IF IT'S THE CALIFORNIA THEN THIS MUST BE TECH AND THE SUN IS THURSDAY!!!!!!!! STI LL SHINING... ~R£IFORNIA Copyright 1970 by the Associated Students of the CaliforniaTechInstitute of Technology, Incorporated. Volume LXXI Pasadena, California, Thursday, May 21, 1970 Number 29 Chronicle Editor Protest Rally Monday Newhall To Speak, Newspaper Establishment For Jackson Victims by E. Gansner by Dave White the group voted by a large majority Special Y-sponsored activities for to lower the flag and did so. Almost the coming week complete the A rally Maonday noon protesting simultaneously, Harold Brown had "Future of the Techer" program the Jackson State killings attracted made a decision to thve the flag and feature a visit by Scott Newhall 80 poeple and led to the first lowered, and subsequently accepted to the Tech campus. confrontation between students and that it stay down since it had Scott Newhall, who is the administration in Caltech histroory. already been lowered. The flag was executive editor of the San Fran­ John Webb, R.A. of Dabney, at half-mast throughout the fol­ cisco Chronicle will be on campus opended the rally by outlining the lowing day. May 25. Ncwhall, who owns scveral history of the shootings at Jackson other papers hesides cditing the State and Augusta G, Ga.. and Chromclc. is onc of the more pointed out reaction in the white Caltech Bestows outspoken critics of Governor community and national press were Reagan and Lt. Govcrnor Reincckc. not as st rong as those [relil1 the Five Distinguished During the People's Park conflict in Kent Stale shootings. Lee Browne, Service Awards Berkeley, he offercd to buy the Caltech Junior High School Science The highest honor tha, the park from the state and give it to Project Director and Science Coordi­ California Institute of Technology the people. He has an avid interest RAY BRADBURY speaks Saturday in Winnett Lounge ~photo by Ctein nator, Pasadena Unified School in education. And, despite the District, discussed the way Caltech can bestow on an alumnus, the comments of McLuhan and students could try to gather un­ Distinguished Service Award, was Friendly, he still has faith in the biased information on the incident presented to five men Saturday at newspaper as a communication Jigtlingll/ank Chec~ and try to get it out to the the 33rd annual seminar of the medium. community. Al Schleuter, postdoc Caltech Alumni Association. Olive Talk in chemistry, described the incidents Honored for distinguished While on campus, Newhall will he had witnessed while teaching achievements were Emory L. Ellis, give an Olive Walk Talk at noon on Proposition 7 Controversial near Jackson that showed the Arthue T. Ippen, Richard H. Jahns, "Higher Education as Viewed by hostility of white policemen. John G. McLean, and Allen E. profits. It is not the state's job to Puckett, who recieved silver medal­ the Newspaper Establishment." by Jerry Yudelson Two Caltech student members of Then, in the afternoon from 4 to 6, insure these profits. Rather, every lions and certificates. The most important effort of government should be the Black Student Union deplored he will participate in a Drop-in Some 1500 alumni attended the environmental and economic issue on what they called a double standard Seminar in Winnett on the future of directed toward lowering interest day-long seminar at Caltech, heard the June 2nd primary election ballot in the reactions to the Kent State the newspaper. rates, in the interest of all its citizens. lectures by outstanding faculty is Proposition 7. All concerned $1,300,000,000 in tax-free bonds and Jackson State kinnings. The Then, on May 27, the "Future of members and by science fiction ecology action and conservation offered on the open market at 7% first, Price Walker, from Columbus, , the Techer" program will conclude writer Ray Bradbury. The alumni groups are working against OR HIGHER will have a devastating Ga., said that this was nothing new with Albert Hibbs, Caltech grad and were serenaded in the evening at the Proposition 7, as well as a coalition inflationary impact in California at a to blacks in the South. Bill Hocker a senior staff scientist at JPL. He home concert of the Caltech Glee of labor unions, taxpayers groups, time when the state's municipalities added that the Institute flag was Club. will be representing the scientific and black and chicano community are looking hopefully at a downward not flying half-mast as it had been research aspect of what a Tech Dr. Ellis was honored with an organizations and candidates. One trend in public bond interest rates. after Kent State. Alumni Distinguished Service Award graduate can do with his education. argument against Proposition 7 is This will be another blow to the When John Webb pointed out for contributions in two fields-­ From 4 to 6 therc will be a Drop-in that it would cause more inflation. already heavily burdened taxpayer, that the administration had not genetics and rocketry. He pioneered Seminar in Winnett, and then at since it will drive up interest rates for responded to such a request earlier research in a form of virus 6:30 he will eat dinner in Page Proposition 7 provides that state all business, construction, home in the day, ther was a large (bacteriophage) and helped Cal tech House. After dinner there will be an bonds may be offered to banks at up improvement, mortgage, and other expression of interest by the crowd biologist Max Delbruck start informal discussion in Page with to 7% (5% is the current limit), and if that the request be made en masse. everyone invited. loans. working in this field. Delbruck and this rate is not sufficient to sell these If Proposition 7 passes, the public After peacefully gathering around two others last year won a Nobel In case you didn't notice, Norton tax-frce bonds, a 2/3 vote of the Simon was not here last week. The could no longer be sure of the cost of the flagpole near Millikan pond, the Prize for their phage work, which legislature can authorize ANY RATE projects it agrees to finance by group, which eventually swelled to laid the foundation for molecular Y received word from him that he necessary to sell them. bonds-it is, in fact, signing a blank 100, awaited word from Harold genetics and which contributed had a press conference scheduled The passage of Proposition 7 and would not be able to make it. check. When you buy a car on time, Brown, who had hurried back from much knowledge about viruses and would put the official backing of the you agree to pay a definite interest lunch to consider the request. When viral diseases. However, there is stilI a chance he state behind current artificially high rate which cannot later be exceeded. no response was forthcoming after During World War II Dr. Ellis may be here before the end of the interest rates. In 1969, every bank in The same principle should hold for 40 minute:; from the time the became involved in rocket research year. the country made record increases in public approval of bond issues. President had first been contacted, Continued on Page Six The passage of Proposition 7 ------------------~ -~.-.-- would continue a widespread pattern News~-....--.-~--Briefs of taxpayers' subsidies to private interests. $600 million of the bonds Leighton Named Ph, Ma, Ay Head unsold at the current 5% interest rate ceiling are for construction work on GleeClubbers Good Hula'ers the State Water Project. This huge engineering commitment, presented Dr. Robert B. Leighton, Pro­ for the staff photo Tuesday evening by David Luippold to Southern Californians as the only JPL concert on May 21, at 7:30 fessor of Physics and Caltech at 10:00 p.m., we shall have no A typical comment heard after alternative to imminent death by p.m. Also, the coed choir from the Alumnus, was named Monday as recourse but to submit to the Big T last weekend's annual Glee Club thirst, was originally designed to help native Hawaiian Kamehameha Chairman of the Division of Physics, a full page picture of the Louse. Home Concert in Beckman was big land owners get around the Schools willge hosted at a Caltech Mathematics, and Astronomy. He given by a Caltech Alumnus on Potential Big Braves 160-acre limit on farm size for water luncheon on June 12. "Kam" was will replace Dr. Carl Anderson Saturday evening: "It was new, Will Meet Friday provided by the federal Central one of the schools were Techers September 15, 1970. unusual, and very good." It cer­ All students, undergraduate and Valley Project. Public financing of gave science talks, sang, and partook Dr. Leighton, 50, took his B.S., tainly is not every day that one sees graduate, interested in being a Big the new West Side Aqueduct would of the Hawaiian culture. M.S., and Ph.D. from Caltech and the true Hawaiian male hula per­ Brave next year are invited to a open up to agricultural development Large programs are in the making joined the Caltech faculty in 1947 formed in Southern California, or discussion and planning meeting over a million acres of for next year: either New York and as Research Fellow. He has been on Hawaiian movies in conjunction tomorrow, Friday, in Ruddock corporate-owned arid land on the the East Coast, or San Francisco the staff of the Mount Palomar and with choral singing. House lounge at 12:00 noon. The San Joaquin Valley's west side. will be the theaters of the Spring Mount Wilson Observatories and is It is to be noted that Honohano, '71 Tour, with a European Tour for program, called the Little Braves Today, Central Valley agriculture renouned for his use of COSmic rays Hanalei [Bay], Beautiful Kahana has many serious problems not part of the Summer 1971.