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University Daily Kansan, July 23, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
Pope's attacker convicted in Italv
ROME—An Italian court convicted Mehmet Alla Igca yesterday of shooting Pope John Paul II and sentenced him to life in prison for the killings.
Aga, 23, a self-proclaimed Turkish terrorist, again bountyed the court proceedings. His lawyer, who had accused a lesser sentence of 30 years in jail, refused to acknowledge his accusations.
The sentence of life in prison, the maximum penalty under Italian law, was announced after six hours and 45 minutes of deliberation by the jury and judge.
There was no immediate comment on the verdict from the Vatican. The Pope is still hospitalized.
The life imprisonment decreed for Agca included sentencing for wounding Mrs. Ann Odre, of Buffalo, N.Y., and Mrs. Rose Hall, who now lives near Frankfurt, West Germany. The two women were hit by the same hall of fire that wounded the Dane.
Under Italian law, Agca will be eligible for conditional liberty, similar to parole, in 28 years. After that, he could eventually be granted total freedom.
Duarte may be ousted by Magana
Observers in San Salvador said Rene Fortin Magana, 49, an attorney and head of the team that investigated the seized the candidate for installation in El Salvador's ruling junta.
The admission of Magana, supported by rightist professionals and businessmen, would woke junta President Duarte's position and push the
During an interview with UFI, Magana declined to comment on whether his appointment to the junta is imminent, but said he would consider the post. He also told me that she was not a supporter of him.
Members of the private sector who asked not to be identified said the junta shakeup may occur within a week. Sources close to the U.S. Embassy said there were no reports of such an event.
Brain function unaffected by 'weed'
BOSTON—A University of California study of 10 people who regularly smoke marijuana as part of their religion indicates that smoking the plant can lower blood pressure and improve vision.
The study, reported in the Boston Globe and in a recent issue of the Journal of Science, found no evidence of brain damage among chronic, heavy users of
The researchers said their subjects were all well-educated caucasian Americans, "actively engaged in daily work, largely agricultural and business." They also lead active and spiritually oriented lives," researchers said.
Seven men and three women were studied.
"I if I hadn't known that these people marjuana, I would never have concluded that there was any impairment whatsoever." Jeffrey said.
The subjects are members of a religious sect in the southeastern United States who smoke marijuana in large "spills" or oversized cigars of tobacco and marijuana. Each spliff contains a quarter to a half-ounce of marijuana.
The participants in the study, ranging in age from 25 to 36, said they were surprised if a day but did not use any other drugs, alcohol or psychoactive substances.
They underwent a number of psychological tests to measure language and articular ability, visualization memory, memory, analytic ability and other functional functions.
The study did not discuss other health effects of marijuana use, such as lung damage or hormonal abnormalities, which some researchers have
Jordan criticizes Reagan budget
WASHINGTON—Despite three days of courtship by top officials, national Urban League bestowed on Jordan said yesterday that the credibility gap between him and the White House had fallen.
"We were trying to move beyond rhetoric and slogans to a true dialogue," Jordan told a news conference. "That did not happen because the administration's spokesmen continued to blur the real issues and to repeat the tiled slogans we heard before."
When he opened the league's national conference Sunday, Jordan accused the administration of pursuing a "jellybean budget" at the expense of the department.
During the four-day meeting, a number of administration officials, including Vice President George Bush and Budget Director David Stockman, addressed the conference and sought to allay black fears about Reagan economic policies.
Jordan said he did not challenge the conservatism of the Reagan administration, but does "challenge its failure to exhibit a compassionate conservatism that adapts itself to the realities of a society ridden by class and race distinctions."
"There seems to be no comprehension of the fact that behind the statistics the administration spokesmen were juggling are human beings, poor people, whose need for income, for services and for opportunities are being ignored." Jordan said.
He said the conclusion to draw from the meeting is that "the credibility gap has widened, and both sides should be concerned to close it."
Funeral industry rules approved
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission yesterday ended almost a decade of studies, hearings and proposals by approving rates designed to encourage online purchases.
The commissioners gave final approval to regulations that would require the funeral industry to itemize its prices to give the buyer a better understanding of what is expected.
In addition, the regulations would prohibit certain deceptive and unfair practices, such as using a market for cremation, and it would not price disclosures by telephonics.
Itemized pricing, said acting FTC chairman David Clanton, will provoke the bereaved with "a neednarged bargaining lever" to cope with the inability of her husband to pay.
The commission directed the staff to have the final rules ready by the end of the month. Congress then will have 90 legislative days to decide whether to let them stand or kill them by a veto of both houses.
These will be only the second FTC regulations to face Congressional scrutiny since Congress changed the law last year to exercise more power.
The regulations would not go into effect until some time after the 90-day review period.
The funeral industry has been effective in the past in lobbying Congress.
Brazilian coffee prices perking up
RIODE JANEIRO. Brazil - A mid-winter frost in the southern hemisphere has damaged a substantial portion of Brazil's 3.4 billion coffee plants and crops.
The temperature yesterday dipped below freezing in at least part of the coffee-growing regions for the third consecutive day and the weather service noted that temperatures were below freezing.
The Brazilian Coffee Institute, a group that regulates production and export in the world's largest coffee-producing country, sent hundreds of experts into the fields to evaluate the damage. The institute said "preliminary indications are that the frost was serious."
The front damage to the coffee bushes means that future harvests (1822-83) will be reduced, although it was too early to determine the exact impact for coffee.
Producers said the latest frost will have little effect on the current harvest, which is estimated at a 32 million sacks. But unofficial estimates said the current frost would cut Brazilian coffee production next year by 20 to 50 percent.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. UPI-The Internal Revenue Service is investigating reports that city building inspectors took money from foremen during construction of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the Kansas City Times reported yesterday.
IRS probes alleged impropriety in Hyatt
The Times, in a copyrighted story, said "one reliable source had confirmed that the IRS Criminal Investigation Division was looking into reports that inspectors tok the money and failed to report it as income.
Room and convention rescheduled is not extending past Aug. 15, 15 the woman said, but she refused to confirm it as the anticipated reopening date.
Last Friday night two skywalks collapsed at the Hyatt and killed 111 people.
George Warmuth, IRS investigations group manager, refused officially to confirm or deny any IRS investigation, but acknowledgment that he and another employee were involved in connection with the Hurricane connection with the Hurricane. The records included copies of contracts,
payments to subcontractors and general financial records.
The IRS apparently became involved when a man told the Kansas City Times that last year he had witnessed Hyatt construction foreman giving money to city inspectors, Gary Blaurook, a city hospitalized for a leg infection, refused to take calls about claims be made in the Times' story.
kitchen and housekeeping employees were also working, a Hyatt spokeswoman said.
"We are definitely planning on reopening, but we won't know when until the end of the week," she said. "Groups have called or written to give their support and to tell us to notify them when we are ready to open."
The Times reported that Blanckov said he saw foremen at the construction site give money during a four-month city inspectors he could not identify.
But William Turner, the city's inspection superintendent, said he had
In other developments, experts were no closer to announcing an official reason for the collapse of the skywalks into the hotel lobby, but numerous theories were being advanced. Several dealt with changes in the suspension of the skywalks after the designs were drawn and the way the two 65,000-pound bridges were anchored to side walls. Some engineers blamed a change in suspension rods for the disaster.
received no reports that city inspector took money.
Of the more than 1,000 employees who worked at the 40-story hotel, 100 were employed in the food prep and rescheduling, convention groups and even taking reservations. Some of the
In another development, the Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
doption Board released records kept during construction of the hotel from Oct. 25, 1979 to Sep. 5, 1980.
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