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...three students are members of the Kansas Natural Guard (KNG), an anti-nuclear group. The University Daily Kansan reported last week...
...Taiwanese professor at KU, who asked to remain anonymous, said that he and other Taiwanese faculty members and students who have criticized the military regime of Taiwan, fear that these reports will lead to reprisals against them and their families by their government, the University Daily Kansan reported last week...
...Last year I ended up in the first heat of both my events there," the slight but ultra-smooth Kansan commented. "It's tough to qualify [for finals] if you don't have competition in the heats, so I hope I get seeded better this time...
DIED. W. Eugene Smith, 59, renowned photojournalist whose work strongly reflected his own compassionate nature; after falling and striking his head while recovering from a stroke; in Tucson, Ariz. A native Kansan who began his career at age 14 on Wichita's newspapers, Smith was critically injured on Okinawa in 1944 while on wartime assignment for LIFE magazine. After 32 operations and two years of convalescence, Smith returned to work on a series of memorable LIFE photo essays, including "Country Doctor," "Spanish Village" and "Nurse-Midwife." In 1971 Smith moved to the Japanese fishing village of Minamata to begin...
Republican Governor Robert Bennett, 51, brushed aside two token primary opponents. Even Republicans, however, complain that he does not seem to be much of a Kansan with his beard and his officious manner. He is also under attack for the rise in property taxes. But his Democratic opponent, John Carlin, 38, the boyish-looking speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives, is still relatively unknown in a state where Republicans out-number Democrats three...