0110 * 6\ NONO •*,..: A, -1 Otw O. illatig4:63ll --:.-teselo'-' . . SLOODMOBILE VOL. 60. No. 35 Van Doren Admits Fix; Resigns From Columbia WASHINGTON (?P) Fallen TV idol Charles Van Doren confessed in shame and anguish yesterday that he was deeply involved in rigging the defunct, scandal-tinged "Twenty-One" quiz show. In a matter of hours, Columbia University accepted Van Doren's resignation as an assistant professor of English, effective im mediately. Van Doren also faces possible perjury charges in court, for ad- 1 ' milted misstatements to a New York grand jury investigating the rigging of TV shows, and perhaps an end to his $50,000-a-year tele- I vision career. But the tall, wavy-haired, 33- year-old English professor had come at last to a tortured, soul searing conclusion that the truth is the only thing "with which a man can live." Garbage Collection Plan Tabled By NICKI WpLFORD A plan to put in a mandatory system of -garbage collection in State College was tabled by the Borough Council last night. The plan would have provided a borough supervised system of collection which would be paid for through fees collected from residents. A sanitation committee report, read by Mrs. Gladys G. Tanner, said it saw no other feasible plan and refused to accept a compro mise plan, calling it a "disservice to _the community." Mrs. Tanner then moved to table the plan until it could get public support or the present voluntary system should be come a health menace. In other business, the council referred a chamber of commerce plan to sell tokens to town mer chants for distribution to cus tomers for parking meters to corn mitte. The committee will work out an agreement between the borough . and the chamber and draw up an ordinance. Burgess Roy D. Anthony said, in discusing the borough's traffic problems, that University students "understand their responsibility" and that this was "the finest year in our relations with the campus." President Eric A. Walker thanked Anthony saying those were nice words and he hoped we wouldn't "have to eat them" after Saturday. , , . . • —Collegian Photo by Marty St!mu BOEING 707 TAKES ,OFF—Speedy Penn State halfback Roger Kochman turns right end en-route to 52-yard touchdown sprint in first period of Saturday's game in Morgantown, W.Va. Kochman gained 111 yards in eight carries as Lions won over Mounties, 28-10. No Excuse! Beat Syracuse! STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1959 Foi three years Van Doren had concealed, in fear and folly, he said, that the $129,000 he -won on "Twenty-One" were dis honest dollars. The man who coached him, he told a House subcommittee on Legislative Oversight, was Albert Freedman, the producer of the show. Freedman already is under indictment on charges of lying when he denied to a grand jury that the program was fixed. In New York, the National Broadcasting Co. said it was with holding comment on Van Doren's testimony for the present. Freedman tannic' 'not be lo cated for his reaction. At one time, - Van Doren testi fied under questioning, Freedman told him: "Charlie, I think I ought to have $5OOO of that money." Von Doren said he was sorry he ever mentioned that—not that he's trying still to hide something, but "I don't think Mr. Freedman meant that the way it sounds." The matter never was brought up again, he said, and no ar rangement was ever made be tween him and Freedman. Van Doren's 90-minute session on the witness stand was every bit as tense and dramatic as any of his 14 appearances in the NBC isolation booth back in late 1956 and early 1957. Instead of television viewers— the House allows no televising of hearings—perhaps 500 spectators packed elbow to elbow into the House caucus room, FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Cabinet Swings Ax At Parking Rules By JIM MORAN The Student Government Association Cabinet last night sent two pieces of impressive legislation rolling toward the SGA Assembly. One asked for the elimination of Sunday campus parking regulations, and the other urged a $6OOO grant from the Board of Trustees for the Lecture Series. David Epstein, Inter-College Council Board president and sponsor of the move to 1 abolish Sunday parking regula 'ltions, attacked the University parking regulations in general, .A calling Sunday rules "ludicrous.' Epstein urged immediate ac tion, saying that SGA has been • lax in acting on the parking prob lem. He specifically hit at the i Sunday' parking restrictions, citing how the regulations have kept sightseers and others away from the campus on Sunday. "The campus used to be mobbed with sightseers enjoying campus scenes in their autumn color," lEpstein said, "but the regulations 'have driven them away." , He moved on to the Sunday ' parking problem's effects on chapel services, saying they have hindered student attend ance at chapel. "There is no doubt about it," Epstein said, "the students have been fooled." He urged Cabinet's immediate action, "so the students can be heard." The recommendation to be pre sented at Assembly urges removal Guest Astronomer of all campus parking regulations from 6 a m. to midnight Sunday. To Speak Tonight Cabinet's action came after a re port was made by Walter Durran, chairman of the Traffic Code In vestigation Committee. sor and director of the observa-' In his report, Darren told tory at the University of Minne-! Cabinet 'hat his committee had sota, will speak on "Stellar Popu-I conferred with several adminis lations, Dying Stars and Stellar tration and enforcing officers fora possible solution to the Evolution" at 8 tonight in the parking problems on campus. IVlineral Sciences *auditorium. He 'promised a final report of Luyten, who was born in the , the committee's probing with- Netherlands East Indies, has, in three weeks, to be followed served as a research fellow at' by definite action by the UM- Lick Observatory, University Of : varsity next semester. California, and as astonomer at: The second item that will be Harvard College Observatory. heard at the Assembly meeting He has been director of the'coneerns the $6OOO request for observatory at the University of Lecture Series programs SGA Minnesota since 1931. (Contimied on rage three) Guard the Lion The Nittany Lion may be wearing a different color coat unless precautions are taken to prevent Syracuse invaders from defaming him. The old tradition of painting the symbol of the . opposing team may be renewed especially since the out , come of Saturday's game will determine the Eastern championship In conjunction with Spirit Week, a phrase coined by The Daily Collegian to bring student spirit to a peak, the men living in West Halls should take it upon them selves to guard the shrine, as has been done every year in the past. Penn State has the spirit , to help the team on to their eighth victory. The one remaining task of the student body is to keep those Orangemen away from our symbol. This is one way to show them that not only do we have a great team, but that they can't even beat our team of students. .., ~. ; ? . _ ~ _ R . . ' .. 1 10 Profs Seek Local Offic4s The names of ten members or former members of the lUniversity faculty will appear on the ballot today for bor ough and county offices. The polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Four professors are running for the State College Borough Coun cil. This office requires the voters to elect four members for a 4-i year term, with no salary. The candidates are Arnold Addison (R), personnel director and asso ciate professor of engineering in the Ordinance Research Labora tory; Harold P. Zelko (D), profes sor of speech; Lyne S. S. Hoffman (Continued on page eight) rgiatt Lions Win Seventh, Down WVU, 28-10 By Sandy Padwe Collegian Sports. Editor , On a rainy, bleak Saturday in a distant West Virginia hideaway, an 18-year-old Penn State halfback raised Lion spirits for the Syracuse battle this weekend. Roger Kochman, a relatively obscure sophomore sped through, around and over a tough West Virginia line and led Penn State to a 28-10 win before; 15,000 water-logged fans in Mor -1 the right time to use him." gantown. 1 "He really played a good ball Kochman, who got his chance game. I think he could become , to see action when Dick Pae was; one of the best backs to play injured in the Illinois game, pick-; here in a long time," Engle said. ed up 111 yards rushing in eight' Kochman (pronounced Koff carries, an average of 13.8 y a rds, man) and his second unit cohorts per carry. i did most of the playing Saturday Fifty-two of those yards came ias Engle rested some of his bat on a touchdown sprint in the I tered first stringers for Syracuse. first period. I Lion captain Pat Botula, suf- Kochman, who takes off like 1 tering from a bruised shoulder, a Boeing 707, took a pitchout Ididn't play at all. (He won the toss from quarterback Galen Hall,lthough.) The Lion braintrust de turned right end and wound up ccided against playing the hard in the end zone before you could;chaging fullback just before game blink your eyes. He outsped five: time. would-be Mountaineer tacklers; First unit guard Frank Kor en route. — ; bini didn't make - - the trip be- . ~ _ . . . "We always knew Roger had! cause of a twisted knee and Pee the potential." said Rip Engle,l wasn't in uniform either. the coach of Penn State's unbeat-I Richie Lucas, the New York en and seventh ranked- Lions. , Times' mid-season All-American "But we were just waiting for! (Continued on page nine) Forward Pass See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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