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Friday morning, December 2, 1983
Vol. 94, No.72 (USPS 650-640)
Top Druse leader killed; guerrillas ambush French
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Unidentified gunmen shot to death a top Druze Muslim religious leader yesterday, and guerrillas ambushed a soldier in the control, killing one soldier and wounding another.
By United Press International
The assassination of Sheikh Halim Takiedine, 54, raided fears of revenge attacks by the Drusue, prompting the Lebanese army to impose a p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew on Beirut. The army warned that armed men found violating the curfew would be shot on sight.
Takiedine was gunned down in his central west Beirut apartment at midday by an assassin who fired a single shot from a pistol equipped with a silencer.
PRIME MINISTER Chefik Wazzan, holding an emergency meeting of army and security forces, condemned "this displeaser crime which indicates that all values no longer exist."
Earlier in the day, guerrilla forces staged an ambush that killed one French peacekeeper and wounded another in what may have been a reprisal for last month's French air strikes against pro-Iranian Shiite targets in east Lebanon.
"They shot to kill," a French official said after the attack near the southern Beirut neighborhood held by Shite rebels. "There was no warning."
The new outbreak of violence came as President Amin Gemayel met with President Reagan at the White House and discuss efforts to Israeli, Syrian and Palestinian forces out of Lebanon.
"There is still a long way to go," Reagan said.
"And Lebanon can count on our help."
THE TWO LEADERS emerged from a round of meetings with little evidence that progress had been made on bringing peace to Lebanon.
Druse artillery kept Beirut's international airport closed for a second straight day because of what the Drusse said was shelling of their only fortress built by the Lebanese army and Christian multia.
Beirut Radio reported that army troops, controlling the key town of Souk el Gharb east of Beirut, exchanged mortars and sniper fire at a military outpost in villages east and northwest of the town.
Christian Phalange Radio, based in east Beirut, said the sound of bursting mortars could be heard from the army-Druse front, seven miles from the radio station.
Schools in Christian east Beirut remained closed and the Druse rebels repeated their warning for civilians to keep clear of military installations.
WASHINGTON — Fire Environmental Protection Agency official Rita Lavelle and her attorney, James Bierbower, left federal court. A federal grand jury yesterday found Lavelle guilty of perjury for lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation.
Jury finds Lavelle guilty of lying in EPA inquiry
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Fire EPA official Rita Lavelle was convicted yesterday of perjury for lying to Congress and obstructing an investigation into the $8.6 billion toxic waste cleanup program
Lavelle, weep silently and dabbed at her eyes with a tissue as she stood before the judge, faces sentencing Jan. 9. She could receive a prison term up to 10 years, of time up to
A 10-women, two-man U.S. District Court jury found her guilty on four of the five felony counts she faced, holding statements made under oath that led to her conviction. "I ONLY HAVE one thing to say, and that's
"I ONLY HAVE one thing to say, and that's that I'm very disappointed." Lavelle said.
The perjury charges on which she was convicted stem from her testimony to Congress and a sworn written statement that she was unaware before June 17, 1982, that her former employer, Aerojet-General Corp. of California, was involved in a controversial toxic waste enforcement case, the Stringfellow Acid Pits near Glen Avon, Calif. She later removed herself from Environmental Protection Agency handling of the case.
The jury, after deliberating about seven hours during two days, found Lavelle innocent on one count, which accused her of lying to Congress and alleged she kept cleanup programs to help Republican politicians.
fired by President Reagan last Feb. 7 after he resigned, Reslavelle is the only EPA official indicated as a result of the scandal over mismanagement of toxic waste cleanup that engulfed the agency this year and resulted in the firings or resignations of 21 top officials.
"I THINK IT WAS a correct verdict," declared a somber-looking prosecutor William Hendriks. "It's clear I think that the jury was very deliberate in the way they proceeded."
Defense lawyer James Bierbower is expected to appeal the conviction.
The San Diego woman emphatically denied on the witness stand that she ever perjured herself in congressional testimony, use the Superfund program for pollution, use the Internet with interest with Aerojet General
BUT HER TESTIMONY contacted with that of 13 prosecution witnesses — many of them present or former EPA officials — as well as a top Senator aide and a vice president of the organization.
White House spokesman Larry Speakers has no comment on the verdict, but said in response to a question that he believed her to be the only one charged with the murder of an organ administration to be convicted of a felony.
This was her second trial. She was acquitted July 22 of misdemeanor contempt of Congress charges for refusing to obey a subpoena to testify in a House energy subcommittee last March.
Columbia, Spacelab 'still the best show in town'
Ground crew intrigued by 'fascinating' glow behind tail of shuttle
By United Press International
SPACE CENTER, Houston — The Spacecail astronauts reported a strange glow on the tail of the shuttle Columbia yesterday and said they were looking for evidence of an object project officials are considering giving them.
international space science expedition
Flight director Chuck Lewis said a decision would be made this weekend on extending the flight from nine days to 10, to squeeze as much as possible from the world's most ambitious
Mission scientist Charles Chappell said, "The excitement continues and Spacelab is the best show in town," upon reviewing operations of the first three days of flight.
The glow was reported by Owen Garriott when control jets fired. Surfaces of the rocket plane have been seen to glow before, but the phenomenon observed by Garriott was different.
*When the jets fire, the glow is not enhanced until the jets quit firing, and then the glow dissipates.*
"THAT REPORT you gave us on the shuttle glow is absolutely fascinating to everybody here in Building 30 (the control center)," said Michael Lampton in science control. He requested motion picture, and television coverage of the glow.
Scientists at mission control were astonished earlier in the day when electron beams fired from Spacecabel to study magnetic fields and electrically charged gases around the Earth. The beams lit the night sky like a celestial fireworks display.
KU hams will attempt out-of-this-world talk with astronaut Garriott
See SHUTTLE, p. 5, col. 1
BY JOHN HOOGESTEGER
A group of KU amateur radio enthusiasts will venture to the top of Learned Hall this evening to attempt to make radio contact with the space shuttle Columbia.
Despite a weather forecast calling for freezing rain or snow, members of the KU Amateur Radio Club plan to brave the elements and move their equipment from their radio station, which is Learned, to the building's roof so they can attempt to communicate with Owen Garriott, a Columbia astronaut and amateur radio enthusiast.
Garrison is the first man ever to broadcast from space on amateur radio frequencies, and his efforts have attracted much interest in amateur radio circles.
THE KU CLUB will represent just a few of the hundreds of amateur radio enthusiasts in the Midwest who will try to talk to Garriott this evening.
The club's advisor, John Stenbys, assistant professor of electrical engineering, said that he didn't know what the club's chances of reaching a milestone deal, but that it would be a "once-in-a-lifetime deal."
Stensby and Dave Chlystek, the club's president, estimated that 400.00 amateur radio operators or "hams" lived in the United States, most of whom would probably be trying to reach the space shuttle sometime during its nine-day trip.
The club must wait until 6:35 p.m. today for
See RADIO, p. 5, col. 3
Flaws in new payroll system delay some workers' checks
Staff Reporter
By BRUCE F. HONOMICHL
Yesterday was another rough day at the pay window for about 100 classified and unclassified KU employees.
Last month, because of problems stemming from the changeover to a computerized payroll system, 300 University employees did not receive their paychecks Yesterday, as dictated this week by state and University records, more than 100 employees were not paid.
At least 30 people visited the payroll office in Carrburgh-O'Leary Hall between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. yesterday to complain about not receiving their checks. More than 100 employees were expected throughout the day, said John Patterson. KU's head comptroller.
The University of Kansas and Kansas Technical Institute in Salina last month became the first Kansas Board of Regents schools to join
the Kansas Integrated Personnel Payroll System, or KIPPS. Ninety-nine of Kansas' state agencies have begun paying their employees through KIPPS' since the system went into
ON SATURDAY, State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R.Lawrence, sent a letter to Michael Harder, Secretary of the Department of Administration, asking that KU's problems with KIPPS be resolved as soon as possible. In addition, James Carothers, associate professor of English, sent a telegram yesterday to Gov. John Carlin asking that the payroll problem be resolved.
WINTER SAID yesterday that he had not received a response to his letter to Harder.
KU police likely to get pay increase advised two years ago by state office
"It might be swell if you pay 6,000 out of 7,000 employees — swell for the 6,800," he said. "But not so swell for the 200 who haven't gotten paid. It's a tragedy."
See CHECKS, p. 5, col. 3
Winter said that the Lawrence delegation to the Legislature was to meet today in Topeka
By MICHAEL PAUL
Staff Reporter
If Gov. John Carlin approves the proposed raises, about $25,000 will be available for salary increases to KU police officers in Lawrence during the last half of fiscal year 1984, and $72,069 will be available for fiscal year 1985. About $100,000 will be available for raises to officers at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.
KU police officers may finally get the pay raises that the State Department of Personnel recommended two years ago.
James Denney, KU director of police, said that for officers on the Lawrence campus, the raises would translate into a 4.5 percent cost-of-living increase in their pay from 1984 and a 4 percent increase for fiscal year 1985.
DENNEE SAID that he thought the governor would probably act on the proposed raises within
Between January and July of this year, 11 police officers on the Lawrence campus resigned because of low pay.
The money for the raises came from diverting money from four positions that were vacated this year. The four positions, which will not be held next year, are officer, lieutenant, security officer and secretary.
JACK PEARSON, director of the Med Center police, said that last week his department had been able to rebudget money for the salary increases.
Denney said that he thought the raises would curb the exodus of officers from the force.
Pearson said that money for the salary increases for the Med Center police came from five vacancies within his department.
The proposed raises were delayed for this fiscal year because the police department at the Med Center could not find the money for its raises.
The salary increases for the last half of the 1984 fiscal year at the Med Center would be about $30,000, he said, and the increases for the 1985 fiscal year would be about $70,000.
Denney said that because the money had been found within both departments, Carlin would
See MONEY, p. 5, col. 5
Francis Kelly, Lawrence special student, works as a volunteer at Headquarters, a crisis-intervention center and information clearinghouse at 1602 Massachusetts St. One of the services Headquarters offers is counseling over the telephone.
Volunteers provide listening, support through crisis center
The center opened in December 1969, primarily to help people with drug-related questions and problems. Today, said Headquarters director Marcia Epstein, only a small fraction of this year's 10,000 callers and walk-in visitors were calling about street drugs.
Celebration notes 14 years of work at Headquarters
Times have changed. But the mission of Headquarters to help the people of Lawrence has not, Epstein said. The center will celebrate its 14 years of service in a birthday dance party from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dec. 10 at the Lawrence Opera House, 642 Massachusetts St.
THE BANDS scheduled to perform are Shamn and the Scams, The Vogue and the Cooks. Admission is $3, and the proceeds are intended to support the bands, the bands, equipment and rental. Eurea said.
By PAUL SEVART Staff Reporter
Headquarters, a crisis-intervention center and information clearinghouse at 1602 Massachusetts St. has been many things to many people in the 14 years since it was founded.
"It's a way to celebrate for ourselves the good work that we think we do here," she said. "We'd like to have people come and celebrate that with us."
One of those volunteers is Francis Kelly, a Lawrence special student who works more hours.
"It's been really rewarding working here," Kelly said. "I feel it's good to be involved in the work."
PART OF THE Reward is in getting through the training, Kelly said. Three times a year, Headquarters conducts training sessions for 40 volunteers, which consist of about 40 hours of instruction at work. The training session will begin in late January or early February.
See HEADQUARTERS, p. 5, col. 1