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."
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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.
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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.