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Academy Site Hunters Not Talkative After Tour
By STAN HAMILTON
A 5-man special commission seeking an Air Force academy site was very mum yesterday afternoon after spending an hour and a half inspecting a 27,000-acre area between Tonganoxie lake and the Lawrence airport.
Gov. Edward F. Arn, however, said he thought the commission members had seemed impressed with the area and the University: Gov. Arn was one of a 12-man delegation showing the area to the visitors.
The commission made no official comment, but its spokesman, Merrill C. Meigs of Chicago, vice president of the Hearst corporation, said after the tour, "Until the actual site is selected, all of the 560 to 570 applicants are still in the picture, but I am very impressed with the warmth of the reception we got here, and I think
the University is very beautiful." He commented that the World War II memorial campanile was one of the most beautiful things he had seen on the tour, but that he was disappointed in some of the University dormitories.
The commission arrived in Topeka about 3:45 p.m. yesterday and then went by motor cars to Midland, a town about three miles north of Lawrence. The members , then boarded a KU bus and toured the proposed area.
The commission, which began its tour April 9, had visited a location near Keokuk, Iowa, yesterday morning, and was to fly to Joplin, Mo., this morning to view a site between Joplin and Pittsburg.
Commission members:
Meigs; Lieut. Gen, Hubert R. Harmon, special assistant to the chief of staff for Air Force academy matters; Brig. Gen. Charles A.
Lindbergh, Air Force reserve; Gen. Carl A. Spaat, Air Force retired, and Dr. Virgil M. Hancher, presidetn of the University of Iowa.
(see picture on page 3).
After their tour the five stopped briefly at the Student Union and were given coffee and orange juice by Frank Burge, director of the Union.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, one of those in the 12-man host delegation, said he had not attempted to ascertain if the commission was favored impressed or not—"I went along just to answer questions."
Chancellor Murphy said that one of the "fundamental criteria" for the placement of the Academy is within 25 miles of a college or university.
He said this stipulation is primarily to provide a social exchange between students and Academy cadets.
"The stipulation does not imply an exchange of students, but it might make possible an interchange of teachers in certain special fields between the two institutions," the chancellor said.
Dr. Murphy said that while he was only speculating, the visitors would not visit all of the 570 proposed sites, only those which could meet the "fundamental criteria."
Others in the host delegation were Maurice Fager of Topeka, special adviser to the Kansas Industrial Development commission; Dr. John Sutherland of Topeka, director of the KIDC; Elton Weeks of Topeka, KIDC; Dolph Simons, publisher of the Lawrence Journal-World; E. L. Robbins of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce; E. R. Zook, secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce; Dan Anthony III, publisher of the Leavenworth Times; Robert Brooker of
Leavenworth; Dean Ackers of Topeka, president of the Kansas Power and Light company, and F. L Inman, manager of the Topeka Chamber of Commerce.
The $216 million academy will be on a similar basis as West Point, and Annapolis. Some flying instruction will be given but the main emphasis will be on a four-year academic course.
At a meeting here April 30 of the Chamber of Commerce and the KIDC, it was decided to put all the efforts of the state behind the site here rather than any of the other 17 locations which had had briefs filed with Harold E. Talbott, secretary of the Air Force.
Mr. Zook and Mr. Fager presented the Tonganoxie brief to Secretary Talbott May 5 in Washington. Mr. Zook said Secretary Talbott told him at the time it was one of the better briefs filed. Mr. Meigs also said this here yesterday.
—Kansan photo by Jim Baird
CRESCENDO—Thomas Gorton, dean of the fine arts school, directs the orchestra for the University Theatre's comic opera production at the dress rehearsal in Fraser theater last night.
Around the World—
Nurse Reported Alive Inside Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi, Indochina—(U.P.)—Communist Viet Minh radio broadcasts indicated today that nurse Genevieve Galard-Terraube, the only woman inside Dien Bien Phu when it fell to the Communists Friday, is alive, safe and still attending French wounded in the fortress underground hospital.
The indication was given in a broadcast in which the Reds announced that the 8,000 French Union troops captured at Dien Bien Phu are being given careful treatment because of their "unprecedented heroism" during the 56-day siege of the fortress.
The broadcast admitted that the fortress fell only because the Reds outnumbered the "fighting fools" 4 to 1.
"French medical services, from nurses to the commander, have been authorized to stay at the scene to take care of the wounded," Viet Minh radio said.
There has been no mention to the "angel of Dien Bien Phu" by name in Red broadcasts since the fortress was overrun and crushed, but since Miss Galard-Terraube was the sole nurse there, the reference to "nurses" presumably was to her. French sources believe she may be taken out when the wounded are removed from Dien Bien Phu under the agreement with the Reds reached yesterday at Geneva.
Other international developments
Other international developments:
Geneva—Western observers at the Far East conference found "comeons" in a Communist Indochinese peace plan that might serve as a basis for bargaining. But the Communists would have to compromise because the United States considers their plan would amount to "unconditional surrender." It. calls. for all foreign troops from Indochina, which, eventually, wound. lead to Communist conquest.
Hanoi—The fall of Dien Bien Phu
ASC to Rule On Cheerleaders
About 30 people were present at the hearing Sunday. Richard Sheldon, college senior, Gene Rogers, engineering senior, Betty Card education junior, Jocelyn Dougherty, college sophomore, and William Arnold, college junior, represented the ASC cabinet in the hearings. The cabinet is impowered to function as advisory to ACS.
A recommendation to re - run cheerleader tryouts will be presented to the All Student Council tonight after a five-student committee decided Sunday at a hearing in the Student Union that the first tryouts were illegal.
The cabinet gave two reasons for presenting the recommendation an insufficient number of qualified judges were present, and some unqualified people were voting and judging.
was reported to have affected the economy of Hanoi, a French-held Indochinese city that may be the Communists' next big target. Prices have gone up on some commodities and many large companies have stopped shipments to North Indochina.
51st Year, No. 143
Israel Birthday Celebration Set
A public reception commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Republic of Israel will be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Jayhawk room of the Student Union. Israel was established as a nation May 15, 1948
Two guest speakers and two films will be included in the program, following which refreshments will be served.
The guest speakers will be Miss Bernardine Orloff, who has just returned from Israel and Rabbi Abraham Karp of the Bet Sholom synagogue, Kansas City, Mo.
The first film, "Flight to Freedom," depicts the return of the Jewish people to their home land of Israel, and the other, "Assignment Tel Aviv," describes that city in the present period.
In conjunction with the anniversary, a display of articles relating to Israel is being shown on the main floor of Watkins library, and numerous pictures showing the progress of the nation will be displayed at the reception.
The anniversary reception is being jointly sponsored by the B'nai Brith Hillel foundation and Israel students. The public is welcome.
Diocesan Council Gives $100 Award
The Diocesan Council of Catholic Social Workers of Kansas City, Mo., has established a $100 award for an outstanding second year student in the graduate department of social work at the University of Kansas.
The graduate department at KU, leading to the degree of master of social work requires a minimum of two years of full time study and field work.
Miss Esther Twente, chairman of the department, said the award for the 1954-55 year would be based on merit rather than need.
Weather
The Kansas weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies the afternoon and tonight,
w i t h showers
west and south.
Tomorrow cloud-
iness will decrease. There will be little temperature change this afternoon a n d
**CLOUDY** tonight and warmer in the west portion of the state tomorrow. Lows tonight will be 40-45 northwest to 55 in the southeast. Highs tomorrow will be in the 60s.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, May 11, 1954
Stevens Objects To Dirksen Plan
Washington—(U.P.)—Sen. Everett M. Dirksen (R.-III.) offered a new plan today to cut short the McCarthy-Army public hearings, but Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens objected it would not lay "all the facts on the table." ❖
The Senate investigating subcommittee, which is hearing the dispute, was to vote at 2:30 p.m. (CST) on the new Dirksen plan.
Like the original plan he offered yesterday, Sen. Dirksen proposed that Mr. Stevens be excused immediately, that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) be called and that the televised public hearings end as soon as Sen. McCarthy has testified.
Sen. Dirksen's revised formula called for the subcommittee to hear rebuttal testimony in closed session after Mr. Stevens and Sen. McCarthy complete their testimony in public. It also would bar Sen. McCarthy from undertaking any new military investigations until the current inquiry ends. These were the chief differences.
Sen. Dirksen's new plan touched off lengthy discussions, although Sen. McCarthy raised no objections. But Democratic subcommittee members Stuart Symington (Mo.) and Henry L. Jackson (Wash.) found fault with it.
Mr. Stevens objected to the closed session feature of the Dirksen plan, saying the Army cannot subscribe to taking any of the testimony behind closed doors.
"Whatever the committee decides the Army will abide by it," Mr. Stevens said. "But the Army does not subscribe to putting witnesses in executive session."
Mr. Stevens has been in the witness chair at least part of each of the 14 days of the hearings so far. He said he has not changed his opinion that "all witnesses necessary" should be presented in the public hearings to "set the facts before this committee."
Toward the end of the long discussion Special Army Counsel Joseph N. Welch asked that Mr. Stevens be temporarily excused from further cross-examination. Mr. Welch said Mr. Stevens is taking penicillin shots for a virus infection.
Western Civ Review Goes On
Units two and three of the Western Civilization course were reviewed last night by Jack Hines, Western Civilization proctor.
"All of the elements were present in 1500 which eventually evolved into our civilization today." Mr. Hines said. The writings of Calvin, Luther, More, Machiavelli, Mun, and Harrington were discussed.
The review will continue tonight,
tomorrow, and Thursday from 7 to
9:30 p.m. in 426 Lindley. The review is open to all students who
plan to take the examination Saturday.
There is no charge for the review.
Tonight the writings of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Kant, Smith, Marx, Lenin and Stalin will be discussed.
Washington —(U.P.)— President Eisenhower today formally dedicated the frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol.
Eisenhower Dedicates Art
Work on the row of paintings making up the frieze was begun by Constantina Brumidi in 1877. The unfinished portion was completed last year by Allyn Cox, an artist from Essex, Mass.
Mr. Eisenhower headed a list of distinguished guests who were on hand for the occasion. Among them were Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr. and members of both Houses of Congress.
Student Puppet Show Set
Prof. Maud Ellsworths art education class will present a marionette show at 4 p.m. Saturday in Strong auditorium.
Except for writing the play, students are in complete charge from constructing the marionettes, designing and making the costumes, and staging the production.
The "actors," who will repeat
their show Sunday night at the Faculty club, are Shirley Dodd, junior; Anna Belle Rees, special student; Mary Lou Fuller, senior; Diana Cruse, junior; Joan Lodde, senior; Gene Walker, special student; Larry Schultz, sophomore; Jo Anne Skinner, junior, and Margaret Waddell, junior, all in education.