Wednesday July 27,1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 153 (USPS 650-640)
KU prof Ketzel dead at 66
Bv Lisa Sheikh
Kansan staff writer
Clifford P. Ketzel, retired professor of political science at the University of Kansas, died of heart failure early yesterday morning at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was 66.
Mr. Ketzel had undergone open heart surgery July 11 and had progressed steadily, said his son, Marc Ketzel. He was admitted Saturday to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after suffering from heart failure.
Mr. Ketzel taught political science at KU for 32 years. He retired Jan. 1, 1987.
Eldon Fields, also a retired political science professor, worked with Mr. Ketzel for 28 years. He described Mr. Ketzel as an outgoing, enthusiastic person who liked to challenge his students.
"Heliked to stir their thinking," Fields said. "He didn't particularly care for giving them easy answers. He wanted them to think."
Fields said he thought Ketzel's students really liked him and appreciated his dedication.
"He was always available in his office whenever they wanted him," Fields said. "He was very strongly oriented toward working with undergraduate students and was much concerned about all the students he worked with."
But Mr. Ketzel's dedication to KU students went beyond his work in the classroom. Fields said one of the high points of Mr. Ketzel's career was working as faculty adviser for the Minorities Forum from 1961 to 1964.
During that time, Mr. Ketzel was responsible for inviting speakers with various political and social views
"He really carried the heavy burden of inviting often unpopular people because he thought they should be heard." Fields said. "He worked very hard at it and was not afraid of criticism at the same time, and it was not an easy thing to do."
Among those Mr. Ketzel brought to campus were
communists, Nazis and self-appointed kings.
In addition to his activist lifestyle within the academic and political realms, Mr. Ketzel volunteered his time and helped establish a program.
Marc Ketzel said his father's generosity had marked his character.
He was a volunteer driver in out-of-town treatment for the local cancer society and a volunteer handyman for the home.
Mr. Ketzel was born Sept. 29, 1921 in Los Angeles. He served four years in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to a Pacific destroyer during World War II.
He received a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1942. He then went to the University of California, Berkeley to earn master's and doctoral degrees in political science.
He served as a foreign affairs officer for the U.S. State Department from 1949 to 1951. From 1951 to 1963, he was assistant to the director of the American Political Research Institute and the director of the Governmental Affairs Institute in Washington.
In 1954, Mr. Ketzel came to KU as an assistant professor of political science.
In addition to teaching, Mr. Ketzel worked in several other faculties. Among his posts were research associate for the Kansas Legislative Council in 1956; Program Planning Committee adviser and originator for the United Nations Conference, 1960-1964; director of graduate studies, 1968-1970; coordinator of undergraduate students, 1973-1987; and chairman of the University committee on foreign students, 1983-1984 and 1985-1986.
Mr. Ketzel lectured for the department of history at the University of Punjab, Pakistan, in 1961 and 1962.
He is survived by his wife, Lesley; and three sons, Marc; Sanvaily, Calif., Christopher, Lincoln, Neb., and Ebert.
Mr. Ketzel's body is being donated to the University of Kansas Medical Center for research.
Clifford Ketzel
GOP is still confident despite spirit of unity shown by Democrats
By Debbie Bengtson
Kansan staff writer
But some Kansas Republicans are not worried that the Democrats' party unification and conservative vice presidential choice will cause the GOP any problems in the November election.
Last week, Democrats left Atlanta with a new party spirit and a hope for winning the South with vice presidential nominee Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas.
"I think unity was established, and it was genuine unity," said Cathy Whitaker, executive director of the Kansas Republican headquarters. "And it will be tough to beat the Democrats, but we will."
Douglas County Republican chairman Ken Martinez said that he thought the Rev. Jesse Jackson wasn't treated fairly at the Democratic convention.
"He did a lot of work for the party." Martinez said. "He (Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis) didn't give Jesse the respect he was due."
An AWACS plane and the countryside of western Missouri can be Members of the media were invited to fly with the Kansas Air National Guard on Saturday.
But Brian Kresin, Topeka senior and former chairman of College Republicans, said that he thought the Democratic presidential nomineekowtowed to Jackson and his supporters.
Flying high
At the convention, two of Jackson's minority planks were voted down by the delegates. A tax increase for corporations and wealthy individuals was rejected by a 2,499 to 1,091 vote.
"Dukaiks sort of gave in to Jesse," Kresin said. "He let Jesse say his piece and then he didn't necessarily argue with him."
Also, Jackson's proposed plank for the United States not to be the first country to fire nuclear weapons was rejected by a 2.747 to 1.220 vote.
Bentsen and Dukakis disagree on many issues, said Kim Wells, Kansas campaign manager for Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole.
"This will be a sore subject that will definitely come up in the Democratic camp." Wells said.
Martinez is pleased with the Democrat's choice of Benten "because he espouses a philosophy that is positive, constructive, and 'And to the most part Republican.'"
Whitaker said there was a historical trend that when a liberal Democrat running for president chose a conservative running mate, the conservative was left out of important decision making. She cited the example of President Kennedy and his conservative vice president, Lyndon Johnson.
"The bottom line is that the constituents will realize that Dukakis is a liberal and Lloyd Bentsen won't be a part of the decision making." Whitaker said.
She said that the Democratic boost in the polls was a result of the convention coverage on television.
"They spent an entire week on prime time television," she said "This will give them an up in the polls, but soon you will see the polls change."
Wells, Dole's campaign manager, said that the jump in the polls after each convention didn't mean much because it wasn't until September or October that the electorate became really interested in the election.
Tom Shepard, left, games director, Judy Billings, Convention and Visitors' Bureau director, and Tom Williams, Lawrence High senior, stand by the welcome sign at 23rd and Iowa streets.
Junior Olympians to compete in Lawrence
By Karen Boring
Before the hoard of students returns for the fall semester, a younger hoard will fill the University of Georgia's college with intense athletic competition.
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence will play host to the 22nd annual Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics from Aug. 6 to 13. The AAU Junior Olympics is a national competition in 14 sports for athletes from ages 8-18.
For some athletes, the Junior Olympics is the pinnacle of their careers. For others, it is only the beginning.
But the city still needs help to put on the Junior Olympics.
"The plea is that we still need about 500 volunteers," said Judy Billings, director of the Lawrence Convention and Visitors' Bureau.
The games will bring more than 5,000 athletes, 7,500 coaches and parents, and $1.8 million to Lawrence, said games director Tom
Volunteers will be admitted free to
To volunteer, contact the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at 843-4411 or the Junior Olympics office at 842-3131.
all events. They will be used to help with specific sports, to greet the athletes at KCI airport and to staff the hospitality rooms for officials and coaches. Volunteers are needed for track and field, swimming, gymnastics and general positions.
Shepard took a leave of absence from his job as vice president of operations at the Crested Butte ski resort in Colorado to organize the games.
One of the athletes competing in the Junior Olympics will be Tom Williams, a 17-year-old pole vaulter from Lawrence. He will be competing in the games for the second year in a row.
"I've been involved in large special events at the skk area," he said. "I'm going to go back."
"Yeah," he said softly.
Williams will be a senior at Lawrence High School this fall. Throughout high school, he has kept to a rigorous schedule of competing
at indoor AAU meets before the spring high school track season begins and at AAU summer meets after the high school season. Because he is a member of the Lawrence High track team, he can compete only in team meets during the high school track season.
"AUG gives you experience at lots of meets," he said. "I'm more relaxed because I've been to more cities than during the regular season."
He will be wearing the uniform of the track Club in the Junior Olympics.
His eyes lit up when asked if he would like to represent the United States in the Olympic Games.
"A lot of athletes who are competing at the national level started in AAU," he said. "It probably helped them get where they are today."
His voice betrayed a touch of awe when he said that several Olympians who had come up through the ranks of AAU had spoken at the 1987 games in Syracuse, N.Y.
Williams placed fifth in the pole vault in his age group at those games. He was the only athlete from Lawrence to compete there. Because of the long drive to and from the field, he won for the first week. This year, Williams anticipating watching more of the other sports.
"I try to relax at nationals," he said. "I go around to see other sports, to see what other people are doing. By the time I get to nationals, I want to practice." But that I really don't need to practice. Getting my mind into it is the thing."
Williams qualified for the 1987 Junior Olympics by placing in the top three at four qualifying events: substate, state, Missouri Valley and regionalists. This year, he did not go to host state for the national meet do not have to qualify at regionalists to compete at the nationals.
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Qualifying for the Junior Olympics is different for each sport, Shepard
See OLYMPICS, p. 2, col. 1