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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Feb. 23, 1953
Accused Couple Denies Kansas City Murder
Pueblo, Colo' — (U.P.) — An accused bank robber and his pretty, blonde girl friend today denied they killed a man and wife in order to pocket the lion's share of $48,000 in stolen currency.
Pistol-packing Louis Albert Sturgis, 23, of Detroit, and 20-year-old Virginia Mae Iser of Kansas City, Kan., were captured in an abandoned barn near here yesterday after the police escaped roadblock. They offered no resistance when officers surrounded the barn.
FBI agents said they would continue to question the pair about the double murder last month of James C. Fahnestock and his wife, Billie, at Kansas City, Kan. The Fahnstocks, Sturgis and Miss Iser, were charged on federal complaints with the robbery of the Rosedale State Bank of Kansas City Jan. 21.
Sturgis and Miss Iser were arraigned on the bank robbery charge last night before U.S. Commissioner Jack Jenkins. Their bond was set at $50,000 and they were returned to the Pueblo county jail for more questioning and later extradition to Kansas to face trial.
Found the Fahnestocks' bodies were in a blood-stained auto in Kansas City shortly after the robbery. Although some cash was found on the husband's body, police said they believed the slayers made off with the couple's share of loot from the Rosedale holdup. An all-points alarm was broadcast for Sturgis and Miss Iser.
James B. Poster, FBI agent in charge at Denver, said about $8,000, believed to be part of the bank money, was found on Sturgis when he submitted "meckly" to a 25-man posse composed of state and local police, sheriff's officers, and FBI agents.
Police chief Roy Harper said the Colorado state patrol first spotted the boyish-looking Sturgis and his girl friend late Saturday night after being alerted to watch for the stolen car they were driving. Mr. Harper said Sturgis told him he and the girl spent Friday night in Hastings, Neb., and were on their way to New Mexico when captured.
Theatre Institute To Be March 6-7
The first Community Theater institute on this campus and in Kansas will be held here March 6 and 7 in connection with International Theater month.
Henry C. Haskell, playwright and foreign news editor of the Kansas City Star, will be the guest speaker.
Dr. John Newfield, associate professor of speech and drama, said he hopes for 40 or 50 out-of-town participants. "The University Theater takes leadership in the Kansas Community theater," he said.
The two-day program follows:
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
2:00 p.m. General session, Fraser theater
A. Greetings: from University of
Colorado at Denver
of Kansas, Chancello. Franklin D. Murphy.
B. "International The a t e t e Mouth, 1953." Kim Giffin assistant professor of speech
C. 'The Community Theater in Kansas'
3:00 p.m. The actor in the community theater
A. Introductory remarks; "The Whole Community Is the Director's Cast"
B. A c i n g: demonstration workshop (with audience
5:45 p.m. Dinner; English room, Student
Union; Teacher; Henry C. Has
Guest speaker: Henry C. Haskell
8.30 p.m. Fraser theater, performance of
"Pasture's Priestley's 'An Inspector
Calls'."
SATURDAY. MARCH 7
9:00 a.m. Visit "Library exhibition; 'International a n d American Theater Since the End of World War II"
10:30 a.m. Group sessions
A. Select the play; discussion leader, John Newfield,
director of University
Theatre
World War II
10:30 a.m. Group sessions
B. The public relations job of the community theater: Discussion leader, Tom Shay.
C. Organizing and financing the community theater: Discussion leader, T o m Bn. Indirector in speech.
D. Theater for children: the community theater's job: Discussion leader, Mrs. Frances Feist, instructor in
--leader, Dan Palmquist, instructor in speech
Three Jets Crash; One Flier Killed
St. John's Newfoundland — (U.P) —United States Air Force authorities disclosed today that three F-84 Thunderjets crashed Saturday in Labrador, killing one flier, and that a fourth fighter and its pilot were missing off the southern tip of Greenland.
E. Stagcraft in the community theater Discussion
A delayed report issued from the Fort Pepperrell Air base here said two of the pilots involved in the triple crash early Saturday had escaped unhurt. The accident occurred near Goose Air base, a Royal Canadian Air Force installation outside Goose Bay.
The missing jet was last heard from about 100 miles south of Narsarssuak, Greenland, and an extensive-search for it was under wav.
All four aircraft were part of a flight of 16 U.S. Thunderjets making a routine trip from Peperrell to a European base via Goose Bay and Narsarssuak.
4 Students Go To NU Debate
Four students will attend the annual University of Nebraska Intercollegiate Debate and Discussion conference Friday and Saturday in Lincoln.
They are William C. Nulton, college senior; William H. Crews, business junior; Donald G. Hopkins, special student in law, and Orval J. Swander Jr., business senior.
The program includes debate, discussion, original oratory, intermental speaking, and radio-newscasting. The national debate question is "Resolved: that the United States should enact a compulsory fair employment practices law."
Nulton and Crews are on the affirmative team No. 1, while Hopkins and Swander take the negative on team No. 2. Nulton is entered in the original oratory division, Crews in extempore speaking, and Swander in radio newscasting.
Taking part in discussion are Nulton, Hopkins, and Swander. About 60 schools from seven states will be represented at the conference.
66 Dead, 93 Hurt In Trolley Crash
John Weir, assistant professor of zoology, will speak at noon tomorrow on "Constitution and Intelligence" at a meeting of Phi Sigma, honorary biological society, in 301 Snow hall.
Prof to Talk to Biology Group
B. "The Cooperation and Help of Your State University's Theater and University Extension"
Mexico City —(U.P.)—Authorities said today the death toll in Saturday's crash of two trolley cars—the worst transit system disaster in Mexico City history—had climbed to 66.
noon Fund report
A. Reports from group sessions
Ninety-three persons were injured, 11 of them critically.
Rescue workers still combed through the smouldering wreckage of the two wooden trolley cars, which collided head-on at high speed Saturday night 15 miles from downtown Mexico City.
Street car inspector Arcadio Juarez Llano blamed the operator of the city-bound trolley for the accident. He said he apparently failed to stop and wait at the top of a hill for a country-bound trolley to clear the stretch of single track.
The force of the collision virtually telescoped both trolleys. Power lines were knocked down atop the wreckage and in a few minutes was a burning mass, the screams of the victims mingling with the roar of the flames.
The city-bound trolley was bringing 90 passengers from a picnic area. The other car was loaded with workers and farmers returning to rural homes.
Most of those who survived were on the rear of the country-bound car. They saw the other trolley speeding toward them and leaped to safety. Many, however, suffered broken bones.
Washington —(U.P.)— Sen. Josepl. R. McCarthy said today his Senate subcommittee has "only begun to scratch the surface" in its Voice of America investigation.
'Voice' Probe To Continue
The Wisconsin Republican hinted that sensational new disclosures are in the works as he scheduled a closed door session of the subcommittee to go over evidence dug up by staff investigators.
He would not indicate the nature of the new charges,but said they concern the State department's overseas information program.
Meantime, there were mixed reactions to suggestions that the embattled "voice" be given a new lease on life in an independent agency of cabinet level.
Most interested senators thought the cabinet-level agency unnecessary, but several applauded the idea of taking the program out of the State department.
A special citizens advisory commission made the recommendation (or a new agency of cabinet rank to accept responsibility for) and counter-propaganda programs.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash), a member of McCarthy's investigating subcommittee, said the idea sounded good and "I think something along that line ought to be sound."
Sen. Jackson said the "only way to save" the overseas counter-propaganda program is "to start from scratch and give it some dignity and prestige" in a new agency.
The Iouro Synagogue, built in 1763, is the oldest Jewish house of worship in the United States. It was designated a national shrine in 1946.
American Buildings Equal Europe's, Architect Says
"Contemporary architecture in the United States is better, or at least on a par with that found in the more progressive countries of Europe north of Paris," said George F. Keck, Chicago architect, who spoke to about 175 persons in Strong auditorium Friday.
Band to Appear In Opera Festival
The University band will appear as a French military band in the opera festival of the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra in Kansas City in March.
"La Boheme" will be given March 12 and 14, and on March 19 and 21 two other operas will be presented "Covalleria-Rusticana" and "Bac-
"Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliarie." The University band appears in French grenadier uniforms in the second act of "La Boheme."
The cast of singers, starring Jan Pierce, is from the Metropolitan and the New York Center Opera company.
McKay Says Hawaii Ready for Statehood
Dr. John Newfield, associate professor of speech and drama, is stage director for the festival, and Hans Schwieger, Kansas City, is conductor.
Washington — (U.P.)—Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay told Congress today that Hawaii "is fully qualified" to take its place in the union this year as the 49th state.
Testifying before the house interior subcommittee on territories, as it opened hearings on Hawaiian statehood legislation, McKay said that "just regard for the basic right of self-government except in the wish for statehood earnestly expressed by the Hawaiian coewitness."
Meanwhile Interior Committee Chairman A. L. Miller (R-Neb.) hinted that the administration may soon endorse statehood for Alaska as well as Hawaii.
President Eisenhower in his state of the union message said that Hawaii had "earned" statehood status, but did not mention Alaska.
Supporters of Alaskan statehood were dubious. They said the administration may be preparing to go through the motions of asking for Congressional hearings on Alaska for fear Democrats will oppose the Hawaiian bill if Alaska is left out in the cold.
> "There are very few private residences being built in Europe at the present time," he said. "Europeans are replacing their slums and bombing ruins with modern apartment buildings," he added.
"The U.S. has done nothing comparable to the planned housing projects being constructed in England," Mr. Keck said. He pointed out that the interesting thing about the English projects is the variety of construction to be found in each.
Mr. Keck illustrated his talk with slides. The pictures were taken last fall while he was observing European architecture.
George M. Beal, professor of architecture, introduced the speaker and praised Mr. Keck's "House of the Future" which he saw exhibited at the Century of Progress exposition at Chicago in 1933.
"Balconies are included in almost all modern apartment building construction in Europe today," he said. "In Holland, it is a law that every apartment must have a balcony.
"The remarkable thing about these balconies is the fact that the people use them," he said. Slides showing bedding and clothing hanging out on several of them prompted him to say, "These just go to show you that these people are human too."
Mr. Keck said that in southern Europe very little contemporary architecture is being built. The people there are still doing the same type of construction that has been done or centuries, he said.
Official Bulletin
MONDAY
Chess club: 7.30 p.m., 305 Union.
Mathematical colloquium: 5 p.m., 203 Strong.
Hajas: 7:30 p.m. MS bldg. New semester organization, refreshments.
Phi Sigma: Ia. Isaac 310 Snow. Dr.
Weir: "Constitution and Intelle-
dence."
Student Council meeting: 7:30 p.m.
Pine room, important.
WEDNESDAY
1900m, 7:30 p.m., 206 Snow. All
Zoologic club; 7:30 p.m., 206 Snow. All
Jay Janes: 5 p.m. Pine room. Union.
El Ateneo: a las 7:15 on 113 Strong.
Impreciones de la poesia española por los senores Betoret, Osma, y Ricart.
Geology club: 7:30 p.m. 426 Lindley.
D. E. H. TAYLOR, "Degradational Evolution."
FACTS actly : 7:30 p.m., 306 Union
Education center, followed by ref-
reshments, dancehall.
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