Photo by Ron Bishop
Fire damages Strong Hall auditorium
A fireman surveys the damage that resulted from a fire in Strong Hall auditorium Friday. Discovered by three students from Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia at 4:02 p.m., the fire destroyed curtains and scorched paint in the auditorium.
Shultz says charges should not be dropped
State Senator G. Reynolds Shultz (R-Lawrence) said in a telephone interview with the Kansas Sunday he had been told that if charges of vandalism were not dropped on five black students at Lawrence High, "we could expect more violence."
Shultz said he felt the charges should not be dropped, because if the charges against the first group were dropped and not those arrested on curfew violations, it might cause trouble.
Shultz said he was impressed with the students who aided
firemen during the Kansas Union fire.
"I'm concerned that some people think I'm against all students. I think 99 per cent of the students are good kids," he said.
Shultz said he thought the sentences of those violating the curfew was not too stiff.
"They knew the consequences," he said.
He said he thought that under the circumstances, the tight security precautions were justified.
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Aide attacks impeachment
NEW YORK (UPI) — Former presidential aide Theodore C. Sorensen charged Sunday an attempt to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas is "another indication of the attempt to clamp down on dissent" in the nation. He said Attorney General John N. Mitchell "may well be behind this whole impeachment procedure."
Sorensen said Mitchell "likes to read other people's mail . . . listen to their telephone calls" and could be setting a precedent for the impeachment of others besides Douglas — specifically, Mitchell himself.
"This is another indication of the attempt to clamp down on dissent and other unorthodoxy," Sorensen said of the impeachment drive. "But there may be others who might be impeached. For example, the man who may well
However, the former aid to President Kennedy dismissed the thought with the remark "it's foolish to talk about impeaching either one."
be behind this whole procedure. Someone might say 'let's impeach Mitchell.'"
Sorensen, a candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination in New York, also lashed out at Mitchell, California Gov. Ronald Reagan, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew "and their ilk" for attacking dissenters, particularly campus militants.
As to the effect of Agnew's attacks on the news media, Sorensen said "I think there's some indication Vice-President Agnew's intimidation of the television networks has succeeded."
He said such attacks only goad the radicals to acts of violence and that "the two extremes are feeding on each other" with the result that campus violence only increases the power of "Mr. Reagon, Mr. Agnew, Mr. Mitchell and their ilk."
Oil washed ashore from spills in Gulf
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) "Heavy pollution" from an oil slick washed ashore in the marshy area southeast of New Orleans, the Coast Guard said Sunday.
A Coast Guard helicopter surveyed two oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico that originated about 14 miles offshore. The pilot reported the pollution had taken the form of "a broken silver sheen."
SUA SPRING INTERVIEWS
Recreation—
1. Coffeehouse Director
2. Coffeehouse Arrangements Chairman
3. Coffeehouse Publicity Chairman
Forums—
4. Quarterback Club Chairman
1. Minority Opinions Chairman
2. Featured Speakers Chairman
3. Women's Liberation Chairman
Fine Arts—
1. Exhibits Chairman
2. Picture Lending Library Chairman
3. Poetry Hour Chairman
4. Music & Drama Chairman
5. Art Forums Chairman
Summer Board (Summer 1970)一
1. Chairman
2. Other Areas (Publicity, Secretary, Recreation, etc.)
Applications may be obtained in the Governor's Room, Kansas Union. Due to the Union fire, interviews can't be announced at the present time. Applications are due in the Governor's Room by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 29. Information about interview times will be announced when you return your application. Your interview will be scheduled for five minutes. To prepare for your interview, feel free to contact Board members or last year's Events Chairman.
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