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Cyprus Nears War; UN Troops Okayed
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Cyprus was at the brink of all-out war today, with British, Turkish and Greek, and Turkish Cypriot forces dug in around Nicosia in expectation of an explosion.
The Greek Cypriots last night abroached the truce zone agreement and a high British Military source said there were indications they soon would violate the zone. This could set off a "Battle of Nicosia."
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And in Paris, French government sources said today President De Gaulle will propose a drastic new plan for Cyprus—probably involving some form of partition—when the present acute emergency on the island ends.
At the United Nations, meanwhile, diplomatic sources predicted a United Nations peace force may be dispatched to Cyprus by this weekend now that the United States and Britain have agreed to pay half the $8 million costs.
With enough money apparently assured for a stable start for the peace-keeping operation, diplomatic sources said, positive responses to Thant's troops request were expected to come in and the forces could be underway to Cyprus by the weekend.
Quick action was important because of the rising tensions on the Mediterranean island.
THE TWO WESTERN powers broke the financial stalemate yesterday, and Secretary General Thant immediately conveyed the news to representatives of the six nations he had asked to supply troops.
DE GAULLE WILL make his move as soon as the fighting ends and the time appears ripe for a political settlement between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, the sources said.
Among possible solutions De Gaulle has in mind were said to be.
- Transfer of the island to Greece.
- Partition of the island between Greek and Turkish Cyprites,
- Repatriation of the entire Turkish minority to Turkey, and
- Transfer of Cyprus to Greece and resettlement of the Turkish minority on another island.
The British warned the Greek Cypriotes that any action over the "Green Line"—or truce zone in Nicosia—would bring immediate retaliation. This almost certainly would
trigger major violence involving the Turkish Cypriots and Turkish army troops as well.
THE "GREEN LINE" is a 100-yard no-man's-land which has separated the warring Greek and Turkish sectors of the capital since the crisis erupted in December. It is the only area on the Mediterranean island where the British peacekeeping troops are empowered to shoot-to-kill automatically if either side violates the zone.
Rival Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces dug into sandbaggied positions commanding key spots in the Nicosia area. The British, beleaguered in their efforts to keep the peace, fortified their capital headquarters with anti-tank guns and heavy machine guns.
Just outside the capital. Turkish army troops—from a group of 600 stationed on the island—were in positions closer to Nicosia than ever before since the crisis started. Turkish Cypriot forces lined the main road north to Kyrenia, and Greek Cypriot forces reinforced their positions on the outskirts of the city.
THE CRISIS atmosphere was heightened by reports of American and Soviet warship movement in the Eastern Mediterranean and by Turkey's formal warning it would intervene militarily unless an international peace force is dispatched to Cyprus quickly.
Russia, which has promised to aid President Makarios, Greek Cypriots if Turkey intervenes, sent two destroyers through the Bosphorus into the Mediterranean yesterday.
Two warships of the U.S. 6th Fleet also sailed into the Eastern Mediterranean after visiting Istanbul, Turkey.
The geology department will offer three different sections of the beginning geology course next semester.
Course Broadened In Geology Dept.
The sections will consist of (1) students without a science background, (2) students with a good background in chemistry, and (3) students with a good background in chemistry and physics.
There will be appropriate lab sections for each course.
Wakefield Dort Jr., associate professor of geology, will be teaching the students with a science background and J. E. Anderson, instructor of geology, will teach those with a background in chemistry and physics. No instructor has been appointed to teach those with a chemistry background.
John W. Winslow, professor of geology, is now teaching on a part-time appointment here at KU.
Winslow, teaching Quantitive Ground Water Hydrology,a graduate course, is with the U.S. Geological Survey,Ground Water Division.
He did undergraduate work at Brown University and received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1957.
Flock to English Hoax
EAST MERSEA, England—(UPI)
—Amateur archaeologists flocked to this south England coastal town yesterday when bones believed to be those of a 200-million-year-old Ichthyosaurus were unearthed.
Thursday, March 12, 1964 University Daily Kansan
But the "sea monster" turned out to be a fraud. Robert MacDonald, a youth camp ward, said last night, "I buried a whale on the beach there seven years ago."
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The Combo Caribe is the featured combo for Latin American Night sponsored by the International Club. Music and dancing representative of various Latin American countries will be the entertainment.
Participants of the Fifth Seminar on Higher Education in the Americas have been asked to attend as honored guests, Ramon Mayor, Placentas, Cuba, graduate, chairman of the program, said.
The program will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, in the Big 8 Rooms of the Kansas Union.
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