WONDER WHO—The three finalists for Greek Week queen offer a campaign smile. They are (from left to right) Heather Jo Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., senior (Kappa Kappa Gamma); Glenda Price, Topeka senior (Delta Gamma); and Nancy Kinter, St. Louis, Mo., senior (Gamma Phi Beta). The queen will be crowned at half time at the Greek Week Sing tomorrow night at the Kansas Union.
UN Will Terminate Debate on Congo
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - (UPI) The General Assembly's Steering Committee decided today to cut off debate on the Congo and other pending issues in four weeks.
The committee, which sets the schedule and agenda of the 99 nation assembly, agreed unanimously to end the 15th session of the Assembly on April 21.
THE DECISION meant that many of the more than 30 items still awaiting debate by the Assembly and its committees probably will be deferred until the 16th Assembly next fall because of lack of time now.
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had proposed April 21 for the closing of the session that began last September and recessed in December until March 7. He was understood to have recommended the date after consultation with the big power members.
Much of the remaining time likely will be devoted to debate on the Congo and possibly Portuguese Angola which the Steering Committee decided to put on the agenda
PORTUGUESE Ambassador Dr. Vasco V. Garin bitterly protested the idea of the Assembly discussing the Angola question. He again contended that Angola is an internal Portuguese affair, and that outsiders were stirring up trouble in the African territory for political purposes.
U. S. Ambassador Adlai E. Steven son and Soviet Delegate Valerian A. Zorin backed the proposal for Assembly discussion of Angola Stevenson urged that the question be taken up first in committee, but the steering group recommended that the item go directly to the full assembly.
UNITED NATIONS diplomats said that U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson had scored heavily against Russia in the opening round of the Assembly's Congo debate yesterday.
The World Parliament had been scheduled to resume debate this afternoon, but the meeting was postponed because delegations were not prepared to speak on the Congo. The Assembly will meet tomorrow
Weather
Partly cloudy this afternoon. Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer this afternoon and Thursday. Low tonight 20s northwest to the low 30s southeast. High Thursday 60s southwest to the 50s northeast.
afternoon, with the first order or business the consideration of the steering committee's recommendations on Angola and the assembly closing date.
UP Ratifies Platform
The University Party General Assembly ratified a five point platform last night after adding a plank proposing delegation of more authority to the student body president.
The plank provides for a constitutional amendment to give presidential veto power to all ASC bills and resolutions subject to a 2/3 overrule vote by the ASC.
The major UP planks differing from those of Vox Populi's are;
- *More student interest in and support of the National Student Association.
- The recognition and abhorrence of discrimination in any form, the urgency of every student to take an interest in discrimination and the use of all legal methods of peaceful resistance against it.
- The support of the American Peace Corps and Student Exchange programs as methods to relieve tensions in the world.
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Cuban exile leaders said today they will form a "Revolutionary Council" within the next 24 hours and predicted an armed invasion of Cuba "in a very short time."
(See text of UP platform on page 2.)
Manuel Antonio De Varona of the Democratic Revolutionary Front said the council would be the fore-runner of a government-in-arms to be formed on Cuban soil.
Anti-Castroites Plan 'Liberation'
Formation of the council confirms a report by UPI last March 10 that major exile leaders had patched up their political differences and agreed on a "common front" for the overthrow of Fidel Castro.
He predicted an immediate stepup in anti-Castro activities within Cuba and said the rescue of Cuba from international Communism could be a matter of "possibly a few weeks." An invasion, he said, would be synchronized with a general uprising within the island.
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58th Year. No. 108
Americans Convicted in London Espionage Trial
LONDON — (UPI) — Two Americans and three others were found guilty today of spying for Russia by stealing naval secrets from the base where NATO does its war planning against the Soviet Union's submarine fleet.
Those convicted;
Peter John Kroger and his wife, Helen, whose cottage contained a radio tuned to a Moscow wave length. The Krokers have been identified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington as Morris and Dora Cohen of New York City. They were sentenced to 20 years.
ETHEL ELIZABETH GEE, 46, who stole secret documents from the Portland Naval Base where she worked, sentenced to 15 years
Henry F. Houghton, 55, Miss Gee's fiance. He, too, worked at Portland, and was also sentenced to 15 years.
Gordon Arnold Lonsdale, 37, a London businessman holding a Canadian passport, sentenced to 25 years.
The jury was out for 85 minutes. Apparently it had no doubt about the guilt of Lonsdale, Miss Gee and Houghton. But the Rogers posed a problem because they were husband and wife. At one stage the jury returned to ask the judge for clarification. He explained that a man and wife could not conspire together, but could conspire separately with other persons.
THE 12 MALE jurors returned 35 minutes later to bring in their verdict in Britain's biggest spy case since 1950 when scientist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of passing atomic secrets to Russia. Today was the eighth day of the trial.
Lord Parker, Lord Chief Justice of Britain, did not impose sentence immediately. The judge told the Krogers he had "put out of his mind" the fact they were Americans and added:
"You are both in this up to the hilt. You are both professional spies."
Lord Parker told Lonsdale he was the "directing mind" of the conspiracy.
"YOU ARE CLEARLY a professional spy." he said. "It is a dangerous career and one in which you must be prepared to suffer if and when you are caught."
Little Plate, Big Worry
A $45 electroplate that hasn't been changed in 11 years could have cost Karl Bartelsmeyer, Nashville. Ill., sophomore, at least that much in nerve pills yesterday.
It all happened when Bartelsmeyer paid his resident hall bill at the business office.
The receipt was dated 1951 at the top.
"I've been bilked." Bartelsmeyer yelped as he started towards the telephone to call a business major friend. The friend said that a receipt dated 1951 would not be a valid proof of having paid this month's bill.
Bartelsmeyer then asked legal advice from a second year law student. The aspiring lawyer suggested that Bartelsmeyer return to the business office and inquire about the validity of such a receipt.
The answer was simple. Keith L. Nitcher, comptroller, explained that the IBM machine which makes the cards has used the same electroplate since 1951 due to the expense of changing the date on the plate. The cost is $45. The current date is stamped at the bottom of the card by the business office thus validating the receipt.
The judge asked police officials and others for opinions about the convicted spies and their records, Detective Superintendent George Smith of Scotland Yard who made the arrests, spoke about Lonsdale:
"I am satisfied that he is not the man he says he is. In my opinion he is a Russian and a member of the Russian Intelligence Service."
Smith then turned to the matter of the Krogers' identity. He said their real name was Cohen and that their photographs were found in the possession of Col. Rudolph Abel when he was arrested and subsequently convicted in the United States as a Russian spy.
SMITH SAID KROGER has no previous criminal convictions against him. He was born in New York City, Smith said, and claimed to have obtained a business degree.
American records showed that Cohen received an American passport in February, 1937, and went to Spain where he joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. In September, 1938, he sailed for New York carrying a passport in the name of Israel Hoffman.
In July, 1941. Cohen married Lorna Teresa Petra. She was born at Abilene, Mass., of Polish origin.
After their marriage, the Cohen's lived in New York City, Smith said. Among the people who visited them was a man called Mills or Milton. He was later identified as Col. Abel.
House Tentatively Passes Wichita Bill
TOPEKA — (UPI) — The House gave preliminary approval today to a bill providing about $178,000 in state aid to the University of Wichita.
The measure carried on a voice vote with no objections registered, as did another bill requiring that both Wichita and Washburn Universities have as a voting member of their Boards of Regents one member of the state Board of Regents.
DOWN TO CASES—Vox and University Party candidates for student body president (center) examine the issues while "veep" hopefuls look on. The candidates (from left to right) Larry Moore, Topeka junior, and Max Eberhart, Great
Bend junior, (Vox); Alan Reed, Leavenworth junior, and Phyllis Wertzberger, Lawrence junior (UP) will be featured in interviews and analyses in coming issues of the Kansan. The election profile series begins tomorrow.