Six-day final t• begin fall ISM BRENDA TURNER Collegian Staff Writer Despite student protests. the six-day mal e \amination period will definitely 2,0 into died Fall Term 1976. according ?,) Academic Assembly acting President I ;oh Kelso Kelso and - three other student representatives presented their own ti_iinions and the results of an Academic \s-emhl survey to University ('resident John W. Oswald and other - aninistrators in an attempt to shorten the exam period. The 197 students in the survey were unammousl). against the im plementation of the longer exam period. Neko said 84 per cent of these students he enrolled when the six-day aminal ion period goes into effect. Confluents about the examination. period were bitter, he said. Students called it ridiculous, ill-timed, and "term 'Stem sabotage." - Others said it presents an unnecessary cost. damages ,iudents on the summer job market or is Foreign offered \‘ASIIINGTON (UPI) President Ford asked Congress yesterday to du;home S 1 35 billion for basic foreign did programs in the fiscal year begin ning .luy 1. He said additional funding: ould be sought for the Nliddle East and tor most military aid programs. This proposal reflects both current realities and continuing uncertainties," Ford said, specifically referring to Indochina and the Middle East. In a letter accompanying the proposal, Ford told Congressional leaders he was holding off on specific requests for the Middle East until completion of his polic review of "an area which has been wracked by war and even now knows only an uneasy peace." Ford also asked for "speedy action" on a separate $507 million bill for assistance for Indochinese refugees, a bill that Congress has almost completed. Ile rel erred to the Communist takeovers in Indochina by saying "recent events . have had a profound impact on the assumptions" underlying the fiscal 1976 budget submitted in February. Weather uccasional showers into tonight High today 15 Low 52 Variably cloudy, scattered shoers possible Saturday and Sunda (iy, to 74 ABOUT 20 STUDENT LEADERS last night held a press conference about a letter demanding the resignation of University President John W. Oswald. In the picture left to right are: Sue Douglass, Helzel Union Board presi- Press conference dent; Sam-Malizia, Association of Residence Hall Students president: Joe Seufer, Undergraduate Student Gov ernment president; Al Leard USG Senate president pro tempore: Leslie Evans, Academic Assembly: Joanie McCarthy, Pennsylvania Student Lobby secretary; Pete Hladish, Students for PennPIRG: Leo Lachcik. USG vice president; Joe Harteis, USG senator; and Mary Gitschier, Panhellenic Council president. Students alter resignation requelt By LAURIE PEACHER Collegian Staff Writer Thirt-two student leaders who signed the Oswald resignation letter this week have slightly modified their request. now asking "a change in attitude" from the administration. with resignation as an "ultimate" resort The letter "was a very dramatic action," ndergraduate Student Government President Joe Seufer said at a press conference last night. "It was the ultimate thing we could have called for." "Our action represents a real concern—a concern that must be met." student spokesman Joanie McCarthy said "The priorities and issues must not be hidden by what is considered to be a rash act." - We realize how difficult it is to communicate and work with the administration." McCarthy said. "We discussed the opt ions.. This letter) is the individual grid personal opinion, mindful of its impact, that we freely chose to express " McCarthy said the group acted in a responsible . manner and would work for positive change and a "period of growth and end of the stagnation" of the t 'niversity The average student does not deal with Oswald and Murphy. she said. "We can't represent the students well unless we have communication." . ZOZ PATT C F - 01 le g lan the daily unjustifiable academically. Kelso said he, Undergraduate Student Government President Joe Seufer, USG Vice President Leo Lachcik and Student Trustee Dion - Stewart "were very pleased with-the meeting and discussion. It Was the first time faculty, President Oswald and student representatives sat down together." "The problem we're running into is that the only way we can test the feasibility of the six-day exam period is to actually do it," Kelso said. The six-day examination period will be geviewed by Oswald before he decides upon the 1977 calendar: Kelso said. But, he added, if a semester system is chosen, the six-day final exam period will undoubtably be attached. - The proper place for discussion is on the floor of the Faculty Senate," Kelso said. The six-day final examination period began as a Faculty Senate recommendation requiring most courses to give exams during the final period. He said that since the recommendation was aid bill by Ford Ford's letter made no mention of any plans to seek more aid for Indochina. He said that "because of the un certainties caused by changing events" his proposal did not include specific amounts for most military aid. He said he would make such proposals as soon as possible. An administration official said Ford hoped to fill in the gaps within a month. The new budget law required the administration to submit its foreign aid spending plans by May 15. The bill provided $1.35 for fiscal 1976 and $1.30 billion for fiscal 1977. The biggest single item was $534.5 million for next year and $635 million for the following fiscal year to alleviate worldwide hunger and malnutrition. - In the current fiscal year which ends June 30, Congress authorized a total of $22 billion in foreign aid. Of this amount, $1 billion was earmarked for South Vietnam alone, with $250 million for Egypt and $339 million for Israel Ford's new proposal included such basic programs as family planning. $180.5 million foe - fiscal 1976; illiteracy. $7l million; economic and social development $45 3 million and voluntary contributions to international development organizations, $189.5 million. The President asked for quick con sideration and approval of his proposals Seufer said students would be willing to cooperate with the administration in. solving the communications problem as long as the administration also is willing. "It's a two-way street." he said "We hope it can be done without resignation said. "In the beginning we were shooting for resignation: . said Doug Ford who wrote the letter "If they ( the administration) are willing to cooperate, we're willing to do the same. "We've made a lot of people think:* he continued. One of the major problems, Ford said, like that of very poor student relationships with Vice President for Student Affairs Raymond 0. Murphy, may have been solved by the students' action "Murphy has lost total touch with the students," he said. Ford said they asked for Oswald's and not Murphy's resignation because Oswald is "responsible : for the _ _ actions of all his subordinates." McCarthy discussed many points in the original letter, explaining why their positions on PennPIRG, the cancelation of a USG meeting with Oswald, and specifically detailing their charges of University lavish spending Unfortunately, she said, the problem is "the un willingness of knowledgeable people to testify." Too exams 1976 passed, on March 4, - during a term break, only one of the ten student members were present. The repeal of the recommendation.by the Faculty Senate is the only avenue for revision of the exam period, Kelso said. This is impossible to accomplish in time to - stop the six-day perieJ in 1976, he added. Oswald's only responsibility in the matter, Kelso said, was to schedule the time needed by the additional exams Faculty Senate has final word upon the academic policy of .the University, he said. The Faculty Senate's reason for requiring most courses to give examinations during the examination was "improved integration in the courses." Kelso said. Choppers lift WASHINGTON ( AP) U.S. helicopters whirred through darkness pierced by a torrent of small-arms fire yesterday and plucked nearly 200 Marines from Tang island' to end an assault which freed an American merchant ship and crew from Cant, bodian captors. Pentagon officials said preliminary reports show& 2 American dead and 14 missing. Precise figures were unavailable on the wounded, but sources said several were seriously hurt and being treated aboard Navy ships. One Marine_, and one Air Force man were killed, the sources. said. Those unaccounted for were eight Marines and six Air Force helicopter crewmen. No update on the casualty report was likely before today the Pentagon said.• The Marines were lifted from Koh Tang to the aircraft carrier Coral Sea, which then stood 10 miles away-from the tiny, rocky island in the Gulf of• Thailand pff Cambodia. The disengagement under fire ended a three-day confrontation in which the fledgling Khmer Rouge government lost its challenge to the will of the United States, humbled so recently by defeats of its Southeast Asian allies. Military officials said that "in termittent and heavy" fire of Com munist troops kept the U.S. rescue force pinned for hours after the recovery of the container ship Mayaguez and its 39- man crew. Finally. under cover of dark and a protective barrage from U.S. planes and two destroyers, the choppers lifted out the Leathernecks. The Mayaguez, meanwhile, steamed toward Singapore where, according to its owners, its cargo will be opened "to the world" as a gesture to dispel Cambodia's charges that it was a military spy ship Shortly after the Nlarines had charged onto Koh Tang and Little Niagara YESTERDAY'S HEAVY RAINS swelled men small streams like this mini-waterfall near Boalshurg. boarded the Mayaguez—only to find it empty—the entire crew Was spotted, waving white flags* aboard a Thai I ishing vessel. The U.S. destroyer Wilson took the 39 Americans .board and returnedthem to their ship. Just where they had beed held before the attack was .not clear. Their Cam bodian captors apparently had forced the five Thais on the fishing boat to take them aboard, then put out to'sea., Once the Mayaguez was!iyvoll under way. her captain radioef President 'Ford: "Dear Mr. President, the captain and officers and crew lof the SS Mayaguez thank you andll the brave military forces who are fighting and dying to save our lives.— Details of the final man:. 13-hour assault, remain yesterday, hours after thl, FDT takeoff of the last hel the island. No aircraft were in the evacu,,3tion, though spokesman ''said three helicopters were shot do others damaged in the l nesday. The operation was hailedlas a success from both administration and congressional quarters, though it had taken several bizarre—at yet unex plained—turns. and strai ed already troubled U.S relations with Thailand. trom which the landing was,Stagpd. "The nation was fa . ted wßh!a challenge and — it met that challenge," said Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee Chairman John Sparkman, D- Ala. "We can all be grateful that the crew of the Mayaguez hasl)een returned to safety, that the ship is !rmw back on course, and that the right of free and peaceful passage of vessel on the high seas has been asserted. "At the Same time, we grieve at the Spain. the sul tering and the loss of life of many fear losing their jobs, she said, ma - king it difficult to get the accurate story of t 'mversity spending. But to many students, the action taken by the 32 does not represent them. W.T, Williams. preiclential can didate in the resent USG elections, said many students felt they should: have been consulted befhrehand on a "subject of such great importance." "This was the. most crucial thing that could have happened to student welfare. and it occurred without any ( student ) consultation." ' he said "How can they ( the sudent leaders) work for Dr. Oswald when they, call for his resignation?" he asked. "How can Joe Seder stand on both sides of the fence?" f Larry Meigs , one of the: organizer's o last week's tuition rally. said he considered the le ter a 'tVery thoughtless approach" and wondered Why they chose to use the "ultimate weapon" so soon. "It's our duty to bait. those guys out," he said in referring to helping those who had signed the letter. USG Senator Dale Ginsberg said hspoke with Oswald after the letter was made public. Ginsberg said Oswald told him he was Very disappointe4 that Seufer did not come to him before the letter was written to personally discuss the problem Ginsberg said he spoke with Board of Trustees Chairman Michael _Baker and Oswald. and believed they were both willing to work with the students. BINDERT arines from island F uvers of the •d sketchy • 9:10 a.m. copter from eported lost a Pentagon Air Force n and two nding Wed- Photo by A. Ten cents per copy Friday, May 16, 1975 -' Vol. 75, No. 173 24 pages -University Park, Pennsylvania Published by Students of The Pimnsylliania State University those brave Americans who fought to secure the Mayaguez.- As the nation still awaited official word on the fate of the la servicemen reported missing, the State Department announced that some 800 Marines who stayed behind at a U.S. base in Thailand would be flown .out of that country "as soon as possible." < The Thai government had demanded that the entire, Marine force, including those who actually participated in the assault, be removed by yesterday. State Department press officer Robert Funseth reasserted the administration's position that the seizure of the unarmed Mayaguez had been patently illegal. , The 39 crewmen of,the Mayaguez were yielded by the Cambodians on Koh Tang during a reported lull in the fighting after Marines stormed aboard the empty ship and established positions on the island. On the Cambodian mainland. meanwhile, a Khiner Rouge radio broadcast r s aid'the ship and crew would be freed..,,but did not acknowledge that Marines were already on Koh Tang. Just why the shooting resumed after the crew had been freed was still a riddle yesterday. President Ford had made it clear when the landing Was announced publicly Wednesday night that the Marines would disengage upon recovery of the crew. Before the assault, U.S. warplanes sank three Cambodian patrol boats and damaged four others when the craft attempted to sail toward the island. Pre-emptive bombing struck a mainland airfield, where, according to presidential press secretary Ron Nessen. 14 aircraft, amphibious equipment and about 2,400 Cambodian troops were stationed. Nessen Cha'racterized the U.S actions as having employed the minimum force necessary. He said President Ford believed they were directly - responsible for the Cambodians' decision to release the Mayaguez crew. But "obviously, we have ; no way of knowing the motives of the ' Cam bodians,- he added at a midday briefing. Nessen distlbsed that an earlier diplomatic communication demanding the release had been returned without acknowledgement through the Chinese liaison office in Washington. The press secretary quoted Ford as telling congressional leaders Wednesday: "I would have never forgiven myself" had New U.S. relations offered by S. Viets TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS The new South Vietnamese govern ment offered yesterday to open diplomatic relations with the United States. In neighboring Laos. three Americans were held under the threat of death by anti-American students. In Saigon. the Provisional Revolutionary Government opened a three-day victory celebration with an offer n t . o establish relations with all countries— including the United States—"provided those countries respect the sovereignty of our country and will not interfere in our internal affairs South Vietnam also said it sent a diplomatic note to the United States saying that Algeria will take over the South Vietnamese embassy in Washington and will represent Saigon. Irp Washington. State Department officials acknowledged receipt of the note and said it was under study But there was no immediate U.S. comment on the offer to reopen diplomatic ties The U.S Embassy in Saigon was closed April 29. the day before Com munist troops entered the city. The United states has never recognized the Provisional Revolutionary Government Thailand, meanwhile. protested anew the U.S. use of its territory to launch a military operation earlier in the day to I ree the American cargo ship Mayagiief and her crew, held captive since Monday 3 COPIES the .Marines dispatched to 'Koh Tang "been attacked Cambodian troops . ..from the mainland thus. his!'decision to bomb At the Capitol. lew voices; expressed even the slightest criticism of the operation Sen. George S McGovern. 1)- S.DL. said he thought it "precipitous." but added: "It worked and I'm glad it did Senate — Democratic Ithip !Robert (' Byrd of West Virginia ,s t aid' "The President's stock has certainly gone! The Mayaguez., owned by Sea-Land Services, Inc.. of Menlo l'ark, N.. 1 , was captured by Cambodian , gunboats Monday night. Though the •precise position of the ship has not been definite ly established, a company Spokesman said its ,course did not bring it within 70 miles of Cambodian territory: Cambodia has claimed It entered her territorial waters on a swing mission with military equipment-aboard Sea-Land -board director Alichael iNlcEvoy_said Thursday that "%% hen the ship gets to Singapore in about two days. the world will see this ship. its cargo and its men. They •ill see that Sea-Land and none of its employe~ were involved in spying activities. - . AlOng with commercial cargo. he said. the ship is carrying a numberot military replacement parts. military, mail and food and liquor for military• com missaries and Gl clubs: The State Department has sidestepped the question of whether the, Mayaguez was in waters claimed bti• Cambodia at the time of the seizure • But a spokesman reiterated yester day: "The question is not that %%liters are claimed by others. By international law the vessel was ilsing• a shipping channel and should not have been Air Force Secretary .1 - ohn 1.. NlcLucas echoed that stance at an Arthed Forces Day luncheon. but added thought American ships should he more careful about where they go in the future "I think I'd make a slight .detourV • he said Reminder This is the last issue of The Daily Collegian for this term. %%e 14;ill re sume publishing June 9. by Cambodians The last of nearly 21$) U.S :Marines involved in the recovery action were lifted by helicopter to at aircralt carrier after weathering' more than 14 hours of heavy. intermittent Khmer Rouge tire on a heavily jungle(' Cambodian island in the Gull of Thailand , Thailand protested what it cane( unauthorized use ot its bzises by thi United States for the Mayaguez resew and Peking and Hanoi called the U.S actions piracy. In Laos. student denionstrators threatened to kill their hostages unless the Laotian coalition goiainment. id creasingly dominated by the Commun ists. removes alleged corrupt official and right-wing reactionaries from power, diplomatic sources said Government officials f lew from -Vientiane, the capital. to Si yannakhet. - in southern Laos, to try to negotiate the release of the Americans.; who were seized there Wednesday The U.S. Embassy identified the Americans as Sanford .1 Stone. 58. of Cleveland. Uhio. area coordinator of the Agency for International D velopment. Daniel Stec. 2B. of Golum us. Ind . an economic affairs officer. an ('harles It Pearce. 63. of Salem. W Va 1 a property 1 officer. - _ In Thailand. the United States began flying out the last of an 1.190-man U S :Marine contingent, sourcesi said.
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