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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 18, 1960
Sub Theories Vary Among Students
By Ralph Wilson
Blockades come and blockades go, but the mystery sub goes on forever.
And naturally as the mystery sub of Gulfo Nuevo (which sounds remarkably like the title of a Bobsey Twins book) roams free, so do the imaginations of KU students as to who owns the ship.
Many students are spending hours of study time trying to work out the answer to this problem. Already, one group has decided from where the second mystery ship came.
Argentine Party
It seems that the night before the second ship was spotted a large party was held aboard one of Argentina's pursuit ships. So, it is no wonder that the crew spotted two submarines the next morning.
One group speculates that the
mystery vessel is a Soviet sub scouting the Argentina naval bases. The theory is that if there is a war between the United States and Russia, the Soviets would have to invade South America.
Another KU group says this thinking is wrong because Russia would want to keep her troops as far away from a potential target as possible. One misguided missile with a Q-bomb war head could, after overshooting New York, wipe out thousands of Red patriots garrisoned in the warm southern lands.
Another guess is that the mystery vessel is a U.S. subtrying to impress upon Argentina that it is defenseless against underwater attack and should reaffirm its mutual defense pact with the United States.
But this couldn't be the answer because the United States is having trouble enough keeping itself protected without having to worry about someone else.
Operation Petticoat
One movie-goer said that if the sub is pink it might be a publicity stunt for "Operation Petticoat."
Some members of the library crowd think it is the tool of a smuggling ring taking American cigarettes, whisky and ball point pens to Argentina.
A little thought rules out this possibility because American ball point pens are made to write only on butter-smeared paper and Argentina doesn't carry this type of paper in stock. Also, who needs American whisky when Argentina has all the grain alcohol it needs?
One group thinks that this
sub is carrying high-ranking Nazis — perhaps Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun—who have been hiding on a desert island since World War II.
But we in the midwest realize this couldn't be true. The Nazis haven't been hiding on a desert island — they have been hiding in some of the Kansas City high schools.
One student claims it to be the great white whale himself. Another, who has just read "The Mouse That Roared," says that the sub is from Grand Fenwick, the smallest country in the world.
No matter who owns the ship, it probably won't be as much fun to find out as it has been to guess.
The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.—Basil O'Connor.
Civil Rights Bill to House
WASHINGTON — (UP) — The House Rules Committee meets today to unleash formally a civil rights bill the Southern-dominated group has held for six months.
The rules deadlock was broken when Republicans joined northern Democrats yesterday in agreeing informally to send the measure to the House floor.
Committeemen said House leaders had decided to call up the measure about March 10. This raised the possibility that the Senate might act before the Senate wound up its marathon civil rights debate.
The house measure, a stripped down version of President Eisenhower's 1959 civil rights program, would allow federal inspection of voting records and provide penalties for interference with school integration orders and for "hate" bombings.
Republican rules committee members suddenly pressed for action as northern Democrats neared success in a drive to spring the bill with a discharge petition. The petition supporters claimed GOP members were "threatened with wholesale signatures" by rang-and-file Republicans. The petition required 219 names. It has 209.
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