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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-
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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