University Daily Kansan
Friday, May 12, 1961
Page 5
Adolf Eichmann Maintains Mysterious Calm
JERUSALEM — (UPI) — If Adolf Eichmann has anything on his conscience, it isn't visible to the outside world.
He maintains a stony calm inside the glass box in the courtroom. He has the same attitude in his cell. His health is good, his blood pressure is normal (he is examined every day
Priest Blasts 'Pagan' UCLA
LOS ANGELES—(UPI)—Officials at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a nearby Roman Catholic student organization today prepared to confer on a priest's charge that UCLA has a "totally pagan atmosphere."
At the same time Father Comber was defended by his superior, The Rev. William J. Kenney, head of the Newman Club.
The Rev. Thomas Comber also criticized the University for not having a chapel "where students can worship God" and attacked the Daily Bruin, student newspaper, for printing two "blasphemous" poems and using the holy name in a "highly irreverent context."
UCLA'S Chancellor, Franklin D. Murphy, refused yesterday to reply to Father Comber's charges, saying, "I have not the time to make detailed comments to irresponsible attacks on the University."
"We feel we have a right to express our opinion. The University seems to be irked by the fact that we do express it."
Marshal Guns Down Motorist
WELCH, Okla. —(UPI)— The City Marshal here shot and killed a Kansas motorist after the man allegedly tried to strike pedestrians with his automobile.
Slain was A. C. Brady, 52, Chetopah. Kan.
City Marshal Earl Cravens said he shot Brady twice in the chest, after Brady "tried to run over several persons, including me." He said Brady's auto also struck some other cars.
Cravens said he fired after Brady refused to stop. He said the victim drove about one-tenth of a mile after the shooting before he died.
Albrecht Is Chosen to Join
William P. Albrecht, professor and chairman of the department of English, has been elected to membership in the International Assn. of University Professors of English.
The organization, whose headquarters are in Edinburgh, Scotland, has 285 members from 22 countries including 55 members from the United States.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. — John Locke
Past Times Tell Us . . .
by a physician) he eats heartily and sleeps soundly for an average of eight hours a night.
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF BASEBALL THE BASES WERE WOODEN POSTS ABOUT FOUR FEET HIGH.
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David Ofer, assistant commandant of police who is directly in charge of Eichmann, said the only mail Eichmann receives is from members of his family in Argentina and Austria. He replies to their letters regularly.
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Ofer said the former Nazi is "as unruffled in his cell now as he has been since he was first brought to Israel last year." And he added, "He falls asleep almost immediately," and slumbers quietly to awaken well-rested and refreshed about eight hours later.
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Ofer said Eichmann is never visibly upset. The daily sessions with his lawyers have no noticeable effect on him. He enjoys his three meals — same food eaten by the officers and men who guard him.
After lunch Eichmann sometimes lies down on his bed to read or nap. He runs through material brought to him by his attorneys or by the prosecution. He never asks for any specific material and receives only those reports of the proceedings selected for him by Robert Servatius,
his lawyer.
Eichmann makes use of coloree pencils to make notes on the trial material. He sketches diagrams in red, green, black and yellow. He keeps a personal record of his impressions and regularly makes notes in this journal. For reading and writing, he wears reading glasses. He also has a second pair for correcting his nearsightedness.
He takes no exercise beyond his routine chores and walking to and from the courtroom.
Brazil Reaffirms Support of Castro
BRASILIA, Brazil — (UPI)—President Janio Quadros' government has declared that it will recognize no Latin American government which is "clearly the result of foreign interference."
A Foreign Office statement read in Congress yesterday reaffirmed Quadros' backing for Fidel Castro against any attempt by the United States or the Organization of American States (OAS) to unseat his Communist-supported regime.
The prisoner does not have a watch, since all sharp metal objects are kept from him.
Never during his imprisonment has Eichmann indicated that he has any religious sentiments. He never prays and has let Christmas and Easter go by completely unnoticed. No clergyman has ever asked to see him.
Eichmann never asks to hear music and does not complain of the facilities at his disposal. He appears satisfied with the arrangements made for him. He is given eight local cigarettes a day which are handed to him already lit.
There are no pictures or photographs of any kind either in his cell or on his person.
Eichmann washes his own clothes, makes his own bed, and cleans his
When Eichmann is not occupied with his books on the trial material, he usually rests. He takes good care of the suit given to him, changing into his informal garb between sessions. He shines his own shoes. He owns one tie which he wears to all sessions.
room daily. He always follows the same order, invariably arranging his clothes and possessions and the bed and furniture in exactly the same way.
He sees no newspapers, hears no radio, and sees no movies. The Duty Officer selects the dishes for his meals from the trays set up for the police staff so that no one knows in advance which plates go to Eichmann.
Wandering Bass Much Like Trout
BRANSON, Mo. — (UPI) — A Missouri fisheries biologist has found a largemouth bass with the wanderlust traits of a trout.
Willis Hanson of the Conservation Commission, said a bass traveled 18 miles from the spot it was tagged in the White River before being caught in the Arkansas portion of Bull Shoals Lake. He said the distance was "unusual" and a record. Normally, bass do not stray far from home, moving only when water levels fluctuate.
from abstract ideas...fundamental knowledge at Esso Research
Adsorption rather than diffusion may be the controlling mechanism in the transport of liquids through elastomers.
This new hypothesis is supported by evidence obtained by Esso Research scientists using a novel photo shadow method for continuous measurement of swell in elastomers. As a result of these fundamental studies, more intimate knowledge of structure and increased understanding of segmental motion may make possible more precise predictions of polymer behavior.
Increasing the cross-link density in an elastomer network appears to decrease the diffusion coefficient to an extent not predicted by the diffusion theory. Observations also show the seeming contradiction that increasing the path length with immobile obstructions, in the form of a variety of carbon black particles, also increases the apparent diffusion rate 2.5 times.
Re-examination of well known equilibrium uptake data poses such questions as: Why does a butyl rubber vulcanize sorb twice as much cyclohexane as n-hexane when the latter has a much more flexible structure? How does a butyl elastomer distinguish between the flat plate structure of benzene and the chair structure of cyclohexane whereas natural rubber does not?
Critical experimentation, together with mathematical studies, have strengthened the thesis that the solvent molecules pass into the elastomer by successive adsorption on successive planes. The elastomer chains appear to play an active role in the transport process rather than the passive one required by diffusion.
...adapted From a scientist's notes at EssoResearch and Engineering Company P.O. Box 45B, Linden, New Jersey.