Council closer
to enforcement
of rules for bars
• • By JOANNE KOLLAR - •
V* Collegian Staff Writer
Adherence to the standards of the
state Fire and Panic Act for determining
bar occupancy limits was recommended
last night to the State College Municipal
Council by its Public Safety Committee.
• Council also approved two motions for
• levying fines on occupancy limit
violators and for temporary police en
. forcement of ,the occupancy limits. The
vote was 6-0 with Council member Dean
Phillips abstaining.
The suggested penalties are a warning
on the first offense, a $lOO fine for a
second offense and a $3OO fine for the
Ithird and all subsequent offenses. The
motions are to be drawn up as an or
dinance for council approval at its
October meeting.
At , its August 2 meeting, Council
recommended that an ordinance be
enacted to enforce bar occupancy limits.
But at a special hearing on Aug. 16, it
if was determined that there already are
• laws covering occupancy and that an
ordinance was unnecessary.
According to Council, Member Allen
Patterson: chairman of the Public
Safety Committee, a local ordinance
would only duplicate o . le • state act.
di Patterson said 'State College has. been
w covered by the act for several yedrs but
that the act was not enforced. _
The act embodies the standards of the
state Department of Labor and Industry
,Science panel asks
ban on fluorocarbons
WASHINGTON (AP) The National
Academy of Sciences said yesterday
that fluorocarbons in aerosol sprays are
damaging the earth's ozone shield and
may have to be' regulated or banned
within two years to guard against higher
skin cancer rates and potentially serious
climate changes.
"Selective regulation of CFM
di e ( chlorofluoromethane or fluorocarbon)
7 uses and releases is almost certain to be
necessary at some time and to some
degree of completeness," said a new
academy report.
Two academy panels concluded that
fluorocarbons are destroying the ozone
umbrella high above . the earth that
Shields out dangerous ultraviolet
radiation. They said excessive radiation
could increase the rate of human skin
cancers, depress food production and
seriously change the planet's climate.
Academy President Philip Handler
told the White House in a transmittal
letter that the rate of ozone reduction is
relatively small at present and that "a
one or two-year delay in actual im
plementation of a ban or regulation
would not be unreasonable."
One of the panels recommended;
however, that the government im
mediately overhaul its legal regulatory
machinery to be prepared for action,
and that aerosol spray cans containing
fluorocarbons be labeled so that con
sumers could avoid them if they wished.
The Du Pont Co., the major
'fluorocarbon manufacturer, and the
One if by night
Collegian
the
daily
for occupancy 15 square feet for
persons sitting at tables and three
square feet for persons / standing at the
bar.
Patterson said appeals for exceptions
to the limits could be made to the code
inspectors. Exceptions could be granted
if any of the following changes are
made:
installation of a sprinkler system
would increase capacity allowed by 50
per cent.
additional exits would allow higher
occupancy by allowing 50 persons for
each entrance into the building.
allotment,of 25 per cent of the floor
space for standees would allow more
occupants. '
enlargement of the dance floor
would permit more occupants.
In making his committee's 'recom
mendations; Patterson said that Council
simply is fulfilling the requirements of
the state act.
Council member Richard Kummer
said that enforcement would apply to all
public establishments.
No action was taken on the State
College Comprehensive Plan after its
presentation at Council.
A recommendation from the State
College Planning Committee for the
establishment of pedestrian nodes at the
Garden Theatre, the State Theatre and
Atherton Street was referred to the
Public Works Commission for study.
Aerosol Education Bureau, which
represents the aerosol spray can in
dustry, both • applauded the panel's
recommendation, to delay regulatory
decisions until more studies on the ozone
problem have been conducted. '
"We think they made the correct
decision in saying that there is no
significant risk to taking 18 to 20 months
for more research," a Du Pont
spokesman said. "There is ongoing
research by industry and government to
make a fuller assessment of any possible
need for regulation within two years."
The research is costing up to $2O million
a year.
If regulatory action proves to be
necessary, the panel recommended that
the government first ban fluorocarbons
in most consumer aerosol sprays, and
impose controls to prevent release of
fluorocarbons from auto air condition
ers. Oregon has banned fluorocarbons in
aerosol sprays effective March 1, 1977.
Aerosol ipray cans accounted for 74
per cent of-the nearly 1.5 billion pounds
of F-11 and F-12 Du Pont fluorocarbons
consumed worldwide last year, the
report said. Aerosolized hair sprays and
antiperspirant-deodorant sprays alone
consumed 58 per cent.
"The impact on the world of waiting a
couple of years before deciding whether
or not to regulate the 'uses and releases
of F-11 and F-12 is small although we are
uncertain just how small," the academy
report 'said.
The solitary moon illumines nighttime State College as
lights in shops and apartment buildings dot the horizon.
For a kiss of her hand
USG tables alcohol policy stand
By 808 FRICK
Collegian Staff Writer
Undergraduate Student Government
actions against the alcohol crackdown
by the University were tabled at a USG
meeting last night until after the USG
sponsored hearings on the subject.
The hearings begin tomorrow at 7 p.m.
in 301 HUB.
The first tabled motion was the
proposed adoption of a resolution that
would have denounced the University
administration for its "impulsive and
short-sighted action," in relation to the
new alcohol enforcement policy.
Some USG members voting against
the resolution said the wording was too
harsh and did not accurately convey the
issue.
Immediate financial support for ad
ditional pamphlets that urge state
legislators to lower the drinking age also
was tabled until after the hearings.
Three thousand pamphlets already
have been printed and distributed by
Bob ,Brust (4th-electrical engineering).
Brust said student response to the drive
has been favorable.
The Senate projected that large
numbers of pamphlets sent to legislators
would spark interest in a petition that
OTIS seeks simplified apartment leases
By CHRIS NEWKUMET
Collegian Staff Writer
Plans to - clean up and simplify apartment leases in
the area were announced at an organizational meeting
of the Organization of Town-Independent Students last
night.
"We are going to ask the landlords to avoid certain
clauses (in the leases) and make leases more
reasonable," Otis President Dean Moore said. "We are
going to try and get the landlords to clean up their act."
Moore was referring to clauses such as the confession
of judgment. The confession of judgment clauie makes
a tenant guilty of certain offenses, should the offenses
occur and the landlord files suit, simply because the
tenant signed the lease. This is tantamount to being
found guilty without due process of laW, Moore said.
Moore also mentioned exorbitant application fees
some landlords charge simply to consider an ap
plication. He said certain landlords will take an ap
plication for an apartment, charge a fee, then the
As the first cow hopes the sweet nothings he's whispering work be heard by the in
truder, a second chomps his dinner, oblivious to the flies and carefully watching
the photographer.
would force a vote on the issue in the
state senate.
In other business: .
It was announced there would be
voter registration in the HUB every
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. beginning
this week.
USG constitutional revisions, in
cluding an amendment that would
automatically 'pass a bill not signed or
returned by the president within 10 days,
was tabled until the next meeting,
Also tabled was an amendment to
Food stamp screening now on campus
Beginning today, students will be able
to file for food stamp eligibility on
campus.
Through the efforts , of the
Undergraduate — Student - Govermneiit,
two representatives of the countS , food
stamp bureau will set up office in 225
HUB tolscreen town residents for food
stamp eligibility. The service will be
offered every Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. until
Oct. 21.
prospective tenant must wait several months to receive
word on whether his application has been accepted.
In the meantime, Moore said, the prospective tenant
cannot get his money back and runs the risk of not being
accepted. "People find themselves without an apart
ment in April when all along they thought they had
one," he said. "It's tough to find an apartment in
April."
Moore mentioned the possibility of going to the
Chamber of Commerce or Municipal Council for help in
clearing up the leases. But•he said OTIS would rather
work with the landlords:
Legal Chairman Jan Spera announced plans for a
booklet containing the leases of all the major landlords
in the area. The booklet will break doWn the leases and
, explain all the clauses, according to Spera.
Moore announced possible action against some
landlords charging fees for the changing of locks in
accordance with the lock ordinance recently passed in
Harrisburg. The ordinance orders landlords to change
Ford to be target of 170,000
Auto workers to strike tonight
DETROIT (AP) Some 170,000 auto
workers in 22 states prepared to strike
Ford Motor Co. at midnight tonight as
stalled contract talks with the United
Auto Workers failed to produce any sign
of progress.
Bargaining was delayed unexpectedly
yesterday while James Scearce,
director of the U.S. Mediation and
Conciliation Service, met separately
with both sides to appraise President
Ford on the likelihood of a nationwide
walkout.
Scearce's presence was "routine" and
did not signal federal intervention in the
talks, the UAW said. The union and auto
companies traditionally • oppose at
tempts by federal officials to intervene.
Observers said it was unprecedented
that both sides appeared to have
abandoned hope for a settlement so far
in advance of the deadline. Normally, a
settlement is forged or the decision to
strike is reached at the very last
Dick Clark talk cancelled
Colloquy's presentation of "A Night McCauley said Clark could have
With Dick Clark," which had been arrived here no earlier than 10 p.m., but
scheduled for tonight, has been can- that time was unacceptable.
celled along with the dance that was to Bridgit Nawrocki, Colloquy's
follow Clark's talk. secretary, said Clark's booking agent
Clark, the host of the television dance had been misinformed on Clark's
show "American Bandstand," must schedule when the date was set.
remain in Los Angeles to tape several
other television shows he is producing, Clark is now trying to reschedule his
according to John McCauley, Colloquy's television tapings so he can travel here
adviser. for another date this fall, McCauley said.
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üblished by Students of The Pennsylvania State University
insure that USG presidents would be full
time students during the course of their
terms in office.
Four senate members were
prevented from voting at the meeting
because of changes in their dorm
locations. They were Mike Bahry and
Coleen DeCoury of East Halls, Stephen
Van Eck of West Halls and Pam Strosser
of Center Halls.
A report by USG Business Manager
Jim Minarik showed that only X-rated
USG-sponsored movies turned a profit
over the summer, and that the Date
Until now, all food stamp applications
were made at the county food stamp
bureau in Bellefonte. USG President
W.T. Williams said, he asked that the
bureau'extension be` et up in the HUB to
alleviate the problem of students finding
transportation to Bellefonte. "It stands
to reason that the kids who would need
food stamps wouldn't have a car,"
Williams said. "Having to drive all the
way to Bellefonte is a definite restriction
for the kids who are eligible for food
moment.
In its third and latest offer, the
company addressed for the first time the
union's demand for a reduction in work
time to preserve current jobs and create
new ones.
Woodcock and company Chairman
Henry Ford II cancelled speaking
engagements yesterday to stay near the
bargaining, aimed at averting the first
strike against the nation's No. 2
automaker since a 66 day walkout in
1967.
Bargainers are split on virtually every
major issue, including wages, pensions,
health care and supplemental layoff
benefits.
UAW sources said yesterday they are
convinced by the slow tempo of the talks
that there will be a strike but hope it will
be a short one. However, Woodcock has
been unwilling to rule out a settlement
before the deadline, saying there is still
time to fashion an agreement if the
Match game was successful last year
and probably will be continued this year.
$1,200 was approved for projection
equipment for USG-sponsored movies.
USG committee chairmen approved
were Bernie Campbell, rules committee
chairman; Dennis Rupert, ap
propriations committee chairman; Jeff
Tempest, government operations
chairman, Lisa King, student affairs
chairman; Joe Aloia, judiciary chair
man; Dave Manlye, Board of Trustees
chairman; and Judy Johnson, president
pro tempore.
stamps."
Students must schedule an ap
pointment before appearing at the HUB
for screening. Students should call the
county food stamp office at 355-5531•f0r—.
an appointment.
Williams said the bureau already has
a full schedule of hearings for the first
few days of operation. He said the large
number of students who will be
requesting screenings now could slow
operations temporarily.
locks for each tenant. The ordinance was passed in
August, and when the tenants signed their spring
leases, the charge was not part of the lease.
According to Moore, most of the landlords
charging for the change are charging $6.00. "I don't
think it's fair. It's a rip-off. They ( the landlords) are
nickel and dimeing people to death," he said.
Moore announced the success of a bill in the House of
Representatives in Harrisburg to prohibit retaliatory
evictions. OTIS had supported the bill. The bill prohibits
a landlord from evicting a tenant who has turned the
landlord in for a housing violation. The landlord must
prove in court that the eviction was for other reasons.
The bill now goes to the Senate.
Moore also plans to study the housing situation of
graduate students. OTIS will be working with the
Graduate Student Association on the problem, ac- •
cording to Moore. He said that graduate students are
not accepted by the University until mid-Summer and
by that time very few apartments are available. Moore
said reserved housing was a possible solution.
company is willing.
The UAW, which represents 700,000
U.S. auto workers, has made Ford its
target to set the industry pattern for new
three-year agreements. Bargaining at
the other makers has been suspended
and current contracts extended pending
the outcome of the Ford negotiations.
Ford has offered an approximately
three per cent annual wage hike, which
averages out at another 58 1 / 2 cents an
hour over three years; continuation of
the current cost-of-living formula, and
nine cents an hour available either as a
first-year wage increase or to help pay
tor new fringe benefits. The wage offer
would raise the average Ford worker's
hourly pay to $7.45 by 1979, excluding
any additional money generated by the
cost-of-living formula.
A group of Resident Assistants and
other students distributed information
on the University's alcohol policy to tail
gaters at the football game Saturday.
The Collegian incorrectly reported yes
terday the group consisted only of RAs.
Hazy sunshine, very warm and humid
today, with a high temperature of 87.
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow
with a chance of a brief thundershower
tomorrow afternoon. The low tonight will
be a muggy 60, and the high tomorrow 85.
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