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VOL. 61, No. 118
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Harrison, Witmer Head Ticket
Chosen by University Party
After a sign-waving, drum-beating demonstration in his name at the University party
final nominations Sunday night, Robert Harrison, U-Jr., was nominated by the party for
the office of SGA president.
Harrison was opposed for the nomination by Duane Alexander, U-Jr. After the nomi-
nating meeting, Alexander decided to run for the SGA pres
Two Parties
Map Plans
For Election
Campus party made final
nominations last night for
SGA positions and Liberal
party, with no candidates for
top offices, made plans for en
dorsing candidates of th e
other two parties for some of
the offices.
Dennis Foianini, junior in petro
leum engineering from LaPaz,
Bolivia, was nominated by Cam
pus party for SGA president.
Jay Huffman, junior In business
administration from Clairton, is
the candidate for vice-president
and Mary Swed, junior in secon
dary education from Patterson,
N.J., for SGA secretary-treasurer.
The candidate for senior class
president is David Grubbs, junior
m labor-management relations
from Bethlehem.
Since there were no nominations
at the Liberal party meeting, the
party will meet next Sunday night
with candidates seeking the party
endorsement to decide which can
didates will be supported.
The campus party platform will
include the following planks, ac
cording to Dennis Eisman, party
chairman.
eA referendum will be held in
the winter term in which stu
dents will be given the oppor
tunity to express ()Pinions on
SGA officers and student govern
ment in general. If the opinion
of either is unsatisfactory, Cam
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--Co!tertian photo by Rick Bower
THE NEW COLLEGIAN BUSINESS STAFF was announced yes
terday by Chester Lucido, business manager. They are, seated
from the left: Phyllis Hamilton, Marjorie Downer, Wayne Hilinski,
Janie Trevaskis and Martha Gress. Standing' from the left are;
Neal Keitz, Martin Zonis, Jeffrey Schwartz, Ralph Friedman,
Bobbie Graham and Anita Holl. (See related story, page 8.) _
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the University party nomination
to Harrison by a vote of 229 to 156.
In accepting his nomination,
Harrison said that he promised to
carry, the party banner in the
spring elections and was sure that
University party would come out
on top.
In other University party nomi
nations, John' Witmer, U-Jr., was
unopposed as the nominee for
SGA vice president.
Joan Cavanagh, Independent-
Jr.. won the party nomination
for secretary-treasurer, defeat
ing Susan Clement, junior in
elementary education fr om
Pittsburgh, by a vote of 146 to
69.
The final nomination of the
evening for senior class president
went to Herbert Nurick, junior in
arts and letters from Harrisburg.
Nurick won out over the present
junior class president, Spence Mc-
Graw.
McGraw decided to run for the
presidency of the senior class in
dependently after being defeated
for the party nomination.
Both contenders for the nomi
nation for SGA president pre
sented a platform to the party
which they said they would
carry out if elected. Harrison
proposed that SGA sponsor an
entertainment series bringing
such groups as the Kingston
Trio and The Brothers Four to
campus - as an SGA project. _He
suggested that the funds from
such a program be used by SGA
for student loans.
He also proposed the establish
ment of a bureau of student opin
ion to find out how students feel
on issues affecting them which
SGA could act on. Harrison's third
proposal advocated that SGA join
the National Student Association,
in order for the University to
work more closely with the stu
dent government of other schools
on such matters as the peace
corps.
He also asked for student rep
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FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18. 1961
dency independently. He lost
Arctic Air Brings
Cold, Wind, Snow
To Cenfral Pa.
Cold arctic air, more character
istic of early March than the mid
die of April, spread into Central
Pennsylvania Sunday and appears
likely to remain for several days.
This cold weather will continue
the trend of well-below normal
temperatures that have prevailed
through much of this month.
Readings hive averaged nearly
10 degrees below normal for the
first 17 days of April.
These temperatures are so ab
normally cold that this month will
be the coldest April on record as
long as temperatures do not aver
age above normal during the next
two weeks.
Today should be mostly cloudy,
windy and cold with a few snow
flurries. A high temperature of
43 degrees is expected.
Gradual clearing and cold
weather is indicated for tonight
and a low of 32 degrees is ex
pected.
Tomorrow should be partly
cloudy and cool with a high of
50 degrees. Clear and chilly
weather is seen for tomorrow
[night.
Five O'Clock Theater
Will Present 'Today'
The Five O'Clock Theater will
present "Today" by Virginia
Brooks, junior in arts and letters
from Philadelphia, today in the
Little Theater in the basement of
Old Main.
The production will star Mar
vin Katz, junior in business ad
ministration from White Plains,
N.Y., and portrays a day that the
world was sold.
SGA to Hold Reorganization Hearings
By CAROL KUNKLEMAN
SGA's Executive Reorgani
zation CoMmittee will hold
hearings in the near future to
gather student testimony on
what the reorganized student
government should include.
The hearings will be open to all
students and the information
gathered will be incorporated into
final discussions on reorganiza
tion, Richard Haber, ' SGA presi
dent and chairman of the com
mittee, said last night.
Haber set up the bearings as
part of sub-committee assign
ments under the executive com
mittee. Under the plan, there will
be sub-committees on the legis
lative, executive, by-law, and mis
cellaneous sections of a revised
constitution.
The following chairmen were
named: Marilee Grabill, U.-Sr.
Government
Invaded Cuban Territory
Invading forces, moving into Cuba by sea and air, clashed
with Castro forces yesterday. The future of the Communist
tinged regime was at stake.
Prime Minister Fidel
southern -beaches barely 90 mi
followers to throw back the In-,
vasion forces.
The leader of Cuban exiles, in
a proclamation issued in the Unit
ed States, urged the invaders to
rid Cuba of Castro's rule and end
"international communism's cruel
oppression."
Castro declared his forces had
engaged the invaders at all points.
In a broadcast he said the invad
ers were supported by warships
and warplanes.
The Cuban government
charged last night that Ameri
can military forces from the
Guantanamo Naval Base have
invaded Cuban territory.
In addition, a fleet of eight
ships was spotted off the Cu
ban coast. The Cuban govern
ment claimt , ';:i that it could be
another invasion force.
Castro, in a charge echoed by
Moscow, said the attack was
launched by "mercenaries organ
ized by the imperialistic govern
ment of the United States."
Castro called on sister Latin-
American nations to aid Cuba.
Dr. Jose Miro Cardona, presi
dent of the Cuban Revolution
ary Council, vanished from his
New York headquarters Sunday
and reportedly entered Cuba.
"Before dawn, Cuban patriots
in the cities and in the hills be
gan the battle to liberate our
homeland from the despotic rule
of Fidel Castro and rid Cuba of
international communism's cruel
oppression," Miro Cardona said in
a proclamation.
According to various accounts,
the invaders hit the beaches in
four of Cuba's six provinces, spar
ing only Havana Province and
Camaguey in eastern Cuba.
Reports of yesterday's fighting
were still sketchy late last night
since the telegraph wires from
Cuba were cut by Castro early
yesterday.
Castro said one force; apparent
ly the main one, struck by sea
and parachute in the southern
part of Las Villas Province, cen
tral Cuba.
A Cuban officer reported the
Cuban army and militia engaged
another force that came ashore
at .Playa Larga, farther west in
Matanzas Province.
legislative section; Wayne Ulsh,
1.-Jr., executive section; Lillian
Leis, U.•Soph., by-laws section;
and Allison Woodall. U.-Soph..
miscellaneous section.
After information is gathered
by the sub-committees, Haber
said. the entire executive commit
tee will meet to discuss final rec
ommendations on a constitution,
to be brought before the Assem
bly for approval.
Haber designated the proposed
constitution of the SGA Reorgan
ization Committee as the basis
'for the reorganization discussions.
Justifying his decision to use
this as a starting point, he said
that the constitution is a "con
glomerate" of the old SGA con
stitution plus the new research
which was added by the SGA
Reorganization Committee.
"Since the Senate Committee on
Student Affairs has called our
present constitution inadequate,
consider it discarded," Haber said.
The committee.must satisfy the
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Castro, reporting fighting on
es from Havana, exhorted his
March On
Harrisburg
Considered
By ROCHELLE IVIICHAELS
Robert Harrison, jniversity
party candidate for SGA pres
ident, said late last night that
his party is considering a
march on Harrisburg to sup
port the budget appropriation.
Harrison stated that before he
could sponsor such action he
would "have to talk it over with
the party. However," he added,
"it deserves some checking into."
"You can't jump. into a plank
.like that," said• Harrison,
"It has some good points, but
what kind of effect will it have
lon the legislature?" he said.
The presidential candidate said
that he would also have to "dis
,cuss the matter with Dr. Walker."
'Harrison feels that since it was
Walker who first supported the
added appropriation, he should
first be consulted as to the mer
its of the march.
Harrison said that the idea was
first discussed in a philosophy
class.
One of the members of the class,
Richard Goldberg, brought the
suggestion to the attention of Mi
chael Dzvonik, University party
chairman ; who then presented it
to Harrison.
"I only heard about it after
dinner and haven't had a real
chance to discuss it with anyone
yet," Harrison said.
Student Hurt in Accident
Linda Wolf, freshman in home
I economics from West Reading,
was slightly injured in a two-car
collision Saturday afternoon. Miss
Wolf, who was a passenger in a
car operated by Fredrick Neilson,
a student from State College, re
ceived cuts on her hand. •
students by recommending a
workable student government in
which they are represented, Ha
ber said. In addition, he can
tinued, they must provide for the
students so that the administra•
tion feels they, i.e., the students,
are well repsented through their
representatives.
The main objection of the Sen
ate committee was that the pres
ent SGA is based on "vague cor.,•
stituencies."
"The Senate committee would
like to give you all the power
it can and more through expan
sion of your responsibility in
the future," Haber said.
I Committee members were asked
to talk with members of the Sen
ate Committee for Student Af
fairs and of the Senate Sub-com
mittee for Organizational Control.
No deadline was set for the ex
ecutive committee's final report.
The next meeting will be held
April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the HUB
Assembly room.
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