■The Daily Collegian Monday, Oct. 15,1979 ■News briefs Legislator's trial to start today LAKE CHARLES, La. (UPI) ber, is accused of buying votes to win The vote-buying trial of Rep. Claude his seat in Congress. “Buddy” Leach, D-La., begins today, Leach, 45, was indicted by a federal and the outcome could determine the grand jury in Alexandria, La., in July freshman lawmaker’s political on charges of conspiracy, vote buying future. - and illegal campaign contributions. tt c Government prosecutors, have U.S. District Judge Earl Veron will j d ig4 persons as potential wit begin jury se ectmn by intemewing nesses in a f rial tha t could last as long prospective jurors in chambers, a asamonth process that could take two or three Wilson, who has filed briefs before daj,s> a House Committee to invalidate the Leach, who defeated Republican election, said he would not be wat opponent Jimmy Wilson by 266 votes ching the trial with ahy special in in the general election last Decern- terest. Gays march for rights laws WASHINGTON (UPI) Tens' of where several speakers urged thousands of homosexual men and homosexuals to press for passage of women from the United States and gay rights bills, abroad marched on the capital Participants, predominantly white yesterday to urge passage of gay males dressed in sports clothes, rights legislation. carried a variety of banners, in- Organizers of the first National eluding one that said: “Two, four, Gay Rights March predicted 100,000 six, eight; how do you know your kid persons would participate before the is straight?” day was over. “We are everywhere,” another Early unofficial city police declared, estimates were far less but were The marchers’ demands included expected to be revised upwards as the repeal of state and local sodomy marchers streamed for hours laws, passage of federal legislation to yesterday afternoon down a 10-block protect gay rights and a presidential stretch of historic Pennsylvania order banning discrimination against Avenue. homosexuals employed by the .They gathered at a rally site on the military, the government or federally * Washington monument grounds, subsidized contractors. Bill calls for county pay hikes HARRISBURG (AP) Most ficials who were in office at the time, county officials would get a $6,000 pay Thus, the increases would be the hike next January from a bill first since 1971 for the county of scheduled for a vote this week in the ficials, some of whom hold what are House and an already-pending in- considered part-time jobs, crease. The $3,000 raises proposed in the , bill represent increases of 9 percent The bill, already passed by the to27p^rcen[idepe „ di „ eon , te s™of S to coSnty commissioners, theconntyanditssali>ryscale . k«ct attorney/and rn» oiftom JSfZS? such as prothonotary and register of misslone “| insteadot u, e legislature, Wll s ' to set county salaries in the future. But the legislation would take ef- The double raise does not comply feet at the same time that the officials with President Garter’s voluntary collect another $3,000 pay hike from wage guidelines and are “very in legislation passed in 1976. That 1976 flationary,” said Joseph H. Carter, raise could not go into effect during spokesman for the President’s the four-year terms of county of- Council on Wage and Price Stability. Brown wants Cuban relations NEW YORK jtUPI) Gov. Jerry Brown of California said yesterday he would establish diplomatic relations with Cuba as president even if the Soviet Union refuses to withdraw cbrhbiMfdops from tHPisland;/ ‘ ■ \ v. ; ■Ma c ;^(^g|¥h|;; “anachronism" of.U.S.'pblicytbward, long as "tfiisemmfrylias diplomatic relations with Russia and China, it makes no sense not to have diplomatic relations with Cuba,” he said. The unannounced candidate for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination told interviewers on ABC’s “Issues and Answers” that it is absurd to link U.S. recognition of Cuba with the withdrawal of Soviet combat troops. Israel not to take Arab land JERUSALEM (UPI) Israel’s has already approved Efrat. He Cabinet yesterday voted not to seize said a group of “pioneers” from New privately-owned Arab land for seven York City wants to settle it. Jewish outposts in the Jordan West The decisions were certain to anger Bank but stuck to its policy of the United States and Egypt, both of establishing settlements throughout which have condemned Jewish the occupied territories. _• settlements on the West Bank n * ,• , . private land or not—as illegal and an “We will not confiscate any inch of £ bstaclet e . privately-owned land Bethlehem Mayor Elias Freij Secretary Arye Naor told repor e . ob j e cted to the decision, saying there Only land that is known and ap- . g nogovernment land on the West proved as state-owned will, be used * 6 for these purposes. We are not going , <This . g land which is being used by to start a campaign or launch an i oca i Palestinian inhabitants in attack on the problem of ownership. the terriories,” he said. “Every Naor said the Cabinet also decided (Jewish) settlement you enlarge is to go ahead with construction for the like knocking a big nail in the coffin of building of a city on the West Bank it peace.” ; Colorado nuclear plapt dosed PLATTEVILLE, Colo. (UPI) in less'thaij„two years due to equip- The Fort St. Vrain Nuclear ment malfunction. . Generating Plant was shut down Gary Reeves, spokesman for the. yesterday because of a cooling plant’s operator, PublicN Service malfunction, and radioactivity was Company of Colorado, said the released into the atmosphere, of- shutdown occurred at 7 a.m. when ficials reported. helium, the primary coolant used at The plant is located 40 miles north the plant, seeped into a back-up water of Denver. system. The plant was automatically shut Reeves said the incident was not down, officials said, due to an made public until 11 hours after the operating problem in the generating incident because it was not con facility’s helium circulator system! sidered an emergency. He said under They said a “minute” amount of NRC regulations, the utility was radioactivity was released in the required to immediately report any reactor building and the atmosphere. potential public hazard but Sun- There were no reports of employees day’s shutdown was not considered being exposed to the radioactivity, an emergency that could endanger The shutdown was the facility’s third citizens. Jordan recommends ex-date NEW YORK (UPI) White House in the note, addressed “To whom it chief of staff Hamilton Jordan wrote may concern,” Jordan allegedly a letter of recommendation for Jan wrote, “This is to recommend my Tyler, the woman who accompanied friend and former employee Ms. Jan him to the Studio 54 Discotheque on Tyler who worked for me for two thiie night he is accused of purchasing years when I served as chief of staff cocaine there, New York Magazine for then-Governor Carter, reported yesterday. “Jan served as my administrative The one-page letter, hand-written assistant, performing a variety of on White House stationery under a .duties,” the letter said. “She per typed date of April 2, 1977, was formed her responsibilities wiP reprinted in the latest edition of New dedication and efficiency.” York, which reaches newsstands The letter is signed, “Hamilton today. Jordan, assistant to the president.” Jerry Brown Pa- survey says Cdhhaily, Reagan favored PHILADELPHIA (AP) John Connally. of Texas and Howard Baker of Tennessee, each 2; Rep. John Anderson of Ronald Reagan of California, both former governors* are the California 1; undecided 6; declined to respond 12 and one who top choices of Pennsylvania Republican county chairmen for said he could not choose between Connally and Bush, next year’s GOP presidential nomination, according to an Twenty-eight Democrats favored Kennedy as their first Associated Press survey. choice and 16 stuck with Carter. Vice President Walter On the Democratic side, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Mondale got one vote, seven were undecided and 12 declined to Massachusetts has nearly a two to one edge over President - participate. Carter. - Fred Lebder, chairman of the Fayette County Democrats, Each chairman was asked this question: “Who would you most like to see as your party’s presidential nominee in 1980?" Only three chairman from each county, out of the 67 in the state, could not be reached in the poll. Reagan and Connally each received 14 votes. The rest were divided this way: Former President Gerald Ford 9; Alexander Haig, once chief of President Nixon’s White House staff and former head of NATO, 3; former Texas Congressman George Bush and Sen. Pi s ‘- g m M pi fa . M -*■ M I ■c *«'• ,*ltj m E«i i .♦Hj r -W SL. , M Pi Sat. Oct. 20, 1979 VJtl RO'47 b' expressed the sentiment of those who could not or would not make any choice: “We’re in a local election, and nobody’s really giving serious thought to the presidential race. Besides I want to know who really will be running. ” “It’s really much too early, to be thinking about a presidential choice,” said Martin Weinberg, the Philadelphia Democratic boss and a strong supporter of retiring Mayor Frank L. Rizzo. Nearly a fourth of the state’s Democrats are registered in Philadelphia. The African Students Association Organization of African Unity - Model Conference HUB Assembly Hall f, it.. VI ; i'H .-i-'t-tH! *’»« i'r! i ALL ARE,,WELCOME "<R Brittany ' HOUSE OF FINE SOUPS 1 CREPES 237-2806 254 Calder Way (behind Mid-State Bank) Open Monday thru Saturday— 11:00 thru 8:00 2 for 1 Soup arid Salad From spm to Bpm • jl Now open on Sunday from 10:30am and the Black Caucus present John Connally 1 pm until 6 pm Parking garage, cars damaged • A car driven by Thomas W. Matticks of Sunbury, Pa., struck a parking garage wall at Park Hill Apartments, 478 E. Beaver, Ave. on Saturday, knocking bricks onto a parked car. According to witnesses, Matticks turned south onto Hetzel Street from Beaver Avenue at a fast speed, lost ■control and hit the wall. The parked vehicle, a Chevy Vega, is owned by Gerald Snead of Moscow, Pa. Damages were estimated at $250 to the Matticks car, $lOO to the Snead car and Folklore Society scheduled to meet at 7:30 tonight • The Free Uhiverslty will sponsor the following activities tonight: aikido 7:30 .to 8:30, Intramural Building • The Cahipus 4-H Club will meet at 7 wrestling room; bridge —7, 301 HUB; tonight in 215 Armsby. nutrition basics 6 to 6:45, 200 W. College Ave., room 204; holistic alter- * The Folklore Society will meet at 7:30 tonight in 320-21 HUB. • The Undergraduate Student Z ’ u C °J g a Government department of minority 204; o B ™ prophecy and revelation - 6 affairs will meet at 7 tonight in 307 HUBI to 8:3 ?> 321 Boucke : ° women’s support group —8,304 Willard; gay/bisexual men’s support group —8, • Students for a Pennsylvania Public 2 19 Willard; assertive empathy-7:45 to Interest Research Group will meet at 10:1S Wesley Foundation. 7:30 tonight in 173 Willard. i ;4i i. -1! \:'A\ ■m • The Society of Physics Students will •The Free University is accepting sponsor physics tutoring from 7to 9 applications for Gentle , Thursday tonight in 103 Osmond coordinator. For details, call the Free U office at 863-0038. Application deadline is Oct. 31 # i %. , '. . I ■ V’f : 4 ■j |;# / Sick of 111-Treatment? Even if you don’t have the bug, the University’s Health care system may give you one. If you’re bugged by the way Ritenour Health Center is run, let us know. We care. ? ■ ■ ' ‘ / i Please bring any suggestions or gripes to 203 HUB or call 863-1874 ! or 863-0925 1 1; 11*) ! $5O to property, the State College Police Department said. ‘ • A suitcase owned by James Rummel of Edinboro, Pa., was reported stolen from Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, 346 E.'Prospect Ave., State College police said. The suitcase and its contents, valued at $420, were stolen sometime between 11:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. Friday, police said. i • Academic Assembly is sponsoring registration for the College Bowl team. Pehn State vs. Syracuse October 20, 1979 Giants Sfardium East Rutherford, N.4> „ Tickets: $lO &$8 (low endzonej PENN STATE TICKET OFFICE 237 Recreation Building Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • State College police reported that a large glass panel pushed from a balcony - at Beaver Hill Apartments, 340 E. Beaver Ave., on Saturday hit a-car parked below. The car is- owned by Donald Caiarelli, Apt. 631, Beaver Hill. No estimate of the damage was given. <- • Wilbur Miller, University Main tenance and Operations, reported to University Police Services that someone damaged a room door at 415 Porter at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Damage was estimated at $2OO. Players may register individually or as • The Marine Science Society will teams of four. Pick up registration present Ronald Keiper speaking on the forms at the HUB desk, Kern desk or biology of the Chincoteague ponies at Academic Assembly office, 203-A HUB. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 112 Walker. • Campus Crusade for Cjirist will . • pood Service and Housing Ad sponsor Ron Hostetler, former Penn ministration 410 will present an Italian State football player, speaking about Renaissance meal at 5:30 p.m. Wed winning at 7 tomorrow night in the HUB nesday in the Maple Room of the Human main lounge. Development Building. • A program on medical school in terviews and MCAT preparation will be held tomorrow in 69 Willard. • Yachad will present a program on • The College of Education student Israel’s West Bank settlements, a " council will hold elections for council speaker from the Israel Aliyah Center, president from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and careers and programs in Israel at 8 Wednesday in the Chambers Building tomorrow night in 324 HUB. lobby. in accident • University police received a report from Mike McCarthy, 12 Grange, that a storage shed at the tennis courts north of Pollock Halls had been upset and broken into about 6 p.m. Saturday. • Neal DeLuca, Apt. 9F, Graduate Circle, reported to University police that someone hit his car while it was parked in the Graduate Circle area about 5:15 p.m. Saturday. No damage estimate was given. • Amnesty International will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in 101 Kern. 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