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Reds Drop POW Objection, Offer Truce
Panmunjom—U.O.P.) The Communists dropped their demand for removal of war prisoners to a neutral country today and offered a plan to end the Korean truce deadlock that was considered so "important" it was sent to Washington for study.
North Korean Gen. Nam II, head of the Communist truce delegation, submitted an eight-point proposal at a 26-minute meeting, the 11th since the talks reopened last month.
Gen Nam's proposal, which bowed to two major United Nations' demands on disposition of 46.000 anti-Communist prisoners held by the Allies, practically accepted the old Indian plan adopted by the UN's General Assembly in New York last
Dec. 3 and then rejected by Russia and four of her satellites.
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison, chief UN negotiator, called a one-day request until 11 a.m. Saturday (8 p.m. CST Friday) in order to forward the proposition to Washington through Gen. Mark W. Clark, Supreme United Nations commander in the Far East.
He said the proposal "merits consideration, careful thought."
Only one of Gen Nam's points, No.5, might erect a stumbling block. It would permit a political conference to determine the fate of prisoners who, after a specified length of time, still do not want to go home.
Gen. Harrison said Gen. Nam's suggestions were "so important any major decision must be made by the governments themselves."
This could eventually lead to forcing the prisoners to return to North Korea or Communist China, an issue which the UN has refused to accept and which led to the breakoff of truce talks last Oct. 8. Gen. Nam's new plan, which backed down on the prisoner transportation issues, included the following points:
1. Prisoners insisting on repatriation must be returned to their own flags immediately after an armistice, with the remainder staying in Korea under a five-nation neutral commission for four months while "explanations," are made to assure them of "peaceful life" in their own country.
2. The armistice group would consist of Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and India, the latter serving as neutral custodian of prisoners unwilling to return to Communism.
3. The commission shall take custody of prisoners "at the original places of detention"—Korea—with the member nations each providing an equal number of armed troops to take custody.
4. Within a limit of four months, the Reds will be allowed to send personnel to the "original places of detention" to "explain" to all prisoners in order to eliminate their fears and inform them of all matters relating to their return.
5. The disposition of any prisoner who still refuses repatriation after months of explanations shall be turned over to a high-level political conference.
6. Prisoners still in custody of the commission shall be disposed of through consultation by the political conference in accordance with Paragraph 60, Article IV of the armistice agreement.
7. "Nations to which they belong" shall pay custody and traveling expenses of the prisoners.
8. The prisoners shall be told of the terms of the proposal and arrangements rising from it.
—Kansan photo by Bob Longstaf
QUEENLY CANDIDATES—Shown are the three finalists for Miss Res Ipsa Loquiter, queen of the annual Law day today and Friday. The queen will be announced at a dinner tonight. Left to right are Barbara Klanderud, college junior; Karen Hansen, college freshman, and Stephenanie Drake, college sophomore.
Queen Finalists Chosen In Law School Contest
The selection of three finalists for the title of Miss Res Ipsa Loquitur, queen of the Law School, marked the opening of the annual Law School day and Law Institute.
It was Mr. Eisenhower's first change in the joint chiefs of staff
Washington — (U.P.) — President Dwight B. Eisenhower today nominated Gen. Nathan F. Twining to be Chief of Staff of the Air Force for a 2-year term, succeeding Gen. Govt S. Vandenberg.
The candidates, selected from a group of 21 candidates, are Barbara Klanderud, college junior; Karen Hansen, college freshman, and Stephanie Drake, college sophomore. They were selected at a student program at 11 a.m. in the Little Theatre in Green hall.
The title of Miss Res Ipsa Loquitur is a Latin term meaning "the thing speaks for itself." The queen will be presented tonight at the annual Law School banquet at 6 p.m. today in the Student Union ballroom.
Vandenberg to Retire Successor Named
A general session of the Law Institute, sponsored by the School of Law, University Extension, and the Douglas County Bar association, will be held this afternoon in the Jayhawk room in the Union. Kar. N. Llewellyn, professor of law at the University of Chicago will speak at session "Commercial Law and Proposed Uniform Commercial Code." Dean Frederick J. Moreau of the School of Law will preside.
Prof. Llewellyn will also speak at the banquet this evening in the Student Union.
The Institute will end with a luncheon in the Kansas room at noon tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning Charles Bunn, professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, will discuss "Financing Agriculture under the Commercial Code." Charles Oldfather Jr., assistant professor of law, will talk on "Kansas Law of Bills and Notes and the Commercial Code." Iola attorney Stanley E. Toland will preside at this session.
Senior Wins $175 Architecture Prize
Robert F. Asbury Jr., engineering senior, has been awarded a $175 first prize in the "District Life Insurance Building" contest sponsored by the Indiana Limestone institute and the KU department of architecture.
Other winners were Richard C. Foster, engineering senior, who received second prize of $125; Richard W. Anschutz and James H. Blessing, engineering seniors, third prizes of $75 each, and George E. Enrich and Eddie R. Maag, engineering seniors, fourth prizes of $25 each.
The Indiana Limestone institute selected the University of Kansas to conduct the $500 competition, and the problem in designing was prepared by staff members. The jury consisted of Prof. George Beal, chairman of the department of architecture; I Lloyd Roark, president of the Kansas City chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and J. Leland Johnson, Lawrence architect.
Thursday, May 7, 1953
The awards were presented to the students last Tuesday by Prof. Beal.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
50th Year, No.139
Singer Ill With Laryngitis But Student Opera Goes On
Nothing, even laryngitis, will stop it—the show must go on.
When Edwina Jones, education junior, who was to appear in the opera production tonight through Saturday, became ill with laryngitis two days ago, Miss Jeanne Aldridge, assistant to the University Theatre, took over her role of Flammetta in "Prima Donna."
Miss Aldridge's only comment at the thought of opening night after only two rehearsals with the cast was "I'm sneeckless."
Two operas, to be given at 3:30 p.m. in Fraser theater, tonight through Saturday, are the highlights of the annual Music Week festival sponsored by the School of Fine Arts and the University Theatre.
The works to be presented are "The Well" by Louis Mennini, an American composer now professor of composition at the Eastman School of Music, and "The Prima Donna" by the Australian composer, Arthur Benjamin.
women's costumes for the operas were made by Annette Luthy, fine arts freshman, and Darlene Heberling, education senior. Sketches and measurements were given to them and they cut the patterns for the 18th century clothes.
Dr. Hans Schwieger, musical director of the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra, will be guest conductor for the operas. Dr. John Newfield, director of the University theatre, will be producer and stage director.
The cast has been selected from outstanding students and faculty members of the School of Fine Arts. The orchestral score will be played by the University Little Symphony orchestra.
Tickets are on sale at the box office in the basement of Green. Students may obtain tickets by presenting ID cards at the box office between 10 a.m. to noon, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. daily, and on Saturday 10 a.m. until noon.
LOUIS MENNINI
Author of 'The Well' To See Opera Tonight
By EILEEN FOLEY
Mr. Mennini flew here yesterday from Rochester, N.Y., where he is a faculty member at the Eastman School of Music. He thinks modern opera is developing quickly and believes it has great possibilities.
Louis Mennini, composer and author of the chamber opera, "The Well," will be sitting in the audience tonight when his work is performed in a double-bill opera production beginning at 8:30 p.m. in Fraser theater.
he wrote "The Well" because he had seen so many short operas and wanted to see if he could write
U.S. Speeds Aid to Thailand
Washington — (U.P.)— The United States sped arms aid to Communist-threatened Thailand today as aroused members of Congress demanded bold action to stem the Red tide in southeast Asia.
Senators of both parties called on Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for a public accounting of administration plans to meet the danger posed by the Communist invasion of Laos, tiny Indo-China kingdom which is the gateway to Thailand, Burma, and all the rich natural resources of the Malay peninsula.
Reports of a Red withdrawal in Laos were received here with some skepticism. Having already branded the Laos invasion "straight out aggression," U.S. officials were in no mood to forget the whole incident
just because of a tactical shift by Communist forces.
Thailand ambassador Pote Sarasin announced after a conference with Dulles that small arms ammunition—"what we need most"—is being rushed to his country from U.S. bases in the Far East, with the first shipments due to arrive in Thailand by Friday.
Meanwhile, Communist Vietnam troops backtracked northward through Laos today in a mysterious withdrawal and a French spokesman said the Reds may be abandoning their invasion of the ancient Indo-Chinese kingdom.
French reconnaissance pilots reported Communist spearheads were retreating over mountain trails, abandoning the positions from which they had menaced the royal capital
of Luang Prabang and the French defense bastion on the Plaine Des Jarres to the southeast.
A French high command spokesman said the surprise Vietminh move appeared to indicate the Communists were giving up their invasion, and pulling back north before the rainy season—due to begin May 15—bogs down operations.
The spokesman said the Communists might back clear out of Laos to the bases of the state which they started their invasion.
something better. "I suppose that is really why everyone writes something original," he said.
He said the Red command probably had decided the barren mountain regions would prove untenable once the monsoon starts and that they may consider the political objectives of their invasion already attained.
He worked on his opera for seven months, beginning the story in June, the libretto in August, and the music in September.
Mr. Mennini plans to write another opera as soon as he concedes a suitable plot for it. "The Well" was built around an old Italian folk story that had only one character.
"The difficulty of writing any opera is its staging—attempting to visualize what will take place during performance," he said.
Both the staging and costumes here are different from those in the other production, the composer said. He attended every rehearsal of the earlier shows and knew just what to expect. Last night's dress rehearsal was "quite exciting" for him. "It's very interesting and the voices of the cast are good."
Mr. Mennini, dark-haired, attractive, and unmarried, thinks the campus is "beautiful." He and Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, have been friends since graduate days at Eastman. The New Yorker is staying at the home of another friend, Karel Blaas, assistant professor of music theory and viola.