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VOL. 56 No. 15
Two Sigma Chi's
Turn 'Kidnappers'
Here’s the answer to the collegiate $64,000 question “Who
stole the Navy goat?” Two University students from Sigma
Chi took Billy XIV from his cage under Thompson Stadium
at Annapolis Sunday afternoon.
They brought the Navy mascot to a farm about 40 miles
from campus near Clearfield, with the intention of keeping
it there until the Penn State-
Navy game Oet. 15. They had
planned, with their fraternity
brothers, to bring the goat to
Beaver* Field in grand fashion,
possibly with a float, and then
return it to the Middies. ,
However, their plans were in
terrupted and Billy XIV has been
returned to Aonapoiis. Navy of
ficials have not brought charges
and “probably” will not.
Interstate Alarm Ends
President
Signs Six
Documents
DENVER, Oct. 4
ident Dwight D. Eisenhower
continued to make satisfactory
progress toward recovery
throughout today and signed
half a dozen more official doc
uments, the most since his heart
attack.
One of the papers on which
President Eisenhower put his
name in a 10-minute business
conference with his top assistant,
Sherman Adams, releases $500,-
000 of disaster relief funds which
the Agriculture Department will
use for conservation measures in
the . hurricane - flood damaged
states of Connecticut, Massachu
setts and North Carolina.
Signs 3 Commissions
Three of' the signatures were on
commissions for federal positions
and one was on a letter accepting
the resignation of Jack K. McFall
as ambassador to Finland.
Like the President, McFall has
a heart condition and that was
the reason for turning in his res
ignation.
The commissions, giving, recess
appointments requiring Senate
confirmation later, were these:
Herbert V. Prochnow, 58, of
Evanston, HI., to' be deputy wider
secretary of state for economic
affairs. Prochnow is a Chicago
banker and a Republican. He suc
ceeds Samuel E. Waugh, resigned
to become "president of the Ex
port-Import Bank.
Sprgue to be Counsel
Mansfield D. Sprague, 44, of
New Canaan, Conn., to be gen
eral counsel of the Department of
Defense, replacing Wilber M.
Brucker, now secretary of the
Army. Sprague also is a Republi
can and practices law at Bridge
port, Conn. He is a former speak
er of the Connecticut House of
Representatives.
John D. Hickerson, 57, of Wash
ington, D.C., to replace McFall
as ambassador to Finland. Hick
erson is a career diplomat who
formerly was assistant secretary
of state for international organi
zation affairs and later assistant
secretary for United Nations af
fairs.
Warm Weather to Stay;
Showers Are Expected -
Yesterday’s - warm weather is
expected to continue today with
a high temperature near 80 de
grees, the department of meteor
ology reported yesterday.
However, increasing cloudiness
and possible, showers are expect
ed this afternoon. Tomorrow
morning’s low should be in the
middle 50’s.
Yesterday’s high temperature
was 75 degrees.
Council to Plan Elections
Final plans for freshman elec
tions and for elections to fill two
sophomore council positions will
be madfe by the Chem-phys stu
dent council at then meeting at
7 tonight in 214 Hetzel Union.
The council will also start plans
for the chem-phys student-faculty
mixer and for their faculty ban
quet
(Eull
By RON LBllt
The solution, of the mystery
ended an interstate alarm for the
mascot. After the theft was dis
covered Sunday, officials at 1 the
Academy asked state police to
join in the search, and a frat
ernity house at the University of
Pittsburgh was invaded by the
Marines when a goat was seen
there.
The Pittsburgh goat, however,
turned out to be a nanny, and the
plot was revealed as a hoax, ac
cording to the Associated Press.
Students Tell Story
The two students told their
story to The Daily ollegian yes
terday with the stipulation that
their names be withheld. As
proof of their deed, they supplied
pictures of the goat.
It all started, they said, last
Saturday evening ' when they
made their first attempt to take
the goat from its cage under the
stands. • The area was too well
guarded then, and they merely
“cased the job” for a later try.
Downfall Explained.
However, they suspected that a
guard wrote down the license
number of the car they used,
which might have been part of
their downfall.
The next and best opportunity
they got was about 4:30 p.m.
Sunday. The cage was protected
by three locks and chains. They
worked their way through the
links and broke the chains.
Goat Given Ether
They gave tbo goat several
whiffs of ether and got him grog
gy so they could control him.
Next, they tied his legs and car
ried the animal to the back seat
of the car.
As they were tying the animal,
two boys about eight years old
approached them and. asked what
they were doing." The students
told them and gave the boys fifty
cents each to act as lookouts.
However, the two youths became
scared and ran away.
It was 'the only incident they
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Dodgers Make Good on
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (JP)~
[Brooklyn finally won a World
[Series on the eighth try to
[day after long years of bitter
frustration, tumbling the New
[York Yankees in a tense sev
enth game, 2-0, on Johnny Pod
res’ gritty pitching.
Scorned as 19-5 underdogs af
ter dropping the'first two games
at Yankee Stadium, the Dodgers
slugged back to become the first
team ever to win a best-of-seven
series after losing the first two.
Five times the Yanks threat
ened to jar the 23-year-old left
hander loose from the premises,
as they had jolted five other
Dodger series bids. But this blue
eyed blond from Witherbee, N.Y.,
and Sandy Amoros, a speedy lit
tle senior from Cuba wno started
a sensational double play with a
dazzling one-handed catch in the
sixth, were equal to each chal
lenge.
When Fodres marched from the
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5. 1955
Navy's Go at
BILL XIV. the Navy mascot,
grazes on a farm near Clear
field. about 40 miles from the
University. He was returned
to the Academy Monday after
two Sigma Chi men admitted
they took the goat as a college
prank.
Prexy Hit by Cold-
Unable to Attend
Education Council
Presdient Milton S. Eisenhower,
who planned to leave today to
take part in the 38th American
Council on Education in Wash
ington, D.C., will not attend the
conference.
A spokesman close to Dr. Eis
enhower said yesterday the pres
ident has been bothered with a
“messy” cold the past several
days but it is not serious. The
spokesman said he did not know
if this is what caused Dr. Eisen
hower to cancel the trip.
Dr. Eisenhower was to serve as
chairman of one of the five sec
tions of the council, Which will be
held Thursday and Friday.
The general theme of the meet
ings will be “Goals and Progress
in Planning for the Future of
Higher Education.” Dr. Harold C.
Hunt, newly appointed under
secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, will be one of the
speakers.
Cabinet Agendas
All-University Cabinet agendas
are available at the Hetzel Union
desk.-Cabinet will meet at 7 p.m.
tomorrow in the student govern
ment room of the Hetzel Union
Building.
Collegian Candidates
Students interested in work
ing on the editorial staff of the
Daily Collegian will meet at 7
tonight in 1 Carnegie.
Candidates need not be
journalism majors.
dugout to take his turn at bat in
the ninth, a roaring ovation from
the 62,465 fans at Yankee Stad
ium beat down upon his ears. It
was Podres who lifted the Dodg
ers off the fldOr in the third game
and it was Podres who led the
grand march into the promised
land of World Series victory.
It was the first Yankee series
defeat since Billy Southworth’s
St. Louis Cardinals upset them in
1942 and their fifth defeat in 21
series. They had won seven-in ai
row since 1942. * |
When other details of this series
are covered with dust and all but
forgotten, they still will remem
ber the catch by Amoros that
saved the-day for the Dodgers.
The Yanks were making one of
their sporadic raids on- Podres in
the sixth. Billy Martin walked
and Gil McDougald, who had
three of the eight hits off the
lefthander, had beaten-out a per
fectly placed bunt for a single.
Brooklyn’s 2-0 lead appeared
shaky as Yogi Berra strode to the
plate. The Dodger outfield was!
egiatt
Autopsy Shows
Wilson's Death
To Be Suicide
The , death of John J. Wilson, sophomore in chemistry
from Sharon, has been declared a suicide. The announcement
was made yesterday by Thomas J. Fritchey, Dauphin County
coroner, following an autopsy which was performed on the
body Friday.
Wilson was found dead at 9 p.m. Thursday in the bath-
room of his room in the Penn
Harris Hotel, Harrisburg,, less
than 48 hours after he was re
ported missing from his State
College residence.
Fritchey told the Daily Col
legian last night that Wilson
committed suicide by inhaling the
fumes from a mixture of potas
sium cyanide, hydrochloric acid,
and water.
The coroner reported he found
a partially full one-pound box of
potassium cyanide in- Wilson’s
room. A pitcher containing a mix
ture of the chemical and water
was also found in the room. It is
believed the student also mixed
in some hylrochloric acid, Frit
chey said.
Wilson, a former student at
Gannon College, Erie, had resided
at 630 Franklin street at the time
of his disappearance. When he
didn’t come home, after Wednes
day classes, his landlady notified
borough police.
Registers at Hotel
Wilson registered at the Harris
burg hotel at 3:30 p,m. Wednes
day, according to the hotel man
ager. How Wilson got to Harris
burg is. unknown. His landlady
reported he did not own a car.
The hotel manager became con
cerned when Wilson wasn’t seen
around the hotel after he regis
tered. All attempts to enter the
student’s room, or to call him
were unsuccessful.
Door is Forced
The manager ordered the door
to Wilson’s room smashed. When
Wilson was not found in the
room, the door to the bathroom
was forced. Wilson was found
slumped on the edge of the bath
tub.
On the floor beside Wilson was
an empty bottle with a hydro
chloric acid label on it. Splashed
in bathroom basin was a dark,
blackish liquid. Wilson’s suitcase
was still packed, Fritchey re
ported.
Graduated in 1952
Wilson was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Wilson, 449 N. Oakland
avenue, Sharon. He was gradu
ated from Sharon High School in
1952, and then spent two years
in the service.
He entered Gannon College in
1954 as a freshman, and trans
ferred to the University during
Orientation Week.
Bth Try, 2-0
i pulled around to right, leaving a
i big gap in left. Berra-slashed the
• ball into a high arc toward the
; leftfield corner, and Amoros, who
was playing in left center, raced
■ close to the stands with his
: gloved right hand fuljy out
stretched, catching up with the
ball at the last possible second.
One step less and the ball would
have dropped for a probable dou
ble, scoring both scooting base
runners to tie the score with a
mart on second and nobody out.
Sandy had just been sent to left
ona wise bit of strategy by Man
ager Walter Alston, after second
baseman Don Zimmer was lifted
for a pinch-hitter in the Dodger
sixth. Junior Gilliam was called
in from left to play second.
Amoros whirled and threw a
perfect peg to Reese who relayed
the throw to Hodges at first, just
nipping McDougald for a double
play.
It was a ball game with $lOO,OOO
riding on every pitch by Podres
and his assorted opponents, start
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FMA
Crisis
Sea Pag* 4
Auto Victims
Reported
Improving
University officials said yester
day that one of the six students
injured in an automobile accident
last Saturday near Milford will
resume her studies at the Univer
sity by the end of this week.
Four other students are expect
ed to be released from the St
Francis hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y.,
within the next two weeks.
Margaret Forster, junior in
home economics from Wilming
ton, Del., the most seriously in
jured of the six, is expected to be
absent from school for-at least
two months. Miss Forster frac
tured her hip in the collision.
Return This Week
The dean of women’s office re
ported that Judith Pendleton, sen
ior in physical education from
Bryn Athyn, is expected to be
back in school by the end of this
week.
Miss Pendleton suffered only
minor brush burns and shock in
the collision. A more complete
r e p o r t on the condition of the
others is expected to be available
when she returns.
The father of Margaret and
Ann Forster telephoned the dean
of women’s office last Saturday
night to report on his daughters’
condition.
He expressed relief that the
girls were not more seriously in
jured.
Broken Veriabrae
The girls’ father said he ex
pects Ann, who suffered a broken
vertebrae, to be back in school
within two weeks.
The three other students in
volved in the accident Ellen
Donovan, freshman in arts and
letters from Emporium; George
Althouse, sophomore in the divi
sion of intermediate registration
from Gladwyne; and Harry Leo
pold, the driver of the car, a
sophomore in the division of
intermediate registration from
Limerick; are expected to be re
leased from the New York hos
pital within the next two weeks.
The six were injured in a head
on collision which occurred at
2 a.m. last Saturday outside of
Milford as the students were en
route to the Penn State-Army
football game at West Point, N.Y.
Decline in Cold
Cases Reported
A slight drop in the number of
cold cases treated at the dispen
sary was announced by dispen
sary officials yesterday.
Approximately 130 s t u d e n t s
were treated at the dispensary be
tween 8 a.m. and noon yesterday.
However, only 40 of these com
plained of colds and sore throats,
a nurse said.
Last week, an average of 60
students a day visited the dispen
sary for cold treatment.
The infirmary reports 18 pa
tients with five confined due to
colds.
UCA to Meet Tonight
The University Christian As
sociation will hold an assembly
at 7 tonight in 304 Old Main to
discuss the Sermon on the Mount.
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