I I I I i i f t Continuous Ldm News ServiceMI i Since 1881 - Cam~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Grbridge Sirace 1881 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Massachusetts Volume 102, Number 35 1 IBL i I ~ ~ _-~RV FridaV, September 10, 1982 i I nn, u a isveiein i i Demo a ICpri ary I By'Tony Zamnparutti and toughening drunk driving Tech File PhQTOS Next Tuesday's Massachusetts laws. Former Governor pr inary election will decide one Dukaikis, a skilled administra- Michael of the most 'bitter Fights for the tor but somewhat impersonal Dukakis O(ar left) Demnocratic gubernatorial norni- politician, hass continually at- ands imcum~bent nation in the commonwealth's tacked thme King administration Edward, J. King are history. for corruption and incompetence. pitted against Incumbent Edward J. King An ongoing investigation of the each other in this and Michael S. Dukakis, gover- Massachusetts Revenue Depart- year s nor from 1974 to 1978, are ment and rumors of connections Democratic primary. locked in a rematch of their 1978 between problems in that depart- primary battle, in which King ment and G'overnor King have upset Dukakis. added fuel to D4ukakis's rhetoric. Mudslinging and vitriolic Dukakis's main support comes countercharges have dominated from younger, more liberal, and the campaign and have obscured better-educated voters than does Ithe issues separating the K ing's. candidates. The former governor has tried ~noumna The primary contest has deeply to promote his administration as Tree I t or I imon split the Democratic Party and one of integrity and competency. By Tony.Zamp~aparutfi torial debate was cancelled. month questioned discrepancies m~ay give the Republicans, usual- Nevertheless, D~ukakis is tainted 'The Republican gubernatorial Conservative governor Edward in Lakian's accounts of his per- ly minor players in Mvassachu- by several political scandals candidates, neglected by the press J. King's campaign for the sonal and profe~ssional life. setts politics, a chance at the gov- which broke during his and public for most of the cam-- Democratic nomination has Lakian, who won a non-bind- ernor~s seat. admaninistration.. paign, are drawing more atten- drawn support from many tradi- ing n'(frination from the state Dukakis had a sizable lead Dukakis is also trying to de- tion as Tuesday's Maassachusetts tionally Republican groups, in- Republican party at its spring among Democratic voters early emphasize his image as an ear- primary election draws near, fol- cluding business leaders, leaving convention,- stresses his ability to in the campaign, but the two can- nest liberal, and has mnatched lowing the bitter split between the Republicans with less cam- defeat the Democratic nominee. didates now stand nearly even in King's rhetoric on crime the two Demnocratic candidates paign funding than expected. The Globe's charges quickly de- the polls. D~ukakis lost the 1978 prevention. and allegations that one of the John W. Sears, a conservative, nlated his standing in the polls to Democratic primary to King King has deftly used his power Repu blicans embellished ac- holds a substantial lead in the a distant second, however. after holding a sizable lead for as governor in his reelection cam- counts of his background. Republican race. Nevertheless, State Representative Andrew Imost of the campaign. paign. Although he stayed in The three Republican candi- many observers question his abil- H. Card, Jr. -runs a distant third Lieutenant Governor Thomas Boston for most of his four-year dates - John W. Sears, John R. ity to combat a strong Democrat- P. O'Neill III, who withdrew in the Republican primary. term, he now travels through the Lakian, and Andrew H. Card, Jr. ic challenger. Card's campaign is running on a from the .Democratic primary state announcing new projects - faced each other in a one-hour Millionaire political newcomer shoe-string budget, and last race last Maay, predficted: "'The anrrd goove rnment--furidded bro~adcast on all the major Bos- John R. Lakiah rani a' strong sze of the turnout will determine nig-hts televised Re'ublican de- programns. ton television stations last night. campaign until an article appear- the outcome of the rac'e". If it's bate probably represented his last (Please turn to page 2) A planned Democratic guberna- ing in TVhe Boston Glohe last major chance to receive notice. high, Dukakis wins; if it's low, King wins." Dukakis won his party's non- binding- nomination at the state USIAgr WC n e fnancial ai d a s Democratic convention in May. By Jake ainio grant forms in student aid of- creased anxiety over cutbacks in program by about ten percent, King, a skilled stump politi- A "very active and bureaucrat- faces, according to Leonard V. Federal aid, Gallagher said, even Gallagher said. clan, has promoted his image as ic" US Congress has caused de- Gallagher '54, Director of Stu- though those cutbacks were not Gallagher did express concern a tax-cutter and a conservative lays in virtually every major Fed- dent Financial Aid. as extensive as President Reagan over the severe reductions in on issues such as stopping abor- eral financial aid program and -The delays in processing Feder- originally planned. 1984-85 student aid programs tion, cutting the state budget, backlogs of loan applications and al loans and grants have in- "The budget and legislation in called for in the 1983 Federal Congress affected the rules by budget, however. "We have got- which these programs were to be ten our year of grace, with the administered," said Gallagher. very real threaft that it will not "Both the definition of a stu.- I last mote than one year,"' he said. dent's need and the manner of "There are going to be some distributing money among the 50 bleak years ahead." states were up for grabs. Until Because of the Congressional the Department of Education delays, the US Department of knows how to make these defini- Education is three to four tions, they can't distribute the months late in informing colleges money." how much money they will re- This year's cutbacks will not ceive under the three college-ad- affect MIT seriously, according ministered Federal aid programs, to Gallagher. The three Federal Gallagher said. programs M IT administers - the Although the Department of National Direct Student Loan Education has "not yet released program (NDSL), the College any real money," it authorized W~ork Study Program (CWSP), colleges in mid-August to spend and the Supplementary Educa- their own mnoney, Gallagher re- ti-onal Opportunity Grant ported. Colleges might not re- (SEOG) - "have had modest ceive all their F'ederal funds until cuts, but for this vear, our alloca- the end of September or later. tions 6ave been in the same ball- Legislative conflicts have also park as in past years," he said. caused backlogs in the Pell Grant The Federal government cut the and Guaranteed Student Loan NDSL and CWSP programs by four percent each and the SEOG (Please turn to page 2) M cherni I leak-ires lMayor Veilcc By Sam Calable A leak of phenol -a labora- Cambridge Mliayor Alfred E. placed in the trash compactor by tory antiseptic classified by the Vellucci, disturbed by the report janitors, according to MIT Safety UJSEnvirton mental Protection of the leak, req~uested the city Off~icer John Fresina. The bottle Agency as a -hazardous substance council discuss the matter. of phenol broke in the Inside-adv~ice on finsding Nos new -numtbers on - from an MIT trash compactor "Wphat does all this say about compactor. the best schedule. Page3e4. freshman crowding can be Wyill be discussed by the Cam- the way in which high level con- A caller to the Cambridge found on Page 10. bridge City Council at its Sep- tainment recom1binant DNA Deputv Fire Chief reported Rhinos off the beaten groove. tember 20 meeting. work is conducted at MI~'Por will chemicals leaking from the gar- Page 7., WVhat you've been (ther chemicals found in the be condcucted elsewhere: in Cam- bage compactor, located behind waiting to read during Vour 'Om aactor included ammnonium bridge?" Veilucci asked in a the Kendall Square fire station on Paul Gray talks about next bgrirng lecture -- hhdro xide, ether, and chloro- memo to city councilors. Main Street, after midnight on tightening the Institure's belt. The Tech comics page. form, according to a report by The cheniicals- were inadver-' Saturday, August 7, according to Parge S. Pagee 111. Cambridge Public Health Coor-- tently left with other garbage Doherty's memorandum. dinator Kevin Doherty. from an MIT laboratory and (Please turn to page 9) IaBa·IPPW --,=-., I mp re II· _$LB~LB~PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1982 -- · r " New rules for Federal studet aid programs delay fuends (Continued from page 1) (GSL) programs, which are awarded outside the colleges. Pell Grant funds at MIT will decrease between 15 and 25 per- cent, Gallagher said. Students fromn middle-income families will be the hardest hit by this reduc- tion. he predicted. The Department of Education has asked financial aid officials to check }ell Grant applications agalinst students' income tax re- turns. "We have to do the vali- dating before we do the fund- i ing," commented Gallagher. Until all Pell Grants are con- HARVARD_ IQEERAIIYE SQUETI I firmed, MIT will provide the Nmi/ money for the students, Gal- ii I~lgher said. The GSL progzram subsidizes low-interest blink loans to stu- i dents. Legislators proposed a barrage of changes, including re- Ii ducing the size of the loans, set- i ting new criteria for eligibility, Ii and eliiininating graduate stu- i dents Iroin the program.