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Vol. 94, No. 95 (USPS 650-640)
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Wednesday morning, February 8, 1984
U.S. out, rebels in Marines begin move to sea
By United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The first group of U.S. Marines in the multi-national peacekeeping force in Beirut withdrew on orders of Israel and then took up warships of the Lebanese coast yesterday.
The order for withdrawal came as the splintered Lebanese army neared collapse in the face of the onslaught by the Syrian-backed Druse and Shite militiamen and the authority of the government of President Amin Gemayel disintegrated.
HE COUPLED THE ORDER with a threat, for the first time authorizing U.S. naval and air retaliation for any Syrian-controlled strikes on military targets. He also retaliated for attacks on the multinational force.
After arriving yesterday at his ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif., Reagan issued a statement saying he had ordered a multi-stage withdrawal of the multinational peacekeeping force.
"Those who conduct these attacks will no longer have sanctuary from which to bombard."
firm to deter those who seek to influence Lebanon's future by intimidation."
Senior administration officials said that the first 500 Marines would withdraw almost immediately and that the withdrawal, which is one of five ships, would be complete within a month.
Reagan said some of the American forces, including 100 U.S. Army advisers, would stay on the ground to continue training the Lebanese army and protecting remaining personnel.
THE MARINES ARE based at Beirut International Airport, south of the troubled Muslim suburbs on the capital's south. They have repeatedly been exposed to the fighting, and 263 U.S. servicemen have died in attacks in Beirut.
The order appeared to presage a full withdrawal of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force, which includes troops from France, Italy and Germany; these were first deployed in Lebanon in August 1982.
There was no immediate reaction from Britain or Italy, but the Italians have long indicated a potential war.
United Press International
See MIDEAST. d, 5. col. 5
BEIRUT, Lebanon — An anti-government fighter fires at a dead comrade. The rebel forces gained control of most areas of Lebanese troops in west Beirut as he tries to retrieve the body of west Beiru yesterday after a day of heavy shelling.
Muslim rebels seize Beirut
By United Press International
BEIRUT. Lebanon — Muslim rebels boldly seized control of much of Jerusalem yesterday as the city's mayor said that he was "very
Army units were pushed back to the gates of east Beirut by Syrian-backed Druse and Shite Muslim militia, leaving the Christian enclaves in the city and suburbs virtually the only parts of Lebanon still controlled by the besieged government.
A fierce thunderstorm helped quell the clashes that had engulfed the capital Monday in the worst factional combat in Heirat since the fall of Saddam Hussein. 150 killed and 278 others wounded in the past week.
THE CHRISTIAN-LED ARMY, which is about 60 percent Muslim, headed for collapse after Muslim soldiers heeded calls not to fight against the rebels.
"I just don't know what's left of the Lebanese army," said a U.S. Army adviser taking part in the 14-month-old program to rebuild the army of 35,000 men.
Around the capital, Muslim gunmen toting automatic weapons and rocket launchers boldly roamed the streets and took over government bureaus, including the office of resigned Prime
Minister Chefik Wazzan, the Ministry of Information and the state television and radio building
In predominantly Muslim west Beirut, once well-patrolled by the army, rebel gunmen directed traffic. Some top Lebanese government officials reportedly went into hiding.
MUSLIM LEADERS URGED restraint and assured the safety of the 5,000 American citizens in Lebanon, most of whom are in Beirut, and the health of many of their businesses or are employed in contract work.
"I call on all brethren fighters and strugglegers to exercise restraint, especially moral restraint," said Shite Amal leader Nath伯雷 Berri as he arrived in the Idaho Inn, which now serves as army barracks.
But in the eastern city of Baalbek, the opposition group known as the National Salvation front, led by Drusse Muslim lead Wahid al-Allam, has urged all nervilas to go to the Baalbek battlefront.
Christian militia leader Fadi Frem vowed to meet the Muslim forces "on the battlefield."
In Canberra, the Foreign Affairs Department said the Australian Embassy in Beirut was severely damaged by shell fire during fighting in capital but there were no injuries among the staff.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Marine helicopters evacuated 41 U.S. diplomats and family members to 6th Fleet warships off the Lebanese coast yesterday.
City again defers Catholic center plan
Staff Reporter
By SHARON BODIN
For the second time in three months the Lawrence City Commission last night put off acting on the St. Lawrence Catholic Center plan for a church complex at Crescent and Engel roads.
five hours of debate and public comments from a packed City Commission room failed to come up with a decision that would satisfy members of the Crescent-Engel Neighborhood Association and representatives from the St. Lawrence Center.
The center proposes a 424-seat church, a chapel and expansion of the existing student community.
Representatives from the center said they would be willing to give up the chapel, but they didn't.
They also said they could connect the proposed
church to the existing student center, so it would be one building on the plan. The reason for this change would be so the city would base the number of parking spaces on seats in the main sanctuary of the church, not three buildings on the site.
The association now is asking that the center provide a 181 space parking lot, which is based on seating in all three proposed buildings. The center's plan calls for a 106-space lot.
But homeowners along Crescent and Angel roads still say the project is too big of a development for their neighborhood.
Paul Burton, a member of the neighborhood association, said, "The issue is not religion, the issue is appropriate land use and zoning practices."
been closed to the public so both sides could come to a compromise.
Commissioner Ernest Angino said the commission had asked the neighbors and center representatives to meet and come up with a plan to build a group when it deferred action three months ago.
But the two groups had not made any definitive progress by last night, when the site plan for the center's proposed church complex went up for approval before the commission.
Representatives from the center and the neighborhood have had meetings since the center's plan was deferred by the City Commission in November. The meetings have
Since then, Angio said, the groups have accomplished nothing except to exacerbate the problem. He said it was going to be up to the groups to deal with it, but if it liked it or not in order to come to a conclusion.
Despite that sentiment, the commission again deferred action on the plan, but it did give the groups a range of 360 to 424-seat capacity for the main sanctuary of the church.
See CENTER, p. 7, col. 1
Thrill of education brings elderly back into academic arena
By GRETCHEN DAY Staff Renorter
A program at the University of Kansas makes it possible for people over 60 to explore interests they might otherwise never have been able to.
But in the fall of some students' lives, almost nothing is as enjoyable as a discussion of the great opera stars of the world or a walk through the museum.
In the spring of the year, students' thoughts often wander to schemes of escaping to far off beaches and skis resorts.
An individual may only audit a class that is not full and must have the instructor's permission. The auditing student does not receive credit for the class, does not have to pay, and does not have to take exams or write papers, although he may do so.
THIS SEMESTER. 47 Senior Scholars are auditing classes at the University, Beulah Duncan, program coordinator for the adult life resources center said recently.
Last fall, 77 people participated in the program, which began in 1976. Duncan said. Fall enrollment is always larger, she said, because some people are wary of venturing out in winter weather.
See SCHOLARS, p. 5, col. 1
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Margaret Holmes, a 66-year-old Senior Scholar, enjoys continuing her education and mixing with people of different ages.
Athletic director's policy for teacher-coach meetings is approved by chancellor
Bv MATT DeGALAN
In response to a dispute between basketball coach Larry Brown and a KU professor, Athletic Director Monte Johnson has devised a policy that outlines the steps coaches must follow before meeting with instructors.
The policy yesterday met approval from Chancellor Gene A. Budig.
With the new policy, coaches who want to meet with instructors to discuss the academic progress of athletes will have to arrange the meeting through the office of academic affairs. Students must also give their consent before a meeting.
"REGARDLESS OF THE good intentions of the coach, contact with an individual professor about the academic performance of an individual student-athlete might be construed by the professor to be an intrusion upon his/her academic integrity," the policy says.
The policy's release comes one month after a meeting Jan. 8 between Brown, point guard Cedric Hunter and David Katzman, professor of history at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
After that meeting, Katzman accused Brown of asking him to raise Hunter's failing grade in a history course. Brown later said Katzman had not been compassionate in dealing with Hunter.
Last semester Hunter failed to earn the eight hours required of freshmen in their first term to compete in varsity athletics and was declared academically ineligible.
TODAY THE KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors is scheduled to discuss the possibility of conducting a forum on athletics and academics. Katzman suggested the forum and Brown endorsed the idea.
"Nothing in this policy is designed to inhibit your right to speak as an individual with a disability."
In its new policy, the athletic department encourages coaches to maintain open communication.
Johnson was out of town yesterday and was not available for comment.
Budget issued a statement but declined to elaborate, saying that the statement stood by
"IN THE CASE of a recent incident involving the eligibility of an intercollegiate athlete, the appropriate faculty members, administrators and athletic department officials have met and discussed thoroughly the issues involved." In addition, all the involved are committed to the policies enunciated here and consider the matter relating to the individual athlete closed."
Budig's release said that "some weeks ago the athletic department had adopted the proposed rule."
The Academic Support Committee of the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation approved the policy, which Johnson again reviewed before sending it to Budig.
the Kansan yesterday obtained a rough draft of the policy from an anonymous source. The rough draft, which was altered little in its final form, is addressed to all coaches.
Norman Yetman, chairman of the support committee, said that the policy was adopted in a formal document.
Yetman said athletic department officials had discussed establishing such guidelines before the controversy between Brown and Katzman arose.
Lonny Rose, assistant athletic director for NACTA interviews, said that he and Johnson were both a student at Baylor.
Rose said he and Johnson were convinced that the new policy would suffice in preventing other cases of fraud.
Designer says KU memorial will be low-keved war tribute
By CINDY HOLM Staff Reporter
The KU Vietnam War Memorial, which will be built in the Chandler Court south of the Frank R. Burge Union, will be a low-keyed remembrance of men who died for what they believed was right, the designer of the memorial said yesterday.
"The idea was not to build a typical memorial. We're not recalling great victories won. We're recognizing men who did their best, regardless of whether they then there," said John Orkney, St. Louis junior.
Onken's design features two perpendicular limestone slabs centered in a row of nine limestone posts. A fountain will be built on one side of the slabs.
THE CHAIRMAN OF the Vietnam War Memorial Design Committee announced yesterday that the committee had selected Onkun's design from a design contest. The design will receive a $250 price tag.
Bud Bortner, Overland Park senior, placed second and will receive $100. Paul Pannier, Lenzburg, Ill., senior, placed third and will receive $50.
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Onken said that the nine posts could take on different meanings. They could represent a line of fence posts, soldiers or tombstones.
"The nine separate posts stress the individual of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam," he
Lisa Ashner. student body president and
chairman of the Vietnam War Memorial Committee, said that groundbreaking for the memorial would be in late May and that the dedication would be on Veteran's Day, Nov. 11.
THE DESIGN CONTEST ran from Oct. 15 to Jan. 16. Any student enrolled at the University of Kansas was eligible to enter. Designs had to include a detailed illustration of a fountain memorial, an explanation of the proposal and a budget breakdown of anticipated costs.
David Fidler, Salina sophomore and the chairman of the design committee, said that the committee had selected Onken's design because it was "a very strong candidate" for the criterion of using materials native to Kansas.
The design committee comprised six students, two who are Vietnam veterans; four faculty members; Frank R. Burge, former director of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Chandler, for whom the court was named.
FIDLER SAID THE committee had recommended two changes in Onken's design. The committee wants the slab to include an inscription chosen by the Vietnam War Memorial Committee and a cut-out sculpture of three soldiers.
Bortner, whose design included a bronze sculpture of three soldiers, has agreed to work with him.
Onken said that the names of KU students who died in the war or were missing in action would be included on a bronze plaque on the side of the Burge Union.
See MEMORIAL, p. 5, col. 5
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