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University Daily Kansan
Page 0301_2 from reel: L 748 (1970-02-03 to 1970-07-28)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/77403

Title: Committees Allocate Funds
Summary: Student Senate committees allocated nearly $17,245 for student activities, with the Finance and Audit committee acting in accordance with Senate Code. The Student Senate budget has equaled or exceeded Senate income for the first time.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student government; university finance; campus organizations
Named Entities: Nichols, Raymond [executive secretary]; Awbrey, Dave [president]; Embry, Dennis [Great Bend junior]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Wescoe Hall Question in Two Parts
Summary: Students will vote on whether to finance a new $8 million humanities building through a $7.50 per semester fee increase. The question appears on referendum ballot in two parts regarding Wescoe Hall and academic building financing.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university planning; student fees; referendum
Named Entities: Miller, David G. [Eudora junior]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Regent's Decision Protested
Summary: Students and faculty protest regents' decision on faculty promotions, with Black Student Union and graduate assistants organizing a rally and strike. Concerns include academic freedom and regents' influence over university matters.
Category: campus news
Subjects: student protests; academic freedom; university governance
Named Entities: Awbrey, David [student body president]; Asch, Robert [graduate assistant]; Zeiskind, Lenny [Lawrence resident]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Photo: Truck in Trench Near Danforth Chapel
Summary: A Buildings and Grounds truck fell into a trench near Danforth Chapel during telephone installation work in KU residence halls. The mishap was attributed to heavy snowfall.
Category: photos/graphics
Subjects: campus maintenance; university facilities
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Hijackers Free Hostages
Summary: Eight hijackers freed 99 hostages from a pirated airliner after 79 hours of captivity, halting an exodus flight to North Korea. Vice-Transportation Minister Shinjiro Yamamura was among those freed.
Category: national news
Subjects: terrorism; international incidents; hostage situations
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Legality of War Challenged
Summary: Massachusetts issued a historic challenge to federal government's constitutional authority to conduct the Vietnam War without a mandate from Congress. Governor Francis W. Sargent signed a bill permitting Massachusetts servicemen to refuse combat duty in undeclared wars.
Category: national news
Subjects: war powers; constitutional law; Vietnam War
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Inquest Notes Missing
Summary: Information indicates court stenographers' notes containing testimony about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and the death of Mary Jo Kopechne may be missing or improperly impounded at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston.
Category: national news
Subjects: legal proceedings; investigations; Mary Jo Kopechne
Confidence: 0.8

Title: UDK News Roundup
Summary: Collection of brief international news items from United Press International, including hijacking resolution, war legality challenge, and missing inquest notes.
Category: other
Subjects: news aggregation; international news
Confidence: 0.7

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