Local bomb, arson attempts made
Causative factors of violence examined
By JEFF GOUDIE
Kansan Staff Writer
The wave of bomb and arson attempts which is sweeping the nation has not left Lawrence and Kansas City untouched. In view of predictions that this sort of activity could reach epidemic proportions, an examination of some of the possible causative factors could be helpful.
According to U.S. News and World Report, the Federal Bureau of Investigations was known to have warned the White House six
months ago that a wave of terrorist bombings was to be expected.
Time magazine reported that the Revolutionary Action Movement, the Students for a Democratic Society and the Black Panthers have been sending out bomb making instructions to member groups since December.
Across the nation reports indicated a rash of bombings. The trial of H. Rap Brown was moved as an indirect result of explosions. In Manhattan, a townhouse which
served as a bomb factory for the Weatherman faction of the S.D.S. blew up and killed Diana Oughon, 28, and Ted Gold, both members of that militant faction.
Gold, Black Panther Robert Collier and other members of the SDS Weatherman faction spent time last July in Cuba. There is a school of thought that links this fact and Fidel Castro with at least some of the recent bombings.
Sen. James O. Eastland (D-Miss.) said that there is a "direct
Resolution sent to board of directors
Louis T. Hurt, president of the Missouri Federation of Teachers, said the disruptive and destructive acts that have been taking place in Kansas City schools for the past week must be confronted.
In a resolution Hurt sent to the Acting Superintendent of the Board of Directors, he said such acts must be met with "firm actions by the Board of Directors."
The resolution was presented to the Board of Directors in an executive session held April 16.
the building to clear the building immediately so that the rest of the students who want an education can get an education so that the teachers can do the job that has been delegated to them and so that the administrators can also do their job."
In the resolution, Hurt said,
"The Kansas City Federation of
Teachers Union, Local 691, hereby recommends to the Acting Superintendent of Schools that all principals be instructed, in cases where the students are congregating and attempting to disrupt, that the proper authorities be contacted and brought into
BSU newspaper fate still being considered
Discussion of art, music scheduled
They will speak in a History 80 class at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Two faculty members from Lincoln University, Columbia, Mo., will visit the University of Kansas to discuss Afro-American Art and Music.
Visitors are welcomed to the class.
Robert Lee Mitchell will discuss Afro-American music and illustrate his lecture with selections on the piano. He is assistant professor of music and supervising teacher of music in the laboratory high school at Lincoln University.
James Callas Parks, head of the department of art at Lincoln University, will show slides and discuss Afro-American Art as a part of the course giving emphasis to Afro-American culture.
The course on Afro-American History and Culture has been organized by Lorenzo Greene, a professor at Lincoln University.
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John Spearman, Lawrence sophomore and president of the BSU, said the paper is still under consideration by the Attorney General's office, and publication by the KU Printing Service would have to wait until Kent Frizzell, Attorney General, delivers an opinion on the paper.
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Spearman said the BSU is considering printing the paper elsewhere. The first issue of the paper was printed in Wichita, after the printers at the KU Printing Service refused to print the paper.
The fate of the controversial Black Students Union (BSU) newspaper, Harambee, is still uncertain.
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Spearman said the cost incurred in printing the paper elsewhere, was a factor in delaying the publication of the third issue of the BSU paper.
When questioned concerning his arrest at Lawrence High School April 13, Spearman said he will enter a plea of not-guilty. Spearman is currently free on bail.
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Spearman said he was at the high school at the request of blacks at the school. He said that earlier in the year the BSU had volunteered help, but was waiting for a call from the blacks at the high school. Spearman
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said the BSU had promised to help the blacks at the high school when they were ready to act
Spearman made no comment concerning any future action by the BSU at the high school.
and definite link" between Cuba and the bomb attempts. He accused Castro of "exporting revolution" in an attempt to overthrow the existing government.
A conflicting opinion was reported in U.S. News and World Report: "Castro does spur violence but he does not create it."
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