1480 FeA.7 c (totntttiatt Satlti (Eampita Serving Storrs Since 1896 Volume XXXIII No. 74 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Thursday, February 7,1980 Governor calls for state tax hike HARTFORD (UPI)— legislative leaders anticipate allow the state to extract Grappling with galloping in- a shortfall of from $120 automatic increases from tax flation, Gov. Ella Grasso million to $150 million, weary motorists whenever Wednesday turned to Con- -depending on whether the gasoline prices rise. necticut's work horse—the state ends up with a sur- Because of conservation, sales tax—to try and offset a plus when the current Fiscal the anticipated additional projected shortfall in her year ends June 30. $21.8 million from the added stingy $2.67 billion budget. A shortfall is the differen- gas tax would only bring the For the first time in her six ce between how much the motor fuels tax revenues up years as governor, Mrs. state must spend and how to $175 million, which is Grasso proposed hiking the 7 much it takes in through what the state expected for percent sales tax to 7.5 per- revenue. 1979. cent, a move she hopes will The sales tax would Gamblers will feel the raise an additional $63.3 generate $949.6 million, sting of a 7 percent increase million in the budget that about $155.6 million more in the state's cut on exotic begins July 1. than last year, and accounts betting, such as perfectas Mrs. Grasso, in her for 35.5 percent of all and trifectas, at the Plain- budget message to the revenue. field dog track and the Legislature, also zeroed in In addition to the sales tax state's three jai alai fron- on gamblers, motorists and increase, Mrs. Grasso hoped tons. oil companies to raise ad- to cover the gap with a Mrs. Grasso hopes to raise ditional revenue for her change in the gasoline tax an additional $13.2 million from those who pay and play budget, which represented from 11 cents a gallon to 11 Governor Grasso accepts a standing ovation from a joint an 8.8 percent increase over percent a gallon. for higher winnings. The session of the state legislature upon completion of her last year. Gasoline consumption is more traditional win, place budget message (UPI). Seepeerage,;, Page 15 The governor and dropping but the change will Increase in§ higher# ed does little for UConn By DAVE SCHOOLCRAFT of that increase will be in the budget is also only HARTFORD—Gov. Ella category of collective $1.7 million more than the Grasso, in her budget ad- bargaining. sum originally appropriated dress before a joint session The amount allotted for this year by the legislature. of the state legislature - salary increases more than Three new staff positions yesterday, called for an in- doubled, from $3.9 million were added. Arthur Gillis. crease of $20 million in state last year to $8.4 million in vice president for finance spending for higher 1980-81 and accounted for a and administration, said education; but that increase large part of the total in- they were maintenance will have little or no effect on crease. positions needed to up-keep Governor Ella Grasso delivers her budget message to the the University of Connec- Ignoring routine wage the new fine arts building. state legislature while assistant house clerk Robert Gilligan ticut. hikes, which will have no The governor's budget looks on unenthused. (Staff photo by Dave Schoolcraft) The governor's 1980-81 real effect on services at the also calls for only a $.5 proposed budget for UConn University, the proposed million increase in what the shows a total increase in budget is only $2.7 million University actually spends to Soviet Union warns NATO state funding of $7.4 million. more than the University had educate students. That increase would bring to spend this year after the Under the governor's against support of US the state's contribution to a governor cutback more than proposal, that figure would $76.8 million total, but most $1 million. The proposed be $32.4 million. MOSCOW (UPI)—The Soviet Union warned NATO nations While the amount going for instruction was up Wednesday night they must choose between continued Civic center slightly. the governor's detente and support for U.S. foreign policy, including a. boycott of the Moscow Olympics. budget held the line in most The official Tass news agency said in a lenghty article that other areas, and made only born again minor increases for in- as a result of the situation in Afghanistan, the United States appears determined "to shelve the policy of detente, to HARTFORD,(UPI)-The Hartford Civic Center coliseum, stitutional support, which in- resume the Cold War, bring pressure to bear on the U.S.S.R., which lost its roof under tons of ice and snow two years ago, cludes administrative ser- seek its isolation." reopened Wednesday night and was hailed as a phoenix vices and maintenance. The commentary by Nikolai Portugalov flatly rejected what which rose from the ashes. According to Gillis. the "The time has come." Gov. Ella Grasso said cutting a it said were U.S. demands that the Kremlin "refrain from meager increase in the ribbon to the $31.5 million rebuilding project. "The phoenix supporting the national liberation movements, and moreover University's energy budget did rise from the ashes. Hartford will move on." refrain from any reaction to crises provoked by the West, would not nearly cover the City officials, who completed final inspections only hours even if they take place along the perimeter of the Soviet cost of fuel which has risen before the opening, hailed the new arena as "safer, bigger Union's border and grow into a direct threat to its security." sharply since last year. It was the first time since invading Afghanistan in and better" than the facility which caved in at 4:19 a.m. on December that the Soviets suggested unrest in that country Jan. 18, 1978—only hours after 5,000 college basketball fans "Sometimes people refer to represented a direct threat to Russian security. left the building. a budget as a catch-up keep- The first event in the arena, which has a more conventional up budget," Gillis said. "The Soviet Union has more than once declared that design than the 1,400-ton computer-designed steel webbed "We're neither catching up. detente by no means implies an end to class struggle on the space frame which fell two years ago. was reserved for the nor, because of inflation. scale of the world," Tass said. See Page 17 See Page 15 No roads lead to The Weather Meet Mostly cloudy with a chan- ge of a few snow flurries Lake Placid 'Mr. Wonderful' early Thursday morning. :A1 Gradual clearing Thursday p. 18 p. 3 afternoon with highs 28 to 32. Page 2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Thursday, February 7,1980 (Ednnerticut Eailtf (Eampua af^JM^, SERVING STORRS SINCE 1896 EDITOR IN CHIEF MARY MESSINA MANAGING EDITOR KEN KOEPPER BUSINESS MANAGER MARK BECKER yfPtaw Second class postage paid at Slorra. Cewtn 062M Published by th* Connecticut Daily :»mcKii 121 N Eagleville Rd . U IN. Vorrs Conn Monday through Friday 8/10 11/21 1A27 11/30. 1/23 1/6. 3/18 4/25. and aawrial editions on 9/6. 12/17. 5/12 Telephone (203) 429-93S4. (ubscriplionrSIO non uconn «iudenl United Press inlarnalional telephotos ire provided »l no coal to Tha Daily Campus by the Willimanlic Chronicle and Umied Praaa In- il Subscriber United Praia Int'l Inc Misguided patriotism botentially dangerous cmewtwaaxnK. All over campus one finds evidence of anti-Iranian There's a woman in my foxhole! sentiment. Bathrooms are adorned with "Kill Khomeini" graffiti. A poster in one dormitory depicts Mickey Mouse waving his middle finger There is a lot of talk these days about in the trenches. Recently she's been appear- in the air—the caption reads "Hcv Iran!" ■■(.•instituting the draft. The kicker this time-is ing on television crowing that her prediction is Iranian students in the United States have begun to that women may have to register, and it's a now going to come true. express fear in light of such sentiment. Banners and political nightmare for anyone running for But what does one do when the Russian bear posters and graffiti are themselves meaningless—the public office. starts rattling its saber? (According to CIA sentiments behind them are not. When I discuss the subject with parents and reports, the Soviets have now trained bears to Anti-Iranian sentiment is not confined to UConn, nor is it young ladies the response is quite interesting. rattle sabers.) The answer is that the American just confined to the nation's college campuses. It pervades Most of them say things like, "I don't want woman must let the Kremlin know it will not the whole spirit of America. And it's spreading. my daughter in a foxhole," or "I couldn't only have to face the American doughboy in a Patriotism is a good thing. This country is just now stand the thought of being up to my hips in confrontation, but also the American dough- recovering from the severe anti-American sentiments mud with a bunch of smelly men." girl. expressed in the '60s, and that's a healthy sign. Very few reply, "I don't want my child But Americans seem to be confusing pro-American flying an F-16 fighter plane," or "I'll be sentiment with anti-Iranian.