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Vol. 94, No. 73 (USPS 650-640)
Monday morning, December 5, 1983
U.S. planes shot down by Syrian fire in Beirut
by United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — U.S. warplanes bombed Syrian positions in Lebanon for the first time yesterday, drawing fire that downed two jets and igniting fierce artillery barrages that killed eight U.S. Marines in Beirut and wounded two others.
More than two dozen warplanes participated in the strikes. The two shot down by Syrian gunners were the first American aircraft lost in combat since the Vietnam war, the Pentagon said.
One fierer, whose plane crashed into a home, bailed out and was rescued, but two others parachuted into Syrian-held areas and were listed as missing.
HOURS LATER, GUNNERS in the mountains east of Beirut unleashed the worst barrage the Marines have come under in Lebanon, prompting retaliatory fire from U.S. forces using artillery and tanks and from American warships off the Lebanese coast.
Marine spokesman Maj. Dennis Brooks said that eight Marines were killed and two wounded even though the Marines had been on top alert since the air strike at 8 a.m. (midnight CST).
White House spokesman Larry Speakes reported that the Pentagon had obtained pictures showing that the two fliers — Lt. Mark Hardrader and bombardier navigator, were in Syrian hands.
"We have gone to the Syrian government at the diplomatic level in Damascus during the day and made diplomatic representations asking for information and indicating to them that if they are in Syrian hands, we want them treated properly and returned," he said.
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DETAILS WERE available on how the Marines were killed during the 4½ hours of shelling, thought to be the work of Syriabeard Burse Muslim militiamen operating behind Syrian lines in the Shouf mountains overlooking Beirut.
Syria reported holding only one man and a Lebanese radio station said that of the two fiers who had jumped behind Syrian lines was dead.
0628b the air strike, involving what Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said were about 28 planes, marked a sharp escalation in U.S. involvement in Lebanon.
in involvement in Lebanon.
President Reagan said in Washington that he had ordered the strike in retaliation for a barrage of "unprovoked" Syrian missile and anti-aircraft fire at American reconnaissance planes Saturday.
Reagan, arriving at the White House from a weekend at Camp David, told reporters that the United States did not desire a military conflict with Syria — the Soviet Union's closest Arab
any.
But, he added, "If our forces are attacked
See MIDEAST, p. 5, col. 4
Members of the KU Chamber Choir, Concert Chorale and Concert Choir sing at the 98th Annual Vespers concert in Hoch
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Auditorium. The choirs, along with the University Singers and the University Orchestra, performed last night.
Error by jury spurs re-trial for Fourhorn
KU paycheck delays stir state and local solutions Winter says state to review claims Larger. interest-free loans available
By MICHAEL PAUL Staff Reporter
James Chadwick Fourhorn, convicted in October of the murder of a 94-year-old Lawrence man, will receive a new trial because a local judge ruled Friday that the jury which convicted Fourhorn had acted improperly in reaching its verdict.
Mike Malone, Douglas County District Court associate judge, ordered the new trial, which is expected to begin on Tuesday.
Fourhour was convicted Oct. 25 of the first-degree murder of Harry Puckett, 1109 Delaware St. Puckett was found dead June 25 in a front room of his home.
DURING THE HEARING Friday it was revealed that some members of the jury had matched one of Fourhurn's shoes to a bloody footprint on a plywood board that was recovered
During the trial Robert Olsen Sr., an analyst for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, had testified that Fourhorn's shoes did not make the impressions on the board.
Malone ruled Friday that Olsen came to his conclusion after a "careful and accurate
See FOURHORN, p. 5, col. 4
Kansan to cease fall publication, to resume Jan. 11
This is the final regular edition of the university's Kansas for the fall semester, 1984. It was published in 1984.
By PAUL SEVART Staff Reporter
The Kanan's annual holiday edition will be distributed on campus Tuesday.
KU employees who have incurred damages because of a late or missing paycheck can seek to recover their losses through a joint committee of the Kansas Legislature, the co-chairman of the committee said yesterday.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr, R-Lawrence, said the Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State had received permission to conduct emergency meetings during the session and to begin immediately to consider the claims of KU employees.
The procedure cannot be used to recover regular wages that has not been received, Winter said, because the department of administration is working on that process already.
BUT THESE EMPLOYEES who have suffered damages and wish to recover from the state should get a miscellaneous claim form from the local legislator, or from any of the local legislators, he said.
An example of a tangible loss, one that could be specifically valued, would be the interest paid on a loan taken out by an employee to pay bills or buy food. An example of an intangible loss, which could not be valued so easily, would be a lower credit rating caused by bounced checks or missed installment payments caused by a missed or late paycheck.
To apply for a claim, a three-page form and an explanation of the claim must be completed, notarized and returned to the legislators or mailed to the Statehouse in Topeka. No deadline has been set. The employee need not be present when the claim is considered, Winter said.
WINTER AND STATE Rep. John Solbach, D-Lawrence, stressed that employees needed to document as completely as possible the tangible losses they had suffered.
"As a lawyer and legislator." Winter said, "there is no question in my mind that the state is liable for consequential damages people have suffered because of not being paid."
See CLAIMS, p. 5, col. 1
By DONNA WOODS Staff Reporter
KU employees who have not received their November or December paychecks, or who have been underpaid, will be eligible to receive larger, interest-free loans than previously announced, Chancellor Gene A. Budig said Saturday.
Saturday.
Faculty and staff members who were not paid,
or who were "significantly underpaid," may
receive loans from the Kansas University
Endowment Association worth up to 75 percent
of their gross incomes.
Last month, faculty and staff employees were entitled to receive 50 percent of their gross incomes, and the Endowment Association last week announced that staff and faculty could borrow as much as 60 percent of their gross incomes.
STUDENT EMPLOYEES WHO were under paid, or not paid at all, can receive loans worth up to 85 percent of their gross incomes
Previously, students were limited to borrowing up to 60 percent of their total incomes.
The paycheck foul-up began last month when the University of Kansas switched to a statewide computerized payroll system. More than 300 paychecks were not delivered on payday, Nov. 1, and several hours later, an employee was killed during the last week, more than 100 employees had still not received their checks.
A month later, about 100 more employees were not paid on time.
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said that miscalculations, human error and programming problems were responsible for the paycheck confusion.
MARVIN HARDER, the newly appointed KRISTIAN secretary of administration, said yesterday that the problems created in November should be cleared up by today and that he hoped all of the December paycheck problems would be taken care of by the end of this week.
we are just going to be working on it every night in Topeka and they're working on it at KU too," he said.
Storm leaves coat of ice on local roads, trees
By Staff and Wire Reports
The chilling embrace of rain, sleet and snow this weekend left Lawrence roads slick and trees drooping under the weight of a shimmering ice cover.
The storm that caused the weekend's gray weather came across New Mexico and Oklahoma to sett upon Kansas, said Paul Franck, aologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka.
"We can have snowstorms like these during this part of the year, but the frequency of the last four is unusual." Frantz said. "It is more typical to have the storms we've had later in February."
Today will be cloudy with the high in the mid to upper 30s, the lows in the 20s and a 50 percent chance of snow, according to the Weather
service. Tomorrow will be cloudy and cold, with a 30 percent chance of snow.
On Thursday, Frantz said, a new storm front will be moving into Kansas from Colorado.
will be moving into Kansas from Colorado.
The outlook for the winter calls for below-normal temperatures and normal precipitation, he said.
MANY TREE BRANCHES, turned fragile and brittle by the ice, broke after the weekend's storm.
Tom Anderson, director of facilities operations, said, "It's a problem. As the ice builds up, the branches break."
But the storm didn't cause serious damage to power lines, he said, and trees should recover easily.
"We try to protect the younger ones," he said. Walkins Memorial Hospital reported no serious injuries caused by either falls or traffic accidents.
But a Lawrence Memorial Hospital spokesman said that the hospital had admitted about five people during the weekend for related injuries. None of the injuries were serious.
LOREN ANDERSON, LIEUTENANT with the Douglas County Sheriff's Department, said that the number of calls from stranded motorists during the weekend had been above average.
A travelers advisory was issued last night for northwest Kansas, where snow and blowing snow was expected to pose a hazard to motorists. Some light freezing drizzle and light snow was forecast for the next two days in central and southeast regions, where partly cloudy to cloudy skies were expected.
parity classes. Travelers advisors also were issued for central New England, southwest New England, southern New Jersey and much of Pennsylvania
CBS anchor Kurtis returns home to promote book
Rv BRUCE F. HONOMICHL
Staff Reporter
"Remember me?" the middle-aged woman asked Bill Kurtis, one of the anchors of the "CBS Morning News," who was autographing copies of his new book Saturday at the Town Creek
The woman, who had trudged through an ice storm to get to the bookstore, was vaguely familiar to Kurtis. Those vague memories are a
MONDAY MORNING
large part of life on the promotional trail,
especially when the house folks remember you
to be a celebrity.
identify. "How have you you... KURTIS RAN ACROSS a few of those people Saturday — how those who remembered him mainly from his days as a KI student and as a reporter in IBIBY to radio. Kurtis was in library to promote his first book, 'Bill Kurtis: On Assignment', which is a collection of writings and photographs about his travels for CBS News."
"Yeah." Kurtis said, skirting the woman's
"How have you been lately?"
Kurtis said later, "It's nice to get back to your roots, even though some of these people I don't remember or I just never knew. Some of them I
do remember, though — instructors and such — and it is good to come back," he said.
A native of Independence, Kan, Kurtis was some old friends, some old fans and some new fans at his appearance yesterday. The trip back to Lawrence felt good, he said.
From the time Kurtis entered KU in 1988, he worked as a student announcer at KANU radio and at old KUOK radio, a new-derf campus radio station. Later, after working at KTOP radio in Topeka in 1960, he became a weatherman and news anchor for WIBW.
AFTER STAYING AT his parents' home in Independence Friday night, Kurtis traveled to Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas City, Mo., yesterday to promote his book.
Kurtis graduated from the University of Kansas in 1962, and began his professional career as a reporter for WIBW television and radio in Topeka.
"I was filling in for someone at the time," Kurtis said. "I was a street reporter. We were right in the middle of the tornado, and I didn't want to say. I just spit out 'For God sake, cover.'"
He was at the anchor desk the night of June 8, 1966, when a tornado hit Topeka, killing 13 people and causing millions of dollars in damage.
Kurtis sat at the anchor desk the entire evening sorting out details of deaths and damage.
Bill Kurtis
"Television news has come so far since that time," he said. "Now, we can go out instantly and get news pictures from the scene. Then, the audience gets excited about the pictures with live pictures until 10 p.m. — at the earliest."
CSB SAW FILMS of his performance. In December 1966, Kurtis was hired as a reporter
or WBBM-TV in Chicago, which is owned by CBS.
From 1970 to 1973 he worked as a reporter for CBS in Los Angeles.
CBS Angles
In 1973, Kurtis returned to WBBM in Chicago to take over the anchorman spot on the evening newscasts
Nine years later, he and Diane Sawyer became the anchors of the "CBS Morning News," broadcast from New York City.
Kurtus said he was a little apprehensive about taking the position with CBS.
"I was scared a little because Chicago was such a big step up," he said.
TO BROADCAST THE "Morning News," Kurtis said he had to leave his home in suburban New York at 3 a.m.
During his 25 years in bridgebuilding, Koch answered stories about the building of bargehouses and the slow extinction of these.
"I's hard to look good at that hour of the morning," he said Saturday at the Tail Crow, shaking hands with many who swore that they woke at 7 a.m. just to watch his show. "But I didn't hesitate at taking the job. This is why I wished would continue for a long, long time."
The "CBS Morning News" can be seen in Lawrence from 7 to 9 a.m. on Channels 5 and 13.
See KURTIS, p. 5, col. 4
Troops sink boat off South Korea capture prisoners
The two North Korean prisoners were injured but not seriously, military officials said. A military hospital was treating them. The Defense Ministry said that no South Korean casualties or damage were reported in the incident.
The North Korean infiltrators were spotted late Saturday along the coast near Pusan, South Korea's second largest city, situated southeast of Seoul, the Defense Ministry said.
By United Press International
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean forces sank a North Korean shipboard and captured two armed enemy agents in a clash along the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula, the Defense Ministry announced yesterday.
SOUTH KOREAN ARMY troops at a coastal guard point waited for them to reach shore. When they were close enough, ministry officials said, South Korean soldiers fired a blast bomb, and the intruders jumped the infiltrators and overpowered them.
At the same time, South Korea called its navy and air force units into action and chased a North Korean spy boat offshore. The navy said it had detained the spy boat down and it sank, the officials said.
The incident came less than two months after a bombing attack in Burma that the Seoul government had charged was carried out by North Korean commandos.
The blast killed 21 people, including 17 prominent South Koreans and four Burmese. Four Cabinet ministers were among the South Korean victims. The blast also wounded more than 30 people, including 14 South Koreans.
South Koreans.
One of those seriously wounded in the bombing, Gen. Lee Kia-kae, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and director of the Defense Ministry Counter-Espionage Command, disclosed the latest clash.
matter, disclosed the force. "Our forces stand ready to crush any North Korean provocation," said Lee, who still walks on crutches because of his wounds in the blast. A search operation continues in the nearby sea, he said.