Unexpected voter turnout VOTING BEGAN YESTERDAY in the Undergraduate Student Government elections. Observers said the turnout proved to be heavier than expected. Balloting continues until 7 tonight at most locations. thing," Ingersoll declared, "went over it. They asked for revision, everything." Troop pullout planned . According to Ingersoll, at another 1 meeting with Scannell a few days later, he asked the dean if he had seen Lichtig. air attacks continued The dean said Lichtig had seen him sometime after the meeting was over WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon said yesterday night he is with drawing another 20,000 American troops from Vietnam by July 1. But he vowed to continue U.S. air and naval attacks on North Vietnam until it ends its "naked and unprovoked . . . invasion" of the South. "We will not be defeated," Nixon declared in a nationally broadcast report to the nation, "and we will never surrender our friends to Communist agression." The chief executive said the United States is returning to the Paris Peace Talks today with the aim of halting the month-old invasion and "with the firm expectation that productive talks leading to rapid progress will follow through all available channels." The President spoke shortly after dispatches from Saigon told of a renewed North Vietnamese drive HOPS: 1 year old, but learning life fast By BARB SNYDER Collegian Senior Reporter The Homophiles of Penn State is one year old but unlike most infants, HOPS in its first year has learned the hard facts of life fast. On March 15, 1971, HOPS submitted its constitution to the Undergraduate Student Government, and this group, News analysis delegated to approve student charters, approved HOPS' charter on April 21. Three weeks later, then Acting Vice President for Student Affairs Raymond 0. Murphy suspended HOPS' charter, going over the head of USG and angering student organizations from Concerned Veterans to Women's Liberation. Student groups held an Old Main picket in support of HOPS. Suddenly, HOPS was big news. Before the suspension of its charter, HOPS had worked quietly on campus and in town, trying to fulfill the goals set down in its consititution. These goals are: to aid the homosexual in his or her orientation; to promote greater har mony and understanding between homosexuals and the community; to encourage members to engage in olle • ian the daily against the city of Quang Tri south of the demilitarized zone, and while the fate of much of the Central Highlands of South Vietnam remained uncertain under heavy offensive pressure. As he announced over radio and television that U.S. troop levels would be cut in the next two months to 49,000 or 500,000 below the level when he took office three years ago Nixon solicited his determination to "be steadfast ... not falter." He said: "The Communists have failed Their one remaining hope is to win in the Congress of the United States, and among the people of the United States the victory they cannot win among the people of South Vietnam." He said the chief Communist negotiator, Le Duc Tho, is returning to Paris and added, "He doesn't return for trivial reasons." political activities for the purpose of reforming statutes concerning homosexual behavior; and to provide as many opportunities for meaningful social interaction among homosexuals as permissible under existing state laws. Surely, Students for a Democratic Society or the Weathermen, in their heyday, posed more of a threat to a Campus administration than a group quietly trying to educate a University community on a subject long sup pressed. Yet Murphy chose to see HOPS as a threat claiming on Sept. 1 when the group was officially denied its charter, that after a three month investigation, chartering would "create a substantial conflict with the counseling and psychiatric services the University provides to its students." HOPS remained undaunted in its attempt to fulfill its goals, and despite bountiful publicity, or perhaps because of it, membership in HOPS grew. Militant homosexuals, angry over HOPS' adverse treatment, joined its ranks. Last Spring Term found HOPS con ducting a Free University class, par ticipating in Colloquy, lecturing to classes, attending gay rallies in New York =lliadic: its own lesbian con —photograph by Noel Roche Plan denied; Muskie withdrawal rumored WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Edmund S. Muskie yesterday canceled a cam paign trip to Ohio and was reported ready to withdraw from the Democratic presidential race. But Muskie's press secretary, Richard Stewart, flatly contradicted reports by the Mutual Broadcasting System that the Maine senator had decided to get out. "I categorically deny any statements that he's decided to withdraw," Stewart said. Muskie himself met with top aides at his home in suburban Washington, and his campaign headquarters said he was "evaluating the political situation" and would hold a news conference today. Muskie said Tuesday night, after his defeat in the Massachusetts and Penn sylvania primaries, that he intends to stay in the race for the Democratic nomination. Top aides have advised him to with draw from future primary races, where polls show him doing poorly, but stay in Referendum breeds controversy By RICH GRANT Collegian Senior Reporter How soon and how much Un dergraduate Student Government President Benson Lichtig knew about the newly proposed student football ticket plan before he called for a referendum on it Tuesday has become a growing controversy. In a news release given to The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Lichtig stated that he and Tom Ingersoll, Graduate Student Association president, were informed at the end of last term that the proposals were being considered and they would be given copies Spring Term. According to the release, Lichtig first saw the final copy of the proposal Tuesday when Richard J. Lucas, athletic department business manager, sent him one. Contacted by The Daily Collegian last night, Ingersoll said, "I know that he (Lichtig) knew about it." Ingersoll said Lichtig and he were called by the office of Robert J. Scannell, dean of the College of Health and Physical Education and Recreation to set up a meeting Winter Term with the dean's staff. Lichtig did not attend the meeting, Ingersoll added. "Scannell's staff explained the entire "Scannell said he had reviewed the whole thing with Benson and Benson was also agreeable," Ingersoll added. After having several conversations with Lucas, Ingersoll assumed he had also contacted Lichtig. Scannell told The Collegian, "This is correct," when asked whether Lichtig had met with him last term and had been informed of the basic concepts of the proposals. "He (Lichtig) did not see the final copy because the final copy wasn't released till Tuesday," Scannell said. Scannell affirmed that Lichtig did not see "the wording of the thing." He ex plained, "We met on the general concept shortly after the first of the year." Did the early _proposal differ a great deal from the final draft. According to Scannell, "not in concept." Were the concepts of block seating for eight and lottery coupons by class rank in the ference in State College. HOPS continued to function, but was forced to function mainly through the sponsorship of other organizations such as Graduate Student Association and USG, which, among other things, secured University rooms in HOPS' behalf. Fall Term HOPS began to . seriously look into court action to take against the University, but it was not until Winter Term this year that things exploded. After months of behind-the-scenes legal activity, HOPS filed suit against the University on Feb. 15. The list of defendants read like "Who's Who" in Old Main: University President Oswald, Murphy, William Fuller, then manager of Associated Student Ac tivities, M. Lee Uperaft, dean of student affairs, the University Board of Trustees and Albert Shoemaker, chairman of the board. . HOPS defense rested on violation of two of this country's basic rights it af fords most of its citizens: First Amend ment rights to speak freely in and around a University community and Fourteenth Amendment rights to "equal protection of the law." These rights, HOPS vehemently maintains, have been grossly violated at Penn State. trip canceled Ohio the race for the nomination. Under this strategy, he could concentrate on rounding up delegates in nonprimary states, and later could offer himself to the party convention as a compromise candidate. Muskie had been scheduled to speak last night in Toledo, Ohio, and the state's governor, John J. Gilligan, was already on the way there to introduce him when word came that the trip was canceled A statement from Muskie's campaign headquarters in Washington issued shortly before 6 p.m. said, "He has been consulting with his family, with friends and his supporters throughout the day. And he will continue to do so throughout the evening." Some of those supporters in Congress, asked about the report, said they had not heard Muskie would get out. Some said they thought it more likely he would merely withdraw from some or all of the remaining primaries, but remain in the race for the nomination. early proposal? Scannell said, "Those were there." Reached later by The Collegian, Lucas said, "I don't care to get involved in a blow-up with the USG elections at all." He said Lichtig received the final draft of the proposal on Tuesday. .as Lichtig had said. Asked whether Lichtig had met with him last term to discuss the proposal, Lucas answered, "What he said is correct." Apparently, the report was not in tended to be made public yet. Lucas spoke of a commitment with Ingersoll and Lichtig that the complete final draft would not be released to the press until "Tom Ingersoll and Benson Lichtig agreed to put their names on it." Lucas said when the story broke in Dreibeibis faces Yorks,• Kassab against Johnson By ELAINE HERSCHER Collegian Senior Reporter Galen E. Dreibelbis will face Charles "Bud" Yorks this November in the race for state representative in the 77th District. Incumbent Dreibelbis took a large share of the votes, 2,382, from his op ponent Marianne "Mike" Van Dom melen with 1,796 in the State College area contest, despite Van Dommelen's wins in the precincts with greatest student concentration. The precinct breakdown for the Democratic state representative race is as follows: North Dreibelbis 112, Van Dommelen 77; Northeast Dreibelbis 75, Van Dommelen 69; Northwest Dreibelbis 78, Van Dommelen 82; South Dreibelbis 205, Van Dommelen 151; South-Central Dreibelbis 136, Van Dommelen 130; Southeast Dreibelbis 94, Van Dommelen 101; East Dreibelbis 59, Van Dommelen 197; East- Central Dreibelbis 57, Van Dommelen 111; West Dreibelbis 148, Van Dommelen 105; West-Central Dreibelbis 85, Van Dommelen 100. Yorks gained strong party backing with his 3,374 win over Harry Schmoll with 1,554 votes in the Republican contest. Both contestants are sharpening up for the fall election, with Yorks pledging an New insight into the oppression of gays became more apparent to even students unconcerned with HOPS, when, three days after HOPS announced its lawsuit, Joseph Acanfora, a plaintiff in the suit, was dismissed from student teaching at the Park Forest Junior High School. Questions from all segments of the University and State College community began to be asked only to be left unanswered by the College of Education at Penn State and the State College Area School District where Acanfora taught. The biggest offenders were Dean of Education Abram VanderMeer, Madison Brewer, head of student teaching at the University, Assistant Superintendant of Pupil Personnel Service Donald Cameron, Assistant Superintendent for instruction Robert Campbell and Lewis Rodrick, principal of the Park Forest Junior High School the people directly involved in the dismissal and the ones who day after day refused comment. Acanfora sought an injunction and was reinstated by Centre County Court Judge R. Paul Campbell on Feb. 22, in what a Collegian editorial the next day claimed was "the first official decision to go in favor of HOPS since it began to seek a charter from the University last year." Thursday, April 27, 1972 University Park, Pennsylvania Vol. 72, No. 118 10 pages Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University One of the managers of Muskie's Ohio campaign, reached by telephone in Columbus, said it appears the senator is considering three alternatives and added, "I understand the decision is not firm." The alternatives, the source said, are to withdraw completely from the race, to pull back from activity in the primaries but remain an active candidate, or to push on as an active challenger in the primaries. The sorce added that the latter seems the least likely but added that "we haven't called back anything yet in Ohio." The Mutual report quoted aides to Muskie as saying he would continue to consult with advisers and family to consider the situation, but had already decided to get completely out of the race. Reports that Muskie would withdraw have surfaced with increasing frequency since the one-time frontrunner for the nomination finished fourth in the April 4 Wisconsin primary. Monday's Collegian, Lichtig told Lucas he was surprised his name was used. USG Vice President Jim Fritz gave The Collegian a copy of a three-page "student ticket proposal 1972 season." He said, "This is a copy of the proposal that was received by Benson from possibly Richie Lucas last week. And I think, it's essentially the same." According to Lichtig, he knew about the basic proposal, but was unable to raise the issue as a referendum until Tuesday. "I don't deny that I had a broad knowledge of the proposal," Lichtig said. "I couldn't raise concrete ob jections to a proposal that wasn't con crete." Lichtig said he met with Scannell, Lucas and Edward Czekaj, director of early campaign start and Dreibelbis promising to listen to the student view. "I'm not yielding to anything I don't believe in to get the student vote," Dreibelbis said. Stressing "fairness and honesty," he added, "The students and I have a lot of ground to cover together. I think I reflect more the sentiments of students than my opponent." Yorks said he is looking forward to the election and watching for the Democrats to enforce student voting in Centre County to gain student support. Yorks said he would circulate on campus to convince students to register. Schmoll said he was pleased by voter turnout on his behalf and would keep his promise to support Yorks in a united Republican front against Dreibelbis. Van Dommelen expressed satisfaction in airing the issues via campaign debate. She said she will support Dreibelbis in her capacity as a county com mitteewoman. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey walked away with both the presidential preference vote and the majority of the delegates in Pennsylvania. Taking just over a third of the Democratic votes, Humphrey drew support from labor in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Of the state's 137 delegates, with 94 per cent of the vote counted, Humphrey led with 57 pledged or favorable to him. It also stated that: "The college, in keeping with a reportedly standard procedure; informed the host school of Acanfora's recent activities; that is, that he is one of the plaintiffs involved in HOPS' suit against the University." But the crucial question remained: Would Brewer have informed the host school if the party involved was in Campus Crusade for Christ or the University Concert Committee? And so HOPS, despite court suits in volving great drains on what little funds it has continues on campus. They are restructuring their organization, according to Diane Whitney, HOPS president. "We are trying to broaden our appeal," she contends, "to the non-militant gays who we want to feel welcome in the group." For an unchartered organization, HOPS' plans for the future are ex tremely optimistic creation of a community center, an office on campus; expansion of HOPS to Commonwealth Campuses and finally, if possible, University recognition which would allow them use of facilities as well as funds. But HOPS seeks approval from no one, its members contend. The one-year-old feels that it is growing in the right direction. : DEPT. LIBRARY C P US 12 COPIES Muskie's office has continued to deny the reports and Muskie himself has repeated that he intends to press his campaign all the way to the Miami Beach convention in July. Should Muskie withdraw from cam paigning for the Ohio primary it would leave just three Democratic candidates making an all-out effort there: Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota ; Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington. Muskie's campaign is reported to be at least $1 million in debt. The staff has been trimmed and the salaries cut on more than one occasion in recent months as contributions dried up. Muskie was beaten by Sen. George McGovern in Massachusetts and by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey in Pennsylvania. Those setbacks followed earlier losses in Florida and Wisconsin and a lukewarm victory in this own backyard state of New Hampshire. athletics, at the end of last term. He added it was a separate meeting because he got there later. "They began to show me this draft of a proposal they said was under con sideration. So I looked through it," Lichtig declared. "They would get in touch with me at the beginning of spring and I would receive a copy of the final proposal and if I had any questions I would get back to them." Lichtig reiterated that he saw the complete final copy for the first time Tuesday. He quoted a letter from Lucas which asked him to review the material. Lichtig said he told Lucas Tuesday he would have to oppose some of the sec tions of the proposal if it was final. He also told him he thought the proposal should be put to a referendum. Fourth in the popular vote, Sen. George S. McGovern followed with 37 delegates. A few votes ahead of McGovern in the popular vote, was Sen. Edmund Muskie, falling behind with 29 delegates. Gov. George Wallace showed 2 delegate votes although he placed second in the popular vote. Twelve more delegates are un committed. Although Humphrey carried the state and the 34th District in national delegates for the presidential race McGovern took the delegate votes in Centre County. In the five-county area Humphrey delegates Walter Haversack and William L. Henning gathered 8,120 and 5,709 votes respectively. University student Christine L. Grim and Benjamin H. Root, delegates for McGovern, lagged behind in the 34th District with Grim taking 4,848 and Root, 4,940. Centre County tallies, however, showed Grim and Root taking 2,748 and 2,630 respectively. Henning with 1,799 and Haversack with 2,073 votes came in second in the county. Muskie delegates Thereasa J. Novak and State Committeeman G. M. McCrossin faired third with 1,493 and 1,686 votes respectively. Uncommitted candidates William E. Brindel and Robert J. McCormick pulled votes of 634 and 1,030. Frank F. Notor committed to Sen. Henry M. Jackson captured a poor 221 votes. .Ernest A. Kassab had a less-than predicted 19,125 vote edge over Ronald T. Beimel with 14,565 in the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress in the 23rd District. Although running neck and neck throughout the district, their margin widened in Centre County, Kassab hitting Beimel 5,414-1,814. In the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress in the 23rd District, fifth term incumbent Albert W. Johnson held the Republican candidacy 29,647 over Richard McCormack with 18,677. In Centre County Johnson held his own against McCormack 5,144-3,954. In the race for Democratic State Committee in the 34th District, four of ten hopefuls were elected. Marie G. Garner, Democratic County Chairman led the ticket with 10,116 votes, followed by Richard Sharp of Philipsburg pulling 9,521 votes. Third in line was John T. Saylor with 9,008. Trailing Saylor, William C. Mc- Cullen Jr. garnered 7,535. Of the remaining six not elected, Ernest L. Bergman was a close fifth with 6,881; John McGill had 6,287; Eugene F. Shadeck, 5,837; Randall Griffith, 5,234; Horace Culbertson, 4,968; and David Drakula, 4,175. Weather Sunny and cool today, high 59. Clear and quite cool tonight, low 38. Sunny and warmer Friday, high 67. Saturday, in creasing cloudiness, but no rain, high 68.
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