Mostly cloudy with light rain likely today, high near 42. Rain tonight and most of tomorrow. Low tonight near 34, high tomorrow near 40. Partly cloudy and cool Friday. The chance of measureable precipitation 'is 40% today, 90% tonight, and 80% tomor row. Vol. 70, No. 90 Commission Chairman Commends Walker For 'Slleedv Action' By TINA HOND•RAS Collegian Staff Writer Edward L. Mattil, chairman of the President's Com mission, yesterday expressed his satisfaction with Univer sity President Eric A. Walker's action on the commission's proposals. Matti', also head of the Department of Art Education, said Walker is acting as speedily and efficiently as pos sible to find out whether the commission's proposals are feasible and how they can be implemented. He added, "I am pleased that the president is moving as he has moved in this." The commission was set up in June 1969 to study the black community, governance and student conduct and judi cial systems. On Feb. 20 it issued a report calling for the establishment of a black cultural center, a black studies program and a section of black literature and culture in Pattee. Admissions Standards The committee made recommendations to the College of Education, proposing the establishment of a commission on admissions standards and a follow-up committee to the report on the black community. The report also called for the establishment of an off campus black cultural center. Regarding the possibility of using the president's house for the center, Mattil said he had no idea what the plans for the house are, but added. "If they do use it as a black cultural center, I think it would be marvelous." Stanley F. Paulson, dean of the College of The Liberal Arts, said he spoke briefly to Vice President for Resident Instruction Paul M. Althouse about the commission's re port. He added, "We would be glad to cooperate with other colleges." Paulson said he thought the commission had done "a real service" for the University. Speaking of the University as a whole, Paulson said, "We have started some things, but they are not complete enough." Student Member Optimistic Don Paule, a student member of the President's Com mission, was optimistic that the segment on the black community, along with the rest of the report, would be endorsed as soon as possible. He said he would, as an Undergraduate Student Government congressman, "bring the entire President's Commission report in front of USG for adoption by the Congress." Paule added, "I would hope the Organization of Stu dent Government Associations, the Undergraduate Student Government, the Graduate Student Association and the Black Student Union endorse it." Paule also supported using the president's house as a black cultural center, saying, "I think that's fine." Paule expressed hope that Walker would endorse the report before the end of his term in office. Walker will retire July 1, 1970. USG President Ted Thompson commented on the re port's proposals, declaring, "I am going to be vehemently In favor of it." _ _ , Leaders Urge End of Walkout WASHINGTON (AP) The air traffic controllers who said. Federal employes are forbidden to strike and a number have disrupted flight schedules for a week with mass sick of restraining orders have been issued against the controllers calls were urged by their union leaders yesterday to return to since the work stoppage began, work unless they actually are PATCO is one of six unions who represent the nation's But attorney F. Lee Bailey, executive director of the Pro- 14,000 air traffic controllers. PATCO claims a membership of fessional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, said he did not 7,500 among the 8,500 journeymen controllers. know what effect his "clarifying statement" would have in _ ying absent restoring the tangled air travel picture. The FAA has started sending telegrams notif "I do not advocate a sickout," Bailey told a news con- controllers that dismissal procedures have been started ference. "It is an inconvenience to the American public and against them, allowing five days for an individual controller to should be terminalvd at once." submit a doctor's certificate that he was ill. Bailey had no direct comment on the FAA action, saying "we will have to deal with that in the best way we can, when As he spoke, there continued to be mass flight can- the time comes ' cellations and delays up to four hours at the nation's airports because of a shortage of controllers at 21 air traffic control centers which handle high-altitude flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said 495 of a schedul ed 1,739 controllers reported sick at the 21 centers yesterday with the heaviest absences in the busy centers at New York, Chicago. Cleveland, Kansas City and Oakland, Calif. It has started sending 30-day notices of dismissal to absent con trollers, giving them five days to submit doctors' certificates if they really were ill. Bailey, who must appear in court Wednesday with two other PATCO officers to answer contempt charges, said his statement does not mark a shift in his position. Roped for Dialogue "I have never been in support of a strike, but have hoped a dialogue could be started and the situation not polarized," he Cancellations Continue Leftist Students Hijack Korean ,Plane SEOUL, Korea A group of samurai-wielding leftist stu dents ordered a hijacked Japanese jetliner to take off for North Korea at daybreak today after officials here failed to trick-them into thinking they were already there. The South Koreans had .rigged special signs, dressed soldiers up in North Korean uniforms and had. the control tower announce that the Japan Air Lanes jet had landed at Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. But the ruse collapsed. The students, numbering about 15, insisted the 100 other persons on board—among them two Americans—remain for the flight to Pyongyang. South Korean officials threatened to keep the Boeing 727 grounded at Kimpo International Airport here until all of its passengers were released, although they said they would abide by the wishes of Japanese authorities. Navy Jet Downs Threatening MIG-21 SAIGON A U.S. Navy Phantom jet swooped in to shoot down a MIG-21 threatening an American reconnaissance plane over North Vietnam last week, the U.S. Command announced yesterday. It was the first reported air kill in North Vietnam since the United States halted bombing raids 17 months ago. A U.S. Command spokesman in Saigon said the action came last Saturday, 125 miles north of the demilitarized zone, which separates the two Vietnams. The F 4 Phantom, one of the top U.S. fighter-bombers, was flying cover for the reconnaissance plane. The Soviet-built MIG-21 is the most modern fighter in the North Vietnamese air force. There was no report of the MIG firing on the U.S. planes but the spokesman said "undoubtedly it was in some' sort of maneuver indicating that it was attacking the reconnaissance aircraft." Therefore; the, Navy escort "took protective action to an enemy threat. ..an inherent right of self-defense." Deans Meet Union Calls Air Controllers Back to Work News From the World, Nation * * * ,W4r. :Pang fottrgi 6 Pages Mitty Minded Earth PITTSBURGH (/P) Earth Day, an in tensive four-day symposium on environment and the preservation of life, begins today at three city universities. Its organizers say they want to increase public awareness of the damage man is doing to his environment. The observance will be opened with an hour-long "walk for life" from Schenley Park in the Oakland section to Duquesne Univer sity, downtown. Actually, the national observance of Earth Day at various universities isn't planned until April 14, but vacation and ex amination schedules at the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne and Carnegie-Mellon University interfered. So Earth Day in Pittsburgh will set the stage for other teach-ins and symposiums later in the month. Government officials, scientists, conser vationists and students and the general pub lic are invited to attend or participate di rectly. Today's march will end with an address by Wilson Talley, an undersecretary in the Department of Health Education and Wel fare. Among other speakers is U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), one .of the origina tors of the Earth Day idea and an early proponent of, ertv,ir4:mmental--rconeer The Air Transport Association, which says an average of 500 flights have been cancelled each day of the controllers' work stoppage, has filed .suit against PATCO, claiming an unspecified amount of damages. ATA spokesmen say the airlines' losses run in the millions. The controllers contend they are undermanned and over worked to the point of fatigue. They also want newer equip ment. Airline spokesmen and FAA officials have said privately the stoppage is part of a PATCO bid for power. No negotiation sessions were held during the work stop page. The Bailey news conference came just as the day shift was ending in eastern times zones. The full effect of his state ment was not expected to be known until today's shift. from the associated press Red Forces Advance Further into Laos VIENTIANE, Laos—Communist-led forces have pushed farther south into Laos than at any time since the 1962 Geneva agreements. Nearly one-third of Laos' three million inhabi tants are refugees, many of them as a result of American bombing. By the same token, it is American air power and a group of American civilians, Central Intelligence Agency personnel and military attaches that are preventing the 70,000-man Laotian army from collapsing. The only solution appears to be a political one, but a negotiated settlement seems far off, despite the recent five point, peace proposal by the Communist Pathet Lao which the government of Prince Souvanna Phouma agreed to study. The stumbling block for Souvanna is Pathet Lao insistence that all American bombing stop in Laos before talks can begin. Souvanna has rejected any preconditions, saying that North Vietnam must remove its troops—he says there are 67,000—hefore U.S. bombing can cease. Removal of Disorderly Defendants Approved WASHINGTON The Supreme Court endorsed yesterday the forced removal of disorderly defendants who disrupt their own trials with noisy outbursts. The decision. by Justice Hugo L. Black, also approved the binding and gagging of unruly defendants as well as their jailing contempt to protect courtroom decorum. "It would degrade our country and our judicial system to permit our courts to be bullied, insulted and humilated and their orderly progress thwarted and obstructed by defen dants," Black said. Except for'. some reservations by Justice William 0. Douglas, the ruling was unanimous. Douglas said the court us ed the wrong case—that of an evidently mentally disturbed defendant=to outlaw courtroom sabotage and violence. The decision has a special impact in the light of a recent spate of tumultous trials, including the interrupted prosecution of 12 Black Panthers for an alleged bombing conspiracy in New York and the Chicago riot conspiracy trial. Published by Students - of The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa., Wednesday Morning, April 1, 1970 PERRY SWEETSER, as Walter Mitty in the Penn State Player's production of "A Thurber Carnival," is caught in the middle of one of his famous fantasies. The play pre sented in the Pavilion Theatre runs through April 4. Three Pittsburgh Universities Day Starts Today The teach-in, supported by more than 30 local and regional governmental, educational and health groups, will explore two major questions—Will there be life on earth in 20 years? If we survive, how will we be living? Numerous exhibits, seminars, films and speeches are scheduled between today and Saturday. A complex of five domed build ings has been erected at Carnegie-Mellon duplicating life in the future and what it could be like if pollution is not stopped. Tomorrow will be devoted to panel dis cussions on "Quality of Life and Ecology." Keynote addresses for the teach-in will be held tomorrow night at the Syria Mosque near the Pitt campus. Speakers will be Ken neth Boulding, of the University of Colorado Institute of Behavioral Sciences, U.S. Sen. Robert Packwood (R-Ore.), and Frederick Close, chairman of the board of the Alumi num Co. of America. Population, resources and technology will be the topics Friday. One session at Pitt is entitled "Alternatives to Doomsday." Sen. Nelson will be among the speakers at a session at Pitt entitled "Direction and Action." * * * On Saturday, ad hoc workshops, dia logues and group discussion are planned for the entire day. Films and. celebrations- will, wind up -IffrfeaCh=in SatutdaY night - at Pitt. Junior Class Confirms Kunstler's Appearance Mike Kleeman, president of the Junior Class which is sponsoring William Kunstler. defense attorney for the Chicago 7, last night denied the rumor that Kunstler would not appear at the University. Kleeman said he had spoken to Kustler's wife last night and she had confirmed her husband's April 11 appearance. Kunstler said he did not want to speak that day, but after hav ing made the committment, he agreed to appear. Kleeman said the class has encountered problems with the location for Kunstler's speech. Although Kunstier originally was scheduled to appear in Schwab, Kleeman said the sponsors believed Schwab would be too small for the number of students expected to attend the speech. The sponsors agreed that the Hetzel Union Building Ballroom would be a better location. A service sorority, however, has the use of the ballroom the night that Kunstler is scheduled to appear. Kleeman said if the sorority agrees to hold their function in Schwab, Kunstler would speak in the HUB Ballroom April 11. • The Students for a Democratic Society, which is sponsor ing Yippie leader, Abbie Hoffman, was not available for com ment on plans for Hoffman's scheduled visit. New Wage Offer Made in Postal Dispute VVASIIINGTON The Nixon administration made a "new and unconditional wage offer" to union negotiators yesterday in a renewed effort to achieve a wage increase agreement for the nation's 750,000 postal workers. The announcement came after government and union of ficials completed their fifth day of intensive bargaining for a settlement of postal issues, of which pay has become the key. Another session was set for this afternoon. A joint statement noted that after Postmaster General Winton Blount laid the latest administration offer on the bargaining table, union represdntatives countered with a three-point proposal of their own. By agreement between the parties, the spokesmen declin ed any elaboration or explanation of the latest developments in the effort to break the bargaining impasse. A union spokesman emphasized, however, that there were "no conditions tied to the government's offer." Trucking Industry Raises Contract Offer WASHINGTON The trucking industry, pressing for a new nationwide Teamster Union contract before last night's midnight deadline, reportedly raised its Sl-per-hour offer to hike wages and fringe benefits for 425,000. drivers. The amount of the higher offer and the response of Teamsters Union negotiators was not immediately, learned, and the union continued to keep mum. about possible strike plans. Union negotiators headed by acting President Frank E. Fitzsimmons earlier had demanded three-year hikes of $1.75 in wages alone, plus' substantial boosts in mileage pay, pensions. health and welfare and vacations. Most drivers now average $4 an hour in wages • The nation's top federal mediator, J. Curtis• Counts, was participating in the talks in an effort to spare the Nixon ad ministration still another major labor crisis in the transpor tation industry. Thompson Moves To I day Voting By LARRY REIBSTEIN and BILL BROADWATER Collegian Staff Writers Undergraduate Student Government Presi dent Ted Thompson moved last night to defer executive elections until the fourth week of the term. Thompson disclosed after the special USG meeting that he will veto a section of the elec tions code that calls for the elections to be held during the third week. In a statement to the Collegian. Thompson said. "It is impossible to conduct any kind of fair and equitable election if the elections com mission is compelled to operate within the two and a half weeks left." Notes Former Method In the past. Thompson noted, the elections commissioner was appointed in the fifth week of Winter• Term and thus had about eight weeks to work on elections. The present elections commisisoner, Ricki Greenwald, however, was appointed just this week when the original com missioner, Steve &mallow, was called up in the National Reserves suddenly during the term break. Miss Greenwald resigned as elections com missioner when Congress voted to go ahead with the voting in the third week. She asserted that she couldn't have the mechanics for the elections ready by that time. As a result of the vacancy, Thompson declared, "By executive order ; I am ordering all prospective and announced candidates to not campaign until a formal announcement of the elections commissioner is made and an initial candidates meeting is held. 'Viewed as Improper' "It will he viewed as improper and in poor taste for, any candidate to begin and continue campaigning for election and if any candidate or representative begins or continues cam- 2 Seek State Senate Nomination hi Democratic Party Primary Democrats Joseph M. Am- in 40 years. He was re-elected merman and Irwin L. Murray in 1957 and held that post until he was appointed United States will seek their party 's District Attorney for 2.. nomination for the State western districts of Penn- Senate in the May 2 0 sylvania in 1961. Resigning as primaries, while Galen E. district attorney in 1963. Am- Dreibelbis will run unopposed merman lost in abid fur judge for the Democratic House of of Clearfield County Representatives nomination Active in other civic affairs, Ammerman, a Curwensville, Ammerman has served as Clearfield County attorney, president of the Clearfield began his political career in County Chapter of th e 1953, as _the first Democratic , American Red- Cross -and on DiStrict' Attorney in Clearfield the Clearfield County Develop ment Council. The 45-year-old Ammerman is currently the county's Democratic state committeeman. * * * att Murray will enter t h c senatorial campaign with legislative experience behind him. He served in the State House for four years until 1966. In the primaries that same year, Murray campaigned unsuccessfully against Robert Against Air Traffic Controllers U.S. To File Petition PITTSBURGH (AP) A federal petition seeking to force 37 air controllers back to work at Greater Pittsburgh Airport will be filed in U.S. District Court here this morn ing, assistant U.S. Atty. Charles F. Scarlata announced. Scarlata said he was drawing up the papers himself for submission to the court. The controllers are part of a nationwide sick-call in volving the ,Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organiza tion. The Justice Department has taken similar measures against absent air controllers in at least 15 other major cities. The Pittsburgh airport's chief air controller, Kenneth McMechen, said supervisory personnel are filling in for the absentees and that "tower clearance operations are on a normal basis" for reduced airliner schedules. • -2‘,' & State First U.S. Satellite Plunges to Death CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. Explorer 1 plunged to a fiery death in earth's atmosphere yesterday and many here paused in their preparation for America's third moon landing mission to recall this nation's entry in the space race 12 years ago. Word spread through the Kennedy Space Center at mid morning that Explorer 1, the oldest manmade satellite still in space, re-entered the atmosphere at 5:45 a.m. over an isolated area of the Pacific Ocean. It had circled the globe about 58,000 times. Explorer 1 took longer than many more recent satellites to be pulled down by the earth's gravity. because it was very light at 31 pounds and had been placed in a fairly high orbit, ranging up to 400 miles out originally. Many of the men who launched the cylindrical Explorer Jan. 31, 1958, now form the nucleus of the Saturn-Apollo launch crew which has sent two manned expeditions to the moon's surface in the last nine months. That team now is readying Apollo 13 for an April 11 blast off to the moon's highlands. Lawyer Represented Corporate Taxpayer HARRISBURG A state Justice Department attorney. cleared last week of possible conflict of interest, was private counsel this year for a corporate taxpayer dealing with the state, Auditor Gen. Robert P. Casey said yesterday. Atty. Gen. William C. Sennett last week cleared the at torney, Herbert A. nigel of Philadelphia, of conflict of interest charges after news stories revealed Fogel had represented a private client before the state Liquor Control Board. Casey, the Democratic organization's candidate for gover nor, provided additional information about Fogel's activities in a letter to Sennett, dated yesterday. Fogel is special counsel to the State Horse Racing Commission. "In light of the questions which have been raised, I deem it my duty to bring the following facts to your attention con cerning Mr. Fogel's further'activities involving state agencies, more particularly his participation in stipulation conferences as private counsel for a corporate taxpayer," Casey wrote. Time for Calm Talk --see page 2 paigning, I will exercise the authority of my position and not allow him to be eligible to run." Thompson said. The power to declare a candidate ineligible has never been tested. Congress voted to ask Thompson to name a replacement for Miss Greenwald by tamer row's USG meeting. No students have formally announced their candidacy but at least three students are ex pected to announce this week. They are Jim Antoniono, town congressman, Bob Brinley, supreme court justice, and Tom Stillitano. junior class vice president. Only Antoniono has begun campaigning. Vote Divides The vote on when to hold the elections was largely divided according to political lines. An toniono's supporters in Congress mostly voted to hold the elections in the third week as An toniono's organization is reportedly well pre pared. Brinley's and Stillitano's backers voted to delay the elections because they reportedly were not organized until recently. In other action: USG voted to urge students to boycott classes April 15 to protest the war in Vietnam. The boycott is part of a nationwide strike organized by the Student Mobilization Committee in protest of the war. Endorses Strike A bill passed by USG concerning the strike states that since "USG has already expressed disapproval of the undeclared war in Vietnam," USG endorses the April 15 strike. USG postponed debate until tomorrow night on a Fair Campaign Practices Code for USG Executive Elections. The code, if passed, will set up a committee to handle all violations in the upcoming executive elections. USG also postponed until tomorrow a new constitution that would make ex-officio mem bers non-voting congressmen. P. Casey and Milton J. Shapp for the Democratic guber natorial nomination. Murray, 49, is the Cameron County Commissioner. The Emporium resident also serv ed as Democratic county chairman. House candidate Dreibelbis is the youngest Democratic contender at 35. A State Col lege businessman, he has been self-employed since he was 21.- years-01d,. Dreibelbis'" public services includes youth work through University athletic suppor t programs. As a member of the executive • committee an d board of directors of the United Fund, Dreibelbis also worked with students in solicit ing funds in State College. In other areas, the local businessman served as secretary of the regional swimming pool drive and as a volunteer fireman for 15 years. * * Seven Cents
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