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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1955
Page
5
HUGOTON resident H. Lee Sturgeon will join the Kansas University School of Business as an accounting instructor next year. A two time KU alumnus he earned a B S in 1951 and an MBA in 1954 with a thesis on farmer tax treatment. He previously taught and worked in business education roles.
Geneva reports Homi J. Bhabha opening the International Atomic Energy Conference with a forecast that hydrogen bomb energy will be harnessed for peaceful use within twenty years. He, president of the 72 nation gathering, said fuel will be as plentiful as heavy hydrogen in oceans once this is achieved. The conference runs through August 20 at the Palace of Nations with hundreds of papers planned and messages from Eisenhower and Dag Hammarskjold stressing peaceful aims and safety.
Rajendra Nath Sinha, an Indian entomology researcher at Kansas University, completed a week course on tracer isotopes at Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. He holds degrees from Calcutta University and will receive his doctorate this fall. During the program he learned radiation detection instruments, purification methods, and isotope applications in chemical and biological research.
Sidney Martell of Kansas City, a 1922 onward inspector for the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, and former Rosedale Water Department employee, died Sunday after four weeks illness. He attended Hasket Institute and is survived by his wife and son. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gates Chapel with burial in Mt Moriah Cemetery.
Geneva reports say after a 21 hour session Ambassadors Johnson and Wang Ping nan recessed for 48 hours without progress. Talks focus on 40 Americans held by Peiping and repatriation of Chinese students. Key issues include a list of Chinese nationals in the United States and India as a third party representative for Peiping in civilian repatriation.
U S Senator Knowland says West German Chancellor Adenauer’s forthcoming visit to Moscow could indicate whether Soviet strategy has shifted. He notes Adenauer accepted the invitation but no date is set, and stresses there has been no sign of a softer Soviet stance on key Cold War issues since Geneva talks.
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