, 1,2 :COPIES Mostly, sunny, an d continued warm today. High near' 78.. Mild tonight; low near 53. Partly sunny and a little cooler , tomor.; row; high 65. Except for a slight chance of a few showers or thundershowers late tonight, no rain is expected through Sunday. VOL. 68, No. 92 SG Boycotts Downtown Bookstore Boycott Receives Favorable Reaction Student reaction to the boycott of the Student Book Store yesterday appeared to be favorable, according to Undergraduate Student Government officials promoting the boycott. USG members in front of the store trying'to persuade students from entering estimated early in the day that the attempt was at least "60 per cent effective." By actual count, during the first hour 'of the boycott, 23 'students either definitely agreed not to buy or sell books there, or they' turned 'away at the door and went uptown to purchase books, During the same time period, 16 stu dents entered the store, some without reading the infor mation on the boycott being distributed by USG. One student said, "I want to go in here and, buy some books, not talk about it." Another stopped to tell a USG member that he had imported books from England last term and that, even with the import taxes, the books had cost less than if he had bought them in State College. • Several, students asked where they were supposed to buy and sell books if not at the Student Book Store. They were advised to go to any of the other downtown stores. Several students said that they received the best prices at the SBS, plus the best service. "I'm surprised at your choice," said one man. "I think it's - by far the best store. On new book prices they're all about the same, but the service is better." Two boys at different times during the day approached' the store 'carrying stacks of books to sell. One, carrying 19 textbooks, agreed to sell them elsewhere instead of the Student Book Store if someone would help him carry them uptown. A USG member promptly took half the stack and escorted the student up College Avenue. McCarthy, Kennedy Go, Go SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP)—Sen. Eugene J. McCar- he would enter his name in their state primaries. thy said yesterday that the South Vietnamese goy- McCarthy had announced earlier \ that he in ernment had collapsed, and urged that President tended to go into Indiana and was considering the Johnson and Gen. Creighton W. Abrams consider urging of supporters, that he enter the primary ways to rebuild it. contest in Florida. Johnson has been conferring with Abrams, - All told, this makes nine primaries that the who may be picked as Gen. William Westmore- senator has entered—including the one in New land's successor as commander of American forces Hampshire and the upcoming confrontation with in Vietnam. Johnson in Wigconsin. The Minnesota Democrat, campaigning in Wis- McCarthy said he would be able to carry on consin for his contest with the President in the only a limited campaign in the Hoosier state be state's primary Tuesday, told an' audience at Super- cause of .the press of time. for State University that it "is really too kind" to / ' But once- again he expresied confidence that describe the South Vietnamese government as cox/ he had an even chance against Johnson and Sen. rupt and a dictatorship. Robert F. Kennedy in the California balloting, • 'We Mean...' which McCarthy sees as the showdown state, To say that a government is a dictatorship or * * * corrupt indicates that "we mean there is a govern ment," McCarthy said. And, McCarthy argued, the heart of the diffi culty in South Vietnam is the failure to build a viable government in Saigon. He said even U. S. government officials admit that there is fraud, swindling and embezzlement of U. S. aid. The Minnesota Democrat announced that he had told his supporters in Indiana and Florida that MEMBER OF Students for McCarthy, center, deliberates yesterday afternoon with interested students at the newly formed McCarthy group's College Ave. booth. w.......<t:M,.., Vietnam Enemy Deaths Reach 320,000 WASHINGTON Enemy losses in Vietnam are re ported by the Defense Department to have reached 320,129 killed through March 16. The death toll has mounted steadily as the war grew in intensity. Since Gen. William C. Westmoreland took command in August 1964, the allies have reported killing 253,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. This is almost twice as many men as the enemy was said to have had in South Vietnam when Westmoreland took over. Most enemy deaths-143,628, were inflicted during the past two years when both sides were pouring more men into South Vietnam. On the American side, the war has brought death to 20,096 U.S. servicemen from Jan. 1, 1961 through last March 16. An additional 3,555 have died in the war zone from causes not directly connected with enemy action. * * * State Funeral Planned for Gagarin MOSCOW The Soviet Union yesterday ordered a state funeral for Yuri A. Gagarin, who became the first man to orbit the earth but perished in a plane crash. ,His ashes, and those of Co]. Vladimir Seryogin who died with him Wednesday, will be placed in niches in the Kremlin wall, the most honored Soviet resting place. They will be placed close to the ashes of Col. Vladimir M. Komarov, who was killed last April 24 in the first orbital accident of a spacecraft. A high-level funeral commission named by the Soviet Cormunist party and government announced that urns with the ashes of Gagarin and Seryogin would be on display for 12 hours today at the Central House of the s o viet army. 41. P. ST4 /4, o f 1.1 .4r i „ :i ..,..-.-1,,,,-.. L4 , 410 ..• : ,,., it •,......t..„,,,. —By Kitty Philbin News from the World, Nation 20 Pages USG OFFICIALS PASS OUT literature yesterday while explaining boycott of the Stu• dent Book Store, on College Ave. At left is Hary Reeder, president of the sophomore class; second from right is Kathy Rittner, secretary of the sophomore class. The boy- coit will continue today and tomorrow. Along the Campaign Trail DENVER, Colo. (AP)—A thunderous western welcome and some quick medical treatment for his dying voice greeted Sen. Robert F. Kennedy yes terday as he pushed his nonstop campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kids were let out of school to line the streets as the tousled-haired candidate rolled by in an open car flanked by police motorcycles with sirens screaming. They forced it to a stop four times along the from‘the associated press- • Informants said the funeral would take place tomor row. Condolences poured in from around the world, includ ing messages from Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, the U.S. National Areonautics and Space Administration and former astronauts John H. Glenn Jr. and M. Scott Car penter. SAIGON A supersonic FIIIA, newest warplane in the U.S. arsenal, is "overdue on a mission in Southeast Asia," the U.S. Co—nand reported yesterday. Sources in Washington said it vanished Wednesday en route from Thailand to bomb North Vietnam . The possibility that this multimillion-dollar plane, with all its secret equipment, may have been downed in North Vietnam overshadowed for the moment the fight ing in South Vietnam. The command disclosed only Tuesday that the swing wing, 1,500-mile-an-hour plane had made a successful debut in the air war over North Vietnam, hitting bivouac and storage areas in the southern panhandle. A spokesman for the command declared no details would be made available on the missing plane for security reasons. He declined to speculate on whether the plane was lost in combat, hit by North Vietnamese ground fire or had mechanical trouble, 4,000 National Guards Called to Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. Some 4,000 riot-trained National Guardsmen moved into Memphis yesterday to put down looting and rioting which erupted earlier in the day during a Negro protest march led by Martin Luther King. Police said one Negro was shot to death. * * Air Force Plane Vanishes on Mission Registration issue UNIVERSITY PARK, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1968 eight-mile route and what has become a familiar ritual of the Kennedy campaign took place. They swarmed about the convertible as he clambered up on the back, two aides clutching at him to keep him 'from tumbling off. And Kennedy leaned out, grinning, to touch as many hands as he could. The youngsters squealed and jumped. At one point in the downtown business district he seized a bull horn and appealed for help in his political challenge to President Johnson. But the voice was not -the familiar Kennedy sound. It is sorely strained after nearly two weeks of heavy campaigning and has faded to a whisper. On the plane from Salt Lake City, he communicat ed by scribbling notes like "I haven't - eaten yet"..- and talked but little. But in another marvel of this jet age campaign his personal physician from New York was waiting at Stapleton International Airport to meet and treat him. James Gould, an ear-nose-throat specialist, had been on a skiing vacation. 115 miles away at Aspen and flew to Denver when summoned by the sen ator. In a private room at the airport, Gould sprayed Continued on page Eighteen McCarthy Wins Favor Here By BILL STREIN Collegian Staff Writer On college campuses throughout the country, pro-McCarthy feelings are soaring higher than e er with few defections to the Kennedy camp. Thousands of student volunteers have converged on Wisconsin to help can vass for next week's primary. With Pennsylvania's April 23 pri mary less than a month away, a strong McCarthy movement is underway at the University. Although Students for McCarthy, which has established headquarters at 103 East Beaver Ave., is only 10 days old, the group has already launched a large scale project to win the nomi nation for Sen. McCarthy. Booths on Mall The McCarthy supporters have set up booths at the foot of the mall, in front of Keeler's and in front 'of Rec reation Hall to distribute campaign literature, McCarthy buttons and enlist volunteers to work on various projects. * * Jet Age Campaign In just four hours yesterday, students collected the names of more than 100 volunteers to work for the senator. Led by Alfred Dißernardo (gradu ate-political ,science-State College), and four students who form a co-ordinating committee, the group plans to canvass all of the Democratic voters in the following counties: Blair, Lycoming, Mifflin, Snyder, Union, Centre, Clear field, Clinton, Cameron, Elk, Forest, McKean, Venango and Warren. This includes about 8,000 registered voters in the 14-county area. In addition, Students for McCarthy was selected yesterday as the co ordinating organization for the 32- county area of central Pennsylvania, making State College one of the focal points of McCarthy's campaign in Pennsylvania, The McCarthy supporters hope to inform the voters about McCarthy's campaign by distributing literature and talking to the voters in the sur rounding area. Gov. Buford Ellington, who had alerted the West Ten- nessee guardsmen earlier, ordered them into Memphis— , and said 8,000 more guardsmen were put on alert at their home armories. This includes the entire Tennessee Na tional Guard. "The situation in Memphis has worsened," the governor announced from his office in Nashville, "There are groups of rioters scattered throughout the areas." The governor also sent 250 state troopers with riot training into the city. All city buses stopped running. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Legislature rushed to the governor an emergency measure giving the Memphis mayor broad powers to declare a state of emergency to deal with rioters. Senate Rejects New Navy Warplane WASHINGTON The Senate Armed Services Com mittee shot down the overweight, expensive FIIIB war= plane yesterday and told the Navy to say what it needs to come up with a replacement. The panel apparently killed the FIIIB project—at least for the moment—by knocking out of the defense budget a Pentagon request for $460 million in research and production funds for the Navy fighter. The committee voted 11 to 2 to exclude the entire FIIIB project from the defense budget. At the same time it was disclosed that an Air Force version of the controversial plane—an offshot of the old TFX aircraft—was missing on a mission over Southehst Asia. Its fate was not immediately determined. The Senate committee's rejection of the swing-wing FIIIB came shortly after the Pentagon laid out a com promise plan which would have cut back planned produc tion of the fighter from 30 to only eight. Attempt To Continue Today On Downtown Merchant By KITTY PHILBIN Collegian USG Reporter Approximately 15 members of the stu dent government engineered a 12-hour boy cott yesterday , of • the Student • Book Store, 330 East College• Ave. The boycott is scheduled to continue to day and tomorrow, during the business hours of the store. The boycott began at 9:00 yesterday when Undergraduate Student Government President Jeff Long and Administrative Ac tion Commissioner Steve Gerson erected signs on both sides of College Ave. The signs asked students not to buy new books or sell used ones at the Student Book Store. ' Gerson then presented Gerry Gruhn, manager of the Student Book Store, with a letter stating the purposes of the boycott. 50 • 75 Per Cent The letter asked that students be given 50 per cent of the original list price when selling used books, if the books are being used on campus. The letter also asked that used books be sold at 75 per cent of the list price. The letter concluded with the statement that upon receiving-a notarized letter from Gruhn stating that these price requests be granted, the boycott would be ended. Gerson said that USG is asking the Stu dent Book Store to comply with the policy of the National Association of College Stores, of which it and the other downtown mer chants are members. He said that "the vast majority of other college stores in he coun try" who belong to the NACS follow these price policies Long said that "If we can prevent 10 per cent of their (the book store's) business, we can show the Administration we're ser- "I hope the students will continue to support USG for at least another few days," Gerson said. "We're very pleased with the way things are going. The majority of stu dents are supporting us and buying their books at other stores." Gerson said that the Student Book Store was selected as the target of the boycott be cause the store deals with the largest per centage of used books of any downtown merchant. He also said that the store "would more readily yield to this reasonable request than other bookstores, because 'of certain financial situations." Gerson said that USG is "relatively con fident" that if the Student Book Store lowers its prices, the others will follow in order to meet the competition. The decision was the result of hours of discussion by USG, Gerson said. The current bookstore situation is a carry-over from USG's efforts last term. Dis cussion of the book-buying and selling prac tices in State College began with the release of a USG report at the beginning of last term. The report charged that books are not always available to students when they need them at the beginning of the terms, and sug- Focal Point ..... . * * * 'We're Serious' 'Readily 'Yield' Since delegates to the Pennsyl vania Democratic convention are not required to vote in accord with the results of the primary, the goal of Stu dents for McCarthy is to "put pres sure on" the delegates to support the senator. Although Students for McCarthy is connected with the national Mc- Carthy campaign, it is entirely a vol unteer organization receiving no sup port from any outside group. Nickel, Dime Campaign "It's a nickel and dime cam paign," Dißernardo said, "We need about a thousand students to type and canvass 'Tames." The McCarthy headquarters are open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. to accept any one who wishes to volunteer. The McCarthy supporters have in vited several people, including Sen. McCarthy, to speak. at the University after the Wisconsin primary. Di- Bernardo considers the chance of a personal appearance by McCarthy very good. & State HARRISBURG Gov. Shafer conceded yesterday that the $6,000 minimum teacher salary to which his adminis tration is committed would undoubtedly have to he paid for by an income tax. AI the same time, Shafer stamped his approval on a toned-down teacher salary bill in position for a final vote when the Senate reconvenes , Monday. "I commit myself to the language of the Senate ver sion," Shafer said at his second news conference in a week. "It would increase the minimum starting salary to $6,000 when the necessary revenue was made available by the General Assembly," he continued. "I would say the principal tax vehicle for this would have to be an income tax." The drive for higher teacher salaries and its relation to enactment of an income tax were the chief topics of discussion with newsmen. USS New Jersey Ready To Sail for Vietnam PHILADELPHIA The battleship USS New Jersey, a broom flying from her yardarm came back to port yesterday a step closer to duty in the Vietnam war. The broom, raised like a flag, meant all went well— "a clean sweep" of her trials, said Capt. J. Edward Snyder. A yardarm is the arm extending from the ship's super structure from which flags are flown. "It's absolutely fantastic," Snyder said of the ship's performance. "It handled like a baby." He said the three-day sea trials were completely suc cessful. "It was a clean sweep," the skipper said. "We com pleted all our requirements and came back in on schedule." A New Term? gested the establishment of a University operated bookstore. There was no reaction to this report and suggestion from the Administration, while downtown merchants called the proposal ridiculous. A small flood of Petitions from both students and faculty emerged near the end of the term. A campaign sponsored by a new student group, Awareness through Investi gation and Discussion (AID), resulted in a petition containing over 9,000 names support ing a University-operated store. Faculty, Too A faculty petition began circulating in the eighth week, organized by Ronald R. Maxwell, assistant professor of English. The petition as assembled to that point was pre sented to the University Senate at its final meeting March 4. At that meeting it was decided to establish a committee to further investigate the problem, and report its find ings to the satisfaction of a number of fac ulty members, and representatives from the, offices of the vice president for resident in struction and the vice president for business.' REEDER, right, discusses the boycott wit passing students. Why are college students attracted to McCarthy!s campaign? "Because he is a peace candidate," says Ahmed Sheikh, assistant professor of political science. "Students are critical of the Vietnam war, where we are system atically destroying a race of people. "McCarthy is a one issue candi date only in the sense that Vietnam is the most important issue today," ex plains Sheikh. Dißernardo added that "This is the one chance in this generation when students can do something positive." Dißernardo also said that Mc. Carthy is definitely not a 'stalking horse' for Robert Kennedy. He said that there is "a traditional conflict between Kennedy and McCarthy that goes back to McCarthy's nomination • speech for Stevenson in 1960. If Kennedy wins the nomination, i however, Students for McCarthy will I actively support him, Dißernardo said, and added, "We have a lot of Kennedy people in our camp." BEIBIEI Shafer May Call for Income Tax * * * ---See Page 2 SEVEN CENT! Sheikh Explains
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