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First annual Merrill Jones award given
Mike Janeczko, Chicago senior in petroleum engineering (left), received the first annual Merrill Jones award Wednesday night at a Petroleum Engineering club meeting. The award was given by Paul G. Willhite, professor of petroleum engineering at KU.
Achievement award honors diligent student
The Petroleum Engineering club at the University of Kansas presented its first annual Merrill Jones Individual Achievement Award Wednesday night at a meeting in the University State Bank.
The honor, recognizing an outstanding student in the service of the community, was given to Mike Janeczko, a Chicago senior in engineering for his community and personal achievement.
The Merrill Jones award was instituted by Jones's family in his memory and includes a $50 monetary award, with a letter of recognition from the Petroleum
Engineering Department. Jones, a graduate of KU in 1958, was killed in an auto accident.
Before the presentation was made, a lecture was given by Lloyd Frost, director of the public relations division of the petroleum industries in Kansas, entitled, "The Challenge of Alaskan Oil."
In his lecture, Frost explained the importance of the tapping of the North Slope oil fields of Alaska. He also stressed the problems encountered by oil companies when drilling for oil in 40 degree below zero temperatures.
University, alumni give service citation
The citation for distinguished service will be awarded jointly by the University and its Alumni Association this year, said Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. and Robert R. Riss, alumni president. Five alumni of the University of Kansas and a non-alumnus from the faculty will receive the citation.
The distinguished service citation is the highest honor the University and the Alumni Association bestows upon an individual. The award recognizes good citizenship; significant contributions to the community, state and nation; professional accomplishments; humanitarian service, and is based upon the life career of the individual rather than upon a single event.
The five alumni are Clarence McGuire, Kansas City, Mo., president of Hoover Brothers Inc.; Dwight F. Metzler, Delmar, N.Y., deputy commissioner of the New York State Department of Health; Paul J. Parker of Bartlesville, Okla., retired international vice-president of Phillips Petroleum
Fire losses more than building costs
Lawrence burned down five times more than it built in April. Fire losses totaled $2.6 million last month in Lawrence while new building totaled only $520,-345 according to building permits issued by the office of building inspector Ken Jorgensen.
Co.; Adolph Rupp of Lexington, Ky., retiring head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky and John W. Starr of Shawnee Mission, senior vicepresident of R. B. Jones, Co.
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The non-alumnus is Raymond C. Moore, Emeritus Summerfield Distinguished Professor of Geology. He becomes the second non-alumnus to receive the award.
The citations will be conferred during Commencement exercises May 31 and June 1.
The six were chosen by a secret committee comprised of nine alumni and two faculty. Chalmers and Riss were ex officio members of the committee without votes.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—George M. Stafford, acting chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) since January, will be named its first permanent chairman, sources said Tuesday.
ICC position permanent
Ham radio system monitors strikes on 20 campuses
Neil Ungerleider, a Brandie's University senior and head of the network, said Wednesday as many as 20 students are involved in operating the radio net which is in contact with college radio clubs, campus radio stations and individual students at other schools.
WALTHAM, Mass. (UPI)—The National Student Strike Center here is using a ham radio network linking up to 20 colleges to relay information nationwide about the campus strike.
Ungerleider said a western radio net was being set up at Stanford University in California. Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, serves as a midwestern relay and information-gathering point.
President Nixon named Stafford, 45, acting chairman after congress approved the President's plan to reorganize the 85-year-old ICC, which is the largest of the government's regulator agencies. Stafford is from Valley Falls, Kan.
The ICC has responsibility for regulating railroads, truckers, pipelines, barge operators and household movers. It has come under attack recently for alleged ineffectiveness in dealing with the nation's transportation problems.
UPI's sources also said W. Donald Brewer, deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, will be named to fill another vacancy on the 11 man commission.
ST. LOUIS (UPI)—Philip La Barbera, a disabled Army veteran of World War II, isn't taking a notice to report to the draft seriously.
Veteran, 50 gets notice of induction
First, he is 50 years old, and past the draft age.
Second, the draft notice is from the Italian government.
La Barbera was born in Palermo, Sicily, and was brought to the United States by his parents as a child. Since then he has become a naturalized citizen, and became a veteran with 30 per cent disability while in the U.S. Army.
"My feet were frozen in Germany in January 1945," La Barbera explains.
La Barbera, a bartender, is married and his five children.
A White House spokesman said both men were being given serious consideration for the two posts, but refused to confirm that they would be appointed.
Stafford began his six-year term on the ICC in 1967. He succeeded Virginia Mae Brown, the first woman chairman of the ICC.
The southernmost point in the United States is South Cape, Hawaii.
Until the reorganization of the commission, the chairman's job was rotated on an annual basis. Critics claimed this short tenure prevented development of a long-range policy and left the agency with a leadership vacuum.
The ICC also has been criticized for being ineffective in handling the piecemeal disintegration of the nation's rail passenger service and being influenced by the industries it is supposed to regulate.
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader recommended earlier this year that the ICC be abolished.
Sunday, May 10 Is a Day to Remember GIANT PEACE AUCTION
sponsored by
sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Community Building
Delicious food, homemade bread, baked goods, fresh bean curd
Peace jewelry and gift items
Peace jewelry and gift items An astrologer to read your horoscope—bring time of birth
A large collection of used books
Mounted Art Photos
Foreign crafts
Macrame knotting and weaving being done
Woodcuts being made----choose your own color Beads strung to order
Fantastic array of rummage, including clothes, furni- toys, plants and old appliances.
ture, toys, plants and old appliances Supervised play corner for little children Meals—lunch and dinner
Available from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Auction at 1:00 p.m.