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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1954 4-3-2-1-Blast Off!
Canadian Police Balk at Aiding In Ritchie Hunt
Detroit—U(P.)—Canadian authorities balked today at helping Michigan police catch a key witness in the Walter Reuther ambush shooting who used a $5,000 reward from Reuther's own union to finance his getaway across the border.
Washington — (U.P.)— The Navy is going to require officers to wear swords in order "to restore certain prestige to the officer rank."
The witness, Donald Ritchie, 33, fled into Canada last week after giving Detroit authorities two signed statements about the 1948 shotgun attack which left the CIO president's right arm permanently crippled.
The CIO United Auto Workers union disclosed late yesterday it had paid Ritchie a $5,000 reward for providing the information which cracked the attempted murder case. Shortly afterward, Ritchie sneaked away from the "protective custody" of Detroit police and crossed the border.
Canadian officials indicated today they were not anxious to pick up Ritchie and turn him over to Michigan authorities.
Ontario police at first said they could not arrest Ritchie because there were no charges against him.
The swords are not to be used as weapons. They are strictly for ornament on certain dress occasions.
Swords Returned As Navy Officer Issue
Officers' swords have been traditional in the Navy since the days of John Paul Jones, originally for combat, later for ornamental reasons.
The U.S. Army built the only paved highway in Korea. It is a 20-mile stretch between Seoul and Inchon.
Sellards Tops Band Concert
James Sellards, fine arts senior, will be trumpet soloist with the University band when it gives its annual winter concert at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Hoch auditorium.
He will play the Bell Song from the opera "Lakme" by Delibes-Koff, and his own arrangement for band and trumpet solo of "Le Neulumbo" by Moret.
Other numbers on the program under the direction of Russell L Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, will be the Overture to the opera "William Tell" by Rosini; the second movement of Symphony in C Minor by Williams; "Virginia Rhapsody" by Wood; five American folk songs by Siegneister; "Aguero" by Franco; "Il Guaranty Overture" by Gomez; "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Grainger; the Coronation Seene from the opera "Poris Godounov" by Moussorgsky; "Atletic Festival March" by Prokoffeff, and Berceuse and Finale from "The Fire Bird Suite" by Stravinsky.
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French, Reds Play Hide-And-Seek
Hanoi, Indo-China—(U.P.)—French paratroopers played a deadly game of hide-and-seek with retreating Communist rebels today in 10-foot-high elephant grass.
The badly mauled Red Viet Minh forces were expected to hit Tchepone, a strategic French union town 100 miles east of Seno airport, after leaving behind 1,000 dead in their flight from the open plains.
A French union spokesman said the paratroopers, who jumped into Central Laos yesterday were meeting only "minor isolated forces" in their deadly jungle comb-out.
Seno airfield, located south of the Central Leotian river port of Thakhek, has been used by French Supreme Commander Henri Navarre as his main supply and reinforcement campaign to run the Reds out of Central Indo-China.
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A bold new plan for atomic defense was revealed today by an atomic scientist in a special interview with the University Daily Kansan.
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Dr. J. Oppenheimer Neutron said the best defense against the hydrogen bomb and other atomic weapons would be to move our industry, agriculture, schools -our entire way of life—to another planet.
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"I's just not safe here anymore," Dr. Neutron said.
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Other plans have been advanced for atomic defense, but none have been so startingly different as Dr. Neutron's.
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Some have advocated a vast system of radar to detect enemies before they reach our shores. Others have favored the building of a great stockpile of atomic weapons coupled with a striking force that would hold devastating retaliation over the heads of anyone who might attack us.
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Scientist Says We Must Quit Earth
Moving industry underground and decentralizing our cities is another proposal, but Dr. Neutron agreed with none of them.
"They might sound good, but they won't work." he said. "The only thing to do — get out. This world isn't big enough for us and the Russians, but that's all right. We'll start a better one."
Dr. Neutron quoted estimates of 15 million casualties and damage amounting to $14 billion which
To Dr. Neutron there was little hope of averting world destruction, either through negotiation or remaining stronger than our enemies.
"I'm just trying to find out when the next flight leaves for Jupiter," the great scientist concluded.
"Fissionally speaking, I don't want to be vaporized," he said.
might be effected in an attack on a large American city. And he pointed out that the hydrogen device exploded by the U.S. at Eniwetok in Nov. 1952, had vaporized lumber, earth, steel, copper, and lead.
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Discussing present conditions, Dr. Neutron observed that there was now a great armament race for atomic superiority.
"If there is not a war, the U.S. at this rate will have 879,643,271 atomic bombs and 16,849,270 H-bombs by the year 1999. The Russians may have only 879,643,270 atomic bombs and 16,849,168 H-bombs by that time.
"Say we have 888 atomic bombs and 23 H-bombs, compared with 878 atomic bombs and 21 H-bombs for the Russians. In two years we may have 1472 atomic bombs and 75 H-bombs. The Russians then will have only 1470 atomic bombs and 74 H-bombs.
"All retaliation means." Dr. Neutron said, "is that two hours after atomic bombers from the Soviet Union have destroyed all the cities in the U.S., our atomic bombs will destroy all evidences of civilization in Russia."
"I don't think there's much security in atomic superiority like that." Dr. Neutron observed.
The atomic expert also ridiculed the idea of depending on the threat of retaliation for safety.
The visitors spent three days touring the Poenix area. The visit concluded last night with a banquet at which cash prizes and trophies were presented in aviation-writing competitions.
Winners included Wayne W. I. ris, publisher of American Aviator who received the coveted Strebig-Dobbin award for outstanding contribution to commercial aviation the past year.
Junior Panhel Plans Formal
Phoenix — (U.P.) More than 80 writers, photographers, radio and television personnel from throughout the nation were enroute home today, several carrying aviation awards presented during a "quickie vacation" which closed last night.
80 Aviation Writers Return From Meeting
A formal dance was planned at a meeting of Junior Panhellenic last night. It was scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6 in the Student Union ballroom. Sorority pledges and their dates will attend. Jimmy Sellards and his orchestra will play.
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