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His Social Democratic party released the transcript Of what it said was a tape recording in which Brandt, said friendship between France and West Germany is so strong it cannot be disturbed by "unreasonable governments." THE PEACE CORPS arrived here yesterday , bringing recruitin g booths and films, Booths have been set up in the Hetzel Union Building while The agency then retracted its story and apologized. After the first reports of Brandt's remarks created films will be shown this week in fraternity houses and residence hall areas. See Page 3 for stor y. a furor in Paris, De Gaulle's office asked two West German Cabinet ministers to stay away from a lunch § he was -giving yesterday for President Heinrich Luebke. Luebke was in town to dedicate a restored West German Embassy residence. A West German Embassy spokesman said he had no explanation of the French ; request and there was none from the French side - • . • • Countrywide Viet Cong Offensive Continues SAIGON — U.S. Marines and Communist troops fought foot by foot for control of Hue yesterday and street By KITTY PHILBIN ants grade in various ways, creating student fighting persisted in parts of Saigon as the countrywide Collegian USG Reporter confusion in English courses, for example. Red , offensive entered its second week. The U.S. Command Suspicions of narcotics agents and wire Wiretaps, Drugs Discussed . Also under fire was a 2-credit Math said 21,330 enemy have been killed. and course which meets for three triple periods A U.S. spokesman said the enemy dead represented tapping on campus, and a call for drug more than one-third of the total force with which the birth control information for students, were a week. Communists began their widespread attacks on 35 cities voiced last night at the first Undergraduate Long complained about physical educa- across South Vietnam. That force has been estimated Student Government ORGY. tion courses, especially for girls, saying that by allied intelligence officers at about 60,000. At ORGY In Residence Halls The program "physical education has no justification for U.S. headquarters said 1,729 allied troops have been , the Organization Revising killed, 546 of them Americans and 1,169 South Vietnamese. Government for You, opened in West Halls Long said he sees "nothing against the use the campus, and there is some kind of secur- being marked as an academic course." He By U.S. count, the allies were killing 12 enemy for and appeared later in North Halls. Partici- of marijuana," although other drugs like ity organization on campus which has no suggested using the new pass/fail system for every allied soldier to die. pating were USG president Jeff Long; vice LSD and methedrine "are harmful." budget but which investigates." grading. The casualty' report covered the first seven days of Clark Arrington, a USG spokesman, said the fighting, up to midnight yesterday. The enemy toll president Jon Fox ; Jim Wolmer, chairman of He also said that the Health Department He continued, saying that "there seems to was up more than 4,000 from the figure announced a day the Legal Awareness Committee, and chair- at the University "stinks," and that more in- be across the nation a correlation between that another ORGY will be held at 6:30 to- earlier. man of the Administration Academic Aware- formation is needed concerning birth control, left-wingers and hippies." He said the con- night in the Pollock Union Bldg., followed The toll of civilians killed, wounded and made home- ness Committee, Steve Gerson, Students from drugs and sex. ' nection may not be distinct on this campus. by another at 7:30 in Findley Union Bldg. less by the fighting was mounting into the many thou- , The big problem The ORGY in East will also include sands. In Saigon, 46,700 homeless civilians were being the areas completed the dialogue. , according to Long, is At the West Halls ORGY, a student sheltered in schools, hospitals, churches and Buddhist The new program was described by USG that "Penn State trains students for the complained about students in West with cars Champ Storch, Coordinator of Student Activ- pagodas. as a "people to people program between USG middle class rather than for the leaders of being assigned parking places on the opposite ities. • officials and fellow Penn State students. USG tomorrow." He repeated his previously stated side of campus in East. Arrington promised bigger Orgie in the German Youths Protest* *Vietnam War is going public." opinion that life at Penn State builds stu- Steve Gerson replied that West is the spring, "when the weather is more conducive FRANKFURT, Germany — About 1,000 young demon- The Orgies will travel to the various dent apathy, rather than action. "center of campus. .Parking places for the to stomping grapes." strators, shouting "Amis Americans get out of Vietnam," parts of campus, following the same format. Wolmer told the group that all indica- staff are needed, and there aren't enough." He He said USG is striving for a discussion smashed windows at the U.S. trade center yesterday after Long will discuss his tions seem to point to the fact that there that is "as free flowing and informal as pos- police with water cannons stopped them from forcing program for improving is said that lots in West are "already 110 to 200 their way into the American consulate. the University; Wolmer will follow with in- "a sophisticated electromagnetic wire tap" in per cent overfilled." sible. One in which fellow Penn Staters can ' ' < ' About a dozen demonstrators were taken into custody. formation on drugs and legal aspects. Ger: use on campus; ' . - • Gerson suggested that students in West get down to the nitty gritty." . ¦Three hundred riot police guarded approaches to the son -will; speak :' on Rftenouf, parking" and : x <" He" said there "is something funny" about with parking problems 'contact Gary Wamser, The object, he said, is not particularly to consulate which was the target of thrown stones Friday recent actions night, lighting problems. Free discussion with stu- of the Bell Telephone Co. He the USG Parking Chairman. get- students to work with USG, but to let When the demonstrators approached, the water can- dents will follow. said his opinion stems from the fact that Other complaints at the West Halls them know what it is about. ORGY girls will non was trained on them in the near freezing temperature. Last night, Long said he wants more phone conversations here haye been taped ORGY dealt with the numerous graduate be prespnt to accept questions and names of The drenched demonstrators left the consulate area and student and USG interest in Vietnam. He and played back. students either assisting or actually teaching those who are interested in joining USG, went to the trade center. plans to call for a student referendum to Wolmer also said that "there are several courses. however. Openings are available on the var- • * • determine campus opinion. narcotics bureau agents circulating around Students mentioned that different assist- ious committees for now and in the spring. The Nation ,,. Nixon Calls for Truth About Vietnam GREEN BAY, Wis. — Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, campaigning in Wisconsin, urged the Johnson Alpha Zeta Takes Trophy administration yesterday to rethink its policy toward domestic information on the progress of the war in Vietnam. Nixon, a candidate in the Wisconsin presidential preference primary April 2, said that prior to the current Viet Cong assault en South Vietnamese cities, there had been glowing reports out of Washington indicating that the military aspects of the war were going well, or that "peace was around the corner." Meanwhile Nixon said "apparently our hard intelli- By MARGE COHEN grade lists are available in the IFC Office in 203 Hetzel Reporter Union Building to fraternity men who have not yet seen gence indicated that not only was the enemy capable of Collegian IFC them. He also said that 5 p.m. Friday, is the deadline for doing what it did in this last offensive, it is capable of Figures released yesterday by the University showed any grade changes. doing it again." that non-fraternity men topped fraternity men in academic Council President Larry Lowen added that applications The Johnson administration, Nixon said, "would be averages last-term. for the individual scholarship awards, approved by the much better advised to tell the American people the truth The grade point average of male Greeks was 2.432 for about the enemy's strength and the enemy , Council at its last meeting, are due in the IFC office no 's intentions and the Fall Term, compared to a 2.470 for non-fraternity men. later than Feb. 19. The criteria for the selection of the at the same time make very clear that we're not going to The all-University men's average was 2.462. The entire cave in to this kind of assault. ' recipients of this award has been left to the discretion of " student body achieved an average of 2.552, although the the individual fraternities.