Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC July 1984 Daily Egyptian 1984 7-3-1984 The aiD ly Egyptian, July 03, 1984 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_July1984 Volume 69, Issue 167 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, July 03, 1984." (Jul 1984). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1984 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in July 1984 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 37.5-hour workweek cuts office hours Gus CJ30de I nf' n('\\ J . ;;-h CUf wurK\', 2"C k r.mpIQYc(, :- ('f"unt'll. lll illOiS ulli versillcs i,1 terrlls 01 calcul a tion takes Into account (or Sit 1-( ('1\'11 !"(,r\'ke ('In' " We hope that Ihis \"1:1 h3\''.' lI·ages. We had ~ee n looking ror the shorfened workweek. ployccs goes 11110 effect this the (" ffe-t'l of impro\'ing morale. 'catch up' money, bllt didn't get Looft sa:d that he wa s unsure w('{'k . and WIll m£'an thai a ll si nce w(, \ \ cn' uflsllcr: cssfui In it. so we figured that this wOllle! how much money might be Cr,j \'ersit v offk (' ~ \\'111 now clo:e gett ing raises. " he sa id. be a good benefit we could get saved by Ihe shortened hours. (lrJ{" half hour ('arller Looft s aId that his our people." hesaid. but that it was possible that any l' nin' r ~il \' officE' hours a rE' org:!.!1izallOn had been pushing " It's certainly no substitute savings might be orrset by the "0\\ 8a m. iO-l .30 p m . _,1 00(1ay lui wage increases to bring civil fcr a sala rv increase, though ." costs of paying overtime to L t hr n ll ~ h F riday. sen 'ice pay here up to the level According If' figures provided employees in vo lved in 24-hour Most ot her uni\,prsities in of e mpl oye '~s at other state by the chancellor's office, civil operations. Gus says with the coming or \he Ill inois are on this s\'slem . schools. service wages at SIU·C average " It's wo rked at oth r univer· 37.5--hour week , the three-day according 10 J e rry "LoMI . " SIU·C civil servic(' em· about 18 percenl belo\\' those al sities. though. Time will tell. " weekend may not be rar ~ hind chairman of the Civil Sen<ce pl oyees a re fa r behind other pee r inst itutions . This hp jaid . - and the sooner the better. 'Daily C£gyptian llJ~day. Ju)~ 3. I~J . , '(\1 69. :'\. 1) 167 Southern Illinois University Coal research center gets $1.4 million By Phil :'\tilano can be used as a n energy source for student aid. Howev(>r. about 15 percent Northeast complaining about their fi sh Starr Writ(,r homes anlj small businesses. The center of ihe $250.000 will go to the center for and fore.ts dyir"lg from acid rain." WI!) cor,linue its stud v in tt'le a reas of other researr:h projects, Sy, is her said . The center has been making major The u.s. Oer drtment or Energy on coal science .. )reparation , conversit.,n Swisher said high SUlfu r in coal was a progress with high-sulfur coal resea rch . Friday signed d Sl .-t milli on agreement and uti:izatk!.. well-recognized problem having a major but it wi ll probably be several y~.a r~ to fund anoth'.:' r year of high-s ulfur coal The agreement is a ren,"wai of a impart or~ Southern Illinois, Swishel t-~for '! it can mak ~ a comme rcl~1 research a t SIU-C's Coal Research si mila r pact made last year. Swisher said. product ava ilable to industries. t;~ :,aid. ('l:'l1ter at Ca rt erville. said the Uni\'crF- ity dpcided to specia lize The su!fur·cc,ntent of coal in Southern In the so~thern half of the state most T!1e cent er wi ll ~ o ntinu e eight projects in coal study 10 years ago. The cer ter ~ : Iinoi s is abo~t 4 perce.11. ~~d ;.f the c~al electricity comes from coal mined in fo r removi ng sulfur from coal. and will had conceatrated on mining rf'Search I!' burned without . the rIg;!t pollutIOn Southern Ill inois. Swisher said. In the t.,c·g in fou r nt''''' projects, sain Jim unt il a few ye~ rs ago, when it began its con'rol measures. It ca~ for.m ex~a u s t northern half. companies such a~ Swishe,·. director of the center. !'esearc:, on high-sulfur coal. ga~ ~ " U-,at may ral:se aCId ra m, SWlshel Corr.monwealth Edison h~ ''' p been Of th~ (cur rese;.. rr h projects to IA"gin Pa: t of the agreement. which was sa id . Laws lil!1it the a"'!ount o~ gas~ buyi.lg low.suiiur coal from the We3t or thi s year. tv. 0 will involve finding new ways to remove sulfur from "'oal. Oi!.e ~~~r~~ i\~a~~nS k~~~ir;hoa~ e;tX~;.a~~~~ th~\f~;ebl~~~ ~~~I"th~~~ ~~h e coal c[J n't a reusmg nuclear power. he :; ~id . "ill study methods to ident iry the for S25O,OOO of ::le SI.-t million to go to be blirned." Swisher said. "and the laws " In the l(lwer ha lt 01 the sta te, coal I ~ ct::!Tlpol1ents of high· ulfur coal. a nd c. ne L'ni\'ersity adm1ni stration for indirect are probably going to get tougher second only to agriculture as fdr ciS wili investigate how fi ne-- particJe coal costs suc'h as building maint en2 l1 c(> and because of peopl e ;n Canada and the importance to the economy." he said. Not guilty plea entered by Mace; lrialsel Aug. 27 An Aug. TI tri.1 date has been set for George Mace, a (r,rmer SIU·C proressor charged with aggravated assault and battery and unlawful use of a weapon after an incident involving two students. Mace pled not gu;! ty 10 the charges at a prelimina ry hearing in the J ackson County Courthouse on Friday a nd asked Jud& , William H. South per­ mission to leave the state to pursue employment. Paul Baertschi. assistant state's attorney. said. A $100 bond was continued and Mace was ordered to rurnish his ruture address berore leaving the state. Baertschi said . Baertschi is prosecuting the case ror the state. The cha rges stemmed rrom an incident on May 25 durinll which Mace. a rormer SIU-" vice president. a ll egedly waved a handgun at two students as hi s vehicle rollowed theirs on Route 51. Later. Mace a!legedly assaulted the two students in a restroom at the SIU-C travel The flowers lhal fume ... service. Baertschi said a pre-trial S(pffen Brown,S. of Car oolH:ia le. round lhat "saying it with dines." he said upon sniffing cleome flowers at SIU·C's annual hearing will be held about a n owc-rs " isn't a lwa.\'s SWfet lalk. " Yecd"l! They smell like sa r ~ Ih r!icullure Fidd Dayan f unday. Story on Page 1. week before the lrial. sm budget past Senate panel ·TItis GMorning sponsored by state Sen. Gene Rep. Bruc2 Richmond, D­ SIU·s budget ror Fiscal year 1985 -- at $178.8 million - passed Johns, D-Marion, raced op­ Murphysboro. wbo sponsored Sunny. nry "' arm: nlgh fl9, to'" 68-72 out of a state Senate conference position in the House and was the bill in the Hou"e, said last week that the prevailing rate committee nr !"""riday. according d..-opped. to the _ -is Legislative In­ The budget, w!>ich allows ror proposal was the only problem encountered in gelling the 'Annie' a top-notch show 10 (ormation Service. an average 5 ~rcen t to 6 per· The budget, whic:. will be sent cent salar y increase for budget passed. 911 lacka heart 11 to Gov . James Thompson ror University employees. provides The lotal budget ror FY '85. approval. does not cllntain a the 8IU system with 5.6 percent which began .Iuly t. also provides an 8 percent increase Church debates abortion 15 $312,000 a m ~lOd m c nt which more lhan last year. would have provided prevailing A Senate conrerence com­ for utilities and 1 percent more urde going to L.A. Sports 16 rate funds to pay maintenance mittee agreed to leave the for general University cost e mployees. The proposal. proposal orf the Final drart. increases. Reagan will talk with S9viets Wews GRoundup ahollt curbing space weapons Court rules 0 " self-i"crim ;"a,;on WASHI NG TON (AP I .. The Supreme Court. '" a p<,tential WA SHlNGTON t API·· The Keagan ad· co nsideration in August . boost tor the ~ r owi ng crackdown on dnmken drivillg. said ministration has agrt'ed unconditiona ll y to talks The pr incipal point of the study is to determine Momiaj' that motOrists stopped and questioned by police for with th e Soviet Union in September about curbing which weapons might be di ffi cult to verify under traffic offenses generaily do not have to be warned of th ei r weapons in outer space. U.S. officials said an agreement ri ght aga in st self·incr imination.