ushi death result of drug overdose, coroner announces
( JACKIE HYMAN
• Asoclated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) Actor-comedian John
3elushi died of an overdose of cocaine and heroin,
,i:e Los Angeles coroner announced yesterday.
Coroner Thomas Noguchi said that Belushi died
'"clue to intravenous injections of heroin and
,I.ocaine," and said both drugs were found in the
Department stores bought
Local Penn Traffic to reopen as Hess's next week
By DAVID MEDZERIAN
Collegian Staff Writer
ALLENTOWN Hess's Department Stores of
Allentown will acquire four Penn Traffic Department
Stores including the State College store at the Nittany
Mall under an agreement signed this week between
Penn Traffic and Crown Anierican Corp., Hess's parent
company.
Penn Traffic stores in Johnstown (Richland and
Westwood), State College and Somerset will reopen as
Hess's
. after inventories and slight remodeling, Hess's
President Irwin Greenberg said. The Nittany Mall store
should reopen sometime next week, he said.
Penn Traffic department stores in Dußois and Indiana
as well as specialty stores in Butler and Altoona will not be
acquired by Hess's, but will be closed by Penn Traffic,
Greenberg said. Hess's did not buy the stores because they
are old stores and are not located in regional shopping
malls, he said.
Also as part of the agreement, Crown American will sell
six of its regional shopping centers each containing a
Penn Traffic-owned Riverside Market to the Dußois
based Penn Traffic Corp., said Daimon Lawrence, Crown
Postal worker returns to
University Park branch
By MARCY MERMEL
Caliegian Staff Writsr
Users of the University Park post
office may not have to spend as much
time in the post office thanks to all
order krom the manager for the
Allegheny District of the U.S. Postal
Service restoring two-man window
service at the campus branch
yesterday.
Harry Hassinger, the post office
worker who returned to the campus
branch yesterday after working at the
State College branch, said students'
complaint forms and phone calls to
Washington made their way to district
manager Donald P. Fischer's office in
Pittsburgh.
"Everything just started to
snowball," he said.
Joseph L. Cavinato, associate
professor of business logistics, said,
"Fischer recognized that the
University post office is different
because it serves a population
different from a normal post office."
The campus customers demand more
foreign, parcel and money order
service than most, he said.
But John Burgo, manager of
sectional services, who sent the order
H'to transfer Hassinger, said, "The
amounts of foreign and parcel mail
Wearing doom buttons and black, and carrying a fire extinguisher, these women
from Thompson Hall prepare to extinguish the tires of doomsday. Two scientists
iredicted that the world would end yesterday in their 1974 book Jupiter Effect.
rem left, Kathy Kiel (6th-industrial engineering), Marcy Anne 6 Rahner (3rd -early
f . iildhood education), Jill Weaver (7th-art) and Ann Wehrman (3rd-mechanical
onglneedng).
rented hotel bungalow where the 33-year-old
performer was found dead Friday.
Noguchi's secretary said the coroner would
comment on the results today but would have no
immediate comment.
The brief written statement said, "The
deceased died of an overdose due to intravenous
injections of heroin and cocaine. Both the cocaine
the
daily
American's vice president for public relations. The six
properties, including the State College Riverside Market
on North Atherton Street, had been leased by Penn Traffic.
In addition to the exchange of property, the Penn Traffic
company will receive about $7.3 million from Crown
American, according to a Crown American news release.
Hess's had been considering a store at the Nittany Mall
for some time as part of its long-range planning,
Greenberg said. However, plans for construction of a store
at the mall were recently postponed when the possible
purchase of the Penn Traffic stores emerged, he said.
"We were very much interested in the State College
market," Greenberg said this week. "We thought
(purchasing the Penn Traffic stores) would be the best
way to get into the market."
Renovation to some of the newly acquired stores will
continue after the stores reopen, Greenberg said, but the
State College store probably will not need major work. A
new Penn Traffic store was'recently built as part of a
renovation program at the Crown American-owned
Nittany Mall.
The Penn Traffic Corp. operates 70 supermarkets in New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio as well as a dairy business.
really don't amount to too many."
However, the postal service will
conduct a survey to determine the
exact figures, he said.
In February when Burgo sent the
original order to transfer Hassinger to
the State College office, he said two
man service was a waste' at the
University because students were not
using the stamp, vending machines.
Burgo said he still considers it a
waste, especially because machine
use increased by more than 100
percent last month.
Hassinger said the machines are a
good thing, but cannot replace a
human employee.
"I didn't like the idea of forcing
students to use the machines," he
said.
"There's no reason why I shouldn't
be (at the University branch)," he
said. "There's enough work for two
people even with the machines."
Elliott Armstrong, who worked
alone at the office last month, said
that not only is he glad two-man
service has been restored, but also
"the kids seem very happy."
Hassinger said students have said
to him, "You're back. We're glad to
see you."
and heroin were found on the premises."
It had been previously reported that a white
powder was discovered on the nightstand next to
the bed where Belushi's nude body was
discovered, face down on a pillow, at the $2OO-a
-day bungalow in the Chateau Marmont hotel.
After Noguchi's announcement, Police Chief
Daryl Gates told reporters, "We determined right
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Tuition may increase more than 5%
By FRANK A. DOOLEY
Collegian Staff Writer
Tuition rates for undergraduate students may
increase by more than 5 percent next year depending
on the amount of state appronriat;.one tr, The • •
University, University President John W. Oswald
said.
Speaking before the state Senate appropriations
committee on Tuesday, Oswald said the tuition must
increase if the University's reqbest for an
appropriation increase of $14,122,000 for the
University is not accepted.
Tuition was raised 12.5 percent last year, but
• 1 will
u a o
,
Land grant aid , cuts affect University
By ANN H. FISHER affect the University's federal endowment of $25,000, employees' salaries and other University operations,
Collegian Staff Writer which was specified by the Morrill Land Grant Act of Newton said.
Students aren't the only ones who will be affected . 1862,•he said. However, the loss of these federal funds will not
by President Reagan's proposed cuts in student aid The University evolved from the Agricultural have a major effect on University operations, he said.
the University itself will also be affected by the College of Pennsylvania that was established by the "Considering the total budget of the University,
budget cuts. Land Grant Act of 1862. $50,000 won't make or break things," he said.
Reagan's 1983 budget proposes eliminating land That act guaranteed permanent appropriations, The loss of those federal funds would not lead to
grant aid something that would directly affect which would be renewed automatically each year, for anything drastic like a tuition hike because the
Penn State, Pennsylvania's only land grant each state's land grant university. Each state can University budget could absorb the loss, Newton said.
university. have only one land grant university. The Morrill- The $50,000 no longer has the same significance
The University receives about $50,000 in federal Nelson Act appropriated additional funds to those that it had when it was originally allocated more than
funds each year, as a result of the Morrill-Nelson Act institutions. 100 years ago, Newton said.
of 1890, said Robert Newton, special assistant to the Reagan proposes to eliminate these additional • "If Congress chooses to drop it that will be the end
director of the Office of Planning and Budget. funds. The $50,000 goes into the University's general of it, because it's relatively small in today's
However, Reagan's proposed budget cuts would not education fund, which is used for some University economy," he said.
Reports of world's end false;
clustering
By SHERRI R. DICKS
Collegian Staff Writer
Although the threat of doomsday
was in the air, three bright objects in
the sky last night were not exploding
stars or omens of the world's end, but
rather the clustering of the planets
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in one
quadrant of the solar system.
Daniel W. Weedman, University
professor of astronomy, said the
cause of this clustering is basically
unknown scientifically, although it is
understood to be chance.
"Each planet has its own orbit
around the sun," Weedman said. "It's
just a matter of chance that the
gravitational pull of each planet
brings them together in the same
quandrant."
The intensity of light from these
planets was brightest last night
because of the tight grouping of the
cluster, and the effect of Venus rising
in the east added to the glow.
Weedman said that because the
planets are usually scattered in all
four quadrants of the solar system,
there is not now, and probably will
never be, a true alignment the
lining up of planets directly behind
one another.
But I need it to graduate!
At the end of a long and grueling registration even a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday first period dance class looks attractive to a
student dying to get off the floor.
Oswald said he could not estimate the tuition increase
for next year until all the federal and state
appropriations are accepted this summer.
"Tuition will, rise, but we don't know what the final
appro 4 ,,iations are going to be," Oswald said.
The current appropriation, however, will not be
sufficient enough to run the University, he said.
"I just know we can't get by with a 6 percent
appropriation plus a 5 percent tuition increase,"
Oswald said.
Two years ago, the University started to include an
annual 5 percent tuition increase when planning the
budget for the following year so students could share
planets just chance
The present phenomenon, which
will be witnessed until the end of
March, is about the closest the planets
will come to what is termed "true
alignment," he said.
Weedman said 179 years will pass
before another clustering occurs, and
a clustering of all nine planets in the
solar system will never occur in a
lifetime.
But then again, there are those
students who aren't convinced that
the galaxial phenomenon will not
wreak havoc upon the earth. Wearing
"doom" buttons, and dressed in
black, some residents of second floor
Thompson Hall believe the end is
near.
Marcy Anne Christine Rahner (3rd
early childhood education),
spokeswoman for the group, said she
and her friends are believers of the
possible results of the "Jupiter
Effect," although the campus has not
been very receptive to their
overwhelming concerns.
"We went to Ritenour for a doctor's
appointment," she said, "and most
people wouldn't speak to us, although
everyone stared."
Kathy Kiel (6th-industrial
engineering) said most people tried to
at the outset it appeared to be an overdose. There
appeared to be cocaine and there appeared to be
heroin. There was a substance found there and it
was found to be cocaine."
He said police didn't know about the discoveries
when they told reporters that death appeared to
be from natural causes.
Gates said he doubted charges would be filed in
remain indifferent to their funeral
attire, but the women couldn't help
but attract attention.
"When we entered the cafeteria,
everyone's head turned," Kiel said.
"Everyone was asking us why we
were doing this. When we said why,
they were indifferent."
Jill Weaver (7th-art) said the group
had taken precautions to deal with the
upcoming doomsday.
"On our Spring Break, we stayed at
the Rogers Fireproof Motel in
Wheeling, W.Va., because the world
will end in fire," she said.
Weaver said the group plans to
make additional reservations at this
dwelling.
Other students have a mixed view
on the issue of doomsday.
Mark Bell (9th-management) said,
"I don't look forward to doomsday; I
like to look to the positive side of
things."
Some students did not take the
phenomenon seriously.
John Schneider (12th-architectural
engineering) said, "I don't believe it.
Wasn't it supposed to be yesterday?"
Mary Anne Billetdeaux (12th
accounting) said, "I never believed it
for a minute."
Please soe related story, Page 8.
connection with Belushi's death.
"We'd like to follow up on it but we have a lot of
'other deaths," he said.
A Beverly Hills doctor who had treated Belushi
for an ear infection had suggested earlier in the
day that the powdered substance could have been
an antibiotic he had prescribed last month for the
comedy actor.
Thursday March 11, 1982
Vol. 82, No. 130 24 pages University Park, Pa. 16802
Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University
the University's financial burden. However, because
state appropriations have been lower than requested,
tuition has increased more than 5 percent.
Oswald told the committee the tuition increases are
the University's main sources at income that the
state does not provide. Increases in schuol
productivity and reallocations of school funds are
other methods the University employs to make up for
the lack of appropriations.
Oswald said the appropriations would go toward
mandated fringe benefits cost increases, salary
adjustments for employees, University operating
costs, group insurance and department investments
inside
a The United States banned all
oil imports from Libya yesterday.
Page 8
• The women's basketball team
received a bid to the first ever NCAA
women's basketball tournament.
Page 13
• The high cost of operating the
Centre Cab Co. led the State Col
lege Municipal Council to put the
company up for sale Page 20
weather
Mostly cloudy, breezy and mild
today with a few rain showers.
Chance of a late afternoon thun
dershower. High temperatures near
50 degrees. Becoming partly cloudy
tonight with, patchy fog developing
toward morning. Low temperatures
around 32. Partly sunny tomorrow
with increasing cloudiness late In
the day. High temperatures around
50:
—by Mark Stunder
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