Daily hansan
62nd Year, No. 71
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1965
Communist Bloc Meets In Warsaw Conference
WARSAW —(UPI) - The Communist leaders of the Soviet bloc in Europe today began their first summit meeting since former Russian Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev was ousted from power last October.
They were attending a session of the political advisory committee of the Warsaw Pact, the Communist equivalent of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The official Polish news agency PAP said the session opened in the ornate palace of the Council of Ministers at 10:00 a.m.
The Soviet delegation was headed by Premier Alexei Kesygin, Communist Party chieftain Leonid Brezhnev, Defense Minister Rodion Malovsky and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
It started amid attacks on West Germany and claims that the summit conference will strengthen peace.
The gathering, in a building where Khrushchev had been entertained before he fell from power, was the first of its kind and the first Red bloc summit since he lost favor in the Kremlin.
THE ONLY OUTWARD evidence that the rulers of more than 310
million persons in East Europe were meeting was the presence of security police and the large number of black cars parked in the palace courtyard.
Residents of Warsaw passing by bucked the wind without paying attention to the police or the cars. But western newsmen who tried to watch the building from across the street were ordered to move along.
Meanwhile the newspaper Trybuna Ludu, official organ of the Polish Communist Party, attacked the multilateral nuclear force (MLF) proposed for NATO by the United States. In the past the Communists frequently have criticized MLF as a ruse to give West Germany nuclear arms.
Trybuna Ludu also denounced West German hopes for reunification with Communist-ruled East Germany.
"THE SOCIALIST STATES oppose with their whole might these intentions, dangerous for peace," the newspaper said in a front page editorial.
It claimed the meeting "will contribute to the consolidation of peace, peaceful coexistence and international security."
Viet Nam Generals Boycott Ceremonies
SAIGON—(UPI)—Four generals named to cabinet posts today boycotted an official ceremony.
They explained they were too busy with military operations but one of them said he would not accept his cabinet post unless certain "conditions" were met.
The ceremony was the public presentation of Prime Minister Tran Van Huong's reshuffled cabinet at Gia Long palace, the official residence of Chief of State Phan Khac Suu.
But even before the ceremony a crack developed in the new South Vietnamese cabinet, reorganized yesterday with U.S. blessings.
THE AIR FORCE commander, Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky said he met with Suu this morning to explain the conditions under which he would assume his post of minister of youth and sport. The key new ministry would involve dealing with South Viet Nam's restless students, who have been staging anti-government demonstrations.
Ky said one of his conditions was that the government adopt a "revolutionary" attitude declaring that only such a policy could enlist the popular support a civilian government needed in the struggle against the Viet Cong Communists.
THE FOUR generals had a meeting this afternoon in downtown Saigon only hours before the scheduled cabinet presentation.
Pending an official announcement of such a revolutionary policy, Ky said he was holding on to his command of the air force. It was understood, however, that the three other generals named to cabinet posts, would be willing to give up their military commands.
The newspaper also said the military might of the Warsaw Pact countries "stands on guard over peace and security."
"Any endangering of peace will meet with a resolute resistance of the socialist states," it warned.
The meeting was held in secrecy. But Western diplomats in Warsaw said the Communists might map plans to reduce East-West tensions under pressure of continuing hostility to Kremlin leadership by Red China.
Earlier today, the Polish press published Soviet notes to the United States and West Germany protesting alleged plans to sow the Western side of the Iron Curtam with nuclear mines.
In addition to the delegation from the Kremlin and the host country, the meeting was attended by Communist representatives from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Romania.
2 K-State Students Charged with Arson
MANHATTAN—(UPI)Two Kansas State University students faced second degree arson charges today in connection with a fire which destroyed the university's auditorium Friday.
Larry Sayler, 22, of 2635 N. 51st St., and William Shaw, 19, of 44 N. 18th St., both music students and both listed on college records as residents of Kansas City, Kan., were held in the Riley county jail under $5,000 bond.
Officers said Sayler, a junior, is a talented violinist, is choir director at a local church, and has been a leader in a student drive to obtain a new auditorium to house music and drama facilities. Shaw is a sophomore.
THE AUDITORIUM, built in 1904 at a cost of $40,000, had been the target of frequent student protests for several years. Occasionally during university convocations banners reading "Burn Down The Barn" were suspended from the ceiling.
Officers said Sayler was the author of numerous music reviews in the campus newspaper and that in some of them he charged it was impossible for musicians to perform satisfactorily in the auditorium.
The early morning blaze reduced the interior of the three-story structure to smoldering ashes and twisted steel. Only the limestone walls of the building remained.
OFFICIALS SUSPECTED ARSON almost immediately. A night watchman reported he found a stage door, which had been locked half an hour earlier, unlocked when he returned to the auditorium after the blaze broke out. Officers also determined that a fire extinguisher in the auditorium had been emptied before the fire was discovered.
Representatives from the Kansas Attorney General's office, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the State Fire Marshal's office, the University Patrol, police and sheriff's officers participated in the investigation, in which at least 16 persons were questioned extensively.
Churchill Hovers Near Death; Wilson Cancels Germany Visit
LONDON—(UPI)Britain prayed today for the greatest Englishman of the times.
Prayers for the fading Sir Winston Churchill were offered throughout the British Isles as the old statesman lay near death from a stroke.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Michael Ramsay, primate of the Church of England, called upon his countrymen to offer their prayers for the 90-year-old Sir Winston "as he approaches death."
Affairs of state were slowed by the old warrior's fight for life.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson postponed a planned three-day official visit to West Germany because of Churchill's illness. Earlier, he put off a Parliamentary statement on his economic plans and a television broadcast—both planned for today.
WILSON WAS to have gone to Bonn Thursday and planned to visit West Berlin before returning home Saturday.
Wilson's office announced the Prime Minister felt it would be "wrong" for him to leave the country while Churchill was fighting for his life.
Weather
The weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Winds will shift from southerly to northerly this evening. Low temperatures tonight will be near the 20 degree mark.
No new date for the visit was announced. But the West German government had said earlier it would "understand" if Wilson wanted to postpone his trip.
Wilson had planned to meet with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard to discuss Britain's plans for an integrated "Atlantic nuclear force."
PARLIAMENT ITSELF convened this afternoon after its Christmas recess with a special prayer for Sir Winston's recovery.
But special celebrations scheduled tomorrow to mark the 700th anniversary of Parliament were cancelled in deference to the man who rallied his countrymen to victory after their darkest hour of near defeat in World War II.
The boys at Harrow, Churchill's old school, offered a special prayer for the most distinguished alumnus. Queen Elizabeth II was kept up to the minute on developments.
The 90-year-old wartime prime minister spent a restless night and was believed at the point of death in early morning from the ravages of a stroke.
But at 11:46 a.m. (London time) today, Churchill's weary physician and lifelong friend, Lord Moran, told newsmen Churchill's condition had not deteriorated further during the morning.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERbury called upon all Britains to pray for Sir Winston "as he approaches death."
Lord Moran, himself 82, spent most of the night at Churchill's bedside.
watching his life ebb and apparently helpless to save it.
At the end of a $ 5 \frac{1}{2} $ hour vigil, Moran announced:
SIR WINSTON had a very restless night and his condition has deteriorated."
The doctor took four hours rest and then returned for another examination and then reported:
"In the four hours since the last bulletin there has been no further deterioration."
ANOTHER MEDICAL BULLETIN was expected sometime tonight but Lord Moran set no specific hour.
Washburn Coach To Assist Mitchell
The KU football coaching stan grew by one today with the appointment of Ellis Rainsberger to coach Jack Mitchell's staff. The announcement was made by Mitchell.
Rainsberger, who has head football coach at Washburn University for the past three years, produced that school's first Central Intercollegiate Conference football championship in 10 years last season. After dropping the 1964 opening game to Kearney (Nebr) State, the Ichabods rolled to eight straight victories. Rainsberger's career total at Washburn stands at 17 wins and 10 losses.
All-America Selection Surprise to Fred Elder
Probably one of the most surprised persons to read about Fred Elder being chosen as Academic All-Ameri can was Fred himself.
Elder, Wichita senior, first learned of his honor when he picked up the newspaper last weekend and read the article saying he had been chosen for the award. As of yet he has received no official notice from the authorities informing him of his honor.
Elder was one of two football players chosen in the Big Eight for the Academic All-America Football Team. first string.
A mechanical engineering major
with a 1.8 grade point average overall, he said, "I am very surprised that I was chosen for this award with that grade average.
"TVE STILL GOT the all-American dream of becoming rich and a millionaire." Elder said.
A tackle for the KU football team, Elder will be graduated in February to work as an engineer for the Bell Telephone Co. in Topeka.
Although maintaining a grade point average high enough for admittance to the mechanical engineers' honorary society, Elder does not spend all his time studying.
In the fall much of his time is oc-
Fred Elder
cuped by football, but he likes to spend his rare spare time with his hobby.
"I enjoy hunting but I don't usually have time for it," Elder said, "I have a gun collection that I like to fool around with when I have time. I have a few stashed around the house here."
"I JUST STUDY whenever I can," he said. "If I get tired of studying I
Depriving Elder of his spare time are his last study efforts before graduation in February. But even with graduation so near, Elder does not map a rigid study program for himself.
quit and maybe waste a half hour or so."
Elder's wife, Jane, is a KU graduate, teaching the fourth grade at Linwood.
Elder, married a year ago last December, received a 2.65 grade point average the semester following his marriage.
When asked if he thought marriage had influenced his grades, he replied, "I think it helped quite a bit. My wife was also in school so that made it a little bit easier to study."
Elder, a wrestler last year, has also been chosen for the academic Big Eight, honorable mention.