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University Daily Kansan. January 20. 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
Protesters cut off Mexican oil fields
MEXICO CITY—An estimated 10,000 armed peasants have cut off roads to and of Mexico's oil fields, charging that the state-owned oil monopoly is "running out."
Spokesmen for Petroleos Mexicanos (Permex) said the peasant protest had begun Sunday in Mexico's southeastern state of Chiapas and was preventing production of 300,000 barrels of oil a day, two-thirds of Mexico's daily gasoline consumption.
Residents of nearly two dozen small towns in the region occupied the work areas because of alleged destruction of farmlands.
In a two-page newspaper communique published Monday and addressed to President Jose Lopez Portillo, the paesans accused Peremx of "contamination of water by chemical substances and residues" that had allegedly destroyed 40 percent of their crop corn.
Pemex said 23 teams of drilling specialists had been put out of work by the protest.
The Mexican government maintains two army brigades in the site of Chiapas, but no troop movements into the protest area were reported.
NEW YORK—The nation's largest city declared a water emergency yesterday as its reservoirs dipped to the lowest levels in 15 years.
Warning of a "calamity" next summer, Mayor Edward Koch and Alfred Warner of the western bayou northwestern Baychester County, appealed for voluntary conservation in the host county.
If current usage and lack of rainfall persist, the city has only a 128-day supply of water left.
Koch signed a declaration imposing the first phase of a drought emergency, which calls for a daily reduction in consumption to 125 billion gallons per day.
In conjunction, Koch said he also would sign into law a measure increasing the fines for illegal use of fire hydrants. Under that law, teen-agers and adults caught using fire hydrants improperly face possible fines ranging from $50 to $1,000, depending on the number of offenses.
O'Hair loses anti-praver court battle
WASHINGTON—Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair lost again yesterday in a federal appeals court in New Orleans from starting its sessions with a lawyer.
The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed without comment a request from O'Hair to stop the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from beginning its sessions with the invocation, "Oyez, oyez, God save our nation and this honorable court."
For O'Hair, who brought the landmark Supreme Court case that banned school prayer, it was the third time in the last year that the high court had ruled against the practice.
The court also announced it would hear a case brought by Minnesota officials on whether members of the Hare Krishna religious sect have the right to hold a hearing.
Senate OK's 7 more Cabinet choices
WASHINGTON-Seven more members of President-elect Ronald Reagan's Cabinet won Senate committee approval yesterday, but Labor Secretary-designate Raymond Donovan, his prospects clouded, remained under investigation.
Five other appointees, including Secretary of State-designate Alexander Haig, were cleared by committees last week.
The Cabinet nominees approved yesterday include Samuel Price, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Donald Regan, Treasury Secretary; Richard Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services; John Block, Secretary of Agriculture; Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; Malcolm Baldridge, Secretary of Commerce; and Drew Lewis, Secretary of Transportation.
No vote has been scheduled on Donovan's nomination. An investigation is pending on allegations that arose last week of payoffs by Donovan's New York team.
The Senate, in a post-inauguration session today, plans to confirm non-controversial members of the Cabinet and then act on Hang and others.
Florida cold snap creates fire hazard
ORLANDO, Fla. — Another blast of Arctic air caused at least one death in Florida yesterday, damaged the grapefruit crop and created under-dry conditions.
Sheriff's deputies in Clearwater reported that a man suffocated early yesterday and that his wife was hospitalized in critical condition after a portable kerosene heater apparently consumed the oxygen in their tightly closed bedroom.
John Koehler, acting division forester for the central Florida region of Seminole, Osceola, Orange and Brevard counties, said 214 fires blackened 10,981 acres last weekend. His crews fought 47 of the blazes and still were burned by two days before that already had burned more than 4,000 acres.
The cold snap came on the heels of last week's record-breaking freeze, which ruined an estimated 18 to 20 percent of the state's crop and led farmers to drop crops in some states.
Chrysler workers to vote on pay cut
ROMULUS, Mich.—A United Auto Workers union rank-and-file advisory group recommended yesterday that Chrysler公司 workers accept a $4-a-month salary.
On a voice vote, the UAW Chrysler Council recommended ratification of a scaled-down contract granting $622 million in wage concessions, part of a
The long process of polling 65,000 people represented by the UAW in the United States and Canada will begin almost immediately. The union set a Feb. 28 deadline.
In Washington, the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board formally approved the company's request for an additional $400 million in loan guarantees, based on forwarded data.
Chrysler Vice President Robert S. Miller said Chrysler was considering merger possibilities. He said exploratory talks already were taking place with Mitsubishi of Japan and Peugeot of France, and talks may be held with IBM. Chrysler already has financial ties with Mitsubishi and Peugeot.
Reagan in, Carter out at noon today
At noon (EST) today, Reagan and his predecessor, Jimmy Carter, will together up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol, where the outgoing president was sworn in.
After the swearing-in, Reagan will go into the Capitol for his first meal as president, while a waiting helicopter will take Carter to Andrews Air Force Base.
After leading the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, the Reagans and the Bushs will watch the bands and floats from an enclosed reviewing stand in front of the White House.
On Campus
THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION FILM SERIES will present Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and George Orwell's "Animal Farm." The series will be presented at 7 p.m. in the basement of Lippincott Hall.
TODAY
TAU SIGMA DANCE CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in 242 Robinson.
MARANATHA CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES will meet at 7 p.m. at 1538 Tennessee St.
ECUMENICAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES will hold aiblical seminar on Romans at 7 p.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread.
The DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES will present a Soviet film of Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment."
STUDENTS ANTI-NUCLEAR ALLIANCE will meet at 7 p.m. in Parlor C of the Kansas Union.
THE KANASSE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY is sponsoring a conference on the "Habitat of Metallic Minerals" at 9 a.m. in the Kansas Room of the Union.
The film will be shown from 2:30 to 6:15 p.m. in Room 3 of Lippincott Hall.
THE DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGEES AND LITERATURES will present a Soviet film of Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" from 7:30 to 11:15 pm, in Room 3 of Lippincott Hall.
TOMORROW
Orientation for SPRING SEMESTER FITNESS PROGRAMS for adults will be at 5 p.m. in 201 Robinson.
The semester's first CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER SESSION will be at the Ecumenical Ministries Center, 1204 Oread, a:7:45 a.m.
THE UNIVERSITY FORUM will be at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread, at noon.
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AIR FORCE
Train crash spills chemicals
ROTC
Gateway to a great way of life.
At midday yesterday, one of the overtured tank cars continued to leak pentane, a flammable liquid used in making paint thinner, which was burning at the rate of five gallons a minute.
Fire officials said they had used about one million gallons of water to control the fire and had let a small flame burn itself out to prevent the leaking pentane from entering the city's swer system.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The fiery crash of two trains carrying toxic chemicals caused the evacuation of a three-block area on Kansas City's west side yesterday, closed main arteries into the downtown and posed a danger that the flammable substance carried by one of the trains could leak into city sewers.
Smoke and flames from the accident forced police to close Interstate 35, the main north-south artery from Johnson County to downtown Kansas City, and to divert morning rush hour traffic to a toll road where traffic were reported, and police advised afternoon commuters to use other routes. The accident occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday when a truck carried the track in the Kansas City Terrain crash and sidesteped a second run. Fe tractor and another track.
Fire officials estimated that 5,000 gallons of pentane remained in the cracked tank car.
The police department said six or seven people, most of them firefighters overcome by smoke and fumes, were taken to hospitals for treatment.
KUSC
KU SAILING CLUB
Meets every Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Kansas Union
Membership Includes:
-Learn to sail classes
-fleet of 11 boats
-Perry Lake facilities
-Inter-collegiate
racing team
-cruises
-films, lectures,
and parties
Come to our introductory meeting, film, and party. Wednesday, January 21 6th floor, Kansas Union
The Student Senate is about to begin its annual foray into the world of high finance.
$ NEED MONEY $
If yours is a University Recognized student group, applications for funding can be picked up Wed. Jan. 21, in the Student Senate Office.
Applications are due Wed. Feb. 11, at 4:00 PM
HEARINGS BEGIN MAR. 2
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