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University Daily Kansan Monday, Jan. 7, 1957
TB In Kansas On Upswing
Is this news startling? To many it is. Tuberculosis has, to a great extent, been licked according to health and welfare officials. The disease still strikes many, however, and most of its victims who advance into TB's later stages before seeking treatment are those who lounged in the false security of statistics.
A person dies of tuberculosis every five minutes in the United States and one in every 86 hours in Kansas.
A total of 596 new cases of TB were reported in Kansas in 1955, 196 more than in 1954, says the Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association. From these 596, 102 died. That's one per 20,000 of the population.
In Kansas there now are about 3,000 reported cases of TB. Only 600 of these are hospitalized and since 1953 the trend in TB in Kansas has been decidedly upward.
To prevent this disease the Kansas association sends mobile X-ray units to every county in the state. However less than 30 per cent of the eligible population (age 14 and over) took advantage of this service last year.
Kansas, however, has fared much better than most states in combating TB. Kansas ranks
among those states with the lowest TB morbidity and mortality rates in the country.
The newly reported tuberculosis rate in the state is about $ \frac{1}{3} $ of that of the United States as a whole.
Cherokee County, it seems, is highly deficient in health facilities. A very small staff is employed by a small health department. Many persons in the area view tuberculosis with fear and hopelessness, and there is a lack of easily accessible sanatorium facilities in the area.
In the state's southeast corner, though, the new rate is about $1\frac{1}{2}$ the rate of the United States and five times as high as the average rate in Kansas.
The National Tuberculosis Assn. lists the following standards which must be met before tuberculosis can be kept under control and a maximum number of persons cured.
They are medical care, diagnosis, isolation, nursing, nutrition, drug therapy, sputum examinations, surgery, adjunct services—such as recreation, occupational therapy, education and rehabilitationfollowup—such as long-term clinical radiographs and bacteriologic tests—and patient education. The latter is important because the patient must understand his disease before permanent and successful recovery can take place.
—George Anthan
The mass of voices raised in righteous indignation over the recent difference of opinion concerning the architecture of our University buildings, the intrinsic beauty of our campus, etc., is especially appalling.
The quoted authorities are probably prejudiced in their attitude concerning our gorgeous University since they either "did not get Wilt" or they are a president of some KU booster organization or (good grief) somebody even more important. Being only a student at this lovely institution, I am thus in a position to express an unbiased opinion.
It was reported in the Dec. 17 issue of the University Daily Kansan that "Clyde Reed, president of the Alumni Assn., said that the 'KU campus is the most beautiful in the country with its natural setting between two valleys.'" Possibly this writer cannot see the valleys for climbing the hills; but compared to the University of Colorado's campus, located in Boulder valley beside a mountain range, the "most beautiful" surroundings of Kansas University cannot hold a candle—or a valley.
So Mr. Reed, let's put a bushes over our candle and forget about it.
(The Daily Kansan welcomes letters to the editor on any topic or of any opinion provided that they are in good taste. They must be limited to 300 words and must be signed. The Daily Kansan prefers to use the name of the letter writer, but will use a pen name if the writer so desires. It reserves the right to use or reject letters for publication as it sees fit, and the right to edit and cut.)
Airfields Planned For West Germany
Hugh H. Bruner Jr., Olathe junior
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will pay $ \frac{1}{3} $ of the cost. The fields will be used primarily by the new Luftwaffe in addition to those to be turned over to it by the U. S. and British air forces.
BONN, Germany—(UP)—An additional 25 NATO airfields will be built in West Germany in the near future at a cost of some $357 million, informed sources said today.
The longest jackknife bridge in the United States is the 3,067-foot international railway bridge between Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. It was built in 1887.
A number of new "highway hotels" now offer convenient luxury accommodations to weekend skiers and mid-winter tourists in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
(The following editorial appeared in the Dec. 8, 1956 issue of The Nation.)
Orville Cupp is a 20-year-old Air Force enlisted man who became a Jehovah's Witness after 18 months in the service and refused to continue as a gunnery trainer due to religious conviction. That was his crime. His punishment is a court-martial, dishonorable discharge and a sentence of $5\frac{1}{2}$ years in prison.
Crime And Punishment
Our country and its politicians talk mightily of God and Freedom, but when it comes down to cases, both concepts can give way to gunnery without arousing the moral wrath of any public spokesman. Religion is all right, of course—in its place. Gunnery is transcendent.
... Just Browsing ...
Some of our rich relatives were passing through town the other day and took the opportunity to demonstrate their new limousine for us. It has the greatest attachment we've ever seen, and only our advertising rules restrain us from mentioning the name of the car.
It seems that the heater doesn't work like heaters on most cars. On this buggy, the heater puts out a tremendous blast of hot air on the driver's side of the front seat, but delivers a similar amount of cold air to the right-hand side of the car.
Sounds like just the car for taking the little dollie riding during this cold weather.
--cation speaker from the IBM company just before enrollment. Everyone pay attention and maybe he'll show you how to get through without a Saturday class this time.
We think it's pretty nice of the administration to schedule a convocation speaker from the IBM company just before enrollment. Everyone pay attention and maybe he'll show you how to get through without a Saturday class this time.
University of Kansas student newspaper
twelve years ago 1901, triweekly 1908, daily Jam. Jan. 16, 1912
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Telephone VIking 3-2700 Extension 251, news room
Member Inland Daily Press Association.
Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. News service: United Press. Mall subscription rates: $3 a semester or $4.50 a year. Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and Sundays, University holiday weekends, as second-class matter Sept. 17, 1910, Lawrence. Kan. post office under act of March 3, 1879.
Jane Pecovinsky ... Managing Editor
Telecia Ann Fenberg, Joan George,
Daryl Hall, Jerry Thomas, Assistant
Managing Editors; John Battin, City
Editor, Nancy Harmon, Hirschol Shilou-
ment, Nancy Harper, Morsch, Morsch,
Telegraph Editor; James Batman,
LeRoy Zimmerman, Assistant
Telegraph Editors; Dick Walt, Sports
Editor; Malcolm Applegate, Assistant
Sports Editor; Margaret Armstrong,
Sports Editor; Jim Sledd, Assistant
Society Editor; Jim Sledd, Picture
Editor.
Extension 251, news room
Extension 276, business office
NEWS DEPARTMENT
--the students did not take that lying down
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
David Webb ... Editorial Editor
Jerry Dawson, Kent Thomas, Associates
Editors
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Leo Flanagan Business Manager
Todd Crittenden, Advertising Manager;
John Hahn, Natasha Manager;
Manager, Harry Turner, Classified
Advertising Manager; Mary Lue Cole,
Circulation Manager.
We see that the men who know predict that there's enough water left in the Kaw River to supply the University for quite a while yet. This should be tremendous news to all the students who are drinking water after making New Year's resolutions.
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Fraternities and sororites may get a chance to build new houses out at 21st and Iowa Sts., and if the University also would agree to provide a special hourly subway service, just think how the parking problem would be eased.
We feel sorry for Gov. McCuish.
Here we've been hacking away in this same office for more than three years, and we still don't know where anything is. Imagine the problem of trying to get settled down for a lengthy 12-day term in office.
After all, it took the guy at the next desk that long to find the water cooler.
Assassination Try. Reported
—Dick Walt
DAMASCUS—(UP)—An assassination attempt was made against Iraq's pro-Western Premier Nouri El-Said last Monday, the Syrian newspaper Alayvam said Sunday.
The independent paper quoted "a reliable source" who arrived in Amman from Baghdad as saying one of the Premier's servants died of poisoning immediately after tasting food prepared for the premier.
The first electrified underwater railway tunnel ever built was opened in 1891 at Port Huron, Mich., connecting that city and Sarnia Ont.
Poland To Ask Red China For Aid
WARSAW, Poland—(UP)—Poland plans to ask Communist China for the economic aid it has been unable to get from the United States, informed sources said today.
Red Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai, who arrives here Friday from Moscow, will make the final decision, the sources said.
The loan will be vital to Poland's shaky economy. The Poles have not hidden the fact they are extremely disappointed with their failure to persuade the United States to grant them long term credits. The U.S. Government has said it is willing only to let them buy surplus food-stuffs from American stocks.
SOME MORE LITTLE STORIES WITH BIG MORALS
First Little Story
Well sir, Giggling Water got livid about all the girls making goo-goo eyes at Running Bear, and one night she told him so. Then he got livid too, and they had a terrible rumble, and he slapped her on the wrist, and she started crying like crazy and moved out of the wigwam and went home to her mother and never came back.
Once upon a time there was an Indian brave named Running Bear who had a squaw named Giggling Water. Giggling Water was sort of a mess, but she sure could make beaded moccasins. Every day she whipped up a brand-new pair of beaded moccasins for Running Bear which were so gorgeous that all the Indian maids on the reservation grew giddy with admiration.
"Good riddance!" said Running Bear, but he soon found out how wrong he was, for the Indian maids were not really interested in him, only in his moccasins, and when he stopped showing up with a new pair every day, they quickly gave him the yo-heave-ho, and today he is a broken man, sitting all alone in his tepee and muttering an Ute curses.
MORAL: Don't fight the hand that beads you.
Second Little Story
Once upon a time there was a sweet old gentleman named Nathan who ran a tobacco counter at a large American university. All of the students loved him dearly, and they used to come over whenever they could to buy Philip Morris Cigarettes and chat with Nathan, both of which were highly satisfactory pursuits. The Philip Morrises were highly satisfactory because they are full of natural goodness that is friendly and humane and soothing and no small consolation in this strife-ridden world of ours. Nathan, like Philip Morris, was also full of natural goodness that was friendly and humane and all like that.
Well sir, the students smoked Philip Morris and yocked with Nathan, and everything was lovely. Then one day the university decided to fire Nathan and put in a cigarette vending machine instead.
Well sir, the students did not take that lying down, you may be sure! They organized a monster rally and went over to prexy's house and made fiery speeches about good old Nathan and how they loved him.
Well sir, prexy was no fool, and when he saw how heartbroken the students would be if Nathan went, he decided that the wisest course was to keep Nathan and cancel the cigarette vending machine. This he did, and they all lived happily ever after.
MORAL: Better Nate than lever.
Third Little Story
Once there was a lion, which was a very quiet lion. In fact, the only time it ever made a sound was when it had a toothache.
MORAL: When it pains, it roars.
$ \textcircled{c} $ Max Shulman, 1956
Philip Morris, sponsor of this column, would like to point a moral too: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Try a pack of Philip Morris, and win yourself a heap of pleasure!
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