4—The Daily Collegian• Friday, April 3, 1981 News Briefs TMI wins rate increase By JILL LAWRENCE Associated Press Writer, HARRISBURG (AP) --lieating a cru cial credit deadline, , the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission yesterday ap proved a $51.8 million rate increase to the near-bankrupt operator of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. The commission voted 4-0 in favor of the boost for the strapped Metropolitan Edison Co., a 50-percent owner of the crippled facility. Met Ed's sister company,. 25-percent owner Pennsylvania Electric, was grant ed a $54.9 million hike by the same 4-0 vote. The infusion to Met Ed is expected to head off a crisis April 15, - When $23 million in state taxes are due. Met Ed's creditors, which have been Mountain rescue for students LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) A helicopter N.M., said from his bed at St. Vincent yesterday hoisted two dazed and frazzled Hosptial in Santa Fe.. college students from a rugged, snow- Munoz said he and Chavez, of Clovis, packed mountain where they .. were N.M., never lost hope they would be stranded for more than three days with- found, but grew more desperate as time outfood or warm clothing. passed. Francisco Munoz, 18, and John Chavez A four-man search team carrying food, Jr., 19, were stranded Sunday during a warm clothing and sleeping bags was photography expedition on Hermit's sent from St. John's College in Santa Fe Peak, with an elevationof 10,263 feet, and to Hermit's Peak. The two students at were • not reached by searchers until New Mexico Highlands University were Wednesday night. found huddled together in a ravine at the They were dressed only in short- mountain's 9,000-foot level. sleeved shirts, bluejeans and tennis shoes. Nighttime temperatures dropped The searchers said the mountAin, to between 15 and 20 degrees while they about 16 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is were stranded. . , known for its punishing terrain and'sheer Because of rough terrain and dark- cliffs. ness, they were not airlifted out until At 7:45 a.m. yesterday an Air Force yesterday and were hospitalized in good helicopter from Kirtland Air Force Base condition. , in Albuquerque lowered a cable to the "My friend got real hungry —he tried students and each was placed into a litter to eat some grass," Munoz, of Berino, to be raised back into the chopper. Northeast needs more rainfall By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID supply recharge to surface and ground Associated Press Writer • water reservoirs in the Northeast," said WASHINGTON (AP) The need for Carroll Saboe, chief of the survey's hy increased rainfall is becoming critical in drologic information unit. the Northeast, with stream flows and "With the continued deficiencies in the ground water at record or near-record water outlook during March, the need for low levels, the U.S. Geological Survey above-normal: recharge becomes even said yesterday. - more critical during the remaining The decline in water levels found in an spring runoff season," said Saboe. inventory at the end of March "is partic- He reported that the flow of the Dela ularly significant now, because March is ware River had dropped to 67 percent normally a period of high flow and water- below normal. Stock market's 2-day rally ends By CHET CURRIER AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) The stock market Wednesday, dropped back 5.13 to turned in a mixed showing yesterday, 1,009.01. ending the rally of the two previous sessions. Dow Jones Average 30 Industrials High 1020.62 LOW 1002.07 Close 1009.0 St. Joe Minerals, trading for the first Down... 5.13 time since March 25, climbed 3to 55%. Fluor Corp. has agreed to take over the company with a bid topping a previous April 2, 1981 offer by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons. • its lifeline since the March 28, 1979 nucle ar accident that damaged TMI, meet April 10 to decide whether to advance money for the tax payment. Gerald Gornish, an attorney for the banks, said the PUC action will be con sidered. But he would not predict what impact it will have on Met Ed's borrow ing ability. General Public Utilities Corp., Met Ed's parent company, agreed that the company's fiscal status remains unre solved. ."We have no assurance that the levels provided in the final motion will be acceptable to the banks . . in providing the increased borrowings necessary for Met Ed to meet its April 15 tax obliga tion," said GPU spokesman Joe Benish. The Dow Jones average of 30 industri als, up almost 22 points Tuesday and But gainers slightly outnumbered los ers in the over-all tally on the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts said investors were heart ened by reports that President Reagan was making what was described as an "amazing" recovery from the bullet wound he suffered Monday afternoon. But open-market interest rates, which have been following a zigzag course lately, turned upward during the day. And the market also had to contend with word from Caspar Weinberger, the secretary of defense, that the Soviet Union had taken steps in the past day or two to increase its capacity to invade Poland. Transit strike ends: By LEE LINDER Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) A 19-day transit strike ended yesterday and all buses, trolleys and subway elevated trains were to be moving again by mid night for an estimated 400,000 daily rid ers. The settlement was announced in the presence of a beaming Gov. Dick Thorn burgh, who said he had been in close touch with negotiators and "we're glad it has reached a successful conclusion." ' The Ilig stuitibling black had been the hiring bf part-time 4orkers', gild the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transporta " tion Authority dropped that demand 'in return for a concession from Local 234 of the Transport Workers Union to take less in a proposed pay increase. The back-to-work order by TWU presi- Hinckley found competent to stand trial By LARRY MARGASAK ther sanity tests. Shortly thereafter, Associated Press Writer Hinckley was flown to the Butner facili- WASHINGTON (AP) John W. ty, arriving in late afternoon. Hinckley Jr., said to have vowed to "get The defendant's new lawyer, Vincent Reagan" in desperate hope for a film Fuller, protested the order that the gov star's heart, was deemed competent to ernment conduct furtjer tests before stand trial yesterday, but was sent to defense experts had a chance to examine North Carolina for further sanity tests. him. Hinckley could remain at the Butner That appeal was lost. Moreover, Chief federal corrections facility near Dur- U.S. District Judge William B. Bryant ham, N.C., for up to 90 days as authori- extended the 60-day limit imposed by ties attempt to determine his state of Margolis another 30 days. mind when Reagan was shot on Monday. The finding that Hinckley is competent The 25-year-old defendant, wearing a to stand trial merely means he under white, bullet-proof vest, was a calm but stands his rights and. is able to help intense observer as he heard Magistrate prepare his defense. It does not consti- Lawrence Margolis order the charge of tute a judgement that the defendant was attempting to assassinate the president sane at the time a crime was committed. bound over to a federal grans! jury. Fuller, a partner of famed criminal Margolis agreed with a court-appoint- attorney Edward Bennett Williams, said ed psychiatrist that Hinckley is "present- there had been no decision on whether to ly mentally competent to stand trial," use insanity as a defense. but told the government to conduct fur- Courthouse security was tight to pre --.r••611 , Lend me your hand Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne reaches to shake the hands of resident children as she leaves the Cabrini Green government housing project. Byrne and her husband moved into the crime-plagued neighborhood two nights ago. Reagan progress 'super' By JAMES GERSTENZANG Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan, making "super" progress, took two strolls around his hospital compound yesterday while life support tubes re mained fixed in his chest and nose. He told two visiting senators: "I found out it hurts to get shot." After his best night's sleep since an apparent ricochet bullet tore into his left lung in Monday's assassination attempt, the president was in "extremely good spirits" according to his personal physi cian. Reagan walked for 50 yards yesterday morning, then, joined by wife Nancy, ventured out of his room again in the late afternoon. Qualified medical sources reported that in the moments after Reagan ar rived at the hospital emergency room, doctors "thought . they might lose him" because he was hemorrhaging internally although there was no indication he had been shot. O'Leary "flatly" denied the president was ever in danger of dying from the wound. But he acknowledged that his own information came second- and third hand. Direct sources, including a senior physician involved, told The Associated Press that Reagan had lost nearly half his blood. Baker told the president that there was "a lot of love and genuine devotion to you on Capitol Hill," the spokesman said. The Republican Senate leader said the senators discussed a resolution com mending Gerry Parr, the head of the • te s • . e dai h ly , . , • , , dent Dominic DiClerico was given al though it will take about 10 days for his 4,900 drivers, mechanics and cashiers to vote on the offer. A union source said Local 234 dropped about 1 1 / 2 percent of a previously pro posed two-year 16 percent wage in crease, and SEPTA management said it could save about $2.5 million dollars a year with the lower pay increase. State mediator Edward G. Feehan had called the negotiators together yesterday morning, for the, tiMp,'lMhperMarch 26,, when talks' brblie - off A re . SEPT I A's push to hire the part-timers. Thornburgh 'said he had made some "broad 'suggestions during the past week, including the idea that manage ment might defer its insistence on part timers until a later negotiation." Photo by UPI wlrophoto Secret Service's presidential protection detail who pushed Reagan into the presi dent's limousine when the shooting be gan, and agent Timothy McCarthy, who was wounded in the attack. "They did just fine," Reagan was quoted as having said to the senators. '(President Reagan) is making rapid progress . . . his progress is super.' —Dr; Dennis O'Leary, George Washington University Hospital medical spokesman Bush continued to fill in for the presi dent, directing a Cabinet meeting, and conferring with the chairman of a job opportunities program. A meeting with the foreign minister of Turkey, which the president would have attended, was also on Bush's schedule. • Bush also visited Capitol Hill, meeting with Baker and Sen. Pete Domenici, R- N.M., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and met in the White House with Poland's deputy prime minister. For the second consecutive day, White House aides refused to make available a picture of the president in the hospital, after indicating that they might do so. One White House source, asking that he not be identified, acknowledged that cosmetic reasons were behind the deci sion: the president still has two tubes ' Service to begin midnight The governor declined to say whether he had promised more state aid to SEP TA, which is. heavily in debt because of rising costs and lower ridership. "There were no discussions with SEP- mor." TA on terms of putting up more state SEPTA board chairman David Girard- . 4, '' , funds," Thornburgh said. "But it is ob- DiCarlo said SEPTA would save $2.5 vious there is going to have to be more million in the reduced wage offer ac money obtained somewhere, and I'm cepted by TWU. He also refused to speci- going too work with the parties on that fy exact terms. problem." • DiClerico, smiling over the settlement Meanwhile but refusing to give details, said "the dr ivers 's Red Arrow lines in the western - and Meanwhile, a second walkout by by 275 mechanics halted service on. SEPTA biggie, of cours,e, was the dropping,o4he, h bs. • pait-t'ng rs: „ we „ ,,nevel , w i lic yp„ t o*_ ! su ur ,• cePted Eicnivei." '? The suburbiiirvi tfansit workers, rep- The union leader, surrounded by mem- ' resented by Local 1594 of the United bers of his executive board in the Shera- Transportation Union, struck following : ton Hotel board room, said he was "not the expiration of their contract at 12:01 as happy as I would like to be, but that's yesterday and no talks were held during # it, you can't get everything." the day. . - -- vent a repetition of the 1963 shooting oi case sent to a grand jury without the dip Lee Harvey Oswald, who was gunned government having to show probable down in police custody while being held cause that Hinckley shot the president. on charges of assassinating President "Is that your desire?" John F. Kennedy. "Yes sir," Hinckley replied. While Hinckley's hearing was under way in a grey stone courthouse, investi- Sometimes he clasped his hands on the gators analyzed a letter to Jodie Foster, courtroom table in front of him. Sonic- the young movie actress with whom times he held a hand over his mouth. He 0 Hinckley was so infatuated that he vowed frequently turned to talk to one of his to "get Reagan" at risk of his own life to lawyers, Gregory Craig, an associate of prove his dedication, sources said. Fuller. During one such whispered con- Hinckley reportedly wrote the letter less versation, he pointed to his chest. than two hours before the shooting of the He is charged with attempting to as president. sassinate a president, which carries a Foster told reporters she received maximum penalty of life imprisonment, • many love letters from Hinckley and and with assaulting a fedeal officer with , turned some of them over to her dean at a pistol, which carries a maxiumum 10- Yale University. None spoke of an assas- year sentence and a $lO,OOO fine. Presi sination plot, she said. dential press secretary James Brady and In the courtroom, Hinckley seemed a policeman were also wounded in the the relaxed. He spoke only once. shooting Monday, but those offense are Margolis asked whether he wanted the not federal crimes. ' 1, Guerrillas take credit for U.S. Embassy attack SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) vacant lot, the embassy spokeswo -Leftist guerrillas of the Popular man said. An embassy staffer said Liberation Forces' claimed reponsi- he thought he saw a rocket zoom bility yesterday for a rocket attack over the top of the embassy. The tail against the U.S. Embassy and said fins of the device were found yester the assault was to commemorate the day morning. 11th anniversary of the founding of It was the third rocket attack on their group. the fortified, walled embassy since At the Vatican, Salvador's top Sept. 16. There have been several bishop said Pope John Paul II "is in rifle attacks on the embassy, some favor of mediation" to end political attributed to rightist groups, some to violence in• the Central American leftists. nation. In addition to the rocket attack, "The Holy Father wants an end to the Popular Liberation Forces the countless sufferings of the Salva- claimed responsibility for a rash of doran people," Bishop Arturo Rive- bombings in San Salvador. . ra y Damas told The Associated One bomb Tuesday night de- Press after a private meeting and stroyed Citibank offices in an 18- lunch with the pontiff. story building across the street from Two anti-tank, rocket-propelled the Camino Real Hotel, where most grenades were fired at the embassy foreign journalists usually stay. The Wednesday night but both rockets blast shattered windows in the front missed the building, embassy of the hotel, including thope of The spokeswoman Carol Doerflein said. Associated Press and United Press In addition, gunmen fired about six International offices. bullets at the building. Another bomb minutes later dam- At least one hit a window, but aged a second building, and one of there were no injuries. three more bomb explosions early One of the rockets fired at the Wedenesday morning damaged a embassy hit a credit union building main telephone exchange in the cap being built nearby and the other hit a ital. inserted in his chest to drain the chest cavity and prevent the buildup of fluids;.- and tubes in his nose to periodically • provide extra oxygen. O'Leary, dean for clinical affairs at r George Washington University medical , school, said at a White House news brief-, : ing that the no-picture decision was combination of respecting his privacy, a . medical preference, and a White House preference." O'Leary said the president was "quite- capable" of making decisions and that he - did not think that any mental strain 0) suffered as a result of the shooting would be "a significant limitation in his recov ery." • • • The doctor, who, with Reagan's per: • sonal physician, Dr. Daniel Ruge, ha • become one of the chief medical' spokesmen about the president's case, said Reagan was making "very rapid ' progress . .. his progress is super." Asked when Reagan would be released from the hospital, he said: "We would be hopeful by next week." Asked whether the union had allowed 1 1 / 2 percent to be lopped off the 16 percent wage increase offer by SEPTA, DiCleri co replied, "Hold , it, that's only a ru- 'Juror compensation questioned By JOE GRACE ' Daily Collegian Staff Writer If you're selected for jury duty, it's fitiour civic duty to serve. If you're a witness to a crime, it's your civic duty to report it to the police, and to willingly testify in court as to what you saw. At least, that's what the civic books tell us. Robert A. Mix, Centre County's first assistant district attorney, , said current gb' compensation rates for jurors and wit nesses are making it difficult•to be a good citizen. "The current system of compensating jurors and witnesses is just- not realis tic," Mix said. "The sums being paid out are much too low, and the low compensa -o.tion is definitely a factor in the will ingness of jurors and witnesses to serve and testify. "We're contacted many times by wit nesses afraid of not recovering their day's wages if they come in to testify for us," Mix said. • • .Under state law, witnesses are paid $5 per day, and 7 cents per mile travel expenses. Jurors fare slightly better, receiving $9 per day for the first three days of a trial, and $25 for each additio nal day of service. Jurors receive 17 cents per mile travel expenses. Jury commissioner Anna B. Lose said 0 obtaining jurors was not a significant problem. 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I'm not so sure all the said. people we call as witnesses are being However, Lose said compensation of reimbursed by their employer. witnesses was a different matter. "I'd like to see the jurors' compensa "We (the jury commissisoner's office) tion rate be changed to $25 for every day, have .no dealings whatsoever with wit- and the witnesses' rate should be raised nesses," Lose said. "That's handled to at least $25 per day," he said. "That strictly by the district attorney's office." still wouldn't compensate everyone, but Mix said despite the increase in juror it's definitely more realistic than $5 per compensation, he advocates further in- day." • By KAREN KONSKI • said. However, the school board may take action on the book at Daily Collegian Staff Writer its April 13 meeting. - Books will no longer be put on a reserve shelf at State When a complaint is filed against a book, the superintendent College Area High School because of their controversial will serve on the review committee, Frye said. In the past, the material, Ed Frye, spokesman for the school, said. superintendent was given the review committee's report, but Frye said, according to the school's new book policy, was not a member of the committee. materials will only be put on the reserve shelf because of The book policy also says that anyone who has a complaint excessive deritand or because their content needs to be restrict- about a book in the schools' libraries should discuss the matter ed to , students in a designated class or activity. informally with the principal of the school and no book will be "There won't be a shelf designated for 'books because of taken off the shelf without a formal written complaint, Frye , their sensitive material," Frye said. "We either buy a book and said. have it on the shelf or we don't buy a book and don't have it on the shelf." "We urge the individuals to come in and talk to the building Frye said he does not know how this change in policy will principal," Frye' said. "If the person does not accept our affect Our Bodies, Ourselves, a book placed on the reserve shelf rationale then there will be a formal complaint. Materials will because of a complaint filed by Citizens Concerned for Human not be removed informally." Life concerning objections With the book's abortion chapter. If a formal complaint is filed, a special review committee The new book policy was passed in March and Our Bodies, will consider the complaint and make a recommendation to the Ourselves was already on the reserve shelf by that time, Frye board of education within 60 days after the complaint was filed. • TOWNE VIEW APTS. Bradley Ave. and Pugh St. • . (814) 238-4911 Recently completely remodeled apartments. Residential setting. All utilities plus cable TV and parking. Bus service to campus and downtown. One, two, and three bedrooms available. New modern apts. I bedroom available with loft or finished basement. Modern furniture and appliances. 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Mix said the district attorney's office would work through the offices of local legislators in advocating higher compen sation rates. change University's quota policy may change By CINDY COX Daily Collegian Staff Writer "The goals set here are based on feder- If the state is ordered to comply with a al guidelines for , desegregation plans," federal desegregation order, the Univer- he said. "The objective is to increase sity may have to change some program black enrollment. Our program encom offerings and set up numerical goals for passes employees and students. minority enrollment and employment, "I would say we're following desegre said William W. Asbury, University Af- gation guidelines because we have an firmative Action officer. affirmative action plan and program but But, Asbury said he thinks the Univer- it's not coordinated by the state of Penn sity is following desegregation guidelines sylvania. If we had to attach numbers to through its affirmative action plan and it, we could do that." program. The state, not the University, is being The federal order directs the state to asked to comply and the University can include state-related and community col- not respond until the state comes up with leges in its desegration plan. The Univer- a plan, Asbury said. sity is a state-related university and at "It's not a matter of not wanting to present is not included in the state deseg- comply," he said. "The federal govern regation plan. ment said the state's plan is not exten . "If the University has to comply, there sive enough. It's not a failure by Penn will not be much of a change for faculty State to do something." and students," Asbury said. "We already The best way to run a state desegrega have a (affirmative action) program. tion program is on a voluntary basis, The major change would be in program Asbury said. areas." State affirmative action plans attempt state has already said they don't have to offer programs not usually offered at enough jurisdiction to include certain historically black institutions, Asbury schools. said. Universities also try to exchange "If they want to desegregate the entire faculty and staff, he added. state of Pennsylvania, it ought not to be State plans also set numerical quotas based on funding sources, it ought to be a for minority enrollment and employ- cooperative effort entered into voluntari ment, Asbury said. At present, the Uni- ly. Although, the likelihood of that hap versity does not have numerical goals set pening is not good." T.V., Stereo .7 Broken Down? ; I - We are the "MORE" service shop! MORE * COMPETENT " ECONOMICAL * SPEEDY We service all makes and models T 8 R ELECTRONICS 225 S. Allen St.. State College • (next to Centre Hardware) 238.3800 .PQE66QELEA6E. Happy Hours 0 101 Today and every. Friday in April Red Rose Cotillion rif Red Rose Cotillion plays again at 10 p.m. The PRESS BOX is located at 129 S. Pugh St across from the parking garage. The Original State College Sports Bar The Daily Collegian Friday, April 3, 1981-5 for minority programs, he said. "It could go to court," he said. "The MIA )X •
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