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Summer Session Kansan
Tuesday, July 18, 1961
Rough, Tough Defense Chief May Fill Adenauer's Shoes
By United Press International
Franz Josef Strauss, the architect of West Germany's dynamic, modern armed forces, is the most talked-about politician in the Bonn Republic.
Many consider him the most likely victor in the struggle for succession when Chancellor Konrad Adenauer passes from the scene.
The bull-necked Strauss, only son of a Munich butcher, has a strong will, a razor-sharp mind and seemingly inexhaustible vitality. He speaks bluntly and to the point, and has a passion for getting things done quickly. In his postwar surge to power, he has won many admirers, but has also made enemies.
Opinions on the 45-year-old Defense Minister are varied but never neutral. His supporters feel his energy and devotion to the national welfare have brought order to a vital and confused field. His opponents consider him ruthless and motivated by a desire for personal power.
He is vehement in his dislike for the Soviet Union and Communists. This accounts for his being the frequent target of frenetic attacks by the East German Reds.
Once an opponent of German rearmament and European unity, Strauss now is one of the strongest advocates of these goals.
His visit to the United States last week was his fourth as Defense Minister. His previous trips were in 1956, 1958 and 1959. He speaks fluent English and possesses a remarkable memory.
An excellent student, Strauss planned a teaching career, but his plans were disrupted by the war, in which he served with distinction. He was not a Nazi.
After the war, Strauss was elected to the Bundestag (Parliament) in 1949 as a representative of Bavara's Christian Social Union, a branch of Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union. He soon made a reputation as an effective and flamboyant speaker, and attracted Adenauer's attention.
He served as Minister without Portfolio and Minister of Atomic Affairs before being appointed Defense Minister in 1956.
As armed forces chief, Strauss cut red tape and forged a tight, unobstructed chain of command in the ministry. He made it clear he wanted quality, not quantity, in the armed forces. He also started a campaign to equip his troops with nuclear arms, a goal he has not yet achieved.
Strauss regularly works a 12-hour day. He has an insatiable curiosity, and often travels to inspect factories and the army's operations. He was a bachelor until 1957 when he married a woman 13 years his junior.
25 Attending Special Class
Twenty-five students of superior ability are participating in a senior high school demonstration mathematics class at KU this summer.
The class is meeting in connection with the Summer Institute for High School and College Teachers of Mathematics.
Members, who were selected on the basis of their promise as creative scientists, are taking courses in probability and elementary topology.
A freshman demonstration class composed of 25 Lawrence ninth graders is being taught a special course in ninth grade algebra.
Senior class members:
Carl R. Anderson, Fontana, Calif.; Amm
Jennine Berry, Topkea; Sharon Burton,
Washington; David Cassey, Wichita;
Mary Currier, Wichita; Susan Casst,
Susan City, Mo.; James V. Forss, South
Sioux City, Neb.; Jon Edward Gillman,
Topkea; James R. Goodman, Topkea;
Charles Keefer, Topkea; Daniel Hodge,
Northeast, Kansas City, Mo., and
Daniel Householder, Wichita East.
Harriett Calisa Hunker, Falls City, Neb.; Fred McClellan King, Shawnee Mission North; Roy King, Lawrence; Edward John McBride, Lawrence; Patrick M. McKeenah, Cheney, Wash.; David Murray, Topeka, Raph J, Mintel, Quhey, B. Brice J, Aurora, Jenery L, Paretsky, Lawrence; Mary Alice Pettit, Northeast, Kansas City, Mo.; Robert Shair, Quincy, Ill.; LaDean L. Stahl, Washington; Peter H Wagschal, Denver, Col., and Henry W Wilkins, Hampshire, Ill.
His one drawback seems to be his relative youth and newness on the political scene. For this reason, some observers think he may not be Adenauer's successor, but "Chancellor-after-next."
KU Coed Scores As Pinch-Hitter
A KU coed pinch-hitting for a laryngitis-stirken mezzo soprano stepped up to the plate in Santa Fe, N.M., recently and got a home run.
Sharon Tebbenkamp, Salisbury, Mo. senior, got that hit a few hours after being notified that Mary McMurray, the star, could not sing in a Santa Fie Opera production of "The Ballad of Baby Doe." And according to newspaper reports, Sharon performed "creditably."
Sharon, who sang the role in a KU production last year, is one of three persons with Jayhawker connections performing major duties with the company. Others are conductor and musical director Robert Baustian associate professor of orchestra here, and stage director Bill Butler. Butler, a New Yorker, was guest conductor for the KU show.
The Santa Fe company is one of the largest of its kind and attracts top notch talent from all over the country.
LONDON — (UPI) — Foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and France may meet early next month in Paris to coordinate Allied policy on Berlin.
Paris Meeting Looms on Berlin
The reports of an impending meeting came as the United States, Britain and France sent to Moscow their latest notes on Berlin rebutting firmly the Soviet Union's demands on the divided city.
The sources said such a Western meeting is currently under consideration but no final agreement has been reached.
But these sources added that such a meeting was very likely and would probably be held in the French capital in the first days of August.
The meeting would be the first major Western get-together to plan and coordinate Allied strategy on Berlin since the Soviet Union revived its threat to that divided city.
The U.S., British and French notes, approved by the NATO council Saturday, were sent to the Allied embassies for imminent delivery to the Kremlin.
The notes reaffirm strongly Allied rights in Berlin. They are the first move in Western strategy for dealing with the Berlin crisis.
The notes rebut firmly Russia's Berlin policy and threatened Soviet unilateral action on a separate peace treaty with Communist East Germany.
Murray to Leave For Texas Position
Harold D. Murray instructor in zoology, has been named assistant professor of biology at Trinity University. San Antonio, Tex., for the 1961-62 school year.
Murray received his bachelor's degree from Ottawa University, his master's from Pittsburg State and his doctorate from KU.
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The Western step left the door open to future Allied moves in the heightening East-West conflict over the divided city and the German problem.
No new proposals were advanced immediately on how to tackle the issue. The notes do not propose fresh East-West negotiations, nor do they exclude such course of action in the future.
The notes make these major points, according to diplomatic sources:
—Allied rights in Berlin stand and cannot be unilaterally narrowed or abolished by Russia;
The Soviet view is erroneous that a separate peace treaty with East Germany can shift responsibility for Berlin to East German authorities.
"The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" plus "It Started in Naples"
Starts Thursday "Five Branded Women" plus "Jack the Ripper"
Walt Disney's "Parent Trap"
Starts Thursday
David Ladd
"MISTY"
plus
"FRECKLES"
Starts Thursday
Ends tonight Elvis Presley "G.I. Blues"
Starts Wednesday
"North by Northwest"
plus bonus features
Friday and Saturday