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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 10. 1956.
Foreign News
West Would Use Atomic Weapons
BONN (UP)—Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther warned Russia today that aggression against any member of the Altantic pact would be met in a single shattering stroke by the tactical atomic weapons of the West.
"Our strategy is based intimately on atomic weapons to deter any active aggression," the supreme allied commander in Europe said.
"Tactical atomic weapons will be delivered in the event of an aggression with a single stroke by air power, by guided missiles, by rockets and by artillery."
All of these means of delivering atomic warheads are known to be already in position on the West's front line in Germany. Gen. Gruenther refused to say whether the pact has any actual atomic weapons in this country.
Churchill Sees Hope For Red Cooperation
AACHEN, Germany (UF)-Winston Churchill said today if the Kremlin's down-with-Stalin movement is sincere he sees no reason why Russia cannot eventually "join in the spirit" of the Atlantic Pact.
The 81-year-old former Prime Minister, here to be honored for his own aid to European unity, said the West's best hope of achieving it lies in the pact "grand alliance of the European powers, linked with Canada and the United States."
Fighting Breaks Out After Cypriots Hang
NICOSIA, Cyprus (UP)—Britain hanged two Greek Cypriots before dawn today to the shouts and screams of other prisoners, and heavy street fighting broke out a few hours later against British troops.
Reds, Quemov In Gun Duel
Cypriot Greek youths and girls loosed a barrage of stones at British soldiers outside the Greek Phaneromeni church soon after word of the executions spread through the tense city. Turkish Cypriot police moved in, swinging batons. British troops loosed a tear gas barrage that dispersed the crowds.
Farmers On Way To Russia
TAIPEI, Formosa (UP)—Communist China shore batteries and Nationalist artillery on the offshore island of Quemoy engaged in an intermittent duel for three hours Wednesday, according to a Nationalist communique. One civilian was wounded and 11 buffaloes killed on Quemoy.
HELSINKI, Finland (UP)—A group of 29 Oklahoma farmers arrived in Helsinki Wednesday for their last stopover en route to the Soviet Union to study Russian agriculture for three weeks. They will board a Russian aeroflot plane for Leningrad this afternoon.
Arabs May Ban U.S. Jews
WASHINGTON (UP)—Administration officers doubt that Saudi Arabia will permit American Jewish servicemen to be stationed at an air base which the United States leases in that country. The question was raised Wednesday at President Eisenhower's news conference.
Rebels Swarm French Troops
ALGIERS (UP)-Rebel bands shouting "Jihad!" (Holy War) swarmed out of the hills in a spring offensive against French rule today but found themselves outnumbered by French forces, three-to-one.
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'Satchmo' Plays Song For Hep Princess
LONDON (UP)— Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong looked behind the footlights at a pretty English girl in a blue dress seated in the audience. "I want to play something special for an old flame, boys. Let's lay it on for the Princess," he rasped.
The boys laid it on cool and strong with "Maheogany Hall Stomp" and the girl in blue tapped away in cool delight. She was Princess Margaret and she proved to the few fans who saw her at the Armstrong jazz concert Wednesday that she was not only Europe's prettiest princess—but the heppest, as well.
British Plane Forced Down In Israel
JERUSALEM (Israeli Sector) (UP)-Israeli fighter aircraft forced a British passenger plane to land at Lydda Airport today. The British plane later was allowed to leave after Israeli officials questioned its crew.
Col. Nehemia Brosh, the Israeli military spokesman, said the British plane had violated Israeli airspace.
H-Bomb Drop Postponed
ABOARD USS MT. McKINLEY OFF ENIWETOK (UP)—An unfavorable switch in the wind forced atomic task force officers Wednesday night (US time) to postpone for the fourth time this week the scheduled air drop explosion of the hydrogen bomb.
Japanese Invited To China
TOKYO (UP)—A Japanese labor leader said Wednesday in a Peiping radio broadcast that Red Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai has invited Japan's Prime Minister and foreign minister to Peiping to discuss improvement of relations between the two countries.
More Violence On Gaza
GAZA, Egypt (UP) — Israeli troops killed a Palestinian farmer and wounded an Arab national guardsman east of Gaza today, an Egyptian military spokesman announced.
WASHINGTON—Senate majority and minority leaders, on Sen. Walter F. George's announcement he will not seek re-election;
Quotes From The News
"His name has become a household word in every dwelling in our land. Across the seas . . . he is a magic figure that symbolizes all that is best and noble in these United States." (Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, D.Tex.).
"Senator George has been a senator of the United States . . . not a narrow or bitter partisan . . . a tower of strength." (Sen. William F. Knowland, R-Calif.).
LONDON—Prime Minister Siti Anthony Eden, on a Laborite charge that a Royal Navy "frogman" was engaged in espionage beneath a Russian cruiser when he mysteriously disappeared in Portsmouth Harbor.
"It would not be in the public interest to disclose the circumstances in which Commander Crabb was presumed to have met his death."
WASHINGTON—Dr. Paul Dudley White, heart specialist, after President Eisenhower underwent "a very brief examination":
"He seems to be in good health."
BONN-Gen. Alfred M. Gruen-
ther, supreme commander of allied
forces in Europe, on the effectiveness
of allied airpower:
"Our planes can fly at such an altitude and with such a speed that there is no means today which could stop them from wiping out the Soviet armament capacity."
RIVENSIDE, Calif—Sen. Estes Kefauver, on former President Truman's part in the forthcoming Democratic National Convention: "Mr. Truman will be the most influential man at the . . . convention, although not a delegate or a candidate."
Batista To Stay In Office
HAVANA, Cuba (UP)—President Fulgencio Batista said today he injuncts to remain in office until 1959, unless the people of Cuba decide otherwise in a referendum. He did not indicate in an exclusive interview when or under what conditions such a referendum might be held.
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