’Expanded bus sen/ice proposed
By STEVE LAVINSKV
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
A proposal to expand bus service routes in the Centre
is being reviewed by various local planning
'.'commissions.
/ The proposed plan, which would expand the Centre
uArea Transportation Authority’s service area to
Ferguson Township, Toftrees, Laurel Glen and
|( Bellefonte, was prepared by James Miller, director of
jjublic transportation, who will present the plan to the
“State College Planning Commission tomorrow night.
; Miller said.the proposal, which is called the Transit
[edevelopment Plan, would require the purchase of
iree more buses to operate in the new service areas.
j Miller said the additional buses, some of which'may
purchased new, will replace present vehicles so the
System will have adequate backup in case of break
downs.
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“We’re talking about getting additional buses to hold
us over for at least two years,’’’Miller said.
CATA owns 15 buses, two of which serve as spares.
The buses are 9 to 27 years old. One of the spares is used
during rush hours, Miller said.
Miller said the Transit Redevelopment Plan must be
submitted to the Urban Mass Transportation Ad
ministration in order to receive a federal grant, which
will cover 80 percent of CATA’s capital costs. The rest
of the funds are provided by the state (16 and two-thirds
percent) and local municipalities (3 and one-third
percent).
Fifty percent of CATA’s operating expenses also
would be paid by a federal grant from UMTA if the plan
is accepted by the three participating townships
College, Harris and Patton and the State College
Borough.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
would provide 33 percent of the operating costs and
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local municipalities would follow suit by providing at
least 17 percent of the operating costs. Assuming the
municipalities accept the plan, the grant should be
approved by July, 1979, Miller said.
Operating expenses, according to Miller, depend on
the amount of service provided and the revenue
received from riders.
The proposed Ferguson Township bus service would
extend the present service area to the Park Hills-
Overlook Heights areas along with a “work trip ser
vice” going through’Fairbrook, Pine Grove Mills and
Glenview. The work trip is a bus running mornings and
evenings only.
Miller said Laurel Glen Apartments showed interest
in having CATA take over the private bus service
provided by Laurel Glen to its residents. Miller said
CATA is still considering the offer.
“With good signalization and a better road, we could
serve them safely,” he said.
'Watergate' reporter will speak
Bob Woodward, well-known investigative reporter of the
Watergate affair, will speak at Eisenhower Auditorium
tonight at 8.
The event is being sponsored jointly by Colloquy, the In
terfraternity Council, and the Panhellenic Council as part of a
presentation on “The New Press,” according to Colloquy
publicity chairman Jeff Schmoyer. The presentation is free to
the public.
In 1972, Woodward teamed with fellow Washington Post
reporter Carl Bernstein to investigate the June 17,1972, break
in of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and
the subsequent “cover-up” of the incident. The break-in oc
curred at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C.
Woodward and Bernstein’s first book, “All the President’s
Men,” chronicled the Watergate investigation and its results.
Published in 1974, the book soon became a bestseller and was
made into a movie, starring Robert Redford and Dustin
Hoffman.
The reporters’ second collaborative effort, “The Final
State highways may get millions
HARRISBURG (AP) A Penn
sylvania congressman said yesterday he
is sure the federal government will
pump millions of dollars into the state’s
stalled highway program under a
change in matching fund policy.
Rep. Doug Walgren, an Allegheny
County Democrat, told a capitol news
conference the U.S. Transportation
Department will deliver at least $lO
million for the unfinished Allegheny
Valley Expressway outside Pittsburgh.
In a letter, Transportation Secretary
Brock Adams promised to look into
making the state eligible for credit on
money it has spent on planning, design
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OTIS expresses regret
over PIRG decision
The Organization for Town In
dependent Students Monday night
expressed regret over the Associated
Student Activities Budget Com
mittee’s refusal to fund Students for a
Pennsylvania Public Interest
Research Group.
‘‘OTIS expresses its disap
pointment in ASA’s refusal to fund
PennPIRG,” said OTIS President
Glenn Meyer. “I know it hurt them,
but they’re trying not to let it bother
them. They do plan to go ahead with
their petition drive, though.”
The drive is set to begin tomorrow.
Meyer also said Students for
and right-of-way acquisition for in
terstate and federal highways.
Earlier this year, A'dams had said
such credit was prohibited under federal
highway regulations. But Walgren said
Adams changed his mind after a visit to
the unfinished Allegheny Valley Ex
pressway a few months ago.
. Adams’ letter specified that the money
may be applied only to sections of
highway not already under construction.
A U.S. highway official who attended
the news conference affirmed that under
Adams’ policy revision, the final 4.5-mile
section of the Allegheny County Ex
pressway is eligible for funding.
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The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1978—:!
Days,” described the last 100 days of the Nixon Administration
and became the first book in history to become a number one
bestseller from the day it was published.
Woodward is a 1965 graduate of Yale University. Before
joining the Washington Post in 1971, he spent five years in the
Navy as a communications officer. He s still listed as a
member of the Washington Post staff, although not in a
reporting capacity.
According to a public relations spokesman for the Post,
Woodward is writing another book. The spokesman said he did
not know the content of thq book.
At 1 p.m. today, Robert Blanchard, head of the School of
Journalism, will speak in the HUB main lounge on “Congress
and the News Media".
State College attorney Virginia Eisenstein spoke on “The
Legal Aspects of the Freedom of Speech” yesterday at the
HUB. Both speakers are part of this week’s “The New Press”
presentation.
“There’s no doubt about it, the
Allegheny Valley Expressway will be
eligible,” said Donald Hammer, Penn
sylvania’s district representative for the
Federal Highway Administration.
However, funding for numerous other
stalled roadways in the state apparently
will depend on individual applications
for aid.
Walgren said the federal grant would
be used to help offset the estimated $56
million completion cost of the final
expressway link.
Pennsylvania’s highway program has
been stalled for over a year because of a
lack of money.
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PennPIRG will be able to keep the
OTIS office space it is using.
"Sure they can continue to use what
they have now,” he said. “If there’s
anytime we can help them it’s now.
We’ll do what we can for them.”
One of the main reasons PennPIRG
did not get funding, Meyer said, was
ASA’s belief that funds would be used
for purposes not restricted to
University Park.“ASA believes the
money it gives out should benefit only
University Park students,” Meyer
said.
“A PIRG would extend to branch
campuses,” he said.
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