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VOL. 64, No. 52
2nd Worst
27.4 Inches of Snow,
Bitter Cold Hit Area
By JOEL MYERS
A 27.4 inch snowfall, second heaviest in history,
paralyzed central Pennsylvania yesterday, and strong,
winds threatened to hamper clean-up operations.
The mighty storm forced schools to close through
out the state and brought land and air travel to a
standstill.
All snow-removal and cin
dering equipment in Centre
County was operating late last
night, but a combination of
blowing and drifting snow has t',
hindered the road-clearing pro
cess.
OAS Board
Will Study
Canal Zone
PANAMA (AP) T h e
United States and Panama
took a first step yesterday
toward patching up differ
rences by agreeing to crea
tion of a joint authority
under the Organization of
American States to keep
the peace in the Canal Zone..
Amid signs of decreasing ten
sion Thomas C. Mann, personal
envoy of President Johnson,
paid a farewell call on Panama
President Roberto Chiari before
leaving for Washington to report,
to Johnson.
Mann voiced guarded opti
mism as he talked to reporters.
Panama broke diplomatic re
lations with the United States
and demanded revision of the
61-year-old Panama Canal Trea
ty in the wake of a flag-raising
incident at Balboa High School
I ast Thursday that sparked
clashes between Panamanians
and U.S. troops.
24 Killed
The fighting and other vio
lence took the lives of three U.S.
soldiers and 21 Panamanians.
U.S. property was attacked in'
Panama City and other places
in the country, causing thous
ands of dollars in damage.
In Washington, it was dis
closed that the United States
specified that the guarding of
Canal Zone border areas by the
National Guard of Panama
would not mean any change in
the boundaries between the
zone and Panama.
The United States specified
also that border areas subject
to "cooperative vigilance" of
the National Gaurd and U.S.
military forces could be en
larged only by a joint Panama
nian-U.S. agreement, the Wash
ington source said.
Conditions Accepted
The source added these con
ditions laid down by Mann were
accepted by the government of
Panama.
Workmen were erecting twin
flagpoles • Monday at public
school sites in the zone—includ
ing Balboa High School—for dis
play of the Panamanian and
U.S. flags.
Officials said all schools In
the zone will reopen tomorrow,
with the exception of an ele
mentary school at Ancon dam
aged in the violence.
SURE Fund,
Member Drive
Begins Tonight
The Student Union for Racial
Equality (SURE) will launch its
winter term activities at a mem
bership meeting at 7 tonight in
the Wesley Foundation base
ment.
Milnor Alexander, instructor in
political science and SURE ad
viser, will speak on "Voter Reg
istration in the South."
The group is seeking to raise
funds to support Jacob Hey
man, former SURE president
who is working in a voter regis
tartion campaign in the South.
Acting SURE president James
Conaham said Heyman will
need approximately S2O per week
to support himself during the
campaign.
New SURE members will be
enrolled at the meeting tonight.
Membership dues are Si per
lerrn and associate dues are Si
per year.
Activities Outlined
SURE activities for the coming
year will also be outlined at the
meeting. Plans are being made
to begin SURE chapters at the
Schuylkill Campus and at King's
College in Wilkes-Barre.
General objectives of SURE, as
established by the group's Vote
Committee, are:
•To educate students about
the problem of discrimination.
•To get students personally in
volved in the fight against dis
crimination.
•To raise money to help sup
port Penn State students work
ing on voter registration in the
South. and to publicize the efforts
of these students.
•To work to eliminate dis
crimination in all areas of Penn
sylvania, and particularly in
areas served by Penn State.
eTo accomplish the above ob
jectives in a peaceful and digni
fied manner.
State police said all equip
ment
'*
would continue to fight
the storm during the night, but
they would not guarantee that
all main roads would be r .
plowed by morning.
Some roads in the moun—,'
tainous areas of the state were,
completely blocked by drifting
snow,
Began Sunday
The snow, which began Sun
day afternoon, became heavy f ;
early yesterday morning and •
continued to pile up through K•
the day. When the snow had : "
diminished to flurries last eve
ning, the storm ranked second
only to the 31.2 inch fall of
March 30, . 1942.
Temperatures hovered near ;;;,
the 10 degree mark through.-
out the snowfall, and as a re
suit
the snow is very dry and r;':,
powdery and can be easily set V •
in motion by gusty winds.
Blowing and drifting snow
will probably continue as a
problem for several days.
The weather pattern favors
a continuation of cold weather, <
and no important thaw is likely r„`
this week. There is even a
chance of more snow about'.' ,
Thursday. ii
Hardest Hit .
Apparently central Pennsyl-;:
vania, where snow depths .”
ranged from 20 to 30 inches,
was the hardest hit area. Snow
depths were generally 10 to 15 ' •
inches in other parts of the ;
state.
The water equivalent of the
snow was slightly less than one MEASUREMENT of yester
and a half inches. day's snowfall reveals dif-
The storm responsible for the ferent accumulations. Th e
snow originated in the, Pacific drift in the background
several days ago and moved above is well above two feet.
harmlessly eastward until it The 27.4 inches of snow that
began to tap moisture from the fell between Sunday after-
Gulf of Mexico Saturday. Snow noon and yesterday was the
developed in the central states second worst blizzard Penn-
Saturday and spread eastward sylvania has ever experi-
Saturday night and Sunday enced. Some snow flurries
with the storm. are expected today and
With the storm in Tennessee Thursday but none tomor-
Sunday night, a new and more row. The snow is expected to
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FTC, Government
May Begin Action
Against Smoking
WASHINGTON (Th—A massive educational pro
gram aimed at smokers—and teenagers who haven't
started may be the first federal step following a
science panel's indictment of cigarette smoking as a
threat to life and health.
A panel of 10 doctors and scientists.reported to the
surgeon general Saturday that
heavy cigarette smoking is a
major cause of lung cancer and
is associated, at least statistical
ly, with other malignancies and
heart ailments. The committee
called for "appropriate remedi
al action."
Informed sources said yester
day that the most obvious first
step would be a government
backed campaign against smok
ing, patterned after the all-out
effort made by the Public
Health Service to get Americans
vaccinated against polo.
FTC Action
The campaign would be in ad
dition to possible action by the
Federal Trade Commission and
Congress.
Sources said the FTC believes
it has authority to require that
cigarette packages bear health
hazard labels if the health
service so recommends.
There were no indications that
Congress would seek prohibition
of cigarettes. But several mem
bers introduced or seconded
bills requiring that cigarettes
carry labels that they might in
jure health.
Stock Exchange
On the New York Stock Ex
change, prices of most cigarette
issues declined in the first trad
ing since the report was issued,
but made partial recoveries.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. erased an
early loss and posted a 25-cent
gain.
Meanwhile cigar manufactur
ers enjoyed a field day.
Aimed At Teens
The campaign would be aimed!
primarily at teen-agers, with a,
theme somewhat along these
lines: "Quit if you are a cig
arette smoker don't start if
you haven't."
Presumably, such a campaign
would include use of newspaper,
radio and television: speeches
by health authorities: and post
ers and pamphlets. There might
be testimonials by sports fig
ures who never smoked or who
had quit.
Storm Strikes College Area
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A blizzard-like storm,
the worst so far this winter,
crippled Pennsylvania yes
terday, dumping more than
20 inches of snow in some
parts of the state.
At least six deaths were at
tributed to the storm.
Schools, businesses, airports
and government agencies closed
at least temporarily across the
state. Transporation was badly
disrupted. The state Capitol
closed at 2 p.m., after 15 inches
of snow had accumulated by
noon in Harrisburg.
Various sports, social and oth
er events were postponed.
In the Wilkes-Barre area and
in Pottsville some funerals were
deferred.
The one-day visit of President
Antonio Segni of Italy was post
poned because of conditions at
the Philadelphia International
,) Airport. .
o
Snow Emergency
, i In Philadelphia, Emergency
Coordinator Samuel S. Baxter
-,=4 declared a snow emergency
.. A last night. Seven inches of snow
' A fell in the city and more than
'• "'721 10 inches in the western and
• ':''i northern suburbs. The Philadel
phia ' 1 emergency was the first
•,::: to be declared under an ordi
,
, t ••• nance passed by city council in
.' ' • ', Strong winds reaching gusts
, • ~' up to more than 40 miles an
• „•-1.
• ..,,, hour complicated matters byl
•,- .:„. i .„ ~,,,,,,A drifting the powdery snow. Tern- 1
' •,. ''':,•" - ,1 peratures were well below frees
, "..", • A ing—and going down.
' •', •:;;I Officials banned all passenger
-...." '-:`,:" 1 cars without chains or snow
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',:•,,,- , ~• ,••• .• • ~ tires from the Pennsylvania
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miles an hour was imposed and
house trailers were banned for
the duration of the storm.
Farm Show
Pennsylvania's week-long farm
show opened in Harrisburg.
Deep snowdrifts and almost im
passable highways, h o w e v e r,
held down attendance and pre
vented some exhibitors from get
ting to the Farm Show Arena.
In an afternoon statement, the
Weather Bureau reported the i
following show accumulations:
Williamsport, 22 inches; Pitts
burgh, 13; Scranton, 13; Wilkes-
Barre 13.
By mid-afternoon the accumu
lations reached 17 inches in
Bradford, Dubois and Butler;
19 in Philipsburg; 15 in Blairs
ville; 12 in Altoona; and 7 in
Erie.
To Smoke or Not?
Many Students Smoke
Despite New Warning
By JUDY MATHE
The Surgeon General's report'
on the ill effects of smoking
has caused the national broad
casting networks to study their
cigarette advertising policy and
the British government to re
new its anti-smoking campaign,
but many University students
seem unperturbed.
One senior told a Collegian,
reporter that she was engaged
to a doctor and had "known
the score for a long time," but
would continue to smoke.
Taste Too Good
"I'm not going to stop; they
taste too good. Anyway not
everybody gets cancer," a fe
male chemistry senior said.
Some students, though, may
try to quit, or at least cut down.
A fifth term sociology major
said she and her roommate are
going to try to smoke only one
cigarette every hour this week
and then gradually increase
the amount of time between
cigarettes.
"As soon as this carton is
gone, I'll stop," a 6th term
chemistry major said, "but ac
tually my doctor 'told me to
stop smoking last year."
ne female esnior, who said
she smoked one cigarette a day,
will quit.
Not Good for Sports
A male graduate student said
he may stop, but not because
of the report. "I like sports,"
he said, "and you can't smoke
and go out for sports, too."
"My father ttarked on ciga
rette research at Mayo Clinic,"
an 11th term male said, "and
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY -14, 1964
.!I'Blizzard ,
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Entire State
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New Record
The Weather Bureau said the
Williamsport fall was a new rec
ord for one day, eclipsing the
previous mark of 15 set in 1961.
Centre County also reported a
new snow fall record in 24 hours
—25 inches.
In Scranton, all downtown
stores closed in early afternoon
to permit thousands of employes
to go home early.
The Scranton-W ilk e s-Barre
and Harrisburg-York airports
closed.
he still smokes, so I guess I'll
continue."
"They didn't tell us anything
we didn't know before," an Bth
term student who smokes 10 to
15 cigarettes a day, said, "so
why should we get all excited
about it now?"
Although there have been
many reports on the dangers
of smoking before, none seemed
as conclusive, and now there is
the prospect of government ac
tion.
Many students were skeptical
about the government's power
to stop the sale of cigarettes.
"They tried it with liquor and
it didn't work," one said.
Another said. "They (the
government) would be crazy to
ban cigarettes. That would just
make them more attractvie,
especially to minors." she said.
Valid Reasons
But whether students wanted
government action or not,
many of them were convinced
that their reasons for their
smoking decisions were valid.
A girl who smoked eight
cigarettes a day said she
wouldn't stop. "I can't," she
said, "they keep me from get
ting fat."
"Everybody would call me
chicken if I stopped now," a
junior said. "After all, I have
to die anyway," he continued,
"What's the difference if I die
of cancer or walk in front of
a car?"
But the case for quitting was
apparent. "They've finally con
vinced me," one junior said.
"There's no use taking years
off my life I'm going to try so
stop."
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
FUN AND GAMES were the order of the day yesterday
for three male students engaged in that delightful job
of digging out snow-bound ears.
Effective June 22
Room, Board Cost
To Increase $lO
Room and board charges will be increased $lO
per term effective June 22, the Office of the President
disclosed yesterday.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive assistant to the
President, said, however, that the University is not cur-
rently considering any increase
in student tuition fees.
President Eric A. Walker
blamed the increase on ris
ing costs. explaining that
residence hall and food service
facilities are self-supporting
operations with student fees as
their sole income.
In a letter to parents of all
students living in residence
halls, Walker claimed "despite
all possible economies and
every effort to increase effi
ciency, it is impossible to coun
teract the spiraling rise in cost
of food, services, equipment,
salaries, and wages necessary
for operation of the residence
halls at a standard needed for
health and welfare of the stu
dents."
Approved by Trustees
The $lO increase was ap
proved at a meeting of the
Board of Trustees Saturday
and will raise the room and
board charges per term from
$265 for a double room to $275.
In November when Walker
first revealed to The Daily Col
legian that room and board
charges would face an increase.
he emphatically denied rumors
that tuition would also experi
ence a similar increase.
He stressed at that time that
he,is strongly opposed to a rise
in tuition and said, "I will fight
to hold tuition where it now is."
However, since that state-
I ment, Gov. William W. Scran
ton failed to recommend an in
crease in Penn State's alloca
tion in the Commonwealth
budget. Whether the governor's
action might have some effect
on tuition is not yet apparent.
Walker's Plans
Walker is scheduled to ap
pear before the Council on
Education and before the
House and Senate Appropria
tions Committees before the
second week of February.
The President is expected to
appeal to those bodies for a
higher University appropria
tion which would keep in line
with rising costs and plans for
expansion.
The most recent increase in
room and board charges oc
curred in 1961 when the charge
for a double room increased
from $254 to $265 per term.
At the same time tuition was
increased $l5 due to a refusal
on the part of state legislators
to grant the University's re
quest for $23.1 million. The
final appropriation that year
was less than $2O million.
The increase is expected to
net the University additional
funds in the neighborhood of
$lOO,OOO per term excepting the
summer term.
Clark Asks Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON IR) Sen.
Joseph S. Clark, D-Pa., said
yesterday the existing immi
gration law is discriminatory to
Americans of Asian and south
ern and eastern European par
entage.
In a statement for a Senate
Judiciary subcommittee, Clark
called for the enactment of the
administration's immigra ti on
reform bill as a living memorial
to the late President Ken
nedy.
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By LARRY LAMB
Candidates
To Speak
At Panhel
The three candidates for
the offices of Panhellenic'
Council first and second
vice presidents will appear
'before council members to
night at 6:30 p.m. in 112 Os
mond.
Barbara Clark, Cheryl Mc-
Minn and Susan Smith will
give their qualifications for of
fice and answer questions ask-
ed by the council members. 1
All three girls are members
of Kappa Alpha Theta.
Miss Clark, who has a 3.1 all-
University average, has served
on Liberal Arts Student Coun
cil, as an orientation leader and
'an Association of Women Stu
dents delegate.
Miss McMinn, who will be
student teaching fall term, has
a 3.73 all-University average
and is a member of Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman wom
en's honorary fraternity.
Miss Smith, who has a 2.52
all-University average. will be
student teaching during win
term.
She is a cheerleader; has
been a member of East Halls
Association of Women Stu
dents, Simmons judicial board,
Women's Week Chairman and
president of Cwens, sophomore
women's hat society.
The council will decide on
the election date and at this
time the girl with the highest
number of votes will be chosen
first vice president. The second
'highest number of votes will
determine the second vice pres
ident.
All Panhel officers must
I have and must maintain a 2.5
l all-University average. The
girl who becomes first vice
;president will automatically'
;become president in the school
year of 1965-1966.
The council members will al
so discuss their plans for work
;shop and Greek Week and will
'vote on an open bidding period.
HUB Meeting Set for
,World's Fair Visitors
Students who last term indi
cated a desire to visit the New
York World's Fair this spring
are required to attend a meet
ing at 7:30 tonight in the Hetzel
Union ballroom.
The approximately 400 stu
dents involved are slated to be ,
iv en additional information
labout the trip by Vera Hess,
ichairman of the sponsoring
Hetzel Union Travel Committee.
Miss Hess said students who
decide to make the trip will have
to make a deposit of Si to re
serve a place. The balance of the
trip's cost will be due at a
'later date.
Classes To Meet Today
Despite Heavy Snowfall
By MEL ZIEGLER
Despite high winds expected to pile up snow drifts
of five to six feet by morning, University officials said
yesterday classes probably will be held as usual today.
Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive assistant to the
President said the final de
cision will be made before first
period classes are scheduled to
begin.
Most classes met as sched
uled yesterday despite the
heavy snow. A number of
classes, however, could not be
held because professors found
themselves unable to get to
campus. No estimate was avail
able yesterday of the number
of classes affected in this way.
Students reporting such inci
dents generally agreed that
morning classes were more
frequently concelled than
afternoon sessions.
Kenworthy said reports he
received yesterday indicated
attendance was generally good
in the face of adverse condi
tions.
About 27 inches of snow had'
fallen by late yesterday after
noon when the storm tapered
off. The record local snowfall
was 31.2 inches, recorded on
March 30, 1942.
Temperatures during the day
remained near 10 degrees and
high winds added to the gen
eral discomfort.
All campus roads were re- 1
ported cleared for minimum
driving with maintenance,
crews working around the;
clock. Extra men and equip- 1
ment were hired to supplement,
the regular campus snow re-1
moval operation.
An accident, resulting from,
the icy conditions, occurred at
12:15 p.m. yesterday at the cor
ner of W. College Avenue and
Burrowes Street. A truck was
reported to ha v e skidded
'through a stop light into on
coming traffic. No one was
reported injured.
Ritenour Health Center re
ported no accidents or injuries
to University students as a re
sult of the storm. No auto
mobile accidents occurred on
campus.
Mail and food deliveries to•
the University were slowed,
but no major tie-up is ex
pected.
. .
Food officials said menus
will only have to be altered
slightly because enough food
is on hand for at least a 48-
hour period.
The Food Department, with
80 per cent of its employees
living outside of State College,
was extremely short-handed.
Supervisors in various units
were reported working in the
food lines.
Sleeping facilities were pro
vided for many out-of-town
employees last night so that
they would not be snowned out
again today.
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ROGER W. ROWLAND
...re-elected board president
Trustees Take
Varied Actions
Miscellaneous actions taken
by the Board of Trustees at its
weekend meeting in Harris
' burg include the following:
•Re-elected Roger W. Row
land of New Castle president
of the Board of Trustees. The
board members also re-elected
all officers and members of
the executive committee of the
board to additional one year
terms.
•Approved the construction
of 16 tennis courts near Wag
ner on east campus.
• Renamed three buildings
under construction near the
Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chap
el. The units, formerly Arts and
Humanities I, II and HI, have
been redesignated Arts, I. V
and 111 because none of their
facilities are slated to be used
for the humanities.
Reorganized the depart
ment of art into two depart- 1
ments. The new department of
art history and the new de
partment of studio art will
take over the functions of the
former department of arts
which had two sections that
operated as separate units in
reality.
FIVE CENTS
HUB Plans
Approved
By Board
The proposed expansion
of the Hetzel Union Build
ing came a step closer to
reality at th e weekend
meeting of the Board of
Trustees.
On Saturday, the board ap
proved revised sketch plans for
.an addition with a $2 million
price tag. The present HUB
cost about $3 million.
Preliminary plans for the ad ,
dition were approved a year
ago. Architects have now been
;given the go-ahead to proceed
with the preparation of final
plans and speciTications. The
i cost of the addition will be
financed through the sale of
lbonds, as was the original
:structure.
Stanley H. Campbell, vice
president for business, recent
ly cited increased enrollment
at University Park as necessi
tating the addition. When the
present building was com
pleted nearly 10 years ago,
campus enrollment here was
12,000; the current enrollment
is approximately 18.600.
Present Plans
Plans for the addition call
for a ballroom adjoining the
present one on the first floor
of the HUB, a new terrace
room with kitchen facilities,
'and ground floor offices and
meeting rooms for student or
ganizations.
The present Lion's Den on
the ground floor will be tripled
in size and served by existing
kitchen facilities. Expansion of
the cafeteria area will increase
its capacity from 550 to 800
persons.
Campbell said that student
union facilities such as snack
bars, lounges and game rooms
will be built in new residence
hall areas; similar facilities
have been included in resi
dence areas completed in re
cent years.
44 Teams
To Take
Bowl Exam
The field of participants in
the Penn State College Bowl
will be narrowed this evening
in a competitive examination
to be given to the 44 teams who
submitted applications for the
contest.
The test will be held at 9:15
p.m. in the Hetzel Union as
sembly room.
Susan Schenkel. chairman of
th e Undergraduate Student
Government's Intellectual Cli
mate Committee, which is
sponsoring the event, said the
purpose of the exam is to limit
the number of competing teams
to 26.
The objective test will con
sist of 50 questions taken from
college board tests and similar
standardized material, Miss
Schenke] said.
Only four of the six mem
bers on each team will be re
quired to take the test.
The six teams which score
highest on the examination
will be exempt from the first
round of questioning, and will
compete only in the , second
round of the contest.
The two winning teams will
receive a trophy at the conclu
sion of the bowl contest.
The Penn State College Bowl
will be much like the GE Col
lege Bowl on television.
It will begin on Jan. 28. and
continue for six weeks. It is
being held in the HUB assem
bly room every Tuesday eve
ning from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
According to Miss Schenkel,
professors are being asked to
serve as judges and commen
tators for the event.
All students are invited to
attend the sessions.
Theatre Tryouts Slated
Combined tryouts for all win
ter term Five O'Clock Theatre
productions will be held at 7:15
tomorrow night in the Little
Theatre. Old Main.
Five O'Clock Theatre will pre
sent eight original one-act plays
this term, sponsored by the Penn
State Players.
"Each play will require a two
week rehearsal period," co-man
ager Luke Sickle said. The one.
acts will be presented at 5:30
p.m. in the Little Theatre every
Tuesday afternoon beginning
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