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University Daily Kansan, October 26, 1962
News Briefs From United Press International
Afghan rebels take station; 21 killed,12 hurt in battle
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Moslem rebels overran a police station in southeastern Afghanistan in a fierce battle that left 21 people dead and 12 others wounded, the Afghan Islamic Press agency said yesterday.
The attack occurred Sunday in Lazha, about 10 miles southeast of the capital of Kabul in the Moslem rebel stronghold of Paktia province, the pro-rebel agency said.
State-run Radio Pakistan reported a Soviet-trained helicopter pilot of the Afghan Air Force had defected to Pakistan during the raid but it did not release details of the incident.
The pilot said that mostly Soviet forces were waging the war against the rebels and have used nalmalm against rebel and civilian populations.
The report said 17 Afghan government troops and four rebels were killed before the attack ended at mid-day, when remaining government forces fled and the rebels took control of the police post and seized a large cache of weapons.
The broadcast, monitored in Islamabad, could not be independently confirmed.
Terrorists kill 2 Catholics in Ulster
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A Catholic abducted by Protestant terrorists three days ago was beaten to death and dumped in a Belfast alley yesterday, and another Catholic was gunned down on his way to work in Armagh.
The slayings of Joseph Donegan and Peter Corrigan marked the latest deaths in escalating sectarian violence in Ulster.
Protestant gunmen kidnapped Dongean Friday in retaliation for the abduction of a Protestant man by the Irish Republican Army.
Police said the body of Donegan, 48, was found in an alley in the Shankill section of Belfast, a staunchly Protestant area.
POLICE launched a full-scale hunt for Donegan's killers and were searching house-to-house in Protestant areas of town. They said they had raided several homes of Protestant paramilitary members and robbed more than 3,000 leaflets seeking information on Donegan's killers.
ATHENS, Greece — Premier Andreas Papandreou yesterday declared a "crushing victory" for his socialist party in mayoral elections throughout Greece. Opponents charged the premier owed his success to support from the Communist Party.
Corrigan was gunned down as he walked to work in Armagh. He had worked for the IRA's political wing, Simn Fein, in last week's election. He was shot by a man who jumped from a car that pulled alongside him on a street.
Greek socialists win mayoral races
Papandreou's socialist party, known as PASOK, and its communist allies elected an overwhelming number of mayors throughout the country, but saw the opposition New Democracy Party increase its percentage in larger cities.
Papandreou expressed bitterness over communist victories in districts where KHE, the Moscow-oriented Greek communist party, had not were not aligned with the socialists. He also accused the conservative New York Communist candidate candidates where the two left-wing parties were at odds.
WARSAW, Poland — Polish authorities yesterday released the final draft of a draconian "social parasite" bill that Western diplomats feared would be used against the government's political opponents.
Polish bill sparks fear in diplomats
The bill, which Parliament was expected to approve today, authorized forced labor or jail sentences for people judged to be avoiding work.
Many diplomats and other observers fear the new law will be used against the political opposition or former Solidarity members unable to register.
"Once they pass this law, they can lift martial law as they will have the legal basis to punish or detain people (for no apparent crime)," said a Western diplomat.
KAMPVILLE, Mo. — A couple and their two young daughters were kind yesterday in single-engine plane crash in heavy fog in St. Charles.
Plane crash kills couple, children
A spokesman for the county sheriff's office identified the victims as the pilot, Richard H. Kretner Jr., 30; his wife Laurie, 32; and the crewman, Jeffrey M. Schuster, 45.
Kreitner was a U.S. Army warrant officer and was stationed at Fort Riley.
Authorities said the plane apparently took off from the St. Charles County airport shortly after a s.m. and appeared to be headed back on a flight back to New York.
Authorities said they didn't know whether Kreitner was heading back toward the airport on purpose or whether he became disoriented in the fog.
Kansas Supreme Court justice dies
The nature of Fromme's illness was not disclosed. He had been at the hospital since July.
TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Justice Alex Fromme died yesterday at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center following a lengthy illness. He was 67.
Fromme became a member of the state's highest court in May 1966, replacing former Chief Justice Jay Parker, who retired. Fromme was a 1959 graduate of Washburn University of Topeka. He was Sheridan College's graduate from 1940 to 1948 and continued to practice law in Hoxie, his home town.
Ron Keeferov, public information director for the court, said the procedure to replace Fromme would begin with Chief Justice Alfred Schroeder declaring a vacancy. The Supreme Court Nominating Court must then submit names to the governor, who will appoint a new justice.
Correction
Eyra Webb, a KU band member injured during Saturday's football game, said yesterday that she would send a letter of protest to Duane Acker, president of Kansas State University, rather than to KU Chancellor Gene A. Budig as was reported in yesterday's Kansan. She said the letter would protest fan behavior during the game, which she believed contributed to her injury.
Dow suffers second lowest plunge
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average suffered its second worst point loss yesterday, plunging 36.33 points back through the 1,000
By United Press International
Traders became cautious after the 10-week summer rally and the Federal Reserve's failure to cut its discount rate as expected.
The loss in the indicator of 30 blue chips, dropping it to 955.13, was the worst since it plumged a record 38.33 Wall Street beaded for the Big Crash.
Yesterday's loss, however, was much smaller on a comparable basis — only 3.52 percent between 12.22 percent on the 1929 date. To match the 1929 percentage
THE FED'S failure to lower its discount rate Friday raised fears that interest rates would rise soon and kill off a move toward an 11.5 percent prime rate started by Chemical Bank last week.
drop, the Dow would have had to fall 132 points.
Profit taking emerged late Friday after the Dow got within five points of its all-time high of 1,051.70 set on Jan. 11, 1973. It rose 38.16 points last week and had been up 254.54 points over the past 10 weeks.
“This pullback is overdue,” Richard E. Minsull of Capital Advisers, Tulsa, “I am not surprised. What was surprising was we didn't have one before now.”
The New York Stock Exchange index fell 3.03 to 76.65 and the price of an
average share decreased $1.25. The paper value of all NYSE issues plunged $45.45 billion.
DECLINES ROUTED advances 1,577
— 193 among the 1,988 issues traded at 3 p.m. CDT, one of the broadest margins ever.
Big Board volume totaled 83,720,000 shares, down from the 101,120,000 traded Friday. Analysts noted the decrease in sales as an indication of the absence of panic.
The heavily capitalized blue-chip stocks that led the market up from a 27-18-month low in mid-August to a 10-year high were hit hardest by the profit taking.
"This looks like a full-blow retreat," William LeFevre, Purcell, Graham & Co. vice president, said, "All the Dow stocks are down and most by a point or
more. But I don't think this is the end of the bull market."
Blue-chip Exxon, which reported third-quarter earnings of $1.23 a share vs. $1.25 a year ago, was the most active NYSE-listed issue, off 1¼ to 30.
IBM, ANOTHER DJIA component that led the 10-week race, was second most active, off 2% to 80%. Mobile Corp. was third, off 1.5% to 25%.
Composite volume of NYSE issues listed on all U.S. exchanges and over the counter at 3 p.m. totaled 95,422,100 trades with 116,938,200 traded Friday.
The American Stock Exchange index plunged 10.18 to 316.42 and the price of a share shed 41 cents. Declines topped advances 591-140 among the 845 issues traded. Volume totaled 6,810,000 shares compared with 8,320,000 traded Friday.
Shankel named interim athletic director
Del Shankel, professor of biochemistry and former interim athletic director, will once again assume the chairmanship of the College of Gene A. Budiq announced yesterday.
Budig also organized a search committee to look for a replacement for Jim Lessig, who resignation as athletic director becomes effective Nov. 1.
Six of the eight people on the new committee also were on the committee
that chose Lesig last spring after Bob Marcuen, then athletic director, reeled.
SHANKEL BECAME interim athletic director Jan. 23. He served as interdirector until Lessig arrived at his job. He will assume Lessig's duties Nov. 1.
"I'm anxious to help the program be successful," Shankel said yesterday. "I believe Lessig's programs were good
programs. I think it's critical to work with students, and I expect to continue his programs."
Shankel estimated it could take two to three months to choose a new athletic director, but he said the interim director would also teach his teaching schedule in biochemistry.
Budig said Shankel understood the role of athletics at KU.
"He is known for his administrative
competence and objectivity." Budig said, "I appreciate his willingness to once again serve. He assures the program of effective continuity."
AFTER LESS THAN six months as KU athletic director, Lesg sign announced that week that he would accept a job as athletics coach for the Mid-American Athletic Conference.
Nebraska wins debate sponsored by KU
The University of Nebraska yesterday won the senior division of the Kidney Debate Tournament, a regional event sponsored by the University of Kansas.
Nebraska closed out the final round of the senior debate division, advancing two of its teams, said Gregg Walker. The other team was the tournament director. Rather than have
the two teams debate each other, he said, both were declared winners.
California State University-Fullerton won the junior division, beating Emporia 5-1.
Debaters who had competed for three or four years in college comprised the senior division, and those with one or two years of experience formed the junior division.
WALKER SAID 25 teams debated in
the junior division and 28 teams debated in the senior division. Twenty schools participated in the tournament, and the final rounds were held yesterday.
The debate topic this year is "Resolved: that U.S. intervention into the internal affairs of any foreign nation in North America. Hemisphere should be prohibited."
Bradley University won the individual events championship, and Bethel College and Kansas State University tied for second. The individual events are oratory, prose interpretation, poetry, or two-drama interpretation, extemporaneous speaking and rhetorical criticism.
WALKER SAID the Kidney Tournament was a good chance to measure the quality of debating teams in the Midwest.