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..in Saturday's Penn State-Rutgers game wasn't one of these three, but the Nittany Lion did get to use the mallet in University. President
John W. Oswald's hand to ring the victory bell presented bithe class of 1978. At left is Cliff Fiscus, foimer Lion mascot and a member, of
the presenting class. At right, well, we all know who that
ompany challenges
a State College law
By PATRICK CHAPNIAN
and AIIi'IIAECFLACII
Daily Collegjanlitaff Writers
.Suite
dOuncil hag received an Intimida ting
letter ft-pm an electriciil inspection
firm challenging the borough's policy
for electrical` inspections, David ßeitz, Centre County director of code
enforQement, said Friday
Lawyers for Commonwealth
Electrical Inspection Service of
Lancaster threatened, in the letter,
to file;a lawsuit against the borough if
the inspection policy prohibiting non
approved agencies to conduct elec
trical inspections Is not changed.
Beitz made the announcement during
Friday's meeting of the Centre
Region Code Enforcement Corn=
mittee.
Unless the inspection policy is
changed, Ithe letter said, Com
monwealth will have n 6: alternative
but to begin litigation against the
borough in the Centre County Court of
Common Pleas.
The borough has an ordinance that
prohibits any. agency, aside from the
one approved by the .committee, to
conduct electrical inspections
,in the
area. Middle Department Inspection
Agency is the borough's present
inspection firm.
The suit would be based on a
similar case involving Atlantic
Inland Inspection Agency Inc. and
, Bensalem Township, Bucks County,
the letter said, The court ruled in
Education office criticized
by state auditor general
By TIM KONSKI
i)aily Collegian I larribsurg Bureau
HARRISBURG The state Education
epartment was criticized recently by
Auditor General Al Benedict. for spen
ding more than $lOO,OOO on what
Benedict called useless films.
The criticism stemmed from the
department's 1976-77 audit, which
revealed that $100,099 was spent to
produce seven educational films that
"'Were unacceptable because of inac
curacies in material content and audio
visual problems. .
"'These films are outrageous examples
of government waste," Benedict said,
because the films were never used.
One of the films Benedict cited was
aCucumber in the . Bottle," which cost
the state $60,000. He said the film was
intended to "show what education
means to commonwealth families" but
was never aired because of complaints
that it was racist and sexist.
Benedict also cited an $B,OOO sports
oedicine film used only on a pilot basis
with no plans existing for its use in the
near future. Another film depicting the
history of the American labor movement
was purchased in July 1977 but never
used, he said.
• The auditor general also said a $37,000
O m dramatizing the economic and
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favor of Atlantic, saying that the
township had violated Atlantic's right
to free enterprise._ , • , , , ,
theßenSalmii 9se Oay,
not have , any, effect on alawsuit'
against §tate College because the two
situations are different. -* ' •
"Bensalem was wide open to these
agencies;" Beitz said. "They ( the
agencies) did everythihg, inspection
and enforcement. Here, the agency
plays only a consultant role. The
agency submits their report, which
we check, and we do the enforcing."
"We are not open for business for
these agencies," Beitz said. "We are
not up for grabs."
Several firms did electrical in
spections in State College frokri 1968 to
1971, but Beitz said this method did
not get the job done.
"Businesses that would not pass the
inspection of one agency would shop
around until they found an agency
that would pass them," he said.
Beitz said the committee would
consider using Commonwealth if it
could show that it could do a better
job than Middle Department.
- We're only interested in getting
the best electrical work that we can.
It doesn't matter which one, so long
as they're good," he said.
Committee chairman Howard
Kingsbury said the committee would
take no action on the letter until it
gets a report from its solicitor,
Robert Kistler.
cultural aspects of Pittsburgh was aired
on only one public television station and
was of "highly questionable" benefit to
the Education Department. ,
He suggested that, in the future, the
Education Department determine the
need for a film, before production,
monitor film production and withhold a
portion of the contract price until ap
proving the final product.
However, Dick Wilson, Education
Department spokesman, said,
Education Secretary Robert Scanlon
"knew of the money wasted on these
films before the auditor general's
criticisms and has already instructed his
legal staff to rewrite media contracts to
make sure the department can have a
recourse."
He said that in the future the depart
ment will return or not pay for poorly
produced films.
Wilson also said the previous ad
ministration did not determine
guidelines for returning bad films and
that production companies were paid in
full before delivering the product for
department evaluation.
"It's always been standard procedure
to pay for the films upfront because it
was thought this would give smaller
film-makers a chance to compete," he
said.
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KenneoB,-.Vet.. to decide on.: 1980
WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Edward
M. Kennedy said a major factor in his
decision whether or not to run for the
1980 Democratic presidential
nomination will be whether President
Carter is able to regain the confidence of
the American people. ,
It's back to;whether
he peQple have .
itie - sense'ortallifenee that . heOnotieil"
with these issileg. - 1 think that's a mattei
of deepening dn'd increasing concern to
people as we come , to the 1980 s," the
senator said in an interview with The
Associated Press.
The interview with Kennedy took
place the day after an AP-NBC News
poll showe,d only 19 .percent of those
questioned rated Carter's work excellent
or good. It was the lowest overall job
rating for an American president in 30
years.
Sitting in his Senate office, its walls
covered with momentoes of his career
and those of his brothers, John and
Robert, Kennedy insisted he has not yet
decided whether to seek the presidency.
He said that while he has no timetable
for a decision, he would plan, if he runs,
to enter the earliest primaries and
contest for delegates in the Jan. 21
Democratic caucus in lowa. That would
indicate that the latest he would an
nounce his , plans would be early
January.
Asked if he thought President Carter
might withdraw, Kennedy replied, "I
would expect he would be in for the
durition."
Just before the August congressional
recess, Kennedy said many of his
colleagues in Congress as well as people
in private life urged him to run.
"And then during the month of
August," said Kennedy, "1. had the
Published by Students of The Pennsylvania Stale
oppotlunity to give a good deal of determined by the inflation or unem
reflection, both to these comments, but, ployment figures at the end of the year.
I think most: importantly, to my own "Is what you're looking for, simply,
deep concerns about the direction of the the ,way the administration addresses
nation, our ability to deal with many of the problem?" he was asked.
the problems that we're facing here in "That's critical," replied Kennedy.
this country, about the mood of the TTesident Carter's
• diiirotlch In his,speech,;after,rethrning
tliekasSachtiisett,f seriiittE.Laid Oita KfrOm Ciimp tiavia; in which the
his cpncern. With .the nation's : economic president referred to a "crisis of con
prOblems does - not mean that his fidence" afflicting the American people.
decision on Whether or not to run will be "I think it is very difficult for people to
Polls:
By The Associated. Press ' •
Voters in New Hampshire and lowa two states with early
tests for presidential candidates would choose Sen. Edward
Kennedy over President Carter by overwhelming margins,
according to separate newspaper polls.
And the New Hampshire residents polled said they would
vote for Kennedy, a Democrat from. neighboring
Massachusetts, even if he were not on the ballot.
The polls were reported yesterday by the Boston Globe and
the Des Moines Register.
If Kennedy were a candidate in New Hampshire's
presidential primary, he could win 68 percent of the vote
compared to 20 percent for President Carter, according to a
poll taken for the Globe.
If Kennedy were only a write-in candidate, the Globe survey
showed he would still capture 58 percent of the vote, compared
to 28 percent for Carter and 11 percent for California Gov.
Edmund Brown Jr., with 3 percent undecided.
Forty-nine percent of the lowa Democrats polled for the
Register said they favored Kennedy among eight possible
candidates. President Carter had the support of 26 percent in
the poll. Sixty-four percent said Kennedy had the best chance
to beat any Republican candidate in 1980.
lowa holds its presidential caucuses in January. The New
Hampshire primary is in February.
In the New Hampshire sampling, Kennedy's margin over
Carter dropped by five percentage points when half of those
polled were reminded of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in
Kennedy 'overwhelming' choice
Magazine prints
H-bomb diagrBm
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A diagram
and the complete text of a controversial
letter that the government says contains
secret information about the hydrogen
bomb were published yesterday in a
special edition of the Madison Press
Connection.
The letter written by Charles
Hansen, a computer programmer from
Mountain View, Calif. figured in a
Saturday night ruling by a federal judge
in San Francisco, who issued a tem
porary restraining order barring the
student-run Daily Californian of
Berkeley from publishing it.
As published in the Press Connection,
Hansen's 18-page letter is about half
technical information on what he says is
how to build and trigger a hydrogen
bomb and half social commentary on the
need of the American people to have the
information so they will understand the
weapon's destructive power.
A federal judge had issued a tem
porary restraining order barring the
Daily Californian, a Berkeley
newspaper. from publishing the letter. A
hearing was set for Friday on the
government's 'request to make the
temporary •restraining order per
manent.
Hansen, a California computer
programer and amateur expert on the
hydrogen .bomb. whose physics
education consists of two years of
college-level engineering, said
everything in the letter he originally sent
to Sen. Charles Percy. was
"derived from unclassified open sour
ces."
The California newspaper, whose
editors say they will fight the court
order, 'was one of several newspapers
asked by the government last week not
to make the letter public.
Parts of the letter dealt with technical
and political ideas "currently defined
'as secret restricted data' by the U.S.
Department of Energy even though this
Haley
career
Interview
Editor's note: Alex Haley, the
author of "Roots," spoke at Rec Hall
in June as part of a Colloquy
program. This Interview originally
appeared in the Collegian on June 11,
and because of its content, limited
summer readership, and Haley's
reputation as an author, the Collegian
is rerunning it. Collegian Staff
Writers Harry Glenn and Jim Zarroli
interviewed Haley before his speech.
Afterwards, Haley, who is now
working on a television series with
Norman Lear, answered questions at
a press conference. The following is
an edited transcript of those con
versations and questions from the
press conference.
COLLEGIAN: As a child, were you
Kennedy'scar at Chappaquiddick 10 years ago, and of the fact
that he lives apart from his wife, Joan, the Globe reported. •
But the Register's copyright story said that its poll indicates
lowa voters do not think Kennedy's behavior at Chap
paquiddick should disqualify him from running for the
presidency.
According to the poll, 74 percent said Kennedy's behavior
should not stand in the way of his candidacy, 19 percent said
his past should keep him out of the race and 7 percent were
undecided.•
The lowa poll was based on in-home interviews with 595
adults selected by a probability sampling method. It was
conducted between Aug. 15 and 18, before Kennedy announced
that his family had dropped objections to his candidacy.
The telephone survey of 2,017 people who said they were
registered New Hampshire voters was conducted between,
Sept. 7 and 11. A similar poll taken in May showed Kennedy.
with 52 percent support, Ca rterwith :30 percent. Brown with 13.
percent, and 5 percent undecided:
It's still summer
Some patchy early morning fog. followed by a mostly sunny
warm day and clear. comfortable night through tomorrow. If
will become breezy with soirie increase in clouds late Tuesday!,
The high today will be 74, tonight's low will he 50. and tfu
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temperatures will climb to near 80 tomorrow.
relates
experiences
information is in the public domain,"
Hansen said.
The letter was sent to several
newspapers around the country. Federal
officials had asked newspapers to give
up the letter, but several refused, in
cluding the Milwaukee Sentinel and the
Press Connection, an alternative-style
•
newspaper in Madison. •
The Justice Department filed suit,
contending the letter contained secrets
that would help other nations develop
thermonuclear weapons. .
The California injunction was the
second time in seven months ` the
government tried to prevent publication
of alleged nuclear secrets.
The government filed suit last March
against the Progressive Magazine. a
Madison publication, to prevent printing
information by freelance writer Howard
Morland. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of,
Appeals in Chicago heard arguments in
the case last week based on the freedom
of press versus national security issue.
The Press Connection yesterday
printed a drawing of an H-bomb cross
section and what appeared to be the
entire text of the letter from. Hansen to
Percy.
'!Now for the first' time Madison
readers will be able to judge for theMi
selves the quality and kind of in
formation the.government does not want.
them to see." the newspaper said.
George Vukelich. president of, the
Press Connection board of directors
said. "The question yesterday is one that
we have pondered over the last few
sleepless nights: Why is it crucially
important that American's see thci
Hansen letter in print? . • .
"The answer to that today is the same
as'it has been yesterday and every single:
preceding day of this country's unique
and magnificient history: The American
people have a right to know:" Vukelieb
said.
have a great , deal of confidence in their
own future when they are wondering
whether they can afford the mortgage on
their house, the food bill or home heating
bill," said Kennedy.
"So, I don't feel it's a failure of the
spirA.among the American people," he,
addcd, . • .
Asked whether the problem iliea was a.
failure of leadrship, KennedY
"Clearly, it's a climate and a mood,
that's important."
early
encouraged to read? What books did
you read?
HALEY: My family were teachers
largely. My father was, my mother
was, my Aunt Elizabeth was. As a
result of thal I grew up around lots of
books, even books that were way
beyond me school books. But I
remember one of my earliest images
as a little child was the library. As a
matter of fact, that home is one of the
things that was a point of pride. They
used to talk about it because it was
the only house in the town which had
a room specifically for a library. And
they had it full.
The books that I read were ap
propriate books, books they got for
me. They were children's books. And
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