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University Daily Kansan, March 20, 1984
NATION AND WORLD News briefs from UPI
U.S. sends 2 radar planes to Egypt to monitor Libya
CAIRO, Egypt — The United States sent two AWACS radar planes to Egypt yesterday to track Libyan air activity following an air attack on the Sudanese capital that killed five people, Egyptian and U.S. officials said.
said.
A U.S. embassy spokesman said the planes were made available to Egypt and Sudan at their request following Friday's air attack on Khartoum, the capital.
Khartoum, the capital.
The raid, by a Soviet-built TU-22 bomber that Egypt and Sudan say came from Libya, killed five people and injured 14, but missed the Omdurman radio station that was its apparent target.
The AWACS, sophisticated radar tracking planes, and their support aircraft arrived in Egypt at 12:30 p.m. local time yesterday, U.S. officials said.
officials said.
Pentagon officials said the planes will stay in Egypt and Sudan air space for an indefinite period "as a result of the unprovoked Libyan attack last week."
Smoking on small planes is banned
WASHINGTON — The Civil Aeronautics Board yesterday refused to ban smoking on up to 85 percent of commercial flights in the United States, but agreed to do so on planes with no more than 30 seats. The board also decided to ban cigar- and pipe-smoking on all commercial domestic flights.
The panel dumped proposals it tentatively endorsed last year. Those proposals would have banned smoking on flights of less than one or two hours even on large commercial aircraft.
John Banzhaf, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, said his group would study the rules to determine whether to challenge them in court. The group was a leader in the drive to ban smoking. Both the tobacco industry and the airlines opposed the smoking ban.
EPA orders recall of Oldsmobiles
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday ordered General Motors Corp. to recall 186,000 1980 Oldsmobiles that violate federal air pollution standards.
The vehicles involved are 1980 Oldsmobile Delta 88, Delta 98, Toronado, Cullass Supreme, Riviera and Custom Cruiser Wagon models equipped with 5.0 and 5.7 liter engines.
The EFA solid the years involved were violating emissions standards for hydrocarbons, which consist of unburned gasoline that has passed through the engine. The hydrocarbons react with nitrogen oxides to form ozone and smog.
clean noise and smog.
Under the provisions of the Clean Air Act, GM has 45 days to submit a plan to remedy the pollution problem on the vehicles or to request a hearing on the EPA order.
Congressman wants his trial moved
WASHINGTON — Rep George Hansen, R-Idaho, charged with overcharging $333,978 from financial disclosure statements, sought yesterday to move his trial from Washington because of comparisons of his case to that of White House aide Edwin Meese.
U. S. District Court Judge Joyce Hens Green denied the motion to move the trial to Richmond, Va., but decided to sequester the jury. Jury selection will begin today.
selection will begin today.
Hansen, the first public official to be tried for violating the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, is charged with failing to disclose a $61.503 loan from billionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt, an $87,475 profit on silver futures and a $50,000 bank loan guaranteed by Hunt to Hansen's wife. Hansen also is accused of not reporting $135,000 more in personal loans.
PAC gifts on House races rise 40%
WASHINGTON — Political action committees last year gave $12.7 million to congressmen seeking re-election, almost 40 percent more than two years ago, according to Common Cause, a public interest lobby.
A Common Cause study showed that House incumbents received $9.2 million from PACS in 1981, the last pre-election year.
Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-III., chairman of the Ways and Means committee, was the leading recipient of PAC money with $168,150. He was followed by Rep. Robert Michel, R-III., the House Republican leader, with $163,078 and Rep. Don Sundquet, R-Tenn., with $136,370.
Common Cause President Fred Wertheimer said that 130 congressmen were co-sponsors of a bill to cap the amount of money a candidate could receive from PACs.
Giant pandas mate twice in a day
WASHINGTON — Ling-Ling the giant panda, rebounding from a kidney infection, got into the spring of things yesterday and spent the day mating with her partner Hsing-Hsing.
day mating with her partner. For the second time in the 12 years they have been together, the pandas mated at 8:18 a.m. Then, to the surprise of zoo officials, the pandas, which are gifts from China, mated again that afternoon.
pandas, when are girls it is hard to ask."
"We've had a really active weekend here," said National Zoo zoologist Devra Kleiman. "All you need is one mating — three minutes. They've made it. What more can you ask for?"
After finally consumating their love affair last year, Ling-Ling gave birth to a 4.8-ounce male cup on July 21. But the cub died three hours later of pneumonia, and Ling-Ling later contracted a nearly fatal kidney infection.
WEATHER FACTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM EST 3-20-84
Today will be fair to partly cloudy across most of the nation with some rain from the Great Lakes to the south Atlantic Coast states.
will only have the greatest cloudy with a high around 40, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Tonight will be clear and cold with a 10W around 20.
Tomorrow will be sunny and warmer with a high around 50.
to the National Weather Service in Topaz.
Tonight will be clear and cold with a low around 20
Because of a guest columnist's error, a column in the March 6 Kansan incorrectly defined the University's proposed classified research policy. Total classification of research under the proposed policy would be allowed only in times of national emergency.
CORRECTION
Lebanese leaders argue over final peace accord
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Lebanon's leaders, meeting in a late-night session yesterday, argued over a proposed final peace agreement that offered limited reforms and appeared to satisfy almost no one.
By United Press International
"These old men are not able to understand the new realities on the ground," said Drusen leader Walid Jumblatt, who earlier had described the proposal as "rubbish" but still predicted agreement on an accord.
At the same time, U.S. Embassy officials said the search was continuing for American diplomat William Buckley, a political officer kildnapped in Muslim west Beirut Friday. The officials said they had no leads on his whereabouts or his abductors.
In Beirut, rival militias, impatient with the lack of progress at the Lausanne peace talks, rained shells on Beirut's neighborhoods yesterday. Police and local radio stations reported one person killed and 20 wounded.
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The document was supposed to have been largely accepted in backroom negotiations that preceded the full session, but, instead of a final agreement, the session produced more arguments.
But after the 90-minute session ended, presidential adviser Wadh Haddad said that there still were questions about a new nine-page document presented by President Amin Gemayel to the conference.
Former President Suileman Franjeh "refuses categorically to limit the power of the president such as they are proposing," said a spokesman for the 73-year-old Marionite Christian. Under the present political system, all presidents must be Marionite Christians.
The fighting in Beirut followed a weekend of shelling and street battles that left at least 16 dead and 50 others wounded.
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A RESPONSE TO BUFORD WATSON AND THE CITY STAFF
In a February 29th memo to the Mayor and City Commission, City Manager Buford Watson and the city staff make several proposals designed to "eliminate some of the marathon type (city commission) meetings" the last two commissions have occasionally endured. Mr. Watson and the staff feel that this seemingly worthy goal can be equitably achieved by holding alternate commission meetings in the afternoon while severely limiting both the number of speakers and the time allotted to those fortunate few able to pass muster.
Mr. Watson and the staff think that because "Commission time and Staff time must be used as efficiently as possible ..philosophical discussions must not be allowed to interfere with the work that must be done"."
These practitioners of cost-benefit cognition evidently don't realize that, in the words of American philosopher William James.
in the words of America.
"The deadliest enemies of nations are not their foreign foes; they always dwell within their borders. And from these internal enemies civilization is always in need of being saved. The nation blessed above all nations is she in whom the civic genius of the people does the saving day by day. by speaking, writing, voting reasonably... (and) smiting corruption swiftly... Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark."
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Banks raise their prime rate as credit competition grows
WASHINGTON — The nation's economy is growing faster, the Commerce Department said yesterday, and large banks raised their interest rates half a point to 1.5 percent to reflect increased competition for credit.
the department said personal income gained 0.7 percent, adding to the record surge that raised income by 1.5 percent in January.
Spending fell 0.7 percent in February, the first decline since August, but left intact more than half of January's 1.9 percent increase.
The U.S. balance of payments, meanwhile, showed a record $15.3 billion fourth-quarter deficit, bringing 1983's loss to foreigners to $40.8 billion, the worst year ever, the Commerce Department reported.
And the report predicted this year's deficit will be larger, particularly if the interest rates move up.
Major banks raised their prime rate
the interest rates and the major banks raised their prime rate
of interest to 11.5 percent, the first time since August that the rate went up.
"Big brother at the Treasury continues to borrow heavily," said Commerce Department economist Jeffrey O'Connor. He was been firm along with the economy.
"There is quite a bit of competition for funds; businesses are starting to step up their borrowings somewhat," he said. "The implication from all those pressures is that the rates will probably remain firm."
"Even with the slippage in February numbers the gain was so large that January and February spending was up 2.5 percent over the fourth/quarter level," owner said.
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