mo Apr. 10 Handcuffs solve o.l Arison quits WMKA* girl problems Rain tapering off to showers by this afternoon, highs 55 to 60. Partial p. 20 clearing tonight with lows p. 13 35 to 40. Kahn warns recession looms in near future By United Press International but stopped short of declaring it was under way. "Installment and mortgage debt already is a Overburdened by debt and with credit all but cut Private economists say the recession is here and substantial burden, savings are near a record-low off, American consumers are in for a tough year as it will be worse than expected. level, and these burdens will increase as unemploy- the nation heads into a steep recession that could "The Federal Reserve's tight money policy has ment begins to rise," Ortner said. begin in earnest this month. produced an economic slump which could, at least Consumer credit was severely curtailed by the Alfred Kahn, chairman of the Council on Wage in the early stages, be deeper than most analysts administration's March 14 anti-inflation measures and Price Stability, said Wednesday it is possible inside and outside of government had predicted," at the same time that prices, especially for energy, for the economy to avoid the recession "that now said David M. Jones, economist for Aubrey G. continued to escalate sharply. seems so imminent" if there is moderation in Lanston & Co. "The resulting decline in real take-home pay is wage and price increases in the months ahead. Robert Ortner, economist for Bank of New York, likely to pull the bottom out of the consumer Charles Schultze, chairman of the Council of said a serious recession is already here and the sector," Jones said. "And with declining consumer Economic Advisers, Tuesday said he saw "some "extremely fragile" consumer sector should be hit demand business could find an unwelcome buildup signals that could be associated with a recession" with a sharp drop in spending.. in inventory stock, a cut in production and layoffs. (Efltuwctintt Satlg Campus Serving Storrs Since 1896 Volume LXXXIII No. 109 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Thursday, April 10,1980 FSSO candidate ruled ineligible Second semester Deorio calls mistake . standing inadequate an embarrassment By DOUG FISHER By DAVE SCHOOLCRAFT "It is the responsibility of the elections The Student Action Ticket nominee for chairman committee to know their own constitution and run a of the student government. Allyson Zankman, is constitutuional election," Allyson Zankman, Fede- not eligible for the position because of her semester ration of Students and Service Organizations standing, Craig Minor, chairman of the Federation (FSSO) chairwoman candidate said Wednesday. of Students and Service Organizations (FSSO) Zankman, who is running on the Student Action Committee, told the Central Committee Wednes- Ticket (SAT), was ruled ineligible by the FSSO day. Central Committee Wednesday because only According to the FSSO constitution, a student upperclassmen can run for the chairperson position must be in their fourth semester to hold the office according to the constitution. Zankman is a second of chairman. Zankman is a freshman, and would SEE PAGE 4 Allyson Zankman [Staff photo by Dan Neiman|. SEE PAGE 4 Militants: If U.S. acts, hostages die TEHRAN. Iran "slightest" military action gets aggressive. Iran moved death for the hostages if government with all (UPI)—The militants in the against Iran. a step closer to war with President Carter follows up frankness that if it launched U.S. Embassy threatened While the militants neighboring Iraq, whose the steps he announced a military aggression against Thursday to "kill" the 50 warned they would • regime it vowed Thursday to Monday with tougher, Iran, we shall immediately American hostages if the "immediately destroy all the overthrow. military measures. kill all the hostages.'- a United States takes even the spy hostages" if Washington "We have decided to "We warn the American spokesman said. overthrow the Baathist m —* regime of Iraq." Foreign Minister Sadcgh Hijacker taken Ghotbzadeh announced over Tehran Radio. into custody Ghotbzadeh's announce- MIAMI (UPI)—A stocky man with a .45-caliber pistol ment followed an angry vaulted over a fence at a Los Angeles airport Wednesday, crossfire of words between ran aboard an American Airlines jet waiting to take on its Iranian ruler Ayatollah passengers and forced the crew to fly him to Cuba. Ruhollah Khomeini and Iraqi The Boeing 727, carrying only the hijacker, the President Saddam three-man flying crew and four stewardesses, landed at Hussein—and in turn was Jose Marti airport Havana at 5:18 p.m.. almost six hours followed by reports of after it left Los Angeles. fighting along the Iraqi- The Federal Aviation Administration reported the Iranian border. hijacker had been taken into custody by Cuban authorities. Washington's severance Vincent Modugno, a spokesman for American Airlines in of diplomatic relations with HOUSTON—Mohammad Herarkhan head of consular Miami, said the crew was "okay. They're tired. It's been a Iran was greeted with a affairs at the Iranian Consule in Houston waves a flower long day for them." mixture of "jubilation" in draped picture of Ayatollah k home In In as he prepares to the streets and threats of board a departing flight I PI Page 2 The Connecticut Daily Campus, Thursday, April 10,1980 > • (Eunnecticut fiat Iff (Campus SERVING STORRS SINCE 1896 EDITOR IN CHIEF KEN KOEPPER MANAGING EDITOR DAN ALEXANDER BUSINESS MANAGER GRAEME BROWN WMMM ?m»»l i mi poataga paid al Slorta. C*nn HUM Published by iht Connac|icut Daily .Xawt 121 N Eagiamila Ha U IN, Stona. Conn Monday through Friday »V10 11/21. 1/27 11(30. 1(21-3*). 1/18 4/25. and aaarial odHtona on 9/6, 12/17, S/12 Tolopftono: (203) i?a 91M iuoicnption HO oon uConn tiuooni umiad Praia international talaahotoa ant 11 ii i ida it M no coal to The Daily Cimpui by the Willimini ic c hromc la and u mud Praaa In ei—Lena*SMO<' ■■tei IMUtl Pn»»»lnl"l Int. Vote to scrap Now—live from Moscow (Idaho) FSSO constitution WASHINGTON—President Carter has It could also give NBC an opportunity to get asked all companies which were going to off the hook. They could televise the games, It's been two years since UConn heard the first cries supply equipment, food and drink to the starting each program with the announcer for revision of the Federation of Students and Moscow Olympics to refrain from doing so. saying, "And now—live from Moscow—the Service Organizations' constitution. And here we Millions of dollars will go down the drain if Summer Olympics." No mention would be are. still stuck with the same old document. everyone complies. made of Idaho. The FSSO constitution is divided into nine sections—16 I'll go along with the president's'boycott, I'm not suggesting outright duplicity, but pages of bureaucratic gobbledygook. Parts of it are written with one exception. To leave the detente door there is no reason why American athletes in such a way that should any problems arise with the just slightly open, I think the president could not wear East German, Russian and student government they may be interpreted to suit the should permit the people who ran the bus Hungarian track suits, as well as U.S. ones, government's wishes. And that is precisely what has system from the parking lots to the stadiums so the viewing audience would have a rooting happened. at Lake Placid to provide the transportation interest in the results. The amendments approved by the FSSO Central for the Moscow games. Committee March 26 are insufficient. Changing FSSO's I can't think of any gesture that would be title to the Undergraduate Student Government, for more meaningful. If the system works as well example, won't remedy what's wrong with the constitu- as it did at Lake Placid, no one will be able to Art Buchwald tion. What we need is a new constitution. get to the events and the people who came Students are now being given the opportunity to voice from all over the world will be furious at the If the idea doesn't appeal to NBC. they their opinions on this issue. The Central Committee is Soviets for ruining their fun. If the Lake could use a split screen and at the same asking students to vote on the proposed amendments at Placid transportation plans for busing are moment they're running a relay race in today's referendum. And last on the list of proposals is the used in Moscow, there will be thousands of Moscow, "U.S.S.R., our men and women proposal to rewrite the constitution entirely. empty seats at every event, and television would be running it in Moscow, Idaho. If we Today is the last day of student elections. Take a minute audiences all over the world will believe beat their time, we would declare our team to vote in the referendum. Vote to scrap the constitution. President Carter's boycott was a smashing the winners. success. The only things Americans -had to look We could even go so far as to tell the forward to this summer were the political Russians that they could keep the buses after " conventions and the Moscow Olympics. Congress plays the games are over.. As time goes on..more and more people say As for the other items for the Olympics, it the president made a mistake. He should seems unfair for the manufacturers', who have have urged a boycott of the political been working on them all winter, to take a conventions and allowed Americans to the circle game financial bath.