Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC November 1983 Daily Egyptian 1983 11-16-1983 The aiD ly Egyptian, November 16, 1983 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_November1983 Volume 69, Issue 63 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, November 16, 1983." (Nov 1983). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1983 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in November 1983 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Students may help illiterates if bill passes Bv Karen rOl'rv 'Daily 'Egyptian Siaff Writer - The College Work-Study Southern lllinois University Program may provide student Wed~~y, November 16, 1983, Vol.69, No.63 tutors for illiterate adults under legis!ation U.S. Rep. Paui f:.imon will introdure early next year. IllJD rejects Simon, who has sponsored a series of hearings on adul! illiteracy, has suggested using conference student tutors to help solve the problem he said affects millicns of Americans. The Makanda Democrat centerplan hopes to include changes to :he work·study program in a fh Paula J. Finla,· revised versIOn of the Higher Siaff Writf'r • F:ducation Act. which Congre~: will consider earlv in 1984. ('itv officials insist that the Simor: press aide David Carle down'town conference center said Tue~·,day. The act includes project is not dead. but admit all fedNal financial aid that it faces serious delavs. programs for college students. Another stumbling blOCk for I Simon, chairman of the House the trouble-plagued project higher education sub­ surfaced Monday when the FS. committee. also has proposed Department of Housing and an arrendml.'nt to the Library t'rban Development. the source Services and Construction Act of a $2.0il million grant for the which would assist public project land acquistion. in­ libraries in providing facilities formed the citv that it wo:..ld not for tutoring illiterate adults. approve the development Carle said libraries could be agreement in its present form. used by local or county agencies lll'D rejected the agreement or by privat(', non-profit bt>cause it pr')vides that HeD organizations thaI. teach <,dults funds bt> relt'ased prior to the to read and write bond issue. HUD said it will not The amendment has been release funds until the bonds approved by the House are sold. ..ducation and labor committee Mayor Helen Westberg said Bicycle walk Starr Phow by Neville Loberg and is headed for action by the that both the city and deyeloper full House. Carle said. Stan Hoye are stilI comm itted to seeing U:e project go through, In accordance with a new rule passed last month mittee. bicyclists walk their vehicles through the Sim'ln's proposals are a but admitted that the latest by t"f! University's Traffic aud Parking Com- Faner Hall breezeway. S('t' 11/<:1.1', Page :I hurdle would make It "difficult or impossible" to meet the schedule the city set that requires land to be acquired and City uncertain of health, child care funds bonds issued by Dec. 15. when the city's purchase option on By Palrick Williams hypothetical budgets designed are set. Staff Writer of making the last payment on St'f' RI-:JE(,TS. Page :I to show the impact making Ul' Housing Rehabilitation, the city's share of a sewage the grant from general fund which provid(>s grants of up to Carbondale's Comprehensive treatment plant. programs such as fire and $1,500 to renovate housing, was Westberg said she expected to Health Care Program WIU get police. given low priority by the next year at least half the go beyond $26S,iJOO and the 50 "We're not going to have ocr council. Councilmen Patrick percent, $62,5OO,level suggested budeget it had this year and 'druthers' on some things," Kelley and Archie Jones and Child Care will get between 70 by other council members was Mayor Helen Westberg said. Mayor Westberg did not name a too small. and 80 percent under tentative since the four areas facing the minimum level for the service budget levels set by the City ''I'm not sure that will cut it." grant loss - health, child care, when they suggested possible she said. Council. housing rehabi!itation and levels. Health care has been con­ A nearly two hour discussion community development ad­ Councilmen Neil Dillard and tinually cutback in past years left the council with a partial ministration are large Keith Tuxhorn said that if and any amount budgeted this agreement as to how much programs. housing rehabilitation gets any year that is less than 100 per­ money to provide for the 3~r­ The Cod., F:nforcement and money, it should be less than :15 cent of last year's amount will vices, which hac:! been funded F:nvironmental Division. which percent of this year's amount. Gus says they've had more cause staff members to be laid fronl a federal g:'!lnt that ex­ also received grant money, was Kelley said the entire social off, according to Interim City conferences about the con­ p.red this year. not considered at Monday service area should be limited ff'rf'nce center than they'll f'ver Ma,13ger Scott R.ltter. The council set the fund;n~ night's council met:~ing. Its to $265,000, the amount of At any amount less is percent ha\'f' in it if they ever get it levels during its discussion of budget will be considered when federal revenuc sharmg money built. the "econometric models," other general service but!gets available to the city as a result St-t' Kl'UGt:TS, Page :l Phone harassment a scary proposition By Jennifer Phillips her real name not be used in this .. It's hard to prove that a them to push the police in their aiter about six have occurred, Staff Wrilt>r story. certain person made a phone investigations so the per­ the person returns to the police. A trace was put on her phone call," said Art Wrig;.t. press petrators will be caught. The police chief must then The phone calls ;tarted last again and this time the man was officer fOl' the Carbondale .. After four weeks of diligence appro'/e a request for a trace, May. caught and convicted of Police Department. There on my I»lrt and the part of the Wright said. About twice a week, a man disorderly conduct -- the might be m/)l'e than one person Carbondale Police Department, Then the requests go to GTI's woulC: call Btth and hurl ob­ living where the calls were the guilty man confessed to the Nuisance Call Bureau in scenities and sexual f~a[lffn~~:' ~~n~~~a~~~~~~ traced or a neighbor's phone police," she said. "At any time, Bloomington, said Sharon suggestions at her. He'd hang under a ('e/'bondale city or­ might have been used. There T('ould have not pursued this, or Witunski. Carbondale service up when she refused to sound dinance of ~'isorderiy conduct might have been a party the could have changed my phont' office supervisor. The phone intimidated and tried to figure and fined ~, plus $15 court rlight a (~rtain call was made. number, as the polic~ compal'y and police "both work out who he was. costs. The maximum fine for a In 1982, 42 annoying, obscene suggested. Instead, I per­ with the customer to solve the A trace put on her phone was city charge is $500. and threatening phone calls severed and got a conviction. problem." unsuccessful in locatin!! the Beth isn't satisfied with the were reported to SIU-C Security "Telephone harassment GTI suggests changing phone caller, but the calls stopped at (,utcome of the case, 3sking and, through September 1983, 29 should not be ignored or 'hung numbers and keeping them the end of spring semester. whether his fine "equals the were reported. Carbc!1dale up' away, as it is another crime unlisted before resorting to Over the summer the man seven months of harassment police recei ved about 30 reports against women that is difficult. traces, Witunski said, tut it called'Beth twice, both hmes and fear for my life that I went of harassing calls in 1982 and but not impossible to solve." discourages people from even long distance, and this fall. the through?" t'xpect to receive a comparable Both police departments have changing numbers unless the cllils started again with more Yet Beth's story has a dif· number this year. similar procedures for handHnl! calls ar~' really abusive. regularity. The last straw came ferent ending than most phone Neither police department phone harassment reports. Uu costs a flat $31 and a lot of after Beth left Carbondale for a harassment cases. breaks down phone harassment Usually a person has received times it just isn't really week to take her fiance to a While both Carbondale police reports by the sex of the victim several harassing calls by the necessary. A lot of times people school in another state. The and SIU-C Security have a but they say that, with the time they go to the police. The panh::," sht: said. "Usually, if a night she returned. the 'nan specific procedure for handling exception of obscene calls, men police refer them to General person waits, the calls will called and asked if she had a pnone harassment reports and are subject to such calls as Telephone of Illinois, which quit." good vacation.