I SEP 13 1967 THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER Vol. 62 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1967 No. 1 Symposium '68 .Fifteen 'Men Who Know' Speak At Uof A Everett Dirksen / Symposium '68 Barry Goldwater ~ Reality In 1967 - Symposium '68 will feature 15 of "The Men Who Know" during the 1967- 68 school year. Most of these speakers are scheduled in a two-week period between Dec. 3 and Dec. 16. Speakers will include Barry Goldwater, Everett Dirkson, David Brinkley, Gerald Ford, Melvin Belli, Mark Lane, Edwin Newman, Dr. Burton Einspruch, Playboy's Anson Mount, Red Baret Pete Dawkins, Robert Vaughn, Colonel Glen Norris, H. L. Hunf, Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and ex-gov­ ernor Orval Faubus. One $5 ticket will admit a stu­ dent to all of these lectures. In­ dividual lecture tick ets will n ot be sold. Mack McLarty, President of Associated Students, urged stu­ dents to buy their tickets at regis­ tration "since $3,000 worth have , already been sold over the state and the field house holds only 6,- 000 people, the rest of the tickets will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Where else can you find such speakers for only 31¢ apiece?" Television Personalities Visit Campus In December Robert Vaughn, star of the Man From U.N.C.L.E., is an actor with political David Brinkley, who refers to himself as "the other half of a hyphen" has ambitions. He is also an actor who has a Masters degree from Los Angeles been working for NBC News in Washington since 1943. Brinkley wa~ first State College and hopes to attain his doctorate in less than two years. In 1960, teamed with Chet Huntley for the 1956 national political conventions. Vaughn campaigned for Kennedy and in 1964 he campaigned for Pierre Sal­ The Huntley-Brinkley Report which was the result of this union became inger who lost to another actor, George Murphy. Vaughn is an ardent, liberal network television's first daily news program in color. The Huntley-Brink­ Democrat with strong opinions on civil rights and socialism. He is also noted ley Report has an estimated nightly audience of more than 20 million peo­ for strong beliefs about pacifism. ple, including President Johnson. '. L P age2 THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER September 12, 1967 Lawyer Melvin Belli Often In Public Eye Author Lane To Criticize Defender for Jack Ruby Mark Lane, author of Rush to Judgement, is an outspoken critic Defense lawyer Melvin M. England, Japan, Italy, the Scandi­ of the Warren Commission'is Re­ Belli, an internationally famed navian countries, and has repre­ port. His book analyzes the re­ trial lawyer, was brought into the sented a number of the famed pic­ port and brings to light new, ig­ public eye again recently as de­ ture stars of Hollywood, including nored or "suppressed" evidence. fense counsel for J ack Ruby, ac­ Marie McDonald, Mae West, John Rush to Judgement raises ques­ cused killer of Lee Harvey Os­ Carroll, Anne Jeffreys, Errol Flynn tions concerning the thoroughness wald. (also a good friend anc; drinking and impartiality of the Warren One of history's most success­ companion), Rossano Brazzi and Commission, the manner in which ful personal-injury lawyers, he Tony Curtis. the report assumes P resident K en­ has won millions of dollars in Belli, born in 1907 at Sonora, nedy died and the ease with which awards for plaintiffs. He is the California, received his A.B. de­ Jack Ruby was able to kill Lee autl'}or of the six-volume Modern gree from the University of Cali­ Harvey Oswald. Trials a standard reference in the fornia at Berkeley in 1929 and his Lane was retained as a lawyer legal profession, in which he sets LL.B. from Boalt Hall in 1933. by Marguerite Oswald, mother of forth his theories on demonstrative Belli is the star of "The Wide Lee Harvey Oswald, during the evidence. Another of his works is World of Melvin Belli," a new FBI's investigation. One of Lane's the well-known Life and Law in ABC Radio syndicated program. main objections to the investiga­ Russia. The presentation consists of a free tions was that in the hearings Os­ Belli is a senior partner in ranging controversial discussion wald was never allowed a l awyer Belli, Ashe, Ellison, and Choulos, program. who was committed to his defense. law firm which specializes in trial law, both civil and criminal. He has been counsel in cases tried in Ky's Personal Attache Comes From Vietnam Colonel Glen Norris, a native of ·•·:·'.m,im;~"' . Louisiana, graduated first in his I class at Marine Officer's Candidate I Traveler Editorial School. Norris has been in Vietnam for a year and for four months served Price as personal attache to Premier I A Small Nguyen Ky, who is now vice pres­ l Many students at the University seem to exhibit ident of the country. t the symptoms of an inferiority complex. They com­ After he returns from Viet Nam plain that the campus is set in an isolated corner of ~; he will be an instructor at Renas- an isolated state, and that only our football team keeps 1 sler in Troy, New York. us from being completely obscure. Perhaps there is some truth in their contentions. Enough truth, at least, to encourage a smug unconcern about the events and personalities of the "outside I: New I. D. Ca rds world." We feel that Symposium '68 is a tremendous step forward in breaking through this barrier that exists in ,, Ready Monday the minds of some. Mack McLarty, president of Asso­ I ciated Students, has worked all summer persuading Freshmen who took part in sum­ "the men who know" to speak here. He also spent sev­ mer orientation should pick up eral hundred dollars (which he paid out of his own their I. D. cards in the Division of pocket) on telephone and transportation bills. Student Affairs (SU 116) on Mon­ The line-up of speakers that McLarty has as­ day, Sept. 18 or Tuesday, Sept. 19, II according to Dr ew Christy, Grad­ sembled was recently described by a director of a New tl York lecture bureau as one of the most impressive ever uate Assistant to the Dean of Stu­ ~-J dent Affairs. gathered on a U.S. campus. li,.~ McLarty is hopeful that the symposium will r e­ ~• Freshmen who did not attend ceive nationwide coverage .. and there is little doubt " orientatien and transfer students will be issued temporary I. D . 'Playboy's' Anson Mount that it will. With an array of speakers from the silver­ cards. tongued Dirksen to the Public Affairs Director for Students should carry their I. D. Playboy magazine, it will be a journalist's paradise. cards with them at all times, There has even been talk about special articles on the Christy continued. The cards are Reviews 'Sex and Moralty' symposium in Playboy or Esquire. tltle responsibility of the student, In his position, P ublic Affairs reau and editing the P layboy For­ But these speakers - being controversial and pop­ and are n ot transferable under any Manager for Playboy magazine, um. ular - did not come cheaply. The bill for the sympo­ circumstances. Anson Mount is the spokesman of Mount now handles Playboy sium will come to more than $1 0,000. Student govern­ Any student that loses his I. D. Playboy enterprises in a wide magazine's dialogue with the ment can not bear the entire cost of this venture, or should order another one at the range of activities connected with clergy, appears frequently as a its various programs will go begging. Division. There will be a fine of significant topics of the day. His speaker on the subject of The We appeal to the students of the UA to buy their $10. topic at the UofA will be "Sex Playboy Philosophy and the New Symposium '68 tickets during registration. You can There will be no charge for re­ and Morality." Morality and is author of Play­ pick them up at the Symposium booth for $5 each. This placement of I. D. cards that are Mounts was asked to join the boy's annual "Pigskin Preview." is a small price for a chance to see and listen to "the incorrect, if the mistake was the Playboy staff after the magazine His 1966 pre-season football pre­ men who know ." fault of the company. A small sum published two of his short stories. diction proved to be the most ac­ will be charged if the error was His past duties have included de­ curate of any featured in a nation­ the student's. veloping the Playboy College B u- al magazine. Serves Nine Terms Rep. Ford Leads House Minority Representative Gerald R. Ford of Michigan, where he won three In 1949 the Junior Chamber of who serves the Fifth District of varsity football 'letters. He was a Commerce selected Ford as one Michigan was elected Minority member of Michigan's undefeated of "America's Ten Outstanding Leader of the House of Represent­ national championship teams in Young Men" and presented him its atives on Jan. 4, 1965. He has 1932 and 1934 and was selected Distinguished Service Award. served in Congress since Jan. 3, most valuable player in 1934. Ford has been a member of the 1949. A member of Michigamua, a Republican Policy Committee for Ford has served on the Commit­ senior honor society, Ford received seven years and has served as a tee on Appropriations where he his B .A. degree in 1935. member of the Joint Senate-House was the senior Republican member In August of 1935, Ford played Republican Leadership since 1963.