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—The Soviet Union agreed yesterday to a foreign ministers' conference
d a German peace treaty though stressing that it would'still prefer sum-
MOSCOW (
on West Berlin
mit talks.
lndup to British Prime Minister Harold K. Macmillan's mission to Moscow
A friendy w'
attended the dis
chief problems of
atch of SoVi.e
the cold war.
The Kremlin assented to West
ern proposals for a conference in
Vienna or Geneva and suggested
it start in April with-a time limit
of two or three months for com
pletion of its work.
Western diplomats said the
proposal showed the - Soviet
Union has long since scrapped
May 27 as an absolute deadline
for settlement of the West Ber
lin question.
They pointed out that since
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev, set the original date, Soviet
officials both in Russia and
abroad—including Dep. Premier
Anastas I. Mikoyan in the Uni
ted States—have reiterated •that
no deadline euiSts and that the
proposal contains no ultimatum.
The suggestion for such a
long period of negotiation was
described by one Western dip•
lomat as "the one encouraging
'section of the note."
The notes proposed that the,
government chiefs get together
on the ground that a summit
meeting has "the gresatest chance
of achieving positive results."
But if the West is not yet ready
for that, the notes said, foreign
ministers of the Big Four powers,
plus Communist Poland and
Czechoslovakia, could be called
at the same time and place. Dip
lomats expected there would be
no western objection to inclusion
of Poland and Czechoslovakia. al
lies of the Russians -in the War
saw Pact.
The Kremlin agreed with a
Western suggestion that repre
sentatives of West and East Ger
many should sit in.
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versity's Budget Request
$lO Million by Lawrence
a Agrees to Hold
Berlin Conference
notes to the Western Big Thrpe and West Germany on these
Walker Denies Fish
Killed by University
President Eric A. Walker yesterday flatly denied that the,l
University owned and operated sewage treatment plant had
anything to do with the killing of trout at Benner Spring or
at the Pleasant Gap Hatchery Nov. 19.
State Secretary of Health Dr. Charles Wilbur yesterday
FOR A SETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 3. 1959
said the University sewage plant
was the cause of trout deaths in
Spring Creek.
Wilbur said a thorough inves
tigation by the Sanitary Water
Board, the Fish Commission and
the University revealed that "the
heavy load being carried at peak
periods by the p 1 a n - t was the
cause of the pollution." The creek
is the source of water in a race
way at Benner Springs where
most of - the trout were killed.
The sewage plant is owned
and operated by the University
but also treats the sewage from
the State College borough.
Walker. said there does not ex
ist any substantial evidence which
would indicate that the Univer
sity's operation of the plant was
a contributory factor in the death
of the fish. He also said that
there was no evidence to any de
gree that the University was re
sponsible for the death of fish at
the Pleasant Gap Hatchery. • _
"Moreover, the University is
not aware of anything which it
could have done or could do even
now which would materially af
fect the welfare of fish in the
Spring Creek watershed," Walker
said.
The two incidents of pollu
tion on the same day at two
different sources and from two
totally different causes is con-
Lion Trackman Dispute IC4A Loss
It took a reversed decisio
by a third place judge 1 1 / 2
hours after the high hurdles
event was completed to spell
defeat to the Nittany Lion in
door tracksters in the IC4A
championships Saturday in
Madison Square Garden, as.
Manhattan was declared vic
tor by 1 9 / 3 6 of a point over.
Penn State.
A record-breaking performance
by Ed Moran in the 1000-yard run
and a flashing come-from-behind
win - by :EngeWrink in the two
mile race were overshadowed by
the rhubarb which developed over
the 21 to 20 17136 edge that gave
Manhattan the team crown in
stead of Penn State.
The controversy arose When
Manhattan's Henry White , was
(Contintied on page eight)
By JOHN -BLACK
University
tgit'att Appropriations
I See Page 4
Expansion,
Apparently
University expansion and faculty salary raises were ap
parently killed yesterday when Gov. David L. Lawrence cut
the University's budget request by $lO million.
A deeply disappointed President Eric A. Walker im
mediately said he would personally carry the University's
fight for increased appropriat
The University requested n(
biennium but Gov. Lawrence 3
—an increase of only $4.5 million?
over the 1957-58 appropriation.
As a result of the •$lO million
cut, Walker said
•University expansion plans
will be halted.
•The University will be forced
to abandon its plan to admit 5600
new students. •
•Enrollments would have to be
frozen.
*Faculty salary raises, a $8.3
million request in the budget.
would have to be postponed.
sNo new research programs for
Pennsylvania industry and agri
culture could be started and no
expansion of current projects
could be undertaken.
*lt would also mean curtail-'
ment of the state-wide system of
Commonwealth Campuses for
undergraduates and of the I
con
tinuing extension programs for
adults. 1
The news of the cut in the bud-I
get request was met with stone
silence by faculty and administra
tion members and :Walker said
"the cut was a serious blow to us."
The sense of disappointment was
especially keen among faculty
where members had been build
ing hopes on the request for sal
ary and wage increases:
"Despite the governor's sym
pathetic interest in the Univer
sity," Walker said, "the arith- I
metic of State finances will, if
unchanged, tie our hands at a
time when the demands on us '
are at an all-time high and still
rising."
Lawrence recommended almost
the same percentage increase for
Ithe three large state-aided insti
tutions as he did for the Univer
sity.. Walker pointed out that the
University is different from other
Pennsylvania private colleges and
universities in that it has no pri
vate endowments to fall back on.
The University's appeals to pri
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awarded fourth place in the 60-
yard high hurdle event behind
Mike Holman of NYU who fin
ished third.
David Levy, one of the third
place officials, picked Mike Her
man of NYU as the number three
finisher, while the other judge
picked Henry White of Manhat
tan. Both fourth place officials
tabbed White-as the fourth man
across the finish line.
Manhattan Coach George East
ment protested to the chief judge
who reviewed the scorecards, then
rejected Eastment's protest. An
hour and a half later Eastment,
who is also a professor of law,
conferred with Levy and appar
ently convinced him to change his
scorecard.
Manhattan thus picked up
three team points for a -third
place finish instead of I w o
points for a fourth place, and
consequently the team title in-
Pay Hike
Killed
By BILL JAFFE
(State Budget on Page 3)
ions, to the State Legislature.
arly $44 million for the 1959-61
recommended only $34 million
Coeds Pay
Pennies For
Ws Toniaht
Women students will be grant
ed special "Larry Sharp Elevens"
for Penny-a-Minute Date Night
tonight, but they will have to pay
a penny for each minute they are
out after their regular permis
sion.
Penny-a-Minute Date Night
will be the first scheduled event
of Larry Sharp Week to raise an
additional $7OOO for the form,•r
student who was injured in a
gym accident in the fall of 1957.
Ellen Donovan, president of
Women's Student Government
Association and chairman of the
event, said that women who wish
to take advantage of the later
permissions should sign out for
a Larry Shrum Eleven. On return
ing to their dorm, they will have
to pay a penny for each minute
they are out after their permis
sion.
Miss Donovan encouraged the
women, rather than their dates,
pay the pennies.
The
.State and Cathaum thea
tres will be participating in the
drive by donating a portion of
their profits from tonight's movie
shows to the fund.
Each man will pay the regular
price for himself, but will only
have to nay 50 cents for his date,
Of this the theatre will keep half
and give half to the drive.
Miss Donovan ,said she thought
freshman women w;>l fake ad-
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stead of a second place behind
the Lions.
Lion Coach Chick Werner, who
charged the Jaspers' coach with
"an improper act," remained in
New York "to see what I can do
to protect my boys after this in
justice." Werner was supported
in his stand by Villanova's coach
Jim Elliot.
Ed -Moran finally captured his
first IC4A blue ribbon and did it
in record-bre . aking. style. Turn
ing on his typical strong kick,
Moran pulled away from the field
and hit the tape at 2:0.6 to better
Tom Courtney's mark of 2:10.9,
which had stood since 1954.
Dick Engelbrink, the Lions`
two-mile entrant, pulled the
biggest surprise of the evening.
Aftet hanging back in sixth
position with a lap and a half
to go,- he turned on the steam.
passed five men and won going
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