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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1961
News Briefs
MOSCOW—(UPI)—Soviet explorers have set up a new scientific station in Antarctica, the Tass news agency said yesterday.
The agency said the Novolazarevskaya station is in Queen Maud Land and will be manned by a 12-member crew throughout the winter.
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VIENTIANE. Laos—(UPI)—Western military sources here said today they had no information to indicate the Russians had stopped air-lifting arms and supplies to rebel forces in Northern Laos.
The sources said the weather has been so bad for the past several days in the so-called front area that "we doubt if even the ducks could fly."
American air-lift operations for government forces here have been seriously hampered by rain and fog.
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WASHINGTON—(UPI)Three House committees meet today to discuss Administration proposals to inject new spark into the nation's sagging economy.
The House Ways & Means Committee went into Executive session to work out a final version of President Kennedy's legislation to extend extra unemployment benefits to jobless workers. Abraham Ribicoff, secretary of welfare, estimated benefits under the President's recommendation would total 1.01 billion dollars in the first 12 months. Kennedy proposed a further increase of one-quarter of 1 per cent in social security taxes levied against both employers and employees, effective January 1, 1963.
The Ways and Means Committee was expected to complete work on the request within a few days.
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TOPEKA—(UPI)—Kansas' Democratic national committee accused the Republican state administration yesterday of attempting to abolish State boards for reasons of "political expediency."
Committeeman Frank Theis said the Republicans were playing "the old skin game" by introducing bills to abolish commissions and boards now controlled by Democrats. He said: "These boards are now occupied by a majority of members of the Democratic party appointed in the regular course of the State's business under these Republican laws."
The State Senate last week passed bills to abolish the Kansas Armory Board, and the State Banking and Real Estate Commissions, which are all controlled by Democrats. Membership on the commissions is based on Congressional districts, and Kansas is in the process of reducing its districts from six to five.
Gov. John Anderson called for the abolishment and consolidation of several boards because of the necessity to re-district and for economic reasons.
CAPE CANAVERAL—(UPI)—An unmanned space capsule of the type expected to carry an American into space later this year flashed 1,425 miles over the Atlantic ocean today and apparently survived its toughest test.
The capsule was fired on an 18-minute flight aboard an Atlas missile so scientists could "punish the hell out of it" and find whether it is safe for man.
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