Freedom Network Listening Dangerous for Cuba Fans
NEW ORLEANS — (UPI) — Imprisonment is a harsh penalty for listening to the radio—but in present day Cuba it is the normal practice if the radio is beamed to broadcasts sponsored by the Cuban Freedom Committee (CFC).
The committee has organized a network of four radio stations to combat Cuban propaganda and alert the western hemisphere to Communist infiltration.
CFC is headed by Mariada Arnsberg, a widow from the United States who spent 15 years in Havana. It is privately endowed by three U.S. foundations, which prefer to remain anonymous. CFC has air time on radio stations in New Orleans, Miami, Key West and Radio Americas in the Caribbean.
THE PROGRAMS ARE to the Cuban people what "Voice of America" broadcasts are to those behind the Iron Curtain.
WGBS in Miami, WKWF in Key West and Radio Americas carry the Spanish-language programs a total of nine hours daily. These are supplemented by three 5-minute broadcasts a week in Cantonese for Cuba's 40,000 Chinese inhabitants and 20 minutes in English for British West Indians in Cuba and nearby Islands.
At WWL in New Orleans, a 50,000 watt clear-channel station, the programs are half an hour daily but provide deeper penetration than the others—particularly in Latin America.
THE FORMAT for WWL's broadcasts is 12 minutes of news, 6 minutes of music, 12 minutes of commentary. The commentary portion
Bids Set for 10-Story Dorm
KU officials are making plans for construction of a 10-story residence hall which will house 630 students. Construction is expected to get underway April 1.
Saturday the Board of Regents approved a $1,950,000 loan by the Federal Housing and Home Agency in Washington, D. C., to help build the dormitory. Along with the loan, $650,000 in University funds will be used.
The new residence hall will be located south of Hashinger Hall. near 15th and Iowa Streets.
Paper Suspended Students March
PHILADELPHIA — (UPI) A demonstration against suspension of publication of the student newspaper turned into a pushing and shoving match between opposing groups on the University of Pennsylvania campus Sunday.
No one was hurt or arrested, but some of the signs urging students to "March for Freedom of the Press", carried by 35 staff members of the Daily Pennsylvanian, were destroyed by a crowd of 400 hecklers.
The paper was ordered shut down Saturday by the men's Student Government Association for alleged "irresponsible and distasteful content."
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The protest group marched for a while in front of the residence of the Dean of Men Robert F. Longley who had criticized the content of the newspaper.
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gives the other side of the story Fidel Castro tells his people. It also needles him about unkept promises and continued killings for political reasons.
On Sundays, the WWL program features talks by Msgr. Eduardo Boza Masvidal, exiled Catholic bishop of Havana. His broadcasts, taped in Madrid, Spain, discuss Christian vs. Marxist conceptions of man and the need for creating a community of ideals in Latin America.
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Script-writing for the four-station network is handled by exiled Cuban writers. The primary news source for the programs is "Chester," a Spanish-language teletype service of United Press International.
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IT IS DIFFICULT to assess how good the penetration is in Cuba. Letters from that country frequently mention jamming attempts by Castro. The letters, unsigned or signed with bogus names for fear of reprisal, also request longer programs. Financial problems limit the length of the programs and also the area in which the programs are heard.
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However, favorable mail has been received from Central and South America as well as from Cuba.
AN EXCERPT FROM one Cuban letter said: "If they catch one listening, it is prison...we are living in"
Another referred to the programs as "the spiritual meal of thousands and thousands of patriots."
a reign of terror."
CFC claims no government subsidies but three U.S. congressmen and various other public officials of this country are on its advisory board. The committee also distributes a pamphlet entitled: "Be Alert American Peoples." It goes to anti-Communist groups in Latin America, particularly trade unions, professional associations and student groups.
Professor to Speak On Latin America
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Simon Rottenberg, professor of economics at Roosevelt University, Chicago, will speak on "Sense and Nonsense in Latin American Economic Policy," at the University Lecture at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow in room 306 of the Kansas Union.
Prof. Rottenberg is an authority on the economic patterns and problems of Latin America. He formerly taught at the University of Chicago, Catholic University of Chile and the University of Puerto Rico.
The lecture is presented by the Latin America Area Committee and the department of economics.
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Samson Receives New Grant
Frederick Samson, associate professor of physiology and chairman of the new comparative biochemistry and physiology department, is working on two research projects to increase understanding of how the brain works.
Both projects are supported by grants from the United States Public Health Service. One grant is for a new project. The other a continuation of a project he has been working on for the past four years.
The extended project is to bring understanding of the functions of cerebral subcellular particles. These particles are involved in supplying energy to the brain cells.
The new project is to study changes in high energy compounds in the brain. These chemical changes occur when the brain is subjected to severe physiological conditions such as electrical currents,
lack of oxygen or powerful drugs. The research is being done in an attempt to relate physiological conditions to the chemical changes within the brain.
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