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Goldberg Slams President Route
By Helen Thomas United Press International
WASHINGTON— (UPI) —President Kennedy likes to roll out the red carpet for his steady stream of state visitors, but he has to take them down a shoddy parade route.
The description comes from Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg, who has kicked off a program to restore Pennsylvania Avenue—The Avenue of Presidents—to its former grandeur.
GOLDBERG TOLD a panel of architects summoned from around the country to the White House that he deplored the look of the avenue during the inaugural ride from the Capitol to the White House with its "pawn shops and old stores."
It's President Kennedy's idea to pick up where Thomas Jefferson left off in making the avenue a showpiece and an impressive "image" of the nation for foreign visitors and all who come to Washington.
The chairman of the panel of architects is Nathaniel A. Owings of the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of San Francisco, Chicago and New York. He makes it clear that his idea is to give the avenue more trees, more greenery and more wide open spaces.
HE SAID WASHINGTON has been "frozen" in the horse and buggy era when it comes to reflecting the true facade of the nation. The architects on the panel have been asked to go home and think about redesigning the Capitol's famous avenue. They'll return to Washington Oct. 15 to compare notes.
But a beautiful avenue is perhaps not enough. Whenever President Kennedy and his popular wife Jacqueline have visited in foreign capitals of the world—the people have turned out to greet them by the thousands. In Mexico last month, the estimate was in the millions. The atmosphere was a fiesta and the Mexicans brilliantly showed their admiration.
The story was the same in Paris, London, Vienna, Ottawa, Caracas, and Bogota. And for Mrs. Kennedy alone on her India-Pakistan swing, the streets of New Delhi, Jaipur and Karachi were swarming with well-wishers, the curious and admirers who by their appearance were paying a tribute to the first lady and to this country.
Women Earn Top Hill GPA
Douthart Hall women made the highest overall grade point average among the 56 organized houses at the University of Kansas last year for the eighth consecutive year.
The women's scholarship hall earned a 2.05 grade point average for the two semesters of last year. Watkins Hall received second place honors with a 2.03 average and Battenfeld Hall took third with a straight 2.00 average.
For the spring semester, women students averaged better grades than their male counterparts with a 1.62 average compared to a 1.43 for the men. The all-university average was 1.50.
Kappa Alpha Theta regained its first place in the sorority division with a 1.95 average. Pi Beta Phi trailed with 1.94 and Alpha Chi Omega took third with 1.88.
Following Douthart and Watkins in the women's scholarship list were Sellards and Miller Halls with 1.93 and 1.82 respectively.
Trailing Battenfeld in the Men's scholarship hall division were Stephenson at 1.92, Pearson at 1.91, Jollife at 1.86 and Foster at 1.82.
In women's residence halls, Lewis Hall earned a 1.43 average with Corbin and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Halls averaging 1.40 and 1.37 respectively.
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BUT WHEN GREAT leaders from other parts of the world come here, the reception to say the least is lethargic. The federal government and the D.C. officials do their best to turn out the people by giving time off or by timing a state visitor's arrival to the lunch hour when the downtown streets will be busy.
But if there is a lineup, it's pure curiosity. Seldom a dedicated mission to show a hospitable welcome to a national leader. Some officials believe the reason for Washington's lack of enthusiasm lies in the fact that its resident are too sophisticated. Others believe that even in the seat of the nation, the people in the capital lack interest in world political affairs and their spokesmen.
A big enough name may draw a crowd. Queen Elizabeth II received a royal welcome a few years ago and not much persuasion was needed. They roared their approval. Big crowds also turned out to see Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and his wife, Nina, but their greeting was stony and silent for an avowed enemy, albeit guest.
The architects may be able to do something about the beauty of the President's parade route, but the spirit of the welcome is another story.
J-School Grad Moves Into TV
Ben Holman, a 1952 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism has been hired by a Chicago radio station as a general assignment reporter.
He is one of the nation's first Negro newsmen.
The 31-year newsman from Bloomfield, NJ., will be seen by citizens of Chicago on WBBM-TV newscasts and at the scene of TV events. Holman began his reporting duties today.
He was a reporter on the Chicago Daily News before embarking on his new job. During his years at KU, Holman held a number of positions on the Daily Kansan, including managing editor in his senior year. He was also on the honor roll during both semesters of his senior year. Before coming to KU Holman attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
English Schoolboys Launch Wanderer I
SALISBURY, England — (UPI)— Britain's newest rocket rose just 100 feet into the air above Salisbury Plain yesterday, but its designers were quite happy with the result. They were three 17-year-old schoolboys who designed and built the three-foot-high rocket "Wanderer I" and were given permission to test it at the Royal Aircraft establishment range.
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1962 University Daily Kansan
Saigon Youth Grenades U.S. Military Vehicle
SAIGON, South Viet Nam — (UPI) — A youth tossed an explosive-laden loaf of bread into a U.S. military advisory group (MAAG) car in downtown Saigon today. Four American Air Force officers and their Vietnamese driver scrambled to safety before it burst.
The youth was captured by a U.S. Army sergeant and turned over to police.
IN ANOTHER INCIDENT, a U.S military spokesman reported that five Americans were injured, two seriously, when their Army helicopter crashed about 285 miles north of Saigon today. The spokesman presumed mechanical failure caused the crash.
The Americans injured were taken to the U.S. Army field hospital at Nhatrang on the coast. The pilot of the helicopter suffered a broken leg and the co-pilot a broken back, the spokesman said.
The helicopter went down in the mountainous central highlands near the Vietnamese army outpost at Dakha, about 27 miles from the border with Laos. The area is one of the major infiltration points for Communist Viet Cong guerrillas from Laos into South Viet Nam.
TWO VIETNAMESE air force men also were injured in the crash. They were flown here for treatment.
In the south, South Vietnamese troops scored one of their biggest victories against the Communists in recent weeks, killing 152 Viet Gong guerrillas in a battle on the eastern fringe of the Red-infested Plain of Reeds, another U.S. military spokesman reported.
The government troops were airlifted into the battle area about 50 miles south of Saigon by 10 U.S. Marine helicopters. The troops were supported by armored river boats and fighter-bomber planes.
About 2,500 troops were involved in the strike which began at dawn, according to the spokesman. He said that in addition to the dead, 36 Viet Cong soldiers were taken prisoner.
THE SPOKESMAN made no mention of government casualties.
The bomb attack on the MAAG vehicle came shortly before 8 a.m. The officers and the driver were sitting in the parked station wagon on Ba Huyen Than Quan street waiting for another officer.
The youth riding a bicycle pedaled up and tossed a leaf of bread into a rear window. The officers and the chauffeur managed to leap out of the wagon before the bomb exploded. None was injured.
Kansan Classifieds Get Results
"Tareyton's Dual Filter in duas partes divisa est!" says Ursus (Bear Foot) Sulla, popular Coliseum bear fighter. "We animal wrestlers fight tooth and Claudius to get to that first post-fight Tareyton," says Bear Foot."Try a couple of pax and enjoy flavor -de gustibus you never thought you'd get from any filter cigarette!"