European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 07, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes the country Meeds me Powell says new York a adar Pavton Powell declared sunday St he would be willing to re in to Congress As Low Man on the totem pole because the country needs Powell who was expelled from Congress last year said that although he won a special election by a 7-to-l margin he is prevented from taking his sea by a Resolution that bars him through the duration of the 90thcongress. Less fiery Powell said if they rescinded the Resolution i d walk Dow there tomorrow and say. Mister speaker Here i is sir 1 he added. I d rather be the Low Man on the totem pole i Congress because t h e country needs Young a former associate of Powell s and an an-1nounced Independent democratic candidate for the Harlem seat called the statement hog Only Way Resolution or no Resolution Young said he should go to Washington. That s the Only Way he can demonstrate to the people that he intends to take his seat if a Calmer much less fiery than usual but still dramatic Powell spoke at a news Confer ence shortly after he delivered a Sermon before More than 2,000persons at the abyssinian Baptist Church in was asked if he would want to assume leadership inthe civil rights movement since the assassination of or. Martin Luther King or. No. Too old Powell re plied. Powell said if i had the kind of Young men and women who Are willing to die for a cause then i would consider stepping into King s begun asked when he would begin its Campaign for the democratic congressional nomination Powell said it began with his Sermon. I be already spoken to More people to Day than the republicans will speak to Powell said. N keep open mind Powell said he was nearly offered the Republican Nomina Tion by negro leaders of the party but that this Effort was thwarted by White leaders. On the presidential race pow ii urged his congregation Uon t make up your mind yet keep your mind open on every i Economy move in the Airtis Kan. A the u s. Mines helium plan been closed by the As an Economy Plant superintendent i said there is More. In produced than there i a demand for. Defends action Columbia prexy won t quit Post churchgoers president Johnson accompanied by Lane a family Friend of Clinchport va., walks to his car following services at the National City Christian Church in Washington. The president left the company of the first lady and their daughter to Greet mrs. Lane on he Church Steps. A new York a Kirk said sunday he will not resign under fire a president of Columbia University because that would be a Vic tory for those who Are out to wreck the in a televised interview Kirk was noncommittal on what action if any will be take against students whose sit in demonstrations demanding More say on policy have shut Down the Ivy league school for10 Days. The 64-year-old president specialist in International poli tics and one time Diplomat conceded that things did get out of hand last tuesday whence called in police at 2 . Toj Clear students from buildings on the Campus on Manhattan s up per West Kirk added i would do it bystanders were injured or arrested i m deeply apolo Getic Kirk said. Kirk said that about 2. Percent of the 720 persons arrested j Harry to Start 85th year Hale but with less hell by Margaret Richard Independence to. Up Harry s. Truman s 84th year has been Good to him. The former president approaches his birthday May 8 in apparently better health than he has enjoyed in a Long time. He almost certainly is feeling Bette than on his 83rd birthday when for the first time he by passe the annual Celebration observed in his Honor by friends of a life time i they will meet again wednes Day to pay tribute to a Man they esteem first As an old an Loyal Friend and secondly As a world statesman and the 33vclpresident of the United states. But Truman again will be absent. The recent improvement in his health the increased vigor noted by everyone with whom he has had Contact does not extend to the excitement of crowds. Johnson visit last Friday president John son paid a Quick visit to to congratulate him in and Vance of his birthday and to Brief him on the preliminary peace talks with North has always included the former chief executive Amon those kept in touch with important administration s gait is steadier than it was a year ago. He has More Pep there is fire in his voice when the occasion about 18 months Truman had kept closely to the big old House on Delaware Street. Even his neighbors had Only rare and fleeting glimpses of him As reentered a car or returned from an afternoon ride with his wife or some Friend. So fellow townsmen gaped i amazement when they saw tru Harry s. Truman Man strolling along on a Balmy april Day greeting passersby and exchanging pleasantries with those he knew. He had slipped out of the tru Man Yard and away from his concerned and watchful wife Asi Well As his part time chauffeur and Long time Friend former police officer Mike Westwood tru Man disappeared Down a nearby Alley and walked two blocks to his Westwood found him i bestowing bits of Trumane Huewit on Barbershop customers. Truman kept up a Lively ban Ter on topics ranging from his wife s fondness for fishing to the length of their Romance. We were in love when we were five and six years old and we still Are he caution he has acquired a caution to Ward political subjects that was never known in the give Einhell Era. Truman rarely makes a Public pronouncement but when he does the same views of old the same principles of loyalty and the same philosophy show through. I Truman said when he left the White House and has repeated Many times since that Only Oneman has the necessary information to make decision in behalf of the nation and that Man is the the time of his 83rd birthday when both Hawks an doves were pecking at White House Vietnam policy. Truman voiced his unqualified support of president Lyndon Johnson Shandling of affairs foreign and Domestic. Were riot students. About 100young people and 15 policemen were injured in the president said the univer sity has no control Over those charged with resisting arrest since the complainants Are police officers. The question of dropping criminal trespassing charges must await the recommendations of a faculty commit tee he said. Obviously we must make distinction Between students and no students he Kirk was on television about 175 members of the faculty of Columbia College the male undergraduate school voted to let teachers and Stu dents of each class decide when to resume sessions. Student groups have threatened to strike if their demands Are not met be fore classes Chance the faculty group also vote to allow students who were fail ing a course at the time the demonstrations started to re quest an incomplete Grade allowing them to better their Mark by additional work within year. Mark Rudd head of the co Lumbia chapter of students for a democratic society said his group had 150 members when the protest started. Now he misleading a strike coordinating committee claiming 5,000 Stu Dent supporters. Kirk said one reason he delayed calling in police for eight Days was because he knew i would bring greater support to the student demonstrators. He said the emotional Shock of the police action alienate Many of the students and faculty and said the scars would remain for a Long time. First lady5 at Princeton Princetown . A for the first time in its 222-year history Princeton University will have a woman As a full pro july 1, or. Suzanna Keller who has been a visiting lecturer in sociology will become the Only woman on Princeton s faculty or research staff Ever to receive tenure the University announced sunday. A 41-year-old native of Australia miss Keller graduated from Hunter College and received . And . Degrees from Columbia University. Jet blows tires lands of Anchorage Alaska up a Japan airlines pcs jetliner carrying 113 persons blew out four tires on Landing at the Anchorage International Airport saturday evening but All aboard escaped injury. Teacher builds station Nimbus helps brighten Scot s Wash line Valley forge a. A of course i know Nimbus Lites at its space Center Here. Something like a space vehicle Sions Low pressure z of i Many men would go As was not put up for my Benefit hes1 perfected his system so it is fascinating to watch Day j which plague our part 88 John or inn Tilro no Ania to Iii on a won hero with will after div Haw Tho Kunish Ennst in Rel for a lat a ,-�. S was Days year old school Yard to receive Pic the Nimbus Owa said Tuke on his Way Here with his wife for a Short visit in the United states. But i have benefited from it very consider and his wife. Margaret will tour the United states a guests of the company that builds the Nimbus weather Salel i Lite Hes Well that eve f it raining Pecan predict fairly accurately when it will dry off so his wife can hang out her laundry. La a letter to the firm Tuke said that through the pictures he receives from Nimbus i now a least have some idea of what it looks like to View the Earth from something g t after Day to the Spanis coast asks in Sunshine while we in the . United kingdom suf Fer our typical summer weath can see the Alps with their Snow and Cloud covered tops shining brightly to the North of Italy. Even the Depres Sion zones j which of the i world for Large part of the year have a Beauty of their own the solid mass of the War sector the marked curving of the cold front and the Clear weather Tuke and his wife will attend Nimbus launch in California 1 and then visit Cape Kennedy
