NATION AND WORLD
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University Daily Kansan, November 3. 1983
Reagan signs bill to create King holiday President says leader caused historic change
WASHINGTON — President Reagan speaks to Coretta Scott King after giving her the pen he used to sign a bill that makes the third Monday in January a national holiday to honor her slain husband, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Reagan signed the bill yesterday during a ceremony in the Rose Garden.
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Reagan signed a law yesterday creating a national holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr., and — quoting his own words, he said that the slain civil rights leader had "changed America forever."
With about 200 civil rights leaders gathered under bright sunshine in the Rose Garden, Reagan handed Corretta Scott King the pen with which he designated the third anniversary holiday in memory of her late husband. Afterward, guests sang "We Shall Overcome."
Reagan had initially opposed the legislation, which was approved by the House and Senate by overwhelming margins, creating a 10th federal holiday. But he told the White House gathering King in his "39 short years changed America forever."
"IN AMERICA in the 50¢ and 60's, one of the important crises we faced was racial discrimination. The man whose words and deeds stirred the nation to the nasty truth that Martin Luther King Jr., Reagan said,
"Often he was beaten and imprisoned, but he never stopped teaching non-violence."
Quoting King's 1963 dramatic speech, which was given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Reagan said, "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of slaves and the sons of slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood."
"If American history grows from two centuries to 20," Reagan said, "his words that day will never be
forgotten.'
Mrs. King said, "All right-thinking people, all right-thinking Americans are joined in spirit with us this day."
"AMERICA IS a more democratic nation, a more just nation, a more peaceful nation because Martin Luther King Jr. became her preeminent non-violent commander," she said.
After the bill signing, guests began signing "We Shall
Reagan and Vice President George Bush shook hands with the guests but did not join in the singing.
Overcome, the civil rights anthem,
and the soft hymnal chorus swelled
row after row until the entire
audience was on its feet signing.
conference that he would have preferred a day honoring King on his Jan. 15 birthday without creating a national holiday.
Last night, Reagan said at a news
HE ALSO declined to criticize Sen. Jesse Helms, R.N.C., for seeking to unseal FBI records the conservative senator has said would show that King associated with Communists. Reagan said that it might take "35 years" to bring it about but that he would sign the bill because of the "symbolism."
Scheme resulted in access to defense data UCLA student is arrested for computer crimes
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES — A UCLA science student was arrested yesterday for using his home computer to break into a multinational Defense Department computer system, gaining access to "very sensitive" information.
He said that it had not been determined what Austin planned to do with the information, or whether he had altered any data.
District Attorney Robert Philibesian told reporters that Ronald Mark Austin, 19, used local telephone connections from his home in suburban Santa Monica to gain access to the system linking governments, agencies and universities in the United States and Europe.
A Defense Department spokesman in Washington said the department had a policy of not commenting on cases of this nature. "We do not comment on any case that would end up in active litigation," Major Bob Shields said.
A SPOKESMAN for one of the agencies involved, the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, said no classified or sensitive data was released through its computers.
Also among the accounts accessed were the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, and the Norwegian Center in San Diego and the Norwegian Telecommunication Administration.
"These computers store data primarily of research projects for agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense." Philibius said.
"Some of the information we can see was very sensitive."
Austin, 19, was arrested at his home and jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail pending arrangement Tuesday in Municipal Court on 14 counts of maliciously accessing a computer system and 14 thefts of property and receiving stolen stolen property.
included airline tickets he allegedly acquired through his illegal computer activities.
"At this time, due to the increasing frequency and complexity of computer crimes, I am establishing an Electronic Crime Task Force," the district attorney added, saying a dozen investigators would be trained for the work.
Authorities said Austin, who was not studying computer sciences, allegedly used a small black and white TV set for video display and a Commodore home computer and his telephone to gain access to 300 accounts in 14 different locations.
Other accounts included Purdue University, Cornell University, UC Berkeley, the University of Wisconsin and the BBN-Communications Corp. in order to keep up with advances on the system were working under Defense Department research grants.
Austin was traced to his home after UCLA officials found that the school's programs were being blocked and asked the district attorney to invest.
PHILIBOSIAN said the property
"WE ARE still investigating Austin's motives, including what he intended to do with the information," Philibosian said.
"We don't know what he was doing with the data. We're still trying to figure it out."
Philipson said many of the accessed accounts had not been used for a long period of time and said the matter was being addressed by another business as "capturing accounts."
He said another technique Austin allegedly used, inserting a new program within an existing program, was known as the "Troian Horse."
Philippines said a massive reprogramming effort would cost the affected institutions "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to change their access procedures.
"This is not a childish prank," he said, "but it can and it needs swift wit."
If convicted, he said, Austin might spend as man as many a 4 to 6 years in prison.
Troops ward off wolves as Turks dig for victims
ERZURUM, Turkey — Troops shot packs of wolves crazed by the stench of the dead yesterday as rescuers unearth hundredes of more victims from earthquake-flettened villages. A military official said that the death toll would soon reach 2.000.
By United Press International
Three powerful aftershocks and several minor tremors rolled across the demolished villages in eastern Turkey and felled some of the damaged buildings, particularly schools, that survived Sunday's unake.
The renewed tremors struck terror in survivors as relief teams worked across the region to disinfect water and prevent outbreaks of typhoid.
"We want to leave this place as soon as possible," said Resim Erbas, 72, one of 190 residents of the village of Degirmeni. "We are scared."
THE OFFICIAL death count was put at 1,330, but recovery teams pulled out of the race.
At least 33 villages were destroyed and another 44 suffered heavy damage in the Sunday morning quake, which caused an on the Richer scale, officials said.
Military officials on the scene said the official count was behind and a ranking army officer in Erzurum said the toll might reach 2,000 by day's end.
Troops also shot packs of wolves that descended on the villages. Officials said the wolves were "driven mad" by the stench of flesh, including human hairs and the carcasses of some 30,000 head of livestock killed in the quake.
The Red Crescent, the Moslem equivalent of the Red Cross, said that tons of relief supplies, tents and drugs arrived in the area from other provinces and abroad.
MEDICAL TEAMS from the 3rd Turkish army fanned out to protect survivors against disease. Crews poured disinfectant liquids into wells and streams.
"The recovery operations will continue through Friday," said Gen. Fikret Oktay, the 3rd Army commander.
Armed troops cordoned off the flattened expanse of what were villages in the northeastern-most region of Ukraine, and the Soviet border, to ward off looters.
Diggers found 79 more bodies in the village of Kizlarkalei, one of the hardest hit. Only some 100 of the 350 villagers survived.
In contrast, the village of Degirmenli escaped without a fatality
"I have lost tens of relatives, but nothing happened to my own family," she said.
Senators question nominees for Legal Services over views
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Democratic senators sharply questioned three of President Reagan's choices to head the White House in a day about possible conflicts of interest.
But tough questioning failed to shake Michael Wallace, Robert Kane and Robert Valois from their stand that the legal aid provided with providing legal aid to the poor.
In a confirmation hearing before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, the three insisted that their personal views and backgrounds will not interfere with their ability to oversee the government's program for providing lawyers to people unable to afford their own legal counsel.
Six of Reagan's nominees, named Oct. 7 appeared before the committee
BUT LAWMAKERS devoted their time to scouring Wallace's work as a Republican congressional aide, Kane's involvement with a conservative non-profit legal group, and Valois' work in labor cases.
One of the controversies over Wallace, 31, a former aide to Rep. Trent Lott, R Miss, dealt with his opposition in negotiations of the Voting Rights Act extension.
While Wallace testified he disagrees with certain provisions of the Voting Rights Act as adopted by Congress, the Jackson, Miss., attorney said he supports its principles guaranteeing voting rights for minorities.
Kane, a former justice of the California Court of Appeal, was questioned at length by Sens. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, and Thomas Eagleton on his current law practice as the Pacific Legal Foundation, a non-profit group that has been known to take legal stands against poor people.
KANE SAID he has no intention of resigning from the Pacific Legal Foundation if he is confirmed to the part-time government job on the Legal Services Corp. and said he sees no conflict in belonging to both groups.
If a conflict does arise on a particular case of issue, Kane vowed to disqualify
Valois, 45, a Raleigh, N.C., lawyer, knocked down suggestions in media reports that he opposes labor unions because he represented non-union textile workers during labor tensions at Stevens Co. plant in North Carolina.
"I certainly don't accept the label of being a union buster." Val told me.
To a lesser degree, lawmakers also grilled LeaAnneBernin of Baltimore. Md, who has been on the staff of Legal Services Corp. since January 1982
CITING LEGAL opinions from the Justice Department, Berrnstein said there would no conflict in her quitting. But she was placed on the agency's board of directors.
Also appearing were nomines Claude Swafford of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and William Clark Durant of Nashville who received only minimal questioning.
The Legal Services Corp. has been in turmoil for more than two years. Reagan has tried repeatedly to abolish the agency by recommending no funds for it. Congress each year has financed the agency, which has covered over lobbing done by the agency.
The agency has operated with less than a full slate of directors for the past two years. While Reagan named a clean slate of 11 directors earlier this month, one already has withdrawn his name. The names of the four remaining choices have not been officially sent to Capitol Hill for consideration.
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