2—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Aug. 28,.1986
Research farm
falls victim to
theft problem
A $750 weather-recording de
vice was reported missing this
week from a University research
farm in Rock Springs.
Larry Jordan, coordinator for
the plant pathology department,
said the device was discovered
missing Monday morning from a
weather station on a section of
land the department uses for
research. University Police Serv
ices said the incident was report
ed Tuesday.
The device, called a Hydro-
Thermograph, records relative
humidity and temperature on a
seven-day basis, Jordan said.
Rock Springs, about three
miles west of Pine Grove Mills, is
the site of several, University
research farms, including those
operated by the horticulture and
agronomy departments. Jordan
said several farms in the area
have been experiencing a pattern
of theft and vandalism this sum
mer.
"There's been a problem of
thefts of weather equipment this
summer for some reason," Jor
dan said. "That plus some trou
ble with (all-terrain vehicles)
coming here with kids who are
about 12 to 15 years old. We look
at this as the same kind of thing."
"We have other ones," Jordan
said, adding that the theft would
not set back research at the farm.
"They're pretty common, but
they're fairly expensive."
by Robert P. King
Responsibility:
OTIS advice on getting your security deposit back
By MICHAEL CARLIN
Collegian Staff Writer
Students can avoid the problem of getting back
security deposits if they are informed about the
laws regarding them.
Marjorie Utt, president of the Organization for
Town Independent Students, said the main prob
lem with returning security deposits is that stu
dents do not understand the responsibility behind
renting an apartment.
"They say, 'This place was a pigsty when I came
in,' so they leave it that way," Utt said of tenants
going 'to OTIS for legal advice.
However, landlords may deduct the cost of
damages or uncleanliness from the security depos
it, Utt said, adding that tenants are not responsible
for normal wear and tear on an apartment.
Utt said it is advantageous for students who
come to OTIS claiming "bogus" deductions were
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Air Force says H. bomb dropped in U.S.
29 years ago couldn't have detonated
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A
42,000-pound hydrogen bomb acciden
tally fell from an Air Force plane 29
years ago, it was disclosed yesterday,
but officials said there never was any
chance of a nuclear explosion.
No one was injured when the bomb
hit an uninhabited area 4 1 / 2 miles
south of Kirtland Air Force Base's
control tower on May 22, 1957, the
Albuquerque Journal reported in a
copyright story.
The bomb created a crater about 12
feet deep and 25 fek in diameter, and
minor radioactive contamination was
detected there, government docu
ments obtained by the Journal said.
Non-nuclear explosives in the Mark
17 bomb detonated when it hit the
ground, the documents said. But non
nuclear explosives must be triggered
in a precise manner to cause a nucle
ar explosion, said Rich Garcia,
spokesman for the Air Force Weap
ons Laboratory in Albuquerque.
"When a bomb accidentally falls,
the impact of the fall triggers some
(non-nuclear) explosives to go off,
but not in the correct fashion," he
said yesterday.
Dave Jackson, spokesman for the
U.S. Department of Energy in Albu
querque, said there was another rea
son that it was physically impossible
for the Mark 17 to produce a nuclear
explosion in an accidental fall.
The bomb "had a portion of the
actual weapon removed and put in a
different location," he said. "It was
routine procedure at the time."
The Mark 17 fell 1,700 feet from an
Air Force B-36 bomber as it was
flying to Kirtland Air Force Base
from Biggs Army Air Field in Texas,
taken from their security deposits to have pictures
or witnesses to
,prove the fees are unwarranted.
Although . OTIS hasn't had any students coming
in With security deposit problems to date, Utt said
she expects many students to•seek legal advice
within the next few weeks.
Kevin DePietro, member of the OTIS legal
committee, said many people do not realize that
state law currently allows landlords 30 days from
the day the lease ends to return the security
deposit. If a security deposit is not returned within
30 days, DePietro said, OTIS will call the landlord
and look into the problem.
If the tenant has not received the security
deposit after 30 days, the landlord forfeits his
claim to damages and the tenant is entitled to
collect double the deposit amount.
While state law limits security deposits to no
more than two months' rent, in State College the
deposit is usually equal to one month's rent.
Woody Underwood, a worker at the National Atomic Museum at Kirtland Air
Force Base is dwarfed by a replica of the Mark 17 hydrogen bomb. One of the
42,000.p0und bombs accidentally fell from an Air Force bomber near Albuquer•
que, N.M. 29 years ago, although the Air Force says no blast occurred.
the documents said. 'Kirtland is lo
cated just south of Albuquerque.
The government first reported the
accident in 1981 in a brief release
saying only that a nuclear weapon of
some kind had been dropped. The
documents obtained by the Journal
through the Freedom of Information
Act contain the first public descrip
tion of the type of weapon involved
and other details of the accident
An exact reason why the bomb fell
from the airplane, taking the bomb
bay doors with it, was not given. But
the government documents indicate a
safety release mechanism apparent-
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position.
The government documents did not
show the exact explosive yield of the
bomb. But Stan Norris, a research
associate with the Natural Resources
Defense Council and a specialist on
nuclear weapons, said most research
ers believe it was more than 10 mega
tons.
Norris said the largest nuclear
weapon in the U.S. arsenal today has
a yield of about 9 megatons. A mega
ton measures the explosive yield of a
nuclear weapon. It is the equivalent
of 1 million tons of TNT:
Dottie Colton, property manager for Associated
Realty, 1321 S. Atherton St., said a check-in sheet
is filled out at the beginning of the lease. At the end
of the lease, the room must be in the same
condition. Everything including carpets, drapes
and refrigerators must be cleaned.
Colton said the security deposit is placed into a
neutral-party escrow account for the duration of
the lease. When leaving, tenants must provide a
forwarding address to which the security deposit
may be returned.
If the room was left uncleaned or damaged, the
company sends out a letter stating costs, Colton
said.
The biggest problem with apartments is vandal
ism, she said. If the damage cost exceeds the
deposit, the owner sends an invoice to the tenant.
If the damages are not paid within two weeks, the
district magistrate takes over.
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• University Police Services ap- e Padlocks in the men's locker
prehended an undisclosed number room in White Building were
of individuals Tuesday night for switched sometime Tuesday, pre
squirting pedestrians with a squirt venting people from opening their
gun from a moving car along lockers, Patricia Moore, White
College Avenue, University police Building staff member, told Uni
said. The individuals were turned versity police
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• A wallet containing $62 was
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• A microwave belonging to the room of Todd Banning, 516
Kaplan Ventures, 226 Highland Tener, University police said.
Ave., was reported missing from
an apartment at 525 W. Foster
Ave., sometime between Aug. 25 o The receiver of the Hastings
and Aug. 26, State College police lobby phone was missing Tuesday,
said. University police reported. It is
• An unidentified person hit a
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ern Troup, 104 Foods Building,
Hall by Sharon Abrino, housing
while it was parked on the west
supervisor for East Halls, Univer
side of Foods Building Tuesday,
sity police said.
University police said. Damage is
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Jill Sabol, 202 Ritner, was report- the Hartranft Hall lobby, after a
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