====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0136_2 from reel: L 2349 (1953-11-17 to 1954-10-14) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/144322 Title: Flight Course Offered for University Credit Summary: A student may now take flight training and receive credit for it following an announcement yesterday that the department of aeronautical engineering will offer the course for the spring semester. Category: campus news Subjects: university courses; aeronautical engineering; academic programs Named Entities: Andes, A. S. [department chairman]; Erhart, Delbert F. [flying service manager] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Plan to Free POW's Rejected Summary: The Neutral Nations Repatriation commission rejected today a Swedish proposal to free 22,000 unrepatriated war prisoners as civilians in Jan. 23. Category: national news Subjects: prisoner of war; Korean War; international relations Named Entities: Eisenhower, Dwight D. [President]; Jawaharlal Nehru [Indian Prime Minister]; Taft-Hartley Law Confidence: 0.85 Title: Republicans Say Strike Votes Not Anti-Labor Summary: Republican supporters of the Taft-Hartley Law disagreed today with opponents' charges that President Eisenhower's proposal that the government start conducting strike votes was anti-labor. Category: national news Subjects: labor relations; Taft-Hartley Law; congressional legislation Named Entities: Eisenhower, Dwight D. [President]; Alexander Smith [Congressman]; Walter P. Reuther [CIO President] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Fire Damages Chuck Wagon Summary: The Chuck Wagon restaurant, about one mile south of the city limits on U.S. highway 59, was damaged extensively early this morning by a fire believed to have started when an electric motor on the butane furnace failed. Category: local news Subjects: restaurant fire; local business; property damage Named Entities: Milner, John [Lawrence Fire Chief] Confidence: 0.9 Title: K.C. Orchestra Plays for Listless Audience Summary: The performance was marred somewhat by a mediocre brass section. Three selections from Hector Berlioz concluded the first part of the program. Category: arts Subjects: orchestral performance; music criticism; cultural events Named Entities: Ernst, Court [writer]; Schweiger, Hans [conductor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Melodrama Cast May Go on Road Summary: A dress rehearsal held last night before drama faculty members and extension division officials reportedly will determine whether or not the University Player's melodrama, 'My Partner,' will be the University's spring road show. Category: campus news Subjects: theater production; university drama; performance arts Named Entities: Keeler, Guy [director]; Newfield, John [director]; Crafton, Allen [head of speech and drama] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Finnish Lecturer Here Next Term Summary: Dr. Bruno Kaarle Suviranta, dean of the faculty of political sciences at the University of Helsinki, Finland, will be a John Hay Whitney foundation lecturer and visiting professor at the University during the spring semester. Category: campus news Subjects: international faculty; university teaching; academic appointments Named Entities: Suviranta, Bruno Kaarle [lecturer]; Whitney, John Hay [foundation lecturer] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Farmers Like, Blast Program Summary: Corn belt opinion blew both hot and cold today on President Eisenhower's new farm program. Some farmers praised the President for urging flexible, lower farm price supports because they will help trim the high surplus of farm products and big supports 'can't go on forever.' Category: local news Subjects: agricultural policy; farm subsidies; Eisenhower administration Named Entities: Eisenhower, Dwight D. [President]; Goldwater, Barry M. [Senator] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Anonymous Donor Gives Scholarship Summary: An anonymous donor has given the Kansas University Endowment association $400 to establish a scholarship for men living in greater Kansas City and graduating from high schools. Category: announcement Subjects: scholarships; university endowment; financial aid Named Entities: Murphy, Franklin D. [Chancellor] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Parking Permits Available Monday Summary: New parking applications for the spring semester will be accepted at the traffic office starting Monday. Students who wish to renew their present permits may come to the traffic office and sign on the second line of their present applications. Category: announcement Subjects: university administration; campus services; parking regulations Named Entities: Skillman, Joseph G. [chief of campus police] Confidence: 0.9 Title: University Theatre to Start Tryouts Summary: Dr. John Newfield, director of the University Theatre, announced today that reading tryouts for roles in 'Antigone' and 'As You Like It,' the two final productions of the University Theatre season, will be held from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday in 202 Fraser. Category: announcement Subjects: theater auditions; university drama; performance arts Named Entities: Newfield, John [director] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Weather Summary: The overall weather trend will be a continuation of rather cold conditions today and tomorrow with temperatures tomorrow ranging from 10-15 degrees in northeastern Kansas and into the lower 20s in the southwest. Category: informational content Subjects: weather forecast; temperature; weather conditions Confidence: 0.8 Title: [advertisements] Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.