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Wednesday, June 4, 1986
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Former chancellor to be on stock board
W. Clarke Wescoe, a former University of Kamasan chancellor, is scheduled to be elected to the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange at a meeting tomorrow.
From 1851 to 1960, Wescoe served as dean of the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was chancellor from 1960 to 1969.
Wescow, 66, was nominated in March to be one of 24 members on the board. He recently retired as officer of the Sterling Drum Co.
Textiles to be shown
As a member of the board, Wescoe would be a part of the policy-making group for the stock exchange, setting rules and regulations for the group that the Securities Exchange Commission must approve. The term would last for two years.
"The Great Cover-up," an exhibition of 19th-century textiles from around the world, will be on display beginning Sunday until July 27 in the Kress Gallery of the Spencer Museum of Art.
The works displayed in the exhibition were selected by Janet Dreling, museum registrar, from a museum's permanent collection
Kashmir shawls, Oriental rugs,
navajo blankets, Qing dynasty
Chinese silk robes and American
coverllets will be on display.
Most of the objects are not on view often because of their size, fragility and sensitivity to light. Some of the works only have been considered collectibles since the early part of the 20th century.
Profs get fellowships
Professors G. Douglas Atkins and Rex Martin have been appointed as Hall Research Fellows for the 1968-87 school year, according to the Hall Center for the Humanities.
The fellships were established this year to further significant scholarship by the KU humanities faculty. Fellows get a year off from normal teaching to concentrate on a major scholarly project. Atkins has been a member of the University of English since 1969. He is well-known for his work on 17th and 18th-century English literature.
Martin has been a member of the department of philosophy since 1973, as served as a core faculty member for two seminars in the humanities.
Design award wins
David Neville, Wichita junior and theatre major, won first prize in the 1986 National Scene Design Contest for Undergraduates. Wichita State University sponsored the contest.
Neville won for his design for "Twelve Angry Men," which was staged at KU in October. Neville received a cash prize, and his design will be in the traveling exhibition of winning designs.
Weather
Today will be partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. The high will be in the lower 80s with southerly winds at 10 to 15 mph. Tonight has a 40 percent chance of rain, and the low should be in the mid- to upper 60s. Thursday will be partly sunny with a high around 80 and a 30 percent chance of rain. The extended forecast for Friday through Sunday calls for little or no precipitation and highs around 85 to 90 and the lows in the mid-60s.
From staff and wire reports.
Vietnam Memorial honors University's lost warriors
The memories of being carried on his father's shoulders during anti-war rallies are vivid for Greg Mikkelson.
By Judy Scott
Staff writer
But when he attended the May 25 dedication of the KU Vietnam Memorial, he stood by his father's side to honor the dead.
"The memorial doesn't honor or glorify war. It honors those who fought and died." Mikelson said.
The dedication of the KU memorial, at the intersection of West Campus Road and Memorial Drive, was in recognition of the 55 KU students who died or are missing in action from the Vietnam War.
Gerald Mikkelsen, Greg's father and professor of Soviet and East European Studies, said that although he was opposed to the war, he attended the dedication to pay respect to his brother. Gerald Mikkelsen was a captain in the Army Reserves during the 1960s and marched in anti-war rallies in Wisconsin.
The memorial has been officially dedicated, but the work on its completion continues, according to Tom Berger, chairman of the Vietnam Memorial Committee and a Navy veteran. The landscaping and installation of sidewalks and possible lighting are scheduled for the summer.
At the memorial's dedication, Berger emphasized that the memorial did not represent a war. He said the men who fought in the Vietnam War.
"The message of this memorial is not whether the war was right or wrong." Berger said. "It's most important message must always read, 'Here we remember the price they paid.'"
More than 200 people, from as far away as Massachusetts, Texas and California, gathered to honor 46 men who were killed and nine who are considered missing in action or prisoners of war.
The memorial is the only freestanding Vietnam memorial on a non-military college campus, Berger said, and is made of cottonwood
In addition to the names, the 65-foot, L-shaped memorial has the inscription, "Lest we forget the sacrifice and sacrifice of our fellow students."
The committee began the memorial project in the fall of 1983 and planned to place the memorial in the Chandler Courtyard of the Burge Building because of cost and artistic pavilion with the Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
limestone from Kansas.
The final design of the memorial was developed by Greg Wade, landscape architect for facilities planning; Stephan Grabow, professor of architecture and urban design; Doran Abel, a graduate of the school of architecture and urban design; and Berger.
Funds for the $40,000 memorial were raised by donations, including $10,000 from Student Senate.
The featured speaker at the dedication was Lt. Col. Hugh L. Mills Jr., of Leavenworth, an army helicopter pilot who received 104 medals in Vietnamese. Mills flew more than 1,000 missions in Vietnam and was shot down 16 times.
Many controversies surrounding the Vietnam War still exist, Mills said, including his own belief that American soldiers are still alive in Southeast Asia. But the dedication honored the soldiers, not the war.
"Sacrifice is the essence of this memorial weekend," he said. "From the horrors of an endless war, the warriors have come home. With the consenade of this shine in their memory, they have finally come home."
Chancelor Gene A. Budig, who spoke at the ceremony, said the memorial was a lasting honor to the memory of the late former permanent reminder of their sacrifice
After the ceremony ended, the bell in the Memorial Campanile ran 55 times — once for each name engraved on the memorial.
Jackson Armbrister, 2219 Marvonne Road, salutes during the playing of taps at the dedication of the KU Vietnam Memorial, while his sister, Pattie Armbrister, 1821 Maple Lane, holds flowers. Jackson Armbrister was a member of the 366th Combat Support Group in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.
City votes to table summit proposal
Staff writer
By Brenda Flory
The resolution called for President Reagan and the Soviet embassy to send representatives to Lawrence to talk with concerned citizens and officials about improving relations between the two superpowers.
The Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously not to take any action on a resolution calling for a referendum on the draft treaty and the Soviet Union in Lawrence.
Lawrence is being considered as a possible site for the 1986 summit meeting by the Intergovernmental Affairs Office, said Bob Swan, 2014 Stratford Ct. one of the organizers of the summit resolution.
Commissioner David Longhurst
said that a Lawrence summit would be an extraordinary event and that leaders have to know that the conference peace starts with the general public.
But Commissioner Ernest Angioi said that although he believed in peace, the city should not get involved in U.S. foreign policy.
If a summit were to be held in Lawrence, Angino said, the Soviet Union would be taking advantage of the city.
But Swan said it was important for citizens to show that they were serious about peace.
Swan, the founder of Athletes United for Peace, was active in bringing the Soviet athletes to the Kansas Relays in 1983 and was involved
in bringing three Soviet World War II veterans to Lawrence in April.
The Summit proposal was important, Swan said, because the Soviet government takes resolutions more seriously than the U.S. government. The solutions mean something to he said. "It means we're serious,"
The proposed summit in Lawrence has received positive responses from mayors in other cities and state officials. Attorney General Bob Stephan wrote a letter to President Reagan that said, "I have never seen a city more concerned and interested in the peace process, and I encourage you to consider Lawrence for a 1986 U.S. Soviet summit."
state, Douglas Wright, mayor of
Tampa, and Ward Lloyd, mayor of
Garden City, have each expressed
their support in letters to Longhurst.
But because a unanimous decision could not be reached by the city commission, the commission felt no ac- tion to best the best response to the resolution.
Mayor Sandra Praeger said the resolution would not be a mandated city policy without a unanimous vote by the commissioners.
But Praeger said that she would not rule out the possibility of writing an individual letter and that she would write in issue with Swan as soon as possible.
After the meeting, Longhurst said he was dissapointed, but the issue
should be settled by a unanimous vote or by no vote at all.
"I will continue to promote the things I believe in," he said.
Longhurst also said that Andrei Parastezaev, first secretary at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, would be coming to Lawrence in June to discuss the possible summit meeting.
After the commission meeting, Swan said the summit idea began three years ago with the visit of the Russian athletes. About 3 months ago the Intergovernmental Affairs Office discussed the idea with their inquiries into a possible summit meeting in Kansas.
"Gorbachev visiting Kansas would mean a lot," Swan said.
Move to add light to Ninth gets support
Staff writer
By Rachelle Worrall Staff writing
After area residents rallied to make the city aware of the need for pedestrian safety, the Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission issued a Monday night that a traffic light at Ninth and Maine streets was necessary.
The issue was prompted by the death of Brendon Doerr, a Pickney Elementary School fourth-grader, who was killed April 22 after he was hit by a wrestound car at the intersection of Alabama streets. It will go to the Lawrence City Commission for approval in about three weeks.
Linda Backus, 841 Alabama St., said yesterday that she and her band Robert helped organize a petition from area residents after the accident. The petition stated their concerns about pedestrian safety on Ninth Street, which has no stops between Iowa and Mississippi streets.
If the city commission approves the light, it probably would not be installed by the time school begins next semester. Terse Gardner, city engineer.
"Ninth Street is a real problem and there isn't just one solution." Backus said. "This light is a response to one problem." It is a crisis-management light."
John Hoyt, 830 Alabama St., said area residents had proposed a traffic light because they thought it was the most realistic solution financially. He also an underground tunnel would be preferable, it would be too expensive.
"We didn't have any hope for the best situation," he said.
A $10,000 study of traffic on Ninth Street was proposed, but has not been approved by the city commission. Tim Miller, chairman of the seven-member traffic commission, said residents probably would need to petition more in order for the study to be approved.
by the city's inaction on the need for safe crossing on Ninth Street.
"You don't know how disappointing it is to find there isn't anybody out there studying what is going on," she said. "I thought that somebody, somewhere who knows about traffic was studying this issue."
Gardner said that only a small study was done to decide whether a traffic light on Ninth Street was necessary. A street must meet at least one of eight criteria before traffic can be controlled.
Ninth Street met one of the criteria in terms of traffic counts and number of vehicles per hour, Gardner said. Although the study was done after
graduation and before KU's summer term, it still indicated traffic control was needed.
Gardner said a light would cost about $15,000 and an underground tunnel would cost more than $150,000.
The light that was approved by the traffic commission would stay green until a vehicle from Maine Street have a pedestrian cross-walk button.
Backus said the light was necessary to make the crossing safe.
"I'm not living in a war zone," she said. "People are getting hurt."
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