Astronaut Lovell speaks today in Field House
James A. Lovell, Apollo 13 command pilot, will speak at 3:30 p.m. today in Allen Field House. Lovell's coming is sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
Lovell, 42, had made three space flights prior to the Apollo 13 launch last month. In December, 1965, Lovell and Frank Borman made 206 orbits around the earth in Gemini 7. At the time this was the longest space flight ever made.
In November, 1966, Lovell went up again this time with astronaut Edwin Aldrin in Gemini 12. The astronauts made three space walks.
In December, 1968, Lovell, together with Frank Borman and William Anders, took part in the
first manned voyage around the moon in Apollo 8.
Lovell arrived in Lawrence about 11 o'clock this morning and spoke at a convocation at Haskell Institute. At noon, he attended a luncheon at the National Guard Armory sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, where he spoke at 12:30. In Allen Field House, Lovell will give an account of the Apollo 13 flight, after which there will be a question and answer period, according to Bill Gaut, manager of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Gaut said Lovell would not give a press conference here. Tonight he will speak at a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Kansas City, Gaunt said.
Zero population to meet
Zero Population will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Hoch Auditorium to elect officers for the group and to hear the reports of a political action committee.
Chester Rideout, Madison, Wis., graduate student, announced the meeting of the Douglas County group. Nearly 200 of the 250 paid members have been attending the meetings, Rideout said. Thursday's meeting will be concerned with beginning political action to influence the November elections, he added.
Fire watch dropped
The fire watch by faculty members and Buildings and Grounds employees which lasted through the weekend has been called off, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, said Tuesday.
Nichols said the fire watch had been cancelled because the attitude on campus has changed to the constructive work being done in the workshop discussions.
With the faculty members and B & G employees now gone, the janitors who work at night are the only ones who will be in the buildings, Nichols said.
Journalism elections held
Journalism students are voting today and Thursday for five student representatives on the journalism student-faculty committee. Polls are open in the School of Journalism library both days from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mexican-American meeting slated
A Mexican-American community development and leadership conference will be held on May 16 in the Kansas Union. The event, sponsored by the KU School of Social Welfare, will focus on "Strategies for Progress Today in Our Communities within Citizen Participation and Action."
Slavador Ramirez, professor of Mexican-American studies and sociology at the University of Colorado, is the conference leader and featured speaker—on "Analysis of Some Critical Issues Found in Our Community Today."
The program also includes small group discussions on such topics as discrimination, limited education, economic status and housing.
Downtown Kroger manager estimates damage at $1650
The damage of the fire early Saturday morning at Kroger's downtown store has been estimated at $1,650 by the store manager, Kenneth Murphy. Murphy said investigation is continuing as to the cause of the fire, but said "it had nothing to do with any outsiders."
Murphy estimated the damage to the stock at $150 and said the rest of the damage $1,500, was due to loss of refrigeration. "The cose of replacing damaged electrical wire," Murphy said, "can not be estimated at present."
The store was closed all Saturday but opened again Monday. The fire was reported at 4:20 a.m. Saturday morning by John Hawkins of Kansas City, Mo., hired by Kroger's as security guard for the night.
Hawkins told Kansas Fire Marshal Lloyd Davis that the fire started in a broom closet. After he thought he had extinguished the fire, Hawkins said he made a phone call to his company in Kansas City. Upon his return to the fire area, he found a greater blaze than the one he had put out, Hawkins said.
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Watkins Hospital has been designated as the recipient of the 1970 senior class gift. Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler, director of the KU health service, was informed by the Senior Gift Committee Tuesday.
According to Davis there were no electrical wires, oily rags or mops in the fire area, Davis said the fire "definitely started inside the building."
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Hospital to receive class gift
The gift will count in the purchasing of $5,000 Coulter Blood Counter. Hospital funds will make up the difference of the $3,000 class gift. The automatic blood counter is one of the most crucial needs of the hospital, Schwegler said.
The mobile unit may be installed immediately, Schwegler said. They will not have to wait until the new hospital is built.
The machine will be able to count a large number of cells rapidly and automatically as the blood passes through the machine, Schwegler said. At the present time the counting is done by hand under a microscope by seven technicians, he said. Its primary use will be for laboratory analysis. The machine will be like the one now used at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
Members of the committee wanted to find an immediate use for the money and not have it placed in some fund, said Susan Brimacombe, Kansas City, Mo., senior and chairman of the gift committee. Students have been asking about the possibility of donating the money for the current peace movement, she said. Miss Brimacombe said it had previously designated that the senior class money not be used for political purposes.
Lee Greever, Amarillo, Tex., senior and Miss Brimacombe are the co-chairmen of the committee. Other members are Mary Holman, Leawood senior, and Pat Arnold, Kansas City senior.
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