Weather Forecast: 'Sunny, Cold VOL. 64, No. 51 Panama Charges ggression; 20 Dead FCC ETV Action I Imminent' Committee To Vote on Hat Society By JOHN THOMPSON Final action on the charter application of Pro metheus, proposed Univer sity hat society, is expected within two weeks. George L, Donovan, chair man of the Committee on Stu-, dent Organizations, said yes-' terday that he hopes the 5- member committee can take a final vote on the issue by Jan.l 21. The committee will meet Tuesday to review final infor mation concerning the applica tion. On Jan. 21, the following Tuesday, the committee will meet with Sali Campbell. Pro metheus president, and Paul M. Althouse, the group's advisor, to discuss final details. Vote Expected The vote should come after this meeting, Donovan said, If approval is granted, Dono van will recommend to the Ad ministrative Committee on Stu dent Affairs that the group be chartered as a student organ ization. Chairman of the Ad ministrative Committee is Rob ert G. Bernreuter, special assistant to the president for student• affairs,— - -- - Action on the Prometheus application has been delayed by an extensive study by Dono van's committee of the nine present hat societies. Member ship policies, activities and pur poses of the societies were studied to determine whether a new hat society was needed. Delphi Most Recent No new hat societies have been chartered on the Univer sity Park campus since Delphi, sophomore men's hat society, was approved in 1956. Donovan, who cannot vote with his committee, said he has no idea how the committee members will decide the issue. Approval of the Prometheus application has been opposed by the Hat Society Council and by numerous hat society presi (Coutinued on page three) WARREN L.____' 7 ------ 1-r FOREST L, I J j CLARION _ ~~~. ~~.• • c.,. 1 JEFFERSON 1 I i 4..1 ARMSTRONG \._/ INDIANA I .. \ . (---. •-•• I=l BROADCAST AREA to be covered by the Educational Television Channel 3 which the University has requested from the Federal Communications Commisssion is shown on the map. The station, if approved by the FCC for Uni versity, will broadcast from Clearfield, county. The circu 11" u ti r att A ppropriations Freeze Batt ., Seems Ominous --See Page. 2 „eta. ' 7 ::1 ,; •12355 Terms The Federal Communica tions Commission said yes terday that favorable final action on the University's application to operate edu- SENATOR GOLDWATER cational Channel 3 TV is . . . "very imminent." demands action John Kushman, administrative assistant to FCC Chairman MI- Cal I probe liam Henry, said a decision on whether to grant the University a construction permit for the f I s station will be made early next week. He added he "assume'd wouldbe favorable." After lengthy bargaining withi—Goldwater commercial interests in John stown, the FCC gave final ap- proval for operation of Channel WASHINGTON (11 3 ) .3 VHF to the University twoßen. Barry Goldwater ask , weeks ago. Expects Permit ed yesterday for a full- Next week the FCC is expected scale Senate probe of what he called a dependability to grant the University a permit I to construct and operate a trans gap in America's long-range mitter from Clearfield County. 1 missiles. Refusing to back down on The station, which will service his statement that "our inter -22 Pennsylvania counties, is a. continental missiles are not' 'part of the Commonwealth Edu- dependable." the Arizona cational Network which will publican pressed a controversy Re eventually span the stale with ,that could develop the bitter extensive educational coverage. loess the missile gap contro- After the FCC issues the per-, versy created in the 1960 elec mit, the Department of Health,ltion campaign. Education and Welfare is ex- "If lam proven wrong I will petted to approve a $200,000 be very pleased and happy to grant to the University for the admit it." he said, "but if there station's construction, according is a lack of dependability I do to Nelson McGeary, special as-, not believe the American peo instant to President Eric A. pie should be lulled into a false Walker. feeling of security by numbers and statistics . . ." Goldwater, asserting he prob ably would "catch hell" for do ing so, raised the issue at a news conference in Ports mouth. N.H., Thursday while campaigning for the GOP presidential nomination. McNamara Accuses More Promised IVlcGeary said if the HEW grant is secured the Pennsyl vania Department of Public In struction "promised"-- anot - h e r $lOO.OOO. Total cost of the operation will he over $600,000. Mc G e a r y added, and the University will have to pay the rest. However, McGeary said. "We hope to get more (money) even tually from Harrisburg." Gov. William W. Scranton has re peatedly shown enthusiasm for the program. Speculation fr o m informed sources named Marlowe Froke, assistant professor of broadcast ing, as the probable station man ager of Channel 3. However, Froke declined to of ficially comment on these re ports. Channel 3, if it is approved, will broadcast on an open circuit and will be available to private) homes in central Pennsylvania.l , 1 , NicKEAN \ POTTr C.AMEROtTr j CENTRE GRADE AA. ' CLEARFIELD t t • Shoo C•II••.• ..... • I ••••".... . 4 ::: ..... .... ....5 .".. '''. .7' .. , '' . ..: '' ' .. ....V f .'• j / Trona • , MIFFLIN '' / :.. , • • 'e ' 7 / CAMBRIA • J. 6.0.••• / Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara promptly issued a statement accusing the sena tor of damaging the national security with what McNamara called a completely misleading and politically irresponsible reference to the nation's inter continental ballistic missiles. Recalls 1960 "It seems strange to me," Goldwater said in his statement, yesterday, "that the secretary of defense would call a de— pendability gap a political issue' when the missile gap, sopro fusely used in the 1960 cam-, paign, wasn't so considered by, hsi present associates. "And it was a gap, by the (Continued on page three) 'GRADE B • Im•tbp•e ; I ----- - * 5 , -) I: ~ BLAIR (4^ • N.n,dern... Maur, Um." 111 - ,sr - --,./\ HUNTINGDON 'N, .\/ BEDFORD lar area enclosed as "Grade A." will receive the best reception, while "Grade B" is expected .to be able to re ceive adequate reception from the station. Final action by the FCC on The University's request is expected within Iwo weeks. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1964 La. Demo Hopefuls Vie Today NEW ORLEANS (AP) A campaign for governor that was indelibly scarred by the assas sination of President Kennedy will be decided today. ' Louisiana Democrats choose between deLesseps S. Morrison, 51, former New Orleans mayor. and John J. IVlcKeithen, 45, a state Public Service commis sioner. Winner of this primary runoff will be the Democratic nomi nee. The general election race against a Republican has been a mere formality in Louisiana since Reconstruction days. Many Issues Issues range from an alleged toupee from Morrison's thinning thatch to implications that Mc- Keithen—who hammered on the race issue—was a "hater." Politicians fear that the label "hater" packs political dyna mite since Kennedy was shot by a sniper in Dallas. The assassination happened just as Louisiana's 10-man first Democratic primary was reach ing full cry. The campaign was stopped dead in its tracks for days and lost its dominant "anti-Kennedy" character. Morrison, making his third straight bid for governor, topped the field of 10 with a 142,000-vote margin over MeKeithen, the No. 2 man. All of the candidates were segregationists, of one degree or another. In the runoff campaign. Mc- Keithen took a page from each of two preceding campaigns in which Morrison was beaten. He wooed the segregation vote with charges that Morrison was secretly dealing with Negro [leaders in order to get the Ne gro ''bloc vote." Jimmie H. Davis beat Mor [rison with the same strategy in 1960. Morrison calls it a " . phiiify issue." McKeithen also attacked Mor rison, with comic exaggeration, as a citified dude, possibly not above putting perfume in his bath water or wearing a toupee. This, too, Morilson denied. Otherwise, the cand i d a t e s were roughly similar in approach to various problems raised in the campaign. McKeithen is a Protestant who lives on a farm in northeast Louisiana, near Columbia. He was a leader of a faction of the politically potent Long family. Morrison is a Roman Catho lic, was a big city mayor for over 15 years, resigned as am bassador to the Organization of American States to make the race and was once named one of America's best-dressed men. \ • N. CLINTON \%` ,• / ,/juNIATA Mill • Hunt myden .) / / \_ FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Charges Deals LYCOMING • te,l Mayon / UNION SNYDER . • PRESIDENT JOHNSON . . . first major crisis LBJ Calls For Peace In Panama WASHING T 0 N (P) !President Johnson grappled his first grave internation ial crisis yesterday. He phon ed Panama's president and hurried a special mission to , Panama. City in an effort to !halt killing of Americans and 'Panamanians in the Canal ,Zone. But deadly gunfire erupted ; anew despite these efforts. I And late yesterday Panama broke relations with the United States, charging aggression by U.S. forces in lethal mob out breaks triggered by what start ed as a schoolboys dispute over flying of American and Panamanian flags in the zone. Castroites Implicated U.S.officrals said there is ev idence that Castroites and other Communists had stepped into : - the noting - to Some degree. Al i though not charging the out break was planned by Reds, Undersecretary o f State! George Ball told congressmen' he has no doubt Communist elements took advantage of the situation to spread violence. Johnson telephoned directly to Panamanian President Ro , berth Chiari yesterday morning and ordered a peace-making mission to Panama City by jet. But fighting continued and deaths rose through the day. ' The threat of even more vio lence forced evacuation of of fices of the U.S. Embassy in Panama City and Panamanian authorities said they could not guarantee the safety of the building's occupants. Strong Position Reports last night indicated the U.S. forces were in a strong holding position in the zone, which is flanked on both sides by Panama. Officials reiterated that there is no current plan to reinforce the more than 10,- 000 U.S. soldiers and Marines now in the zone. The Organization of Ameri can States announced late yes terday that the United States and Panama have agreed to let the Inter-American Peace Com mission mediate their dispute. The commission stepped in to avoid a confrontation between the two countries in an OAS Council meeting which was scheduled for yesterday after noon to hear a Panamanian charge of aggression against the United States. After the commission action, Panama withdrew its request for a meeting. Chile Takes Seal Since the United States is a party to this dispute. the OAS Council designated Chile as a temporary replacement for the U.S. seat. The commission flew to Panama late last night. Yesterday, Johnson dis patched his troubleshooting team, headed by Thomas C. Mann, assistant secretary of stale for inter-American af fairs, to consult with Pana manian officials. Mann and his companions left for Panama after a 90-min ute White House conference in to which Johnson summoned his chief advisers from the State and Defense departments. First Crisis Rioting over the flying of the Stars and Stripes and the Panamanian flags in the Canal Zone with shooting, deaths and woundings. brought Johnson suddenly face to face with the first, grave international crisis of his seven weeks in the presi-i dency. A White House statement slid the President had given tit, earnest instructions to the U.S. military commander in the southern area Gen. Andrew P. O'Meara. "to do all that is with in his power to restore and to, maintain peace and safety , within the Canal Zone." The statement was on the calm, conciliatory side and said: Notes Appeal "The President has noted President Chiari's appeal to' the citizens or Panama to join in the restoration of peace and the President is making a Simi lar appeal to the re , ioling of (Continued on page four) American Army Accused ilvierdess: Inhuman Tactics UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (A)—Panama declared last night that the Panama Canal must be taken out of U. S. hands and either nationalized or placed under in ternational control. The present treaties were described as intolerable. Panama's demands were voiced in the U. N. Security Council by the Pannman• fan delegate, Aquilino Boyd, who charged the United States with aggression in Con nection with the continuing disorders and their mounting toll of casualties. Adlai Stevenson denied any: U. S. aggression. He asserted that the United States wasiallllllllll Background 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111112 simply acting . to protect lives 4 —E and property inside the Canal E • • Zone and was taking only the E: strife,. Discontent Play 1 minimum measures necessary ,E . to ensure the safety of the zone E = and its inhabitants. • • = = Stevenson stated that the = Major Role in U. 5... = United States is "ready through = direct negotiations with the E , • • = Panamanian government to try —:'.--- to resolve such differences as an/ma Relationships I may exist." I = The U. S. delegate suggested' that the council should with hold any action on the Pana manian problem pending the: outcome of the mission being, undertaken by the Inter-Amer ican Commission to Panama. Brazil stepped into the crisis, by proposing that the president of the Security Council appeal' to both Panama and the United States to end the disorders. The urgent meeting was call: ed at the request of Boyd. 1 PANAMA (W) Charging "unmerciful aggression," Pan-' ama broke diplomatic relations , with the United States yester day and denounced the 61- year-old canal treaty after vio-1 lent clashes that left 20 dead in Panama and the Canal Zone. The Panamanian government claimed U. S. soldiers guarding the Canal Zone's borders op ened fire again last night,i wounding six more Panaman 'ans. The diplomatic rupture grew' . out of long-standing bitterness ,over sovereignty of the Canal r Zone and the rights of Ameri cans and Panamanians to fly their respective flags. Foreign Minister Galileo Solis accused Canal Zone po lice and the U.S. Army of in human actions in attacking Panamanian students w•ho tried to fly Panama's flag in the' zone controlled by the United States. Embassy Evacuated The U.S. Embassy was eva cuated. President Johnson de cided that secret documents and codes in the embassy should be destroyed and the, building evacuated. The Organization of Ameri can States said in Washington both Panama and the United States had .agreed to let its Inter-American Peace Commis-' sion mediate the dispute. move to burn the secret rec-in Washington. The canal continued to work ords. i At the United Nations in normally although Panama de-1 New York consultations were nounced the treaty under All U.S. personnel were ova-!New York looking toward a which the United States open- cuated with the exception of ; under ' meeting of the 11-nation Se ater it. two employes who remained Sobs cabled Secretary o f behind in the chancery. But the , curity Council. State Dean Rusk that his coun- last two were under orders to, The fighting yesterday morn ing flared along the border try considers its relations with' leave if mobs appeared. separating the Canal Zone Washington broken. Good Protection from the city of Panama. 20 Dead Davis said a Panama Na-; Panamanians, some armed He put the number of Pana-,tional Guard detail posted to, with pistols, had gathered at manian dead at 17 and said'guard the embassy 'did a fan - ithe Legislative Palace, which there were 200 wounded. The tastic job" in protecting the.is just 50 yeards from the bor- United States had announced embassy office building from a. de , , that three of its soldiers were threatening throng Thursday Sniper Activity killed and 49 wounded. night. • At the request of President Davis said, however, that in President Johnson tel el e-, Chiari, relayed through the case of a determined armed at-I phoned President Roberto Chi-. U. S. Embassy. instructions !tack the building could not be' ari in an elfore to settle the were given to the soldiers to strife. It was Johnson's first defended. cease counter sniper activity. major foreign crisis since he Moscow Radio .Chiari had given assurance took office. Moscow Radio told its lis-1 that the Panama National Chiari, in a radio broadcast. , teners that American troops, Guard "would contain this said he had asked Johnson to.had opened fire on peaceful threat." dispatch a personal represen- student demonstrations. It as-, At 1:45 p.m. President Chi tative immediately. 'serted "public indignation has ari reiterated Panama's claim Carl Davis. embassy public been aroused through all La- to sovereignty over the Canal affairs officer, said reports tin-American countries." I Zone territory. He said his that mobs were about to storm; The OAS council was sum- country's policy has been "to the embassy prompted the'moried into emergency session have right prevail over might n Chatter Cam .ai Rockefeller Challenges LBJ To Deliver on 'Promises' WASHINGTON (AP) Gov. 'tive record of the last three. Rockefeller said Johnson had Nelson A. Rockefeller chal- years" in carrying out John- omitted mention of what action longed President Johnson yester- son's promised domestic im- the administration plans to take day to make good on a "bargain provements. in Southeast Asia, Cuba. Berlin, sale" package of promises lie A year will tell, the governor or Red China and in patching up said "simply will not be deliv- said. whether Johnson was act- the NATO alliance, erect at the quoted price." mg "as a medicine man or as a, State of Union Shifting his campaign for the miracle man" in pledging that -- "After listening to or reading Republican presidential nomina- social advances will be accomp the address, have we really been tion from New Hampshire to lished along with a cut in fee.- told what the state of the union Washington, the New York gov- seal expenditures and a reduc- is today?" he asked. ernor voiced doubt that Johnson 'don in the number of federal 1 had given a realistic report on employes. Rockefeller aimed his fire al the state of the union in his More Promises most exclusively at the Presi . is dent. who all but certain to Wednesday address to Congress. "The Johnson message of two head the Democratic ticket. . days ago wrapped up between Chides Johnson its f i rst an d f t „„I paragr „o s But in response to questions, Given a standing ovation when more promises than have ever he teed off on a rival for the he appeared at the National before been dangled in f ront of GOP nomination, Sen. Barry Press Club luncheon. Rockefel- the people of this republic-10 Goldwater, R-Ariz. led chided Johnson on grounds nonths in advance of a national Rockefeller replied with a of neglecting foreign affairs in election2.' he said. tense "No" 'when asked if his his message. l "I predict, without hesitation. faith is the American intercon- He said it would be an empty that there has been held out to tinental missile system had hope to suppose the Democratic- the people a package of prom- been shaken by Goldwater's controlled Congress will im- ices that simply will not be dc' contention that such missiles prove on "the dreary legisla- livered at the quoted price." 'are undependable. BULLETIN PANAMA CITY (P —Thc U.S. Canal Zone, which cuts a strip 10 miles wide across the Republic of Pana • ma, rankled Panamanians almost from the day it was set up 60 years ago. • Open- hostility has broken out on several occasions, 5 notably in the flag riots of 1959 and the blood-letting F-* disorders of this week. = • • A prime source of discontent among the Panama- E • mans, who owe their very existence as a nation in part = to U.S. gunboat diplomacy, is a clause of a 1903 treaty • that gives the United States perpetual sovereignty over g the zone. That cannot be changed unless the United E .- States is willing. • Titular sovereignty is another thing. Washington !,= recognizes that Panama has title to the 553-square • mile zone. President Eisenhower stressed this point in order ing Panamanian and American flags flown side by side at one Canal Zone site after the 1959 riots. • President Roberto F. Chian of Panama raised the f-_-7 Panamanian flag in front of the U.S. Canal Zone build ing Oct. 29, 1962. There was a story that one American, anguished. IE-' by that ceremony, slipped a blindfold over the bust •-g of President Theodore Roosevelt in the lobby of the 1 E- building. Roosevelt sponsored U.S. entry into Canal Zone operations. , • Over the years both Communists and ultranational • ists have made a point of promoting ill feeling for the • United States within Panama, which is somewhat • smaller than Maine-28.576 square miles; and has some -17 what more people---a total of I,os3,ooo—than that New England state. • Early in this century the United States began ne gotiating with Colombia for rights to dig a canal. The Colombian Senate rejected a 1903 agreement, claim ing the terms excessively favored the United States. • Angry inhabitants of Panama protested. They re g.: belled and proclaimed their independence. • Colombia rushed troops to Colon to combat the 1g uprising, but encountered a contingent of U.S. Marines. = The United States swiftly recognized Panama's in • dependence LE and negotiated the Canal Zone treaty for • a payment of $lO million and an annual fee. E . 5111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111IE FIVE CENTS
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