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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 22, 1962
Federal CD Man Says Luck Decides Survival
In the case of nuclear attack survival will depend on luck, the acting director of federal civil defense training and education said yesterday.
James Ridgway arrived at KU from Washington for a Midwestern Conference on Higher Adult Education. He also conferred with Howard T. Walker, Kansas University extension director and vice-chairman of the Universities' advisory committee for civil defense.
HOWEVER, he added, the federal government is working on a program which it hopes will preserve human life in case of a nuclear attack.
"No government can guarantee protection from nuclear attack." Ridgway said in an interview yesterday.
The Department of Civil Defense proposes to finance a 35-hour course to instruct state, county and municipal officials in the basic information on fallout hazards.
The training program would include instruction in radiological monitoring as a method of surveying buildings for shelter use. A second phase on shelter management entails the stocking of food rations and other supplies in those buildings which have been approved as shelters.
"The source of food during fall-out would be water and dry biscuits," Ridgway said.
Corps Convocation Is Reconsidered
The committee on convocations and lectures will meet at 4 p.m. today to reconsider a request for a Peace Corps convocation Nov. 2.
Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor of finance and chairman of the committee, said he called the meeting "in view of the presentation of petitions signed by about 30 per cent of the student body."
The commitment earlier ruled out an all-student convocation because it was felt that Warren W. Wiggins, second in command of the national Peace Corps organization, would not attract a large audience.
Since the committee decision, the KU Peace Corps committee has been circulating petitions protesting the ruling.
Wesley Foundation Message to Ole Miss
Students of the KU Wesley Foundation have drafted and sent a special worship service to the Wesley Foundation at the University of Mississippi, asking the Ole Miss group to pray with them at 9:15 Tuesday over the James Meredith crisis.
"We realize we all need God's help in these matters," Mary Lou Dean, head of the Wesley executive committee said.
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"THE SUPPLY would only last for two weeks after which period radioactivity declines quickly. In some areas, people would only have to stay in shelters from 10-16 hours," he added.
He said the Defense office plans to establish a contract with all state university extension offices which could provide space for shelter and for the stocking of supplies.
"This contract can be nullified on 30-days notice, but I doubt if the University of Kansas or any other school would deny its facilities in the case of war." Ridgway said.
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Ridgway clarified two points on fallout shelters and radioactivity of which the public has had misconceptions:
- The least radioactivity is on the middle floors of a large structure, rather than underground.
- Continual vomiting and nausea are the final symptoms of fallout sickness. Some individuals would die within a period of six weeks.
Men's dormitories who may enter scripts are Joseph R. Pearson, Carruth-O'Leary and Olin Templin. Women's dormitories are Luther Lewis and Margaret Hashinger.
Dorms May Enter Rock Chalk Skits
Five dormitories are among 18 groups who are potential entrants in the 1963 Rock Chalk Revue.
Sororities who may enter are Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, Alpha Delta Pi, Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega and Alpha Chi Omega.
Fraternities are Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi.
Any other living groups who want to enter scripts must have them in by 5 p.m. today to the KU-Y offices, rooms 110, 111 and 112 in the Kansas Union.
Tom Moore, KU-Y adviser said, "We are especially pleased to see this evidence of increased interest in the Revue on the part of the independent living groups."
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Student Influx Passes 60,000
Kansas college enrollment passed 60,000 this fall, a seven per cent increase over 1961, according to Worth A. Fletcher, registrar of the University of Wichita.
The University of Kansas with 11,434 students shows the largest enrollments in the state. Second-largest Kansas State University showed the greatest numerical increase in students with 1,059 added to their enrollment.
Fletcher said the greatest increase was registered by the state colleges and universities. Their total of
32,721 included 2,661 more students. a nine per cent increase.The greatest decrease was shown by private junior colleges, which lost four students.
Another rapid climb in enrollment in expected after 1964, because of the expected increase in incoming freshmen.
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