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November 12, 1968 USG Committee Continues Debate News Roundup From the State Rights/ Bill: More Powerful? By ALLAN YODER The committee will attempt to de- He continued, I have no idea what policy of the University made by the Collegian Staff Writer termine faculty opinion regarding the we're going to come up with. Friday's Board of Trustees or any other author- role of USG in the "total framework of meeting was just an organizational one ized body, which affect student affairs, The Undergraduate Student Gov- , University government." and we can't draw any conclusions yet. shall be effective only after receiving ernment's refusal last week to pass the ¦ The World Committee members are attempting We may change the wording of the bill, the advice and consent of the USG Con- Bill of Rights might lead to a more to arrange appointments with Laurence NATO Members Seek Closer Cooperation powerful bill. add things to it or take parts away. We gress. H. Lattman, professor of geology ' —Amendment three: USG shall BRUSSELS, Belgium — Concerned about Czechoslo- A member of USG' and just don t know." s Student Affairs chairman of the University Senate Com- At Thursday night's USG meeting, have the rig'nt to equal status with those vakia , delegations from nations of the North Atlantic Committee said in an interview last Treaty Organization began a week of talks yesterday with mittee on Undergraduate Student Af- members of the committee voted seven authorized bodies in areas directly and night that the research which the com- attention focused' on proposals for closer cooperation with- fairs, Elton Atwater, professor of politi- to four in favor of the Bill. indirectly affecting its constituents, as in the alliance in Europe. mittee is now doing on the bill might cal science, and Robert USG may decide. NATO's secretary-general. Manilo Brosio of Italy, lead to " J. Scannell, Members of the committee are Tom a group of amendments which Associate Dean of the College of Health Ritchey, chairman Michael Alexander, —Amendment four: the financial re- warned that after invading Czechoslovakia the Soviet Un- not onl , ion may move now into the renegade communist bloc y will mean more but will have and Physical Education and chairman of Aron Arbitier, Pam Augenbaugh ' sponsibility concerning student organi- more power." . Tony scions of Yugoslavia and Albania. The latter is Red China's the University Senate. Benedict, Mike Kleeman, Hank Millman, zation appropriations shall be delegated ally and the' former seeks closer ties with the West. The Student ' Affairs committee Brosio noted that any move into these two nations Administration Reaction? Don Paule, Dennis Stimeling, Norman to the treasurer of USG; an administra- member asked to remain unidentified The.{committee also would like to Schwartz, and Dexter Thompson. tor connected with the office of student would bring Soviet military power to the shores of the but released the Mediterranean Sea, where the Soviet fleet has been build- details of the closed determine the Administration' Provisions of Bill affairs shall be a non-voting, ex-offici meeting. s reaction q, ing in the face of the possibility of new fighting between to ' the.Bill of Rights by talking to The Bill of Rights, as presented at advisory member of this committee. the Arabs and Israel. Division of Bill - He accused the Communists of deliberately keeping Charles:L. Lewis, vice president for stu- the last USG meeting, read: —Amendment 'five: all student or- the situation unstable. He likened conditions in Europe now He said that the main objective of dent affairs, and Champ Storch, direc- —Amendment one: the Undergrad- ganizations shall be lesser in power- and to those before World War-1, when many conflicts were the committee is to divide the Bill of tor of student activities. uate Student Government of the Penn- recognition to USG; any rulings, deci- under way and full war still could have been avoided. Rights into its different sections. Each The committee member said , "We're sylvania State University is the sole au- sions or actions made in conflict to those Ironically, the secretary-general spoke on the 50th anni- of the f ive points, of the versary of the end 'of World War I. bill are in the going to present both sides of the Bill of thority and f inal judge in areas concern- of USG concerning student affairs will form of separate Constitutional amend- Rig , pro and con • • ik- hts , make a recommen- ing student affairs at University Park. be subordinate and invalid in those areas ments. dation and give Congress our USSR Launches Zond 6 Spaceship report." —Amendment two: changes in of conflict. MOSCOW — A new unmanned Soviet spaceship was on. its way to the moon yesterday in a mission possibly paving the way to a race with America to send a man around the moon next month. An announcement about Zond 6, launched Sunday, TIM To Conduct said only that it would "conduct scientific explorations along the route of the flight and in near-lunar space" and test unidentified "system and units" aboard it, - The launching stirred speculation that the new craft Rent Survey would carry out even more complex maneuvers than those By GLENN KRANZLEY of the unmanned Zond 5. which seven weeks" ago achieved Collegian Staff Writer . history's first flight .around the moon and recovery on earth. Starting tomorrow, the Town Independent Men's Coun- Among more complex maneuvers could be an attempt cil will conduct a referendum for all students, concerning to make several orbits of the moon before returning to age restrictions on rentals and rent control for downtown earth. apartments. Western analysts praised Zond 5's precise re-entry Terry Klasky, TIM vice president, said students may into the earth's atmosphere last September but noted that vote tomorrow, Thursday and Friday on the ground floor its flight around the moon was a simple curve, not re- of the Hetzel Union Building. quiring the , advanced control techniques needed for a The purpose of the referendum is to show State Rep. manned moon shot. Max Homer (D-AUegheny). who inspected student dwell- *¦ ings in State College recently, that the students are inter- + * * ested in the local housing situation, according to Klasky. Soviets Want U.S. Presence in Asia Two Questions LONDON — Soviet Russia wants a U.S. military pres- Two questions are to appear on the referendum. Stu- ._ ence in Southeast Asia even after peace comes to Viet- dents will be asked. "Do you favor legislation prohibiting , age discrimination in apartment rentals?" an'd,. 'T)o you nam diplomats with close ties to the Kremlin said yester- favor legislation establishing rent control for the private day. approve?" The diplomats, Russian and East European, declined housing that state-related Universities to be quoted by name. Homer will draw up a bill concerning the student The implication of their remarks was that the Russians housing problem, Klasky said. If broad student support were hoping to work out some form of collaboration with is expressed in tomorrow's referendum, Homer will use President-elect Richard M. Nixon on peacekeeping in -the that information to convince his fellow legislators of the area.' ¦ need for his bill. , There was no way of determining whether they were If the- State" legislature passes • a measure eliminating -attempting to mislead or floating trial balloons fn;advance SO YOJgjWQJCjE UP this morning and snow covered- all ,>i»jByon^rfiant ;jw£l^ restrictions,innrehtajs , it would become an amendment to -*of the takeover by the new administration. middle of November? To lounge on Old Main lawn like the couple oh the left? Or to huddle up like the the State Human Relations Act of 1964. In an interview, he emphasized bilateral accords, ap- girl on the right? Prohibits Discrimination parentl Klasky explained that the Human Relations Act pro- y excluding such collective security pacts as the hibits discrimination in housing sales and rentals because Southeast Asia Treaty Organization or the Australia-New of race, religion, creed or national origin. While age dis- Zealand-United States (ANZUS) agreement. crimination is mentioned in the preamble to the act, it Asked if the Soviet government would object to'es- is not spelled out in the body of the statute, Klasky said. tablishment of military bases, he replied: "You already All students, not just town men and women, are being have bases in Thailand, why remove them?" asked to participate in the referendum - because; Klasky Apparently referring to Communist China, he added: Member of Conspirac y said, the present housing problems could affect students now "You must remember . that both our countries face the living on campus or in fraternity houses in the future. same threat in Asia and you know who I mean." Klasky said the voting process will "not be a compli- . * cated procedure." He said students will be asked to. fill * * out a form, including their name, address) and telephone Viet Cong Test U.S. Reaction to Shelling number. They will not be required to present their registra- SAIGON — American authorities were inclined yes- T o Kill King , Ray Says tion certificates for punching. "We'll -trust them not to terday to write off renewed enemy shelling of U.S. Marines vote twice," Klasky said. , - " from within the demilitarized zone as a probing incident. NEW YORK .(AP) — James Earl who offered him money, a car and Ray traveled about in Mexico, then They considered it was not a major violation of the under- Ray, charged in the slaying of Dr. Martin "travel papers" if he- would establish drove to Los Angeles in November, 1967, standing that led President Johnson to end the bombing Luther King Jr., is quoted in the current himself in Birmingham, Ala., and make where .
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