Daily hansan
62nd Year. No. 132
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, May 10, 1965
—Photo by Harry Krause
BLOWIN' COOL — Bill Griesel, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, takes a solo during the outdoor concert Saturday of the KU Kicks Band. The band, composed of both union and non-union
members, plays just for "kicks." The concert was the first public appearance of the band on campus. They won the big band competition at the Oread Jazz Festival in April.
New Dominican Leaders Order Rebel Surrender
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—(UPI)—Rebel forces today were under an ultimatum to surrender and face no punishment or be annihilated by troops loyal to the new U.S.-supported military civilian junta.
The five-man junta, headed by Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera, "retired" eight top ranking officers from the Dominican Republic's armed forces on Sunday in a move to win public support of the new regime.
Rebel troops shelled U.S. positions with mortar and rifle fire Sunday night, it was disclosed to day. No casualties were reported.
One round knocked over a tree 25 yards from a sentry post. The other landed nearby in a school yard being used as a U.S. military headquarters. American spokesmen did not indicate whether they knew where the mortars were em-
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OAS to Consider Troops for Peace
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—The Organization of American States (OAS) meets today to work out the details of its inter-American peacekeeping force for the revolt-torn Dominican Republic.
Thus far no Latin American nation has officially made available any troops for the hemispheric force, although a few countries have promised to do so.
Diplomats expected that troops for the force might come from Brazil, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Argentina, Columbia and Paraguay. Central American nations have been talking about the possibility of sending a joint contingent to represent all five of them.
U. S. Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus P. Vance said Sunday that the United States is making preparations to provide an airlift for the peace-keeping force "so that we can bring them as rapidly as possible into the Dominican Republic."
placed, or whether they planned any action to knock them out of action.
A U.S. military spokesman also reported a brief clash between the rival Dominican military bands outside the U.S. security zone but within hearing distance of the American-held Embajador Hotel.
Three new airborne casualties were reported during the night but there were no details on how they were wounded. Three non-battle casualties were reported, including one Marine killed when his fellow-sentry's rifle discharged accidentally. The man whose rifle went off suffered a nervous breakdown and also was evacuated.
One airborne trooper was reported to have suffered a possibly self-inflicted wound, but details were not immediately available.
Imbert urged the rebels, believed led by "provisional president" Col. Francisco Caamano Deno, to lay down their arms peacefully. He said they would be well-treated and given safe conduct out of the country.
There were five different reports of sniper fire against American positions during the night, apart from the mortar attack.
"We are delaying all we can," he said. "We want to do the best we can without shedding more blood."
U. S. officials said a rebel force of about 50 men attacked civil-military junta troops outside the security zone at nightfall but were driven off by junta riflemen and tank fire. No casualty figures were available.
The after-dark engagements were clearly heard by correspondents in the Hotel Embajador but they were not able to determine their nature until today.
IF THEY REFUSE. Imbert declared, his forces would launch an offensive to capture the rebel-held section of Santo Domingo.
Thirteen Americans have been kiled and 76 wounded since forces loyal to exiled President Juan Bosch began the revolt April 24.
Late Sunday three American
Navy men were released unharmed by the rebels. They had been captured Friday afternoon but were turned over to U.S. officials after negotiations with local Peace Corps Director Robert Satin.
THE THREE WERE Petty Officer 2-C Donald Martin of Wichita, Kan.; Chief Petty Officer Ellard Dana of Virginia Beach, Va., and Storekeeper Michael Monk, whose hometown was not immediately made available.
A U.S. Marine was wounded Sunday by sniper fire. He was the only American casualty during the day. Some 21,000 U.S. Marines, Army paratroopers and Navy men are on duty here.
Imbert said his new government had removed from power seven generals and one naval commander—six of whom immediately left the country and two were allowed to remain as "simply citizens."
The United States in a show of force moved a row of 106 mm. Howitzers in front of the Hotel Embajador, which serves as the U.S. military command post. The move came as Imbert was delivering his ultimatum to the rebel forces, but American officials gave no explanation of the hardware buildup.
It was believed the change of command also was aimed at peace arrangements with Caamano, a longtime aide of the ousted Bosch.
IMBERT'S ANNOUNCEMENT of the military purge gave no indication of the fate of Maj. Gen. Elias Wessin, who had been commanding forces fighting the rebels.
Caamano Friday criticized "corrupt generals" he said were leading the Dominican forces and singled out Wessin in particular.
Weather
The weather bureau predicts clear to partly cloudy skies tonight through Tuesday. Winds will be northwesterly at 10 to 15 miles an hour. Tonight's low will be near 45 degrees, and the high tomorrow will be in the 70's.
Around the Campus
"H-Bomb Father" To Speak
Dr. Edward Teller, known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb," will arrive at KU tomorrow to lecture to students and faculty and be re-united with his friend and colleague, Dr. David Beard, chairman of the physics department.
Dr. Beard became acquainted with the famed scientist while both men were at the Davis-Livermore branch of the University of California. Teller is a professor-at-large and chairman of the department of applied science at the Davis campus. He also is working with the Atomic Energy Commission at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., where he is associate director.
Dr. Teller will speak on "The Responsibility of the Scientist," at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Hoch Auditorium. At 3:30 p.m. Tuesday he will speak to physicists, other scientists, and interested persons on the Origin of Quasars" in room 124 of Malott Hall.
BEARD EXPLAINED what Dr. Teller means when he says "the responsibility of the scientist."
"One of the points in his book 'The Reluctant Revolutionary,' is that although a scientist is no more qualified in state-craft or politics than anyone else, still what he does has great impact on state and political problems." Dr. Beard said. "He has to contribute and he must be very active in the solution of these problems," Beard said.
Quasars, Beard said, are solar bodies which give off a tremendous amount of energy for their relatively small size, as compared to a regular star. "The source of the energy is a very small volume. This has been the most fascinating problem in astronomy and astrophysics since the discovery of quasars," Beard said. The name "quasars" is an abbreviation for "quasi-stars," he added.
DR. BEARD ALSO spoke of the noted physicist's interests. "His interests are really encyclopaedic. His main interest has been in defense and he has probably done the most of any man in the country for defense." Beard said.
Teller did work with Enrico Fermi and Laura Fermi. In her book "Atoms In the Family," Laura Fermi makes a very flattering reference to a very bright young Hungarian who had tremendous physical insight and bold ideas," Beard said.
One of the biggest problems Teller has been concerned with, Beard said, is the loss of personal and political freedom behind the Iron Curtain. Teller was born in Hungary and came to the United States in the late 1930's.
DURING THE SECOND world war Teller worked on the atomic bomb. At the end of the war, in 1945, he went to the University of Chicago's faculty and Institute for Nuclear Studies.In 1953 he joined the University of California faculty and since 1960 he has been professor-at-large in California's state university system. He has worked at both the Los Alamos,N.M.,and Livermore,Calif.,Atomic Energy Commission laboratories. Perhaps his biggest contribution to science was his role in the development of the hydrogen bomb, more popularly called the "H-Bomb."
'The Play's The Thing' to Open
A romantic intrigue among a group of artistic and temperamental people forms the plot in the new Experimental Theatre production opening this week.
Against the setting of an Italian castle, Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar takes a swipe at some of the people in his own world—the theatre—in his lighthearted comedy, "The Play's the Thing."
Molnar leads playgoers into the world of a prima donna who nearly loses her lover because of an overheard telephone conversation. The remainder of the play is devoted to untangling the complicated involvement between her, a playwright and a musician.
Molnar himself tells how he got the idea for the play.
HE AND HIS WIFE were staying in a hotel when he heard his wife talking in the room next door. On first impression he thought his wife was talking to somebody else, but investigation showed that she was learning German aloud.
Molnar's play was a hit on Broadway in the twenties. It was revived again in 1948, and Brooks Atkinson, the drama critic of the New York Times, considered it Molnar's best work, because of the clever dialogue.
The play was originally written in Hungarian, and the English version, by P. G. Wodehouse, is a close adaptation of the original.
Molnar, who came to America in the early years of the century, has written 12 other plays.
One of his plays, "Liliom," was taken as basis for the musical "Carousel."
"Liliom" will be performed at KU during the 1965 summer session.
Bela Kiralifalvy, Lawrence graduate student and director of "The Play's the Thing," mentioned the witty dialogue of the play and said direction was a real challenge. "It's also a test in comic technique for the actors," he said. "It requires very careful timing.
"ACCORDING TO OUR interpretation, the play has little substance," he continued. "Through its solid comic character and simple but very effective plot, its single purpose is to entertain." The KU production is based on this interpretation, Kiralifalyv said.
The KU production will use the original setting of the play, a castle on the Italian Riviera. The lighting is straightforward and the decor strives for the authentic effect, according to Kiralifalyv.
The play will run May 13-15 and May 18-23. Curtain time is at 8:20 in the Experimental Theatre. For tickets, contact Murphy Hall box office, UN 4-3982.