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Published since 1889 by students of the University of Kansas
Thursday morning, September 15, 1983
Vol. 94, No.19 (USPS 650-640)
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BEIRUT, Lebanon – Cpl. Mike Clepper of Carlisle, Pa., uses a sand wedge to chip out of a bunker at the U.S. Marines' Bravo Co. position at Lebanese University. He and Pfc. Anthony Urban, at right, of Robins Air Force Base, Ga., are stationed
between Shiite and Christian militias, and must be supplied daily by helicopters because the road leading to the men is usually under heavy fire. Clepper had the club and golf balls mailed to him by his father.
U.S. sends more weapons to Lebanese army
By United Press International
BEIRUT. Lebanon — The United States rushed ammunition and weapons yesterday to Lebanese army units fighting a Syrian-backed offensive in northern Beirut government called "a threat."
battle of destroy.
U.S. officials said talks were under way on a cease-fire and the placement of foreign observers in the Shouf mountains where the fighting has escalated for two weeks between the army and Druze Moslem militias.
"Predictions are always risky, but there is a proposal on the table which should satisfy the legitimate requirements of all parties." State Department spokesman Alan Hornberg and
A U.S. official said Lebanon had "essentially agreed" to the proposal.
U. S. ENVOY Robert McFarlane, who is seeking to negotiate the cease-fire between Syria, Lebanon and its warring militias, flew to
Beirut following talks in Damascus and met immediately with President Amin Gemayel, Beirut radio said.
In Washington, Senate leaders sent President Reagan a compromise proposal that would include congressional approval for U.S. Marines to remain in Lebanon.
to remain in Exile.
Senate Democratic leader Robert Byrd said he expected a response from Reagan today to the proposal drafted by staff representatives of Byrd, Senate Republican leader Howard Baker and White House chief of staff James Baker.
Byrd revealed the proposed joint resolution following a meeting of Senate Democratrs. At the meeting, members called on Reagan to act against the new government that has been triggered by the fighting in Lebanon.
THE DEMOCRATS unanimously took the position that Reagan must ask Congress specifically to authorize the continued deployment of U.S. troops in Lebanon, say how
long he wants them there and explain "with precision" the troops' mission.
in Damascus, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said the Lebanese army must withdraw from the mountains before a cause-fire occurs — a move the government of Gemayel has repeatedly made.
The move came a day after Washington authorized U.S. Marine commanders to call in air strikes and naval bombardment to support the war army under strictly limited circumstances.
Syria condemned the U.S. move and warned that while Lebanon is far away from the United States, it "is not very far from the Soviet Union."
NORTH OF BEURIT, work crews converted part of the coastal highway into a landing strip for seafloor surveys.
U. S. Embassy spokesman John Stewart said the Lebanese army was being resupplied as
See MIDEAST, p. 5 col. 1
Possible hazards spark inquiry of art building
By JUDITH HINDMAN Staff Reporter
Two KU employees next week will begin investigating potentially hazardous conditions that have plagued the Art and Design building. They will be on a two-day director of facilities planning said yesterday.
Since 1977, faculty and students have complained about headaches, skin rashes and other health problems associated with working with art materials in the building.
James Canole, the associate director, said Doug Love, a mechanical engineer from facilities planning, and Joe Waters, a designer from architectural services, would check into possible ventilation and mechanical problems in the building.
SEVERAL FACULTY MEMBERS for years have expressed concern about the building's ventilation system, which they say is unable to exhaust toxic fires produced by art material.
However, Robert Hogan, associate executive vice chancellor, said, "We don't know that there are problems. We are getting conflicting testimony about a number of concerns. We are going to investigate these rooms and determine if there are problems."
Canole appointed Love and Waters to study the building after a Sept. 2 meeting at which eight administrators and faculty members from the School of Fine Arts asked for an investigation. Canole will present the results of the investigation to the group.
Canole said he did not know how long the study would take.
AL. JOHNSON, assistant to the vice chancellor
for academic affairs, said the study would determine whether the University needed to request additional money from the Board of Regents to correct any ventilation problems.
Canole could not say how long it would take to obtain money to make any necessary repairs.
"It's a long process," he said. "Funding is a problem when it comes to capital improvements."
When the Art and Design building opened in 1971, its ventilation system had several design problems. A year later, facilities operations made adjustments to allow for better exhaustion of toxic fumes from oil paints, printing inks, lacquer thinners, solvents and other art materials.
Phil Blackhurst, art department chairman and a member of the faculty group studying the problem, in July said that problems still remained in the building's design. But he said the effort had been made to make improvements within the restraints of the University's budget.
"I would guess that if OSHA came in and went over this place with a fine-tooth comb that they would find some places where we don't meet standards." Blackhurst said, "but those standards were designed for places where people are working 40 hours a week."
ELEEN MURPHY, associate professor of design, said that in 1880 she broke out in a rash after someone two offices away opened a can of silk screen lacquer thinner and the funnes
"I stay out of the building as much as possible, because of the problems," she said. "The
See ART. p. 5 col.1
House condemns Russia while search continues
By United Press International
with a fifth body recovered from the destruction of KAL Flight 007, Japan yesterday joined the U.S. in demanding compensation from Moscow for shooting down the Korean jetliner Moscow called the demand "inappropriate."
in washington, the House of Representatives voted 416 to condemn the Soviet Union for "one of the most infamous and reprehensible acts in history."
The U.S. Navy sent the oceananging tug Narragrasett and an unmanned mini-sub to the
See related story p.8
Sea of Japan to join the search and try to recover the "black box" of the KAL 747, which strayed over Soviet territory and was shot down Sept. 1.
THE BOX CONTAINS tapes of the plane's instruments and pilots' voices, which could provide key information on what occurred before the plane was destroyed by a Soviet air-to-air missile, killing 269 people.
incident, alleging the the flight was on a U.S. spy mission.
Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Kornienko said in Moscow that there could not be any compensation for relatives of the victims because Washington was to blame for the
"Not only the financial responsibility but the entire political responsibility for what happened to the South Korean airplane be borne by those who made this airplane an instrument of their dirty politics," he said at a news conference.
The recovery of the two bodies along the shores of the northern island of Hokkaido came as Tokyo announced 10 days of joint U.S. Japanese maneuvers later this month as a show of force around the Japanese archipelago.
More than 150 Japanese war ships, 117 aircraft and about 30,000 Japanese military personnel, along with elements of the U.S. 7th fleet, will participate.
IN WASHINGTON, President Reagan said the Soviet "massacre of 298 innocent people" aboard the KAL jet had isolated the Soviet Union and unified the Western alliance.
until the grusome episode unmasked the Soviet regime for what it is — a dictatorship with none of the respect for human values and individual rights" that Western nations cherish, the president said.
president said.
"We can not permit such a regime to dominate this planet militarily." Reagan told reporters at the White House.
See PLANE, p. 5 col. 5
Skill is key in backgammon
By PAUL SEVART
Staff Reporter
In New York City, they play it on the sidewalks, on makeshift tables of two-beyours and plywood which sags under the weight of elbows rested on the edge. Onlookers board the board, shouting advice over the din of the street.
"Most people think it's a 'Gammons game' or a parlor game," said Brian Shultz, 438 Locust L, a self-described "student of life."
What Shultz knows is backgammon, and he was at the Student Union Activities duplicate backgammon tournament last night to prove it. Last night's play, in the band of final semifinals; the championship will be played at 7 p.m., today in the Trail Room of the Kansas University.
"I've read a hundred books on it, and I know different."
Shuitz didn't manage to win a place in the final round, however; the championship will be decided tonight in a match between Matt DeVries and freshman, and Dovofeldt. Derby senior.
ONLY SIX PLAYERS came in from the cool night to match wits with each other and the luck of the dice, which can turn a game around with a few bad, or good, rolls.
Chris Orlando, Shawne Mission senior,
said potential players might have been
discouraged by the "duplicate" rules, a
modification of the usual tournament setup.
David Davis, Eagle, Idaho, junior and chairman of the SUA indoor-games committee, said the duplication system was devoid to make it easier for players more on skill or on the luck of the dice.
The players were divided into north and
south teams, changing opponents after each round. Davis called the roll of the dice for each team.
BUT THE STRATEGY of the game remained, and Shultz played by strategy. As he sat at the table, still, staring at the board and occasionally glancing at his opponent's eyes, he looked to the immediate odds of that might have happened in the game perhaps five rolls in advance.
Thus, each player had the same luck, but each depended on skill to win or lose in the end. That eliminated the "if only I could roll like that turkey," I'd win syndrome, Davis said. Also, the highest and lowest scores for each player were dropped, to eliminate the effect of doubling or quadrupling the stakes of a game between lesser-skilled players.
THE QUEST of the playing room was broken only by the sound of a radio, and by the sometimes-emphatic post-mortem conducted on the games. Shultz took Matt Davis, who is relatively new to the game, through the course of logic Shultz used to defeat him.
if those odds add up to a 75 percent chance of winning, he said, raising the stakes of the game at 140-130.
gain in points.
If the opponent doesn't see a 25 percent chance of winning, Shutz said, he can decline the challenge and lose only a point.
Shultz that he had won the past two KU tournaments, and that he went "to every one I can afford." He was on his way to the world backgammon championship tournament in New York. He was reluctant girlfriend and an erratic engine convinced him to turn around in Liberal.
Snutz and Orlando, several times in the evening, would go back after a victory or loss and set up the position of the board at the turning point of the game.
Milton Tyrrell/KANSAN
Tom Feehan, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, neared the end of a game in the Student Union Activities duplicate backgammon tournament last night in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
More than 90 percent of the members of the Downtown Lawrence Association support downtown redevelopment and would help to finance it, according to a DLA survey released Tuesday.
Nearly 70 percent said they would support a special tax on downtown property to pay for redevelopment.
The DLA has 99 members, and 65 responded to the survey. Bob Schumm, president of the association comprised of downtown businessmen, presented the survey to the Lawrence City Commission Tuesday and urged the commission to develop as quickly as possible on redevelopment.
Businesses urgcity to move fast on building plan Most merchants want special tax to finance city's redevelopment
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER Staff Reporter
"We would like to see clear plans for a project and clearer cost estimates as soon as possible." Schumm said. "We hope it can be done in two months."
SCHUMM SAID the DLA would be willing to have its members collect signatures of businessmen who are district to participate in a survey. The district would which they would theoretically benefit from redevel-
See SURVEY, p. 5 col. 4