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ffiKJtflSeou 1 Government
Pattee Library may receive an annual $lOO,OOO budget
increase if the state Senate passes Gov. David L. Lawrence’s
library aid bill next week, Ralph W. McComb, librarian said
yesterday.
McComb said that the increase represents the eventual
amount to be received annually if the bill should pass, but
that the Pattee Library would probably receive only a partial
amount of this sum next year.
Under the bill, 27 districts would be set up with regional
Prexy Gets
Suggestions
On 'Corps'
The Senate Committee on
the Peace Corps has submitted
a report to President Eric A.
Walker giving recommenda
tions on the implementation
of a Peace Corps training pro
gram and a service training
course at the University, ac
cording to Dr. Robert K. Mur
ray, committee chairman.
Murray said yesterday that the
60-page report is an elaborate
study containing a variety of rec
ommendations for all areas of
study at the University.
The results of the report will be
made public as soon as they have
been evaluated, Murray said.
The report is divided into
three parts, Murray said. The
first part contains the philoso
phy of the committee in setting
up a Peace Corps training pro
gram and a service training
course.
The second part includes an in
ventory of the existing facilities
at the University in terms of ex
isting teachers for possible courses
and facilities to accommodate
classes, he said.
The third part, he said, lists the
recommendations of the commit
tee according to studies of future
University facilities and research
on existing training programs in
other schools.
Murray said he didn't expect
changes to be made in the Uni-
Continued on
NOW THAT SPRING is here in earnest, sunbathers, card-players, book-readers and term-paper
writers all flock outside to soak up the hot May sun. As the thermometer goes up, blanket
space and grades go down. These Atherton girls were well shielded from prying eyes, but not
from 8 telephoto lens.
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By CAROL KUNKLEMAN
resource libraries as centers. Each
district would receive 12% cents
per capita plus the additional aid
to the library center.
McComb said Pattee would be
come one of these centers, which
means that it would provide local
libraries with supplements to
their supplies of books.
The size of the districts set
up under the proposed bill have
not yet been determined, he
said, but Pattee's district would
probably encompass an area
larger than Centre County.
“Passage of this bill definitely
would mean that we would have
to expand our facilities,” McComb
said.
Pattee now operates on a cour
tesy inter-library loan agreement
which enables it to exchange ma
terials with two libraries in this
| area, but the new aid under the
[proposed bill would mean that
help could be extended to more
[libraries in the vicinity, he said.
The Associated Press reported
yesterday that prospects for final
passage of the bill were greatly
I improved when Senate Demo
crats and Republicans had com
promised on administration of the
library aid program.
Sen. Jo Hays, D-Centre, said
yesterday that the controversy
was over library control by a
state board and control by local
library boards.
The Senate compromised by
amending the bill so that local
libraries may choose to ask for
Lstate aid. If they accept it, they
may have five years to improve
their standards to meet the quali
fications of the state library board
which would be established, Hays
said.
Before the bill can be passed,
it will have to go back to the
House for final approval of the
Senate amendments, Hays said.
However, he added that a major
ity of legislators agreed last week
that they will approve the bill
when the House and Senate re
convene next Monday.
fOR A BETTER PENN STATE
STATE COLLEGE. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 16. 1961
SEOUL, Korea (/P) —Troops drove into Seoul with a blaze of gunfire before dawn
yesterday and their Military Revolutionary Committee announced it had taken over the
government in a swift coup. The revolutionaires immediately proclaimed they were pro-
American
There were two heavy outbursts of shooting but -no announcement of any casualties,
3/2 Seniors Pledge
Alumni Memberships
Three hundred and twelve memberships in the Alumni
Association have been solicited so far, and results of the
Senior Week membership drive are still coming in, Herm
Weber, senior class president said yesterday.
Less than half of the 194 class agents appointed to solicit
memberships during Senior Week ;
have reported to the Alumni | \ m . (
fice, he said. All memberships I flAlfll* W PflinAr
should have been turned in V V CUE I !t?S
last Sunday, he explained. , I*** |
Weber said that the 115 class EIJCOOCbSCI I OudVi
,agents who have not yet turned . ■ f •
:in memberships will be contacted r! * _ » rf"L
!by their college chairmen if re- OKI©S TO vIcUl
suits are not reported by the mid-; , , , ,
die of the week. Showers and thunderstorms
He explained that chairmen heralded the _ arrival of consider
were appointed for each of the cooler air last night,
colleges to coordinate and super- Some of the thunderstorms in
vise the Senior Week drive, western Pennsylvania were local-
Each class agent was respon- ly severe and were attended by
sible for contacting from eight hail, strong winds and heavy ruin,
to ten seniors in his college to j The cooler weather is expected
solicit Alumni Association mem- [to keep this afternoon’s tempera
| berships, he said. jture readings about 15 degrees
Of the 312 seniors who havejbelow those of yesterday. A high
joined the’ Association at this;of 65 is likely,
point, 206 paid membership feesj Skies should be mostly cloudy
for the first year, and 106 pledged iand a brief shower may occur
to pay before graduation, Weber.during the morning. However, a
said. He added that 52 seniorskicaring tendency is expected in
had joined through the Alumni .the afternoon.
Office rather than the class agents.) Tonight should be partly cloudy,
Costs of Alumni Association breezy and cooler, and a low of
memberships are $2 for the first; 4s is expected,
year, $3 for the next five years; Partly cloudy and pleasant
and $5 a year from then on, Ettel-weather is predicted for tomor
son said. Life memberships areirow, and a high of 64 is expected,
also available for $7O, he said
Against a background of
state issues. Stale College vot
ers will go to the polls to nom
inate tax collectors, auditors,
justices of the peace, school
directors, council members,
constables, judges of elections
and inspectors of elections.
The polls will be open from
8 a.m, to 9 p.m.
Local Primaries
pgiatt |
:of shooting shortly after 7 iun.
Book Planned on Shelters jThat quickly died down and-again
! A guidebook for planning’ o ' ;,n occasional lone shot was
atomic defense shelters for mili- ‘'' eai 'd-
tary buildings has been developed- The broadcasts or the eoinmil
by University engineer,'s and archi- lee over Seoul Hadio furnished
tecls. 1 (Continued on page two)
Assembly Adjourns;
Foils to Get Quorum
The SGA Assembly met Sunday night but had to adjourn
after an hour when it failed to get a quorum to approve the
appointment of Nancy Williams. U-Jr., as Encampment chair
man and Eugene Grumcr, past president of Mineral Industries
Council, as business manager.
; Miss Williams’ appointment to this position was an
nounced Friday by SGA presi-i,, , - ... ,
jdent Dennis Foianini after the'V' at P,?. rso , n ,! * shirking his rc-
I Assembly failed to approve the hly he doesn t deserve jo
appointmenis for Encampment ,e , ® rcpiesentalive and should
;chairman and business manager’ no ,:| l,owcd to 011 A "-
'made by Richard Haber, pastT ( ' mn .V- ,
i SGA president last Thursday. In discussing Miss Williams’
Grumer’s appointment was an-, appointment Foianini told the
nounced this weekend by Foi- Assembly that she will be work
anini. i ing on Encampment research
: “In the fall, this administration directed toward holding En
.i will take definite measures to campmenl at the University,
insure a more regular attendance She will work until Thursday
!by Assembly members.” Foianini! when Assembly will meet to ap
said, commenting on the Assam- 1 prove her appointment, he said,
bly’s failure to obtain a quorum.: Encampment was held last year
! “I feel that there should be'at the University’s Mr. Alto cam
set requirements incorporated in- P IIS but Foianini is in favor ..f
to the new constitution which will Roving it this year to (he Uni-
Idemand better attendance than versify Park campus.
-we haye seen this year,” Foianini; “I have expressed favor for
'said last night. ■ holding Encampment here bt
i “Already there are impeach-cause I can see nothing in favor
ment procedures in the constitu-iof h' '' ,: n" ; t .-nain at Mi. Alto
‘tion and I feel that if it is clear! (Continued on page six)
The military committee an
nounced over the Seoul radio (hat
its aims were strongly anti-Com
munist and strongly pro-Western.
The revolt apparently came as
a surprise to officials in Washing
ton and neither the State Depart
ment nor the Defense Department
had any comment.
Troeps seized major government
buildings and took over direction
of traffic. Trucks filled with sing
ing marines roared through the
streets.
There was no immediate word
from or about Prime Minister
John M. Changef who was report
ed in the downtown Bando Motel
with his wife. The hotel was un
der heavy guard by soldiers.
Most members of Chang’s Cabi
net were reported under arrest.
The Revolutionary Committee
declared its action was a complete
success.
The revolutionaries, led by
Lt. Gen. Chang Do-Young, look
| the capital by surprise with the
j pre-dawn broadcast that they
' had seized power from Chang,
who succeeded Syngman Rhee,
They reassured the people but
did not immediately explain what
prompted two periods of heavy
! gunfire during the morning the
.first lasting 40 minutes and (he
-second only a few minutes,
j ■ Sporadic shooting continued.
! There was no immediate report
’of casualties,
The first announcement of
| the action by the Military Revo
i lutionary Committee came after
the 40-minute shooting spell in
downtown Seoul,
After that heavy firing, only an
occasional shot could be heard in
the city until the second outbreak
By ANN-PALMER
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