l —The I)ai 1 \ Collegian Monday. November 20, 1972 Truman fought VP spot NKW YOKK (AP) Harry S Truman fought against his own nomination as vice president m 1994 because he knew President Franklin D Roosevelt was a sick man, and Truman didn't want to go into the White House "through the back door," his daughter sU\S In her forthcoming biography other father, Margaret Truman Daniel says that after accepting the nomination at Roosevelt's telephoned insistence, Truman visited the president at the White House and was “ap palled" at his physical condition " The president had just returned from a Pacilic inspection trip," Margaret wrote in excerpts of the book in this week’s Life magazine "It had been an exhausting ordeal for him. and he had suffered, we now know, at least one cardiac seizure during the journey ' M\ lather told close friends how the president's hands shook so badly at the luncheon that he could not get the cream Irom the pitcher into his coffee He spilled most ot it mto the saucer He talked with difficulty 'lt doesn't seem to he any mental lapse of any kind, but pin sically he's jus! going to pieces,’ dad said. I m \er\ much concerned about him.’ Roosevelt died of a stroke April 12, 1945. His doctor said later that Roosevelt suffered irom congestive heart failure for the final sear ol his life There have been reports that jewelry jewelry and more j Roosevelt suffered a heart attack in June, 194-1, but his sons denied it. Dr Howard G. Bruenn, who was Roosevelt’s physician in 1944 and 1945, said Roosevelt suffered an attack of angina pectoris Aug 8, 1944. Bruenn said it was not a “heart attack,” but a transient pain which does not damage the heart. He said he was with Roosevelt at the time, and the president told him of the attack, which lasted only a few minutes. Several days before the July Democratic convention in Chicago, her father had written her a letter which indicated that he knew Roosevelt was a sick man. •Yes,’’ Truman wrote, “They are plotting against your dad. Every columnist prognosticator is trying to make him VP against his will “It is funny how some people would give a fortune to be as close as I am to it, and I don’t want it . "Hope I can dodge it 1600 Pennsylvania is a nice address, but I'd rather not move in through the back door or any other door at Margaret says that Roosevelt’s illness was on her father’s mind when he remarked to a reporter: "Do you recall what happened to most vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency 9 Usually, they were ridiculed in office, had their hearts broken, lost any vestige of respect they had had before.” GSA works Committee backs homophiles The Graduate Student Association supports gay rights at the University through its Ad Hoc Com mittee on Minority Affairs. This generally means working hand in hand with Homophiles of Penn State, an organization which was thrown off campus and has sued the University as a result. According to Jim Guthrie, committee chairman, the committee was started Winter Term in response to the University’s stand on HOPS. “That was a major part of it. There are quite a few gay graduates,” he noted. Guthrie said he believes there are at least 3,500 to 4,000 gay undergraduate and graduate students on campus and termed them an “invisible minority.” He said very few, other than HOPS members, choose to identify themselves as gay. Guthrie explained GSA supported HOPS last year through sponsoring events on campus. He said this included arranging campus press conferences and sponsoring a dance in the HUB. He pointed out other organizations including Undergraduate Student Government, Women’s Liberation and Free University supported and sponsored HOPS ac- Alpha By 808 YUSKAVAGE Collegian Senior Reporter State College borough and Alpha Fire Company officials are planning a new fire station with facilities which will provide “considerably speedier” access to emergencies for fire trucks and other equipment. The new fire station is planned for the southeast corner of West Beaver Avenue and S Atherton Street, replacing the present one at the Municipal Building, 118 S. Fraser St , according to Clifford Bastuschek, Alpha Abortion • Pregnancies ter minated up to 24 weeks • all information con fidential • legal and safe • operations performed in approved hospitals under care of certified physician • under 12 weeks • pregnant total time m hospital will be under 3 hours suit I • pregnancy testing No need to miss more than 1 day from work or can be done Sat or Sun. Street | 9 to 9, I 0 5:30 I Philadelphia, Pa 215-457-4139 in cooperation with HOPS By WOODY DEITRICH Collegian Senior Reporter Co. Fire Company president and chairman of the Public Safety Building Authority The authority was formed last spring to work with an architect and a fire company committee The committee was designed to describe the fire company’s operating needs to the planning com mittee. The authority last week approved the new fire station’s preliminary floor plan, and pending expected approval of the external plan this week. Bastuschek said the total plan will go to borough council for its ap proval for construction. An occupancy date has not yet ‘been established if the plan is approved "Two things led to the planning of the new fire station,” Bastuschek said “One was the advent of the one-way system downtown Also, the present location is not advantageous for quick Brandt wins German re-election BONN . a 40-member volunteer organization which also operates an ambulance service, is the State College area's only local fire-fighting unit Bastuschek said fire trucks heading to an emergency would exit the building onto S Atherton Street. To head north or south, the trucks would simply use Atherton Street To travel west, vehicles would go south on Atherton to College Avenue and turn left, and for business in the east part of State College the trucks would turn right on Beaver Avenue Presently the fire com pany’s trucks must circle an entire block to reach Beaver Avenue for eastbound travel Bastuschek said the station would be about 60 feet from the intersection and Alpha control of the intersection's Democrats and their part ners, the Christian Social Union, won 45 1 per cent, according to the projections Herbert Wehner, deputy chief of the Social Democrats, said the newly elected Bundestag will convene Dec 14 to formally re-elect Brandt as chancellor. The dramatic outcome after a hard-fought campaign was also a prestige boost for the Free Democrats who had hovered close to the 5 per cent minimum vote needed to get into parliament in the 1969 elections. Brandt’s coalition had won control of the Bundestag in 1969 with a 12-seat majority But defections caused the Collegian notes Selectees for the 1973 Spring Term Foreign Studies programs in Cologne, Rome, Salamanca, Strasbourg and Manchester will meet at 7 p m Monday in 101 Cham bers Sigma - Delta - Epsilon, Women in Science, will sponsor a panel discussion on the nutritional value of Custom Made Leather Goods St. Marks Place 1295. Pugh St. Fisher# Panasonic# Sony Zenith# Garrard# Dual absolutely the LOWEST Prices in Pa. HARRISBURG RADIO LAB. SUPPLY 1120-36 Market Street Harrisburg., PA ' (717) 236-9048 Open Mon, through Fri. 9am -9pm light signal would greatly improve movement The planned two-story fire station, composed of north and south portions, will face on Atherton Street The south part, a three door engine room, will be about 45 feet long by 100 feet deep and house the Alpha's fire engines The south portion is planned to include a repair shop, air compressor room, watch shop, space for storage of operating equipment, of fices. conference room, and a two-car ambulance garage It will be about 50 feet deep The entire project is planned to be about 100 feet wide and 150 feet deep The second floor will house Alpha company meeting rooms, about 40 by 50 feet in size Fire trucks will re-enter the station from the alley in the rear, while ambulances will re-enter from the back parking lot majority to disappear and forced Brandt to arrange for new elections a year early In 1969 Brandt's Social Democrats won 42 7 per cent of the votes and the Free Democrats, led by Foreign Minister Walter Scheel, won 5 8 per cent The Christian Democrats and their partners the Christian Social Union won 46 1 per cent Socialist parliamentary whip Karl Wienand said the apparent victory was due mainly to the towering figure of the 58-year-old chancellor ■‘The voters." Wienand said, "have recognized that a new note has been struck m the areas of security, foreign and peace policies organic food vs that of supermarket food at 8 p m Mondav in 101 Kern The German Club will present a surprise program at a departmental meeting for German majors at 7:30 p.m Monday in 124 Sparks There will be an open meeting for anyone interested in any phase of the Jawbone at 9 p m Monday at 415 E Foster Ave There will be an evening of folk and square dancing at 7:30 p.m Monday in the North Gymnasium of White Building Coming Nov 30, Dec., 1,2,3 TORA! TORA! TORA! Waring Lounge