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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
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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?
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