The mood of yesterday’s Gentle Thursday festivities brought frisbees, music and a , chance for tramp'olining on a picnic blanket. See more photos page 7. Gentle By TOM BUTCH Collegian Staff Writer The tnood for the day was set at daybreak. The weather had done its part, painting State College skies blue and pouring streams of sunlight from above.' Spring had returned to greet Gentle Thursday. The HUB lawn soon became a mass of people, gathered to relax in the sun and forget about pressures for at least a day. The diverse crowd included young and old, and dress' went from jeans and T shirts to double-knit suits to costume and bizarre facial makeup. x The afternoon music seemed ap propriately thematic, as gentle folk sounds flowed cleanly through the wall of speakers and reverberated off the bricks of .the HUB. The sounds were of consistently high quality, as all per formers delivered polished sets of music. Yet somehow the music seemed less than an integral part of Gentle Thursday. Throughout the day and night, few listened closely to the music. The music . seemed more a background, blending with the' weather to help create at mosphere. Most of those on the HUB lawn yesterday were content to sit with friends in the warm afternoon sun and sip a bottle of their favorite beverage. Alcohol was in great supply, and there , was hardly a. cluster of people who ; weren’t stocked with quarts of Schlitz or : pints of Johnny. Walker to keep them company throught the afternoon. Pot . seemed . slightly less prevalent than alcohol, :yet drifting .wisps of leaden • tinted smoke were common. v . The Campus Police were lenient, as drinking was openly permitted, yet there were, “reports of some arrests for the possession of marijuana. Although violations were overlooked What's inside PennPIRG may sue P-3 ;. Play, movie, record reviews.p.6 ' Gentle Thursday p. 7 ‘Head’gear p.lO . Underwater Monopoly p.lO Collegian living p.ll ' Flyers win p. 15 Phyrst rugby tournament p. 17 Measles inoculation set t Ritenour. Health Center has announced measles patients now numbers 18, an immunization program for students Hargleroad said Ritenour would have who have never had measles. an immunization sign-up table set up Dr. John Hargleroad, director of Monday and Tuesday next week on the Ritenour Health Services, said he HUB ground floor. He said students decided on the program yesterday after should find out over the weekend nine more measles patients were ad- whether they have ever had measles or mitted to the dispensary. The number of have ever been immunized. Thursday a success for the most part, a handful of arrests were made. In- the afternoon, three juveniles were arrested for setting off firecrackers and one student was arrested for unlawful possission of alcohol. The student, a. minor, was issued a non-traffic citation and released. Later, in the evening, Donald J. Kitko, Beccaria, Pa., was arrested for the possession of marijuana. He was arraigned and released on $4O bail. ■ Shortly afterward, Eric L. Nelson and Mark Shaffer, both University students, were issued non-traffic citations for fighting on the HUB lawn. Both of these arrests took place aboutB:3o p.m. Large crowds always seem to bring out the unusual, and Gentle Thursday proved no exception. Making guest appearances were a leash-drawn cow and several students who had painted their faces for the occasion. One student, who looked like a refugee from “Kiss”, stood perfectly still, posing for pictures and yelling at anyone who crossed , between himself and the camera lenses. Getting people’s reactions about Gentle Thursday proved just as bizarre: an enterprise. “Molecular gas has maide this a truly genuine experience,” one man said, grasping his whippit cannister firmly. “They should move the event up a day next year and call it whippit Wed nesday," said David Douglas (12th- English education). It seemed that State College had corned the nitrous oxide market, as whippits, small tubes of nitrous oxide that are inhaled to produce laugh gas like effects, were in almost as great a supply as alcohol. Free food and merchandise were, distributed throughout the day, as students mobbed distributors, groping madly for yo-yos, frisbees, oranges, apples or slices of watermelon. Toward evening, the crowd began to disperse, and the piles of garbage that had accumulated throughout the- day became visible. The' balmy spring weather, the fine music, and the carefree atmosphere all combined to make Gentle Thursday a success. The most important thing about the day was that it provided an oasis of respite from academic pressures, a chance for everyone to unwind and enjoy the_ company of friends before again confronting the chores of college. the daily HHH refuses WASHINGTON (UPI) Hubert phrey’s decision was “that it'is very Humphrey announced yesterday he will unlikely he would get the nomination.’’ not launch a stretch-drive campaign for The veteran Minnesota senator con the Democratic presidential nomination , ceded, in a prepared statement at a news but would accept a draft at the national 1 conference, that the chances were convention. “highly unlikely” he would be drafted as His eyes brimming with tears, the 65- the party’s standard-bearer, year-old “Happy Warrior” of the Humphrey, who agonized over the Democratic party ended speculation he decision and did not finally'reach it until would enter the New Jersey primary as near noon, said that with 11 weeks to go a possible springboard to winning the until the convention, he could not raise nomination. the money or put together the Humphrey’s decision to forego the New Jersey primary left a virtually clear field for Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign until convention time in July. The candidacies _of I his active challengers are badly crippled. Sen. Walter F. Mondale, D-Minn., Humphrey's close friend and political protege, said the significance of Hum House marijuana hearing held Experts call Pa/s pot EDITOR'S NOTE: see related story page 10. around with marijuana,” said Richard Wood, the at- HARRISBURG (AP) A parade of expert witnesses torney for Pitcairn County in Colorado. SSSSSIf Pennsylvania’s Wood was asked to testify because Colorado recently P The raw and n final hearing reformed its marijuana possession laws in ways similar }”,;is„ i,rOTided id “» TreS He said the government should stop short of legalizing Mon^)meryCounty S Pittsburgh and marijuana) but should treat it m £ re ,i ke alc K ohol 0 r Possession is now a misdemeanor and carriers a , , ~ , penalty of 30 days in jail or a $5OO fine. The proposed law .. 1 think the government s function should be to would list possession of 30 grams or less as a summary discourage, not to use a shotgun to kill a fly,” he said, offense and impose a $lOO fine but no jail sentence.' Some of the strongest criticism of,;the proposed A person charged with possessing 30 grams of . legislation came from Allen Ertel, Lycoming County’s marijuana would be treated somewhat like a traffic district attorney. But even Ertel did not strictly oppose violator. A summary offense can be handled by a lessening the penalties/ district magistrate instead of in criminal court. , He attacked the bill as poorly drafted and said it “House Bill 1699 (the proposed legislation) takes the fa,led to contain one important provision now used by state out of the business of ruining 'people’s lives for cour ts. their own good,” said Dennis Duncan, for ; Ertel said courts can now impose “probation without the Association 6f^§tudip|^.a verdict," meaning, for example, that a person The Rev. Will\3rh Dearie Jr.i an®pisobparpriest who charged with possession can plead no contest and be put has worked on a variety of juvenile pyogtams in Penn- on probation for 30 days. At the end of probation, the sylvania and elsewhere, said about half-of the young i individual’s criminal record can be cleared, people in the nation have used marijuana. - 1 He said the proposal will mean every possession case “It would appear that current marijuana laws are will requireijudicial disposition and “will increase the used as a club against young people, ” he said. work of law enforcement people... “The psychological oppression created by the current “At the summary level, you will still need an expert to marijuana laws is that many young people who use testify that the substance is marijuana,” he said, marijuana end up viewing the police as their enemy,” Ertel also said juveniles accused of possessing Deane said. marijuana can be handled in juvenile court, where the - “The government has enough to do without fiddling 1 law permits almost wide discretion. Under summary House agrees on $415 billion budget WASHINGTON (UPI) After three education, energy and other domestic days of often bitter debate over defense, programs. Democrats said it would jobs and the economy, the House provide a million more jobs than Ford’s yesterday approved a $415.4 billion budget. target budget for next year, nearly $2O It calls for $363 billion in revenues and billion more than President Ford a $52.4 billion deficit, $8 billion more requested. than Ford proposed. The vote was 221 to 155. It rejects $ll billion in new tax cuts The measure now goes to conference proposed by Ford and also rejects in for differences to be ironed out between creases he proposed in payroll taxes for it and a recently passed Senate version Social Security and unemployment, about $3 billion smaller. Ford’s budget director, James T. The House budget gives the President Lynn, reacted quickly and sharply, nearly all he requested for defense, and “A majority in the House of more than he asked for health, welfare, Representatives proved today that, /om gh atop One of the best places to survey yesterday’s Gentle Thursday activities was 30 feet above in a convenient HUB lawn tree. Collegian Vol. 78, No. IN 20pig« nntan 1 organization needed for an effective campaign. And, he added, “one thing I don't need at this late stage in my life is to be ridicu lous.” With his wife, Muriel, and Sen. Walter Mondale, D-Minn., at his side, the veteran Minnesotan and former' vice president said he reached the decision to campaign not to run after 36 hours of political strategy sessions, consultation with his family and intense pressure from friends and party regulars around the country to make one more campaign. “I shall not enter the. New Jersey primary nor shall I authorize any committee or committees to solicit funds, organize or work on my behalf,” Humphrey said. “I intend to run for re election to the Senate from Minnesota.” He said he will continue to speak out on issues “as a citizen, a senator and a non candidate” and expects to “actively participate” in the Democrats’ nominating convention in New York City. “If my party should need me or per chance although I think it highly when push comes to shove, they are figure proposed by Ford, and the deficit much more inclined to break the back to $4B billion. American taxpayer than they are to give It rejected 272 to 105 a proposal by the American taxpayer a break,” he Rep. John H. 1100856101, R-Calif., to cut said in a statement. spending enough to reduce the deficit to He said the House decision to reject zero - tax cuts while increasing spend- It voted down 317 to fes a proposal by ing amounted to a “gamble with post- Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, D-N.Y., to election double-digit inflation.” shift $2.5 billion from defense to jobs, The House rejected 230 to 145 a lth * education and law Republican effort to generally restore enc ' Ford’s proposed tax cuts and to cut $13.7 On Wednesday the House rejected 255 billion in spending in order to roll the to 145 a proposal to cut defense $3OO budget back close to the $395.8 billion million. Document turns up; may be Hughes' will LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) A smudged, yellowing hand-written document purporting to be the will of billionaire Howard R. Hughes turned up mysteriously yesterday and was presented in court by officials of the Mormon Church. A handwriting expert said the will “has a good chance” of being authentic, but a top Hughes official said un characteristic references in the will make him think it is a hoax. Noah Dietrich, a former Hughes executive named as executor in the document, as first was skeptical but then expressed belief with some reservations that it appeared to be in Hughes’ hand writing. After seeing a photocopy of the document, given him by a UPI photographer, Dietrich said: “I would have to testify that that’s Hughes’ handwriting and his signature. I don’t believe anybody could have forged it.” He added, however, “That bothers me,” when asked about misspellings in the document and a reference to Hughes’ flying boat as the “Spruce Goose," a term the recluse never used. The document, bearing “the yellowing stains of time,’.’ showed Tuesday no one knows how at the Salt Lake City headquarters of the Mormon church. It was brought to Nevada where Hughes had large holdings and filed yesterday in Clark County court. The purported will, not yet admitted to probate, left one fourth of the nearly $2- W 202 PATTEE UnkoroNy Part, Ponm ,««anla PubMahod by Studonta of Tha Ponnaytvanla Slata UnhrtraHy Ton eonts par copy laws strict offenses, juveniles are normally handled as adults, Tow other experts took a harder line. State Police Capt. Russell Anderson said illegal drug traffic is a major problem for law enforcement people, and would increase with' less severe marijudna possession penalties. ' ' “The punishment is still a major, deterrent to crime. This deterrent factor is very significant and beneficial to law enforcement in restricting the demand for marijuana and other illegal drugs,” he said. > “If the criminal penalties were removed from the simple possession clause, the demand for the drug would undbubtedly increase,” Anderson said. Frank Bergman, speaking for the Pennsylvania Association of, Secondary School Principals, said marijuana use is a detriment to education. “The development of attitudes is difficult enough for schools to accomplish .without adding marijuana to the legal-but-not-good-for-you list,” he said. Get out and enjoy today’s weather because rain and cooler temperatures will move in tomorrow and hang around on Sunday. Mainly sunny and a bit milder today. High 71. Partly cloudy and not as cold tonight. Low 42. Increasing cloudiness tomorrow with showers develop ing. High 58. Rain continuing tomorrow night and Sunday. unlikely should nominate me, I would be fully ready to serve,” he said. During a question and answer session, he told reporters, “I shall not seek it (the nomination), search for it, scramble for it, but I’m around.” The crowd of supporters and onlookers, estimated by Capitol Police as about 1,200 strong, broke into laughter and applause. The decision was one of political reality, said Humphrey who had sought the Democratic nomination in 1960,1968 and 1972. He won the nomination in 1968 only to lose to Richard M. Nixon. “I’ve been down this road before and I know what it takes,” he said. “It takes time, it takes organization, it takes planning, it takes public relations ... and frankly we do not have the mint.” Weather billion Hughes estate to a Florida medical research institute and the remainder to universitites, his two former wives and various associates. An executive of the Summa Cor poration, the holding company for Hughes' personal interests, strongly doubted the purported will was valid. He pointed to numerous misspelled words Such as “devided” for “divided” and “cildren” for “children.” “Mr. Hughes was not that poor of a speller,” said the spokesman. However, the author of the strange document obviously knew much about Hughes’ interest and relatives, even though he misspelled the name of one. And there was even a bequest—worth millions if the will is eventually ruled authentic to a service station operator, Melvin Dummar, who once gave a lift on a desert highway to a man who said he was Hughes. Dummar thought the man “was a bum” but loaned him money anyway. Probate Judge Russell Waite said he could not. schedule a hearing on - the authenticity of the handwriting for at least 10 days because of pressing other matters. Mormon officials who presented the document to the court, however, said, “Whether or not the will is the actual will of Mr. Hughes or is a hoax, we do not know.” Hughes died April 5 while on an emergency medical flight to Houston, Tex., from Acapulco, Mexico, where he had been living for several months. 3 COPIES
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