Cntmecticitt lailtr (Eampuja Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol.LXXXVNo.63 University of Connecticut Tuesday, December 1,1981 Soviet ambassador, negotiator Alternatives sought begin arms reduction talks to Social Security cuts GENEVA. Switzerland sinsky agreed there would be "In following the instruc- WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 2.300 delegates to the (AP)—U.S. arms negotiator no public disclosures on tions of both ourgovernments White House Conference on Aging pul aside a potential Paul H. Nitze and Soviet what is being negotiated in to engage in serious rules fight Monday and began their search for solutions to Ambassador Yuli A. Kvitsin- the months ahead. negotiations, we have con- the problems of Social Security and other problems for the sky met for 1 Vi hours Mon- The two men shook hands curred that the details of the elderly. day at the start of talks warmly several times in front negotiations must be kept in Leaders of the New York state delegation we're rebuffed aimed at checking the of photographers before en- the negotiating rooms." Nit- at the opening session when they clamored for recognition nuclear arms race in Europe. tering the Soviet mission for ze said at the U.S. mission. in a bid to change a rule that will force delegates to accept Calling the introductory their meeting. Both sides" That is the only way. he or reject as one package all the recommendations made by session "cordial and full delegations will hold said, that "we can hope to 14 commit lees. businesslike," the 74-year- their first meeting Tuesday look at the hard issues which Their attempt followed an emotional appeal by old veteran U.S. negotiator morning at an annex to the divide us, and to search for 81-year-old Rep. Claude Pepper. D-Fla.. to resist cuts in told reporters he and Kvit- U.S. mission. solutions that will assure Social Security. Medicare and other programs and to press security and reduce ten- lor national health insurance. sions...The stakes are very Constance D. Armitage. the conference chairman, Reagan's aide taking high for all of us." banged her gavel and told the small group of dissidents, There was no comment "I realize some of you have concerns. These concerns are from the Soviets on Mon- not appropriate at this moment." deferred payments day's session. She was forced to repeatedly introduce Health and Downtown, a torchlight Human Services Secretary Richard S. Schweiker. the keynote speaker. WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael K. Deaver. one of march for world disar- Schweiker. who set the conference rules, was greeted President Reagan's top three aides, has been receiving mament, organized by the local group "Women for with applause mixed with a scattering of boos. The crowd deferred payments on the pre-inaugural sale of a firm which, of more than 3,500 also guffawed loudly when Schweiker at the same time, bought out a similar enterprise headed by Peace." drew about 1.000 described his Oct. 2 removal of the conference's executive national security adviser Richard V. Alien people Monday night, but otherwise Geneva was quiet. director, David Rust, as a promotion. Senate records show that since the Reagan administration took office, the firm, the Hannaford Co. Inc., has quadrupled the number of domestic and foreign groups for which it is a registered lobbyist. • Deaver was a 40-percent owner of Hannaford, which in January bought out a similar firm. Potomac International Corp.. headed by Allen. The national security adviser, who just took a "leave of absence" in the wake of an investigation over his receipt of $1,000 from Japanese journalists, also received deferred payments in his part of the deal. The payments to Allen prompted questions about possible conflicts of interest in meetings between the national security adviser and past clients of Potomac International Corp.. which now belongs to Hannaford. On Sunday. Allen announced that he was taking a leave of absence from his White House post while the Justice Department completes a preliminary investigation of his receipt of $1,000 from two Japanese journalists who interviewed first lady Nancy Reagan on Jan. 21. Don't miss our Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger I left | welcomes Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon to the Pentagon with a full honor ceremony. In the center is Commander of the News-At-A-Glance section, p. 10 Troops Col. Don Phillips. See story, p. 7 |UPI photo|. These eight men are noticed 1 only when they do things wrong Bv Tom Horner Generally, the five trucks in the operation pick up all the trash efficiently, but where they put it down is becoming a Staff Writer problem. Who would the Storrs community really miss first, the The crew dumps the trash in the landfill site at the University's president or its garbage men? northwest corner of campus, where it is compacted with a Perhaps that's an unfair question because there's only bulldozer and covered with dirt dug from a gravel pit one president and eight men in the University's trash crew. adjacent to the site. The landfill is built up in tiers, each But it would be hard to ignore 50-70 cubic yards of refuse layer of trash and dirt getting smaller as the site gets Local piling up around campus each day without someone to pick higher, to create a slope for drainage. If water could seep it up. into the trash an ecologically harmful orange ooze would Every weekday the crew spares the University of the leech out. Mandleberg said the leeching occurs to a small Spotlight by-products of higher learning-about 3.000 tons of it a degree anyway, but that's not what he's worried about. year-and hauls it to the landfill. It's not a glorious job. The landfill has been the University's wastebasket since Gary Mandleberg has learned that in his first two months 1%7- and it's filling up. "Right now it's practically at the as the Sewer Plant Operations Officer and the man in present height limit set by the Department of Environmen- charge of garbage and trash removal. tal Protection," Mandleberg said. To see if the trash can "We tend to get little appreciation if we do things right." continue to be mounded, the University is applying to the he said, "but if we screw up we hear about it. If people DEP for a vertical extension of the limit. don't know I'm here and don't notice the trash operation But an extension could only be a temporary solution to then I know I'm doing my job." the problem. John Rice, the Physical Plant director, began Mandleberg said it's hard to keep up with the trash flow looking for alternatives to the landfill at least as far back as only at the beginning and the end of semesters when 1978. That was when he made the decision to get rid of the people moving in and out are discarding bulky items. University's trash by burning it. Mondays are also busy days because of weekend The proposed Solid Waste Disposal/Heat Recovery Plant accumulations. v SEE PAGE 2 Page 2 Connecticut Daily Campus, Tuesday, December 1,1981 State representative explains how to benefit from school ...trash By Karen E. Goulekas time was that they had asked A course in English compo- FROM PAGE ONE StalT Writer their professor out for coffee, sition is another must for will convert the University's trash into steam which the blank expressions and light students of all majors. Dunn institution uses throughout the year. Rice said the main The most important pur- laughter was the reply. said, because students won't reason for building the plant, at a cost of $2.5 million, is to pose of college is to come out And yet. Dunn pointed out. even get an interview if their with an education and not UConn has some of the most resume has grammatical and solve the trash disposal problem. But it will also save the just a degree, said former highly rated professors in the spelling errors. Fluency in a University 300.000 gallons of fuel a year. Connecticut House Repre- United States, who are more foreign language is also very The Kendall Company in Windham uses a similar trash sentative Barbara Dunn, a than willing to share their important in the business incinerator to produce steam for their industrial processes. member of the UConn Board time and knowledge with world, she said. The town of Mansfield is planning to haul their trash to that of Visitors, in her lecture students seeking extra help. Dunn is currently an officer incinerator on a short-term basis. Rice said the town is Monday. Dunn, who served as the at Aetna Life & Casuality in talking about switching to the University's incinerator Prospective employers look first woman Commissioner of Harford. where she handles when it begins operating, in exchange for the University's beyond a neatly-typed and Consumer Protection in Con- the Women and Minorities right to dispose of ashes and bulk wastes in the town's landfill. organized resume for a well- necticut from 1967-71. Development Department. rounded individual with ex- stressed the importance of She served in the Connecti- MandlebeFg said he'd be glad to see the arrangement perience and initiative. Dunn wearing the proper dress, as cut House of Representatives with the town, and that he's optimistic about the entire told approximately 70 stu- well as having a good resu- from 1967-71. and then as incinerator proposal.