University Daily Kansan, September 27, 1983
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Social ills kindle crime in USSR,prof says
By BRUCE F. HONOMICHL Staff Reporter
The Soviet Union's justice system is being bogged down by that government's inability to recognize social issues as the cause of many non-crimes, a law professor from the University of Vienna said last night.
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"You have to look at the relative poverty of Soviet citizens, the high rate of alcoholism, and the fact that the Soviet government puts more of an emphasis on repression in punishment of non-political crimes than it does on prevention of the social causes," Herbert Hausmaninger, the professor, said in a speech at the Kansas Union.
Herbert Hausmaninger
Hausmaninger, a former dean of the Vienna law school, told about 25 people in the Union Council Room that criminal sentencing in the Soviet Union was even handed, but that people the state considered to be enemies would be "sentenced almost before trial."
"SENTENCING is fair, and uniform, for the most part, in non-political offenses," he said. "But someone who is an 'enemy of the state' will go to prison for five years — period. You can argue all you want in the trial. It won't change the outcome. The party does what it wants."
"Of course, criminology has its hands tied somewhat. The party feels
backed up in using rehabilitation or preventative measures because of the citizens' tastes. Ninety percent of them, a poll said, favor the death penalty over sending criminals to prison camps."
Hausmaninger said that most violent crimes were committed by intoxicated persons. He said also that Nikita Khrushchev's government had the most foresight in dealing with the causes of violent crime.
"KHRUSHICHEV certainly left his mark. He felt that you could not build a modern, industrial society with machines." That persuation was better than force.
"Of course, there is corruption in government, also. Corruption is rampant. In fact, the economy function itself as the second legal economy: bribery; the state property, you name it. Everyone must arrange his own deals," he said.
IBM leads Dow Jones to record high
By United Press International
NEW YORK — IBM led a blue-chip rally that drove the Dow Jones average to a record high yesterday for the third time in a week.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 5.18 to a record 1,260.77, dropping its oils by 4.9 percent.
Big Board volume totaled 86,400,000 shares, down from the 93,180,000 traded
IBM was the third most active NYSE-listed issue, up 2 to 128 % on more than 2 million shares.
The New York Stock Exchange index gained 0.32 to 98.39 and the price of an index share increased 12 cents. Advances in the 1.965 index, 947-665 among the 1.965 issues traded
"The name of the game is IBM," said Trude Latimer of Vaons & Co. "Institutions are adjusting their portfolios and they have some of the auto stocks on their lists."
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Investors also were encouraged by the Federal Reserve's report late Friday that showed a $3.1 billion loan to the nation's money supply. As a result, the federal fund rates banks charge one level dropped to the 8 * to 9 percent level.
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added 0.15 to 236.67 and the price of an average share rose one cent. Advances topped declines 329-295 among the 811 issues traded. Composite volume totaled 8,234,000 shares compared to 4,919,510 Friday.
On the trading floor, RCA, a 4-point winner the previous two sessions, was the most active Big Board issue, up $3 to 34. RCA has agreed to sell its C.I.T. manufacturers Hanover for $1.51 billion. Manny Hanny stock issued *e* % 42 to %.
On the Onex, Texas Air led the actives, off $1/4 to $5 and its Continental Airlines subsidiary was third, up % to 3 per annum. In December for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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