___ _I I Vofe today A Century IMIT< ^ Of Continuous 8| 1 Cambridge News Service [ I| | I f I Massachusetts Volume 101, Number 46 1_ __ - Tuesday,a__ November 3, 1981 Bus 0, 4 , t 4 L ."ucq,,:r vv r By Jerri-Lynn Scofield for so much of it." stratagem on the part of the As more than 2000 The Vice President continued, United States to keep a war demonstrators protested Reagan "Such were the developments of limited to Europe. One is tempted Administration policies outside, Soviet policy during the era of to say a great deal about such a Vice President George H. W. detente and its aftermath. Such is charge. The President called it- Bush used the occasion of his ad- what happened during a period in rather politely, I thought - an dress to the MIT Sustaining Fel- which the United States made 'outright deception.' " lows last Friday evening "to an- every effort to lessen the tension Bush asserted, "War-filhting is nounce our policy on nuclear between the super powers. We not in NATO's interest. War- war." According to Bush, "We're were not repaid in kind. The preventing is. And as far as war- against [nuclear war] ... I hope Soviets had every chance to preventing is concerned, let's have that comes as no surprise to you." reciprocate. They chose not to." no illusions about who's tying to Bush began his speech by say- He answered criticisms which get whom to stop building ing, "I hope that my presence have been leveled at the US weapons. One great advantage to here hasn't complicated your lives government. "Now it has been the moderrlization program is in any way." referring to the charged that this modernization that it got the Soviet Union finall- demonstration. of NATO weapons is a devious (p7lea.vye turn to page 10)l Bush used his speech to describe Administration attitudes toward the Soviet Union and the Thousands protest modernization of US nuclear forces in Europe. "In the last decade," Bush anti declared,"the Soviets and their al- at Bush rally lies have contributed about ten By Max Hailperin ten pumpkins at a police officer. million refugees to the world Cambridge Police estimated Members of the Boston Alliance scene- people fleeing from op- that 2000 people gathered to Against Registration and the pression... It is no wonder that protest the Reagan Administra- Draft had supplied Herlihy find we never see people leeing to tion's policies at M IT Friday others with the pumpkins, most Cuba, to Vietnam, to Russia. And night ol the occasion of Vice of which were confiscated foliow- it was no surprise that the Soviets President George Bush's visit. ing the arrest. Herlihy was chose not to go to Cancun and The rally, organized by the MIT released on bail described by desk Vlce-President George Bush addressed the MIT Sustaining Fellows discuss world hunger and misery, Committee on Central America commander Ring as "ten to Fif- Friday in duPont (Photo by Gerard Weatherby). inasmuch as they're responsible and the Anti-War Organizing teen dollars." League, originated on the Student Herlihy pleaded not guilty Center steps and then moved to before a Cambridge Third the east side of Massachusetts District Court judge yesterday MaGregor workers fired Avenue. morning and received a con- Campus Police, Secret Service tinuance so that he could retain a By Barry S. Surman The firings came as-a result of of the black students on campus. charges made by Arnold Don't give him the number; tell agents, and thirty-two Cambridge lawyer. He admits to tnrowing the Two MacGregor House desk Contreras '83, a resident of East him he doesn't live here.' " police officers with riot gear were pumpkins, but may argue that workers accused of refusing to present to keep the protestors in pumpkin throwing is a form of Campus. Conteras telephoned the Contreras and Gulliver, who give out the telephone number of line, but few problems developed. symbolic expression protected by MacGregor desk late Wednesday was working at the desk, agreed a black resident were fired yester- the First Amendment. Should he night to ask for the telephone that Contreras was told that One demonstrator, Sean day afternoons after refusing to number of Sam Austin '82, co- be convicted, the maximum Austin's number was not in the Kerlihy, was arrested, according sentence would be a five hundred resign from their positions. chairman of the MIT Black Stu- desk's card file. Contreras asked to Cambridge Police Sergeant dollar fine and six months in jail. dents' Union. According to G ulliver for the names of the peo- Richard Ringa Cambridge police Several other pumpkins were House Manager Kenneth Contreras, the person who ple at the desk, and Gulliver charged Kerlihy with disturbing thrown, fnd two M IT students Wolff fired employees Ken Grant answered the telephone at the (Please turn to page 14) the peace after he threw two rot- (pleasve turrn to page f)) '84 and Harold Gulliver '84. desk asked someone else, " 'Who -- I I-a --- 19 -111 - I PII II I I W'olff refused to comment on the is Sam Austin?'" Contreras said terminations, saying only, "It's an he heard another person say, "- internal matter of the dorm." 'He's that black guy, He's head I Referenda highlight Boston elections By Laura Farhie and welfare programs requests a Boston residents will vote to- reduction in the "amount of our da) on whether the Boston City tax dollars spent on nuclear Council should ask Congress to weapons and programs of foreign make more Federal funds intervention." The question available for social and welfare proposes that the Federal funds programs by reducing military go to "local jobs and programs- spending. in quality education, public tran- There will also be two referen- sportation, energy-efficient hous- dum questions on whether ing, improved health care, and members of the Boston City other essential services." Council and School Committee M IT Professor of Biology should be elected by districts of Jonathan A. King is co-chairman I . , ,I- ,. ,, | , i Boston; all members are currently of the campaign to have the ques- elected at large. tion on the ballot affirmed. He is The question on the ballot ask- an organizer of the nation-wide Cambridge elections today ing Congress for increased social (please turn to page 3) By Burton Kaliski setting priorities in cutbacks due remainder belong to neither __~~~~~~~ Elections for the Cambridge to Proposition 21/2 as a major is- camp. Eight incumbents are runn- City Council and the Cambridge sue. ing. The School Committee can- School Committee are being held Competition between the didates include six CCA members today. Twenty-five candidates are Cambridge Civic Association (C- and six independents. Four are Almost 30 percent of low- What can we say? Pages 8 competing for nine Council posi- CA) and the Independent Slate currently in office. and middle-income families and 9. tions while thirteen are running may have an effect on the elec- Also on the ballot are three now eligible for Pell Grants for the six School Committee tion. Currently four Council referenda. They are: members are backed by the CCA 1. "Shall the city of Cambridge would not qualify under a openings. The major issues facing City and the remainder by the by authorized to tax real estate Reagan Administration Council candidates are rent con- Independent Slate, and both located in the city and owned by proposal. Page 2. Lake, Crimson, the Tubes, and trol, control of condominium groups want the "pivotal'' fifth any college or university, such tax seat. to be based on an assessment of See Page 5 for the full text of On the Town - What more conversions, how to live with the Of the twenty-five City Council fifty percent (50%<) of fair value'?" Vice President Bush's speech. cam we say? Pages 8 and 9. effects of Proposition 21/2, and who the new City Manager for candidates, eight are CCA- 2. "Shall the Cambridge City Cambridge will be. School Com- supported, six are backed by the Council call upon our represen- mittee candidates tre faced with Independent Slate, and the (please turn to page 2) -4 _ III- I·L --- 1 8_'--I PAGE 2 THE TECH TUESDAY-, NOVEMBER 3, 1981 W~~~~~~- ,C- Texas Instrumenats 8]111~Tl Texas Instrumuents reliablity, WWorld affordability, and British Leyland workers strike - The manufa~cturer of Jaguars and Austins, now known as BL Ltd., has been faced with the loss of nearly $3 million a day as 58,000 a.".embly-line workers went on strike for larger compactness - wage increases. Leylatnd had granted a pay raise of 3.8 percent while the current inflation rate in Great Bri- i tain is estimated to be I I percent. Leyland formerly manufactured the MG and Triumph sports cars. Nation STT DEGI Tax increases delayed -- The Reagan Administration has indicated that no further tax increases should be-· implemented until at least 1983. There was no agreement, however, on the size of the incr'ease that will enen- tually be added to taxes. The Senate Finance Comnmittee Chairman, Bob Dole, suggested broad tax in- ## TEXAS INSTRUMmENTS creases, SUch as an iinport or windfall profits tax tied somnehow to oil and na~tural gas. C c I/i, jr 2 I Airlines safe for two years -- The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that there have been I man a 0 0~ no flactal rlccidfents aboard doinestic passenger jets since October 31, 1979 when a United Airlines DC-10 I cruised a~t tile Mexico City Airport.