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University Daily Kansan
Page 0066_2 from reel: L 734 (1963-02-04 to 1963-08-02)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/76548

Title: 'Backward Schools' Comment Irks Legislature
Summary: Article about Kansas House education committee's reaction to C.O. Wright's comments calling Kansas school systems backward, with legislators calling for investigation of the Kansas State Teachers' Association.
Category: local news
Subjects: education policy; state legislature; teacher associations
Named Entities: Wright, C.O. [executive director]; Jones, Laurin [senator]; Anderson, John [governor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Wescoe Urges Quality Colleges
Summary: Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe urges that education be done the best way rather than the cheapest way in address to Junior College Conference, questioning how to do educational job more cheaply.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university administration; education quality; academic leadership
Named Entities: Wescoe, W. Clarke [chancellor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: King Advocates Passive Policy
Summary: Article about Martin Luther King's advocacy of passive resistance as a weapon for the American Negro, with Prof. W.S. Robinson identifying King as the 'number one leader of what is sometimes called the new Negro in the South.'
Category: campus news
Subjects: civil rights; nonviolent resistance; university events
Named Entities: King, Martin Luther [civil rights leader]; Robinson, W.S. [KU professor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: JFK Introduces Medicare Bill
Summary: President Kennedy introduces Medicare bill to help the aged, with 36-point program for country's 17.5 million 'senior citizens' featuring expanded version of medical care.
Category: national news
Subjects: healthcare policy; social security; presidential legislation
Named Entities: Kennedy, John F. [president]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: KU Obtains 192-Acre Plot
Summary: University obtains 192-acre portion of Sunflower Ordnance Works for research and field trips, with Board of Regents approving $39,300 expenditure.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university property; campus development; real estate
Named Entities: Lawton, Keith [vice chancellor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Rock Chalk Sells Quickly
Summary: All 300 Rock Chalk tickets for Saturday night sold out in first two hours of sales, with approximately 5 cold students waiting when booth opened at 8 a.m.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student events; ticket sales; campus traditions
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Cold Wait for Rock Chalk Tickets
Summary: About 20 persons waited in line for Rock Chalk tickets in cold weather, with some wrapped in blankets, as tickets sold out quickly.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student events; ticket sales; campus traditions
Confidence: 0.75

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