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Vol. 69, No. 134
wimiliminimmiumi associated press mitimilyiniummip
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New Scope
The World
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U.S. Command Announces 2 Viet Offensives
SAIGON The U.S. Command took the wraps off
two new offensives yesterday and said they were aimed
at knocking out the' enemy and destroying his installations
in South Vietnam's northern provinces.
One offensive, Operation Lamar Plain, has accounted
for most of the action since it was launched May 16
in jungled foothills 45 miles south of Da Nang. The com
mand said 113 North Vietnamese and 26 paratroopers
have been killed and 102 paratroops wounded in the cam
paign launched by the U.S. 101st Airborne Division.
The offensive was designed to ease pressure on the
key provincial capital of Tam Ky where there has been
sharp fighting in recent weeks.
The second drive, Operation Herkimer Mountain, has
produced little of significance since it was kicked off May
9 about 18 miles east of the Loatian border and 10 miles
below the demilitarized zone.
Laird Asks Canada To Maintain Forces
BRUSSLES, Belgium Informed sources said U.S.
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird urged Canada yesterday
to slow down plans for pulling the bulk of its forces out
of Western Europe, lest other members of the Atlantic
alliance decide to cut down their strength too.
Laird and Canadian Defense Minister Leo Cadieux
conferred for an. hour at the Brussels headquarters of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Later it was an
nounced only that Cadieux "outlined in general terms the
Canadian plan for an adjustment of Canadian forces in
Germany.
Canada is reported planning "a phased reduction"
what in three years will withdraw all Canadian troops
except for a light mobile reserve group. Canadian troops
in Western Europe now include a mechanized infantry
brigade of 5,000 troops, four strike-attack squadrons and
two reconnaissance squadrons equipped with CFIO4 Star
fighters—about 10,000 men in all.
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Fighting Breaks Out Along Cease-Fire Line
TEL AVIV Shelling and gunfire broke out between
Jordan and Israeli forces at two points along the Jordan
River cease-fire line yesterday. On the Suez Canal front
four Israeli soldiers were wounded by. a mine.
A Jordanian army spokesman in Amman said the
Israelis suffered some losses in the Jordan Valley fight
ing, but he did not go into details. An Israeli spokesman
in Tel Aviv said an Israeli tractor driver was wounded
by Jordanian light arms and bazooka fire near Ashdot
Ya'Aciov south of the Sea of Galilee.
The Israelis charged that the Jordanians shelled Mous
sa El-Alami, an agricultural study form near Jericho, a
few miles north of the Dead Sea. A Tel Aviv spokesman
said the Israelis returned fire in both incidents.
The Jordanian account said the Israelis initiated the
fighting in both cases and the Jordanians fired back. It
added that there were no Jordanian losses.
The Nation
U.S. Aims for July 20 Moon Landing
SPACE CENTER, Huston Experts steering Ameri
cans to the moon said yesterday the three Apollo 10 astro
nauts "have given us the final confidence" to aim toward
;lunar landing July 20.
But if preparations get behind schedule, "we will not
hesitate to postpone the Apollo 11 mission" until August,
said Thomas 0. Paine, administrator of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration.
- "Today, we know we can go to the moon and we will
go to the moon. Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene
Cernan have given us the final confidence to take the
step.
"The immediate question at 'hand is when we will be
ready to land men on the moon. We have, as you know,
fixed July 16 as a target date for liftoff from Cape
Kennedy and July 20 for the. landing," Paine said.
Los Angeles Mayoralty. Race Tightens
LOS ANGELES Thomas Bradley, a black city
councilman leading in the polls, and Sam Yorty, showing
some gain battling to hold his job, made final victory
predictions yesterday as Los Angeles voters prepared to
choose a mayor.
City Clerk Rex Layton held to , his estimate that up
to 75 per cent of the city's 1.27 million registered voters
will go to the polls today in the climax of one of the
city's most bitter elections. -
Bradley's aides said he was heartened by the Los
Angeles Times poll showing him maintaining a lead over
the two-term mayor, 53 to 36 per, cent, with 11 per cent
undecided.
The Field Poll, released over the weekend, showed
Yorty trailing 43 to 38 per cent, with 19 per cent uncom
mitted. This represented a gain for Yorty from early in
the month when the poll had him behind 52 to 35 per
cent.
Warren Court: No Ruling on Death Penalty
WASHINGTON The Warren court served notice
yesterday that it will pass into history without ruling in
a major test of power of juries to condemn men to death.
A spare one-sentence order by the obviously divided
court took the celebrated , case of William L. Maxwell, a
black facing death for rape in Arkansas, out of the hands
of the Warren court and passed it on to the court to be
headed by Judge Warren E. Burger, assuming his con
firmation by the Senate.
Maxwell, 28, pleaded innocent of the forcible rape of
a white woman in Hot Springs. Last March, his lawyers,
headed by Anthony G. Amsterdam, a professof at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, urged the iustices to sharply limit
the discretion of juries to impose the death penalty.
The heart of their appeal is that legal guidelines should
be established to help jurors decide when to condemn a
man to death and when to recommend mercy.
The State
Consumer Protection Bill Passes Senate
HARRISBURG The Senate passed and sent to the
governor yesterday a consumer protection bill aimed at
curbing delivery, of unsolicited merchandise to homes.
In what was a generally light session for both houses
of the legislature, the House of Representatives moved into
position for passage today an appropriation bill to provide
funds for paying Common Pleas Court judges across the
state.
Due to consolidation of several other courts into the
Common Pleas Court system through constitutional re
vision, the original appropriation to pay the 265 Common
Pleas Court judges ran dry last month and the judges
failed to receive their regular pay this week.
Police Clamp Curfew On Pittsburgh Suburb
WILICINSBURG. Pa. Authorities clamped a 9 p.m.
to 6 a.m. curfew on this Pittsburgh suburb•yesterday after
fighting broke out between blacks and whites in a high
school and spread to neighborhood streets.
Police called in extra patrols to enforce the curfew
which, they said, will apply to all persons regardless of
age.
What's Inside
'Embarrassed Over Capp'
'Concerning Capp and Colloquy'
Collegian Investigation Concluded
Colloquy Panels •
Apollo Re-entry
USG Vigil-Fast
Ray'Denied Re-trial
Snnate Agenda
Muha - nmed Ali: A Loss to Boxing
Th'nclads Crurbed by Army
Ban•eball Team Split Doubleheader
Notes, Notes, Notes
011 r Daily Tatirgi
10 Pages
Capp Denounces Student Left
Al Capp, addressing about 5,000 people in Rec Hall Satur
day night, denounced "fakery, foolishness and fascism"
everywhere, especially on the student left.
"I am not young enough to know everything, but I am old
enough to tell you the truth,!' Capp said. He made his presen
tation in the form of answers to questions posed by students
during his recent lecture tour at universities around the coun
try.
Should students have more say in running the university?
"Much more—it's time the lunatics ran the asylum," Capp
said.
What do you think of the Water Tunnel? "Only in an af
fluent society can compulsive masturbaters afford to publish
such nonsense," he commented.
The moral breakdown on campuses across the nation?
Capp said, "Show me a student worried about the moral
Arrest of Student
Censured by. NUC
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Following
is• the text of a statement
from the New Universiy Con
ference concerning University
action in the arrest of a stu
dent for lowering the flag on
Old Main lawn last Thurs.
day.)
The latest actions of the Cen
tral Administration of the
Pennsylvania State University
are outrageous.
The New University Con
ference condemns the arrest
and handcuffing on campus of
a Penn State graduate student
on Thursday, May 22, by State
and local police at th e
instigation of the University
Administration. This arrest
was the Central Ad
ministration's sole response to
the lowering of the American
flag by students in memoriam
for a Berkeley student and two
other young men killed by
police in recent days.
There were many members
of the New University Con
ference present near th e
flagpole in front of Old •Main
who witnessed this response by
the University to student pro
test. They have testified to the
unwillingness of the Campus
Security officers and members
of the Dean of Students staff to
prevent physical atta c k s
against the demonstrators. One
of the many staff members
present from the Office of Stu
dent Affairs has once again
been the person who signed the
complaint leading to the stu
dent's arrest.
We find it alarming that both
Campus Security and the Stu
dent Affairs staff apparently
must call in outside police to
stifle political statements. We
raise this question: Can it be
that the Dean of Students and
other administration
functionaries can only deal
with students by seeking the
assistance and entrapment ef
forts of the civil authorities?
The circumstances of the ar
rest itself deserve special con
demnation. The arrested stu
dent was not involved in any
violence except as t h e
recipient of blows and spit. He
was arrested by a state police
men disguised as a student -
(V-neck sweater, T- sh i r t,
Registration
Schedule Set
For Fall Term
All students who plan to
return to the University for
Fall Term and who have not
preregistered must do so
before May 30. A revised No. 2
card can be filed until June 25.
The procedure for f all
registration will be that of pre
vious years. All students must
return and activate their cards
at Rec Hall during specified
time periods. The first day of
registration i s Wednesday,
September 24 and will run for
the customary' three days. The
alphabetical breakdown is in
the fall schedule.
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Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pa., Tuesday Mot:ning, May 27, 1969
By LAURA WERTHEIMER
Collegian Staff Writer
Moral Breakdown
—Photo by Roger Penn
AL CAPP
Cartoonist and Satirist
beard stubble), a man who had
been conspicuous in the crowd
throughout the protest. When
the student was handcuffed
behind his back, he had neither
been informed of his rights un
der the law nor told of the
charges against him. .
The arrest and handcuffing
of politically active students is
not new to this campus. As
recently as February, another
student was taken from a
classroom, handcuffed, and
carted off to jail.
Emerging from this most re
cent confrontation is an ugly
confirmation of what has been
increasingly charged against
(Continued on page four)
By PAT DYBLIE
Collegian Staff Writer
Students for a Democratic
Society sponsored a pig roast
on Old Main lawn during the
weekend which stemmed from
a student protest last week in
which the American flag was
lowered to half-mast.
In a statement to The Daily
Collegian, Barry Stein, SDS
member, said there were two
reasons for the pig roast.
"This is in continuance with
the solidarity with the brothers
of Berkeley and Nor t h
Carolina. The local purpose is
to try to get enough people out
so we can talk to them in small
groups and make them under
stand the seriousness of the
repression of the students and
the black by the police,
National Guard and th e
government and to show how
much this affects each and
every student up here," Stein
said.
Want To Continue
The second reason Stein
stated was:
"We would like to continue
this. We would like to make it
a permanent thing and not to
direct it at the students but for
the whole Appalachia and
poverty area which surrounds
affluent State College. We hope
soon to be able to build a park
for the Appalachian kids. We
are looking now for a piece of
University property that we'll
build on. By doing so, we'll
force the University to fulfill
its obligation to 'the corn
munity'."
According to Jon Wineland.
SDS co-chairman, a 75-pound
pig was purchased Friday af
ternoon. The $35 purchase cost
was financed by contributions.
Erected Brick Fireplace
SDS erected a brick fireplace
late Friday night between the
two flagpoles on Old Main
lawn. Roasting began at 1 a.m.
Saturday. The pig, stuffed with
apples and oranges and holding
an apple in its mouth. was
charcoaled in aluminum foil.
. Approximately 50 students
Condemns Faker
breakdown on other campuses, and I'll show you a student
who isn't getting much of the action."
Do you consider John Kenneth Galbraith a great
economist? "He's the greatest economist since Edna St. Vin
cent Millay. He advocates lowering the gross national product
and raising foreign aid—Edna Millay wrote a poem about
that: "My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night.
But oh, my friends. and ah, my foes—it gives a lovely light."
About the Undergraduate Student Government Vigil—"l
saw some rear ends over there that could use two months of
fasting, not two weeks. If they wanted to do the Vietnamese
any good, they'd join the Red Cross and go over there to help
bury the 2 million non-Communist Vietnamese who will be
slaughtered as soon as the U.S. pulls out." he said.
About Muhammed Ali—"l like him, but I disagree with
him. This country is determined that we not look at the color
of a man's skin, but at the qualities of mind and heart. I think
we are determined to treat people as equal human beings,"
Capp commented.
What do you think of inter-racial marriages? "I've never
heard of one—every marriage I know of is between members
of the human race."
What do you think of Malcom Boyd? "The greatest
religious leader since Rasputin."
How about the practice of sex before marriage? "Fine. as
long as its only practice."
Should unmarried teachers teach sex education in the
schools? "Sure, they're the only ones still doing research in
the field."
What. do you think of the recent attacks on ROTC? "Stu
dents for a Democratic Society has two beefs—that the armed
Shall Holds Back Presentation
Of Lion Trophy to Capp
A communications failure allegedly
sparked an incident in Rec Hall Satur
day night, where Al Capp was giving the
third keynote address for Colloquy.
When Don Shall, originator of Collo
quy, stepped to the mike after Capp's
presentation, he announced that the Collo
quy Committee had decided not to
present a token statue of the Nittany Lion
to Capp because he "violated the spirit of
Colloquy" by planting pre-arranged
questions in the audience.
Both 'Ralph Nader and Muhammed
Ali, the other keynote speakers, have
been presented with a statue of the Nit
tany Lion by the Collquy Committee.
Capp told the audience he was "mov
ed by the graciousness and hospitality of
my host. Your school would have looked
a lot, better if this tasteless exhibition of
surliness and childishness had been
avoided."
As both Shall and- Capp started to
leave the stage, Michael Gehling (12th
business logistics-Philadelphia) climbed
onto the platfOrm, picked up the lion and
handed it to Capp. His action brought a
standing ovation from about 75 per cent
of the audience. Gehling has no con
nection with the Colloquy Committee.
"I know Don Shall quite well,"
Gehling said, "and when he said that the
Colloquy Committee had decided about
the lion, I didn't believe him. I disagreed
with a lot Capp said, but he was an
invited guest and should have been
treated as such. The thing that got me
was that he didn't even know he was sup
posed to get a lion. They could have just
said nothing."
At a press conference later that
night, Larry Rubenstein, chairman of
Colloquy, apologized to Capp and explain
ed that what had occured was the result
of "a breakdown in , communications."
From his seat in the audience,
SDS Sponsors Pig Roast
gathered on the lawn at about charges against students for
5 p.m. Saturday for a meal of which warrants have been
roast pig and baked potatoes. issued, prior consultation
No administrative action was before arrest, disciplinary ac
taken against SDS. Dean of tion for and the immediate halt
Student Affairs Raymond 0. to "agitation and encourage-
Murphy reportedly had okayed ment of violence" by four nam
plans Friday for the roast. ed University staff members
Plans Made Friday and an administrative con-
Plans for the roast were demnation of the "repressive
Made Friday while SDS forces at Berkeley and the ac
awaited a reply to a five-point tions of late of Governor
statement to the Administra- Reagen."
tion. Vice President for Student
The statement called for Affairs Charles L. Lewis
removal of undercover agents issued a reply at 4 p.m. He
posing as students, dropping of stated that no arrangements
SDS Members
Roast Pig
, Foolishness, Facism
No Inter-Racial Marriage
SDS Has Two Beefs
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75 Pounds
—Collegian Photo by Ron Marshall
MEMBERS OF THE Students for a Democratic Society finish eating a pig roasted on
Old Main lawn this past weekend as a protest against alleged police brutality in deal
ing with college students. The pig roast followed a disturbance last week in which
the American flag was lowered to half•mast on Old Main lawn and a student was
arrested.
forces are dominated by the military mind and that the mili
tary established ROTC on campus to attract liberal, non-mili
tary minds into the armed forces," Capp said.
Capp hit hard at the radical student movement ~nd wds
booed by several in the audience. "I lire in Cambridge. Mass..
a stones' throw from Harvard—but if you cluck vou aren't hurt
much—and I know you'll believe me when I tell you I'd rather
be speaking here.
I saw student activism in action when Secretary of
Defense McNamara was invited to speak at Harvard. Now, it
is true that McNamara is a member of a despised minority.
group, the President's cabinet, but under the law, he has the
same rights as Mark Rudd
Harvard's Students for a Democratic Society howled
obscenities at McNamara until he could not h e ben rd.
"He attempted to leave the campus. SDS stopped his car.
milled around it, tried to tip it over. McNamara left the car.
The SDS began to club him on the head with the poles on
which their peace posters were nailed.
"The next morning, Dean Monroe was asked if he would
punish the SDS. Dean Monroe said he saw no reason to punish
students for what was purely a political activity. Now if
depriving a man of his freedom to speak, if depriving him of
his freedom to move, if damn near depriving him of his
life—if that's political activity, then rape is a social event."
A humorist has two duties, according to Capp. "To make
as much money as he can and to seek fakery, foolishness and
fascism and expose it wherever it is. For 30 years I taught it
on the extreme right, and I let them have it with everything I
Rubenstein said, he signaled to Shall that
the lion should not be presented on stage,
but should be held until after the per
formance.
"I was worried that it might have
made things worse with the crowd," he
The Colloquy Committee yesterday
released the following statement:
We, the Colloquy Committee, feel the
need to offer an apology for two errors in
judgmrnt on our part regarding the- ap
pearance of Al Capp in Rec Hall, Satur
day night.
Firstly, we apologize for the incident
that occurred following Mr. Capp's
presentation. We realize that Mr. Capp's
appearance drew mixed reactions from
the audience and that Don Shall's actions
on behalf of the Colloquy Committee
were misunderstood. Saturday night, we
did apologize to Mr. Capp for the manner
in which he was treated. He replied, "I
think that's very gracious of you and I
accept your apology." The Nittany Lion
was then formally presented and ac
cepted.
Secondly, we apologize for our
violation of the open interaction of minds
and ideas spirit upon which Colloquy was
based. While we contracted Mr. Capp for
his conservative overview, we, it seems.
had hired a performer to entertain, and
not a speaker to interact.
With this in mind. we hope this
clarifies our position and also hope that
this will not jeopardize a project we feel
has been a success. .
said. The message that Shall got was just
"no lion."
Capp commented that he "really
didn't care one way or the other about
the lion. but if you want to give anyone a
trophy, have the guts to give it to them,
or not give it to them, according to your
of Pork Eaten
hzid been made regarding un
dercover agents. that there
was "violation of the law as
drawn to the attention of the
students and the courts should
decide the accuracy of the cha
rges," that the process of serv
ing warrants and making ar
rests is not in the province of
University control, that vio
lence was not encouraged or
agitated by University staff
members and that University
officials "do not choose to
comment on situations on
other campuses or in other
states."
Where Is Kheel?
--see page 2
Saw Activism in Action
Humorist Has Two Duties
(Continued on page seven)
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own judgment, not the mood of the
crowd."
At the press conference, Shall took
the lion, which Capp's secretary had
brought along, and formally presented it
to Capp. "I apologize for my remarks,
which, I agree were in poor taste." Shall
said, adding that he had been carried
away by his emotions and responded to
that segment of the audience that shared
his views.
The "planted" questions that Shall
referred to were about 25 questions sup
posedly asked by students at a meeting
with Capp early Saturday afternoon.
According to Capp, this was done to
"provide a better show for the audience"
and also for a film that is being made for
a proposed television special. Capp said
he wanted to avoid "meaningless
questions and long-winded rhetoric" for
the film. but after the first half hour he
"would open it right up" and answer any
question.
When Capp called for the people with
the questions that had been discussed
earlier, no one stood. He then changed his
plan and invited questions from anyone.
The Colloquy Committee said no ef
fort was made to contact students and
persuade them not to ask the questions as
scheduled. Only three students actually
asked the same questions they had
agreed to ask during the earlier session.
According to Shall. pre-arranging the
questions, while acceptable for a
'professional show' was entirely contrary
to the spirit of Colloquy, the continual in
teraction of minds and ideas. "There was
no interaction with Capp," Shall said.
"One of the purposes of colloquy is to
promote the free interchange of ideas,"
he said. "Mr. Capp has persistently sup
pressed those who sought meaningful
dialogue with him. He has impugned the
integrity of Penn Slate students."—L.W.
SDS sponsored a third day of
rallying Friday in protest of
the killing of a bystander to a
May 15 demonstration at the
University of California at
Berkeley.
Both Wednesday and
Thursday, students at Old
Main succeeded in breaking
locks and lowering th e
American flag to half mast.
Thursday's actions resulted in
the arrest of one student
charged with "malicious
mischief' to University pro
perty.
Seven Cents