Around The World
Monday, March 17, 1958 University Daily Kansan
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Vanguard I Circling Globe
A new American satellite was hurtled into space today in the nose of a Navy Vanguard rocket which overcame past failures in the bursting flame of a spectacular launching.
President Eisenhower made the victorious announcement that the baby moon, Vanguard I, was in orbit at 9:40 a.m.
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In his announcement, President Eisenhower said that the orbiting is part of a series of tests which will be conducted prior to the launching of Vanguard satellites as part of the United States' participation in the International Geophysical Year.
In Washington, meanwhile, atomic experts believe that the Russians have beaten the United States with tests of complete warheads for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
Sen. Henry M. Jackson of the House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee said that the intensity with which the Russians have been testing means that they have been testing a complete family of weapons for a variety of delivery systems.
Also in Washington, Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson estimated today that anti-recession legislation moving through Congress could provide two million jobs. That is almost 40 per cent of the 5,173,000 unemployed in February.
"I have a great deal more confidence in the economic outlook now, simply because the wheels have been set in motion and the government is actively to combat unemployment," Johnson said.
Meanwhile in Washington. top United States scientists today forecast "major breakthroughs" in the near future that may lead to cures for cancer.
Dr. John R. Heller, director of the National Cancer Institute, testified before a House appropriations subcommittee that current research projects, if successful, might make it possible to "immunize man against the disease."
Across the nation, white rather than green was the prevailing color this St. Patrick's day with fresh snows in the west and the northeast digging out of a near-blizzard this weekend.
He cautioned, however, that the ultimate cure of cancer would not be found overnight.
Rain and snow slickened highways brought hazardous driving to portions of Kansas again this weekend and with it came new traffic deaths.
It Costs To Park Here
At least three basketball fans are poorer, but wiser, according to an incident reported by the Lawrence Police Department.
Officers said a resident on West 20th Street stopped a police car and reported three cars had parked on his newly planted lawn. He told officers he wanted witnesses for the incident and pointed out tire tracks about six inches deep in his yard.
The resident then blocked the three cars with his own automobile and waited for the owners to return.
Five persons were killed in accidents near Grantville, Chanute and Wichita.
When the owners returned, the resident charged each of them $5 before they were allowed to move their cars.
One to two inches of snow fell across the state last night and flurries extended eastward across southern Missouri and into the Ohio valley.
In Monaco, four-day-old Prince Albert got a birth certificate and a new title yesterday in the throne room that he will occupy some day as a ruler of Monaco.
In Singapore, mutinous Indonesian troops were reported in control of the Sumatran metropolis of Medan today and rebel sources indicated that a chain reaction of revolt will sweep the big island.
He was given the title of "Marquis de Baux" at the ceremony of the siging of the birth certificate. It is a title used in the Rainier family in the past.
The last resistance was crushed by midday and the fighting continued. The defenders are reported to be making efforts to settle the situation.
Rock Chalk Tickets On Sale Wednesday
Tickets for the ninth annual Rock Chalk Revue, March 28 and 29, will go on sale Wednesday, according to Ted Hall, Garden City sophomore and ticket chairman. All seats will be reserved.
Tickets can be purchased at the Kansas Union ticket booth or the information booth on Jayhawk Boulevard. Tickets go on sale to all organized houses Tuesday.
Outer Space Invades Movies
HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood has caught up with the space age. Gene Fowler Jr., who last directed "I Was a Teen-age Werewolf," will produce and direct "I Married a Monster From Outer Space."
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To Choose Six Queen Finalists
six finalists, for the Jayhawker queen will be chosen from 19 contestants at 7:30 tonight in the Kansas Union Trophy Room.
Thomas G. Pettit, Topeka senior and Jayhawk editor, said the judges, four faculty members and one Lawrence resident, will choose the queen at an informal coffee and discussion with the candidates.
The contest winner will be announced in May when the final issue goes on sale. All finalists' pictures will be printed in the Javhawker,
All university women are eligible to enter under rules of the ASC constitution and Javhawker staff.
The queen contestants are Carol Davis, Oakley; Saldrich Aldrin, Clinton, Iowa; Colleate Wells, Kansas City, Mo.; Mary Carol Stephenson, Pittsburg; Susan Coffey, Clarenton Hills, Ill. All are freshmen.
Peggy McCormack, Kansas City, Mo.; Ann Cramer, Cincinnati, Ohio; Frances Keith, Hiawatha; Barbara Keller, Kansas City, Mo.; Julie Casterman, Pittsburg; Roanne Swanson, Lyons; Kathleen O'Neil, Kansas City, Mo. All are sophomores.
Barbara Everley, Eudora; Norma Lucyce Gornett, Wichita; Cynthia Hunter, Hutchinson; Ann Underwood, Emporia; Judy Gildchaus, St. Louis, Mo.; Carol Penka, Larned. All are juniors.
Caryl Dillon, Hutchinson, is the only senior candidate.
Student To Take Military Tests
Kraig Hansen, Emporia freshman, will take physical and mental qualifying examinations for entrance to the U. S. Military Academy, West Point. N. Y.
Hansen is enrolled in the University AROTC.
He and 109 other candidates will take the test at Ft. Leavenworth March 13-15.
THE OUTDOOR TYPE—Caveman Tracey West, Healy freshman, waits for a Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall cavewoman to take to Stephenson Hall's Neanderthal Ball Saturday night.
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