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    The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1983
Congress may restrict
covert CIA operations
WASHINGTON (AP) Covert against the tough and ruthless
paramilitary operations by the opposition we face in our intelli-
Central Intelligence Agency would gence activities abroad."
end if Congress approves proposed Larkin appeared before the pan
restrictions, former CIA Director el as president of the Association
William E. Colby predicted yester- of Former Intelligence Officers.
day. All three bills aim at tightening
Colby told the House Intelli- Congress' role over covert par
gence Committee that if Congress amilitary activities, whether car
gave itself the right to approve ried out by the United States or
secret paramilitary activities in supported by this country.
advance, "I will ensure that no The legislation would apply, for
clandestine activity of that sort instance, to secret aid given
will ever take place." friendly guerrillas, but not to intel-
The CIA director from 1973-76 ligence gathering or counter-intel
added that the restrictions, con- ligence activities. Wartime
tained in three bills sponsored by situations also would be exempt.
committee member Wyche Fowl- The president would be required
er Jr., D-Ga., "hardly conform under the legislation to provide the
with the real world." House and Senate intelligence
Retired Maj. Gen.' Richard X. panels with advance notice of a
Larkin, former deputy director of secret paramilitary operation and
the Defense Intelligence Agency, his justification for approving it,
said the legislation would not and there must be congressional
"serve ,the ultimate purpose of authorization before the operation
strengthening the American hand could proceed.
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MEETING
Wed. Sept. 21 7:30 pm
Paul Robeson Cultural Center
Refreshments will be served
All new members welcdme
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Test is free to members '3.00 for non-members.
New members may also join at this time.
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Thieves steal valuable, rare library books
Librarians mobilize and declare war as American libraries lose $5O million yearly
libraries, spotted him stuffing books into a brief- cant part of the blame for the thievery in our midst.
case. An indifference compounded out of innocence,
"There are a lot of other Shinns around," Moffett ignorance and complacency has allowed, encour
warned. aged even, the current wave of thefts from our
The session, which wound up yesterday, drew present heritage.
librarians, archivists, book dealers and law en- "One has only to recall the remnants of book
forcement officials. chains that once secured ancient books to reading
Moffett said'conference planners wanted to make tables in ancient libraries to know that book theft is
librarians and others with custody of valuable no new phenomenon," he said.
documents more aware of book thieves. The plan- "I'm flabbergasted," said Robert Dierker, .a
ners also wanted to promote the creation of a lawyer for the Smithsonian Institution in Washing
national registry for ownership marks and provide ton. "I was totally unaware of the extent of theft
guidelines on what to do when theft is suspected. . from libraries and the extent to which nothing has
"Some books have been very valuable for a long been done.
time," Moffett said. "But in the last,ls to 20 years, "It's true that librarians are sitting ducks," he
there has been a marked appreciation in the value said. "Their image, whether it's right or not,
of tangible objects. And there's also been a marked embodies everything that is naive. Even people at
increase in the number of people collecting things." this conference are still somewhat aghagt at the
A Copernicus work valued at $150,000 was among notion that they have to have tight security in a
370 rare books discovered missing early this year library," he said.
from the John Crerar Library in Chicago. Drafts of Dierker said existing laws don't recognize a rare
some of Lucas' script for "Star Wars" disappeared book or document "as a piece of cultural property,
from the Theater Arts Library at UCLA. a piece of heritage."
Lawrence Towner, president of the Newberry But Moffett said that while legislation is a con-
Library in Chicago, said thefts from libraries were cern, "it is much more important to sensitize' the
as old as books themselves, "but what was once curators, librarians and archivists to the need for
only an endemic disease has in 20 years become a better procedures, and the need to have better
virulent epidemic." cooperation between institutional security person-
Towner said librarians "must assume a signifi- nel and law enforcement agencies."
By TIM CURRAN
Associated Press Writer
OBERLIN, Ohio A book by the 16th century
astronomer Copernicus was stolen from a Chicago
library.
In Los Angeles, a thief went after the work of a
different kind of star-gazer: A draft of George
Lucas' "Star Wars" vanished from a library at the
University of California.
Valuable books and documents have been disap
pearing from American libraries at a faster and
faster rate in recent years, some librarians say.
And many appear ready to cast aside their mild
mannered image to get tough on theft.
"We're mobilizing and it's war," Katharine {yes
Leab, editor of American Book Prices Current, said
at a conference here on library theft. She estimated
the value of stolen books and manuscripts "can
easily get up to $5O million a year in this country
alone."
Mrs. Leab was one of about 40 people at the two
day conference at Oberlin College, where book thief
James R. Shinn was arrested in a celebrated case
two years ago.
Shinn, now serving two consecutive 10-year
terms in federal prison for transporting $lOO,OOO
worth of stolen rare books across state lines, was
caught after William Moffett, Oberlin's director of
UNIVERSITY CALENDAR
• Wednesday, September 21
Graduate Council meeting, 3 p.m., Room 101 Kern.
P.S. Aikido Club practice, 6:30 p.m., IM Wrestling Room.
SPSEAL Student Council meeting, 7 p.m., Room 318-319 HUB.
Council for Eicceptional Children meeting, 7 p.m., Room 205 Boucke.
Horticulture Club meeting, 7 p.m., Room 108 Tyson.
Phi Beta Lambda meeting, 7 p.m., Room 115 EEW.
PSU Forestry Society meeting and lecture, 7:30 p.m., Room 105 Ferguson
Bldg.
Modern Rock Appreciation Society meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 306 Boucke.
Finance Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 73 Willard.
ETA Sigma Delta meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 18 Hum. Dev.
P.S. Equestrian Team meeting, 8 p.m., Room 311 Boucke.
Campus Bible Fellowship meeting, 9 p.m., Room 314 Boucke.
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collegian notes
• Energetics will have an excer- • The National Agri-Marketing
cise hour at 5 :301onight in the assem- Association will meet at 7 tonight in
bly room of the Walnut Building: • 301 Agriculture Administration Build- /
. ing. John Malone, department head
• The State College Bicycling Club of Agricultural Economics, will
is sponsoring al5 mile Sho &Go ride speak on "Careers in Agriculture"
at 6 tonight. Those interested should
meet at the intersection of Central
Parklet and Fraser Street
• The Society of Professional .
/
Journalists will meet at 7 tonight in • The Stamp Club will hold a joint
101 Carnegie Building. Dean Mills, meeting with the Mt. Nittany Philate
director of the School of Journalism, lic Society at 7:30 tonight in 107 Sack
will discuss the future of the school. ett.
• The College of Education stu- • The Real Estate and Insurance
dent council will meet at 7 tonight in Clubs will hold a student-faculty mix
-318 HUB. Sabrina Chapman, assis- er at 7:30 tonight at Triangle fraterni
tant professor in the College of the ty, 226 E. Beaver Ave
Liberal Arts, will speak on "What
Educators Should Know About Sex "
• The Jazz Club will meet at 7:30
tonight in the Paul Robeson Cultural
• The bicycle division of the Penn Center
State Outing Club will sponsor a bicy
cle shop from 7 to 9 tonight in 8
Intramural Building
• The Spanish Club will meet at 7
tonight in 308 Willard.
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• The Undergraduate Division of
Geography Students will meet at 7:30
tonight in 319 Walker.
• The Astronomy Club will meet at
7:30 tonight in 445 Davey Lab. New
members are welcome.
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Sun. Sept. 25
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will meet at 7:30 tonight in 431 Davey Wesley Foundation, 246 E. College
Lab. Ave.
• The College of Republicans will • Free University, will sponsor a
sponsor a county candidates night at course on the Bah'a'i Faith at 8
8 tonight in 165 Willard. tonight in 211 Eisenhower Chapel.
• The )Vomen Are Winners pro- • The bicycle division of the Penn'
gram will present "Right Out of His- State Outing Club will meet at 8:30
tory: The Making of Judy Chicago's tonight in 8 'lntramural Building for
Dinner Party" at 8 tonight at The those interested in an overnight trip.
police log
• University Police Services re- Monday books were : missing from a
ported Monday a soccer goal net is vehicle parked at 151 S. Garner St.
missing from the Intramural Field, The loss is estimated at $65, police
north of the IM Building. The net is said
valued at $5O, police said
• University Police reported Mon
day 20 traffic cones are missing from
parking area Brown A. The missing
items are valued at $BO, police said.
e State College Police reported
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Form by September 23.
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I WAY PIZZA
Wed., Sept 21
Allegheny
String Band
Bluegrass
• State College Police reported
Monday a lawnmower was missing
from 472 E. College Ave. Police found
signs of forced entry through a door
into a boiler room where the machine
was stored. The mower is valued at
$BO, police said
Westerly Parkway
No Cover
Bush arrives in Vienna
to burning U.S. flags
firm NATO's plans to deploy 572
U.S. Pershing 2 and cruise mis
siles in Western Europe starting in
VIENNA, Austria Hundreds December.
of anti-American demonstrators. Sinowatz's spokesman, Hans
protested Vice President George Pusch, said the chancellor and
Bush's visit yesterday, burning at Bush had a 'very cordial, friendly
least three U.S. flags and accusing and highly interesting private
the Reagan administration of talk" which lasted more than two
"evil tricks." hours, an.hour longer than sched
uled.
Bush, who conferred with Aus
trian Chancellor Fred Sinowatz Pusch said Sinowatz was im
after arriving from Budapest, pressed with the "precision and
Hungary, apparently was un- intensity" of Bush's analysis of
aware of the demonstrations. Po- U.S. relations with Communist
lice prevented the protesters from governments, but did not elab
approaching the chancellery orate.
Where the talks were held or the Police said 1,100 demonstrators
"Amerikahaus" cultural center gathered in the Austrian capital to
downtown. denounce the Bush visit, many of
By ROLAND PRINZ
Associated Press Writer
—by K.L. Kane
Vienna is the last stop in Bush's them young leftists and punk rock
seven-nation tour of North Africa ers. But police said besides the
and Europe to explain President flag burnings there were no other
Reagan's foreign policy and reaf- incidents.
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Wednesday, Sept.2l, 6:30
HUB Gallery
Meeting to follow at 7:30p.m.
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The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1983-5