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VOL 62. No. 75
Liiise Cox
Louise illzine QM,: 111-;
beauty from Reams, has
nained , as the -PenTOState •
- sentative in the Annual PIE
Press ROTO ' Magazine
Glrl contest.
The decisibri was •
after a stormy closed-door
last `night by . ,the Board co
legiate Male Editors (prom
back-MO.:Mils Cos was
from five campus finalists.
The . pert blue•-eyed,
baited' freshman said - she
never ;entered • a beauty col
- -before, although she was- pit
May 'Queen in - junior
senior high school.
. BUNNY., as' she 'prefers to
addled, , is :majoring in
economies journalism. She
5-3 and weighs 112. The IL_
portifit statistics are 36-2441
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Besides being a pledge to Del
Gamma, she is a member of I
WDFM and the Home Ec. Ni
Ind Views staff. Her hobbies
dude swimming, ice skating
dancing.
By winning this contest,
automaticallyu goes into cow
tion with girls from other coil
in the . Pittsburgh . area.
finalists will be chosen by pleb
The five will.then go to Pitt
burgh and be interviewed. Ti
winner will appear on the cover
of the Press' Sunday ROTO Mag
arine.in fhe latter part of March.
USG Committee
Dennii Foianini, USG president,
yesterday appointed Bruce Har
rison to chair the committee to
study USG aid .to residence halls
for the installation of AM-FM
converters.
Harrison, senior in electrical
engineering from Philadelphia, is
a congressional _ representative
from the TIM area.lle is a mem
ber •of the staff of WDFM, the
campus radio 'station.
The committee will investigate
the possibilities of USG loaning
money to the resident hall cdun
ells', for -the installation of 4M
FM converters.
- FOIAIVII‘I also a p p o . i n't e d
'Goner Williams to head the USG
Public Relations A g e n c y. Wil
Foianini Proposes $lB6OO Budget
For USG for Current School Year
By - DAVE RUNKEL -
$18,600 budget for the op
eration of the Undergraduate
Student. Government during
the! present school year was
unveiled -by Dennis Foianini,
USG. president, yesterday.
,:.-The budget will ,be presented
the USG Congress tonight.
tile budget includes planned
expenses and money already
spent. Thus, appropriations for
The student handbook and the
bunior prom are included in the
udget although they have al
ready been expended. • .
The proposed budget allocated
$5,225 for the general operation
of the USG. The largest exPendi
ture, in this section of the budget
is • an appropriation' of $1;400 for
the ;publication of the student'
handbook. Other allotfilents in
thisi part of- the budget include
$l,OOO for the elections commis
sion; $9OO for, encampment, $7OO
for supplies lOC USG and, the in.
dividual , classes.
SECRETARIAT would re- 1
'eeive $500,7 the Inter religious At
ROTO Qum
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liams junior in business'
istration from Harrisburg, is a
member of TIM council and was
a.candklate for junior class presi
dent in the last election.
The agency will work to pro
mote student interest in USG.
The Congress will act on the ap
pointments at its meeting at 7:30
tonight in 203 HUB. All executive
appointments must be approved
by a majority of the Congress.
The Congress will also elect a'
rules committee chairman. The
Committee is in charge of draw
ing up the.agendas for Congress ,
meetings.
DISCUSSION OF the recent
University Senate ruling on. dis
criminatory clauses and on.chang-
fairs Committee $3OO. and tele-1
phone and telegraph expenses are
estimated at $300. -
Th 6 four classes - have been ap
propriated a combined sum of,
$11.200 from the budget propcdied,
by Foianini. The bulk. of this
amount—s7,67s--his been set
aside for the , individual class
dance's.
Three thousand, five-hundred
dollars has been budgeted 'for
both the senior,- ball and ji
prom. - The sophomore class
appropriated $375 for a dance al
the freshman class- was allo
$3OO for its dance. -
In addition to the $3,500 for
the senior ball, the class of '62
has been appropriated $3,000 for
a' permanent IReunion Fund, $250
for class day, and $l5O for caps,
gowns, announcements and invi
tations. • ,
SCHOLARSHIP grants totaling
$1,425 are included in the pro
posed budget. This includes gar'
of $4OO to the USG president, $1
to the vide president, $275 to tl
secretarpitreasurer and $4OO in
frosting iun4 to' be awfiri ded
persons working for USG.
Income to cover the
(Continued on page tWti
FOR A BETTER P 13641 STATE
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.:THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 8. 1962
-7-C•fiestas Pinto
LOUISE ANNE COX
. . . Press ROTO- Queen Nominee
Hectds Named
ing the name USG back to SGA
will be continued from leg week's
meeting.
The Congress will also, discuss
the possibility of a USG astntnit :
(Continued on wigs 4.tve/ve)
Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson will address an open
cortvocation during Career Day,
which will be sponsored by the
Business Administration Stu
dint Council sometime in April.
The exact date for the pro
gram has not been set: how
ever, ft .will probably be held
between April 1 and April 17,
Howard Needleman, president
of the counciL said last night.
—CyOasts* Mate by Teal X
VirMUMS FOR THE PROSE`OUTION4-A dra. Robarb, the defense attorney iplayed by War.
mak seen* Isom the Players' produition et ran Burns) let. and the' suspect's attorney.' Mr.
_"Witness ; for the Prosecution" alums Biornisine Maybsrw (played by David Asnibrusi,tr). The
Vol.,suspect's wile' (played by' Joanne show opens at 8 tonight in Schwab and suns
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,107 Germ • nO:
Wi.ARBRUECKEN, Germany 01 . 1 --A searing blast tore'
through a big coal mine yesterday, caving in galleries on sty
eral levels and hurling the bodies of miners about the tunnels:
Sni;oke-blickened rescuers reported at least 107 killed and
72'still ',yapped in one of Germany's worst mining dfsastars.
At least .83 of the 300 who
escaped or were rescued wereln
'tired, sane so seriously they may
die.
THE MINERS WERE trapped
at the 100-foot
The disaster oceured at 7:55
a.m. at nearby Vaelklingen in the
Luisenthal mine. The mine has
won awards as one of Germany's
safest, though dangerous methane
gas is pumped from it daily.
Survivors said a 100-yard-long
sheet of. flame in the main shaft
shot from the second to e fourth
level, touching off a endous
explosion.
Many of the dead were killed;
outright by flames, by shocki
waves which crushed their lungs
or hurled them against tunnel
walls, and by falling timbers and
ceilings.:
Panic seized about SO miners
who Were about to descend the ,
shaft and they fled. They re-
Jeksi E• 4 $
Cold Temppratures to Continu‘;
Snaw Flurries Possible Today.
gy JOB. MYERS !main for at least three or four
The `• arctic air - mass th a t: mere da y s.
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invaded Pennsylvania Monday' A weak disturbance will, be
afternoon — became more stable'Parsing through Pennsylvania,to
yesterday and bright sunshine re -day and the snow flurries ape.
(placed :the cloudiness and snow
ciated with it may be observer in
'flurries that prevailed on Tues- the local area.
day.;
• 1 There is a slim chance that a
However, the abundant sun-'storm systemthat was In Okla
;shine had
and the mercury shine had little influence on the'home last night may bring sig
;nificant snow to this area . to
-1
failed to climb above 20 degreesl me , me . irrew -,0c.. ~ forecast calls
,for
'
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after registering a frigid 4 abovelmostly cloudy skies and min
zero early in the day.
i tinued cold temperatures for to-
A strong northwesterly flow day. Snow flurries are possible
between 10,000 and 20,000 feet in at any time, and the high tempera
the atmosphere is producing a.ture will be near 24 degrees.,
continuous flow of arctic air in PARTLY CLOUDY skies and
to Pennsylvania. cold weather is forecast for ;to-
THERE IS LITTLE indication night and a low of 14 is expected.
jof any 'I: oteworthy change in this; Tomorrow should be mostly
upper 4iir weather regime for sev-Icloudy and cold with a chancq of
era! days, so the e$
The high should be about
norrnab weather is forecast to re-i 2.7 degrr
turned later and joined the W.
ruers---who were augmented :by
U.S. Anny ambulances and htsli
ceptent, and a medical team from
the nearby 888th Medical Coeps.
A -mationwirlp call- went- out for -
blood to help survivors with
bums. The U S. Army rushedl in
pipplies of blood and plairma.i.
Hundreds of stores and places
of - entertainment in the guar
basin—West Germany's largest
coal and steel region next to the
Ruhr—elosed their doors as anx
ious families of the • miming
gathered. at the pithead.
Those waiting in the
soaked mire included m atn y
young women with tear-stair!
facet
Among the 480 miners sclvtd
uled to be at work at the time of
the blast were many young men
oh the fourth level learning the
alining trade. •
FIVE CE