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ROTC protests and campus life in Lawrence 1969 highlights
The 1969 Lawrence page captures ROTC protest actions at KU inclosing incidents that delayed the Chancellor's ROTC review, student petitions for discipline and SDS abolition, plus campus activism at KU and nearby schools. It notes community events, public safety issues, and notable local figures such as Robert Ellsworth being named ambassador to NATO.
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Dents
New Jersey
Robert Ellsworth
Lawrence
Nixon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ballard
John Vanspeybroeck
Wichita
Greek Week
Williams&. Griesa
Mount Hope
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Laurence Chalmers
Hait
Kansas University Stadium
Wescoe
Lawrence Jaycees
Susan Wassenberg
Lawrence KU
James Surface
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
James W. Hershberger
Kansas University
Wichita Oil
Leo Bearman
Centron Corp
Se |S
Warfren K. Agee
William Allen White School For Journalism
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
U.S
Kansas
White House