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1970-05-13 Daily Iowan Article: ""Faculty Senate Votes Anti-ROTC"" Page 1

[Handwritten] DI
May 13, 1970
1 (of 4)
[Printed]
The D
Serving the Un
Established in 1868    10 cents a copy

[photo]
Letters on 609
A letter-writing campaign to show support for U. S. Senate Amendment 609, which would withdraw funds from Americn military operations in Cambodia, began Monday night and will continue today in the lounge of the music building. Form letters with volunteer signatures are being sent to President Nixon, Iowa's Senators Harold Hughes and Jack Miller and First District Representative  Fred Schwengle.
—Photo by John Avery

Israel Hits Lebanese Base
TEL AVIV (AP)—An Israeli armored column supported by jets made n 14-hour attack into Lebanon on Tuesday in an effort to snuff out Arab guerrilla bases.
At the end of the dawn-to-dusk incursion, th e Israeli military command said the operation had "proceeded according to plan."
The armored forces which spearheaded the drive across the border on the wooded western slopes of Mt. Harmon was preparing to leave, the spokesman said Tuesday night  The attack
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gagements and mass participation of Lebanese army troops as well as substantial support from Syria and Iraq.
But occupied Golan Heights and Israeli settlements south of the Sea of Galilee were shelled from Syria and Jordan during the Lebanese attack.
At the United Nations in New York, the Secretary Council demanded the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Lebanon.
The Israeli raid followed repeated warnings against continuing guerrilla
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rained down on several Kibu [illegible] south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan border causing some structural damange. The inhabitants took to shelter.
The Syrian MIG7s downed by Israeli warplanes brought to 23 the number of Syrian aircraft destroyed since the 1967 Middle East war. In all, Israel claims a toll of 114 Arab planes during this period.
Syrian artillery and tanks fired at Israeli positions and settlements in the
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Final Decision Rests with
Faculty Sena
By Randy Evans
University Faculty Senate approved a resolution ending the status of ROTC as a University academic program by a vote of 37 to 18 Tuesday afternoon.
Nearly two hours of debates on the merits of ROTC and six other votes lead up to the decisive vote as nearly 200 students packed the Calvin Hall Lecture Room where the meeting was held. The students had left a 3 p.m. Pentacrest Strike rally and had to be quieted by Faculty Senate Chairman Stow Persons several times during the course of the meeting as they greeted several faculty members' speeches with applause.
Two members of the Iowa Highway Patrol also hovered around two rear exists of the lecture room listening to the proceedings.
The senate's actions is in no way binding on the University, Provost Ray L. 
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TA's Support Strik
Vote to Censure B
A meeting of 112 graduate teaching assistants in Shambaugh Auditorium Tuesday evening resulted in the approval of seven resolutions dealing with the current student strike, ROTC and the option sheet issued by University Pres. Willard Boyd Sunday.
The resolutions, as they were amended and passed are:
•"We, the assembled body of the University teaching assistants, resolves itself into being the official body of the University teaching assistants." (passed 61 to 29)
• "The official body of the University
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[Handwritten] DI May 13, 1970 1 (of 4) [Printed] The D Serving the Un Established in 1868 10 cents a copy [photo] Letters on 609 A letter-writing campaign to show support for U. S. Senate Amendment 609, which would withdraw funds from Americn military operations in Cambodia, began Monday night and will continue today in the lounge of the music building. Form letters with volunteer signatures are being sent to President Nixon, Iowa's Senators Harold Hughes and Jack Miller and First District Representative Fred Schwengle. —Photo by John Avery Israel Hits Lebanese Base TEL AVIV (AP)—An Israeli armored column supported by jets made n 14-hour attack into Lebanon on Tuesday in an effort to snuff out Arab guerrilla bases. At the end of the dawn-to-dusk incursion, th e Israeli military command said the operation had "proceeded according to plan." The armored forces which spearheaded the drive across the border on the wooded western slopes of Mt. Harmon was preparing to leave, the spokesman said Tuesday night The attack [missing rest of article] gagements and mass participation of Lebanese army troops as well as substantial support from Syria and Iraq. But occupied Golan Heights and Israeli settlements south of the Sea of Galilee were shelled from Syria and Jordan during the Lebanese attack. At the United Nations in New York, the Secretary Council demanded the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Lebanon. The Israeli raid followed repeated warnings against continuing guerrilla [missing rest of article] rained down on several Kibu [illegible] south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan border causing some structural damange. The inhabitants took to shelter. The Syrian MIG7s downed by Israeli warplanes brought to 23 the number of Syrian aircraft destroyed since the 1967 Middle East war. In all, Israel claims a toll of 114 Arab planes during this period. Syrian artillery and tanks fired at Israeli positions and settlements in the [missing rest of article] Final Decision Rests with Faculty Sena By Randy Evans University Faculty Senate approved a resolution ending the status of ROTC as a University academic program by a vote of 37 to 18 Tuesday afternoon. Nearly two hours of debates on the merits of ROTC and six other votes lead up to the decisive vote as nearly 200 students packed the Calvin Hall Lecture Room where the meeting was held. The students had left a 3 p.m. Pentacrest Strike rally and had to be quieted by Faculty Senate Chairman Stow Persons several times during the course of the meeting as they greeted several faculty members' speeches with applause. Two members of the Iowa Highway Patrol also hovered around two rear exists of the lecture room listening to the proceedings. The senate's actions is in no way binding on the University, Provost Ray L. [next column cut off on right side] TA's Support Strik Vote to Censure B A meeting of 112 graduate teaching assistants in Shambaugh Auditorium Tuesday evening resulted in the approval of seven resolutions dealing with the current student strike, ROTC and the option sheet issued by University Pres. Willard Boyd Sunday. The resolutions, as they were amended and passed are: •"We, the assembled body of the University teaching assistants, resolves itself into being the official body of the University teaching assistants." (passed 61 to 29) • "The official body of the University [next column cut off on right side]