Opinions Diverse On Wichita Plans
A Young Republican poll indicates that a small plurality of KU students favor the Eurich plan for including the University of Wichita in the state school system, but other alternatives are almost as popular.
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1963
YOU DONT SAY — Reuben McCornack, Abilene junior and president of the Young Republicans makes a telephone poll call to see how KU students stand on the Wichita University Bill now undergoing legislative procedures. He is assisted by Deborah Galbraith, Wichita sophomore.
The Young Republicans polled 111 students.
The results:
- Twenty-nine per cent of the students questioned said they favored the Eurich plan and its provision for a State Universities Center at Wichita.
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- Twenty-five per cent believed that WU should become a full state university.
- Four per cent expressed no opinion, and 22 students, or 20 per cent, could not be reached for interviews.
- Twenty-two per cent thought Wichita U. should remain a municipal university.
The poll, conducted primarily to determine the opinions of students in state universities and colleges on the Wichita U. issue, also included three questions on Kansas higher education.
FIFTY-TWO per cent considered an increase in teachers' salaries most important. Fourteen per cent favored expanded facilities and 14 per cent expressed no opinion.
The most one-sided response was in answer to a question asking whether an increase in teachers' salaries was considered more important than additional facilities.
Asked, "Do you believe that state universities should accept the 'Open Door Policy' of admitting any Kansas high school graduate and seek to eliminate poor students by failing them early in their training," 47 per cent replied in the affirmative.
BY A NARROW margin, those polled favored a closely coordinated system of higher education rather than an independent system. Thirty-nine per cent backed close-coordination and 36 per cent said they favored independent universities.
Twenty-nine per cent said Kansas colleges and universities "should become more selective and admit only students who have high aptitudes for college work."
Reuben McCornack, Abilene junior and president of KU Young Republicans, said that the poll was conducted as a "public service."
Similar telephone polls will be held this week at Kansas State, Wichita, Fort Hays State, Emporia State and Pittsburg State. Statewide results will also be tabulated here and the outcome is expected by Monday.
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Opponents of the Wichita University bill will get their chance today at hearings of the House state Affairs Committee.
Star witnesses for the opposition were to be four members of the State Board of Regents. They are Clyde Reed Jr., Parsons, chairman; Henry Bubb, Topeka; Whitley Austin, Salina; and Clement Hall, Coffeyville.
WU Proponents Testify in House
But by choosing to appear with the opposition rather than the proponents it gave some indication of their intentions.
Reed would not reveal what the regents plan to report and, in fact, would not definitely say that they will oppose the plan.
Reed reportedly has been feuding with Gov. John Anderson over his (Reed's) opposition to the governor's Wichita University recommendations.
One report said Reed offered to give Anderson his resignation when the governor demanded an apology of him after the regent and Senate president pro tem Paul R. Wunsch, R-Kingman, had hot words over Wichita University.
"WICHITA University would be a good buy for the state." Hughes told the hearing which was attended also by the House Ways and Means Committee. The hearing yesterday was limited to those favoring entrance of the municipal university into the state system.
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A spokesman for the proponents, State Reep, Rees Hughes, R-Pittsburg and president emeritus of Pittsburg State College, yesterday urged that the bill be considered on its merits.
Hughes asked legislators to "forget partisan politics. . forget area opposition. . forget inter-institutional opposition . and forget personal prejudice."
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60th Year, No. 86
Betancourt Discusses Castro In Two-Day Kennedy Talks
WASHINGTON —(UPI)—Venezuela's President Romulo Betancourt, who has waged an uphill and winning four-year battle to show the way to peaceful revolution in Latin America, arrives in Washington today for two days of talks with President Kennedy.
Sources close to Betancourt said he will propose to Kennedy a more effective base for the Alliance for Progress, as well as discuss means of combating the threat of Fidel Castro in Latin America.
BETANCOURTS' strategically-viital nation on the Caribbean rim of
South America — number one supplier of oil and iron ore to the United States — has been a prime target of Castro subversion.
In his determination to prove that democratic methods can succeed in Venezuela after 150 years of almost continuous tyranny, Bettancourt has resisted the temptation to resort to strong-arm tactics to crush extremists of the right and left seeking to topple him.
Betancourt's government has launched one of the most ambitious programs in Latin America for grass-roots reform, education and
U.S. Nuclear Bombers Move Out of England
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Strategic Air Command withdrew several B47 jets from England last week in a preliminary to the planned exodus of U.S. nuclear bombers from overseas bases.
This move came to light today as inquery revealed that a difference of opinion may be developing between the Defense Department and the Air Force over how fast overseas bomber bases should be vacated.
DEFENSE SECRETARY Robert S. McNamara's office has asked the Air Force to study the feasibility of speedier withdrawal of B47s from bases in England, Spain, Morocco, Alaska and Guam.
More than 100 planes now are kept on 15-minute alert on those bases.
low-income housing. He is a strong force behind Kennedy's Alliance for Progress. Venezuela was one of the first Latin American nations to win approval of its economic master plan to qualify for full-scale alliance aid.
VENEZUELAN SOURCES said Betancourt is chiefly concerned about finding ways to speed up the cumbersome alliance machinery for granting aid requests. The sources said Betancourt's proposals for Kennedy call for broadening the scope of the alliance to cover cultural areas.
The Air Force has agreed to leave its three Moroccan bases next July. But it believes that B47s should be kept on some overseas bases for two more years.
UNDER PRESENT plans, the whole fleet of aging B47s is to be junked by mid-1965. But it now appears doubtful that any will stay overseas that long.
At a meeting in Geneva yesterday, EFTA delegates moved to beat the Common Market date for abolishing tariffs among its members. The proposed EFTA date is July, 1966, several months ahead of the Common Market deadline for removing internal duties.
EEC Council Meets Today
BRUSSELS — (UPI) The Common Market Council of Ministers met today in a relaxed mood for the first time since France vetoed Britain's entry bid last month and provoked an angry wave of dissension.
A RIVALRY was developing between the Common Market and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on the matter of reducing trade barriers. EFTA is made up of Britain, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Portugal.
The agriculture ministers from the six countries discussed problems concerning rice, dairy products and beef, indicating that France's trade partners were losing their anger towards Paris.
Before the meeting opened at the Palace of Congresses, ministers and experts were seen chatting amiably in the corridors.
Informed sources said the ministers still were somewhat disturbed over France's attitude, and consequently no important decisions were expected from the two-day meeting.
Five members — West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg — favored British membership, and they criticized French President Charles de Gaulle for blocking it. De Gaulle contended that Britain is not ready for membership.
A major shift in U.S. strategy stresses a fast buildup of U.S.-based Minuteman missiles and submarine-carried Polaris rockets. The bomber force will consist of 630 U.S.-based intercontinental B52s and about 80 of the B52s that can reach Soviet targets with in-flight refueling.
Overseas bomber bases will have rapidly declining importance in the Defense Department's view. The Air Force argument is that as long as there are B47s, which have 3,000-mile range, some should be overseas where they are closer to their targets.
Weather
KANSAS — Partly cloudy West and mostly cloudy East portion this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. A little colder East and extreme North Central. Low tonight generally in the 20s. High tomorrow 30s Northeast to 50s Southwest.
NORTHWEST MISSOURI
Considerable cloudiness and a little cooler this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow with a few sprinkles over the area this afternoon. Low tonight 28 to 32. High tomorrow 35 to 40.
These sources pointed out that Communists and Castroites have flooded Latin America with works of Marxist and other extreme-leftist writers. Betancourt wants a wider circulation of the works of Democratic thinkers of the West.
THIS IS BETANCOURT'S first trip abroad since his inauguration Feb. 13, 1959, and demonstrates his confidence in the stability of his government despite repeated efforts to overthrow him.
From Washington, Betancourt goes to New York, Miami, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. His U.S. visit returns one made to Venezuela by Kennedy in 1961.
Iranian Premier Alam Forms New Cabinet
TEHRAN, Iran — (UPI) — Premier Assadollah Alam presented a new cabinet — with many familiar faces — to the Shah today following the unexpected resignation of his six-month-old government yesterday.
The shah re-named Alam premier and ordered him to form a new government.
Nine of the cabinet posts were filled by new men, although two of them served in other positions in the old government. Six cabinet members retained their posts.
(In London informed sources said the new cabinet set-up was necessary because some members of the former government opposed the premier's land reform plans.)
Russians Adamant On Nuclear Ban
GENEVA—(UPI)—The Soviet Union refused to budge today from its take-it-or-leave-it stand on conditions for a nuclear test ban treaty.
The nuclear issue has stalled the disarmament talks, which resumed a week ago after an eight-week lay-off. The Russians refuse to negotiate a test ban treaty unless the West accepts the Kremlin's terms on policing a ban.
THE NEUTRALS—Brazil, Burma, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Sweden, and United Arab Republic (U.A.R.)—have voiced growing disappointment and impatience over the delay, and have decided to take a firmer initiative. They asked last week that the nuclear question be given top priority.
The neutralist initiative received some encouragement from favorable Western reaction to a U.A.R. appeal for compromise yesterday.
The U.A.R. urged the nuclear powers to put aside their present demands and start negotiating—even at the summit level, and set a time limit for agreement. The proposal mentioned four or five policing inspections as a compromise between the West's insistence on 8-to-10 and Russia's refusal to permit more than three.
WHETHER THE NEUTRALS can bring about any compromise agreement was debatable. Some conference sources saw no way out of the crisis at present, and felt Russia's line is hardening more every day.
The United States and Britain, as well as delegates of the neutral nations attending the 11-month-old conference, have been trying to get the Russians to resume nuclear test-ban bargaining among the Big Three.