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University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 18, 1964
Kong Le Flees Communist Army
VIENTIANE, Laos—(UPI)—Laos's shaky truce and coalition government crumbled today under a Communist onslaught in the key plain of Jars that sent Neutralist Military Leader Gen. Kong Le fleeing to the hills.
Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma appealed to the British and Soviet envoys to do everything possible to stop the two-pronged offensive by the Communist Pathet Lao. Britain and Russia are co-chairmen of the 1962 Geneva Conference which established the coalition government.
The Patnet Lao sweep on the strategic plain in Central Laos dealt
the coup de grace to the two-year-old cease-fire and virtually ended all hope for an early settlement of the political crisis.
(THE WEEK-END SUCCESSES of the Pathet Lao brought a top-level review of U.S. policy on Iaos by American officials in Washington. Yesterday, Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with diplomatic representatives of a dozen countries involved with the tiny, southeast Asian kingdom.)
The Pathet Lao attacks coincided with stepped-up Communist guerrilla activity in neighboring South Viet Nam, putting pro-western forces on the defensive in key parts of Southeast Asia as the rainy season begins
Radio-TV Cites 19 Top Students
Awards for service in radio and television were made to four broadcasters, two faculty members and 19 students at KU last Friday.
Robert Schmidt, general manager of KAYS and KAYS-TV, Hays, was named broadcaster of the year. Jean Glenn of WDAF, Kansas City, Mo., and Rush Evans, program director of WIBW-TV, Topeka, received performance awards. Bill Leeds, news director of WDAF and Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information were made associate members of Alpha Epsilon Rho, national honorary radio-TV fraternity.
The first Richard Harkness Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism was given to Larry Schmidt, Omaha, Neb., graduate student. The award was made in honor of Harkness, a KU graduate and recipient of the Alumni Association distinguished service citation in 1960.
Michael Bush, Glendale, Mo., and Stephan Hagen, Great Bend, were named outstanding seniors in radio-TV-film through journalism.
James Porter, Kansas City, was named outstanding senior majoring in radio-TV-film through speech.
John Nance, Wichita junior, received the Kansas Association of Radio Broadcasters scholarship. Karen Layland, Paola junior, received the alumni scholarship. Miss Layland also received an outstanding merit award in continuity writing.
Other awards for outstanding merit went to:
Lance Hayes, Burrton graduate student, best student film; John Nance, Wichita junior, best TV directing; Michael Bush, Glendale, Mo., senior, KUOK (student radio station) management; Gene Boomer, Kansas City graduate student, TV directing; Jane Turk, Greencastle, Ind., graduate, music scoring: "This is KU", Gary Bender, Ulysses graduate student, sports reporting; Terry Shockley, Rock Island, Ill., graduate student, sports reporting; Fax Robertson, Atchison senior, radio sales; Stephen Williams, Old Chatam, N.Y., senior, jazz festival radio network; Bill Lynch, Salina freshman, jazz festival gaslit remotes; Allen Kubik, Caldwell senior, jazz festival; Pete Wellington, Kansas City. Mo., junior, radio management, KUOK; Penny Gover, Lawrence sophomore, traffic —KUOK, writing—KFKU, KANU; Brad Berentz, Leavenworth sophomore, television crew work; David Pomeroy, Overland Park senior, film and TV crew work; Cheryl McCool, Clinton, Iowa, junior, music programming; Hoite Caston, Independence graduate student, film performance.
Informed observers in Vientiane believed the Pathet Lao offensive was the Communists' final reply to the union of neutralist and rightist forces achieved after the bloodless right-wing coup April 19.
The Pathet Lao, reported aided by troops from Communist North Viet Nam, opened their offensive Saturday morning. Yesterday the Reds overran Kong Le's headquarters village of Muong Phan, 100 miles North of Vientiane.
VIENTIANE ITSELF was threatened as other Pathet Lao forces moved to isolate the capital.
The Canadian and Indian members of the International Control Commission (ICC), set up by the Geneva conference to patrol the 1962 cease-fire, escaped from Muong Phan by helicopter as communists shelled the village. The Polish ICC member had refused to go to Muong Phan.
The ICC said all of the Plain of Jars appeared to be controlled by the Pathet Lao. The plain is 100 miles North of Vientiane and is considered the gateway to the rest of the country.
Kong Le's whereabouts were unknown. The Canadian and Indian ICC members said he fled after the rout of his badly-outnumbered neutralist forces.
It was considered likely that Kong Le was trying to reach the headquarters of Gen. Veng Now, a leader of the Anti-Communist Meo tribesmen in the hills south of the Plain. There is a landing strip at Veng's headquarters.
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NEW YORK—(UPI) —Dominick Tucci's mother described him as "adventuresome" after the 12-year-old eluded his parents and security police at the World's Fair for 11 days and 10 nights.
Fair 'Phantom' Found
DOMINICK SET OUT for the fair rom his home in Port Washington.
Was he afraid?
They telephoned his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benito Tucci. The boy's much relieved mother said he is "adventursome, but not a bad boy."
Dominick said he had planned to stay the entire summer at the fair] But his mother had other plans for him.
Dominick's springtime odyssey ended yesterday when a concessionaire who had seen his picture in a newspaper spotted him at one of the pavilions and alerted police.
Dominick sneaked onto the fairgrounds May 6 and remained there until Sunday — after defying the best efforts of his parents and police to find him even though they knew he was there.
"There's nothing to be afraid of," he said. "The fair is crawling with cops."
THE 4-FOOT, 8-INCH, 80-pound youngster, who had become known to police as "The Phantom of the Fair," spent four nights in the dark and empty Continental Insurance Co. pavilion, and other nights in the Coca Cola, African and Johnson's Wax pavilions.
In fact, he may prove to be one of the few fairgoers who left the grounds with as much money as he had when he arrived.
HIS ABILITY TO LIVE off the land, so to speak, allowed the blond seventh grader to eat well, sleep comfortably and acquire enough spending money to occupy his waking hours.
in suburban Long Island, on May 6 after his parents told him they would not visit the fair until next fall. He used the last of his money for train fare.
How did Dominick live during the 11 days and 10 nights he spent on the fairgrounds?
She brought a clean set of clothing for him, then hustled him home.
For money, he spent the pre-dawn hours each day retrieving coins thrown into wishing-well fountains.
"Sometimes I got as much as five dollars," he said. "I ate hamburgers and had sodas, except last Friday I had Chow Mein."
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