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Land, Sea Won't Move, Moore Says
A KU geology professor said last night that the evidence now available to geologists seems to disprove the "floating continent" theory that the form and placement of land bodies has changed in the earth's history.
Raymond C. Moore, Summerfield distinguished professor of geology and former director of the Kansas Geological Survey, told Sigma Xi honorary science fraternity members that he is certain continents and oceans are stable as a whole and will not change.
"Research indicates that no sediment from chiefly land-based rocks and minerals is found on the ocean floor, and that no deep sea sediments exist on land masses," he said.
"Thus the continents have always existed in much the same form as they do now," Prof. Moore said.
He said the seas and land masses of the earth's crust differ in that the oceanic part is much heavier. However, the two parts are always in balance, he said, because the rocks from the interior of the earth supporting the water in the oceans are lighter than those supporting land masses.
"There are 1,370 million cubic kilometers of water on the earth, excluding the ice at both poles, Prof. Moore said.
"If all the ice were melted, the mean sea level would be raised 150 feet and lowlands and coastal plains all over the world would be flooded."
To emphasize the quantity of water on the earth, Prof. Moore said that if all the water in the world were walled in within the boundaries of the United States Denver, the mile high city, would be covered with 4,000 feet of it.
Prof. Moore said the earth is separated into two kinds of areas what geologists call mobile belts and nuclear areas. The nuclear areas, he explained, are composed of rocks which have existed unchanged for a long time and are stable.
Kansas Mineral Production Is Up
State Geological Survey figure released this week show that mineral production in Kansas now exceeds a half-billion dollars annually.
All but three of Kansas' 105 counties reported commercial production of one or more of 22 minerals during 1957 and each of 54 counties contributed minerals worth $1 million or more during that year. Oil and natural gas, which were produced in 80 counties, led in collar volume. Of the $234,093,093 mineral production in Kansas during 1957, $467,151,147, or 87.5 percent, was derived from mineral fuels.
"Contrary to this, mobile belts are composed of chiefly layer-caked rocks which have more than ordinary mobility," he said.
These mobile belts are the areas which contain most of the faults (a break or split) in the earth's crust, he explained. One such area
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is located in California and contains the San Andreas fault. Faults are the major cause of earthquakes, and movement along the San Andreas fault caused the San Francisco earthquake in 1906.
Buses Ready For K-State
The KU pep clubs will charter two buses to transport 76 students to the KU-Kansas State basketball game Feb. 11 at Manhattan.
Tickets are $4, which includes bus and game ticket costs. The tickets will be on sale Feb. 6-9 from 2 to 5 p.m., and Feb. 7 from 8 to 11 a.m. in the information booth on Javihawk Boulevard.
Docking Says Some Salaries Increased
Gov. George Docking said today he would not reveal his recommendations for salary changes for faculty at state supported schools until the budget comes out.
But, he added, he did not grant civil service pay increases to any other class of state workers, except those in the lower pay scales.
He said his tax recommendations "will be a lot more pleasant than anybody thought."
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The new increases are effective as of yesterday on all insurance written by stock companies. Sullivan, in approving the rate increases pointed out that Kansas ranks only 44th among state insurance rates
Auto Insurance Rates Hiked
The rate hike will boost the state-wide average cost on the required liability insurance from $31.07 to $36.60. Collision rates will increase by about the same ratio:
Car owners will have to pay more for their auto insurance because of action taken by Frank Sullivan, State Commissioner of Insurance. Sullivan has approved rate increases that will average 17.8 per cent for liability and 7.54 per cent for collision coverage.
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The minimum coverage required by the new liability law calls for up to $5,000 for each death or injury; $10,000 for each accident, and $5,000 property damage.
The increased rate was first requested in November, 1957, but the request was turned down because the commissioner did not feel the information submitted justified a hike. Kansas was the only state which did not grant such an increase at that time.
The latest request was submitted four months ago with additional information on justification of a hike. Reasons submitted were more accidents, more costly repair bills and higher hospital and medical costs. Most of the repair bill increases were attributed to wrap-around windshields, elaborate grilles and tail fin assemblies, and fender sections with built-in multiple light units.
Sullivan said that liability insurance for unmarried men under 25 years old would increase even more than the average raise for other age groups.
Martin to Iowa
Spencer E. Martin, director of aids and awards at the University has been invited to serve as scholarship consultant at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
The wings of commercial jet airliners are not only flexible but also twist to carry gust shocks out over the wing tips and into space, away from the airframe itself.
Student Legislator Sees Tight Budget
Tom Van Sickle, Ft. Scott senior who was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives last November, said this morning the University will suffer if the Legislature accepts Gov. George Docking's budget program.
"Gov. Docking has said he will balance the budget this year, and
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do it by refusing the increases requested by the Board of Regents," Rep. Van Sickle said.
He added that while most budget cuts have been restored in previous years, it would be difficult to predict whether the same will happen this year. There are more Democrats to back the governor's proposals, and Republicans will have difficulty getting enough votes to override vetoes, Rep. Van Sickle said.
Rep. Van Sickle said the budget will not be sent to the Legislature for about a week. Nothing specific
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"We have only the general outlines of the budget so far," he said.
"In fact, the governor made only basic statements on all matters. He should have tied the whole thing together in one package in his first message."
Rep. Van Sickle predicted the governor's proposal to cut the sales tax by one-half cent will now go through.
The question of home rule will be one of the most important in the coming session. Rep. Van Sickle said, The plan, which has Gov. Docking's backing, would give more authority to local officials.
The Kansas plan is based on the home rule program used in Wisconsin. Rep. Van Sickle said he would have to see the completed plan before committing himself on it.
Rep. Van Sickle will finish his senior year at the University next week, and will then devote full time to the Legislature. He is considering enrollment in the law school next summer.
Tugboat Named "Women"
TOKYO —(UPI)— The Communist Chinese New China News agency proudly disclosed today that 100 women in Shanghai drew up plans for the first tugboat in Chinese history to be entirely designed by females. They also suggested that the vessel be named "Women."
Two expert shoemakers from England, Thomas Beard and Isaac Rickerman, began the manufacture of leather shoes in America at Salem, Mass., in 1629.
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