University Daily Kansan Friday, March 16, 1956
State, National, World News
Dulles Renews U.S. Pledge To Aid Nationalist China
TAIPEI, Formosa (UP)—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived in Taipei today and renewed the American pledge to support the Nationalists as the "only lawful Chinese government."
Mr. Dulles conferred almost at once with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek on the American-Nationalist mutual defense treaty.
Chinese newspapers said the government would attempt to "impress" on Mr. Dulles its determination to defend the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu at "any cost."
The Nationalists also will ask for assurance of U.S. aid in case of a Communist attack on the islands, the reports said. The United States has not made a flat statement of what it would do in event of an attack on the islands but is pledged to defend Formosa and the Pescadores.
Kansas State Host To Highway Engineers
MANHATTAN (UP)-The annual Kansas highway engineering conference will be held at Kansas State College Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23.
Featured speakers for the annual dinner March 22 will be Frank E. Harwi, director of the highway commission, and J. E. Buchanan of College Park, Md., president of the asphalt institute. The conference is sponsored by the Kansas County Engineers Association, the State Highway Commission and Kansas State College
Secondary Schools Draw Teachers
MANHATTAN, Kan. (UP)—The Kansas State College placement bureau predicted today that 90 percent of the new teachers in the state will teacher in elementary and secondary schools in the state.
Chester Feters, director of the bureau, said higher out-of-state salaries and fringe benefits often lure many out of the state. Students now enrolled in teaching courses number 1.125, an all-time high. About 225 new teachers will be graduated this year.
Egypt's President Warns Israel
Egypt's President Warns Israel CAIRO (UP)—President Gamal Nasser warned today that any Israeli attempt to divert the Jordan River for irrigation purposes would touch off a general war in the Middle East. He told a group of visiting American newspaper editors and publishers that such a move would violate the armistice agreement between Syria and Israel.
Germans OK Army Bill
Polio Kills 152 In Argentina
BERLIN (UP)—West Germany's senate, meeting here for the first time in history, voted final approval today for two key bills clearing the way for West German rearmament. The two votes gave Chancellor Konrad Adenauer full legal authority to mobilize the 500-600-man army which is to be the core of West German self defense.
BUENOS AIRES (UP)—U.S. relief agencies are rushing medical supplies to Argentina today to combat the polio epidemic that has killed 152 persons in this country since January. Neighboring nations are "quarantining" Argentina to check the spread of the disease.
Look! Chicken With Teeth
BENGUELA, Angola (Portuguese West Africa) (UP)-A freak hen which likes boarding house food better than chicken feed was drawing big crowds here Thursday. It has what appears to be three sharp upper teeth.
Mail Comes Through
SPRINGTIELD, Ill. (UP)—Mrs. W. A. Parkinson was pleased when she received a postcard from Ponca City, Okla., saying her son was coming home for a visit—until she noticed the date on it. The postcard was mailed May 18, 1946.
China Uses Installment Plan
TOKYO (UP)—The capitalistic practice of installment buying has hit Communist China, radio Peiping said Thursday.
Wheat consumption per person in the U.S. declined from 310 pounds in 1909 to an estimated 173 pounds in 1955.
MOSCOW (UP)—Some 2.500 Russian churchgoers jammed Moscow's only Baptist church yesterday to listen to sermons by five American clergymen.
One of the clergymen was the Rev. D, Ward Nichols of New York, presiding bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the first American Negro minister ever to preach from a pulpit in the Soviet Union.
Visiting U.S. Clergy Fill Russian Church
There are nearly 500 species of humming birds and they are found only in the New World. The U.S. makes an acceptable summer home for about 16 species.
Ranier Leaves For Monaco To Prepare For Marriage
NEW YORK (UP) — Prince Rainier III leaves today for Monaco to put the final touches on the elaborate preparations for his wedding to actress Grace Kelly April 19. The Rev. Francis Tucker, the American chaplain who has become a confidant of the Prince's and a regular member of the palace staff, accompanied him on the return journey, as did Charles Balleric, the prince's private secretary.
The wedding, which will be held in the cathedral in Monte Carlo, will be one of the best covered
stories of the decade. Hundreds of reporters have applied for credentials to attend. Miss Kelly, who will not arrive here until Thursday, March 22, is scheduled to follow the prince to Monaco aboard the USS Constitution, sailing on April 4.
Daddy Was Late For Wedding
ALICANTE, Spain (UP)—Widower Alejandro Martinez married again but was one hour late for the ceremony. He said he was delayed because his 11 children, from 7 to 24 years, took so long to get ready.
What's doing at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
R. P. I. Dedicates
Graduate Study Center
Near Main Plant
'Engineers from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft waiting for classes to begin at R.P.I.'s new graduate study center. Courses, leading to advanced degrees in specialized fields, include Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Higher Mathematics, Thermodynamics, Nuclear Technology,
The vast facilities required for practical application of advanced technical knowledge to the development of future aircraft engines are housed in P & W A's Willgoos Laboratory — the world's most complete, privately owned turbine laboratory.
Engineers participating in graduate study program complement their classroom training with laboratory experience gained through their daily employment.
The dedication last month of a full-fledged graduate center near the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft plant in East Hartford, Connecticut, set a precedent in relationships between industry and education. At a cost of $600,000, P & W A's parent company purchased and equipped the building that was presented outright to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for its Hartford Graduate Center. Moreover, an additional grant by this industry leader to R.P.I. was used to establish a liberal fellowship fund. Since last fall, when classes first began, this tuition-assistance plan has functioned to assure advanced education for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft's applied scientists and engineers.
Designed to raise the level of knowledge and to broaden the base from which research can be approached, this unique new concept of education will lead enrolled engineers to greater achievement in their careers through pursuit of advanced degrees in specialized fields from the nation's oldest engineering college.
The new graduate study center, 115 miles away from its home campus in upper New York State, is staffed by a resident, full-time faculty. Engineers at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and other companies in the vicinity are able now to continue their education without interrupting their normal employment.
R. P. I.'s Hartford Graduate Center, a modern, one-story building in a suburban location, is just a few minutes' drive from the P & W A plant. Student facilities include large lecture room, a library, classrooms, seminar rooms, cafeteria, and parking areas.
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