University Daily Kansan, June 22, 1984
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NATION AND WORLD
News briefs from United Press International
West German party head quits after election defeat
BONN, West Germany — Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher announced yesterday he would resign as leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party, which suffered a major setback in European Parliamentary elections last weekend.
Bishop, 57, said he would retain his post as foreign minister in
Clyvecorne Holden, Koch's coalition government.
The foreign minister, who also holds the rank of vice chancellor because his party is the junior partner in the alliance with Kohl's Christian Democrats, said he would step down as leader of the Free Democrats next February.
During the 11 years he has led the Free Democrats, the tiny party has held crucial parliamentary swing votes and acted as power broker between the two major parties — the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats.
and social Democrats. The Free Democrats were dealt a humiliating blow in elections for the European Parliament last weekend when they failed to win enough votes to send a representative to the Parliament.
U.S. says rebels fired on copters
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Helicopters carrying two U.S. senators were in Honduran airspace in April when gunmen suspected of being Salvadoran rebels fired on the aircraft with machine guns, U.S. military investigators said in a report yesterday.
The two helicopters were carrying nine people — including Sens. Lawton Chiles, D-Fla., and J. Bennett Johnston, D-La. — when they came under fire April 18. One of the helicopters was hit three times.
One of the helicopters did stray into Salvadoran air space, but only after it had been fired upon as it circled the border area in search of the first helicopter, the investigators said.
Salvadoran rebels said they fired on the helicopters and charged the helicopters had violated Salvadoran airspace.
The report said the first helicopter, which carried the two senators, was hit about 3 miles from the Salvadoran border.
Florida medflies now number five
MIAMI — A fifth suspected Mediterranean fruit fly was trapped in a backyard citrus tree yesterday, spurring officials to intensify efforts to eradicate the insect threatening Florida's $1 billion-a-year citrus industry.
Four medfiles were found Tuesday in a sour orange tree several miles east of the airport and about a mile west of the Port of Miami. Three were males, one was an unfertilized female.
Aerial spraying was scheduled to begin today, pending approval by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials said 6,000 acres would be covered in the weekly sprayings for the next eight weeks.
California spent $100 million fighting the pest from 1980 through 1982. That outbreak cost citrus farmers an estimated $73 million.
Study says high salt intake safe
WASHINGTON — A survey based on government data contradicts the theory that too much salt contributes to high blood pressure, and shows the real culprit is too little calcium, vitamins C and A and potassium, scientists said yesterday.
In a study, researchers said that nutritional histories of 10,372 people between the ages of 18 and 74 showed that those with the highest salt consumption had the fewest cases of high blood pressure.
pressure. The study was promptly denounced by at least one nutritionist, and a doctor familiar with the research said Americans should not resume heavy use of salt.
Although the exact cause of the high blood pressure remains unknown, nutritionists believe that sodium plays a major role among susceptible individuals by accumulating in tissues and increasing the volume of blood or affecting muscle contraction.
Cable cars back in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 100,000 people celebrated the return of the transit system that "climbs halfway to the stars" with a gigantic street party as San Francisco put its maroon and gold cable cars back in service.
cable car's back in view. Mayor Dianne Feinstein cut a three-foot maroon ribbon, and a fleet of 34 colorful cable cars hummed into service at noon to the tune "San Francisco." The system had been closed for two years.
Workers on their lunch hour and visiting tourists overloaded Union Square and lined the streets for them to exercise, educate the public and representation of the system.
One of the cable cars welcomed the Democratic National Convention to San Francisco in a two-hour parade. The convention begins July 16 and was one of the reasons city workers had put in 12-hour days to complete the project ahead of time.
Foxboro fans begging for Jackson
FOXBORO, Mass. — The rural town that told Michael Jackson and his summer tour to "Beat It" met a firestorm of protest yesterday from fans begging officials to reverse the decision to ban the noop superstar from Sullivan Stadium.
the ppl's. A Nash Boston lawmaker, charging that the ban had racial overtones, threatened to lead a demonstration of "hundreds of thousands" of fans if Wednesday's unanimous decision by the Foxboro Board of Selectmen stood.
Board Chairman Richard Thompson cited concerns of inadequate safety and security for the proposed Aug. 11 and 12 concerts. Foxboro has a population of about 14,000, and is about 30 miles south of Boston.
The decision was greeted by a standing ovation from the town's residents and area business people who feared thousands of fans—with or without tickets — would flood the community for the concert weekend.
Finger-flipping teacher keeps job
E. Matthias Hickey, a teacher for 15 years, narrowly escaped with his job Wednesday night when the school board voted 4-3 to reprimand him and put him on a year's probation, instead of firing him.
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Some parents and educators were outraged because a veteran social studies teacher extended his middle finger in a photo included in the high school yearbook.
Biddeford High School Principal Paul Seavey called the pose "a lapse of judgment" by Hickey.
him.
The picture, which featured the high school social studies faculty,
showed Hickey holding a globe in his left hand with the thumb and middle finger extended against the globe.
Skies today will be mostly sunny with temperatures ranging in the low to mid-90s in the daytime and the low 70s this evening. Winds will be blowing from the south at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight there is a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms.
Tomorrow, skies will be partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs will range in the 80s to low 90s. Lows will be in the 50s to 60s.
The extended forecast calls for highs in the 80s to 90s and lows in the 50s to 60s. Skies will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance for thunderstorms.
WEATHER
By United Press International
"He would not cheapen this office of vice president by going through a PR-kind of publicity stunt," the mayor declared. "I think this offer is serious, and I hope that my responses to his questions and our discussions indicated how serious I considered it to be."
Mondale talks with Bradley
NORTH OAKS, MINN. — Walter Montale and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley met for three and a half hours yesterday, and both insisted Mondale wasn't engaging in a charade by interviewing blacks and women for his vice-presidential choice.
Bradley is believed to be the first black ever considered as a serious vice-presidential contender. He and Mordahl both said that talking to women and minorities about the running mate's job was more than a symbolic move by the apparent Democratic presidential nominee.
Mondale refused to say what specific subjects were covered in the lengthy interview, but said none of the questions covered any possible medical, personal or financial problems. He said it was too early for such questions.
In Washington, Gary Hart had no comment on Jessie Jackson's call for a three-way summit, although Debbie Graham, Hart's director of communications, said the assumption always had been that Hart would meet with Mondale and Jackson but not necessarily at the same time.
BRADLEY SAID HE and Mondale were compatible in manner and outlook, and he could not remember a single instance of disagreement during the talks.
James Johnson, Mondale's campaign chairman, said Monday would wait to set up a meeting with Hart and Schoenecker such a meeting would be productive.
would be productive.
"The developments of the last few days have been very encouraging." Johnson said, referring to Hart Mondale cooperation in drafting a party platform.
Mondale said that in general the subjects discussed involved politics, the Democratic convention and foreign and domestic policy.
AT LEAST TWO OTHER vice-presidential hopefuls will visit MONde at his home in suburban St. Paul. Sen. Lloyd Bentes, D-Texas, and San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinstein.
New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who
has removed himself from consideration for the vice-presidential slot, will deliver the keynote address at the party's national convention in San Francisco next month, it was announced yesterday.
Mondale's hunt for a runnable is not as precedent-shattering as it may appear. It is not the first time a mayor has been considered for vice president.
As a matter of fact, it is not even the first time Bradley's name has been on such a list.
In 1976, Jimmy Carter considered dozens of democratic candidates while looking for a political partner. When the list eventually was whittled down to 14 names, Bradley's name was still on it.
Meanwhile, Gerald Ford searched for ways to remain in office, as conservative Republicans had pressed him to refuse, not to continue as vice president.
continue PREOCUPPIED WITH RONALD Reagan's challenge until the convention itself, Ford had spent little time thinking about a running mate. Just hours before the announcement was made, four contenders' prospects were still alive — including Anne Armstrong, then U.S. ambassador to Great Britain.
By United Press International
Transplant aid bill passes House
The measure, which now goes to the Senate, would create a computerized national register to match heart, liver, lung, kidney, pancreas and bone marrow donors with recipients.
WASHINGTON — The House passed a $78 million package yesterday to help people in need of life-saving organ transplants find a donor. The vote was 396-6.
"We think this legislation has the potential to save thousands of lives each year," said Rep Albert Gore, D-Tenn. the bill's chief sponsor.
The measure also would authorize $30 million during the next two years to help transplant patients pay for cyclosporine, an anti-rejection drug that can cost from $3,000 to $5,000 a year.
In addition, it would provide $40 million during the next four years for federal grants to strengthen a patchwork of 110 organ organs. It would also ban the buying and selling of organs.
Following the House tally, Gore told reporters, "I'm very pleased by the size of the vote. It should cause more cooperation to reevaluate its position."
THE MEASURE IS supported by the medical community as a way to improve the system for procuring human organs. The Reagan administration opposes it, however, on grounds the matter would be better handled without federal involvement.
The differing Senate and House bills now go to a conference committee where Gore said he was confident his version will prevail.
The congressman said there was now an estimated 20,000 brain deaths each year that would be suitable sources of organ donors. But only about 2,200 of those bodies are made available for transplants.
"We think we can raise that figure of 2,200 at least threefold, maybe more," said Gore, explaining that his legislation would provide a more efficient system for spreading the word when an organ is available.
transplant must be made within two days, while hearts and livers require a matter of hours and lungs must be transplanted almost immediately.
Gore said there now are more than 7,000 people waiting for kidney transplants. The number waiting for major organs is smaller, but growing.
word when all of gas is avoided.
SPEED IS VITAL. A kidney
In 1983, there were 6,138 kidney, 163 liver, 172 heart, 37 heart-lung, and 150 pancreatic transplants.
Rep. William E. Dannemeyer, R-Calif., tried unsuccessfully to amend Gore's bill by eliminating federal money for anti-rejection drugs and by reducing federal grants to regional procurement centers.
"This bill illustrates a classic dilemma members of Congress face in the conflict between the needs of a minority group and the rights of large." Dannemeyer argued.
Hep. Doug Walgren, D-Pa., rejected Dannemeyer's characterization of people in need of a transplant as a "special interest group."
group.
"They are people who will be dead unless they get a transplant," he said.
GOP group calls for stricter laws on earnings gap
By United Press International
"It is only through strict enforcement of Title VII (the provision in civil rights law against wage discrimination) that we can hope to significantly reduce the earnings gap between men and women, and begin to provide women with a measure of economic security," said Rep. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
WASHINGTON — Laws barring wage discrimination must be enforced more strictly, especially since the improving economy has not helped women's pay keep up with men's, a group of moderate Republicansa said yesterday.
Snowe, who led the "Wednesday Project" on wage discrimination, told a news conference the call for tougher law enforcement didn't mention the case when it was announced to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
"But in addition to that, we need other reforms in the law," she said.
The "Wednesday Group" study recommended mandatory enforcement of the wage discrimination laws. Currently, the law is discretionary, meaning no corrective action is required even though discrimination has been found.
The study also suggested that Congress begin its enforcement of the wage laws "at home," by extending Title VII to cover congressional employees who were now exempted from the law. In addition, the study called on Congress to require the Department of Health and Human Services to set up a program to promote new approaches to high quality, low-cost child care
Snowe noted that 21 years after passage of the Equal Pay Act, women continue to earn, on the basis of two-thirds of what men earn.
SHE SAID THE GROUP hope to get some of its recommendations written into the 1984 GOP platform, although the White House had not endorsed the study
"It may be that they won't include all the recommendations," she said. "It's difficult to get unanimity on all the recommunications in this report."
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