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VOL 62 No. 134
Sciiiiton, Blatt Express Party Views
At Annual PIMPA Press Conference
By NIEL:AXILBUND
WINNIE' BOYLE
Agreement that more scholar
ships and construction of • either
community colleges or additional
facilition at - existing institutions
can greatly help to correct the
faults in our current educational
sit-up marked the discussion of
"What Ale the Issues'byi two
opposing party representativei
yesterday.
;Speaking to, the annual Press
Conference of the Pennsylvania
Society of , Newspaper Editors,
congressman William W. Scran
tan,fand Genevieve Blatt,..state
• e %cretary of internal ,affairs, ;talk
y on •thii; and other s cur
rentm ca n i l iipaign topi= • •
ißefore -.exploring The educa
tion question, Scranton, the Re
guhers4torial candidate,
delVed -into. the uriemploYment
situation, which lie called one of
the two, major issues of the cur
rent .campaign.
The Scranton formilla for curing
the, problem; aLleast in the early
`stages,. is the."creation of business
confidence in the state goVern
ment." ,
MISS BLATT; the Democratic
candidate for re-election,, said she
:did not believe that what she
• lienrcett_the Republican "trickle
Aiietiry 'ef - reducing busi
11*'taxes was. adequate to pro
vide-Vlore 'employment. '
Stie" -- advocated "government
action broad. scale' She said
pithlic, works programs; commu
nity-leans and area ,redevelop
ment are examples of such action.
On the subjects, of taxation,
Scranton said , he_ felt 'that the
,people of 'the state are asking
themselves Whether the taxes they
pay,today, which he said are two
tunes what thq were seven years
ego, are really worth it.
"IT: IS OBVIOUS, tblit,
.if we
want - government . service, we
can't expect to get it !Or mothing."
Attend NSA Congress
j Fj~
jFor the !first time ,since 1957,
the Pniversity will be represented
'itipe National Student- Associa
tionß4ngress, which will be held
August - 19-30 at Ohio State Univer
liity,', i
.' ' -.
, f- The IflSO Cpngress, which re-
Cently becSme a-temporary mem-,
ber of NSA, voted Thursday night
to send a full 'delegation of seven!
to.'.the drganiiation's national
Fleeting.l . . - ,
.Th e prbrospl, . presented byl
-Muiray i .Vnderrnan, •West, stipu
lates that the seven delegates bel
chPien by four specific criteria:l
-' - *One d*gate Vein .be a USG
executive - Or will be designated by
the executive' branch.
i- "Three 'delegate's will be elect- 1 I
. eil, from the "USG Congress. ;
i .. 9,Thre,el delegittes • Nvill he ap
i,
_pc! teabyithe U.,5G, president with
conseptt of . Congress. These
agates Iniust - be nivolved in
"areas ,rerated to student govern.
'znent or NSA.'
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Mercury Reiord Oigh;
1604- Heat Wave to Continue
Shortly! after 4 o'clock yes-!in the high 'atmospheric circula
terday afternoon • the mercuryition .over the Pacific which may
, reached, 93 degrees , thereby equal-leventually • displace the stagnant
ing the all-time high temperature high' pressure cell that has pro
-I
-record' for the month of May. Thelmoted abnormally hot and humid
:record was established in 1895. !weather perihsylvania.
The longest May heat wave ini ABT - CHANGES . h •
.lout weather- history is forecast
,owever,
hi_ not .significant
Ito'
continue for at least two nri u to th Y t i
mg e pea area un til
• nex t
,}three more days. week. - .
•
THE- TEMPERATURE should Record-breaking temperatures
come close to 93 degrees again to- were observed in many portions of
4liggkr and - to, morrow, and the hu- the Commonwealth yesterday
nudity wpi remain uncomfortably afternoon. High tempeistures
• - -• ranged from, the upper Urs ffl the
Totriwill be partly cloudy higher " mountains .of northern
.arith s a high of 85. • Pennsylvania to the Middle Ws in
} • There have' been . some changes the southeri:i and eastern sections.
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 19. 1962
.e
iliarshbargers Resigns As. - Chaplain
and Genevieve Blatt, Democratic candidate for re-election as state ! T ... . ~
secretary'for internal affairs, yesterday spoke on "What Are the 1
O Accept Appoinimet lo' Facult y t
Issues" to the:Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association at 1
their annual Press Conference ai the Nitiany Lion Inn. : I The Rev. Dr. Luther H. Harsh- that Harshbarger his handled the'
• • • . lbarger; has resigned from his post chaplaincy - and the job of co-
Miss Blatt -had said, earlier. Iv' they tend to think primarily of l as chaplain and co-ordinator of ordinator with devotion and skill.
u s -religious affairs, effective August,
discussing this matter, she added,! their own sclf-perpetuation, a 1 Commenting on Dr, ilarshbarg
to accept a full-tim appnin,
"the cost of everything is going; mg manipulation to achieve this.i3l, er's past mirk, Walker said that
up constantly, -and so are state! Bossism, - Miss Blatt said, was meat as professor of humanitiesi h
e appreciates his as
government costs." i a "non-issue" in the campaign. • and religious s va
,ii,s in the Col -,does everyone connected ievvic'es,
, with the
The candidates disagreed onl 'PERHAPS THERE are; leaders'lege of The Li , Arts. •
University.
the importance iiif the twin issues in =both partfel . Who merit thei. Harshbarger been chaplain
of Power politics. and bossism. name of "bosses,' but, frankly, ',since 1951 and halt held the addi-f AFTER GRADUATION from
• Saanton said it was a key issue,' haven't seen any in either party lticnal posts of,co-ordinator of re-IMcVeytown High School, Harsh
ligious affairs since 1954 and ,pro-ibarger attended Millersville State .
betause of the way office holdersjin Pennsylvania in recent years,l
fessor of religious studies Sincerollege and Bethany Biblical -
tend to think. When people have; except on a very limited local!
been in power, for a while, he said,llevel, ' she said. ;1957. v • , ISeminary before enrolling at
TN HIS LETTER of resige'tion,MePherson College where he re
ceived his bachelor of arts degree.
IDr. Harshbarger said That it has
;become increasingly difficult to His bachelor of divinity degree
-1 ldo justice to the three positions was conferred by the Yale Divin
; ' !and that his "desire to pUrsue ity School. and Juniata College
; - ,certain scholarly interests and to has honored him with an honorary
their _books Air the fall teamwork at the development of the doctor of divinity degree.
[through the NSA's program and;program in religious studies" He joined the University staff
give a full, report to Congress on prompted the decision. ' ' in: 1949 as executive. secretary of
the succesi 'or failure of !the ex-1 President Eric A. Walker, inithe Penn State, Christian Associ-
periment. ' 'accepting the resignation, ; saidiation'
e Three .of the seven ,delegates
must be frishtnen or sophomores
In ;passing the bill, Congress
voted; to. pay all expenses for the
seven delegates. Each delegate
will be given $ll5.
Fallowing the passage of. this
bill, CongresS passed four addi
tional bills to establish various
investigating 'committees.
ONE COMP4II it.£ ariil invesu
gate the planning and possible
establishtnent' of a new auditor
ium and a second committee will
look into 'the} factors involved in
changing the present - - grading
system to a five-point system.
The other two committees will
look into the possible application
of two NSA programs - at the Uni
versity. The first prograin con
cerns bringing big name : enter
tainment to the University and the
second, sponsoring of a student
book ordering service.
The last committee will be made
up of 20 students who will buy
fOt A BEIM PENN STATE
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J _ , ....-Celiitt 40 P 14040 h PM COPPIIIIIIIII
RECORD }UGH TEVIPIMATUrI= hit the local plenty of opportunities for sun-bathing while
area yesterday and University studelta made students studied. sang, ready talked al stoat.
goad use 'of ' the weather as they relaxed at From aFt indications, these students hive found
INhippla's Darn. The cold water prevented many a sum way of beating the beet.
irons swimming. but the hat sun provided
HprkinsSeei
Laos Threat
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) tors as of now." Gen. Harkins
U.S. Gen. Paul D. Harkins warned told a news conference.
yesterday that danger still lurks
e warned, however. that "the
from pro-Cotornunist forces la Communists are in a position to
H
Laos whose drive from the nort do what they did in Nam Tha.
brought a rush of American sal-, The potential is still there for
diers and 'Marines here to protecti,them to do the same.again."
Thailand's border. I
Though the Pathet Lao is ntij Harkins is over-all chief of the
longer exploiting victories in noncombat m t lit ar y assistance
1
northwest Laos. "there's not much i command in Snuth Viet Nam as
.
:hange in the situation whichlwen as the U.S combat force in
p rec ipit a t e d the crisis," sa id the t Thailand. He spoke to reporters in
general. He flew here from his'the presence of Lt. Gen. James
main headquarters in South Viet i L. Richardson Jr., commander id
Nam on his first commuting lrip,Thailand, and U.S. Ambassador
to inspect the Thailand leg o r ISenneth Dodd Young.
his new command. I THE BUILDUP of the 5.000.
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IT SEEMED, though, that I,Booinan Army and Marine force here
11 , 1arines already encamped: in a:Proceed with a celerity that could
'dusty paddy field amid an impres-inot be improved much even if
live display of shooting iron close shooting was expected to break
xi the Lace; border were' ho re iout at the next moment.
mostly for a moral backstop. to! The 1.800 Marines:l'mm Okina
the Thai people for the pi psent. wa who landed here Thursday
They have no orders to shoot any i from transports and helicopters
Communists they suspect of slip-,already had been airlifted by 0130
ping over the border. !Hercules transports to their pup
" The troop% do not have the tent ramp a few nil* east of
Ight to fire on suspect infiltra-!Udon.
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