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He said that at the meeting
he read an endorsement for
Fulmer dated Feb. 4 from
McNamara. He had received
the letter .from Fulmer, he
said. In addition, Wagner said
he had a petition signed by 11
Cameron County com
mitteemen . who also sup
ported Fulmer.
Wagner said yesterday that
"the decision to vote for
Fulmer was made before the
convention." Though he did
not say who had made the
decision, he indicated that
McNamara and the 11
Cameron County com
mitteemen were involved.
In explaining how he had
been selected to be a con
feree, he said that he had
received a phone call from
McNamara "about a month
ago." McNamara asked him,
he said, that if "this thing
wasn't settled in January," to
be the Cameron County
delegate.
Improvement in talks
seen by bus drivers
Negotiations for a con- union's counter-proposals. The current starting pay
tract are opening be- Neither he nor King raise for the drivers is $3.15
tween the State College would discuss which an hour. Of the ap-
Area School District and demands and counter- proximately 40 drivers, 15
the State College School proposals the school are University students,
Bus Driver's Association. district is considering. and eight ' are full-time
"The school district has Previously, the negotia- drivers. Twq, mechanics
come through on some of tions were declared also qualify for union
our demands," said the bus to be at an impasse representation.
driver union's new because the school district The main problem in the
president, John King (Bth- would not consider any of negotiations are "econ
general arts and sciences). the union's demands. omic issues" accord
" The atmosphere ,of the The union wanted in- ing to King, who was
last negotiations was a lot surance for full and part- elected president at a union
better." time workers, standard meeting Tuesday.
. Malcolm Workman, the pay raises, an equitable
Pen nsy Iva ni a State assignment of field trips, John Roan was elected
Education Association and a guarantee that a vice president. Ed O'Keefe
representative to the union, • driver would not be ar- and Paulene O'Keefe will
said the school district has bitrarily dismissed when a serve as secretary-treasur
agreed to look at the bus route was dropped. ers.
When asked if any pressure
had been put on him to vote
for Fulmer, Wagner said no,
because the decision had
already been made,
A Clearfield conferee said
yesterday the general feeling
in the Mifflin and Clearfield
delegations was that if
Fulmer took the nomination,.
"we felt that it would be a
pretty hopeless situation"
with regard to the May 17
election.
The conferee said that a
split in the party included
Centre County as well as
Clearfield, Mifflin, and
Cambria counties, which all
supported DeVerter. The
Centre County GOP split,
though, was over the method
of selecting conferees; she
said.
"Fulmer has had numerous
problems in Centre County for
a long time," the conferee
added. She said that the best
thing that Fulmer could do
was to try to work effectively
in his own county and then
hope that support from other
counties would fall in place.
Harvey Eckert, a Mifflin
County conferee, said that the
Mifflin County delegation was
disappointed that Fulmer was
selected over DeVerter.
"We felt that Walt would be
a better candidate," he said.
He indicated that there was
not widespread support for
Fulmer in Mifflin and
Clearfield counties.
Eckert added, though, that
he did hot think there was a
split in the GOP, saying that
the pa4y would be cam
paigning on a united front.
Centre County conferee Cal
L. Shields said yesterday that
he felt that there was not a
strong division between the
Centre County delegation and
the Clearfield and Mifflin
County delegations.
"I think (the , DeVerter
supporters) will support Mr.
Fulmer as true Republicans,"
he said.
Another Centre County
conferee, Kenneth Ulp of
State College, also said that
there was no division in the
party, but added that he did
not know if the Clearfield and
Mifflin County Republicans
would support Fulmer. "I
couldn't tell from their at
titudes," he said.
Fulmer faces Democratic
candidate G.M. McCrossin on
May 17 for the State Senate
seat, vacated Jan. 4 by U.S.
Rep. Joseph S. Ammerman.
The seat represents all of
Centre, Clearfield and
Cameron counties, and parts
of Mifflin and Cambria
counties.
The conferees from each
county were chosen according
to the number of votes
received by former president
Gerald 'Ford in last year's
presidential election. Each
county was alloted one con
feree for every 1,000 votes,
with a minimum of one
conferee per county.
Wise hopes to hire three students
Capital intern program sought
By DORTHY HINCHCLIFF
Collegian Staff Writer
Students interested in learning more about the
workings of government may have a chance to
intern in Harrisburg next fall.
According to Helen Wise, representative from the
77th state legislative district, she hopes to begin a
program where three students would be working as
administrative assistants each term. "I hope we
can eventually expand the number to between six
and 10," she said.
As an administrative assistant, Wise said, the
student would be answering constituent requests,
working as a consumer advocate, handling trans
portation-related questions and doing research on
various other problems.
Wise said she will be working with the
Undergraduate Student • Government on the
program, but that she would have' to screen all
applicants.
She added that the student's "own advisor and
college would have to approve" before he could be
eligible for the program.
Currently, Wise has only one intern in
Pennsylvania population growth slowing
Pennsylvania is rapidly between 12.2 to 12.4 million population could start to designed as an informational toward a smaller family size
approaching zero population people. . decline. tool to aid legislators in their as an excellent sign that there
growth, according to Gordon "Given current trendsOf special note was De plans for re-allocation of will be increased expendable
F. De Jong, professor of ... an even slower rate of resources to meet changes in income per family, which will
Jong's estimation that the .
sociology and associate growth is not outside the population make-up, 'the be particularly important
state's white population may
director of the University's realm of possibility," De Jong declined slightly in th y e
have
Population Issues Research said.health care facilities. De Jong, in response to
past five years, while its non-
Office. . Concerning migration, De white population increased by L . ooking at future , im- critics of zero population
With fewer numbers of Jong said that while the total plications of the state's • growth who maintain that the
nearly 7 per, cent.
children under age 19, emigration of Pennsylvanians changing population patterns, condition would cause social
declining birth rates, and a has decreased in the last 30 De Jong's findings were De Jong discounted the view stagnation, used the example
continued high percentage of years, the state still is losing presented at the Jan. 17 that a "slow growth" or "no of Sweden. For mahy years,
white Pennsylvanians leaving more than 36,000 people a opening session of a three-day grow t h " population Sweden has had zero
the state, De Jong has year. Should this and a seminar sponsored by the necessarily means economic population growth without
estimated that by 1990 Penn- declining birth rate continue, state's House of Represen- and social stagnation. encountering stagnation, he
sylvanias probably will have he said, Pennsylvania's tatives. The seminar was The director cited a trend said. .
Committee will form to combat burglary
By CURT FOSTER Robert Mann, community reports and we appreciate the once their property is out of
.known, has been adapted by
Collegian Staff Writer relations offiber for the State effort," he said. their home that it becomes area police forces. Engravers
Representatives from area College police, said neigh- Mann said police weren't very difficult to identify," can be borrowed from police
police forces, concerned borhood responsibility would . getting the kind of community Mann said. If an item is and landlords free of charge.
groups and citizens last night help a great deal in prevent- cooperation that is needed. engraved, with an identifiable
Police representatives said
stressed community tng thefts in the region. Mann "If we keep ignoring the number it is much easier to • they are available to talk cooperation and positive stressed that people get to problem it's not going to go trace and identify the rightful groups and organizations to
identification of valuables as know their neighbors and away," he said. owner, he said. inform them of ways in which
highly important weapons in report suspicious activities According to police, Trooper Schleiden said that they can help prevent crimes
fighting burglaries and thefts and unfamiliar vehicles in another way of preventing if an item has the owner's in their communities.
in the Centre Region. their neighborhoods. thefts and increasing the drivers license number
The meeting at the State Trooper Ken Schleiden of chance that stolen material A meeting will be held at
College Municipal Building the Rockview State Police will be returned to the owner engraved on it, it usually can
7:30 p.m. March 16 at the
be traced within one minute.
was held to establish whether said • citizens shouldn't is to engrave valuable municipal building to set up a
there was enough interest in hesitate to report suspicious property with driver's license ' Engraving valuables, or crime prevention committee
the region to form a crime activities. "We're more than or social security numbers: "operation identification," as and to determine meeting
prevention committee. happy to check out these "People don't realize that this practice is commonly dates for the organization.
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Harrisburg. This, she said, was because she hadn't
been elected jet when she began working on the
idea ,of a student internship.
Rather than starting new interns in March, Wise
said she will be working 'with USG Spring Term to
structure the program better.
Marilyn Hoderny (12th-social welfare), the
student who is now interning for Wise, said a person •
doesn't have to be majoring in a particular field to •
be considered for an internship but should 'have a
strong interest in research.
"Anybody who would get one would like it,"
Hoderny said. "I think everybody is affected by
policy. You don't have to be in political science to be
doing this kind of work."
In addition to working with staff members of the
Liquor Control Board on the drinking age, Hoderny
said she is doing a demographic study of Centre
County agencies. She explained that it will deal with
what comprises the needs of rural district services
and what kind of legislation affects them.
Although the study will not be completed before
her internship is over, Hoderny said she will con
tinue to work on it afterwards.
Because of her internship, Hoderny said, she has
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had "an opportunity to work with a lot of people in
the political system and to learn how the House of
Representatives is run."
Hoderny said Wise is the only representative she
knows of who has an intern. She added that many
others in office say they would like to have an intern
because of their workload.
She pointed out that legislators receive so much
mail and that they already have 65 bills that they
have to go over. "This is only after they've had their
first session," she said.
Students interested in interning don't necessarily
have to apply to Wise. "They can write to their own
legislator at home," Hoderny said.
As part of her internship, Hoderny said. she has to
keep a daily journal. One copy, she said, has to be
turned in as a requirement for social welfare, and
another copy will be kept on file as an aid for future
interns.
Hoderny said that after graduating she would like
to continue working in Harriburg for a few years.
"Interns have their foot in the door," she said. She
added that eventually she would like to work in
Washington and do graduate work in social welfare.