IN IM • II By ALEXANDER.G. HIGGINS saying that bad weather has prevented Wednesday's shelling by U.S. Navy ships. forces in Lebanon and a large part of his The official said American gunners were Associated Press Writer damage assessment which usually is made. The senior administration official briefed general staff. under strict orders not to fire at a target if it by reconnaissance aircraft. foreign reporters on condition he not be The network quOted intelligence sources was located in or next to a village. WASHINGTON Sixteen-inch shells It is known that the United States is identified and denied Syrian claims that the as saying the bunkers were near the town of "The fire directed by the Navy is focused fired by the U.S. battleship New Jersey capable of monitoring communications. shelling had hit civilian areas in Lebanon. Hamanna, 15 miles east of Beirut. exclusively on military targets and the smashed a Syrian command and control Sources were unable to give any details on "We do know that among other targets State and Defense Department officials targets are sources of fire as well as those center and killed some Syrian commanders the ranks of the Syrians caught in the that were hit, the Syrian artillery brigade 'contacted by The Associated Press could not directly related to support for that fire," he in Lebanon, administration sources said command and control center. The United headquarters was apparently demolished," confirm the report. An intelligence source said. yesterday. States repeatedly accused the Syrians of the official said. "I would conclude that, if said the United States has received reports "Under no circumstances are sources of The command post was one of about 15 supplying and in some cases directing that is correct and this is based on some. that a Syrian general may have been killed targets which the Pentagon said was struck military operations by Moslem factions ' reporting that is as yet unconfirmed that but that there is "no definite proof" to fire (which are) co-located with civilian during the barrage of fire from 16- and 5- opposed to the U.S.-supported government that would obviously have an effect on their substantiate that information. locations being targeted," he added. inch guns from the New Jersey and a of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel. ability and their willingness to fire when we The senior official who briefed foreign "Indeed, those sites are not targets." destroyer. Earlier yesterday, a senior can fire with such accuracy against those reporters said, "Our forces have very good He said, however, that he did not yet know The sources, who spoke on condition that administration official said that targets." intelligence on where fire originates, where in detail what had been hit by the more than they not be identified, did not disclose how unconfirmed reports indicated a Syrian ABC News reported last night that ammunition depots are located and where 550 shells fired by the U.S. ships New Jersey the United Statis learned of the deaths of artillery brigade headquarters had been Wednesday's shelling by the U.S. ships command and control communication and Caron on Wednesday. There was more the Syrian officers. Officials have been "apparently demolished" during killed the commanding general of all Syrian centers are located." shelling from the U.S. fleet yesterday. , • Drug bust: By LESLIE THOMAS Collegian Staff Writer Preliminary hearings for 16 people arrested last week in a major drug operation connecting Miami to a fruit market in Mount Union will begin Monday before District Magistrate James Kyper in Huntingdon. Walter Williams, regional director of the Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Drug Control, 1315 S. Allen St., yesterday said state and local narcotics agents used for the first time a reverse undercover operation to break up the drug connection. The reverse-undercover operation is one in which police posed as drug suppliers instead of purchasers. Such methods are common at the federal level, but last week's was the first time it was used at the state level. Williams said he expects the breakup to have a "dramatic effect in Mount Union and Huntingdon drug trafficking, with lesser effects in Lewistown and other counties." Since the investigation began in 1982, Williams said agents have used "literally every tool available" in the attempt to break the connection. He said he was "super-pleased with the results of the investigation." To aid them in the investigation, the Bureau of Narcotics Investigations used undercover agents, street surveillance, Professors attack criteria used for the report is not validated nor subjected to open criticism and the rating methods are Many educators associated with not explained. the study of higher education do not Jack Gourman, the author, said it give the Gourman Report a rating is an evaluation pf colleges and of national and international universities, both national and colleges and universities much international. Gourman is a credibility. professor of political science at the According to figures from a California State University at revised edition of the 1983 Gourman Northridge. Report released late last year, Penn The report is prepared by a staff of State scored a 4.60 out of a possible more than 50 people evaluating the 4.99, Gourman said. By comparison, different majors of a college, Princeton, Harvard and Yale Gourman said, all of them with universities scored 4.95, 4.94 and 4.92 doctorate degrees in their respective respectively, he said. disciplines. William E. Toombs, director of the Gourman said the report has a center for the study of higher strong validity throughout the nation education at the University, said the and the "third- and fourth-rate By STEVE WILSON Collegian Staff Writer inside • When a fraternity loses its charter or becomes inactive at the University, re-establishing acceptance and recognition on campus is often a long and difficult process Page 2 • Arts gives you the entertainment scoop with the Weekend section. Page 23 • Congressional approval for at least a feasibility study of a five-state, Philadelphia to Chicago high-speed passenger rail system appears forth coming in two bills being prepared in the House and Senate Page 28 index Classifieds Opinions Sports State/nation/world Weekend weather Increasing cloudiness today, and mild with a few showers possible by evening. High of 47. Cloudy tonight with occasional showers and a low of 35. Showers ending tomorrow morning and becoming partly sunny and mild. High near 46 by Glenn Rolph Sixteen await hearings for interstate ring informants, various forms of wire and body tapping, search warrants and the reverse-undercover operation. State Attorney General Leßoy S. Zimmerman said, "The northern end of the connection was a dilapidated roadside stand where fruit and vegetables were the advertised produce but the real business allegedly was in cocaine, marijuana and LSD." "From that front, a steady supply of drugs flowed to users in Huntingdon, Blair and Mifflin counties," he said. The top local figures in the drug trafficking operation were identified by Zimmerman as George E, Walters, 72, and his son, Robert G. Walters, 45, the owners of the Allenport Fruit Stand on Route 522 in Allenport, Huntingdon County, just south of Mount Union. Four Cubans served as suppliers from the Miami end of the connection. They bought cocaine and marijuana in Florida and delivered it to the fruit stand, Zimmerman said. was . during a delivery on Dec. 10 that the first arrests were made Narcotics agents seized the suppliers' car as they arrived at the fruit market from Florida. Three of the suppliers were arrested then, Williams said. • Zimmerman said three-quarters of a pound of cocaine, estimated wholesale value of $24,000, and 30 pounds of marijuana, estimated the daily olle • lan wholesale value of $15,000, were found in the vehicle. Williams said the Walters' residence was also searched Dec. 10 but they were not arrested. "One of the informants had been purchasing drugs on credit and was being pressured to pay up —•to the tune of $20,000," Zimmerman said. "Meanwhile, through wiretapping, we had information indicating a new shipment from Miami was being arranged. We obtained 10 pounds of hashish that had been seized in a separate case, and under tight surveillance, the informant delivered the hashish to the fruit market in lieu of cash." Agents then began making further arrests on Feb. 2. Sixteen of the suspects have been arrested and are being held in the Huntingdon County Prison in lieu of $150,000-$200,000 bail. The other two suspects have been identified and agents are watching them closely, he said. George Walters has been charged with 60 criminal counts, and Robert Walters has been charged with 91 counts. Robert Walters is one of the suspects still at large. Two other suspects are from Ohio and one from West Virginia. The drug charges filed against the 18 suspects carry maximum penalties per count ranging froth one year in jail and a $5,000 fine for possession to five years and $15,000 for delivery or possession with intent to deliver. university rating report's credibility critics (of his report) are out of Toombs said the figures do not mean anything because no one knows how he arrives at them. Gourman said he evaluates each major on the basis that each has a certain number of fields of study within the major. Gourman said he evaluates each major according to: how many of these areas of study are offered; the number and quality of the faculty members; the quality of the administration; the strength of the curriculum; the amount and quality of the resources available; and the amount of money allocated to the department by both the university and the state legislature. The institution that the staff rates Bill repealing fairness doctrine sparks debate By AMY FELLIN Collegian Staff Writer A U.S. Senate bill that would repeal the fairness doctrine and equal time laws and give broadcasters the power to limit debate on controversial issues has evoked varied reactions from local broadcasters and University professors in the field. In addition if the doctrine is overturned, broadcasters would be given the power to determine which political candidates may receive air time without providing equal time to other candidates. The Freedom of Expression Act (Senate bill 1917), introduced in October 1983, is sponsored by committee chairman Robert Packwood, R-Ore. Senate hearings began last week. Barbara Allen, news director at WTAJ-TV in Altoona, said she does not think the repeal would have much affect on daily news programming decisions. "We are bound only in our roles as journalists to decide what responsibilities we have to our viewers," Allen said. "The repeal of the doctrine wouldn't have much impact because news programming decisions are basically left up to as the highest is then given a numerical rating for that particular major, he said. The other institution's majors are then rated numerically in relation to the top figure, Gourman said. The numerical figures of each major are then combined to reach an overall rating for the university. David Webster, an assistant professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania, declined to comment on the 1983-84 report because he had not seen a copy of it. However, Webster said he began a detailed critique on the 1967, 1977 and 1980 Gourman reports as a graduate student at the University of California at Los Angeles. He finished the critique in 1982 when he our own judgement." Ron Miller, news director at WJAC-TV in Johnstown, agreed with Allen, saying: "It is up to our own policy and good conscience to provide equal time to candidates and the like." Miller said he is in favor of the bill and he does not think the laws are really necessary. "I don't think the repeal of the fairness doctrine and equal time laws would have any great negative affect on news reporting," he said. Section one of the fairness doctrine states that radio and television broadcasters have a positive duty to seek and air programming which addresses "controversial issues of public importance." However, Richard E. Labunski, University assistant professor of journalism, thinks this part of the doctrine has been ignored by local newscasters. "Part one of the fairness doctrine requires broadcasters to report a variety of stories," Labunski said. "Local stations cover nothing but fires, press conferences, government meetings, demonstrations and auto accidents and by sticking to these types of stories do not fulfill their part one requirements." Friday, Feb. 10, 1984 • Vol. 84, No. 119 28 pages University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University C)1984 Collegian Inc. became an assistant professor. Webster said after examining the 1967 report very carefully he felt it was an honest effort on Gourman's part but as a rating of schools, Webster called it an "absolute disaster." Gourman responded to the allegations saying, "The state of higher education is in a poor state of health," and that educators critical of the report have not done an adequate job in training teachers. Gourman said in an earlier interview that he was "not afraid of other opinions and criticisms of the report. My mission is academic excellence for all students." Toombs said the report is not credible because it is done by one person and the Method Gourman uses to rate schools has not been explained. Most reports evaluating higher education are put together by an advisory committee,,Toombs said, which usually publishes technical papers explaining the methods used and findings of the study. • Gourman said he collects data from faculty members from different universities and programs who respond with solid information about their departments. Gourman said he has a description of his method that is hundreds of pages long but his publisher did not want him to print it with the report because it would make the report too expensive. While Labunski thinks the fairness doctrine does infringe on the First Amendment rights of broadcasters, he still does not agree with the repeal: "It is my view that broadcasters do not yet deserve to be free of the fairness doctrine, equal time laws, personal attack rules and other content regulations, even though they clearly raise First Amendment questions." Robert Farson, University professor of broadcast journalism, said he does not think the bill will pass. "I am in favor of keeping the fairness (*trine and equal time laws because I think they're important in assuring elementary fairness," Farson said. "I predict the bill will not pass and even if it does I'm sure there will be severe challenges to it." Farson said he does not believe there will be additional coverage of controversial issues even if there were no restrictions on broadcasters. "Fairness really hasn't been an issue mostly because there isn't a lot of coverage on the controversial issues," he said. "Even if you remove the fairness doctrine I don't thiqk there will be an outpouring of public affairs programming."
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