Today's Forei Colder, Clear VOL. 59. No. 69 Philips 2 Hur One student l Christmas vacate James Murray when his sports c the Kylertown J State police al Ex-Stu ent Arrest© For Th by don ca A former Penn two Temple Unive and a 19-year-old girl were charged with staging $22,00( beries in Miami, FI Miami police i suspects as: Steph from Philadelphia, kowitz, 20, Ventnor. Friedman, 25, who a student at the I Jacqueline Courtm lantic City, N.J. State student, :rsity students Atlantic City last Tuesday C in jewel rob li. lentified the en Rade, 21, Henry Hers- N.J., Bernard claims to be niversity, and tn, 19, of At- Rade was a slue ent here last year until he was dismissed for cashing forged checks and pos sessing an unregls: ered pistol, a violation of the firearms act. Friedman claims to be a stu dent al the University, but his name could not be found in the main campus directory. The 30 jewel rol (beries all oc curred in swank lotels on the Miami beachfront. All the jewelry 1 police sqid, when cepted a suitcase tl dressed to a box i main post office ai ■ vas recovered, officers inter -1 e girl had ad i lumber in the . Philadelphia, •aid the four ■ooms of guests ;t to check out, it had the bell luggage. Once t ut, one of the ! i for the room, the bell hop The authorities some entered the r who were just abou but who had not yi hop pick up their the guests checks < foursome would sig entering it before arrived. Herskowitz and arrested Dec. 28, i cana Hotel by I John Delaney, oi Bay Harbour po said that he found session three room worth of travelers from the Sherry I tel in Miami Beat Friedman was bail and his allege in $l5OO bail on ceiving stolen go< conduct and vagra tional charge of ' (Continued on Rade were n the Ameri elective Sgl. the nearby ice, Delaney in their pos keys and $l5O checks stolen rontenac Ho h. held on $250 id companions :harges of re ds, disorderly ncy. An addi grand larceny page eight) Re c Building Roosevelt Talk Seen 'Sell-Out' No student or non-student tickets remain for the appear ance of Eleanor Roosevelt scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow in Schwab Auditorium. Over 1100 tickets were di constant stream of people who Hetzel Union desk well in ad vance of 9 a.m., the time set for distribution to begiri. Tickets were gone before noon. ’ Jay Feldstein, All-University president, said although the seat ing capacity of Schwab Auditor ium is not sufficient to satisfy all the people who wanted to hear Mrs. Roosevelt's speech, the Lec ture Series committee which ar ranged for her appearance, found it impossible to schedule Recrea tion Btulding. “Recreation Hall is not given atyr Satly |S| Qloll burg Sophomore Killed, ; in Vacation Accidents as killed and two others injured in two separate accidents during the •, sophomore in mechanical engineering from Philipsburg, was killed ir spun out of control and overturned early Sunday morning, Dec. 28 on highway near Philipsburg. Philipsburg said Murray died of a probable fractured skull and broken neck. A passenger in the Murray car, Patricia Danko of Clarence, was in good condition at Philips burg State Hospital, having suf fered lacerations and abrasions of the face. Slate police said Murray was driving toward Kylertown when he lost control of the car on a curve. The car swerved off the road on the right side, came back onto the highway and went off the left side where it upset on its roof, pinning the victim between the seat and the ground. Murray, who was graduated from Philipsburg High School in 1954, attended the Stevens Trade School in Lancaster, where he was graduated in 1957 as valedic torian of his class. fts ICIATO He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omer Murray; a brother, Omer Murray Jr. and .a grandmother, Mrs. Lucinda Mur ray. Two students were injured at 2:30 p.m. Sunday when a car trav eling south on Route 220 was in a collision with another about miles north of Tyrone. The car. driven by Bachan Singh, graduate student in phy sics from India, was traveling south toward Altoona when it skidded on a patch of ice and collided with another car, driv en by Alan Norman, senior in electrical engineering from Pittsburgh, according to state police at Hollidaysburg. Police said the Singh car was traveling at a high rate of speed when the mishap occurred. Taken to Tyrone Hospital were ;Mary Rowe, junior in journalism from Monessert, and Samuel Gith jens, senior in electrical engineer ing from Belle Vernon, both pas sengers in the Norman vehicle. Githens, who suffered cuts of the face, hands and knee, was dis charged from the hospital yester day and Miss Rowe, who suffered a fractured left arm and contu sions of the chest, is listed in good condition at the hospital. Also riding in the Norman car was Rowland Wilkinson, senior in petroleum and natural gas en gineering from Munhall, who was uninjured. Passengers in the Singh car were Atam Arya and Madan Kaushish, graduate students in physics from India, and Carl Ventrice, graduate in physics from York. They were taken to Tyrone Hospital where they were treated and discharged. istributed without charge to a i began lining up in front of the out for this sort of thing during the week," Feldstein said. "Ev« en the Artist Series cannot schedule Rec Hall except on Sunday evenings." Feldstein said if Recreation Hali was given out during the week it would mean rescheduling an entire day's physical education classes and intramurals. Feldstein said since the com mittee had to schedule Schwab for Mrs. Roosevelt’s speech, it had (Continued on page, eight), ; FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 6. 1959 Swarthmore Fraternity Disaffiliates In protesting against discrimi natory membership restrictions, one of the five social fraternities at Swarthmore College has left its national organization and es tablished a local fraternity. The action by the Pennsylvania Kappa chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity was approved by 190 Swarthmore alumni and under graduates who own the fraternity house on the campus. As a result of their protest and subsequent action, the new frat ernity, Tau Alpha Omicron, was established and will use the Phi Delta Theta house. For 10 years, the Swarthmore chapter of Phi Delta Theta sought to remove the national organiza tion’s member ship restrictions against Negroes, Orientals, Jews and other non-Christians. At each biennial national convention of the fraternity since 1948, the Swarthmore unit has fought to end these restrictions, but each time it was turned down. Last April, the Swarthmore chapter announced its intention to withdraw from the national fraternity if relief were not granted. Later in the month, the chapter’s charter was suspended. In September, it was revoked. Proxy Receives Honor For Agricultural Work President Eric A. Walker was one of 256 persons to have a tree dedicated in his honor recently at the -Thor Research Center for Better Living at Marengo, 111. The trees were dedicated to leading figures who have made outstanding contributions to American a g r i cultural progress, according to founder of the cen ter, Neil C. Hurley, Jr. A tree was also dedicated to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. •—Collegian Photo by Bob Thompaom WAR STORIES ... Trading experiences about their recent trip to civil-war-tom Cuba over lunch at the HUB, Larry Matthews, Charles Barter, Karl Francis and Jack Stellmack examine a machete they brought back. entail Rocket Voice Lost At37o,oooMiles MOSCOW (/P) —The Soviet cosmic rocket Mechta drean lost its voice yesterday on its plunge toward an orbit around the sun. Radio signals of the lVa-ton projectile faded out as it passed the 370,960-mile mark and its 62nd hour aloft, in a headlong dash from the earth into man’s greatest conquest of space. Soviet scientists lost track of their brainchild. But mute or not, they expected It to streak into a solar orbit to morrow or Thursday on a pear shaped course that possibly— —barely possibly—might one day swing it back to earth. It is due to enter an elliptical course between the earth and Mars, they said, taking 15 months to complete the swing around the sun that the earth completes in twelve. The Soviets originally an nounced the rocket would take 447 days to circle the sun. Last night they said there had been a minor miscalculation, that one revolution would take 450 days. Tass announced depletion of power killed the radio signals. “The program of observations and scientific investigations of the rocket has been completed,” the Soviet news agency said. It reported the 62 hours of radio communications enabled a check on the work of scien tific instruments aboard and observations of the rocket's movements. It was promised that the scientific results will be published as the observa tions are gradually processed. The Soviets calculate the orbit of Mechta will have a maximum diameter of 214% million miles. By their reckoning, the rocket will cruise no nearer the sun than 91% million miles. The earth, with a tighter orbit, ranges from 91% to 94% million miles from the sun. “It is not impossible the new planet will again meet its mother —the earth—because their paths will eventually cross near the place where our small planet first flew into interplanetary space,” Prof. Boris Kukarkin, deputy chairman of the Soviet Astronom ■ ical Council, said in a broadcast. (Story on page tioo.) New Year's Resolution See Page 4 Temperature To Remain Low Today The freezing weather which at tacked Pennsylvania on Sunday bringing high' winds, snow flur ries and low temepratures will continue today and tonight. The severe cold front built up in northern Canada as a result of the arctic cold,caused by the deep snow and temperatures which ranged as low as 30 to 40 below zero. These low temperatures to gether with lack of heat from the sun caused a low presrure area to form. Strong winds gathered behind this low pressure area and moved it downward to the northwestern United States. They then drove it eastward across the country, burying the mid-western states in snow drifts. These storms were followed by strong winds and very low temperatures. As a result of this cold front, the temperature yesterday reach ed only 9 after an early morning low of 4 above zero. Today will be sunny, but the chilling cold will persist with the temperature rising very slowly from a low of 6 below zero to an I afternoon high of 14 above. The cold wave will continue through tonight with the temperature dropping to 2 below zero. Some moderation is in sight for !tomorrow. The weather will be ! partly cloudy, but not quite so 'cold with a predicted high of 23. 400 Tickets Remain For Finnish Gym Meet A total of 400 seats at $2 still remain for the Finnish gymnas tics scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday in Recreation Building. FIVE CENTS
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