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Tuesday, May 15, 1956. University Daily Kansan
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State, National, World News
Harriman Picks Up First Outside Support, In Wyoming
WASHINGTON (UP)—New York Gov. Averill Harriman has picked up his first sizeable bloc of delegates outside his own state in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Wyoming state Democratic convention, which Mr. Harriman addressed Monday, elected a slate of 28 delegates of which 12 are Harriman supporters, though not officially pledged.
Gov. Harriman put himself directly into the Democratic race Monday when he told the Wyoming convention his name will be entered at the convention "not as a favorite son but as a candidate."
Man Wins 17-Year Battle For Freedom
CLINTON, Ill. (UP)—James P. Duty, 78, a Harvard law school graduate sentenced to life imprisonment for stealing a car, won a 17-year battle for freedom Monday. Mr. Duty used his legal training to obtain his release from the Illinois state penitentiary at Menard.
In 1929 he drew a one year to life sentence on a conviction of burglary and larceny of a car. Later, he was extradited to Virginia to serve out a sentence for jail break. Upon his return in 1939, he claimed the state of Illinois had lost jurisdiction over him and that he was wrongfully imprisoned. It took him 17 years before the state let him go.
USSR, Japan Reach Agreement
MOSCOW (UP)—Russia and Japan reached agreement before dawn today on a fisheries agreement and related documents providing for renewal of the stalemated Russo-Japanese peace talks not later than July 31. The agreements—whose terms were not made public immediately—do not become effective until a Russo-Japanese peace treaty is signed or until the two nations reestablish diplomatic relations.
U.S. Arms To West Germany
BREMERHAVEN, Germany (UP)
—The first large scale shipment of an outright one billion dollar U. S. arms gift for West Germany arrived in Bremerhaven today to provide a major boost for this country's rearmament. The initial shipment has been given by the United States for the new 12 division, 500-000-man Bundeswehr Germany has promised to raise for western defense by 1959.
Battle Looms In Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (UP)—French infantrymen scaled the redrock heights west of Algeria's religious capital of Tlemcen today to flush out a rebel force attempting to besiege that vital city. A 3,000-man rebel force has been reported marching on the heavily-garrisoned city, which lies 60 miles southwest of Oran.
Oak Ridge Blast Kills 2
H-Bomb Test Changed
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (UP)—A nonnuclear explosion at a ton-secron atomic plant claimed its second victim early today. A third man mangled by the blast was in critical condition. Atomic Energy Commission officials said the three Union Carbide Nuclear Co., employees were standing about 30 feet from exploding drums of scrap zirconium, a little-known metal used in atomic reactor development projects.
ABOARD USS MT MCKINLEY EN ROUTE TO BIKINI (UP) Atomic task force officials today changed the date for the Hydrogen bomb explosion to Wednesday as a result of improving weather. The explosion will be the first air-dropped detonation of an H-bomb by the United States. It will also be the first H-bomb explosion to be witnessed by news reporters.
Second Negro Seeks Entrance At Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UP)—Another Negro has applied for admission to the all-white University of Alabama where efforts to have a court order barring racial segregation set aside were rebuffed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
SAN FRANCISCO (UP)—The Coast Guard today ordered a full-scale investigation into the mysterious two-ship collision which sank one vessel off Point Sur, 120 miles south of San Francisco. The 10-622-met Marine Leopard rammed into the 2,477-ton lumber schooner Howard Olson before dawn Monday, slicing the Olson in two and sinking it. Four of the Olson's crew were lost—three of them dead and one missing.
Negro attorney Arthur Shores, a leader in the legal fight to break down the color barrier, identified the prospective applicant Monday as Billy Joe Nabors, a senior at biracial Talladega College. But Mr. Shores said Nabors has not received any reply from his "two to three" letters to university officials.
Education Bill Approved
Probe Into Ship Collision
WASHINGTON (UP)—A House subcommittee today tentatively approved a bill that would grant federal school aid to communities which integrate their public school systems. The measure would open the door to federal aid to individual school districts in the South which desire to integrate their schools locally but which are in states refusing to integrate on a state-wide basis.
A staff of 49 persons is employed by Watkins Memorial Hospital.
Approximately 100 violation tickets are given out each day by the campus patrol.
To Battle Segregation Suits
JACKSON, Miss. (UP)—Mississippi may hire a full-time attorney and publicity man to aid in the fight against segregation if the proposals are approved today at a scheduled meeting of the state sovereignty commission here.
Television Course Added
WINFIELD (UP)—Southwest college has established a television course to its curriculum. It will be taught by Mrs. Rachel van Cleve c Cleveland, Ohio, who also will serve as assistant to the director c admissions.
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