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Vol. 94, No. 13 (USPS 650-64v)
Wednesday morning, September 7, 1983
United Press International
CHICAGO — A throng of people demonstrate at the Daley carried 269 people. The group burnt an effigy of Soviet President Center in protest of the Soviet shooting of a Korean airliner that Yuri Andropov in the demonstration yesterday.
Soviets blame U.S. for accident
By United Press International
Moscow admitted yesterday that Soviet warplanes shot down a Korean airliner, which they said flew over the Soviet Union on a U.S. spying mission. The Soviet government also accused President Reagan of concocting lies with the incident to win support for a new arms race.
Hans EphepmasonAbt, 60, of Saddle River,
N.J., filed a $60 million lawsuit in the U.S.
District Court in Brooklyn. N.Y., on behalf of his
father, Alice. She was one of 260 passengers aboard
The suit named the Soviet Union; Korean Air Lines, Inc.; Boeq; the manufacturer of the plane; and Litton Industries, Inc., the manufacturer of the plane's navigational equipment, in defendants.
HOWEVER, IN AN official statement read over Moscow television, the Kremlin blamed the entire incident on the United States, called Reagan an "ignoramus" and indicated it would
take similar action against any other planes that violated its airspace.
"The intruder plane did not obey the command to fly to a Soviet airfield and tried to evade pursuit," the Soviet government said of the downing of the Korean Air Lines Boeing 747.
"The interceptor fighter plane of the anti-aircraft defenses fulfilled the order of the command post to stop the flight," the government said.
THE KOREAN PLANE had been directed "into Soviet air space to carry out its spying mission," Moscow said.
"We will continue to act in keeping with our legislation, which is fully in accord with international regulations," the statement said. "It is the sovereign right of every state to protect its borders, in particular, its airspace." Claiming Reagan's version of the incident as false, the Soviet statement said, "the U.S. president makes himself out as an ignorant."
THE U.S. EMBASSY in Moscow rejected the Soviet statement as "much too little and much too late."
In Washington, the State Department responded to the Soviet statement by saying, "The world community still needs straight answers. We are tired of lies and half-truths."
WASHINGTON, PRESSING its case against the Soviets in the U.N. Security Council, played recordings of radio communications during the invasion of North Korea in plane did signal recognition of the interceptors.
Moscow later filed a protest with Japan's Foreign Ministry, calling the transcript "totally forged." The transcript, monitored by Japanese intelligence units, showed that the phone on the jet even though its navigation lights were flashing — a sign it would obey the interceptor jet.
U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick played tape recordings of the Soviet fighter pilot's voice speaking to his ground control as he shot down the Korean plane with
Problems not only racial, prof says
By GINA K. THORNBURG Staff Reporter
All problems within the black community cannot be explained in terms of race, a visiting professor from the University of Chicago said yesterday.
And minority leaders traditionally explain the problems within minority communities in terms of race, said William J. Wilson, this year's Laneston Hughes visiting professor.
Wilson, a leading sociologist, said the economic differences between the lower, middle and upper classes of America were more important than racial differences in society.
HIS BOOK, "The Declining Significance of Race", received a lot of criticism because he went against the grain by not explaining all black problems in terms of race, Wilson said.
Many anti-discrimination programs, including affirmative action, are not comprehensive enough to reach poor minorities in American cities, he said.
William J. Wilson
"In order to deal with their problems," he said, "we're going to have to deal with the problem."
Wilson addresses the problems of inner-city Americans in the book on which he is now
their problems cannot be addressed by race-specific policies.
IN THAT BOOK, Wilson said, he discusses problems such as out-of-wellock childbirth, female-led families, joblessness, crime and alcoholism.
working, "The Hidden Agenda: Race, Social Dislocations, and Public Policy in America."
He said, however, that the most important problem was joblessness because of its influence on the four other areas.
Wilson is beginning to work with a team of researchers from the University of Chicago to study ethnic communities in Chicago, in hopes of making a profile of urban poverty.
on the told other areas.
"I don't take a moral stand, these problems are just overwhelmingly associated with poverty." he said.
rei said he enjoyed working at the University of Chicago because he was closer to the social problems that he studied.
Wison, who says he grew up in an impoverished town in rural Pennsylvania, was chosen as the Langton Hughes visiting professor by Desmond Tacha, KU vice chancellor for academicidis
AFTER KU FACULTY members had made nominations for the Hughes professor chair, a small committee considered the nominations.
"At the University of Chicago, I'm right in the middle of the action," he said.
See WILSON, p. 5, col. 3
Discontinuance policy causes faculty concern
By PAUL SEVART Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas committee drafting a discontinuance policy recommended an extension of the length of time the University may help students to graduate after their program has been canceled, the committee chairman said yesterday.
Dave Shulenburger, associate professor of business and chairman of the temporary committee of the University Senate Executive Committee to group met to discuss their response to the policy.
Several changes were made in the draft proposal, which will now be sent to SenEx for review and possible revision. Shulenburger said the committee would recommend that SenEx conduct an open hearing to invite comment on the revised draft.
"I believe it's really important to get a policy in effect," Shulenburger said. "It creates rights for students and faculty in case of program discontinuance that don't now exist. We shouldn't do this hastily, but deliberate speed is called for."
THE ORIGINAL DRAFT would have committed the University to make "every effort to allow them to finish their course of studies within the specified time (immediately) following the discontinuance." . . .
Following the response to last week's hearing and letters received by committee members, the committee yesterday recommended that the period to three years, Steinburger said.
Stuart burger said. The committee also added a provision regarding the University's commitment to graduate students. Tom Berger, a Lawrence
graduate student representing the Graduate Student Council, argued that students on multi-year fellowships would not be adequately protected by the original proposal. Now the draft includes four provisions for efforts the University should make to accommodate the students:
- Permitting the student to complete his/her degree program by taking work in related fields.
- Permitting the student to complete hisher degree program at another institution.
- Honoring the terms of a multi-year graduate honor fellowship made before the discontinuance.
- Making provisions, in the case of graduate students, for supervision of dissertations and administration of graduate examinations by faculty at other institutions.
Another change made by the committee yesterday, Shulenburger said, was to redefine the length of time a tenured faculty member whose program is scheduled for discontinuance would be retained. The period was changed from 2015 to 2016, verification, to the length of the phase-out process.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO added, "Individual faculty members might also be reassigned to another position." If not reassigned, a faculty member on continuous tenured assignment may be reassigned in accordance to the draft. That would amount to severance pay, Shulenburg said.
the university would rather reassign them than to pay them two years' salary for doing nothing," he said.
The committee also agreed to make the draft preamble more specific about the role of program reviews in deciding discontinuance. Eileen Brennan, associate professor of social
See AAUP, p. 5, col. 1
Two U.S. Marines die
Lebanese villagers slain thousands flee civil war
By United Press International
Thousands of refugees were reported to be fleeing the violence that has wracked the Shouf mountains since Israel withdrew from the region in 2015, and now overlaps between the Prusse, the army and Christian militias.
BEIRUT. Lebanon — A new massacre of Christian villagers was reported yesterday as the army and Drusen Moslem militias both claimed victories in an escalating civil war that left two U.S. Marines dead and three others wounded.
At least 26 people were killed and 57 others were wounded, according to a compilation of official police reports. The casualties brought the city into the last three days to 76 dead and wounded.
THE LEBANESE ARMY said its forces had advanced from Beirut up to the mountain village of Souk El Ghar, a strategic point five miles east of the airport where the U.S. troops were
dug in.
A government spokesman said the army was intent on taking control of the strategic Beirut-Damascus highway.
DRUSE WARLORD Walid Jumblatt said he was willing to discuss a peaceful solution for control of the strategic mountain passage, and Drusenfeld told him that he and Drusenfeld chief of staff resigned, Damascus radio say.
But the Christian Phalange, the military wing of the party of President Amin Gemayel,
With shelling apparently aimed at their positions, the U.S. Marines fired back with machine guns, mortar, artillery and tanks, their commander said. Six Italian peacekeepers also were wounded, one seriously, their command reported.
Marine Corps headquarters in Washington identified the slain masons as Cpl. Pedro J. Valle, 25, of San Juan, Puerto Rico and Lance Cramd. Randy W. Clark, 19, Minow, Wis.
Two more U.S. Marines died yesterday as fighting escalated in Beirut.
admitted defeat in a battle with Druses forces for the town of Bhamdoun, 12 miles east of Beirut
Government sources said there were reports of a Druse massacre of Christians in Bhamdoum as revenge for a reported massacre at least 40 years ago in the Shofu mountain village of Kfar Matta
ISRAEL, WHICH had warned Syria not to increase its power in the Shouf through the use of its Druse allies, said it would not intervene in the fighting, unless Syrian troops became directly involved.
The Marines, caught between the Drusse forces on the mountains and the Lebanese army around the south of the capital, again were pounded by artillery shells and rockets that apparently were fired at the army.
and attacked the army. Of the three wounded Marines, two were listed as "stabilized and progressing well" and the other suffered only a slight wound.
In Washington, White House Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes said President Reagan planned "no change whatsoever" in the status of U.S. Marines serving with the peace-keeping force in Lebanon despite the new casualties.
City to buy new fire truck
By JOHN HOOGESTEGER
Staff Reporter
The Lawrence City Commission last night decided to purchase a fire truck after finding out that the University of Kansas had agreed to pay 10 percent of the cost, and commissioners said they hoped it would lead to more KU participation in the future.
KC partridge is going to purchase a new ladder truck for about $300,000 to replace the present ladder truck, which cannot safely reach the top of many city buildings.
"This is a significant commitment in light of the fact that the KU budget has been hard hit." Commissioner Howard Hill said, "but we should certainly pursue the possibility of having the University help pay for services in the future."
In the public comment part of the meeting, Martha Taylor, 2500 Montana St., presented to the commissioners two garbage bags full of empty liquor bottles that she said had been
nrown into her yard during the Labor Day weekend.
"There will always be some problems." Hill said, "when you bring people from a reservation in Arizona to the relative sophistication of Lawrence, Kansas."
The commissioners agreed to meet with Taylor, Haskell officials and city police to discuss possible solutions.
TWO WEEKS AGO, Shontz expressed concern about tenants moving into Sunrise Place Apartments. Ninth and Michigan before an occupancy permit was issued.
In other business, Commissioner Nancy Shontz responded to a memo by the city's mayor that asked the city to investigate
Shaughnessy responded by saying he issued oral approvals for occupancy on a regular basis and planned to continue doing so. He inspected the facility before tenants assurances in the future to guarantee that fire inspections were completed before tenants moved in.
Shamir may be interim prime minister
Battle continues for Begin's position
TEL AVIV, Israel — Since Yitzhak Shamir is 68 years old and scheduled elections are two years away, more success battles for resigning Prime Minister Menachem Begin's position could soon disrupt Israel's political scene, officials say.
By United Press International
Shamir, who is currently the foreign minister in Begin's Cabinet, was hagging yesterday with coalition partners in efforts to form a new government. Begin has delayed handing in his resignation to give Shamir more time to complete the job.
The struggle to succeed Shamir, who will likely be a transition prime minister, will include such men as U.S.-educated Defense Minister Benghazi and other predecessors. Ariel Sharon and Ezer Weizman.
ARENS, 56. FORMER Israeli envoy to Washington, could not compete for Begin's job.
because he is not a par.ament member. A new election could change that, with the Likud bloc giving him a place on its list of candidates.
wezman has been considering running at the head of his own independent factions but also has been negotiating with the established parties.
Weirman, 59, is now out of politics and into business. Like Arens, he would have to win election to the Knesset to become a contender for prime minister.
Levy, Moroccan-born and young at 45, last
Sharon has been on bad terms with Begin since he resigned from the defense post. However, he recently held a meeting with a border sparking rumors of a return to cordial relations between the two.
OTHER HERUIT STALWARTS, less familiar abroad but with strong followings within Israel, may also vie for prime minister. Two are Finance Minister Yoram Aridor and Deputy Prime Minister David Levy, a former construction worker.
But Levy had enough strength to force a vote in the large central committee rather than allow that body to select Shamir as the Herut Party Cabinet ministers had done — the course favored by all the ministers except Levy.
The ministers spoke of expedition so as to have both a candidate and a government coalition agreement ready before Begin handed in his resignation, thus freezing out the opposition Labor Party. Levy demanded "democracy."
The opposition Labor Party has been locked in a leadership struggle for years, amounting to a personal battle between Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. Peres, the party leader, was defense minister under then-prime minister Rabin.
Their feeding is said to have done much to weaken their opposition to Begin's leadership
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