Nuclear Arms Deadlock Continues
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The Daily Campus Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896 VoL LXXXIXNo. 56 The University of Connecticut Friday, Nov. 22, 1985 Leaders pledge improved relations; nuclear arms deadlock continues GENEVA (AP)—President Reagan and Soviet Reagan, leader of the world's most powerful leader Mikhail Gorbachev, sealing their summit democracy, and Gorbachev, head of the most with a toast of champagne, said Thursday their powerful communist nation, smiled often and meeting marked a "new start" toward improved shook hands frequently at the brief closing relations, but they failed to break their deadlock ceremony in Geneva They pledged to on the main business of nuclear arms controL accelerate the work of arms control The two leaders, who spent more than six negotiators, but could not even agree on hours alone in private conversations, agreed to guidelines for them hold a second summit next June in Washington, They sat side by side on a large stage under and a third in Moscow in 1987. two huge flags of the Soviet Union and the Reagan stopped in Brussels to brief NATO United States and concluded the first super- allies and then flew on to Washington to address power summit in six years with a statement des- a joint session of Congress. His message that cribing their talks as "frank and useful," and the superpowers are "heading in the right direc- acknowledging" serious differences remain on a tion" toward improved relations. number of critical issues." Gorbachev, summarizing the summit before Warsaw Pact leaders in Prague, told reporters Each applauded the other's remarks and then he and Reagan looked at one another "straight witnessed the signing of the new cultural in the eye" during a series of talks—but could exchange agreement that Reagan said paved not win an agreement to trade nuclear bomb the way for the people-to-people exchanges he cutbacks for an end to the American "Star hopes will lead to improved understanding. Wars" program But they did not disguise the differences that "All restraint will be blown to the winds" in remain, and both sides made clear they are still nuclear competition unless the United States far apart on a joint approach to Reagan's pulls back from its anti-missile defense efforts," Strategic Defense Initiative, the so-called Star the Soviet general secretary said Wars anti-missile program 6 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL THANKSGIVING—Karen Nlel- send and Tammy Medes survey the Co- op' • books Speaker explains interview process selection (Maria DeAngelis photo). By Kimberry Jenkins plained exactly how a typical company offers as benefits. Campus Correspondent interview is conducted The Finally, they'll tell the student Interviewing for post-college first objective of the interview what jobs are currently a- jobs was the subject of discus- is to relax the student They vailable Breaking a habit: sion Wednesday night as Pat- try to diminish the student's The interviewers will gather ricia McChristian spoke to 20 feelings of nervousness, anx- facts about the student's cre- students in the lounge of iety and stiffness At the begin- dentials, what they have ac- The Great Smokeout French B. ning of a meeting, the inter- complished in college and Smokers in California watched the dancing Cancerettes, in A movie on interviewing viewer often talks about a high school, as well as their Harlem they attended a "cold turkey" rally, and even the and canvass recruiting was topic that is relatively light experiences in summer and villainous J.R Ewing helped a smoker try to kick the habit shown first Canvass recruit- The recruiter then attempts part- time jobs. Companies are Thursday during the ninth annual Great American ing is when companies go to provide information to and looking for, and hiring what Smokeout from college to college and obtain information from the they call the "total person". The goal of the American Cancer Society, which sponsored interview graduating students interviewee They explain The more a student has to the nationwide anti-smoking day, was to get one in five of the for various job openings. where the company and its offer, the more attractive they nation's 55 million smokers to quit for at least 24 hours A pre In the movie, two pro- branch offices are located become to the company. liminary survey showed that more than one in three smokers fessional interviewers ex- They also explain what the Seepage3 made the attempt Last year, a record 20.4 million smokers tried to quit and 5.4 million succeeded for the day, according to estimates drawn from a Gallup polL About 3 million were still off cigarettes five days later. An initial survey on Thursday showed that 19.7 million smokers participated, but officials said that did not represent a drop because last year's early poll showed that 18.5 million had participated That figure rose to 20.4 million after a later poll, and this year's total is also likely to rise when the final count is made next week The estimate is based on a telephone survey of 2,172 households. One smoker got special help on Thursday. Gretchen Orthen, a nurse at St John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica Calif., was " adopted' for the day by actor Larry Hagman, who plays J.R Ewing on televisioa Hagman escorted Mr. Orthen around the "Dallas" set and to a rally and other activities in an effort to keep her mind off cigarettes. Another "adoptee" was University of Texas football coach Fred Akers, who was "adopted' by his next opponent in a Southwest Conference football game—Baylor coach Grant Teaff. Under the Cancer Society's adoption program, non- smokers provide smoking" adoptees" with oral suport to help them avoid smoking Teaff sent Akers a supply of lollipops, a Baylor green-and-gold "growl tower' to chew on. and a shirt that says, "Kiss Me—I Don't Smoke" Other efforts to convince smokers to toss away their PUFF1—Apparently these smokestacks didn't hear about the Great American cigarettes ranged from the bizarre to the educational. Smokeout yesterday (Erskine Carter photo). Inside Today: ■^x Weather Forecast: Bring your umbrella with you this • Theatre as you don't expect it See page 11. weekend! Wet snow turning to rain today, temperatures in the 30s • The little things at Shippee make it a big winner. See page 5. Chance of rain throughout the week- end with temperatures in the low 50s > ^ Page 2 The Daily Campus, Friday, November 22, 1985 ALMANAC STATE NATION WORLD Trooper arrested on Delinquent loans target Evacuees angered by drunk driving charge of proposed bill practice moves NEW LONDON (AP)—State police are investigat- WASHINGTON (AP)—Rep Sam Gejdenson, ing the conduct of an off-duty traffic-enforcement BOGOTA Colombia (AP)—Townspeople near the D-Conn, introduced a bill Thursday to make ifreasier Nevado Del Ruiz volcano were angry Thursday when trooper arrested over the weekend on a drunken for states to collect delinquent student loans by driving charge according to a published report they learned that a forced night march from their withholding the wages of defaulters. homes to the mountains was only a practice evacua- Trooper Lawrence J. Pagan was operating a spe- "People who come to the government for assis- cial state police chase car when stopped at a routine tion But they won't go back, fearing a repeat of the tance have an obligation to pay the money back" eruption and avalanche that killed at least 25,000 road block, tested and then eventually charged with Gejdenson said at a news conference where he driving under the influence Groton town police told last week announced the plan Juan Castillo, a spokesman for President Balisario The Day newspaper of New London "The borrower default rate in the guaranteed stu- State police spokesman Adam Berluti said his Betancur, said that, as of Wednesday, an estimated dent loan program currently stands at 11 percent 27,000 people had died in the Nov. 13 disaster, and department is investigating the case, but he would This figure restricts the amount of funds available for not divulge details. When the ivestigation is com- 8,000-9,000 of them were under 16. But Health Minis- future loans and provides the political ammunition ter Rafail Zubiria said earlier this week the figure was pleted Berluti said he will be able to say only that the for the wholesale destruction of educational assis- trooper was cleared or found guilty of violating 25,000 and has not updated it since tance programs," he said Mayor Joel Hartman of Mariquita apparently the departmental regulations. Of the $29 billion in guaranteed student loans Pagan. 29, of Colchester was charged Saturday only town involved in the evacuation drill Wednesday offered since 1966, $3.2 billion have been defaulted night said the order to leave the town and march into night after he was stopped during a routine road- he said That figure accounts for about three block on Route 12. His case was scheduled to be the hills came only after 15,000 people had just million loans. returned to the town after fleeing in fear of another heard Dec 3 in New London Superior Court Gejdenson said his bill would allow state guarantee Breath tests reportedly showed that Pagan's blood eruption and mud avalanche agencies, which are responsible for collecting stu- "Now they have returned to the mountains (again) alcohol level exceeded the legal limit of 0.10 dent loans from defaulters, to establish administra- percent and many refuse to return (to Mariquita)," tive procedures that would allow them to garnish Hartman said "If s within the requirements," Assistant State's wages.