Kahn offers insight to sports fans
B.) JEFF YOUNG
Issistartt Sports Editor
An expert on "the boys of summer"
came to Penn State last night to talk to
the students of fall, but such factors as
upcoming midterms may have kept the
students away.
Roger Kahn. the first speaker in
colloquy's series of sport* programs, is
probably best known as{the author of
'The Boys of Summer.' a best-seller
depleting the Brooklyn Dodgers of the
1950's as they were then and as they are
toda% That work served as the basis for
the, talk
Speaking to an audience of about 100,
Kahn offered baCkground on his best
.eller and on he many famous members
.rt those Dodger teams stars like
Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella,
nuke Snider_ Gil Hodges and Pee Wee
dtahedy ollegian
Ford
jawbones'
Russians
on wheat
WASHINGTON (UPI) President
Ford planned to test further his
"jawbone" tactics for reversing grain
deals for the Soviet Union when top
administration aides meet with some of
the nation's largest exporters• today.
The meeting follows his weekend
success in obtaining cancellation of
contracts by two major grain companies
calling for export of 3.4 million tons of
corn and wheat in a year of disap
pointing American harvests.
The meeting at the Agriculture
Department will focus on methods for
reporting expo`its under a "voluntary
cooperation" system. The White House
said representatives from thb Com
merce. Agriculture and State Depart
ments and the National Security Council
%%111 attend.
The North American Grain Exporters;
Inc and the Federal Grain
Cooperatives. both organizations of
exporters, and eight separate companies
will represent the exporters.
Today's scheduled talks resulted in a
one-day postponement .of a hearing by
Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., who
contends the grain companies should
have advised the I White House before
signing the new Soviet deal.
The Whtte House said it did not learn
of the new contracts until late last week,
after the deals were closed.
Ford will have more than his own
persuasive powers behind him when he
talks to the grain companies. A
statement released late Saturday
pointedly noted that dealer cooperation
will help avoid another alternative—
general export controls, anathema to
farmers who still raise more wheat and
other grains than any other nation and
need export markets.
Ist article's fate
not decided yet
Fred Stoner, president pro-tempore
of the Undergraduate Student
Government Senate, yesterday said
he did not rule invalid the Senate's
first impeachment article against
USG President George Cernusca.
An article in the Oct. 4 issue of the
Daily Collegian had said Stoner ruled
the article invalid.
Cernusca's executive assistant
Greg Lord had told the Collegian
Thursday night that Stoner agreed'
the article was invalid. Lord also said
Thursday that Cernusca would file
suit with the USG Supreme Court if
the article we not rescinded.
The first inipeachment article
passed 15-11 at a special Senate
meeting last Wednesday night. The
article cited Cernusca for failure to
comply with a Senate insurance in
vestigation committee subpoena
issued Sept. 24.
Lord, referring to the IJSG Con-
'At the end of the Depression,
baseball was something it's not today,"
he said.' "Without question, it was the
most important sport."
Kahn offered another effect of the
Depression on baseball.
"They were different from the
ballplayer of today," he said of baseball
players following the Depressiof "A
person's only ambition was to becOme a
ballplayer. Ettcoming a ballplayer was
an escape."
"Athletes had little education._ They
didn't have agents and lawyers, the
salaries were low," he added.
In a 30-minute question and answer
session, Kahn commented on thelack of
color in today's baseball players.
"They're much more image con
scious. When you make it big, you get a
lawyer. It's the thing to do," he said.
"You always smile at the press,"
The meeting is intended to help assure
an adequate domestic grain supply while
allowing at least some export, the White
House said.
In announcing today's meeting, the
White House statement said "It is an
ticipated that this voluntary cooperative
effort will enable the United States to
avoid the imposition of general export
controls."
Jackson, who is an all-but announced
1976 presidential candidate, yelterday
postponed his meeting of the Senate
Investigations subcommittee until
Tuesday because of the dealer meeting
at the White House.
The Washington State Democrat
wants to know why the White House was
not informed of the Soviet negotiations
during a period when food prices are
rising, partly because of the high cost of
feed, especially corn, and prospects of a
harvest hit by both drought and early
frost.
The Nixon administration was heavily
criticized in 1972 when it approved a
massive Soviet grain deal in virtual
secrecy. The exports boosted food prices
in this country, again because of a
scarcity of cheap feed.
One of the central firms in the 1972
deal, the Continental Grain Co., joined
Cook Industries, Inc. Saturday in can
celling the most recent Soviet
agreement.
The action came after Ford,
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and
Treasury Secretary William Simon met
with company representatives in the
Oval Office.
Ford seemed pleased with the can
cellations when he greeted reporters
Saturday evening after visiting his wife.
"I think we've come out of this crisis in
good shape." Ford said. "I took the
necessary action that was needed to
protect the domestic situation and to
protect us in our foreign situation."
There was no response from the
Soviets, but Simon was expetted .to
discuss the situation when he travels to
Moscow next week.
Weather
Variable cloudiness and breezy today
with chance of a shower. High today 70.
Clearing and cooler tonight, low 42. Part
ly to mostly sunny and cool tomorrow,
high 56.
stitution, said Article 1, Section VIII
specifies thit the USG Supreme Court
Chief Justice must preside over
impeachment proceedings. Lord said
Impeachment Article I was invalid
because the Justice did not preside
over Wednesday's Senate meeting, at
which the article passed.
Stoner said he told Lord Thursday
night that the Constitution was vague
enough to allow for different in
terpretations. But Stoner said he
could not rule Impeachment Article I
invalid because he has no ruling
power outside a Senate meeting.
Stoner also said the word "im
peachment" caused confusion in the
student body. He said many people
believe impeachment constitutes
removal from office, when actually it
only means accusing an elected of
ficial of wrong doing.
The Collegian apologizes for any in
convenience caused by Friday's
errant report.
Kahn continued. "Ydu;don't say shit on
TV. And yob don't get caught fooling
around with a broad,"
Kahn attributed changes to the im
proved education of athletes as well as to
a cutdown in "drinking time" since the
arrival of night baseball. When baseball
was played in the afternnon, Kahn said,
the members of the team had the rest of
the evening to themselves.
"So much of what ive call color," he
concluded, "was more like alcoholism."
Kahn also discussed the salaries of
today's athletes, the quality: and
popularity. of various sports and sports
reporting.i
"There are financial inequities," he
said, "but if I was going to correct th
I wouldn't, start with sports. There a e
areas like medicine and governme t.
How about a pediatrician that charg s
$l,OOO to deliver a baby and delivers 3
Senate passes 2nd article
By JIM KU}INHENN
Collegian Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Student Govern
ment Senate last night voted 18-7 in'favor
of an amended second article for the
impeachment of USG President George
Cernusca.
The article says that Cernusca did not
act in the interest of the'student body of
Penn State and that he is also guilty of
"misfeasance of office unbecoming an
official of USG."
Misfeasance is defined as Wroligful
and injurious exercise o lawful
authokity." •
The article also had stated Cernusca
was guilty of an illegal action for signing
two legal contracts.
But : an amendment was passed to
strike the clause concerning the signing
of two legal documents. The clause
dealing with guilt remains.
After the vote, Cernusca said it was .
perfectly obvious that he was going to
trial before the articles were introduced.
"Hopefully, once we enter trial, some
senators will realize that - they are
dealing with my life. It will hopefully
Rebels continue embassy holdout
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican nothing to indicate the captives had been passage but nothing more.
Republic (AP) Dominican police, freed. Government and diplomatic A local radio station broadcast a
suddenly cleared a two-block areal sources brushed aside all queries. report that Mendez had called out.of a
around the besieged Venezuelan con- i Rebel leader Radhames Mendez window of the consulate complaining of
sulate yesterday but by late in the day no Vargas is demanding safe passage out of "suspicious police activity," but this
breakthrough had been reported in al the country for his guerrilla band and could not be confirmed.
nine-day-old kidnaping. freedom for an undisclosed number of The police action began about an hour
There was intense police activity all , political prisoners in Dominican jails. . and a half after 'U.S. Ambassador Robert
afternoon near the building where six Dominican national police chief Gen./ A. Hurwitch had visited a nearby Baptist
leftist rebels have been holed up since Rafael Guzman Acosta is demanding thq church which has a direct telephone link
Sept. 27 with seven men and women, ' unconditional surrender of the guerrilla to the Venezuelan offices.
including American diplomat Barbara . band. "There have been and there will It was reported that Hurwitch had
Htiletison, 47. be no negotiations," Guzman Acosta spoken with Mendez, and others inside,
Rumors that they would lbe released ' said late last week. but embassy spokesmen declined
staited after three vehicles 'were moved Diplomats believe a compromise will I comment.
onto the grounds. But newsmen saw 'be reached, allowing the guerrillas safe The hostages have lbeen getting daily
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Ford to ask nation to
WASHINGTON (UPI) -7 President
Ford's anti-inflation message tomorrow '
will ask for "restraint, self-discipline
and sacrifice" from all sectors t f the
nation, including the federal govern
ment, a White House aide said yester
day.
Ford spent one hour and 15 minutes
with his key economic advisors
yesterday afternoon, making final
choips on economic and energy con
servation programs that will be an
nounced to a joint session Of Congress
and a nationwide audience tomorrow
afternoon.
It was understood Ford'i proposals
would focus on measures to increase
production and conserve supplies of food
and energy, the two major sogrces of the
rampant inflation now running at an
annual rate of about 12 per cent.
There will also be programs dealing
with the depressed housing industry,
unemployment, rec4xd high interest
rates and the credit squeeze on banks
and businesses, sources said,
"Almost all major decisions have been
made," Ford's press secretary • Ron
Nessen told reporters after , the final
strategy session in the Cabinet room.
The press aide said Ford would ask
American 'o exhibit restraint, 'self
discipline and sacrifice and I want to
emphasize that the government itself is
not exempt .re' any of these three."
But Nessen stressed that the burdens
the President will ask the nation- to
babies a year?"
Kahn said he did not blame anyone for
trying to grab whatever money he could,
but he mentioned the factors of moral
right and wrong. "What salary was
Nixon worth as president?" he said.
Kahn said he does not think baseball is
dying, but it is no longer the national
pastime.
"I think baseball's not the TV sport
that football is," he said. "But then
again it hasn't changed it's rules the way
football or basketball has. In the higher
economic brackets football is more
popular, in the lower ones, it's
baseball."
In a look at sports journalism, Kahn
said he felt that the general level of
ports reporting has seen much im
provement, but that there is little of the
kind of writing done by such veteran
writers as Re Smith while in his prime.
Monday, October 7, 1974
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University Park, Pennsylvania
Published by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
Ten cents per copy
force them to become more objective,"
he added.
During debate, Cernusca said he was
not responsible for the fact that health
insurance was not offered at the
beginning of this Fall Term. He said the
delay was due to the University's failure
to release a student mailing list to the
insurance company awarded the con
tract.
Cernusca said the insurance company
(Frank B. Hall and Co.) refused to begin
Selling insurance unless a mailing list
was provided.
There was,, also controversy over a
letter dated' May 20 from Arthur
Williams, former USG insurance ad
viser, to Cernusca.
Cernusca said that in the letter, Wil
liams advised him to award the contract
to Frank B. Hall and Co.
Cernusca said the letter proves that an
earlier letter of installment signed on
May I with Hall and Co. was not, in his
belief, a binding contract.
This was the first time many senators
were made aware of the existence of the
May 20 letter.
At last Wednesday's meeting, Fred
shoulder "will be distributed equally ...
so that everybody bears their just
share."
The proposals should not be seen as a
"shopping list" from which Congress
can adopt the items it finds most
palatable, Nessen said.
Rather, he said, Congress and the
public must adopt and carry through the
entire package if it is to meet Ford's
previously stated goal of bringing in
flation "under control" by July 4, 1976,
the nation's 200th birthday.
Terrorists clairn blame for blast
LOS ANGELES (UPI) A caller claiming to represent a
group known as the "New World Liberation Front" claimed
responsibility for a bombing which ripped apart a restroom in
a plush hotel, police said yesterday.
The Saturday night blast was almost a duplicate of a
bombing in a San Francisco hotel last week, in which the
bombers claimed to be out to punish the International
i Telephone and Telegraph Corp.! which owns both hotels.
Police examined the rubble of Saturday night's blast at the
Sheraton Airport Inn near the Los Angeles International
Airport, trying to determine its relationship with an explo'ion
at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisto Wednesday
1 night. There were no injuries in either blast.
Los Angeles police said Saturday's blast, which terrified
several hundred guests at a high-school reunion at the hotel,
was preceded by a telephone call to Robert Solon, 34, the night
manager of the hotel.
Solon said the male caller identified himself as a member of
• the "New World Liberation Front" and said a bomb would go
.off at the hotel-in seven minutes.
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' Kahn fon sports
COLLOQUY SPEAKER ROGER KAHN, well-known author and sportswriter.
commented last night on a variety of topics, ranging from the baseball player
of years past to today's sports and sports reporting.
Stoner, president ; pro-tempore of the
Senate, ruled that a majority of the
Senate constituted a majority of
members present at a meeting.
An appeal was made to override the
chair's decision, but the ruling was
upheld.
There are two articles yet to be con
sidered by the Senate. Another article
was defeated in committee and it is
doubtful whether the Senate will con
sider it.
The first article of impeachment
passed by a vote of 15-11 last Wednesday.
In other related intim', Gary Potter
withdrew a grievance filed with the USG
Supreme Court.
The suit charged the Senate Select
Investigating Committee and others
with irregularities in the impeachment
ptoeeedings.
Potter said• he withdrew the suit
because he was not qualified to file a suit
and because of soiree problems with the
language of the suit.
Greg Lord, - Cernusca's executive
assistant, said he filed grievances with
the Supreme Court concerning the
impeachment proceedings.
The long-awaitOd anti-inflation
statement is, in part! an outgrowth of a
month of conferences that ended in last
weekend's two-day summit meeting
here.
More than 1,000 suggestions from
those discussions were distilled to about
a dozen proposals in a marathon feat of
policy-making that left some govern
ment officials short on sleep ut brought
congratulations from the head man.
With virtually all the work ivompleted
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"But it exploded at 10:17 p.m. " Solon said, "just five
minutes after he called. I began telling the people at the desk
and those in the lobby to leave and stand outside."
Solon and a security guard ordered 300 to 400 people to leave
a nearby banquet room where they were attending a reunion
when the thudding blast went off in the women's restroom.
In the San Francisco blast, the caller, also a man identifying
himself as a member of the "New World Liberation Front,"
Claimed responsibility for a total of four bombings directed
againt ITT. That bomb also went off in a woman's restroom.
In a written communication left at a San Francisco gas
station, the group accused ITT of creating "a reign of terror"
in Chile by conspiring to overthrow Salvador Allende, the late
Chilean president.
' The two-page statement demanded that ITT "implement
the - release of all political prisoners" in Chile and threatened
further action directed against the glint corporation if the
demands were not met.
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He. declined to mention who the
grievance was filed against and what the
charges were.
Cernusca said, in reference to the suit,
that he had been wronged in the
proceedings and that he wanted to seek
relief for these wrongs through the USG
Supreme Court.
According to Supreme Court Justice
Deby Potter, a similar grievrice filed
by Duffy Lennig, director of the USG
Department of Student Welfare, and
senators John Philips and-Sharon Spitz,
was returned because it was not
correctly filed.
She also said the Supreme Court ap
pointed her acting clerk of the court.
She - said all questions dealing with
constitutionality must be filed with
Kevin Carey. assistant director of Legal
Affairs and solicitor general of USG.
"We never had to get this technical
before. But with this thing we have to."'
Deby Potter' added.
The Supreme Court is presently
deliberatingto decide whether they have
jurisdiction over impeachment
procedures before making any decisions
in the matter.
food rations and are reported getting
along well although most services to the
building have been cut off.
Their captors shout demands to
Dominican troops ringing the building.
and at times talk to Gen. Guzman Acosta
by a hand crank telephone installed
without explanation Saturday.
Negotiations are strictly the affair of
the Dominican government headed by
President Joaquin Balaguer.
But American, Venezuelan and
Spanish ambassadors have met almost
daily outside the consulate to exchange
notes with the terrorists and talk
sparingly with newsmen.
Ford congratulated his eight senior
economic advisors "on a good job,"
following yesterday's session.
"I challenge anyone to do a better
job," Ford said.
This was an apparent reference to
news accounts that the White House
economic machinery was in chaos.
Those stories were challenged earlier by
the President and Nessen said yesterday
that the process was "a hell of an ac
complishment and it doesn't indicate
chaos."
Photo by S F. Williams