Friday, July 19, 1957
Summer Session Kansan
Page 5
-Photo Bureau
CAMPUS EXPLOSION — A 25 liter liquid nitrogen tank used by the department of chemical engineering for refrigeration in experiments with phase behavior equipment exploded shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday in the Mud Hut, the building that houses ZANU and KFKU and various engineering laboratories. The explosion carried the tank directly upward and through the roof of the building, but caused little damage to surrounding equipment. The cause of the explosion was believed to be a frozen exhaust line that resulted in excessive internal pressures. This is the first time such an explosion has occured in that department. Members of the department said that the lines connecting other nitrogen tanks will be disconnected and installed with safety devices. To the left, at the bottom of the picture, is the exploded tank. An intact unit is shown at right.
Southwest Drought Ended?
DALLAS, Tex.—(UP) —The end of one of the longest and most costly droughts in history is written in green across the landscape of the Southwest.
The drought was almost as expensive as war. Texas Commissioner of Agriculture John White estimates it cost his state $2 billion.
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado Kansas, and Missouri suffered almost as much. Only eastern New Mexico has not enjoyed the rains—two or three times the normal.
Now bears no longer terrorize the towns of New Mexico by invading them for food. There is food and water in the mountains again.
The dairy in Dallas that made a fortune last summer by selling water in cartons at 40 cents a gallon now sells only milk.
There is a five-year supply of
water in the lakes north of Dallas. But Texas temperatures still range over 100 degrees and there has been no rain in the interior of the state for a month. This is normal for a Texas summer but seems out of character after two and one-half months of cloudbursts and floods.
"More rain is a vital necessity, particularly in the western portion of the state," Commissioner White said.
White agrees with H. L. Jacobson, chief meteorologist of the weather Forecasting Center at Kansas City, that the Southwestern drought is broken. But no one knows whether it will stay broken.
Meanwhile, farmers in Kansas complained that excessive rain at harvest time reduced the first decrust wheat crop in years.
You may save many dollars in repair bills if you bring your car to us for thorough lubrication. Check your mileage today and see if your car is due for a lube, then come to us for guaranteed work by our expert lube men. Only $1.25
BOB HARRELL TEXACO SERVICE
9th & Miss. St., Lawrence, Kans.
Army Expects Another Cut
WASHINGTON — (UP) Informed sources said Thursday the Army expects to make a second 50.000-man cut in its strength possibly by next June.
The new cut plus the 50,000-man cut ordered this week would reduce the Army to 900,000 men—the same strength as the Air Force will have at that time.
The Army announced last night that it will trim its monthly draft calls as a result of the first 50,-000-man cut. It said it could not say at this time how much the draft calls will be reduced.
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson Tuesday ordered the armed forces to cut their authorized strength 100,000 men by the end of this year in a move expected to save 200 million dollars. Half the cut comes from the Army.
It was considered likely that the Army does not yet know the full effects of Wilson's order, although there were assertions that the
FAST
COLOR FILM PROCESSING
Army's overall combat strength will not be reduced.
HIXON
721 Mass VI 3-0330
The draft call already issued for August is for 11,000 men,2,000 fewer than the monthly rate from April through July inclusive. Whether the August call will now be reduced was not known. The Wilson order also required a 5,530 reduction in officer strength. The Army said it will separate 2,000 commissioned officers from service but it would not say how they will be selected at this time.
Studio and Camera
Everybody Likes Food From DIXON'S DRIVE-IN
Just West of Turnpike Interchange
2500 West 6th
In One Stop
Crushed Ice
Get Your
PICNIC SUPPLIES
616 Vt.- Ph. VI 3-0350
Ice Cold Beverages Watermelon
ServlCE Company
Lunch Meat Groceries
Open 7 Days & Evenings
AMERICAN
SALE
Boston Pops LP's
$266
BELL MUSIC COMPANY
925 Massachusetts Phone VI 3-2644