UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. 16802 3 COP Mostly sunny and warmer today. High near 42. Partly cloudy to night. Low 28. Mostly cloudy and mild tomorrow • with a_ chance .of showers. \High near 45. Saturday: Partly sunny and continued relatively mild. High near 37. VOL. 68, No. 54 a from the associated press ; , .: 4 m PI News Roundu • 3 p . .4 ~ v ri 1 s ,f; m vz tl , From the Starts A / 1 Nation & World z'a I • V Westmoreland Predicts Step-Up in the War SAIGON Gen. William C. Westrhoreland said yes terday a renewal of enemy actiVity can be expected soon, though the Communists "seem to have temporarily run out of steam." The commander of, U.S. forces in Vietnam expressed belief in an interview the next major campaign will de velop in the Ist Corps area just below the demilitarized zone, where increased signs of enemy movement have been detected lately. U.S. bonibers and Marine battalions form the major allied shield there against a mass invasion from the north by the 35,000 or so Red regulars Hanoi is estimated to have standing by The ground war was in one of its periodic lulls after heavy fighting over two -weeks which, while levying a relatively high toll on allied units and materiel, was re ported to have cost the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese more than 5,000 dead. "The enemy is callous to casualties," Westmoreland said. "He makes reports out of Hanoi that he is winning great victories." * * * Britons Faced With Increased Taxation LONDON Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins told Britons yesterday runaway wages and profits would be taxed away by the government lest they imperil the benefits of Britain's devaluation of the pound. "The faster money incomes increase, the harsher must be the tax increases," Jenkins told the House of Commons at the start of a two-day debate on the govern ment's economy package ushering a shift in Britain's world role and its welfare state. The threat of tax increases followed the swing of the economy ax by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Jenkins said the two must go together to keep thd economy in balance so it can concentrate on exports. He' predicted harsh taxes in any event, no matter hoW . "unpopular and unpleasant." His sobering speech restored calm to London's finan cial district. The financial community, now deeply sus picious of the Labor government, had thought the spending cuts announced by Wilson would be all—and that they would not be enough. * * * Church Council Urges Crackdown WASHINGTON—T h e National Council of Churches urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to bar large housing developers from refusing to sell homes to Negroes. In a friend-of-court brief filed in support of an inter racial St. Louis couple, the council of Protestant churches declared: "Jim Crowism is alien to American municipalities whether operated directly by the state or operated privately with the assistance of the state." A group of 24 Roman Catholic bishops, two of them cardinals, announced in Chicago they will file a similar brief with the high court Thursday contending that open housing is the law of the land under an 1866 civil rights law -implementing the abolition - of -slavery. - ' - The Chicago-based National Catholic Council for In terracial Justice joined with the two Cardinals and the bishops, who come from most sections of the country, in signing the brief. The brief was prepared by' Wiliam Ball, an attorney of Harrisburg, Pa. in consultation with moral theologians. It then was joined by the 24 bishops. Warming Trend Expected to Relieve Country The weather experts called it a freak arctic blast and said it probably wouldn't happen again in the next 15 or 20 years. But that was small consolation to shivering Southerners who watched the temperatures plunge to subfreezing all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Freak or not, it was just plain cold. In fact, the 12 de grees recorded at Asheville, N.C., Wednesday was one de gree lower than Bismarck, N.D. A warming trend is expected to give slight hope for relief from the frigid mass which brought lows of 24 to Tallahassee, Fla., and 32 to Apalachicola, Fla., on the Gulf. It is unusual for the temperature to fall below freezing along the Gulf Coast, but this region, like the rest of the continental United States, fell victim to the bitter cold wave. There have been at least nine deaths in the Deep South ' attributed to the weather, including five in Tennessee and a mother andn three children who were asphyxiated in an apartment in Atlanta. Republican Governors Must Shape Platform HARRISBURG Gov. Shafer said emphatically yes terday that Republican governors should have a leading voice in the preparation of a national GOP presidential platform. "Republicans occupy the governor's chair in 26 states which represent over 60 per cent of the nation's popula tion," Shafer said at a Harrisburg news conmerence. "Their voices should be heard in adopting a platform at the na tional Republican convention." The Republican Governor's Conference last December in Palm Beach, Fla., endorsed Shafer as co-chairman of the Platform Committee with Sen. Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois. U.S. Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa., added his endorse ment of the Pennsylvania chief executive Tuesday in Washington. "I'm delighted, of course, with the support I have re ceived," Shafer commented. "I would be honored to serve in that capacity. "But whether it is I or another Republican governor is immaterial." Council Advocates Warning on Liquor Bottles HARRISBURG—Liquor containers should bear health warnings similar to the statements on cigarette packs, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Council on Alcohol Prob lems said yesterday. "We think the time has come when a printed statement should appear on all containers stating that the contents of this package could or may be injurious to oneself and could become habit forming," the Rev. Rayford G. Feather told the Governor's Liquor Code Advisory 'Committee. A committee member, Rep. Matthew J. Ryan, replied that perhaps it would be more practical for the Federal rather than the state government to pass such a 1 - one were needed. The committee, set up in May by Gov. Shafer to review the state's liquor code from top to bottom, held one of its final hearings. It will send recommendations to the gov ernor. ....„,ez,..,,..,.....„,:,,,„....„,„,,,......„,„...„„..,,,,........,,,,,..„,: i ‘i ~.. What's Inside ~ LETTERS JUNIOR CLASS SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS KOLB'S KORNER YOUNG REPUBLICANS • PAGE 6 Ix. • , st 4 . 4 - • Itlr BattH , 0 ,60, ~ .. ~ , ~ • itmz: ' , . 4855 . . . I, The World * * * The Nation * * * The State 6 Pages JOHN H. FERGUSON (right), PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE and public administration, and research director for Pennsylvania's Constitutional Con vention; spoke about local government reforms last night in the assembly room of the Nittany Lion Inn. Addressing • a small group of students and •faculty, he mentioned the problems and prospects of the four major areas being dealt with in the limited con stitutional convention: tax and finance, judicial, appoTtionment, and local governments. The convention adjourns Feb. 29. Proposals will be on the ballot in the April primary. State To Investigate LSD Blindness Incident HARRISBURG (AP) Gov. Raymond P. Shafer ordered a full-scale investigation yester day into the-18-month-old case of six Pennsylvania college stu dents blinded by the sun while in a trance induced,by LSD. Shafer declined to name the students or the school they at tended, however, and said offi cials connected with his admin istration had been ordered to remain silent also. The only positive stateinent the governor made at a news conference was that the school was not Edintoro State College, near Erie, as had been pin pointed in one published report. Shafer was critical of the way the tragedy had been handled since it first came to the attention of certain state officials in June 1966. "The fact that someone was blinded by the use of LSD should have been brought to the attention of the American public," he id. "I agree, it should have been done 18 months age." The - governor said he would "make fully public all of the details of the case which are in the public interest." 'Terrible Tragedy' Dr. Albert L. Ingram, Di- and 25, Dr. Ingram said. A year ple daily, its emergency ca rector of University Health ago yesterday, Ritenour hos- pacity, for two weeks. Services, said yesterday that pitalized 22 people. "The av- Throughout the last few the University is nct in the erage always increases at the months medical authorities throes of a flu epidemic, end of the fall term and now have warned the public of the The number of confinements, because of the weather condi- possibilities of flu outbreaks hcwever, for what Dr. Ingram tions," he added. in the middle Atlantic states. described as "diffused upper The rise in illness due to in- Several Eastern cities, New *respiratory- infections" is well fluenza compares in no aspect York in particular. have al above average. Fifty-four stu- to the epidemic of October, ready experienced flu epidem dents were detain...d overnight 1958, when over 3,000 students ics. in.Ritenour Health Center last were stricken with respiratory When asked if the reported Thursday, the largest number infections, mostly influenza. "diffused upper-respiratory in this term. The average for this During the epidemic Ritenour fections" were the same thing season is usually between 23 serviced an average of 110 peo- as the flu, Dr. Ingram replied The class gift was the main topic of. the the gift would be invested with a professional Class of 1968 advisory board meeting held investment firm for approximately 20 years. last night in the Hetzel Union Building. \At the current investment rate a gift of Mike Hobbs, president of the senior class, $lO,OOO would mature at around $BO,OOO. This reported that over $7,300 has been collected money could then be distributed in a man for the gift fund. Of this amount, $4,000 ner previously determined by the Class of was collected from 550 donations at winter 1968. Similar funds have already been estab registration. lished at Brown and Lafayette Universities. Some of the present suggestions for the Also discussed at the meeting were class gift are lighting for Beaver Stadium, plans for a speaker for the spring commence investment in a mutual fund, a sports ap- ment. There is some controversy over the predation room in the HUB and others. feasibility of having a commencement speak- The advisory board will place four of er, as it would prolong the ceremony by a the suggestions, along with a space for write- half hour, plus posing problems if it is held ins, on a ballot. This ballot will be available in two sessions in Recreation Building. The at the HUB desk during the tenth week of class would like to .hear the opinions of the Winter term for those members of the class seniors on this matter. Anyone who is in who will graduate at the end of this term. terested in being on a committee to evaluate 'The rest of the class may vote during Spring ,the proposal should contact Mike Hobbs or term registration, , leave his name at the HUB desk. PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 Seniors who wish to make a suggestion The Class of 1968 will hold a 'dance for the class gift may do so by submitting Friday, Feb. 9, from 8:30 to 12:30 in the it at the HUB desk in care of the senior file.' HUB ballroom. The dance will feature "We One of the suggestions currently being the Living". Free gifts of perfume and candy considered by Sue Hess,, gift committee chair- will be given to the girls by the La Vie man, is an investment fund. Under this plan, Belles. PAGE 5 Johnson Calls For Tax Hike, Peace Exploration —Collegian Photo by Pierre BeWein( Ferguson Speaks on Local Government Reforms Shafer, who returned Tues- Campus Flu Rate Up Senior $7300 UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY- 18, 1968 day night from a two-week Virgin Islands vacation, said: "Preliminary facts given to me on my return coin/In - a me that a terrible tragedy has occurred in the ' Yes of six young Pennsylvanians because of the use of LSD. "It is a tragedy that shocks each one of us and demands that we do everything within our power to end the illegal, use of drugs. "The first consideration in this present matter must be the well-being and rehabilitation of the six students. They already suffer physical scars which they are trying to learn to live with. We must do everything possible to help them." Shafer' said he has ordered Public •W elf are Secretary Thomas W. Georges Jr. to turn the files of each of the six stu dents over to Atty. Gen. Wil liam C. Sennett, who is to sub mit a preliminary report to him today. Names Withheld In addition, he said, Sennett and Georges have been in structed not to divulge the iden tities of the students or the school involved until the entire investigation is completed. He added that he did not ask Confinements Above Average Class Collects for class Gift for and had not been told the names of the students. The first _disclosure of the. blinding inbident was reported in an Associated Press dispatch from Washington last Friday, based on a report from Norman Yoder, State C nmissior.er for the Blind, to the U.S. Health, Education and Welfare Depart ment. Shafer said one aim of the Sennett investigation was to de termine why the incident was not reported to the proper law enforcement or drug regulating agencies. "I think it was the duty of the individual involved to bring this to the attention of the attorney general or the State Police," the governor declared. "I don't know why this wasn't done." At the same time, Shafer said he could understand Yoder's re luctance to make the case or the identities of the students public. Rehabilitation "Dr. Yoder, who is blind him self, is the foremost expert in that state on rehabilitation of the blind. His primary concern was the rehabilitation of the young students. He took the hu manatarian approach and I can (Continued on page three) Discusses Suggests WASHINGTON (AP)--Presi dent Johnson told the nation Wednesday night it can expect higher taxes, continued prog ress, the most massive $lB6 bil lion spending program in all history, and continued explora tions for peace. There was a call for legisla tion to "free our gold reserves" without backing off from com mitments to maintain the price of gold at $35 an ounce. Johnson also urged in his State of the Union message leg islation aimed at private em ployment of 500,000 hard core unemployed in three years. The President delivered his message in person to a joint Senate-liouse session, broad cast nationally by television and radio. He asked fel' the launching of a 10-year campaign to build six million housing units for t;Z:' - "r?1:: . 7:"D'' low and middle income fami lies Infant Mortality He urged steps to improve what he called the shocking infant mortality rate' in Ameri ca. In addition to prodding Con gress to pass consumer legisla tion still left over from the last session, the chief executive suggested a major study or automobile insurance, "new safeguards to insure the quality of fish and poultry, and the safety of our community water supplies." These and other proposals will be covered in a budget for thcs 1969 fiscal year, which starts July 1, that will be up $10.4 billion in spending over the current year. There was no backing away from the Presidees bid for a 10 per cent surtax on incomes of individuals and corporations. The budget.figures are based for the first time on a new unified' concept which includes $47 billion in spending from vast trust funds. These are for such things as Social Security, highways and medicare. Predicts Steady Growth Johnson said the economic outlook for this year, if the country is vigilant, is one for steady growth. Both at home and abroad, Johnson said, the natio.i is chal lenged. But he said it is the national will and not its strength that is being tried, its sense of purpose and not its ability to achieve a better America. • iie said that we have the strength to meet every chal lenge and he believes with an abiding conviction that the American people 'lave the will to meet the trials these times, impose." Among the trials, of course, is the war in Vietnam. And Johnson said there are marks of progress. Declaring that aggression never will prevail and that American patience and perse verence will match U.S. power, that he couldn't be sure until he saw .the laboratory results which won't be available for another month. Dr. Ingram said, however, that some students rre obvious ly experiencing "flu-like ill nesses." He was hesitant about calling the illness influenza be cause he said most students are well within 48 hours while those stricken with ,flu are usually sick longer. But what if an •Idemic does occur? Can Ritenour handle it? "We're prepared from the standpoint of medication. We'll have teams of physicians. We're working closely with food and housing, and if an outbreak occurs, proper' diets will be prepared _and students can be cared. for in their resi dence halls," said *Or. Ingram. Ritenour's expanded be d capacity is a maximum of 110. Normally there are approxi mately 40 beds available for men and 25 for women students. Drop Period Extended University officials an nounced last night that they have extended until Jan, 28 the period in which students are permitted to drop Winter Term courses. The drop period was to have expired yesterday, when the add period expired. The extension this term gives students 21 days from the beginning of classes in which to drop courses. In formation is avail able at Shields. A Thought to Gifts Infant Mortality, Insurance Study the President said that, our goal is peace—and peace at the earliest possible moment." As the core of 'U.S. policy at this point, Johnson listed the San Antonio foundation. This was a reference to speech he made Sept. 29 in San Antonio, Tex., in whici. he said bomb ings would stop if talks would "take place promptly and with reasonable hopes they would be productive." To that he then added that this would carry an assumption that the enemy would not take advantage of the halt. As he put it in his State of the Union message, Johnson omit ted the word "assume" and said that "the other side must not take advantage of our re straint as they ... ye in the past." Tel l .ncnn Said: the LYNDON B. JOHNSON Royal Philharinonic English Group Here Tuesday By MARTHA HARE Collegian News Editor The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, recog nized as one of the world's ,g'reatest symphonic groups, will perform music by Britten, Stravinsky and Brahms in a Recreation Building concert beginning at 8:30 Tues day night. Here under the auspices of the University Artists Series, the Orchestra is making its third concert tour of North America since 1950. Tickets will , be available free to students beginning at 1:30 p.m. today at the Hetzel Union desk. Distribution will continue until 5 p.m. Monday. Tickets will be sold to non-students for $1.50 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to morrow - through Tuesday. Vaclav Neumann, conductor of the renowned Gewand haus Orchestra of Leipzig, Germany, is serving as principal conductor during' the RPO's 22-city tour, which will in clude performances in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Montreal and New York City's Carnegie Hall. The Royal Philharmonic was founded by ,the late Sir Thomas Bdecham and is widely acknowledged as the crowning achievement of his long and distinguished career. The last of the great orchestral organizations established by Sir Thomas, it included the cream of British musicians and was immediately successful. Internationally known because of its many tours and recordings, the RPO was recently titled "the best orches tra in the country" by the music critic of the Times of London. The Orchestra's patron in Britain is Queen Mother Elizabeth, widow of King George VI. The right to use "Royal" in the name was conferred on the orchestra in 1966 by special decree of Queen Elizabeth IL The RPO will present the "Symphonic Requiem" of Benjamin' Britten, Igor Stravinsky's, "Firebird" and Sym phony #4, Op. 98, composed by Johannes Brahms. Britten is one of England's most prominent living composers, known primarily in this country for such operas as "Billy Budd" and "Peter Grimes." However, the "Requ iem" was written and premiered here and received much critical applause. It contains three movements, "Lacrymosa," or lament, "Dies lime," or dance of death, and "Requiem Aeternam," "The "Firebird" is one of Stravinsky's best-loved bal let suites and the work which launched his career. Based on Russian folk tales, the music shows a strong Russian character and the influence of Rimsky-Korsakov and Mous sorgsky. The Brahms symphony is one of the great staples of concert repertoire. Showing a characteristically Romantic flow and melody, it reflects the moods of the quiet sum mers in the small German village where Brahms com posed it. Pollard Defends Stand On Suspension "Anyone who takes away the phasized that he was speaking rights of others has no place at--a member of the faculty on the University campus," rather than for the administra said Ernest C. Pollard, head of tion. th-' biophysics department, at Pollard was asked why it is a regular chapter meeting of less evil to disrupt a class when Young Americans for Freedom drunk, or for - the fun of it, than last night. for a moral principle? "It's the Pollard said that his speech difference between an acci dent isand murder," he said: had stirred up considerable de- dent premeditated, the other bate on campus, which was its into account human primary purpose. However he error. claimed to have been mis- If we who don't approve let interpreted on several points. you listen to Timothy Leary "I define Academic Freedom talk about his Chemicals, you as the freedom to listen to any- should be willing to let Mac body . . . When, through pre- Namara talk about Ms them meditated, deliberate action, icals. A person who prevents one group of students denies others from listening haS the rights to listen to a signif- earned suspension," he said, cant minority of others, they "Disruption is the only right are disrupting the University students have as they have and, under due process, are no ""'^c. }' • e `l• l .^ • i'eing liable to be suspended." He em- (Continued .on page three) —See Paje 2 SEVEN CENTS administration still is explor kig the meaning of a recent statement by Hanoi's foreign minister that once the bomb ing stops it wilfbe possible for talks to begin, "If a basis for peace talks can. be .established on the San Antonio foundation—and it is my hope and my prayer that they can—we would consult with our allies and wit:t the other side," Johnson said, "to see if, a complete cessation of hostalities—a really true cease fire—could be ade the first order of business. I will report at the earliest possible moment the results of our explorations." Johnson went to the Capitol to deliver his message after a round of White. House confer ences with Congressional lead ers and his cabinet about. its content. Looking back over the past year, Johnson saw what he termed several welcome de velopments in the international arena but also noted a number of crises. He said this country will do all in its power to elp Middle Eastern nations to "find the terms of living together in sta ble peace and dignity." For the first time in history, the President noted, the "hot line" between Washington and Moscow was used during the Arab-Israeli war ;ast June. And a cease fire wa s achieved, he said, without a major power confrontation. The President held out a not unfriendly hand "to Communist China, where he salt'. turmoil continues after a.year of violent disruption and where extrem ism of the government has isolated the people from the rest of the world.
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