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Proposed compromise rejected
•Human rights resolution defeated
By PAULA FROKE
and MIKE SILLUP
Daily Collegian Staff Writers
Two versions of the proposed human
* rights resolution were voted down last
night by State College Municipal
Council.
■ The original resolution, which had
been proposed by council member
Lennig, after the Centre County
Advisory Council to the state Human
Relations Commission suggested an
ordinance to the same effect, and a
substitute resolution proposed last night
by council member Wallis Lloyd were
both rejected by a vote of four to three.
' The topic of four hours of testimony
Feb. 5, the original version urged equal
and fair treatment for all citizens in
employment, housing and public ac
commodations, regardless of “race,
religious creed, ancestry, age, sex,
national origin, physical handicap,
Wnarital status or affectional or sexual
orientation.”
■ Lloyd’s substitute eliminated the
listing of specific situations, and
requested council affirm its support of
human rights for “all citizens.”
The revised resolution was “not in
tended as a criticism of the human
services committee,” he said. The
committee “did a splendid job dealing
with a trying issue.”
Although Lloyd said he did not want to
approve the original resolution, he did
gpot Want to vote against it either. “To do
"so leaves the impression that I am in
different to the concerns of the
homosexual community when I have
genuine sympathy for them.”
“I’m in favor of the general idea of the
resolution,” he said, “but if we are going
to be concerned about discrimination,
jive should be concerned with it on all
"counts, and not just with specific
listings.”
Council member Allen D. Patterson
said if he were in the place of the county
advisory council, he “wouldn’t want to
open a Pandora’s Box of 57 varieties of
“I think they want to open the door a
half inch," he said, to consider only the
cases of discrimination due to sexual or
Carter: U. S., Iran
WASHINGTON (UPI) Predicting
Iran and America will continue to be
friends, President Carter said yesterday
the United States has contacted the new
.government formed by Ayatollah
xßuhollah Khomeini and stands ready to
work with it.
In the first public statement the ad
ministration has made since Khomeini’s
forces won control of the oil-rich nation
Sunday, Carter stressed the United
States maintained a strict hands off
policy throughout Iran’s civil turmoil
and he said other nations must do the
same.
“Our objective has been and is a stable
and independent Iran which maintains
good relations with the United States of
he told a news conference.
Carter said the U.S. embassy in
Tehran told him early yesterday that the
new government Khomeini installed
“had been very helpful in insuring the
safety of Americans and we’ve been
consulting with them very closely.”
He said the United States kept a close
Peye on Iran during the months of civil
strife and “as has been the case
.Stores, floors offer candy to kisses for valentines
By MARYANN HAKOWSKI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
If wrapping yourself in a big red ribbon did not work
last year, you are probably still looking for the perfect
gift for your favorite valentine. Look no further. The
businesses in State College have everything imaginable
,spr Valentine’s Day gift-giving.
A dozen roses are a Valentine’s tradition, but the cost
of being romantic with roses is expensive this year.
“Most people settle for a half dozen or a single rose,”
Mike Albright, manager of Woodrings Floral Gardens,
said. “It’s getting to a point where a dozen is just too
expensive.” Albright said rose prices are higher now
than any time of the year
“Carnations are our next most popular flower,” he
said.
Albright said the weather affects his business a great
deal.
“People just won’t come down when it’s cold,” he
said. Flowers are popular with the campus crowd. He
said last year he made about 200 deliveries on campus.
Valentine cards, serious or, funny, are popular with
everyone. The traditional red and white cards are back
again for another year, but have to compete with the
contemporary cards popular with the college crowd.
Snowball watch
, A snowball watch is in effect today as yesterday’s
snow gets put to good use. It will be mostly sunny today
with a few high clouds and a high of 14. Tonight will
become partly cloudy with a low of 7. Increasing
cloudiness is on tap for tomorrow with a high of 20.
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State College Municipal Council member Wallis Lloyd Lennig (right). Both proposals were rejected by council
(left) last night suggested an alternative to a human re- by a 4-3 vote,
lations'resolution proposed by council member Dorothy
affectional orientation or marital status.
“I don’t think they want to open the door
wide.”
Lloyd, however, said, “I think if there
are so many types of discrimination,
they ought to open the door wide.”
Lennig said she was concerned with
Lloyd’s version because the human
services committee studied the original
resolution at great length.
“I think we would be backing down
after hours and hours of testimony,” she
said.
Patterson said he tried to come up
with an alternate resolution that did not
throughout this period, we have been in
touch with those in control of the
government of Iran and we stand ready
to work with them.”
Although Khomeini has strongly
criticized the United States for backing
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and
Pahlavi’s appointee, Prime Minister
Shahpour Bakhtiar, Carter said he sees
reason to hope for peaceful cooperation
with the religious leader’s forces now
that they are victorious.
“I believe the people of Iran and their
government will continue to be our
friends, and that the relationship will be
helpful to us,” he said.
Asked if it was a mistake to back the
short-lived Bakhtiar government when
Iran was obviously in turmoil, Carter
said it is American policy to “work with
the existing government” of friendly
nations, whatever it might be.
“This is part of the diplomatic
process,” he said. “When governments
change ... we very quickly establish
relations with a new government. This is
something that has historically been the
case. It’s what we have pursued in Iran
Barb Greenawalt, a clerk at the Student Bookstore said
the card business is going well this year.
"People like the contemporary and the cute cards the
most,” she said.
She also said many people are buying mobiles and
little items for their friends and roomm ates.
“I see a lot of girls buying gifts for each other in their
sororities or dorm floors,” she said.
If your valentine is into poetry, the bookstore has a
wide selection of books from Rod McKuen to Susan
Polis Shultz. If he or she is a big Penn State fan, the
book store carries “Penn State is for Lovers” T-shirts.
If you are the creative type and are planning to make
something for Valentine’s Day, the Knothole on Beaver
Avenue might be worth looking into. Judy Kolen
brander, owner of the Knothole, said the store carries
materials for making macrame hearts and wall
decorations for Valentine’s Day.
“Many people make valentine jewelry for their
friends,” she said, “We carry ceramic hearts and are
having a sale on cord this week.” If your valentine has a
green thumb, the Knothole is also having a plant sale
this week.
Roses may be a little too expensive for your check
book, but 3rd floor Beam, the International Language
House in North, has an idea for you. Steve Osborn,
president of North’s residence association, said the
house is selling red, pink and white carnations in the
Warnock Union Building from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
“The red one is for someone you love, the pink one is
for a secret admirerer, and the white one is for a
friend,” he said. Osborn said the flowers will be
delivered on Valentine’s Day.
contain the words “sex, marriage or
marital.”
“I’m concerned that we would be
writing a resolution which really says
nothing, and this would be a cop-out. I
think we have to either vote the original
resolution in, or vote it,out, but we
cannot run away from it,” he said.
Council member Ronald F. Abler, who
voted against both versions of the
resolution, said the resolutions were
“empty, meaningless gestures. ,y '
“I just don’t feel it’s something local
government should be involved in,” he
said.
still friends
and what we will pursue in the future.”
Carter indicated the United States did
nothing to aid Bakhtiar in his fight
against Khomeini, other than to offer
verbal support.
“Our policy has been not to interfere in
the internal affairs of Iran and to ex
press our firm expectation that other
nations would not do so either,” he said,
expressing America’s repeated indirect
warnings to the Kremlin to stay out of
Iran.
On other subjects, Carter said:
While the inflation index jumped
dramatically in January, he anticipates
a better showing in coming months and
believes his inflation'control program is
starting to work. “The American people
badly need relief from this punishing,
excessive inflation,” he said.
1 He and Kremlin-hating TengHsiao
iping, the Chinese vice premier, have
different views of the Soviet Union in
some respects and “I don’t have any
inclination to condemn the Soviets as a
people, or even as a government.”
He has “no intention of going to
war,” with China over Taiwan. He
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Council President Ingrid Holtzman
said she'felt it was wrong that council
was “asked to consider something
different from what we had originally
been asked to consider.”
Lloyd said he was surprised neither
version of the resolution passed.
The different wordings of the
resolutions might have affected the
members’ votes, he said, “but I think it
’ranscendbsemantics.”
“I think some confusion might have
been generated by both what was said,
and what was left unsaid,” hesaid.
reiterated he would not accept any
congressional resolution on Taiwan if it
committed the United States to back the
island in terms as strong as the soon-to
expire American-Taiwan mutual
defense treaty.
When he visits Mexico later this
week “my goal will be to protect the
interests of my nation.” Mexican
President Jose Lopez Portillo made a
similar statement Sunday. Carter said
the two will discuss trade, energy and
border problems.
Once he makes a policy decision, he
expects his employees to carry it out
“with loyalty and with enthusiasm” or
else resign. Carter denied that he was
muzzling his aides and advisers, but said
he would not issue “blanket permission”
for them to discuss their views with
reporters.
A Middle East peace settlement
remains “one of my fondest hopes and
dreams,” and he would consider another
summit with Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin if peace talks fail at a
lower level.
Does your valentine have a sweet tooth? Then a
heart-filled box of chocolates may be just what you are
looking for. The Candy Store on College Avenue has a
large selection of candy as well as a line of stuffed
animals.
“The pound box of chocolates is the most popular,” a
spokesman for the Candy Store said. The biggest size
heart is the five-pound box, but many people cannot
afford it. She said the valentine’s animals are really
popular with the college crowd.
“The valentine snowmen are the most popular.”
If you are too shy to kiss that special someone, some
residents of Lyons Hall in South can help. Advertised as
“the perfect gift for the girl who is depressed, or the
practical joke for the guy who has been telling too many
stories in the locker room,” these romeos and juliets
will deliver a kiss to the person of your choice for a
mere 50 cents.
“We were thinking of ways to raise money, and
Valentine’s Day seemed like a good holiday to exploit,”
Steve Marte, RA for 3rd and 4th floor Lyons, said. “We
thought, why not send out guys to kiss girls?”
Marte said that they decided to do the project with Ist
and 2nd floor Hibbs. The project already has 12 girls
and 12 guys signed up.
“We’U send out a guy and a girl together,” Marte
said. “The girl can escort the guy in girls dorms, and
the guy can protect the girl in guys dorms.”
He said they have posted a lot of signs but have not
had much response yet.
“It should be a lot of fun,” he said. “We might have a
social afterwards. We’ll probably have many bizarre
stories to tell.”
Khomeini forces
complete coup
TEHRAN, Iran (UPI) Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini completed his
takeover of Iran yesterday and billions
of dollars worth of sophisticated U.S.,
British and Soviet military equipment
fell into the hands of his religious
revolutionaries, some of whom are no
more than 14 years old.
The military ended its resistance
peacefully when Khomeini’s rag-tag
forces marched on the imperial palace
and key bases at the stroke of noon.
The shah’s imperial guards, tears
streaming down their faces, meekly
surrendered their rifles and tanks to the
ill-equipped mobs. Scores of the soldiers
had died in a last stand earlier in the
day.
A new wave of anti-Americanism
swept Tehran and scores of U.S. citizens
were taken into custody by Khomeini’s
guerrillas. Most were released after
questioning at the ayatollah’s
headquarters.
A retired American general, Robert
McKinnon, general manager of
operations in Iran for the Bell Helicopter
Co., said, “They couldn’t apologize
enough when we showed up at rebel
headquarters.”
Gunmen shot up the Hilton Hotel
where 350 people, most of them Bell
employees awaiting evacuation to the
United States, were staying. Youths
robbed rooms of jewelry, boots, hats and
cameras but returned some of the loot
later.
One American man received a flesh
wound in the arm and a burn wound on
the wrist from flying bullets, and
another was kicked in the stomach. But
no one suffered more than superficial
injuries.
Gunmen captured the international
communications agency of the U.S.
Embassy and systematically ransacked
Dormitory prices to
increase next year
By DON DeIVECCHIO
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Students living on campus next year
will pay higher room and board prices,
William H. McKinnon, assistant vice
president of housing and food service
operations, said.
Although no specific money figure has
bee.n . established, McKinnon said the
department of housing and food services
is evaluating all factors related to room
and board costs in determining the
amount of increase. A specific amount is
expected to be presented to the
University Board of Trustees in March.
The department of housing and food
service receives no state funds,
McKinnon said. All costs must be
covered from room and board fees.
McKinnon said costs of wages and
salaries, food, utilities and general
supplies are being evaluated from
present data.
The University employs workers on
three levels. Union employees are
employed under a three-year contract.
As of July 1, union wages and salaries
will increase 7 percent. The federal
student wage guidelines indicate the
minimum wage will be increased as of
Jan. 1,1980 from $2.90 to $3.10 per hour.
Wage and salary increases for the
University’s clerical staff are deter
mined from recommendations made by
the University.
McKinnon said there is also an 8
percent increase in food costs. The rate
of increase was deterniined from
recommendations made by University
food purchasers in alignment with rising
food prices.
The department of housing and food
service is also reviewing the University
Office of Physical Plant’s projections of
utility costs for next year, which are also
expected to increase.
it. Revolutionary guards stood idly
watching as looters smashed and tore up
pictures of President Carter and took
typewriters, projectors, automobile
tires and typing paper.
(In Washington, Carter told a news
conference the United States “stands
ready to work” with Khomeini to bring
independence and stability to Iran. He
said the most pressing goals in Iran were
to ensure the safety of Americans, to
minimize bloodshed “and prevent in
tervention by outside governments ...
and ensure the independence of Iran.”)
In Iranian embassies around the
world, staff workers renounced the shah
and pledged their allegiance to
Khomeini.
Syria and the Sudan immediately
recognized Khomeini’s Islamic
government, and Shiite Moslems and
Palestinians danced in the streets of
Beirut and fired machine guns in the air
to celebrate the victory of the revolution.
The Arab oil states, fearful of
repercussions from the turmoil in Iran,
were cautious in their congratulations
for the new regime. The Kremlin sent a
telegram to Tehran promising its
willingness “to support and develop
relations.”
The revolutionaries, who call them
selves Islamic policemen, wrote both the
symbolic and practical end of the 2,500-
year-old Peacock Throne when they
captured Shah Mohammed Reza
Pahlavi’s luxurious Niavaran palace
and the nearby headquarters of the elite
Imperial Guard.
On Sunday the Imperial Guards had
riddled their commander, Gen.
Mohammed Ali Biglari, with bullets
after he publicly rallied to Khomeini.
An estimated 6 percent increase is
expected in costs of general supplies for
maintenance and general use by the
University.
The only costs that have remained
constant from year to year are the debt
services on University buildings.
McKinnon said 18.4 percent of total room
and board fees is used to cover these
expenses. -
McKinnon said the University is not
expecting the increase to affect the
number of students living on campus. He
said in past years room and board in
creases have not greatly affected
students’ decisions to live in the dorms.
Room and board increases for the
present year were 3.8 percent, or about
$l9 per term.
The University is not expecting the
increase to affect enrollment either.
“There is a point where cost increases
could affect the enrollment, but I don’t
think we’ve reached that point yet,”
McKinnon said.
McKinnon said students submitting
dorm contracts in March will be able to
cancel their contracts up until June 30
with no penalty fee. The deadline can be
extended for students considering
canceling for financial reasons.
In response to the increase, An
nemarie Putze (sth-American
literature) said, “I am going off campus
next year. You can get away cheaper if
you get enough people together.”
Mary Henschel (6th-individual and
family studies) said she has been con
sidering moving off campus.
“If the price goes up, I will definitely
move off campus,” she said.
On the other hand, Beth Riggs (sth
business administration) said despite
the increase, she will stay in the dorms
because “it’s the most convenient thing
for me. Apartments don’t seem that
much cheaper anyway.”