911 deadline gets By RICH KIRKPATRICK Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG - The Public Utility Commission yesterday gave local tele phone companies another month to come up with cost figures for providing 911 service, but the action will not affect efforts to expand the service statewide. On June 19. the PUC directed the companies to provide the data within 30 days, but the companies asked for a 60- day extension. The MC deadlocked 2-2 yesterday on a motion by Chairman William Smith to grant them the full extension and lim it the requested information to compa nies that already provide 911 service. Many of the state's 41 local exchange companies do not provide the service. now available in all or parts of 31 of the state's 67 counties. Police Log ■ Criminal Mischief: The convert ible top of a 1966 Mustang owned by 'Per ry Young. 6:36 E. College Ave.. was slashed while the car was parked at 500 E. Calder Way between 5 Wednes day night and i yesterday morning. State College Bureau of Police Services said. Nothing was taken from inside the cat and the amount of damage is unknown police said. Lawyer: Detective lied during testimony By SAMUEL MAULL Associated Press Writer NEW YORK AP -- A defense lawyer, trying to blunt the effect of written and videotaped statements given by his client in the Central Park jogger case. suggested yesterday that a police detective had lied on the stand. In an animated and pointed cross-examination, attorney Michael Joseph also tried to show that the witness, Detective Harry Hildebrandt, had put words into the mouth of the defendant. Ant ron Met 16. Joseph claims the youth admitted to crimes he did not commit. Statewide growth not affected The PIT' then voted 3-1 for a motion by Commissioner David Rolka for a 30- day extension. Smith said it was better for compa nies without 911 service to provide the information after counties had acted on the new 911 law, signed by Gov. Robert P. Casey on July 9. The law, which takes effect in Sep tember. allows counties to impose a monthly charge on each telephone bill of up to either $1 to $1.50, depending on the size of the county, to establish and operate 911 networks. The more sparse ly populated areas could pay the higher fee. The PUC wants the data to help pre pare for reviews it must do of the monthly surcharge. ■ Theft: A blue Avalanche mountain bike, worth SIIM and owned by Geoffrey Perry, 133 W. Fairmount Ave., was reported taken from behind his resi dence sometime between midnight and 7 :42 yesterday morning. State College police said. The hike was locked with a Krypto nite lock and a cable lock at the time it was taken. The Kryptonite lock was ROSES, OSES, ROSES! FROM WOODRING'S Just $5.66 a doz. cash & carry 145 S. Allen St. 238-0566 ri t/J p_,udsumktt,i The lawyer concedes that McCray does not seem to be under any coercion during the videotaped statement, which was shown to the jury on Wednes day. On the tape, McCray seems fidgety but unafraid and sometimes volunteers information not requested in Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lederer's questions. His parents are in the room with him. Joseph maintains that the coercion of his client and his parents was subtle and committed by detectives before Lederer spoke to the youth. Waving McCray's signed statement in front of Hil debrandt, Joseph asked, "These were words coming out of your mouth, not Antron's, weren't they?" "They were from both," the detective said. IFTD ay extension By dialing the 911 exchange, a tele phone customer is able to reach an emergency dispatcher who can sum mon police, firefighters or medical per sonnel. Rolka said the companies should be able to gather the information within the next month. He said the PUC is seeking data based on changes that must be made in central office switch ing equipment to handle 911 and is not asking the companies to try to guess at figures. Dan Reisteter, vice president of external affairs for the Pennsylvania Telephone Association, which had requested the extension, said the group wanted a better idea of what the PUC was after. found locked to the spot where the bicy cle was kept, police said ■ Theft: A wallet was reportedly taken from an unlocked truck owned by Albert Randizo, 428 E. Hamilton Ave., sometime between 9 Wednesday night and 2:30 yesterday morning, State Col lege police said. The wallet, which was in the truck's glove compartment, contained several Concerned consumers read Collegian ads. He said many association members don't provide 911 service. "It's a little difficult for them to make an assumption as to what the prospec tive costs will be," he said. But he emphasized that telephone companies want to cooperate with the effort to expand 911. The monthly surcharge for 911 will be collected with the local phone bill. The contribution rate would be set by coun ties following a public hearing, and the initial rate cannot be increased for at least three years. The state Department of Community Affairs will be responsible for devel oping guidelines for the program. The department is also responsible for reviewing county 911 plans. Plans must also be reviewed by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council, as well as the PUC. credit cards and a large amount of cash, police said. The amount of money was not disclosed. In case of an emergency, dial 911. For business and non-emergency calls, the State College Bureau of Police Services can be reached at 234-7150 and Univer sity Police Services can be reached at 863-1111. "You said the statement as you wrote it, right?" Joseph asked "That's correct," the detective said, but added he occasionally asked McCray, "Is t lkb .. Is that right?" Joseph pointed out that the statement refers to the female jogger being attacked below 96th Street near the tennis courts on the north side of the reservoir. The attack was actually about six blocks farther north. When Hildebrandt replied that he, a city officer for 28 years, was not sure of the location of the reservoir, supporters of the defendants laughed derisively. They also laughed when he said he did not know McCray was a suspect in the attack on the female jog ger when he started questioning him. compiled by Corey Herman Correction A photo caption in yesterday's The Daily Collegian incorrectly identified the owner of Pepe the parrot. Pepe is owned by Suzanne Cordes of Plants by Suzanne.
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