Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy, Cold VOL. 60. No. 97 Leonides Refuses To Accept Merger; Sets 0 n Elections Leonides Counc . proposal to merge Independent Men. However, the cl scheduled next wee Political Bill Discussion Postponed By CAROL BLAKESLEE A bill which would restrict candidates from switching po litical parties was not dis cussed by . SGA Cabinet last night because the proponent was not on hand to present his views. The Rules Committee did not place the bill on the Assembly agenda for this week for the same reason. The bill, proposed by Edwin Urie, alternate Assemblyman, rec ommended a change in the by laws so that a person elected to office under one party could not be nominated by another party during his term of office, nor could he resign from his office to accept a nomination from an other party. Jay Hawley, Rules Commit tee chairman, said also that the bill had been committed to the Reorganization Committee until next week because it was felt there would be a great deal of primary debate on it which should be made off the Assem bly floor. Cabinet also approved a bill asking that more phones be placed in the Hetzel Union Building, but recommended that only two more be added, instead of the three re quested in the bill. Students would be able to dial downtown numbers on these phones. SGA President Leonard Julius explained that no long distance calls could be made, Fire Damages SAE A fire in the stove of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity caused only minor damage to the kitchen last evening but dinner was burned toacrisp. Alpha Fire Co. was called to extinguish the blaze and they spent almost a half-hour at the house. There was no estimate of the damage. Removal of Penny Meters Protested By AMY ROSENTHAL Citizens protested last night the action of State College Borough Council to replace all the old meters, except 28 on Allen Street, with 281 nickel and dime meters over a three and one-half year period. Harold J. Fishbein accused the council of using the money from the meters to pay off the parking lot bonds. He said that this was illegal and violating a ruling laid down by the Pennsylvania Su preme Court. He asked that the meters be re moved from the parking lots and ul attendant hired: that meters be _,,.-r .' ' 'P ' f, ai g (11,,,,...,:::1,P4. 1) 40 ,/ ~.._,..,, ~ By PAT DYER 1 last night failed to vote directly on a immediately with the Association of !uncil did vote to hold their elections as sion implied a rejection of any immediate merger, according to Carol Frank, Leonides president. The proposal, as presented by Harald Sandstrom, AIM presi dent, provided that the present Leonides Council would meet jointly with the AIM Board of Governors and that a joint slate of independent officers would be elected. This would provide a temporary joint council of about 60 members. .-This dec The new proposal came out of an AIM executive meeting and was designed to get the merger under way without get ting "bogged down" in sub structure problems which have hindered progress on the mer ger plans all year, Sandstrom said. Council members raised objec tions to the move.' They ques tioned the advisability of adopt ing a temporary plan whose ad vantages are "obscure" and men tioned the problems presented by the new community living plans now under consideration by the administration. Sandstrom replied that the or iginal reasons for initiating a mer ger have not changed. Phillip Haines, president of the Town Independent Men, said that the independent women havn't even heard the men's side and urged that Leonides members schedule a compulsory meeting tomorrow night with AIM. After 45 minutes of heated discussion, the council voted to proceed with their own elec tions, but also to attend the AIM meeting at 8 p.m. tomor row. In other business, the council voted to hold a "Leonides Con ference" Sunday, April 24, in the Nittany Lion Inn. Between 50 and 100 outstanding independent women will be invited to attend the all-day conference. Such topics as community liv ing, the future of Leonides, and maintaining individuality among thousands, will be discussed in morning and afternoon work shops. Breakfast, lunch and a coffee break will be provided by the council, according to the plans presented by Beverly Cades, conference chairman. The Council also voted to co operate with TIM in planning a second Las Vegas night to be held April 9, and in sponsoring the lead float which will carry the Miss Penn State finalists in the Spring Week float parade. taken off the streets where they are not used to regulate traffic; and that the meters stop operat ing after 6 p.m. Lawrence Perez, president of the council, said that parking meters are needed after 6 p.m. to keep a normal traffic turn over. He also said that any other money left from the meters would go for the general welfare of the community which might include helping to pay for the parking lots. Harold Zipser, a town merchant, said that he, as a merchant, would be willing to pay extra millage to alleviate harrassment to the stu dents as well as the townspeople. " Other citizens asked for meters which could be used longer than one hour in order to get errands accomplished. Councilman Edwin Frost re FOR A BETTER PENN STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 8. 1960 U.S. Declares Claim By Cuba 'Baseless' WASHINGTON (IP) The United States denounced as "baseless, erroneous and mis leading" Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro's implication that the American government was responsible for the explosion of a French munitions ship in Havana Harbor. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter in unusually blunt language summoned Cuba's liiiMiMMINMPUMWMMIIIMM•MMI --Collegian Photo by kick Bower CONSTRUCTION WORKERS' are rapidly applying the finishing touches to the inside of the new addition to the Borland Laboratory Building. The new addition wil University Creamery. Temperature Hits New Low Yesterday was the coldest day of the season and to make things even more wintery two inches of snow fell on top of the 12 inches already on the ground. The mercury fell to 4 degrees above zero early -. yesterday morn- "z--e; r t) ing and only managed to `: ( A climb to 23 de-!' L.,,- igrees during the ' • ' afternoon. • • Today will bet j party cloudy and cold with a .> chance of a few snow flurries. A high of 27 degrees is expected. Tonight should be clear and very cold with a low of 7 degrees. Cloudiness should be increasing slowly tomorrow and there is a chance of light snow by late at night or early Thursday. Tomor row's high will be 30 degrees. plied that the meters were in stalled so that merchants could have business turnover. He said that with 2 or 3-hour parking nothing could prevent students from using the spaces to park their cars and go to classes. In other business, Council passed a $663,494.26 budget which is about $62,000 higher than last year's budget. However, towns people will still not have to pay a higher millage tax. Council also voted to designate from April 24 to October 30 as Daylight Savings Time. Citizens also protested the es tablishing of a three-lane highway on S. Atherton _St. They asked that the street be put back as it was and that council concentrate on obtaining a by-pass for Rt. 322. rgiatt _ y.. - ..., nvi.. 6 . ''')..: serve as the salesroom for the SGA Trip Forms Remain Available Applications are still available for the Student Government As sociation sponsored flight to Eu rope this summer. Those interested may get in formation at the SGA office, 203 A Hetzel Union, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. The flight will leave New York for London on June 13 and return from Paris July 23. A $lOO deposit is required to reserve a seat. The remaining $lB5 should be paid by April 15. Anyone who has been officially associated with the University for at least six months and his wife or husband, parents and children are eligible for the flight. Carnival to Be On Intramural The Intramural .Field will be available for the Spring Week Carnival, April 30, because football coach Rip Engle has agreed to move the Blue-White game to Beaver Field, according to Spring Week Chairman Walter Caplan. Caplan said last night tha to start setting up booths about 12:30 or 1 p.m. "Mr. Engle, Mr. Thiel and Dean McCoy showed us the utmost co operation in the matter," carnival chairman Robert Wayne said, "and their efforts are very much appre 'ciated." Engle initiated action to allow the IM Field to be used for the carnival, Wayne said. He suggest ed moving up the starting time of the game to noon so that field would be clear by 2:30 p.m. This would not have allowed enough time to set up the bboths. After discussing the matter with Glenn_ N. Thiel, professor of physical education, and Er nest B. McCoy, dean of the Col lege of Physical Education and Athletics, Engle agreed to move Sorority, Rushees See Page 4 top diplomat to the State Depart ment and told him: "This government vigotously rejects and protests this unfound ed and irresponsible attitude on the part of Prime Minister Cas tro" Herter said that in view of the grave accusations the Unit ed States "finds itself increas ingly obliged to question the good faith of your excellency's government with respect to a desire for improved relations between our governments." The Cuban Charge d'Affaires, Enrique Patterson, clearly upset at the session, left hurriedly af terward. He told newsmen only that he would report Herter's comments to Castro without com ment. U.S. businessmen predicted yes terday Cuba will hasten to seize all American property as a result of the uproar over the munitions ship disaster. The explosions killed from 50 to '7O persons. All were Cuban workers and soldiers unloading the vessel except for six members of the ship's crew. An official an nouncement today said 46 bodies !have been identified. The shock of Castro's asser tions penetrated deeply into Cuban and American communi ties alike. While many Cubans joined in denouncing the United States, some said openly they were disturbed about the speech's effect on U.S.-Cuban relations. American businessmen, wh o have millions invested in Cuba, were pessimistic, mindful that the Institute of Agrarian Reform al ready has taken over wide areas of U.S.-owned agricultural land. Symtomatic of the feeling in U.S. business circles was the an nouncement of Moa Bay Mining Co. that it is abandoning opera tions in Cuba because of govern ment restrictions. Leonides Nominations Self-nominations for all Leon ides offices must be completed and returned to the Hetzel Union desk by 5 p.m. today. Elections will be held in conjunction with the Women's Student Government elections March 17. Held Field groups will probably be able the game, which will now be played at 2:30 p.m. at Beaver Field. McCoy and Thiel arranged for the two lacrosse games scheduled for that day to be moved up to 10 a.m. since one is to he played on Beaver Field before the Blue- White game. With the game changed to Bea ver Field and the lacrosse games 'moved up in ,the day. only the stands which will be on the 1M Field for the football clinic will have to be removed before the carnival can be set up, Wayne said. "The clinic ends at noon," he said, "and we've been promised that we can start setting up as soon as the stands are down." FIVE CENTS
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