Small.was healthy during the first half of 1977 and inflation as measured by the • Consumer Price Index has slowed somewhat after increasing at a 10 percent annual rate during the first three months of 1977. , rise in nation's prices WASHINGTON (UPI) The nation's economy was "strong and well-balanced" , during the second quarter, rowing at a 6.4 per cent annual rate, the' Commerce ► Department said yesterday. In a separate report, the f) Labor Department said the prices consumers pay at the grocery store and other retail outlets rose a "moderate" 0.6 r i'aer cent, matching the lowest K increases of the year in May P I and March. The two governinent 1 7 economic reports confirmed ~ p!lmiiiistration projections Vf that the economic growth rate Carter heads home for 'town meetings' YAZOO CITY, Miss. (UPI) After six months in office, 6 President Carter was back on the campaign trail yesterday, ,jtelling an audience in his native deep South that battling unemployment and inflation remain his major priorities. Carter held his second mock town meeting in a sweltering high school auditorium, keeping a campaign pledge to meet with the people and answer their questions. "We've had kind of a mixed bag in our first six months in office," Carter told a young man who asked the President if he ' felt he had carried out his campaign promises since taking office Jan. 20. k i "I'm pleased overall —so far I like the job," he 'said with a smile. Then turning serious, he said: "We still have high A o unemployment . . . and the inflation rate is still too high." Mall banners stolen University police reported unknown ,persons took five overhead banners from the campus mall Monday. Estimated value was $250. , State College police reported that $140.58 was taken from the Ceramic Finishing Company of State College, 1160 Oneida St., between July 17-20. University police reported an unknown person threw a M-80 firecracker from Tener Hall onto the roof of Fisher Hall. No damages were reported. University police reported unknown persons broke into a candy machine in the coatroom of the Materials Research Building main lobby yesterday. Estimated damage is unknown this time. Correction Alt was incorrectly reported there might be a further in- Wednesday in The Daily crease if taxes are not raised. Collegian that GSA president Also, the report on graduate Trish Morrison said there student status on campus was would be a $4l tuition increase reported as having been sent for graduate students. •to President Oswald —it will Actually, this is in effect now; be sent soon. The Daily Collegian keeps you informed . Since 1890 Penn State people have come to appreciate T the timely reflections and L ayie memories names, i n The faces. Those PENN familiar places. They all come STATE together for you in La Vie. A Rbo 206 HUB "Economic growth in the second quarter was strong and well-balanced," said Courtenay Slater, chief economist for the Commerce Department. "Unlike the first quarter, when the GNP rise was heavily concentrated in'motor vehicle purchases and business inventories, second quarter growth was spread among almost all major GNP components." Mrs. Slater said residential construction' showed a par ticularly strong increase in the second quarter and gov ernment purchases showed `isignificant gains" for the first time since mid-1975. Although the 6.4 per cent growth was considered healthy, it fell below projections by administration economic officials who forecast an increase in the range of 7 per cent. by Wayne Johnson 865-2602 Weekend arrives, still no state budget decision HARRISBURG (AP) The legislative conference com mittee adjourned for the weekend yesterday without reaching any decision on a new state budget. The six-man panel met with Revenue Secretary Milt Lopus and Welfare Secretary Frank Beal yesterday and asked about revenue estimates and where budget cuts could be made. The committee questioned Lopus about $lO million set aside by the Revenue Department to pay potential tax refunds stemming from a court case. House Majority Leader James Manderino said his 'staff found no cases where utilities affected by the court case have filed for refunds. "We - see it as a contingent liability we have to budget for," Lo . pus said later. Beal was asked if cash grants and medical assistance could take cuts. He said the two programs could use $5O million more than proposed to make it through the fiscal year. He said the cash assistance rolls have stayed high this year instead of dropping in the spring. The rolls went from 157,000 in March to 254,600 in June, he said. ✓aworski to chair Korean probe WASHINGTON (AP) Former Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski, named to direct the House investigation of alleged Korean influence-buying, said yesterday he would resign the post if he is hindered in carrying out the probe. "If I feel a roadblock has been put in the way of a complete investigation, I would not hesitate to resign Angolan forces routed in border fight WINDHOEK, South West Africa (UPI) Pro-Western guerrillas firing rockets, mortars and machine guns routed Angolan forces from the southern Angola border town of Cuangar, tribal authorities and refugees reported yesterday. More than 100 Angolan troops died, and hundreds of others deserted and sought refuge across the border in South West Africa to escape guerrillas roaming the jungle, South African officers said. Radio South Africa reported .from the border region that Cuban reinforcements have been sent to three southern Angola towns surrounded by guerrillas Rocadas, Calueque and Periera de Eca. The fighting erupted Wednesday morning when 200 mem bers of the National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola Fisher Plaza concert planned GSA will sponsor an outdoor The Penn State Association concert featuring Round II 7-9' for the Handicapped will hold p.m. Sunday in Fisher Plaza. a meeting to discuss a center for the handicapped and related issues 7:30 p.m. Monday in 323 HUB. The public is welcome. • • The Gym Club will hold an introductory meeting for interested beginners 9:30-11 tonight in 107 White Building. Bring old gym clothes. and then to let the public know why I did," Jaworski said, indicating that he was referring to any attempts by congressional leaders to curb his promised independence. The Texas lawyer also said he'll recommend prosecution of any wrongdoing, no matter who is hurt. "If I find a crook involved in this matter, I want to bring him out and I want the public feehouse- - presents , - Paul Gallagher and Nina Fellin The Metropolitan Com._ plus "Waupelani" 8 tonight in munity Church will hold 102 Kern. Unemployment in the state is contributing to the high rolls, said Beal, who estimated 1,200 persons a month switch to cash assistance when their unemployment compensation runs out. • Committee chairman Sen. Henry Messinger said the staff will get more figures from the governor's office and work through the weekend on the budget proposal. Rank and file lawmakers haVe rejected two proposals this week that would have increased taxes by $529 million and $3BB million respectively. Leaders have indicated they must reduce the proposed tax increase further. Messinger said no decision has been made on whether the committee should shoot for a no-tax budget, as some law makers have demanded. The proposal to increase school subsidies seems a likely candidate for the chopping block, leaders have indicated. The original proposal called for $225 million in increased aid for all school districts and $42 million in postponed loan repayments for Philadelphia schools. to know about it," Jaworski told a news conference in Houston. "It will make no difference to me who is involved in this matter, be they Republicans or Democrats," he said. Meanwhile, the House ethics committee voted to hire Jaworski as chief in vestigator of the probe and guaranteed him "full and complete independence." attacked the government outpost along the Kavango River, which divides Angola and South West Africa. Kavango tribal authorities and refugees who crossed the fast-flowing river to safety said many soldiers of Angola's pro- Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola died in an ambush after the attack began. Maj. Gen. Wally Black, commander of South African troops here, said about 400 refugees fled Angola. "A large percentage of the refugees who crossed the border were supporters and troops of the MPLA," he told Radio South Africa. • The Johannesburg Star quoted reliable sources in the Kavango tribal homeland as saying National Union forces went on a rampage and killed civilians indiscriminately in their villages. worship services 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Eisenhower Chapel. Commonsplace That written promise was contained in a "Memorandum of Understanding" approved by the committee. Jaworski succeeded Philip A. Lacovara, who quit the job last week in a dispute with Rep. John A. Flynt, D-Ga., chairman of the panel. Flynt said he expects committee hearings, possibly public, to begin in Sep tember on schedule. SUMMER SALE at the earth shoe store Wed., July 13th to Sat., • All Earth _ brand • Shoes • Sandals 211 w • Boots U7O off The Daily Collegian Friday, July 22, 1977- Group ponders zoning change By ROSEMARY GARHART Collegian Staff Writer State College Planning Commission is considering a proposed zoning ordinance amendment that would require all existing off-street parking areas, loading spaces and driveways to conform to new rules within a year. The amendment, discussed at last night's meeting and in the planning stages for the last three years, calls for landscaping at the perimeter of all parking areas and the ratio of one shade tree to every five parking spaces. Parking areas having more than 30 parking spaces or exceeding , l2,ooo square feet will be required to have trees for interior shading and raised islands. Planning Commission Chairman Wallis Lloyd showed slides of various areas that would be in violation of the amendment. McDonald's.on S. Atherton Street was shown as an example of what the amendment will require. The amendment will require loading spaces to be located on their respective lots. Spaces will not be per mitted in front yards. Also, loading spaces would have to be screened from adjacent residential areas and must be located within 40 feet of the nearest intersection. Commission chairman Wallis Lloyd said that Calder Alley would be an exception to the loading space provision:since it would destroy the recent' development there. "The Calder Way development is getting along well without it," Lloyd said. Commission m4mber James Delesie suggested an amendment section on a compact car zone that would require parking lots to devote an area to compacts in order to allow for more parking spaces. Commission member Carol M. Herrmann said that a transportation study done for State College showed that 40 per cent of the cars in State College are compacts. Lloyd said that the planning commission has tried to apply regulations to existing lots so it will not be im possible to meet the ordinance's requirements. "The motor vehicle is the single most difficult problem of the planning commission," Lloyd said. He said that he commission wants input from all parts of the community on the proposed amendment. UMW election in doubt WASHINGTON (AP) won the June 14 union elec- Arnold Miller staved off a tion. challenge to his election as president of United Mine Earl Dudley, attorney for Workers yesterday, but the Lee Roy Patterson who lost man who ran second in the the election, said Patterson contest promised to continue will take his allegations of the fight. election irregularities to the The union's executive board Labor Department in a fur voted 84 to 55 to accept tellers' ther effort to overturn reports showing that Miller Miller's election.
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