12 —The Daily Collegian Tuesday Nov. I, 1980
Atigan, Mason attack
opponent's campaign
By KAREN KONSKI
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The Democratic and Consumer Party
candidates for the 23rd Congressional
District seat accused Republican incum
bent William F. Clinger of running a
campaign which has not focused on
issues at a joint press conference
yesterday.
Consumer Party candidate Douglas
Mason said Clinger’s performance has
been strong on style, but short on
substance. Democratic candidate Peter
Atigan agreed with Mason’s estimation
of Clinger’s record.
In defense of his record, Clinger said:
“I see this as a last effort to spear me in
the last day of campaigning. This is a
bad time to spring all of this on the
public. We had five debates and these
issues were not raised in any of the
debates.”
7 see this as a last ef
fort to spear me in the
last day of campaign
ing. This is a bad time
to spring all of this on
the public. We had
five debates and these
issues were not raised
in any of the debates.'
William F. Clinger,
Republican incumbent,
23rd Congressional seat
Mason said Clinger’s stands on the
issues “can be somewhat contradictory
and confusing.” i
As an example, he cited Clinger’s posi
tion on the ERA. Mason said while Cl
inger has supported ERA, the con
gressman opposed the extension of the
ratification deadline because of its
“possible economic deterrent effect.”
Clinger, who was not at the press con
ference, said he was always a supporter
of ERA and the deadline extension. Cl
inger said one theory is that women in
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tor, but he said he did not agree with the
theory.
Atigan said he thought Clinger was
“playing footsie with the big oil and gas
companies” because Clinger received
campaign contributions from Amoco
and Republic Steel, two of the “filthy
five PACs (political action
committees).”
Environmental Action has named five
corporations the “filthy five” because
their histories of pollution violations and
high levels of campaign spending.
“I received like $7OO from the ‘filthy
five,’ ” Clinger said.“ That’s less than
one percent of my total contributions —•
it’s like one-half percent. The oil com-
panies would have liked me to vote
against the windfall profits tax, but I
< didn’t. I’m not aware that I’ve gotten
much support at all from them in the
elections.”
Although Clinger says he voted in
favor of the windfall profits tax, Mason
says Clinger voted present on the three
key votes concerning the tax. Mason
saaid Clinger claimed to have had con
flicts of interest that have been divested.
“But Clinger had the time from
December of 1977, when he announced
his candidacy, to 1979 when the vote was
taken to divest himself of those in
terests,” Mason said. “His failure to do
so is a black mark in his ability to repre
sent the people of the 23rd district.”
Clinger said he got rid of his interests
“as fast as legally possible.
“When the original votes on passage of
the bill out of the House were taken,” he
said, “I could not vote either way
because I was in the process of getting
rid of my interests. On the final bill
though, I voted in favor of the tax.”
Atigan said Clinger is avoiding the en
vironmental issue because of mineral
rights that the Congressman owned but
has since signed over to his family;
Clinger said, “I just deny that. I am
representing what I believe is the ma
jority stand on this issue. I am not voting
in any personal interest, because I don’t
have any.”
Atigan said that he and Mason waited
until now to make their accusations
because they “figured sooner or later
the media would find the facts, but they
haven’t, so we decided to let the people
know the truth.”
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IFC makes no endorsement for 77th District seat
By MARK GREEN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
The Interfraternity Council made no endorsement
last night for the 77th District state legislative seat,
although Michael G. Day, independent candidate for
the seat, addressed the council.
Day, who asked to attend, spoke briefly on the major
issues of the campaign.
He criticized the incumbent, Gregg L. Cunningham,
R-Centre County, for his stands on abortion and
women’s rights, and his record in the Legislature.
Day, who has been endorsed by the State College
Borough Democratic Committee, said that Robert C.
Brazill, the Democratic candidate, is ineligible and
Soviets phasing out party premier Kosygin
MOSCOW (UPI) Workmen prepar
ing for this week’s Revolution Day
Parade set up only 14 stanchions yester
day for pictures of Politburo members, a
further indication that former Premier
Alexei Kosygin has been dropped from
that body.
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The ailing Kosygin, 76, resigned late
last month as premier, head of Soviet
government, and in a letter to the
Supreme Soviet also asked to be relieved
of his seat on the Politburo, the ruling
circle of the Communist body.
However, his Politburo resignation
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that he (Day) is the only legitimate Democratic choice
for the seat.
Marty Baker, IFC president, said the council does
not regularly endorse candidates for office; however,
he personally supports Day.
“He had the interest to contact us and speak to a ma
jor student organization about the issues,” Baker said.
In other business, Baker criticized some member
houses for not complying with the regulation passed
two weeks ago requiring fraternities to clean up the
areas surrounding them.
Many houses have been fined with noise violations
and have been at odds with their neighbors,'Baker
said. This regulation is an effort to reach a com
was never publicly accepted, and
Kremlinologists have been puzzling over
Kosygin’s exact status since then.
“Technically he’s still on the Polit
buro,” said one source. “Of course, the
Central Committee (of the Communist
Party) could always have met in secret
promise with the community, he said.
The council will continue to call warnings to the
houses which are not participating, he said.
IFC also discussed plans for Greek Week, which will
be held the last week in April, and for the dance
marathon, which will be the focal point of the week.
“The overall goal is to raise as much money as we
possibly can and also to raise the aura of the dance
marathon,” said Dave Dixon, administrative vice
president. “It’s the largest of its sort in the country.”
The University Concert Committee said that becasue
of the lack.of top-rate acts and the amount of money be
ing asked for the available acts, there will probably be
no concerts during December. The regular program of*
concerts will resume in January.
session to remove him from the Polit' 1 !
buro, but that would be unusual.”
The fact that only 14 stanchions were
being put up. for the parade was the
strongest -evidence to date that
Kosygin’s political career has come to a
complete end.