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Prof S|Nknks Out
6Rebels ’
Necessary
Ity Mary >lo Nrlsun
Colleges and universities still are not
educating people; they merely are
training them, a soientist-edueator who
led a bitter fight over academic free-
dom at Oklahoma State University said
Thursday.
I)r. Margaret Brooks, now on the
faeulty of Oklahoma City University,
‘Students have a right to
challenge us.'
said the curriculum of higher educa-
tion simply is not relevant to the 'imes.
Students "have a right to challenge
us on this,” she declared.
Dr. Brooks believes this is a princi-
pal cause behind student unrest that is
shaking some campuses to their foun-
dations.
"Do you know it’s just possible that
you could kill off. drown out, all the
LBJ Won’t Fill Court Post
WASHINGTON (AD) — President Johnson
said Thursday he will not now present another
nomination in place of that of Justice Abe For-
tas, for chief justice.
Johnson said he might do so in ordinary
times.
But. he added: "These arc not ordinary
times. We are threatened by emotionalism,
partisanship, and prejudice that compel us to
use great care if we are to avoid injury to our
const it ut ional system."
Chief Justice Karl Warren, who asked to
retire, has indicated his willingness to contin-
ue on the bench at Johnson's pleasure.
Johnson said: "Under the circumstances,
the foundations of government would be better
served by the present chief justice remaining
until emotionalism subsides, reason and fair-
ness prevail."
Johnson issued a statement from the
White House in which he said he deeply regret-
ted that a senale filibuster prevented a vote on
the nomination of Justice Fortas to succeed
Warren
He said he was confident both Fortas and
Homer Thornberry, whom he nominated to be
a justice suceeeding Fortas, would have been
enntirmed had their eases come to a vole
Their qualifications are indisputable."
Johnson >aid.
A Her the senate balked at confirming For-
ms Johnson withdrew his name at Fortas’ re-
quest. He also withdrew Thornberry's name
later.
I*ai»l Circulation 292,.‘176 Krening-ltorning Daily Average September
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unique generation.
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creativity in young people? That would
be a disastrous crisis "
Former long-time biology professor
and director of the OSU Honors pro-
gram. Dr. Brooks resigned last year
following a long controversy over the
university's speaker policy.
She said she does not approve of stu-
dents' use of violence and destruction
in making themselves heard, as prac-
ticed at Columbia and Bet k<*D->.
"But certain situations demand dra-
matic activity. I believe in going
through channels and 1 regie! mob ac-
Democrats Drop Battle
For TV-Radio Debates
‘You could kill off ull
creativity in young people.'
For Capitol Area
‘Universitiesaren't. . .sacred.’
lion and violence. But this may be the
thing that shakes adults up and c auses
them to do something."
Dr. Brooks said if students should
come to her and ask: "Should we lead
a mob action?” she would have to say
no.
"But on the other hand, some of the
things that motivate them in such con-
duct are courageous and well-intended
and very sincere."
Dr. Brooks said students arc rebel-
ling mainly against two basic* establish-
ments they believe to be out of order —
government and curriculum.
Their rebellious conduct is showing
up on college campuses for the simple
(See REBELLION—Page 2)
Giant Complex
Plans Unveiled
By Hugh Hall
Plans for a multi-million- mi! construction of between
dollar apartment complex orjeigh' and ten 3-story fin-
... ,* proof apartment buildings
an office building were dis- J
11-Day Apollo 7 Journey Bogins Friday
Final Countdown Is Started
between NE 2d and NE 28j
closed before the state capi-jancj between Lindsay and,
toi improvement and zoning) Lincoln.
commission Thursday by Frizzell told the eomrnis-;
Joe D. Frizzell, Oklahoma!Sjon ^js finance plans had
City real estate and oil man. not developed sufficiently for
The commission changed ! him to say definitely whet fl-
its zoning regulations to per-ier the development would be
apartments or office build-
ings.
He said the office building
probably would include
| quarters for "a new bank."
with full facilities for a mod-
ern financial operation.
The development would be
GOP Wins
Its Fight
In Senate
Mrs. Eddie Lynch peers into improved fishbowl.
CAPE KENNEDY. Fla. (AP) — With green lights
flashing for all aspects of the flight, ihe final countdown
began Thursday for Friday’s scheduled launching of the
three Apollo 7 astronauts on an 11-day space journey.
The 300-man launch crew* started al 1:45 p.m. the
critical final hours of the count hv feeding electrical
power to the 224-foot-tall Saturn IB rocket.
As the launch team prepared the rocket and the
fit Apollo 7 spaceship, Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra jr.. air
force Maj. Donn F. Eiscle and civilian astronaut Walter
Cunningham relaxed after a morning meeting in theii
quarters with key project officials. __
The space trio is to ride the pulsating power of the
Saturn IB into orbit at 10 a.m. Friday Oklahoma time on
a critical mission that could put the United States back
Television coverage of Friday’s launch starts at 7
a.m. in Oklahoma City on WKY-TV. channel 4. and
KW'TV, channel 9. KOCO-TV starts its coverage at
9:30 a.m. on channel 5.
on course toward its goal of a manned lunar landing next
year.__
adjacent to a new multi-sto-
ry state office building to bet
constructed to house the
state tax commission.
Fti/zoll told the commis-
sion that although plans are!
not firm, it is contemplated I
the a part m e n t complex
would contain perhaps as;
many as JIM) units renting for j
up to perhaps SolM) a month. |
Fish
Story:
She Aids
Population
Explosion
By Hail Pri-kill
Thiou Says Kyporls Untrw»
Oral Pleas
Coup Attempt Denied Slashed
By Court
Judge Extends
Ban cm Strike
SAIGON (AP) — Presi-
dent Nguyen Van Thieu
H denied Thursday night that
an attempt had been made
Tuesday to overthrow his
one-year-old elected gov-
ernment.
"I can say that this is
not true," Thieu said in a
special television and ra-
dio broadcast. "The fact
that people saw that some
military installations were
on alert and that military
men were assigned to
quarters caused rumors
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that there was a coup."
Thieu ascribed the ru-
mors to "the Communists
and their henchmen."
Other high level govern-
ment spokesmen and
sources had told newsmen
that the alert was because
of an attempted coup that
failed.
Thieu pointed out in a
15-minute address that no
additional troops had been
placed around the palace
and other critical points in
the city, as is usual in a
coup attempt. He said both
he and Vice President
Nguyen Cao Ky were eon-
Whal do 1 do about my house payments if 1 have to
go into the army? I ran’t keep them up. G. K.
Tim Turnbull, service officer for American Legion
til Post No. 35. says you are entitled to a moratorium on
your payments while in the service under provisions of
the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act. You can deal directly
with your mortgage holder, or seek detailed Information
from your attorney.
Burdened by an increasing
case load, the state court of
criminal appeals decided
Thursday* it can not spend so
much time listening to law-
yers argue.
The high court changed its
oral argument rule so that
only death penalty appeals
have an ironclad right to
oral argument. It means
oral argument on almost all
other cases will be halted.
Previously, the high court
had docketed every case for
oral argument bv defense
Nguyen can «vy , prosecuIio„.
uniting their notmal rou-
- Under the old rule, per-
Thieu denied that any ci- haps slightly more than half
vilians. military officers or j«f the defense attorneys
politicians had been ar- (wanted to argue their case
rested He said the persons However, even that amount
who spread the attempted of oral argument took up a
p large amount of the courts
(See SAIGON—Page 2) timp.
NEW YORK (AP) — A
temporary restraining order
granted October 2 lo end a
two-day strike by <5.000
longshoremen from Maine to
Texas was kept in effect in-
definitely by direction
Wednesday of V. S. District
Judge Sylvester J, Ryan.
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Mrs. Eddie Lynch has a
[ whale of a fish story to
i tell.
L La t p Wednesday. the
i Oklahoma City homemak-
| er became alarmed when
one of her three expectant
guppies died while at-
tempting to become a
mother.
Assuming the role of fish
midwife, Mrs. Lynch, de-
termined to save the other
two females and their ba-
bies, performed surgery.
Thursday morning, the
two new mothers and their
50 to 60 offspring were
swimming, eating, and
doing well in general.
Mrs. Lynch, who stayed
up all night to check on
her tiny patients, can he
listed in only fair condi-
tion.
“I ran to the kitchen and
grabbed a steak knife, be-
cause it had a sharp point
on it." Mrs. Lynch said.
Using her dining room
table as an emergency oit-
erating room. Mrs. Lynch
lifted each mother-to-be
from the water and en-
larged the anterior open-
ing near thp fin to permit
birth
Mrs
the
Lynch's assistant
her husband — dipped
tiny babies with a
teapsoon.
Lynch had had enough
excitement by 2 a.m.. so
he went to bed. leaving
Mrs. Lynch with her mag-
nifying glass and fish-filled
fruit jars.
One of the mothers borp
babies all night long and
the other one was continu-
ing the fish population ex-
plosion Thursday.
Mrs. Lynch, who bought
the fish two months ago.
said the normal gestation
period for guppies is 30 to
50 days. "These wenl long-
er ihan that.” she said.
Guppies are one of the
few species of fish that do
not hatch from eggs.
Like other growing fami-
the several dozen
newcomers will need more
living space.
"My aquarium is a two-
gallon size, the smallest
you can get. I imagine I
will have to buy a bigger
one." Mrs. Lynch said.
lies.
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Senate Democratic
leadership decided Thurs-
day to bow to a Republi-
can sit-out and abandon
the fight to permit free tel-
evision and radio time for
joint appearances of major
presidential candidates.
Majority Leader Mike
Manslield (D-Mont.) told a
j reporter he tad no choicp
| under the circumstances
| except to give up to GOP
opposition.
He said he will move to
lay the. equal-time bill
aside and take up a ses-
sion-end catch-all $674.7
million appropriations
measure.
Wallace Unwelcome
The Republican presi-
dential candidate. Richard
M. Nixon, has indicated
willingness to engage in a
joint debate with his Dem-
ocratic opponent, Hubert
H. Humphrey, but not if
third party candidate
George (?. Wallace also
participates.
The bill, passed by the
house Wednesday after an
historic, locked-in debate,
provides for joint appear-
ances by all throe candi-
dates on free time provid-
ed by the television and
radio networks.
Dirksen Makes Point
When Mansfield called
the house-passed bill up at
the start of Thursday's
senate session, Republican
Leader Everett M. Dirk-
sen of Illinois made a poinl
of no quorum.
In an unexpected battle
lactic. Dirksen had a page
boy posted outside the
chamber to tell GOP sena-
tors not to respond to the
quorum call.
After more than an hour,
only 37 of the 10ft senators
had responded. It takes a
majority of 51 to meet a
quorum.
Since there are only 37
Republican senators, to 63
Democrats, the GOP
would not have been able
to block action had the
Democrats turned out in
full force.
Two hours after the sen-
(Sec DEBATE—Page 2)
Billings Ineidoul All a mistake
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The drainage is not adequate al SW HI and Miller. Al
least 6 Inches <>l mud and water stands in the street after
every rata. Mrs. R. C.
This was repelled to Foriest Keene, assistani direc-
tor of the department of public works, and this aiea has
now been repaired.
Local — Cloudy and
warmer through Friday.
Overnight low 55; high
Fridav 78 (Details, Page
3.)
A friend of mine reeenlly look his life with a resol-
A mker. He was a disabled veteran of World Wnr II. The
family has an Idea whether they are entitled lo any g«v-
erament benefit as a result of his disability or whether
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The new rule permits at-
torneys in cases other than
the death penalty to request
oral argument, but ihev
must have a good reason for
the court to allow it.
The court reserved the
right to call for oral atgu-j
tnonl in any case it deter-
mines “will be beneficial or
necessary for a determina-
tion of the issues presented."!
The legal points in both
the defense and prosecution
of an appeal are thoroughly
|covered in written briefs,
hut many attorneys thought
they could give theii' basic
point* emphasis through oral
i presentation to the court.
6Friends' Chase Democrats
Bv Shorty Shelburne
surf Writer
BILLINGS — lt was a case of "friend not toe
that apparently caused a group of four Democratic
women campaign workers to flee Monday from Bill-
ings. hometown of Republican U S. Senate nominee
Henry Bellmon.
The Democratic women told newsmen Wednes-
day they became scared after they saw a crowd of
people gathering and coming toward them "armed
w ith sticks and other objects."
The group, Billmgs residents said Thursday,
were just some very friendly patients from the Bill-
ings Nursing Home out for their normal morning
walk.
The patients, most of them adults under supervi-
sion of the Enid State School for mentally retarded,
apparently were attracted by the Democratic Party's
red, white and blue campaign bus.
The patients live at the nursing home to make
more space available for others at the Enid School.
"It was just a group of the patients out for their
usual morning stroll," said Mrs. Louise Britton, Bill-
ings city clerk. "They are adults in age but not in
mind and they arc friendly to everyone Naturally
they would be attracted by something like that bus.
Most Billings businessmen and officials con-
tacted, including Mayor F. O. Rush, said they
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