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First Radio Contact Made
With Outer Space Beings
Two UK electrical engineering students
this week announced the first radio contact
with intelligent beings from outer space.

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an extremely sensitive antenna eight miles east of
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On February 12. during the ecning. Humphrey
noticed a series of
sounds occurring on
a certain
band.
After Mullowe copied the sounds on a wire recorder, the two students began transmitting a tight
beam "of patterns psychologically aimed at acknowledging their message."
Neither Mullowe nor Humphrey would divulge
the nature of their coding, but Kernel reporter Jim
Crawford said he saw a "pint-size- d
computing system" which probably is used in sending and receiving the messages.
Humphrey said the FIJI has been Informed of the
messages and that "we'll probably spend the next
20 years under n security wrap."
The last message received by Humphrey and Mullowe was on March 28.
According to Mullowe. the second message read:
"Earthmen! May we of outer space congratulate
you on being the victims of a cosmic April Fool's
joke. Sincerely yours, the space wizards of the Kentucky Kernel."
The only name in this story which is not fictitious
is that of Jim Crawford. He is real.
(The University students in the picture are really
Reid Hucaby W4iiQ (left) and Robert Lockhart
K4BGS (right). Both are members of the UK Amateur Radio Club, which would like to contact outer
space but hasn't.)
Dr. H. A. Romanowitz and L. K. Adams are the
club's engineering consultant and trustee, respectively. And neither of them came from Mars.

James R. Mullowe, 22, and Jag M. Humphrey. 24.
told Kernel reporters they managed to establish
radio contact with people of an unidentified origin
early this year.
The two students said their equipment consist
of refined and modified micro-wav- e
receivers, operating on higher frequencies than radio transmission utilized on earth.
Mullowe, f transfer student from the Southern
California Institute of Radio Technology, said the
messages received pn the micro-wav- e
set were in
code, but that he and Humphrey had managed to
decode them.
According to Humphrey, the messages originated
"either in deep space or from a craft in the solar
system."
It was assumed, Mullowe said, that the messages
were intended for earth reception, since they "seem
to be headed this way in tight beams."
The first message received. Mullowe said this
week, consisted of "a pattern of code signals that
seemed to be sent solely for the purpose of showing
they were intelligent messages being sent for our
acknowledgement."
This is the description of the discovery and decoding of the first message as given by the two stu-

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Outer Smee Communicators
James R. Mullowe and Jag M. Humphrey are pictured with the radio
equipment with which they claim to have made contact with being
Jjrom outer space. The two students say they have been receiving
coded messages from people of unidentified origin since Feb. 12.

Catalog Gives
Dorun Plans

The University apparently has made final plans to have
freshmen living in the men s d nns pay for their meals under a
compulsory system.

Insurance Program

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volume sales. He, also said that college-ag- e
persons
were the most accident-pron- e
age group.
His policy would cdVer automobile accidents and
major surgery. Fees for this type of policy would
be around $6 a semester. However, no definite insurance firm has been selected yet by SGA.
Health benefits offered students by the University
are free, Dr. Chambers said. The service covers
everything but major surgery and the costs of a
few specialists. Students are taken back to the

Opposition to a student health insurance
program was voiced this week by Dr. John S.
Chambers, director of the University Health
Service.
Dr. Chambers said he did not favor such a plan

at present because the costs to the

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group would be higher than the benefits they would
get from it.
When health insurance can offer "better service
for less," Dr. Chambers said he would back'an insurance program.
Last week the Student Government Association
approved a student insurance plan which would be
offered to students on a voluntary basis. Action
came after a Chicago insurance firm representative
outlined a program to the group.
The representative satd that group insurance
costs less because the company made profit from

Infirmary shortly after surgery.
The Health Service has two staff doctors, a part-tim- e
surgeon and eye. ear, nose, and throat specialnursing service, an y
ist.
technician, and a laboratory technician.
The budget of the Health Service is approximately $58.000 a year. This money comes out of
the University general fund. Operating expenses
are high, Dr. Chambers said, because the number
of Infirmary patients varies widely. A large staff
must be kept la meet emergencies.

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Floyd Edwards
Edwards, assistant managing
editor of the Louisville Times,
will speak at Z p.m. Monday in
room 211 of the Journalism
Building.

Such a plan is mentioned in the
March. 1955. UK "Bulletin of Oen-er- al
Information," printed for tho
1955-5- 6
school year.
The following reference is made
on page 25 of the bulletin, also
known as the UK catalog :
"All male freshmen are required
to reside and take a specified number of meaU In the residence halls
when accommodations are
The new catalog also mentions
the rent hike for the new dorm,
$90 a semester as compared with
the $51 to $69 rents in the old
dorms.
One contradiction appears In tho
reference to compulsory meals is
made. However, on page 23, tho
catalog reads to the effect that
"rooms in the men's residence halls
range in price from $G0 to $90 a
semester and board may be ob- -'
tained in the University cafeteria
for approximately $14 a week.
Meal charges, according to thd
catalog ."are standard for all students and are determined at the
beginning of each semester, dependent upon the number of day
students are in residence."

Colonel Athletic
Director
To Judge
Says No Decision
Debaters
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Col. R. S. Larson, commander of
the UK AFROTC unit and one of
the principals in last week's De--j
bate
controversy,
has been chosen as one of the
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judges for the
debate
Tuesday.
The debate, to be held in the
Laboratory Theatre in the Fine
Arts Building, will be on the question, "Resolved: that the United
States should recognize the Com-- .
munist government of China."
An apparent misunderstanding
developed last week when Cadet
Lester Wise assumed that the Air
Science Department was against
his debating on the Red China
question in the April 1 Notre Dame
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No decision has been reached by University officials as to
televising UK athletic events.
second, permitting only sell-oor
Athletic Director Bernie Shively near sell-ogames to be televised;
said informal discussions have been and third, forbidding all telecastWLEX-Tut

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Lexington,
held with
although no formal request for
television richts has been submitted by the new UHF station.
Mr. Shively described the current TV status as this:
it) FOOTBALL All television
rights must b in accordance with
the NCAA code i which provides
tournament.
fur several nationally - televised
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Col. Larson denied this, saying gamea and some on a regional
that, "No one in my staff has made basis) and also the SEC regulaany statement on whether a stu-- ! tions.
2) BASKETBALL
dent could or could not debate on
This matter
any subject."
is handled entirely by UK and is
Tuesday's debate will mark the not subject to the NCAA or SEC.
first time that Harvard, one of the The Athletic Council, which must
top debate schools in the country. approve all television rights, will
meet later this spring to formuhas appeared at UK.
Blue-Whit- e
Queen
First
The fir.st round will be at 11 a in. late a definite TV jxtlicy.
Wednesday
Other unhersitles have handled
Barbara Niemann, Kl). was crowned Blue White Queen Neil Lowry. with UK debaters James Dundon
game at Stoll lield.
and Charles English taking the af- - the basketball television problem
night at the annual intra-squa- d
in at least three ways first, perpresented Miss Niemann with the trophy during
president of
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mitting the telecast of all games;
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the half time ceremonies.
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On past occasions UK has received NCAA permission for tho
telecasting of sell-ofootball contest, such as the Tennessee game
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telecasting policy has ever
been adopted by the University.

No K erne
The Kernel will not b? published next week because of
Easter vacation. The next issue
will be en Friday. April 15. Easter vacation begins at 6 p.m.
Thursday, April 8. and ends at
8 a.m. Tuesday, April 12.

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