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U.S. Holds Big Missile Edge
LONDON — (UPI)—The United States now holds almost a 5-to-1 lead over the Soviet Union in intercontinental ballistic missiles, the authoritative British Institute for Strategic Studies reported yesterday.
The Institute warned, however, that the 1964-65 period may be the last in which Western superiority in long range strike power is so marked. It said the US ICBM program will be substantially completed next year while the Soviets are expected to step up production.
The report said Communist China's detonation of a nuclear bomb does not alter Peking's basic military weakness. It added that China's nuclear technology is now apparently considerably more advanced than had been generally assumed.
THE INSTITUTE is a private corporation which works closely with official defense authorities in the western alliance. It derives its support in part from the Ford Foundation.
The report said the United States will have 925 ICBMs by early next year, compared with 200-odd for the Soviet Union. The institute's estimate for early this year was 475 for the United States to 100 for the Soviets.
In fleet ballistic missiles, including the American Polaris and its less advanced Soviet counterpart, the US superiority has more than doubled in the past 12 months, the report said. It increased from 2-to-1 to 4-to-1, according to the study.
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The report said the Soviets continue to hold an overwhelming superiority in medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles with 750 of these weapons. They are aimed at western Europe and Japan and are based near the western, southern and eastern borders of the Soviet Union, on the Pacific coast and in Siberia.
THE SOVIETS also have about 1,400 medium range bombers, the report said, while western strength in this category has been reduced by about 25 per cent during the past year. The West leads in long-range heavy bombers, 630 to 200.
In addition, the number of tactical nuclear weapons employed by the
The KU School of Fine Arts will present the Chamber Choir at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre.
This select group of 40 voices was formed two years ago by Clayton Krehbiel, professor of choral music, with a membership of predominately juniors, seniors and graduate students.
Chamber Choir Program Slated
For the program, Krehbiel has selected "Trois Chansons" by Ravel, "Spells" by Juli Nunlist (on poems by Kathleen Raine) and Bach's Magnificat in D. The Magnificat will be done with orchestra and organ.
allies in western and southern Europe has increased by 60 per cent in the past three years, the report said. Other data:
- The Soviet army now is believed to have about 140 divisions, of which only about 70 are at combat strength. The Russian army is estimated to total 2.2 million men.
- The total active army strength of the NATO forces is 3.12 million.
Red China can be expected to avoid those areas of conflict which could lead to a world war. But Peking may aid limited wars in southern Asia.
$\bullet$ There are no signs that the Sino-Soviet conflict has led to any withdrawal of Russian forces from its European satellites.
- Russia spends $30 billion to $35 billion a year for defense. The United States spends $50 billion.
- Communist China is unlikely to develop a missile delivery system for nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future.
- Soviet forces in Cuba have been reduced to below 3,000 men. But Cuba has modern weapons, including surface-to-surface missiles with a range of about 25 miles. There are 24 surface-to-air missile sites on Cuban soil, previously Soviet-manned but now believed to be under Cuban control. The Cuban army is estimated at 90,000 men, equipped with modern anti-tank missiles and T-54 tanks. The Air Force is believed to have a substantial number of Soviet MIG jet fighter planes, possibly equipped with air-to-air missiles.
Hearing Defects Impair Classwork
By Jane Larson
A student sits in the classroom with a blank look on his face.
He may be sleeping or thinking about TGIF-ing, but he also may have a hearing problem.
Dr. R. I. Canuteson, director of the Student Health Service, says about five per cent of KU students have some type of a hearing difficulty.
Dr. Canuteson said, "There is an increasing number of hearing defects in the high frequency sounds. This could be due to constant noise factors such as the continuous blaring of hi-fi's and radios."
CHRONIC SINUS infections are also responsible for hearing loss,
although cause for some loss is not always known.
The student who finds himself in a classroom with a hearing problem may have a hard time hearing the instructor and getting all the assignments.
Miss Margaret Anderson, associate professor of speech, said, "The first requisite is that the student be able to know what the instructor says, and second, that he be able to take part in class discussion."
TO THE STUDENT with the hearing problem she advises they sit in the front of the room and inform their instructor of the situation.
"Most cases of reduced hearing on the average university campus are not severe enough to affect a person's speech." Miss Anderson said.
Not only does a hearing loss affect classroom and social participation
but sometimes the loss will be great enough to produce a speech defect.
Students who have speech defects may have individual help at the Student Speech Clinic, a joint project of the Student Health Service and the Department of Speech, supervised by Miss Anderson.
The clinic helps the student learn how to make these sounds correctly and establish them in everyday conversation.
Fortunately most speech defects connected with a hearing loss found at KU are only minor.
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