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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, December 15, 1967
Four-day truce possible; Vietnam battle continues
SAIGON — (UPI) — The allies will observe four days of war truce during the year-end holidays and are willing to discuss an even longer cease-fire if it might lead to "fruitful results," South Vietnam announced today.
"Fruitful results" was not defined in the foreign ministry statement. It appeared to mean peace talks, observers said.
The statement said the allies will observe a one day truce at Christmas, one at New Year's and two days at the Asian lunar new year late in January. The Viet Cong sought a 13-day truce period.
KU has received a grant of $7,-021 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the U.S. Public Health Service to complete a three-year study of the effects of immunity upon the physiology of parasites.
$7,021 granted for germs study
The truce includes a controversial bombing pause over North Vietnam, the statement said.
"We are looking for the ways animals respond to infection" Dusanic said. "The particular organism with which we are working is related to the organism that causes African sleeping sickness.
Donald G. Dusanic, assistant professor of microbiology, is director of the grant.
"We want to learn how the host affects the physiology of parasites," he said as he expressed the hope such research will lead to knowledge about such diseases in humans.
The announcement said that the truce allied troops will fire only when fired upon in South Vietnam. American jets will pause in their bombing of North Vietnam, a move strongly opposed by many allied strategists who argued the period will only give the Communists more time to muscle up their war effort.
The truce announcement came amid reports of battle in South Vietnam.
In one fight, U.S. troops were battling about 200 Communists on the spot where 510 North Vietnamese were killed in a six-day battle that ended four days ago. In the new fighting, six Communists were reported killed with American reinforcements pouring into the battle.
John Hoppe, Ottawa senior, has been named a finalist for the highly competitive Marshall Scholarship, which provides $2,600 annually for study at a British university.
KU senior named Marshall finalist
The Summerfield and National Merit scholar is majoring in English and history. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Owl and Sachem societies and the College Intermediary Board.
KU has had only one Marshall Scholar since the program began in 1953. He was Terry Miller, a 1964 graduate, who also majored in history.
Marshall Scholarship winners will be announced in March.
--we will spend most of the year studying them before we go to Iran next summer and get more," he said.
A KU professor had a race with an ice storm last August and won.
Although Teichert and his party were rescued by boat without any problems, it was just in time. His 20 crates of fossils were shipped out later by the Danish Sledge Patrol.
Curt Teichert, Regents professor of geology, was in Greenland gathering fossils. "When the ice closed in we didn't even take down our tents," he said.
Accompanied by Bernhard Kummel, Harvard University professor, two field assistants, and four Danish scientists, the party camped on the shore of a fjord on the east coast of Greenland from July 20 and August 24.
The two professors were studying the transition in time from the Paleozoic to Mesozoic periods, which took place about 22 million years ago.
"There was a sharp, sudden change in the fauna, especially the marine life." Teichert says. "Much of the life that existed before disappeared and new life started. We wanted to study this period more closely."
Prof studied in ice storm
Teichert said, "Greenland is a very beautiful country. There are no trees, but the coast is lined with magnificent fjords."
There were no native villages anywhere near the campsite. The group was effectively cut off from civilization. Teichert said, "I didn't read a paper for five weeks."
Their only contact with the world was an occasional visit by the Danish Sledge Patrol.
"We got a good collection and
Teichert has been a professor at KU since 1964. He has published several books and more than 150 articles in major journals on the paleontology of four continents.
Teichert is also director of the Paleontological Institute at KU and had a $34,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct his research in Greenland, Iran and Kashmir.
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IT'S HERE SOMEPLACE
Curt Teichert, KU professor of geology, inspects some slides of his summer expedition to Greenland. Teichert was leader of a group studying the transition from the Paleozoic to Mesozoic periods of geologic time. His work was cut short when ice sealed off the region.
A lecherous fellow called Pops At wooing the ladies was tops; They'd love him to bits When he'd buy them a Schlitz And give them the kiss of the hops.