Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy, VOL. 66, No, 80 News Roundup: From the State, Nation & World from the associated press The Natiori PRESIDENT REPLIES TO VIETNAM CRITICS: President Johnson said last night, in a reply to critics of his Vietnam policy, that the United States is not caught up in escala tion leading to a wider war. Johnson said in reply to those who wonder if this is a war of unlimited objectives, "No, our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggres sion. It is not conquest; it is not empire; it is not foreign bases; it is not domination." He went on to say it is "to pre vent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam." On the question of whether the United States is risking a wider war, perhaps with Communist China, he said, "Never by any act of our and not if there is any rea son left behind the wild words from Peking." Johnson also discussed the question of the kind of government South Vietnam will have in the future. - We will insist for our selves on what we required from Hanoi: respect for the principle of government by consent of the governed. We stand for self-determination—for free elections—and we will honor their result," he said. Concerning the debate on the war he said, "We are committed now—however great the trial and tension—to protecting the right of free expression and peaceful dissent." VICE-PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA TOUR: Vice President Humphrey, home from a fence mending tour of Southeast Asia, told President Johnson yesterday: "I return with a deep sense of confidence in our cause and its ultimate triumph." Ending his 43,000- mile trip, Humphrey stepped from a jet at Andrews Air Force Base, rode in a helicopter to the White House, and in a ceremony on the South Lawn gave this assurance to Johnson concerning the Vietnam conflict; "The chal lenge we face is widely understood as a test of free men everywhere. Free Asia's leaders are confident of success and they are increasingly eager to give of their resources in the wider battle for a better life for their people." He continued, "I am encouraged because the tide of battle in Vietnam has turned in our favor, the spirit of our fighting men and that of our allies is good. Their courage and performance in battle is superb . . ." * * * McNAMARA TESTIFIES ON VIETNAM DEFENSE: Sec retary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told Congress yes terday that the United States stands ready to cope with any Communist escalation .of the war in Vietnam. He said a wider war in switheast Asia would force a call of U. S. re serve forces an„ he reported a continued buildup of Viet Cong and North Vietnatn - ,:se forces the embattled south. McNamara handed a 220-Rage rep to the Senate Armed Services Committee and Apipropriat.,,.is Subcommittee, then spent two hours discussut the defense picture behind closed doors. He reported, "Ila view of the continued buildup of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam we now believe we should be prepared to deploy promptly additional forces to that area if required. Presi dent Johnson has stated categorically that we will give our commanders in Vietnam all the resources they need to carry out their mission." McNamara said the Communists ail building their troop strength because American and South Vietnamese forces are inflicting vieavy casualties upon them. He said the United States is determined to fight as long and as hard as it must to turn back the Communists. The World SPECULATION OVER RUSSIAN DOG LAUNCH: There was speculation yesterday that the launching of two dogs into orbit was connected with prolonged manned flights in space now in the planning stage. The longer flights could include Soviet efforts to land a man on the moon. If the two dogs, Veterok and Ugolyok. stay aloft for an extended period, this would provide essential preliminary data for longer manned flights, such as Soviet attempts to build a station in space. The announcement when the dogs were launched Tuesday in Cosmos 110 said the pur pose of the flight was "to conduct biological studies." A later brief dispatch from the Soviet news agency Tass said these studies will be connected with more sophisti cated manned flights. These we-e the first dogs launched into space by the Russians in nearly five years. Several dogs were sent into orbit before Yuri Gagarin made the first manned space flight in April of 1961. The dogs are in an orbit reaching from 116 miles to 564 miles above the earth. The latter is close to the lower Van Allen radi ation belt, which is believed to lie about 600 to 3,000 miles above the earth. Soviet and American astronauts have never ventured near the belt. VIET CONG SUFFER HEAVY CASUALTIES: Allied troops radioed in accounts yesterday of a series of actions—chiefly bombardments by U.S. planes, artillery and '7th Fleet de stroyers that killed 451 Viet Cong. U.S. and South Viet namese soldiers accounted for 80 of the enemy in five ground skirmishes, The other deaths were attributed to bombs and shells loosed in what appeared to be a growing Allied use of heavy weaponry. Issued with details of the fresh operations were statistics showing Allied combat deaths declined last week to 292 while the enemy total rose to 1.357 killed and 122 captured, second highest of the year. Spokesmen announced 83 Americans were killed, 351 wounded and fora• missing in action Feb. 13 to 19. HAROLD WILSON CONTINUES PEACE DRIVE: British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's government made direct contact yesterday with Communist North Vietnam after the Soviet Union refused to join Britain in promoting a peace conference. On Wilson's orders. Lord Chalfont called on Lee Chang, acting head of Hanoi's diplomatic depart ment for possible moves to end the Vietnam war. Chalfont is Britain's disarmament minister. He accompanied Wil son in his trip to Moscow. British sources reported Chal font and Lee spent much of the afternoon together. It was the first time a British minister had engaged in direct exchanges with an accredited representative of President Ho Chi Minh's government since large-scale fighting flared in Vietnam a year ago. Wilson was por trayed as detecting a glimmer of light in the situation. He was encouraged that Lee had been authorized by Hanoi to meet Chalfont at all. He has hope the meeting which had the foreknowledge of Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, may be the start of a dialogue that could lead to better things. The State FIREWORKS FACTORY EXPLODES KILLING FIVE: An explosion tore through a cluster of small wooden buildings at a fireworks complex at Dunbar yesterday and killed five women. Eight other persons were injured. The blast leveled one building and damaged at least four others at the Key stone Fireworks Manufacturing Co., 10 miles northeast of Uniontown. Those killed were working in a 25-square foot building. Four of the women were killed outright and one other died later at a hospital. A co-owner of the plant col lapsed on hearing the news of the death toll. The plant supplies patriotic fireworks on a commercial basis for na tional celebrations, religious holidays and special anni versaries. A witness at the explosion said, "There was a big explosion—and the next thing I knew I found myself on the floor." Another witness said. "It happened in a turn af an eyelash. To be honest I didn't hear a thing. It all happened so quickly." There was another explosion at the plant about a year ago but no one was hurt. The cause of yesterday's blast has not been determined. What's inside • rc" ' ' 7; "; • • • , ' ' •": VISIT WITH SENATOR MORSE LIBRARY RECLASSIFICATION AAUP SYMPOSIUM LIONS BEAT BUCKNELL LETTER FROM RIP ,0117:4\ r 4 ai 4.1.44 it • Ja 5 t 9 AWS Approves Rule Chan By JACKIE SNYDER Collegian AWS Reporter A revision of rules governing conduct of women students, which eliminates automatic penalties and places an emphasis on personal responsibility to follow regulations, was ap proved last night by the Association of Women Students Senate. The rules revision, which was drawn up and submitted to the Senate by AWS Central Judicial, will not go into effect until Spring term. The revision, according to Cindy Cameron, outgoing Central Judicial chairman, is a "simplification of the present rules with an emphasis on the individual student's respon sibility to the University, the community, and the state and nation. The new policies have been designed to provide the maximum of freedom and personal responsibility with the minimum regulation necessary to establish orderly living. With the elimination of automatic penalties such as late minutes, the student is on her honor to follow the established procedures. For For the second year in a row, Penn State's basketball team will play in a post-season tournament. The Lions, who played in the NCAA regional tournament last sea son, yesterday accepted an invitation to play in the Na tional Invitational Tournament in New York. The first round of the tournament, played in Madison Square Garden, will be Saturday, March 12. Athletic Director Ernest B. McCoy received the bid from the tournament committee shortly before 11 a.m. yesterday and officially accepted at 2:30 p.m. McCoy gave no indication that he waited for a pos sible invitation from the NCAA before agreeing to par ticipate in the NIT. "I had to clear things with President Walker," he said. "After that. we officially accepted. There was no hestitation on our part." The Lions, who have never played in the NIT before, are one of five teams which have definitely de cided to play in the tournament. Boston College, St. John's, DePaul and Virginia Tech also accepted invita tions yesterday. Seven more teams still have to be picked. "Of course we have no idea who we will be paired against in the first round," said McCoy. "It will be a few more days before all 12 teams are picked and then the tournament committee will probably take their time about making the pairings." The NIT committee will seed four of the twelve teams and they will automatically draw a first-round bye. USG To Consider Cable TV, Duties Of Congressmen By RICHARD WIESENHUTTER Collegian USG Reporter Duties of Undergraduate Student Governinent Con gressmen, pigeon extermination, and establishrr4nt of cable television on campus will be debated by Congress tonight. One bill, submitted by USG Treasurer David Zurn dorfer, specifies that Congressmen shall attend meetings of USG. According to USG bylaws, missing more than two meetings a term is deemed an offense punishable by im peachment. The bill also states that Congressmen shall hold regular office hours in their residence hall area and in the USG office. Attendance, at least once a month at meetings of living area organizations, is another provision of the bill. Alvin Hirsch, Congressman from East Halls, has sub mitted a bill to revise areas Congressmen may represent. Under provisions of his bill, East Halls shall be replaced by two constituent areas—East Halls I and 11. The term Atherton shall also be deleted from the present Constitu tion, the bill reads. Another bill, submitted by John Rosenbaum, town Congressman, stipulates that a Congressman must live in the area he represents during his entire term in office. Two bills, not yet submitted to Congress, will consti tute the remaining legislation at the meeting. Barry Myers, originator of the bills, said he plans to introduce a pro posal to abolish pigeon extermination by University per sonnel on campus. According to Myers, campus maintenance men are now shooting pigeons with high-powered air guns. "Although the object behind this is to keep down the pigeon population, a serious accident can occur," he said. "It would be very easy for a student to get shot," he added. "A bunch of men with rifles aren't going to greatly lessen the number of pigeons on campus." Myers said. If a safer method to exterminate pigeons was proposed, he would take it into consideration. His other bill proposes the establishment of five-chan nel cable television on campus. The Congressman explained that a group of students is already working on the proposal. "but they've done as much as possible and USG could add impetus to their work," he said. According to Myers, mediation between the tentative cable company and the University is necessary. To accom plish this, he said he wants USG to form a committee to recommend the "feasibility of the project" to the adminis tration. A two-thirds majority is needed to add the bills to the agenda before Congress can debate them. Other legislation Congress will consider, Robert Katz enstein. USG president said, involves reports from the Spring Week Committee and more developments on stu dent health insurance. Page 2 Page 3 Page 3 Last term. USG considered a proposal to initiate life and health insurance for students. When the benefits from a life insurance plan were not deemed suitable, USG dis carded the proposal and concentrated on health insurance. Page 5 Page 5 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1966 Late Minutes Eliminated Lions Accept National Tournament Invitation Rosenbaum Bill Cable TV Proposal FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Senate, Judicial Officers Installed personal safety, all women students will be ex pected to be in the residence hall by closing hours, which remain as they are now, and to sign out whenever she will he out of the dormitory after 10 p.m. Upon returning, the coed should sign in, and if lair , will be expected to note the exact time by the residence hall clock. Regulations concerning travel and over night guests in the residence hall remain es sentially the same, but again the responsibility for abiding by them is placed on the student. Watch Date's Behavior In accordance with the woman's respon sibility to the community, she is responsible for her dale's behavior while he is in the residence hall, and should see to it that at no time their behavior cause embarrassment to others. A man may be entertained in the public areas of the residence hall until closing hours, at which time it is his date's responsibility to see that he leaves. Dining hall dress for coeds is not effected by the rules revision. Women students are still expected to dress appropriately when in public places. Ritenour In Question By SANDY WERDOS Collegian Staff Writer The sudden death of a grad uate student last mon t h prompted Undergraduate Stu dent Government Congressman Barry Myers to do some ques tioning about Ritenour Health Center's ambulance service. Myers, who consulted with both Ritenour and Old Main officials, was told that during the day Ritenour's ambulances are manned by janitors. Ritenour director Herbert T. Glenn verified this fact last night and stressed that the drivers are trained in first aid. "Whether we have janitors or not driving our ambulances is nobody's business," he said, "that's the way the ball bounc es and that is what is required financially." Myers said he talked to stu dents who witnessed Ritenour's ambulance service in action last month when Philip J. Kaiser collapsed of what was later determined as a heart attack. Kaiser was dead, Myers said, by the time the ambu lance pulled into Ritenour. Student Class Drivers The students, according to Myers, characterized the am bulance drivers as clumsy and incompetent. These eye-witnes ses, alhough all of them re fused to sign a written state- AT WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE International Aware• ness meeting last night, three students speak with R. Wal lace Brewster, right, professor of political science, about the possibilities for working abroad under the WUS program Spotlight '66 Spotlight '66, the campus wide tal ent competition to be held at 9 p.m. tomorrow in Schwab, promises a wide variety of acts, according to Hetzel Un ion social committee chairman Martin Reuss. Spotlight '66 is sponsored jointly by the four HUB committees. The show, which is free to the student body, will include several folk singers, an Hawaiian dancer, classical piano duet, jazz trio and two comedy acts, Reuss said. The 13 performers appearing to morrow night were chosen from over 40 applicants who auditioned in Jan uary. A panel of faculty judges will award $35, $25 and $l5 to the three top place winners, Judges for the show will be George Pappas, associate professor of art edu- The rules revision states that as a part of a woman student's responsibility to the state and nation, she is expected to obey the laws of the local, state and national governments. No student is permitted to possess or use alcoholic beverages on University property. If a student develops a pattern of disre garding the regulations, she will be brought before her community judicial board to deter mine the reason for her behavior and how to remedy the situation. Officer Installation After the official meeting of the AWS Senate, new executive officers of AWS Senate and Judicial Board were installed by Miss Cameron. Charlene Rulifson (9th-mathematics- Lancaster) was installed as Chairman of AWS Central Judicial Board and Alexis Brown (Bth elementary education-Pittsburgh) took the oath of office of AWS President. Also sworn into office ere Terri Hein rich (sth-general arts and sciences-Norfolk), AWS first vice president: Judy van den Brock (6th-elementary education-Abington). second vice president: Pennee Field (2nd-liberal arts- Huntingdon, N.Y.), secretary; and Faith Tan- Myers Investigates Ambulance Service meat, claim that the ambu lance attendants had difficulty unfolding the stretcher, and finally asked students to help them carry both stretcher and unconscious patient down the steps to the ambulance. One student claimed that the attendants stopped to talk with a near-by campus policeman. When the ambulance drove off, the anonymous eye-witnesses said, it was without the ac companiment of a siren. Myers checked with Ritenour officials to determine what time the ambulance left the Health Center at 8:05, accord turned. According to Myer's informa tion, Ritenour received the call at 8:02 a.m. Apparently the only information given by the caller, Myers said, was that a student had "passed out" in 18 Minute Block The ambulance left the Health eCnter at 8:05, accord ing to Myers, and checked in at 8:20 a.m. "It took 18 mm utes to get a student back to Ritenour from a block away," Myers said. "this is one case —Collegian Photo by Hetta Malone Offers Wide Range of Talent cation; David R. Don Tigny, assistant professor of theatre arts; Robert D. Reifsnyder, associate professor of thea tre arts; George S. Zoretich, professor of art, and Louise H. Dye, assistant professor of music education. More Than Variety Show Reuss stressed that the competition "is more than a variety show." "We are striving for a professional type pro gram," he said. He added that the HUB committees hoped to make the talent show an annual event. "The purpose," he continued "is to recognize the talent that is obviously at Penn State but doesn't have a chance to show itself otherwise." The Candlelight Club, which opens 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday in the HUB ball room, features "an intimate-type night- lan neY (sth-psychology-Pittsburgh), treasurer. Maxine Sokol (Bth-English-Newton Square), Cindy Miller (sth-elementary education-Glen shaw), Marianne Nieman (sth-general arts and sciences-State College), Jane Yates (sth-liberal arts-Gibsonial and Judy Scott (Bth-secondary education-Eddystone) were installed as chair men of the local judicial boards. Ales. O'Hara Spoke Lorraine O'Hara, assistant dean of ‘komen, spoke at the installation ceremony on the role of AWS and its responsibility to the women students and the University. Joan Bowman, outgoing AWS President, described the organization as having taken on a new dimension. She said it is a "Homebody, residence hall oriented, organization" which has branched out to include issues which affect more than just the women students. She observed that now the group has a two-fold purpose. It must fulfill its responsibility to the individual women student in the resi dence hall, and it is now responsible to those at the University and in the community who are interested in student rights and responsibilities. bilities. where it really mattered, even though we can't say what the outcome might have been it a doctor had been present." Glenn, asked last night to verify these times, said it was a matter of the health services records, and if they were taken from Ritenour's files, they were correct. Myers also asked Ritenour officials when a doctor is sent with the ambulance. Myers was told the Health Center must decide on the basis of the ambulance call whether or not to send a physican. 'Professional Judgment' Glenn qualified this fact by stating that the decision was based on "professional judg ment." Information relayed in the telephone call, he said, enters into the decision and any "qualified registered nurse" will be able to interpret this information. Most runs, in fact about 99 per cent, Glenn said, are taxi runs that don't actually call for a doctor. In a big city hospital, the physician said, they would not be answered. Ritenour will answer any am- WUS Promotes Student Spirit At lAW Forum Representatives of three organizations working with international projects discussed the question "why should students of this generation become involved in international affairs?" at a forum held last night in conjunction with International Awareness Week. R. Wallace Brewster, professor of political science, in troduced Ruth H. Purkaple, projects consultant for the National YWCA, Ned Chalker, a former Peace Corps volun teer now deputy director of the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C., and Judie M. Pfeiffer. who participated in a World University Service summer project in Asia. Practical 'Anthy' Mrs. Purkaple stressed what she called the "elements of practical anthropology." According to her, "intercultural communication" will become more and more important in the future. For this reason, students in the present genera tion should be interested in international affairs. She went on to say while the preceding generation was more engrossed in the national scene, the present student generation will work in the "international cultural milieu." Chalker explained some of the problems he faced and experience he gained working with a Peace Corps commun ity development project in Colombia. He said the Peace Corps has helped him become more aware of his surroundings at home, especially in the hoe of community organization, Miss Pfeiffer briefly described WUS activities, then told how her summer working with WUS had taught her more about the United States. She explained that she had to think when posed questions about policies and practices in this country. Summer projects sponsored by WUS and the National YM-YWCA were discussed during the brief question period following the speeches. The speakers distributed booklets about the projects to interested members of the audience at the end of the program. Nobody's Business --See Page 2 Wane° request. Last year the service responded to over 700 calls. Myers said that a student's evaluation of an emergency sit uation holds no water. The Ritenour employee receiving the call, according to Myers, may ask the caller questions from a printed questionnaire. The existence of a formal ques tion sheet was denied last night by Glenn. Call to AMA Myers also made a call to the American Medical Associa. lion in Chicago to find out if Ritenour has received any type of accreditation. The AMA. Myers was told does not accredit health ser vices, only hospital s. The American Hospital Association ran a survey at Ritenour sev eral years ago, Myers said, and found the Health Service met their standards. Glenn also cited the AMA endorsement. Myers said he isn't satisfied. He will submit a bill to USG at tonight's meeting, calling for immediate improvement of Ritenour's ambulance service and asking that a qualified physican or nurse accompany each ambulance run. To end the controversy, Myer's said, the bill would re quest the University to bring in a group of professional medical experts and evaluate them on a medical basis. Summer With WUS club atmosphere," Reuss said. Club-goers may sip Donovan Daiquiris, Harris Highballs and Obelisk Smashers or dance to music by the Quartertones. He added that members of the Thespians will present a floor show. Third Year for Clubs Reuss noted that this was the third year for the Candlelight Clubs which are sponsored every term by the HUB social committee. The proceeds from the Security Jammy to be held 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. March 4 in the HUB ballroom, Reuss said will go to the World University Service campaign. The theme of the jammy is "Security is giving to WUS," he continued, and Tom Collins and the Mixers will provide the music. SIX CENTS
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