Film relates local resident's life
Leo Beureman, character of a movie bearing his name, could recently be seen driving a tractor remade especially for him. Beureman is deaf, crippled and partially blind. The film tells the story of a handicapped man's struggle to live a useful life.
Regents to receive report on Velvel's protest speech
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. said Monday that a report on Lawrence Velvel, associate professor of law, will be submitted to the Kansas Board of Regents in advance of their March meeting.
Chalmers said he had instructed Lawrence Blades, dean of the School of Law, to obtain a copy of Velvel's speech for referral to the Regents.
Chalmers said he had no idea what Velvel had said but added that if anyone had any information regarding the incident, and wished to file a charge, he would pursue it.
Chalmers said that he had no information indicating that Velvel's remarks were incendiary or inappropriate. He added that he had heard some favorable comments about the talk from several reporters who had told him there was nothing "erroneous or scandalous" in what the professor said.
A petition is circulating in the School of Law which supports the privilege of a professor to express his beliefs publicly.
Tom Ashton, Lawrence second year law student and petition sponsor, would not say to whom he intends to present the signatures. He said it was merely an expression of student support of academic freedom.
Geological study concludes today
Today was the final day of the 21st annual Highway Geology Symposium at KU, organized by the State Highway Commission of Kansas and the State Geological Survey of KU.
The meeting, which began Monday, included a field trip into Eastern Kansas.
Wakefield Dort, associate professor of geology, reported at the symposium on his recent experiences in Antarctica.
Centron Inc. of Lawrence has been notified that its motion picture, "Leo Beuerman," has been nominated for an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The film is about the struggles of Leo Beuerman, a Lawrence resident, to live a useful life despite being deaf, partially blind and crippled.
The film depicts a typical day in his life. He came to town each day from his farm just outside Lawrence in a tractor that a relative helped him remake.
The 68-year-old Beuerman had to give up driving the tractor soon after the film was completed because his vision became worse. He now lives in the Wakarusa Manor Nursing Home.
Commenting on future political plans, DeCoursey said he is uncertain at this time if he will run again in 1970. He is considering either challenging Larry Winn for the third congressional district or possibly running for reelection as lieutenant governor.
Oscar nomination made
In town he got around my means of a cart he built, selling pencils and repairing watches to support himself.
"I have visited too many campuses," DeCoursey said, "not to realize the need for people to be big enought to accept others who are different or disagree."
Centron is a film making corporation which usually specializes in movies for industrial and educational use. This film, shot over a period of two years and completed last spring, was done by several Centron staff members.
DeCoursey said he was concerned with the tendency of both sides of the legal spectrum to be intolerant of those who disagree.
The picture has been nominated for an award in the category of documentary short subjects.
The 13 minute color film was submitted to the academy upon
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Film tells life of resident
Damage immunity debated by Senate
DeCourse disagreed with Sen. Reynolds Shultz, R-Lawrence, on the allegedly undesirable direction in which the University was headed.
KU protests accepted by DeCoursey
James L. DeCoursey, lieutenant governor of Kansas, said Monday that he did not object to student demonstrations. They are good, he said, particularly in the nonviolent manner in which they have been conducted in the last year.
TOPEKA (UPI)—The question of whether or not the state government should be immune from damage suits was lengthily debated in the Kansas Senate Monday.
DeCoursey said he was not sure that the Chicago 10 demonstration at KU last Thursday merited the criticism leveled against it.
But despite articulate opposition to a bill that would render the state immune from liability claims, a majority of the senate gave the measure preliminary approval.
Sen. Glee Smith, Jr., R-Larned, arguing in favor of the bill, said that orderly government in the future depended on its passage.
"We're dealing with ourselves when we deal with the state," he said. All the agencies and branches of state government would be required to purchase liability insurance if the measure is not passed, Smith said, a process that would cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in insurance premiums.
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the suggestion of William Bowers, the producer-writer of "Support Your Local Sheriff" who saw the film when he visited the University of Kansas last spring.
Centron was notified by telegram Thursday that the film had been nominated, Mosser said.
The awards will be announced April 17.
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