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demonstration did not enter into his reasons for resigning, he said. In a letter to The Daily Iowa Thursday, Allaire said " Pres. Howard R. Bowen acted with astonishing irresponsibility on Wednesday and thus deserves to be compared to those police offcials in the South who used vicious dogs against civil rights demonstrators." No provisions have been made for Allaire's replacement, according to Dewey B. Stuit, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Allaire has been in the Department of Philosophy since 1956. University Vice Pres. William C. Lang said the administration is investigating the allegations and the campus security patrol has been alerted. " But until the investigation is completed we consider this to be unconfirmed and unsubstantiated rumor." said Lang who is dean of instruction for the state-owned institution of 8,239 students. " Parts of the story are highly unlikely." Conversation Tape Recorded Gilliam said he tape-recorded a conversation with a student who said some of his friends participated in the cheating ring. [handwritten] P.4 (of 4) DI 11/4/67 books in the larger classes. Prices Listed The stolen examinations are priced according to their academic value - $10 for a regular one-hour test. $20 for a mid-term and $30 for a semester final, Gilliam said. He said the cheating activities started at least one and a half years ago " This is a symptom of pressure in the academic community to succeed," said the chaplain who is associated with St. Likes Episcopal Church in Cedar Falls. " It places a greater responsibility on teachers to be more prudent in the handling of tests and grade books" Moines was floating in t blocks from Mayor Jam incumbent se day, chargedd Dist. Atty A reported "sus stein's shop Tate said averted the n Specter said that the mayo murder case at this very John A. B sylvania attor both the polic were lad in fa complaint he the shop. Three teen a on charges of fact of murder a statement the body, drop after failing in a drive to of Philadelphi Soviets Testing Orbital Nuclear Bomb WASHINGTON (AP) - The Soviets apparently have been testing an orbital bomb that could be capable by next year of hurling down nuclear warheads on the United States from space. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced Friday. However, McNamara told a news conference the United States had moved to " deny this capability" by installing over-the-horizon radar for early detection. This country has has a limited antisatelitte missile defense emplaced in the Pacific for several years. Asked whether he is concerned about the Soviet development McNamara replied: " No I am not concerned, It does not change the nuclear balance of power." The defense secretary, who probably now faces intensified criticism from Congress, contended the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS)) " is no more of a terror weapon than an intercontinental ballistic missile or a nuclear bomb" This he stressed " is why we have built up a deterrent force capable of destoying any attacker" - a force of nearly 1700 long range missiles and some 600 bombers. Mc Namara said he believes the Soviet orbital system is intended as a weapon against American bomber bases rather than cities. - The Blood Was Washed Away - View From Old Capitol By GORDON YOUNG News Editor Outside on the steps someone was playing taps terribly offkey, but inside Old Capitol on Friday afternoon one might have thought everything was harmonious and orderly. There was President Bowen in a neat gray suit and red tie explaining to a reporter that yes, his door was always open to students. A secretary in his outer office industriously pecked away at an electric typewriter and answered the phone in a quiet cultivated voice. Then in what had to be one of the most comic lines of the day, Bowen's secretary, Mary Parden, smoothed her skirt, approached the first delegation of demonstrators and said " Oh yes, I assume you are the young people who have come to see the president?" She was interrupted by the squawking from a police radio monitor which one of the sheriff's deputies was toting around. Photographers and television cameramen jostled for space as the demonstrators filed into Bowen's office. A Private Meeting The door was firmly closed because Bowen had said - by some stretch of the imagination - that this was a private meeting between a group of students and himself. Although the press was barred from his office. I scurried around to a side door and peeked in from under the arm of a campus cop. It was all very orderly. Bowen explained that he had another meeting to attend and thanked them for coming. The demonstrators milled around a bit and place the blood-stained petition on his desk. Bowen's hands appeared to be trembling and he was decidedly upset. The demonstrators left by the west entrance, escorted by police.One of them Winnett W. Hagens, G , San Francisco, summed the meeting with Bowen up tartly. "There was no interchange of opinion whatsoever." By this time the pacifist skit which was being presented on the steps - a melodramatic affair which no one could hear - was ending and Phil E. Connell, assistant to the president, was pushing through the crowd of cops and newsmen to usher in the next delegation of demonstrators. Students Were Talkative As was to be expected the students were hepped up and talkative. Some wore sandals. Others beards. Some were well dressed and serious faced. The coeds carried those huge knit bags and wore seed beads around their necks. There were smug snickered and arched eyebrows among the cops and reporters: "What else could you expect from these hippies" looks were exchanged. Some of us who try to remain objective, however, couldn't help but be secretly proud of our fellow students. Regardless of their politics, these were dedicated, serious and intense students who had succeeded brilliantly in doing what they set out to do : to impress upon the administration and public that they were fed up, furiously frustrated, in fact - with the war in Vietnam. The demonstrators were marched into the north wing office of Philip G. Hubbard, dean of academic affairs. A word should be said here about Hubbard. In my opinion, he really earned his salary Friday. Here was a man who throughout the two hours that I stood in his office was sympathetic, firm, articulate, understanding and above all respectful. At one point during the bull sessions in his office we could hear the crowd outside singing " We Shall Overcome" Hubbard is a Negro and I wondered how he felt. Five years ago these same students would have been demonstrating for civil rights. No Apologies Made Some of the questions directed toward Hubbard would have made a logic professor blush. But he answered them fairly and fully. He did not apologize for the administration but he did emphasize that he respected their motivation. At one point in fact, Hubbard congratulated the antiwar demonstrations on their "tactics of protest" and indicated that the administration had learned from this week's experience some lessons on how to handle future demonstrations. See story page 4 On and on the discussion went. The tiny ashtray on Hubbard's conference table was overflowing by the time I left. Outside the crowd has long since dispersed. I walked over to the Union to get a sandwich. On the east steps the blood was washed away and in the late afternoon chill, ice had started to form on the puddles of water. Fraternity boys were playing football in the field south of the Union Perhaps in a few months they will be playing war on a battlefield south of Hanoi. Legisl Only Not V " This would lish a barber That comm members of mittee which was about th took of de against the V The commi fficals and h as construc of legislative Pres. How tee that the tight fiscal postpone se Bowen said tempting to grams and w human" item grams and w human" item Bowen also University di ly a graduat He said th undergraduat veristy rema Bowen also minded" on state college that many a opposed to a that the Uni sition on the of Regents Dr. Robert lege of Med panding the rounding Un jor new buil lion basic sc nursing and health-science The legisla day and ins University b
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demonstration did not enter into his reasons for resigning, he said. In a letter to The Daily Iowa Thursday, Allaire said " Pres. Howard R. Bowen acted with astonishing irresponsibility on Wednesday and thus deserves to be compared to those police offcials in the South who used vicious dogs against civil rights demonstrators." No provisions have been made for Allaire's replacement, according to Dewey B. Stuit, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Allaire has been in the Department of Philosophy since 1956. University Vice Pres. William C. Lang said the administration is investigating the allegations and the campus security patrol has been alerted. " But until the investigation is completed we consider this to be unconfirmed and unsubstantiated rumor." said Lang who is dean of instruction for the state-owned institution of 8,239 students. " Parts of the story are highly unlikely." Conversation Tape Recorded Gilliam said he tape-recorded a conversation with a student who said some of his friends participated in the cheating ring. [handwritten] P.4 (of 4) DI 11/4/67 books in the larger classes. Prices Listed The stolen examinations are priced according to their academic value - $10 for a regular one-hour test. $20 for a mid-term and $30 for a semester final, Gilliam said. He said the cheating activities started at least one and a half years ago " This is a symptom of pressure in the academic community to succeed," said the chaplain who is associated with St. Likes Episcopal Church in Cedar Falls. " It places a greater responsibility on teachers to be more prudent in the handling of tests and grade books" Moines was floating in t blocks from Mayor Jam incumbent se day, chargedd Dist. Atty A reported "sus stein's shop Tate said averted the n Specter said that the mayo murder case at this very John A. B sylvania attor both the polic were lad in fa complaint he the shop. Three teen a on charges of fact of murder a statement the body, drop after failing in a drive to of Philadelphi Soviets Testing Orbital Nuclear Bomb WASHINGTON (AP) - The Soviets apparently have been testing an orbital bomb that could be capable by next year of hurling down nuclear warheads on the United States from space. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced Friday. However, McNamara told a news conference the United States had moved to " deny this capability" by installing over-the-horizon radar for early detection. This country has has a limited antisatelitte missile defense emplaced in the Pacific for several years. Asked whether he is concerned about the Soviet development McNamara replied: " No I am not concerned, It does not change the nuclear balance of power." The defense secretary, who probably now faces intensified criticism from Congress, contended the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS)) " is no more of a terror weapon than an intercontinental ballistic missile or a nuclear bomb" This he stressed " is why we have built up a deterrent force capable of destoying any attacker" - a force of nearly 1700 long range missiles and some 600 bombers. Mc Namara said he believes the Soviet orbital system is intended as a weapon against American bomber bases rather than cities. - The Blood Was Washed Away - View From Old Capitol By GORDON YOUNG News Editor Outside on the steps someone was playing taps terribly offkey, but inside Old Capitol on Friday afternoon one might have thought everything was harmonious and orderly. There was President Bowen in a neat gray suit and red tie explaining to a reporter that yes, his door was always open to students. A secretary in his outer office industriously pecked away at an electric typewriter and answered the phone in a quiet cultivated voice. Then in what had to be one of the most comic lines of the day, Bowen's secretary, Mary Parden, smoothed her skirt, approached the first delegation of demonstrators and said " Oh yes, I assume you are the young people who have come to see the president?" She was interrupted by the squawking from a police radio monitor which one of the sheriff's deputies was toting around. Photographers and television cameramen jostled for space as the demonstrators filed into Bowen's office. A Private Meeting The door was firmly closed because Bowen had said - by some stretch of the imagination - that this was a private meeting between a group of students and himself. Although the press was barred from his office. I scurried around to a side door and peeked in from under the arm of a campus cop. It was all very orderly. Bowen explained that he had another meeting to attend and thanked them for coming. The demonstrators milled around a bit and place the blood-stained petition on his desk. Bowen's hands appeared to be trembling and he was decidedly upset. The demonstrators left by the west entrance, escorted by police.One of them Winnett W. Hagens, G , San Francisco, summed the meeting with Bowen up tartly. "There was no interchange of opinion whatsoever." By this time the pacifist skit which was being presented on the steps - a melodramatic affair which no one could hear - was ending and Phil E. Connell, assistant to the president, was pushing through the crowd of cops and newsmen to usher in the next delegation of demonstrators. Students Were Talkative As was to be expected the students were hepped up and talkative. Some wore sandals. Others beards. Some were well dressed and serious faced. The coeds carried those huge knit bags and wore seed beads around their necks. There were smug snickered and arched eyebrows among the cops and reporters: "What else could you expect from these hippies" looks were exchanged. Some of us who try to remain objective, however, couldn't help but be secretly proud of our fellow students. Regardless of their politics, these were dedicated, serious and intense students who had succeeded brilliantly in doing what they set out to do : to impress upon the administration and public that they were fed up, furiously frustrated, in fact - with the war in Vietnam. The demonstrators were marched into the north wing office of Philip G. Hubbard, dean of academic affairs. A word should be said here about Hubbard. In my opinion, he really earned his salary Friday. Here was a man who throughout the two hours that I stood in his office was sympathetic, firm, articulate, understanding and above all respectful. At one point during the bull sessions in his office we could hear the crowd outside singing " We Shall Overcome" Hubbard is a Negro and I wondered how he felt. Five years ago these same students would have been demonstrating for civil rights. No Apologies Made Some of the questions directed toward Hubbard would have made a logic professor blush. But he answered them fairly and fully. He did not apologize for the administration but he did emphasize that he respected their motivation. At one point in fact, Hubbard congratulated the antiwar demonstrations on their "tactics of protest" and indicated that the administration had learned from this week's experience some lessons on how to handle future demonstrations. See story page 4 On and on the discussion went. The tiny ashtray on Hubbard's conference table was overflowing by the time I left. Outside the crowd has long since dispersed. I walked over to the Union to get a sandwich. On the east steps the blood was washed away and in the late afternoon chill, ice had started to form on the puddles of water. Fraternity boys were playing football in the field south of the Union Perhaps in a few months they will be playing war on a battlefield south of Hanoi. Legisl Only Not V " This would lish a barber That comm members of mittee which was about th took of de against the V The commi fficals and h as construc of legislative Pres. How tee that the tight fiscal postpone se Bowen said tempting to grams and w human" item grams and w human" item Bowen also University di ly a graduat He said th undergraduat veristy rema Bowen also minded" on state college that many a opposed to a that the Uni sition on the of Regents Dr. Robert lege of Med panding the rounding Un jor new buil lion basic sc nursing and health-science The legisla day and ins University b
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