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University Daily Kansan, March 10, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
Hijackers threaten 103 hostages
DAMASCUS, Syrians—About 150 heavily armed Syrian soldiers took up positions near a Pakistani jetliner yesterday after three hijackers armed with time bombs and hand grenades threatened “decisive action” against 103 hostages on board the plane.
As the world's longest hijacking its ninth day, the three Pakistani gunmen released a woman captive, a stewardess on the Pakistan Infrastructure Agency.
The hijackers demanded the release of 92 political prisoners, an end to official harassment of their political organization and the release of the families of two men, Salam Elah Khan and Nasser Jamal, about whom there was no further information.
Pakistan's President, Zia Ui-Haq, who said he never would release "hardened criminals," gave Syrian authorities-free hand to end the hijacking, including a commander raided on the Boeing 720 parked on a fog-shrouded runway at Damascus Airport. Political sources in Damascus, however, said that no military action was imminent and that talks were continuing.
The plane, nearly out of fuel and with three Americans among its passengers, had landed in Danausac earlier in the day after a week in Germany.
Pakistan's Defense Secretary, General M. Rahim Khan, blasted Soviet-controlled Afghanistan for refueling the Pakistani jet in Kabul Sunday and said it was "a grave mistake."
Three Mile Island cleanup urged
WASHINGTON—The damaged Three Mile Island reactor must be cleaned up swiftly to keep radioactivity from tainting nearby water and to prevent a chain reaction from restarting in the fuel core, a federal report said yesterday.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff, in a final environmental impact statement, said a contamination threat to ground water and to the Susquehanna River would remain as long as hundreds of thousands of gallons of contaminated water were stored in the country's reservoirs and tanks.
It concluded the cleanup "should proceed as expeditiously as is reasonably possible."
The study found the stricken reactor could be cleaned up safely in five to nine years, with work crews running only a slightly increased risk of cancer. The report estimated the fatal cancer risk to people living in the area from one in 600,000 to one in 2 million.
It cited the handling of several past reactor accidents, mostly in Canada and Europe, in concluding, "The basic technologies for decontamination are well established, and available techniques can be modified to suit the conditions at TMI-2."
The commission staff also concluded TMI should not become a permanent radioactive waste disposal site—an option favored by some who fear removal of the highly radioactive fuel core and wastes will pose unacceptable risks to area residents.
WASHINGTON—Black leaders, coal miners and city officials criticized president Reagan's budget cuts to civilization completed in 1986. The plan would衍向 Congress to sign a compromise.
Reagan signed his budget message to Congress and his revised 1982 budget would contain proposed reductions of $4.6 billion for fiscal 1982, an increase from the $4.14 billion in cuts he proposed three weeks ago. He said the latest reductions were not necessarily the last ones.
Reagan's budget widely criticized
Thousands of mine workers, holding a rally near the White House, called on the president to "stop black lung murders, not black lung benefits."
On the Capitol steps, civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks and black Del. Walker Fattroy, a non-voting delegate from Washington, D.C., held a news conference calling for a national campaign to
Reagan's first round of budget proposals cut deeply into social programs, such as food stamps, child nutrition, Medicaid and public service jobs. Programs that benefit states and cities, such as highway programs, urban and regional development projects and education funds, also were cut.
The second round of proposals to be announced today is expected to cut deeper into some of the same programs and take aim at new ones.
Meanwhile, Reagan left today for a 27-hour visit to Canada's capital for "get-acquainted" talks with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
WASHINGTON—The administration said yesterday that it opposed a quota on Japan car imports and was on the verge of proposing a three-to-one quota.
U.S. opposes Japanese car quota
"Legislation to impose a quota will be counterproductive at this time."
Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge said a Senate trade subcommittee
Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge told a Senate trade subcommittee. The panel's chairman, Republican Sen. John Danforth of Missouri, is sponsoring a bill to limit Japanese imports to 1.6 million cars a year, 300,000 fewer than last year.
Crushed by Japanese imports, which make up about 25 percent of the U.S. market, American automakers lost $4.2 billion last year. According to Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis, only General Motors stands a chance of making a profit this year.
Instead of pushing for quotas, the administration's response will be "jawboning" the Japanese into voluntary restraints, Lewis said.
Baldridge said the administration was close to a decision on a 'short-term' plan for its industry, perhaps in time for Japanese Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ito's visit.
Atlanta schools to open for break
ATLANTA-Authorities approved a plan yesterday to keep 31 schools in low-income black areas open during a scheduled spring break this week to provide supervised recreation for children whose parents cannot be home during the day.
Alonzo Crim, superintendent of Atlanta school, said attendance would not be compulsory and that schools would be staffed by volunteers.
The school board voted unanimously in favor of the proposal, which was asked to keep black children from becoming victims in the string of child killings.
A sign-carrying crowd of about 600 marched yesterday in support of the child welfare law to aid the $1 million investigation of the 21 missing and murdered children.
Although the administration has released nearly $1 million in federal funds for social programs, no money has been allocated to help the city pay for the investigation by its special police task force. At the end of February, the cost of the investigation was estimated at $1 million and was growing by $8,000 a day.
Appropriation bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress to provide the city with up to $1.8 million in aid.
Judy dies; shows some remorse
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.—Steven T. Judy went "like a man" to his long-sought death in the electric chair yesterday, showing a glint of remorse for the rape-strangulation of a woman and the drowning murders of her three children.
Judy, 24, who blamed abusive parents and an inhumane system for his bloody trail of rape, robbery and murder, knotted his fists as the deadly electricity surged through his body at 12:11 a.m. CST.
Indiana State Prison Warden Jack Duckworth ordered the switch thrown. One minute later, Judy was pronounced dead after 2,300 seconds of electricity in the room.
Judy, who battled for his right to die rather than spend his life in prison, atolically wafted the last 13 steps from his holding cell to the electric chair he
During the final hours of his life, a crack emerged in the veins of the condemned man's personality. He indicated for the first time that he was
Debaters from Redlands University, Redlands, Calif., placed first in the silver anniversary of KU's Heart of America Debate Tournament yesterday.
Parson said he thought the tournament went well, but was glad it was over.
Bill Isaacson and Jeff Wagner defeated Pittsburgh University's Mike Alberty and Steve Marzen in the final round last night.
Redlands beats Pitt in KU debate tourney
The top four teams all received silver trays as awards in recognition of the tournament's 25th anniversary.
"This tournament is virtually the same as nationals," he said. "It's a good way to get ready for the national competition.
Isaacson said that he was glad that the tournament was over, but that he was still trying to do it.
Most of the teams and their coaches agreed with Isaacson. Thomas Kane, the Pittsburgh coach, said that the KU was one of the top two in the country.
"Sixteen of the teams at the national tournament are elected to be there and are selected as the top in the nation; 15 teams debated in KU's tournament."
"We come here because we know that teams from all over the country will be here and that many of the teams will go on to nationals." Kane said.
"All of the good teams are here," he said, "and Professor Donn Parson (the program) always makes sure that the teams face each other while they're here."
Alberty said that he thought of the KU
The Heart of America Tournament began on Saturday morning when the $4 teams participating began the first round of competition. The elimination rounds were completed early yesterday afternoon.
tournament as a "prelude to nationals."
The semifinals late yesterday afternoon ended in a third-piece tie
between the University of Louisville and Wayne State University, Detroit.
"There were no problems, everything went smoothly," Parson said. "But it has been a long three days and I'm tired."
Between 400 and 500 people were involved in the tournament, including judges, timekeepers, debaters and coaches.
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