All that jazz
Mike Child, guitarist for the jazz group Third Stream, strikes a chord. Third Stream was featured at a concert presented by the
Jazz Club last night in Schwab Auditorium.
Jack Anderson
to speak on his
political column
By WILLIAM SCOTT
Collegian Staff Writer
Jack Anderson, one of the best-known
political columnists in the country, will speak
at 8 tonight in Eisenhower Auditorium.
"The Washington Merry-Go-Round," also
the title of Anderson's syndicated column, is
the general topic of the Colloquy-sponsored
speech. The address will deal with the nature
of Anderson's column and important current
events, said Roni Bollag, head of promotion
for Colloquy.
Anderson, whose columns have dealt with
subjects ranging from the operations of
former Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio
Somoza to the CIA wiretapping of private
citizens in the United States, has established a
reputation for breaking major stories before
other Washington-based journalists.
Anderson received a Pulitzer Prize in 1972
for his investigative stories proving that
former President Richard Nixon and U.S.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger lied to
Congress about the U.S. position in the India-
Pakistan conflict.
Also during the Nixon administration,
Anderson was the first to implicate former
U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and
White House aide H. R. Haldeman in the
Watergate scandal.
"If we didn't have Jack Anderson, we'd
have to invent one," said H. Eugene Goodwin,
University professor of journalism.
Anderson is the type of journalist who is
willing to report major issues that others
would be hesistant to tackle, Goodwin said.
For example, Anderson was the first to
report that the former Shah of Iran was
funneling money into the Chase Manhattan
Bank —before the shah's exile.
John N. Rippey, assistant professor of
journalism, said Anderson is "the only day-in
and day-out muckraker. The problem with
Jack Anderson is that if you try to muckrake
everyday, you're going to have a certain
number of misses as well as hits."
Anderson, also the Washington bureau chief
for Parade magazine, appears daily on ABC's
"Good Morning America" and is heard daily
on the Mutual Radio Network.
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Christmas trees still violate code
4 businesses must make trees fire-retardant or take them down
By TONY PHYRILLAS
Collegian Staff Writer
After personally re-inspecting the eight
' downtown businesses found in violation of the
borough fire code for setting up Christmas
trees; the-regional code administrator has
rescinded four of the warnings.
However, James D. Quigley said late
yesterday that four businesses —including the
Train Station Restaurant are still in
violation and must make arrangements to
comply with the code before Dec. 20 or face
prosecution.
Quigley said he rescinded the four warnings
because he does not think the trees present a
significant fire hazard increase in the
establishments.
'lf it catches fire it will cause a , chimney effect which
will draw all the air out of the room, baking the people
that are in it.'
—Centre Region code administrator James D. Quigley
"I'm not saying those trees won't burn but if
they do, people will have a chance to get out of
the building," he said.
Quigley, with assistance from forester
Edgar H. Palpant and fire prevention expert
Richard Bland, conducted the inspections
early yesterday.
The code administrator's objections to the
Train Station's 25-foot tree include its size,
location, total floor space of the restaurant
and the fact that the tree protrudes into the
second floor.
"If it catches fire," Quigley said, "it will
cause a chimney effect which will draw all the
air out of the room, baking the people that are
in it."
The Train Station and another business still
in violation were notified yesterday; the other
two will be contacted today.
Quigley would not name the other violating
businesses, saying they ere entitled to
confidentiality since none have said publicly
they would ignore the code warnings.
"In my opinion, the only one that has
one • ian
violated its own confidentiality is the Train
Station," he said. "The Train Station made its
business the world's business the others
have remained quiet."
Quigley said the violations in three of the
businesses were not as serious a fire hazard as
the the one posed by the Train Station
Restaurant, 418 E. College Ave.
"At this point (the other businesses) are not
deemed to be that hazardous that if you walk
into one of these places, there's an imminent
threat to your health or your life," Quigley
said.
The trees in the three other businesses were
not as large,as the one in the restaurant but in
two of the cases, the trees were drying out.
Palpant will make another inspection in 3 to 5
days to see if the fire hazard posed by those
trees becomes significant.
The orders warnings of a code violation
will stand as issued, and the four businesses
have two options available to them: take down
the trees or make them fire-retardant. The
businesses have until Dec. 20 10 days from
when notices were first issued to comply
with the code or face a $lOO to $3OO per day
fine.
All of the violating businesses will be
notified again on Dec. 20 that the code office
will take legal action on Dec. 21.
Quigley said his inspection tour was a
balance approach as opposed to the earlier
inspection by fire and building inspector Ron
Kistler, who took a more literal approach to
the codes.
"The inspector did a good job," he said,
"but there was not as much recognition of
other factors," including: whether the tree is
blocking an entrance, exit or aisle; whether
an establishment serves liquor or allows
smoking; and the number of people served in
a business.
MX missile:
Reagan to: send Congress new package
By TERENCE HUNT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Fighting to salvage the MX
missile, President Reagan said yesterday he would be
willing to freeze the weapon's production money until
he sends Congress a new package of alternate basing
plans from which it could pick and choose.
Reagan's action, described as a compromise with
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, signaled his
willingness to rethink the so-called dense pack basing
system he unveiled just three weeks. ago.
The compromise was aimed at preventing a repeat of
the crushing defeat by a 69-vote margin the MX
suffered in the House last week.
It was fir from certain, however, that the strategy
would work. •
Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, asked whether the House
would accept the plan, said, "I doubt it at the present
time. There'd have to be a change in the feeling out
there."
Rep. Jack Edwards, R-Ala., leader of House
supporters of the MX, agreed. "It would be very hard.
The House has spoken rather loudly, I think."
Reagan, continuing to soft-pedal the dense pack plan,
described it merely as the one "with the least warts."
Offering anew to work with Congress on the basing
mode, Reagan said, "We're perfectly willing to sit
here, if you'll let us start making the missiles, and
Clinger votes 'no' to missiles
By CHRIS NOONAN
Collegian Staff Writer
Many Congressmen voted against the dense pack
basing system for the MX missile last week because
they have doubts about the nation's defense
strategy, said U.S. Rep. William F. Clinger, R
central Pa.
"We should look at our whole nuclear strategy to
find out whether we need a triad. With our
submarine and air force nuclear capability, I'm not
convinced that we need land-based missiles," said
Clinger, who voted against allocating $9BB million to
buy fiye mi§silcs for the dense pack system.
Since the 19505, the United States has used a three
pronged defense strategy to ensure what defense
experts called "flexible response." By basing
missiles in submarines, air-borne bombers and
underground silos, the United States would still be
able to respond even if Soviet missiles knocked out
two of the three systems.
With the triad system, submarines could avoid
Soviet detection. Bombers carrying nuclear missiles
would be constantly airborne also making
detection difficult.
Laud-based missiles, although the most accurate
One of the cases, identified by Quigley as a
delicatessen, is considered to have a minor
violation which could be cleared up without
having to remove the tree.
"The tree is up against a fire resistant wall
and all the owner has to do is remove
surrounding materials away from the tree and
it can be in compliance."
Frank Hornstein, general manager of the
Train Station, said yesterday that he will not
remove the tree from the restaurant until
Christmas, but he is making arrangements to
have the tree chemically treated to make it
flame retardant.
"Mr. Quigley is going to help us ascertain a
source to fire-proof our tree," Hornstein said.
"He has been unfair until this point, but we
welcome the cooperation."
Pat Daugherty, co-owner of the Tavern
Restaurant, 220 E. College Ave., said his
restaurant was one of the eight inspected
yesterday, but as of late yesterday he had not
been informed whether his business is still in
violation of the code.
Hornstein and other merchants have
complained that since the code had not been
enforced in the past five years, they were
taken by surprise and told to take down their
trees this close to Christmas.
But Quigley, who took over the code
enforcement office in February, insists that
he has to follow the code requirements .
regardless of what his predecessors might
have done.
The businesses had taken the controversy to
the State College Municipal Council Monday
night, in the hope of taking authority for
enforcing the Christmas tree code away from
Quigley's office and placing it under Fire
Marshal Marvin Robinson's jurisdiction.
But the council, in a long and debate-filled
session, decided to hand the matter back to
Quigley and allow him to make a re-inspection
of the businesses in violation.
Eight additional warnings were issued,
including one to State College municipal
manager Carl B. Fairbanks for a tree set up in
the Parks and Recreation Office in the
Muncipal Building, 118 S. Fraser St.
Quigley said the last regrettable incident
was caused by a breakdown in
communcication in his office and is being
reviewed internally.
Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1982
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discuss with you, negotiate and see if there's any
improvement or better plan."
The compromise does not require Reagan to discard
the dense pack system, even though it is the target of
widespread congressional skepticism and outright
opposition.
Instead, it would require him to resubmit a basing
plan to Congress by March 1, along with information on
alternate deployment systems.
Congress then would have 45 days "to approve the
basing mode recommended by the president or any
alternative they might select," said Sen. John Tower,
R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Armed Services
Committee and a drafter of the compromise.
For a basing plan. to survive, both the Senate and
House would have to approve it.
MX opponents in the Senate appeared' unmoved. "I
have not agreed," said Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C.
"There has been no compromise. I don't know what
they have agreed to."
Hollings vowed to press ahead with an amendment to
kill $9BB million earmarked for MX production, and
said he still has enough votes to win. "I haven't lost any
support. I keep gaining every day."
Sen. Alan Cranston, another MX opponent, said
Congress should not "go ahead with any MX
procurement money, given the inability to find an
acceptable basing mode."
and powerful of the three systems, are easily
detected by satellite. The MX system was planned so
its basing system would make detection difficult by
moving the missiles from one silo to another. The
dense pack basing system concedes detection by the
Soviets but proponents say it is invulnerable.
But the Department of Defense, Congress and the
White House have been able to agree on a system.
"Basically, no one has demonstrated that the
dense pack will work and there's no way to test
it," Clinger said. "The bill was rushed to the floor
without sufficient consideration."
If the administration is determined to develop the
land-based missile leg of the triad, Clinger said,
Congress should question whether the MX is the
right missile system to develop, and examine its
basing system.
"Is there such a thing as a viable basing mode?"
he asked, "because until they resolve the basing
mode it's folly to spend money on the MX."
After suffering defeat in the House, the MX bill is
being debated in the Senate this week. Clinger said
he will continue to vote against the dense pack
basing system, but will keep his options open
pending the Senate's decision.
ONLY 10 SHOPPING DAYS
LEFT' MAYBE I SHOULD
MAKE A LIST.
inside
• While the state's Abortion
Control Act pends before the 3rd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
both pro•life and pro•choice
groups are optimistic that the
court will rule in their favor
• A Centre County organiza
tion brings pets and the elderly
together through its placement
program. Volunteers from the
organization then help the elder
ly care for their new compan
ions Page 3
• The men's basketball team
triumphs over a strong St.• J
oseph's squad in Atlantic 10 ac
tion last night at the Palestra in
Philadelphia Pag@ 13
Most students favor the Uni
versity's present closed•door
policy regarding solicitation
weather
Increasing cloudiness and
!mild today with rain developing
later this afternoon and a high of
46. Cloudy tonight with periods
of rain and a low of 33. Contin
ued cloudy tomorrow with occa
sional rain and a high near 45.
—by Craig Wagner
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