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53rd Year, No. 29
Monday, Oct. 24, 1955.
Big Three Agree On Strategy For Geneva Talks
This announcement of renewed western unity came in the light of these related diplomatic developments:
PARIS—(U.P.)-The Big Three foreign ministers, under the shadow of crisis in the Saar and the Middle East, reached "complete agreement" today on much of their strategy for the forthcoming Geneva talks with Russia.
1. In a referendum yesterday, the Saarlanders rejected a proposed statute to "Europeanize" their tiny state, which lies between France and Germany.
2. The result, a major defeat for French foreign policy, threatened to revive Franco-German animosity and renew old hatreds.
3. The government of Saar Premier Johannes Hoffman resigned in the face of the defeat of the referendum which it had supported.
French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay announced agreement on proposals for German unity and European security after a meeting with U.S. Secretary Harold MacMillan.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
4. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French Premier Edgar Faure vowed in an exchange of telegrams to save the friendship between their two counties despite any temporary setback.
5. Israeli Premier and Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett arrived in Paris to confer with the foreign ministers and with his key ambassadors from Washington, Moscow, London, Paris and Rome about mounting Middle East tension.
6. Italian officials and the progovernment press hailed a weekend visit to Rome by John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, as insuring a more important position for Italy in the western alliance.
Saar Defeats French Plan
SAARBRUECKEN — (U.P.) — a rabblerousing former Nazi stormtrooper, Dr. Heinrich Schneider, proclaimed "victory for Germany" today in a landscape coust of the polls reminiscent of the plebiscite that won the Saar for Hitler 20 years ago.
The Saar, by a vote of more than 2 to 1, rejected a French plan to give this coal and iron-rich territory a "European" statute. And in effect the outcome amounted to support for handing the Saar to Germany again.
The result also was a blow to the European unity policy the United States has pushed in Europe since World War II, and created a new crisis in the long-smouldering dispute between France and Germany over the territory.
The result was 423,434 votes or 67.71 per cent against the French and West German approved statute to Europeanize the Saar, and 201,973 per cent for.
Weather: Winter Is A Comin' In
Goodland received Kansas' first fall snow Sunday, .02 of an inch, and also had the lowest temperature in the state this morning with 25 degrees.
Pittsburgh, with a low of 35, was one of the few places in the state that did not have an early morning freeze today. Fair skies are forecast for Kansas tonight and tomorrow, becoming warmer tomorrow.
Gov. Hall Pours Concrete For Kansas Turnpike
Gov. Fred Hall, who today poured the first bucket of concrete on the 236-mile Kansas Turnpike, called the event "significant in Kansas and United States history."
"Kansas has accepted the turnpike as the answer to problems of highway congestion," Gov. Hall told the more than 200 spectators who watched the ceremony about a half-mile east of Big Springs, off Highway 40.
Although praising the action of Kansas legislators and citizens of the state in building the $160 million four-lane super highway, Gov. Hall said he hoped other states would follow suit. He said he was heartened by the fact that Oklahoma has taken steps to join the Kansas Turnpike.
Gov. Hall said he hoped Missouri would also build onto the road sometime in the future.
"That would make the road one of the best turnpike systems in the United States," he said.
Members of the Kansas Turnpike Authority and officials of construction companies also attended the ceremony.
Janet Turk To Give Piano Recital At 8
Homecoming Queen Entries Must Be In By November 5
Janet Turk, assistant professor of piano, will present a program in the Faculty Recital Series at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium.
The program will consist of Beethoven's "Sonata, No. 3 in Eflat Major," the Davidsbundler Dances," by Schumann, and "Sonata No. 3" by the contemporary American composer, Norman Dello Joio.
Prof. Turk is a graduate of KU and has been a member of the faculty of the School of Fine Arts since 1946.
The program is open to the public and is free.
Stateswoman Meeting To Be Held Tomorrow
If you're a former Girls' Stater, you may attend the Stateswoman Club meeting at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Sunflower Room of the Student Union.
The meeting is to plan a banquet for girls who attended Girl's State anywhere in the United States. Sammy Marble, Fort Scott sophomore and Girls' State alumna president, is chairman.
Engineers' 'Eggbeater' May Fly This Week
A helicopter, being built by the School of Engineering, probably will be in the air sometime this week. The aircraft was purchased by the school to be used in research by the department of aeronautical engineering, and is being assembled at the KU hangar of the Lawrence airport.
The bulk of the work on the machine is being done by N. W. Hoeker, aircraft and engine mechanic of the school, and Tom Edmonds, Topeka junior. Other engineering students help out on off hours.
Mr. Hoecker said as soon as the motor is running they will finish putting on the aircraft's rotor blades and will make final adjustments. The helicopter can't be flown until it has been registered by the state.
In another part of Lawrence Airport students are working on a jet aircraft engine. The engine is mounted in a small cement-walled building and is expected to be running by the end of the semester
The helicopter was bought from Kansas surplus property. The $1,000 aircraft came completed, but the students have given the machine a complete overhaul. The craft was purchased in August and work on it was started immediately.
UP IN THE AIR JUNIOR BIRDMEN-Thomas E. Edmonds, Topeka junior, works on the helicopter being assembled by the School of Engineering at the Lawrence airport. The school hopes to get the aircraft completed and off the ground sometime this week.
—(Kansan Photo)
Homecoming Queen candidates must be entered in the office of the dean of women by noon Friday, Nov. 5, Dr. Ted Metcalf, associate professor of bacteriology and chairman of the queen committee, said today.
Farm Income Drops 4 Per Cent In Nine Months
WASHINGTON—(U.P.) Farm income dropped 4 per cent during the first nine months of this year, but farm costs failed to follow suit.
The agriculture Department yesterday estimated farmer's cash income receipts in the first nine months of 1955 at $19,700,000,000. These cash receipts came from a total volume of farm products that was about the same as last year.
The department said prices paid by farmers, including interest, taxes, and wage rates, averaged about the same as last year.
The farmer's plight, shaping up as one of the major political issues in next year's presidential election, was outlined by the department in its publication, "The Demand and Price Situation."
The department said farm prices rose a little in September after declining in the previous four months.
Receipts from livestock and livestock products totaled $11,700,000.-000, down 5 per cent from the comparable 1954 period. This was attributed largely to a 29 per cent decline in average prices of hogs. Receipts from dairy products were about the same as last year, but poultry and eggs were slightly higher.
Quake Rocks San Francisco
SAN - FRANCISCO-(U.P.)-Po-lice in scores of cities and towns in a 100-mile radius of the San Francisco Bay area reported mounting damage today from an earthquake that was blamed for at least one death.
The quake, which took place last night, shattered windows in stores and homes, topped merchandise from shelves, cracked walls and hurled dishes to the floor over a widespread area.
Perhaps a dozen persons were treated for injuries, mostly cuts. Police were thankful that the quake occurred on a quiet Sunday evening when downtown areas were relatively deserted.
The quake apparently caused two gas main explosions in Oakland. One of them set off a fire in a house that took the life of Mrs. Ora Bell, 85.
Fairless To Speak At Kansas State
The new K-State feed technology wing will be dedicated. It will give the college a half million dollar plant.
MANHATTAN —(U.P.) Benjamin J. Fairless, retired chairman of U.S. Steel Corporation, will be the principal speaker at a Kansas State College building dedication next month.
Each organized women's house may nominate one candidate and additional candidates may be nominated by a petition signed by 25 students, Dr. Metcalf said.
Candidates will be judged on the basis of personal, informal interviews with a group composed of eight faculty members and two businessmen from Lawrence.
He said nominees must have completed at least one semester at the University and be regularly enrolled for this semester. They must meet the eligibility requirements for activities. The formal entry sent to the dean of women's office should include the candidate's name, school, house affiliation and classification.
Candidates will meet the judges at a coffee in the Kansas room of the Student Union from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Nov.14.The judges suggest the candidates wear a suit or simple dress of the kind to be worn at the game.
Three two-men teams will enter the intramural debate tournament which starts at 8 a.m. Saturday in 103 Green.
Each candidate is to have her picture taken by the Photographic Bureau on Nov. 7, 8 or 9. She must wear a suit or simple sport dress of the type she plans to wear to the game. The bureau will take four poses and the candidate will select the pose which she wishes submitted for judging.
WICITHA — (U.F.)— Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today for Dr. Eugene James McFarland, 1830 KU graduate and head of the art department at the University of Wichita.
The finalists will have dinner with the judges and the queen committee in the Sunflower Room of the Student Union at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Women being judged should wear a date dress. The queen and her attendants will be chosen by secret ballot at this time, Dr. Metcalf said.
1930 KU Graduate Dies In Car Crash
Mr. McForland, 47, was burned to death Friday night when he was pinned in the wreckage of his burning automobile after a collision. Two other men, John Milton Strange, 25, and John P. Simoni, both of Wichita, were critically injured.
3 Two-Man Teams To Debate Saturday
Officers said their automobile was struck from behind by a car driven by Capt. William T. Altachul, McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita. The gasoline tank of Mr. McFarland's car exploded and enveloped the vehicle in flames. Mr. Strange and Mr. Simoni were thrown clear but Mr. McFarland was trapped.
They are James Healzer, Overland Park sophomore; John Kerwitz, Chanute freshman; John Knightly, Hutchinson sophomore; Ralph Seger, Topeka sophomore; John Garrett, Pittsburg freshman, and Ronald Riepen, Overland Park sophomore.
A trophy will be given to the winning team.
110.412 Attend Royal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (U.P.) A total of 110,412 persons attended the weeklong 57th annual American Royal which closed Saturday night, officials said today.