University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
The University Daily
KANSAN
Vol. 90, No. 156 Monday, July 21, 1980
For Lawrence gardeners whose tomato crops have withered on the vine, Rusty Laughlin, 729 Ohio St., was a welcome sight at the Farmer's Market, Saturday. Laughlin's produce might have survived the scorching July heat, but he has扛 up an righing on his vegetable display to show off the variety of orchard trees, Veronica Street, opens every Saturday at 4:a.m. to offer burgers food to early shopper or failed gardeners.
Committee on South Africa battles undisclosed records
The RU Committee on South Africa has taken
action to raise $1.6 billion, Kansas University End-
owed Association to purchase
By DAVID STIPP Staff Reporter
The committee has requested the Kansas attorney general's opinion on whether open records laws applying to state agencies should be lifted. Judge Steven Scoffer, a committee member, said Friday.
The committee, which has urged the Endowment Association to divest itself of holdings in companies doing business in South Africa, wants the Endowment Association's records of corporate gifts and investments open to the public. Softer said.
BUT TODD SEYMOUR, Endowment Association president, said Friday that Endowment Association records of contributions were subject to the rule of regard劣于 the attorney general's opinion.
"We are a private corporation." Seymour said. "It is not our policy to divulge amounts given by private donors. We won't make those records public unless directed to do so by a
Souffer said that because the Endowment Association was part of the University in all but legal status, it should be held "publicly accountable for its actions." The university was with regard to records and policies.
"I find it most odd and quite upsetting that an
agency that exists only because of its privileged relationship with KU can refuse to make available to it the information it interested in, including the size of corporate holdings the size of contributions it receives. "Soffaid said.
“Can something that waddles like a duck and quackes like a duck get away with describing them?”
SOIFFER SAID more public accountability by the Endowment Association could help prevent "sweetheart deals and favoritism" involving the use of Endowment Association funds and ensure that its investment policies are compliant with the rights imperatives" than by the profit motive.
see ENDOWMENT page three
Registration to begin; draft foes upset
By HURST LAVIANA
Staff Reporter
As anti-draft groups nationwide stepped up activities to protest the country's first draft registration since 1975, members of a local antidraft group scrambled yesterday to organize pickets to protest the registration process, which is scheduled to begin this morning.
NICK PARETSKY, Lawrence sophomore and spokesman for the Kansas Anti-Draft Organization, said last week that a rally his group had scheduled for last night in South Park had been cancelled because of hot weather and apathy on the part of local residents. The group organized a crowd of people at the rally to picket local post offices during the registration period, he said.
But Supreme Court Justice William Brennan
has the ruling Saturday, putting the
registration law at odds.
Paretsky said yesterday that plans for picketing were dropped entirely after he learned Friday that a three-judge panel in Philadelphia had ruled that the Selective Service Act was unconstitutional because women were not required to register.
who was out of town until late afternoon after
the school bell, and up on organizing
pickets, but was not optimistic.
"We'll probably meet very soon," he said in a monotone, in which he can, but at this point point don't seem to care.
HE SAID if enough pickets are found the first target would be the post office in Stron Hall.
Meanwhile, postal employees have registration cards in stock and have made
week that as many as 3,000 men could register in Lawrence. He said KU students could register at their hometown post offices or at any of Lawrence's three post offices, located at Seventh and Vermont, 1519 W. 2rd, and in the basement of Strong Hall.
Harris said registration cards would be acquired after the two-week registration opened is over.
THE SELECTIVE SERVICE Act requires all
preparations to take the names, dates of birth,
Social Security numbers, current and permanent
addresses and current phone numbers of all
registrants.
men who are U.S. citizens or resident aliens, and who were born in 1960, to register this week. Those born in 1961 are required to register next week.
Jack Harris, Lawrence postmaster, said last
Laotians enjoy freedom after fleeing homeland
see DRAFT back page
Staff Reporter
By SUSANAH NAMNUM
The young Laotian couple pointed vigorously to their ears as they recalled having to wear earphones when they secretly listened to Banakok evening radio newscasts.
After the Communist takeover of Laos in 1975, we couldn't make any noise or even stay up in the evening to converse," said the husband, Bouleum Chansaviang, as the youngest of his.
our children dozed off on his lap. "We could've been arrested."
Bounleum, 27, and his wife, Boukham, 25, are being sponsored by the Lawrence Refuge Committee, a KU-based group that has been belining Indochinese refugees since 1975.
The couple recently told through a translator how they had to obey a stringent curfew in their home town of Attopeo, in the southeastern corner of Laos, near the Cambodian border.
They recounted their escape from Laos in 1978
to a refuge camp in Ubon, in southeast Thailand.
Packing few belongings with their three children—a fourth not yet born—the fled from their home town because "we couldn't stand it any longer."
AFTER A SHORT at the home of Boulaumela father in a village near the Thai border, the couple sold their gold jewelry to fear a wild, nighttime ride across the borders.
"I had to lie to the government," said Bouleumau. "I told them my father was old and on his deathbed so they would let me travel to his town near the border. Then he arranged the ride because he was afraid we'd get killed it we wanted. His families got short try to leave the country."
After spending nearly two years at what they camp where their child was born, the Chanwai family
arrived in Kansas City, Mo. They were sponsored by Bouhak's brother.
REFUGEES CANNOT resettle in the United States unless they have a local sponsor. Bouakhay's brother, a cook in a Kansas City restaurant, is a former Laotian government official who managed to leave Laos after the 1975 Communist takeover.
This year the Lawrence Refugee Committee, which is sponsored locally by the Lawrence
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Students favor strong defense
Staff Reporter
by DAVID STIPP
The times are a 'changin' when it comes to the way KU students look at U.S. defense.
In contrast to the dove days of the late 60s and early 70s, when defense was a dirty word to many students, only a small number of KU students who participated in a recent Kansas poll said they would be willing to see America's military might lessened.
Fourteen percent of 315 randomly selected students said the strength of America's defense
Fifth percent, or 158 of the students polled, said U.S. defence should be strengthened
With 95 percent confidence, this percent was accurate to within 5 percent in either direction. that is, there was a 95 percent chance that the school would receive $200,000 from school students wanted to strengthen U.S. defense.
THIRTY-ONE PERCENT, or 97, students said the group's strength to be maintained at the present level.
The poll, which was conducted by 35 Reporting II students on the-street interviews between July 9 and July 11, showed younger and older students supported an increase in U.S. defense spending. Only about one percent of both the freshmen and seniors polled said they supported a more muscular military.
The sexes supported an increase in defense strength in almost equal proportions. Fifty-two
percent of the men and 48 percent of the women polled said defense should be strengthened.
Supporters of different candidates for president differed on the question of U.S. defense. Among the students who said they would vote for Ronald Reagan for president, 78 percent, or 38 out of 49, they wanted an increase in military might.
THE DOVES ON campus flocked to Anderson. Forty-one percent of those who wanted to decrease defense strength said they would vote for Anderson. Of those who wanted to decrease defense, 16 percent said they would vote for Anderson and 5 percent said they would vote for Reagan.
In comparison, only about 43 percent of John Anderson's and 44 percent of President Carter's supporters said they wanted to augment U.S. defense.
Some of the students who said U.S. military strength should be increased or remain the same added that better use of existing resources, not training, should be used to give U.S. defense more punch.
Anderson received more straw votes in the poll than Carter and Reagan did together.
Pa Multo, Florissant, Mo., senior, said, "U.S. defense needs to be improved but doesn't necessarily require the spending of more money."
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Rhonda Krugy, Willmeet III, junior, who said U.S. defense should be left as it is, said.
and Kentucky streets gave an ambiguous message to motorists last week after a pedestrian made adjustments by bending the sign.
Ever find yourself coming and going? A traffic sign at the corner of Ninth
But the heat wave will make an encore performance later in the week as highs Wednesday and Thursday will be in the 90s. Friday's high will be in the 100s.
Cool air will roll into Kansas today, bringing a high of only near 90. There's a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms this morning but skies will be partly cloudy this afternoon. Tonight will be fair and cool with a low of 67.
The cooler air will continue Tuesday with a high in the upper 80% and sunny skies. The lower 20% is more stable.
Northeastern Kansas will get a brief but much needed reprieve from the month-long heat wave.
Professor restates charges
BvLAURALUCKERT
Staff Reporter
Carl Leban, associate professor of East Asian studies, appealed Friday to the University of Kansas Judiciary to reinstate charges he made in the case against R. Dykes. The charges were dismissed in April.
LEBAN'S CHARGES, which were dismissed by J. Hammond McNish, chairman of the University Judiciary, following a motion by Vicki Thomas, University general counsel, asserted that Dues violated his rights and the university students, staff, and faculty members.
Leban filed a brief two weeks ago with the University Judicary Appellate which said the charges he filed in March had been improperly drenched in Anrill.
suffered no personal injuries from any actions by Dykes, he had no standing to file the charges.
Thomas' motion, which brought about McNish's decision, said that because Lebanad had
Leban said that he wrote a letter to the KU faculty, which was published in the Lawrence Journal-World, concerning the chancellor's actions against Forer and Dillingham. Faculty members and alumni then wrote letters to the chancellor.
IN HIS NEW PETITION and at the hearing, Leban assented that Dykes violated the rights of the University community by the action he took against Norman Forer, associate professor of social welfare and Clarence Dillingham, instructor in sociology, who circulated letters to the media which were defamatory to himself and other faculty members.
"Some of those letters defamed me," Lebanese
author Salwa said, and no sense of patriotism,
and I didn't love my family.
DURING THE HEARING, LEBAN said that DURING the concern, the ladies had a "chilling effect."
"People can't speak out about this matter." Leban said. "I have had many calls from people saying they support me, but they can't speak out for fear of their reputations."
The three members of the Appellate, Bill Westerbeke, associate professor of law, Edwin Hecker, professor of law, and David Stutzman, law student, asked Leban if he thought it would be worth continuing concerns. Forer and Dillingham had been ligated by Forer and Dillingham themselves.
Forer and Dillingham, who flew to Iran in December on an unauthorized mission to help mediate in the Iran crisis, were suspended without naval during their 20-day absence.
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