Financial disclosure stalled for six months HARRISBURG (AP) Faced with an Ethics Commission that is still ironing out its problems, the Penn sylvania Legislature acted yesterday to delay for six months requirements that candidates file financial l 1 disclosure. A bill permitting the delay passed the House 174-24, then was approved by the Senate Local Government. Committee and put in position for a Senate vote next week. It is expected to pass. Last month, the Ethics Com mission, which must process the financial statements, said it lacked a staff, a budget and even a mailing *j address, arid it urged the Legislature to enact a postponement. Under the bill passed by the House, all candidates would have to disclose the sources of their income before they run in the November general elections. The law does not require 3 disclosures from incumbents until 1981. Several House members said in floor speeches that they want to change the Ethics Act to exempt some local government officials. They withheld their amendments so Described as official-unofficial U.S., Taiwan announce relations ."WASHINGTON (UPI) The United States and Taiwan have agreed to conduct future, unofficial relations though private institutes, but Taiwan will'be able to say the new relationship has’ “an official character,” a State Department official said yesterday. The nuance is important to the Taiwanese, who protested furiously and* unsuccessfully when President Carter decided to cut off nation to nation rerations with them as part of his agreement with Peking. A J State Department official said Congress has been notified that Taiwan haS given up is initial resistance and agreed to establish an “Institute of iwth American Affairs,” to match "TlVe American Institute on Taiwan.” f WEDNESDAY NIGHT TAP at A XI 0.406 S. PUGH ST. FEBRUARY 14TH ,9:30 PM LAIr>IES AND RUSHEES WELCOME U-031 C W -' EVERY THURSDAY IS o: "PRIME TIME" j • i PENJOY J 1 OFF ANY PRIME RIB DINNER AT SKIMONT OR THE ARENA IN STATE COLLEGE c^JBSPEc^). (JmJ 130 WESTER STREET DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE GO GREYHOUND 60 GREYHOUND that a floor fight would not block the delay legislation. “Everyone will have a shot at this at a later date,” Majority Leader Matthew Ryan, R-Delaware, promised the House members. If the Senate also approves a delay in the financial disclosures, the other provisions in the Ethics Act will remain in effect. The law, for example, includes prohibitions against conflicts of interest for public Area officials support . The state House needs “more time to do its homework” on the recently passed ethics bill, State College Mayor Arnold Addison said, ap proving of the House’s decision to delay implementation of the Act 170 by six months. Addison said the bill was hastily conceived and consequently included several vague parts that need to be worked out. “Too many things were not com pleted when the law was passed,” he said. ‘‘Hopefully these areas will now Those two agencies, financed by each government but not having government status, will be used for all future dealings between the United States and Taipei. Taiwan, however, will be allowed to describe its institute as having "an of ficial character,” a statement the United States will ignore. That diplomatic arrangement allows the two sides to resolve their problems and move ahead without agreeing but without openly disagreeing. A spokesman at Taiwan’s embassy declined to confirm that the arrangement had been reached, and the State Department made no official statement either. The ARENA of SKMMT (Closed Mondays exceprfor banquets) ROUTE 322 EAST OF BOALSBURG 466-6271 officials During the brief floor debate on the delay legislation, a few legislators said they would fight any attempts to change the code to exclude local government officials. Noting that over 270 public officials have been indicted since 1970, Rep. Joseph Zeller, D-Lehigh, added, "70 percent of them were local officials. “Some people who were verv be cleared up and there will be no questions.” Ingrid P. Holtzman, president of the State College Municipal Council, agreed that more time is needed to devise a mechanism for im plementing the bill, but that the bill should not be amended to exclude any elected official. “I don’t go for that. I think people ought to be accountable,” Holtzman said. “But I will go along with the six month delay because procedures need to be devised so it can be en Under the agreement Carter worked out with Peking, the United States and China are to exchange ambassadors on March 1 and that same day, American relations with Taiwan will be downgraded that is, Taiwan no longer will be recognized as a nation. China insisted on that provision because it regards Taiwan as part of its own nation. Congress is angry about aspects of the arrangement, however, and thus the China package Carter submitted to Capitol Hill is running into trouble. Among those balking is Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., head of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that has power over the State Department’s budget. University Garden cpiots Sponsored -GSA - sign up at registration March 6 or in GSA office after March cost — 56.50 per plot (cash or ch DAILY TO Leave 7:35 a.m. 12:45 p.m. 5:10 p.m. DAILY TO PITTSBURGH Leave Arrive 8:15 a.m. 12:05 p.m. 12:25 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 4:40 p.m. 8:30 p.m. You’ll need a reservation attached to your ticket no the day before you plan to travel. forceful before the election about voting for ethics legislation, now are ... yelling about how bad it is and how we must protect local officials," Zeller said. Rep. Ron Gamble, D-Allegheny, protested Zeller’s use of the in dictment figures, saying, “They’re unfair. There are 53,000 local of ficials, and there were only 253 arrests.” extension forced in a fashionable manner.” Fred Hoffman, State College Area School Board member, said he supports the extension, but for a different reason. “I am hopeful the House will decide to exclude school board members,” Hoffman said. “Anybody who doesn’t receive any pay shouldn’t be in cluded.” State College Area School Board President Duane J. Doty refused to comment. Hollings told Secretary of State Cyrus Vance during a hearing last Thursday that he and other panel members thought the new institute arrangement was a fraud. The next day, he sent Vance a letter saying the panel had tentatively decided against approving Vance’s request to transfer $2 million from State Depart ment funds to the proposed institute. Vance warned Hollings during Thursday’s hearings that relations between Taiwan and America would be endangered if the institute is not funded. A committee source said the State Department legally could make the transfer without the panel’s approval, but it would risk political retribution in doing so. Ilf / ~“r HAVE YOU HAD MONO? (In the last 3 months) Sera Tec Biologicals is in need of donors who have made antibodies to mono nucleosis. We will pay $50.00 per donation to anybody who passes the antibody level test. Call 237-5761 —by Paul Sunyak DEADL APRI' HARRISBURG Arrive 9:55 a.m. 2:55 p.m. 7:20 p.m. Feb. 21 thru Feb. 27 State College Terminal 152 N. Atherton St. Sunrise officially closes By BETH ROSENFELD Daily Collegian Staff Wrlier Sunrise Day Care Center is officially closed, despite the efforts of parents of children enrolled there to keep it oepn, but the controversy surrounding the closing continues. Sunrise, which was located on campus in Cedar Building, was forced to close because it was unable to obtain a license from the state Department of Public Welfare. The Child Development Council of Centre County, which operated Sunrise, said it could not afford the necessary renovations to the center’s kitchen that might have kept it open. ' The parents worked diligently for the past month to find' an alternative to closing the center and now feel “frustrated by the lack of cooperation (from the board) in keeping Sunrise open,” according to a letter they gave to the board at its meeting last night. At that meeting, Carol Cartwright, president of the board, said the board believes the council “acted in good faith” concerning the decision to close Sunrise. Graduate teaching to be evaluated by association A survey to evaluate graduate student teaching assistants has been initiated by the Graduate Student Association in response to questions concerning the competence of some assistants. GSA President Dianne Taylor said “We’re looking for an overview of problems with training TAs and what we can do about them.” Survey questions ask the assistant what kind of training he had, whether it was adequate, and whether he had suggestions for improvements. Survey forms were distributed- to delegates at the GSA meeting last night. Taylor said the survey was .being distributed through GSA rather than through the department heads to avoid the assistants fearing recriminations if they had negative A m & Happy Valentine’s Day y i IRVIN GUYS $ A You Are Our V Sweethearts! ftyr3 floor ©dentine's . AND NOW... A WORD FROM SAINT VALENTINE FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE INVISIBLE. SPACE BETWEEN TWO HEARTS KING of PRUSSIA Arrive 11:59 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 9:20 p.m. The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Feb. 14,1979 — In the letter to the board, signed by 35 parents of the 37 children enrolled in Sunrise, Cartwright’s resignation from the board was requested. Mary Jo Cornish, council administrator, was also asked to resign from her position, or that it be terminated as of June 30,1979. The board did not discuss the letter and moved on to other business. The letter outlined the series of events that led up to the closing of Sunrise, which the parents said they feel were deceptive. According to the letter, what the board did was a contradiction, of what it said. Cartwright’s only reply to the letter was that it was inaccurate in many instances. She refused to com ment further. The parents singled out Cornish and Cartwright because they said the board was kept relatively uninformed about some important information. Cornish wrote a letter to Hermanowicz on Jan. 11, stating that Sunrise would be vacating Cedar Building on or before Feb. 15. Only Cartwright received a copy of the letter and one board member, William Butler, was told of the letter. comments. It was also done to prevent students with positive comments from being dismissed as “brownies,” she said. In other events; the Association: discussed the proposed seating policy change for home football games. Reaction was mixed. One delegate called the proposed system a “hassle”; another said he had experienced a similar system as an undergraduate at another university and liked it. announced that nominations were open for next year’s officers. Taylor said the officers’ jobs were somewhat time-consuming but that the experience gained was valuable. Treasurer Bill Sanders agreed, and also said, “Everyone has a big time commitment, and then you see them atthePhyrst.” —by Tom DeAleo PHIL. Arrive 12:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:45 p.m. iater than aaqLa 3 .
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