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Med Center woes, Cromwell loss op list of important KU stories
By CHUCK ALEXANDER
An injury to Cromwell crippled KU in midseason
Last spring's walkouts and resignations of University of Kansas Medical Center personnel, which halted heart surgery at the University of Arkansas during one month, was the No. 1 KU story in 1976.
Second on the list of 20 was this season's injury of Jayhawk quarterback Nolan Cromwell—an injury that dashed KU's chances in the top three in the Big Eight Conference.
The deaths of two KU students in Ireland while on an Integrated Humanities Program trip in February was the fourth top story of the year, followed by reports this fall that many Greek houses failed to meet state fire protection regulations.
Record high student enrollment in all three semesters of 1876 and the announcement of increased student tuition fees for fall 1977 placed third.
THE NO. 6 story was the controversy about whether the University Events Committee had the authority to prohibit certain campus activities and regulate free
COMPELLLING INTERNATIONAL involvements haven't overshadowed events peculiar to the United States, however. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Depression certainly stand out as formative, if not frightening, experiences in American history, led to FDIs unprecedented New Deal legislation and its social programs. One of those programs, Social Security, has since become an American institution.
speech, which began when the committee sought to prohibit guitarrist Max Tenant from using instruments.
The next most important campus story was the announcement that KU societies must become coeducational, to comply with the rules of education or lose all support from the University.
The remodeling of the Kansas Union and the student body's approval of building a satellite union near Alen Field House were completed in 1984. A preface of CIA Director George Bush at
KU to speak, despite picketing outside the University. Thepta at protections. Incognito
The Student Senate's withdrawal of funding from the University of Kansas Athletic Board was No. 10, and No. 11 was No. 23. CU led the nation in campus construction.
This involvement led to other events, major news stories considered important in the Iranian context, history and way of life, the atomic bomb and the development of nuclear power, the subsequent Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the end of the Iraqi insurgencies it wrought at home.
A RECOMMENDATION by the state budget director to slash the Regent's schools' proposed budget by $21 million, and the Kansas Dykes' appearance before the Kansas Legislature to defend the budgets of the Regent's schools made No. 12.
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Tedde Tashsef's election as student body president amid allegations of election improprieties was the 13th most important story of the year.
articles for this special section were written by students enrolled in an editorial and interpretative writing class in the School of Journalism. The students, in ranking the top stories in various areas, kept in mind that these were as well as long range importance of the events that the stories chronicled.
The KU budget for fiscal 1977, which included faculty pay increases of 8 per cent and an $80 million total budget for the Lawrence carmus, was No. 14.
The resignation last spring of William Balfour, vice chancellor for student affairs, was the 15th most important story of the year, followed by a dispute between students and officials which should pay a bill for the student to a bicentennial worm train at KU this fail.
The selection of Peter Turk, assistant professor of journalism, as the 1768 HOPE award winner was No. 17, and the KU last spring ranked No. 14 on the national title last spring, ranked No. 14.
KU's football victory last month over the university of Missouri -Columbia was the third in the nation.
Susan Ford's announcement that she would enroll to KU in January 1977 got off to a speedy start.
Carter choice as No.1 newsmaker
By AUDREY LEE and MARK WOLFF
This past year many names have been strewn across the headlines of newspapers and magazines. Some have appeared only once. Others seem like permanent fixtures. But most are inundated by choosing the top newsmakers of the year, most of the candidates seemed to be politicians.
SUCH IS THE case with several stories in which the themes concern America's role as a world power. As the United States has become more ever involved in worldwide relations, Perhaps the most dramatic example was World War II, which saw America fighting on two fronts—in Europe and in the Pacific against Japanese imperialism.
Also not too surprising was the choice of President-elect Jimmy Carter as the No.1 newsmaker for 1976. President Gerald R. Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger take the second and third positions.
CARTER'S METEORIC rise from his relative obscurity as a former governor of Georgia to President of the United States is certainly noteworthy. Carter's victory was narrow, and some say his narrow margin in the election indicated that he didn't have the
America's past overflows with historical reminders
Bv.IULIA BEREAU
At this time of year, most Americans aren't hard pressed to pick the top news stories of 1976—the election, Patiet Hearst and Nancy Reagan. But the top stories of the past 200 years is another matter. From this Bicentennial viewpoint, the most notable of those stories are those with broad implications, events that somehow changed American thought and culture.
"I don't feel timid or cautious or reticent from moving aggressively to carry out my campaign commitments," he said at a post election news conference. "T'll be very aggressive in keeping my promises to the American people."
THE VERY BEGINNINGS of the nation provided a continuing story now familiar to nearly all Americans; breaking away from the mother country, the battles of the Revolutionary War, victory and then the war at the Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787.
Another important beginnings story was that of the settlement of the West. Three capstone events of that westward expansion were the Lewis and Clark expedition, which followed the Missouri River and on beyond to the Pacific, 1804-1806; the Gold Rush of 1849, which took drove of miners and, later, settlers from the Plains to California; and the Wedding of the Rails at Promontory Point in 1869, which marked the start of transcontinental rail travel.
This points to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1980s, likewise a story of change and new ways in America. The movement included demonstrations and marches, the repeal of dmC laws and the passing of the Dismantling for greater opportunity in all facets of life.
THE 1860S MARK the years of another story of change. The Civil War, from the South's succession to Gettysburg to the Battle of Gettysburg, shook the surrender, shook the whole nation. The war's outcome set the nation on a new path with the assumption that all Americans black and white were equal, free citizens, and would be to be a long struggle toward real equality.
President Ford will end two years as chief executive when the Carter administration takes over in January. Ford took office in Aug. 1974, when then President Richard Nixon resigned in the wake of Watergate. Ford's term in office was marked by a recession, high unemployment and an adversary relationship with Congress.
mandate of the people, but Carter promised to vigorously pursue the goals he set forth in 1876.
If asked to make a list of news stories such as this, nearly everyone over the age of 20 would, no doubt, include the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. Although it is difficult to say whether or how that event altered the lives of many people, it was deeply affected by the emotion of that story in the days when it was so fresh and so sad. The loss of a leader was equally important to the nation in April, 1865, when President Abraham Lincoln was shot by a bullet while visiting Illinois, which was taken home to Illinois, thousands of Americans lined the railroad crossings to pay tribute as the funeral train rolled by.
STILL FRESH in the national memory is Watergate, the generic term for the corruption in government in the early 1970s, culminating in the first resignation of a President, Richard Nixon. Because of the failure to disclose places and the investigations that unraveled the story, Watergate can be ranked with the top news stories of the past 200 years.
The stories of invention, the crossing of technological frontiers, have made an exciting chapter in America's history. High in that regard was the moon landing in July.
1969. From Apollo's blast-off to Neil Armstrong's first steps on lunar soil to splash-down, the event captured the attention of many astronauts hailed as a grand American achievement.
ACHIEVEMENT was the theme in 1927, too, when Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis to become the country's new hero. He set off with the most spirit of the Rearing 20s, and so it loomed the interest and praise of the nation.
In a similar spirit of invention, men like Henry Ford worked on the development of the automobile in the late 19th century. Soon after the turn of the century, Ford began to use mass production to put out his Model T. With mass production, cars were made affordable to the common man for the first time. By the end of the century, American revolutionized American life and the presence of automobiles grew and grew and crew.
The top stories do tell what America has become, but more, they are reminders of what America has come through. Together they make a larger story of these now 200 years of American growth and accomplishment, of change and innovation.
FORD WAGED a low-kay campaign against Carter, relying on his running mate, Sen. Robert Dole, to do the "dirty work" of the campaign as he tried to maintain a "presidential" image. Ford received the Republican party nomination at the Kansas City convention, defeating Ronald Reagan in a hot and often bitter power struggle.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger came in third. Kissinger, known for his shuttle program and the rapid growth of Africa this year to mediate the growing tension between blacks and whites. Despite his past successes in international affairs, Kissinger's popularity recently waned.
OTHER NEWSMAKERS:
**Mao Tse-tung, late chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China, rated fourth. Chairman Mao's death in September 2016 and his relegation as head of the Communist Party in China. He was the architect of China's Socialist revolution and China's guide, prophet and teacher. Millions followed his teachings with blind faith during the years he built a strong army and swept triumphantly into Peking.
**Daniel Schorr, former CBS newsman accused of leaking a secret House Intelligence Committee report on the CIA, was sixth. Schorr admitted leaking the report to a New York newspaper, the Village Voice, but refused to name his colleagues. He was proclaimed before the House Ethics Committee. Scherr resigned from CBS, and charges against him for contempt of Congress were not pursued.**
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former U.S. representative to the United Nations, rated fifth. He was elected to the U.S. Senate from Vermont and became the deciding incumbent. James L. Buckley.
- Ronald Reagan, who lost the Republican nomination for the presidency, was seventh. Reagan, a former governor of Illinois, won the tough competition for the nomination, using pressure tactics, such as naming his running mate before the convention, in the hope that he would win.
■ A black congresswoman from Houston was eighth. eep. Barbara Jarbara, D-Tex, was the keynote speaker for the Democratic National Convention and received much national notice. A political corner, she received the longest ovation of the evening.
**Gov. Jerry Brown of California, who tried unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, was another newsman. Brown insisted that his defeat wouldn't end his aspirations for the White House. He placed ninth.**
Tenth in the news was Saul Bellow, *Tenth author who won the Nobel Prize* for his novel *The Road*.
THIS YEAR'S "rogue's gallery" of newsmakers include Idi Amin, president of Uganda, who aided terrorists in blajacking last summer; Earl Burz, former secretary of agriculture, who made a racial joke that cost him his job; and Wayne Hays, former executive officer of the CIA, a Washington sex-secretary in which public funds were used to pay the salary of a secretary—Elizabeth Ray—whose skills were nonsecretarial.
Other “rogues” include Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India, whose rule has taken a decidedly undemocratic turn; the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, whose evangelical demagoguery has netted him a bundle in real estate and other assets; and Gary Glimore, a convicted murderer from Uttarakhand, who was carried out so that he can die a “dignified” death, instead of rotting in a prison cell.
Deaths, wars rock international scene
Bv MAX JONES
1976 was a year of major swift political changes in the international arena, as governments around the world fell and rose. It was also a year when the Olympics almost didn't take place because governments chose to compete rather than allowing their athletes to—all too indicative of world affairs today.
China was the hardest-hit superpower this year. Chou En-lai, premier of the State Council in the People's Republic for a quarter century, died in January.
Earthquakes devastated three northern cities in July, which according to ancient Chinese folklore, meant the worst was coming. Mao Tse-tung, the only leader China had known since his Communist armies swept into Pakistan 27 years earlier to proclaim the People's Republic, died two months later.
HUA KO-UFENG, Mao's newly hand-picked successor, emerged to lead the nation despite an attempted revolt led by Mao's widow and three other leaders of the party's radical faction. The long-expected attack was a wavered so much that it over before any outsiders knew it had been
In Lebanon, 18 months of civil war, which had seen 37,000 die and more than 50 cease-fire agreements fell, finally showed signs of hope for an eventual peace. This was largely due to Syria's intervention with 20,000 troops, which slowly led to the battle between the Moammes and Christians.
ANGOLA HELD Africa's spotlight early in the year, as the Soviet- and Cuban-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, defeated two pro-Western forces for military control.
Mercenaries from Britain, France, America and Portugal aided the western-backed forces, but Congress banned the requested funds for Ford and Kissinger to support the forces.
In the later part of the year, world attention focused on Rhodesia and South Africa, where white minority governments under Ian Smith and John Verster still ruled large, black majorities.
South Africa erupted with the Soweta riot, the worst racial violence in its history, which set off a series of protests.
Henry Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy took him there, and when things were slow, he made several trips to Rhodesia trying to obtain a peaceful transitional peace agreement. Smith has promised the transition in two years.
ISRAEL AND EGYPT continued to bicker, although Israel evacuated a large section of captured Egyptian territory in the Sinai. The CIA confirmed this year the long suspected—that Israel has between 10 and 20 nuclear warheads available for use.
A highlight for the islands this year was a daring and successful rescue of 102 hostages or pro-Palestine fighters.
Northern Ireland continued its bloody civil war between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants-
Harold Wilson, after three decades in the front ranks of the Labor party and eight years as prime minister, has said
James Callaghan took over the reins of government just in time, however, to watch the pound fall and the dollar rise.
THE U.S. S.R. WAS RELATIVELY quiet this year, as ageing Leonaille reinforced his hold on the church.
In early March, Benznewt told the 29th Communist Party Congress that detente was not an end in itself, but a means of achieving Russia's objectives, and the reason why the detente is merely a strategic tactic by the Russians.
nation to seek loans from the International Monetary Fund.
nations this year, as important leaders in Italy, West Germany, Britain, Japan, Netherlands and Colombia were accused of accepting bribes from the large corporation, which was trying to spur exports. In May 1976, a Dutch Berner of the Netherlands resigned in the fall after an official post because of his dealings in the scandal.
The Soviets were dismayed in October though, when one of their pilots defected by flying an ultra-secret MK-25 to Japan. The CIA said at first that he was a spy, the "intelligence bonanza," later said it was a clucker.
Anwar Sadat made Moscow uncomfortable that month when he told Egypt's People's Assembly that the Soviet Union "is trying to bring us to our knees. But I will get on my knees before no one but Allah."
SPAIN, AN EMERGING industrial power in the world, was a highlight for the western democracies this year. Under new Premier Adolfo Junge Gonzalez, the world watched the dismantling of fasist Francisco France's dictatorship only a year after France elected and election freedoms for political prisoners.
In Sweden, the Social Democrats were turned out of office after 42 years of control, and replaced by the non-socialist bloc of the Center, Moderate and Liberal parties in nongubernal elections.
In West Germany, Helmut Schmidt, the leader of the Social Democrats, retained power by defeating the Christian Democratic Union's candidate Helmut Kohl.
The Lockheed scandal revelations rocked many
IN ITALY, the Christian Democrat won the most critical election there in 30 years, relieving Western fears temporarily and setting up a one-apart cabinet. However, the Communist strength in Parliament increased to an alarming proportion, leaving the new government barely in power.
Argentina saw Isabel Peron erased from power by a military junta this year. But since the moderate military government took over, a series of guerilla murders and atrocities have occurred.
The Communists in France this year were attempting to gain power by asserting that their brand of Marxism is just a benign, reformist force quite unrelated to Moscow. The question as to whether non-Communist forces there will believe this is unanswered.
INDIRA GANDHI continued to rule India with an iron fist, postponing the scheduled elections until next year. Ferdinand Marcos, after 10 years as president of the Philippines, has for all purposes set himself up as dictator. Idi Amin in Uganda can say the same for himself, only more emphatically.
Korea captured attention in the United States last August when two American military officers were attacked and killed by North Korean soldiers in Pannamjum, the city where negotiators spent two nerve-racking years in the 1950s working out the Korean cease fire.