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from the associated ^ iS press » K 8 for Ritenour Patients News Roundup:• r H From the State, 1 I \ Nation World I b "Several stu- By JANE DAW S services at Ritenour. chairmen of USG Spring Week, and 48 hours. mad e general , vague next Fall's Encampment. Students Collegian USG Reporter dents have Pointing out that the picture comments about treatment; how- may also pick up forms to apply for can change in a matter of a few 33 The World The University and the Under- ever, when asked to elaborate, they USG justice to the newly revived hours, he said we have been fortu- Vietnam Ground War Casualty Statistics Rise graduate Student Government have have declined to do so," Gerson said. traffic court. nate that there has not been more established a financial aid fund for USG has investigated some com- illness among students at this time SAIGON — Casualty statistics from battle action's Meanwhile*, Dr* . *Albert L. In- year apart reflect an intensification of the Vietnam ground bed-ridden students at the Ritenour plaints and found that Ritenour was since during the past week thou- Health Center . unjustly blamed. One incident in- gram, University physican and di- sands of students have returned to war due in some degree to revived Communist quests for rector of University Health Services, the initiative. Steven Gerson , USG Adminis- volved a long delay in the arriv al of the campus from many different trative Action Commission chair- the ambulance to a car accident in reported Wednesday afternoon that areas that have been hard hit with Spokesmen announced yesterday that 466 of the allies there were 39 students ill at the including 184 Americans—about the recent average—died man announced yesterday that stu- State College. flu and other illnesses. dents unable to afford the $10 a day Health Center while a year ago, last week in combat in which they killed a record 2,868 "Careful checking of the facts there were 24. In 1958, Penn State was hit Communist troops. charge are urged to apply for aid showed that the call was answered with an epidemic which filled the In contrast , the first week of January 1967 was rela- through Albert L. Ingram, Director by the Alpha Fire Company and not Due to the increased number of Health Center with over one hun- tively quiet. The allies then listed. 190 dead, including 67 of University Health Association. Ritenour Health Center," said Ger- students at the Health Center, stu- dred patients. In addition, doctors Americans, and said they had killed 626 Viet Cong and "Students should be aware of son. Another complaint concerning dent visiting hours have been sus- were making regular "house calls" North Vietnamese soldiers. the fact that in most cases bills are ambulance service, which appeared pended until further notice. in the residence halls to treat many Widely scattered ground clashes were reported yester- sent directly to the student's home in The Daily Collegian last term is Although the number of illnesses students who could not be treated at day while a dense cloud cover continued to cut down air address ," Gerson said. USG has re- presently being examined. among students at the University the Health Center. operations over North Vietnam. quested that a letter explaining the have escaped the flu and other ill- Commenting on rumors about Using bacteria samples sent by The monsoon weather limited U.S. pilots to 75 missions fund be included in the billing en- the incompetence of the Ritenour nesses that have reached almost epi- velope. the University, the U.S. Public against targets north of the border Wednesday. All were staff, Samuel Edelman, chairman of demic porportions in many sections radar-guided attacks and there were no immediate bomb The Ritenour cause has not been of the country. Health Service determined that most the Ritenour Committee, charged, of the 1958 epidemic could be traced damage assessments. completely abandoned, however. Dr. Ingram also reported that "Most students don't realize that the to a viral infection. • * * USG is continuing to work on a doctors at Ritenour have all had they have seen almost no cases of Polish Communists Expel American Attache solution to the present over-night successful private practices." influenza, but that the majority of Dr. Ingram urged students to costs with members of the Admin- students reporting at the Health gel proper rest, as a preventative WARSAW, Poland —• The Polish government charged , yesterday that army attaches istration and officials in Harrisburg. In other USG business Vice Center have had upper respiratory measure, and at the first sign of ill- of the U.S. and Canadian President Jon Fox announced that infections with fever. embassies were caught "carrying out intelligence activi- According to Gerson, the USG Most of the ness, to report to the Health Center DR. ALBERT L. INGRAM office has not received one valid applications are available at the cases have been short term illnesses, for examination and proper medica- ties." and the American was ordered to leave Poland be- Visiting Hours Suspended fore Jan. 15. complaint concerning the medical Hetzel Union Building desk for with the patient recovering in 24 to tion. He is Lt. Col. Edward H. Metzger, 42, of Quincy, Mass., ? on assignment in Warsaw since May 1966. ' - 'Is Vi& " M" *M "IS* The Polish accusation, carried by the official press agency PAP, said Metzger and the Canadian attache, LI. Col. Kenneth I, Jefferson attempted to photograph a mili- tary establishment on Jan. 4. Faculty Refuses To Use An official statement by the U.S. Embassy, making no mention of Jefferson, said Metzger was walking along a major thoroughfare in Bydgoszcz in northern Poland, "was apprehended at gun point by military personnel, detained against his will, denied permission to' telephone the American Embassy and forcibly searched." Final Exam Schedule Mid-Eastern Oil States• • Ponder• Defense Pact By RICHARD RAV1TZ teacher relations because they were drawn up after resident LONDON — Five Middle Eastern oil states were re- are responsible for the educa- instruction asked students and ported urgently pondering a new defense pact last night Collegian Adjni?iistrotion tional program. instructors their ideas on a after hearing of Britain's provisional decision to quit her Reporter "An administrator can't tell final examination schedule. Persian Gulf bases by 1971. Only about 4 i pt cent of the faculty how to do its job. Com- Dunham praised the satisfac- Senior diplomats said the highly secret moves, initiated petent faculty members should tory - unsatisfactory grading by Iran, have Britain's support. University faculty used the 110- minute period set aside by the run then- classes with their own system, popularly known as The Iranians are even bringing such hostile neighbors object ive in mind," Dunham pass-fail, which the University as Iraq and Bahrain into the picture. They hope to head University Senate for admin- istering final examinations in explained. Senate approved Tuesday. He off another fierce power contest in the strategic area. said it would greatly enhance Other countries involved, according to the informants the academic year 1966-67. Dunham said it was good for , are the faculty to conduct classes the educat ional experience of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Data given jesterday by Rob. students and possibly ' portend Already Iran has won Russian backing—$100 million ert E. Dunham, assistant to the in accordance with their own ideas, and added "the faculty a time when grades no longer worth of arms aid—for an over-all $800 million program vice president for resident in- burden the student. to re-equip and modernize her armed forces. struction, indicated that a sub- does a very good job." He A Foreign Office minister, Goronwy Roberts, returned stantial number of depart- noted there is much disagree- He credited the Liberal Arts toda y from the Gulf region , where he has been warning ments, and a majority of the ment on a suitable final ex- Council with being instrumen- local monarchs and shieks to expect an early announcement colleges, are not using the final amination policy. tal in bringing the question to of Britain's withdrawal. exam schedule. The plans for the schedule a vote in the University Senate. Less than one-half of the fac- ulty used the last class period The Nation in their courses for testing, Treasur y Officials Participate in Bond Rally INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT Larry Lowen and presidents of fraterni and 38.3 per cent in 1966-67 did not use the last claso for any Artist Series WASHINGTON — Despite yearly drives to increase lies belonging to the Fraternity Purchasing Association smile with satisfaction after re sales of savings bonds, the Treasury Department is paying purpose. out more money under the program than it takes in—and ceiving funds for Ihe FPA. Dunham said the Senate pro- has been for several years. posed and adopted the new final Treasury officials from Secretary Henry H. Fowler exam schedule on its own in- on down have just taken part in the annual two-day rally itiative. "The faculty was con- Concert in Schwab of the U.S. Industrial Bond Committee in an attempt to cerned about loss of class time. step up sales through the payroll savings plan. They are actually depriving ' $40, ' The Bach Aria Group, with William H. Scheide as di- This year s goal is to sign up two million persons to PA Coll ects 000 themselves of the time they buy bonds where they work or to increase the amount were concerned about losing," rector , will present the first Winter Term program of the they buy.

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