.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Page 4 Cauectlcut Dallyvcanpu Waheaday, September 29. 1976 Connecticut News In Brief Jobless rate tops national mark HARTFORD (UPI)-— Connecticut's 9.5 per cent unemployment rate in August remained above the national jobless rate of 7.6 per cent, which rose .1 per cent from July, according to the state Labor Department. Average factory wages in Connecticut rose above $200 for the first time in August, but they also remained below the national average of $208 for 40 hours. An estimated 139,000 persons were without work in the state in August. while those employed during the month stood at 1.224.400. Burglar’s signal gets him caught MIDDLEFIELD (UPl)— A suspected burglar got quite a surprise Tuesday when he gave the flashlight signal for his accomplice to pick him up. He was met by four state troopers instead. Police arrested Peter Pitts. 21. of Westbrook as soon as he hopped into the van which had previously been driven by his alleged accomplice Lawrence Wright, 20. also of Westbrook. Trooper James Salzano Jr. said he saw the van on Jackson Hill Road at i:l5 a.m. and became suspicious. When he questioned Wright. he said he was told Pitts had been dropped off and would signal by flashlight when the burglary was done. Three other state troopers were called in and entered the van. They cruised the neighborhood until they received the signal, stopped and took in a surprised Pitts through the side doors. Panel appeals budget blocking HARTFORD (UPl)— The state Commission on Hospitals and Health Care Tuesday voted to appeal a court order holding up the budgets approved for the 35 private hospitals in Connecticut. The commission cut $44 million from the institutions’ proposed budgets. but New Haven Common Pleas Court Judge Frank Kinney Jr. last week ordered a temporary delay in implementing the cuts while the hospitals appeal the commission action. The hospitals are challenging the degree of control the commission has over hospital budgets. and the manner in which it is exercised. The hospitals say care will suffer unless they can charge their proposed rates. Swine flu vaccine expected HARTFORD (UPl)— The first shipment of swine flu vaccine will arrive Wednesday in Connecticut and the first shots will be given next week. the state Health Department said Tuesday. The bivalent vaccine in the first shipment will be given to persons aged 60 and over. and to persons between three and 60 years of age who suffer from chronic illnesses such as diabetes or respiratory. cardiac or kidney problems. Winston Heimer of the Health Department said. Health Services offers Tay—Sacks screening The UConn Health Services is holding a Tay-Sacks screening today from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at the Nurse Practitioner Clinic on the main floor of the University Health Services Building. the director of University Health Ser- vices said Tuesday. disease. their children have a 25 per cent chance of being born with Tay-Sacks. Troiano said. Children born with the disease usually “prosper for the first six months before exhibiting symp- toms." Troiano said. A two-year period of deterioration follows in Tay-Sacks is an incurable which _th° patiein is usually disease which primarily attacks h°sP‘tal'z°d' he Sam‘ Jewish children. Robert Troiano. T116 3V€T38€ life CXPCCVWCY f°1' the director, said. if both parents 8 Victim Of T3Y'53Ck5 is 5V3 possess the genetic trait for the )€3"5- T"°l3"° Said- Today’s Weather Sunny and cool today, with highs between 65 and 70. Fair and cold tonight, with lows in the V mid 30's" to low 40's. Frost is likely. Partly cloudy Thursday, with highs between 65 and 70. - The probability of precipitation is near zero today and 10 per cent . tonight. Southwesterly winds V between 10 and 15 miles per hour today and tonight. _ o And ~ For Via - E "9. 5 CH M ID T5 00 02 FR OS TEI) Pitcher of Beer $199 SUNDAY THRU THURS OPEN SUNDAY- THURS TILL 1AM FRl & SAT TILL 2AM RT 44A STORRS A&1-Sioppirgeoenter ‘ I .\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\ \\.\\\_ I \\\\\\~.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\ Communists blocked from state ballot HARTFORD (UPl)— The sec- signatures. retary of state's office has no A federal three-judge panel authority to place the Communist ruled Friday the law requiring party on the November ballot petition gatherers to travel to without a court order directing it each town to have each signature do so. according to Clifton A. personally verified by town clerks Leonhardt, deputy secretary. was not an unconstitutional bur- intrepid Monday's rejection of the den. party's latest appeal to be listed - Weicker said recipient leaves only a U.S. Supreme Court appeal as a possible method of gaining a ballot position. The Connecticut Civil Liberties Union's effort on behalf of the Communist party have already been rejected in lower federal courts. The CCLU claimed irregulari- ties in the handling of about 23.000 signatures on petitions filed by the Aug. 30 deadline to place on the ballot the party's presidential candidate Gus Hall and his running mate Jarvis Tyner. Parties need 14,093 signatures validated in towns clerks’ offices to get on the ballot, but only about 12.000 were validated as belonging to registered voters. according to CCLU legal director Frank Cochran. Cochran claimed many errors were made in the certifying of signatures. including an alleged loss of 21 pages containing 500 The judges ...sid the procedures may have been too burdensome but ruled the party's appeal was filed too near the elections to set up different safeguards against fraud. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City upheld the ruling. of Texas oil funds WASHINGTON (U131)... sen, eral Elections Commission, which Lowen P, Weicker, R-Conn,, re- investigates election law violat- ceived campaign contributions t|0flS- from Texas oil interests, it was reported Tuesday. in the Connecticut Senate cam- paign Democratic nominee Gloria syndicated cojumnist Jack A“. Schaffer has continually sought to derson said Weicker had been Chamctefile Weicker 35 8 friend among a number of members of 0f big 0“- Congress to receive donations from the Quintana Petroleum Weicker is the only New En- gland senator who sided with the Corp. Anderson said Weicker losing side in the fight to decon- received at least $2,100. Anderson said Quintana had a : “penchant for secrecy" and a number of oilmen had failed to list their connections with the firm on federal forms when making the contributions. He said the ommissions had sparked an interest by the Fed- trol oil prices. Mrs. Schaffer and the Demo- crats said decontrol would mean skyrocketing enery prices. Weicker and President Ford said oil firms needed to be able to adjust their prices in order to have incentives to discover new petroleum reserves. Administration slates forum While individual students may ask questions of UConn admini- strators at a forum tonight, student organizations have until Oct. 15 to ask for office space in the Student Union. The forum. which will be held at Rogers A and B in Northwest Quadrangle will be attended by Frederick G. Adams. vice presi- dent for student affairs and services. J. Eric Sandberg. assis- tant director of operations for the Physical Plant. Thomas J. Burke. University registrar. and John W. Rapp. director of student finan- cial aid. All the administrators will answer questions from stu- dents. Student groups wishing to ac- quire office space in the Student 1- t Television Programmi [Q A. desirous of entrapping: eclectic writers; iconoclastic directors; vulgarians; ‘ luminescent crafts; unscrupulous’ promoters; tempramental actors; graphic and photo-graphic artists; anyone to whom the preceding categories do not apply; techinicians in the Union for this year must apply for offices with the Board of Govern- ors by Oct. 15. said Mark Quattro. BOG member overseeing the distribution of office space in the Student Union. Quattro said the applications must be received by him at the BOG office from new organiza- tions seeking offices or old ten- ants who wish to stay there. He said approximately 100 student organizations requested offices in the Student Union last year but only 35 could be accommodated- BOG oversees the use of the Student Union and all requests for office space must go through them. “We had a lot of groups who didn't use their office space for a audio. video, and the purpose of creating. producing, and disseminating esoterica in the fields of Drama. Educational Documentary, News, Trivia; and diverse and sundry other indefinable categories; the vulgar Miracle of Television. Experience is not necessary, and quite possibly a liability; we will train qualified (i.e., living) applicants, First (uniOrganizational Meeting: WED. SEPT. 29 Radio-TV Studio (HSJ Auditorium basement, adjacent to Gallery ) 1PM Room 217 2nd Floor Commons 7 PM If unable to attend, you may contact Terry 872-0123 or Carl 487-0463. (*An FSSO Organization - not affiliated with CBS or any other legitimate entity.) _ uen ng System) full eight-hour day." ferent rooms in the same offices. as many of the offices have more than one'room." Registrars set signup session Students who wish to register as voters in their home towns or Mansfield may do so at the special voter making session of the Board of Electors for the Town of Mansfield on Oct. 5 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the town clerk's office at 954 Storrs Road. Quattro said. “this year we're going to try to have organizations share. dif- I I I l l l l