12—The Daily Collegian Friday, July 31, 1981 The State College Municipal Planning, Commission last night approved an amended version of road improvement proposals that it will recommend to the State College Municipal Council at its Aug. 3 meeting. The improvements are intended to make intersections along North Atherton Street safer, and to make the road surface less slippery when wet. Commission to recommend road improvements By CAROL ANDREWS accidents, Elpern said. Daily Collegian Staff Writer The commission also approved several pedestri- The State College Municipal Planning Commis- an safety islands and walkways at frequently used sion agreed last night to recommend its amended crossways, such as at the bus depot on North proposal concerning North Atherton Street road Atherton Street and Railroad Avenue. improvements at the Aug. 3 meeting of the State "We wanted to make crossways safer since we College Municipal Council. are talking about adding additonal turning lanes at The project, estimated to cost $700,000, calls for some intersections," Elpern said. "It is much more safety improvements from Clay Avenue along difficult to cross five lanes instead of four." North Atherton Street to Denton Avenue in Fergu- Turning lanes are proposed for the intersections son Township, commission Secretary Dennis El- of North Atherton Street and Pollock Road, Hill pern said. crest and Ridge avenues. The improvements include widening the road to The proposal also calls for reversing the traffic construct left turning lanes and resurfacing the flow on Park Avenue, despite the objections of some road with a skid resistant overlay to reduce traffic College Heights residents. Iranians demonstrate in Tehran Continued from Page 1. "I don't understand why you don't believe me," he said He said there were no clashes during the embassy protest and none of the French diplomats came out of the compound to speak to the demonstrators. There are about 100 French nationals in Tehran. The demonstrators chanted "Bani-Sadr Is a Criminal," "Give Us Back Bani-Sadr," "Down With French Imperialism," and "Death To Mitterrrand," whose government granted asylum to Bani-Sadr when he escaped to France in an Iranian air force jet Wednesday after 43 days in hiding in Tehran. The protest was carried by Tehran Radio, which reported in another broadcast that nine people were executed by firing squad Wednesday in the northern city of Tabriz on conviction of spying for Israel. Spokesmen for the Bahai religion in New York said the nine were prominent Bahais, 73 of whom have been executed in Iran since Moslem fundamentalist revolutionaries seized power there 2 and a half years ago. The Bahai faith, established in Iran in the 19th century, is Friday, July 31: MACHINES Saturday Aug. 1: MACHINES Sunday Aug. 2: Tahoka Freeway & "Blackouts" 7 for 1 No Cover! Early Friday Happy Hours open at 2:30 pm sJiown 101 Heister St. serving Pepsi-Cola CONTACT LENSES SOFT $9B HARD $65 INCLUDES: • EXAMINATION • CONTACT LENSES • ACCESSORIES • 50% -60• DAY SATISFACTION WARRANTY DR. ANDREW BLENDER OPTOMETRIST 242 Calder Way 234-1515 5. 1 .: .21 No NH V turn at .; Chiny .m - / Lane 0 —, h. • ___ • • Pedestrian No loft safety Island turns and walkway - .2' . 0/ • CO •J • . 0/ 4 - 4. PARK AVE Nittany Llon Inn adestrlan afety Island nd walkway regarded as heretical by Moslems. Bahais say the link to Israel stems from the fact that their world headquarters are situated there because of a historical accident it was the place where the religion's founder died in exile a century ago. In France, neither Bani-Sadr nor any members of his family appeared outside the tightly-guarded apartment where he is staying. Interview requests were denied. French police on guard at the apartment said Bani-Sadr's wife and daughters were with him. The protest at the French Embassy in Tehran occurred hours after a hardline deputy, Hojatoleslam Sadegh Khalkhali, told Iran's Parliament that Iranians would take matters into their own hands unless the. government took action against the mission. Bani-Sadr was quoted as expressing the hope that his exile could be "very temporary." Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Nov. 4, 1979,'after the former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi began receiving medical treatment in New York. The 52 remaining U.S. hostages were freed 444 days later, on Jan. 20, 1981. • 4 ,,, ZAk , :.* , %% .,,. 4,A ,, :/4i4