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University Daily Kansan, September 23. 1983
NEWS BRIEFS From United Press International
Catholic church intruding Polish communists charge
WARSAW, Poland — The Communist Party attacked the Catholic church yesterday, accusing it of meddling in politics, but Polish bishops retaliated by charging that officials were stripping crucifixes from schools and factories.
The party said that the Catholics “would rather burn down a Communist Party committee building than to help a man being told he is a heron.”
The article said that dissidents and opponents of the communist government were using the church as a shield and that the church was actively blessing dissident and anti-government protests.
The bishops' statement said, "Frequent cases of the removal of crosses from classrooms and other institutions and plants have been recorded with anxiety," adding that the government had promised the church the crosses could stay.
Gramm to seek Tower's Senate seat
AUSTIN, Texas — Rep. Phil Gramm, announced yesterday that he would run for the Senate seat being vacated by veteran John Tower and predicted his recent party switch from Democrat to Republican would pot be a factor.
"I didn't just join the Republican Party," Gramm said. "I didn't just change parties. I did the right thing, the honorable thing."
Gramm, 41, a former "Boll Weevil" who left the Democratic Party nine months ago in a dispute over his work on behalf of President Reagan's economic policies, said acceptance by the GOP should help him with conservative Democrats in his campaign.
Gramm joined two Republicans and three Democrats who already had announced candidacy in the race.
Dole saves Watt apology not enough
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary James Watt, assailed on Capitol Hill as "twisted and bigoted," apologized to President Reagan yesterday for calling members of an advisory board "a black, a woman, two Jews and a criminel."
"I have made a mistake, Mr. President, and I ask the forgiveness of those on the commission as well as you." Watt wrote Reagan as congressional demands for his resignation mounted.
Sen, Bob Dole, R-Kan, whose right arm is partially paralyzed from a World War II wound, said that Watt had shown "gross insensitivity" and that his letter to Reagan was not enough.
So far, twelve Republican congressmen have called for Watt's resignation.
Continental Airlines president quits
HOUSTON — Continental Airlines president Stephen Wolf resigned late Wednesday, raising new questions about Continental's future.
The Continental board yesterday elected Frank Lorenzo, chairman and chief executive officer of Continental, to assume Wolf's job in addition to his other duties.
One analyst, who asked not to be quoted by name, said Wolf's leaving cannot be interpreted as good news for financially troubled Continental.
The company's stock — a new issue put on the market after Continental was taken over by Texas Air Corp. 18 months ago — was selling for 4 l/4 yesterday. Continental has lost $400 million since 1979 and recently reported an $64 million loss for the first half of 1983.
AKRON, Ohio — A physician was convicted yesterday of 60 sex-related felonies, including 21 raps, despite his plea that he was unable to control actions set off by insane desires of rape and bondage.
Edward Jackson Jr., a 39-year-old Columbus, Ohio, physician, could face a sentence of up to 1,370 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for 11 a.m. today.
Police had been seeking an attacker who raped more than two dozen women in Columbus during an eight-year period. When they arrested the doctor, the attacks stopped.
The seven-man, five-woman jury decided in nine hours of deliberation yesterday and Wednesday to reject his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
French divers seek Napoleon's ships
CAIRO, Egypt — French divers hope to find a treasure of silver and gold aboard four ships from Napoleon Bonaparte's fleet sunk by the British 185 years ago in the Battle of Nile, authorities said yesterday.
The salvage team, led by marine archaeologist and author Jacques Dumas, believes that it has located the wreckage of Napoleon's flagship, L'Orient, and three other French vessels in the Mediterranean.
The three-year salvage operation will take place about five miles off the Alexandria coast where the French fleet was anchored when it was attacked and defeated by Admiral Horatio Nelson in the 1798 battle.
FCC plans revision of 7-station rule
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission, in the first major revision of its kind in 20 years, yesterday proposed eliminating or relaxing restrictions that forbid ownership of more than seven television and radio stations by one entity.
The panel voted 3-1 to adopt a notice of a proposed rule that would alter the "seven-station" rule.
Under existing FCC regulations the single ownership of more than seven television stations, seven AM and seven FM radio stations is prohibited.
"There have been tremendous changes in the video market in recent years," FCC Chairman Mark Fowler said in support of the proposal.
WEATHER FACTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM, EST 9-23-83
Today will be mostly fair across the nation.
Locally, it will be mostly sunny and a little warmer, with a high of 65 to 70, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
to 70, according to the National Weather
Tonight will be fair, with a low of 45 to 50.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and warmer, with a high in the low
80s.
Weinberger seeks military sales to China
Weinberger's plane scheduled an overnight layover at Honolulu before continuing on to Tokyo and Peking. After Peking, the key stop of his tour, the secretary would return on an interim road trip via Hong Kong, Pakistan and Italy.
By United Press International
HONOLULU — Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger began a two-week trip to Asia yesterday that will include high-level talks in Peking and could help to sales of U.S. high technology equipment to modernize China's military.
It will be Weinberg's first visit to China, and Pentagon officials said the talks would center on selling top U.S. technology to help China bring its
WEINBERGER WILL discuss technology transfer "and how it can contribute responsibly to the modern war," a military." one Pentagon official said.
military up to date, the least modern of any large armed force in the world.
As Weinberger flew west, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian flew east from Peking to attend the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York and to hold conferences with President Reagan of State George Shultz in Washington.
Weinberger will confer in Peking with his Chinese counterpart, Defense Minister Xi Jinping.
Before taking off from Airbnb Air Force Base outside of Washington,
Weinberger talked to Chinese Ambassador Zhang Wenjin at the airfield and told reporters he was "very much looking forward to building on and increasing the growing strength of U.S.-China relations."
manufacture them — all of which can be applied in military use.
WEINBERGER IS accompanied the Pentagon's general counsel, William Taft, who is familiar with U.S. guidelines on technology sharing, and one of the Defense Department's chief research and engineering experts.
The Pentagon previously opposed the sale of "dual-use" technology to China because of its military application. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge discussed technology transfer during a visit to Peking in May.
In preparation for the visit, the Pentagon conducted an intensive review on liberalizing U.S. strictures on exporting high technology equipment to Peking such as computers, semiconductors and the machinery to
Assistant Defense Secretary Richard Perle in July said, "The Defense Department is viewing sympathetically an increase of weapons technology which China would be permitted to purchase from the United States. We would hope the Chinese would recognize the benefits."
"We're making this move with the expectation that this will lead to a closer relationship between Peking and Washington," he said.
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