Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
Wednesday, March 16, 1955
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
52nd Year, No.109
Faculty Housing Looks Up With Purchase of Units
The purchase of the Sunflower apartments, 11th and Missouri streets, by the University Endowment association, has provided the first step toward permanent housing for University employees.
The 25 two-bedroom duplex units have been purchased from Alton K. Blosser Sr., and Alton K. Blosser Jr., through Eugene Haley of Holmes, Peck and Brown real estate agency. Present tenants will not be required to move, but priority will be given to University employs in filling vacancies.
—Kansan photo by Harry Elliott
photography, Alex Ross
The project will continue to be known as Sunflower Apartments Inc., with Endowment association officials officers in the corporation. The apartments will be managed through the University dormitory office.
The purchase was the first step in University plans to provide more permanent type of housing, on a temporary basis, to faculty members and other University personnel. Other plans are to replace the temporary Sunnyside units south of the campus and to build a housing project west of Allen fieldhouse.
University officials hope to start such construction in about a year. About 83 units will be built west of the fieldhouse, about half of the number now available at Sunnyside. More may be added later. Occupancy in such units may have a time limit of about a year.
The Sunnyside apartments, to be replaced, were constructed following World War II from surplus Army barracks.
The Sunflower apartments, just purchased, were constructed in 1940 at an approximate cost of $250,000. The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Much of the demand, which has restored more than $3 billion of the $10 billion loss suffered in five sessions of heavy selling, represents buying by pension funds, mutual funds, banks and other institutional investors, according to market commentators.
Stock Market Surges Again
New York—(U.P.)—Stocks surged forward on heavy volume today in a vigorous extension of yesterday's recovery move—the widest market gain in 15 years.
OUCH!—Relations seem to be a little strained between Alex Ross, head of library acquisitions, and Margot Baker, journalism junior. Miss Baker plays Queen Anne and Mr. Ross, King Richard, in the University theatre's production of "Richard III," which opens at 8
Best gains same in top quality industries—aircrafts, steels, and oils leading the way—and rails and utilities managed gains ranging to a point or so.
Among the early features, Bethlehem Steel soared nearly 3 points, Republic Steel, selling ex-dividend, gained around a point.
'Richard III' Scheduled For Four-Day Showing
Shakespeare's "Richard III" will be presented at 8 p.m. today through Saturday by the University theatre under the direction of Charles Loyd Holt, assistant director.
The drama of Shakespeare's plays second in length only to "Hamlet, was the last in a series of plays b; Shakespeare on English history The series begins with "Henry V with "Henry VI," in three parts next, and "Richard III" last.
The play covers the 1483-1488 period, when Richard of Gloucester pushed aside the young son of Edward IV and ascended the throne. Richard alienated his subjects by the severity of his rule.
The production will be presented on an Elizabethan-style stage. Approximately one-third of the lines have been cut from the original script. According to Mr. Holt, this will shorten the great length of the play and remove some "impossible and improbable" parts.
An army was raised against him by Henry Tudor and Richard was defeated at Bosworth field. The play, however, does not strictly follow history.
Finnish Seamen of Vessel Bound for China Rebel
A group of engravings from Boydell's "Shakespeare Gallery" are now being shown at the Museum of Art in conjunction with the University's production of "Richard III."
This collection consists of engravings from the paintings commissioned by Joseph Boydell as illustrations to Shakespeare's works. These paintings are hung in a special gallery which he had constructed for this purpose in Pall Mall in England.
Engravings Being Shown
Some of the greatest painters in England at that time contributed to this collection. Such artists as Reynolds, West, Opie, Romney and others are represented.
Helsinki, Finland—(U.P.)A Crew rebellion forced the Finnish tanker Aruba to quit its course for Communist China with 13,000 tons of jet fuel today and a company spokesman said the ship now will head for a non-Communist port.
Gunnar Damstrom, director of the Re-Be Shipping company which
The Helsinki sources disclosed that the Aruba is insured by a British broker through Lloyds of London. A Lloyds spokesman in London confirmed the ship was insured through a London broker whom he declined to identify.
owns the Aruba, said the tanker which is now in the Indian ocean will have to call at a non-Communist port. He declined to say which one.
Although only 20 of the works are shown here, Boydell originally had 167 which he had intended to present to England. But since his foreign trade in prints was ruined by the French revolution, he was forced to dispose of his collection by lottery. These paintings are now scattered.
But Helsinki shipping sources said the ship's insurance broker had suggested either Colombo or a harbor in India.
The chief petty officer and three majors joined the crew in a 42-man strike against running the gauntlet of Chinese Nationalist warships waiting to seize the Aruba and her cargo for fuel for Red China's Russian-built MIG jets.
Weather
Kansas weather will be partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight, becoming cloudy tomorrow with showers in the southeast by evening. Tomorrow will be warmer and not so cold in the west and extreme north tonight. The low tonight will be near 30 in the northwest to the 40s in the southeast. The high tomorrow, 55-60.
ASC Adopts Card System
Students voting in the closed primaries Wednesday, March 30 will be required to present a party membership card as well as an ID card. The All Student Council Senate last night voted down the proposed registration system and adopted the card system which was used in the elections last fall.
Tax Increase Considered
Topeka — (U.P.) The possibility of a triple tax increase for Kansans existed today.
Gov. Fred Hall Monday signed in to law a quarter-mill hike in the statewide property levy for state college dormitory construction.
Now a new quarter-mill tax increase for the building fund for eleemosynary institutions is before the Kansas House of Representatives. It was introduced late last night, shortly before the lower chamber ended its second evening session of the waning legislative session.
Already passed by the House and now in a Senate Committee is a $7,500,000 increase in the Kansas income tax, proposed to pay for the first year of state aid to public high schools.
It is problematical whether the income tax boost will carry on through to final enactment. Gov. Hall has said, however, he will sign the high school aid bill if it reaches him with a tax proviso, although he asked the measure witout any accompanying finances.
The new institutional ad valorem tax increase will bear administration backing.
The state has been hard-pressed to keep up with the demands for construction work at the state mental institutions.
- The adopted legislation had been passed by the House and had a first reading in the Senate during the fall semester. It was referred to the Senate elections committee and enacted as temporary legislation for the fall elections. In the election committee report March 2, the registration list system was proposed as an alternate bill. It was defeated last night.
Under the present law, political parties must issue membership cards to all members and turn in sample cards to the elections committee. These cards will be used for the party primary election, not for the general election.
In other business, the Senate heard a letter from the Jayhawker Advisory board stating that the Jayhawker could not be published next year unless some action was taken by the ASC to insure its financing. The Senate discussed possible plans for financing the year book, but took no definite action.
Members of the UVO honor system committee discussed the proposed honor system with the Senate.
A letter from the Student Religious council was read requesting that the ASC oppose scheduling of activities on Sunday morning or evening. The Senate voted to send the letter back with a request for information as to what activities now conflict with worship and fellowship meetings.
Read for the first time was a bill which would make the ASC social committee responsible for enforcing all social rules and putting money received from fines into a scholarship fund.
Ike Expects A-Weapon Use in Event of War
Washington—(U.P.)—President Eisenhower said today he sees no reason why tactical atomic weapons should not be used against strictly military targets should this country become involved again in any major fighting.
The President generally echoed the prediction by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles yesterday that small tactical atomic weapons would be used by this country if the United States became involved in a major military action.
The President added under news conference questioning that it would be foolish to ignore the fact that the dangers of war are greater than they were some years ago.
This was in connection with Secretary Dulles's statement that he returned from his recent trip to the Far East with a sense of foreboding, and with last night's statement by Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that there is a possibility that war could break out in Asia at any time.
Other developments in Mr. Eisenhower's weekly meeting with reporters:
He said he has no fears of what automation would do to the economic life of America. He believes strongly that as work is done with
Mr. Eisenhower made no attempt to inject a time factor into his comments on war. But he said the very fact that we maintain powerful security forces is due to the ever-present possibility of war.
fewer man-hours,man develops other needs and thus creates a market for more work.
He declined to give his attitude toward the proposed guaranteed annual wages in the automobile industry.
The market dropped $10 billion last week and Monday, and some Wall Street experts blamed this in part on the Senate committee inquiry—particularly suggestions for higher margin requirements. The market made a comeback yesterday.
The market rebound continued at today's opening. The early gains today, combined with yesterday's wiped out the paper losses suffered on Monday.
Financial Writer J. A. Livingston praised the committee's investigation today. He said the inquiry was "pretty good insurance against a crash."
Mr. Livingston is financial editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin and a syndicated columnist. He said a "clinical re-examination" of the market was needed.
"We need to be reminded that bubbles are man-made, and, therefore, can be man-prevented," he told the committee.