oomed jet destroyed by Soviet plot missie
By LEE BYRD
Associated Press Writer
The United States said yesterday
that a missile coolly unleashed by a
Soviet fighter pilot destroyed a
South Korean 747 jumbo jet and
doomed its estimated 265 passengers
and crew to a 32,800-foot plunge into
a frigid grave in waters off the
Kremlin's island outposts near
Japan. Thirty Americans, including
Rep. Larry McDonald, D-Ga.,, were
counted among the victims.
President Reagan, in California,
declared his "disgust that the entire
world feels at the barbarity of the
Soviet government in shooting down
an unarmed plane." He added:
"Words can scarcely express our
revulsion at this horrifying act of
violence."
Secretary of State George P.
Shultz said there is "no excuse
whatever for this appalling act" and
aides branded an account forwarded
by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko as "totally inadequate",—
because it neither acknowledged
that the plane had been blown from
the skies Wednesday nor accepted
any responsibility.
State Department spokesman
John Hughes said late yesterday
there were "30 plus" Americans on
Korean. Air Lines Flight 7, including
McDonald, and there were no
survivors. He said the United States
and South Korea would demand an
emergency meeting of the U.N.
Security Council on Friday "to air
what is a heinous action on the part
Shamir named Begin's successor .
By MARCUS ELIASON
Associated Press Writer
TEL AVIV, Israel Foreign Minister Yitzhak
Shamir, a former guerrilla leader and secret
agent, won his party's nomination early this
morning to succeed Prime Minister Menachem
Begin.
Shamir defeated Deputy Prime Minister David
Levy by 436 votes to 302 in a secret ballot of the.
Herut Party's central committee, election
chairman Yohanan Vinitzky announced. Seven
votes were void.
If he can form a coalition, Shamir, 68, is
expected to continue Begin's tough nationalist
policies, which the two men forged when they
fought together in the underground for Israeli
independence in the 19405.
Shamir is not assured the premiership. Begin's
decision to resign has weakened the bonds that
held his coalition together, and the opposition
Labor Party hopes to lure some of his allies out of
the Cabinet and into an alternative coalition that
would oust the Herut-dominated Likud bloc. ,
Levy, 45, and Shamir hugged each other on the
dais and spoke of each other as friends. Shamir
said he would go straight to work on forming a
coalition to replace the outgoing Begin
Demand for classes rises under semesters
By GRACE LoMONACO
Collegian Staff Writer
A greater demand for classes has
become a prominent problem
during the beginning of the Fall
Semester.
During registration, some
students did not fill their schedules,
but they were mostly non-degree
students, said University Registrar
Warren Haffner.
"We had a larger number of non
degree students than we
(previously) had," he said. "That,
plus the fact that classes were
filling up, were the reasons they
couldn't get courses.'
Non-degree students are not
permitted to pre-register and some
must try to add courses during the
drop-add . period, he said.
Degree students could not get the
classes they wanted during the
time periods they wanted, he said.
Because a student must take at
least 12 credits to be considered
full-time, students are taking more
classes. The number of classes a
student pre-registers for has risen
from an average of 3.86 under the
term system to 5.5 under
semesters, Haffner said.
"I think overall, while we could
have had a lot of problems in the
transition, things went pretty
smoothly," Haffner said. "It isn't
that we didn't expect some
students to have problems and
some classes to be larger."
Vicki Norton, administrative
assistant in the political science
department, said two 400-level
courses and two lower division
the
daily
of the Soviet Union."
The jumbo jet was in Soviet
airspace above Sakhalin, an island
whose southernmost tip is within 100
miles of Japan, U.S. officials said.
A heat-seeking missile, called'an
Anail, was fired from an SU-15, a
19605-vintage interceptor and one of
eight fighters which tracked the
airliner, according to Pentagon
intelligences sources who asked that
they not be identified. The Soviets
have a fighter base on Sakhalin, a
mountainous island 20 miles from
the Soviet Union's east coast.
Presidential spokesman Larry
Speakes said Reagan would cut
short his California vacation and
return to Washington today, three
days early, to meet with his advisers
over the Soviet action and events in
the Mideast.
Late in the day, the Pentagon said
a sophisticated AWACS radar
warning plane had been sent from
Okinawa to northerp Japan, with
five F-15s for fighter escort, to help
in search efforts.
The AWACS radar, normally used
for tracking enemy warplanes, has a
"limited search capability" over
water, the Pentagon said. But that
radar also could be used to warn
search planes of hostile aircraft and
direct the F-15s to interceptions.
Hughes said Gromyko's reply late
yesterday to U.S. demands for an
explanation was "totally
inadequate."
He said the Gromyko message
claimed the plane was flying without
lights and did.not respond to signals
government.
. Shamir saidisrael's task "in the coming years
is to bring peace to all its borders and ereate.a
deterrent strength so that no enemy will dare
touch us."
He hailed the Begin government for making
peace with Egypt, destroying Iraq's nuclear
reactor and eradicating the Palestine Liberation
Organization' in Lebanon.
He lauded it for "expanding Jewish settlement
in the land of Israel, wiping out the preen Line
(the pre-1967 war border) and building a long
'chain of Jewish settlements in Judea, Samaria
and in the Galilee and the Arava desert. May
there be many more.
Begin announced on Sunday that he was
stepping down, indicating he was too tired to
continue leading the nation after six years as
premier. •
Shamir was asked whether Israel would go'
ahead with partial withdrawal of its troops from
Lebanon this weekend. "I cannot say any date,
but anyhow it will be very soon," he said.
Speaking to reporters before the vote was
announced, he said he hoped to keep the Cabinet
the same to help build a new coalition on the lines
of the old one.
Afttr the vote, party supporters cheered and
courses were closed during
registration.
don't think it will affect
graduates if they plan. next
semester carefully," Norton said
"Some of them might have been
caught unaware."
John Coyle, assistant dean and
director of undergraduate
programs in the College of
Business Administration, said
some students did not receive
Film students upset about course snafu
By ANITA YESHO
Collegian Staff Writer
Several students majoring in film may have to
remain in school for an extra year due to the lack
of spaces in Film 372 and 373 Intermediate
Film Production I and 11. Because the courses
are sequenced requirements, students who
cannot take 372 this semester will be two
semesters behind
The students said they are angry because they
were advised last year to postpone taking the
course until the Fall Semester. As a result, 30
students competed for a course that can
accommodate only 18 people.
The 13 students who pre-registered for the
course could not be denied entry to the course,
said Tom Keiter, one of the course instructors.
The five remaining class openings were filled by
considering the students' semester standings,
grades in film courses and grade point average.
Despite efforts to correct the problem, six or
seven students might fall behind, said Jerry
Holloway, assistant professor of film.
Holmes said the department is considering two
solutions to the immediate problem with Film
372. One alternative is to allow more students to
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of Soviet interceptors and their
attempt to direct it to a landing site.
The message did report that "signs
of a possible crash have been found
in the area of Moronen Island," near
Sakhalin, and in the Sea of Japan
inside Soviet territorial waters.
But it made no mention that the
plane had been shot down, Hughes
said. And the Soviet Embassy "has
been informed that the U.S.
government finds this reply totally
inadequate."
classes they pre-registered for
because that college has more
students than any other. In
addition, some students outside of
thicollege also want business
courses.
The College of Business
Administration plans to develop a
scheme to aid,students in selecting
courses to take each semester,
Coyle said. Currently, students
only know what is required for
take the class this semester. This would involve a
considerable expense because new equipment
would have to be purchased, but Holmes said the
college is willing to bear the financial burden.
The other is to offer 372 during Spring Semester
and 373 during the Summmer Session.
The Spring/Summer alternative would involve
23 weeks of film making instead of the usual 30.
However, attending classes in the summer would
be unacceptable to many film majors because
they must get summer jobs, said Edward
Rosenstein (junior-film). Rosenstein said he
expects to spend $l,OOO on film stock this year and
$3,000 for materials for his senior project next
year, so he cannot afford to take classes during
the summer.
Cook said the problem was predicted two years
ago and the department is trying to solve it, but
semesters make it difficult because the course
can only be offered twice a year.
Robert W. Holmes, dean of the College of Arts
and Architecture, said he requested one-time
calendar conversion funds in January, but the
University was unable to supply the money. He
said the problem was expected, but its intensity
was not anticipated.
Doug Cook, head of the theatre and film
The KAL jumbo jet was destroyed
at 2:26 p.m. EDT Wednesday, U.S.
officials said. The flight originated
in New York, had refueled in
Anchorage, Alaska, and was about
1,000 miles from its destination,
Seoul, when, by the American
account, it was shot down.
According to Korean Air Lines
account executive Peter Tan, at
least 30 Americans were aboard.
The Soviet pilot was close enough
applauded when Shamir said: "I am willing with
a happy heart and full readinesS to return it (the
prime minister's post) at any time to Prime
Minister Manachem Begin'at any time he
wishes."
Begin, 70, did not come from his official
residence in Jerusalem to the central committee
meeting held in a theater in Tel Aviv, and he did
not endorse either candidate, letting the Herut
Party he created chose his successor.
"He feels a little weak. Not sick, but he's
tired," said his old friend, Economics Minister
Yaagov Meridor. •
The voting began at 7:10 p.m. yesterday (1:10
p.m. EDT).
The meeting lasted seven hours and 40
minutes, and when the result was announced to a
theater full of Herut activists they erupted in
applause.
Despite Begin's absence, hundreds of people in
the street outside the theater chanted "King Of
Israel" supporters' customary salute to Begin
as Shamir, Levy and former Defense Minister
Ariel Sharon arrived.
The new party leader faces the prospect of
intensive and perhaps lengthy negotiations with
Please see SHAMIR, Page 20.
them during the year, he said. As a
result, some business students pre
registered for all of their business
classes for the fall, he said.
"There is no way they can all
take them in the fall," Coyle said.
,The college added sections for
the Fall Semester and will add
more sections if a need is found
after pre'-registration for spring,
Coyle said.
Some students were placed in full
U.S.S.R.
to see the airliner, and the Soviets
had tracked it for 2 1 / 2 hours ample
opportunity to know it was a civilian
flight, officials said. At first, defense
officials said the plane which fired
the missile was a MiG-23 one of
the Soviet Union's best and fastest
fighters. Later, however, they said it
appeared to have been an SU-15,
code-named Flagon.
Intelligence sources said the
Soviets have about 35 SU-15s and 30
• MiG-23s based at Sakhalin.
classes if the student's semester
status depended on that class, he •
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said.
Also, classes of lower division
political science courses are 16 • No one said it was easy, but
percent larger than last year with the help of a Southeastern
because of the semester switch, Development Association of the
Norton said. Centre Region Council of Gov
"I tend to think classes are ernments representative, small
larger because the courses are only businesses in the area are in
offered twice a year and some only creasing their chances of secur
once," Norton said. ing federal government
contracts.
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department, said additional funding was denied their squads "play with Inten
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because the University said there were not sity." Page 11
enough students to justify the additional expense.
• Late last spring, at about the
same time most of us were pre
paring for the annual migration
from Happy Valley, something
new was entering the homes of
the more permanent citizens of
The problems created by the current lack of ' the area via Centre Video.,lt was
equipment, instructors and space, along with the MTV Page 18
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Advanced Film production I and II next year.
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Holmes has asked the film department to present Sports 11
a five-year plan outlining its anticipated facility State/nation/world 6
and equipment needs and costs. The proposal will Weekend 17
be on his desk in two weeks, Holmes said. The
department hopes to alleviate the glut of students
by establishing entrance requirements to the weather
major, he said.
"I am also confident that (University) Sunny and pleasant today with a
President (Bryce) Jordan and vice president high of 84. Clear tonight with a
(James B.) Bartoo will be supportive" of the film comfortable low of 61. Sunny
department's needs, Holmes said. and warmer tomorrow, with a
high near 87. —by Glenn Rolph
Cook said the semester conversion is not the
sole cause of the problem. The situation is
compounded because the number of students
majoring in film has doubled since last fall and
exceeds the amount of space and equipment.
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S. Korean 747 Shot Down
10 am EDT—Airliner departs Anchorage
12 noon —Plane detected by Soviet radar
212 pm —Soviet pilot makes visual contact
226 pm —Soviet pilot fires missile and
"target (747) destroyed'
—Airliner disappears from radar
2 38 pm
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Town, gown gather
to ease housing woes
By ANNE CONNERS
and PHIL GUTIS
Collegian Staff Writers
Town and gown made a start
toward easing the tension between
students and their neighbors last
night by agreeing to establish a
community lilison committee.
While specifics about the
committee have not been
determined, both borough officials
and student leaders were
optimistic that it would work to
solve some of the problems that
arise when students live in
residential neighborhoods.
"This type of liaison wouldn't
have the power to enforce
anything, it would act as a
mediating body," said
Organization for Town
Independent Students President
Peter Cutrone.
State College Municipal Council
President Joseph Wakeley and
rage
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The Kremlin's first public
comment was an anemic Tass story
which said the South Korean plane
"has been lost," and,made no
•mention of a military attack. Later,
Tass changed its story to say that an
"unidentified aircraft" twice
violated Soviet airspace over
Sakhalin and that Soviet fights
"were sent aloft" to try to help it
land. The plane ignored "signals and
warnings," Tass said. •
Please see related stories, Page 6
Council Member John Dombroski,
who were invited to attend last
night's meeting of the
Undergraduate Student
Government Executive Council,
pledged borough support for the
committee.
"I think it's a good idea if
something like this can be worked
out. I'm very hopeful," Wakeley
said. "It's a start. The details of
how it's going to work have to be
ironed out."
The impetus for the committee
built up over the summer as an
increasing number of irate
residents complained about the
parking, noise and property
maintenance problems that
sometimes result when groups of
students move into residential
neighborhoods. The borough has
said it will enforce an ordinance
that limits to three the number of
unrelated people living in an area
Please see TOWN, Page 20
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