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Kansas State Historical Society
Daily Hansan
53rd Year. No. 48—SECTION A
2 Air Crashes Kill 27, Fate Of 14 Unknown
The plane was bound for points east, with the first stop scheduled for Billings, Mont. for refueling. Its final destination was listed as Newark, NJ.
Compiled by Daily Kansan Editors
Engine Acts Up
Pfc. Robert Fischer, one of the soldiers aboard, said the plane's engine began acting up shortly after takeoff.
At least 27 persons are dead and the fate of 14 others is unknown in an airline crash in Seattle and the discovery of the wreckage of an Army transport in Nevada.
The plane crashed after taking off from the icy runway at Boeing Field.
Friday, Nov. 18, 1955.
The survivors included a mother and her four or five children who were in the house.
The Sheriff's office in Seattle said the DC-4 was demolished as was the house into which it crashed.
In Nevada, the Air Force tota. rushed rescuers to wreckage atop towering Mt. Charleston believed to be that of a large military plane that disappeared on a "secreet" flight with 14 persons aboard.
A non-scheduled DC-4 Airliner, carrying 74 persons including 66 soldiers returning home from the Orient, exploded and crashed into a house on the south edge of Seattle during a light snowstorm early today.
Coroner John P. Brill, Jr., said there were 27 dead and 43 survivors.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The Army aircraft, reported to be a C-54 military transport, was believed headed for a super-secret Atomic Energy Commission installation at the nearby Nevada proving grounds and may have carried atomic scientists or other important officials.
An Army rescue team in a specially-equipped truck left before dawn for the 11,910-foot peak, observation point for past atomic test blasts. Two Air Force planes spotted the wreckage after the transport had been several hours overdue. It was not known if there were any survivors or when the rescue party might reach the wreckage.
Graham Denies Role In Plane Blast
Temperatures will average slightly below normal Saturday through Wednesday. Warmer Saturday, cooler Sunday, warming again at midweek. Normal highs 50-53, low 20 Northwest to 33 Southeast. U.S. meteorologist Tom Arnold said there is "a fair chance" of light rain the East tonight, possibly extending into Saturday morning.
DENVER (U.P.)—John Gilbert Graham denied late yesterday that he time-bombed a United Air Lines DC6B and hinted that his mother—one of the 44 victims of the crash—might have set off the explosive herself in a suicide.
The 23-year-old suspect was quoted as saying he signed a written FBI confession because "they told me they were going to put my wife in jail and I'd better get it straightened out myself."
Weather
He allegedly admitted dynamit ing the airliner to collect $37,500 insurance money on his mother.
"I didn't put anything in her luggage," he said. "I only bought some straps to put around her luggage."
ANN STRAUB
SHERLIE STEFFENS
One Will Reign As Homecoming Queen
MARJORIE MAHONEY
It's two to one the University of Kansas Homecoming Queen will be a brunette. The queen will be announced tonight at the annual Homecoming Follies show in Allen Field House.
Two of the three finalists chosen last night from among ten semifinalist nominees are brunettes:
Marjorie Mahone, Russell sophomore, and Ann Straub, Chicago junior.
The blonde finalist is Sherlie Steffens, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore.
One of the three will be announced as Homecoming Queen during the Follies, which begin immediately after the Varsity-Freshman basketball game. The other two will be attendants to the queen.
All three will appear on station WIBW-TV (channel 13) at 5 p.m. today.
A group of 21 candidates was interviewed twice this week by a panel of male judges. All-around personality entered in the collective decision as well as beauty, the judges said.
Miss Mahoney was nominated by Chi Omega sorority, Miss Straub by Pi Beta Phi sorority, and Miss Steffens by Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Large Crowd For Game May Cause Parking Problem
Considerable parking space will be available around Allen Field House for the annual Homecoming Follies and varsity-freshman basketball game tonight, but campus police said they believe the present facilities will be insufficient to handle the cars.
Parking zones "N" and "O," just north of the field house, will be open for use along with zone "C" near Lindley annex.
A flat field along Michigan Street across from the southeast corner of the field house will be put into use. The intramural field may be put into service, police said.
Campus police have asked persons going to the field house not to drive farther south than 15th Street or to approach the field house from 16th Street.
Thirty policemen have been hired by the KU police to help with traffic control and this group will be supplemented by members of the Lawrence police department, Douglas County sheriff's office, and the highway patrol.
Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to the chancellor, pointed out that traffic congestion is expected to be greater tonight than at a regular game because of people who will be viewing the homecoming decorations.
NOW I WANNA SEE SOME ACTION—Cheerleader for 1880, Sarah Elizabeth Myra Nesbit, does a little baby crib quarterbacking. Between pointer she worked the sucker over—all over her, that is. Sarah is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nesbit. John is in first-year law—(Daily Kansan Photo by Dee Richards)
year law.—(Daily Kansasn Photo by Dee Richards)
Workshop Set On Leadership
"People are Different" will be discussed at a luncheon by Fred Sharpe, special lecturer in applied salesmanship for University Extension. Carroll D. Clark, professor of sociology, will speak on the role clubs play in adult education, and Oscar M. Haugh, professor of education, will talk on techniques for making group discussions more effective.
ID Exchanges Today, Tomorrow Morning
E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, will talk on "Your Speech, Madame." at the banquet Dec. 2. Richard Maag, Kansas City, Kan., senior, will play a cello solo.
Six members of the University will participate in the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs Leadership Workshop to be held in the Student Union Dec. 2 and 3.
Student identification cards may be exchanged for football tickets until 5 p.m. today at the information booth.
A panel discussion on available materials in libraries will be led by Mrs. Virginia Maddox, University Extension library director, and LeRoy Fox, director of the Lawrence Public Library.
Exchanges may also be made at the information booth from 8:30 until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
Bloch Exhibition Held Over
The Albert Bloch Retrospective Exhibition will be held over in the Museum of Art until Sunday for returning alumni who might have studied with Prof. Bloch.
Revue Group To Meet
House representatives for the 1956 Rock Chalk Revue will meet at 4 p.m. today in 101 Snow Hall. Representatives should bring the ideas for their houses' skits.
ASC May Join With National Student Group
The All Student Council met in a special session last night to discuss the possibility of affiliating with the National Student Association. George Sheldon, Salina junior, ASC president, said the decision will be made later.
Farabee is a field representative of NSA and finished his pre-law studies at the University of Texas at Austin last year.
Ray Farabee, vice president of student affairs of the NSA, presented the advantages of affiliation. These he said, include giving KU a national and international voice in student affairs, opportunity to develop social confidence, and a chance to exchange ideas with other institutions.
Any Student May Attend
Sheldon said plans have been made for KU student representatives to attend a regional meeting of NSA to be held Dec. 9 and 10 at Pittsburg State College. Pittsburg is a member of NSA.
Any Student May Attend "Any student may attend the meeting and the ASC may be able to pay part of the expenses of students making the trip," he said.
Representatives will also be sent from the Inter-fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Student Union Activities, and the ASC.
Following the Pittsburgh meeting, a committee will be set up by the ASC to study the problem and report its findings, Sheldon said. NSA is a member of the International Conference.
"The ASC can easily afford this, since our budget is nearly $6,000," Sheldon pointed out.
"Can Easily Afford It"
Four Big Seven schools, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Iowa State, are members. The association contains approximately 300 schools.
Sheldon said the cost of affiliating with NSA would include $190 membership fee and $300 allotted for traveling costs.
Sheldon explained that the charge that NSA does not allow organized houses to retain their segregation clauses is false. NSA does hope to abolish these clauses in the future, he said, but leaves the action up to the individual school.
Farabee added that the NSA provides a way to combat pro-Communist student organizations. A grant of $125,000 was given to the NSA this year by the Ford Foundation to provide scholarships for foreign students. This allows the NSA to fight a similar scholarship program being conducted by pro-Communist groups.
Research Reports To Be Presented
Two reports of research done at the University will be given at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society Nov. 26 at the University of Chicago.
Attending the meeting from KU will be Dr. L. W. Seagondollar and Dr. Gordon G. Wiseman, associate professors of physics, and Robert J. Friauf and Robert Stump, assistant professors of physics.
Dr. Stump will give a paper on angular correlation of annihilation radiation in super-conducting lead. The other paper is on the elastic scattering of protons from sodium-23. The principal research tools was KU's three-million-volt van de Graafraeff electrostatic generator.