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Robert N )rock, junior from
Elkins Par who two weeks
ago declined nomination, last
night was elected president
.of the Liberal Arts Student
Council.
He was unopposed.
. Nurock had declined the nomi
nation to seek the Campus Party
nomination for Ali-University
Secretary=treasurer. He lost the
nomination to Joseph Boehret.
Robert Steele, Campus party
nominee for All-University presi
dent, also declined the nomina
tion for council president at the
meeting two weeks ago.
Feldstein Elected VP
Jay Feldstein, sophomore from
Elizabeth, was elected vice presi
dent. Feldstein defeated Richard
Friedman, sophomore from Har
risburg, by an 18-10 vote.
Sandra Shogre n, sophomore
from Pittsburgh, was elected sec
retary-treasurer on the fourth
ballot. Miss Shogren was opposed
by Bonnie Keys, sophomore from
Mt. Penn, and Lois Henderson,
sophomore from Hazleton.
The first ballot vote was 11-9-8.
The second ballot ended in a
10-9-9 vote, making it necessary
to hold ' a third ballot without
dropping the low candidate. The
third ballot vote was 12-9-7, and
the low candidate, Lois Hender
son, was dropped.
Shogren Wins, 16-13
Miss Shogren.won the election,
16-13, on the last ballot
David Steck, junior from Phila
delphia, gave a committee report
on the council election to be held
April 3 and 4. Steck said that the
committee is planning to have
each candidate submit a photo
graph. Photographs will be dis
played on a poster at the polls.
The polls will be located in
West Halls and in the Hetzel
Union Building.
Patricia O'Neill, sophomore
from Staten Island, N.Y., reported
that the evaluation committee is
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Lion Unmoved
Despit Rain
The Nittany Lion, still hoping
for a possible victory in the All-'
University elections, continued on
with his vigorous campaigning
despite the gentle mud-producing
rain that greeted him this morn
ing.
According to r(
cent tabulation:
all the Lion en
count for his ei
forts are t w
muddy, boots
However, despif
the' condition c
his footware, th.
candidate for All
University presi
dent co n tinuet
on his way, seek.
ing votes where,
Today's weather calls for light
rain ending early this morning,
followed by cloudy conditions and
cooler air tonight. The tempera
ture will be between 40-45 de
grees.
Senate Kills Move
To Exempt Texts
The state Senate yesterday
killed a proposed amendment to
the sales tax bill which would ex
empt text books from the levy.
The amendment was introduced
by Sen. To Hays (D.-Centre-Clear
field). The party-line votes
showed 22 Democrats voting for
the' amendment and 27 Republi
cans voting against it.
The Senate approved the con
tinuation of the sales tax at 3
per cent, also on a straight party
line vote.
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 20. 1957
Did You - Vote Yet?
—Daily Collegian Photo by Marty &herr
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE chairman, Bill Johnson, explains the
operation of the voting machine to Dale Smith, freshman in aero
nautical engineering from Croyden. Lianne Cordero, member of
elections committee, looks on. •
19 Projects Planned
For Greek Work Day
Nineteen community projects have been selected to date
for this year's Greek Week work projects day on March 31,
according to Iris Olbum and Robert Steele, co-chairmen.
The co-chairmen said that although 19 projects have been
arranged, they are hoping for additional ones. They esti
mated that 500 persons will be
needed for the projects that have
been lined up
Miss Olbum and Steele have
been working with Eugene M.
Fulmer, executive secretary of
the State College Chamber of
Commerce, to arrange these pro
jects.
Fifty-one fraternities and 23.
sororities will participate in the
work projects day, one of the
highlights of Greek Week. -
A mass meeting of fraternity
and sorority projects represen
tatives will be held 1:30 p.m.
Saturday in the Hetzel Union
Building. Assignments will be
made at that time and the
groups will receive instructions
for the work projects.
The projects so far are as fol
lows:
Sunset View Park, Holmes Fos
ter Park, E. Fairmount Play
ground, S. Hills Playground, Corl
Open Threat o
Emerges Over-
JERUSALEM, March 19
(IP)—The open threat of a
new war - emerged today
from Israel's dismay at
Gaza Strip and Aqaba Gulf
developments since she
turned over those battle-won
territories to the United Na
tions.
• Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion said Israel's army will
march against Egypt again if
President Nasser "tries to
block our historic and legal.
passage into the Gulf of
Aqaba."
- It would be a black day on
the moral conscience of the
world if we had to move our
army to defend our rights," he
said. "We will do it only as a
last resort. But if forced. we
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
St. School, Woodycrest Play
ground, Matternville School.
Matternville Playground, Boats
burg Playground, Westview Play
ground, State College High School
football field, Centre County
Home, Bellefonte.
Midget League ball field.
located outside of State College.
Nittany and Panorama Villages,
residential playground areas,
Lemont School. Prospect Ave.
tennis courts. College Heights
playground and Ferguson
Township Lion's Club commun
ity park, near Pine Grove Mills.
Greek Week Committee
The final meeting of the Greek
Week general committee will be
held at 7 tonight in 218 Hetzel
Union.
All members of the committee
have been asked to attend by Gen
eral Chairman Robert Nurock.
Mideast War
rael's Dismay
will do it and do it effec
tively."
Ben - Gurion implied he
hoped for backing from Pres
ident Eisenhower—"an honor
able man, a friend and a gen
eral of arrnies"—on the basis
of a letter Eisenhower dis
patched to him during Israel's
early March crisis over the
final pullout orders.
If there is no forthright ac
tion by the United •Nations,
Ben-Gurion said, the Eisen
hower Doctrine "could cen
tainly be used to halt such a
little man as Nasser."
"In his letter, the President
stated we would have no re
grets if we withdrew," Ben-
Gurion said. "For me, this was
more - valid than any treaty be
tween nations. That was the
word not only of the President
of the United States, but of an
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970 Cast Ballots
In Ist-Day Vote,
Hitting New Low
First-day voting in the spring elections slipped to a new
low yesterday when only 970 students went to the polls.
At stake in the elections are the All-University, senior
and junior class and Athletic Association officers for next
year.
Not for at least five years has the voting fallen below
1000, and except for last year,
i
when 1575 students voted on the
first day, the number has stayed
well above 1800.
Over 7 Per Cent
The 970 figure represents a
little over 7 per cent of the eli
gible voters. Last year's first-day
vote of 1575 accounted for 15.2
per cent of the voters.
Spokesmen for the All-Univers-1
ity Elections Committee expressed'
dismay at the low voting total
and suggested that yesterday's
off-and-on rain may, have been,
partly responsible for the low
figure
The polls were open front 8 a.m.
to 9 p.m. yesterday in the card
room of the Hetzel Union Build
ing and will remain open during
the same hours today and tomor
row. All students are eligible to
vote and will be admitted to the
polls .upon the presentation of a
matriculation card for this semes
ter.
342 Freshmen Voted
The voting totals fell into des
cending order by class, from the
freshmen, who cast 342 ballots, to
the 103 seniors who voted.
Sophomores, who are electing
next year's junior class officers,
cast 304 votes. Juniors, who are
filling the senior class offices.
cast 221 ballots.
Voting was heaviest during the
afternoon hours, according to Wil
liam Johnson, Elections Commit
tee chairman. An estimated 500
students cast their ballots during
that time.--
300 At Polls Before Noon
Committee members estimated
that less than 300 students ar
rived at the poll's between 8 a.m.
and noon, and that about 150
students voted during the evening
hours.
Four voting machines, one for
each class, are set up in the HUB
cardroom. Students may vote a
straight party ballot by pulling
a lever heading a party or column
or they may split their tickets
by pulling the individual levers
beside each nominee's name.
WSGA Senate to Meet
The Women's Student Govern
ment Association Senate will meet
at 6:30 tonight in 213 Hetzel Un
ion to discuss how it can help
the newly-elected Senate.
honorable man, a friend and
a general of armies.
He said that is the reason he
sent Foreign Minister Golda
Meir on her latest mission to
the United States—to make
clear to Eisenhower and to UN
Secretary Genera} Dag Ham
marskjold - that Israel will in
sist on "freedom from terror
on the Gaza border and free
dom of passage through both
the Suez Canal and the Aqaba
Strait of Tiran."
The interview—one in a
series Ben-Gurion gives to
news agencies and news mag
azines on an alternating basis
—went beyond his previous
public warnings.
He told his Parliament last
Wednesday Israel would con
sider herself free to act on her
own if Egypt took over the
Gaza Strip from UN forces.
Nasser's
Quandary
See Page 4
Airport Site
Sought By
2 Boroughs
The Airport Authorities of State
College and Dußois have decided
to work together in trying to ob
tain an airport for the Centre
County area rather than a state
favored one at Philipsburg, ac
cording to D'r. M. K. Gingrich.
vice chairman of the State Col
lege Authority.
Dr. Gingrich said the state de
cided in 1956 to erect the airport
at Philipsburg—as a proposed en
largement of Black Moshannon
Airport—with or without federal
aid.
County Site Favored
State College and Dußois, Dr.
Gingrich said, favor an airport
in Centre County, since an air
port at Black Moshannon would
be of little value to the county, it
being tou far away.
The State College and Dußois
Authorities held a meeting last
night at Clearfield at which they
were to devise _a joint working
plan to better deal with the situ
ation.
Hope For Aid
Both Authorities are hoping
that th e federal government,
which is now conducting a survey
for a possible site in the area,
will favor the Centre County area
for aid under the National Airport
Plan.
A survey for opinions on an air
port is presently being conducted
in State College by the Authority.
This survey has already been com
pleted among residents, and the
surveying of businessmen is now
under way.
Student injured
In Auto Crash
Glenn Weidler, freshman in pre
veterinary from Palmyra, re
ceived head and body wounds in
a $l5OO automobile accident early
yesterday morning.
Weidier was taken to the Cen
tre County Hospital with a punc
ture wound of the left side of the
head and brush burns and abras
ions of the right shoulder and
right side of the face after he
failed to make a curve near a
railroad crossing west of Miles
burg.
The car went off the road to the
left, hit a railroad signal standard
and a utility pole and skidded on
for more than 100 feet.
Two other persons were in the
car, but they escaped injury.
Stop Sign Placed
On Locust Lane
A third stop sign has been
erected at Locust Lane and E.
Beaver Ave. to halt northbound
vehicles traveling on Locust Lane.
A warning has been posted
ahead of the sign. Cars coming
over the hill at Highland Ave.
will be able to see the warning
sign.
This makes the second new stop
sign in a month posted by the
borough. The other one was put
up at S. Pugh St. and E. Beaver
Ave. _
FIVE CENTS