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1(- - -,3eeS) Necessi y
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By DOROTHY DRASHER . 1
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e President needs more "Ken
ne y men" in Congress! next year
to produce results in his legsla
ti e program, •Sen. Joseph S.
Clark, D-Pa., said, last night. -
CLARK SAID that he has voted
for many of the Kennedy -backed
bills in the Senate. He pointed
out tbat Rep: James E. Van Zandt,
R-Pa., who is opposing Clark for
the Senate seat in the November
election, has expressed '9ppoiition
tol many of the Kennedy-sponsor
ed bills. 1
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; . Clark spoke in the Hetzel Union
ballroom at the invitation of the
University.
The - record-in Congress so far
in' this session has been "disap
.pointing," Clark said, adding that
:what has been accomplished still
• :.aropares favorably 'with the leg
islation in earl days of the New
Deal in Franklinßoosevelt's ad
ministration.
"The historic role of the Demo
.A.cratic party in this century has'
been to innovate and to create,"
Clark said. He added that it wasi
the• Democrats who 'faced the
pt . oblems 'and devised , solutions
tcr meet the crises of each decade,
both on the domestic scene an d
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Suburbia's
By JOAN MEHAN
and KAY MILLS .•
• Collegian Revienjers •
Suburban life with i its con
cerns ,:of hypochondria, property
values and sex were - Well mixed
oto 'produce So \ evening .of solid
entertainment as the Weer Play
house presented thY , Tomedy "Send
Me No Flowers" at Standing Stone
Tuesday night "
The Norman Barasch and Car
roll Moore script gave the cast
ample opportunity to display its
comedy talents. The story of a
hypochondriac who beOes death
is near, . the comed y explor -
George Kimball's ',worries about
how wife will fare gfter he
is gone. • /
LEbN B. lITL"VZINS.; cast as the
worried huipand who tries to put
his affairs pi order ,before the
fatal inothent, bring* both a gift
- - for huMor arid excellent timing
• to his role.
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His
understanding but 'imprac
tical wife Judy is played-by Lydia
Bruce. Miss Bruce again demon
strates her talents as? a comedi
vine, earlier' displayed} in the Ma
teer production of Tennessee Wil
liams' "Period of Adjustment."
Survey Seeks Suitable Location
For Educational TV Transmitter
A survey of. the, ;Clearfield
County area will begin soon to
,locate possible sites for a trans
mitter for . educational television
programs originating ; from the
University, Leslie *P. , Greenhill.,
associate director of the Division
of Academic Research,- and Ser
vices, said yesterday. I •
THE UNIVERSITY! j xnust find
a;suitable location before it can
be granted a license ! from the
Federal Communications Com
mission for broadcasting educa
tional television programs, Green=
hill said. - s, •
!Last year the Univ ersity's ap
plication fcir the use 'of Channel
3 from a_site several !miles from
here- on Rattlesnake' , Mountain,
was denied.' The ivascin given for
the denial was that ithe use of
that frequency in thisiarea would
overlap with the use bf the same
channel by a Philadelphia sta
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don.
The Clearfield - site, if foundltp
propriate,,..vould be. rie correct
UNIVERSITY PARK. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 9..1962
communications s a te 11 i t e bill,'
which was recently debated, fili
bustered and left undecided in
the Senate. Debate on the issue; CHICAGO (AF9—A major Vl
will resume tomorrow: 'year railroad-labor struggle with
Clark said he supports govern- ivast implications for the nation's
merit control of the new commu- I economy surged through a near
hications satellite, Telstar, which'showdown court phase yesterday.
was launched into orbit recently.l Five unions, representing MO,-
Control of the satellite by a pri-1000 crewmen who run the trains,
Vate profit-making --, corporationl were to go to a federal appeals
would hamper efforts 1J use the'
court in a second try to block
satellite for extensive educational
'purpose's in Latin America, Africa:srging economy work rules
w ic _ the railroads have adopted,
and other countries around the!
ieffective Aug. 16.
world,
Judge Joseph Sam Perry dis-
In addition. Clark said that ) Judge
the U.S. District Court suit
huge sums of government funds'
had been granted to the .Ameri
lby the unions asking a declare
can Telegraph and Telephone Co„ltory judgment barring the rules
which developed the satellite. The changes. An emergency appeal
government also launched the sat- 4 was to be taken to the 7th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
ellite for the company, Clark said.'
The .State Department needs tcii . THE RULES. first proposed by
JOSEPH S. CLARX have contro' over the satellite be- the carriers Nov. 2, 1959. could lop
cause it would be the agency to 40.000 firemen—those who work
... supports administration negotiate agreements with other oh switching and freight diesel
• • • countries, on the uses of the - sat - I lbcomotives—from the payrolls.
overseas. In contrast, Clark said!eilite• They also includepro
runs visions to
the Republica yis the "party 'T
n part NATIONAL Aeronauti cstget rescribin more work out r
of train cre
for ws a
,
of the status quo" and is devoid THE
Space Administration as well tp g
of new ideas and initiative. as the Federal Communications l daY' 3 work and generally elimi
iln an interview at the Nittany Commission, all have a stake in
trotting overlapping of work as-
Lion Inn before his formal talk, the future use of communications! signments. ,
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Clark expressed his views on the satellites, he said.
Is Spark Comedy
Somewhat confused by the turn'
ofl events and the changes in her
husband's behavior, Judy stub
bornly draws her own illogical ,
conclusions about her husband's
actions. Each decision triggers
mbre' humorous situations for the
couple. 1
f .tirnttall confides his worst fears
to his next door neighbor Arnold,
who becomes alcoholically - sym
pathetic. As played by Max
Ghlack, the role off Ors a vehicle
for many of the play's most amus
ing gibes at suburbia. An audi
ence predominantly ! of married
COuples especially .enjoyed Ar
nOld's advice to itimball, such as
"Forget the constitution you're
dealing with your w Je."
Adding to the hilarious con
fusion is Ronald Dobkin,. who
plays Judy Kimball'i old college
bOu. Dobkin is properly obnox
it:Ms as the Texas oilman who is
ready to take George"s place when
`the time comes."
IA change of pace for Ed Ander
son, usually quite dramatic, is
his part as - the jovial cemetery
plot salesman who' hums stich
litippy melodies as "lock of Ages"
and "EnjoY • Yourself, :It's Later
'Than You Think.". Anderson was
the surprise of thc 'show in his
distance from the other channel,
Greenhill said. ;
!Programs from this campus
would then have td be relayed!
tO the transmitter which would be
built there and then broadcast
through the area, he said.
'The University could conceiv
ably have had an ETV station a
while ago, but it would have had,
td bg'on an Ultra High Frequency
Cnannel.
Few television. sets In this lo
cality have receivers for UHF
programs, he said. Most receive
,
o ly the Very High Frequency
c.
annels which range from 1 to
1 .
i AN ETV STATION operated by
;the University ties in with a long
:range plan for a state-wide sys
tern of educationali stations in
!Pittsburgh, Philadelphia. Erie and
State College, Green ill said.
Once such a basic network can
Ibe established, a rya
tem of ETV stations ,could
(Continued- oataage- eight)
FOR A EMIR PENN STATE
excellent comedy role
SHOWING HIS amazing ver
satility, pavid Frank agilely
stepped into a character part for
this production. Cast-as the genial
general practitioner who thinks
'that "specialists really clean up,"
Frank is the calming force on
• Kimball's many ailments.
If curtain call applause is any
indication of success, the cast di
rected by Max Fischer should pro
vide, entertainment to full houses
during its two-week run.
Behind the News
Birth control developments
are discussed this week by
Len Krauss, 12th term indus
trial engineering major from
Union. NJ.
(See page 5 for
"Behind the News.")
rhetam by X*7
AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE viewed talent selected Japanese songs, and David Vaughan.
from many Awl& al the Cosmopolitan Club's graduate student in geochemistry, who did two
"Aroutut the World 'in SO Minutes" Friday night English Marria Dances and a Northumbrian clog
In the Kesel Union ballroom. Among the per- dance.
*frog.; wore Mink* sad Akiko.Toshlro, who wok
RR Struggle
Still Rages
, Looming beyond the courtroom
stage is the possibility of a, na
tionwide walkout of the workers
the firenien, trainmen, engi
neers, conductors and switchmen
—if the railroads stick to their
announced intention of tightening
Widespread Rain Hits State
While Drought Persists Locally
By JOEL MYERS ;had been measured here this
Although the record drought month
has been alleviated in many sec
tions of the Commonwealth in; Widespread ram was reported
in many areas of the state lam
the past two weeks, the State weekend and again - Monday.
College area continues' . to su ff e elleavy rain was noted in the Phil
from an unequalled lack of rain
!adelphia area Tuesday.
fall. I Showers spreiid across the state
During the six-week period;end-lagain last night, but it was un
ing last evening, a mere 0.79 in-:certain whether or not rain would .
chew of precipitation has ibeen'fall in this area.
measured at the University wea-i The large-scale weather Pattern
thee station compared to a nor-Jthat has prevailed for the past
mal amount of six inches lot' the four months has allowed only
period. sho w e r y-type precipitation to
Last month's total rainfall of 077 reach the slate Summertime
inches made it the driest July in 'showers are rather spotty. they
local weather history. Until: last can give large amounts of rain
evening only 0.02 inches of rain; (Continued on page six)
up work ruleA drastically
Such a strike will come auto
matically with the rules changes,
the union leaders said yesterday
after a conference in Washinglori-
Members of the unions received
their joint strike instructions sev
eral days ago, labor leaders said.•
But a stoppage - earlier than
mid• October Appeared unlikely.
With the sounding of a strike
—or, in its absence, the clear
certainty of a walkout—President
Kennedy could invoke the Rail
way Labor Act to cause postpone
ment for 60-days.
A WHITE HOUSE spokesman
said the strike threat is under
constant observation from there,
although not officially. The Presi
dent's move would be naming of
a fact-finding board to study the
dispute and report to him its sub
stance within 60 days.
Such• a Study would be' the sec
ond by a presidential panel. A
commission named by former
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
shortly before he left office made
its recommendations for settle
ntent; Feb. 28.
After efforts of the National
Mediation Board failed, the rait
roads announced July 17 that the
recommendations.of the presiden
tial commission would be put into
effect Aug. 16.