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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Dec. 7, 1962
Berlin Border Guards Thwart Russian Masters
BERLIN — (UPI) — When refugees scramble over the Berlin Wall do the East German border guards shoot to miss? Western officials say yes.
Heinrich Albertz, head of the West Berlin interior department, said recently that many refugees who reached the West would not have made it if "their flight had not been actively supported or tolerated by members of the National People's Army.
"As a rule, they shoot past refugees," he said.
MORE THAN 13,000 refugees have fled to the West since the wall went up. Yet, although the escape route is hazardous and guarded, only 41 deaths have been recorded.
"It shows the guards are not trying," one official said. "German soldiers are not that bad shots."
Not only are border guards letting others flee but they are fleeing themselves.
the wall was built to halt the flight of refugees.
THE COMMUNISTS are so unsure of their own border guards that they are sent out on patrol in pairs so that one will watch the other.
When military work parties strengthen or repair the wall they are guarded by other soldiers, usually officers, armed with tommy guns.
Border guards who have fled said they could not stand the contempt and hatred of East Germans.
"Everyone jeered at us when we walked into a dance hall," one refuge policeman said. "We were rated."
THE HIGHEST RANKING soldier to flee, Lt. Col. Martin H. Loeffler, commander of a motorized infantry regiment, said morale keeps sinking.
He reported the belief is widespread among soldiers that in case of war the Russians would use East Germans as front line cannon fodder.
Some border guards have had adventurous flights. One fought a tommy gun duel with another border guard to make good his escape. Neither one was hit.
KU Ski Trip Still Open
About 65 KU skiers will try out snowy slopes of the Colorado Rockies during the semester break.
About 65 members of the KU Ski Club will leave on Jan. 26 after finals and will arrive at Arapaho basin in the morning. They will stay at the Arapaho Lodge.
After four days there, they will ski in the Loveland area for one day and then come home.
The $58 includes everything but food and equipment. The instruction fee is included.
The trip is open to any member of the club. The total cost is $58, and deposits of $10 will be taken until the Christmas vacation.
Debaters Attend Oldest U.S. Meet
Today and tomorrow KU debaters will compete in the oldest debate tournament in the United States, at Southwestern College in Winfield.
Members participating in the senior division are Deane Seal, Independence, Mo., junior; Dan Crary, Kansas City senior; Tom Beecker, Topeka senior, and Don Worsteck, Hutchinson senior.
Members participating in the women's division are Mary Reeves, Oberlin junior; Lauralee Milberg, Arlington, Va., junior; Jana Snook, Ford freshman, and Beverly Marshall, Fredonia freshman.
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Membership of the club is still open. The membership fee = $1.
Skis can be rented at the skiing areas for a nominal charge, Cory said.
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Mike Cory, Wichita senior, and president of the club said that "the trip is a wonderful opportunity for people who want to learn to ski. Last year half of the students who went were beginners."
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After Antarctica, It's Balmy
CHARLESTON, S.C. — (UPI) — Lt. Col. Russell Clark stepped from the plane into a cold wind. Snowflakes fell on his short-sleeved summer uniform as he told overcoated greeters in this usually balmy port city, "it's nice and warm here."
Clark just returned from a mission in Antarctica.
Steals Pines for Christmas
EMMETSBURG, Iowa — (UPI)— D. P. Bellinghausen was fined yesterday because of his nativity scene.
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