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Ocfr.if c.l Hitting the infamous wall in The Big Apple By CHARLES VACHRIS common goal. After two miles on the bridge, I As I entered the Williamsburg NEW YORK — Enjoy it for as long Then, as I convinced myself I would entered Brooklyn. As I looked around neighborhood at about eight miles, I as you can, and then hang on to finish not start fast, Mayor Ed Koch fired me all I saw was wall to wall people. realized why New York is called the it. the cannon to signal the start of the Some were there to cheer on friends melting pot. At first the streets were That was what I told myself race. As I feared, I was swept up in or relatives in the race, others just to lined with Hasidic Jews, who looked moments before the start of the 1979 the excitement of the race, and cheer on people who they knew could on with puzzled expressions. Only a New York City Marathon last Sun- immediately set a fast pace. use the encouragement. Still others few blocks away the crowd was day. As I crossed the one mile mark, lined the streets just out of curiosity, primarily black and hispanic. But no Apparently I wasn't the only person halfway across the Verrazano-Nar- to see what all the commotion was matter what their race or nationality, intent on finishing, as 11,532 others rows Bridge, I heard 6:01, from a about. they all were willing to cheer or give lined up around me. Obviously Bill runner next to me who was wearing a It was an incredible feeling to hear water to the passing runners. Rodgers, who won the race in digital stop watch. I then slowed to a so many strangers shouting. With all Passing the halfway mark, 13 miles, 2:11:42, and Grete Waitz, who set a more comfortable pace. those people cheering, I couldn't help in 1:22, I realized that I was more new world record for women, had 1 watched in front of me as Frank but feel good. than 5 minutes ahead of my projected more in mind than just finishing. But Shorter, 1972 Olympic Marathon The first 5 miles passed quickly. My pace. I began to worry I had been for the majority of the runners, champion, Lasse Viren, four-time legs felt strong and I managed to running a bit too fast considering the especially the more than 4,000 first Olympic gold medalist, and other maintain my pace at about 6:10 per 70 degree heat, which is about 15 time marathoners, this was the notable runners battled for the lead. mile. degrees above ideal marathon tem- SEE PAGE 13 (tomecttntt latin (Eampua Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXIIV No. 37 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Wednesday, October 24,1979 What's next... t" A tornado, a snowstorm, and a heat wave are not uncommon, except, of course, when they occur within 19 days of each other. It seems New Englanders can. never be quite prepared for October's weather. Four inches of snow fell on Oct. 10, sending geese flying south for the winter and people scurrying for winter jackets and mittens. ...plagues of locusts? This week's record-breaking Indian Summer temperatures were great for getting a tan and made it more tempting than usual to skip classes. A shower of frogs or a fish blizzard would be fitting climax to this mon- th's weather. In case the frogs and fish decide to arrive today, they should find the weather a little more to their liking. The Connecticut forecast calls for a return to more seasonable weather with scattered showers and tem- peratures in the 50s. Clearing is expected in the evening with low 40s Begin faces new crisis INSIDE... Class is always a good place to catch a few /zzzz/'s. See JERUSALEM (UPI) — right-wing agriculture minis- tions Was 59 to 47. page 5. Prime Minister Menachem ter who reportedly threaten- Moshe Dayan, who resign- Begin's government easily ed to resign. ed as foreign minister be- Put away your silk shirts and disco skirts. Disco is on the beat five separate no-confi- The vote on the five cause of sharp differences way out. See page 8. dence challenges in parlia- motions presented by the over Begin's Palestinian po- ment Tuesday, but faced a opposition Labor Party and licies, nonetheless voted for Ghost stories haunt UConn students. See page 4. new Cabinet crisis from his four smaller, left-wing fac- the government. Taking the rostrum after the vote, Begin formally Shah hospitalized announced Dayan's resigna- Prague dissidents tion and praised him for service to the Cabinet and his in N.Y. with cancer contribution in negotiating sentenced to prison the Egyptian-Israeli peace NEW YORK (UPI) The exiled deterioration of the shah's condition in the last several treaty. PRAGUE (UPI) — A Pra- tern diplomat said. "They shah of Iran was hospitalized But Begin's troubles were gue court convicted six pro- hadn't expected it to get as in serious condition in New day. The 59-year-old shah, who far from over. minent Czechoslovak dissi- much publicity as it did and York Tuesday for treatment has lived under constant Israeli radio said Ariel dents of "subversion of the they wanted to get it over of what U.S. State Depar- threat of assassination since Sharon, chief architect of the state" Tuesday and sen- with as quickly as possible." tment officials described as he left Iran in January, Israel's settlement policy and tenced them to prison terms The sentences, ranging cancer. thanked President Carter hero of the 1973 Middle East of up io five years. from two years suspended to State Department officials and the government for let- svar; threatened to resign as The trial, perhaps the five years in prison, were in Washington said ting him enter the country. agriculture minister if Begin largest political show trial substantially lighter than European and American doc- The shah was admitted to obeys an Israeli Supreme since the Stalin purges, end- those demanded by the pro- tors examined Shah New York Hospital - Cornell Court order to dismantle the ed two to three days earlier secution. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Medical Center. Elon Moreh outpost in the than expected, apparently to Economist Peter Uhl drew and discovered he was sut- A hospital spokesman said occupied West Bank of the stem burgeoning world criti- the heaviest sentence — five fering from a "malignant the shah would remain in the Jordan River. cism from fellow communist years in jail. Czechoslova- tumor" - a form of cancer - hospital for "at least two or Sharon's spokesman, parties. Western nations and kia's most noted playwright. and a blocked bile duct. three days." What comes though denying the report, international human rights Vaclav Havel, got a 4Vi-year The problems, the officials out of the tests, he said, admitted the outspoken mini- groups. term, but defense sources said, are unrelated, but con- "determines what happens ster and Begin exchanged "They pushed the trial as said it would actually work tributed to a significant next." harsh words • fast as they could." ;» Wes- SEE PAGE 4 Page 2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Wednesday, October 24,1979 In our opinion No help from the legislature this session Next Wednesday , the Connecticut state legisla- ture will convene in a special session to act on leg- islation for the anticipated energy needs thfs win- ter. Unfortunately, that is all which will be discursed. *1jM1trUft4W*miDH4rTO Rep. Gardner Wright Jr. a Bristol democrat and co- chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said in a telephone interview Tuesday that Gov. Grasso's "rescissions"of the budgets of UConn and the other state colleges will not be discussed during the special session. Any action on these cuts. Wright said, will have to wait un- To sleep, perchance til the legislature convenes its regular session next year. It is apparent, then, that no help will be forthcoming from the legislature this year, and UConn will have to grin and bragging, I should add that one memorable bear our 2.8 million dollar budget cut. The only way any ac- By MICHAEL CALVERT day, I fell asleep no less than eleven times. tion could be taken on this matter this year would be if the The other day I was talking to a friend of I remember when I was a kid, my friends House decides to convene a special session to discuss the mine, and I noticed in a friendly way that she and I used to hide in the woods and look at the cuts, which requires half the members of the House to sign wasn't looking in the pink. She looked a trifle bedroom spreads in "Better Homes and a petition. This possibility Wright said, is "very unlikely", haggard, and there were puffy bags under her Gardens." As a teenager I became obsessed which is probably an understatement. eyes. She seemed to have lost her usual with sleep, and would frequently lock myself This does not mean, that students should become com- perkiness. When I asked her what the flatter in my room for hours at a time and take naps. placent about the cuts. When the legislature does recon- was, she replied: "Oh, I don't know Michael. I After a while my parents became suspicious vene next year, the Appropriations Committee, of which guess I'm just not getting enough sleep." and would start banging on the door.