Letter leaks from KU regent sources sparks campus dispute
A confidential memo by Kansas Board of Regents member Arthur H. Cromb to KU Chancellor E Laurence Chalmers circulated on the Kansas University campus. The document criticizes former Black Students Union leaders and university officials and questions use of campus facilities for an underground newspaper.
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Kansas University
Arthur H
Red) Cromb
Kansas Board of Regents
Laurence Chalmers
Black Students Union
Laverta Murray
John Spearman
KU Black Students Union
Bill Ebert
Frank Zilm
University Senate
Terest
Kansas
Board of Regents
Red’ Cromb
E. Laurence Chalmers
Arthur C
Family Has Had Enough Of Missouri
Don Parker 41 his wife and seven children plan to move to Ohio after a brief Kansas City stay. A stolen rented truck containing most belongings was found abandoned north of the city with about 4000 dollars in losses including 500 in Christmas presents. Parker, an Air Force civilian employee, came to work at Rich ard s Gebaur base and said the family will stay with his mother in Cleveland while they recover.
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Don Parker
Ohio
Parker
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
Air Force
San Diego
Richards Gebaur Air Force Base
Cleveland
How Will He Pick Up Nobel
Moscow AP report notes referee novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn must devise a way to receive the Nobel Prize for literature without involving the Swedish Embassy in Moscow. An embassy spokesman dismissed the idea of an on site handover Thursday during the Stockholm ceremony and said he did not know Solzhenitsyn’s plan for the prize money. Solzhenitsyn had intended to attend in Stockholm but canceled fearing Soviet travel restrictions could bar his return home.
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Moscow
Alexander ‘Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
Solzhenitsyn
Soviet Union
Cross
Quebec
Laporte
New Rooms For Honor Students
Eleven rooms in the basement of Pocahontas Hall at Haskell Indian Junior College were remodeled this fall and will open Jan 18 as an honors living area for women students. Administration studies student requests and plans for applications remain undecided.
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Pocahontas Hall
Haskell Indian Junior College
Man Wounded By Own Gun
Jerry Lee Hackleman a 19 year old from Springfield Missouri suffered an accidental shotgun wound to his lower right leg around 2 30 a m He is listed in serious condition at Kansas University Medical Center after emergency care at Lawrence Memorial Hospital The injury occurred when he accidentally fired his 12 gauge shotgun while transferring it from a car near 19th and Louisiana to a truck He discharged several more shots to attract attention and call for help
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Jerry Lee Hackleman
Springfield
Lawrence
Hackleman
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
19Th
Louisiana
Regent Letter Reveals Critique of KU Groups in Wichita Memo
A regent outlines topics for an unofficial Wichita meeting addressing KU Athletic Association status, a Judiciary decision in the Goldberg case, alleged district involvement with Murray and BSU, administration neutrality, and criticisms of the Dread Daily paper and student governance. The note signals tensions over athletics, race, and campus publications.
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Wichita
Larry
KU Athletic Asso.or Corp
KU Judiciary-Senate
Brother Goldberg
Goldberg
Dayan to Meet Nixon on Israel Egypt Jordan Peace Talks
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan travels to the United States to sound out U S support for renewed Middle East peace talks with Egypt and Jordan. He will see President Nixon and other officials as Israel weighs security needs and a possible Suez cease-fire proposal. King Hussein had addressed Nixon earlier in Washington.
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Moshe Dayan
United States
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Dayan
Nixon
U.S
United Nations
Golda Meir
Jaycee Christmas Decoration Contest Entry Deadline
The Jaycees announce a Dec 20 entry deadline for the Christmas Decoration contest with judging on Dec 21. Decorations must be lit 6 30 p m to 10 30 p m. Four prize categories offer 25 dollar bonds for first place.
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Jaycee
Jaycees
John Mussu
Military Denies Charge on Raid By Fulbright
The Pentagon rejects Sen. Fulbright’s claim that there were no American prisoners at Son Tay and asserts the raid’s sole objective was freeing prisoners. Spokesman Freidheim says officials knew of no other purposes and notes Fulbright’s remarks follow his push to block a resolution praising raiders.
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Pentagon
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
United States
Son Tay
North Vietnam
Jerry W. Freidheim
Sen. Fulbright
Fulbright
Administration
Army
Air Force
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Westbound K-10 widening delay near Has kell Avenue
The westbound lane of the K-10 widening project from east of Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assailant to Has kell Avenue will likely stay closed until Friday said Joe McCourt resident highway engineer. Workers seal joints in concrete entrances to businesses with asphalt and cleanup proceeds along the section. A bomb report at 12:27 a.m. near 19th and Naismith remains under investigation, Lawrence Police Chief Richard Stanwix said.
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Cooperative Farm Chemicals
Haskell Avenue
Joe McCourt
19Th
Naismith
Lawrence
Richard Stanwix
Hostage transfers noted in Bucher kidnapping message
A Rio Globo report cites a manifesto demanding the release of 70 political prisoners in exchange for Swiss ambassador Giovanni E Bucher. Police study two handwritten documents, including a letter from Bucher, as Swiss and Brazilian authorities weigh the terms.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni E. Bucher
Rio
0 Globo
Bucher
Western Hemisphere
Brazil
Bern
Switzerland
City Weighs Traffic Pattern Changes at Sixth and Massachusetts
Public Works Director George Williams said a traffic flow study is underway to decide whether to revert, keep, or modify the Sixth and Massachusetts pattern. Merchants sought a meeting with the city commission, but the regular session was canceled for lack of a quorum.
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Public Works
Sixth
Massachusetts
George Williams
Dennis Kallsen
Kallsen
Cross Describes Kidnappers with Dynamite Sticks
James R. Cross, the British diplomat held by Quebec separatists for two months, said captors strapped dynamite sticks to his head for a time and he wore a hood during captivity. He spoke at a news conference in London about the ordeal, his fear for his wife, and the booby trapped car used for his release.
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James R. Cross
Quebec
Foreign Office
Cross
Cuba
Pierre Laporte
Quebec Liberation Front
Laporte
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