisement a proposal by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe to increase student semester fees in state schools by $5 for Kansas students and $50 for out-of-state students.
In other action, the Regents approved in a 5-4 vote a clause for their by-laws providing for executive sessions.
HENRY BUBB, chairman of the Board of Regents, explained the change in procedure:
"This clause in our by-laws provides for closed discussion sessions," Bubb said. "I emphasize that no official votes will be taken in any of these executive sessions."
Bubb was one of the four members who voted against the clause. "No public body should be operated in secret," he said.
OTHER REGENTS who voted against the clause were Whitley Austin, Salina; Clyde Reed, Parsons; and William E. Dannenbarger, Concordia.
Ray Evans, member of the Board of Regents from Prairie Village, defended the supporters of the clause when contacted last evening.
"Any organization has certain subjects that shouldn't be discussed before the public," Evans said. "Even football teams have 'executive' meetings on the field."
"This clause doesn't represent much of a change from what we have now," Max Bickford, executive officer of the Board of Regents, said.
CHANCELLOR W. Clarke Wescoe said that the action concerning the executive sessions was taken before he arrived at the meeting, and therefore, he said, he was unable to comment.
At the meeting yesterday, Bubb also referred study of a tri- semester plan to the curriculum committee.
"Discussion of the tri-semester plan in the Board of Regents sprang from a discussion between James McCain, president of Kansas State University, and myself," Bubb said.
"THERE ARE MANY things to consider when contemplating a tri-semester plan." Bubb explained.
"Among them is consideration for secondary school schedules. This especially concerns secondary teachers who wish to take summer courses." he said.
"The first idea concerning the tri-semester plan came from a discussion of Kansas State's summer session," Bubb said.
Carole Jean Whiting Killed In Car Wreck
Carole Jean Whiting, La Grange, Ill., senior, was killed in an automobile accident near Clanton, Ala., Saturday, April 4.
Miss Whiting's fiance, Gerard Bates, Valencia, Pa., junior, said that the accident occurred at about 5:45 a.m. when the car Miss Whiting was driving, and in which he was a passenger collided with a vehicle driven by Talmadge Williams, 38, of Clanton.
"I WAS ASLEEP in the back seat of the car," Bates said. "Carole had been driving for about 45 minutes. We were headed from Birmingham to Montgomery, Alabama when it happened. We were to be married June first," he said.
Bates suffered minor injuries in the accident.
Funeral services and burial took place in La Grange last Wednesday.
Miss Whiting, 21, transferred to KU two years ago after attending Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. She was a resident of Carruth-O'Leary women's residence hall.
Miss Karlene Howell, assistant to the Dean of Women, said that Miss Whiting's name will be added to the AWS Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund, which is supported by annual work projects by AWS members, was instituted in 1947 after two KU women were killed in an automobile accident. Scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding undergraduate women.