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Lots of people spent yesterday slip-sliding away and landing in some rather
uncomfortable positions while attempting to navigate across campus.
Above, maintenance man Harrd Frantz salts the walk after Jeff Wesling
(2nd-political science), left, and Daniel Weber (7th-business) find travelling a
bit difficult.
Dr. John Hargleroad, director of the Ritenour Health Center said several
puncture wounds and fractures of the hand, wrist and finger were reported.
Justice Department
looks at phone call
in Marston firing
g PHILADELPHIA (AP) The U.S.
>1 Justice Department will look into the
a timing of a telephone call made to
| President Carter Nov. 4 by a Demo
-3 cratic Pennsylvania Congressman
who wanted to expedite the ouster of
r Republican U.S. Attorney David
Marston, a top department official
said Monday.
Benjamin Civiletti repeatedly
refused, however, to say whether
y Rep. Joshua Eilberg might have
| obstructed justice had he known when
he placed the call that he was under
investigation by Marston’s office.
“The placing of that call and prior
I calls are matters in which the public
j are entitled to know the facts . ..
facts that will be determined,” said
[ Civiletti, who, met with Marston’s
staff on Marston’s last day In office.
Marston, fired Friday by Attorney
General Griffin Bell, insisted Monday
that his firing stemmed from
; pressure brought by Eilberg.
Marston told reporters that
Eilberg’s call to Carter “seems to be
the transaction that set this thing, my
firing, in motion.” What Eilberg
“was really saying is take this cop off
r the beat,” Marston added.
“The clear signal is that if you want
to pull strings in Washington you can
do that. I think that will have a
, devastating effect on public
( corruption prosecutions” here and
elsewhere, said Marston.
Civiletti denied that the Eilberg call
precipitated Marston’s firing, saying,
“I don’t think the Justice Department
yielded to any pressure from any
congressmen."
Civiletti added that Marston never
has been “immune to replacement in
due course.”
Civiletti and Marston gave con
| flicting accounts of when the Justice
| Department first became aware that
1 Eilberg was involved in the probe of a
$64 million federally assisted con-
Parking, ice dominate meeting
By GINA CARROLL
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
j Discussion of icy sidewalks, snowy
Sparking lots and accessways, drainage
problems and miscellaneous other items
dominated the meeting Monday night
between Laurel Glen tenants and a
representative of the management of the
Apartment complex.
') The meeting generated several ideas
'/ for the quick removal of snow from the
parking lots and exitways at Laurel
Glen.
Carl Deck, vice president of the
of Town Independent
Students, said Laurel Glen was served
with notice today by Fire Marshal
Ernest Sauers to clear the fire lanes and
I exitways within 36 hours.
I The manager of the complex, Scott
said he knew nothing of such a
notice.
“I should have been one of the first to
know if anything had happened. I don’t
know anything about that.” Sauers could
not be reached for confirmation.
i) Plans for the removal of snow call
■?f6r tenants to move their cars from the
parking lots, a phase at a time, to enable
the plows to plow and cinder the lots. The
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struction project at Hahnemann
Hospital here.
Civiletti said “there were no facts
or evidence .. . indicating any
congressional, involvement in
Hahnemann or any other probe prior
to mid-December,” at which time
certain facts came to light during
routine department briefings.
That seemed to conflict with
statements made by Bell at a Jan. 12
news conference that he first learned
of possible involvement by
congressmen from news reports
earlier in the month.
Marston said that on Nov. 16 “I told
Deputy U.S. Attorney General
Russell Baker Jr. about the Eilberg
phone call and about pur Hahnemann
probe. ... I told Baker about our
Hahnemann investigation and who it
might involve.”
Marston conceded, however, that
he may not have relayed actual facts
or evidence of any congressional
involvement in that investigation.
Referring to Eilberg’s call to
Carter, Marston said, “I think the
circumstances surrounding that
phone call are the legitimate subject
of an investigatory effort.”
Carter revealed at a Jan. 12 news
conference that, at Eilberg’s urging,
he asked Bell to expedite Marston’s
replacement. Carter aides have said
the President had no knowledge at
that time that Eilberg was under
investigation.
Civiletti said he submitted a list of
names Monday to Chief U.S. District
Judge Joseph Lord 111 for Lord and
other district judges to consider for
naming an acting U.S. attorney until
a permanent successor for Marston is
selected and confirmed by the U.S.
Senate.
He would not say how many names
were submitted or whether any were
from within Marston’s office.
cars could be moved either to another of
the phases or to one of the large parking
areas on Atherton Street, pending ap
proval of the area owners.
Anderson said the management could
provide shuttle bus service for those
tenants who would leave their cars in
parking areas on Atherton Street while
the lots are being plowed.
The tenants showed interest in doing
all they could to help. “I’d even go
shopping for two hours. I wouldn’t
care! ” said one tenant jokingly.
And6rson said he was willing to meet
with all people interested in shoveling
sidewalks at $3 per hour at 4 p.m. today,
in his office at Laurel Glen.
The tenants said that service had not
increased at all in porportion to the
increase in tenants, and felt this was a
major factor in the resulting problems at
Laurel Glen. But Anderson disagreed.
“It was just a case of too much too
fast,” he said. “We got hit with a lot of
snow all at once and we just didn’t have
the equipment to handle it.”
Anderson said extra equipment had
been called for, “but in a situation like
this, everyone wants them (equipment
contractors) all at once. We got a lot.”
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University maintenance crews worked steadily over the weekend to clear
snow from major traffic areas. Donald J. Thompson, University maintenance,
said the main priority has been to get the snow out of the way before more
comes.
Thompson said maintenance crews “have put an awful lot of hours in,” but
haven’t been able to clear everything.
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llegian
Budget bill exceeds $5OO billion
WASHINGTON (UPI) President
Carter Monday sent Congress a $500.2
billion budget $2,294 for each
American emphasizing defense,
education, energy and keeping close rein
on new government spending.
Carter’s fiscal 1979 spending plan
the nation’s first to exceed half a trillion
dollars contained no surprises. But it
called for a deficit of $60.6 billion, third
largest ever and only $1.2 billion below
the current total.
Some Democrats on Capitol Hill were
initially critical of the projposed deficit,
calling it too high for a period of “solid
economic growth.”
Speaking for the nation’s governors in
But warns Egypt against use of 'insults
Begin hopes to resume peace negotiations
JERUSALEM (UPI) Prime Minister Menahem
Begin said Monday he hopes to resume direct
negotiations with Egypt as early as next week
providing Cairo stops insulting Israel with “abusive
statements.”
“I have to add a warning,” he said, speaking in
directly to Egyptian leaders from the podium of the
Israeli parliament.
“We will not accept any harm to the honor of the
Jewish state during negotiations.” •
He said hostile and insulting statements from the
Egyptian capital made it impossible at this time for
Flaherty enters state gubernatorial contest
HARRISBURG (AP) Former
Pittsburgh Mayor Peter Flaherty
plunged into the Democratic race for
governor Monday with a pledge to fire
state Attorney General Robert Kane as
his first step in fighting corruption.
“For too long we have seen state
crime investigations sabotaged at the
attorney general’s door,” the 53-year-old
Flaherty said on a swing to five cities to
announce his candidacy.
“My first official act will be to fire the
present attorney general. He is the
symbol of law enforcement. But Kane is
a crony of the governor who has
frustrated at least four attempts to
When asked what he would do to
alleviate the problem of icy .sidewalks
and porches, Anderson said he would
make salt available for the tenants to put
on the walks.
According to the tenants, there is more
to the snow problem than just icy
sidewalks and snow-filled parking areas.
Drainage from melting snow on
balconies has created wet ceilings and
ice-covered rugs.
“My living room is flooded. I can’t
close the door, let alone lock it. It’s all
ice now,” one tenant said. And the
reverse is true for Steve and Jolene
Kitko. “Our door is frozen shut. My
husband had to crawl out the window to
get to classes today.”
Anderson said that problems such as
these were not as easily solved, and that
he would work on them. He said these
were structural problems, and that no
satisfactory solution had been reached
although consultants and contractors
had looked at the problem and given
advice.
A progress meeting will be held at 7
p.m. Monday in Apt. 5-A, to discuss what
has been done and to suggest possible
ways to help avert other such incidents.
Tuesday, Jan. 24,1978
Vol. 78, No. 107 8 pages
University Park, Pa. 18802
Published by Students ol The Pennsylvania State University
a joint statement, Democrat Milton
Shapp of Pennsylvania and Republican
William Milliken of Michigan hailed the
concept of turning over more tax
collections directly to states, but said it
was not enough to offset state and local
budget pressures.
Overall spending for the fiscal year
beginning Oct. 1, which Carter labeled
“restrained,” would increase by $3B
billion 8.2 percent above the $462
billion for fiscal 1978. However, $3O
billidn of that would be eaten by in--
fla'tidri, so “real” growth would be less
than 2 percent.
“Resources are limited and govern
ment must discipline its choices and its
pursue organized crime and corrup
tion,” he added.
Flaherty, who resigned as the No. 2
man in the U.S. Justice Department in
December, said he had no particular
replacements in mind. But he later
added that deposed U.S. Attorney David
Marston, a Republican, would make a
good attorney general.
“I have a high opinion of Marston. I
fought against his firing. He would be
among those I would consider,” said
Flaherty, his wife Nancy sitting at his
right arm as he addressed the media.
Asked if he would keep any of the
cabinet members in Gov. Shapp’s ad
by Mary Anne Mulligan
Israel to send its delegation to the Cairo military talks.
“I hope at the start of next week we can decide about
sending our delegation back,” he said, adding, “it is a
hope.”
He spoke at the end of a five-hour debate on the
stalled Middle East peace moves and won a 59-9 en
dorsement of his policies, with 19 abstaining. The
parliament has 120 members.
Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, who met Monday
with Undersecretary of State Alfred Atherton, said
earlier the United States is working to continue the
negotiations despite the suspension of the foreign
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Tenants discuss ways of wielding kitchen knives to chop ice off sidewalks last night at Laurel Glen
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scope,” Carter said in a message to
Congress, which evidently must pass
judgment on his requests.
The Department of Health, Education
and Welfare accounted for the largest
single request $181.3 billion. Social
Security benefits total $103.1 billion of
that.
The Defense .Department, at $115.2
billion, had the second highest proposed
spending, an increase of 9.2 percent
before adjustment for inflation. During
his campaign, .Carter said he would slice
Pentagon funding. House Speaker
Thomas O’Neill told reporters he would
“like to see it under $5OO billion,” but
repeated an earlier warning that if
ministration, Flaherty said, “I can’t
think of any off-hand."
Flaherty, a renowned maverick who
wielded an austere ax in reducing Pitts
burgh spending, said he would “do
more for less” on the state level.
“The current mismanagement in
Harrisburg cries out for a new leader.
Like a ball club on a losing streak,
Pennsylvania needs a new manager,”
said Flaherty, saying he cut the
bureaucracy by 25 percent in his seven
years as mayor.
“I feel I am that manager and I can
come into Harrisburg fresh, with no
preconceptions, and owing nothing to the
defense spending is increased, it should
not be at the expense of job-creating
programs.
House Appropriations Committee
chairman George Mahon, noncommittal
about budget specifics, expressed
concern at the size of the projected
deficit. But he agreed with Carter’s
budget philosophy, which he defined as
using tax cuts to stimulate the private
sector.
Carter’s budget cuts the federal share
of the nation’s economy from 22.6 per
cent to 22 percent.
Carter said his aim is to cut unem
ployment and the rate of inflation by 0.5
percent each year.
ministers conference last week and the Israeli decision
to stay out of the military talks for now.
“They are suggesting proposals that are generally
realistic and compromises, although sometimes not
acceptable on our side or theirs (Egypt’s), ” he said.
“Today the United States is playing a central role in
all of this.”
Begin, who one day earlier announced postponement
of the departure of the Israeli delegation to military
talks in Cairo, delivered a one-hour speech to
parliament that departed significantly from the har
sher, prepared text.
Flaherty said his priorities as
governor would be to create more jobs
and spur the economy.
Look for a short warming trend today
and tomorrow, with increasing cloudi
ness this afternoon and temperatures
reaching the low 30’s by evening. Cloudy
conditions are expected tonight, with
snow beginning this evening and chang
ing to cold rain overnight. Temperatures
should hold in the low 30’s overnight and
rise to the middle 30’s Wednesday.
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Photos by Kan Kaspor
A brief thaw
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