o'll STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1958 FIVE CENTS VOL. 59, No. U. Fai NAVERAL, Fla. ited States' first unching an inter ballistic missile violent roar of flames—and failure. CAPE C (WP)—The U I attempt at 1 continental ended in a Atlas missile thun- I e air after what e a perfect launch '.m. EST yesterday, Iransformed into a If orange flame 90 The 85-foots dered into ti i appeared to ing at 4:26 only to be bright ball seconds later. A huge puf tered d ebr i against the a pride of the back toward The failur:. appointment of smoke and scat s was silhouetted ternoon sun as the Air Force plunged •arth, was a bitter dis for Convair tech- Melons who had wor k e d 14 months to prepare the mighty rocket for Thursday's momentous 6325-statute-mile attempt. Fifteen minutes after launch ing the Air' Force announced that, "Approximately 80 sec onds after the Atlas was test launched the vehicle exploded and destroyed itself. The cause of the malfunction Is not yet known." This was the 13th Atlas launch ing and the second fully powered version of the missle to blow up in two months. The spectacular breakup about 60,000 feet in the sky came after the mighty ICBM had flown suc cessfully on three consecutive tests at a range of 3000 miles. The first fully powered Atlas explod ed 45 seconds after launching. The Atlas, one hundred tons of awesome power, blasted sky ward with its three engines blazing. The propulsion system built up more than 350,000 pounds of thrust on the ground before the missile rose. The Air Force made no official announcement that this would be the first all-the-way test for the "Big A", but it was learned that this was the big day. If the Atlas had flown success fully it would have impacted near Ascension - Island, some 1000 miles off the African coast. The flight would have taken about 30 min utes. State;Wlde S stem: Proposal Includes University Library The Pattee Library may become one of the mainstays 61 Pennsylvania's first state-wide library system. The system, now being investigated_ by a survey group, is a state-aided plan to modernize and expand library facilE the Associated Press said ties for thei Commonwealth yesterday, , - The report i; ,Gov. George ,ber commissio meeting in day. to be presentd to Leader's 24-mem on libraries at a rrisburg on Mon- Dr. Lowell gers Universit school and h:!, 'group, suggest: library as well :Free Library, Pittsburgh an at Harrisburg 1 centers for th:: These - cent ,! plemented by er libraries centers in dir ' local librariesl The survey ,sylyarda's p.er on - libraries ;while the Nati' artin•, dean of Rut 4's graduate library •ad- of the survey -d that the Pattee as the Philadelphia arnegie Library at the state library .e used as resource entire • system. • - rs would be sup. 24 or more small •cated gut district ct liaison with all in the system. t' that Penn capita expenditure as only_ 83 cents It nal- Library ,Asso- Baitg FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Ballistic in First Later To Be The Lion's Den will remain open until 12:30 a.m. for two weekends sometime this semester to test the feasibility of extending the snack bar's hours permanently. The decision to extend the hours was made by the Hetzel Union Board yesterday after a request made by the Associa- University Party to Hold Introductory Meeting The University Party will hold an introductory meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday in 121 Sparks. Campus politics and the pur poses of the party will be ex plained and party leaders will be introduced. elation's standard is $2.50. Martin said it is possiblefor Pennsylvania to establish the new system for a per capita expendi ture of $1.90, According to the present population the state legis lature would have tp appropriate biennially $ll million 'to support the plan. ' ' The 1957 legislature author ized $lBO,OOO io be used by free public libraries. Most of this appropriation was used' to sup port, mobile libraries in rural areas. Despite the state and fed eral subsidies, 20 per cent of the people in Pennsylvania . are without library facilities. Another 42 per cent have sub standard facilities and over one ' fourth„of the libraries. operate on an average per capita budget of I only 25. cents.— • Tottrgian Missile Attempt (Story on Page 5) HUB Tried Hours Soon tion of Independent Men. This will provide a place for freshmen and other independent men to go on Friday and Satur day nights. A recreational vacuum cre ated by the new deferred rush ing program which forbids freshman men to enter frater nity houses prompted AlM's ac tion, President , Edward Fry moyer said. The first request was for a I a.m. extension on Friday and Sat urday nights. It was objected that it was difficult to get employes , for late hours on weekends be cause regular employes could not work over 40 hours and few stu dents wish to work on weekend nights. Robert C. Proffitt, director of food service, said yesterday that the Lion's Den was open until 1 a.m. about two years ago and the experiment did not prove profitable. He also said that dur ing the latter part of the eve ning there are usually few people in the Lion's Den and if there is not an increase on the nights with extended hours it would not pay to keep it open. If the later hours prove success ful the HUB Board will consider a permanent extension. The week ends on which the Lion's Den will be opened late will be ' an nounced later. Collegian To Hold-Party For New Candidates Students interested in join= ing the news staff of The Daily Collegian are invited to a coke party tomorrow afternoon. The party will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Col legian city room, in the base• went of Carnegie Building. All news staff members and print ers have been' asked to attend. Dress will be informal. The Penn State-Nebraska football game will be-broadcast during the party.; , - Cabinet Approves Opening of Talks On Senior Gift All-University Cabinet last night made President 'Jay Feldstein and Senior Class President Charles Welsh its voices in attempts to renew the now defunct senior class gift. Cabinet unanimously approved a recommendation to empower Feldstein and Welsh to negotiate with the adminis tration for reallocation of funds to maintain the senior gift. The recommendation was made by the Cabinet Execu tive Committee and presented by Vice President Stephen Garban. However, the Cabinet spokesmen will not be able to confer until next week with Pres ident Eric A. Walker, who is on a 10-day vacation. Quick action il being sought since Walker announced last week that the gift, as such, has not existed since 1948 and is being dropped by the adminis tration. The gift, until 1948, was pro vided from a damage deposit which was suspended in that year. Since 1948 the trustees have approved the providing of Uni versity funds to continue the sen ior gift. However, the trustees have not acted on providing funds for the 1958 class gift of $lO,OOO for a campus AM station. In addition to providing for a 1959 class gift, the recommenda tion further stated that a system should be set up to continue the gift tradition in future years. Welsh has asked the student body for individual suggestions as to how the senior gift idea could be continued. Two important suggestions have been made so far in addition to reallocation of funds, Welsh said. One is to.add a small fee to each students' semester fees. The other is to set up a pledge system simi lar to the Alumni Fund. Sunny, Cool Today With 68 Predicted "Sunshine means I can wear my N E W alligator rain coat," th e Lion said this morn ing. The cool weather of 64 to 68 degrees means he'd better wear something. Parents Group Wins, Approval of Cabinet The All-University Cabinet Public Relations Committee will study a proposed parents association. The formation of the parents association was recommend ed by the executive committee and approved unanimously by Cabinet at last night's meeting. Robert Franklin, editor of The Daily Collegian, said the association would serve three purposes: to get parents inter ested in the University, to raise money and to serve Its a pres sure group. The public relations committee is to investigate the possibility oft supplying parents with a quar-I terly newsletter explaining Uni versity events and forming a permanent structural organiza tion. The idea for the association was prompted by the successful parents fund' created for the Stone Valley recreational project. In other business, Robert Pic cone, business manager of the Student Handbook, said in a re port to Cabinet the 1958-1959 handbook suffered a loss of $317. 'The 1957 book suffered a loss of I more than $6OO. • About - $1521 was collected.. In. By DENNY MALICK Dean Weston Is Admitted To Hospital By Cathy Fleck Pearl 0. Weston, dean of wo men, was admitted to the Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh yesterday for observation upon the advice of her doctor. Neither the hospital nor Miss Weston's family could say how long she will remain there. How ever, a member of her family did say that "Miss Weston has not been feeling well for quite some time." Dr. Robert Kleinschmidt of Pittsburgh, acting physician for 'Miss Weston, declined to com ment on the nature of the illness until tests and diagnostic work have been performed. These tests will begin tomorrow. Miss Weston, who took a leave of absence from her duties Wed nesday, was admitted at 3:20 p.m. A sister, who lives in Carnegie, near Pitts burgh, accompanied her to the hospital. Miss Weston's address at the hospital is: Room 733 Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh 19, Penna. Educational TV Show A special telecast outlining the educational opportunities avail able _to the general public via open circuit TV will originate on campus at '7 tonight on WFBG TV, Channel 10. By BILL JAFFE advertising fees and the printing bill amounted to $1828.50, he said. Piccone and Editor Bryna Nelson made the following rec ommendations to Cabinet for next year's book: that the book be sold for 25 cents, the possi bility of national advertising be investigated, - staff inter views and appointments be held early in the fall semester. and staff members' interviews be conducted by the Cabinet Personnel In t e rviewing Com mittee. The financial plight of the Handbook was discussed in the Communications Work shop at Student Encampment, and the workshop suggested th6t a charge be made for the Handbook. The extra money would be used to expand and modernize the ore (Continued on page eight)
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