'BINDERY
‘1 202 PATIES
A silver for Shine
Penn State senior Mike Shine (left) and gold-medal winner Edwin Moses celebrate
after the two copped the top Olympic honors in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles
■ ■ yesterday in Montreal. Moses of Dayton, Ohio, broke the 1972 world mark set by
K"■ Ugandan John Akii-Bua with a time of 47.64 seconds.
Viking's robot soil collector arm
PASADENA, Calif. (UPI)
Engineers fixed the vital dirt digging
arm aboard the Viking 1 Mars robot
yesterday, clearing the way for the start
of the long-awaited search for Martian
life later this week.
The 10-foot retractable soil sampler
boom responded to corrective orders
, radioed from Earth and extended far
enough for a simple three;inch locking
pin that jammed the apparatus to drop
out and free the arm for routine work.
. Confirmation that all was well with the
arm was received at 3:12 p.m. ,EDT ; in
the form of a picture showing the boom’s
shovel-like head was extended as
planned. A second picture 15 minutes
sUer showed the arrow-shaped pin on
the ground.
“Very good, very good,” said geologist
Amin considers military action
>' NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Ugandan
President Idi Amin hinted anew
yesterday at possible military action
against neighboring Kenya, accusing it
of an economic blockade that has left
Uganda with only enough gasoline to
operate emergency vehicles for five
says
“ This may force Uganda to resort to
desperate action,” Amin was quoted as
saying by Radio Uganda. It echoed his
Saturday warning that Uganda might
have to “fight for its survival.”
The broadcast, monitored here, also
.paid Amin asked the United Nations and
‘the Organization of African- Unity to
intervene in the dispute by dispatching
fact-finding, missions to Uganda and
Kenya.
Kenya denied again that it had im
posed a blockade and declared that the
problem was solely Amin’s failure to
I • settle past debts and pay cash for future
needs.
Says he needed
Wilt ref I
By MIKE GRICE
and
KATHY O’TOOLE
Collegian Staff Writers
0 ‘ Phil Wilt (4th-division of un
dergraduate studies) spent his. first
day at the Mountainview Unit of Centre
Community Hospital under intensive
care. Shortly after he was hospitalized
he went into a fourth-stage coma and
•was listed in serious condition. Wilt
„said he stopped breathing three times
v during the first few hours of his
hospitalization. He said doctors told
him his blood alcohol level count was
.545 (.6 is incompatible with life). He
was placed on a kidney , dialysis
machine which rapidly dropped his
blood alcohol level and caused him to
f'go into convulsions.
Two weeks have passed and the only
trace of Wilt’s ordeal is a raspy voice
that is slowly returning. But a lot has
happened in those two weeks since he
chugged a half gallon of Southern
Comfort in less than a minute.
“I think people will have to be
idiscreet about what they do now.
Obviously I didn’t intend for any of this
to happen,” Wilt said, referring to the
increased enforcement of alcohol and
drug policies and the suspension of a
Beaver Hall resident assistant.
• Wilt denied that peer pressure
a motivated him to chug the Southern
"Comfort. “There wasn’t any peer
pressure involved, because no one
Collegian
the
daily
Kenneth Jones as he watched the first
image form on television monitors at the
control center. Officials appaluded and
project director James Martin shook
hands with his colleagues.
“We all are very pleased,’’Martin
said. “The boom appears to be working
just exactly as it should. I’m very hap
py.”
ground vibrations 1 million times to
detect marsquakes. New commands will
be radioed to Viking tonight to attempt
to releaseta stuck locking apparatus.
With the power shovel back in
operation, scientists proceeded with
plans to scoop up a handful of red
Martian soil Wednesday and drop it into
Viking’s biology instrument' assembly.
Word was received quickly because a Three separate experiments will search
radio transmitter aboard the spacecraft ' for signs of metabolic and photosyn
was working normally in its high power thetic processes of microorganisms,
mode for the second day. For two earlier One instrument, introduces car.bon,
days it only operated in k IoW power dioxide" and carbon monoxide and in
setting fbr some unexplained -reason, cubates the sample .under artificial
cutting communications time with sunlight. Another will add a nutrient-
Earth. ' . rich “chicken soup” solution. The third
The one instrument aboard Viking 1
that remained out of order was the
seismometer designed to magnify
“If he attacks Kenya, Kenya will be
bound to ... defend herself, but... we
have no interest in fighting Uganda,”
Kenyan Foreign Minister Munyua
Waiyaki said yesterday.
“If the blockade that Amin is referring
to is based on the fact that we have
demanded cash payment, then we must
tell him we are under no obligation to
subsidize the Uganda economy,”
Waiyaki said, suggesting Amin should
turn to “wealthier” countries,
presumably meaning oil-rich Libya,
with which Uganda has close ties..
Radio Uganda said Amin messaged
U.N: Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim
and OAU Secretary-General .Eteki
Mboumoua, asking them to send fact
finding missions to verify that Kenya is
allowing only one gasoline tank truck a
day to reach Uganda when 80 trucks are
needed.
- It is a situation “which is threatening
world peace and order,” Radio Uganda
money
ects on
believed I would do it. I did it because I
wanted the money to replace some
stolen audio equipment.
“I can’t even chug a whole beer and I
despise Southern Comfort,” he con
tinued. “I’ve gotten sick on it before,'
but I didn’t see that great of a risk was -
involved. I figured I wouldn’t be able to
keep it in my stomach and I’d throw it
up.
“I really didn’t think I could hold it
down. As soon as I finished chugging
the half-gallon I went down to the
bathroom and tried throwing up but I
couldn’t. That’s when I started getting
scared.!’
At Wilt’s request some friends took
Alcohol regulations revised
Residential Life coordinators are
working on an enforcement policy of the
alcohol regulations for the remainder of
the Summer Term, according to M. Lee
Upcraft, director of Residential Life.
The new policy, which will be an
nounced to dorm students early this
'Veek, will emphasize restrictions on
large amounts of alcohol, Upcraft said.
Resident assistants will assume the
major responsibility for enforcing the
Policy, he said. When asked how the RAs
felt about this, Upcraft said, “We’re
working with the RAs now to come up
with a policy that I can live with and that
President's guard kills man
From our wire services
WASHINGTON A man carrying a
three foot section of pipe climbed over
the White House fence last night and was
fatally shot by a guard when he failed to
heed orders to halt, according to a Secret
Service spokesman.
The man, identified as Chester
Plummer, 30', of Washington, died in
surgery shortly after the incident at
George Washington Hospital, according
to Ken Lynch of the Secret Service.
President Ford, who was in the second
floor family quarters of the White House
at the time of the shooting, was informed
of the incident, according to Deputy
White House Press Secretary John
Carlson.
The man set off an alarm when he , carrying out ~ a "pro-Equal Rights
Miss, denies Ford crucial votes
JACKSON, Miss. (UPI)
Mississippi’s 30 GOP delegates
yesterday voted to remain un
committed, denying President Ford
what he hoped would be an important
psychological victory in his battle with
Ronald Reagan for the Republican
presidential nomination.
Despite reports the Mississippi
delegates would switch and back Ford,
the delegation voted almost
unanimously at a closed door meeting to
go uncommitted to Kansas City. It had
been thought that Reagan enjoyed the
uses a simpler nutrient to see if anything
releases carbon dioxide.
The digger also will gather soil for an
quoted Amin as saying.
A U.N. spokesman in New York said
he knew of no such request.
Uganda claims , that 309 tank trucks
loaded with fuel for Uganda are being
prevented by Kenya from entering the
country.
Kenya says it has stopped the ship
ment of oil and gasoline to Uganda
because the Amin government has not
paid for previous supplies and owes it $54
million. Kenya buys crude oil from Arab
countries, refines it at the port of
Mombasa and transports it to Uganda.
Correction
Residential life coordinators, and not ,
Area Residence Hall coordinators, are
the ones who are stepping up en
forcement of the alcohol and drug laws
within' the dormitories, as was in
correctly reported in Friday’s Collegian.
ncident
him to Ritenour Health Center where
he said he waited 15-20 minutes before
being transferred to the Mountainview
Unit of Centre Community Hospital.
He was released on July 19.
“There’s no way you can stop people
from drinking. Mike (Morris, former
fourth-floor Beaver RA) got the shaft
on the whole deal,” Wilt said. “It was a
totally spontaneous thing. There’s no
way he (Morris) could have possibly
known what was going on. ”
Wilt said he’s going to “keep it cool”
for a while. “I’ve only had one beer
since I chugged the Southern Com
fort,” he said. “I was really surprised
that I could chug it so easily. Thinking
about it nauseates me.”
they can live with.” The most recent
meeting with some of the RAs was held
last Thursday.
' Concerning the expected effectiveness
of the new policy, Upcraft said, “There
will always be a problem as long as
students under 21 like to drink and the
state of Pennsylvania prohibits it. We’ll
do the best we can.”
Upcraft said work would be continued
on a new policy for Fall Term, while
.Summer Term rules will basically
correspond to those published in Wed
nesday’s Collegian. K .
scaled the fence and an Executive
Protective Service officerwent to in
vestigate, said Jack Warner, another
Secret Service spokesman. Warner said
the intruder disregarded repeated or
ders to stop and the officer shot him.
The man was about 60 feet inside the
fence when the single shot was fired,
Warner said.
. The officer who shot the intruder was
not identified immediately.
An eyewitness said the man climbed
over the fence on the Pennsylvania
Avenue side of the White House and was
carrying h three-foot section of pipe that
he was using as a cane.
Judith Witherow, the eye-witness, who
was among a group of demonstrators
support of a majority of the Mississippi
delegates, but that they would switch to
Ford if it appeared the President had the
nomination locked up.
Mississippi GOP Chairman Clarke
Reed said neither side asked for a
committing vote in the three-hour closed
meeting, but added Reagan seemed the
favorite of most delegates. However,
Ford supporter Gil Carmichael con
tended the President would win a
majority when a showdown vote is taken
on the floor in Kansas City next month.
Reed told reporters the delegates
repaired
instrument designed to look for organic
molecules, and for a device that will
analyze the inorganic chemistry of the
soil.
The stainless steel boom jammed
during a test Thursday, casting a dark
shadow of apprehension over the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory control center.
There were initial fears that the trouble
was caused by an electrical failure.
.Troubleshooting engineers -working
' with a test lander, however, discovered
that a pin that held a cover over the arm
would not have dropped out of the ap
paratus because the boom was not ex
tended far enough during the test. This
jammed the mechanism and the arm
said in engineering data it was “no go.”
Modem Art? This example of aesthetic creativity in modern industry might almost warrant such a descrip
tion, but, just as a rose is a rose is a rose, so is the fire hydrant a fire hydrant. This model is one
of several surrounding Kern Graduate Building.
•n cants par copy
londay, July 26,1978
o. 77, No 20 8 pages University Park, Pennsylvania
•übllshed by Students ol the Pennsylvania State University
Amendement vigil in front of the White
House, gave this account:
Before going over the fence, the man,
who was in his 40s, had been walking
around the area carrying the pipe for
about 45 mimJtes.
At one point, he stepped up to the fence
when nearby police sirens were heard in
connection with an unrelated traffic
incident.
He then walked toward the northeast
corner of the White House and climbed
over the fence. '
“Then all the lights went on and we
heard a gunshot,” she said. “We saw the
police giving heart massage.”
Another demonstrator, Susan Knapp,
said “the suspect was in the driveway,
about halfway up” to the White House,
voted “almost unanimously” to stay neu
tral ahd “not take a vote until we get to
Kansas City.” He said the delegates also
voted 36-7 for a “unit rule” .binding all
delegates to the majority choice, but
there was open defiance from the
dissenters.
Doug Shanks, Ford’s campaign
coordinator for the state, said he would
vote for Ford regardless of any-rule.
Carmichael, who lost a race for
governor last year, said he would wait
“until the midnight hour” at the con
vention before deciding whether to obey
a unit edict.
White House Chief of Staff Richard
Cheney said the President may come
South Friday to coax a few delegates and
cement his claim to nomination for a full
term.
“We’re trying to work it out,” he said.
Cheney said no final decision has been
made whether Ford will come to
Mississippi, but indicated it is possible.
Ford and Reagan representatives,
each side claiming to already have the
1,130 votes needed for the nomination,
termed the closed conference “very
critical” to either candidate’s effort.
“Mississippi would put the clincher on
it,” said -Harry Dent, Ford’s .southern
manager. He said if Ford won a major
portion of the delegates, “the whole
country will realize the Republican
nomination battle is over.”
David Keene, southeastern coor
dinator, said Reagan’s campaign is “in
very good shape and will demonstrate
that this week. ” He said he is confident
when he was shot. A White House
spokesman later said the man was about
60 feet inside the fence when he was shot.
Asked if the police had questioned the
man before he climbed the fence,
Witherow said, “Everytime he saw the
police he would move. ’ ’ .
Officials examined the pipe to see if it
contained explosives but “I understand
it was just plain pipe, ’ ’ Warner said.
Carlson gave this account of the in
cident: “the fellow jumped the fence on
the North Lawn and approached the
residence. He was told to stop. He did not
stop. He had something in his hand. He
was shot.”
Warner, asked if there was any in
dication of motive, replied “none.”
the former governor of California would
do “very well” in Mississippi.
Mississippi GOP Chairman Clarke
Reed said no poll would be taken at the
closed meeting and the delegates would
stay uncommitted until the national
GOP convention next month in Kansas
City.
“It’s so close and so fluid,” said Reed.
“There are a lot of delegates who are
uncommitted and there are some ‘soft’
votes in both the Ford and Reagan
counts. I’d be pulling out all stops in the
next week if I were either side.”
Reed said the Mississippi votes would
be “very important, maybe crucial” but
not necessarily the deciding factor at the
convention.
Gil Carmichael, a Ford supporter,
said Mississippi is “very critical”
especially for Reagan. “If Reagan loses
the Mississippi votes he thought he had,
he’s out of business,” said the Meridian
businessman.
Reed said he was “skeptical” of
claims by Ford and Reagan backers
they had enough votes hailed down to
assure a victory next month in Kansas
City.
Weather
Partly sunny-and a little warmer
today, high near 82. Partly cloudy and
mild tonight with a chance of a brief
thundershower, low around 62. A mix
ture of sunshine and cloudiness, breezy
and warm tomorrow with a shower or
thundershower likely, high near 83.