Group demands $75,000
Blacks enter church, ask reparation
Twelve black men from the Lawrence area entered the First United Methodist Church of Lawrence during the 11 a.m. service Sunday and demanded $75,000
from area Methodists and W. M. Stowe, Methodist Bishop of Kansas.
Ronald Sundbye, pastor of the Lawrence United Methodist
Miss Lawrence-KU receives her crown
The 1970 Miss Lawrence-KU is Deborah Moore, Overland Park sophomore. She was chosen from among 13 contestants Friday evening in Murphy Hall.
Miss Moore played a medley of "Sunny," "Girl from Ipanema" and "More" on the organ for her talent presentation.
Cathryn Chiles, Bonner Springs sophomore, and Laurette Hughes, Western Springs, Ill., freshman were named first and second runner-up.
Judy Bula, Hays junior was named Miss Congeniality. The award is voted by the contestants themselves to the girl they consider most friendly and helpful
during pageant preparations.
Miss Moore received her crown from Susan Wassenberg, Topeka senior. The other two finalists were Ann Wallen, graduate student, and Connie Zenor, Dighton senior.
Barb Freeman, Pratt senior, acted as Mistress of Ceremonies. She was voted Miss Congeniality in the 1988 Miss Kansas pearnt.
About 200 students, parents and townspeople attended the event. Miss Moore will represent the city and the University in the Miss Kansas competition this July in Pratt. It will be a preliminary to the Miss America Pageant next fall.
Owl Society members named
New members of Owl Society junior men's honor society, have been announced.
Members are James S. Terry, Merriam; Bradley Smoot, Sterling; Kenneth Klassen, Prairie Village; Steve Emerson, Topeka, and Charles Gentry, Topeka.
Stephen Winters, Wichita; Mafer Tunison, El Dorado; Donald Miller, Wichita; George Pogson, Pittsburgh; Paul Condermann, Iola; Richard Woods, Kansas; John Shuss, John Shuss, Parsons; Maurice Barrett, Mo. Mo.; Roy Kirkendell, Overland Park; John Mize, Salina; William Dunagin, Topeka; John Allen, Salina; and James Foley, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Mark Yates, Winnetka, III.; Fur Dewey, Garden City; Stephen Wamser, Emporia; Robert Boles, Dodge City; Kark Kriese, Topea; Pat Williams, Lansing; and John Wilpers, Garrett Park, MD.
Female imposters arrested in bistro
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UPI)—City police raided a downtown bar and arrested four "women" go dancers. But not to their surprise the "women" turned out to be female impersonators. They were taken into custody and charged with violating a city ordinance which prohibits "wearing disguises."
Church, said he was seated at the piano when the blacks entered. When he finished his number, he said, one of the blacks walked to the pulpit and addressed the congregation.
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Sundby said the black criticized Lawrence for being a racist community and tried to shame the congregation for its alleged injustice to blacks.
Not more than two of the 900 persons attending the service walked out in protest, Sundbye said. The congregation listened quietly and there was no attempt to remove the blacks or offer a rebuttal to their demands.
The black was courteous as he read his statement, Sundbye said, and added the black said, "We will humanize, humanize, humanize you or destroy you," before asking for $75,000 in reparation to the black community.
Sundbye said the whole incident took no more than five minutes, and the blacks left abruptly after telling the congregation, "We will be back here next week for your answer."
"To the best of my knowledge, the group did not go to other Lawrence churches," Sundbye said.
There was a meeting after the service to discuss the issue, which Sundbye said was well attended and "responsible." He said feelings were strong on both sides of the issue, but that everyone who wanted to was given a chance to talk.
Sundbye said the blacks, whom he guessed to range from 24 to 26 in age, represented the Co-ordinating Committee for Black Citizens, and stressed that they were not representing the KU Black Student Union.
scheduled to discuss the issue and formulate a decision.
The money, according to the black spokesman, would be used for summer playgrounds for black children, and other community projects which would benefit blacks.
NEW YORK—Civil disorders and riots in 1968 hit 361 cities in 37 states, and the District of Columbia, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The upheavals, chiefly occurring in early April following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. caused more than $79 million in insured losses. The hardest-hit city was Washington, D.C., where losses totaled some $24 million.
NEW YORK (UPI) — Dr. Norman Vincent Peale warned Sunday the nation is in danger of breaking up unless Americans begin to "cool it."
There will be an open discussion forum for all members and friends of the Methodist church at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Fellowship Hall. Sundbye said it would be a rap session that no policy would be decided. He added that the blacks who disrupted the service had been invited to attend, but that their reaction had been negative.
Peale, who has conducted Sunday services for President Nixon in the White House and performed the marriage ceremony for Nixon's daughter Julie, said in a sermon, "The one thing that needs to happen right now is for all of us to cool it.
"The full brunt of the problem was not laid only on this church," Sundbye said, "Our church was used as a vehicle for spreading the word to all Methodists in this area."
Peale tells Americans everyone must 'cool it'
Sundbye would not comment on any action to be taken, but said a series of meetings had been
Sunbye said Sunday's incident was unprecedented in the Methodist church, and added he did not know of such an incident in any other Lawrence church.
The executive board will meet in closed session Wednesday night, and the administrative board of the church will meet Thursday night to form a plan for dealing with the blacks' demands.
"They will accept no compromise," Sundebye said.
"The hurling of either rocks or epithets is scarcely an alternative to the reasonable thinking process," he said.
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