Tuesday, July 26, 1960
Summer Session Kansan
Cadet Marvin D. Nestler, Atchison senior, during last week's Educators' Day at the Army ROTC Summer Camp at Fort Riley.
VISIT ROTC CAMP-Dean of Men Donald Alderson (left) and Donald Metzler, Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, talk with
Alderson, Metzler Represent KU at ROTC Summer Camp
Donald K. Anderson, Dean of Men, and Donald E. Metzler, Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, were among the 49 representatives from 32 colleges and universities throughout the middlewest who gathered at Fort Riley last week for a comprehensive tour of the ROTC camp where cadets from each of their schools are among the 1277 students participating in this 6-week camp.
This was the annual "Educators Day" which is held during each summer camp to enable institutional representatives to watch the cadets go through a normal training day and to become acquainted with the facilities utilized in the production of future Reserve Officers. Successful completion of a Summer Camp is one of the requirements leading to a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve.
The first stop on a tour of the camp was at the 3.5 inch Rocket Launcher and 196 mm Recoilless Rifle combined range where many of the visitors took advantage of the invitation to fire the launcher and the spotting rifle on the 106 mm. The latter is a special .50 caliber weapon mounted on top of the rifle and used for zeroing in on the target.
After a visit to the 81 mm Mortar area, the group "jeeped" to one of the many demonstrations presented. This was a realistic showing conducted by the 1st Engineer Battalion of the 1st Division on the banks of the Kansas River which passes through the army post near the ROTC area.
Here Combat Engineers from the division made a successful river crossing under heavy fire from Aggressor Forces. As soon as a pontoon bridge was floated across the river, infantrymen and Cadets proved its capabilities by immediately double timing to the far bank and dispersing; two M-59 Armored Personnel Carriers, amphibious track carrying vehicles weighing 15 tons, amazed the educators by swimming the river, lumbering up onto the extreme bank and carrying on
1st Lt. Dennis A. Rupprecht, 1st Engineer Battalion, gave a continuous explanatory narration as exploding mines, underwater charges, simulated artillery fire, tanks, machine guns, rifles firing blanks, all under cover of smoke, gave realism to this combat conditioned exercise.
Following the field mess, the group moved to the Artillery Range. A 1960 ROTC graduate, 2nd Lt. Anthony C. Germann of the State University of Iowa, acted as a forward observer and demonstrated the simplicity of an indirect fire command and mission. The 7.62 mm Rocket, more commonly called the Honest John, was brought before the stands on its launching platform, a five-ton truck. A counter mortar radar set was exhibited and its detecting abilities were explained.
The educators next moved to a shady mess area where a typical field lunch was served. Many of the visitors took advantage of the chance to be transported to the lunch area in H-21 Helicopters.
with through the attack; a 106 mm Recoilless Rifle, mounted on a jeep, was backed onto a raft supported by three pontons powered by two outboard motors and ferried 200 feet to the west side of the river.
A final stop was made in the field at the Armor demonstration. The armor had no trouble selling itself with its mobility, protection, shock action and fire-power. Following the demonstration, many of the educators climbed over and into the tanks to get a first-hand view of their operation.
Upon returning to the cantonment area, the group visited Company "C" of the ROTC unit, commanded by Major Hugh R. Primm, Michigan State University, where they saw the kitchen and oarracks and witnessed the arrival of the Cadets from their various field areas.
Following a brief rest and refreshment period at the Cadet Chapel Center where they met Chaplain (Capt) Vaugn F. Leeming, 1st Division Chaplain who devotes his full time to the Cadets during the Summer Camp period, the educators moved to the parade
field to witness a review by the entire Cadet Regiment under its Cadet Commander. At the conclusion of the parade the Cadets formed by schools in pre-designated areas and met with Deans Alderson and Metzler to discuss pertinent problems and to receive news from their college campus.
The concluding event of the day was a reception and dinner at the Fort Riley Officer's Open Mess with General Parker as host.
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Such a development is still some time ahead and any changes now in NATO strategy on European and other overseas bases is considered remote.
Launchable from a submerged submarine and operating over range from 1,100 to 1,500 miles, the Polaris missile could replace American land bases, at least in some parts of Europe.
Moreover, it would deprive the Soviet of a heavily used propaganda element against the smaller nations of NATO.
The new result of such development, the sources argued, would be a lessening of friction within the Western defense alliance.
Polaris Could Change Policies
The new missile, it was argued, might make it possible for the United States gradually to reduce its foreign bases.
Some defense experts, maintain it will be difficult for the Russians, if not impossible for a long time to come, to neutralize this latest weapon.
LONDON—(UPI)—The success o, the Polaris missile has set off diplomatic speculation that this medium range ballistic rocket could lead to a drastic change in the concept of American and NATO bases abroad.
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He replaces William Chestnut, housing manager since 1951, who will resign Aug. 13 to take employment with the Allen Press, a Lawrence printing firm.
Pulliam Joins Housing Staff
As housing manager, he will supervise maid, janitor and laundry service, hall sanitation and conference work in all Universiy dormitories and will work with proctors and housemothers in KU's nine scholarship halls.
Ernest Pulliam, a longtime resident of Lawrence, has joined the University of Kansas staff this month as housing manager.
Mr. Pulliam has owned and operated the Blue Mill Cafe in Lawrence for the past 15 years and has lived in Lawrence since February, 1944.
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