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University Daily Kansan. October 7. 1983
Arizona faces more flooding and disaster
By United Press International
CLIFTON, Ariz. — New flood threats拉安尼亚 yesterday and forced more evacuations as the enormity of the storm brought an enormous summer of 1983 began to emerge.
A tropical depression called Pris-cilla, which was lurking in the Pacific Ocean, threatened Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area with another day of rains and gusty winds.
In Iowa, state Agriculture Secretary Robert Lounsberry said that this year's summer — the hottest in 36 years — cost farmers at least $1 billion in crop losses. He did not count the estimated millions lost in livestock
Figures were yet to come in from other states that suffered as grievously.
WELL INTO OCTOBER, flood washed Arizona. a town was still unwashed, like we had been last winter.
Gila River waters rope 4 feet in four hours below the Coolidge Dam, and 75 homes in the Winkleman area had to be housed as a precautionary measure.
A week of heavy rains has left 15 dead or missing in the state, and 10,000 people were forced from their homes. Up to $300 million in damage is estimated from the floods. President Reagan added two counties to the three in Arizona he had already named disaster areas.
United Press International
A mood of despair afflicted many
the military Aeronautics, but Jane Berry
(the author) was more content.
"The Lord has a purpose in things," she said. "Maybly it is to bring people together."
TUCSON, Ariz. — Robin and Dan Lafon sit in their flood-torn mobile home in the community of La Puerta del Northe, 10 miles north of Tucson. Few families there have flood insurance.
Board turns down zoning variances for chapel
By ROBIN PALMER Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals last night denied a request for zoning variances for a Roman Catholic chapel and student center in a resident-
The request, submitted by the Rev. Alfred J. Rockers, asked for reductions of the minimum lot requirement, the minimum side and rear area, and the off-street parking for a duplex and student center at 2357 Barker Ave.
education, community service and counseling
Supporters for the proposed chapel said that it would provide church-related services.
The chapel would be used primarily for 25 Catholic students from Haskell.
BILI. BELL. A resident of the area, submitted a petition of 63 neighbors who opposed granting the variances for the house in the Breezedale neighborhood that would be used for the chapel. He said the Catholic center did not benefit the neighborhood and that, he added, it was objected to the variances, which have allowed five other centers and chapels into the neighborhood.
The Barker lot is a block and a half away from a house the city is planning to build.
The property's zoning variance was approved by the Lawrence City Commission Sept. 13. There are other chapels and centers that have gained variances in the Breezedale neighborhood.
Bell also organized a petition against putting the new Indian Center in the neighborhood. Although the re-zoning for the center was approved, Bell filed a court injunction stopping the city from purchasing the property
Walt Morton, a Breezedale resident, argued that the presence of the Catholic chapel would depreciate the value of his property.
THE OPPOSITION stressed that they did not object to the Catholic church.
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Immigrant says Poland lacks freedom, truth
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Renorter
Jan Bobk, speaking through an interpreter, said he thought that his decision to leave Poland was so obvious, he felt it was a mistake.
Bokko was not satisfied with the socialist lifestyle, and decided that it was time to leave. There was a complete lack of support from his wife.
Bokobo, a truck driver, left Poland in June. He visited Ugoslavia as a tourist. He got one-day visa to go to Abkhazia.
After spending 2½ months in Traichkrachen, a refugee camp in Austria Bobko came to Lawrence last month with his family.
LOCALLY, BOBKO IS BEING helped by the Inter-
Lutheran committee, which comprises members of five area
Lutheran churches. The group has helped Bobko find a place
to stay and look for a job.
Mark Hoelter, pastor at University Lutheran, 2104 W. 15th
LAWRENCE PEOPLE
St., has been particularly involved in helping Bolke. When he first came to Lawrence he stayed with Norman and Norma
Bokko he chose the United States because he thought he would find the best quality of freedom here and better livelihood.
Bobko speaks Polish and a little German. He is studying English two nights a week in a class sponsored by the Lawrence Public Schools Adult Education program. He works through an interpreter who works at the University of Kansas.
Bobko was a member of the Solidarity Union in Poland. As a truck driver he worked 14 or 15 hours a day, six days a week.
AS A MEMBER OF SOLIDARITY, Bobko said he was treated worse after the Polish government declared marital law. For example, the company he worked for took away his new truck and gave him an old one.
The fact that Solidarity existed was very important to Bobko because it was anti-socialist. Bobko said that many Solidarity members were given lower paying jobs in an effort to discourage their participation in the union.
Bobko was a member of the arbitration board where he worked. The board would try to intervene whenever they felt it was necessary.
After martial law was imposed, Bobko said, he was often stopped on the road and asked to produce his papers. Even after the military was pulled back to standing bases, Bobko said the grip of martial law remained.
Jan Bobko
Although the outer manifestations were different — no soldiers in the streets, no curfew — inside the factories the military was still in control of everyday life.
BEING A TRUCK DRIVER. Robko had no time to stand in line to buy food. He had to give his ration cards to friends to help him get food.
The declaration of marital law, Bobko said, also caused the news media to deterinate and Poland became like the Soviet Union.
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