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University Daily Kansan, March 13, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
The thieves promised to release their hostages as soon as the details of the exchange and been settled. But hours later, they issued a new set of demands.
Pakistani negotiators had no immediate comment on the new demands. They appeared to play down fears that the new conditions would unravel the agreement reached hours earlier, and only moments before the hijackers said they would kill the three Americans who were among their hostages.
DAMASCUS, Syria - Minutes before the threatened execution of three American, Pakistan gave in to the demands of three Pakistani terrorists yesterday and agreed to free 55 political prisoners in exchange for 102 hostages held aboard a hijacked jet for 11 days.
Hijackers renege once demands met
In Washington, President Reagan denounced terrorists as the most cowardly of the human species but said he understood the Pakistani government's difficult decision to meet the demands of the airplane hijackers.
LOS ANGELES—The city school board met in executive session last night to decide how to shut down a mandatory busing program involving 80,000 students.
At the same time, busing advocates pledged to fight to keep the program, despite a State Supreme Court ruling that appeared to end mandatory busing.
In a conversation with the airport control tower, the leader of the hijackers also demanded that the freed prisoners and their families be flown to Libya, which Pakistan has accused of helping plan what has become the longest hijacking on record.
"The fight has just begun." Fred Orkand, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union, told reporters.
Joseph Duff, a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People lawyer, added, "If the court system fails and the political system fails, there really is no other alternative but to take the streets."
End to LA busing stirs opposition
The State Supreme Court late Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 1, the anti-bush amendment approved by the state voters two weeks earlier.
Proposition 1, approved by voters by a 2-3 margin in 1979, was designed to bring state law into conformity with U.S. Supreme Court rulings that busing could be required only when it is shown that a school district had taken deliberate action to segregate its schools.
Oil glut will not mean lower prices
WASHINGTON—The nation's stock of gasoline, which normally starts falling this time of year, rose another 3 million barrels last week to a level 4.1 million barrels on Monday.
Despite the glut of oil, Americans can expect gasoline prices only to level off, not to drop, according to Secretary of Energy James Edwards.
However, Texaco is offering a 4 cent-a-gallon discount on gasoline and Shell Oil Co. has decided to lower wholesale gasoline prices by 2 cents a gallon.
Despite such decreases, the price of gasoline has hit $2 a gallon in at least one place in California. Ken Wurbrick is charging possibly the highest price for gasoline in America.
But the higher prices and decreased consumption have not freed the United States from dependence on foreign oil. Government auditors reported yesterday that should foreign oil supplies be suddenly interrupted, the United States would be unable to "cope."
Billion-dollar drug ring broken up
WASHINGTON—The government, in its single largest enforcement action against drug trafficking, announced yesterday that it has broken up a billion-dollar drug operation responsible for 30 to 40 percent of all marijuana entering the United States.
The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the arrest of 122 people nationwide and indictments against 33 more, and about $21 million in seizures of 1.2 million pounds of marjuana; $31 dollars of cocaine, three hundred thousand tablets, 30 ships, two aircraft, six vehicles and about $1 million in cash.
The operation, code-named Operation Grouper, involved undercover agents who infiltrated clandestine meetings of 14 smuggling rings.
DEA administrator Peter Bensinger the investigation the government's single largest enforcement action called drug trafficking.
He said it would have a major impact on drug trafficking nationwide and would do damage to the distribution of marijuana.
In Miami, Vernon Meyer, DEA southeastern director, said the keys to the success of what he called one of the agency's most successful deep undercover inquiries, were four "deep undercover" agents who infiltrated the smugglers at marijuana "off-loaders."
The agents won enough respect from the gang leaders to be admitted to the chancelyiste lecture team, a part of which they managed to record on video tapes of the event.
Federal Reserve spurs lower rates
NEW YORK - Giant Bank yesterday cut its prime lending rate to $17.2\%$ percent, the lowest level in five months and an action that was taken after the Federal Reserve apparently "set the stage" for lower interest rates.
Chemical, the sixth largest bank in the country, said the 17½ percent rate, the lowest since November 1980, went into effect today.
"This is the first time since Nov. 13, 1980, that the funds have traded below 15 percent on the first day of a banking week," William E. Sullivan Jr., senior vice president at Bank of New York, said.
Several major banks, including Bank of New York, Morgan Guaranty, Irving Trust and Marine Midland earlier lowered their broker loan rate to $16.2\%$ percent from 17 percent in response to an easing by the Federal Reserve on the federal funds rate that banks charge each other for loans.
The broker loan rate is the interest banks charge brokersages for loans with stock as collateral. Moves in this key rate, which usually is pegged $ \frac{1}{2} $ to one point below the prime, historically foreshadow similar cuts in the rate for credit-worthy business loans.
Reagan visits Dole after surgery
WASHINGTON - President Reagan visited Sen. Robert Dole yesterday at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where the Kansas Republican is recuperating from kidney surgery. The president took Dole a copy of the book "Wealth and Power in George Gilder."
Leaving the hospital, the president told reporters that Dole was arranging for release from the hospital, and did seem to be real up and about and doing well.
Dole's aides said he was expected to be released within two or three days and was planning to resume his Senate duties, at least part time, Monday.
White House Press Secretary Jim Brady said Reagan discussed the timetable of his economic recovery package with Dole and told the senator, "We need to get you back and don't get to liking this too much. We're ready to go to work."
Correction
It was reported Wednesday that Peters, Williams and Kubota designed the planned parking lot at Sixth and New Hampshire streets. The plan was designed solely by Lawrence city staff engineers.
Student leaders tell lawmakers prof pay raise cuts 'irrational'
From Staff and Wire Reports
TOPEKA-Student leaders from the seven state schools, saying they can prove that low salaries will drive away professors, yesterday attacked lawmakers for "irrational" cutting of faculty pay raises.
But students who do not own tickets for tonight's Kansas-Mississippi game will not have a chance to buy tickets to Sunday's game against Arizona State.
"All of us have been approached by faculty who have almost pleaded with us to represent their concern," Randy Tosh, chairman of the Student Advisory Committee to the Board of Regents, said.
KU's ticket manager, Nancy Welsch, said yesterday that tickets for the Arizona State game would go on sale immediately after tonight's game at Arizona Stadium. The south end of Henry Park are around the state of the first and second-round games.
2nd round tickets scarce
Coleman said the lean budget, which will be debated by the full Senate next week, gave little incentive to teachers to stay in higher education.
Students holding tickets to tonight's first-round NCAA game can purchase tickets for Sunday's second-round game after tonight's game.
Carlin recommended to the Legislature an 8 percent increase, and the Senate Ways and Means Committee trimmed that to 7 percent.
Only students with a ticket stub from tonight's game, a valid KU ID card and one other piece of identification will be sold tickets. Welsh said 100 tickets would be available for KU students, the number available for tonight's game.
"They're doing it for political games," he said.
“It’s kind of tough over there.” Coleman said, referring to the attitude of lawmakers. “It’s nice to cut the budget, but why?
In addition, the committee voted a 15 percent average increase in tuition. The cuts, combined with the withdrawal of state money that was ex-posed to make up by the tuition increase, amounted to a million reduction in the Rents budget.
Bert Coleman, KU student body president, said that the cuts made by both Gov. John Carlin and the Senate Ways and Means Committee in the Regents 1982 budget request could drive away young professors.
"When you start out (as a professor)," he said, "you get about $15,000. You can go to high school and teach for that much."
presidents, met with several legislators, including House Speaker Wendell Lady R-Overland Park.
Lady said he agreed with some budget cuts, but added that the faculty cuts were giving him some trouble.
He said he opposed the deep cuts lawmakers had proposed in an attempt to avoid acting on Carlin's proposed severance tax on mineral production.
An increase of 119 voters in this year's Association of University Residence Halls' election proved resident awareness of the organization is increasing, AURH officers said last night.
A total of 779 hall residents cast their ballots for the four executive offices. Winners are Brenda Darrow, Salina sophomore, president; Jeff Davis, Englewood, co. sophomore, vice president; Carly Fiorina, Kan. senior, secretary; and Chris Schneider, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, treasurer.
Residents more aware of AURH
Darrow and Davis ran unopposed. Last year, 660 residents voted in the AURH election, according to election co-chairmen Jody Arendale, Olahe freshman, and Amy Handelman, Overland Park sophomore.
"There was more publicity at competition this year, and that increased the turnout." Arendale said. "Now how much how much AURH influences the halls."
Darrow and Davis ran unopposed.
The new officers begin their terms at 7:30 tonight at the AURH Assembly meeting in the Kansas Union Walnut grove.
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