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University Daily Kansan, September 7, 1983
NEWS BRIEFS From United Press International
Security conference likely to bring U.S.-Soviet talks
MADRID, Spain — Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived yesterday for an East-West meeting thought to be dominated by the international furor over the recent downing of a Korean jet by the Soviets.
Representatives from the East and the West ended three years of diplomatic effort yesterday by adopting a final document for the European Security Conference, which will be closed this week by the foreign ministers from 35 participating nations.
Secretary of State George Shultz flew to Madrid for the closing session of the conference with instructions from President Reagan to discuss with Gromkyo, as a matter of "urgent concern," the Soviet downing of the Korean airliner.
reagan said Shultz would tell Gromyko that the United States expected restitution for the victims, disclosure of facts and assurance that such an incident would not reocur.
Summer's last assault hits the East
On the Boardwalk at Atlantic City, N.J., it was too hot yesterday to stroll without the risk of heat prostration. Midwest and South with
The summer's dying fury assaulted the Midwest and South with tornadoes, window-breaking hail, and crop-flattening winds.
tornaees, window-breaking hall, and crops.
The temperature rose 10°F on Dec. 3 for degrees at Atlantic City, and Plains for this year for 36 days of 90-plus heat
Philadelphia held a record this year for 30 days of 90°F heat. Storms in the Midwest were forecasted to give a break in the heat wave during summer.
that struck inland of the Pacific, National Weather Service meteorologist Dean Hutsell said that in St. Louis the succession of 100-degree temperatures appeared to be over for this year, but that September may be hotter than normal.
Contadora group meets in Panama
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Members of the peace-seeking Contadora group gathered in Panama yesterday against a backdrop of a growing U.S. military presence in Central America, underscored by the arrival of Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.
the arrival of Defense Secretary George Weinberger, on the first tour of a U.S. defense chief to the war-raviaged region, met yesterday with Panamanian leaders, but not with Contadora.
The group, comprising Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, planned to open a series of meetings today with foreign ministers from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
The group is trying to end the civil war in El Salvador, the fighting in Nicaragua and the threat that Honduras will be drawn into the battle. Another prime goal of Contadora is to avoid U.S. military intervention in the region.
Mexico grants $55 million to Cuba
MEXICO CITY-In an attempt to inject some new life into its allying economy, Mexico announced yesterday that it had granted a $55-million line of credit to Cuba to buy locally produced goods.
nine of credit to China as a way to buy it. But a Western diplomat said at least some of the money had to come from Western loans to Mexico, whose foreign debt was estimated at about $85 billion.
about $85 billion.
Treasury Minister Jesus Silva Herzog signed the document in Havana, Cuba, on Monday, calling the credit line an attempt to expand financial and commercial links that unite the two nations.
Cuban National Bank head Raul Leon and Foreign Trade Minister Ricardo Canicas Ruiz signed for Cuba.
Mexico has maintained close ties with Cuba since President Fidel Castro took power in Havana in 1959.
Plane attack hurts arms agreement
GENEVA, Switzerland — The United States and the Soviet Union recently resumed talks in nuclear missiles in Europe with the international furor over Moscow's attack on a Korean airliner jeopardizing an early breakthrough.
jeopardizing an airline.
Officials on both sides said the new round of negotiations would be crucial in deciding whether new U.S. medium-range missiles would be deployed in Western Europe in December.
Chadians kill Libvan-backed rebels
The two full delegations resumed talks after a two-month summer recess. The meeting lasted one hour and 50 minutes and was the 8th full session since negotiations began 21 months ago. The next meeting is set for tomorrow.
N'DIAMENA, Chad — Chad troops yesterday repelled a second ground assault in five days on the isolated eastern town of Oum-Chalouba, killing 100 rebels that were backed by 3,000 Libyan troops and mercenaries, government authorities said.
No independent confirmation of the claim has been made. Journalists have been barred from traveling to the front for security reasons.
State-run Chad radio said that 53 rebels had been taken prisoner and that 100 rebels had been killed. It said that no casualties had been reported among government troops.
Israelis cancel popular TV mystery
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel Television canceled broadcasts of works by mystery writer Roald Dahl, charging that the celebrated author made "very strong anti-Semitic" statements in a magazine article, a spokeswoman for the network said yesterday.
The "Tales of the Unexpected" television series, some of whose programs are dramatizations of Dahl's twovolume collection of short stories of the same name, has been a hit on Israel Television for the last year.
year.
But spokeswoman Erela Ravdal said Dahl's mysteries no longer would be aired on Israeli television in light of an article the author published last month in the British Literary Review.
published last month in the Bristol Journal. In his article, a review of a book about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Dahl wrote, "Never before in the history of man has a people switched so radially from being much-pitied victims to barbarous murderers."
WEATHER FACTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM EST 9-7-83
Today, the weather will be mostly fair across the nation.
Today, the weather will be mostly fair across the hatch. Locally, today will be sunny with a high near 80, according to the National Weather Service in Peekskill. Tight will be clear, with a low in the mid-60s. Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high in the lower 90s.
It's not too late to get up a team for the race. For official entry packet, call or stop in the AURH office. McCollum Hall.
For advice on equipment, paddling technique, strategy and tactics, river levels, etc., stop in GRAN SPORT. We rent FAST canoes. We also have the best selection of angle paddles in the Midwest.
KU - K-STATE CANOE RACE
THIS WEEKEND, SEPT. 10 & 11
102 MILES FROM MANHATTAN TO LAWRENCE
ON THE KANSAS RIVER
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CAREER EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOPS
BEGINNING THE JOB SEARCH "GETTING DOWN TO BASICS"
UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT CENTER
INTERVIEWING I
September 13 2:30-3:20
September 28 2:30-3:20
October 5 3:30-4:20
November 1 2:30-3:20
INTERVIEWING
"PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW"
SEPTEMBER 14
SEPTEMBER 29
OCTOBER 11
OCTOBER 20
INTERVIEWING III
INTERVIEWING IV
"SUCCESFUL INTERVIEWING"
INTERVIEWING IV "SECONDARY INTERVIEWING AND DRESSING FOR JOB SUCCESS"
OCTOBER 19 2:30-3:20
NOVEMBER 9 3:30-4:20
SEPTEMBER 20 2:30-3:20
OCTOBER 5 3:30-4:20
OCTOBER 13 2:30-3:20
OCTOBER 26 2:30-3:20
INTERVIEWING II "HOW NOT TO INTERVIEW"
SEPTEMBER 15 2:30-3:20
OCTOBER 3 3:30-4:20
OCTOBER 12 3:30-4:20
OCTOBER 25 2:30-3:20
GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY EMPLOYMENT
WRITING EFFECTIVE RESUMES AND LETTERS
JOBS FOR WRITERS
SEPTEMBER 21 3:30-4:20
OCTOBER 18 2:30-3:20
OCTOBER 27 2:30-3:20
NOVEMBER 8 2:30-3:20
NOVEMBER 16 3:30-4:20
NOVEMBER 2 3:30-4:20
OCTOBER 25 3:30-5:00
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT
NOVEMBER 3 2:30-3:20
WORKSHOP LOCATIONS
All workshops will be held in 201 Carruth O'Leary Hall. Contact the University Placement Center at 223 Carruth O'Leary Hall. TEL.864-3624 for information and other workshop locations.
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