Photo by Ron Bishop
'Cover me, guys'
With only the clothes on their backs (from left) Mike Helbert, Salina sophomore; John Turcotte, Chattanooga, Tenn. freshman, and Stan Plummer, Lakin sophomore, look for someone with more suitable clothes for class. All the men from the Kappa Sigma fraternity house which burned Saturday found some clothes and a place to stay.
Impeachment action to begin
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Congressional critics of Supreme Court Justice William A. Douglas, weighing the possibility of initiating impeachment proceedings against him, plan to make their first move this week.
Rep. William O. Scott, R-Va,
said Sunday some legislation will be introduced and other sources said foes of Douglas will decide at meetings Monday whether to propose an impeachment resolution or a special bipartisan investigation of the judge's off-the-bench activities.
Both Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan said Saturday they favored some inquiry into Douglas's past but stopped short of endorsing impeachment proceedings.
Douglas' critics have attacked his private writings on youth and revolution, his views on obscurity and his ties until last year with a charitable foundation that drew financial support from Las Vegas gambling interests.
Some persons close to the anti-Douglas group said it is leaning toward introduction of a bill to create a special five-man congressional investigating committee that would report back to Congress within 90 days. Depending on the panel's findings, such a move could be the first step toward impeachment.
Under the Constitution, the House votes to indict and the Senate tries the charges. No Supreme Court justice has been tried by the Senate in 12 cases of impeachment although the Senate has ordered four federal judges
removed from office, the last in 1936.
Douglas, who has served on the court since 1939 and is second in seniority only to Justice Hugo L. Black, survived an impeachment move in 1953 when the House Judiciary Committee buried a resolution after a swift one-day subcommittee hearing.
All opponents of the 71-year-old justice, whose writings and involvement in conservation have brought him additional fame, deny that their assault is personally motivated or connected with the Senate's rejection of Supreme Court nominees G. Harrold Carswell and Clement F. Haynsworth Jr.
Agnew, interviewed on television, said "at the present time all I am advocating is that the justice's record be thoroughly examined, including his writings and verbal opinions, to see whether they're compatible with the position he holds."
The vice president proposed that "we should take a good look at what the justice is saying and what he thinks," particularly "a statement that rebellion is justified in cases where the establishment has acted the way it is acting at the present time."
This was an apparent reference to Douglas' newest book, entitled "Points of Rebellion," and a statement in it that "violence may be the only effective response in dealing with the so-called establishment."
Ford, whose staff has been studying a case for impeachment since last November, told a GOP rally in Ottawa, Ill., Saturday that there will be "some action in
the House in the very near future" but declined to reveal his own plans in the matter.
Egeberg wants liberalized laws
NEW YORK (UPI) — Dr. Robert O. Egeberg, the nation's top medical official, said Sunday he favored liberalized abortion laws but added he felt abortion is still only a "back up" measure for the birth control pill.
Egeberg, assistant secretary of health, education and welfare, conceded that the pills kill three out of every 100,000 women who take them.
The risk of death for a pregnant woman, however, "is 13 times greater than the risk of death from taking the pill," Egeberg said.
He said the governmental warning to be put on birth control packages should also include one that the chance of death in pregnancy is 13 times greater.
those men was John Turcotte, Chattanooga, Tenn., freshman. "I was in room 20, the 'disaster area'," he said, "I lost everything except a bottle of Jack Daniels. I'm wearing some DU jeans, Jayhawk Tower sandals, and the T-shirt I was sleeping in. I lost books, money, clothes—just everything."
Mattingly distressed over staying behind
SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI) — A bitterly disappointed Thomas K. Mattingly watched moon bound Apollo 13 blast off Saturday with a measles-free substitute in his place and said, "What can you say? What can you say?"
Mattingly, 34-year-old bachelor who showed the stress of the past couple of days in deep circles under his eyes, told a brief news conference he still doesn't "concede I'm going to get sick."
Paine, who ordered the crew change, said earlier in the day that if Mattingly failed to come down with the measles as doctors predicted, "someone is going to hold Chuck Berry by the arm while we let Mattingly punch him in the nose."
Although Mattingly acknowledged he was very disappointed at missing the flight, he said of Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA administrator: "I hope, had I been a manager, I would have made that decision . . . We made the only decision."
Mattingly had trained since last August to be command module pilot on Apollo 13. He lost his place to John W. Swigert the day before blastoff because he had been exposed to astronaut Charles Duke's measles and medical tests showed he had no immunity.
But Dr. Charles A. Berry, chief astronaut physician, said he had to ground Mattingly because he couldn't take a chance that he would break out with the German measles during the crucial moon landing next week. Mattingly said if he doesn't get sick, Berry better be ready for "a lot of ribbing, obviously."
"If any of you know Charlie, you know I'm the only guy that feels worse than he does. I may not even feel worse than he does," Mattingly said.
At one point in the day, Matt-
ingly seemed angry enough to do
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that. Asked by a photographer to pose as he entered mission control, where he watched the launch of Apollo 13, Mattingly snapped: "You really want blood, don't you."
Astronaut forgets-
A meeting of the fraternity alumni corporation has been called for next week to determine future action for the house. Plans had been made earlier to begin remodeling of the house this summer.
(Continued from page 1) them close enough to the moon to attain the lunar orbit they desired, and thus the course correction was necessary.
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. stopped at the house Saturday morning to chat with the men. He told them if there was anything he could do to help, he would. Most of the men, however, will move to Templin Hall or to apartments for the rest of the semester.
Swigert expressed concern when he first recalled he'd forgotten his tax return.
"I may be spending time in another quarantine besides the one
Threats spark-
(Continued from page 1) outside one of the members apartments, with an explosive device. Spearman added the alleged bomber escaped before the police could be called.
The origin of the threats is unknown, Spearman said, but he said he believed they were made by whites. Spearman said he is not sure as to whether the threats came from within the University community, but he suspects they did, because of the number of threats he received immediately after his appearance at the Hoffman speech.
Spearman said in addition to arming themselves, the BSU would take other precautionary measures to insure the safety of the BSU members.
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. commenting on the new BSU policy directive said, carrying of firearms on campus is "contrary to policy of the University." The carrying of arms on campus by students, and thus turning the University into an armed camp, "approached the height of absurdity," the chancellor said.
Spearman said the incident involving the explosive device was reported to Lawrence police, but he did not express confidence in the police. Spearman said that requested police protection in the past has failed to materialize.
Chalmers said he knew of threats on both white and black members of the student body. He labeled these threats as "cheap immature acts." Chalmers said he hoped both whites and blacks on campus would "keep its cool" concerning the threats and any situation that may arise from them.
He has not contacted the administration concerning the threats, he said, and the BSU does not plan to speak to anyone in the administration in the future. Dean of Student Affairs, William Balfour, said he has not been contacted by the BSU, but he "hoped to talk to members of the BSU" regarding the situation.
Spearman himself was not armed, and he declined to say if any BSU members were, in fact, carrying weapons.
the space officials are planning for me," Swigert said, invoking gales of laughter from his flying companions and ground controllers.
Justice advocates prison revision
Swigert, won't get back to earth until six days past the filing deadline.
CHICAGO (UPI)—Chief Justice Warren E. Burger has called on lawyers and judges to take up the cause of prison reform or leave the obligations of our system of justice unfinished.
In an article in the April issue of the American Bar Association Journal, Burger said, "the administration of criminal justice in any civilized country must embrace the idea of rehabilitation and training of the guilty person as well as the protection of society.
"A visit to most prisons will make one a zealot for reform." Burger said. "The range of needs is staggering. They rival, if they do not exceed those of our great cities. But we are suffering and must pay the high price of accumulated and deferred maintenance."
There are two basic purposes to a system of justice, Burger said: "The first to protect society; the second to correct the wrong-doer."
An Internal Revenue spokesman explained that U.S. citizens outside the country automatically get extensions until June 15.
"Outside the U.S." the spokesman said, is usually considered to be somewhere on earth, but he added he presumed the definition could be stretched to include Swigert.
Hydro-electric power production in Norway has almost doubled since 1966.