Two KU Freshmen Selected Scholars By LBJ Committee
Two KU freshmen are among 121 of the nation's 1964 high school graduates to be named "Presidential Scholars" by Lyndon B. Johnson on a visit to Washington last spring.
Johnson on a visit to Washington last spring Alice Kathleen Cox of Wellington and Everett Keith Rowson of Kansas City, Mo., received bronze medallions from the President on June 10 while such famous figures as poet Ogden Nash, columnist Walter Lippman and actress Helen Hayes looked on.
THE HONORARY AWARD program began in March when the President appointed a Commission on Presidential Scholars to select from among thousands those who would best represent "ail youth of high academic ability." The honorees were then sent surprise invitations to the White House for a full day of programs, interviews and receptions.
casual.
Before attending a picnic and entertainment program on the White House lawn, Johnson told the scholars, "I believe the destiny of your generation, and your nation, is a rendezvous with excellence."
Rowson, who also holds a National Science Foundation Scholarship, said, "We were so overwhelmed to meet such people as Dean Rusk and Alan B. Shepard. We even had a discussion of the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Earl Warren. Everyone was so nice, so casual."
A RECEPTION IN the Blue Room of the White House was attended by other well-known people such as physicist Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, author Robert Penn Warren and publisher Alfred A. Knopf. "The only one I recognized right off was Stan Musial," Miss Cox said.
Donald Mark Essmiller of Great Bend was the only other Kansan besides Alice to be named a scholar. He presently attends Kansas State University.
State University.
LIKE ROWSON, MISS COX maintained an A average in high school, and she holds a National Merit Scholarship and a KU Honor Scholarship.
"The whole thing has been unbelievable," she said. "Since you cannot apply for this award, it's a complete surprise to everyone." She and Keith had both heard of the President's plan to "recognize the most precious resource of the United States—the brain power of its young people," but neither one had a thought of winning.
Miss Cox plans to major in micro-biology at KU, while Rowson hopes to win a degree in mathematics.
Senators Confident Vote Will Pass Bill
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said today he was "reasonably confident" the Senate would break a stalemate by approving a non-binding declaration on legislative reapportionment.
The carefully hedged victory statement came as the Senate headed toward a crucial vote on a mild substitute designed to end the squabble over the Supreme Court's "one man, one vote" ruling.
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen, Ill., had indicated that he would attempt to kill the milder proposal before the key vote. But there were indications he might drop this plan and settle for a single vote on the substitute.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield abandoned support of the Dirksen amendment yesterday to co-sponsor the milder plan as a move to end the stalemate.
Dirksen was chief architect of the plan calling for a mandatory freeze on reapportionment compliance
Prospects for adjournment also were improved when Sen. Wayne L. Mose, D-Ore., said in advance he would not filibuster against the Mansfield compromise rider even though he opposed any such legislation.
Morse also is a leading critic of the Foreign Aid Bill to which the proposal would be attached. However, he said he would not try to delay action unduly.
Jacka Not Criticized
Phillip Jacka, Lawrence graduate student, was incorrectly identified in Tuesday's Kansan as a student criticized by a Downbeat magazine editorial about the Oread Jazz Festival. Jacka was not the student intended to be criticized.
The Oregon Democrat said it would "do the Senate as much harm as the Supreme Court" if it adopted a reapportionment rider. He said it would be an "evil day when Congress begins to advise any branch of the judicial system."
Sen, Jacob K. Javits, R-N.Y., who sponsored a similar compromise which failed last week, announced support of the new plan.
Sen. Frank J. Lausche, D-Ohio, also said the states needed some help from Congress to gain a chance to deal with their own reapportionment problems
EAN ME THUOT, Viet Nam — (UPI)—Six American servicemen were being held hostage in their own camp today by the mountain tribesmen they have been training to fight the Communists.
U.S. Hostages InOwnCamp
U. S. officers at Ban Me Thuot, headquarters of the Vietnamese 23rd Army Division, said the hostages were Col. John Freund, deputy senior adviser to the Vietnamese Army Second Corps, plus a captain and four enlisted men.
Also being held hostage in an increasingly dangerous blowup of tribal unrest were 40 Vietnamese special forces soldiers. The camp commander, a Vietnamese lieutenant named Chu, was last seen tied to the camp flagpole.
The camp is 25 miles west of Ban Me Thuot, which is 160 miles northeast of Saigon in the central highlands.
THE CAMP IS at Ban Sar Pa just off highway 14, the main transport route through the central highlands.
It is one of five camps which revolted Sunday against their Vietnamese officers and American advisers.
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Wichita Appearance Nets $50,000 for GOP Effort
State GOP chairman Oliver Hughes of Wichita said 500 paying customers turned out for the steak and eggs breakfast which was spiced with 15 minutes of Goldwater speaking.
WICHITA, Kan. — (UPI)— Sen.
Barry Goldwater's appearance at a
$100-a-plate breakfast dumped
$50,000 into the party treasury.
U. S. Sens, James Pearson and Frank Carlson, Gov. John Anderson, gubernatorial candidate William Avery, and U.S. Reps. Garner Shriver and Robert Dole, shared the head table with Goldwater and his wife Peggy at the breakfast and at a later speaking engagement at the Forum.
Avery introduced Goldwater at the breakfast and Carlson did the honors at the free public rally.
AT THE BREAKFAST Goldwater said it was a pleasure to visit "the greatest Republican state in the union."
He congratulated Kansas Republicans on having put Republicans in
all congressional, senatorial and statehouse positions.
Goldwater called his present campaign stumping "very encouraging" in light of the fact that he started out knowing he was the underdog.
Goldwater said, "We are going to win this election and the Republican party will come out a stronger and more unified party."
Goldwater said the subject of peace and foreign policy was the overriding issue of the 1964 presidential campaign.
He said the United States is at war in Viet Nam-"and the President isn't levelling with us."
Goldwater said the prime domestic issue was morality in government.
Goldwater said issue was morality in government. Citing the Bobby Eaker case, Goldwater said, "The Democrats have swept so much dirt under the rug they have to walk uphill."
He quipped, "You know what a Baker's dozen is these days? It means they give you 13 and you have to kick back two."
In his speech before 6,000 cheering
Twenty-Three Women Vie For American Royal Queen
KU's candidate for queen of the American Royal will be selected Friday when 23 women representing campus living groups compete before judges at 6:30 p.m. in the John Stuart Curry Room of the Kansas Union.
The 23 semi-finalists, selected Monday and Tuesday by their living groups, will appear before a panel of judges from the Lawrence area. Modeling cocktail dresses, the candidates will be judged on personal beauty, poise, grooming, and educational and social background. Individual interviews will enable
Individual interviews will enable judges to meet and evaluate each candidate.
The American Royal, an annual event featuring livestock exhibitions, horse shows and a coronation ball, will be held in Kansas City Oct. 8 to 11.
Only women from Big Eight or land-grant colleges may participate in the competition for queen. Activities scheduled for the finalists in Kansas City include a luncheon, a party at the Saddle and Sirinlo Club, and the Coronation Ball.
Candidates from KU and their living groups are: Christi Kannard, Prairie Village sophomore, Hodder
Hall; Connie Roeder; Burlington junior, Miller; Carol Baker, Kansas City sophomore, Douthart; Jareth Donnan, St. Louis sophomore, Sellards; Christine Ligush, Fort Worth, Texas, sophomore, Watkins; Peggy Smith, Garden City junior, Hashinger; Priscilla Osborn, Stockton senior, Hashinger; Judy Purr, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore; Karla Hoelzel, Kansas City, Mo., junior; Lewis; Beth Elsham, Leawood sophomore, Lewis; and Sandy Flynn, Leawood junior, Lewis.
Jean DeGrand, St. Louis senior,
Alpha Chi Omega; Ellie Taylor, Paola
senior, Alpha Delta Pi; Janelle
Heese, Pender, Nebr., junior, Alpha
Omicron Pi; Patty Koos, Mission
senior, Alpha Phi; Melinda Cole,
Miami, Okla., senior, Chi Omega;
Deborah Galbraith, Wichita junior,
Delta Delta Delta; Elizabeth Linde,
Wichita sophomore, Delta Gamma;
Constance Myers, Newton sophomore,
Gamma Phi Beta; Katheen
Strayer, Shawnee Mission sophomore,
Gamma Phi Beta; Kathleen
Frick, Lawrence junior, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Ann Peterson,
Shawnee Mission junior, Pbeta
Phi; and Karen Stumpff, Shawnee
sophomore, Sigma Kappa.
supporters, Goldwater laughed at charges that he is a warmonger.
"WE ARE PEACEMONGERS."
Goldwater said to wild appease.
He said, "All down through history war has come to the weak.
"Only the strong can keep peace—not belligerent strength but prudent strength.
"The weaker we get the greater the temptation to our enemies to attack us," the Arizona senator added.
He attacked the administration once more over the phasing out of America's manned bomber program.
Goldwater said that unless Defense Secy, Robert McNamara radically changes his position in the near future "by the mid-1970's the United States will be using Hertz rent-a-bomber."
On his arrival in Wichita last night, Goldwater told about 500 supporters: "We promise you a victory. I am growing more sure of this every day."
SPEAKING TO a group of his backers in Fort Worth yesterday, Goldwater charged the President had wrongly used tax data of the internal revenue service to pressure campaign contributions from two unidentified Texans.
"I have a letter I'm now investigating, written to two Texas men, touching on income tax irregularities in their returns, irregularities which were being corrected, which were threatened to be used by the President unless these men contributed to his campaign effort," Goldwater said.
He said two members of Congress, also unidentified, were told in effect that "if they did not vote for the (anti-) poverty bill," they would lose government contracts in their districts.
A CROWD OF 17,000 cheered at Dallas, a Republican oasis in Texas, as he denounced the administration handling of the Viet Nam war in general and Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara in particular.
When he charged that administration officials have no backbone, the crowd erupted in a mighty cheer.
Weather
Sweater-weather temperatures are predicted by the weather bureau for tonight with lows dipping into the 40s. Generally fair weather is expected tomorrow with temperatures remaining cool.
Big Russian Harvest Flops Despite Boasts, Expert Says
Contrary to the numerous reports from the Kremlin concerning the good harvest expected this year in Russia, Mr. Carl Zoerb, Russian agricultural expert, said last night that Soviet leaders are worried about future production.
In his lecture at the Kansas Union, Zoerb made a comparison of the virgin lands of Russia and a similar land area in Canada. These areas were found to be analogous because they both lie in semi-arid climatic zones, have about the same latitude, and both are short of adequate heat in the growing season of the wheat crops.
Zoerb explained that the virgin lands in Russia were plowed up for farming to solve the agricultural problems. Over the ten years they have been in production, however, the Russians have had only one bumper crop and the rest either
have been average or dismal failures. Total crop land was expanded by 30 per cent in the USSR but the only good harvest was in 1956.
According to the original plan, Zoerb continued, the virgin land plan was supposed to increase the grain output by five to six bushels per acre. Instead regression has persisted. Another reason for this failure is the decrease of fallowing in Russia.
In the comparison, the Canadian land showed much better production and a continual increase over the Russian land. Zoerb attributed this to several factors: since wheat is the only crop raised on the land, the monoculture tends to drain the soil of fertility, wide variations in production are due to the dry land farming, the administrators of Russia blame the farm managers and the farm managers blame their failure on a lack of machinery and poor incentive for labor.
Possible solutions for the Russian problem are fertilization and irrigation—both plans are impractical in the virgin lands area.
In conclusion, Zoebr said the production of the virgin lands is much below that of the area in Canada and cannot be expected to reach the same level in the next decade or ever. Politically the virgin land program was successful and the one bumper crop helped Khruschev retain power. In Zoebr's estimation this land area needs an immediate change in production plans or it will eventually revert back into grass lands.
Zoerb is on a home leave from Munich, Germany, where he works for Radio Free Europe as a chief analyst of Soviet bloc agriculture.