80th Year, No. 121 The University of Kansas一Lawrence, Kansas Friday, April 24, 1970
BULLETIN
City and county officials have decided, that for the first time in three nights, there will be no curfew in Lawrence Friday night.
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Professor Lawrence Velvel and Fredric Litto were promoted today by the Board of Regents.
Photo by John Ebling
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A sign?
Amid the tension and the violence of this week, the destruction of Old Haworth Hall continued. During Thursday's work, a sign (?) appeared from the rubble. The workmen were clearing debris and the sign of the cross happened to be formed by two pieces of lumber from the old building.
Petition calls for curfew halt
By GALEN BLAND Kansan Staff Writer
Members of the University Senate Thursday, acting as concerned faculty and students because a quorum could not be reached, passed a resolution to petition Governor Robert B. Docking to call off the curfew and withdraw the National Guard.
"Get to the point," one yelled. Averill did.
The resolution brought on numerous comments by faculty and student members of the Senate.
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., who was at the meeting, said when asked for his opinion on the resolution, "I have already called (the governor) expressing my concern that the curfew was becoming as big a problem as the problem it was intended to solve.
The resolution was introduced by Rick Averill, Topeka sophomore and member of the Senate, after the regular business had ended. The crowd in Swarthout Recital Hall soon dwindled to a group of slightly more than 100 as Senate members left while Averill was talking-
Averill called the KU situation a police state. He said the entire American system was violent. At this point the exit increased. Some of the remaining members began to harass Averill.
Roy Laird, professor of political science, said that a curfew was necessary to minimize the possibility of arson and bloodshed in special cases such as this.
One faculty member reminded those who opposed the curfew that the curfew protected black areas from vigilantes as well as the other way.
Two student members of the Senate spoke in protest of the alleged invasion of houses without search warrants.
Charles Oldfather, chairman of the Senate Executive Committee, made a motion to amend the resolution by adding "as soon as possible" to the end of it.
This amendment was defeated by a vote of 47-44. There was then a call for quorum. With the ranks diminished, the Senate was more than 90 members short of the quorum figure.
The meeting was adjourned but the resolution was voted on with members acting simply as faculty and students. The resolution carried on a voice vote.
Chalmers spoke to the Senate near the end of its meeting. He said he was confident that (Continued to pane 16)
Third night curfew calmer
For a third straight night the Lawrence curfew was marked with repeated sniper fire and fire bombings. Incidents of fire bombings and sniper fire were less frequent, however, during the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew set by Governor Robert Docking.
A false alarm brought four fire trucks to the scene at Jayhawker Tower Apartments at approximately 9:20 p.m. An estimated 250 persons gathered to see firemen find only a smoldering incinerator fire.
At 8:50 p.m. a fire was reported at the Pur-O-Zone Chemical Co., 714 Conn. It was reportedly set by a molotov cocktail. Police entered the building and were able to extinguish the blaze with fire extinguishers.
Sporadic sniper fire harassed law enforcement officials during the night. Shots were reported by police as they attempted to put out the fire at the Pur-O-Zone Chemical Co. Sniper fire was also heard on Massachusetts Street, 1411 Haskell and 1225 Oread.
At 10:40 p.m. a fire bombing attempt failed at Central Junior High School. Police reported finding two molotov cocktails at the south side of the building. No damage of fire was reported.
A fire bombing was made on the Rogers Electric Co., 512 E. 9th, at nearly 10:45 p.m. Bernard Freeman, owner, was guarding the building at the time.
He said the fire started when two men threw a fire bomb into a store room located at the back of the building. Freeman reportedly saw the men leaving the scene and wounded one of the arsonists as he fled.
Police were also harassed during the night by rock throwing and nail-studded boards that were placed in streets and alleys.
The last major incident of the evening and early morning occurred at 12:30 a.m. At this time, the J.R. Edmonds residence, 1546 Rhode Island, was apparently fire bombed.
A blaze started when a fire bomb was thrown through an attic window above the second story, said Matt Baumann, Atchison freshman who lives in the Edmonds home. Firemen were called to the scene and the fire was quickly extinguished.
The remainder of the morning was quiet and peaceful. All sheriff's units were told to return to the station at 2:15 a.m. this morning.
Deferments now limited
WASHINGTON (UPI)—President Nixon abolished virtually all future occupational and fatherhood deferments from the draft Thursday, sought authority to induct college students and moved to perfect his four-month-old lottery induction plan.
Because of the Vietnam War
"From now on," Nixon said in a message to Congress, "the objective of this administration is to reduce draft calls to zero, subject to the overriding consideration of national security."
At the same time, the President announced steps he said would eventually lead to an all-volunteer Army but rejected for economy reasons a proposal by a presidential study commission that conscription be ended by June 30,1971.
The Pentagon said the draft law should be extended for at least two years, meaning an all-volunteer force would not be created at least before mid-1973. But Nixon said that to start making the armed services more attractive for potential volunteers, he was asking Congress for a 20 per cent pay increase for all enlisted men with less than two years' service, effective next Jan. 1.
and other factors, he said, it was impossible to predict whether or precisely when conscription could be ended.
For a private recruit that would mean a boost from $124.50 a month to $149.40 plus food, housing and other benefits. For a sergeant with less than two years' service, it would mean an increase from $275.40 a month to $330.60.
Meanwhile, the President: Ordered an immediate halt to the granting of all job deferments, including farm work. Young men currently holding such deferments will keep them and those who applied for them before Thursday will remain eligible. There are 500,000 persons with these deferments, most of them teachers, policemen and others in community services.
Asked Congress to repeal a provision it wrote into the 1967 Selective Service Act that guarantees to every college student a deferment for four years or until he is 24 years old, whichever comes earlier. Should Congress remove the stricture, Nixon said he would promptly issue an executive order that would bar stu-
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By United Press International
UDK News Roundup
Bill aids consumers
WASHINGTON—Sen. James B. Pearson, R-Kan., introduced legislation Thursday to aid consumers in selecting retail commodities by requiring that the unit price of each item be shown.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Pearson said the bill would reduce confusion in the market place and could result in an estimated savings of 10 per cent in the nation's $120 billion annual food budget.
Strike causes layoffs
A trucking strike-lockout in the Chicago area continued today without promise of settlement. Wildcat strikes continued in other parts of the nation while a tentative agreement waited for a vote by truck drivers.
Strangled transportation prompted more industrial layoffs Thursday, with 3,500 American Motors employees turned away at a Kenosha, Wis., body plant for lack of parts. American also suspended production of two models Thursday, leaving two models in production.
Rebels hold arsenal
PORT OF SPAIN—Trinidad's army rebels reported themselves in full control of the Chaguaramas arsenal today and said they were holding several loyalist officers hostage pending the outcome of negotiations with the government.
Unofficial reports said the negotiations to settle the four-day-old uprising had reached a deadlock with the government's refusal to meet the rebels' demands for amnesty and for permission to keep their weapons.