Weather Forecast: Cold, Windy VOl. 60. No. 56 Leonides Postpones Merger By PAT DYER Leonides Council postponed action on the proposed mer ger with the Association of Independent Men last night. The plan as presented by Staf ford Friday, chairman of the mer ger committee, would provide for three branches composing the In dependent Student Association. Residence hail unit presidents from both men’s and women’s residence halls would compose area councils. Presidents of the area councils and 25 representatives-at-large would sit on the central legisla tive body. The executive branch would consist of the President, two vice presidents (a woman and a man), a secretary and a treas urer. A system of courts would also be provided. Friday stated that the main opposition to the plan is in the West Halls area. He added that problems have arisen over overlapping positions with the Women's Student Government Association and the Women's Recreation Association. Several groups also have felt that the plan would result in under representation for their area, he said. In voting on the merger, many of the council members said they felt that not enough information was presented, and the accepted motion postponed consideration of the merger to a time when more information will be made available. Further plans for Las Vegas Night, to be held Saturday night in the Hetzel Union ballroom, ■were presented by Patricia Penny packer, Leonides chairman for the event. Las Vegas Night will fea ture “legalized gambling’’ in the form of craps, ‘2l’, cage and table dice games, poker, roulette, wheels of fortune and betting on a horse race. Tickets are ?1 per person end may be obtained at the Hetzel Union desk or at the door. Leoni des members will assist with decorations and act as assistant “croupieis'' along with the AIM members. Borough to Study Street Parking Ban The Borough Council last night referred to the Street Committee the Town Independent Men Council’s request to lift the 2to 6 a.m. street parking ban,on Saturdays and Sundays. The matter was committed against the protest of TIM President Philip Haines, who pre sented the request. He said little investigation was needed on the subject. Haines asked that the ban be lifted from 2 to 6 a.m. on week ends so visitors of town inde pendent men could park near their hosts’ residence. He also said it would be more convenient for men dating on weekends if they did not have to park in a lot far from their residence late at night. The borough forbids parking at these hours because it would make street cleaning end snow removal more difficult. “Can you guarantee it won’t snow on Saturday night?” Presi dent Erie A. Walker, a council member, asked. Haines replied jokingly that he had compiled a record of snow- lattgftdlnU r y y COLD, BLEAK AND WINDY—Few braved the storm which brought the winds up to 66 mph and the temperature down to 30 degrees yesterday. There was only about one inch of snow but enough to make driving and general outdoor conditions hazardous. Wind, Flurries After Seasons One of the most vigorous and intense inland storm systems in many years roared across Pennsylvania yesterday bringing snow, gale force winds and cold weather. Strong to gale force westerly winds combined with snow and blowing snow to easant day of the current winter season. Wind velocities r of hurricane force during the late afternoon when a gust make yesterday the most unp! were within nine miles an hoi Raging Snow Sform Covers East, South By The Associated Press Snow, sleet and wind-whipped rain struck staggering blows at sections of the East and South yesterday. Many schools and some plants were forced to close in Pennsyl vania. Hundreds of travelers were stranded. Some roads were blocked in mountainous areas in Dixie. A storm laid a crippling carpet of snow across most of Pennsyl vania. It piled up to 10 inches in Lancaster County and ranged from two to eight inches in other districts. Fallen wires cut off power to thousands of homes, an Army depot and the Harrisburg airport. The town of Lititz had no elec tricity. By JANET DURSTINE falls over the past four years, and only seven of over six inches had fallen. Statistically, he said, it is not likely that it will snow on weekends. In other business, the coun cil approved a recommendation of the Traffic Commission that Si Atherton Si. continue as a 3-lane road with one north bound and two. south-bound lanes. The decision was made over a protest of S. Atherton St. resi dents, who felt the larger volume and higher speed of the traffic was dangerous. The council, in accordance with citizens’ wishes, moved to ask the State Department of High ways to study the possibility of installing a traffic light at West erly Parkway and S. Atherton St, STATE: COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8. 1959 * '' j* £ !> : f FOR A BETTER PENN STATE - A "J 1 ’*£ 1 >« *\» >*./ /• w ’^'sV v; * * \ « to End Today Worst Storm By JOEL MYERS of 66 miles an hour was observed at the University Weather Bur eau. The winds will begin to dimin ish the snow flurries will end as a slight, but brief trend develops. Temperatures are expected to rise to the 36-degree mark this afternoon. The weather will turn colder again tomorrow and snow flur ries are likely to return to this region. Temperatures will remain in ; |the 30’s tonight and tomorrow with colder readings expected to imon'ow night. Despite the severe lashing that the State College area took, it got off easy when compared to some other sections of the Com monwealth. Most of the state was hit by two to six inches of snow as compared to the one inch that was measured here. For example, Philadelphia had rather heavy snow all yesterday afternoon. The storm that id severe weather North Carolina during Sunday afternoon. It in tensfied at a phe nomenal rate as it moved north w a r d through the middle At lantic states yes terday. Moderat e-to heavy precipita tion and gale-to-hurricane force [winds occurred in conjunction with it along the Atlantic coast. | As the storm continues its slow northward drift today, the snow [will taper off in the northeastern [states. However, before the snow ends this afternoon, up to 15 to 20 inches will cover the ground in some parts of northwestern Penn sylvania and western New York. Thompson Coed Dance Coeds in Thompson Hall will give a “Sadie Hawkins” dance at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Waring Lounge. . The girls will invite dates and provide entertainment. Conflict Exam Schedule . The conflict final examina tion schedule for the fall se mester may be found on page 7 of today's Collegian. Room changes for fall final examinations may be found on page 8. A full-page color Christ mas promotion ad appears on page 6. K Js* > n i.v Council to Sponsor Decorating Party West Halls Council will sponsor a tree decorating party, followed by a dance and refreshments, for all residents of the area, at 7 p.m tomorrow, in Waring lounge. The Council also decided to continue to have alternating Sun day jam session with the North Halls. This Sunday the jam ses sion will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. in Warnock lounge. „ Because of the success of the "coketail” party held in Waring lounge before the start of the Mil Ball, the Council decided to hold a similar party before the Senior Prom. SGA Plans Coffee Hour The Student Government Asso ciation will hold a coffee hour from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today, and every Tuesday, in 217 Hetzel Union. Assembly members will be on hand to answer any ques tions posed by interested students 1 Julius Urges SGA Get Faculty Views SGA President Leonard Julius recommended last night that administrative personnel of the University be called upon to speak before SGA Assembly meetings. Acting on the advice of Cabinet, Julius said an adminis tration member could state the University’s position on given topics, explain the reasons be-j~ — hind them, and clarify studentisations for Board of Control questions. members: chairman, $150; heas- The opinion was expressed that , a discussion before Assembly i U ’ el ’ secietdl Y ar >d personnel jwould be time consuming, buti a °vertising manager, $125 each. iSGA Vice President Larry Byers;' Va 6 es °t 75 cents an hour were [said the administrator would requested for the SCCA staff, reach more people by his Assent-j Julius pointed out that the bly appearance, regardless of time! 01 ’*®' 113 ' l° an had not been re involved. | paid, and urged reducing the re- Cabinet also heard a progress i quested compensations until it report on the Student Check ;has been. Cashing Agency which includ- In other business, Julius en ed five recommendations for in- dorsed a program to send stu creased facilities and funds, dents to state high schools to stated the compensation pro- publicize the University, attacked posals for SCCA workers. la proposal that SGA split costs The agency requested a $4OOO with the University to finance loan in addition to the original the Chess' Team,' and discussed $4OOO loaned them by SGA. It student seating in the new Beaver requested the following compen- Field. Hurry! on,y 10 K IjF State College Shopping Day* Cheers For Ike j KARACHI, Pakistan {fP) — President Eisenhower rode into the center of Karachi to the cheers of exultant Pakis tanis packed tightly along the streets yesterday. The crowd, welcoming the first U.S. president to come this far into Asia, was officially estimated at a million. At one point police had to press them back with a show of batons. Later the President received Pakistan’s highest civil award for his campaign on behalf of world peace. Then the nation’s leaders turned out to honor him at a din ner. Never before had the Paki stanis given such thunderous reception to a visitor from abroad. Beside Field Marshal Moham med Ayub Khan, Pakistan’s dic tator-president, Eisenhower trav eled down packed, gaily decorated streets to the ciies “Eisenhower zindabad!” “Long live Eisenhow er!” The outpouring of enthusiasm dwarfed even the reception by half a million Turks Sunday at Ankara, second stop on Eisenhow er’s 22,000-nule journey to 11 na tions. The crowd* pressed in closely just before Eisenhower and Ayub Khan changed from the open convertible that had brought them from the airport to a gilded coach for the final drive to the presidential resi dence, Ike's home while here. Eisenhower lost no time in opening discussions with Ayub Khan, whose nation is associated with both the Southeast Asia and Central Treaty organizations. Then at nightfall this sprawling, Arabian seaport city of two mil lion people was transformed into a brightly lighted, carnival-atmo sphere town. The award presented to Eisen hower by Ayub Khan is called the Nishan insigna of Pakistan. It was accompanied by a citation lauding the President for “inspir ing leadership in enabling the free nations to develop collective secu rity against aggression.” By JIM MOHAN FIVE CENTS
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