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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday. Feb. 4. 1964
D.C. Voting Rights May Mean Self-Rule
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—The city of Washington, long regarded as a political stepchild of the federal government, takes a step this year toward becoming one of the family.
For the first time since 1800, residents of the District of Columbia, the federally-administered enclave which comprises Washington, will be allowed to vote in a presidential election.
How it votes is not likely to have much effect on the November election. It will have only three electoral votes out of a total of 540. But many citizens of the nation's capital regard this as a victory.
Their fight to get the vote has strung out over many years. It finally ended in 1961 when ratification of an enfranchising constitutional amendment was completed. But the November election will be the first chance District citizens have to exercise their new right.
AMONG THOSE WHO have championed voting rights for the city are civil rights groups. Negroes make up about 57 per cent of the capital's population of close to 792,000, making Washington the only city of its size in the country to have a Negro majority.
To the civil rights forces and other District residents, winning the right to vote was a milestone in a campaign to win many of the rights citizens of the 50 states take for granted.
The ultimate goal of this campaign is self-government. The District of Columbia is now governed by Congress. It has no congressional representatives of its own and is administered by three commissioners appointed by the president.
Through the year, the fight for voting rights and for self-government were closely intertwined. The coming election, in this perspective, is to some persons a victory over a bloc of southern congressmen who so far have stifled in committee the District's attempts for home rule.
Despite a campaign for voter registration, the early turnout fell below expectations. On Jan. 2, the first day, only 1.552 out of some 509,000 potential voters signed up to vote in the May primaries and the fall presidential election.
The small turnout somewhat tempered the victory for the civil rights groups. They had charged that registration procedures were inadequate and had predicted the available registration facilities would be swamped.
JULIUS HOBSON, local leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), one of the most militant groups in the District, admitted the facilities were handling the load easily. But, he said, he was "very unhappy with the community because they were not responding."
Election officials were not as concerned. They tended to attribute the lack of an initial rush to human nature.
Daniel Knoll, election board secretary, said he expected about 250,000 persons to be registered by November. The number is not expected to be higher because some District citizens vote in their home states.
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Official Bulletin
4 FERRUARY. 1964
Catholic Mass, 5 p.m. St. Lawrence Channel, 1910 Stratford Rd.
Chapel, 1910 Straford Rd.
A.S.C., 7 t. Sunflower Room, Kansas
U.S.A.
Union.
New Inquiry Forum, 7 p.m. St. Law-
borough, 1957, Stetford, Rd.
Union
New Inquiry Forum, 7 p.m. St. Law-
ington
Continued Inquiry Forum, 8 p.m. St. Lawrence Center, 1915 Strattford Rd.
Western Civ. Discussion, 9 p.m., St.
Lawrence Center, 1915 Stratford Rd. 13th.
Incl.
Episcopal Holy Communion, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth.
TOMORROW
Catholic Masses, 6:45 a.m. 5 p.m.
Liverpool, England; 6310, Stanford Rd.
Catholic Hall, Chapel 10 p. St.
Lakehead Church, 10 Stratford Rd.
Timely Topics, 7 p.m. St. Lawrence
Time, 7 p.m.
Cegler, 1915 Stratford Rd.
Newman Executive Council, 9 p.m., St
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth.
OAS Meets To Consider Canal Zone
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Organization of American States (OAS) meets today to consider Panamanian charges that the United States committed aggression during last month's riots in the Canal Zone.
Diplomatic sources said the OAS council probably would set up a committee to investigate the charges brought by Panama after mediation efforts to settle the dispute failed. All members of the OAS were invited to the meeting except the United States and Panama.
In making its charges, Panama also asked that the peace-keeping provisions of the Mutual Defense Treaty of Rio de Janeiro be invoked. The treaty calls for economic and military sanctions against countries that have been found guilty of aggression.
Only Chile out of the 21-member nations was expected to abstain from the voting. It has indicated that Chile does not feel that the situation is serious enough to invoke provisions of the Rio treaty.
Panama has indicated that if the OAS fails to act, the dispute over the vital waterway will be taken to the United Nations.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) The first Americans on the moon will land standing up.
1969 Moon Astronauts Will Land Standing Up
Through smallish triangular windows, the two Apollo astronauts will be able to see a bit of what's below them.
But in feeling their way down to a safe landing they'll need what every good helicopter pilot has a lot of—ability to fly "by the seat of the pants."
If first contact with the lunar surface shows it to be soft or otherwise dangerous, the astronauts will have about two minutes of hovering time to find a better spot in an area of about 10 miles.
If they can't find one, they'll have to beat it back to where they came from.
Originally it was planned that the Lem pilots would ride down to the moon strapped in seats from which they could look out upon space through large square windows. This was bad both from weight and visibility standpoints. Sitting down, the pilots wouldn't get much of a look at what they were heading for.
This is the way Dr. Wernher von Braun described the Apollo Lunar landing maneuver to reporters at an informal lunch gathering yesterday.
Von Braun is chief of the Marshall space flight center, Huntsville. Ala., which is developing the giant rockets for America's Apollo moon project. He disclosed that major changes have been made in design of the lunar excursion module (Lem) to save weight and give the pilots more visibility.
Lem is the little capsule in which two astronauts will descend to the lunar surface—hopefully in early 1969—from an Apollo spacecraft in orbit 100 miles above the moon.
Instead of sitting, the astronauts will stand, supported by slings which will help absorb any shock in landing. They will be closer to their windows, which thus can be made smaller.
Elimination of the seats, along with rejiggering of Lem's interior arrangements thus made possible, will cut the landing capsule's weight by a ton or so.
Lem's descent rocket will enable it to hover briefly. Each pilot will be able to see one of the craft's extended landing legs. If a leg sinks on contact, the astronaut in command will gun the rocket engine and pull up for a new try.
If the exhaust of the descent rocket kicks up a lot of dust, the man at the controls will be in the fix of a helicopter pilot trying to ease down on dry snow whipped into an artificial blizzard by the rotors. He will have to feel his way "by the seat of his pants."
If they are unable to find a landing site within two minutes, the Apollo pilots will have to give up and call into play the capsule's lunar take-off rocket. This will hoist them back into orbit around the moon.
There, after a rendezvous and docking maneuver, they will reenter the Apollo command ship and fly back to earth.
Rock Chalk Blocs To Any Group of 20
Bloc tickets for Rock Chalk Revue will be available to any group of twenty of more students this year, John Pound, Fredonia junior and assistant sales manager, said last night.
Ticket blocs will go on sale at 7:00 p.m. February 12 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. One representative of each group that wishes to purchase a bloc must be present.
Numbers will be placed in a hat. Each representative will draw a number, those drawing the lowest number will have first priority.
The new plan also provides the Rock Chalk Revue's sales staff with the assurance that their tickets will be sold.
Rehearsals for the Revue started this week in the houses of the participating fraternities and sororities. The first rehearsal in Hoch Auditorium will be February 12.
Reward For Record
FORT DODGE, IOWA-(UPI)— Chester Evans, 59, received his 300th conviction for intoxication yesterday.
Police Court Judge Herbert Bennett leafed through Evan's arrest records dating back to 1934.
"I'm sorry I can't offer congratulations," the judge said, "But I can offer you 30 days."
FOUR PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS pinch-hitters hit safely in the ninth inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers in September, 1940.
Miller and Stephenson scholarship halls had earlier made reservations at the club for a party in May. Miller Hall residents cancelled their reservations when they learn of the club's restrictive policy.
Plaza Club Policy Under Examination
LONDON — (UPI) — Weekend golfer Tom Hayward, 59, is suing Dr. Ian Moncrieff Cudwen, charging that the doctor's alleged negligence in giving anti-gout injections ruined the grip on his left hand and made it impossible for him to hold a golf club.
The Plaza Club's restrictive policy was brought to public attention three weeks ago when Plaza manager Marvin Maddox informed Miller Hall that three Negro girls in the integrated women's scholarship hall would not be permitted to use the swimming pool.
Gout Calls The Shots
Lawrence civil rights organizations are continuing efforts toward changing the Plaza Club's policy restricting the use of its swimming pool to white persons.
Richard Dyson, Associate professor of law and head of the Lawrence Civil Liberties Union, said the local chapter is examining the restrictive policy of the Plaza Club, a private club formerly known as the Fire Bird Club.
Three weeks ago, the Lawrence Human Relations Commission formed a special committee to meet with the Plaza Club's management to see if the club would change its restrictive policy.
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William Binns, clinical psychologist for the KU Health Service and chairman of the commission, said the results of those meetings will be announced when the commission meets Wednesday night.
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