Geology Campers Help Fight 5-Day Colorado Forest Fire
What does one do at a geology field camp besides study rocks?
"Fight forest fires" might be the quick reply of Dr. Louis F. Dellwig, director of the Geology Field Camp near Canon City, Colorado, and his 28 students who this week returned to Lawrence after five weeks of out-door study at the camp.
Vivid in the memory of these field campers is their rush to the fighting line to help subdue blazing timber on Crimpton Mountain in the vicinity of the camp northwest of Canon City and Royal Gorge. The fire, which started during a severe electrical storm on the night of June 25, fanned through the brush and timber at varying intensities, as rekindled by wind, until July 1. It was brought under control Thursday, June 30, because of the help of the KU geology campers.
The staff of the Bureau of Land Management was*so grateful for the cooperation of the group in the effort to stop the 300-acre forest fire on federal land that R. G. Thompson district manager of the
The letters said in part, "... The support and untiring effort of these men was most commendable and through them and the Bureau fire fighters, the forest fire was stopped . . . their call to duty and demonstration in the face of this emergency shows that our American spirit is still very much alive. I compliment you and the parents of these fine sons from the State of Kansas."
Canon City office of the Bureau of Land Management, wrote letters of appreciation to Dr. Dellwig at the camp and to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and Dr. Frank C. Foley, chairman of the University's geology department.
Earlier, the Canon City Daily Record, in a news story dated June 30, quoted Thompson as saying, "Without their help we could not have controlled the fire."
The KU Geology Camp has been the out-door classroom for field courses in geology every summer since its establishment in 1922. Dr. Dellwig, associate professor of geology and assistant chairman of the geology department, has been
camp director for the last 5 years. W. Kenneth Hamblin, assistant professor of geology, has been assistant director of the camp 3 years, and this year Lee Gerhard was graduate assistant.
Kansans who attended the 1960 summer camp, and during the course became fire fighters, are: Joseph Ashby, Topeka; Neil Ashley, Chanute; William Barkes, Topeka; Wayne Boster, Wichita; John Cramer, Independence; William Dryer, Great Bend; David Epp, Tribune; Gary Hackett, Newton; Robert Hay, Kansas City; James Hoffman, Marysville; William Kane, Topeka; Werner Kuhlman, Washington; Robert Russell, Lawrence; William Siesser, Parsons; Lloyd Spangler, Fairview; Douglas Vincent, Overland Park; Robert Walters, Lawrence; William Ward, Hays; Milo Wynne, Baxter Springs.
Out-of-state students included: James Howard, William Lyons, Dume Sackett, Mary Smith, William Stewart, Robert Tedrick, Judith Thomas, Rodney Warren, and Charles Zandell.
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American Orders Bother Koreans
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Friday, July 22, 1960
SEOUL-(UPI) - The present Korean government is faced with a number of problems arising from a determined American effort to assure effective use of U.S. aid funds to Korea.
The problems are so difficult and require such drastic changes in ROK-U.S. economic relations that the interim government headed by Prime Minister Huh Chung is going to hand them over to a new government to be formed following the July 29 general elections.
The proposals, made in line with a new U.S. aid policy adopted after the April revolution have, in some cases, stirred hard feeling among Korean officials and brought criticism of undue pressure or attempts at interference in Korea's internal affairs.
They arose when the United States put down a series of proposals aimed at assuring effective use of American aid dollars and preventing their use for political purposes.
Americans use nearly 780 gallons of petroleum a year per person—about 13 times the amount used by the average person elsewhere in the free world.
Ambitious Officer Returns to Area
Lt. Col, Peter A. Helfert, who wanted a KU degree enough to drive thousands of miles for it outside his duty hours, will return to the area as executive officer of the Army ROTC unit at the University of Missouri this fall.
Col. Helfert, while a major assigned to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, commuted outside of his full time assignment during the post World War II years to earn the B.S. degree in education in 1949. He also holds a master's degree from Columbia University.
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Landon Gives Support To Attorney General
TOPEKA —(UPI)— Atty. Gen.
John Anderson Jr. received the endorsement of Alf Landon, 1936
Republican candidate for President,
yesterday in his bid for the governorship of Kansas.
Anderson currently is battling Mecill Huck Bovd of Phillipsburg and William H. Addington of Wichita for the GOP nomination in the Aug. 2 primary.
Landon, himself a former governor, said he was highly impressed by Anderson's "industry, courage and accomplishments" in 14 years as county attorney, state senator and Attorney General.
"He's made some politicians mad at him because of his decisions from start to finish." Landon commented, "But his record of being sustained by the highest courts in the land is nearly 100 per cent."
The former governor praised Anderson's law enforcement record, particularly his suppression of "slot machine racketeering."
He pointed to Anderson's role in obtaining a new time sales finance law requiring a ceiling on interest charges as "courage of the highest order."
"Unquestionably this law will save ordinary citizens millions of dollars, citizens who formerly were ganged by unscrupulous dealers in the sale of automobiles and household appliances.
"John Anderson had to challenge a billion dollar corporation in the courts. He never hesitated. He won
his case and the legitimate dealers joined him is asking for and getting the necessary legislation.
"More recently," Landon reminded, "he has filed an action to enjoin a house trailer company and four finance firms from making illegal contracts with G. I.'s for their trailer homes."
Landon said Anderson gained valuable knowledge of state problems and experience of the way chief executives dealt with them while he was a state senator.
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