Reagan Calls for Large State Aid Plan Freezing Temperatures Take Toll On
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(Errotiectintt Satlg (EampttB Serving Storrs Since 1896 Vol. LXXXV No. 68 University of Connecticut Wednesday, January 27,1982 Reagan calls for large state aid plan WASHINGTON (AP)— economic times. But he said stamp and other social pro- President Reagan asked Con- "things could be far worse" grams to the states, said gress on Tuesday night to without his tax-and budget- Reagan, the federal govern- join him in "a single, bold cutting, a course he vowed to ment also should turn over stroke" that would transfer continue. the revenue to pay for them. $47 billion worth of welfare, That would be done by food stamp and other social yielding the receipts—and programs— along with the eventually collection respon- taxes to pay for them—to The President's sibility—of the excise taxes state and local governments. on gasoline, tobacco, alcohol Reagan, in his first State of State of the and telephones, as well as the Union address, proposed Union Address the so-called windfall profits that the sweeping shift begin tax on oil. in October 1983 and be "Yes, we have our prob- Meanwhile, he said. Wash- completed within eight lems; yes, we are in a time of ington should take over en- years. Over that period, the recession," Reagan said. tirely the current shared administration estimates, the "And it's true, there is no financing of the. Medicaid more than 40 programs will quick fix to instantly end the program of health care for cost $400 billion, or roughly tragic pain of unemploy- the needy. $50 billion per year. ment. But we will end it—the Reagan said his plan is The chief executive, whose process has already begun designed "to make govern- remarks to a joint session of and we'll see its effect as this ment again accountable to Congress were broadcast na- year goes on." the people, to make our tionwide, acknowledged that While shifting the burden system of federalism work President Ronald Reagan presented his plan "to make the country is suffering hard for the big welfare, food- again." government again accountable to the people, to make our syst- em of Federalism work again" (UPI photo). r Freezing temperatures take toll on Storrs By June Hammel Ray Cherewatti, assistant them "like a skating rink," Staff Writer director of Physical Plant, he said. A three-car accident on said there are plows, tractors "The walkways have Hillside Road Monday mor- with plows, and sanders that already been covered by a ning was oneofmany acciden- are usually used to clear tremendous amount of ts suffered lately oy drivers campus paths from snow. sand," Cherewatti said. and pedestrians on icy roads around campus. The fender-bender, did not The cold weather has caused result in any injuries, and considerable problems for UConn, none of the accidents repor- ted have been serious. among them a blackout and a flood. Friday's warm spell and the snow followed by sleet on See stories, p. 2 and p. 3. Saturday has turned walk- but the rain and sleet on The sand is thrown by ways on campus into slip- Saturday allowed deep foot- walking crews, who also chip pery sidewalks that must be prints to be made in the ice by hand off building negotiated carefully. slush. Plowing the frozen stairways. Cherewatti said Already several students walkways became im- more sand has been needed have reported minor injuries. possible, and the ice made SEE PAGE 2 It's been quite a winter Above, a couple of Storrs residents enjoy the quiet, snow- covered woods and the rare sunshine. At right, Manchester Hall stands guard over partially frozen Mirror lake and its inhabitants (Even Roklen photos). EsflsJ. Connecticut Daily Campus. Wednesday, January 27,1982 'Ethics' pre ven t UConn Blackout causes pipes to burst; from admitting students half of campus buildings flood By Judy Benson ning, but administrators News Editor The 45 workers at the all campus building, he said. Physical Plant have had to The pipes broke because the were told not to come to work Some universities are temporarily altering their work about 250 hours over- steam left in them conden- until 11 a.m. because their admissions policies to allow the children of disabled or time since Jan. 21 to repair sed and froze during the offices had been without deceased parents to take advantage of a loophole in and clean up the damage blackout in that night's sub- heat overnight, Cherewatti eligibility requirements for Social Security payments. But caused by a campus-wide zero temperatures. None of said. all those seeking early admission to UConn have been blackout Jan. 20, according the damage was permanent. "Connecticut Light and turned down. to Roger Cherewatti, direc- The power went out after Power did an excellent job," The federal government decided to eliminate payments tor of operation at the 10 p.m. when the univer- he said. "They restored the on May I. Since then, many high school seniors have been Physical Plant. sity's main transformer blew power as quickly as • they asking to be enrolled before graduation from high school so About 250 pipes burst as a and caused a fire in the swit- could. The Physical Plant they will become eligible before the cutoff date. Those result of the outage, causing ch gear. Power was restored and the Fire Department qualified will receive the money until age 22 only if they are flooding in more than half of by 7 o'clock the next mor- worked very well together." matriculating students before May I. Anthony DiBenedetto. vice president for academic affairs, said he felt it would be unethical for UConn to Yugoslavian professor admit students early to get around the change in federal . temps regulations. He added, though, that although the FROM PAGE ONE University has not decided on a formal policy regarding the to teach course here this year than- last year. matter, a meeting is scheduled for this week with President "We're budgeted for 10 John A. DiBiaggio. Ivo Vidan, a Fulbright Professor of English and Comparative Literature, will teach "Fiction: East and storms this winter," he said. "Last weekend was number SM our axpa«iawd editorial sadton. pp • t West" this semester. Vidan is a professor of English at the University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia. three." USPS12SM0 The modern literature course, (Comparative Literature Lynn Stanley, director of Second Cieee Potiaga e»<a at Stow. Conn MM* •utinM by itie Connecticut Dart* 301) will include Russian, Yugoslavian and Polish novels, nursing at the University Cempva. So- u in Monday tlwoutfti Friday during ma acadanuc y«a> aiciuding e»em Health Center, said there pafiodt and vacations Telephone 42V-9M4 Men euc-ecnptioni S20 00 yeany Poatmaaiar plays and poetry in translation, as well as the works of •and loim xrt io Conn Oaiiy Campus 12* N caglavilia Rd Stout. Conn OUU The American authors such as Joseph Conrad and Ernest have been a few accidents Connecticut Daily Campus it an assooeta wntw Of me Associated areas wnicn is at riusnrety entiiodto'eprini mete'iel published herein Hemingway. caused by the slippery con- ditions, but "it's nothing out Vidan taught English and Yugoslavian literature at of proportion for winter," several U.S. and European universities, and has been a she said. visiting Research Fellow at Yale and and American Council Traffic coming in for Computer & of Learned Societies Fellow. Tuesday's basketball game His published works inlcude critical articles in English was snarled because Information Scientists and.Croatian about modern writers ranging from Henny snowbanks have left "no James and Steven Crane to the Yugoslav classic Ivo Andric place to park," according to and Miroslav Krleza, and three books in Croatian about Sargeant Herindeen of the MEET WITH LEDERLE modern fiction. a leader In UConn police department. pharmaceutical manufacturing. Lederle Laboratories is proud to otter career 1982: A Look At Civil Rights Today opportunities to highly motivated graduating computer and information scientists looking tor challenge, diversity and growth Professionals ALecturePresentation by must have a superior academic record (3.0 G PA or better), excellent written and oral communica- Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy tions skills and US citizenship or a permanent residency. Located on 510-acres in Rockland County. New York. 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Deadline is Feb. 11th. Sponsoreded by tCX-/" Connecticut Daily Campus, Wednesday, January 27,1982 Page 3 Frozen pipe breaks, floods Towers for hours By Steve Boehm floor bathroom of Morgan Tuesday morning, when the which caved in under severe Paul Brown, associate Staff Writer House for perhaps more than trouble was first detected, winds, Vance said. director for operation at the A bathroom pipe subjec- 15 hours.