Stump at Mt Oread Sledding Slope Injures Kansas University Students
A large tree stump on the east side of Potter Lake in Kansas University’s Mt Oread area has caused multiple injuries this winter among sledders and tobogganers as they enter the ice. The location lies in a key traffic pattern and officials urge Buildings and Grounds workers to remove the stump when weather allows to stop further accidents. More injuries occurred over the weekend.
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Kansas University
Potter Lake
Mt. Oread
Journal-World Photo
Grants Total 84800 For Undergraduate Research Support
The National Science Foundation awarded Kansas University 84800 in undergraduate research participation grants. The funds support 63 undergraduates from 10 departments for a year, with stipends of 60 dollars per week for 10 to 12 weeks. Departments and awards include chemistry 12200, medicinal chemistry 7600, chemical and petroleum engineering 8400, physics 9760, microbiology 7500, comparative biochemistry and physiology 12000, pharmaceutical chemistry 4560, mathematics 12500, pharmacy 6080, radiation biophysics 4200, and other instructors.
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Kansas University
National Science Foundation
R. L. Schowen
Robert Wiley
Kenneth A. Bishop
J. W. Culvahouse
Donald Dusanic
Dennis Dahl
Takeru Higuchi
Regents
G. Baley Price
Duane G. Wenzel
Benjamin Friesen
Debicki to Join KU Language Studies Faculty
Andrew P. Debicki, Grinnell College Spanish chair, will join Kansas University next September as professor of Spanish and Portuguese. A Yale alumnus with a Ph.D. from Yale, he taught at Grinnell since 1960 after Trinity College. Debicki, a native of Poland who lived in Cuba 1942 to 1949, has held Yale fellowships, a Danforth award, an ACLS fellowship, and a Fulbright grant.
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Andrew P. Debicki
Grinnell College
Iowa
Kansas University
Debicki
Grinnell
Trinity College
Yale
Poland
Cuba
Danforth
American Council of Learned Societies
Kansas City Health Dept Gets Grant for Pollution Lab
The Public Health Service approves an $82,640 grant to the Kansas City Health Department to fund air pollution control efforts. The grant supports a laboratory serving both Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas, enabling full operation of the program.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Kansas City Health Department
Kansas City
Kan
Absences Mark 1967 Congress Roll Calls Across Houses
Washington AP reports that Congress saw notable absenteeism in 1967 with 63 representatives and 18 senators not responding on many roll calls. In the final six weeks nonvoting averages rose to 67 representatives and 23 senators.
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Congress
Washington
Vietnam
House
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Senate
KU Foreign Students Have Own Activities
Kansas University hosts 646 foreign students forming new groups. The African Club Chinese Students Association Indian Club Iranian Students Association Korean Students Association Latin American Club Organization of Arab Students Pakistani Students Association Venezuela Student Center join with Americans in the Chinese Culture Study Association World University Service Balkan Dance Club KU Foresan Club International Club Muslim Society People-to-People Bahai Club and KU Hindu Society.
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Quill
American Institute of Civil Engineers
Kansas University
Organization of Arab Students
Venezuela
Chinese Culture Study Association
World University Service
Balkan Dance Club
KU Foresan
International Club
Muslim Society
KU Hindu Society
Poverty Is Hell Definition From Rev. Maurice Ouellet
In Maryknoll New York Reverend Maurice Ouellet a Josephite priest and civil rights activist defines poverty as a concretized hell inhabited by humans calling attention to its harsh reality and social impact.
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Maryknoll
N.Y
Maurice Ouellet
Three Russian Writers Go On Trial in Moscow Case
In a closed Moscow court, Alexander Ginsburg Yuri Galansky and Alexei Dobrovolsky face anti-Soviet agitation charges linked to NTS a Paris headquartered group. Vera Lashkova is charged for involvement with Phoenix 66 while supporters press for an open trial and public scrutiny.
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Moscow
Alexander Ginsburg
Yuri Galansky
Alexei Dobrovolsky
NTS
Popular Labor Alliance
Vera Lashkova
Dobrovolsky
Ginsburg
Natalia Ginsburg
Paris
Gerald Brooke
Volker Schaffhauser
U.S
Soviet Union
Ginsburg and Galanskov
Russia
Europe
Andrei D. Sinyavsky
Yuri M. Daniel
Sinyavsky
Daniel
Negroes Find More Housing in Suburbs
The Chicago Conference on Religion and Race says it will be easier for Negroes to obtain housing in suburbs next year. Its yearend report notes it assisted 87 Negro families in locating housing in predominantly white communities during 1967 and housing director Howard W. Smith predicts numbers will triple in 1968.
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Chicago
Chicago Conference On Religion and Race
Howard W. Smith
Refugees Arrested by Vietnamese Police in Da Nang Market
About 100 refugees were arrested in Da Nang for taking part in an anti American talk campaign in a downtown market. The demonstrators engaged residents in conversation about anti American sentiments and bombing by American planes. Authorities said there was no roughness and used tact and diplomacy.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
A. Wilson Edwards
Louisville, Ky
South Vietnam
Edwards
North
Jefferson County Meet Set for Wednesday
The second phase of the Jefferson County Community Project kicks off with a public meeting Wednesday in Oskaloosa at 8 p.m. Richard Thomas of Southern Illinois University will speak. he heads SIU's Community Development Institute. Robert Wildrick of Lawrence supervises the project, sponsored by KU Extension.
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Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
Richard Thomas
Southern Iinois University
Oskaloosa American Legion Hall
Thomas
Community Development Institute
SIU
Robert Wildrick
Lawrence
Kansas University Extension
KU Extension
George Beal
Kansas University College Bowl Team Heads for New York
The Kansas University College Bowl team and James Gunn the administrative assistant to KU Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will depart Kansas City on January 26 for a competition in New York.
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Kansas University
Kansas students set for College Bowl telecast
On January 26 in New York City students compete in the nationally televised College Bowl on January 28. Winners earn 3000 for their school scholarship fund and 1000 for the same purpose for the losers. Winners may appear up to five times. Participants include Fred Krebs Shawnee Mission senior Janet Fink Kansas City Mo junior Charles Eberline Bartlesville Okla junior and Douglas Mackey Hutchinson junior.
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New York City
Fred Krebs
Shawnee Mission
Janet Fink
Kansas City
Charles Eberline
Bartlesville
Okla
Douglas Mackey
Hutchinson
Lip Code Is Loophole In Secret Assignment
Air Force Maj. Ken Anderson spotted a zip code clue revealing his new posting. Transferred from Beale AFB, he learned his destination was classified, yet his orders listed the zip for Da Nang, South Vietnam, exposing the secrecy surrounding the assignment.
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Sacramento
Calif
Air Force
Ken Anderson
Beale Air Force Base
da Nang
South Vietnam
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