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VOL. 61. No. 24
Upited States Resumes
Laos Military Program
State Department Says
WASHINGTON (/P)—The United States has ordered re
sumption of its big military assistance program to Laos, in
cluding direct salary payments to the 25,000-man royal army,
a State Department official said last night.
The action ended a suspension of 10 days or more during
which the Soviet Union sought to
move into the vacuum with an
offer of aid to neutralist Premier
Souvanna Phouma.
The decision to resume Amer
ican aid which amounts to about
$46 million a year stemmed
from talks with Phouma in the
Lao capital of Vientiane by 1
troubleshooter J. Graham Par
sons, assistant secretary of state
for the Far East.
U.S. officials said whatever in-I
fluence the United States brought'
to bear was in an effort to bring
a unified effort by Lao authori-. 1
ties in their fight to maintain in
dependence against Communist,
pressures.
Sufficient assurances were re
iceived from Phouma so that the
'United States could go ahead and
resume its aid program, inform
ants said.
Most of the September pay
ments to troops which had been
held up have now been author
ized for payment and steps are;
being taken to make the October'
' payments by the end of this
month.
The United States had dis
agreed with Phouma in the
timing of his peace talks with
the Communist-directed Path
et Lao guerrillas which now
are under way.
But the neutralist Lao premier
'has shown backbone in the first
conditions he has laid down in
negotiating with the Pathet Lao
'leaders, the State Department'
feels. 1
These conditions are first that,
the Pathet Lao must get out of
the northern garrison town of l
Sam Neua.
Secondly, Phouma b a s de
mended that Pathet Lao guer
rillas disengage in areas where
they are fighting royal Lao
forces.
If the negotiations with the
E
Pathet Lao follow the pattern of
1958, it is believed here that the
peace talks will drag out for ti
long time.
Fraternities
Report $ll2
Stolen Sot.
Two fraternities reported
the theft of a total of $ll2
early Saturday morning,
according to State College
police. Acacia fraternity re
ported the loss of $53 from four
members and Phi Kappa Tau re
portedly lost $59 from five mem
bers.
Police officials said they be
lieve the crimes were committed
by the same persons or persons,
since the operating procedures
were identical. In both cases, they
said, only folding money was
stolen.
Both fraternities use the dormi
tory system for sleeping, so the
rooms where students study and
keep theid clothing were unoccu
pied. Saturday morning members
of both houses found their clo
thing is disarray and their wal
lets empty, police said.
Only the two ground floor
rooms of Acacia were victimized,
police said, but the Phi Kappa
rau theft occurred on the sec
ond floor.
In both cases the front door of
the house was found open at one
time in the evening. Phi Kappa
Tau's door was left open all night
and Acacia's door was found open
at about 4 although pre
viously it had been locked. Police
said a member of Acacia may
have left the door unlocked when
leaving or entering the house very
early.
This is the first time a theft has
occurred at either house, a police
official said, but similar incidents
have occurred periodically at
other neighborhood houses;
Nixon Refuses sth Debate
WASHINGTON (W) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon yes-I
terday turned down the idea cf al
fifth television date with Sen.
John F. Kennedy. Kennedy urged
that he reconsider.
Greeks Selected for 1K Sing Finals
Four fraternities and four
sororities have been selected
to compete in the Interfra
ternity-Panhellenic Sing Fi
nals at 6:30 p.m. Friday in
Schwab.
Four fraternity quartets and
four sorority quartets will also
compete Friday.
The finalists were selected Sun
day and last nights in prelimin
ary competition. Twelve sorori
ties and 13 fraternities competed
in the group sing and 10 sorori
ties and 14 fraternities in the
quartet contest.
Sorority group finalists are
Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gam
ma. Gamma Phi Beta and Pi
Beta Phi. Sorority quartet fi
nalists are Alpha Omicron Pi,
Della Delia Delta, Kappa Al-
pit a ti g
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1960
The Varsity 'S' Club will
show movies of the Penn State-
Syracuse football game to
night in 119 Osmond Lab.
The first film will be shown
at 7:30. The second will start
at approximately 8:45.
Quarterback Galen Hall will
narrate one of the films, and
Captain Henry Oppermann
may narrate the second. Dona
tions will be collected.
pha Theta and Pi Bela Phi.
Competing in the fraternity
group finals will be Alpha Kap
pa Lambda, Delta Chi, Phi Delta
Theta and Pi Kappa Phi.
Fraternity quartet finalists are
Acacia, Alpha Kappa Lambda,
Alpha Zeta and Phi Kappa Tau.
First place winners in the fra
ternity and sorority divisions of
both the group sing and quartet
contests will be awarded trophies.
Second, third and fourth place
winners in the group sing for
both divisions will receive
plaques.
Group sing first place win
ners will get .40 points toward
the over-all Greek Week tro
phy. Second place will carry
30 points and. third place 20
points.
The first place quartets will
gain 20 points for their repec-
FOR ABETTER PENN STATE
Orange Squeeze
Past State, 21-15
—Collegian Photo by Rick flower
SOPHOMORE GUARD Joe Blasenstein (62) of Penn State brings
down Syracuse halfback Pete Brokaw (46) .with a shoe-string
tackle in third quarter of Saturday's game at Archbold Stadium.
Syractise (4-0) won the thriller, 21-15. State now is . 2-2.
Arctic Air Will Hit
Area With Force
Old man winter will begin to readings in this area will fall into
bring the calendar up to date to- the upper 20's tomorrow night.
day. The forecast for this area indi-
The balmy, summer-like days
of the past two weeks which fea
tured sunshine and afternoon
temperatures in the 70's will be
transformed into more wintery
ones with blukery northwester
ly winds, much colder tempera
tures and possibly a few light
showers tomorrow.
The arctic air .
that will begin to 17 0
influence the wea
ther in this • area ~ " 1 . 1.7
tonight originated
over the polar ice
cap late last week
and temperatures
t
in its core are be
low zero.
There will be L `C
considerable modi
fication of this air mass as it
journeys southeastward from
Northwestern Canada.
But, nevertheless, temperature
five groups. Second place in the
quartets will result in 15 points
and third will carry 10 points.
Every group which entered the
Sing Contest will be given an ad
ditional 10 points and each quar
tet entry will gain five points.
Each group will sing one re
quired song and one number
of its own choice. The required
number fo r fraternities is
"Shenandoah" and the selected
number must be sung unac
companied.
The required sorority number
is "Green Cathedral" and must
also be sung without accompani
ment. The selected sorority num
ber may be sung with or without
aecompaniment.
Judging will be based on tonal
ity, intonation, interpretation and
phrasing, balance of parts, diction
and general effects.
cates partly cloudy skies and
cooler temperatures for today.
The maximum reading will be
near 60 degrees, which 10 degrees
cooler than yesterday's high.
Partly cloudy, windy and colder
weather is expected tonight with
temperatures falling into the up
per 30's.
Tomorrow will be mostly
cloudy, windy and considerably
colder with a few light showers
likely. The high temperature will
barely reach the 50 degree mark.
Much colder weather is due to
morrow night.
Accident Postpones
Artist Series Show
The University Artists Series Concert, by Leon Fleisher,
pianist, scheduled for tomorrow envening in Schwab Audi
torium, has been postponed until 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
The change was made yesterday after the pianist in
formed the Artists Sereis Committee that he had sprained a
ligament in his wrist, making. it ---
impossible for him to keep his; ]l6 faculty and non-student
concert schedule. i tickets remain for the concert.
Fleisher, a judge for the Leven-1 Faculty and other non-students
tritt Foundation Music Award, who have purchased tickets may
believes that he suffered the returnthem if they are unable to
sprain carrying heavy stacks of use them Saturday.
music around during the judgingg. Fleisher was born into a•
mu
last week
Tickets issued and sold for studies when he was four, and
the Wednesday night date will .gave his first public recital . when
be used for the Saturday night he was six.
program. . Between the ages of 10 and
Students who have obtained 20, Fleisher studied in Italy and
tickets and cannot attend the New York, under Artur Schna-
Saturday performance are re- bel. <)
quested to return the tickets to ; He made his first offkial or
the Hetzel Union desk so that they,chestral debut in 1943. with the
will be available for other stu-,San Francisco Orchestra under
dents who wish to attend the con-'Pierre Monteux, who a year later
cert. presented him at the New
About 300 student tickets and !York Philharmonic.
Convenient
Opportunity
--See Page 4
By SANDY PADWE
Sports Editor
Syracuse turned Piety Bill
into Heartbreak Hill for Penn
State Saturday with a 21-15
victory which left 40,617 Arch
bold Stadium fans wondering
just how long it's going to be
before Ben Schwartzwalder's
luck runs out:
It almost did Saturday,• but the
National Champs received a six
point gift on an intercepted paSS
and then put on a last-second goal
line stand to win their 15th
straight and their third squeaker
in four games this season.
The 1960 struggle was almost
an exact replica of last year's 20,
18
.spinetingler won by the Or
ange. And it will undoubtedly go
down in the record books as one
of the greatest games ever played.
This was drama at the Holly
wood level with the Nittany
Lions trying desperately to •
come from behind for an upset
victory.
. They just couldn't quite mike
it, though, as an 85-yard drive in
the last two minutes stalled on
the Orange four-yard line with
just seven seconds remaining.
"I've had some great disappoint
ments through the years," Lion
coach Rip Engle said as . he
thought back to the game, "but
this was the most discouraging
because the boys played so well
and fought their hearts out. I
wanted the win for them, not
myself.
"The whole team looked good,"
Engle continued. "We came back
strongly in the end and. I thought
we were in control."
Schwartzwalder . took noth
ing away from either teem.
"This game did us good. Penn
State threw a lot of different
stuff at us," he said referring
to State's spreads and, unbal
anced line. "They gave us a lib
eral education.
"All in all it was a good win.
!We made some mistakes that have
to be corrected but I'm proud of
the kids.
"Rip has nothing to be ashamed
of. His boys did a good job. if
they had a couple of breakaway
backs like Kansas, they'd really
be something."
Speaking of breakaway hacks,
(Continued on page lithe
sical background, began his piano
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