COLLEGIAN 100 YEARS
April 1887-April 1987
South African government
dismisses treason charges
By JAMES F. SMITH
Associated Press Writer
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Prosecutors
.dropped charges yesterday against the last four de
fendants in a treason case, without explanation.
Sixteen anti-apartheid activists originally were
charged in the case, and Yesterday’s action appeared to
mark the total collapse of the case.
MichaelTmber, Natal attorney general, gave no reason
for dropping charges against Thozimile Gqweta, presi
dent of the South African Allied Workers Union, and union
leaders Sisa Njikaleni, Sam Kikini and Isaac Ngcobo.
They were accused of high treason for allegedy further
ing the African National Congress guerrilla campaign
against President P.W. Botha’s government.
The treason trial began in October in Pietermaritzburg
in Natal province. Charges were dropped in November
against the 12 other activists arrested in May 1985,
including top leaders of the United Democratic Front
anti-apartheid coalition
Winnie Mandela said in a clandestine interview broad
cast yesterday in London that Blacks in South Africa
regard the current state of emergency as “a declaration
of war,” which they ultimately will win.
The wife of imprisoned black nationalist leader Nelson
Mandela spoke in an interview on the “World In Action”
program of Britain’s Independent Television. A spokes
man for Independent Television said it defied the ban on
journalists entering black townships and filmed Mandela
Sunday at her home in Soweto, outside Johannesburg.
A commentator noted that her decision to be inter
viewed could bring up to 10 years in prison for making
“subversive statements,” which are illegal under the
emergency rules.
In other actions yesterday:
• The government said two unexploded land mines
were found on rural roads.
• A pro-government newspaper said the nationwide
state of emergency imposed June 12 will continue, al
though tough new security laws have been approved and
State
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By JILL A. BEDFORD
Collegian Staff Writer
The State College Bureau of Police
Services will, for the first time ever,
provide night security for the Central
Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts,
according to the festival board presi
dent.
Marilyn Hollis said after a recent
municipal council vote, the festival
organizers will be responsible for
paying half of the $2,800 it will cost
the borough to provide police night
time protection to dissuade the van
dalism and thefts that occurred at
night during previous festivals.
The borough will pay for the other
half, she added.
The $2,800 was an estimate by State
College Police Chief Elwood Williams
Jr. for overtime pay for four officers
to patrol during the festival’s run
from' July 9-13.
The council action also included
that the festival will have to pay for
more of the security, costs over the
next two years until it will finally pay
the full cost by 1988.
Casey tells labor group his plans for state's economy
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security at Arts Festival
Council members Mary Ann Haas
and James Bartoo voted against
asking the organizers for $1,400.
“Although I’m very much in favor
of police providing security services
... my feeling is council was a little
greedy,” Haas said. “(The council)
should have been satisfied with the
festival’s budget of $l,OOO for securi
ty. $l,OOO was enough for an experi
mental year.”
Bartoo attempted unsuccessfully to
ammend the council action so that the
festival and the borough will split the
costs every year.
“It was unclear how (the borough)
should pay for matters of this sort, so
I felt a 50-50 split was reasonable,”
Bartoo said. “I was a little reluctant
for the festival to pay the full price.
The community benefits from the
festival, and most people are happy
we have the arts festival, so I think
(the borough) has some responsibili
ty to make sure (the booths) are
safe.”
Hollis said that festival organizers
were happy that Chief Williams had
offered the services of off-duty offi-
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President Botha is expected to sign them into law this
week.
Newsweek correspondent Richard Manning was told to
leave South Africa. He was the second foreign journalist
ordered out under the emergency.
• An Anglican priest in a white parish said he faces
prosecution if he does not evict Blacks who took refuge in
his church after their shacks were burned down at the
Crossroads squatter camp outside Cape Town.
• Two Blacks were burned to death by other Blacks,
raising to 57 the number of people killed since the
emergency declaration, the Bureau of Information re
ported yesterday. More than 1,800 people have been killed
in nearly two years of racial violence.
In Johannesburg, the Citizen newspaper said officials
feel unrest has diminished under the emergency and it
should be continued indefinitely. It attributed the report
to government sources it did not name.
New security laws one allowing detention without
trial for 180 days and the other authorizing broad police
powers in designated “unrest areas” probably will be
held in reserve until after the emergency is lifted, the
Citizen said.
Government officials said one reason they imposed the
emergency was because opposition to the bills in Parlia
ment’s Indian and mixed-race chambers prevented pas
sage in time for the 10th anniversary June 16 of bloody
riots in the black Soweto township.
The bills were approved Friday by the President’s
Council, which is appointed by Botha and can overrule
Parliament.
Manning, an American, apparently was ordered to
leave because of a Newsweek cover story called “South
Africa’s Civil War.”
CBS News cameraman Wim de Vos, a Dutch citizen,
was expelled last Tuesday. Home Minister Stoffel Botha
gave no reason for ordering Manning to leave by midnight
Thursday, apart from telling him, “I have considered it to
be in the public interest to order your removal from the
republic.” Botha said Newsweek had until 10 a.m. Thurs
day to appeal.
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cers, but were surprised that council
added stipulations to the action.
“It means a lot to us to have off
duty police officers on (night pa
trol),” she said, adding that since the
festival board had already agreed to
hire police officers, they would agree
to the council’s addendum.
She said that $1,400 was more than
the festival had planned to pay, stat
ing that they usually paid between
$l,OOO and $1,200 for security guards
in the past.
“We will just have to re-evaluate
(the council’s action) after this year’s
festival,” Hollis said.
Chief Williams said hiring police
officers instead of security guards
will cut down on the complaints and
criticisms the festival has had in the
past.
“Each year the festival hired pri
vate security guards for protection.
The guards had no authority to arrest
anyone,” he said, adding that the
security guards would have to call the
police when there was trouble.
“(The security guards) were, in
effect, just watchdogs,” he said.
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Steve Grub, of Haverford, competes in the foreman work climb, or advanced work climb, on campus Saturday during
the Tree Jamboree sponsored by the Penn-Del Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture. University
employee Jeff Dice took second in the tree identification contest, while Kris Edson placed fourth overall and second
in the work climb, and John Yohn won first place in the speed climb. Contestants were judged on accuracy and
safety as well as speed.
By ELLEN STERN
Collegian Staff Writer
Bob Casey, Democratic gubernatorial candi
date, reiterated his plans for boosting Pennsyl
vania’s economy and his hopes for the state’s
Democratic party in a speech to an AFL-CIO
seminar at Keller Conference Center yester
day
Casey, 54, is an attorney from Scranton who
has served two terms as the state auditor
general. He has run for-governor three times
and defeated Ed Rendell, the Philadelphia
district attorney, in the May primary election.
“Students graduating from Penn State will
have job opportunities in this state and won’t
have to leave for other parts of the country,”
Casey said, summarizing his aspirations for a
revitalized labor market in Pennsylvania.
“Two-thirds of state counties sustained net
job losses since 1979 . ...” he said, “one of the
basic reasons I have offered an economic plan
for job creation the most comprehensive
economic development plan in the history of
the state.”
Explaining that his plan would benefit more
than basic industry, Casey said, “We also have
to foster hi-tech and biotechnology (indus
tries). We want to help steel, coal and glass
industries as well as hi-tech.”
“I don’t believe in a policy which jettisons
and leaves behind a whole generation,” he
added. “There will be a target and focus on
areas of greater production activity for job
opportunities.”
Casey also commented on the Ben Franklin
Partnership, a state technology transfer pro
gram in which ideas are taken directly from
the classroom and transfered to local indus
tries. The Franklin partnership is now limited
to several Pennsylvania schools.
Penn State is headquarters for the Advanced
Technology Center of Central and Northern
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Pennsylvania, established under the program.
“I’d like to see this expanded to Common
wealth colleges so all students can participate
in the process,” he said.
The Democratic candidate opened his speech
to the labor organization with an enthusiastic
“We are back,” referring to the newly-restruc
tured Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
Rendell, who recently agreed to sign on as
Casey’s campaign manager, was statesman
like in his willingness to step forward,' Casey
said.
“We felt the state needed a change,” he
added. “(The current administration’s) effort
to revitalize the economy is a failure.”
“There’s tremendous unity in the party now
because of Ed Rendell’s willingness to come on
board, and Mark Singel’s (primary) election,”
Casey said. Singel is running for lieutenant
governor on the Democratic ticket. Casey also
cited Harris Walford, who will become the
interim chairman of the state Democratic
Party, as a stabilizing factor.
Walford served as president of Bryn Mawr
College and was second-in-charge of the Peace
Corps under Sargent Shriver during John F.
Kennedy’s term as president.
“Walford has a very impressive record of
commitment to the values of the Democratic
Party,” Casey said. “All this has contributed to
a great feeling of optimism.”
Casey closed his speech by saying that he
wished to “extend a hand to every segment of
Pennsylvania .. .not just areas that enjoy
affluence, but other areas that have been left
behind and written off by the current adminis
tration.”
He then told the applauding audience that,
“We can’t take an administration with a smile
on its face saying ‘You’ve got a friend in
Pennsylvania.’ We need an administration that
is going to say ‘You’ve got a job in Pennsylva-
nia.’ ”
Tuesday, June 24,1986
Vol. 87, No. 8 12 pages University Park, Pa. 16802
Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University
©1986 Collegian Inc.
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inside
e Ever wonder why Americans
just don’t give a darn about the
World Cup? Is it the ugly tro
phy? The problem could be that
most Americans think watching
soccer on TV about as exciting
as dragging a lawn chair out to
the side of the house to watch
the numbers on the electricity
meter change Page 8.
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• Workers will begin spraying
University elm trees at 5 p.m.
today. Spraying will begin with
trees on the Mall and continue
each night until all the elms
have been treated. Although the
pesticide is harmless to hu
mans, motorists should avoid
parking in designated spray
areas because the spray can
damage car finish. If spray gets
on a car, it should be removed
promptly with detergent and
warm water.
weather
This afternoon it will be comfort
able with partly cloudy skies
and the risk of a brief shower.
High 75. Tonight will be mostly
clear and cool. Low 49. Tomor
row, we’ll see blue skies accom
panied by abundant sunshine; it
will be cooler. High 71.
Heidi Sonen