Federal SMSA funds:
State College controls County's share
By JOHN SCHLANDER
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Although the federal government has designated all of
Centre County as a standard metropolitan statistical area,
State College alone gets to decide how and where within
federal guidelines federal funds resulting from SMSA
status will be spent.
Dennis Elpern, senior planner in the State College
planning commission office, said about $750,000 in federal
funds will be available to State College upon application a's
a result of its population growth as shown in the 1980
census.
This money, called entitlement funds, is guaranteed to
the municipality provided proper paperwork is carried
out, he said.
These entitlement funds must be used to benefit people
with low or middle incomes, Elpern said. Specific projects
on which to spend the funds are decided by whichever town
is termed the center of the SMSA in this case, State
College.
Elpern contrasted entitlement funds with specific
project grants:
"Here, the money is available. You don't have to
compete against other municipalities.
"This money has been earmarked for the borough,"
Elpern said.
The State College Municipal Council may elect to spend
money outside the municipality, but it is not federally
required to do so, Elpern said.
In fact, according to federal stipulations, the money
must benefit State College even if it is spent outside of
State College.
Mark Heuer, news secretary for U.S. Rep. William F.
Clinger, R-central Pa., said Clinger's Washington office
has received nd complaints from State College officials
about being termed SMSA, but has received some
complaints from officials elsewhere in Centre County.
College Township Municipal Manager Elwood Williams
said since the whole county population contributed, to its
being named an SMSA, it is unfair that State College
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decides how all the money will be spent.
"I don't see any good news as far as College Township is
concerned," Williams said.
Anyway, he said, "There's two towns worse off than
State College namely Bellefonte and Philipsburg."
Harris Township Municipal Manager Ruth C. Kistler
said money spent in State College would still benefit Harris
Township residents since many of them work or shop in
State College.
However, she said, the full impact of being an SMSA is
not yet understood.
"I think there are too many unknowns at this point to
react one way or another," Kistler said.
Gregory J. Gaul, Clinger's local district administrator,
said State College will apply for the entitlement funds in
December, and estimated that the municipality will
receive the funds approximately April of next year.
As the center of an SMSA, State College can receive
entitlement funds annually, Gaul said.
The amount will probably vary from year to year, but
State College could likely get a similar amount next year
compared to what it gets this year, he said.
The main problem with being an SMSA, Gaul and Elpern
said, is the increased administrative work associated with
the more complicated metropolitan funding process.
Centre County communities must now, in many cases,
compete for project funds in the metropolitan rather than
the non-metropolitan category, Gaul said.
This means Philipsburg will have to compete in the same
category as county seats and other large towns and cities,
he said.
A problem that was narrowly escaped, Gaul said, was
Bellefonte's near loss of eligibility for Farmer's Home
rural housing funds. A community must have a population
of less than 10,000 to receive these funds, and after the
results of the 1980 census came in, Bellefonte just slipped
under that limit.
To be an SMSA, an area must have a city of at least
50,000, or an urbanized area of 50,000 with a total
population of at least 100,000.
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Reagan seeks to renew Israeli ties
By BARRY SCHWEID
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) President
Reagan, moving to allay Israel's
concerns about U.S. arms deals with
its Arab foes, offered yesterday to
establish new strategic ties with the
Jewish state. He told Prime Minister
Menachem Begin that "We know
Israelis live in constant peril."
'For us security is not a word or a concept, it is a
way of life.'
Begin told reporters after meeting
with Reagan and Secretary of State
Alexander M. Haig Jr. that the
practical effect of the president's offer
would be an alliance between the two
nations. Still, he said, it would fall
short of a mutual defense pact
something Begin has long sought.
While there would be no formal
military treaty, Begin said, "the term
alliance . . . is a practical term from
the point of view of both countries, and
it is important also for the Free
World."
Begin's disclosure took the edge off
differences between the Israeli
government and Reagan on the
pending $8.5-billion U.S. arms sale to
Saudi Arabia. Still, the Israeli leader
registered his opposition to that deal
during his private talk with the ,
president.
"I told the president," said Begin,
"that it endangers Israel's security."
Asked whether the Saudi package
poses a mortal danger to Israel, Begin
replied: "We don't use such dramatic
words. Israel will live forever."
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Begin said Reagan agreed that "We
shall make an effort to reach an
agreement on strategic cooperation,"
and the two leaders left it to their
respective cabinet officials to work out
the details, expected by the end of the
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An end to waiting
week. Begin concludes his visit
tomorrow.
At a state dinner given by Reagan
last night, Begin reminded the
president that "peace without security
is hollow for us."
He reaffirmed Israel's interest in
extending its peace treaty with Egypt
to its other Arab neighbors but said
—Prime Minister Menachem Begin
this is not simple to achieve because of
security needs.
"For us security is not a word or a
concept, it is a way of life," Begin said
in. a toast to his host.
He praised Reagan and said the
president "gave us today a good day."
Reagan's tribute to the Israeli leader
was also a warm one. He said he was
convinced the two countries were
started down "the right road."
Begin said his defense minister,
Ariel Sharon, would be working with
Haig and Secretary of Defense Caspar
Weinberger.
Sources said elements of the new
arrangement could include storage of
U.S. weapons and supplies in Israel for
emergency use by an American Rapid
Deployment Force, and use of Israeli
facilities to repair and maintain
American naval and Air Force
equipment.
Earlier, Reagan and Begin
exchanged tributes at an elaborate
welcoming ceremony on the South
Lawn of the White House.
When the two men met privately,
Begin outlined "quietly and without
the slightest bit of rancor" his
opposition to the Saudi sale but did not
ask Reagan to withdraw it, according
to a senior U.S. official who asked not
to be named. After hearing Begin out,
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is famous for its long lines. Refund lines are just one of many kinds of line found on campus this week as students also must
fight crowds in bookstores and dormitory cafeterias.
Reagan then "indicated he expects the
. . . sale to be approved by Congress,"
the official said.
Still, that test on Capitol Hill looms
as extremely close, by all accounts,
and the administration hoped Begin
would indeed muffle his heretofore
vehement opposition to the Saudi deal.
In exchange, Reagan was expected to
offer even closer military links
between Israel and the United States
—including, possibly, intelligence
gathered by American satellites.
But Reagan left no doubt Arab
countries have roles in his strategy to
protect the Persian Gulf oilfields
against Soviet encroachment.
"Working with all our friends in the
Middle East we seek to reinforce the
security of the entire region," Reagan
said in his public remarks.
And yet, he said, "the security of
Israel is a principal objective of this
administration."
"We know Israelis live in constant
peril," Reagan declared at the
ceremony under sunny skies. "But
Israel will have our help."
'Working with all our friends in the Middle East
we seek to reinforce the security of the entire
region.'
Begin, on his 12th visit to the United
States, has assailed the Saudi arms
sale as "endangering very seriously
the security of Israel." It would give 62
American F-15s the Saudis are buying
the range to reach Israeli territory.
Also included in the deal are five
modern radar planes which operate as
a far-seeing flying command post.
In his speech, Begin stressed Israel's
vulnerability. He said it had to fight
five wars "out of necessity to defend
our people and to save its existence
and sustain our independence."
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At the same time, he assured
Reagan "we shall stand together and
Israel will give its share in defending
human liberty."
Reagan and Begin met for nearly
two hours, initially with a handful of
advisers, then with a larger group.
According to one account, Begin told
the president that "security is a
matter of life and death" for Israel and
"we have to be very concerned about
anything that. touches our security."
On Capitol Hill, :::: , n?tc Republican
Leader Howard Baker said the vote on
the Saudi package "is very close and it
will be a difficult fight." The leading
opponent, Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore.,
said recently that 44 or 45 senators are
committed against the sale, 37 or 38
are for it and the remainder
undecided. Congress has until Oct. 30
to try to veto the deal.
Secretary of State Alexander M.
Haig Jr. will meet on Saturday with
Crown Prince Fand of Saudi Arabia in
Malaga, Spain. It is a stopover on a
Haig trip to Yugoslavia and West
Germany.
—President Reagan
Saudi Arabia leaders have called for
Palestine Liberation Organization
participation in Mideast negotiations
and described Israel, rather than the
Soviet Union, the principal threat to
peace in the region.
There was no official announcement
of Haig's meeting with Fand, who
plays a leading role in formulating
Saudi policy,*The meeting with Haig
will follow by a day the conclusion of
Begin's talks here with Reagan, Haig
and Defense Secretary Caspar
Weinberger.
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