J.R.P. No.1 Wins College Bowl Title
Fluttering hearts. Flushed faces. Sweaty palms. All the familiar agonies of College Bowl were present yesterday as the Joseph R. Pearson #1 team defeated Joseph R. Pearson #2 team in the final round of intramural College Bowl.
The close match, with each team leading at various times, ended with a score of 200-175.
As a result of this victory, JRP #1 will represent KU in the Big Eight College Bowl competition in Lincoln, Neb., on May 14-16, William Cibes, Altamont senior and chairman of the College Bowl Steering Committee, said last night.
Members of the winning team were Thomas L. Winston, Dallas, Texas, senior; Michael E. McDaniel, Wichita junior; James E. Niokum, Wichita senior; and Anthony E. Bengel, Independence senior.
After the match, Cibes presented the winning team with both a permanent trophy and a traveling trophy, the latter a reproduction of Rodin's "The Thinker." JRP is the second hall to have possession of this trophy. Stephenson Scholarship Hall won it the past three years.
Cibes explained that KU had a College Bowl team that competed in national competition in 1959, but that it was chosen through all-campus try-out sessions preceding the matches. The original team consisted of both men and women and appeared on the nationally televised edition of College Bowl.
CIBES ADDED that Frank (Bucky) Thompson initiated College Bowl on an intramural level in 1961. Thompson, a 1964 graduate, served as the Steering Committee chairman for its first two years and boosted the activity to the position of prominence that it now occupies.
"We were one of the first in the Big Eight schools to have a college bowl team as a regular activity," Cibes said. He explained that after KU formed its team, others in the Big Eight picked up the idea and established the Big Eight competition.
Spring, Ducks Mix For Festival Fling
What is the best way to duck-nap a duck?
This will be the question foremost in the minds of most hall residents as the Spring Fling opens officially at 12:20 Wednesday.
The kick-off will come in the form of a fireworks display in Memorial Stadium. John Hill, Waverly sophomore, said five huge sky rockets will be ignited in the stadium and shot over the middle of campus.
From then until 8:10 a.m. Saturday "duck-napping" will become a legal sport on campus.
Ducks were distributed over the weekend to the dormitories participating in Spring Fling. They must be kept in the cages provided, on the hall grounds and at ground level.
THE CAGES may not be locked and may only be fastened with the latch on the cage.
The duck-nappers may not take the duck by physical violence. No duck may be taken when a personal guard is within two feet of the duck cage.
To avoid conflict with university regulations, no ducks may be duck-napped from women's halls from 10 minutes before closing until 7:10 a.m. the next morning.
The ducks should not be picked up or handled unless necessary.
If ransom, such as a food exchange, is requested to insure early return of a duck, the agreement between the halls concerned must be approved by Wayne Graham. Independence, Mo., senior.
If no duck crosses the finish line within 20 minutes after the start of the race, the judges will determine the official winner.
The first events in Spring Fling will be exchange dinners on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday nights. The pairings are designed so a floor of one large residence hall will be paired with the members of another floor or a small residence hall.
Friday night there will be a Spring Fling dance at the Red Dog Inn featuring the Flippers.
SATURDAY MORNING, the testivities will be carried on atop Daisy Hill. They will include Volleyball and a sports car gymkhana. The volleyball teams will be composed of 5 boys and four girls from the hall pairings.
The gymkhana is a test of driving skills as the small cars maneuver around a complicated course racing for the best time.
At noon, the activities will move to Potter Lake for a picnic. Residents not wishing to eat at the lake will be served lunch at either Templin or Joseph R. Pearson Halls.
Saturday afternoon will feature such contests as the "bod race," egg race and the pie eating contest. Also a surprise marathon race will be held.
A recognition banquet will be held at 12:30 Sunday afternoon in Lewis Hall. This will be attended by all Association of University Residence Halls representatives, and the executive committees of each residence hall.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will be the speaker.
That evening the annual Spring Fling Sing will be in Murphy Hall. At this time prizes for the winners in the competition will be announced.
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He said the gas which he described as "non-lethal" was not used by American military forces but had been given to the South Vietnamese for use by their own troops.
HE SAID the gas being used could be dispensed by helicopters but there were other ways of employing it.
The spokesman said the gas being used "disables temporarily, making the enemy incapable of fighting." He said it was similar to the use of gas for riot control.
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"It is used in tactical situations in which the Viet Cong intermingle or take refuge among non-combatants," he said.
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"THERE HAS been gas used against the Viet Cong a couple of times. It produces vomiting."
U.S. Non-Fatal Gas Used by Viets; Armed Fighters Downed in North
TOPEKA — (UPI)— The Senate Committee on assessment and taxation today recommended for passage a bill proposing to raise the Kansas Sales Tax from $2 \frac{1}{2}$ to $3 \frac{1}{2}$ cents on the dollar.
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SAIGON—(UPI)—American military headquarters disclosed today that South Vietnamese troops have used nausea-producing gas provided by the United States against Communist guerrillas in Vietnam Nam.
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A spokesman made the disclosure at a news briefing. At the same time he reported that eight U.S. Air Force F105 fighter-bombers flew an armed reconnaissance mission over North Viet Nam today. One plane was reported shot down but the pilot was rescued.
Responding to questions from newsmen about reports that gas was being used against the Viet Cong, the spokesman said:
"Rather than use artillery or aerial strikes, the Vietnamese troops have and use a type of tear gas."
HE SAID THE object of the gas was to "make the enemy incapable of fighting" without killing civilians among whom the guerrillas often hide.
"Americans have not used it but the Vietnamese employ it," he said.
The spokesman said the gas was provided through the regular military aid program to South Viet Nam. He said it was similar to the type of tear gas used in riot control
—"the type of tear gas which induces vomiting."
FULL DETAILS were not immediately available on today's air action.
Reliable military sources said future air attacks against North Viet Nam may include raids on the capital of Hanoi and railroads linking it with Communist China.
In the ground war, about 1.000 Vietnamese troops were airlifted into action today against a heavy concentration of Communist forces only 10 miles from the big American air base at Da Nang.
De Gaulle's Power Slips
PARIS—(UPI)—Returns from municipal elections today gave a big boost to Gaston Defferre, the Marseilles mayor who wants to run for president against Charles de Gaulle.
De Gaulle's supporters suffered a bitter setback when they failed to win control of the Paris City Council.
Sunday's voting was a run-off of the first round of balloting held last Sunday.
THE GAULLIST UNION for the New Republic (UNR) lost one of the top political prizes in France by winning only 39 out of 90 City Council seats compared with the 48 it had confidently expected.
In Marseilles, Mayor Defferre, 54, claimed a "smarting" personal defeat of De Gaule when his combined Socialist-Center parties ticket took 41 out of 63 city council seats in the big Mediterranean port city. The Communists won the other 22 and the Gaullists failed to win any.
"WHAT IS POSSIBLE in Marseille also is possible on a national
scale," declared Defferre, who was assured of re-election as mayor. He is one of the few French politicians who really believes he can win this year's presidential election even if Dae Gaulle runs again.
"It has been shown at Marseilles that it is possible to beat the UNR and De Gaulle without an alliance with the Communists," Deferre said.
DEFFERRE'S PRESTIGE and image, however, suffered somewhat. He won re-election only through extreme rightist votes.
The Paris and Marseilles races were the key contests in the voting.
Weather
The weather bureau predicts a return to cold weather tonight with increasing cloudiness. Winds will shift to a northerly 15 to 25 miles per hour bringing a low tonight in the mid 20's.
Tomorrow will be cloudy and cold.
IT'S BEEN A LONG WINTER—These three bathers (?) will be participating in the women's scholarship fashion show Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom. There will be a cover
(Photo by Harry Krause)
charge of $1.00 for the show. From left to right are Nancy Egy, Topeka senior; Karla Hoelzel, Kansas City, Mo., junior; Sally Ann Martin, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore.