FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1970
Minors Granted Medical Ri
dill Eliminates Consent
By .ANN ROSENBERG
Collegian Staff Writer
A bill granting certain minors, at least 18
years of age or older, the right to obtain any
medical, dental or health services without the
consent of their parents, goes into effect today.
The bill, passed•by the Pennsylvania General
Assembly; last January, states that "any minor.
who is 18 years of age, or has graduated from
high school, or has married or has been preg
nant" may give .his own consent for personal"
medical care.
It also allows medical services to be
rendered to a minor of any age "when, in the
physibian's judgment, an attempt to"secure
consent would result in the delay in treatment
which would increase the risk to the minor's
life or health."
Birth Control Dispensary?
According to Dr. John A. Hargleroad, direc
tor of health services, the passage of this bill
does not mean that the Ritenour Health Center
will become a birth control dispensary for the
residence halls.
Hargleroad said'the relationship between the
doctor and patient at Ritenour always has been.
one of a confidential nature. "I have no in
tention of telling the doctors how to practice
medicine," Hargleroad added.
The bill is most beneficial to University
physicians in emergency cases. For example, if
a student needs an immediate operation, he is
referred to a local, not a University, surgeon
who. in most cases, a ould not operate without
parental consent. If the parents were away or
divorced or had moved and the student refused
to give pertinent information necessary to
Teamsters Close To Agreement;
Thousands Continue. Truck Strike
WASHINGTON (AP) "The secretary is quite op-
Teamsters and trucking timistic that a lot of Progress
negotiators were repo r t e d has been made," a spokesman
yesterday to be close to a for Secretary of Labor George
three-year wage - agreement for P. Shultz said.
425.000 truck drivers, and some However, many of th e
striking workers already were thousands of striking driver in
returning to their jobs. dozens of cities remained off
Boy Discovers Dead Girl
Near Pittsburgh Supermarket
PITTSBURGH (AP) The nude body of a 17-year-old
high school girl was found yesterday in a vacant lot behind a
supermarket in the Homewood section of the city.
Police said she was wearing only a wrist-watch and black
boo:=.
The girl was identified as Eileen W. Taylor, a student at
Sacred Heart High School.
Miss Taylor's parents had reported her missing some
seven hours before a 9-year-old boy discovered the body while
looking for his lost clog.
She was last seen leaving a party about 11:30 p.m.
Wednesday. police said.
The exact cause of death was not immediately determin
ed, but police said the girl had suffered head injuries.
locate his parents, no medical treatment could
be administered.
As for contraceptive advice, Hargieroad
said, it always has been available to stu
dents. Certain doctors may not have felt
comfortable in discussing: this with. certain
patients, he said, but the student always was
free to, discuss his. or her problems with
another doctor.
Each doctor is free to prescribe contracep
tive devices ~ as he sees fit, Hargleroad said.
The type of contraceptive to be given, if any,
would depend, on the student's needs and
medical history.
" In the,past,.
doctors may have prescribed the
pill for a ,coed under the guise that she was
having problems with her menstrual period,
when in fact, such a diagnosis would have been
difficult to substantiate, Hargleroad said. Un
der the ndw bill, the doctor now may prescribe
the pill if 'he feels it is warranted simply
because a coed does not want to run the risk of
interrupting her college education with an un
wanted pregnancy, he added.
Doctor-Patient Confidences
The confidences between the patient and the
doctor are not violated simply because the stu
dent is under age. The only time that a stu
dent's parents would be notified about their
child's condition, without the student's per
mission, would be when the patient has a con
tagious disease that constitutes a health hazard
for other University residents, Hargleroad said.
"If a pregnant coed came to us, we would
urge her to seek treatment but we could not
force her to do so. We would not violate her
trust and notify her parents, unless she wanted r ulbri •
ght: N.
us to help her 'break the ice.' This might be a r
crisis in her life, but this sort of thing happens
every day at Ritenour," he said. Acceptable
the job while the national con
tract talks continued i n
'Teamsters Union headquarters
here.
Sources said bargaining
teams headed by the acting
Teamsters president, Frank E.
Fitzsimmons, and chief in
dustry' negotiator Ray F.
Beagle had narrowed their
earlier 80-cent iap in wage
positions to a. difference of
aboin 30 cents. And they were
continuing efforts to co m
promise.
The: talks reportedly cen
tpred in the area of about 51.25
an hour wage increase over
three years, plus improved
mileage pay, pensions, health
and welfare benefits, vacations
and cost-of-living pay.
The . strikers returning to
work reportedly did so on the
assurance that Ikhatever final
agreement is reached will be
retroactive to Tuesday mid
night then the old contract ex
pired.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
All For 24; 24 For All i
.
WOMEN OF SIMMONS, led by Gail Levy (6th-physical
education-Philadelphia). last night campaigned for 24-hour
visitation rights for their residence hall. They can sleep
peacefully now, as Simmons approved 24-hour visitation
last night.
WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. J. W. Fulbright, D-Ark., said
yesterday the United States should be willing to accept control
of Indochina by a North Vietnam strong enough to resist
Chinese domination but too small to pose a threat to the rest
of Southeast Asia.
Opening a new series of Senate speeches on what he con
siders the myths that afflict U.S. foreign policy, the chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said it makes little
difference to the United States and to the area's inhabitants
who rules Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
"The plain fact that comes out of the war in Viet
nam reinforced by recent events in Laos and perhaps Cam
bodia as well—is that, puny as it is by great power standards,
North Vietnam is the paramount power in Indochina.
"We ought to welcome North Vietnanis pre-eminence in
Indochina," Fulbright said, "because while North Vietnam has
shown itself strong enough to dominate Indochina, if left alone
by outside powers, it also has shown itself willing and able to
resist Chinese domination.
"At the•same time," he added, "North Vietnam is far too
small a power to have any serious hope of conquering all of
Southeast Asia, much less of posing any kind of a threat to the
United States."
Fulbright emphasized "I do not advocate a Communist
dominated Indochina.
. • Unwelcome but Tolerable
• "I merely propose to accept it, it it arises from the local
power situation, as something unwelcome but tolerable, and
most emphatically not worth the extravagant costs of a war
like the one we are now fighting!" he added.
The Arkansas Democrat said. "From the standpoint of
American security, the, central fact about Indochina is that it
does not matter very much who rules in those small and
backward lands.
"What it all comes down to is that, if all other things were
equal—as indeed they are not—it might be a convenience to
the United States to have the countries of Indochina ruled by
non-Communist leaders," he said.
Fulbright said "North Vietnam, though materially depen
dent and politically influenced by both Moscow and Peking, is
an authentically independent country."
—Collegian Photo by Roger Greenawalt
Vietnam Power
Foil to Peking
Resist Domination
Founder of Dußois Campus
Receives Penn State Medal
CaFoline NI. Dußois, a woman who gave her
family home for, 'the founding of the
University's Dußois Campus was presented
today with a Penn State Medal in recognition of
her many contributions to higher education.
•The presentation was made by University
President Eric A. Walker during a luncheon
ceremony at the Dußois Country Club.
"We are proud to present this medal to
Caroline Dußois," Walker said. "Her service
to the young people of this community has
been untiring and her dedication to the sup
port and expansion of higher education in
Pennsylvania unswerving."
The Penn State Medal was established by the
University Board of Trustees in 1957 to
"recognize and honor achietTments of pc . ons
who perform continued and dedicated service
toward the betterment of higher education in
Pennsylvania."
Miss Dußois, who resides near the campus,
played an instrumental role 35 years aco in the
location of a Penn State Center in the com
munity named for her family.
In 1938 she and her sister, Sarah D, Cravey,
donated the family mansion and four acres of
To Hel
Center Plans Furniture Fair
The Penns Valley Outreach Center will
sponsor a Furniture Fair April 18.
The Fair will enable low income families
from the Millheim area 'o purchase second
hand furnishings at minimal prices.
The project was announced at the March
meeting of the Centro , County Community Ac
tion Board of Directors Tuesday evening at the
courthouse in Bellefonte.
'The Millheim Outreach Center is one of four
such centers established by the Office of
Economic Opportunity in Centre County. The
other three are in Bellefonte, Howard and Port
7 p.m., Tues., April 7
land to the University to serve as a permanent
campus offering education opportunities to the
young people, primarily from Clearfield, Elk
and Jefferson counties.
.IVliss Dußois is a charter member of the
Dußois Educational Foundation, the campus
advisory board, and has served as its vice
president since its incorporation in 1945.
"Caroline Dußois has been a strong force
behind the growth of Penn State in this com
munity and its acceptance and support by the
citizens of this region," Donald S. Hiller, direc
tor of the campus, commented. "She has con
tributed generously of her time and her
resources to the continued development of this
campus and we here are genuinely and deeply
grateful."
The award of the Medal preceded ceremonies
at the campus when Walker presented a
replica of the Penn State Nittany Lion Shrine to
the Dußois student body.
Allan Robb of Dußois. a sophomore in draft
ing and design technology and president of the
campus student government, accepted the cub
from Walker.
The i eplica of the Penn State mascot nn as
modeled under the supervision of Heinz \Var
neke, the sculptor of the Nittany Lion statue
located on the University Park campus.
Low Income Families
Matilda Accord= to Marion K. Stocker. assis
tant professor of Human Development. "These
buildings are established as places where peo
ple \those incomes are substandard can buy
good clothing at surplus prices and attend
classes in such areas as home economics."
A large group of University students is ex
peeled to go to the Buchanan Barn April 11.
They will paint and refurbish the furniture tha
already has been donated for the sale.
Furniture donations now are being solicite.
and contributions will be collected if donors cal
the center at 349-5550.
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