Munition blast hits army plant
CHARLESTOWN, Ind. — (UPI)—A giant explosion rocked the Indiana Army ammunition plant near this Ohio River Valley town today, injuring many persons and shattering windows for miles around.
The blast occurred in a storage area where huge quantities of gunpowder are kept in igloo-
Union will relay foreign broadcast
The broadcast of the crisis over free elections in the Dominican Republic will be received in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union at 7:30 p.m.
KU is among U.S. institutions that will receive the national telephone broadcast from the Theological Seminary in New York City. It is sponsored locally by the National Student Christian Federation.
A panel discussion will follow the presentation, said Rev. John Simmons, campus coordinator for the discussion.
type bunkers underground with thick concrete walls.
Clark County Memorial Hospital at nearby Jeffersonville reported it was treating 17 persons in emergency rooms shortly after the explosion. One person was admitted as a bed patient, the hospital said.
At least 12 other victims were reported to be en route to the hospital.
Joyce Morrison, an employee of the plant, operated by the federal government and reactivated because of the Viet Nam war, also said none of the injured appeared to be hurt seriously.
All the windows in a 20-unit motel at Prospect, Ky., across the river from the big plant, were broken.
Windows were shattered in homes and buildings over a broad area, including Utica and Sellersburg, Ind.
Administrative employees of the plant said the blasted jolt them in their offices 6 and 7 miles from the scene of the explosion.
The plant, about 18 miles north of Louisville, Ky., employs about 2,400 workers.
PEACE CORPS OFFERS MEET FOR PARENTS
A "Parent Seminar with the Peace Corps" will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Rockhurst College, 53rd and Troost, Kansas City, Mo., Jon Cook, Leavenworth senior and former Peace Corps volunteer, said today.
Parents of volunteers have been formally invited to the meeting. Former volunteers will show slides and present a panel discussion in three areas: Asia, Africa and Latin America. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend, Cook said.
MA's granted in 1876
KU granted its first two master of arts degrees in 1876 on its 10th anniversary. The graduate school itself was not organized until 1896, but arrangements for granting advanced degrees were first made in 1875.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts scattered showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon and tonight turning sharply colder this evening. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and colder with a high in the 50's after tonight's low of 35 to 40 degrees.
EUROPEAN FLIGHT
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A forum for anyone interested in taking the Student Union Activities flight to Europe is being held at 7:30 tonight in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union. So far 80 people have signed up for the trip and are expected to attend the forum.
SUA tour to be explained
Friday is the final deadline for the European flight, according to John Green, Kansas City junior and SUA Travel Bureau chairman. The cost of the round trip from New York to Paris is $336.
those at the forum, according to Keith Baker, Hays sophomore and SUA Flight to Europe publicity chairman.
Final flight details such as insurance, how to rent a car and possible tours will be discussed at the forum. Maupintour, handling arrangements for the trip from June 10 to August 8, will advise
The interest shown this year, said Baker, is enough to merit planning two flights for next year. One is being considered for the end of the second semester and another flight is a possibility for the end of the summer school term.
This trip has been in the planning stage since last spring.
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Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 27, 1966