Daily hansan
58th Year. No. 62
Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1961
Reds Driven Out Of Laos Outpost
VIENTIANE, Laos—(UPI)—The pro-western government announced today that its troops recaptured the vital northeastern outpost of Xiang Khouang from pro-communist froces late yesterday.
The announcement said fighting was still going on around the town.
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY met in special session to give pro-western Premier Boun Oum a vote of confidence and probably to indorse Laos's protest against Soviet shipment of arms to Red guerrillas.
THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE word as to the fate of northern Phony Saly province, which earlier had been reported in communist hands. The sketchy report of Phong Saly's capture had not been confirmed and was regarded as doubtful.
No details of the military situation could be obtained immediately.
Pro-communist rebels said today they would regard any armed intervention in Laos by the United Nations "under the United States" as aggression.
The United States already has put military forces in the Pacific on the alert as the result of reports of increasing foreign Communist intervention in the southeast Asian kingdom. Diplomat observers said the crisis had reached its "gravest" point.
THE WARNING WAS made by the Communist pathet Lao radio and relayed by the official Chinese Communist New China News Agency.
Russia's official news agency, Tass, reported that the pro-communist "government" had cabled a warning to U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold against "actions in the United Nations by unauthorized persons." There were reports that the pro-western government of Prince Boun Oum had instructed Laotian delegate Sisouk Na Champassak in New York to protest against foreign communist intervention in Laos.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Morrison Granted Rhodes Scholarship
Fred Morrison. Colby senior, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. He is the third KU student in as many years to receive the award — one of the highest academic honors in the English-speaking world.
By having three Rhodes Scholars in three years, KU becomes the only state school in the nation with such a record. In the past two years only four schools in the United States have had more Rhodes winners than KU. They are Harvard, Yale, Princeton and West Point Military Academy.
MORRISON, who is attending KU on a Summerfield Scholarship, is one of 32 in the nation to be offered the Rhodes honor. It gives full support for two or three years of graduate study at Oxford University in England.
Morrison has a triple major in German, mathematics and political science. He plans to study philosophy, economics and politics at Oxford.
He has the Gustafson Scholarship from the political science department. Last winter, he was one of three students representing KU on the nationally - televised College Bowl quiz program. They won $2,000 in scholarship money for KU in the two appearances on the show.
FRANCIS HELLER. associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said that KU's record undoubtedly is unprecedented in the nation's state universities. Dean
Morrison was one of two Kansas finalists and the only Kansas student to win the award. He was one of four chosen from 12 candidates representing Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota.
Petroleum Geologist To Speak Tomorrow
Charles L. Drake, distinguished lecturer for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, will lecture on "Structure of the Continental Margin of Northeastern North America" at 4 p.m. tomorrow in 426 Lindhure.
Mr. Drake is a senior scientist with the Lamont Geological Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.
Heller is the KU Rhodes representative.
Morrison is president of the political science and German honorary societies and is a member of the mathematics honorary society. He has been on the dean's honor roll each semester he has attended KU. He has been a leader in the establishment of the UP campus political party following his election to the All Student Council as an independent write-in candidate last spring.
MORRISON PLANS to become a university teacher following his studies.
In 1959, Raymond Nichols, son of KU's executive secretary, won a Rhodes scholarship. In 1958, Richard Ontjes of Hutchinson was KU's Rhodes winner. Both are now at Oxford. Morrison will enter Oxford in September following his graduation here in June.
Bulletin
The Rhodes Scholarship was established in 1904 by the bequest of Cecil Rhodes. It is offered in separate programs to top U.S. and British Commonwealth students. Morrison is the 15th student from KU to receive this honor.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) The State Department today made public what it called new hard evidence of "extensive" Soviet and North Viet-Namese airlifts of war materials into embattled Laos and of "substantial numbers" of Communist North Viet-Namese troops. The Department said the North Viet-Namese troops were parachuted into Laos by Soviet and North Viet-Namese planes.
87th Congress Convenes Today
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The new 87th Congress, which will write the legislative record during the first two years of the Kennedy administration, convened at noon today against a backdrop of liberal-conservative conflict.
Both the House and the Senate again were firmly under Democratic control. The make-up of the senate was 65 Democrats; 34 Republicans. There were 262 Democrats in the house-21 fewer than last year—and 175 Republicans.
THERE WAS a surface note of party harmony among the Democrats. But even before the opening gavels fell, there was intra-mural battling backstage on efforts to change congressional rules to smooth the way for President-elect John F. Kennedy's program.
In both the House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans held party strategy meetings before the opening session.
In the House, the parliamentary controversy centered on the first serious move in years to "purge" from the key Rules Committee one or more Democratic members who bolted the party's presidential ticket in the November election.
Most students had some last minute Christmas shopping to do. Then there was the gift that had to be returned because of the ten pounds gained since Thanksgiving vacation.
The possible "purge" was aimed at breaking the power of a coalition of committee Republicans and Southern Democrats to block legislation sought by Kennedy.
IN THE SENATE, the fight loomed over a liberal-backed effort to change the rules so filibusters might be halted more easily.
Even though Kennedy does not take office until Jan. 20, the outcome of the two showdowns might hold the key to whether Kennedy can win congressional approval, as is, of his five-point priority program.
The five-point package includes aid to schools, housing and economically-depressed areas, an increase in the minimum wage and medical care for the aged under the Federal Social Security system.
Then comes the get together of the local KU students. Although we are on the same campus during school days it is nice to see each other during the vacation.
Final Week Approaches As Yule Memories Fade
House members started filling the hopper with bills.
The 17-day vacation passed so fast. For many students it was the first time they had seen their families since September. For others the trip home was short.
Happy New Year everyone! The awaited Christmas vacation has ended. Finals are less than three weeks away.
Someone always has a party for the old high school gang. Old friends get together to reminisce and compare notes on the colleges they are attending.
As might have been expected the dream of a White Christmas did not come true. Students whose homes are in Kansas found Christmas day more like the 25th of April than the 25th of December.
The vacation was not long without snow. Shortly after Christmas a white blanket covered the ground.
At last it was New Year's Eve. the climax to the holiday frolic. Time allowed one day to recover from the celebration of a new year. Alas, the time had come to pick up the dust covered, neglected books, which were taken home with good intentions, and return to KU.
Brussels Police Thwart Strikers
BRUSSELS, Belgium—(UPI)—Mounted police, charging with drawn sabers, today drove back thousands of rock-throwing demonstrators attempting to march on Parliament.
Two rioters, one seriously injured by a saber slash, were hospitalized in Brussels. Other casualties were reported elsewhere in Belgium.
An estimated 75000 leftist-led strikers demonstrated against the government in Brussels and other Belgian cities in another day of violence at the start of the third week of a nationwide strike.
Wescoe to Give Humanities Talk
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will be the next speaker in the Humanities Lecture Series at 8 p.m. Thursday. His lecture on "Preparation for a Profession" will be given in Fraser Theater. The Faculty Club will have a reception following the lecture.
The tradition of inviting a KU faculty member to give one of the Humanities Lectures each year dates back to 1948-49, the second year of the series. Every year, four to eight visiting scholars in the humanities fields are brought in for a three-day stay on the KU campus.
Clifford Osborne, philosophy, was the first KU scholar to give a Humanities lecture. Since 1948-49, in order, the KU speakers have been Prof. John Hankins, English; Prof. Charles Realey, history; Prof. William Shoemaker, Romance languages; Dean Frederick Moreau, law; Prof. Allen Crafton, drama; Prof. George Anderson, history; Prof. J. Neale Carman, Romance languages; Prof. L. R. Land, Greek and Latin; Dean M. Carl Slough, law; Prof. William D. Paden, English; Prof. Jan Chiapusso, music.
Western Civ Plan Changed
The Western Civilization program has planned a new format for the review sessions which will be Jan 10 and 11 at 7:15 p.m.
The new format of the review sessions should make them more valuable to students than they have been previously. Each of the two evenings will commence with a talk lasting from 30 to 40 minutes. These talks will attempt to put the readings in ideological and historical perspective by utilizing patterns of economics, religion, politics, etc. After the talk and a brief intermission, a panel of six members of the staff will attempt to answer questions.
Questions may be submitted prior to the review sessions to the Western Civilization program office, Strong Annex C. The questions may be specific or general and may apply to any of the readings or interpretations thereof. The panel will attempt to answer all questions previously submitted and also any which may come from the audience.
Weather
Generally fair with rising temperatures this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight 20 west to middle 20s east. High tomorrow 50 southwest to middle 40s northeast.
The demonstrations were started by the Socialists in an attempt to force the withdrawal of a government bill in Parliament calling for austerity and tighter economic controls to make up for the loss of revenue from the Congo. They now have grown into an attempt to overthrow the government.
The Brussels clash was the most serious in a day of riots and demonstrations against the Eyskens government.
The demonstrations were ordered by leftist strike leaders to coincide with the return of Parliament after a two-week Christmas recess to resume debate on the government's austerity package bill.
When the Chamber of Deputies, surrounded by hundreds of gendarms, armored cars and barbed wire, met, former Socialist Health Minister Edmond LeBurton launched into a slashing personal attack against Eyskens.
Branding him "a man of catastrophe" and an "apprentice witch doctor," LeBurton warned that even if Parliament—in which Eyskens has a comfortable majority—approves the measure, it never will be applied.
"In 1961 you cannot govern against the will of the working class," he shouted amid Socialist cheers, "Withdraw your bill before it is too late and before you bring dramatic and immeasurable disaster on the country."
But Eyskens, in a short, mild reply, warned that any decrease in Belgium's economic strength must bring unemployment and lower wages for workers.
Eyskens sat down amid an uproar and booing, meowing and desk-thumping from the Socialist benches.
KU Athletes In Car Wreck
KU's swimming and golf coach and three students were involved in a four-car accident early Friday morning near Perry, Fla., on their return from Ft. Lauderdale after two weeks of swimming and golf practice. No one was injured.
Coach Jay Markley, owner of the car driven by Paul Carlson, Lawrence freshman, said that the car, the last in a four-car procession, struck the rear end of a car in front as did the other three cars when a car ahead made an unexpected left turn. He estimated the damage to his car at $400.
Carlson was cited by Florida police for failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident and was fined $25.
The KU students, Carlson, Edward Poort, Topeka senior and John Kempt, Springfield, Ill., freshman, were returning to Lawrence from the annual Swimming Forum held during the two-week Christmas vacation in Ft. Lauderdale.
Markley said that they stayed in Perry until Saturday afternoon while the car was being repaired before continuing the trip back to Lawrence.