Page 8 University Daily Kansan Wednesday. Jan. 20.1954
French Seize Thakhek Reuniting Indo-China
Hanoi, Indo-China—(U.P.)—French commandos seized ht vital port of Thakhek from the Communists today, reuniting divided Indo-China and reopening the Mekong river to traffic.
Study Clears Plot Charge
Washington—(U.P.)—An intensive behind-the-scenes investigation revealed no evidence that some State department employees once engaged in a $150,000 "shakedown" of a friendly foreign country, it was learned today.
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, (R. Wis.) made the charge of possible wrongdoing last July 13. He said evidence obtained by his Permanent Investigating subcommittee indicated the money was taken by some employees of "the old Acheson State department."
Asked by the United Press about the current status of the investigation, a State department spokesman said:
"The investigation is virtually completed. There is no indication that any State department personnel have any time been involved in any way."
Authorities familiar with the inquiry said there is no prospect that this verdict will change when the case is finally, presumably in the near future.
Neither the State department employees nor the foreign country alleged to have been involved in the shakedown have ever been identified. There have been unofficial reports, interviews, and court documents that Nicaragua had sought to gain recognition as the legal government of that country "for a price."
Without giving any details, Sen. McCarthy said evidence indicated the foreign country paid the money "to get consideration that it was entitled to anyway." The Senator recommended that the State department look more deeply into the allegations aired before his subcommittee.
Official Bulletin
THURSDAY
Delta Sigma Pi, 8 p.m., Oread Room Memorial Union. Short meeting.
Phi Delta Kappa, 6:30 p.m. Room 306,
Memorial Union A panel of experts will
inform the Board of Directors in the Educational Scheme". For dinner, reservation, call: William Butler,
817-425-4951.
County Clerks School Set
The fifth annual County Clerks school will be held at the Student Union Wednesday. and Thursday next week. Thus far, 25 county clerks have registered for the two-day event.
Ed Weidner, chairman of the political science department at Michigan State college, will speak at a dinner for the group Wednesday night. First session begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday with a welcoming message from Chancellor Murphy.
Triplets Cause House Hunt
Rahway, N.J. (U.P.) Nickolas Buroff went shopping for a bigger house today to accommodate his mushrooming family. His wife, Clara, 35, gave birth to triplets yesterday, less than a year after having twins.
- The commandos swarmed into the almost deserted crossroads village on the Thailand frontier and were joined shortly afterward by an armored column moving north from Seno airbase.
An estimated to eight Red Battalions moved out of Central Laos as a result of the successful attack on Thakhek, which the Communists captured in last December's drive.
French forces reported only "light contract" with Red rear guard guerrillas and said they inflicted "some losses."
The French column struck north from Seno airbase Saturday, and in four days covered 42 of the 48 miles separating the two points. The Communists offered only "weak" resistance to the advance.
The Reds took Thakhek the day after Christmas, climaxing their drive across the 130-mile "waist" of Indo-China to the Thai border. They probed south toward Seno, where they were badly cut up by French defenders.
"The phase of destruction before Seno is finished," Brig. Gen, Andre Franehi. French commander in central Indo-China, said today." The Viet Minh (communists) have lost almost 2,000 men. I have now begun the phase of reconquest." he said.
Gen. Franchi said that his men have been ordered to advance cautiously despite the virtual absence of Red resistance so far.
"I am taking nothing for granted," the general said. "The Viet Minh may turn on us like a wounded boar."
Yankee whalemen charted hundreds of islands in the South Seas in the 19th century.
Students' Music To Be Broadcast In New York
For the second consecutive year radio station WNYC of New York City will broadcast a half-hour program of music written by students in the department of music theory and composition of the University Prof. Laurel E. Anderson, department chairman, said today.
The broadcast of original student compositions will be from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17. The music is being performed by students and faculty members, and is being recorded by the campus radio service.
Station WNYC is a municipal station programming serious music and educational features, and is presenting its 15th American Music festival this year. Last year, however, was the first time the station went west of the Alleghenies for original music.
Stewart Gordon, graduate student, will be represented by "Statement and Seven Qualities" for piano, with the composer at the keyboard.
The other three composers on the program—Rodger Vaughan, Eugene Hall, and Roy Sudlow—are 1953 graduates of the University and are now on active duty in the armed forces.
Mr. Vaughan will be represented by "Quintet for woodwinds." Last year he won a national Young Composer's Radio award for an original song.
Three faculty members will play "Trio for Violin, Violincello, and Piano" by Mr. Hall. They are Prof. Raymond Cerf, violin; Prof. Raymond Stuhl, violincello, and Miss Marian Jersild, piano.
Raymond Zepp, instructor of woodwinds, will conduct "Music for Piano, Percussion, and Winds" by Mr. Sudlow. A group of University students will perform this number.
Accused Kidnaper Heckles While Victim Rests at Home
San Francisco—U.P.P.—Tough-talking Harold Jackson, 57, accused of masterminding the kidnap of a wealthy realtor, heckled police with wiscracks today as they attempted to get a confession.
His conferrede, Joseph William Lear, 43, gave police a step-by-step account of how the two men abducted Leonard Moskovitz, 36, and held him for 64 hours while news-papermen "sat" on the story for fear disclosure might cost Moskovitz his life.
The kidnap was one of the bestkept newspaper secrets in the history of crime reporting. It was not disclosed to the public until early yesterday when Moskovitz was rescued and his abductors seized.
Jackson is a former private detective who turned to crime. Lear described himself as an "unemployed" hearing aid salesman.
Moskovitz, who operates a real estate business with his identical twin brother, Alfred, rested safely at home today with his wife and two sons.
The climax in the dramatic case came early yesterday when Lear was arrested in a public telephone booth as he arranged for payment of a $300,000 ransom with the victim's brother. Alfred.
and led them to the kidnap house where the victim was rescued and Jackson was taken into custody.
Jackson refused to admit any part in the kidnap plot, although he was arrested in the house where Muskovitz was found shackled and blind-folded.
Lear told police the whole story
He was cocky and sarcastic and apparently took relish in telling obvious lies to newsmen.
"Asked if he was sorry, he replied,
"for doing what?"
Then he added: "Kidnapping, that's an awful word to use—kidnapping."
At times, he cracked he was formerly circulation manager for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin and "I was admired by Admiral Bvrd at the South Pole."
However, Moskovitz identified Jackson as the man who threatened to emasculate him and send portions of his body to his family if they did not raise his $300,000 ransom—scaled down from $500,000 after the family said they could never raise that amount.
ARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PLAN NOW TO ATTEND
A senior elective not listed in the 1952-53 catalogue will be taught next semester as part of a new major in American Civilization.
''FINAL WEEK SESSION''
It is American Civilization 98,
meeting 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
Edward F, Grier, assistant professor of
English, will teach the three-credit
discussion course. Enrollment will be
at the English department table,
but credit will be equally distributed
among field A of division one (English)
and fields A and B of division
three (history and political science)
Engineers Hear Talk on Careers
The course is not open to graduate students, but is open to seniors wishing to take the course as an elective. Prerequisites are American People 7 or American People 50 or their equivalent.
Mr. Grier was granted a leave of absence last year to visit 13 colleges and universities on a Ford Foundation fellowship, to adopt ideas for the University program.
The purpose of the course is "to assist the student to form a coherent picture of the civilization of the United States and to give him a method of comparing comparable civilizations."
Music by the JIMMY SELLARDS COMBO
"The major has already begun, and we have juniors enrolled." Mr. Grier said, "They take literature, fine arts, history, sociology, political science, and economics—all with an emphasis on American ideals. It is an interdepartmental major," he said.
COMMUNITY BUILDING BASEMENT
New Courses Includes Cultural Background
Engineering offers the background for successful careers in other fields. Dr. T. A. Boyd, General Motors research laboratories consultant, told engineering students yesterday.
SATURDAY NIGHT - 9 to 12 - JAN. 23rd
Speaking before 300 students in a convocation in Fraser theater, Dr. Boyd said, "dismisis the notion that opportunities to do constructive things in engineering are not so plentiful now as they used to be. Such an idea springs from lack of imagination."
ADMISSION — $1.50 Per COUPLE
Dr. Boyd was one of three men who developed anti-knock gasoline and who was instrumental in developing higher octane fuels.
CALL 3977 for RESERVATIONS
PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!
The course includes the following discussion topics; the theory of civilization; the theory of nationalism; the frontier thesis as an explanation of American civilization; colonial sectionalism and the rise of national self-consciousness; the Declaration of Independence and its sources; national leadership in a democracy.
The early republic; shifts in social patterns, 1820-1850; sectional characteristics before the Civil War; religion as an aspect of national culture; literature as an aspect of national culture; painting and architecture as aspects of national culture; characteristic interpretations of human nature, Emerson and Hawthorne; the American abroad; sectionalism and the Civil War.
Joseph Conrad, college junior, has been elected president of the German club for the spring semester. Other officers elected were Jerome Willis, college sophomore, vice president, and Richard McNabney, special student in the college, secretary-treasurer.
Smith to Speak in Texas
German Club Elects Officers
George B. Smith, dean of the University, will speak at alumni meetings in five Texas cities while visiting universities in that area next week. Dean Smith's schedule calls for meetings in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. He will confer with educators at Texas Christian university, the University of Houston, Trinity college at San Antonio, and the University of Texas.
should be examined today. Call for appointment. Any lens or prescription duplicated.
LAWRENCE OPTICAL CO.
Phone 425 1025 Mass.
PICK UP FINAL WEEK SNACKS AT THE HAWK'S NEST
- Cake
TO GO:
- Sandwiches
- Pie
- Beverages
SPECIAL ORDERS FILLED ON REQUEST
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