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The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 Vol. XCII No. 90 The University of Connecticut Monday, March 6, 1989 Machinist strike slows air traffic MIAMI (AP) — Striking Machinists kept Eastern Air- lines nearly grounded a second day Sunday, stranding hun- dreds of weary passengers at airport terminals, but the union called off plans to cripple the nation's commuter railroads at the start of the work week. Eastern President Phil Bakes, admitting that strike-torn airline service has "been a mess," pleaded for pilots to re- turn. Eastern pilots, who virtually shut down the money-los- ing carrier by honoring picket lines of the striking Ma- chinists union, threatened "the very existence" of the air- line, said Eastern spokesman Robin Matcll. "By continuing to stay out, the pilots are committing economic suicide," he said at a news briefing. Eastern was hit with a strike at 12:01 a.m. Saturday by the Machinists union. About 8,500 mechanics, baggage handlers and ground crews walked out over Eastern's de- mand for contract concessions, escalating a 17-month union-management battle at the nation's seventh-largest airline. Eastern ordinarily schedules 1/300 flights with 100,000 passengers daily. On Saturday just 85 flights took off; expectations Sunday were for 125 flights, Matell said. By 8 p.m. EST, 87 flights had left, according to airline spokeswoman Virginia Sanchez. The strike had threatened to spill over into a sympathy action against 12 commuter railroads around the country, but after a judge in New York banned railroad workers Members of the women's basketball team pose after winning the Big East Conference from honoring Eastern picket lines there, the Machinists Championship held at Seton Hall University, in South Orange N.J. (Chris Nelson Photo). called off their plans. U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson on Sunday signed a temporary order barring employees from honoring picket lines at railroads in the metropolitan New York area, with Women's basketball team its 320,000 railway commuters, said a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. wins Big East Tournament By Adam Minichino This marks the first time in Co-captain Kris Lamb earned Daily Campus Staff Husky history that the women's First team All-Tournament honors The 1988-89 season has been a team has advanced to the NCAA's as she led UConn with 20 points history making year for the and its only the second lime in against Providence including six- UConn women's basketball team. Big East history ihat the team has of-nine three point shooting. Over Not only have the Huskies estab- won both the regular season tide the weekend. Lamb accumulated lished a school record for wins and the conference tournament. 47 points, eight rebounds and 12 with 24, but they have broken 11 "I'm very proud of what we ac- assists and turned in stellar defen- other team and individual records. complished," head coach Geno sive performances on Boston Col- Most importantly, Sunday after- Auricmma said. "It says an awful lege's Amy LaCombe and Provi- noon the Huskies added another lot about how hard this team has dence's Tracy Lis. page to their storybook season as worked. It was a great accom- Big East Player-of-the-Year they defeated the Providence Lady plishment and the players deserved Kerry Bascom earned the tourna- everything." Transportation secretary Samuel Skinner(L) Friars 84-65 to win the Big East ment MVP award for her and Bob Whittington, executive director of the Tournament and gain an automatic As was the case throughout the outstanding play over the three entire, there were many heroes for FAA monitoring calls concerning the Eastern berth to the 48 team NCAA tour- games. Only the second sopho- the Huskies this weekend at Seton Airlines strike (I PI photo). nament. more to be named the Big East Hall. Player-of-the-Year. New prison to be occupied this month See back page TOD ft Y IN By Lee Condon The Department of Correc- six more years of prison for facility at the training school Daily Campus Staff tions decide if an inmate is a escape," Pelto said. Pelto said.'The court decided THE DRILY CHMPUS This month 40 to 50 low low public risk on the basis of SPORTS In April 1987 the state pro- that the agreement between With an 88-80 loss to Pitts- public risk inmates will move how much more lime an in- posed to use the buildings for Mansfield and the state was a into the new state prison on mate has on their sentence and an 800 bed medium to maxi- good one," Pelto said. burg this weekend, the men's the Mansfield Training School the extent to which they have mum security prison. After The court did not prohibit basketball team made secur- campus. The prison when fully been rehabilitated, said Mans- negotiating with the town of the state from operating the ing an NCAA tournament occupied will house 350 in- field Town Council member Mansfield the state changed facility as the parents group slot even more difficult. mates and a Department of Ann Costello. their plans and decided to oper- asked. Instead the court issued See page 18 Corrections staff training "The crime is not a ate a minimum security pre-re- an order that said the facility academy. determining factor. The person lease facility instead, Pelto must be low public risk as "If you have to have a prison could have been convicted of a said. long as training school clients in your town, this is what you serious crime and still be con- Since the property is state are housed there, according to L' - want," said state representative sidered low public risk," she land the state is not required to Pelto. The federal court put the said. Jonathan Pelto. negotiate with towns about agreement between the state »-1 * The Mansfield Training However, correction officials building prisons. They chose and the Town of Mansfield into School is a state owned opera- have said there will be no sex to let the town negotiate plans law, Pelto said. • « tion that was built to serve offenders at the facility because for the facility with them, "Unlike any other state 2000 mentally retarded clients. they are not considered low Pelto said. prison, this one has a federal The state is in the process of public risk. According to Pelto, Mans- state ruling that it's to be low phasing out the institution and All of the inmates at the pre- field managed to get the state public risk. It is the only fa- is placing clients in commu- release facility would have to to agree to a minimum security cility where the federal court nity housing projects, accord- qualify for placement in a prison, but had no insurance has told the state who can go ing to Pelto. There are now community halfway house in that the slate would not break into a prison," said Pelto. Arts pages 9,16 approximately 450 clients at order to be considered for this agreement and change to a The deinstitutionalization of pages 13-15 the training school and these Classifieds placement here, Pelto said. higher security facility. Then a the training school was ordered pages 10,11 inmates will be moving into "They are just about ready to Editorials group of parents of training by the court six years ago, fa- pages 7, 8 Deardcn Hall— housing for- be let go. The incentive is school clients sued the state in voring the placement of clients Features merly occupied by clients, overwhelming not to escape. federal court to block the state in a community setting. The News pages 1-6 Pelto said. They would be risking about from operating any correctional See page 5 Sports pages 18-20 ifftQI .» ,-,i-A'. VftHlHlM Bllfifftf.'"! Wliefl «.f!'V AROIJND THE WORLD Prime Minister forms new government to help end civil war KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Prime Minister Sadck Mahdi bowed lo political and military pressure Sunday and said he is forming a new government in hopes of ending the nearly 6-year-old civil war. Mahdi made the announcement after signing a "national peace declaration" with other political leaders that endorses a tentative peace agreement with the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army of John Garang. At a news conference, Mahdi also announced the fundamentalist National Islamic Front had expressed a willingness to join the new government. It had refused to sign the peace declaration. There was no immediate reaction from the rebels, who arc mainly Christian and animist and are demanding political and economic reforms from the mainly Moslem government. The military had demanded Mahdi sign the cease- fire agreement. The armed forces did not say what they would do if Mahdi did not sign, but Mahdi had threatened to resign unless the army promised not to overthrow him and union leaders pledged not to strike. The announcment came on the deadline Mahdi gave Tokyo, Japan - A policeman stands by a two-ton truck, which was laden with gasoline containers, for his resignation. in front of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita's official residence here yesterday. Two rightists Earlier, the Middle East News Agency in Cairo crashed the truck into the outer wall of the residence but no one was injured (Reuter Photo). quoted Mahdi as saying he would stay in office because the military and the professional and trade 11 protesters unions had assured him of their support. China and Iran Police and teen He said his Cabinet ministers offered him their to establish protesters dead in riot resignations and that the new broad-based government BEIJING (AP) — Police and would be announced "in the shortest time possible." closer ties clash in Gdansk Tibetan protesters traded gunfire in "The new government will be formed with the aim NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lhasa on Sunday after an illegal of establishing the largest amount of unity on the China pledged Sunday to help Iran Police wielding truncheons clashed Buddhist parade turned into a riot, internal front," Mahdi said.

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