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STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1958 FIVE CENTS
VOL. 59, No.
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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
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