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Bonn- Peaceful in A Shadow of War
By Phil Newsom UPI Foreign Analyst
BONN—Along the Rhine German families picnic in the soft warmth of late summer. In the early evening they stroll through the squares, but by 10 p.m. the streets of this "permanent provisional" capital of West Germany are almost empty.
From the tiny villages which dot the Rhineland countryside, men emerge each morning to till their small acreages.
Bonn would have remained just another provincial capital had it not been for Konrad Adenauer.
In the nearby village of Rhoendorf where the "dragon's rock" towers over the river, Adenauer tended his roses in his years of political exile under Hitler.
Despite the swirl of world events into which it has been thrust, Bonn has not lost its tranquility.
AND HE brought the provisional capital here as the Federal Republic of West Germany emerged after the war.
West Germany's prosperity has not yet reached these villages. The beans growing in neat rows on poles higher than a man's head, the cabbages and the tomatoes are more real than any question of German reunification.
JUST THE SAME, there is sober realization of how close the world stands to war. Perhaps not with the same anxiety as in the Chancellory, but with the knowledge that sons or husbands may soon again, after only 16 years, march off to war.
Even to one who visited Germany during the 1958 crisis and has returned twice since then, the viewpoint of the Rhinelander takes some special explaining.
In general, it may be said, he separates the question of Berlin and German reunification.
ABOUT THE latter, he spends little time in reflection.
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the Eastern Zone, even resent the aid his government has given refugees from the East.
He may, unless he has relatives in
Said a woman who fled the Eastern Zone and now works for the government:
"They think we're all rich."
But about Berlin, especially since the election campaign which was waged principally on the question of the mounting crisis there, his mind is made up.
It is worth fighting for.
But if there is uncertainty among some of the population over the issues and the risks involved in today's crisis, there is none in the embassies and chancellery of Bonn.
There the belief is that Khrushchev still is not convinced of the West's determination, and that he will not be until the Western powers have gone the whole way in preparation for war.
The first Jayhawk Young Life Fellowship will be held at 7:30 tonight in Parlor A of the Kansas Union.
Students Plan KU 'Young Life' Group
A new addition to the campus. Young Life plans to follow up its programs from the high school level. The program involves development in leadership and preparation for a brighter look into the future.
High school Young Life, which began in Texas, was established in Kansas City high schools four years ago. The organization has since established chapters at high schools and colleges all over the nation.
Young Life is a non-denominational organization which encourages every religious creed or faith to belong.
The high school groups, usually meeting in private homes, discuss moral and religious principles with the aid of a guest speaker.
Young Life sponsors three summer camps.
Books, from the sciences to paperbacks, will go on sale at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, October 5, in front of Watson Library.
Fifth Annual Book Sale Slated for Next Week
Stuart Forth, head of the undergraduate library, said surplus duplicate books, exchange books from publishers and books given to the library will be sold.
The sale, the library's fifth, has received favorable national mention in the Library Journal and National Bookman, Mr. Forth said.
The Kansas Union will hold a print sale in conjunction with the library's sale.
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