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Vol. 94, No. 42 (USPS 650-640)
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Tuesday morning, October 18, 1983
FBI arrests man for sale of secrets to Polish agents
By United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO — The FBI solved a major espionage case yesterday when agents arrested a Mountain View, Calif., man for conspiring to sell $250,000 worth of national defense secrets on the U.S. missile program to the Polish government.
James Durward Harper, Jr., 50, arrested Saturday on capital charges for delivering national defense information to a foreign government, told a U.S. magistrate that he intended to "cooperate in every way" with the government.
Harper, whose now deceased wife had access to the information through her job at Systems Control Inc. in Palo Alto, Calif., allegedly worked with the Polish Intelligence Service in May 1979.
THE INFORMATION, concerning the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile and ballistic missile defenses, was immediately passed on to agents of the Soviet Committee for State Security, a complaint filed with the court said.
The FBI charged that since 1979 Harper had allegedly furnished classified information to the Polish Intelligence Service. Shuzba Bez-ius, who was subsequently passed to the Soviet KGB.
The FBI affidavit described a Polish source who told authorities that Harper had turned over a large volume of documents relating to the American Minuteman missile.
After the documents were turned over to the KGB in June 1980, Yuri Andropov, then head of the KGB, sent a signed commendation to Polish intelligence agents who obtained the documents.
The FBI said Harper did not have a security clearance and did not have authorized access to any classified documents or information that he sold.
FBI AGENT Allan Powell said the Army had described the documents as "extremely sensitive research and development efforts" that would enable the Minuteman missile and other U.S. strategic forces to survive a pre-emitive nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.
INSIDE
Negotiations continue on discontinuance plan
By DONNA WOODS
Staff Reporter
Negotiations among KU administrators, the Board of Regents and University governance could delay acceptance of a program discontinuance plan until next semester, the chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee said at a meeting last night.
At last night's special meeting of the University Senate, faculty members again took an opportunity to voice their concerns about a proposed SenEx policy that would set guidelines for the University to follow in eliminating programs.
programs. In April 1982 the Regents asked its six universities to develop policies for eliminating programs. After a proposal was defeated by a mail vote last summer, a temporary SenEx committee began working on a revised policy.
AFTER LAST NIGHT'S meeting, SenEx chairman James Carothers said that most of the suggestions made by faculty members were simply attempts to clarify provisions in the proposed SenEx discontinuance policy.
Faculty members agreed that most problems had been worked out of the proposal, but several of them expressed concern about how the chancellor and Regents would react to the plan if it is approved by the University Council.
After the proposal leaves the University Council, Chancellor Gene A. Budig must give his approval before it can be added to the University Senate Code.
state code.
T.P. Srinivasan, professor in mathematics,
said that the faculty's concern rested with the
possibility that Budig could approve the proposal
in its entirety, or could approve only part of the
proposal and delete the rest.
BECAUSE UNIVERSITY governance would not have recourse once the proposal was forwarded to the chancellor, Srinivasan and his colleagues. It is, such as the phase-out time for programs, could be cut.
Robert Cole, professor of philosophy, said that University governance would have to negotiate with the administration prior to submitting the document for the chancellor's approval.
document of the charter. However, Carothers said, SenEx has not discussed specific provisions of the proposal with the administration because the group
decided to work out all the provisions of the proposal before submitting it for approval.
"There's so many 'what its' that I don't know what to think about it now." Carothers said.
SRIMIVSAN ALSO told the faculty members that the proposal represented the minimum provisions that faculty would accept and that compromise would not be possible.
Grant Goodman, president of the KU chapter of American Association of University Professors, said that he was unsure what "program discontinuance" covered. In 1973, he said, the key words for eliminating programs were "program duplication."
"We make up all the rules and then the University does something else because they're not playing the same game," he said.
Discussion was not limited entirely to what might happen after approval by the University Council.
Bill Scott, professor of English, said that the administration should document its decisions to relocate faculty members within the University. That would guarantee that all faculty members were given equal consideration, he said.
Candidates' petitions filed for student body elections
By PETE WICKLUND Staff Reporter
Three coalitions, including one that is advocating a substantial change in the Student Senate structure, yesterday filed candidate petitions for the offices of student body president and vice president.
Candidates from the Priority, Freedom and Costume coalitions said that they would all run with a full coalition of student senators in the Nov. 16-17 student elections.
Also, Kevin Walker, who lost last year's presidential election to Lisa Ashner, could not file because he could not confirm his enrollment at the University.
But Walker said he would use a write-in campaign to run for president with his revived coalition from last year, Momentum.
YESTERDAY WAS THE deadline for all presidential and vice president candidates to file with the Senate.
The Costume coalition turned in the first petition with the required 500 signatures shortly after 3:30 p. m. yesterday and became the first coalition to file in 1983.
Dennis "BooG" Highberger, Garnett senior, was listed as Costume's presidential candidate Carla Vogel, Overland Park senior, said she knew that as the coalition's vice presidential candidate
candidate.
"It's a catalyst for change." Vogel said of the Costume coalition. "We need to question what's going on."
Vogel said that the leaders of Costume had not formulated a solid platform, but that the
coalition thought that more student body opinion was needed in the Senate.
"It's a small group of people making the decisions." Vogel said of the present Senate structure. "We take for granted how the Senate comes to its decisions."
THE FREEDOM COALITION'S campaign, according to its presidential candidate Steve Bergstrom of Connecticut III., junior was being sworn in through the door of the Yukon Young Americans for Freedom organization.
Bergstrom said that although much of the Freedom Coalition's membership had come from the conservative student organization, the coalition would operate separately from the Young Americans for Freedom.
"The coalition will basically have the same ideas as the group, but there will be no direct link." Bergstrom said.
Bergstom's running mate will be Greg Haunschmidt, Scott City senior.
The Priority Coalition was the only coalition to file in which the presidential or vice presidential candidate has previously been a member of the Senate.
Scott Swenson, the former KU director of the Associated Students of Kansas — a lobby group, said he would run for president under Priority's banner.
DENNIS STRICKLAND, Bucyrus junior and an appointed Senator representing the Interfraternity Council, said he would run for vice president for Priority.
Svenson said that Priority would run a grassroots campaign that would strive to show
See ELECTION, p. 5, col. 1
Gun battles close main road to U.S. Marine base in Beirut
By United Press International
BEIRUT. Lebanon — Grenade and submachine gun battles erupted across the south of the capital yesterday, cutting the main road to the U.S. Marine base at Beirut airport, killing a Lebanese soldier and wounding an Italian soldier
Urban guerrillas, who killed two Marines and wounded seven in four days of attacks between Thursday and Sunday, kept up their fire from the Shite Muslim slums north of the American positions.
But no new attacks on the Marines themselves were immediately reported.
In Washington, the Pentagon identified the Marine killed in Beirut Sunday as Capt. Michael J. Ohler, 28, of Huntington, N.Y., and the White
House said the Marine peace-keepers would maintain their positions despite sniper attacks on them.
"The MARINES are there and they are there for a mission as long as the president thinks it's necessary for the peace-keeping Era. He said deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said
Repealed sniping along the fringe of the Marine company's diving hood. Of O'Bury's body until yesterday.
The Marines, who killed at least four snipers Saturday and demolished a bunker Sunday with two anti-tank missiles, remained on a condition-2 alert, minimizing their exposure and wearing protective equipment.
wild protection efforts. Sunday's attacks brought the Marine losses to
See MIDEAST, p. 5, col. 1
Berkeley professor wins Nobel Prize for economic research on free trade
Bv United Press International
STOCKHOLM. Sweden — A University of California professor won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Economics yesterday for two decades of research that proved Adam Smith's classic theory of supply and demand, the foundation of the free market system.
Gerard Debreu, 62, a French-born professor at Berkeley, was the 12th American to win the
Royal Lichtenstein Circus performs to entertain, teach about humanity
The economist was cited for abstract mathematical models that confirmed Smith's "invisible hand" theory - the action of competing forces that stabilize prices in an unregulated economy.
By CHRISTY FISHER Staff Reporter
See NOBEL, p. 5, col. 1
economics prize in the 15 years it has been awarded. Twenty-one economists have won or shared it.
From behind a black curtain came the bumbling, tumbling, bouncing and trouncing clowns of the Royal Lichtenstein Circus.
THE THEORY HAS been the lincup of
The band-organ piped a festive tune as five clowns darted through the stage curtains, tumbled over a table, and landed in the "quarter ring" in front of Watson Library.
ring
the Liechtenstein Circus, billed as the world's smallest complete circus, returned yesterday to the University of Kansas for its seventh appearance.
In spite of the cold, gloomy day, the five clowns managed to brighten the afternoon with circus stunts, witty barbs and humorous entertainment.
"Where the nell's weber, a result priest, began the Royal Lichtens Circus 13 years ago with a box of props a street corner in San Jose, Calif. He then began entertaining the crowd with magic tricks and comedy routines as a method for survival."
entertainment:
THE CROWD OF about 200 particularly enjoyed barbs from Nick Weber, the master of ceremonies.
survival
Today, Weber is joined by five entertainers — Linda Akerman, 23, Hanover, N.H.; Jae Colon, 24, Philadelphia; Nina Graw, 22, San Jose, Calif.; John Hadfield, 27, Wellington, Del., and Paul Haddield, 22, Willington, Del. The troupe travels across the country performing at colleges, elementary schools and sometimes on street corners.
When one student arrived late, he shouted,
"Where the hell were you?" We waited for you.
Entertainment is not the only reason the volunteer troupe performed.
The 44-year-old Weber does not comment much on what he hopes the audience gets from his shows. Members of the audience have to decide for themselves how valuable the show is.
"I'M NOT INTO bumming people out on religion." Weeb said. "I hope this gives people the chance to exercise their capacity of wonder — with God being the free spirit. I hope to increase their capacity to see, feel, hear and smell."
Weber performs, he said, because it is the best way for him to teach about humanity.
Paul Hadfield, who joined the troupe this year, said he respected Weber for his commitment to making people happy.
"It makes sense what he's doing. It's a way to affect people in positive way without them knowing it. In a way, that's what a priest does. He's not stuck in some parish like people expect. If he was, he wouldn't be reaching the people he does."
BESIDES ENTERTAINING on college campuses, John Hadfield said, the group has performed at elementary schools in poor neighborhoods and for dereficits and bums on street corners.
"injey what our circus does. It brings a little smile to people who don't expect to see a show because they're busy with exams and books," he said.
See CIRCUS, p. 5, col. 3
All of the performers said they joined the circus because it was a unique opportunity to perform and to make people laugh.
Linus Akerman, Hanover, N.H., dives over his friend Joe Colon, Philadelphia. Both are members of the Royal Lichtenstein
Gary Smith/KANSAN
Circus, which visited the University of Kansas yesterday and brought some excitement to the campus routine.