Hoover Project Meeting May Curb Master Plan
By PAT HAWKINS
A meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Town and Gown Foyer could decide the ultimate success or failure of the USC Master Plan.
The members of the CRA will meet to hear the opening presentation of the proposed $50 million Hoover Redevelopment Project which is vital to the Master Plan. Pi’oponents of the plan will be on hand to present their arguments in favor of the project. Students and faculty are strongly urged to attend these hearings from 10 a.m. until noon on Wednesday and on Thursday and Friday if possible. All the support possible is necessary if the Hoover Redevelopment Project is to pass.
“I have heard much from those opposed to the plan, but as of yet. ] have heard little from those who favor it.” said Billy Mills. Los Angeles city councilman from this district.
"Opposition to the project comes mostly from outside people who have no interest in the Hoover area
but are completely adverse to all urban renewal,” he continued.
“They have sent out letters containing misleading and false statements to all area residents urging them to attend the public hearings this week and oppose the program.”
Present area property owners need not be driven out by the project as the opposition claims. They are encouraged to join “owner participation” programs wherein they have first chance at reinvesting in the renewal developments.
After they have been paid the current going rate for their property, they may decide to invest in a new apartment or commercial building. In this case, they are eligible for FHA financing of 90 per cent of the total value of the structure. Homeowners and businessmen alike are paid for their moving costs and also are reimbursed for any losses incurred.
The urban renewal plan was organized by the Hoover Urban Renewal Advisory Committee composed
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Vol. XVI «^>72	LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1964	No. 46
RIOT. BONFIRES HIT ROW
10 Debaters Win Honors
By MARY KRAL
The USC debate squad won the Sweepstakes trophy at the Western States Tournament in Idaho last weekend.
Ten members of the squad, along with John C. DeBross, director of debate: and Richard Keil. assistant debate coach: represented
liKnln us^ at the larsest debate
JCSSG unrun tournament of the semester.
jUSC was one out of 55 col--T- I	j leges and universities present
I O unveil at the tournament.
_ _ _ _	Team members in upper
I L IX P I	11A men's division were Bruce
J I l\ I lUvjUVtf Loessin and David Brown, and
..	", ! David Kenner an Larrv Stein.
Dedication ceremonies for T .....
, ,	i , ! In senior division cross-exam-
a plaque honoring the late . ,.	„ , ,	,
„	, T , ”	j ination were Ralph Brown and
President John F. Kennedy in. ,	*
J Rick Flam, will be held at noon tomorrow ;
on the steps of Doheny Li-' Senior Women Debaters brary. where it will be'plac- Competing in senior worn-ecj	ien's debate were Bettina Ta-
A student discussion will I** *“1diTy Watf"' an<> he held on “Public Service: iJ a " e 1 Gabbert and Cher>’1 Social and Moral Obligations of College Students.’’
Plank.
Debating in the semi-finals
r.	m	i Brown and Loessin defeated
Dr. Norman Topping, uni-].. TT • •. e i-r
•j	n i the university of California
versitv president, will speak • . r, . d u
, . . , , tt i. at Santa Barbara team, and introduce Jwse Unruh, U, and ^ defeated speaker of the California Aa- Paci(jc Lulheran College J
se™ X -n i x u- - Seattle, and Miss Gabbert and Unruh will relate his im- Migs p]ank defeated the Uni.
pressions of Mr. Kennedy and|yersity of the Pacific<
unveil the memorial plaque, i In the finals? B r o w n and
A BITTER TASTE OF HONEY—The Sigma Phi Delta fraternity blatantly displays the general feeling of animosity
VIEW FROM TEXAS
against the AAWU's decision to send Oregon State fo Pasadena after the Trojan upset (20-17) over Notre Dame.
which reads:
“This plaque placed
here
Loessin defeated California State at Los Angeles; Brown
USC Not Only School To Disagree With AAWU
by the students of the Uni an(j F]am defeated Idaho versity of Southern Califor- State; and Miss Gabbert and nia in memory of John I*-jMiss Watson defeated Brig-Kennedy. President of the Young University.
I nited States. 1961-1963, on • f)ehate Championship the occasion of his convoca- Brown and Loessin won tion address to first-time s^ven debates and lost one. voters. Nov. 1, I960.’	Brown and Flam won eight
The forum will be moder- debates and lost none, and ated by Senior Joe Baldi, and Miss Gabbert and Miss Plank will include two members won seven debates and lost from both the Trojan Demo- one. Each of these teams were cratic Club and the Trojan declared champions of their Young Republicans.	individual divisions.
They are Glen Mowr?r, j Miss Tabak and Miss Wat-TDC president; John Hughes, son lost to Brigham Young TYR president; David Brown, in the semi-finals and took a TDC: and Terry Lanni, TYR. third place in their division.
By STEVE HARVEY
Assistant Sports Editor
USC was not the only school which thought the Trojans got a raw deal in the Rose Bow’l selection.
Yell King Tom Lailey received a phone call yesterday from the University of Texas' head cheerleader, Dave Northington. just a few hours after the announcement was made Saturday night.
Northington and several other Texas students whom Lailey talked to were sympathetic with USC's cause.
“They thought we got rooked,” Lailey said.
He added, “Northington said that everyone he'd talked to thinks USC was the most representative team and should have got the bid. He couldn’t believe they didn't.”
And the situation hasn't changed much since Saturday. USC student leaders still had trouble believing it.
ASSC Vice- President Joyce Bowman said she was stunned when she heard the report. “It's really a
FIRST L.A. SHOWING
Rheingold' To Debut
The first Los Angeles performance of “Das Rheingold” in 34 years will be presented by the School of Music on Dec. 4. 11 and 13 at 8 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
The settings will be by as Fricka; Gene Allen as. Vocally Dean Kendall sees Gary Campbell, a graduate of Loge; James Kinnee as AI- no greater challenges for the the Bayreuth Master Classes. berich; and Nina Hinson as singers than they faced in
The costumes will be fromjErda
Julianna: and Jack Wilson, _ , .	, ,
______________________________________film and TV professional who Others in the cast will be
Tickets for the perfor- has just completed similar James Chism, Ratael Lnn-mances of this major wrork of work for the “Profiles in nuez- Philip Ncwrman, Dennis
“Othello,” “Don Carlos” and “The Love of Danae.”
Instrumentally, Wagner's demands on orchestral vir-
Richa rd Wagner a re available Cou rage” series, is Vn charge IDalsimer’ Robert Voris’ Mary tuosity are notL aJbove those
»— r.t-i—:—t— d— {.jjg orchestra had to over-
“Peter Grimes,”
at the ticket office for $1.50,[of make-up
$2.50 and S3.50.	j “As usual, our cast ...... „ .	TT j
Students with activity consist primarily of profes- Marks and .loria Hodes
Ann Plakogiannis, Joan Bar wjjj ber, Emily Lawhead, Linda
books can obtain second balcony seats at a reduced admission rate of 50 cents for
“While fully aware of the difficulties of Wagnerian opera, we believe that Wag-
sional singers currently studying for advanced degrees, and thus bona fide stu-all performances of the opera. Idents of the USC School ofjner, no less than Bach, Bee “Das Rheingold” will be Music,” said Dean Raymond thoven, Verdi or Stravinsky, staged and conducted by Kendall.	should be studied and per-sociate professor of voice,;
Walter Ducloux. professor o' The leading roles will be formed at a major institution who has performed in Wag-opera, in the English trans- sung by George Gibson as of musical learning,” said nerian roles at the Metropoli-i lation.	iWotan; Barbara WinklebleckiDean Kendall.	itan Opera, he explained.
come in “Capriccio” and “The Rake’s Progress," Dean Kendall said.|
The production cf “Das Rheingold’ will reflect the1 efforts of many teachers, including Karl Laufkotter, as-
shame" she said. “The opponents Oregon State met were not as strong as the ones we met—and defeated.”
She did not recommend that USC withdraw from the AAWU, however, an opnion agreed upon by most of the student leaders.
AMS President Adam Herbert criticized the rule which disqualifies the last team which went to the Rose Bowl in case of a tie vote. “It’s not fair.” he said. “It should be the best team every time.
“I think everyone realizes it was an injustice. It’s just something to learn from. Maybe now the AAWU will make some changes in its methods of selection,” he continued.
“As it is now, I feel that it was a grave injustice to USC as well as to football fans all over who were looking forward to seeing a great football game.”
Herbert is writing a letter to Tom Hamilton, the AAWU's executive director, on behalf of the USC student body, voicing displeasure at the selection of Oregon State.
Herbert will recommend the AAWU reconsider its criteria for selecting the school. He wT i 11 also ask that it define the vague term “representative.”
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DAILY TROJAN EDITORIAL
A Wilted Rose
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in collegiate football history was carried out Saturday by the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU).
In a move reminiscent of the old Pacific Coast Conference, the AAWU ignored its own criteria of selecting the “most representative” team as the West Coast’s Rose Bowl standard-bearer and tabbed Oregon State University over USC.
The selection of Oregon State came only hours after the Trojans had jarred the unbeaten, untied and number one ranked Irish of Notre Dame in the season’s most fantastic football surprise.
It marked the second year straight that a vote of the AAWU faculty representatives has deprived USC of a Rose Bowl berth.
Last year, Washington and Troy tied for the conference championship and the Huskies received the nod on the basis they had beaten USC. This decision came despite the fact the Trojans owned a better season record than the Huskies.
This year, Oregon State and USC deadlocked for the conference crown and the decision to send OSU to the Rose Bowl was reached because the Beavers owned a better season mark than Troy.
Thus, on two different occasions, AAWU faculty representatives pulled a complete about face in their criteria for selecting a Rose Bowl representative.
And, on both occasions the voting smacked of the regional politics and jealousies which put an end to the Pacific Coast Conference only a few years ago.
Yesterday’s Herald-Examiner, in a bannered front page story, quoted a reliable source as saying the voting ended in a 1-4 deadlock with the northern universities of Oregon. Oregon State. \\ ash-ington and Washington State voting in a block.
Because of the deadlock in voting and because USC had been to the Rose Bowl more recently than Oregon State, the Beavers were given the nod, as per conference rules.
Apparently it meant little to the northern universities that Oregon State had been beaten by the Big Ten’s weakest team, barely managed to
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SEARS-ROEBUCK GRANT—Dr. Norman Topping (r), university president, receives a $7,500 grant from the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, represented by John Lowe. i
Torch Set To Vacant Frat House
By TERRY FOUST
Two thousand angered Trojans. protesting Oregon State's Rose Bowl nomination. rallied at two Row bonfires last night chanting “We' want the Rose Bowl."
The outburst had been mushrooming since Saturday evening when Trojans learned they had been bypassed for the Rose Bowl berth despite a stunning 20-17 upset win over Notre Dame, the nations top-ranked football team.
The rally began at 9:15 with a huge bonfire at 28th Street and University Avenue and ended nearly two hours later with an attempt to burn down the abandoned Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house.
Roadblocks Set I p It was reported that earlier in the evening a truck rolled up and dumped mattresses, doors, chairs and branches at the intersection of 28th Street and University Avenue. Barricades were also throwrn up at all street entrances leading into the area.
Quickly between 1.000 and 1.500 students gathered to see the 30-foot flames which singed telephone and electrical poles.
“We can beat the Beavers.” "Down with AAWU.” and “We Shall Overcome,” shouted frenzed students.
Within a half hour another blaze was ignited at Severance Street near Adams Boulevard. By this time half of the police in this precinct had arrived along with fire-engines. television cameras, the Juvenile Squad, radio broadcasters and 500 more angry Trojans.
Suspension Threatened At 10:09 p.m. Doan of Men Tom Hull addressed the gathering. Threatening suspension if the students did not return to their houses or dormitories within five minutes. Hull said ‘the conduct exceeded good clean fun.”
He said that each of the fire units on the scene cost the taxpayers $250. Hull also estimated that half of the police force of the USC precinct was there.
While Hull was ^peaking, defiant rooters torched a trash can 15 feet away from him, but it was quickly Extinguished.
By 10:45 the once innocent rally had turned into a riot and attempts were made to destroy the Phi Tau house. A couch and other debris behind the house were set ablaze, but no extensive damage was reported. Full coverage cf the outburst can be heard tonight at 6 on KUSC. 91.5 megacycles.
Earlier in the afternoon the
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