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University Daily Kansan, February 11, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
'53rd hostage' arrives in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-American Cynthia Dwyer, the freed man of Dubai on the second list of her jailhome home, flew out of Dubai today on the second list of her jailhome home.
Dwyer, 49, is scheduled to arrive in New York this afternoon after a stop in Zurich, Switzerland, to change planes.
She boarded a Singapore Airlines jet for the flight to Zurich, airline officials in Dubai said.
After a heart-stopping hick reminiscent of the last-minute snags that delayed the release of the 52 former hostages last month, Dwyer left Iran aboard an Iranian jetliner for Dubai, where U.S. Consul Eric Weaver whisked her off for a meeting with American officials.
Dwyer spent her day in Dubai undergoing medical checks, speaking by telephone with her husband and resting in seclusion provided by American hospitals.
In Washington, the State Department described Dwyer as healthy, cheerful and determined to avoid the press as she winds her way home to her parents.
House bill defining life introduced
WASHINGTON—Confident opponents of abortion are trying to pass a simple bill defining life as at conception, a new strategy that one expert said yesterday would effectively nullify the 1973 Supreme Court ruling permitting abortions.
The legislation would need only a simple majority in both houses of Congress. That would be far easier to accomplish than obtaining the two-thirds support of both houses and ratification by three-fourths of the states, which is required for a constitutional amendment banning abortions.
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., and Reprs. Henry Hydle, R-III., and Romano L.伞.
Jan. 19, that declare: "Human life shall be devised to exist from conception."
"I'm relatively confident we have the votes in both houses," said Carl Anderson, a spokesman for Helms.
The tactic caused immediate concern among supporters of abortion rights.
Suwen Lowry or the National Abortion Rights Action League expressed "a great deal of concern" at the new strategy.
"It's a back door attempt to amend the Constitution," she said. "The bill raises serious constitutional questions. We're not confident the court would pass it."
Solidarity leader calls off strike
WARSAW, Poland—Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa backed down from a mass strike threat yesterday and appealed for labor calm, while the Communist Party issued a tough statement accusing the union of harboring "enemies of socialism."
The resolution by the party's central committee, meeting in full session in Warsaw to deal with the labor crisis, may indicate it has taken the offensive against Solidarity one day after naming Poland's defense minister. Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, a strict disciplinarian, as the new premier.
Heeding Walesa's advice, an estimated 300,000 workers in Poland's industrial southwest called off a two-day strike and returned to work.
Walesa called for an end to strikes after the Polish Supreme Court rejected legal registration of a rural Solidarity union for farmers but agreed they could form an "association" to represent their interests. Such an association would farmers all the labor rights enjoyed by the nation's independent unions.
Reagan's son accused of embezzling
LOS ANGELES—President Reagan's older son is under investigation by state and local authorities for either diverting $17,500 invested in a hospital.
The Los Angeles Times said Michael E. Reagan also had been accused of offering and selling stock in a corporation that, according to court documents, had been charged with fraud.
The Times said investigators were trying to learn how Reagan, 35, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., use the $75,000 given to him by his investors who purported to have been involved.
Reagan told investigators that the firm, which he operated from his home, was involved in the distribution of gasohol and served as a brokerage in the region.
Reagan was unavailable for comment, but his attorney, Donald Wager, said he was sure Reagan would be exonerated.
In Washington, White House Press Secretary Jim Brady told reporters the Times story "is something that's been looked into."
Iraq offers Iran conditions for peace
NEW DELHI, India—In an unexpected peace offer at a meeting of nonaligned nations, Iraq said yesterday that it would withdraw from Iranian territory.
Protesting *Iraq aggression*, the Iranians walked out of the meeting before Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadam Hammadi took the floor and were not there.
"Iraq," Hammadi said, "is fully prepared to restore the Iranian lands occupied in the war."
Although Iraq had offered to discuss peace with Iran before, it always had linked a cease-fire to demands that Iran accept Iraqi claims of sovereignty and maintain its territories.
In an apparent reference to Iraq claims of sovereignty over the Shatt al-Arab waterway, Hammadi said Baghdad would return Iran's occupied lands and be a stronger nation.
Harmadi said Baghdad was willing to negotiate a peace settlement with Tehran through mediation by the non-aligned movement or any other interest group.
Diplomat executed, caller claims
BEIRUT, Lebanon—a caller claiming to represent a pro-Syrian terrorist group said yesterday that Jordan's kidnapped charge of affaires had been dismissed. The complaint was filed against the group.
A radio station operated by Christian Phalanigist Party militia said it received a call from a man claiming to represent the pro-Syrian "Eagles of the Revolution." He said 42-year-old Hisham Muheisen, Jordan's ranking minister for the defense of the country, meets to meet a deadline for the surrender of seven Syrian air force defectors.
Although authorities cautioned they had no firm evidence that Mubeissen was dead, his abduction Friday and the subsequent threats strained Joran's confidence.
Wichita State probe avoids publicity
Jordan, which has accused Syria of masterminding the abduction, recalled its ambassador from Damascus and Syria accused Jordan of involvement.
"We know this situation is hurting the university through adverse publicity, so we're trying to move as quickly as possible," said D.Wight D.
He said the committee had been "pursuing it with as great as speed as possible" since the group was formed by Wichita State President Clark D.
WICHTA—A member of a Wichita State University committee probing payments to basketball players said yesterday the group was trying to find a solution.
Murphy said the committee had had no contact yet with the NCAA, which is conducting its own "preliminary inquiry" into the school's athletic program.
The controversy centers around four former Wichita State players who told the Kansas City Times they had received money and gifts from coaches.
The players said assistant coaches and Head Coach Gene Smithson had scheduled for airline tickets, and said money was handed out at parties thrown by them.
The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita is one of four hospitals in the country conducting the first long-term testing of a new synthetic insulin that could solve a growing global insulin shortage.
Biosynthetic Human Insulin is identical to insulin produced by the human body but is made from a different precursor. The strain of a common body bacteria.
Wichita branch testing synthetic insulin
"The results so far have been excellent," Richard Guthrid, chairman of the department of pediatrics at the Wichita branch and executive director of Diabetes Center. "This could solve the world supply problem."
GUTHRIE IS heading a two-year research project sponsored by Eil Lilly and Co., producers of the new insulin. The insulin was administered to 40 patients, and will be given to 40 other patients starting this month according to Guthrie.
The insulin used now comes from the pancreases of pigs and cows. Because it must be produced soon after the slaughter of an animal, it is made in the slaughterhouse where the animal is killed.
Insulin is used in the treatment of diabetes to reduce the sugar content of the blood and urine and to restore normal metabolism.
Since the large meat-packing companies in the United States have to move packing plants to small cities, the process of insulin production is
becoming more expensive and time-consuming for small plants, Guthrie said.
Guthrie said insulin made from animals produces antibodies when introduced into the body. These antibodies are responsible for some of the side effects associated with diabetes, such as blindness.
50 patients at the Wichita branch, and hundreds more worldwide, according to John Marsden, executive director of clinical research at Lilly.
Another benefit to the synthetic insulin is that it does not cause the natural defenses of the body to produce antibodies.
HE PREDICTED the United States would face an insulin shortage bv 1990.
The synthetic insulin will be tested on
Marden said previous studies had indicated the synthetic insulin was safe and effective in reducing blood sugar levels.
If the testing receives approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the synthetic insulin will be available to the patient before a shortage can develop, he said.
THE PATIENTS will be examined at two-month intervals throughout the
testing. Clinic visits, insulin, medical and nursing care will be provided free to individuals involved in the study.
The Wichita branch was chosen because there is a great number of diabetics, according to Marsden.
"We were chosen because the people at Lilly knew of our ability to do the testing, our facilities, and our research as a research center." Guthrie said.
The other hospitals in this country testing Biosynthetic Human Insulin are in Detroit, Minneapolis and Trenton, N.J.
Las Vegas hotel fire kills eight
By United Press International
LAS VEGAS - At least eight people died and 300 were injured last night as a fire swept through the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. The largest in the United States.
It was the second deadly blaze at a Vegas gambling resort in less than three months.
The Clark County coroner's office confirmed the four deaths, but did not identify the victims. Firemen and paramedics said that some of the dead were to be the hotel guests who leaped or fell from upper stories as they tried to escape.
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"Some guests are trapped in their rooms," a hotel spokeswoman said. "We're not sure how many floors are on fire. There's a lot of smoke."
She said that there was no panic as a security guard ran through the casino and told gamblers to leave.
The Las Vegas Hilton is located about 2 miles from the MGM Grand Hotel, where 84 people died in a blaze No. 21.
windows, screamed for help and tied bedsheets together for escape ladders.
Three separate fires began on the second, third and eight floors of the 2,700-room hotel. Police Sgt. Darrell Huff said police were questioning a business saw "acting suspiciously on the ninth floor just after the fire started."
The fire broke out about 8 p.m. PST and was declared under control about three hours later.
"We strongly suspect arson and we are treating it like it is arson." he said
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