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VOL. 61. No. 68 STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 10, 1961 FIVE CENTS
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arouses .
New Cuban 'lnvasion' Charges
HAVANA (/P) The U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt sailed into Guantanamo
Bay yesterday, setting off new Cuban charges of imminent invasion from the north. A high
official said all Cuba is under the equivalent of martial law.
The semiofficial newspaper Revolucion accused the United States of mining Guan
tanamo Bay, site of the big U. S. base in eastern Cuba. It said also that large quantities of
medicine were being unloaded at
the base.
Peace Corps Plan
May Replace ROTC
Peace Corps courses could become part of the University's
required program for men and women according to a plan
submitted in a letter by President Eric A. Walker to Presi
dent-elect John F. Kennedy.
In his letter Walker suggested that the program, which
would be jointly administered by
the federal government and th»
colleges and universities, would
be comparable to an expanded
and modified ROTC program.
The program, Walker said,
would serve to "increase every
student's awareness of his pub
lic responsibilities, and, sec
ond, to prepare selected leaders
for professional services in ei
ther the military, civil defense
or overseas technical assistance
areas."
Walker suggested that all stu
dents men and women who
enroll as freshmen or sophomores
in 'a college or university with the
Peace Corps Program be required
to participate in one of the three
areas.
Selected upperclassmen who
volunteered would then be chosen
for the advanced program, the
letter said. These students would
receive reserve commissions or
certificates with limited-service
assignments upon graduation.
Further training !night then fol
low by federal agencies.
Financing, organization and
curriculum planning would
have to be the joint concern of
the institutions and the govern
ment, Walker said
Walker described the program
as one with an "emphasis that
is more relevant to the problems
of our time." This program would
replace ROTC, Walker said.
Up to the present, the only sus
tained national effort toward
preparation for public service has
been through ROTC, Walker said,
but the ROTC is currently under
going careful re-examination in
both the educational and defense
establishments.
Blazers to Be Gift
For Russian Team
Navy blue wool blazers will be given to each participant
in the Soviet-U.S. meet to be held Saturday in Recreation
Hall as a surprise gift.
The blazers will be given
of a gift from the students of
sia, Phillip Haines, promoter of
the project said last night.
Members of both teams and the
three meet officials will receive
the blazers which will be deco
rated by an emblem especially
designed for the event. The em
blem will be composed of the So
viet and American flags criss
crossing and will give the name
and date of the meet.
Haines said it is planned that
at the end of the meet, after
announcement of the final team
results, and all-around winners,
the teams will line up and as
the Blue Band softly sings The
Nittany Lion, Richard Haber,
SGA president, will announce
the gift, first in Russian and
then in English.
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Warmer Weather
To Relieve Cold,
Help Melt Snow
A slow warming trend in tem
perature will begin this afternoon
and continue into Thursday.
The cold air, which returned to
Pennsylvania Saturday evening,
maintained sub-freezing mercury
readings for the last two days
across most of the Keystone State.
This has prevented much melt
ing of the snow cover, which
ranges from less than an inch in
the southeastern corner of the
state to nearly 20 inches in some
western areas.
However, the milder tempera
tures of the next few days will
again cause the snow to start
melting. No additional snow is ex
pected for at least three days.
Today should be partly cloudy
and rather cold, although after
noon temperatures will be a few
degrees higher than those of yes
terday. The maximum reading
will be about 34 deuces.
Mostly clear skies and chilly
weather is expected tonight and a
low of 22 is predicted.
Considerable cloudiness, breezy
and warmer weather is forecast
for tomorrow and a high tempera
ture of 40 is expected.
o the Soviet team in the spirit
merica to the students of Rus-
ious student organizations will
then present the blazers to the
men athletes and men representa
tives will give them to the Soviet
women's team.
After the presentation a buffet
dinner will be held for the teams
and invited guests in the main
lounge of the Hetzel Union Build
ing. Also in conjunction with the
meet, ISA and Pollock Halls
Council will sponsor a dance from
9 p.m. to 1 .a.m. Saturday night
in the HUB ballroom at which the
students might meet the Russian
team.
Since no members of the So
viet team speak English and
none of the American team
speaks Russian, 20 members of
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Despite denials from U.S. offi
cials at Guantanamo—last U.S.
foothold in Cuba—of any aggres
sive intent, Prime Minister Fidel
Castro's radios and newspapers
kept up the invasion warnings of
the past 10 days.
Revolution said the carrier
Roosevelt would be incorpo
rated with various destroyers
into a combat unit to be sta
tioned in the area. The U.S.
Navy said the carrier was just
there on a refresher training
mission long planned.
Cuba stepped up its defense
preparations against what Revo
lution called the threat of "ag
gression by Yankee imperialism."
Army regulars marched into
position along the waterfront and
set up tents between the National
Hotel, a former tourist center, and
Cuba's memorial to the battleship
Maine. The highway along the
waterfront was closed to all but
military vehicles, creating traffic
snarls along streets in the water
front area.
A special volunteer committee
was formed to gather food for the
thousands of ,men and women on
'defense duty along the coasts.
i Maj. Raul Castro, defense min
lister and younger brother of the
I prime minister, is believed to be
in personal command of Cuban
forces in Oriente Province, where
'Guantanamo is located.
U.S. spokesmen in Guanta
namo said current sea maneu
vers and visits of fleet units to
Guantanamo we r e planned
months ago and merely coincid
ed with Castro's nationwide
anti-invasion alert.
Fleet headquarters at Norfolk,
Va., said the sea maneuvers are
well to the east of Cuba. A con
voy of 22 ships, including the car
rier Boxer, 12 destroyers, and
four submarines, headed for Vie
ques, an island 20 miles east of,
Puerto Rico, for amphibious exer
cises.
In a separate maneuver, 52
vessels, including three guided
missile cruisers and two nuclear
submarines, steamed for two
weeks of maneuvers off the
Carolinas but will not enter
Caribbean waters, the Navy
said.
The official who reported Cuba
is under what amounts to mili
tary law had been appealed to by
U.S. newsmen.
—Collegian Photo by Rirk Howe:
MUSIC BY THE MASTERS—The Robert Shaw Chorale performed before a packed house at Rec
Hall last Sunday. The audience's appreciation was shown by the numerous encores the chorale
was called on to render.
Trustees To
Investig te
ookstore
Want More Information
On Need, Space, Cost
The University Board of Trustees has called for detailed
reports on the needs and costs of a University bookstore to be
presented at its June meeting, President Eric A. Walker, who
serves as secretary of the board, said yesterday.
"The hoard did not say 'yes' and it did not say 'no' to the
idea of a University bookstore,"
Walker said after returning from
the Trustees semi-annual meeting
in Harrisburg this weekend.
The Student Government As
sociation Assembly, in its last
meeting before Christmas vaca
tion, had passed a bill advocating
the establishment of a University
bookstore and requested the Trus
tees to take action on the matter.
Walker said that the board
felt it did not have enough in
formation to go on at this time
and therefore asked for more
-complete reports.
According to Walker, the Trus
tees want to know, first of all, in
what ways the present State Col
lege bookstore facilities are in
adequate and just what sales and
services students expect of a Uni
versity bookstore.
Secondly, they want to know
the building and space require
ments for such a store, the costs,
operational expenses and profit
margin anticipated.
Walker said that SGA should
compile the first report, explain
ing how it feels that the present
downtown facilities are inade
quate, what items it would ex
pect the store to carry and any
other advantages of a Univer
sity bookstore on this campus.
"The report should deal spe
cifically with the needs right here
at Penn State and the best way
to fulfill them," he said.
"The space and cost require
ments could probably best be
worked out by the people in Mr.
Diem's office," Walker said. He
referred to Albert E. Diem, vice
president for business administra
tion.
When asked whether or not
he favored a University book
store, Walker said, "I think a
bookstore can become a real
part of a university such as the
ones at Cambridge, Oxford or
Harvard.
"There a student can find not
only texts and best sellers but
books to start his own personal
library. It's almost a supplement
to the university library."
Richard Haber. SGA president,
said an executive committee
would be appointed to work on
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(See related story on page 5)
By JOHN BLACK
Editor
Soviet Meet
Slated For
WFBG-TV
Students who stood vainly
in line yesterday to purchase
tickets for the Soviet-U.S.
gymnastics meet scheduled
for 7 p.m. Saturday in Rec Hall
will have a chance to see the
unprecendented event vi a
Eidophor and Altoona TV sta
tion WFBG.
Frank B, Palmer, general man
,
ager of the Altoona station, said
'the present plan is to televise
three portions of the four-hour
meet. Telecast times will be from
7 to 7:30 p.m , 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.,
and from 10:30 p.m. to the con
clusion of the meet.
Palmer explained that the sta
tion will use three cameras lo
cated in Rec Hall and that ex
perts such as Penn State gym
nastics coach Gene Wettstone will
explain some of the proceedings.
Eidophor's broadcast of the
meet will begin at 7 p.m. in
Schwab. It will carry the entire
meet. Tickets will be sold at the
door before the broadcast.
Ernest B. McCoy, director of
athletics, said the telecast was
contracted by the University to
accommodate thousands who ap
plied in vain for tickets.
"Ticket applications came to us
from alumni and friends all Over
the state," McCoy said. "Within
the area served by the Altoona
televison station, the clamor for
tickets was unprecedented."
Tickets for the meet were sold
out at 10 a.m. yesterday morning.
Lines formed by students as early
as 6 p.m. Sunday night cir
cled the corridors of Rec