Wednesday, December 15, 1954 University Daily Kansan
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Trains Collide; Four Persons Escape Death
Paris. Ill. —(U.P.)—A crash of two New York Central freight trains early today sent boxcars hurting through the air like sticks of wood, ripping off the walls and roof of an apartment house.
Police reported that by a "miracle" no one was seriously injured, although four persons who escaped death by a whisker were treated for minor injuries.
The crash on the residential west side of Paris "shock about a two mile area," police said. Witnesses said boxcars were sprawled across the street and across the tracks "like a river log jam."
A new threat was posed when police recovered that three tank cars derailed on the tracks were loaded with inflammable fuel Naptha, fuel oil, and gasoline.
Witnesses said three and possibly more cars went flying off the tracks. Others crashed onto the tracks or onto the street.
A total of 21 cars were deraled when a 70-car NYC train went off the tracks just as another 70-car train was pulling out of the yards.
All city and county police were called to the scene, but officers were afraid to move the tank cars for fear a spark might touch off an explosion.
R. E. Hendershot, engineer of one of the trains, said he had reached a speed of five miles per hour coming out of the yards when an oil car from the other train, travelling at between 45 and 50 miles an hour, in the same direction, skipped off the tracks.
The oil car touched off a chain reaction, derailing six cars from Hendershot's train and 14 more from the train piloted by James Riddle.
The diesel engine of one of the traine and several boxcars ripped into nearby two-story apartment house. One of the cars, flying through the air, ripped off the roof. Others tore two walls off the building and part of a third.
One of the cars hurtled directly into an apartment occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ned Jewell, both 22, and their four-year-old son, Ben, and Mrs. Irene Roberts.
The four persons were luckily sleeping in the furthermost part of the apartment, however. They escaped with minor injuries for which they were treated at a hospital and released.
In the street, meanwhile, a box can flew by Willis Johnson as he was walking home from work.
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Ratify Armament Pact, Adenauer Urges Bonn
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Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged the West German parliament today to quickly ratify the Paris agreements that would put 500,000 Germans in uniform again.
The Chancellor predicted the Russians will lose no time in negotiating with the West once the agreements on German rearmament are implemented by the Western democracies.
But Mr. Adenauer got catecalls and boos from the opposition Socialists when he called for ratification of an agreement between his regime and France on internationalizing the cc utroversial Saar land.
The chancellor said he would attempt to consult with French Premier Pierre Mendes-France in another effort to iron out minor differences between their countries on the Saar issue.
His next move, in the event of French refusal to settle the differences, would be an effort to call a four-power conference on the Saar, with the United States and Great Britain attending.
The socialists and dissidents in Mr. Adenauer's coalition have objected vehemently to any agreement that would separate the industrially-rich Saar land from Germany.
Hong Kong: Two Chinese Communist newspapers charged that the United States is holding 35 Chinese students as hostages for 11 American airmen imprisoned as spies in Red China. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has asked Red Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai to
Tokyo: Red China said in a broadcast heard in Tokyo that it would like to have better trade relations with the capitalist countries. Peiping radio said Red China's trade with the West had increased sixfold since the Communists seized power in 1949.
accept a United Nations request for a meeting in Feiping on the plight of the imprisoned Americans. It was indicated that the United States will permit the Chinese students to go home because the knowledge they gained in America no longer will be of use to an enemy.
London: Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden is expected to make a statement Monday on Britain's Formosa policy. The statement will be considered a reply to Socialist questioning of an interview given in the United States last Sunday by British UN delegate Anthony Nutting, Mr. Nutting said Britain, as a member of the United Nations, would be obliged to come to Formosa's aid in event of an attack by Red China.
Well, winter has at last come to M. Oread. How do we know? The most apparent sign is that the lawyers have moved off the front steps of Green and into the lobby.
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A student recital will be presented by the University's School of Fine Arts in Strong auditorium at 3 p.m. Thursday.
The program will include "Adagio and Allegra" by Boccherini with Sue Gwinner as cellist; "Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73" by Schumann with Robert Stewart as cellist; "Concerto for Horn, Op. 11" by Richard Strauss with Doris Cizmzoll at the horn; "Hymmus" by Tlen胶.
The recital will be played by the following students: Cellists: Wanda Ashley, Dottie Woodle, Richard Maag, Dale Kempter, Robert Stewart, Donald Beene, Sue Gewinner, Alan Harris, Verna Jarnot, Viola Mitchell, Charles Mader, and Glee Shearer. Accompanists: Janet Davison, Teresa Swords, and Floyd Chronister.
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Paris—(U.P.)-Premier Pierre Mendes-France announced today that he will stake the future of his government on a confidence vote in the French National Assembly on the controversial German Rearmament plan and accompanying treaties.
The French Premier said he will call for approval of the "package deal" on German rearmament worked out in conferences at London and Paris.
This includes, in addition to the arming of 500,000 West Germans, the restoration of German sovereignty, admission of Germany into a new Western European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a settlement of the future of the coal and iron-rich Saarland that lies between Germany and France.
In Bonn, the capital of West Germany, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer a few hours earlier had called upon the West German parliament to ratify the Paris-London agreements.
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