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Vol. 83, No. 101 54 pages
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1983
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Birth control regulations
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By CAROLE FELDMAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON Health and
Human Services Secretary Richard
S. Schweiker yesterday
recommended a rule requiring
family planning clinics supported
by federal funds to notify parents of
minors who receive birth control
pills, diaphragms or intrauterine
devices.
The Planned Parenthood
Federation of America '
immediately moved in U.S. District
Court to block implementation of
the rule, which still must be
approved by the Office of
Management and Budget.
"These regulations are an
outrage and threaten the health and
Corman suggests new sales tax
By BONNIE MORTER
Collegian Staff Writer
Levying a 2 to 2.5 percent sales tax on all goods,
including food and clothing, is one way the state
may help fund local governments, state Sen. J.
Doyle Corman, R-central Pa., said yesterday at a
breakfast for concerned citizens in State College:
Even though the 2 percent tax would be
mandatory, local governments could add an
additional 1 to 1 1 / 2 percent tax to use for their own
revenue, Corman said.
State College council member Mary Ann Haas
criticized Corman for considering taxing
necessities like food and clothing, but Corman
said 'citizens at the poverty level could be
reimbursed for a portion of the sales tax they
paid. Reimbursements could be based on
information from state income tax forms, so that
no lengthy applications would be necessary for
exemption.
Even though Corman agreed paying the tax
would create an initial burden for the poor, he
said issuing cards that would allow the poor to
never pay the tax (on food and clothing) could
create problems with false card use.
Editor's Note
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Collegian Magazine. The issue re
caps the Nittany Lions' 1982 na
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the opening - kickoff against
Templetolhe final ticking seconds
in the Superdome. Because of this
insert, the price of today's Colle
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inside
• The men's basketball team
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'These regulations are an outrage and
threaten the health and well-being of
hundreds of thousands of teenagers and
their families.'
—Eve Paul, Planned Parenthood's vice
president for legal affairs.
well-being of hundreds of thousands
of teenagers and their families,"
said Eve Paul, Planned
Parenthood's vice president for
legal affairs.
But Schweiker said in a
statement, "This department has a
deep responsibility to protect the
"In the long run, everything would be
equitable," he said.
Corman referred to 1983 as the beginning of a
difficult year. "The state is woefully short on
dollars to fund the general government," he said
"It's difficult to find common ground (for
answers) among legislators."
The senator promised additional funding for
the University as well as education throughout
the state, but said the government would have to
be more creative in generating revenues.
Funds for repairing deteriorating roads and
bridges will receive a boost with the five-cent
gasoline tax, Corman said. Exactly how the new
tax will be distributed among counties is
undecided, but Corman said the State College
bypass would be a high priority.
The bypass project has been diVided into
several phases: the section from Route 26 west to
the Centre Community Hospital; the Park
Avenue extension; a bridge that would raise
Benner Pike over the bypass; the section from
Route 26 east to Oak Hall and the Waddle Road
interchange.
Corman also reported on a study by the U.S
Department of Transportation that predicts
Tylenol makers hopeful
Reputation may help overcome crisis, executive says
By WILLIAM SCOTT
Collegian Staff Writer
Despite financial losses in excess of $l2O million, the
makers of Extra-Strength Tylenol are hopeful that
their "corporate reputation" will help therri to recoup,
the corporate vice president of public relations for
Johnson & Johnson said yesterday.
Lawrence G. Foster, also a member of the University
Board of Trustees, said the major factor in Johnson &
Johnson's comeback was the public's reaction to
company actions after the Octqber deaths of seven
people in the Chicago area.
"The American public realized very quickly that
Johnson & Johnson was not to blame," Foster said.
And, the tragedy has "generated a kind of public
loyalty to Johnson & Johnson and Tylenol. That really
helped to initiate the comeback phase," he added.
Also, because of the media's coverage of the story,
the public was aware of most of the decisons made by
Johnson & Johnson, Foster said.
"The Tylenol story has reached unprecedented
proportions," he said, citing the United Press
International claim that it was the second biggest news
story of 1982, pnd a claim by the Wall Street Journal
that the Tylenol story was the most widely covered
story since the Vietthan War.
"The public was very aware of what was going on,
and they liked the way we reacted," Foster'said.
Johnson & Johnson also gained public support from
television shows, he said. Appearances by company
representatives on the Phil Donahue Show and 60
Minutes helped to keep the public informed of the
ongoing crisis.
health and safety of minor
adolescents who are given
prescription birth control drugs and
devices paid for with taxpayer
dollars."
He cited the 1981 budget act in
which Congress encouraged
parental participation in a•
"A key decision was to take the story to the public,"
he said. "We were blameless and had nothing to hide."
During the crisis, Foster served on a seven-member
strategy committee, which met twice a day, at 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., to make key corporate decisions regarding
the situation.
"We dealt with every facet of the crisis, dealing with
the entire scope of the tragedy," he said. Such
decisions included marketing and public relations
decisions. •
When asked about the company's rebound in sales
since, the tragedy, Foster said the recovery is hard to
pinpoint.
"Each day the figures change," he said. "We've
recaptured . a significant portion of the business that we
held at the time of the Chicago tragedies."
According to a Johnson & Johnson publication,
capsule sales are doing "better than expected" and are
exceeding the projected sales forecast by 50 percent.
Also, tablet sales have reached 80 percent of the sales
level prior to the_October crisis.
"It's difficult to speculate whether we will ever fully
recover. Some people feel that in 1983, we will be able to
recapture our losses," Foster said.
One factor in the company's revival, Foster said, was
its faith in itself and the company's credo.
"The Johnson & Johnson credo, written by the son of
the company's founder, calls for four reponsibilities by
the company. The first is to the consumer. After that
comes (responsibility to) the employees, the
communities in which we work, and finally the
stockholders.
'During the crisis, (Johnson & Johnson) followed
this document, and its philosophy," he said.
proposed
teenager's use of family planning
services that receive federal funds.
"While this rule does not mandate
family participation, its great
benefit is that it will provide an
opportunity for family involvement
where parents were previously kept
in the dark," he said. "This will help
remove a barrier between parents
and adolescents, thereby
encouraging more communication."
Critics charged, however, that the
regulation would,not promote
parent-child discussion about sex.
"These regulations are not going
to strengthen family
communication; they are going to
endanger the health and safety of
thousands of young people," the
American College of Obstetrics and
Gynecology said.
Pennsylvania will receive $513 million dollars
from the new tax in fiscal 1984, a 51 percent
increase from fiscal 1982. The study predicted the
average state increase would be 64 percent.
Corman said in-state truck drivers will be
unaffected when an additional axle tax is placed
on trucks, as passed under the state
Highway/Bridge Capitol Budget Act. State truck
drivers will just see a shift in where their money
goeS, he said. Under the act, truckers will pay
less for license fees, but the balance will show up
as an axle tax.
Out-of-state truck drivers, however, will pay
additional money when the axle tax is installed.
Truck drivers must have a visible decal showing
they have paid the tax or they will be stopped and
fined, Corman said.
Even though some in-state truck drivers fear
tax retaliations from other states, Corman said
"history shows taxes of these sort have not been
met with retaliation."
Jerome Latosky, planning and programming
engineer for PennDOT, said revenue from the
axle tax will help rebuild or replace 15 of the most
badly deteriorated of Centre County's 369
bridges.
Signs hang outside Ossining Correctional Facility, where inmates last
night released 17 guards held hostage since Saturday.
guards freed
inmates end
F~~
N.Y. prison siege
By SHEILA SULLIVAN .
Associated Press Writer
OSSINING, N.Y. A 53-hour
siege at the old Sing Sing prison
ended early this morning when all
17 guards held hostage by up to 570
rebellious inmates were released
unharmed, a prison official said.
The hostages suffered only some
bumps and bruises, State
Corrections Commissioner
Thomas Coughlin said in
announcing an end to the impasse
at about 12:45 a.m.
The official announcement
came after an inmate spokesman
speaking over a bullhorn told
reporters that the hostages had
been freed and said the prisoners
would lock themselves back in
their cells.
"Our lives are in your hands,"
said the inmate who announced
the release of the guards.
The hostages were released
after a list of 10 demands by the
inmates were read on local late
television news programs.
The inmates claimed that state
officials had agreed to all the
demands, including one that
sought no retaliation for the
takeover, which began about 7:30
p.m. Saturday.
But Coughlin, speaking to
reporters gathered outside the
prison, said the agreement "does
not include any provision,
guarantee or discussion of
amnesty."
The list of demands prepared by
the inmates also included
provisions for regular mail and
package deliveries, recreational
and other programs, rules for
inmates in transit and the
presence of reporters when the
guards were released.
"The demands put forward, and
we do not consider them demands,
they are issues we recognize
more program space, adequate
visiting space, packages,
recreation . . . we felt those
kinds of things should be done
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he Pennsylvania State University
here," Coughlin said.
The inmates, using the . bullhorn,
said periodically during the night
that hostages were being released,
beginning around 8 p.m. when
they announced four guards were
freed.
State officials would not initially
confirm the release of any
hostages. Coughlin said a news
blackout was in effect because the
negotiations were sensitive, but he
said he was in constant touch with
the governor.
The inmates were given food
after the release of the hostages,
Coughlin said. He said 560 to 570
inmates were involved in the
takeover of Cell Block B, which
holds 618 inmates. He said the
others were not in the five-story
cell block at the time. The prison
holds 1,250 inmates.
Earlier in the day, the inmates
unfurled a bedsheet banner
reading: "It's over tonight."
Earlier banners had said the
inmates didn't want violence.
The sign and a shower of mop
handles and guards' nightsticks
appeared around 2 p.m., nearly 43
hours after a riot and takeover of
the cell block.
The developments came after
Gov. Mario Cuomo declared he
would make no deals until the
prisoners freed the hostages.
The governor also ruled out the
use of force to retake the prison,
although a team of guards trained
for that task was at the scene, said
Cuomo's chief spokesman, Tim
Russert.
The governor stated his position
from his Manhattan office while
prison officials and inmates
negotiated through steel bars here
at the prison on the Hudson River,
30 miles north of New York City.
Asked why the prisoners hadn't
been subdued with tear gas,
Russert said: "We believe it is
very important to conclude this
episode in a nonviolent way if at:
all possible. Our primary concern
is to get the hostages back safely."