4—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Jan. 6, 1983 state news briefs , Calif. teachers continue traumatic strike CALIFORNIA, Washington County Thomas Quinn, has been sent to Pitts (AP ) The longest public teachers' burgh to resume negotiations today. strike in state history is "tearing this But Thornburgh "has no unilateral place apart," turning fellow union power" to send a fact-finder to the members into enemies in this coal school district, as requested by the :Mining and steel community. school board , . James Wiggins, a The school board president was spokesman for the governor, said. hospitalized after being attacked, the union president has been jailed and Also, Robert Gentzel, spokesman 'contract talks, which began a year for Attorney General Leßoy Zimmer ago, have failed to produce man, said that office is reviewing the agreement on even one major issue. school board's request for an investi- Gov. Thornburgh's office said yes- gation of "general lawlessness" dur terday the state's top mediator, ing the strike. Utility asks to install electricity limiters HARRISBURG (AP) A device tric meter and restricts household that would limit the flow of electricity use to "essential items" such as a to delinquent ratepayers is "humani- refrigerator, furnace fan and electric tarian" because it provides an alter- lights, PECO said. native to no service at all, If the electricity rises above the Philadelphia Electric Co. said. minimum, the power is disconnected The utility has petitioned the Public until the extra appliances are shut off Utility Commission to use the gadget, and a reset button is pushed. called a service limiter adapter, for a pilot program. • PECO recently filed papers with ers having difficulties with their bills the commission defending the propo- "by reducing their use to an amount sal and answering questions that the they can handle." PUC had posed about its application. PECO has maintained that the de- Consumer advocates have charged vice, manufactured by a Michigan that the service limiter may be un- firm, is safe. safe and is just another method of Thirty-three power companies in 21 harrassing those who cannot or do not states already employ the limiter and pay their bills. other utilities are performing test The limiter is attached to the elec- programs with it, PECO said. New kind of drive-thru , restaurant opens SOMERSET, Somerset County ( AP) An angry Somerset woman gave new meaning to the phrase "drive-thrty restaurant" when she plowed through the north wall of Wendy's Hamburgers. after the man ager refused to accept her check. "She got a little upset and decided to drive her truck through the store," Paul Barzenski, manager of the fast food restaurant,-said. The customer, Cheryl Maul, 22, was arrested Tuesday about three miles frbm the eatery, police said. • "It was pretty exciting," Barzenski said. 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EVERY THURSDAY IS THIRSTY THURSDAY AT PEDRO'S nation news briefs Hawaiian volcano spews lava again VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) Ki- He said yesterday's activity was in lauea volcano on the island of Hawaii the same general area as Monday's erupted briefly again yesterday eruption, in which fountains of lava morning, at the same site as two shot 200 feet into the air major eruptions Monday, officials said The eruption began at 11:23 a.m. and ended two minutes later, said Reggie Okamura, scientist in charge of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Observatory. "There is a good possibility it might pop out again," Okamura said, mean ing further activity could follow the short outburst. Roxanne Pulitzer appeals divorce verdict NEW YORK (AP) Palimony year-old boys so far. lawyer Marvin Mitchelson has been Mrs. Pulitzer, 31, was awarded $2,- hired by Roxanne Pulitzer to try to 000 a month for up to two years in upset the divorce trial verdict in alimony and child support. She also which she lost custody of her sons and received jewels, a car and equity in most of her husband's fortune, a her husband's 73-toot yacht. spokesman said yesterday. The 18-day trial was spiced with Sy Presten also said that although sensational testimony involving co the Dec. 28 court decision gave Mrs. caine abuse, extramarital affairs, Pulitzer "liberal visitation rights," incest, lesbianism, menage-a-trois millionaire Peter Pulitzer, 52, has sex and other facets of life attributed refused to let her see their twin 5- to the Pulitzers. Man with a reported 83 wives on trial PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) —An ex- after they met at a local swap meet. convict who once told authorities he She said he vanished with $36,500 she had married 82 women around the received after he convinced her to world went on trial yesterday for sell her house: fraud and bigamy stemming from his Vigliotto has pleaded innocent and 1981 marriage to an Arizona woman. has denied allegations that he has Giovanni Vigliotto, 53, was charged wedded 83 women. with one count each of fraud and But authorities said more than six bigamy in connection with his Nov. gears ago Vigliotto said he had mar -18, 1981 marriage to Patricia A. Gar- ried 82 women over a period of 20 diner, 41, of Mesa. ' years, most of them in the United Gardiner said she married Vigiliot- States but some in Argentina, Brazil, to following an eight-day courtship Hong Kong and Japan. Kindness to wounded results in penalty MESA, Ariz. (AP) A young man Lane and his mother called the who got a ticket for rescuing a fox Arizona Game and Fish Department, from a trap says, "They can't make the Arizona Humane Society, the me change my morals." Phoenix Zoo and the local Maricopa Tim Lane, 20, said he thought he County animal shelter. was saving a suffering animal when The animal shelter took the fox he spotted the fox in a trap near away, and Lane thought it would wind Apache Junction on Friday. up in the zoo. PENN STATE DAYS! .Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. Take an additional 10% Off Entire Stock of Regular and Sale Price Merchandise Coats, dresses, sportswear & accessories * l / 2 price merchandise not included SMART sho "Where Fashion Is First" 128 SouTLI ALIEN CELEBRATE THE LIONS' VICTORY WITH BLUE BEER FROM NITTANY BEVERAGE! Available this weekend only. Order Now! 238-3031 Nittany Beverage would like to congratulate the Nittany Lions for their poise and character on and off the field. 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(AP) Thirty people were reported No casualties were reported in ei murdered in political violence ther attack. throughout the country yesterday, In one of the heaviest days of politi and about 50 leftist rebels attacked cal assassinations in months, judicial government troops in the eastern city authorities reported 30 politically of Usutlan. linked slayings around this country of Meanwhile, two young sisters from 5 million people on Tuesday. a wealthy family were kidnapped The El Salvador Human Rights from a posh San Salvador neighbor- Committee estimates that at least 42,- hood yesterday, a friend of the family 000 people have been killed in politi said In Usutlan, 68 miles east of San percent of the victims civilians who Salvador, about 50 guerrillas staged were caught in crossfires or mur simultaneous. attacks on the San Pe- dered by rightist "death squads." Gandhi may lose power in India election NEW DELHI, India (AP) Prime Gandhi's popularity and political grip Minister Indira Gandhi and movie on this vast land of 700 million people. 1 hero-turned-politician N.T. Rama Rao battled for control of Andhra ',. `;: '° :17'7. • , '4.: Pradesh state yesterday in legis- ~'-'„ ~ ,' i .. 1 ' t ' lative assembly elections that drew r' more than 33 million voters to the ' '''': polls in three states. 0')) t ' - ';‘, ," .4 1 '""t Six people died and more than 77 ..,.: ' 1 were injured in election-related vio- :2 ,. •:44i lence, the United News of India re-;J . - •''' ~ , ported. 4 The elections were seen as a test of Danish ships defy fishing restrictions COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Meanwhile, Danish politician Kent Danish ships trawling for fish in Kirk said he was more than halfway restricted North Sea zones reported to a zone near Newcastle, England, their first contacts with British in- where he plans to pursue schools of spection ships yesterday. None of the sprat, even if he enters Britain's 12- Danish vessels %Vas boarded. mile limit. Skipper Thorvald Boersemose said over ship-to-shore radio that his tra wler and eight others had had con tacts with British inspection ships in the restricted area east of the Shet land Islands. British women knife skipper during trip LONDON ( AP) Defending them- The British tabloid said skipper selves against rape and murder, two Hans Nagel died while the yacht Pan British women knifed to death the Tau was on a 28-day voyage across German captain of a yacht on a the Atlantic from the Canary Islands voyage across the Atlantic and threw to the Caribbean. West German po his body into the sea, the Daily Ex- lice have not yet decided whether to Press said yesterday. bring charges against the women. 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Inc. = O / 0 L GOOD FOR ANY PARTY SUE ® MI NM MI 11111 MN MI M MI MII cal violence since 1979, with 80 Kirk said he planned to risk a $Bl,- 000 fine to test the legitimacy of Britain's coastal restrictions. Britain upheld the territorial limit past its expiration date of Jan. 1 after Denmark rejected a fishing accord. . ..• -PONDEROSA':. 2 Sirloin Indira Gandhi ot ay. at, opinions editorial opinion Flagrant abuse With their combined salaries, a successful husband and wife law yer team are making more than $lOO,OOO a year. They probably have a pretty nice house in the suburbs. They probably drink cog nac every night. They probably keep up with the Joneses. But they couldn't seem to find the cash to pay one important debt. When they were students, both of them took out student loans from the federal government. Both of them managed to "forget" to pay it back. That's . a flagrant abuse of the financial aid system. In an effort to eliminate this type of abuse, the federal government is attempting to corral individuals who have not paid back their loans. One of the government's easier targets are its own employees. Federal employees who have not paid back their student loans can expect 15 percent of their pay checks to be withheld by the gov ernment. A total of 46,860 current or for mer government employees owe $6B million of student loan funds. In all, 800,000 ex-students have de faulted on $l.l billion in loans. A billion dollars is a lot of money missing from anyone's pocket. But what's worse, it's revenue the gov ernment can't lend to current stu dents. reader opinion the MX missile Too costly Fears of growing Soviet strength Is the MX the best defensive has spurred President Reagan to means? Why not increase the subma strengthen America's defenses. Pres- rine force or the bomber force as our ently, the United States has approxi- nuclear spearhead instead of the mately 9,000 nuclear warheads MX? The United States has a slight placed in missiles, bombers and sub- lead in the number of missiles, but marines. The Soviet Union has ap- the Soviets have greater megaton proximately 8,000. The Soviet Union nage. Why not increase the megaton warheads pack a bigger punch with a nage on our existing nuclear total megatonnage of 9,000 versus 3,- warheads to match the Soviets? 500 megatons for the United States. The defense budget ought to be The MX missile is the president's scaled down so that the United States means of defense to close the gap of can cope with social security prob the Soviets lead in total megaton- lems, unemployment and revenues, nage. Should the MX missile be de- yet not jeopardize the national securi ployed in the midst of economic ty. Why not cut out 25 missiles and troubles? Are budget deficits accep- use that five billion to repair the table to the American people where nations' highways instead of taxing they have to continually fund a huge the people? Not only would the Amer defense budget? ican people have to pay for the MX, A strong defense is the imperative but they would also have to be bur to counter any Soviet aggression, but dened with taxes if the MX is de shouldn't other programs besides the ployed. MX missile be pursued? One way of trying to improve the economic conditions would be disar- The MX missile program is an mament of the superpowers. The extremely costly project. The first nations would then be able to channel five missiles cost nearly $1 billion. funds into social programs. Have not About 100 missiles are on the agenda. the crys of millions of people pursu- Why not have a scaled down version ing peace been heard by all leaders? of the MX missile and cut some of the I admire President Reagan's con costs involved? cern for a strong defense, but the Are our present Minutemen bases state of the economy doesn't seem as critically vulnerable to the Soviet strong as it once was and it doesn't first strike that we must build a new look like it will improve. Before base housed by the MX? Can't the Americans invest billions of dollars (WEIEMIT" FREE MEG. OK% ISIVEIRIANE COMP,* In December, the government decided to go after the defaulters and the U.S. Department of Educa tion mailed letters telling them to work out a repayment schedule within 60 days. If the errant defaulters do not set up a payment schedule, then in 60 more days they will see deductions in their paychecks. The state government is follow ing the path blazed by its big broth er. The Pennsylvania Higher Educa tion Assistance Agency knows of more than 1,100 state employees who owe more than $2.3 million in student loans. Last month, Gov. Dick Thorn burgh signed a law permitting the withholding of wages from any state employee who has defaulted on a loan. With federal and state funding to higher education growing scarce, the money collected from the de faulters could help students com plete their educations. A contract is a contract and students should not be able to borrow money from the government and then not repay it. But government employees make up only about 6 percent of those who have not repaid their loans. Collecting their money won't make a dent in the default rate, unless the government goes after other loan deadbeats as well. MX be based where the Minutemen are? 11' ;r Vt. ti~~~ ~~ ~~~~ r 0 t0i902. ME BUf MO NEWS, MST. el uksivEztai. Pecit 1.0400 into the defense budget, they should be informed of alternatives. Ques tions which I have previously written are ones which come to my mind. Answers to these and other questions must be answered before a decision is made. The United States should not make a hasty decision concerning national defense. Patrick Mulderig, 9th-aerospace en gineering We're all No. 1 Joe Paterno put it best when he said, "We're No. 1, not only in football. We're No. 1 in many, many things because we are Penn State." In what other ways is Penn State No. 1? How great is Penn State in terms of its research, its faculty, its intellectual climate? Just how proud are Penn Staters of their school? What does Penn State mean to you? The Daily Collegian wants to know. On Tuesday, Jan. 11, the Collegian will devote its Op-ed page to Penn State, its students, faculty and programs. Letters (two-three pages typed) or forums (four pages typed) must be submitted to the Collegian office by Sunday, Jan. 8, at 5 p.m. I.kT O'A • Anse Pack. How much theory is pure bunk? Whenever I read about Columbus's "flat world" contemporaries, or of medieval physicians using leeches to suck off bad blood, I wonder how those people could have been so stupid. There have been many'of these stupid people throughout history, many of them widely respected in their day. Aristotle, for example, knew an awful lot about science but what he did not know, he simply made up. That seems to be the usual case throughout history. People scientists included often fall for intuitively strong theories even if no evidence exists. The ancient Greeks and Romans are prime exam ples. They believed in deities responsible for every thing from the rising of the sun to the shining of the stars. They had answers for absolutely everything. Many of history's absurd ideas, however, resulted from sensible but incomplete reasoning and observation. In Columbus's day, it was reasonable to think the world was flat. Considering the common wisdom of the day, it would have been silly to think the world is spherical. If I had lived then, I probably would have thought old Chris was bonkers. And that makes me wonder about our current wis dom. How much of what we believe is pure bunk? What things that we now dismiss as bunk will someday be found true? We have home computers and atom split ters and integrated circuits, but in the grand scheme of things, how significant is our knowledge? I have a recurring vision of a bunch of 22nd century scholars laughing at 20th century technology. They'll read about heart disease and wonder why we invested millions of research dollars on coronary bypass, artifi cial hearts and artery cleaning, but practically nothing on the dietary causes of heart attacks. As they watch holograms projected three dimen sional images perform plays in their living room, they'll laugh about the 20th century's fascination with television. They will get a chuckle out of things we cannot even begin to predict. By the same token, some 20th century researchers are already laughing at 20th century fools, because dta'gCollegian Thursday, Jan. 6, 1983 c 1983 Collegian Inc. Phil Gutis Paul Rudoy Editor Business Manager The Daily Collegian's editorial opin ion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor holding final responsibility. Opinions expressed on the editorial pages are not nec essarily those of The Daily Colle gian, Collegian Inc. dr The Pennsylvania State University. Colle gian Inc., publishers of The Daily Collegian and related publications, is a separate corporate institution. from Penn State. e? - Board of Editors Managing Edi tor: Sharon Taylor; Editorial Editor: Anne Conners; Associate Editorial Editor: Renae Hardoby; Assistant Managing Editor/Night Operations: Leslie Zuck; News Editors: Jackie Martino, David Medzerian; Sports Editor: Ron Gardner; Associate Sports Editor: Elaine Wetmore; As sistant Sports Editors: Liz Kahn, Greg Loder; Photo Editor: Barb Par kyn; Assistant Photo Editors: Eric C. Hegedus, Renee Jacobs; Arts Edi tor: Debbie Krivoy; Assistant Arts Editor: Ann Fisher; Assistant Manag ing Editor/Campus: Dina DeFabo; Campus Editor: Brian Bowers; Assis tant Managing Editor/Town: Lisa Hill; Town Editor: Suzanne Cassidy; Graphics Editor: Vlada Raicevic; Copy Editors: Susan Crescimanno, Ron Crow, Anne Gallagher, Jennifer IT ISN'T GOING To BE EASY, 'T WE'RE, GOING TO TURN SNIP COMPLETELY ROUND. U.S.S. ECONOM ` , )IAWINE •.k.,*o4k,‘ there is always a lag before research evidence finds its way into common wisdom. For example, many people think that subliminal persuasion is a powerful tool that can influence a person to buy a Coke he did not really want or to be sexually aroused by the word "sex" deftly formed by strands of Farrah Fawcett's hair. Such a theory has a strong intuitive appeal it sounds intriguing. It is magic. However, not one shred of solid evidence supports the contention that subliminal appeals are effective. In; fact, the evidence shows that such sub-threshhold: messages are largely useless. Certainly, they can hope. to be no more effective than ordinary, consciouslyper; ceived messages. Unfortunately, many other scientific controversies have no preponderance of evidence on one side. On Phil Donahue's show the other day, the controversy over exercise was explored. Old fashioned exercise supporter Bonnie Pruden and Nautilus weight resistance propounder Arthur Jones hacked away at a guy demonstrating a no-effort exercise machine. The machine, if it really works, is quite revolution ary. A person merely lies down and lets the machine electrically stimulate muscle growth. A volunteer from Donahue's audience had his legs wrapped with what looked like huge blood pressure cuffs, which were connected to a control gadget. He said he felt his leg muscleg being worked, or tingled or something. By the end of the show, I didn't know who to believe. All their theories sounded pretty good, but they can't all be right. I must admit that the no-effort machine has a great magic appeal that is easy to fall for. If the machine does work, people soon will be laughing at body builders who used to slave away on weight machines. If the machine doesn't work, people will laugh at the fools who wanted to get something for nothing. In either case, there will be a lot of laughing going on I don't know about you, but I have a strong urge not to be laughed at by future generations. I don't want some kid from the class of 2112 reading about how stupid 20th century people were. So I'm writing this column in the interest of posterity. Maybe that 2112 kid will find a copy of this on a decaying microfilm reel in the ruins of Pattee and will see that I knew we beliei, , ed many stupid things and were fascinated by simplistic technology. And then maybe he will realize that the unknown will always outstrip the known. John Schlander is an Bth-term journalism major and a member of The Daily Collegian Board of Opinion. The Daily Collegian Thursday, Jan. 6 HALFWAY THLRE.. \ kkkoAtitO Prika t4thka,-- QUICK TURIUOUNDS AREN I POSSIBLE.. , Glidden, Cheryl Sacra, Margaret Ann Walsh; Weekly Collegian Managing Editor: Gene Grygo; Weekly Colle gian Assistant Managing Editor: Mary Burke; Office Manager: Cindy Deskins. 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