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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, October 18, 1961
'Davy Crockett' to Help U.S. in Europe
NUERNBERG, Germany — (UPI)—Davy Crockett, a front-line nuclear weapon small enough to be carried by a man or mounted on a jeep will be in the hands of U.S. Army troops in Central Europe by late December.
Known variously as an atomic bazooka or mortar, this smallest of tactical nuclear weapons is in a number of ways the most spectacular of a wide range of new weapons and equipment being supplied to American forces along the Iron Curtain.
AFTER YEARS of development, testing and sometimes sluggish progress, the equipment for modernizing America's North Atlantic Treaty troops is being delivered in the nick of time for the military build-up brought on by the Berlin crisis. It has been coming in at an increasing rate over the past two months, even if not as rapidly as commanders might like.
Hand-in-hand with the weapons modernization is the troop build-up ordered by the Kennedy Administration as a prime means of showing American determination in the current crisis. The U.S. Army in Europe, which now numbers about 233,000 men, will receive an additional 40,000 men by Nov. 1.
Gen. Bruce C. Clarke, Army commander in Europe, said in a talk with newsmen at headquarters of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment here that his forces are as well equipped as the Russians—and, in some cases, better.
CLARKE'S TOP aides said arrival of the Davy Crockett will be a great boon to front-line troops. It will also be a further demonstration that the basic strategy of using nuclear weapons, if necessary, has not been overturned by the current heavy emphasis on building up conventional forces.
The Davy Crockett is a long, tubular device with a solid fuel which hurls a bulbous atomic warhead about two miles. The warhead is believed to have an explosive force equal to several hundred tons of TNT, which is very small for a nuclear weapon but still enormous in comparison with high explosives dropped by fleets of bombers in World War II.
No other nuclear weapon is designed for firing at such close range or for such rapid overland mobility. It will give army divisions an ideal weapon for breaking up large assaults and supporting counterattacks.
Big Changes In Spain Associate Prof. Says
By Ben Marshall
The Spain of today is much different from the Spain of 25 years ago, according to Domingo Rieart, associate professor of Romance languages.
Prof. Ricart has recently returned from Europe, where he was on sabbatical leave, collecting data and studying manuscripts of Juan de Valdes in the libraries of England France, Austria, Germany and Spain.
Prof. Ricart said that he had little trouble understanding the people and problems of modern Spain.
THE DATA AND PHOTOSTATS of the manuscripts will be used for a book discussing the effects of Valdes' writing on 16th Century European Civilization, he said.
"Being originally from Spain and having lots of contacts, I could enter immediately into things," he said. "But," he added, "living in America for 25 years made me react in a typical American way. My brother referred to me as 'el Americano.'"
Migration Plans Are Scrapped
The KU migration to Oklahoma has been derailed.
Ronald D. Halbgewachs, Glen Elder senior and president of KuKu, men's pep club, said 500 tickets were necessary before the Santa Fe could run the special migration train. Only 125 students bought tickets.
A. C. "Dutch" Lonborg, director of athletics, said he hoped that the students who had planned to go on the train would still try to and some kind of transportation to Oklahoma. He said if they cannot go, the students who have purchased game tickets should come to the athletic office.
Since the cancellation, several living groups have chartered buses or organized car caravans.
Students who have purchased tickets for the train will receive a refund if they go to the Santa Fe depot.
"I GOT THE IMPRESSION that the regime is old and tired. It must have very few partisans; I didn't meet any," he said.
"In general, even among the military people there was no enthusiasm for the Franco regime," he added.
However, he said that during his stay in Spain, he lived with his brother and other relatives in Catalonia, a province which particularly resents the Franco regime.
Speaking again of Franco's government, Prof Ricart said: "There is very much concern for what is coming next. Franco has made no provisions for succession. Monarchy could be accepted as a lesser evil, but no one is enthusiastic," he added.
TODAY, FRANCO IS kept in power by American money, he said. American investment is the primary reason for the upward shift in the Spanish economy since the end of World War II, he said.
"But," he added, "we are supporting a system in Spain that shows no sympathy or assistance to the U.S."
America is continually insulted especially in the Spanish newspapers, he said.
However, Prof. Ricart saw some positive characteristics of Franco's socialistic government. Social security, a developing system of socialized medicine, and two-week holidays with pay, are several of the improvements the regime has made for the lower classes, he said.
English Lawyer to Discuss Baghot, Victorian Economi
Norman St. John-Stevas, English lawyer and author, will speak on Walter Bagehot, Victorian economist and man of letters, at a public lecture sponsored by the departments of English and political science at 4 p.m., Oct. 30 in Bailey Auditorium.
Dr. St. John-Stevas, staff member of "The Economist," has written a book on Walter Bagehot and is currently writing a nine-volume work on the Victorian economist.
It is not enough to do good; one must do it in the right way. John Morley
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By Stuart Barger
With delivery of the Davy Crockett, the Army in Europe will have missiles able to deliver nuclear explosives over ranges from two miles up to the 200 miles of a Redstone. Current short-range delivery means are the eight-inch howitzer with a reach of 10 to 11 miles and the Honest John with about 15 miles range.
Union Is Center Of University Life
Master Points, Prizes, Refreshments
The Kansas Union is the community center of the university, for all members of the university family—students, faculty, administration, alumni, and guests. It is not just a building; it is also an organization and a program. Together they represent a well-considered plan for the community life of the university.
As the "living room" of the university, the union provides for the services, conveniences, and amenities the members of the university family need in their daily life on the campus and for getting to know and understand one another through informal association outside the classroom.
The union is part of the educational program of the university. As the center of university community life, it serves as a laboratory of citizenship, training students in social responsibility and for leadership in our democracy. Through its various boards, committees, and staffs, it provides cultural, social, and recreational programs, aiming to make free-time activity a cooperative factor with study in education.
In all its processes it encourages self-directed activity, giving maximum opportunity for self-realization and for growth in individual social competency and group effectiveness. Its goal is the development of persons as well as intellects.
We hope that in your development of a well-rounded campus life you will take advantage of the various activities in which the SUA engages to serve you.
Medical Test Saturday
The test will be given at the testing centers listed in the 1961 Announcement of Medical College Admission Tests.
The annual test for admission to medical colleges will be given on Saturday. The test is for those students who will be applying for admission to medical colleges in the fall of 1962.
IN THE CONVENTIONAL weapons field, the Army has equipped its Berlin command and a large portion of its forces in West Germany with the new and long-delayed M-14 rifle and M-60 machine gun. These rapid-firing, lighter-weight weapons both use the standard 7.62 mm. Nato cartridge, simplifying supply problems.
The results of the tests are reported directly to the medical colleges.
Those who have applied for the tests should see the Guidance Bureau, 116 Bailey, for further information.
The M-14 rifle replaces three old weapons—the World War II M-1 rifle, the Browning automatic rifle and the carbine. The M-60 machine gun replaces three old types.
Armored units in West Germany are receiving the new M-60 main battle tank, which has a lethal 120 mm. British-designed gun and far greater cruising range than the M-48 it replaces.
INFANTRY UNITS in West Germany are being mechanized with the new M-113 armored personnel carrier, and border patrols and other troops have a new jeep, the M-151.
Relatively new missiles are the mobile Lacrosse which has a range of about 20 miles and can carry an atomic warhead, and the Hawk, which is designed to knock down low-flying planes with conventional explosive.
Of the 40,000 troop reinforcements being sent the Army in Europe, 3,000 will be assigned to the five divisions in West Germany, 17,000 will be used as fillers for various units and 20,000 will be in non-divisional units.
JACK ZINN
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Scholarship Hall System Explained
Freshman President
A booklet explaining the unique KU scholarship hall system will soon be published by the Men's Scholarship Hall Council.
The five halls accommodate about 250 men yearly. Scholarship hall awards, which determine hall memberships are granted annually to outstanding high school seniors.
The booklet describes the KU system in detail, including descriptions of the five men's scholarship halls: Battenfeld, Pearson, Stephenson, Jolliffe and Foster.
Residents reduce expenses nearly $300 a year by doing their own cooking and cleaning.
The booklet's purpose, said Gary Dilley. Emporia senior, and council member, is to encourage outstanding high school seniors to apply for KU scholarship hall awards.
"We don't intend to initiate a rush system for men's scholarship halls," he said. "We do hope, however, to reach promising high school seniors who might not know about the system."
To retain their scholarship, students within the system must maintain a 1.5 yearly grade point average.
Chemistry Lecture Today
V. S. Vaidhyanathan, research associate of the chemistry department and post-doctoral fellow working under Dr. Richard J. Bearman, will speak at the analytical-inorganic-physical colloquium at 4 p.m. today in 122 Malott.
His topic will be the "Statistical Mechanical Theory of Transport in Electrolytes." Dr. Vaidhyanathan earned his Ph.D. at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living—Socrates
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