Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
50th Year, No. 65
Friday, Dec. 19, 1952
Eisenhower Releases Names of Four To Be Named to Top Defense Posts
New York—President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower today announced the names of four men he will nominate for top positions in the Defense department. $ \textcircled{4} $
They were:
Secretary of the Army—Robert TenBroek Stevens, 53, of South Plainfield, NJ.
Secretary of the Navy—Robert Bernerd Anderson, 42, of Vernon Texas.
Secretary of the Air Force-Har-
d E. Talbott, 64 of New York.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Roger M. Kyes, 46, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
James C. Hagerty, Mr. Eisenhower's press secretary said the President-elect would send the names of the four nominees for the top defense posts to the senate for confirmation after his inauguration Jan. 20. Observers said no opposition was expected.
Mr. Eisenhower made the selections after a series of conferences with Defense Secretary-designate Charles E. Wilson on his return trip from Korea last week, Mr. Hagerty said. They conferred aboard the Cruiser Helena and at Honolulu.
The four nominees are men of similar background with years of experience as executives and directors of large corporations.
Mr. Keyes is a graduate of Harvard university, is married and has four daughters. Before becoming connected with General Motors, he was vice president of Empire plow company, Cleveland, and president general manager of Ferguson-Sherman Manufacturing corporation.
herman Manufacturing corporation.
Mr. Stevens is a graduate of Yale,
Mr. Talbott, a graduate of Yale university, is married and has two daughters and two sons. A former chairman of the board of North American Aviation company, Mr. Talbott now is a director for Commercial National Bank and Trust company, New York, and a member of the finance committee of the Chrysler corporation.
He has practiced law in Texas since 1932. In addition to his service as a member of the Texas legislature, Mr. Anderson has been an assistant attorney general and a state tax commissioner.
Washington —(U.P.)— Far Eastern expert Owen Lattinmore today pleaded innocent in federal district court to charges of lying seven times to Senate investigators.
is married and has three sons and one daughter. His war record included service as a 2nd lieutenant in World War I in field artillery, and in World War II. he served as a colonel in the office of the quartermaster general.
Mr. Anderson received his law degree from the University of Texas in 1932. He is married and has two sons. Since 1943 he has been vice president of Associated Refineries, Inc. He is director and deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve bank of Dallas, Tex.
Mr. Talbott served from 1942 to 1943 as director of aircraft production of the War Production board.
Owen Lattimore Pleads Innocent
The 52-year-old Far Eastern specialist was called before District Judge R. Kirkland today for arraignment on a seven-count perjury indictment growing out of his testimony before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee last winter.
In 1940, Mr. Stevens acted as head of the textile section of the National Defense Advisory commission.
Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore has granted him leave of absence, with salary, until his trial is concluded. If convicted on all counts he would be liable to a maximum penalty of 70 years in jail.
Prof. Lattimore indicated in advance of the hearing that he would plead "not guilty" to all of the charges, including the key one that he lied when he swore that he never promoted Communist interests.
The bond of the Johns Hopkins University professor was continued at $2,000 and his attorney, Thurman Arnold, made it at once in negotiable treasury notes.
Government counsel urged that Prof. Lattimore be confined to the District of Columbia and Maryland but Judge Kirkland said "After you make bond you can go anywhere in the world but be back on the day of the trial."
Judge Kirkland set the trial for "sometime about the first of March."
Sleet, Light Snow Hamper Exodus For Christmas
By KEN COY
Student prospects of mild Christmas weather were dashed today by sleet, light snow, and freezing rain which combined to create most road conditions over most of Kansas.
FBI Accuses Brink's Suspect
Boston — (U,P) — FBI affidavits singled out Joseph (Spees) O'Keeffe, a hoodium now facing a contempt charge, as a "participant" in the unsolved $1219 00 Brink's robbery.
The affidavits indicated O'Keeffe had referred to $60,000 taken in the nation's largest cash holdup as "baby" in a wire-tapped telephone conversation with his wife.
O'Keele thus became the first solid suspect to be named since eight men wearing Halloween masks overpowered Brink's guards and scooped up the money at the armored car firm's north end counting house on Jan. 17, 1950.
The "baby" angle came into the case last night when FBI agent John D. Greene's affidavits were introduced.
Greene said in one affidavit that the bespectacled O'Keefe, 44, received a telephone call at Bradford county jail in Pennsylvania from his wife, Mary, six months after the robbery.
O'Keele, who has a 20-year police record, was scheduled for continued hearing today before Federal Judge William T. McCarthy on a charge of contempt for refusing to answer a grand jury's questions.
The call, which had been tapped, was made by Mrs. O'Keefe from her Stoughton, Mass., home after she had been questioned by authorities about her husband's activities.
"And later he told her, 'Just take good care of the baby. You know what I mean,'" the affidavit said.
"He asked her whether or not anything was found and she answered 'no'," the affidavit said.
Fatzer Studies Detector Tests
Topeka —(U.P.)— Kansas Attorney General Harold R. Fatzer's office today studied the results of lie detector tests taken by State Representative Howard Bentley and John Harvey, special representatives of an architectural firm.
Fatzer announced after completion of questioning of the two men last night that the tests indicate Bentley was "truthful" when he charged that Harvey offered him payment for securing contracts for the firm.
Bentley had charged that Harvey told him "it would be worth ten per cent of the normal architectural fee, or roughly $50,000, for me personally, if I would see that his firm got the business."
Bentley had charged that Harvey offered him payment for securing contracts for the firm.
The project is a proposed 9-million dollar state office building.
Thomas W. Williamson, member of the Topeka firm, repeated a statement that "no member of our firm has ever directly, indirectly, by implication or otherwise ever conveyed to any of our employees the idea that we would consider business obtained" on such a basis.
Pianist Wins Scholarship
Pianist Martha Heck, fine arts senior, has been awarded the Carruth Memorial scholarship. This $50 grant was established in 1909 by W. H. Carruth in memory of his wife. Each year a Lawrence high school student who makes the highest grades in German over two semesters is given the award.
Freezing rain, sleet, and snow blanketed the state, spreading a snow cover of 2 to 3 inches over the western half of the state and putting a hazardous film of ice on the rest of the highways.
Continuing wet and snowy weather tonight and tomorrow is expected by the weather forecasters. Snow will probably be limited to the western half of the state, they added.
Rain up to 84 inches fell at Pratt during the night and yesterday. The highway patrol reported highways were very slick in the west and spots in the east were icy and treacherous.
Precipitation for Kansas was .68 inch at Hutchinson, 41 at Dodge City, .55 Russell, .38 at Hays, .30 at Hill City, .22 at Garden City, and .01 at Goodland.
reportedthat.35inchesofrainhadfallen The Lawrence weather forecaster reported that .35 inches of rain had fallen in Lawrence through the night and this morning.
As the vacation begins, students remembered the Thanksgiving vacation when they faced one of the worst snow storms in the area for many years. For this reason bus and train depots expected a big run on ticket sales to homeward bound students trying to "beat the storm."
Classes were expected to suffer this afternoon as many students "cut" to get an early start. However, the Union bus depot reported only slightly increased ticket sales this morning and the train depots said they had only many calls but few sales.
Both the trains and the buses expected a rush later this afternoon. Heavy skies are prevalent throughout the Lawrence area today.
With rainfall and the freezing temperatures expected this afternoon, roads are described as "hazardous." The Union reported there would be a special schedule for students meals for those staying in Lawrence.
There will be a coffee line from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.; lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and dinner from 5 to 6 p.m.
There will be meals served every day except Christmas day and New Year's day when only hunch will be served. All other campaes cafes reported they will be closed until after the vacation.
Classes will resume at 8 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 5.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Lawrence Sophomore Wins ISA Scholarship
Mary Beth Snead, fine arts sophomore, is the winner of the $50 Independent Student association scholarship, Ron Sammons, college junior, chairman of the scholarship board, announced today.
Miss Snead is from Lawrence and is studying in occupational therapy. She was judged among the applicants to be highest in merit, leadership, and scholastic standing.
'Y' Groups Sponsor Inter-faith Service
The Interdenominational church service sponsored by the YWCA and YMCA was held at the First Presbyterian church Thursday night.
The script, written and directed by Richard Scott, college junior, was a modern adaptation of the familiar nativity Christmas story. The cast consisted of members of the YW and the YM, with choral selections by the University Chorale under the direction of Clayton Krehbiel.
Nursing Club Holds Party
A Christmas party for members of the pre-nursing club replaced their regular Wednesday meeting. Christmas stories and singing of carols provided entertainment, and refreshments were served.