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University Daily Kansan, December 1, 1983
NEWS BRIEFS From United Press International
Meeting yields no progress in settling Greyhound strike
WASHINGTON — Federal mediator Kay McMurray met yesterday for about an hour with union leaders representing striking Greyhound busline workers, but there was no indication of progress toward settling the 28-day nationwide walkout.
Just before McMurray entered the closed session at the Hotel Washington, one block from the White House, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue renewed the federation's pledge of support for the 12.700 strikers.
McMurray, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, refused to give any details of his discussions with leaders of the 31 Greyhound locals of the Amalgamated Transit Union and John Rowland, president of the 165.00-member national union.
Economic adviser told to keep quiet
White House deputy press secretary Larry Speakes indicated early in the day that Feldstein had been advised to keep quiet or face the consequences.
WASHINGTON — President Reagan's top aides yesterday warned chief economic adviser Martin Feldstein to stop dissenting in public about the cause of high deficits.
But later a high-ranking administration official said that Feldstein would not, as Speakers had indicated, lose his job.
Feldstein issued a statement saying he was the victim of "confusion" in press reports about his views that increased defense spending and increased the cost of war.
Block says milk law better option
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary John Block said yesterday that he had urged President Reagan to sign legislation paying dairy farmers to reduce milk output because it was preferable to retaining current policy.
Only a day after the bill was signed, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng announced immediate action to reduce the support price by 50 cents to $12.60 per 100 pounds of milk — an initial support price reduction called for in the bill.
In other agricultural news, average prices of raw farm prices rose 0.7 percent in November to a level 5.5 percent higher than a year ago, the
Hearing spurs vow to quit drinking
AUGUSTA, Ga. — An outdoorsman, accused of holding hostages at an exclusive country club while President Reagan enjoyed a round of golf, promised to quit drinking yesterday when a judge set his bond at $150,000.
"I don't think there's no better American in this country than I am," Charles R. Harris told Judge Albert Pickett during a hearing in Richmond County Superior Court. "I didn't mean to go in there and hurt anyone. I voted for (Reagan)."
"All I'd like to do is stand eye-to-eye and talk to him, but I did wrong."
harris is charged with one count of kidnapping, six counts of false imprisonment of hostages, criminal damage to property and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Fires plague college residence hall
AMHERST, Mass. — Despite 24-hour security patrols, University of Massachusetts officials said, someone yesterday set the third small fire in three days and the 17th this semester at an all-women residence hall.
Toilet paper was set ablaze in a second-floor bathroom of the student Crampton Dormitory at about 11:30 a.m, the 17th fire set at
As in the cases of other fires at Crampton and about a dozen other similar blazes set in buildings across campus this fall, no one was injured and the fire was quickly doused.
There was also a small trash fire in the nearby 318-student coed Cance Dormitory at 1:45 a.m. yesterday, said university representative Joan Ashwell.
Volcano reddens Hawaiian heavens
VOLCANO. Hawaii - Kilauea volcano exploded yesterday, shooting fire from three vents 150 feet into the sky.
C. Geological survey scientist Reggie Okamura said that the fountains, visible 25 miles away in Hilo, were causing three lava flows. The largest flow had moved northeast of the eruptive site along the
abo da Havana 3 t.m. in Kiauaa exploded at about 11 a.m. CST in its 12th phase since the eruption began Jan. 3.
Kiluaea rises 3,600 feet above sea level on the island of Hawaii and is perched on the rim of the island's other active volcano, the 13,600-foot
Illinois church shut down by judge
WAUCONDA, IL. — A Universal Life Church that offered its congregation a sauna, an indoor pool and parties as an opportunity to "enjoy other people" was shut down yesterday by a judge who called it a public nuisance.
Lake County Circuit Judge William Block said the church, a 10,000 square-foot, $95,000 mansion operated by David and Nancy Sholl, violated local building and zoning codes and was a public nuisance. Assistant Lake County State's Attorney Margaret Mullen said the judge said that church parties violated liquor license laws. Block issued a summary judgment against the church and ordered its doors closed permanently.
Complaints in local newspapers about the church suggested the goings-on at the mansion fall just short of the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
WEATHER FACTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM EST 12-1-83
Today will be mostly fair across the nation.
Locally, today will be partly cloudy with a high near 40, according to the National Weather Service in Topka. Tonight will be cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow. The low will be near 25. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high near 45.
Inmate executed despite appeal by pope
STARKE, Fla. — Despite an appeal for mercy from Pope John Paul II, convicted murderer Robert A Sullivan was put to death in Florida's electric chair yesterday. He died with a plea for forgiveness this monster of capital punishment."
By United Press International
Sullivan, who had spent more time on death row than any present inmate, was killed by a two-minute surge of 2,500 volts of electricity after telling the 24 witnesses, "I hold malice to none. May God bless us all."
The burly 36-year-old college drop-out, convicted of the 1973 execution-style murder of a motel clerk, never waivered in maintaining his innocence.
Wearing a white shirt, blue pants, white socks and no shoes, Sullivan then read a two-page statement from a legal expert in prison superintendent Richard Dugger
A FINAL APPEAL to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was turned down at 9:02 a.m. CST, the same moment Sullivan was strapped to the 59-year-old three-legged electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
and his attorneys fought to the end to spare his life.
"I plead and encourage a continued effort to end this monster of capital punishment."
Sullivanr, the adopted son of a Harvard and Oxford student, also acquired the 62nd Patent for his invention.
Corrections officers then placed a steel mantle containing electrodes on his shaved head and a strap across his mouth.
Gov. Robert Graham in Tallahassee, who had an open telephone line with Dugger, was told at 9:02 a.m. that the Atlanta appeals court had denied a eight minutes later, Graham told Dugger. "There are no stays. God save us all."
ed the pope for his intervention on his behalf.
Prison officials said the execution went very smoothly.
"I don't know that there is any humane way to kill a person," said spokesman Vernon Bradford. "I think you were carried out and it went very smoothly."
Outside the prison under cool, clear skies, about a dozen protesters who had conducted an all-night vigil sang folks songs and hymns and carried signs reading "Death Row Must Go." Another dozen, however, backed the execution with signs saying "We Love the Victim."
In Tallahassee, about 75 miles from the prison, about 100 anti-death penalty protesters held a prayer vigil in the Capitol rotunda during the execution.
GRAHAM HAD EARLIER turned down the request by the pope that Sullivan's life be spared for humanitarian reasons. The pope's request was based on the church's stand against capital punishment, not on a question of guilt or innocence.
Spacelab's experiments seek varied information
By United Press International
SPACE CENTER, Houston — The shuttle astronauts fixed a leaky vacuum furnace for glass and metal melting this week, and researchers on Earth reported a significant atmospheric change from an earlier spacecraft experiment.
In addition, astronaut Owen Garriot, an amateur ham radio operator, made a bit of history when he sent a message on Earth during the shuttle's 49th orbit.
The crewmen in the lab aboard the shuttle Columbia also started the growth of a super protein crystal to help scientists determine the molecular structure enzyme required by babies to digest lactose, the sugar in mother's milk.
THE EMPIHASIS on the third day of the nine-day science expedition switched from the life science experiment to the processing studies that have important
The crew also began taking detailed mapping pictures of selected portions of the globe using a German telescopic camera. The camera establishes a b extraclear observation window.
implications for the electronics, pharmaceutical and metallurgical industries.
Some astronauts on the ground yesterday described a Buck Rogers-type jetpack that will propel one them alongside a faltering satellite for repairs never attempted before in space.
IN ABOUT FOUR months, astronaut George Nelson will strap on a jet-powered backpack attached to a spacesuit to fly out of the shuttle parked about 300-500 feet from a sun-watching satellite that needs to be repaired. Hold the satellite stable until the shuttle can move close enough to grab it with a remote-controlled arm and take it into the cargo bay for repairs.
In addition to the manned maneuvering units, the government is pondering the development of a military missile defense systems in space.
PRESIDENT REAGAN HEARD the technological, military and legal ramifications of space-based defensive measures in meeting of the National Security Council
Stock market takes plunge volume heaviest in months
By United Press International
NEW YORK — The stock market, accompanied by the heaviest volume in five months, plunged from record heights yesterday as professional traders cashed in on recent profits.
Many of the blue-chip and technology issues that led Tuesday's rally were among the hardest hit by sellers. American Telephone & Telegraph and its "new" issues set some trading records.
As the stock market experienced its ups and downs, a recent government report said that leading economic indicators advanced 0.8 percent in the last year and an economic expansion despite high interest rates and federal deficits.
The change in the composite index, which serves as a barometer of economic trends, was the 14th consecutive increase. The rise was smaller than in seven of the first 10 years and its magnitude reeasure analysts that no unwelcome surprises are threatened for the near future.
THE INDEX HAS grown 21.1 percent since March 1982, when the sensitive government indicators hit bottom. At that point the economy still had a long way farther down to go and the improvement in the leading indicators proved to be wildly premature.
The Dow Jones industrial average, up four points at midweek, yesterday plunged 11.18 to 1,276.02 The Dow climbed 17.38 to a record close of 1,267.20 Tuesday, surpassing the old mark of 1,294.65 set on Oct 10.
The Dow Jones transportation average lost 5.61 to 605.47 and the Dow utility average shed 0.77 to 136.22
The New York Stock Exchange index fell 0.75 to 96.19 and the price of an average share decreased 27 cents. Standard & Poor's 400-stock tipped down 1.51 to 166.40. Declines in 2,033 issues traded.
THE RANKINGS OF American stockholders have swelled to a record 42 million individuals, a 31 percent increase in the number of firms. Exchange survey showed
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