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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 26, 1956
State, National, World News
Air Force Officers Probe Crash Near Council Grove
COUNCIL GROVE (UP)—A board of Air Force officers today started an investigation of the crash of a giant KC-97 flying tanker which killed its crew of eight Wednesday.
The dead were identified as Capt. Edward F. Shipka, 34, commander; Capt. William J. Brennan, 40, instructor-pilot; 2nd Lt. Roger A. Bennett, 29, co-pilot; Staff Sgt. Donald S. Delpriore, 26; Staff Sgt. William L. Fritts, 29; Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Van Patten, 24, and Airman 2nd Cl. Jurie Eric Jonnas, 23, all of Topeka, and 2nd Lt. Reginald O. Wilkie, Jr., 22, Kingsville, Tex.
The big double-deck plane, one of the Air Force's largest, plunged into a Kansas wheat field in an inferno of flames. It had taken off from Forbes Air Force Base near Topeka with gasoline in its tanks and 40 tons of jet fuel in its refueling tanks. It was assigned to the 90th strategic reconnaissance wing.
State Soil Moisture Lowest In 16 Years
TOPEKA (UP)—A federal and state agricultural report today showed moisture content in the soil of Kansas wheat country at its lowest level in 16 years.
In the last four and a half years, drought has cut soil moisture content to 13.8 per cent in the western two-thirds of Kansas, where the bulk of biggest state wheat crop in the nation is grown.
Soy U.S. Tried Holding Sailors
Suy U.S. Tried Holding Sailors MOSCOW (UP) - Five Soviet sailors charged today that U.S. officials tried "all means" to force them to remain in the United States after they decided to return to the Soviet Union. The sailors, crewmembers of the Soviet tanker Tuapse, said in a news conference that U.S. immigration officials, police and representatives of the "World Church Service" attempted to dissuade them from returning to the USSR.
Nixon Wants No. 2 Spot
WASHINGTON (UP)—Friends of Vice President Richard M. Nixon are sure that Mr. Nixon wants the number two spot on the Republican presidential ticket again. President Eisenhower told his news conference Wednesday that Mr. Nixon has not given him a definite answer yet on whether he wants to be Mr. Eisenhower's second-term running mate.
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Russia To Protest Washington Action
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UP)—Diplomats today expected Russia to lodge a vigorous protest with the United Nations about Washington action in ousting two members of the Soviet delegation to the World Organization.
Soviet Ambassador Georgi N. Zaroubin was reported to have rejected the U.S. ouster note which the State Department presented to him Wednesday.
Demand Enforcement Of Jim Crow Law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UP)—City officials demanded today that the National City Bus Lines enforce the local Jim Crow law or face court action that might affect desegregation moves across the South.
Mayor W. A. Gayle and Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers, both members of the segregationist White Citizens Council, called in bus company officials this morning to lay down an ultimatum.
Rain Prayer Works Too Fast
Rain Prayer Works Too Past
METAMORA, Ill. (UP) — Parishioners of St. Mary's Catholic church had planned an outdoor procession Wednesday to pray for rain but had to call it off. It was raining too hard.
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Eden, Soviet Leaders Reach Agreements
LONDON (UP)—Russia's rulers have agreed to give "moral backing" to peace in the Middle East, but have refused to support any specific measures for reducing the likelihood of war, it was reported today.
Informed sources said British Prime Minister Anthony Eden's talks here with Communist boss Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin also produced an agreement for increased cultural and technical exchanges between the two nations and a declaration that they "favor increased trade."
Senate Subpoenas Campaign Manager
ERIE, Mich. (UP)—Seven small children left unattended died in a fire at their home near the Michigan and Ohio state line in Monroe County, Mich., early today, state police said. Police said the children of John and Laura Cooper burned to death in the blaze of undetermined origin while Cooper took his wife to work at a restaurant in Toledo, Ohio, seven miles away.
WASHINGTON (UP) — Senate investigators today subpoenaed Vice President Richard M. Nixon's campaign manager to ask about a $5,000 legal fee he received from blacklisted uniform maker Herman Kravitz.
7 Children Die In Fire
Officers were instructed to serve the subpoena from the Senate investigating subcommittee on Attorney Murray M. Chotiner in Los Angeles today. Chotiner is a long-time political adviser to Mr. Nixon. He managed Mr. Nixon's campaign in 1952 and in previous elections.
There were about 2,000,000 fires in the United States and Canada during 1955. They caused about $1,098,000,-004 damage and 296 deaths.
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