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VOL. 2. No. 13 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26. 1960 FIVE CENTS
U.S. Declares Proof
in Recent 'Downed
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) The United States declared yesterday it has scien
tific proof the Soviet Union deliberately pushed a U.S. R 847 plane off its course and shot it
down over international waters in a "criminal and reckless act of piracy."
U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told the U.N. Security Council Soviet actions
recently make people wonder "whether the Soviet leaders are actually seeking a pretext
20 Students
To Attend
Conference
The graduate seminar on
problems of elementary edu
cation, taught by David W.
Russell, professor of educa
tion, will travel to Harrisburg
tomorrow to participate in the
state conferences which will con
sider recommendations from the
recent White House Conference
on Children and Youth.
The 20 members of the class
will be guests and participants in
the followup conference which
will d'termine which recommen
dations of the national conference
will be carried back to the local
units.
The national conference com
piled 670 recommendations for
"promoting the opportunities for
children and youth to realize their
full potential for a creative life,"
according to Mrs. Rollin Brown,
national chairman.
The Penn State group is at
tending by invitation and will
be the only group of students
participating in the conference
according to Dr. Russell.
The conference includes a gen
eral session tomorrow morning,
a luncheon address by Governor
David L. Lawrence and afternoon
workshops. A closing general ses
sion will review the recommen
dations and reports of the work
shops.
"The state conference is the
best way to disseminate the in
formation compiled at the na
tional forum to the individual
schools," said Russell.
Press Bias Viewed
In Markham Article
Criticism on the press's
handling of news pertaining
to political parties and candi
dates reflects a public belief
that the American press is not
meeting its obligation, Dr.
James W. Markham said in an
article in the current "Nieman
Reports."
"Barely six weeks of this presi
dential election year had passed
before the familiar cry of press
bias was heard in the Wisconsin
primary campaign," Markham
said.
Charges that we have a one
party press have increased during
the 1950's and may well multiply
during this campaign, Markham
said, especially if the religious is
sue complicates the problem of
news handling.
Criticism of the press during
the decade has related not only
to news of politics, but also inte
gration and treatment of the
early years of the Eisenhower
administration.
Whether the criticism is pro
voked by dissatisfaction with
press treatment of race, class, re
ligion or politics, it reflects a
public belief that the press is not
meeting its obligation to present
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
for war."
In a dramatic counterattack on,
Soviet charges, the chief U.S. dell
egate asked the Security Council
either to name an impartial in
ternational commission to probe
the July 1 R 847 incident, or sub-I
mit the entire matter to the Ind
ternational Court of Justice.
Somebody, Lodge said, lied
about the incident.
"Now we wonder why the So
viets have presented so many
distortions about this. Perhaps
the Soviet air force was reluc
tant to admit to Chairman Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev that
the aircraft could not be shot
down over Soviet airspace for
the good reason that it was not
' there and therefore did not
inform him of the facts." Lodge
said.
"Perhaps they did not tell him,
they had to go 200 miles from'
Cape Svyatoy Nos to follow the
R 847. Perhaps Chairman Khru
shchev has been lied to. That is
one possibility. There are others.
We can all speculate."
The U.S.S.R. immediately re
jected this proposal. Repeating its
charges that the R 847 was on an
aggressive spy mission, the Soviet
Union accused the United States
of "cynicism without precedent"
in the American rebuttal.
Lodge displayed maps to, the
council to indicate how he Said
the R 847 was deliberately man
euvered off its course by a So
viet fighter plane.
Britain, from whose terri
tory the R 847 had taken off,
strongly backed up the U.S. coun
terattack, and so did France.
Lodge indicated frequently the
United States had scientific proof
lof what happened to the R 847
plane, but U.S. sources said he did
not go into detail because the
(proof included secret information
potentially of great interest to the
(Soviet Union.
full information and a wide range
of opinion, according to Markham.
"The best way to answer such
criticism is with facts," Mark
ham said. "No one can say for
sure whether the American press
has been less than fair in the
election campaign news treatment
because no comprehensive study
has been made of press perform
ance on a wide enough scale to
justify such a generalization.
"Yet the need for assessing
press performance is greater
now than ever because condi
tions make an impartial news
report indispensable," Mark
ham continued.
Trends toward one-newspaper
cities, toward fewer newspapers
with larger circulations are evi
dence that an increasing degree
of responsibility for determining
the kind of news to which people
have access belongs to a decreas ,
ing number of individuals, Mark
ham noted.
Studies of press performance,
he said, should provide a descrip
tion that can serve as a basis for
estimating what kind of news the
reader is exposed to; a similar
measure and evaluation of the
news flow; an examination of
make-up values, policies and
news desk decisions; and survey
of reader attitudes.
Talfrogiatt
of Soviet Piracy
Plane' Incident
CulturalAttache
To Discuss Iraq
Dr. Salih Jawad Al-Toma, cul
tural attache with the Embassy
of the Republic of Iraq, will speak
at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Hetzel
Union assembly room.
His talk, titled, "What Iraq and :
the Arab World Hope For and
What It Expects from the West"
is one of the public lectures pre
sented by the Education for;
World Understanding Workshop.
Al-Toma is a graduate of High-'
er Teachers' College in Bagdad
and received his master of artsH
and doctor of education degrees :
from Harvard University.
Prior to this present appoint-!
ment, he was assistant dean of
the College of Education at the;
University of Baghdad.
Trends of Penna.
Historical Groups
To Be Evaluated
Past accomplishments, present
activities and future trends of
!the statewide, county and local
historical societies and agencies
in Pennsylvania will be docu- • •
mented in a national survey.
The evaluation, undertaken by!
the American Association for
State and Local History, will cul
minate in a published report one',
: year from now, according to
I W. P. Workmaster, curator of the;
Pennsylvania Historical Collec
tions at the University and secre-1
tary of the Pennsylvania His:
torical Association.
Workmaster said that the sur
vey will be of great assistance;
to Pennsylvania, for the state
has failed to realize the full po-I
tential of its heritage through'
adequate conservation of its his- 1
torical resources.
It will encourage new effort in
discovering the role - of Pennsyl
vania's communities in the de
velopment of America, Workmas
ter said.
Collegian Cooperates
In Retail Dollar Days
Cooperating with 34 town
merchants sponsoring "Dollar
Days," the Summer Collegian
will publish and distribute its
next issue Thursday morning
instead of Friday, the usual
publication date.
"Dollar Days" will run
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
and include special features
such as the Sidewalk Sale
Thursday morning from 9-12
a.m.
Latshaw To Give Adult Puppet Show
George Latshaw, noted puppe
teer, will present a program for
adults titled "Hand in Glove" at
8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Schwab.
The program includes such num
bers as "A Fable of the South"
with a Tennessee Williams slant.
"Especially for Long Hairs,"
"Space is Way Out," "Pas de Deux
pour Trois," and "Party for Picas
so."
"This Hammer for Hire," a
spoof of the Mickey Spillane
hero; "A Small Kabuki" which
is adapted from the Bunraku
Figures of Japan; and "The
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GOP Storm
CONVENTION HALL, Chicago . M—Bristling, bickering
Republicans rocketed their 27th national convention off to a
stormy start yesterday, but presidential nominee-to-be
Richard M. Nixon quickly cla . mped a heavy,. calming hand
on the controls.
The vice-president flew in from Washington to the con
vention which almost automati
cally will plant the party presi-I
dential banner in his hands to- ew Plays
morrow night.
There were plenty of prospects
that he was heading into a rough, t -
rousing fight over civil rights on; (neer,
the convention floor, standing
side by side with Gov. Nelson A.'
Rockefeller o New York the;
man who wanted to challenge him, oat Barn
for the presidency but never man-;
aged to muster a serious threat. Shakespeare's "T we 1 f
But then it immediately
i be
came clear that Nixon intends ” opened yesterday asst
to have his way about the civil ',Nil a teer Playhouse. while Boal
rights plank and all other ba
sic pronouncements. !Barn will present the first per
formance of Noel Coward's
The convention platform com-!
mittee refused to rubber stamp',
them word for word particular- , stamp',, Lives Thursday.
ly a call for aggressive action to : "Twelfth Night" will run for
do away with every vestige of ra- two weeks until Saturday. Aug.
cial segregation or discrimination
ti Under the direction of Max
in every segment of national life.
The committee struggled fur- Fischer, the play has been trans
iously through the night, then lated into modern terms with the
came up with a civil rights plank. aid of up-to-date costumes and
It was a sort of split-the-differ
sets by Ann Keel
ence deal btween liberals and y.
conservatives that left practically The play, one of Shakes
nobody happy. peare's light comedies, deals
i
The product fell short of what with adventures and misadven-
Nixon wanted. He told a news'
tures of a twin brother and sis
cOnference it was "unsatisfac
tory so far as lam concerned." ! ter, Sebastian and Viola, and
Then he let it be known what the comic people they meet on
ihe expects and intends to get, not .
the way. •
;only on civil rights but all other
( platform declarations: : Patricia Thompson will be fen
"We can't have a platform," he Lured in the role of Viola and
said, "which repudiates what the David Frank will be featured as
presidential candidate stands for the roisterous Sir Toby Belch.
and will stand for."
That was tough talk. But Nixon Curtain time is 8:40 p m.
;was in a position to talk tough.. "Private Lives," a romantic
He has the presidential nomina- comedy will run for two week,
tion in his pocket, even though ends at Bind Barn . ;tarling at
;some delegates were squirming 8:30 Thursday.
Viand muttering about it as a re-, It deals with a fashionable
isult of the platform dispute. young gentleman Ellyot who is
'honeymooning on the Riviera only
Commencement Set to rup into his former w;fe Aman
lila, also on her •honeymoon. Jon
(For Mail Aug. 12 I ''
!Barrie Wilder will. play Ellyot
and Amanda will be played by
Sum Mer session commence- . Marion Glass.
rent will be held at 6 p.m. Fri- .
day, August 12 on the Mall,
i n'Claremont Quartet
front of the Pattee Library, it has!
been announced. In case of rain ..rp • ni .
the ceremony will be held in RecH 10 nay Tomaht
reation Hall at the same time. ! The Claremont String Quartet
The summer sessions band, will play compositions by Franz
directed by James W. Dunlop, 'Schubert, Hobert Schumann, and
and the summer sessions chorus , .Max Reger in its concert at 8 to
with W. Paul Cambell conduct- night in the Iletzel Union ball
ing, will provide music ,for the room.
occasion. The program will open with
There will be no faculty pro-,s c h n h er r s Q uar t e t i n E fi at ma _
cession, but faculty members and'jor, Opus 1 9 5, No. 1.
!their families are invited to at Quartet No. sin F sharp minor.
tend and may sit together. Opus 121 by Refer has been se-
Candidates for degrees, their lected as t h e eompoAtion to be
(families, and friends may eat din -,played.
ner in Redifer Hall from 4:30 to, The program will conclude with
15:30 p.m. on Commencement Day.
'Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Opus
!Tickets, which must be obtained,4l, No. 1 by Schumann.
fin advance, are $1.50 each. They,
!will be sold during the week of:
!August 8 at Redifer Hall. Orchestra to Present
1 •
I'Mister Cory' Scheduled IConcert on Th urs day
1 The summer sessions orchestra,
As Movie Tomorrow !composed of students enrolled in
The movie, "Mister Cory," willthe various programs of the sum
be presented at. 9 p.m. tomorrow'mer sessions, will present a con
'on the lawn south of the Hetzel cart at 8 p.m. Thursday in
!Union Building. The technicolor Schwab.
film stars Tony Curtis, Martha! The orchestra is conducted by
;flyer, Charles Bickford, Kathryn!Lowell M. Boorse, associate pro
:Grant, and Kenneth Moore. 'lessor of music.
Taming of the Shrew" which is , theatre at the University of
subtitled "A Mad Mime for Two North Carolina and Yale Drama
Hands" a - re also on the program. Schools. He is a former presi-
The program is sponsored by dent of the Puppeteers of
the Department of Theatre Arts, America.
and is open to the public. , Latshaw is recognized as one
Latshaw is currently teaching•of the most creative artists in the
a course oni the history, theory field of puppetry today, and
and practice of puppetry. among his accomplishments wt ye
The course is designed both for the design and direction of the
teachers who hope to use the:Detroit - Puppet Theatre's preduc
puppetry in their classrooms and tion of Aaron Copeland's - Holy
for students who might enjoy the Kid."
'using puppets for their own ex- Latshaw presented a pi ,
pression. show for children entitled "V. ,
Latshaw was !rained in the bur and the Giant" on July 13.