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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1959
CHANGE OF PLANS—Conferring in Strong Hall about possible changes in schedules are
East Germans Hold US Soldier
FRANKFURT, Germany—(UPI)—East German Communists have refused to release an American soldier who went behind the Iron Curtain Sept. 21, U.S. Army officials said today.
The soldier crossed the border into East Germany at Huenfeld, near Fulda, where he is stationed with the 14th armored cavalry regiment, the Army said.
"Military authorities are withholding the name of the soldier pending further investigation," an Army statement said.
A spokesman for the Army's V Corps headquarters here said that "initial reports from East German
officials stated that the soldier would be released to U.S. Army authorities."
"The East German officials have now refused the release of the soldier," the spokesman said.
The army said that "the incident is being investigated by the military and no further information is available at this time."
According to officials, the soldier's name will be released 72 hours after the time he crossed the border. A spokesman said this means identification will come tomorrow.
The Army would not disclose any details of the border crossing.
It was assumed that the Army will attempt to negotiate the soldier's
release through Soviet channels in Berlin, as has been the case in previous incidents.
The U.S. Army in Europe never negotiates such incidents directly with the East Germans, although the East German regime always demands that such dealings be made directly with it.
The Russians have, however, in the recent past refused to act.
The U.S. Army then usually requests the American Red Cross to conduct release negotiations with the East German Red Cross. Thus far, this latter means of negotiation has proven successful in winning release of Americans in Red German custody.
High School History Teachers to Meet Here
"The nature of the Non-Western World" will be the theme of the second annual conference for high school history teachers here Friday and Saturday.
About 120 teachers are expected to attend. The conference is sponsored by the KU history department and the American Historical Assn. Service Center for Teachers of History.
Ambrose Saricks, associate professor of history, is chairman of the conference.
The featured speaker will be Sydney N. Fisher, professor of history at Ohio State University and one of the foremost scholars of Mid-East history today.
His address, "Growing Pains in the Middle East," at 8 p.m. Friday
And Bring Some Addressed Cards
An unaddressed postcard, stamped with "Returned for Better Postage." was tacked on the KU post office bulletin board. It read:
"Dear Mom and Dad.
"When you come, will you please bring a clipboard, my robe, and if there are any little pictures or small decorations we could use in our room, please bring them too."
"I love, Jack."
"Love, Jack."
KU Fund Director To Attend Seminar
Maurice E. Barker, executive director of the KU Greater University Fund, has been invited to the second annual Chief of Staff Reserve Seminar in the Pentagon tomorrow and Friday.
Barker, a lieutenant colonel, is executive officer and training staff officer of the 9146th Air Reserve Group in Kansas City Mo.
Among the speakers will be the secretary of the Air Force, the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff.
in Swarthout Recital Hall, is open to the public.
KU history department faculty members on the program are Oswald Backus and Charles Realy, professors; George Beckmann, associate professor and Donald McCoy, Thomas M. Gale and Raymond G. O'Connor, assistant professors.
Other KU professors on the program are Seymour Menton, associate professor of Romance Languages, and Robert D. Tomasek, assistant professor of political science.
Expedition Finds Mexican Sunflower
Raymond C. Jackson, assistant professor of botany, was the conductor of an expedition to Mexico this summer which found members of the composite family of sunflowers related to the Kansas sunflower.
Prof. Jackson and his assistant, Jerry S. Weis, Salina graduate student, are making an intense study as to the correct identification and classification of the findings with the aid of a $7,800 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Accompanying Prof. Jackson on the trip were Weis, Daniel Marsh and Wesley Jackson, both graduate students, and Gerald Torres, Indiana University graduate student.
The Pen Has Power
English professor to history professor: "If you still don't believe the pen is mightier than the sword, you should watch my wife write checks."
Murphy To Address Club
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will address the International Club at 7:45 p.m. Friday in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. A get-acquainted party will follow the speech.
Columbus discovered the island of Trinidad in 1498 on his third voyage to the New World.
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