Soviets Reject Bid By Western Powers To alt Atom Trials (PP) --The Soviet Union last night rejected 'osals to ban nuclear weapons testing for one 1 unpromising prelude to the American-British pening here today on possibilities of a perman ase-fire. GENEVA Western pro • year. It was a Soviet talks . ent nuclear c: But the nited States countered in Washington with an announcement that unless the Russians carry out anothe'r nu clear weapons test, the United States will maintain its own ban 'for one year beginning today. Both Britain and the United States said the talks with the Russians will go on whether the [Russians test nuclear weapons or 'not. F rate Delay nities Theft Inves igation State College day that some police said yester of the fraternities l i rglarized over the ed the thefts right ere noticed, but he not to investi- which were bt weekend repor after they ‘, asked the poli gate. They would names of the f not release the •aternities that re ion. fused investiga These frater are now askin : lion. ities, police said, for an investiga- Police expre sed their dismay over this attit :de on the part of the fraternities,, emphasizing that this made the job of finding the burglars harder. Police have been reluctant to disclose information concerning the cases because they did not want to "show their hand." The roll of thefts to date in the order they were reported to po lice are: Beta Sigma Rho, $350 in jewels and money; Delta Tau Delta, a 1957 Chevrolet belong ing to a former University stu dent, Thomas Watson, Plains down, New York; Alpha Tau Omega, $lBO in money, jewels and clothing and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, $24 in cash. The car stolen from the Delta Tau Delta parking lot was later found abandoned on South Bar nard Street at 7 p.m. Sunday night. The thefts are believed to have occurred early Sunday morning. Escapees ,Captured In Harrisburg The three prisoners who es caped from Rockview Peniten tiary Wednesday were captured in Harrisburg last night. Dallas Custalow, William Rit chey and Kenneth Wagner were recaptured after terrorizing a Buffalo Run Valley farm home and stealing $lOO from a filling station near Harrisburg. The three had entered the Mor rie E. Witmer home at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. No one in the house hold was harmed, although one member, Charles Mesmer, was tied up. Miss Damaris Knox, 70, Mr. Witmer, 59, and his daughter, Barbara, 17, said the prisoners drove off after their seige et 10:20 p.m. in the family's 1951 blue Plymouth sedan, taking a ri fle. clothing and food. The prisoners admitted stealing the car and money and are now being held by State Police in Har risburg. Party Absolved of Debt Responsibility All-University Cabinet last night absolved the now de funct Lion Party and student government in general from any responsibil bill incurred b party member 1956-57 school , ty fora $155 two former . during the Turning down campment recom Cabinet pay off t stitute motion wa turn the bill to printing company In proposing recommendation, lin. Daily Colleg a Student En tendation that e debt, a sub adopted to re- State College he substitute Robert Frank an editor, said The delegations of the three atom powers are here and it ap peared the Russians had dropped Related stories on Page 3. their demands of a month ago that the conference should be raised to foreign minister's level. Lincoln White, the U.S. State Department spokesman in Washington, said the Soviet notes rejecting the U.S.-British proposals for the ban indicated they are not insisting on the presence of foreign ministers at the meeting. In the face of the Soviet note's. insistence that tests be banned for all time, White remarked that the United States and Britain had, moved in their one-year proposal, toward the Soviet proposal in 1957 for a two or three year ban., White said Soviet claims that a one-year ban would give the West a military advantage provided curious inconsistencies when ranged alongside a statement in the note that it is absurd to say the Western powers have nuclear research superiority. The delegations here held a housekeeping meeting with UN officials to arrange for transla tions and similar UN services. But at the UN in New York, ,three weeks of debate in an ef ifort to give the conferees some ,UN guidance came to nothing. The United States agreed condi tionally to support an Indian res jolution recommending immediate !discontinuance of nuclear tests without any restriction on-their resumption. Weather Continues Cloudy and Cool The Nittany Lion predicts the weather will be partly cloudy and continued cool to day and tonight with a high of 56 and a low of 36 degrees. There is a chance of brief af ternoon showers Saturday. Sun day should be mostly cloudy, windy and colder. the bill should be returned "in asmuch as it is not the respon sibility of studeht government or the Lion Party." The debt was incurred by John Godayte and Gordon Pogal for work done by the printing com pany. After Godayte and Pogal were graduated, the debt re mained on the books and wasn't learned about until the party dissolved early this year. The company then sent indi vidual bills. to members of the party. However, the debt was not paid. In support of his motion, Frank lin said, "The individuals incur red the debt, not the party." All-University President Jay Feldstein pointed out that should legal' action be taken, the indi- .ilr Elaitg VOL. 59, No. 37 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 31. 1958 FIVE CENTS Weekend Hours Extended in Den —Collegian Photo by Bob Thompson INDIE QUEEN HOPEFULS ... (From the top clockwise), Elizabeth Greve, Dorothy Mazurik, Marilyn Weierbach, Mary Reidenbaugh and Sylvia Brague. The NN, inner will be crowned at the Autumn Ball Saturday in the Hetzel Union ballroom. Indie Queen Finalists of Five Coeds Be Crowned One Will One of five finalists for the Indie Queen title will be crowned tomorrow night at the Autumn Ball in the Hetzel Union ballroom. The finalists are Marilyn Weierbach, junior in chemistry from Pleasant Valley; Dorothy Mazurik, freshman in educa tion from Hummelstown; Eliza beth Greve, sophomore in physi cal education from Lansdowne; Mary Reidenbaugh, junior in art education from Lititz; and Sylvia Brague, sophomore in home eco nomics from Blossburg, The coeds were introduced at the Indie talent show last night. The show was part of the India Week celebration, sponsond by the Association of Independent Men and Leonides. One talent show participant, John Laffey, a vocalist, came pre pared for rehearsal last night. He found no rehearsal had been scheduled—but the show had. The first thing he did when he discovered the show was on, Laf fey said, was look around for his viduals, rather than the party, would have to be prosecuted since the two members co-signed the bills. However, Dean of Men Frank J. Simes said the student government should assume the responsibility. "The material was used by Lion Party in its campaign," he said, "and if the debt is not paid it will be a black mark against student gov ernment." Franklin pointed out the use of "double billing" which some stu dent politicians used to stay with in the limits of money they are allowed to spend for a campaign. A student pays half the bill while charging the rest of it to the party, he said.- FOR A BETTER PENN STATE By JANET DURSTINE pianist. The pianist, James Hollo han, was there—also for rehear sal. Laffey thought the show was sometime next week. But he went on to sing two numbers—"On the Street Where (Continued on page five) "War of the Worlds" WDFM Welles No suicides are expected because of WDFM's broadcast of "War of the Worlds" at 8 tonight over the facilities of WMAJ. But suicides were only one symptom of the nation's hysteria and panic the first time Orson Welles' realistic "news" broadcast of the invasion of the Martians was produced. That was in Oct., 1938. The program was in the form, of a series of break-ins on a music show. The first "news flash" was an account of a mysterious report of sightings in the sky. Through such inklings of "some thing's wrong," the "news flash 'es" slowly patched together a ;story of an invasion from outer !space being waged on all the (principal metropolitan centers of `the world. The story was built up so con vincingly that terror-stricken fathers raced to attics for .22 rifles and axes, and mothers Tottrgiatt Test to Last Six Weeks By ELAINE MIELE The Lion's Den will be open every Fildav and Saturday night until 12:15 from next Friday un til Dec. 19. Snack bar services will end at midnight and the doors will close at 12:15. Ossian RKenne, vice pres ident for busineQc administration; Robert C. Proffitt, director of Food Service: Jav Feldstein, All- University president and chair man of the Hemel Union Board; and Edward Fivmover, president of the Asizioc , ation of Independent Men, decided veAerday that these weekends he used aC an extended trial period to test student re sponse to the later hours. It was decided that the week ends of Oct. 3 and 10 when the snack bar was open until 12:30 were not a fair test of the later hours. About 300 students were served each night during the extended hours of these week ends and Food Service suffered a total loss of $46.32. Felthtein said reports of the snack bar sales during the .late hours did not show a true picture since more students might come into the Lion's Den because it would not close until late but might make purchases earlier in the evening. Surveys will be made during the next six weekends on the number of students present and the amount of sales during the entire evening, Feldstein said. Proffitt said he is willing to try the extended hours for a longer period of lime to test student response. He said if the surveys prove that only a small I number of students are benefit ing it would be unfair to make other >tudents who use the Lions Den at other hours pay (Continued on page eight) LaVie Pictures to End For Ed Seniors Today Today is the last day for seniors in the College of Education to lave their LaVie portraits taken. The pictures are being taken at the Penn State Photo Shop, op posite the Pugh Street entrance to the campus. Plans Thriller prepared their homes for emer gency evacuation. Casualties ranged from ulcers to suicides. Among the humorous episodes was the story of the mayor of a small, mid-western town who or ganized both a militia and an evacuation for the whole town and was just about to execute his plans when word reached his ear ' that the whole thing might have !been a hoax by Welles. "It better be true," he said, "or I'll punch Orson Welles right in the nose." The reason for the hysteria, aside from the show's ring of au (Continued on page five)
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