Old Home Town – 25 years ago

Another “hostile” weekend weatherwise was in store with a 70 percent chance for rain and prospects for freezing with temperatures in the 30-35 range.

Five members of the Kansas University Senate Executive Committee met in an unannounced and closed session to discuss “several personnel matters” and there immediately were complaints about violations of open meetings rules.

Ken Ross, acting director of Indian education for the BIA in Washington, said he was seeking a form of “forward funding to ease the money problems for Haskell Indian Junior College, a federally funded schools for American Indians. He said Haskell needed better data on finances so it could plan ahead more effectively.

Clifford Griffin, Kansas University history professor, was in the forefront of an effort to introduce collective bargaining for KU. He said recent unionization efforts at Pittsburg State could be adapted to KU.