Violent war
continues in
Afghanistan
By BRYAN WILDER
Associated Press Writer
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —Moslem
guerrillas launched rockets at Kabul
and its airport yesterday and Afghan
fighters struck deep into Pakistani
territory in one of the most violent
days of Afghanistan’s 10-year-old civ
il war.
Western diplomats, quoting dis
patches from missions in the Afghan
capital, said the airport was shrouded
in “thick black and gray smoke”
from the rocket attack.
Earlier in the day, Pakistani au
thorities said seven Afghan fighter
bombers struck the deepest to date
into Pakistani territory, killing one
person and injuring seven.
Diplomatic dispatches from Kabul
said the rockets started hitting the
city around 2:55 p.m. at Kabul air
port and “significant parts of the
city.”
“By 3:20 the fire was out of con
trol,” said a dispatch from one west
ern embassy. “There were secondary
explosions and foreigners were or
dered to evacuate (the airport),” it
said.
“Rockets have been exploding in
Kabul all afternoon,” said a U.S.
diplomat on condition of anonymity.
“Hie force of the explosion indicates
it may have been an ammunition
dump.”
In a report from Kabul, the official
Soviet news agency Tass said “oppo
sition units subjected to massive
bombardment with ground-to-ground
rockets the Kabul international air
port area. The rockets damaged de
pots and transport aircraft.”
The report added that several rock
ets exploded in residential districts of
Kabul, and authorities had put out the
resulting fires.
Reports said it was not clear how
many rockets had fallen. There were
no immediate reports of casualties
and state-run Kabul radio, in its
nighttime broadcast, made no men
tion of the attack.
Both the Kabul attack and the
bombing of villages near the Paki
stani frontier city of Peshawar ap
peared more daring and destructive
than any operations this year. Afghan
insurgents began fighting communist
Afghan forces in 1978.
Pakistani sources reported Thurs
day that seven Soviet-built Afghan
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Alleged
By TED ANTHONY
Collegian Staff Writer
The York County woman accused of aiding the
1966 escape of a convicted murderer from the
State Correctional Institution at Rockview posted
bail and was released from prison yesterday.
Diane Brodbeck, 45, of Wellsville, was trans
ferred yesterday morning from Mifflin County Jail
into the custody of Centre County officials, Deputy
Sheriff Jim Gray said. Her husband, Chester,
picked her up in Bellefonte later in the morning.
“Her family has posted a quarter-million dollars
Diano Brodbeck being escorted to the courtroom by county sheriffs at the Bellefonte Courthouse after her
arrest last June. Brodbeck is now free on $250,000 bail.
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accomplice posts bail
in real estate,” said Terence McGowan, one of two
Harrisburg attorneys representing Brodbeck.
“Her husband (picked) her up.”
Brodbeck returned to her home in Wellsville,
where she will await a fall trial, McGowan said.
She faces charges of escape and conspiracy to
aid in escape, both stemming from the April 5,1986
getaway of Jon Evans Yount, a convicted mur
derer serving a life sentence at Rockview for the
1966 slaying of Pamela Sue Rimer, a student from
a math class he taught at Dußois Area High School
in Clearfield County.
Authorities, after a two-year nationwide search,
Collegian
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apprehended Yount and Brodbeck, who were liv
ing under assumed names, near Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho. A tip from a viewer who saw the escape
dramatized in May on the NBC program Unsolved
Mysteries led FBI agents to the couple.
Yount was living as James Marvin Forsgren,
while Brodbeck called herself Mary Katherine
Kermen.
Centre County President Judge Charles Brown,
who denied Brodbeck a bail reduction, said he and
the county prothonotary completed the paperwork
and decided since bail was posted, there was no
reason Brodbeck should not be released.
Though Brown said the court was concerned
with $250,000 worth of property, he added that the
feeling all along was “if bail was posted, it would
be approved.”
Brown was unsure of exactly which family
members posted the bond, but said he thought it
was her sister and one brother.
Chester Brodbeck testified at his wife’s June
preliminary hearing that if she posted bail, she
would have a job open at Your Crowning Glory, a
beauty shop owned by Candace Johnson, Diane
Brodbe4k’s,sister.
Johnson did not return calls placed to the salon
yesterday.
McGowan said it was unlikely Brodbeck would
returp to Oeatre Cqimty prior to her trial. Centre
County Dis&icf Attprßey Ray Gricar has peti
tioned to try Yount and Brodbeck jointly, and
McGowan has not objected, he said.
Whenreacbed by telephone yesterday, Gricar
said bo'was hot upset Brodbeck had been released
on bajl.
“Every day people make bail,” Gricar said.
“The only issue is what bail should be.
“I have no complaints,” the District Attorney
said.
Trooper Wilhffftir. Madden, the Pa. State Po
lice Criminal Investigator who tracked Yount for
two years, also said as long as Brodbeck func
tioned within tite legal system, he had no qualms
about her release.
“A lot of people think police get mad at this kind
of thing,” Madden said. “We don’t. The case is in
the past.”
Should Brodbeck be found guilty, Madden added
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New proposal
worries some
USEC groups
By JAMES A. STEWART
Collegian Staff Writer
Student leaders proposing a new
structure for the University Student
Executive Council last night coun
tered concerns by other members
about the possibility of losing power
and becoming ineffective.
Questions came in response to two
proposals one introduced by Un
dergraduate Student Government
President Seth Williams and the oth
er by Association of Residence Hall
Students President Dominic Mattioni
which would limit USEC mem
bership to the three student govern
ment bodies that are elected by all
University students and move other
groups to an executive council on
USG.
A decision on the proposals was
tabled until next week’s meeting.
An announcement made after a
closed meeting last Saturday about
possible USEC restructuring plans
had said last night’s meeting would
also be closed. However, members
agreed to keep the meeting open to
the public and press after a voice
vote.
Interfraternity Council President
Rod Hutter suggested a trial run for
the plan to see whether the program
would work, though he was concerned
that the proposal which would put
his group under the USG executive
council could limit his influence
within the IFC because of the appear
ance of limited external connections.
Williams and USG Senate Presi-
Controversial fraternity
posters to be removed
By ANNE KAROLYI
Collegian Staff Writer
Rush posters depicting a semi-nude
woman will be taken down after dis
cussions between Sigma Nu and some
concerned members of the University
community, Sigma Nu President Ter
ence Coleman said last night.
Coleman offered to remove the
posters after meeting with represen
tatives of IFC and the Department of
Women’s Concerns late Tuesday
night. The posters, depicting a wom
an dressed only in a G-string, had
been criticized by several women’s
groups on campus.
“We appreciate aiding the Univer
sity community in any way,” Cole
man said. “As part of our fraternity’s
mission, we are here to help the
community.”
University President Bryce Jordan
issued a statement thanking the fra
ternity for its cooperation.
“I would like to commend those in
the University community who
worked with Sigma Nu fraternity in
removing the fraternity’s Rush-88
posters. The graphic presentation of
the woman in that poster was insensi
tive and ignores the University’s
commitment to provide a supportive
campus climate for women, Jordan
said.
“I appreciate that Sigma Nu coop
erated in removing the posters. This
incident reminds us that we must all
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FYI
Today is the last day to add classes.
Centre Community Hospital will recognize Labor Day as a business
holiday. There will be no scheduled surgery and service will be porvided
on an emergency basis only. Normal services will resume on Tuesday.
WEATHER
For your Labor Day weekend forecast, mostly sunny and warm today,
high near 85. Partly cloudy tonight, low 61. Saturday, becoming mostly
cloudy with a shower or thunderstorm likely, especially during the
afternoon, high 79. Sunday, mostly cloudy, cooler, occasional showers,
high near 70 Ross Dickman
dent Ron Marlow agreed, with Mar
low adding that a trial run should last
at least one semester.
Student Trustee Christina Henke
said members might be concerned
because the USG president might
appear as a greater power instead of
an equal to the other student leaders,
as is the case on the USEC board.
USG Vice President Amy Manderi
no said USEC is currently ineffective
because the group “can never agree
on a unified student movement.” As
part of USG, organizations could in
troduce legislation into the USG Sen
ate, she said.
Mattioni said the board had failed
to advise University President Bryce
Jordan on important issues because
of the need for a consensus.
“If we’re an advisory board, let’s
start advising,” Mattioni said.
“We’ve diluted (USEC). On a bunch
of options, we’ve been split right
down the middle.”
Manderino also said the USG presi
dent would be responsible for all final
decisions. Executive committee
members could vote on issues, then
“go on record as supporting or oppos
ing issues and go home,” she said.
Williams said because the three
groups USG, the Graduate Student
Association and the Commonwealth
Campus Student Governments are
the only groups “clearly elected,”
they are the only groups which should
have the University administration’s
full attention.
An executive council that would
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work at being sensitive to the feelings
of others in the University commu
nity we share,” the press release
stated.
Coleman, who yesterday afternoon
denied any formal meetings with IFC
and the Department of Women’s Con
cerns, said that after the meetings,
Sigma Nu brothers had been sent out
to “spot-check” places where the
posters had been hung. Coleman said
he learned of Jordan’s statement
Wednesday evening.
“We thank Mr. Jordan for his on
going support of the fraternities,”
Coleman said.
Suzanne Brooks, University affir
mative action officer, said students
must be sensitive to other people at
the University even if their views are
not immoral or illegal, but added she
was pleased with Sigma Nu’s cooper
ation.
“We’re looking for ways for stu
dents to consider sensitivity in put
ting up posters,” Brooks said.
Assistant Vice President for Cam
pus Life Pat Peterson said she was
pleased that both Sigma Nu and the
University community acted quickly
in dealing with the posters.
But Coleman said he feels the con
troversy about the posters was ex
treme.
“I still see it as a situation that’s
been blown out of proportion,” Cole
man said.