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VOL 62. No. 135
State Ceases Collection lAMA Airs Views
Of Tekt Tax at Stores
Operated by Universities
By MEL. AXILBUND
Collection of the 'state's four
per cent , sales and use tax on
teXtbooki and instructional sup
plies sold - through college-oper-
Ated book stores. was ended Feb.
21, David' H. Kurtzman, secretary
of administration to Governor
David L. Lawrence, said yester
day,
The ruling, he said, applied
only to instructional materials
sold through educational institu
tions,
,
:since any hirther exemp
tioni would require a change in
the law establishing the tax.
Richard H. , Wagner; an official
of the ,Sales Tax Bureau, said yes
terday no decision could be ren
dered on the collection of the tax
on books' 'Sold by the Used Book
Agency . or instruction materials
sold by the Book Exchange.
FOR THE PRESENT, at least,
these articles will remain subject
to the tax.
The Sales - Tax Bureau, Wagner
said, would make a ruling on the
'status of the ÜBA and the BX if
the bureau •receives information
about them. The'structure and
organization of the agencies an.
their relation to the University
would have •to be made known
,to the bureau, he said.
.Both'the ÜBA arid the BX are
'student -run organizations, origi-
IUSG Advisors Approved
Three additional athiisors to th -
Undergraduate Student Govern=
ment were approved by the Con
gress at last Thursday's meeting
following• a request for the ad
visors by USG President Dean
Wharton.
'The Congress approved Frank
J. Simes,,dean of men, Jeannette
•Berry, staff assistant to the dean
.of. women, and Ross B. Lehr&m,
assistant executive secretary "of
the Alumni Association, to aid
William F. Fuller, manager of
'Associated Student Activities, as
jadviiors to 'USG.
•
WHARTON SAID he thought
there was a need.for USG to have
,morethan one advisor because it
was impoisible for one person to
atterid every , meeting. He said that
these, three. , were "excellent re
source people" because they come
from! various t-anches of the T.lni
;verity .concerned with student
;prob ems.
The Congress debated Simes'
Unidentified. Man Assaults Coed
On Sunday Night Outside Pattee
A I coed on her way to Patteeitreated for an abrasion of the head
Library from McKee Hall was: and released.
I A full investigation of the in
stopped on the north-south walk icident is being conducted, Galaida
and
,s 1 ick on the head by an un - said.
Identified 'Man at about 9:50 p.m , ,•
Sunday night, John Galaida, chief
of the
_Campus Patrol, said last
night,•
Tlie:coed said that a man with
a 'crew hair cut, wearing slacks
and'a - spott shirt, stepped in front
of her as ;she neared the library.
mumbled something about
edirne, but I kept on walking,"
the; coed said.
"He then hit me over the head
With a blunt object about the size
of a flashlight," she said. :
•
- THE COED screamed and an
into the library As the mei fled
toaiard Curtin jtoad. Library of
ficials .called an. ambulance and
the, Campus Patrol.
The coed ,ivas taken to the'Uni
versity infirmary where she was
UNIVERSITY PARKS PA.. TUESDAY. MORNING. MAY 22. 1962
nall3r established by the student
government. Each has been rec
ognized-by the Senate Committee
on Student Affairs.
COMMERCIAL institutions,
such as Keeler's or Metzgers, are
not affected by the change in col
lection policy, Wagner said, nor
can they be, without a change in
the law..
The decision to charige the col
lection policy was made known
to the colleges and• universities
which operate their own book
stores beginning Feb. 21, Kurtz
man said. Information was not
released to the news media at
that time.
•Kurtzman said the sales tax. act
was studied by the Lawrence ad
ministration in February, and the
decision come as the result of the
study. The study was instituted
he said, as the result of questions
Feb. 8 from student journalists
who attended a special press con
ference in Harrisburg.
The text tax has been an issue
at 'Ample University and other
colleges . and universities, in the
state.
The Current Undergraduate Stu
dent Government Congress has
established a committee to inves
tigate the posSibility of having the
sales tax eliminated on text. books
purchased at" any store.
appointment because he'is a mem
ber of the administration, and
"not so much on our side as a
faculty member might be." '
Wharton said he would set u
a rotation system requiring eac
advisor. to attend at least one USG
meeting a month. He noted that
it had been impossible for Fuller
to be at every meeting he .wasl
needed, and four advisors should
remedy the situation. ,
FOUR OTHER of Wharton's ap
pointments were approved unani
mously by Congress. They are
Paul McPherson, sophomore in
agricultural and biological science
from New Park, Student Encamp
ment business manager; Donald
Morabito, sophomore in arts and
letters from New Castle, and Rob
ert P. Anderson, junior in labor
management relations from
Coatesville, members of USG Su
preme Court; and Allison Woodall,
junior in arts and letters from
Wallingford, National Student As-
Cloudy, Cool Weather
Due Today, Tomorrow
The longest May heat wave on
record came to an end yesterday
as - cooler and drier alr overspread
the Chmmonwealth.
After seven successive days - of
near 90 degree temperatures, the
mercury failed to rise above 80
yesterday afternoon.
Refreshing northerly breezes
should bring even cooler weather
to , this area today and tomorrow.
A high of 70 is expected this
afternoon and a high of 75 is
indicated for tomorrow.
Considerable cloudiness an d
pleasantly cool temperatures are
forecast for ;today and tonight
Showers, possible thunderstorms
and mild weather an indicated
for tomorrow.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
On Medical Plan
NEW YORK (A°) Representa
tives of the American Medical
Association' asserted yesterday
that President Kennedy's medical
care plan would be "a cruel hoax
and a delusion" for the aged.
It would cover millions who
don't need it, ignore millions •of
otheri who-do, lower the general
quality of medicine and pave the
way Tor 'government medicine for
all Americans, the medical group
leaders said.
They' aired their reply to Ken
dedy in a paid nationwide televi
sion broadcast, filmed in a curi
ously ironic setting.
It was in Madison Square Gar
den, the same place where Ken
nedy Sunday addressed a cheer
ing crowd in a _plea for support
for his administration's proposals
to provide medical care for t►e
aged through Social Security.
But instead of a crowd scene
for a backdrop, the
i AMA spokes
men appeared n an empty, silent'
arena,. its vast expanse littered
with paper, broken balloons arid
decorations left from the Ken
nedy rally.
Dr. Leonard W. Larson, of Bis
marck, N.D., association presi
dent, said the administration's
program would deprive older peo
ple of "the American, system' of
medicine, based upon the private
doctor tte:ating the private pa
tient."
In the last 20 years alone, - he
said, this : system has "added =lO
sociation campus coordinator
Wharton announced that ;he
would be in school during the
summer term and would like to
set up an interim Congress of
legislators who would also be; on
campus. Four Congressmen midi
they could be a part of the in- 1
terim group. !
DATES FOR fall elections were;
set for Oct. 10, 11 and 12 by Whar-i
ton and \appr o v ed Congress.l
The. 1962 Student Encampment(
will be held from Sept. 12 to 14,1
Wharton said, and will be carried
over an additional day if extra'
discussion time is needed. ' :
CHOIR and the University Sym- Brown. baritone, (sealed in front of Ihe choir)
phony Orchestra performed 'A German Raged- were soloists for the performance. The orchestra
elm" by Johannes Brahms at their 151 h annual played works by Gabrieli. Vivaldi and Pepper
spring COrIC6t Saturday night in Schwab. Bar- preceding the choir concert.
bara Troxall. lyric soprano, and Raymond
years to the life of every Ameri-,surance as its sponsors claim, and
can." would create an enormous and
Appearing with him on the pro-;unpredictable burden on the
gram Vras Dr. Edward R. Annis, working taxpayer.
of Miami, Fla.. surgeon and chair-I lts benefits, he added, would be
man of the association's National limited and it would "undercut
Speakers Bureau. land destroy" private, voluntary
An association spokesman esti-;health insurance which ofte_rs-the
mated cost of the show, carriedlaged "flexible - benefits in the full
on paid time over the National:range of individual needs."
Broadcasting Co. network, atP He said the plan also would
$75,000. The group had asked for lower the quality, and availability
equal time to reply to Kennedy's, of hospital services - throughout
half hour address, but was turned the country and-- intervene be-.
down. , 'tween the patient; and his doctor.
Kennedy's speech was carried: The plan _also would serve as
free,_ l , "the forerunner" of a switch aw away . _ _ _
Dr. Annis said the administra-Ifrom time-honored private modi.
lion legislation—the King-Ander-;cine for all Americans, he said,
son Bill sponsored by Sen. Clinton adding:
P. Andersen and Rep. Cecil R. Dr. Annis claimed that the
King— woidd wastefully cover: Kerr-Mills Medical Aid for the'
millions of people who do not' Aged Law, already passed by Cob
need such medical coverage. igress. provided menus for caring •
He said it also would - .heart- for the elderly who need tinan
lessly ignore" millions whb need•cial assistance in meeting medical
coverage, would not be true in-costs.
IFC Vo!evict Hold Mal Penh
As Parf of Spring Week Ar
The Interfraternity Coune i to• have the IFC-P.intiel music
voted 39 to 8 last night to hold festival on the Saturday o.ghl of
a float parade on the Friday night , Snring Week. The agenda for the
of Spring Week' and the IFC-iPanhel council ny'etinit lonight
Panhellenic Music Festival on the calls fora vote on the proposal
following Saturday night._ to whether or not ii w' uid sup-
In addition, the council voted port of having a float parade as
ft-illy i /lit.
unanimously not to hive a float
part of Homecoming
Before voting on the miii , m to-- of
parade as part of the Homecoming
festivities. comh:ning the mus e festiv:• l -oh,
: - ,i '
e 4
the float parade for Sprint . i'T • ~.
Emil Sos - . IFC preildent, said a straw vote was taken l
that this proposal wII be pre- te rm i ni ,
sented to the Undergraduate Stu-ward how the 'Primps felt
;other possibilities.
dent Government Congress in the' .
fall when definite arrangements; AT THIS TIME. 29 voted for the
can be made. ,combined musk festival and Pont
JOSEPH WELLS, IFC vicepres- parade, 10 for just the carnival
:as Spring Week was this v ar
ident, said that an advisory board,iand 3 for the tarnival and the
composed of representatives fromilloat parted'. as Spring Week was .
IFC, Panhel, Town Independent'set up in past years.
Men. Men's Residence Council and' .
Association of Women Students, In other business, the council
!awarded .the Ko-nt Forester Sebot
would still exist under the - IFC arstilp for an undergraduate tor
plan. These representatives would:eign student to Simon Much te,
have a proportionate voice as to
the number of their groups enter-;freshman in husinels aditiint-tra
;tion. from Tanganyikl.
ing Spring Week, he said. ,s, ! The IFC budget for 1902-03 Was
Panhel voted last. Tuesday not also approved unanhrnously.
Immediate
Action Needed
—see page 4
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