Libya
implicated
in bombing
Official says evidence
is 'indisputable'
By NORMAN BLACK
AP Military Writer ,
WASHINGTON, D.C. The su
preme allied commander in Europe
said there is indisputable evidence
that the bombing of a West Berlin
nightclub can be linked to a world
wide network of terrorists set up by
Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy,
and he said U.S. officials were al
ready warning soldiers at nightspots
in the city when the blast occurred.
"I can't tell you how we get it, but
the evidence is there," U.S. Army
Gen. Bernard Rogers said in a
speech.
Meanwhile, the Navy dispatched a
second aircraft carrier to sea in the
Mediterranean yesterday, but
sources said the Pentagon had yet to
order a military strike against Libya
in retaliation for recent terrorist at
tacks.
Should such orders be issued, how
ever, the Navy is in position to form a
two-carrier battle group that would
include 16 combat ships and more
than 160 airplanes, the sources said.
It would take about two days to move
such a battle group to the Libyan
coast, said the sources, who dis
cussed the situation only on the
ground they not be identified pub
licly.
Rogers' remarks came Wednesday
night during a question-and-answer
session after a speech at a private
school in suburban Atlanta.
Rogers said U.S. officials were in
the process of warning soldiers at off
duty gathering places in West Berlin
when the blast occurred at the La
Belle club.
Rogers also said France's recent
expulsion of two Libyan diplomats
may have prevented a terrorist at
tack on U.S. Ambassador to France
Joe Rodgers, but other U.S. officials
said they knew of no specific threat
against the ambassador.
The Libyans "had, in fact, been
party to a plan to terrorize the Ameri
can ambassador in Paris," Rogers
said.
Although the White House has
stopped short of officially blaming
Khadafy for the West Berlin bomb
ing, Rogers said U.S. officials had
learned of the possibility of a terrorist
attack in West Berlin on Saturday.
The two Libyan diplomats expelled
from France were members of the
Libyan People's Bureau in Paris,
which has embassy status.
Authorities said the pair had been
in contact with people believed to be
planning attacks against American
citizens and property in Europe.
The Pentagon officially declined
comment yesterday on the position of
the Navy ships. But officials who
requested anonymity said the carrier
Coral Sea its orders to return home
canceled had departed port in
Malaga, Spain, early in the day.
The Coral Sea was steaming
eastward toward the central Mediter
ranean, but is still far to the west of
Libya, the sources said.
NBC Nightly News, quoting
sources, said last night that the Pen
tagon is preparing a detailed plan for
military attacks against Libya, but
that U.S. aircraft carriers won't be
sent into action until Reagan reviews
battle plans with top aides, including
Vice President Bush and Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger, both
of whom are out of the country.
The plans key on a preliminary
attack on four anti-aircraft missile
sites, then would move to an attack on
three military airfields, the report
said.
All fifth semester students with last
names beginning with A through L
should go to Waring Hall today to get
their photos taken for new identification
cards.
weather
This afternoon, still cloudy and cold with
a few stray snowflakes, high 45. Satur
day, we'll have a slight improvement for
the Phi Psi 500, with a mix of sun and
clouds. It will still be chilly, though, with
the high in the mid-40s. Sunday, lots of
sunshine but still cool, high near 50.
Organizers try to
By JOHN SPENCE
Collegian Staff Writer
Despite significant vandalism and
related crimes experienced in past
Phi Psi 500 races, organizers of this
year's event say new measures
should help to reduce the problems.
Eric Graves, overall chairman of
the philanthopy, said a number of
steps have been taken this year to
reduce vandalism during the race.
"We've been pushing the aware
ness campaign in the papers and on
the radio," he said. "We just want
people to act responsibly.".
Graves said most of the problems
in the Phi Psi 500 involve public
urination, vandalism and violations
of the open container law.
To combat these the race will be
patrolled by 157 student marshalls,
who are volunteers from the fraterni
ties on campus, and an additional
hired security guard, he said.
In an effort to curb public urina
tion, 20 portable toliets will be strate
gically placed along the race course.
In addition, the Phi Psi 500 committee
has put out a community relations
pamphlet to warn people not to uri
nate in public.
"I think both runners and specta
tors realize that their conduct is going
to determine the future of the race;
therefore they want their conduct to
be good," Graves said.
State College Municipal Council
President John Dombroski said that
while the council is generally sup
portive of the race and endorsed it by
a 7-0 vote, it still has concerns.
Some council members argue the
race should be non-alcoholic and oth
ers want to "clean up the acts" in the
anything goes division so that the
race is geared more toward family
entertainment, he said.
But Dombroski praised the Phi
Ag and Engineering face diverse,
This is another in an occasional series on how
strategic planning is affecting the University.
By DAMON CHAPPIE
Collegian Staff Writer
On a warm July day in 1862, Abraham
Lincoln penned his name to the land-grant
legislation that created the University
"where the leading object shall be to teach
such branches of learning as are related to
agriculture and the mechanic arts."
During the next 123 years, the University's
Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering
have grown to be the strongest and most
popular programs in the institution.
Indeed, a popular guide to public universi
ties, "The Public Ivys," rates the University
among the top 10 land-grant institutions but
reserves special praise for the two colleges:
"Nearly every major in the College of Agri
culture and the College of Engineering is
absolutely superb."
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PSU receives $3.5 million gift
By DAMON CHAPPIE
Collegian Staff Writer
The University yesterday received a $3.5
million gift from a State College couple. It is
the largest gift ever made to the University by
living individuals
James and Barbara Palmer donated about
600,000 shares of C-COR Electronics stock now
worth $3.5 million.
Palmer was for 31 years the chief executive
officer of C-COR, 60 Decibel Road, State Col
lege, the firm that develops high quality elec
tronic equipment used in data communications
and entertainment cable television systems.
The Palmer? gift will be. used to fund the
following:
• $2 million to build an addition to the
University's Museum of Art.
• $1 million to establish an endowed profes
sorial chair in either electrical engineering or
communications. The Palmers haven't decided
yet if the chair will be in the College of Engi
neering or the new School of Communications.
• An as-yet-undetermined amount to estab
lish an endowment fund for Pennsylvanian
Centre Stage at Penn State, the nation's newest
professional regional theater.
The gift will also establish an endowed chair
in electrical engineering at lowa State Univer
sity, where the Palmers' alma mater.
500:
reduce problems
Kappa Psi fraternity for responding
to other council concerns in the past
like using the portable toilets and
stationing student masrshalls along
the race course.
Jack Orndorf, commanding officer
of the field services division for the
State College Bureau of Police Serv
ices, said police also think the race
has improved over the years.
He said the decrease in Phi Psi
related crimes can be attributed both
to the open container ordinance and
to changes made by Phi Kappa Psi.
An equal number of uniform and
plainclothes policemen will patrol
this year's Phi Psi 500 as they did last
year, Orndorf said.
"We were ready last year and we'll
be ready this year for anything that
comes up, although we don't expect
anything serious to happen," he
added.
Last ,year State College police re
ported fewer incidents of destruction
or vandalism than the year before.
The department issued 57 citations
during last year's race. Fifty-three of
those people were in violation of the
open container law, three were cited
for underage drinking and only one
was cited for disorderly conduct,
which includes public urination.
In 1984 State College police report
ed 29 citations were issued for disor
derly conduct during the race.
The Phi Psi 500, which began in
1969, is run every year as a charity
event of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
The event benefits a different charity
each year this year's beneficiaries
are Counseling Services Inc. and the
Frank Firstin Fund.
The race begins in front of the
fraternity house, 403 Locust Lane,
and follows a 1.1-mile route through
six area bars back to the fraternity.
The race starts at 11:45 tomorrow
morning and will continue to 4 p.m.
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But as the two colleges look ahead through
the strategic planning process that the entire
University is attempting, they face different
pressures and futures.
• The College of Agriculture is facing a
serious funding crisis that has resulted in a
hiring freeze and a hold on research projects.
Gramm-Rudman budget cuts are ripping into
the college more severely than any other
college because a large percentage of sala
ries for research are funded by the federal
government.
• Research money spent by the College of
Engineering has doubled since 1981 to close to
$l4 million in 1985. Private support from
corporations and alumni has doubled in the
last two years to $5.6 million in 1985.
• Agriculture is attempting to halt a stead
ily declining student enrollment caused
largely by misconceptions in the media about
the failures of farming as a career.
• The College of Engineering is turning
students away as it continues strict enroll-
"The University community is elated by the
Palmers' gift," University President Bryce
Jordan said at a news conference packed with
administrators, trustees, faculty and alumni.
"This generous gift from the Palmers is
especially significant because it will quicken
the pace and set the tone for the Campaign for
Penn State," Jordan added. The campaign
seeks to raise $2OO million in next five years.
The amount collected this year for the cam
paign is well ahead of last year's, said David
Gearhart, vice president for development and
University relations.
"We're as happy to be here to make this gift
as Penn State and lowa are to receive it," said
Palmer, a slim, brown-haired man who has
lived in State College since 1953.
"Penn State has been good to us by just being
here," James Palmer said. "State College is
what it is because of the University. It has all
the benefits of a large metropolitan area from a
cultural basis, without all of the disadvantages.
It is this atmosphere that has contributed to C
COR's success."
The Palmers have served in many capacities
in the University and the community. Barbara
Palmer served on the board of directors of the
Friends of the Museum of Art at Penn State
from 1977-84 and served on the Penn State
Development Council.
Lack of race insurance worries layovers
By DAMON CHAPPIE
Collegian Staff Writer
These days organizers of charity
events like the Phi Psi 500 and the
Beta Sigma Beta Sy Barash Regatta
don't just have to worry about reach
ing the monetary goals they set but
also about soaring liability insurance
costs.
Two years ago, insurance for the
Regatta cost $6OO. If it had to be
bought today it would cost $6,000 a
1,000 percent increase.
But the fraternity organizers were
saved recently when the American
Cancer Society, which the charity
benefits, picked up the tab for the
insurance.
Since the Regatta is held at the
Bald Eagle State Park, the state
Department of Environmental Re
sources requires the insurance.
Although .Joel Kirsch, this year's
Regatta chairman, doesn't want to
release the details of the agreement
between his fraternity and the cancer
society, he said the insurance will
still cost "at least-$4,000."
She was also a director on the Centre County
However, the Phi Psi 500, which
runs tomorrow, doesn't have any
liability insurance, a fact that wor
ries some legal experts.
Phi Psi 500 organizers are relying
on a waiver form that all participants
must sign which releases the fraterni
ty, the six bars, State College and the
race's sponsors from liability for
injuries or damages.
But several law professors and
lawyers said they wouldn't rely on a
waiver anymore "because they just
aren't fool-proof."
"There is always the risk that the
waiver will not be effective," said
Jack Dobbyn, a professor of insur
ance law at Villanova University.
"If it wasn't sufficiently explained
or there were actions taken by the
organizers that the court would find
not under the waiver, the organizers
could be vulnerable," he added.
According to Kirsch and Phi Psi 500
Chairman Eric Graves, no suits have
ever been filed against the events
because of an injury.
Graves said he didn't seek to buy
insurance because he heard the
but serious,
ment controls to keep class size reasonable
and reduce the number of students using
equipment that is still in short supply.
Despite the funding crisis in Agriculture,
the largest college in the University, adminis
trators assure that undergraduate education
will not be hurt. Most classes are taught by
professors rather then by teaching assis
tants, who are less costly.
"The last thing to be hurt would be the
quality of undergraduate education," said
Jim Starling, associate dean for administra
tion in the College of Agriculture. "Teaching
for the college is paid for by tuition. The
federal crunch on research and extension
won't hurt teaching. The last thing we would
do is close or alter a program."
But federal cuts are having a drastic effect
on the college's research programs, which
historically have pushed the college to first
place in the East and into the top 10 national
ly
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United Way's board from 1969-81, and was
president in 1980-81.
Her husband joined C-COR Electronics as
general manager. in 1954, was promoted to
president in 1955 and served as chief executive
officer until July 1985. He was C-COR chairman
until October 1985 and continues there as a
director.
He has worked extensively with the cable
television industry, serving as director of the
National Cable Television Association in 1965-
68, as well as in other cable groups.
Palmer previously established the Palmer
Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering
at the University. •
The largest single gift to the University was a
$5.6 million bequest by Homer Braddock, a 1906
University graduate, who died in 1984. The
Braddock money was used to establish en
dowed scholarship and fellowship funds in the
College of Science.
As Jordan .announced the gift yesterday
afternoon in Alumni Lounge on the first floor of
Old Main, pro-divestment protesters marched
and shouted just outside and could be heard
clearly during the entire conference.
The protesters have staged demonstrations
at many of Jordan's public appearances lately,
including a Sunday concert he attended and a
Graduate Student Association meeting Tues
day night where he spoke.
prices were so high. But he added he
talked "briefly" to a lawyer and
believes the waiver is adequate pro
tection.
Randert said a waiver for the Phi
Psi 500 would have to cover not only
the participants but also the specta
tors.
Schiff blames the increasing insur
ance costs that are changing the way
Americans live on multi-million dol
lar damages awarded by juries.
education equals a $750,000 loss in salaries for
faculty doing research. The college wants the
state to take up the slack and eventually
provide all the money that used to come from
Uncle Sam.
That would require $ll million from the
state, even though Pennsylvania gives less
money to universities than 45 other states. So
this year Agriculture asked for a special line
item of $2.9 million to make up for the federal
shortfall, which fell under the University's
new differential funding concept.
But Gov. Thornburgh granted only $l.B
million of that request. For the salaries
alone, the college needed $1.4 million and that
was before the birth of Gramm-Rudman.
Now, said Starling, "the funding crisis has
crashed in on us and instead of acting with
rational resource management we now have
to act under a crisis management." He said
he hopes the University will provide more
funds to make up the difference.
Please see PLANNING, Page 8.
A spokesman for the Insurance
Information Institute, an educational
and fact-finding organization, said
the Phi Psi 500 would have difficulty
obtaining insurance because of the
aichoholic nature of the race.
"Let me put it this way not any
one insurance company on God's
green earth would insure that event
and if they did the costs would be
astronomical," said Sam Schiff.
Mark Randert, a law professor at
Temple University, said "waivers
are by no means a panacea and
wouldn't hold up unless the situation
is very tightly controlled."
problems