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Friday, March 7.1980
University Daily Kansan
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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From the Kansas's Wire Services
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Gerald R. Ford inched closer yesterday to entering the presidential race, as a national draft-Ford committee was formed to encourage him to make the
Committee urges Ford to run
If enough people ask, the former president said, "I'd have a hard time saying no."
Creation of the draft Ford committee was announced by former Air Force Secretary Thomas C. Reed, who said Ford should know that many Americans agree he “offers the best alternative to the bankrupt policies” of the Carter administration.
Reed urged Ford partisans to express their support in cards and letters to Ford's Palm Springs, Calif._home.
The former president said in St. Petersburg, Fla., that he had received pledges of support from Democrats and independents as well as Republican leaders in the state legislature on his behalf.
In a flurry of activity that indicated he was laying the groundwork to announce his intentions, Ford made plans to meet Monday with John Sears, who was ousted as Ronald Reagan's campaign director Feb. 26, the day of the New Hammishire primary.
Ford also was reported to have agreed to meet next week with several Republican leaders and former congressional colleagues in New York and Washington to "discuss the political situation." One aide hinted Ford might make an announcement as early as next week.
In Connecticut, the day after Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee abandoned the GOP race, his two top state campaign chiefs announced yesterday they were switching their support to Ford. They said they would support a Ford-Baker ticket at the Republican National Convention in July.
In New York, formation of a Delaware Committee to Draft President Ford was announced at a news conference attended by chairmen of similar committee.
The Austrian Ambassador Edgar Seizer, free to return to Vienna to see his gravelly wife, wife, appeared to be in good condition when he changed planes in the airport. The writer has received a kind answer.
One hostage freed in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia - Terrorists holding the Dominican Embassy
oggetta released one hostage, as negotiations focused on the leftists' demand
The hostage, Austrian Ambassador Edgar Selzer, freed to return to Vienna to see his gravely ill wife, appeared to be in good condition when he changed planes in Caracas, Venezuela. Selzer reportedly said that he had not eaten in eight days.
An unidentified government official said the guerrillas had practically abandoned their demand for $50 million in ransom.
The guerrillas claim the inmates are political prisoners. The government says it is holding no political prisoners and that any guerrillas in Colombian cities have been killed or taken hostage.
"They only want to get the guerrillas of the subversive groups out of jail, but the government cannot give in without violating the constitution and laws of
Columbia's constitution permits the president to pardon only political prisoners. A military source said the armed forces firmly supported President Obama's policies.
Kassebaum's rail bill passed
WASHINGTON—The two Republican senators from Kansas passed a bill that would keep the bankrupt Rock Island Railroad alive for at least 48 years.
Senator Bob Dole, R-Kan., voted Thursday in favor of a bill sponsored by Senator Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., to extend directive service on the Rock Island for 45 days so companies can finalize purchases and arrange alternate means of transportation.
The shippers, farmers, railroad workers, businesses and consumers of Kansas and Great Plains must have continued service on the Rock Island Railroad.
The bill, which now goes to the House, would continue government-subsidized service over the 13-state system into May when negotiations are concluded for the final version.
It also forms a government-financed compensation plan for Rock Island employees who lose their jobs once the system is sold. Federal officials say uncertainty over employee compensation has been the major obstacle to sale of the 128-year-old railroad to other carriers.
Panel OKs arain planting cuts
WASHINGTON — A House Agriculture subcommittee yesterday endorsed a multimillion dollar paid diversion plan to cut the nation's 1980 grain production.
But several subcommittee members called the move only "a gesture" because it comes after farmers in some sections of the country have already planted their feed grain and wheat crops and because the Carter Adherent refused to impose a paid diversion program administratively, calling it coercive.
The bill, approved on a voice vote by the livestock and grains subcommittee, authorizes the Agriculture Committee, also in an attempt to protect farmers from low prices caused by the embargo, endorsed a bill that would expand participation in the 1979 grain reserve program, which encourages farmers to isolate grain
Under the House proposal, feed grain farmers would be encouraged to reduce their production this year by 15 percent in return for federal payment of $1.24 a bushel and 10 percent in return for federal payment of $1.03 a bushel not to plant 10 percent of their land in return for payment of $1.50 a bushel. Officials estimate the diversion should reduce payment by at least the 12 million metric tons of corn and the four million metric tons of wheat the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soviet Union this year because of its military intervention in Afghanistan.
Reagan will speak in Wichita
WICHITA—Ronald Reagan, one of the top contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, will be the main speaker at the KFI Salute to
The former California governor is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. at the Colliion Ballroom, according to Patrick Hill, 4th district co-chairman for the Reagan
A KFI spokesman said every political candidate for the presidency has been invited to the program, but Reagan is the only one who has accepted.
Mennonites plan draft seminars
Reagan's appearance will come eight days before Kansas' first presidential primary, April 1.
The Mennonite Central Committee has created a "Christian Peacemaker Registration to help draft-age youths think through their convictions about war."
Bob Hull, secretary for peace and social concerns for the church, said the Mennonites historically have opposed the use of force to resolve disputes.
NEWTON-Area Mennonites are planning seminars for draft-age youth to discuss the revival of draft registration and options to military conscription, a hardship on young people, and other issues.
Correction...
The headline at the top of page 3 of yesterday's Kansan was incorrect. It should have read "Leban says faculty running scared on Forer issue." The
It will be cloudy and colder today with a 40 percent chance for scattered snow and rain in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. The high will reach the mid-to-upper 30s today and tomorrow and 10-28 mph winds will be from the northeast.
Weather...
Mild temperatures in the 30s and 60s are forecasted for Sunday, but temperatures are expected to cool to the 30s and 40b by Tuesday.
Validity of neighborhood plans questioned
By ANN SHIELDS Staff Reporter
The City Commission voted Tuesday night to allow development of the Bluffs, plaving the way for offices and apartments in the primarily single family area.
Richard Spear, president of the Pinckney Neighborhood Association, said this week that the city's decision to rezone the Sixth Avenue branch of all of Lawrence's neighborhood plans.
Association, the Oread Neighborhood Association and the Old West Lawrence Neighborhood Association all supported the Bluffs zoned for single-family residences.
"We are not concerned with the Bluffs as an individual issue," he said. "We're concerned about the absolute disregard for the energy that went into the neighborhood
Dick Dunham, president of the East Lawrence Improvement Association, said he thought the commission's decision called for a reassessment of neighborhood blans
"If the plans can be changed at the whim of five people—the city commissioners—then they don't seem to be worth much," he said.
"You can't plan for 1956 today and not get some changes," he said.
were not binding because it was only a guide for development.
THE EAST Lawrence Improvement
Plan 95, which outlines city development through 1965, and the Pinckney neighborhood plan opposed the rezoning.
Commissioner Ed Carter said at the meeting that the plan's recommendations
Spear disagreed and said that the city had used the wrong process to change the zoning.
Neighborhood plans can be reviewed and updated annually, he said.
He said he was most annoyed that the developers were so confident of city commission support that they did not significantly change their class.
STOLIA Ski the developers had agreed to drop their request for an extension of the commercial strip along Sixth Street and Fifth Street, but be reviewed before a building was finalized.
The review, which has never been done in Lawrence before, would ensure that the developers solved the drainage and traffic problems, he said.
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