ee denials could mean appropriations reduction
v ly PHILIP GUTIS
:,ad LORRAINE ORLANDI
Daily Collegian Staff Writers
University appropriations could be decreased
by over $6.35 million if two state funding
measures are defeated, several state officials
said.•
If the General Assembly defeats a bill raising
licensing fees or if the Liquor Control Board
refuses to charge an additional 10 cents per
bottle, the state will be left with as much as a $4l
million hole in its proposed budget, said Nick
Deßenidictis, press secretary for Gov. Dick
Thornburgh's Office of Budget and Ad
ministration.
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Striking up the music at lastnight's opening ceremony of the Arts Festival, the Penn State Dance Band welcomes the crowd on South Allen Street. The band pro
vided tunes for the spectators' listening and, in the case of this couple, dancing pleasures from 7:30 p.m. on.
Paraphernalia restriction
By LORRAINE ORLANDI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Two proposed ordinances restricting
the sale of drug paraphernalia in State
College were presented to the State
College Municipal Council at its last
meeting.
An ordinance proposed by council
member Joseph Wakeley Monday night
would ban the sale of drug parapher
nalia which "encourages and glamorizes
the use of illegal drugs."
"I'm concerned about the increased
use of illegal drugs in our community,"
Wakeley said. "This would be a positive
step in reducing the use of drugs."
An alternate proposal, submitted by
council -member Dan Chaffee, would
restrict the sale of drug paraphernalia to
persons younger than 18, rather than ban
it completely.
"I'm not condoning the use of drugs,
but let's bring it (paraphernalia) in line
with the state law for tobacco," Chaffee
said.
"The Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act
says that the use of controlled drugs is
illegal," Wakeley said. "To say that one
person can use something because they
Republicans nix
ERA'S support
DETROIT (AP) Republican platform
writers voted yesterday to abandon the
party's 90-year support for the Equal
Rights Amendment and to place instead
in the 1980 Republican platform an
assertion that the matter "is now in the
hands of the state legislatures."
ERA backers called the near
unanimous vote by the human resources
subcommittee a major defeat, vowing to
appeal to the fvll 106-member platform
committee and to take it to the con
vention floor if necessary.
'in Tower, R-Texas,
et,mmittee, said he
But Sen
chairman of
did not expe. ..; to reverse the
subcommittee . "a. ..alled the
language adopted "a compromise" and
told reporters, "I hope there aren't any
more controversies."
The plank that was adopted came with
the blessings of aides to presidential
candidate Ronald Reagan, who per
sonally opposes the ERA.
The subcommittee approved the
measure after rejecting flatly, by an 11
to 4 vote, a proposal by delegate John
Leopold of Hawaii to repeat the 1976
GOP platform's statement that "the
Republican Party reaffirms its support
of ratification of the Equal Rights
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Wakeley proposes ban on sale
are 18 plus one day and another can't
because they are 18 minus one day . . . is
ludicrous."
Chaffee said he believes his proposal
addresses the immediate problem of
illegal drug use in State College junior
and senior high schools. Similar
proposals have been accepted statewide
in California and Virginia, he said.
Bill Cluck, adviser to the University
chapter of the National Organization for
the Reform of Marijuana Laws
(NORML), called Chaffee's proposal "a
reasonable compromise."
"There should be legislation that
would ban the sale of drug devices to
Amdendment."
The subcommittee also rejected a
staff draft proposal that mentioned the
party's 40-year history of support for the
ERA and added that it did not renounce
that stand in 1980.
Adopted instead was a proposal by
delegates Marilyn Thayer of Louisiana
and Guy Farley of Virgina that asserts,
in part: "We reaffirm our party's
historic commitment to equal rights and
equality for wome. . . . We oppose any
move which would give the federal
government more power over families.
"Ratification of the Equal Rights
Amendment is now in the hands of the
state legislatures and the issues of the
time extension and rescission are in the
courts . •.."
Leopold, who provided the only "no"
vote when the measure was approved by
voice vote, said the plank "will be
harmful to the party in November."
And Mary Louise Smith, a former
Republican National Committee
chairman, vowed to help Leopold in his
bid to get the convention to reverse the
vote.
"I don't know if we can do it, but we
can try," she said. "I don't waste a lot of
energy on disappointment."
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The governor would have "no alternative" but
to take the money from the non-preferred in
stitutions, including the University, Deßenidictis
said.
Rep. • Gregg Cunningham, R-Centre County,
said: "I keep hearing the argument, 'Penn State
will be taken care of, somehow,' but the governor
isn't bluffing on this. He has an obligation to
balance the budget."
The reductions could amount to over 5 percent
of each institution's appropriation, Deßenidicitis
said.
A 5 percent reduction in the University's $127
million proposed appropriation equals $6.35
million
One spending measure, a bill allowing
legislators to raise licensing fees which "haven't
been raised in decades," was recently defeated,
Cunningham said.
These licenses include restaurant ownership
and operation, horse-racing, and educational
and agricultural activities, he said.
Passage of the bill would raise $l5 million of
the $4l million needed to balance the budget,
Cunningham said.
Chances for quick passage of the legislation
are not good, Cunningham said, adding that
three different versions of the bill have been
defeated already.
"The Democrats don't want Thornburgh to
favored
minors," Cluck said.
Both Chaffee and Cluck said they were
concerned about the constitutionality of
Wakeley's proposal and the probability
of its being challenged in the courts.
Cluck said similar ordinances have been
challenged in other communities.
"State law allows the sale of
paraphernalia," Chaffee said. "I don't
think we ( the borough) can make it
illegal."
"Far more effective measures" exist
to combat drug use than banning the use
of drug paraphernalia. Cluck said." You
don't take away swizzle sticks and shot
glasses to combat alcohol use."
"No way are we going to get near
solving the problem by banning
paraphernalia," Chaffee said. "It's
foolish for people to think that."
Paraphernalia retailers, or "head
shops," are being made into scapegoats,
Cluck said. Since banning the sale of
paraphernalia will not affect th'e
demand for it, illegal sale at higher
prices will result, he said.
Chaffee's proposal was referred to the
public safety committee. Both or
dinances will be on next month's agenda.
And she volunteered for this
A female paratrooper from the 82nd Airborn Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina receives a last minute equipment check before taking part in the "Dragon
team 80" airdrop. The massive airdrop ia..ded 2,400 troops, as well as equipment, at Eglund Airforce Base in Florida.
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Large-scale TMI venting► starts
HARRISBURG (AP) A large-scale system for venting
radioactive krypton gas was started up yesterday at Three
Mile Island while a state official accused the federal
government of "shirking a responsibility" by not providing
recovery aid for the crippled reactor.
The move to speed decontamination of the reactor con
tainment building began yesterday, but the procedure will
not be considered "routine" until plant technicians have
examined it for a day, said Sandy Polon, a spokesman for
the Middletown, Pa. facility.
Meanwhile, Susan Shanaman, chairman of the Penn
sylvania Public Utility Commission, criticized the
government for not aiding the recovery project. •
"I am keenly disappointed and distressed over what I
think is a wholly inadequate response by President Car
ter," the chairman said in a statement.
The July 3 letter "makes it appear that there is little
willingness by the Carter Administration to help Met Ed
consumers faced with heavy replacement power costs,"
she said, referring to Metropolitan Edison, the plant
opera tor.
The PUC urged Carter four months ago to earmark
federal money for the cleanup and recovery of the plant,
which was crippled on March 28, 1979 in the nation's worst
commercial nuclear accident.
"There is no statutory authority for any form of direct
financial aid to assist in cleanup and recovery costs,"
Stuart Eizenstat, an assistant to the president, replied last
week.
have the money," he said.
The fourth version would require both the
House and Senate to approve a fee after Thorn
burgh proposes it, Cunningham said.
"I accept this approach almost out of
desperation," he said. Reaching agreement
between the House and the Senate on a proposed
fee will be difficult, Cunningham said.
He said the General Assembly leadership
thinks this approach would be "tantamount to
doing nothing at all."
The other spending measure was proposed by
Thornburgh in his January budget proposal.
Thornburgh asked the LCB to add 10 cents per
bottle to liquor sold in the state.
GOP leaders attack
Carter's Detroit visit
DETROIT (UPI) President Carter's
45-minute stopover in the GOP con
vention city yesterday angered
Republican leaders, who blasted him for
not offering major relief to the
economically staggering U.S. auto in
dustry.
Republican National Chairman Bill
Brock and other party leaders called a
news conference after Carter left town to
charge his proposals did nothing to fight
either the causes of unemployment or
slumping automobile sales.
Sen. John . Tower of Texas, chairman
of the platform committee, called the
Carter airport stop "squalid politics,"
and Brock said Carter "has a lot of nerve
even showing up in this particular city
a city that has suffered the consequences
of the fatal economic policies of his
administration."
"It was Mr. Carter who appointed
regulatory extremists in an effort to pay
off his campaign debts to those who
advocate no growth," Brock said. •
"And today, with very little time left
for his administration, in a measly 45-
minute stopover, he has attempted to
hoodwink the unemployed autoworker
who is paying the price of this out
standing debt."
In a meeting with top auto industry
executives at the Detroit airport, Carter
proposed nearly $1 billion in government
aid including special assistance for
cities with high auto-related unem
ployment and small business loans to
hard pressed auto dealers. He also.
called for a quick ruling on the
autoworkers' petition to limit foreign car
imports.
This measure would raise $26 million for the
state and fill another hole in Thornburgh's
budget, Deßenidictis said.
Although the measure does not need legislative
approval, the LCB is awaiting a report from Sen.
James R. Kelley, D-Westmoreland, chairman of
the Law and Justice Committee, Deßenidicitis
said.
The committee held hearings on the 10-cent
increase and its constitutionality, and Kelley.is
waiting for the transcripts, his legislative aide
Barbara White said.
"Philosophically the senator has problems
with the governor asking them (the LCB ) to
raise the costs," she said.
"Within the limits of our legal authority, we believe that
federal assistance at TMI has been sensitive to the needs of
the state and the affected community," he wrote.
Eizenstat said the administration is providing indirect
aid through the Environmental Protectio Agency and the
Department of Energy.
He said the EPA is currently monitoring krypton venting
at the plant, and the DOE will examine the partially melted
reactor core and study the effects of the accident on critical
plant components.
But Shanaman said a General Accounting Office study
shows that the plan owners may need "external
assistance," possibley from the federal government, to
recover their financial health since cleanup of the highly
contaminated plant is expected to take until 1985 and cost
well over $4OO million.
Procedures yesterday showed that, despite the cost and
projected duration of the project, decontamination is
progressing as planned. No problems were apparent and
the system was handling 1,000 cubic feet of air per minute
at 1 p.m., Polon said.
The new equipment has a flow capacity of more than
20,000 cubic feet per minute. The system used during the
first phase of the venting had a maximum capacity of 550
cubic feet per minute.
Earlier yesterday, venting through the smaller system
was halted after a radiation alarm went off at about 6:20
a.m.
Brock, Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas,
Sen. Roger Jepsen of lowa and Rep.
Jack Kemp of New York called for
repeal or a freeze on government
regulations on the automobile industry,
especially emission and mileage stan
dards.
"The president brought an empty
platter to Detroit and tried to make
something out of it," Brock said. "There
was nothing there to deal with the fun
damental cause of unemployment
promising unemployment benefits that
are already there what kind of
promise is that?"
"What occurred today is a political
maneuver reflecting the political panic
that now consumes Mr. Carter and his
advisers," he said.
Dole called Carter's trip "just another
example of the administration's
desperation in the face of almost certain
defeat this fall."
Sun and showers
Plenty of morning sunshine today will
gradually fade behind increasing
cloudiness during the afternoon with a
seasonable high of 82. Tonight will be
quite cloudy and muggy with scattered
showers and thundershowers arriving
after midnight with a low of 65. Scat
tered showers will continue tomorrow
with some clearing possible by late
afternoon with a high of 79. Friday will
be partly sunny and warm with a high
reaching 80 degrees.