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mo C.I Grammy Everybody's talking about it! The Weather What is it? Partly sunny and cold today with highs in the winners 20s. Clear and cold It'sSPORTSWEEK tonight. Low tem- peratures between 5 and Disco upset 10 degrees. Mostly sunny and cold Friday. High in See Page 8 See Pages 13-16 the 20s. Connecticut Satlg (Uampua Serving Storrs Since 1896 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Thursday. February 28,1980 Rebels grab embassy BOGOTA. Colombia The leftists, who barged embassy and the diplomatic (UPD—Heavily armed leftist into the embassy residence personnel as "a despicable guerrillas shot their way into in joggers' warmup suits' and dishonorable act or a diplomatic reception Wed- with their weapons inside terrorist violence against nesday, seized the U.S. Am- gym bags, demanded the foreign diplomatic person- bassador and 44 other release of more than 300 ncl." hostages and threatened to political prisoners and a $50 "We condemn in the start the "painful task of million ransom. strongest terms today's executing" them unless the Diplomats of ambassador terrorist seizure of the em- army pulled back from the rank from lb nations were bassy of the Dominican diplomatic compound. taken captive, and two of Republic in Bogota. Colom- In Washington. State them pleaded through bullet bia." Vance said in a Department spokeswoman scarred windows for the statement. He called it an act Anita Stockman said "the troops to withdraw, warning that "cannot be excused or government of Colombia has that the militants had hand condoned." formed a two-person team to grenades and there could be In New York. U.N. negotiate with the "a slaughter." Secretary General Kurt terrorists" and they have en- In Washington. Secretary Waldheim issued an appeal of State Cyrus Vance con- tered the embassy and have SEE PAGE 4 begun talks. demned the seizure of the She said the negotiators were former Colombian Foreign Minister Vasque/. Minority education A China Airline stewardess is helped to safety by this Corriso/a and Ernest Mar- man from a jetliner which exploded and caught fire on tinez Cayon. identified only touchdown |UPI|. as a Colombian. lacks leadership, By ANTHONY TYSON Members of a symposium on "The Black Heritage in 707 crashes in Manila; Connecticut'citedalack of leadership among administrators, faculty and parents, and little financial support from the government as some of the major factors affecting the all passengers escape fire "failing" education of minorities on campus. The lecture was part of a series of events sponsored by the MANILA. Philippines all unhurt. the ground. Afro-American Cultural Center in observance of February as (UPD—All 135 people The four-engine jetliner The passengers scam- Black History Month. aboard escaped Wednesday undershot the runway at pered out emergency exists Peter Roach, assistant superintendent of schools in from a Taiwanese 707 jet Manila International Air- as the fire and thick black Hartford, said there is a crisis in the educational system and that undershot an airport port, narrowly missed smoke engulfed the plane's the process of improving education for minorities i. failing. runway, bounced twice and crashing into a major high- midsection and spread "We need to retrain many of our staff members, slid to a halt in a spectacular way and skidded to a fiery rapidly. Two explosions, ap- administrators and coordinators because tht times have ball of fire and smoke. stop on its belly near the end parently in the gas tanks, changed. Today parents are not involved enough in the Seven Americans were on of the landing zone. later rocked the white and educational system and staff members are ha ing difficulty the flight of the Taiwanese- The plane bounced twice blue Striped aircraft. coping with multi-educational institutions." Roach said. owned China Airlines Boeing on impact. The two outboard Fxcerti lor the nose and Gerard M. Peterson, manager of Aetna Life and Casualty, 707 from Taipei, but an engines broke loose and the tail IIK aircraft was a com- said a lack of political involvement in Connecticut was a major airline official said thev were wingtips were ripped off on plete wreck. Its charred educational handicap for minorities, and stressed the need for frame was pulled out of the them to participate actively in politics by voting in local, state, runway before nightfall, but and national elections. Draft registration no bodies could be found in- James G. Harris, executive director of the Community side. Renewal Team of Hartford said. "There is a need for strong coalition building among all minorities and al> lov er class blocked by Congress SEE PAGE 4 laborers. These coalitions could put pressure on our political leaders to increase their finances for educational budgets." WASHINGTON (UPI)—A order in response to an in- House Appropriations sub- ternational emergency. committee, in a major set- The subcommittee had back for President Carter. earlier made clear it was not Wednesday denied full fun- in favor of Carter's plan to ding of his plan to register register women, but in- young men for a possible dicated it might go along draft. with peace-time registration Carter had asked for $13.2 of men. million to begin registration The subcommittee essen- of men this summer but the tially passed the registration proposal failed on a 66 tie question on to the full ap- vote. propriations committee, The subcommittee ap- which is expected to act on it proved only $4.7 million to next week. prepare for a draft As sent to the full commit- registration. tee, the measure provides Draft registration could only $4.7 million, enough begin only after Carter had Gerard M. Peterson, [left] Johnie Floyd, [center] and James G. Harris [right] discuss issued a general mobilization SEE PAGE 4 educational problems of minorities on campus during yesterday\ symposium | staff photo bv Jim Loflnk]. 2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Thursday, February 28,1980 (Emmecticut Bailfl (Eampua SGEP"3 SERVING STORRS SINCE 1896 EDITOR IN CHIEF MARY MESSINA MANAGING EDITOR KEN KOEPPER BUSINESS MANAGER MARK BECKER HtMMM SacoaaVcaasa poalaoa paid at Storra. Conn 0026a .PuOhshad by tha Conntc|icui Dail ■nap**, 121 N Eagia.iiia Rd. U-1M. Storrt. Conn. Monday through Friday 8/1011/2-1 1/27 11/30. 1/23 V%. 3/184/2S. and apocial adittoni on M. 12/17. 5/12 Talaphona (203, i aubacrapMonJIO non-UConn •ludanl Umiad >"-•»» International lalapl olos aro at no ton to 1 ha Daily Campua by rha WIHioiantic c h-omcla and Unilad Pfaaa In- •—'■ »••'> -hai i/'iiia*: Praia Inl'l Int. Ready, set Bear's life isn't allnoney start writing Winston hung from the bedpost by his left mature), carrying on with a teddy bear. It ear. A baking pan on the mattress below held made them feel very superior—after all. a shallow pool of cloudy water. Every 15 they'd all outgrown such nonsense long ago. seconds Winston's right leg let loose a They teased me incessantly and eventually droplet that would plummet the two feet from began plotting ways to make poor Winston leg to pan with a resounding plop, and the look ridiculous. When wasjhe last time you took lime out from surface of the pool would shiver and be still. I came home from work-one day exhausted term papers and book reports to write a I'd just given him his first bath. It was a and ran downstairs to the bedroom I shared letter? I disgusting affair—Winston in the bathroom with my 16-year-old sister. She and her sink submerged in four years of teddy bear the U.S. Postal Scrviee is hoping to revive that art. Ipar- boyfriend were there playing backgammon, licularly among college students by sponsoring National crud. looking up at me through the'suds with and as I threw myself on my bed they began those imploring button eyes—it really unner- to giggle. Letter Writing Week. Feb. 24 to March I. ved me. But it had to be done. I simply They've offered the following advice: couldn't sleep with him anymore smelling like LETTERS ABOUT GRADES that. Julie Lipkin Use the indirect approach. Never come right out and say. I call him a teddy bear—he isn't, really. A teddy bear is a cutesy, furry-little toy parents :or example: "What's so funny?" give their babies to help them sleep. Dear Mom: I hate to tell you this, but I flunked that cour- "Oh. nothing." my sister answered. Her Winston has much more class than that. se in Zoology. boyfriend tried to suppress a laugh, which You have to soften the blow somewhat. Try something He's been to Europe (he traveled in my back- pack for six weeks) and he's been to college sent my sister into hysterics. like: Winston. They had done something to (he even sat in on an English class once or Dear Mom: Remember how you and Dad always wanted Winston. I began searching wildly around the twice)—in short. Winston is a bear-of-the- me to become a business man instead of a veterinarian? room, but he was nowhere to be found. WeL. I've «ot some great news for you. I've decided hi world. But he's only four years old. "OK. you guys, where is he?" major in business administration after all. By this time they were heaving with When 1 was 18 I asked my parents for a teddy bear for Christmas. They looked at me laughter and couldn't even answer me. My FTIhKS AMCING FOR MONEY as if I'd requested a teething ring — certainly sister simply stuck out her index finger and Here ugai.l, sonic subtlety is in order.