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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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• 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.
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