Page 10 University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 14, 1963
A Valentine Gift
Carnations Minus A Sweetheart Rose
A young woman walked briskly into a Lawrence flower shop, slammed a red spiral KU notebook on the counter and said:
"I'd like to order some flowers for Valentine's Day. What do you suggest?"
"... sort of a qaq."
"Are they for a girlfriend or your mother?" asked the clerk.
"Neither. They're for my boyfriend — sort of a gag," she said in a "not too happy voice."
A SMALL ARRANGEMENT of four carnations with the traditional
Educational TV Bill UpForSenate Vote
TOPEKA — (UPI) — A bill to provide for an educational television network in Kansas was expected to come before the Senate for formal passage today.
The measure, recommended for passage by a committee of the whole senate yesterday, has the approval and recommendation of Gov. John Anderson.
A similar bill was defeated in the 1961 general session.
Nearly two hours of debate followed explanation of the bill yesterday. It was argued that the state would lose 3 TV channels already reserved unless a program is adopted.
While no specific request was made for appropriations, about $1 million would be required for the first year of operation. The estimated total cost of the proposed six-transmitter network was set at between $6 and $6.5 million.
Although several senators spoke against the bill, none indicated they would vote "no" when it comes up for passage.
Sen. Ted Sanborn, R-Belleville, said he is not "opposed to education but I am worried about where the money will come from."
Ringas Termed 'Dangerous'
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BARNSTAPLE, England — (UPI) — The North Devon Hospital management committee has asked married nurses to remove their rings while on duty because of "the danger of spreading infection..."
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sweetheart rose in the center was suggested.
"That's OK," said the young woman, "but leave out the sweetheart rose."
The clerk said she paid for the flowers, wrote a short note to be enclosed with them, and walked out slamming the door.
"She didn't seem to happy," he said.
CONTRARY TO that young woman's boycott, four Lawrence florists agree that the most popular Valentine flower is the red rose. One shop reported ordering 1002 red roses—not including pink and white ones. Another said they ordered 500 extra for the Valentine's rush.
Florist shops stayed open last night until 10:00 and clerks said they expected to stay open late tonight filling orders, some to be sent all over the United States, Germany, Sweden and Alaska. The overseas orders were made mostly by KU foreign students.
Florists estimated that 30 to 70 per cent of their customers were KU students-men students.
ONE CLERK explained that the busiest time for florist shops today will be 5 p.m. when husbands, on their way home from work, suddenly remember: "I'd better get something for my wife."
Despite the many orders for a dozen red roses, one shopowner told of one young man who phoned in an order for one long stemmed red rose, and asked to have it delivered in the customary, long flower box. "We have less expensive flowers if you want to send more," the clerk said.
"Money isn't the object," the young man replied. "Just send one rose in a big box."
Britain Builds New Missile
LONDON — (UPI) — The London Daily Sketch said today Britain is building a top-secret air-to-ground missile to fill the gap left by the scrapped Skybolt and provide his own "independent deterrent" within the next two to three years.
Desmond Clough, the newspaper's defense correspondent, said British scientists were "completing the prototype of the secret rocket" last December when Prime Minister Harold Macmillan went to the Bahamas for talks with President Kennedy on the scrapping of the U.S. Skybolt.
CLOUGH SAID the missile, which will be launched from the projected TSR2 superbomber, changes the whole picture of Britain's defense policy. Macmillan had come under heavy attack for putting all of Britain's eggs in the United States nuclear basket.
The correspondent said the missile "will also provide an airborne deterrent to match the sea-launched Polaris as Britain's missile submarines become operational in the 1970s."
The United States will provide the Polaris missiles or the British submarines under an agreement signed Dec. 21 by Kennedy and Macmillan after their talks in the Bahamas.
THE PACT was signed after the United States decided to scrap the Skybolt missile program. Britain had been relying on the air-to-ground missile to prolong the life of its V-bomber force of about 175 planes.
The Skybolt was designed to be fired from planes at targets to up to 1,000 miles away.
Clough gave no details of the new British rocket he dubbed "Missile X," but he said "its speed of descent will be so great that it will be virtually unstoppable."
HE SAID it would come into use by the time the TSR2 superbomber is ready in 1965-66, or about five years before Britain's U.S. Polaris armed mariners are operative.
Communists Hijack Ship
A government spokesman said requests were made to the United
CARACAS, Venezuela — (UPI) — Armed Communists who captured a Venezuelan freighter bound for Houston, Tex., on the high seas said today they are pursuing "peaceful political ends" and called for protection of international law.
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The ship apparently was seized early yesterday morning in the Caribbean Sea about 380 miles north of Venezuela. It left La Guaira harbor near Caracas Tuesday on its way to Houston to pick up industrial machinery.
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