Today's. For cast: Cold, Poss Snow Flur VOL. 59. No. 50 Stud; Coup For .1.-.1'.. nts Receive y Jail Terms ecent Thefts !tudents who participated in State College's ~e sentenced -to terms in Centre County jail The three crime wave we yesterday. ity, Barry Benson and Edgar Earl Moyer sentences by Judge R. Paul Campbell. William V were given the Soviet Ousting U.S. From Berlin BERLIN (?P)—The Soviet Union stepped up the campaign yester day to get the Allies out of West Berlin. The Soviets accused the United States of using the iso lated, old German capital as a spy center. The So vi et Embassy in East Berlin summoned its first news conference in four years to assert that West Berlin is a hotbed of anti-Soviet' espionage. The charges came on the heels of a warning in Moscow by Pravda, the Soviet Communist party newspaper, that the So viet Union will end the four power occupation of Berlin— with or without Western con sent. In the past week, the Soviet Union has repeatedly claimed the Allies have violated the spirit of occupation agreements and should fet out of West Berlin, an island inside Soviet-run East Germany. A reporter tor Tass at the news conference, the Soviet news agency, asked what anti- Soviet activities were being carried out in West Berlin. J-. V. Beburov, first secretary of the Soviet Embassy who was con ducting the news, conference, turned the question over to a for mer Soviet army officer .who al legedly deserted to the West but later decided he wanted to go back home. The officer, I. V. Ovchinnikov, got up in the glare of Communist television lights and charged: "The territory of West Berlin is being used for subversive ac tivities against the German De mocratic East Germany and the Soviet Union." - He said much of the activity dent; Bottom) row, freshman class; Corky Goldstein, president, Robin Brook secretary; and Jim Terry, vice Verity and Benson received sentences of from three months to two years and were assessed a $3OO fine. Moyer was given a sen tence of from two months to two years and was assessed a $2OO Try Campbell found that Moyer did not take part in the on-cam pus activities that preceded the downtown burglaries. The trio was also ordered to pay costs and their share of res titution for money and property not yet returned. Campbell, in issuing the sen tences, said, "I would be willing to trade my job at this moment for almost any other in the world, but we must look at this from several viewpoints." He said that the boys' par ents and those burglarized must also be considered. He is' con vinced, he said, that the boys do not have criminal tendencies, but that they made a serious mistake. --, John R. Miller Jr., former dis trict aftorney and counsel for Verity and Benson, arid Roderick Dietz, Moyer's counsel, presented the backgrounds and home envir onment of the three youths. Miller said the boys planned to return the stolen items in a way which would not lead to their apprehension._ The boys - appeared downcast when the sentence was issued, although they had previously acted very confident and un concerned. The trio was charged with the (Continued on page eight) Frost, Soph Elections Voting to Begin Today Six student government officers will be chosen today and tomorrow by the freshman and sophomoii classes. Cainpus party candidates are: Keith Carlson, sophomore class president; Nick Freeman, sophomore class - vice president; Rhoberta Engelbrink, sophomore class secretary; Herbert .esident; James Terry, freshman class vice president; and Ro bin Brooks, freshman class secre tary STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19. 1958 WDFM Will 'Get The Members of the WDFM radio station staff will launch a "get out the vote" campaign today and tomorrow by forming a car pool to bring fraternity members to the polls to vote. According to Wilbur Lewellyn, WDFM station manager, this campaign is being conducted in the interests of better student government. The management of the student operated station has decided to use its facilities and personnel to inform the freshmen and sophomores of the elections and to get them to the polls. Teams of WDFM personnel will go to the Waring Hall cafe. teria lines to urge the students to vote, since students will be close to the polling place in Waring Hall. The teams will also make personal contacts later in the evening at Nittany, South. Atherton, Grange and other freshman and sophomore residence halls. Both Lewellyn and Joseph Sla ter, program director of the sta tion, emphasized in announcing the plan, that it is a non-partisan effort aimed at boosting the per centage of student voters and add ing strength to the positions of the candidates elected. Staff members will wear iden tification tags and will "save a place in the cafeteria line" while students take time out to vote. At a meeting of Elections Com mittee last night no complaints on campaigning methods were voiced by Campus and University parties' clique chairmen, James Elliott and Howard Byers, respec tively. Running on the , University party ticket are: Donald Clagett, sophomore class president; George Bentrein, sophomore class vice president; Marilyn Barndt, soph omore class secretary; Jay Kahle, freshman class • president; Elliott Fuhrman, freshman class vice president; and- Marjorie Ganter, freshman class secretary. Besides class offices, two All- University Cabinet seats are at stake, since the class presidents also sit on Cabinet. In the first year of decentral ized voting for sometime, stu dents may cast their ballots from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Nittany 20, Waring Hall, Redifer Hall and the Hetzel Union cardroom. Previous ly, voting was held only in the HUB cardroom. Voters will voice their ap proval or - disapproval of such Campus party planks as a gen eral student section for foot ball games, a check cashing service and Cabinet-sponsored weekend entertainment. UNIVERSITY PARTY can'didates from left to right are: top row , Such University party planks as free legal advice for students, in- sophomore class; George Bentrem, vice president; Marilyn Barndt, creased use of existing facilities secretary; Donald - Clagett, president; Bottom row, freshman class; for freshmen and independent Tay pr e sident; Marjorie Ganter, secretary; and Fliott Fuhr recreation and library expansion "- will be considered. - s man, vice president. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Out Vote' Car Pool To Be Formed For Transporting Voters rgiatt Zepp Will Present ROTC Proposal The Chemistry-Physics Student Council gave President Donald Zepp a mandate to present a proposal against com pulsory ROTC to All-University Cabinet. Zepp said he did not know if he will present the proposal this week, as the motion passed said he could present it "at his earliest convenience." The Council held a special meet ing last night to consider wheth- er oz not a proposal should be pre:fitted. The accepted proposal urge.i Cabinet to "announce its opposition to the present compul sory program of ROTC, and to take the necessary steps to have their opposition brought to the attention of the proper authori ties of the University." No definite proposals for a substitute course were made. Zepp said the Liberal Aris Stu dentl Council had covered all the details last year. He added that he thought the student body was 100 per cent behind the LA Council last year and that Chem-Phys wanted to re vive the LA plan. However the council members discussed several substitute plans., Ronald Glou, junior in chemical' engineering from Scranton, sugl gested that the Army 2-year com pulsory ROTC program be abol ished. He said the money saved, might be put to better use by' explaining ROTC to high school seniors or a scholarship might be given for advanced ROTC. Walton Davis, council secretary treasurer, suggested that the 2-, year basic course be made volun-i tary. He also suggested as substi tutes a civil defense program or a first-aid program. George Bentrem, sophomore in pre-med from McDonald, defend ed the compulsory pr ogr a m. "Freshmen don't understand ROTC, he said and are a little immature to judge the program." By AMY ROSENTHAL IFC Grants Transfers Early Rush Second semester transfer stu ents will be exempt from de ferred rushing, the Interfraternity Council ruled Monday night. - The rule will permit second semester arid above transfer stu dents, •who meet the pledging ,average, to move into fraternity houses as guests tbe first day of the spring semester Orientation Week. Under the present deferred rushing rules for freshmen, rush ing will begin the first day of the semester for those who meet the 2.2 All-University average re quirement. The IFC also ruled that the transfer students would be able to begin pledging any time with in 48 hours of the first day of classes. Freshmen will be per mitted to pledge sometime be tween the 7th and 10th weeks of the semester. Ronald Skiers, Board of Con trol chairman; proposed the mo tion to permit the transfer stu dents to live in the fraternities during spring semester Orienta tion Week. The students must de bide before the end of the first week of classes if they wish to pledge. Allowing the transfer students to live in the fraternities will re place the open house mixers which the freshman on campus have had the opportunity to visit, Siders said. In other business, the Coun cil approved a motion request , ing that agendas of coming meetings be 'sent to fraternity presidents. Louis A. Berrena, head of the Hetzel Union Building food serv ice was elected to the IFCPA Board of Control and Alpha Ep silon Pi was announced as a new member of the IFCPA. Why Vote? See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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