Fred Waring dies at 84
PSU alumnus taught America to sing .
By LESLIE THOMAS and PAUL CHILAND
Collegian Staff Writers
Fred Waring, one of the University's most well
known alumni and a world famous choral
conductor, died early yesterday morning at
Geisinger Medical Center in' Danville after
suffering a stroke on Saturday.
Waring was admitted to Centre Community
Hospital in State College only hours after
conducting his final workshop concert of the
summer. A spokeswoman at Centre Community
said Waring was admitted to the emergency
room late Saturday morning and was transferred
to Geisinger by ambulance at 4:30, p.m.
Dennis Bell, a member of Waring's choral
group The Pennsylvanians, said Waring suffered
the stroke at his summer residence, a
vacationing professor's home in State College.
"He . was transferred to Geisinger after he
became comatose. Mrs. Waring went with him in
the ambulance, and I drove his car to his home in
Shawnee-on-the-Delaware, Pa. He died this
morning at 1 a.m.," Bell said.
Bell is a tenor from Atlanta, Ga., who has been
with The Pennsylvanians for six years.
In a statement released yesterday afternoon,
University President Bryce Jordan said, "We at
Penn State have been privileged to have had an
association with Fred Waring as an alumnus,
trustee, friend, and, most recently during the
summers, as a teacher of our choral workshops.
Mr. Waring was truly one of the country's
pioneers in broadcasting big band music over
radio and television, and in developing choral
music throughout the world. He will be sorely
missed by all of us who have come to know and to
love him at Penn State."
Gov. Dick Thornburgh, in a telephone
Report predicts
peacetime draft
By BARTON REPPERT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Reagan
administration plans to expand
the armed forces and deploy more
highly sophisticated weapons
could necessitate resumption of a
peacetime draft by the 19905, a
Brookings Institution study said
yesterday.
Despite optimism voiced by top
Pentagon officials, the report said
all-volunteer military services in
coming years are likely to be
pinched by a declining pool of
qualified recruits and greater
demand for highly skilled '
personnel.
Unless the American people can
be counted on to support
peacetime conscription, the study
concluded, "it would be risky
either to expand the size of the
armed forces or to develop
increasingly complicated weapon
systems."
If either course is considered
vital to U.S. security, "the nation's
leadership should make these
purposes clear and should prepare
the American people for the
reinstitution of compulsory
service."
"Otherwise, the United States
could end up fielding military
forces in the 1990 s whose
effectiveness would depend on a
military draft, only to find a
citizenry unwilling to support it,"
it said.
The study was prepared by
Martin Binkin, a Brookings
specialist on defense manpower
policy. The Brookings Institution
is a non-profit Washington public
policy research center.
Defense Secretary Caspar W.
Weinberger has hailed the success
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interview yesterday, said of Waring, "He was a
good friend of the Thornburghs , and all
Pennsylvanians. He carried a message about our
state across the nation, and the world. He will be
sorely missed by all he came in contact with in
his 84 years." He added that Waring "was a
great guy."
Ginny Thornburgh said, "It's a great loss to
Pennsylvania and America."
The governor said the last time the
Thornburghs had spent time with Waring was at
a (Penn State) football game four years ago
Sept. 26, 1980. At that game Waring directed the
Penn State Blue Band and the Pennsylvanians in
song.
. Thornburgh said, "We declared Fred Waring
day at half-time."
Bill Noyes, academic coordinator for Waring's
summer workshops, said the 84-year-old Waring
had been getting feebler and tiring more easily in
the past few years, but "he was always very
mentally alert."
He added that the conductor had opened and
closed Friday night's performance, which was
190 voices strong a combination of the youth
choir, The Pennsylvanians and The Blendors.
The Blendors is a singing group named for the
Waring Blendor, which Waring invented and
marketed.
Noyes, who conducts the Penn State Pop
Singers, said Waring ended Friday night's
concert with his own composition, a poem titled
"My America."
Waring was a native of Tyrone and was a
University alumnus from the class of 1922. He
was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award
in 1957, received the Gold Medal Award from
Altoona Campus, and was inducted into the
honorary music fraternity Mu Phi Alpha in 1956.
of the all-volunteer military,
proclaiming that the volunteer
force was no longer experimental.
"Our biggest success story is
our people," Weinberger said last
March. "Retention and recruiting
successes are coming at a time
when the economy is improving,
at a time when skeptics said young
Americans would turn their backs
on the military."
More recently, however,
defense manpower officials have
tempered such optimism with
cautionary remarks.
Assistant Defense Secretary
Lawrence J. Korb warned on June
12 that "recruiting in the current
improved economic environment
has become more difficult." He
predicted that the services would
face "an increased challenge" in
recruiting next year.
A report issued by Korb said
that during the six-month period
ending March 31, the armed forces
had met or topped their
recruitment goals. The total
number of men and women in
uniform reached 2,138,500, or
11,100 more than at the same time
a year earlier.
In the Brookings Institution
study, Binkin pointed to the
"demographic depression" in
military-age youth that has
resulted from ending of the post-
World War II baby boom.
The pool of "qualified and
available" 18- to 20-year-old males
-- excluding those who cannot
meet minimum physical or mental
standards, or who are unlikely to
volunteer because they are in
college is expected to decline
from an annual average of. 847,000
during 1981-83 to 749,000 in 1984-88
and to 687,000 in 1991-95.
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Shower of Gold
The U.S. Olympic team won its share
of medals yesterday In swimming and
cycling. Nancy Hogshead (above) tied
with Carrie Steinseifer, also of the
United States, for the gold in the 100-
meter freestyle. In cycling, Connie
CarpentertPhlnney (left, center) edged
out Rebecca Twigg, both of the United
States, to win the first•ever women's
road race. Sandra Schumacher of West
Germany won the bronze. Coverage of
the Olympic Games in Los Angeles
continues on Page 11.
State statistics show income up
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press Writer
per capita income, suffered a 6.1 percent decline Residents in 30 states equaled or exceeded the
for the first quarter of the year, caused by a 2.4 percent income gain. After Delaware and
slowdown in state payments to individuals from Michigan, states with the fastest rising incomes
WASHINGTON The rebounding auto oil revenues, the report said. were Idaho at 3.4 percent and Arkansas and
industry helped Delaware and Michigan post the Residents of Delaware and Michigan made the Arizona, both at 3.2 percent.
largest personal income gains of the year's first biggest income gains, increases of 3.9 percent The department said these states enjoyed big
quarter, while Alaska was the only state to lose and 3.8 percent respectively. The gains were payroll increases in manufacturing, construction
ground, the government reported yesterday. attributed to growth in manufacturing payrolls and private-service industries.
The Commerce Department said that primarily at automobile plants. After Alaska, states with the smallest income
Americans' personal income rose 2.4 percent The 2.4 percent increase in personal non-farm gains during the period were Nebraska, up 1.7
from January through March, with every state income nationwide meant Americans more than Percent; West Virginia and Oklahoma, both up
except Alaska keeping well ahead of the pace of kept up with inflation, which went up 0.9 percent 1.8 percent, and Massachusetts, up 1.9 percent.
inflation. during the same period according to an index The report said most of these states either had
Alaska, which perennially leads the nation in which is tied to personal spending. declines or small increases in manufacturing.
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The sun should peak through
the clouds over Happy Valley
today raising the temperature to
near 80 degrees. However, thun
dershowers may dampen the
spirits of local Olympics fans.
The same treatment is in store
for tomorrow although the tem
perature may reach 82. Tonight
should be partly cloudy with a
low of 60 by Glenn Rolph
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Fred Waring
His memorabilia were presented to the
University July 24, during a dinner in his honor
A former University trustee, Waring was an
architectural engineering student who was
rejected by the University's glee club when he
tried out as a student. He started The
Pennsylvanians with his brother and two other
boys in 1915 and has performed ever since.
Last December, President Reagan awarded
Waring with the Congressional Gold Medal
Award, which is the highest award a civilian can
receive from the government.
Funeral services have been scheduled for 1:30
p.m. Wednesday at East Stroudsburg United
Methodist Church, North Courtland Street, East
Stroudsburg. Private burial services have been
scheduled at Shawnee Presbyterian, Shawnee.
on-the-Delaware.
Soviets decry Reagan re-election
By The Associated Press
MOSCOW Former'Sen. George McGovern says
that Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko told
him he does not expect any improvement in Soviet-U.S
relations if President Reagan is re-elected, and that
Gromyko considers Reagan's re-election almost
certain.
McGovern, briefing a small group of reporters
Saturday night about his three-hour meeting with
Gromyko the previous day, said the foreign minister
told him "...he expected no improvement at all in U.S.-
Soviet relations if Reagan is re-elected."
_
The former South Dakota senator and 1972
Democratic presidential nominee also said Gromyko is
convinced there will be no U.S.-Soviet space weapons'
talks in September.
McGovern said during his talk with Gromyko, "We
discussed the latest offer from the United States on the
talks proposed for September in Vienna. Gromyko said
he doesn't expect the talks to take place. He seemed
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Soviets call for
Mideast talks
By The Associated Press
MOSCOW The Soviets called
yesterday for a conference on the
Middle East at which the United
States, the Soviet Union, Israel, its
Arab neighbors, and the Palestine
Liberation Organization would
take part.
The United States and Israel
reacted negatively to the proposal,
which was similar to one that has
been made by the secretary-
general of the United Nations,
Javier Perez de Cuellar.
A senior Israeli official did not
rule out a Soviet role in an
international conference,
however, provided that Moscow
restored diplomatic ties with the
Jewish state, which the Soviet
Union broke off during the 1967
Arab-Israeli war.
The statement carried by the
official news agency Tass said the
government drafted the proposal
because of its concern "over the
remaining explosive situation in
the Middle East." The Tass
statement appeared to reflect the
thinking of the highest levels of
Soviet leadership.
The statement said the
participants should consider a
Soviet blueprint for a settlement
based on the return of lands
convinced there would be no talks."
The Soviet minister made his remarks Friday,
before a statement in Washington regarding the talks
by State Department spokeswoman Anita Stockman.
She said on Saturday that the U.S. Embassy in
Moscow had delivered a new message to the Soviets
saying the United States "was serious about
substantive talks" in the Austrian capital.
The United States "was prepared to go there and talk
about outer space, including anti-satellite weapons,
and we have no preconditions," she reported.
It was unclear if the new message to the Soviets had
broken the deadlock over space arms talks, but on
Saturday, the Soviet news agency Tass was still
accusing Washington of scrapping the talks.
McGovern said Gromyko's pessimism about the
future of the space arms talks resulted from Soviet
rejection of the U.S. desire to use the proposed Vienna
talks to reopen other types of nuclear arms
discussions.
captured by Israel since 1967,
creation of an independent
Palestinian state encompassing
Arab East Jerusalem, and
guarantees of peace and security
for all states in the region.
It called for participation by
Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon
and the PLO, and said the United
States and the Soviet Union should
be included because they play an
important role in the region and
co-chaired the last such
conference, which broke down in
1973 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Nations in adjoining areas could
be allowed to join the conference
with the consent of the
participants, according to the
proposal.
In Washington, State
Department spokeswoman Anita
Stockman said: "The question of
an international conference has
come up many times, the United
States has always been opposed to
it."
She added that Washington does
not see where Soviet participation
in such a conference "would be
helpful."
In Jerusalem, a senior
government official rejected the
Soviet call and declined to discuss
details of the proposal.