s Rites Held sltp ivjjiyi Victim r^enn ' ■ yjj W l«i wIBBS VOL. 58. No. 55 . .cSDAY MORNING. Dtv » Poisoning Police Seek - Clues Coed' Yestc Of Gi Funeral servic delphia for a sev poisoning to die of unnatur; Carbon mono: Virginia Price Killed by gas fumes Vanguard Hit By Trouble In 'Brain' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 2 UP) —Trouble was reported to have developed today in the sec ond stage ‘‘brain’* of the Van guard rocket being readied for an attempt to propel an American baby moon into space. An informed U.S. Navy source said American technicians are working around the clock to clear the hugs out of the second stage which houses the control and guidance systems of the 72-foot rocket. This stage has not been tested previously. He described the trouble only as static in the electronic system. Unless eliminated, he .said, this could cause the rocket to wobble in flight and force its destruction. - In Washington, the Defense De partment has emphasized there is no certainty the first sphere to -be fired will start circling the earth. Putting a satellite into orbit is not the prime purpose of the test “but of course such a result would be welcome because of the addi tional data which could be gath ered,” the department said. The test is intended primarily to try out the complete launching equipment and to gather perform ance data. A satellite put in an orbit 300 miles above the earth’s - surface could stay up for a year, calcu lations indicate. The lower the height, the shorter the time the satellite could stay aloft- # The calculations on a satellite’s life are based on the density of the atmosphere at various heights. Even the extremely thin air 300 miles up would exert enough drag on a satellite to slow it down and end its career in the long run. If the grapefruit-sized satellite in the nose cone of the Vanguard is hurled into orbit,' it will go aloft just two monthi to the day after Russia sent 'up Sputnik 1 Sputnik II with its dog passenger was launched-Nov. 3. The United States h< four, of these . small orbit'this month, ther equipped 21-inch spb as possible next year. The smaller satellite ped to broadcast sigr able American Moon keep track of their pn will not be visible t< eye. : •es were held yesterday afternoon in Phila-'. _ enth semester coed who died of coal ;iving Day, the third member of her family ■ g || :ide fumes overcame Virginia Price, senior; in education from Philadelphia,; who was student teaching in- Mechanicsburg. She was found early Thanksgiving morning -in! the Camp Hill Manor tourist home, about four miles from! Harrisburg. Three other University coeds who lived at the Manor had left Wednesday to spend the holidays with their parents. They are Mar garet Sartoris, senior in education from Latrobe, and Patricia Thom as and Joyce McCloskey, both seniors in education from State College. An autopsy performed by Dr. Edward A. Haegele, Cumberland County cororner, showed that Miss Price died from fumes escap ing from a stoker-type coal fur nace. Miss Price's mother was killed J Sept. 1, 1956, in a plunge from ! the_ Henry Avenue bridge in | Philadelphia's Fainnount Park, i Her broth sr, Franklin Price, was i fatally injured in an auto crash | near Lewistown in 1951. Dr. Haegele said the faulty fur-, nace had been tended Wednesday; night. The fumes apparently! leaked from, an opening in the! furnace door into the coed's room] which is almost directly above! the furnace room. j Another occupant of the home,- Lewis C. Hall, 69, of - Rochester,! N.Y., was awakened by the fumes.] He was partly overcome but wasj ahle to contact Mrs. Ruth Miller J owner of the manor, who lives in' an adjacent house. Mrs. Miller summoned a near- 1 SHALLOW GRAVE (circle) where the remains of an infant were by patrolman who found the coed! found Saturday behind the Niltany Lion Inn lying across her bed. Upon learn-' ing of the tragedy, Mrs. Miller 1 _ collapsed and was placed under # !a physician’s care. Hill later was il/jUI CU » VIW [treated in Harrisburg Hospital * . when he became ill. RftfnorC f inn Miss Price was leaching biol- lid O LwHJII ogy at Mechanicsburg Area . Today's predicted slightly war °f , her mer weather isn't cheering up the senior-year work. She had plan- i ned to return to campus for her jNittany Lion, eighth semester in February. ■ Deciding to keep up on the lat- She was a member of Alpha , campus con- Gamma Delta sorority, the Riding ]t rover sies, the Club, Jazz Club and an organiza-jLion visited RO tion of science teachers. She alsojTC classes yes played in several Thespian pro- terday. Unfor ductions, including “A Great Fu- tunately for him, ture,” presented during Home-la freshman acci coming weekend. jdentally dropped Members of her sorority yester-! 3 rifle on his day attended the services in a P group The Lion is ' feeling no pain Foreign Affairs Discussion from today’s pre dicted fair-to- Members of the Intercollegiate partly cloudy skies and mid-forty- Conference on Government williish high. But his injured limb is discuss foreign affairs at 7:30 to- expected to bother him for sev night in 204 Willard. eral more days Possible Fraternity-to-Dorms Phone System to Be Studied The Interfraternity Council last night voted to investigate the possible installation “im-i mediately” of direct telephone lines from fraternities to the; residence halls system. | The proposed new system would include only “interested” frater nities—those that requested the direct lines. The costs of instal ling the lines would be paid by the fraternities. ipes to shoot globes into fire a fully ere as soon The motion, approved unani mously, provides that IFC re quest the University to furnish information on the possibility of establishing the system. The motion is aimed at avoid ing the current tieup of phone lines to dormitories, particular ly acute during evening hours. The Junior Class Advisory- Board first considered the pro- s are equip als and en watchers to >gress. They i the naked STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 3. 1957 FIVE CENTS ' State police are awaiting an autopsy report from a Williamsport pathologist for pos sible clues to identification of a partly decomposed infant's body found Saturday behind the Nittany Lion Inn. Dr. Anacleto Hermogenes of Williamsport performed the autopsy in Centre County Hospital, Bellefonte, and a report is expected tomorrow. Meanwhile, Trooper Leonard J. Washkewicz of the Roekview state police sub-station is conducting an extensive inves tigation. Washkewicz said he hopes the autopsy will show how long the baby had been in its shallow grave behind the Inn. The body was discovered by Waiter Stine, dishwasher at the Inn, behind a wall facing Ather ton Street. Police said Stine saw some rags protruding from a shal low hole among some barren shrubbery. The body was found around the corner of the white hack wall about 15 feet from the hole. posal and it was explained last i information is furnished by the j night by Juri Niiler, member of jUniversity. j k oar< ** . | There are now only 65 lines ty- Niiler said the proposed system ; n g downtown phones with resi also would be available to mde-: dence hans Niiler said These pendent men, but would probably iu he said> must ha - ldle a „ benefit fraternities more because | ca j ls to dorm j tories . they , could more easily afford the 1 * ~ , . , installation of the direct lines. I „. In . olh ?l_ business, Stephan The Council also referred to ! Higgins. IFC secreiary-lreasur its executive, committee an ac- ! council members lists companying proposal asking the : f 3 * liai £*" hl< * available IFC to "request the University ' . il } e ETC-Panhel Ball, to be fo alter the plans of the pro- held in lhe »P nn 9* posed centralised telephone sys- i The members were asked to in tern" so that interested frater- ;dicate their first, second and third nities can be served by the sys- !choices for a band thev would pre tem. jfer for the dance. The lists are The motion referred to the tele-1 to be returned to the IFC office phone system planned • for the jby this afternoon, pear future by the University; All of the bands on the list, jwhich would put all residence!Higgins said, are available at ihall telephones on the University nearly the same price. He said [extension, Adams 8-8441. The the list was compiled through Council decided not to vote on booking agents who handled the [the motion until the necessary (contracting of the bands. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By DENNY MALICK Washkewicz and several other state policemen have been ques tioning occupants of the Inn and John Lee, manager. The bathmat in which the baby had been wrapped is the same as those used in all the hotel’s guest rooms. A hotel official said any one could have taken one of the kitchen aprons since the kitchen workers often hang them on a i banister in the rear stairway. , Observers at the scene where CVGtI InStrLLCtOrS i *he body was found said the . ■ ground was barely broken GIVG Em NOW where the child had been placed. ; The body may have been placed A history instructor has come; under the shrubbery during the up with a new gimmick for selling; summer when leaves would higher education to students. • have hidden the area, they said. He apparently feels' that his 1 , A service was held yester students need more stimulation to.-?**’ m p rnin S | n ™ es Funeral Ho hotter work Home for the infant. The baby HrTL t T a nno a r C th*t buried ™ Pme Hall cemetery Or at least it appears that way. w^th the agreement that it would When the instructor handed be removed for further tests if back quiz papers yesterday, stu- necessary. dents with superior papers found - - a little extra ‘'incentive” to do D 8 x—. C_ I good work. ranei to jpeaß giv, S&H Cr«n Stamp, alumni Club Job Interviewing Talk 1 The Centre County Alumni Donald Cook and Lewis Robb Club will her a panel discussion of the Placement Office will speak on the University’s present and on job interviewing at a meeting future at 8 tonight in the Hetzel of Delta Sigma Pi, professional, Union assembly room, business fraternity, at 7:30 tonight President Eric A. Walker will at Phi Sigma Kappa. moderate the panel, members of which will be Lawrence E. Den nis, vice president- for academic affairs: Dr. Michael A. Farrell, [vice president for research; and Edward L. Keller, director of general extension. Each of the panel members will speak briefly on his particular area, and then will answer ques tions from the audience. —Daily Collegian photo by George Hirriion Infant The body was wrapped in a baihmat. bearing the Niltany Lion name, two while linen towels and a restaur suit-type kitchen apron, which was the outer covering. • PoI.CO apparently are baffled a- to how the body was moved from the hole to the place it was found. A dog or some other ani mal may have dragged it away, police said, but the body was in tact * •wcwc’crc*"' 5 I 17 D * days to shop lies y urely and choose y from a greater '2j J{ selection of gifts 1* JVRH y in STATE COL- «■ y lege. ggm Is •y 1 2 Jf days to battle y the crowds for what's left V at home. y XMtMtX
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