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Ralph Moyer, business administrator for the State College Area School Board and Duane Doty, board president,
ponder next year's budget figures.
Tax won? affect rentals
By ROSEMARY GARHART
Collegian Staff Writer
Most apartment rental rates will not increase further
this fall, despite a four-mill property tax hike approved by
the State College Area School Board.
The millage increase means school taxes on property
with a $40,000 market value, for example, will rise from
$640 to $672 annually.
Several rental agency representatives said they an
ticipated the property tax increase and had raised fall
rents accordingly.
A J.A. Hawbaker Realty representative said their
budget was made up last November and reflected
estimated changes in property taxes.
Some agencies who did not expect a four-mill increase
• are unable to raise their rates.
"We are committed to our rates. There is no escalation
clause in our leases," Mrs. Cooner of Lenwood Realtors
said.
Most of the agencies' representatives agreed, however,
that the millage increase will have some effect on rental
rates in the long run. But none of the agencies could say
how great an impact the tax increase may have.
" The school board approved this year's budget of
$13,452,960 last Monday, calling for the millage increase
and a capital outlay loan of $162,000.
The loan, board members agreed, will not be taken if
additional funds are received from the state.
Board President Duane J. Doty said although no state
aid is expected, the school district's chance for increased
state funding is better than ever before.
Cut from the budget was $50,000 for furnace conversions
. .. A sparse crowd looks on as the board passed a four-mill hike in real estate taxes that eventually could mean
higher rents.
New Pa. motor code covers bikers, pedestrians
- HARRISBURG (AP) The new Q. Will I have to install a bell or horn same direction as traffic and only on the
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code that on my bike? right hand side of the road?
takes effect July 1 has something for A. No. A reminder, though, sirens are A. Yes.
everybody, even pedestrians and not permitted on bikes. Q. Are there any rules about use of
bicyclists who will be covered by its Q. Must I obey red lights, stop signs bikepaths?
rules for the first time. and other traffic signs while on my bike? A. Yes. You must ride the bike on the
Here in question and answer form is A. Yes. Bicyclists have the same special path or lane where available and
an explanation of the new provisions: rights and duties as drivers. That means not in the adjacent street.
Q. Will I have to do anything to my waiting at a red light even though no Q. Are there any restrictions about
bike to comply with the new law? traffic is approaching on the cross - riding in groups?
‘. A. Only if you ride at night. If you do, street. At the same time, motorists are A. On the street, bicyclists cannot ride
your bike must have a headlight visible required to respect bicyclists as more than two abreast.
at least 500 feet in front, a red reflector legitimate highway users and should Q. Any restrictions about two people
visible 100 to 600 feet to the rear, plus drive so as not to endanger bicyclists. riding on one bike?
amber reflectors on either side. Q. Does that mean I have to ride in the A. If your bike is a single seat bike,
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Traffic code may cost millions
' i HARRISBURG ( AP) The new police officers for the new code, a help defray training costs.
Motor Vehicle Code may cost more than spokesman said. Most of the rest had to be absorbed in
IsB million in federal , and state funds by And the state housekeeping agency, 'the two departments' existing budgets.
• the time it's entirely in place next year, the Department of General Services, PennDOT was to cancel some
documents indicate. will spend upwards of $25,000 printing equipment purchases. to help meet the
' Most of the money is going for new copies of the code. It will go on sale for increased costs.
road signs and color identification about $1 a copy, a spokesman said. The department has ' asked the
photographs for driver's licenses. No estimates are yet available on legislature for an additional $657,000 this
The road signs, including "no turn on costs to municipalities, which have year. But the bill is caught in the budget
red" for intersections the state decides greater responsibilities under the code. logjam in the state House.
won't qualify for the new right turn on They can designate intersections where Actually., that amount may not be
red regulation, will cost $3.6 million, they don't want right turns on red and needed this year, an official in Penn
4cording to estimates by the state can set their own speed limits after they DOT's fiscal section said. PennDOT
Transportation Department. complete traffic studies. wanted to use part of it to start the photo
', The photo system will cost another $3.4 PennDOT and the state police have ID program, which has since been
million. relied on the federal government to help delayed because of technical problems.
It works out to about $2 for each of the bear some of the costs. The program doesn't have to be un
‘ state's four million drivers. The federal government was expected derway until July 1, 1978.
k.: The state police has spent nearly to come up with $1.5 million for the signs Once the photo ID system starts,
$729,000 training 9,981 state and local and has given the state police $69,725 to motorists will pay $1 for each photo.
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and $36,000 for instructional equipment replacement.
Board member Loretta Jeffreys objected to the furnace
conversion expenditures, saying the price of oil is bound
to increase after the schools have converted to oil heating.
"Why do we have to convert if we can stay open with
natural gas? The likelihood of closing school is smaller
this year because we've been re-classified," Jeffreys said.
Physical Plant Director Frank Brown said the
government has re-classified some of the schools, thus
alloting them more natural gas this winter. The three
schools not re-classified have already converted to oil
heating, according to Brown, so they also are in no danger
of closing this winter.
Included in the budget is $13,500 for a revised gifted
program. , This amount is $35,000 less than the original
proposal and will be used as salaries for a resource
teacher and a clerk-typist.
"The program is an attempt to comply with the law
requiring programs for exceptional children," said
Superintendent of Schools William E. Babcock.
The $32,000 originally proposed for a motivational
resource center was reduced to $27,000 for two teachers
and teaching supplies.
• The center, approved on a one-year trial basis, will deal
with•disruptive students. Blossom Aberg, director of pupil
personnel services, said there were 49 students with 16 or
more referrals for disciplinary problems last year.
"Similar programs have returned 50 to 75 per cent of
these students to regular classrooms," Aberg said.
The motivation program will operate on the junior high
school level with specially-trained' teachers conducting
half-day class sessions.
Student trustee hopefuls
await selection decision
By LAURA SHEMICK .
Collegian Staff Writer
The Student Trustee Selection Com
mittee has recommended three
prospective trustees to the state
Secretary of Education in Harrisburg.
They are Jeannette A. Morris (grad
community development), Diana L.
Foderaro (6th-liberal arts and
engineering) and Keith McClellan (10th
speech communication and political
science).
Acting Secretary of Education Robert
N. Hendershot will inform the com
mittee through chairman Alex Holt if the
three names are sufficient. Hendershot
asked for between three and five names,
Holt said.
If more are requested, Holt will ask
the committee if they wish to recom
mend more names, Holt said.
The sixteen applicants were asked by
the committee for their views on the role
of trustee and various questions about
the University's function, Holt said.
They were asked general questions by
the committee about information on
their applications also.
On her application, Morris wrote,
"The priorities of a student trustee
should be to represent the best interests
of the student population legitimately to
the rest of the board members, and to
encourage the voicing of special con
cerns to the trustees through both formal
and informal means."
From Justice head to convict
Mitchell last Watergater jailed
by United Press International - Both prison camps are minimum security facilities which
H.R. Haldeman went to jail yesterday for his role in have no fences and are described as "country clubs" for white
Watergate. John Mitchell has until noon today to surrender to collar criminals.
.U.S. marshals the last man convicted in the scandal to go to "It's an open camp. No fence and no towers," said Lompoc
prison. Warden Lawrence Grossman.
Haldeman, 50, chief of staff in Richard Nixon's White House, "It used to be an Army camp."
walked into the administration building at the federal prison Grossman said Haldeman would be assigned to one of the 35-
camp in Lompoc, Calif., gave his name and the process of man dormitories and given a job at the 40,000 acre prison
fingerprinting and photographing began. • camp.
Mitchell, 63, Nixon's attorney general and campaign "There are a number of different kinds of jobs," he said.
manager, will enter the federal prison camp at Maxwell AFB, "There's food service, grass cutting, federal prison industries,
Ala. He will be the first attorney general in American history maintenance details and other things he can do. He will have
to go to jail. his evenings free."
Mitchell was not heard from yesterday. He was believed to Haldeman has said he was writing a book about the Nixon
be putting his affairs in order at his New York City home. White House, one with "the gloves off and no holds barred." •
Haldeman and Mitchell face sentences of 30 months to eight The final two Watergate figures to be convicted will begin
years for conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury. They serving their sentences five years and five days after five
could make their first application for parole about the end of burglars were captured inside the offices of the Democratic
next summer. National Committee with wiretapping equipment.
Consumer prices rose in May
WASHINGTON (UPI) Consumer cent in March and May, 0.8 per cent in Food prices rose 0.7 per cent in May,
prices rose substantially for the fifth January and April, and 1 per cent in less than half the rate during
straight month in May, although the 0.6 February. April. Although coffee prices continued
per cent increase reflected some easing Food and fuel prices have been largely to climb 10.3 per cent, vegetables
of food prices, the Labor Department responsible for the surge. But ad- dropped 13.5 per cent.
reported yesterday.
The May increase for consumer goods
represented a 7.4 per cent compound
annual rate somewhat below in
creases averaging 10 per cent since the
beginning of 1977.
But it meant little significant change
in a recent inflationary surge, which
President Carter's economic advisors
expect will continue through the sum
mer. Prices have risen much faster this
year than they did in late 1976.
In the first five months of 1977,
American consumers have endured
accelerated price increases of 0.6 per
Photo by Linda Hart
you are not permitted to carry anyone
else on the bike. The bike must be used
for the number of people for which it was
designed or equipped. However, adults
are permitted to carry a child in a back
pack or sling.
Q. Are you saying the law will not
permit the use of child carriers that
attach to the back of bikes?
A. That's right, according to a literal
reading of the law, say state attorneys.
But the Transportation Department has
proposed a clarifying amendment to
allow the carriers.
Q. Any restrictions about riding on
sidewalks?
A. In business districts, you cannot
ride on the sidewalk unless permitted by
sign.
Q. What about in other areas?
A. You may ride on the sidewalk in
nonbusiness districts but must give an
audible warning bell, horn or vocal
warning when overtaking a pedestrian.
Q. What are the penalties if you
disobey the bicycle laws?
A. Each violation carries a fine of $lO.
Q. How are pedestrians affected by
the new law?
A. In effect, the state will have a
limited anti-jaywalking law on the
books.
Q. What does the law say?
A. In urban areas, a pedestrian must
cross at the intersection with marked
crosswalks. He is not permitted to
jaywalk in the middle of the block if
there are traffic lights at both ends of the
block.
Morris, who graduated from the
University in May, was the Associated
Student Activities Budget Committee
chairman for three years. The budget
committee allocates funds to student
groups. She was also an RA and
chairman of the Student Advisory Board
during her undergraduate years.
McClellan wrote a student trustee
"should assume the role of 'student
advocate.' . . .he should present the
student's 'case' before the board while
trying to block measures that are
against student interests."
McClellan listed his qualifications as
president of the Penn State Forensics
team, Omicron Delta Kappa member,
and Parmi Nous president in his ap
plication. He also listed his Penn State
Outing Club Ski Patrol membership and
Colloquy Debate Panel membership
as qualifying activities.
Candidate Foderaro said her priorities
would be "two-fold . . . communication
would be my first goal. Giving lucid,
effective input to the board involves
gathering and organizing information
from many sources . . . . My second goal
would be to work effectively with the
board itself. This involves being a
verbal, active member of the board."
Foderaro, a State College native,
listed as her qualifications being an RA
for South Halls, a USG legal affairs staff
member, president of Interlandia folk
ministration economists predict these Gasoline, fuel oil and coal rose a
prices will ease in the months ahead, moderate 0.8 per cent. All nonfood
allowing inflation to cool to a 6.5 per cent commodities were up 0.4 per cent for the
annual rate by the end of 1977. third straight month, and service costs
Already in May there was evidence
rose 0.7 per cent.
'that food and fuel prices are no longer
increasing faster than other goods. One The Consumer Price Index stood at
Commerce Department analyst 1 . 80.6 in May, reflecting a 6.7 per cent
described it as "some cause for op-. increase over the past year. This means
timism." that goods and services costing $lOO in
He said May's overall 0.6 per cent 1967, have increased by $80.60 over the
increase was "getting back to a more , past decade.
decent rate a demonstration of what Wholesale food prices declined in May,
happens when we don't have those big but they are slow to affect the retail
increases in food and fuel." market.
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dance club, Penn State Thespians
member, and a former LaVie staffer.
She also listed her membership in Kappa
Kappa Gamma sorority.
The governor suggested the graduate
or undergraduate student candidates:
should have demonstrated concern
for the welfare of both students and the
University as a whole.
should understand a trustee's
responsibilities and the obligation to
strengthen the long-range health of the
University.
should be able to fill a three-year
term even if no longer enrolled.
Holt said the committee decided that it
was not necessary for a candidate to be a
student and could have graduated from
the University. He also said he was
encouraged by the number of Com
monwealth campus applicants for the
position. None of the final choices is
from Commonwealth campuses,
however.
The current student trustee, Dion
Stewart, will graduate from the
University in December. Holt said the
committee had hoped that the state
would approve a new trustee in time for
the next trustee meeting in July, but that
there was no deadline on the selection.
The Secretary of Education will
probably interview all the candidates,
Holt said. The final appointment will be
made by Gov. Shapp.
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