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University Daily Kansan, March 21, 1984
NATION AND WORLD
News briefs from UPI
42 states show an increase in January unemployment
WASHINGTON — Unemployment increased in 42 states during January, according to raw data released yesterday by the Labor Department, with 17 states suffering double digit joblessness.
The largest over-the-month jump was in Indiana, where unemployment went from December's 8.9 percent level to 12 percent in January, a rise of 3.1 percentage points.
West Virginia, which leads the nation in unemployment, increased to 17 percent from December's 15.1 percent level, but was below the 20.8 percent rate of a year ago.
In addition to West Virginia, other states with double-digit unemployment in January included: Alabama, 13.5 percent; Alaska, 13.3 percent; Michigan, 12.8 percent; Washington, 12.3 percent; Indiana, 12 percent; and Kentucky, 11.7 percent.
The data were not adjusted for seasonal factors and compare with an unadjusted national rate of 8.8 percent for January, up from 8 percent in December. The unadjusted national rate dropped to 8.4 percent in February.
Soviets on African isle, paper says
LISBON, Portugal — Moscow is turning the African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe into a South Atlantic military stronghold with radar, ground-to-air missile and submarine facilities, a Portuguese news agency said yesterday.
The Noticias de Portugal news agency quoted Western diplomats as saying that about 2.000 Soviet and Cuban troops were maintaining at least three military facilities on the tiny archipelago, which lies on the Cape of Good Hope oil tanker route.
The unidentified diplomatic sources in Sao Tome and Principe said that the Soviets were establishing a military presence "in force" in the islands to counterbalance any possible loss of influence in Angola, where some 25,000 Cuban troops were stationed.
Colombia cocaine raids sets record
WASHINGTON — Colombian police seized a world-record 12.5 tons of cocaine valued on the street at $1.2 billion in a series of airborne jungle raids that killed 11 people, Ambassador Lewis Tambs said yesterday.
us a largest raid ever in the world, in terms of money, value, product (the amount seized). 'Tambs said of the final raid in which the
"Never in the world have they gotten anybody (with) that much cocaine," he told reporters at the State Department.
Tomas said that the processing center in the department of Caquetá, along the Taurae River, was run by international traffickers under protection of communist insurgents, the Fuezars Armadas Revolutionarios Colombia.
Soviet ship hits mine laid by rebels
MANAGA, Nicaragua — The Soviet tanker "Dulker" yesterday hit a mine laid by CIA-backed rebels in one of Nicaragua's largest ports, critically injuring several crewmen, a Defense Ministry communique said.
The communique said the ship sustained "considerable" damage when it struck the mine as the ship was entering Puerto Sandino, 40 miles west of Managua. Puerto Sandino is the country's major petroleum off-loading facility.
"Several Soviet sailors were gravely injured and taken to the hospital at Chinindega," the communique said. The number of injured crew members was not released.
Officials said several Soviet tankers were scheduled to visit Nicaraguan ports this week.
Common Market summit a failure
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A summit meeting of the European Economic Community collapsed in failure yesterday, plunging the world's largest trading group into the worst crisis of its 26-year history.
The summit collapsed after a battle between British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her nine partners, her demand for a parliamentary consensus in the community.
The failure of the summit means imminent insolvency for the 10 nation community, which is running out of cash to pay the cost of the farm support program which swallows up two-thirds of its annual $21 billion budget.
Officials approve TMI core disposal
WASHINGTON — In a milestone for the Three Mile Island cleanup, federal officials signed a formal agreement yesterday to dispose of the highly radioactive uranium core of the nuclear plant's damaged reactor.
The agreement, signed by Department of Energy officials and executives of Three Mile Island operator General Public Utilities Nuclear Corp., sealed an informal commitment made by federal officials in April of 1982.
The utility officials agreed to pay $7.3 million for the removal, scheduled for August of 1986.
Firefighter plans roaring wedding
STATESBORO, Ga. — The flames of love got the best of Ralph Deal, who said yesterday he planned to marry his girlfriend amid a roaring house fire.
Ralph Deal, 37, a training officer with the Stateboro Fire Department, said he talked Cheryl Blue, 28, into getting married in an abandoned house that would be set ablaze tonight as part of a regular training drill.
"I rtreighting is a big part of my life," Deal said. "It's more than just a job and this wedding in the burning house is my way of incorporating my job with my wedding."
The couple — as well as the preacher, maid of honor and best man — will be wearing fire-resistant gear during the ceremony as other firefighters stand by to hose them down if the fire gets out of control.
WEATHER FACTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM EST 3-21-84
30.00 99.72
Today some snow will fall in the Great Lakes region, and rain will fall from the Tennessee Valley to parts of the north Atlantic states.
Locally, today will be mostly sunny with a high of 45 to 50, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
It will be held with a席位 of 25%
Tonight will be clear with a low of 25.
Tomorrow will be sunny with a high of 55.
Lebanese peace talks end in failure
Druse Muslim leader Walid Jumailatt, following Berir out of the hotel, said "beware the Ideas of March"—the assassination of Julius Caesar.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Lebanese peace talks ended in failure yesterday with Shite Muslim leader Nabih Berri stalking out with his suitcases, and conference sources predicting that now "war will really start in Lebanon."
By United Press International
In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, in power only six turbulent months, bowed yesterday to the leadership coalition partner in early elections.
appointed a government committee to set a date for a summer poll.
After meetings with members of his conservative Likud coalition, Shamir
"Tomorrow the committee will discuss when elections will be held." Avramh Shapira, a coalition leader in the country's minority government, Agudath Israel party, said yesterday.
LEBANESE GOVERNMENT sources said the conference to end nine years of civil war between Christians and Muslims had agreed on only a superficial document that declared an "Arab identity" of Lebanon and called for a strengthened cease-fire, a disengagement of forces and a formation of a 32-member committee to study constitutional reforms.
HEAVY MORTAR AND artillery fire smashed into Christian and Muslim areas of Beirut yesterday, with shells raining near the French Embassy in daylong factional fighting that killed three people.
A cease-fire had already been declared last week but by the ninth and last day of the conference there had been no action. The conference continued fighting back home in Beirut.
Emerging from a meeting between Shamir and coalition partners, Shapira said the government might seek parliamentary approval Monday for a motion to dissolve the Knesset and conduct new elections.
"Without a doubt, we are talking about an election in the summer." Shapira told Israeli television. He said she could be conducted as late as September.
Shapira's statement was preceded by an announcement by former Defense Minister Ezer Weizman that he has ended three years of political exile and
formed a new party that will run in the coming elections.
WEIZMAN, 60, RESIGNED as defense minister in May 1980 over Menachem Begin's policies on peace with Israel. In 1978 the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
A member of President Amin Gimayel's delegation in Lausanne, Joseph Sadeh, called the conference "a moment of agreement were" a bare minimum.
Unlike opposition Muslim leaders who scorned the unsigned conference document, Christian faction leaders Camille Chamoun and Phalange chief Pierre Gemayel, father of the president, seemed content enough Chamoun to resist the "disidentified" and Pierre Gemayel said the document was "a step which isn't bad."
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I was skeptical at first, but I had to admit it. It was exciting. I'd never seen such a dazzling array of video entertainment technology. And those drinks! Pretty strong. I was on my fourth when Marcia found me.
HOW I LEARNED MORE ABOUT LIFE IN ONE NIGHT AT GAMMONS THAN I DID THE WHOLE SEMESTER AT SCHOOL.
My roommate Pete and I are as different as night and day. Pete's a bum. The guy eats cold pizza for breakfast. Ecchh! Me, I'm into computers. And school. I actually enjoy learning. So when Pete told me a trip to Gammons was an educational experience. I suggested we go.
Monday morning, I'll be back in school. But now I know that there's a few things my professors just can't teach me. But I think I need a few more lessons just the same. So I'll be waiting for my favorite class of all. My night class at Gammons.
And when I woke up the next morning, I had the strangest craving for cold pizza.
At Gammons, class is always in session.
She was in my chem lab. We talked. We drank. We danced. And pretty soon, everything was a flashing, spinning, magnificent blur. Somewhere along the line, I lost track of Pete. But I didn't much care.
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