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State still wants to sell Philipsburg hospital I While proclaiming cautious optimism over White's promise of unionized employees were left wondering and worrying how that promise might translate in terms of salary and benefit levels is no set timetable (for the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) chief told a noontime press conference in the hospital gymnasium we do have some very firm (negotiating) guidelines" Those guidelines which White termed see HOSPITAL page A-8 health care" for the pimple of the Moshannon Valley After the announcement community leaders and townspeople were elated and relieved that plans for upgrading the hospital finally appeared to be moving forward Doctors expressed pleasure with the divestment decision but said they were skeptical about its chances for implementation And they were still planning to begin transferring patients to other' area hospitals in cases' where those other facilities could offer a higher quality of care By BARBARA BRUEGGEBORS Times County Editor State Welfare Secretary John White Jr said yesterday that the Casey administration wants to sell Philipsburg State General Hospital and will begin an immediate search for an private buyer In meetings with hospital administation and staff at Philipsburg White pledged that divestment either to non-profit or for-profit private ownership will mean job security for hospital workers and new day in Ruptured tank lacked permits bypassed tests Pittsburgh-area residents lining up for water A-t Disaster turns Into boon for bottled water supplier A-t GOOD HORNING By Laurie Fedon Joe Paterno favorite You know hard to imagine that winning coaches might have heroes FOR INSTANCE: An article in Monday's edition of Hie New York Times calls Carlo Fassi a coach of champions He has coached four Olympic gold medalists during his career: Skaters Peggy Fleming Dorothy Hamill John Curry and Robin Cousins As expected the walls of his office are covered with pictures of his champions in various skating poses However according to the article one picture seems out of place on his wall an 8-by-10-inch glossy of Joe Paterno unautographed "I never met him but he's a good coach a no-nonsense guy with his Fassi said like CONCLUSION: Sounds like hero-worship to us SPOTTED: A service station sign along North Atherton Street in State College offers A State College woman wants to know if the letter was deliberately left off in order to accommodate the December visit of the head old CAUTION: Former CDT executive editor Bill Welch encountered unusual traffic obstacles Monday evening In three different instances in State College Christmas trees that had been left by the curb for trash pickup were blown out into the street by the high winds NEEDED: Volunteers to help remove Christmas decorations in downtown State College Meet at the Weis Market parking lot East Beaver Avenue Sunday at 9:30 am NUMBER PLEASE: Remember there are now two exchanges for Belief on te telephone numbers a Belief on te caller says "People should really check whether they want 355 or 353 before they Our caller has been inundated with wrong-number calls lately ALMANAC: Zi years ago While in its garage a car belonging to Mrs A William Hajjar of State College became embedded in a layer of ice and could not be moved Reason: the East Foster Avenue water tank overflowed during the night The water poured down sane going into the garage and freezing on the floor trapping the car FINALLY: a brand new invention for people who want to relax in an atmosphere of quiet tranquility a phoneless cord American Legion Magazine By BOB DVORCHAK The Associated Press PITTSBURGH The crumpled tank that fouled Pittsburgh area rivers with 1 million gallons of diesel fuel was built without written permits and did not undergo standard tests the chairman said yesterday School closed for 20000 pupils and 15000 suburban residents were without water while crews scrambled to jury-rig auxiliary water supplies three days after a spill that one resident called nightmare come John Hall chairman and chief executive officer of Ashland Oil Co said he was sorry for the accident and said the company would pay for cleanup and HALL some related costs The work is expected to cost millions of dollars of the tank was begun and completed on verbal communication with the Hall said at a news conference wish our people would have pursued the application more diligently I do not know if we were in compliance with the law or Under Pennsylvania law construction of a tank holding fuel must be approved by the county's fire marshal's office Ashland spokesman Roger Schrum said Monday that the permit had been filed but county officials disputed that Hall also said the 4 million gallon tank was at least 40 years old and had been reassembled from a site in Cleveland It was put into service in August Standard procedures for Ashland based in Ashland Ky and the 11th largest US oil company by revenues are to fill the tank with water to check for leaks Officials said only 5 feet of water was placed In the 46-foot high tank which ruptured and collapsed Saturday while it was being filled did not follow our normal refinery procedures in testing the tank after it was completed" Hall said hindsight one might question the use of 40-year-old he said might have been more persistent in our permitting I would have preferred to use water testing methods But no evidence that making a different decision on any of these issues would have prevented failure of the tank" Hall said the cause of the tank collapse was unknown AP photo LOADING UP: Don Tallon of Robinson Township 10 miles west of Pittsburgh fills a water jug at the Montour Bus Depot Robinson Township taps ran dry after one million gallons of diesel oil spilled into the Monongahela Saturday night and then flowed into the Ohio River fouling the township's water intake valves Pittsburgh group to buy State College radio stations INSIDE comment last night Jerry Stevens general sales manager for the two Burbach-owned radio stations in Savannah said yesterday that Bur bach owns the Savannah stations two stations in Erie Pa and stations in Marion Ohio and Parkersburg and Wheeling WVa Robert Zimmerman owner-operator of local radio stations WRSCVWQWK and vice-president of the 11-station Eastern Broadcasting Inc said that it has been rumoredfor some time that the Ulerich would sell the two radio stations Zimmerman said the sale of the stations to professional broadcasters would improve the radio market We haven't had top-notch competition in the marketplace people who know how to price their product properly and hire the right people to run the business side of Although Ulerich emphasized that the sale is conditioned on approval by the FCC Zimmerman said that once the sales contract is signed and the papers filed FCC approval is a formality and should take GO to 90 days Annette Clark of the FCC said yesterday that the agency had not yet received an application for approval of the sale wrap it William Ulerich said last night Ulerich said his company had wanted to sell to Pennsylvania-oriented group These people are from Pennsylvania are aware of Penn State's importance to the state and are reputable urbach radio stations are managed by Larry Garrett whom Ulerich described as a former Penn State student who had worked for the Ulerich at Belief on te's Centre Democrat and at a radio station in Indiana Pa Garrett is currently based in Savannah Ga Neither Garrett nor Laubach was available for By LISA HAWKINS Times Staff Writer State College radio stations WMAJ-AM and WXLR-FM have been sold to a Pittsburgh-based broadcasting company pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission Centre Broadcasters Inc owned by William and Alethea Ulerich of Clearfield announced yesterday that it sold the radio stations to urbach Broadcasting Co which is headed by Pittsburgh attorney Jack Laubach you're in your 70s it's time to GARY MART: Gets full slate of delegates Wind chill readings dip to 60 below zero By ROGER PETTERSON The Associated Press Temperatures fell below zero across the Plains and Midwest and wind listing to 30 mph made it feel as cold as 60 below zero in places yesterday forcing the homeless to seek shelter and driving demand for heat and electricity to record levels areas in the East Coast are saying this is going to be the coldest since 78 It's the coldest seen it in the last three said Dan McCarthy a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Severe Storms Center in Kansas City Mo Since Saturday at least five deaths were blamed on the weather The cold air was being pumped southward by the clockwise circulation around a strong high pressure system over the central part of the nation said Pete Reynolds another meteorologist at the Severe Storms Center In addition the jet stream the band of air flawing west to east at more than 100 mph at an altitude of around 2S000 feet was positioned over the southern part of the nation and that of opens the door for all of this cold air" Reynolds said US UN both oppose Palestinian deportation The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS The Security Council voted unanimously yesterday to ask Israel not to deport Palestinians from the occupied territories It marked the first time the United States voted against Israel in the council since 1961 The United States is Israel's main defender at the United Nations and usually wields its veto power on behalf of the Jewish state But Israel's crackdown on riots in the occupied territories has provoked strong criticism in the United States On Dec 22 the United States rebuked Israel by abstaining from a Security Council vote condemning the crackdown Yesterday it joined the other 14 members of the council in calling on Israel not to deport nine Palestinian activists Israel has defended the expulsions as necessary to prevent more unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip which it captured from Egypt and Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war Since rioting broke there Dec Israeli troops have fatally shot at least 34 Palestinians $1 billion for AIDS in budget By OWEN ULLMANN Knjght-Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON Guided by last fall's deficit-reduction compromise with Congress the White House began planning a new federal budget yesterday with a conciliatory pledge to avoid the fierce partisan fights with lawmakers that have marked every other budget President Reagan has submitted Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Reagan intends to comply fully with the two-year agreement for cutting the deficit that the administration and congressional leaders hammered out during a November summit That pact calls for $459 billion in tax increases defense savings and domestic savings to produce a deficit of $136 billion for fiscal 1989 down from the $144 billion deficit estimated for this year One of the few domestic programs already guaranteed a large increase for 1969 is AIDS research and education which will top the SI billion spending mark for the first time administration officials said One administration source who did not warn his name used said there was unanimous support within the administration to boost the AIDS budget from $950 million appropriated by Congress for fiscal 1986 to more than $11 billion for the next year A year ago Reagan proposed $534 million tor AIDS research and education but Congress and health officials in his administration prodded him to seek more money to combat the epidemic Hart attack Delegates fill state slate By KATHARINE SEELYE The Philadelphia Inquirer Gary Hart's rag-tag presidential campaign in Pennsylvania managed yesterday to file a toll slate of delegates to run in the state's primary The feat matches the defegatecoUectian efforts of betterorgan-ized candidates and tor sirpasses Hart's own delegate effort in the state in 19M A care group of about 10 Hart supporters worked die phones until mxMght in the last several days maiding iq people in all of the state's 23 congressional districts to pledge themselves as Hart delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta in July Please toe HART page In Centre County yesterday the high temperature only reached 7 degrees with a 30 degrees below zero wind Chill.