Weather Forecasts 1 Increasing Cloudiness iMUHiuiiiiiiiiniDiinnil VOL 61. No. 72 Soviet, U.S. Lumumba May Be Free, Crowds Flee Leopoldville LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo (/P)—Rumors swept Leo poldville that Patrice Lumuba won his freedom yesterday in a mutiny of soldiers at Camp Thysville, where the deposed premier has been held prisoner. Rumors of Lumumba’s escape, although completely Last Class To Graduate In Winter Seniors who are receiving their degree Jan. 28, will re member their graduation as the last winter commence ment in the University’s his tory. Next year, because of the four term plan, graduation ceremonies will be conducted only at the end of May and the beginning of Aug ust, David H. McKinley, January commencement marshal, ex plained. There will he no processional before the commencement in Rec Hall because of possible bad weather, McKinley said, and stu dents will go immediately to their seats. Each senior will receive four guest tickets when ho picks up nis cap and gown at the Athletic Store, T. Reed Ferguson, director of University Relations, said. Men who are receiving Armed Serv ices commissions may get their tickets from their respective mili tary departments. Those guests with tickets will be admitted first. However, per sons without tickets will be ad mitted if there is additional space. Faculty members and their wives will be seated on the main floor without tickets and are en couraged to wear caps and gowns, Ferguson said. Announcements and invitations may be picked up at the Hetzel Union desk upon presentation of a paid receipt. Instructions con cerning graduation procedure may be picked up Monday in the respective deans’ offices. Ferguson also reminded June graduates to reserve rooms for their parents. Today, for lhe first time in years. The Daily Collegian falls into step with the rest of the campus—only two days late as we become "dead" also. This Is the last issue of fhe Collegian for this semester. See you Feb. 3. Weber Heads Bus Service The Student Transportation Service, an organization ad vertising chartered buses to three major cities over the semester break, was discover ed today to have been started by Harold Weber, freshman i n business administration from Lancaster, and six of his friends. The group, headed by Weber, was first told by a bus company that they could have the buses for the project but were later STATE COLLEGE. PA.. SATUDAY MORNING. JANUARY 14. 1961 unconfirmed, were enough to send hysterical crowds fleeing to the Congo River ferry. Congolese and Europeans alike tried to get on the ferry for Braz zaville and the comparative sta bility and safety of Ihe former French Congo. Ferries from Le opoldville were packed through out the day. The soldiers were reported to have locked up their officers after a riot over their pay. Telephone lines to the camp were cut. President Joseph Kasavubu and army chief Col. Joseph Mobutu, Lumumba’s leading political en imies, rushed to the camp. Fragmentary reports late last night indicated an uneasy calm had settled over the camp after a provisional agreement was reached on wages. Nothing in these reports gave any evidence that Lumumba had been freed in the mutiny, in which wives of the Thysville garrison were re ported to have joined. A Leopoldville dispatch by the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug said the uprising was linked to a demand that the deposed premier be allowed to reopen political ne gotiations with Kasavubu and Mo butu, and that -was why they trav eled to the camo. Thysville, about 140 miles southwest of Leopoldville, is where Congolese soldiers first mu tinied in July after independence from Belgium. The mutiny spread to military units throughout the country and sent tens of thou sands of Belgian technicians and their families fleeing the country. The result was economic collapse for the new nation. Rain to Become Snow Rain will spread over Pennsyl vania from the south late today and continue into tomorrow. A storm system, which has been slowly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico during the past few days should begin to move Northeast ward today bringing precipitation to this area. Today’s forecast is for increas ing cloudiness and mild tempera tures with rain beginning late in the day and continuing tonight. Today’s high temperature read ing will be near 45 degrees and a low of 35 is predicted for to night. The rain will change to snow flurries and it will become windy and colder tomorrow. A maxi mum temperature of 38 is ex pected. told that the buses were not avail able. Weber was planning to provide, what he thought to be, a much needed service to students who live in the vicinity of New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He slated that he and his friends had asked Iheir coun selor co-ordinator, William Sandler, whether or not it would be against University policy to set up a service of this sort on a non-profit basis. After a discussion at a co-or dinator’s meeting with Frank J. Simes, dean of men, Sandler said he told the boys that they could FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Gymnasts EWS?*i**l* ,•>%* ** ' ' * ‘ r r * f 5s t'* ' *.*. CTyfleHTHneHHci'iJijbßaHCKoro cwinmTCKoro yHKBepcETeT& npHBeTCT £ By»T CBOKx noceTHTeJieftj ojiKMimft . CKHX rWMHaCTOB CCCP K CffiA . i $JIfl Hac, 3TO OHeHfc 6oj!bm£LH UeCTb - 6hTB BaaEKUH XQ3H- J; lemim .k kmgtb. bo3mokhoctl npHcyr . 'cTBosaTL Ha cnopTHBHOM npeACTas ’jieKMM, B KOTOpOM Han - jiyqmKe cnopTCMpHH o6oex ncjiymaputf * Mh B n nBHH: C.TafiT” POpJG[HMCH . neu, Hania rMMHacTHuecKaH Ko *' t [mm& ser-mApm f ‘ nepßoe MecTo CKHUH KOW.BJ!£jm* lIOSTOMy 'SI HHTeJIH B 3TO k OUeHb jiioCht j.' rHMHacTMKy * .■ • \- . 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H Taa mh HCKpeKHe roBopHM ■' COB6TCKKM H aiiepHKaHGKHM PKMHaCTaM ■ £OBPO nOKAJIOBATL: Those of you who don’t read Russian, see page 4 Life in Soviet Union Discussed With USSR Gymnastic Stars By LYNNE CEREFICE terday, after their arrival, to In the midst of a throng of tell a Collegian reporter about curious spectators and flash- life inside the USSR. inp cameras the Soviet evm- After g ett >ng a first look at the mg cameras, me soviet, gjm campuSj via Rec HaI1) Vladimir jnastic team took time out yes- Portnoi, from Leningrad, de -1 scribed Russian social customs. Instead of taking a girl out for a coke, a Russian youth would probably treat her to a glass of "kvas, - ’ or sweetened carbonated water, he said. go ahead and test student reac-j In lieu of the American movie tion. i date, Portnoi said that a visit The group then proceeded to! to a museum with a stop for a put up signs and lists in the din-! glass of wine afterward is a ing halls in order to determine! customary date, student response to the plan. j On the refreshment side, he said The conflict began when Uni- 'that the Soviets like lemonade, versity officials expressed con- |milk and lots of ice cream. “Ev cern over ihe nature of the signs jerything you like, we like also,” in the residence halls and the he said. organization of the entire ven- As for marriage, a girl may ture. choose a male in Russia at the Robert G. Bernreuter, special; assistant to the president on stu-' dent affairs, objected to the char ter bus service on the grounds that it was premature. j He said last night he felt there! (■Continued on page three) • ' ?<- //>vs «. sA: “ -> * V v . t age of 16 and a boy at the age i Following this comment, a by ot 18 without parental consent, jstander remarked: ‘‘Yeah, b it it's Portnoi said. And the Soviet ;too bad the governments can t bride need not fear wedding day get together.” jitters, for, according to Port- Titov, who speaks and under noi. the knot is tied with the stands some English, said in reply signing of a few legal papers (Continued on page eight) s_, J Clash Vega Gets Best Score In Tryouts /1 ' > Armando Vega, one~of Penn State’s all - time gymnastics stars, is the number one man on the U.S. team that will face the Soviet Olympic squad at 7 tonight in Rec Hall. Olympic coach Torn Maloney announced his team yesterday af ter watching Abie Grossfeld of Il linois perform the six events scheduled for tonight’s meet. Gttossfeld missed his plane reservations from Chicago and didn't arrive until Thursday night’s tryout was nearly over. Maloney held a special session for Grossfeld this morning and the former Illinois star came through in fine style, finishing second to Vega in the final stand ings. Vega competed with three Olympians and three other gym nasts with special invitations in the tryouts. Olympic star Jack Beckner was given a position on the team without competing. The lean Californian has leaching obligations and landed a team berth off his past performances. Besides Vega, Grossfeld and Beckner the team includes Olym pians Don Tonry, Fred Orlofsky and Gar O’Quinn. Two other Penn Staters tried out for the team. Jay Werner fin ished seventh in the trials, one position behind Greg Weiss. Vega is the only non-Olym pian on the team, filling the po sition left open when Larry [ Banner declined an invitation to try out with his five Olym pic teammates. The Soviet men and women’s teams arrived yesterday after noon and checked the equipment in Rec Hall, The women’s team worked out for about two hours in preparation for their exhibi tion performance tonight. i The Soviet men’s team didn’t [suit up, but spent some time ex jamining the apparatus. Yuri Ti tov, third in the Olympic all around, said that' he was com (Continued on page seven) , and no march down the aisle. | In discussing student life, Port noi said that Soviet universities jdo not have student government ’organizations. - j "We have the 'Komsomol'," he said, which is the Commu ; nisi Youth Organiiation. "No 1 one is compelled to belong but i almost everyone does, ' he add ; ed. Portnoi explained that there ! are also trade unions at the col- I Jeges where students in differ* 1 ent curricula band together. ! On the sports side, Yuri Titov, ifrom Kiev, said that soccer is *he most popular national sport of the 'Soviet Union. * . In discussing his opinions on ; the American people as a whole, ; Titov said- that he found them very friendly and warm, "I think the Americans and Rus sians get along very well and I see no problem,” he said. Time for the Change ••See Page 4 FIVE CENTS
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