18—The Daily Collegian Friday, Dec. 12, 1980 CATA Biedenbach says he doesn't want Lyght's job By JOHN SCHLANDER Daily Collegian Staff Writer Whomever the Centre Area Transpor tation Authority hires to replace former manager Vernon Lyght, interim manager Joseph Biedenbach said it would not be himself. And whomever CATA hires will inherit the challenge of a growing transit system with a tradition of clashes bet ween union and management. CATA has been searching for a new manager since Lyght, its third full-time manager in 4'/ 2 years, resigned in October. Although Lyght is technically the manager until his contract expires March 1, Biedenbach, named interim manager last month by the CATA board, has assumed most managerial duties. Biedenbach said the application deadline for the management position was Dec. 1, and said he thinks the board will have hired a new manager before March 1. Biedenbach has been tagged by one member of CATA's bus driver union Locall2o3-B of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees as the union's choice for manager. However, Biedenbach said, "It's not Municipal council cuts temporary loans By JOHN SCHLANDER Daily Collegian Staff Writer The Centre Area Transportation Authority will no longer receive tem porary loans from State College as a result of a. municipal council vote to stop lending money to CATA. The municipality has made the loans in the past at 6 percent interest to help CATA eliminate cash flow problems. CATA also receives state and federal funds, but not until after expenses must be paid, said Joseph Biedenbach, CATA's interim manager. "We don't get the money to make up the deficit until halfway through the year," he said. State funds available for 12 The Centre Area Transportation said a spokeswoman for the administra- Authority will receive state funds to help Lion's Legislative Office. pay for 12 new buses. On Wednesday, Gov. Dick Thornburgh Joseph Biedenbach, CATA's interim signed Senate bill 381 that "establishes a manager, said CATA banded together pooled bus fund and authorizes state with 20 other transit authorities to peti bond funds to be used in the program," tion state and federal sources for funds 8••••••••••••••••••••••• • 0 KWANZA! KWANZA! KWANZA! KWANZA! A k II I I) , THE BLACK CAUCUS PRESENTS ITS • ® 0 ANNUAL KWANZA FESTIVITIES 0 Friday & Saturday Dec. 12 (7 p.m. -10 p.m.), Dec. 13 (3 p.m. -7 p.m.); 40 0 gift making workshops,.candlelighting ceremonies, a play and • 0 dance. 49 A Sunday, Dec. 14, 1980 (2 p.m. - 5 p.m.) a guest speaker, Kwanza Feast 17 44P (dinner), a fashion show. -.. IP . 0 . ALL ARE INVITED AT NO COST! ** ' The price for a dinner is $2.00 - at the door $2.50 419 Children under 12 $l.OO 411 41 • 0 Place: The Paul Robeson Cultural Center/Walnut Bldg. R 047 .......................4 EU? UM' TAM MIMI& DON'T mu. the kind of work I'd enjoy. I'm more into the technical aspects of the job than the management." He said he has an engineering background that was well suited to his duties as assistant manager, the position he held before becoming interim manager and to which he said he will return when a new manager is chosen. Concerning Lyght, Biedenbach said, "He's still active, although he isn't here physically." He said Lyght is still receiv ing his $25,840 yearly salary, although Lyght is seeking other employment. Lyght is still putting in time as a con sultant, most recently in an arbitration case, Biedenbach said. In searching for a new manager, Biedenbach said, CATA will probably pay more attention to finding someone wi}o can deal effectively with the union an organization with which Lyght had numerous problems. "The board is considering not only in dividuals, but management companies also. Management companies can offer things that individuals can't," Bieden bach said, citing specialization of duties. He said a management company would send one full-time resident manager who could draw on the specialized resources of the 'company. "There's a wealth of people who stand To alleviate this problem, State Col lege made up the deficit through tem porary loans to CATA. These loans have totaled approximately $75,000, Bieden bach said. "CATA has gotten to the size where it's more and more difficult to do this," he said. "We really can't expect to borrow the money (from State College). It's in the borough's best interest." Biedenbach said CATA has two avenues it may take to reach a new solu tion to the cash flow problem: First, it could borrow money from a bank or other financial institution.in an ticipation of receipt of state and federal funds. This would raise interest rates behind the resident manager," he said. When asked if a management com pany would be better able to deal with the union, Biedenbach said, "A large portion of that depends on what resident Manager they send in. He makes or breaks whether it works or not." A management company would definitely be more expensive to hire than an individual, he said. "What any organization has to weigh is what services a management com pany can offer against the cost (of hiring a company)," he said. Biedenbach said the turnover in managers is not a problem peculiar to CATA. "Generally it (CATA) is a training ground for people who want to get into transit management. If he does a good job, it's pretty easy for him to get a new job," he said. He said a shortage in transit managers does exist. "An entire generation was skipped in education about transit management." Private transportation firms in the past weren't training • enough new managers, he said. Now that most transportation firms have become public sector firms with increases in ser vice, a shortage has been realized. beyond the 6 percent it has been paying to State College, but CATA would not have to pay full loan interest rates, Biedenbach said. "Since we're tax exempt that reduces the rate of interest, so we get a break," he said. Second, CATA could increase its operating fund to the point where ade quate funds would be available when ex penses must be paid. This would take five or six years, he said, but it would eliminate interest payments. s Biedenbach said the council is plann ing on meeting Wednesday to discuss the loan policy .and other issues concerning CATA that were - dealt with briefly at Monday's council meeting. new buses for a total of 1,000 buses. Many of CATA's buses are getting old, so when they do get the buses, they will scrap seven or eight, Biedenbach said. He said CATA will not have the buses until late 1981 or early 1982. —by John Schlander FINANCE CLUB MEETING Monday, Dec. 15 7:00 p.m. 111 Boucke with: TOM DONCHEZ of AIR PRODUCTS CO. —ex Penn State Football Player— U 124 speaking on: Synthetic Fuels * *********************4 4( -1K CENTER STAGE PLAYERS . * *AND GATSBY'S DINNER/THEATRE AK proudly announce , * iK * AUDITIONS * .4 4 for West Side Story iKt to be directed by Frank Raike (865.6683) * "11( Jesus Christ Superstar .4 ( to be directed by David Hughes (237-5456), (863.0127) * *To be held on Sunday and Monday December 14th & 15th (7-11 p.m.) *At the Warnock Union Building (WUB) located in North Halls * 4( Please prepare 2 contrasting songs that best demonstrate your * . 4 h r ability. * Please dress for movement. * - i Any questions about auditions, please contact the directors. * ,-oQ‘stll.' , A6E.: D.O.A. appearing at 10:00 p.m. tonight Sat. Dec. 13 The Press Box is located at 129 S. Pugh St. across from the parking garage The Original State College Sports Bar Professors get Pugh honors By MARK FEATHERSTONE Daily Collegian Staff Writer Five University faculty members have been named Evan Pugh pro fessors, the highest honor a .faculty member can receive from the University. The professors, who will retain the honor until their resignation, death or retirement, are: • George Andrews, department head and professor of mathematics. • Paul Baker, department head and professor of anthropology. • Rustum Roy, director of the Miterials Research. Laboratory and professor of solid state science. • Elliot Vesell, chairman and pro fessor of pharmacology and professor of genetics and medicine at Hershey Medical Center. • Phillip Young, fellow of the In stitute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies and research professor of English. The professors were named by University President John W. Oswald after recommendations from a panel of seven faculty members in- LT, L . ~. c7r2c...? 5 , ,z---• 0 0 .:-,: 7 - e: 'IT Li ,'' e..... 1. guitarist and cellist, Eric and Chris Younken, play for you on Sunday evenings 9pm to lam at the tr 14,4 4‘ l 4 ) k•V 100 W. College Ave, Five faculty members named eluding five current Evan Pugh pro : - fessors who reviewed each can-. didate's research or creative work, recommendations from colleagues and evaluations of former students. Each of the new Evan Pugh pro fessors will receive a $5,000 per year permanent bonus in addition to their salaries and will receive $5,000 per year to help with research or other creative work. In addition, the pro fessor's college will receive $5,000, which can be used for research or other educational purposes. Andrews said he was pleased to be named an Evan Pugh professor and said he thought the main reason he was named was because of his research work in the areas of additive number theory, combinatorics and Special functions. • ' "It's a great honor," Andrews said. "I hope that I can use it to improve the entire math department at Penn State." Young said he was surprised to receive it, although he said he knew of his nomination. Young also said he rbA \ suNSHINE 220 S. FRASER (across From the post office) *****************************************. RAISE. A LITTLE HELL 4( 4( * * lig . * .. Spring Break March 4 toll t 4 -5( $379 . . * If you've never had the opportunity to visit the Bahamas :: 4( before, don't let this one pass you by. Among the at- 1.4.: * tractions! The Best Weather. Average temperature is ~,*: 70. The Best beaches. The best hangouts. Old forts and 3 I: * 4 ( buildings, modern night spots, lively markets and good )t-: *,, restaurants. 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The Evan Pugh professorships, named after the first president of the University, were started in . 1960 and were open only to researchers. In 1973, the Board of Trustees changed the program so all professors regardless of their field were eligible. With the appointment of the five new Evan Pugh profesSors, there are now 15 active professorships. The others include: Hans Panof sky, atmospheric sciences; Vernon Aspaturian, political science; Howard Morgan, physiology (Her shey); Richard Nelson, plant pathology; Philip Skell, chemistry; Philip Walker, materials science; Eugenio Battisti, art history; Stephen Benkovic, chemistry; Herschel Leibowitz, psychology; Fred Rapp, microbiology (Hershey). I ! silk blouses'. ult to CIA ALE , 1 111 New attorney appointed for alleged Lennon killer NEW YORK (UPI) A former assis- of an attempt on the suspect's life, stood :twit U.S. attorney, Jonathan Marks, silent. Chapman, was appointed to defend Mark • "This case is becoming something of Chapman, the former mental patient an albatross for me," Adlerberg said. charged with murdering Beatle John "From my vantage point, it would be to Lennon. the detriment of this defendant if I were Amid police reports of threats on his to remain on the case." life, Herbert Adlerberg, the attorney Adlerberg, who first met privately originally selected to.defend the accused - with the.judge, made no mention in court • !killer, earlier asked Criminal Court of threats on his life, but police sources ;Judge Rena Uviler for permission to said that was the reason behind his withdraw from the case. request. Uviler had said she would not an- The origin of the death threats against nounce a decision until Monday, but Adlerberg was not immediately known. later changed her' mind and announced Police sources said numerous calls also Marks' appointment. had been made threatening the life of Marks, a Harvard Law School Chapman, who is charged with gunning ',graduate who recently served as defense - down the rock star Monday night as he :attorney in another celebrated criminal walked into his apartment building case, told reporters he foresees "no pro- overlooking Central Park. :blems" in serving as Chapman's lawyer. Along with the reports of death threats : "This man needs a lawyer, and that's came the news from London that :my job," he said. Another former Beatle, Paul McCartney, Marks, who met with Chapman for one had hired a security firm to guard his :hour yesterday, refused to disclose what country estate 50 miles south of London. :he and his client discussed. He said he Adlerberg said his private law prac :would not be deterred by death threats. tice had suffered because of the time he had to spend preparing Chapman's The attorney is best known for his suc- defense. He left the hearing without cessful defense of Allen Curtis Lewis, a comment. stockroom clerk who was charged with Assistant District Attorney Kim pushing a gifted young music student in Hogrefe had praised Adlerberg's ability Of•ont of a subway train. The violinist's before he was replaced. The judge con right hand was severed in the accident. curred. "Mr. Adlerberg's reputation ..During Adlberg's petition of the court, does precdde him hete," she said. Chapman, wearing a bulletproof vest Chapman, 25, an unemployed security and surrounded by police officers fearful guard and ,amateur rock musician, was THE FITTING OF CONTACT LENSES IS A PROFESSIONAL AND INDIVIDUALIZED PROCEDURE The Following Doctors of Optometry MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION are Professionally Trained and Fully Qualified TO FIT CONTACT LENSES BENJAMIN L. ALEXANDER, OD HARVEY P. HANLEN, OD FRED H. CARLIN, OD State College, PA GERALD B. M. STEIN, OD led from his second-floor-cell at Bellevue which proved to be "too tempting for Hospital shortly before 9 a.m., fitted somebody." with the vest and escorted to a waiting Calling it a "poignant and historic pic police van. Traffic was stopped outside ture," the Post said the photograph was the hospital while two police vans, lights taken at the city morgue before Len flashing, and several patrol `cars sped non's "last journey." away in a motorcade: In Honolulu, Chapman's Japanese The defendant has tried twice since wife, Gloria, expressed her sorrow about 1977 to kill himself, and is being checked her husband's alleged act. by guards every 15 minutes to make sure "I'm very, very sorry that this had to he does not attempt suicide again while happen. Sorry for Yoko and her son, undergoing psychiatric tests to deter- Sean, and that her husband had to die," mine his competency to stand trial. Mrs. Chapman said. A photo of Lennon's body, taken at the Asked what message she would like to city morgue, was published on the front convey to her husband, Mis. Chapman page of yesterday's New York Post, pro- said, "I would tell him I love him." mpting an investigation by the New BLit the husband of a woman who York City medical examiner. , worked with Mrs. Chapman had bitter The photo, showing only Lennon's words for the alleged killer. head, was distributed by a Paris news "He was a creep, a negative, cold, ug agency, Sygma. ly person," said Mark McLean, who The paper and the agency refused to often saw Chapman at the travel agency disclose anything about the origin of the where both their wives worked. "I want photo. to make sure this guy doesn't come off as A spokeswoman for Mayor Edward I. Koch said chief Medical Examiner Dr. Elliot Gross and his inspector general "are trying to check the matter out as quickly as possible. I personally am really distressed." "Security measures were taken, but somehow they weren't enough," she said. Whoever was responsible for the security lapse will be fired immediately, she said. " • She speculated that a morgue worker The Los Angeles Times, her first since was offered a "whole lot of money," Lennon's death. "It would just add to the PI KAPPA PHI announces its Winter Term Pledges welcomes its new Big - Sister Pledges Ann-Marie Coyne Kim Crippen Dawn Freidman Katie Hadlock Dana Humes UO3l Tammy Kiser A PERSONAL NGLE. . ,one special and let the ng out the news. Place rsonal message in The ly Collegian's Seasons ;ngs Classified Section 10-17 in 126 Carnegie Building. $1.25 15 words, 10' each ditional word. Section will appear on Dec. 19. Rich Celin John Fenlin Scott Gaddis Jay Marx some goody-goody that one day suddenly went crazy. He hated everything that was good in the world." Yoko Ono said she was concerned that her husband's death would prompt such bitter feelings. Two despondent Lennon fans in Brooksville, Fla., and Salt Lake City, Utah, have committed suicide since his slaying. "This is not the time for hate or disillu sionment," she said in an interview with Alan' Massaro Paul Mills Alex Pearl Scott Scarcia and Doreen Moran Cathy Recht Chris Takas Laurie Trout Debbie Ulizio Kelly Walton BASKET ROAD TRIP See the Nittany Lions in ac- tion against Temple at the Palestra in Philadelphia on January 6, 1981. Second game of the doubleheader is No Delta Tau Delta fraternity is spk Cost for roundtrip transportatio \4 6 Make your reservation by calling the Delta Tau Delta house at 238- 9807. Or stop by the house at 429 East Hamilton Ave. Reservations close December 18. ®TA supports the Nittany Lions. Next home game: Dec. 13 vs. East Carolina, 8:10 p.m. Lady Lions vs. Villanova at 5:45 p.m. tragedy if people turned away from the message of John's music." Ono set the time for a 10-minute silent prayer vigil for the slain rock star for 2 p.m. Sunday "wherever you are." There will be no funeral service. Len non's body was cremated Wednesday; it was not known what was done with the Ono said wistfully that she and Len non, 40, had talked of living until the age Earthquake hits Japan From our wire services TOKYO A sharp earthquake The jolt shattered window panes at measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit the Oita city government office on southern Japan this morning, cutting Kyushu and employees dived under power supplies and shattering win- their desks for safety. dow panes but apparently causing no "It was really scary," one female 'e'asualties or major damage. employee said in describing the The government's Meteorological swaying of the nine-story government Agency which had earlier office. predicted - an earthquake would soon The government-operated Japan hit the country said the quake was National Railway halted train service felt over extensive areas in the in the most affected areas to check southernmost main island Kyushu. for rail conditions, officials said. The earthquake, which struck at There were no reports of casualties 8:10 a.m. (6:10 p.m. EST yesterday), or other damages. caused a seven-minute power stop- The agency placed the epicenter of page in Miyazaki in eastern Kyushu the earthquake at about 25 miles 'as 'a main' transformer was shut off underground off the eastern coast of automatically by the quake, officials Kyushu. The Daily Collegian Friday, Dec. 12, 1980-19 of 80. "We even drew up lists of all the things we could do together for all those years. Then, it was all over. But that doesn't mean the message should be over. The music will live on." She only told their 5-year-old son, Sean, that his father was dead on Wednesday. "He wanted to know why the person shot John if he liked John," she said. "I explained that he was pro bably a confused person."
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