I Ill Pil, M^% March Closes Day of Protest
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¦ Rrfi «*» . _•••** i,Lri f I: . ...•:.:. ^fi i iii i 9H^ P „ «* ***** 8 m W s- 3 ^32? SB % # I* > V • 1 a It.-- f„M«~. ^^.rJHMU UU£i.^«U^j : .., !UidHaa» i - ; -TT7, , — ^»«bm. -. ^^- .t&i HUB Jammed f or Moratorium Speakers Milton J. Shapp Banner Hangs f rom Apartment in Town Increasing cloudiness today, high near G2. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight near 44. Becoming windy and cooler tomorrow, high near 55. Partly cloudy and con- see page 2 tinued cool Saturday. fif ilf J*C*^ Published fay Students of The Pennsy lvania Stare University Seven Cents Vol. 70, No. 13 6 Pages University Park, Pa., Thursday Morning, October 16, 1969 -~w*-\ Ma rch Closes The Protest of the Vietnam War I ii i^ Day of Protest ill l, Ihcn turning west on W. Col- Pi 000 candle-carrying, I About 4 , M^% singing war protestors wound lege to Atherton Street. across campus and through the The procession then turned borough oi State College last north on Atherton to the West peaking Hist was Don Shaii chairman of Collnriuv . Sh^ll (The followin g- report on yesterday' s Moratorium nctirilie.s S . near where the - (D-Ark.) in night to the Garlicld Thomas Campus Gate, in the Heizel Union BuMuig Ballroom iras compiled irutli read a slatemen b v Senator J . William Fulbnght " " Water Tunnel, capping a day Water Tunnel was located. the help of staff tenters Pat Dybhe, Rcna Rosenson. Mike -up::ort ul the cuiy ui ci.nccrn. of debate and discussion of the As the marchers shuffled up Jim Wiggins, Lnidn IVolfc. Cindy Dcnas. Betti Rimer. 's stalL'-rent called yestorcl..v 's M nrulnrium a Vietnam War. the middle of the streets, traf- Steve Solomon.) Fulbnght . Olshesky. Sandy Bazonis and " selling ol high standard " and a " rolusu! at citizens to ac The parade, sometimes fic was bottled up lor blocks or ll (in esce In a war they deem unius; " He rejected Senator stretching to a hall-mile in was rerouted. Many persons With more than 5.000 people jamming into the HUB a Vietnam Scott ' s ( R-Pa t ni-ooosed (iO-dov Moi.c.raium on criticism , was led by members of stood by on the sidewalk, day yesterday, the Pcnn Stale version ot the National H'rm length at President Nixon 's actum on die Vietnam war. Fulbright's the Coalition for Peace, one of quietly watching the mostly War Moratorium got under way. siatomci' ' nMi '¦! i ( t )ctecl 'rowo d - i llusioni-ent ,xnd a the chief sponsors of local youthful marchers. - " While fi gares on ela-sroom attendance were not available swelling t> ! the i.it'ls at di-sKlents il iin- President doesn't res events tor the national Viet- Before the march began , the indications wore that at least part-lime support ol the pond In wick .-ai'v ><i antl ^ar sentiment nam Moratorium. University crowd shouted demands that Moratorium was \{;vy strong. students, hi gh schoolers, and the Vict Cong fla gs some stu- Unseiuaiy Scliraer . assi stant priile-sor of hi'iehemistry. downtown residents par- dents were earring b e Spot checks on many classroom building.- by Daily Col- spul.c as " a la- n|tv member, a m. th e,- , an \inei ;c: n ci'i'en tici pated. Little boys jogged to lowered. After a short scuffle, legian reporters showed that attendance levels ranged from ami a human being " Slip charged lb.it Hie Vietnam cimilirt is keep up with the older folks one of the flags was torn from full classrooms to as few as four or live students in a cla.s.s. I'rs poiis'hle lo" .-la iaiiiig and !n-,s u| li 'e. rniiiirthiK the and some people lost their its staff , and the others were academic em ircninent, and "eroding the fiber nf our clas.ies breath from the effort of briefly lowered. Thou gh more than 200 professors cancelled then- demncracv." singing and walking at the But after the marchers for the day, professors who scheduled quizzes or tests were same time. began to move down the Mall, greeted with full classrooms. She said. "1 salute the young on iheir day of -Moratorium, and 1 bope your goal is ini > ,-ecliutc!y readied." Student couples and older the flags went up again Collegian checks through predominantly Liberal Arts married couples too. held'their Among the marchers was buildings such as Willard imd Sparks showed that more stu- Don Runs, assistant iiiofossor of mathematics and a candles high in one hand while University Trustee Jesse Ar- dents secmca to be absent Irom those rooms than m Ihe Univer-n v sen 'toi condemned "oolil ici.uis v,hu use their they held on to each other with nello. who walked with his can- classrooms ol en einecrmg, science and a griculture buildings. power against the people and lorcc Us to gather heie " the other. dle inconspicuously near the The march bega n at Schwab, middle of the procession, and In addition, Milton Shapp. unsucccsstul 19G6 Democratic He reler'-cd to th e Moralenem as " a town meeting ol after a program leaturing the Dean of Students . Raymond O. gubernatorial candidate spoke to an overflowing Schwab America." in protest ot the broken promises to end the war Melvilles ended. It moved Murphy. Auditorium audience of 1 ,700. made In Johnson and Ml\on in their pi osidi-ntial campaigns ." down the Mall where it was Concerning the flag incident, Many students, along with faculty members .ind met by a cruiser car from the a representative of the Denni- Adams, oi the Wesierlv Parkway Junior High wore black armbands as a symbol ol tl.cr ' State College Police Depart- Coalition lor Peace said " townspeople, -al so Sc hool , s.-ak e on beii PI at Ins fellow .students opposing the . That protest. ment. The car. with its red is exactly opposite to what this war. He also vjad an <inti-war poem. ht' dome light Hashing, led the march is all about. This is a NEARLY 4.000 turn out to participate in last nig s But the long, and for most observers enjoyable day in the Apli jar Movement procession up South Allen peace march to end a day of candlelight march to the Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel. HUB began yesterday morning at 8-30. , west on W. Beaver concern over the war. and a Jell' Street The march climaxed a full day of activities in protest of Davidson (Ist-jouriialism i spoke on involvement in Avenue, down Fraser Street Viet Cong flag has no place Strains of anli-w folk music greeted the eoiliest partici the anti-war movement He claimed that the war will not end past the municipal buildings. here." the Vietnam War. pants in the HUB. soon enou gh if " we depend on elicits ol the government " "We have an obligation in mankind ind oar eouiiti". to end tlie v.ar wn". A movement that pleads lor peace has no right to resort to \,olence , " h e said "Ex amine your conscience , thai do soini'ihing. " he added # Lee Upcrall. diieetor ol student activities, voiced Ins opinion ot the Moratorium lonnal. "I would now like to voice mv .-.u pport of the non-violent na ture ol tins Moratorium. 1 think II will be mine eltectlve ,n th e lone; run this way." he said. I'perafl cm ow aged audience members tn "take some- time off Irani !!; ¦ ¦ lonnal schedule uf lnd.iy 's program, and By PAT GUROSKY and DAVID NESTOR moment has arrived. And the moment has ar- primarily as a result of student protests even S3 billion . Put this monev in Swiss oi talk lo Mime nf the people ;. 1,11 kmn «!i>i aren't here loclav ." rived t0 gel out 0l Vietnam." against the immorality of our Vietnam other ioreign banks. Then tell Messers Thieu the Collegian Editors of Board of " and Ky and the top 500 or so leaders and Donn Bailey, member ol the lik.ek .Stude nt I'n.on blamed policies. the war in Vietnam an ' In the speech , which took the form of a generals in South Vietnam that this monev is 'I e .one ooprc l.e lo-.ce. 'In s.imc ei lmmals who prolit horn human Former Pennsylvania gubernatorial can- direct appeal to President Nixon. Shapp critiz- Shapp said last year national debate called theirs - yes, theirs personally - to divide. miseiy in our country . " didate Milton J. Shapp yesterday raised his ed the President tor his stand that anti-war lor stopping the bombing and now the debate is Speaking on the " a i oe.unc e ol pov. -u. " he labeled ihe Prcests would hove- " no effect whatsoever" how , and how soon , to pull out of Vietnam. To the Hiviera • voice "a gainst the cancer that is Vietnam. .to Vi etnam War an unhoK pnvate enieroi i.s0 propagated by ;, . ,, , , , ,, on lpresent war vpolicies. urge sanity in a troubled land. "Next year if we keep up the pressure and ^lecov . money hungry, cpit.iiist ciimin.d.s " "All they have to do is join Madame Nu on we will be debating how we jCl Them Eat Cake' certainly by 1971 , I.atei , j'. Shapp. speaking before an overflow crowd ' returning the Hiviera or in Rome or Paris and stay out ol ailey eomu.ented that the V S !orei- , n policy is can prevent future Victnams and the ni eiely an extension of 1.700 Moratorium Day participants in "This statement that there is nothing new GI's will be participating with us.