, . ... ' ., ' The New Ha·mpshire VOLUME 71 NUMBER 7 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1980 DURHAM, N.H. , UNH ,poll Gallen, Durkin lead race By Dennis Cauchon if _all yoters were surveyea. Gallen 's 15 point lead over Senator John Durkin and The Durkin-Rudman race is the Thomson was al.so in large part Governor Hugh Gallen hold most volatile, Moore said, because due to independent voters. But sizeable leads over- their as Rudman becomes more known even among conservatives and Republic~n opponents, according he should be·able to close the nine Republicans, Thomson did not do to the University of New point gap separating the two. as well as he should have, Moore Hampshire poll. ..Durkin's lead was even larger said. Durkin leads former Attorney · when people ~vha ~re le,a: lill:ely to "The faC't th~t r.~IIPn ic. ~hlP 111 General Warren Rudman 42 to 33 vote were included, Moore said. get almost a third of the percent and Gallen leads former This means a large voter turnout conservative vote shows how well Gov . Meldrim Thomson by a would favor Durkin, he said. he's doing where Thomson is margin of 51 to 36 percent. Independent voters are the usually strong," Moore said. In the three way presidential crucial group in the senate race. Two years ago in. the first race, Ronald Reagan outpolls While Democrats now support Gallen-Thomson· matchup, a President Carter 45 to 20 percent, Durkin 72 to IO percent and September poll showed Thomson with Rep. John Anderson Republicans support \Rudman 71 leading two oppnents by 15 points. receiving the support of 17 percent to 13 percent, Independents, by a However, after Gallen increased of those polled. more than two to one margin said his name recognition and The , poll, conducted by they intended to vote for Durkin. capitalized ->-on the CWIP charges Associate Political Science "We're not really surprised with issue, he climbed in the polls, Professor David Moore arid his the results," said Durkin's passing Thomson by four percent students; asked 511 New Campaign press secretary, Sally shortly before the election. Hampshire residents chosen at Apgar. 'This 1s going to be a "The candidates are both very· random their _views on a wide gruelling kind of campaign. It's well known by now ... and while it's variety of issues. going to make good spectator certainly possible Thomson could The results of the 400 who said sport." bring up · some new issue_, I'd be they were likely to vote were tallied Rudman declined to comment and the results should be written until he could study the results of .RA CE, ~a,e eight _five percentage points of the result the poll further. G. Gordon Liddy, former counsel for the Committee to Re-elect President Nixon, spoke in the MUB Granite State Room last night. Story on page 3 (Jonathan Blake photo). Lot F tank leaks liquid propane By Kevin Sullivan A ~mall_!_eak in t}:le U_niversity's gas and could hear it leaking. main liquid propane tank caused "We responded with our normal police and firemen to rope off Lot response," he said, "and when we­ F, located between Kingsbµry Hall arrived there was a strong odor of and Forest Park, for almost an LPG (liquid propane gas).'' hour Tuesday morning. Bassett said that shortly after According to Russell Bassett, their arrival at l0:40 AM, it was acting Lieutenant at the_ determined that "about fifteen feet Right name; wrong guy Durham/ UNH Fire Department, of two-inch pipe" was filled with and officer in charge of Tuesday's liquid propane. There is a "sight By George Newton stabbing death of Russell might be hiding in Durham," cleanup, the leak in the 30,000 glass" in the pipe, he explained, . State and . local police Armst-rt'l'ffr"" in the Downtown Kennedy said. "Since there are no gallon tank was first noticed by which is used to actually see how apprehended a former UNH Disco, an after hours night spot on Blacks living in our dorm, I called two men at -the Service Building much gas there is in the pipe, which student on Wednesday morning, Congress Street in Portsmouth. the police." Annex. was cracked. That crack was the after he was mistakenly identified On Wednesday morning, Kennedy, a sudent of criminal "We got a call from people in the · source of the leak, which allowed as a suspect in a Portsmouth­ William Kennedy a resident of justice, said, "I reacted to the Service Building Annex," Bassett murder. Randall hall spotted Carl Emery situation when inost people would said, "who said they could smell LEAK, page eight - Carl Emery Smith, 25, who Smith taking a shower on the floor have disregarded it. He looked so works as a custodian in of his dormitory, and thought the close to the _suspect it could have Huddleston Hall, was appre­ person might be Carl H. Smith II, Communist Party hended b olice in C lot. Police the sus ected murderer. solicited students By Linda Schneider the students' voter status. and Einar Sunde Once verified, the petitions were Some Communist Party returned to the parties, who then representatives failed to identify filed them at the secretary of states' themselves when they solicited office. The deadline for filing the signatures on c.ampus to put the petitions was Wednesday, Sept. party on the New Hampshire 24. ballot, according to several Students discovered they had students. signed a petition supporting the The party representatives, who Communist Party's right to be on were on campus for two weeks, the ballot when several of the stopped students in front of the checklist superv1sors recognized MUB, the Library, Thompson their names and notified their Hall and Philbrook Dining Hall in parents. order to obtain the 1,000 "The checklist supervisor saw signatures needed to put the party my name and told my Dad I was~a on the ballot. Communist," one student said, According to Anne Valenza, who wished to remain unnamed. "I supervisor of the checklist in feel like I've been deceived." Durham, the students were not Although signing the petition told what they were signing. · does riot mean that a person "They (the Communist Party supports the Communist Party, representatives) only told the kids many students are trying to get that the petition was to put an­ their names removed from the independent candidate on the petition. ballot," Valenza said. "Several students called me After the students signed them, today, but it's too late for me to do the petitions were sent to the COMMUNIST ,page six Students crowd around shattered glass on the sidewalk outside Nick's last night. supervisor of the checklist to verify · 1 (Jonathan Blake photo). PAGE TWO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1980. Budget pla~ omits _omb1~dsman . ' . By Todd Balf any complaints. Rothwell is for help they're directed else­ Heidemarie Sherman left her working in the ombudsman office where," she said. post as t~e University's as a secretary, and is now shuffling Rothwell added ·that the current Ombudsman m January. During student cases off in other policy of sending students her leave of absence Alida directions. elsewhere is not as good as people Rothwell occupied the interim The ombudsman office, which <:§ming "to one definitive place." position until June 30. handled approximately 200 cases There has been no ombudsman last year, was created in 1971 by' Keesey said the position is still vacant because President Handler sin~e. June 30, and the saladect YNH President Eugene Mills. The pos1t10n has not heen included in mtent of the position was to have is "reviewing the postion structure, the proposed biennial budget an impartial consultant to~ hear and history of service since it was according to Executi'veAssistant complaints from all parties at the founded in the fall of I 971." to the President Robert 'Ke:sey .. - University. It is unknown when President Because of a $327,000 cut in A~ an independent position Handler will finish her review. According to Keesey what UNH general funds ordered by outside the administration, the ·Governor Hugh Gallen, President ombudsman acted as a vehicle for provoked the review was Evelyn_ Handler expanded a policy students who had grievances. Sherman's leave of absence. o~ _review and approval over all The omoudsman 's clientele was When Sherman decided to go to hmng for vacant positions. - formerly 85 perr,ent students. Munich, Germany, for an internship, Interim-President Jere Although the office of the Ro!hwe_ll said t~at although the ombudsman is still in general office 1s operat111g, "nothing is · Chase appointed Rothwell for the operation it is not investi_gating really happening, if people come remainder of the academic year. Will anyone ever fill his shoes? By Jeffrey Tyler person. students," said Sa~born, "are, in Jarry Stearns, Durham Red Cross Blood Drive chairman, UN H has lacked a dean of "One of the reasons why I am many ways, not a whole lot congratulates commuter studenf Stephen Burnside who contributed students since Richard Stevens left not dean of students as well as vice­ different than those now made." the 60,000th pint on Tuesday in the Drive's 30 years (Ned Finkel the position last June and president," said Sanborn, "is that The money that was- once the photo). University administrators have not the vacancy allows in the coming salary of the dean of students was decided if it will be necessary to fill months for a decision to be made divided among different student the vacancy.