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University Daily Kansan Thursday. December 16. 1954
Story of Indochina Called Year's Best
By DANA LEIBENGOOD
The Indochina war, including the treaty which split the country, the battle of Dienbienphu, and the work of Nurse Genevieve Galard-Terraube, was chosen the top news story of 1954 by the editorial students of the School of Journalism.
The No. 2 story was plans for the
The No. 2 story was plans for the rearmament of West Germany after the failure of the European Defense community. This includes the London and Paris conferences. The rearming is still not completed and it may be sometime before it is.
The censure of Sen. Joseph McCarthy was chosen as the third biggest story of the year. The senator was censured on two of three counts of abusing the members of the Watkins committee, and of abusing a 1951-52 elections subcommittee. He was cleared of the charge of abusing Gen. Ralph Zwicker.
Tied for fourth and fifth places were the stories of the Army-McCarthy hearings and the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public schools.
The Army-McCarthy hearings were actually a part of the earlier story but were considered as a separate story because of their great interest and news value.
The story of the 13 Americans sentenced to prison terms for alleged spying and espionage against Red China was ranked sixth.
in seventh place was the story of the general election in which the Democrats gained a majority in both Houses of Congress. However, it is believed that the majorities would have been much greater if President Eisenhower had not made a last minute campaign to get Republicans elected.
The heated controversy over the Dixon-Yates power contract was voted No. 8. The President strongly backed bill, which would authorize the government to buy atomic power from a private company.
Another dramatic story occupies ninth place, the Puerto Rican shootings in Congress, in which a girl and two men opened fire on congressmen in the House of Representatives injuring four.
In 10th place is the story of the H-bomb tests in the Marshall islands which resulted in the death of a Japanese fisherman as a result of being covered with dust from the bomb.
The Castillo Armas coup in Guatemala was ranked in 11th place, and the story of the east coast hurricanes captured 12th place. The three biggest hurricanes, which did more than $1 billion damage and killed 200 people were labeled Carol, Edna, and Hazel.
The ousting of Gen. Mohammed
Naguib by Col. Gamal Nasser was the story which was ranked No. 13. Early in February Gen. Naguib was relieved of his duties as premier of Egypt and about a month ago he was relieved of his duties as the figurehead president. He was removed from office after Moslem Brotherhood leaders testified that he had knowledge of a plot to kill Col. Nagur.
The "Atoms for Peace" plan was ranked in 14th place. This is the Eisenhower plan to pool atomic power for peaceful uses.
The Chinese Communist attacks on the Nationalist held islands of Quemoy, the Tachens, and the Pescadores took 15th place.
In 16th place was the story of Oppenheimer case in which Robert Oppenheimer, atomic scientist, was labeled a security risk by the government.
The final agreement on Trieste ranked 18th. The accord gave Italy the city of Trieste and Yugoslavia got the rest of the neutral area.
The story of the Iranian oil agreement ranked No. 18 and the debate on "peaceful co-existence" was No. 19. "Peaceful co-existence" includes recent controversial statements made by Senate Majority Leader William Knowland.
The Sheppard murder trial in which Dr. Samuel Sheppard is being tried for the murder of his wife Milyn ranked No. 20.
... Letters
To the Editor.
I would-like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the kindness and courtesy shown me by members of the administration, the faculty, the student body and the community generally during the ten days I have been here as a visiting lecturer. It was indeed a warm homecoming for a weary foreign traveller.
Yours sincerely,
Yours sincerely,
Fred Warner Neal
AUFS field staff
speaker
If McCarthy and his cohorts decide to organize a third party they ought to call it the "Investigation-itis party."
Joanie was right—the cold weather did stop the mobs from gathering in front of Strong hall.
Mendes-France 'Man of Year'
PIERRE MENDES-FRANCE
By JOHN HERRINGTON
France's put-it-on-the-line premier, Pierre Mendes-France, today was named "Man of the Year" by students in The Editorial class.
Promier Mendes-France—wit th 130 points in the voting—led the Wisconsin "bad boy," Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, by 34 points in the poll.
The eight other top news personalities of 1954 as shown by the class poll all were either leaders of state political and or governmental fields
America's "flying diplomat," Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, was third. Mr. Dulles' counterpart in Great Britain, Sir Anthony Eden, was No. 4 in the top 10 news personalities.
President Eisenhower was fifth and West German Cancellor Konrad Adenaur and McCarthy censure committee chairman Sen. Arthur Watkins (R-Utah) tied for the sixth position. England's most celebrated octogenarian, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, captured the No. 7 spot in the poll.
Eighth was Chou En-lai, premier and foreign minister of Communist China. The leader of the Guatemalan revolution, Carlos Castillo Armas, was ninth.
Egypt's new strong man. Gamal Abdel Nasser, was picked for the No.10 spot.
Also mentioned in the poll were Ezra Taft Benson, Herbert Hoover Jr., Sen, William F. Knowland (R-Calif.). Mao Tes-tung Ho Chi Minh, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, and Adlai Stevenson.
Premier Mondes-France capture every first-place vote in the polling
Every first-place vote in the polling
the premier, who ended a political crisis in France by announcing that he would bring the Indochina to war with Vietnam and with which he elected, put his governmental seat on; the line in confidence votes before the French National assembly at various times during the year.
Each time the assembly supported him. But toward the end of the year the margins of victory for the premier got smaller.
The big test, that of Premier Mendes-France's strength concerning the rearmament of West Germany, comes up soon. Sources in Paris say the premier will win that one, but they won't predict how long he'll stay in power after the rearmament question comes to a vote.
He won nine second place votes in the poll and was voted the third top personality once and the fourth top name on another ballot.
In the-U.S., Sen. McCarthy was the headline-grabber.
Death of Lawson Top Campus Story
The junior senator from Wisconsin led his powerful investigating subcommittee through the Peress case, through the Zwicker incident, through the Army-McCarthy hearings, and right into the arms of Sen. Ralph Flanders (R.Vt.).
A close second in campus interest was the running story of the ASC spring election, challenged by students and the elections committee alike, and eventually rescheduled. The announcement of the hiring of Charles (Chuck) Mather as the new varsity football coach to succeed Jules Sikes rated third in the poll, as the "Man from Massillon" became a chief topic of conversation on the Hill.
From Sen. Flanders, the garrulous Sen. McCarthy bounced off into the censure committee. After having his hands slapped by the Senate, Sen. McCarthy took an oral poke at the President and broke with the administration.
After that the third party drums boomed anew. But Sen. McCarthy said he had no intentions of forming a third party "at this time."
Bv AMY DeYONG
Dean Paul B. Lawson of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was nearing retirement and had planned a trip around the world when his death cut short an active and extensive period of service on the faculty and administration at KU. An extra edition of the Kansan appeared at mid-morning, saluting the dean and his work at KU since 1916. His death was considered the biggest campus story of the year.
The death of a beloved dean, the bitter dispute of All Student Council elections, and the hiring of a new football coach topped the list of campus stories for the calendar year, according to Editorial students in the School of Journalism.
on the Tit. Jayhawkers waited eagerly throughout one tense afternoon in March for news of the basketball drawing to decide the Big Seven's representative in the 1954 NCAA tournament. The decision in Kansas City resulted in sending Colorado (tied with Kansas) to the tournament, and this story ranked fourth.
Fifth in the list was the nationwide-headlined story of Joan Gavin's attention-catching walk past Strong hall. The attractive blonde freshman drew 1,200 students into the street, blocking her path, when she eventually resorted to riding to classes in a car.
The formation of the Allied Greek-Independent and POGO political parties earned sixth place in the campus events, as the Hill saw a new and dramatic change in KU's political system.
In earning first place in the West Point national debate tournament, William Arnold and Hubert Bell stirred campus interest and were ranked seventh in the poll. The disappointingly bleak outcome of a struggling football season, together with the intriguing use of IBM ratings to muster the Jayhawk team, was eighth in the list.
The appointment of George Waggoner as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received 17th place, and the 18th position went to the girls' basketball dispute which has livened the Kansas "Letters" column and many a dinner table conversation for several weeks.
A close follow-up was the determined camp-out of two journalism students, Clarke Keys and Tom Stewart, who pitched their tent in Fowler grove through wind and rain in an attempt to recreate pioneer life during the KU celebration of the Kansas centennial. A party of "unidentified raiders" eventually disrupted the campsite, stringing one of the "pioneers" from a sheltering tree, while the other made good his escape.
10th story in the listing was that of the much-disputed awarding of the Rock Chalk Revue management to the All Student Council, a bill finally vetoed by Chancellor Murphy. Tying for 11th and 12th spots in the poll were the events of the Lawrence centennial celebrates at KU and the triumph of the cross-country track team which garnered KU's eighth Big Seven championship at Ames, Iowa, this fall.
The honoring of James Bauser "generally considered the greatest athlete in Kansas history," during the KU-OU football game was listed as the 19th story of the year, and the postcard brigade which deluged K-State with snide messages received the 20th spot in the poll.
The announcement of Allen Frame's NCAA cross-country championship at East Lansing, Mich. placed 13th, closely followed by the precedent-breaking decision to name the new science for former chancellor Deane Malott.
The recent campaign for the naming of KU's fieldhouse won the 15th mention in the poll, and in 16th place was the automobile accident during thanksgiving which resulted in the first highway fatality of a University student since 1952.
Bannister's 4-Minute Mile 1954's Biggest Sports Event
By TOM LYONS
Somewhat of a human interest story, but containing the elements of a top-notch sports drama, was the great feat performed by a hand-dipped golfer this year. The No. 5 sport story was about Ed Furgol, who captured the U.S. Open golf crown despite the handicap of a
Roger Bannister's story, that of the first man in history to run the magic four-mile, has been selected by students in the School of Journalism as the top sports story of 1954.
All the drama that surrounds the death of a tradition was evident in the No. 3 sports story selected by the students. The story of the franchise shift of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics to Kansas City will be remembered long for the turmoil and suspense it created.
For world-wide interest nothing touched Bannister's magnificent feat of becoming the first man to better four minutes for the mile. The second clipped 1.4 seconds off the 3:59.4 mark set by Bannister in Oxford, England, but it was a bit anticlastic.
The No. 2 news story was the New York Giants' sweep of the World Series. All odds had been on the Cleveland Indians to level the Giants without half trying—but Leo Durocher's underdog squad won four straight for the World Series crown.
John Landy's 3:58 record for the mile run was selected as the No.4 sports story of the year. His feat is now recognized as the world's record.
A story which the students thought deserved special mention was the great adventure of the Italian mountain climbers who conquered K-2 early this year.
withered arm.
The No. 6 and 7 sports stories involved the strength of a horse named Determine, who won the Kentucky Derby, and the strength of a man, Rocky Marciano, who decisioned Ezzard Charles in a fight to determine the heavyweight championship of the world.
Bannister's magnificent victory over Landy in the British Empire games in Canada this summer was selected as the No. 8 sports story, while the No. 9 position was given to Sam Snead, who defeated Ben Hogan in the playoffs for the Master's golf title.
Mrs. Babe Zaharias, the greatest U.S. woman athlete of our time, made a spectacular comeback this year after undergoing a cancer operation. Her greatest achievement was winning the Women's U.S. Open golf title. For this reason the students selected her story for the No. 10 position.
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