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At am's crown, did >b of recruiting team is stronger nmen have spent lounts of time iselves for this ships. They have ice school began ;wice a day, six oach Allen, at a eting, was quick swimmers that, i in the confer- tory of the con- worked harder s year.\ e the last SUN- ior Tri-Captains Tom Carvotta, nd all three have cont. on page 21 the Racquette Volume 47 Number 22 The State University of New York College at Potsdam March 10,1977 WRPS Radio Returns To 24-Hour Air Play (photo by Pioneer)' Campus radio station WRPS resumes 24-hour broadcast at 720 on your AM dial. Senate, last week, approved $600 for the repair of the station's faulty transmitter. Opposition To PASNYProject Leads To Arrest Of State Student by Will Brady •* .. • Contiiiued opposition|p the construction of the Power Au- thority of the State of New York's (PASNY) disputed 765 kV transmission line led to the arrest of three more people in the past week, one on Saturday, two on Monday, at a construc- tion site near Madrid. Arrested Saturday was Mark Pistolese, a Potsdam State stu- dent. He was charged with tres- passing and released from the St. Lawrence County Sheriffs of- fice after posting a $50 bail. Two Potsdam area women, Ms. Andrea Dubinsky and Ms. Diane Douglas, were arrested at the Chamberlain Comers site on Monday. Dubinsky was charged with contempt of court, for fail- ure to comply with a court or- dered injunction prohibiting the blocking of PASNY contracted work crews. Her bail was set at $50. Ms. Douglas was charged with comfempt of court and re- sisting arrest. Her bail was set at $300. The two were released upon arrival at the Canton Sheriff's office where bail had been set. . The Chamberlain Corners site is on the farm of Richard Bond, Jr. According to informa- tion released to the Ogdensburg Advance News, the Bond family had granted permission to the protestors to demonstrate their opposition to the line on their land. The Bond family had also expressed some dissatisfaction about PASNY offers for pur- chase of right of way across a 4% acre parcel of land. Accord- ing to Richard Bond, Sr., The Three sources claim . . . Equipment Sabotaged Power Authority had offered the Bond family $765 for use of the land as a right of way. Said Bond, \any idiot with half a brain knows that the land is worth more than that.\ On a related matter, Conrad Cook, a farmer speaking as re- presentative for both the St. Lawrence County Farm Bureau and the local chapter of the Na- tional Farmers Organization, complained that PASNY had treated farmers with \complete lack of respect.\ Cook further stated that there is a \complete neglect of concern\ toward the farmers whose land is affected. PASNY planners had neg- lected to consult with fanners on where towers should or should not have been placed on specific portions of cropland. by Will Brady At least three sources have indicated that acts of sabotage have occured to equipment that was either owned by PASNY or by one of the firms contracted to do the work on the construc- tion efforts on the disputed 765 kV transmission line route. According to one of the sources, two pieces of heavy equipment used on the southern portion of the transmission line route had been \damaged\ and that an unspecified number of vehicles have had \sand placed into the carburetor.\ At least one of the pieces of equipment that had allegedly been damaged was on a site near Booneville. One source said that the al- leged acts of sabotage had been ignored by some members of the press because \both PASNY and the protestors\ wanted to \keep it quiet.\ Officials at three different PASNY offices denied know- ledge of any supposed \acts of sabotage\ on equipment being used by themselves or by firms working for PASNY. WRPS, Potsdam State's campus radio station, has return- ed to 24 hour air-play after a faulty transmitter forced them to decrease their hours. Senate has voted to give WRPS their contingency request of $600 in order to have the transmitter repaired.. A Clarkson student, mem- ber of WNTC, will fix the trans- mitter. The transmitter has not yet been repaired, but according to Barbara Bobrowich WRPS busi- ness manager, the radio stations broadcasting frequency has been changed from 730 to 720. This permits WRPS to operate with- out interrupting another radio station; WPDM. This is the factor which caused WRPS to limit their air play in the first place. WRPS did not need per- mission from the FCC to change broadcasting frequencies, be- cause WRPS is not \free air\ said Bobrowich. WRPS runs on a \carrier current,\ said Bobrowich. This means that WRPS runs on an \electric current.\ According to Bobrowich the airtime lost when WRPS was forced to limit their playing time \killed the disco\ spon- sored by WRPS. The reduc- tion also \hurt the advertising\ said Bobrowich. Classes Will Be Held It was incorrectly reported in last week's issue that there would be no classes this after- noon (Thursday) due to the bud- get rally. According to the college pres- ident's office, there was no in- tention on the part of the col- lege to cancel classes, and that they will \definitely\ be held. Fafrell In 1 The Running For SGA President by Hansen Alexander SGA Executive Vice Presi- dent Sally Farrell will be nomi- nated on the Senate floor for SGA President when nomina- tions are held this afternoon. Farrell will run as an indepen- dent candidate. The Senate will convene at 4pm. Nominations for President will be offered shortly after the Senate convenes. Farrell be- comes the second announced candidate for SGA President, the first being SGA Treasurer Tom Kilmartin. Farrell said she will emnha- • size her three years of exper- . ience in student government at Potsdam State in her election drive. \I've been a jack of all trades,\ she said. Farrell was a student senator for two vears and was elected SGA Adminis- trative Vice President last ADril. She was appointed Executive Vice President in January when the former Executive Vice Presi- dent resigned. As an SGA Senator, Farrell served on tb<» Academic Affairs Committee involving work with pre-regisLiation. As SGA Administrative Vice President, she operated the SGA Communications Center, taking care of the books, training work- ers, and coordinating its opera- tions. In her capacity as Adrrii- (photo by J. J. Galvin) Sally Farrell, Administrative Vice-President announces can- didacy for SGA President. nistrative Vice President she also was clerk of the Senate. \I've had three complete years of total observation of the cont. on page 3 Index Campus News Diversions.. . Ed-Op News Briefs. . Police Blotter Time Capsule. Sports .. .Pgs. 4,5 . . . Pullout . Pgs. 6,15 Pg. 2 Pg. 5 . ...Pg. 14 .Pgs. 19,20 I