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Looks like U.S.
will Laos it up
by RUDY MAXA
College Press Service
Washington (CPS) That Laos Is an early Vietnam
in the context of American involvement has become a
cliche in the short time of two weeks since several
senators of both parties brought the Issue to the floor
of Congress and asked the executive branch for an explana
tion. But the bringing of the issue to the floor of the Senate
lent an aura of credibility and immediacy to press reports
date-lined "Laos" which for months had caught the attention
of only the most determined Southeast Asia watchers.
' For many, the Laos question is a good testing ground
for the flexing of some hitherto inactive Senate muscles.
And apparently the tactic has worked, for President Richard
M. Nixon found reason to issue a 3,000-word report dealing
mainly with the past, but throwing at least an official
glimpse on the present
Perhaps one of the more telling points In the President's
statement was hu failure to state that the United States
was obliged to protect the neutrality of Laos "at any
cost." While justifying the bombing of the Ho Chi Mini
trail by claiming as its intent the protection of American
troops In South Vietnam, he did not threaten American
retaliation against North Vietnamese aggression.
: i Nixon did claim that America had no ground combat
forces in Laos. No one is certain if that includes Green
Berets working for the Central Intelligence Agency, which,
since it Is a secret organization, would not be considered
In any count.
In essence, the Geneva Accords which both the U.S.
and North Vietnam are in violation of are all the
solid support Nixon can lean on In his future decisions
regarding Laos. Any and all other action, should the rein
statement of Laos as a neutral country fail, will be tempered
by political and military considerations.
So far only three file for Senate
Only three students have
filed for AS UN positions or ad
visory board seats so far. The
deadline Is 4 p.m. Friday for
Individual filings and March
27 for parties.
The three are Michela Coyle,
freshman from Omaha for Arts
and Sciences ASUN senate
seat; Duane Sneddeker, sopho
more from Brule for Arts and
Science senate; and Steve Wil
liams, Omaha sophomore for
Arts and Sciences senate and
advisory board.
Some 33 ASUN positions win
be filled by the April 23 election.
by MARSHA BANGERT
NabrasHan Staff Writer
Like a tiny (citadel) against
time, the cottage stands at 700
N 16th Street.
The house, nestled among
evergreen trees between a
chapel and a sorority house,
has watched University life for
92 years, according to John Q.
Magie) Nebraska Historical
Society curator.
Constance M. Syford, a
former NU English teacher,
willed the house and surroun
ding property to the Historical
Society Foundation. When she
died in 1965, the Foundation
acquired the property by pro
mising to preserve the house.
Ripon Society reverses policy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -
(CPS) The Ripon Society,
which terms itself progressive
Republican, has announced it
will consider bids for chapter
status from college groups. The
decision to admit college-based
groups into the Society was a
reversal of a long-standing
policy.
Although the group was born
on the Harvard campus in 1962,
it has relied on young business
and government employes to
provide the nucleus of its
formal leadership.
The National Governing
Board decided on its general
invitation to college campuses
because, according to National
Director Clair W. Rogers, "We
recognize that many socially
conscious collegians have found
YAC recommends
deferment phase-out
by GARY SEACREST
Naaratkan Staff Writar
Members of Youth Advisory
Committees (YAC) to 28
western state Selective Service
directors recommended
recently that all student and
occupational deferments be
gradually phased-out.
The YACs made their
recommendations last weekend
at a meeting held at President
Richard M. Nixon's western
White House In San Clemente,
Calif. A simialr meeting was
held In Washington, D C. for
the eastern YACs.
Many of the recommenda
tions of the Nebraska YAC
were contrary to the final
recommendations of the San
Clements conference that all
student and occupational
deferments be phased out.
The Nebraska YAC recom
mended the retention of student
deferments and the elimination
of all occupational deferments
except for teacher deferments,
according to Dennis Hether
lngton, the Nebraska
representative at the San
Clemente conference.
However, the Nebraska YAC
recommendations, like the
recommendations of the San
Clemente and Washington con
ferences will be submitted to
"Miss Syford feared that
every vestige of the early
campus was going to be
destroyed," said Marvin
Kivett, director of the
Historical Society. "The house
is the oldest remaining
landmark on campus."
Kivett added that the goal is
to restore the house and open it
to the public. To date, restora
tion work has been limited to
the exterior.
"The house is one of the few
examples in Nebraska of the
French Second Empire style of
architecture," Kivett said.
"The most surprising thing
about the house," said James
Potter, a state archivist, "is
other political organizations
lacking in actual political im
pact." Ripon, although having close
ties to the Nixon administra
tion, recently critized Attorney
General John Mitchell for his
administration of the Justice
Department.
In the January issue of the
"Forum", its monthly
magazine, Ripon urged Mr.
Mitchell to resign his post if he
could not put the law before
politics as Attorney General.
Mitchell replied by calling
Riponers "a bunch of little
juvenile delinquents."
The Ripon Society will not
employ a college recruiter nor
will it accept College Young
Republican groups that merely
want to change their name.
the national Selective
Service.
The national Selective
Service "will try to tie the
recommendations of the San
Clemente and Washington con
ferences together and then
submit the final recommenda
tions to the President and Con
gress," Hetherlngton said.
Hetherlngton, the Nebraska
YAC chairman and a Navy
veteran, noted that the national
Selective Service does not have
to accept the recommendations
of the San Clemente con
ference. But he added, "I have
the feeling that many of the
recommendations will be ac
cepted." Hetherlngton said the San
Clemente conference did not
closely study the possible
creation of a volunteer army.
"Until a volunteer army Is
v feasible, we want to refocm the
present system to make it more
equitable," he said.
The Nebraska YAC chairman
said that even If a volunteer
army is created, conscription
will be needed as a backup
system In times of emergen
cies. Hetherlngton also stated that
communications between
students and the Nebraska
YAC have been extremely
the large number of rooms and
doorways. One would never
guess from looking at the
outside of the house that there
are four rooms upstairs and
nine downstairs."
"The house was built in 1878
by Rev. Elisha Mather Lewis, a
Presbyterian home
missionary," Magie said.
The house is believed to have
been acquired by the Syford
family in 1903. Since that time
inhabitants have included
university professors and
students.
Miss Syford also willed
$30,000 to the Historical Society
for maintenance and restora
tion. Furnishings of the Syford
family were left in the house or
have been acquired.
"The house is even more rare
because it is not a mansion.
They are often preserved,"
said Kivett. "But it is one of
the few average houses from
the 1870's that remains."
Regent hopeful
plans
meeting
A 23 year-old University of
Nebraska law student running
for the Board of Regents will
hold a meeting for students in
terested in helping in her cam
paign Thursday evening in the
Nebraska Union.
Kim Lauridsen, the can
didate, said the room number
will be posted on the Union
daily schedule. She urged all
students interested in the elec
tion of a student Regent to attend.
poor. He said his committee
received no concrete sugges
tions from students before the
Nebraska YAC recommen
dations were sent to state
Selective Service Director Col.
Lee G. Liggett.
The Nebraska YAC consists
of 14 Nebraskans, four of them
NU students. Besides Hether
lngton, University students on
the committee are John
Bronson, Brent Skinner and
Teresa Sledge.
Other recommendations of
the Nebraska YAC:
To make student
deferments more equitable,
each draft registrant shall be
placed In the random selection
sequence in the calendar year
following his 19th birthday. If
his random selection number is
reached that year, service in
the armed forces can bo
postponed if the person is an
undergraduate student, vocational-technical
student or
enrolled in an approved ap
prenticeship program.
Grounds for conscientious
objectors should be changed
from "by reason of religious
training and belief" to "by
reason of personal conviction."
Deferments for ministers and
divinity students should be
eliminated.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1970
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN