Daily hansan
60th Year, No.84
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Feb. 15, 1963
Pro-Eurich Bill Enters House
A bill was introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives today which will, if passed, admit Wichita University to the state system as a "State Universities Center."
The bill, introduced by Rep. Bob Brown, R-Pottawatomie, differs from the bill which the Senate passed Feb. 7 by a minimum margin of 21-19.
The difference between the House and Senate proposals is the center of the controversy. The Senate bill would admit Wichita as a full university with status equal to KU and Kansas State University; the House bill provides integration of Wichita University as a "State Universities Center."
THE HOUSE PROPOSAL introduced today follows the recommendations of the controversial Eurich Report. The report recommends that undergraduate-level degrees earned at Wichita University be granted by the University of Kansas. Graduate degrees (masters and doctoral) would be granted by either of the two present full state universities.
Today, Rep. Brown said "The people of Kansas are entitled to a full and open discussion of all facts of the Wichita U. question, including on what basis, if any, it is to be taken into the state system.
Under the provisions of the bill introduced today, the scope of Wichita's degree, graduate and doctoral programs would be determined by the State Board of Regents. The Board has endorsed the Eurich Report.
"THE SENATE APPARENTLY ignored the Eurich Report. I agree with the conclusion of that report and I do not think that the state can approve or needs three universities." Brown said.
He called his bill "the only sound and sensible way" to bring Wichita University into the system.
Rep. Brown's bill was the second
measure in two days aimed at killing plans to bring the Wichita school in as a full university. A bill introduced yesterday would tie the Wichita plan to a state tax increase.
SHORTLY AFTER Rep. Brown's bill hit the floor four other representatives teamed up to bring in the long-expected oil-gas severance tax bill which is also an attack on Wichita U.
Reps. Ed Boyd, R-Pawnee County; Jack R. Euler, R-Doniphan County; Ralph Crow, D-Bennington; and William C. Stutz, D-Effingham, sponsored the bill which would provide a one per cent tax on gas and oil when it is severed from the ground for sale, or use.
A SIMILAR LAW was declared unconstitutional by the Kansas Supreme Court several years ago. The measure would produce about $3 million in additional revenue for the state.
Young GOP's Begin Survey
KU Young Republicans began a telephone poll here last night of student opinion on proposed changes in higher education in Kansas.
The poll, originated primarily to sample student opinion on the proposed entrance of the University of Wichita into the state school system, will be sponsored on a statewide basis by the KU organization.
YOUNG Republican clubs in the other state-supported schools — Kansas State University, Emporia State College, Pittsburgh State College, and Fort Hays State College
will also conduct telephone polls in conjunction with the KU poll as will students at the University of Wichita.
EVANS SAID results of student (Continued on page 12)
Twenty-One Nations Open for Model UN
The KU-Y Office has announced that there are 21 nations open yet for registration in the Model UN. Ninety-four countries have been signed for out of the expected total of 115.
Registration of delegates will continue in the KU-Y Office, room 112 in the Kansas Union.
PARIS — (UPI) — French police foiled a new plot today to kill President Charles de Gaulle and overthrow his Fifth Republic regime.
Third Try Fails To Kill De Gaulle
THERE WAS no official announcement. But reliable government sources confirmed the plot. It appeared to have been organized by French Army officers.
Reliable sources said six French army officers and a woman were arrested.
The sources said an Army officer armed with a rifle with telescopic sights was to have killed De Gaulle by fireing at him from a roof when he visited the war school this morning.
De Gaulle made the visit and returned to the Elysee Palace unharmed without any assassination attempt having been made.
The arrests were carried out yesterday afternoon and last night after a series of house searches by military security and civilian police.
THE ARRESTED woman was reported to be an English teacher at the war school. She is of French nationality.
Reliable sources said the rifle with the telescopic sights was found this morning in the home of one of the arrested officers.
The sources said the plotters appeared to have been in contact with Georges Watin, who has been a fugitive sought by police since a gang of Secret Army Organization (OAS) killers tried to machine gun De
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Felony Charge In a Shooting
By Blaine King
A KU student was arraigned this morning on charges of felonious assault with intent to kill in connection with the shooting of a student last night.
Lawrence Knapp, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore was shot above his left temple with a pellet pistol in front of Carruth-O'Leary Hall. He was treated at Watkins Memorial hospital.
Richard E. Conway, Ft. Leavenworth freshman, was arraigned in the Douglas County court. A preliminary hearing was set for February 27, and bond was set at $1,500.
A doctor at Watkins Hospital said the pellet is still lodged in Knapp's head, but that the wound is "minimal."
THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE shortly after 7 p.m. yesterday, when Knapp was riding a bicycle south on West Campus Boulevard in front of Carruth-O'Leary.
Knapp said he swerved when the pellet struck him, but that he did not lose control of the bicycle.
He told officers he looked up immediately and saw several men leaving a darkened room.
HE WENT INSIDE and contacted two counselors at the hall. The men checked the room in question, but found it empty. Knapp was then taken to the hospital.
Residents of the dormitory said police officers went directly to Conway's room on the first floor when they arrived.
Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, said this morning that persons living in the area had reported hearing a "commotion" in the room in question, and had heard sounds like pellets hitting street signs.
CONWAY TOLD police he was shooting at a tree in a yard across the street, at 1301 West Campus Blvd. He later signed a statement in connection with the shooting. Details of the statement were withheld.
Police officials found one B.B. pellet on the floor in Conway's room.
Police said there were three other men in the room with Conway when the shooting occurred, but there has been no indication that the men were directly involved.
DEAN ALDERSON said these men will be questioned by University officials, and a decision made as to whether or not their cases should be considered by the disciplinary committee.
He said Conway would not be brought before the committee, since the University's policy in all cases where a student is charged with a felony is to suspend the student.
Conway has been suspended, Dean Alderson said.
THE GUN USED in the shooting belongs to one of the students who was in the room with Conway when the shooting occurred.
The student, whose name was withheld by University officials, had been reported earlier in the afternoon as firing the pellet gun in the parking area east of Carruth-O'-Leary.
When officials arrived, Conway had already returned the gun to its owner. The gun is being held by the Lawrence Police Department.
The pellet pistol was identified by police officers as a Huntsman CO2 pistol. Such a pistol can fire a pellet with the force of a .22 caliber bullet, said Ralph M. King, Jr., Douglas County attorney.
Weather
A cold front moved east across the state causing considerable cloudiness today lasting through Saturday with some light snow expected late this afternoon or evening. Temperatures are not expected to vary much from yesterday. Highs will be in the 30's and the low tonight in the 20' s.
Model UN Delegates Hear Instructions
About 225 delegates and advisers attended the first general assembly meeting of the 1963 Model United Nations in the Kansas Union Ballroom last night.
The introductory conference, designed to orient the delegates to Model UN procedures, was opened by Betty Reynolds. Wellington senior, secretary-general of the assembly and chairman of the steering committee.
Stan Walton Jr.. Kansas City junior, president of the general assembly, briefed the conference on the rules of the floor procedure of the sessions.
WALTON said the rules of the conference were designed for the Model UN and did not necessarily follow parliamentary rules of order.
He said the resolutions will be classified into two sections—important resolutions and other resolutions. The important resolutions require a majority vote to be passed, while the others will not.
"IT SHALL BE up to the discretion of the chairman to decide if resolutions are labeled important or not." Walton said.
Walton said one major change in this year's rules will be presented to the assembly.
Walton also said that there will be three methods of voting—voice, name standards, and roll call. He said roll call voting will be used for final approval of resolutions.
He said the assembly speeches must be given in English. In past UN meetings, some students have given speeches in foreign languages.
MODEL UN OFFICIALS—Heading this year's Model UN are Betty Reynolds, Wellington senior, secretary-general, and chairman of the steering committee, and Stan Walton, Kansas City senior, president of the general assembly.
He said the resolutions are presented in one of three ways:
• They can be submitted to the steering com-
- They can be submitted to the steering committee prior to the assembly;
- They can be introduced at the assembly with a necessary majority vote; and
- They can be presented to the steering committee while the assembly is in session.
THE STEERING committee also met following the first general assembly conference and political bloc meetings and discussed the deadline for the proposals made by the various political blocs pertaining to the three resolution areas the committee had decided on last week.
The committee set the deadline for the delegations' resolutions to the three areas for Thursday, March 14. Amendments to these resolutions must be turned in after the bloc meetings on March 21.
Reports were also heard from seven of the committee members who are student advisers to the Model UN political blocs.
The reports showed that only the Arab bloc is completely filled, with the Sino-Soviet bloc the next closest with one vacancy-The Republic of Mongolia. There are 20 nations not taken in the remaining six blocs, according to the advisers' reports.