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University Daily Kansan, July 29, 1983
News Briefs From United Press International
Aid to Nicaraguans cut off; Reagan loses House battle
WASHINGTON — The House, in a rebuke of President Reagan's Central American policy, voted 228-195 last night to halt U.S. covert aid to anti-government rebels in Nicaragua.
Amendments were offered to a Democratic-sponsored bill intended to halt what administration critics charged is a U.S.-sponsored invasion of Nicaragua by anti-Sandinista insurgents.
The dramatic series of votes came amid growing concern in Congress about the increasing U.S. military presence in the troubled region where Reagan has dispatched ground troops and naval battle groups to carry out maneuvers.
One of the final amendments — offered by Democratic leader Jim Wright of Texas — restored original provisions of the bill to order a halt to the covert aid and openly provide $30 million to friendly Central American governments to use in halting arms shipments to any
The amendment also called on Reagan to work with the Organization of American States to resolve the conflict in Central America.
While Soviet military supply ships were en route to Nicaragua and a U.S. naval flotilla steamed offshore, Latin American foreign ministers gathered in Panama City yesterday for crucial talks on peace efforts in Central America.
U. S. presidential envoy Richard Stone arrived in Costa Rica from Honduras, pressing his third diplomatic shuttle in a bid to defuse tensions sparked by the Salvadoran civil war and attacks by Goncalo Nicaraguan rebels trying to topple the leftist Managua government.
Assembled for the meeting in Panama City were foreign ministers from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. They are to conduct a preliminary session and a full meeting today.
WASHINGTON — Congress voted yesterday to kill tax withholding on interest and dividends, and Republican leaders said they were assured by the White House that President Reagan would sign the repeal legislation.
Congress repeals withholding plan
The Senate and House, vote against the controversial tax program in overwhelming numbers, acted just one week before the Treasury introduced a plan.
Although the bill would repeal the withholding statute, it also calls for tougher taxpayer reporting requirements of interest and dividend income and "backup" withholding for those who fail to report or under report that income.
A spokesman said the White House had assured Congress that Reagan would sign the measure, which he earlier opposed, because it also included his Caribbean Basin Initiative, a package of tax and trade incentives for 27 friendly nations in the region.
Midwest continues to sweat it out
The second round of an oppressive wave scorched the Plains and Midwest yesterday with record-breaking temperatures as the death toll rose.
The nation's midsection suffered under temperatures that soared past 100 degrees. Scorers in Kansas included 106 at Medicine Lake, 105 at Garden City and 104 at Wichita. Kansas City hit a record 103. The state experienced one weather-related death since the heat wave moved in two weeks ago.
Seventeen other states also have reported deaths, including Kentucky with 44, Missouri with 40, Illinois 23, Indiana 16, Georgia 14, Tennessee 11, North Carolina 9, Iowa four, Alabama, Florida and South Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Minnesota, Maryland, New York and Arkansas one each.
Forecasters blamed the renewed heat on hot air pushed from the Southwest into the Midwest by the jet stream.
Poles enact law to oppose dissent
WARSAW, Poland — The Polish parliament approved legislation yesterday to stiffen censorship and authorize jail terms for anti-government activism, turning the end of martial law into a crackdown on dissent.
Three penal code amendments authorize 3-year jail terms for Poles convicted of belonging to an illegal organization — such as Solidarity — for leading an illegal demonstration or for displaying anti-regime posters or graffiti.
A new law allows examination of scientific publications, trade union bulletins and exhibitions so that "publications in use cannot affect the results of research."
Unlike many of the two-year regulations passed July 20, the laws passed yesterday will stay on the books permanently as a cornerstone of the regime's effort to check dissent.
Workers' wage raises at record low
WASHINGTON — Union contracts negotiated during the first half of 1983 gave workers first-year wage increases averaging less than 1 percent, a record low, the Labor Department reported yesterday.
The department said the primary reason the wage increases were low was that steel workers and some construction workers accepted wage increases.
The Labor Department also reported that new claims for state unemployment benefits rose for the first time in nearly a month in mid-July.
The department said that the increase in new claims were an indication the steady slide in the nation's jobless rate may be stalled. Initial claims are considered a key barometer of job market health because they reflect new entrants on the jobless rolls.
U.S. announces Soviet grain pact
WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration announced a new long-term grain agreement with the Soviet Union yesterday that guarantees up to $2 billion in Kremlin purchases from U.S. farmers in each of the next five years.
The agreement calls for higher minimum and maximum purchases than a previous agreement that expires Sept. 30 of this year.
Corporation averts NPR bankruptcy
WASHINGTON — National Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed yesterday on an $8.5 million government loan and other steps to avert financial collusion of the radio network.
The compromise ensures that NPR, struggling with a $9.1 million deficit, will meet its Friday payroll that hinged on successful negotiations for a rescue plan. Telephone and rent bills for the network's plush downtown Washington headquarters are also overdue.
The letter of intent between NPR and the corporation, which distributes federal funds to public radio and television stations, includes transfer of ownership of the network's distribution equipment to three trustees. The names of the trustees were not announced.
Chancellor guards more than University
By MICHAEL PAUL
That's one way that Chancellor Gene A. Budig described his job as chief of staff for the Kansas Air National Guard.
Budig was appointed to the position July 1 to replace Brig Gen. William S. McCormick.
Staff Reporter
"THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD and the Air Force Reserve both play an important role in support of the United States Air Force," he said. "They are available to the country in a national or international emergency."
"It provides a great escape."
But Burd, a colonel who has been a member of Air National Guard organizations for more than 20 years, also is an important part of the nation's defense.
Budig said that, as chief of staff, he would help coordinate the activities of more than 2,000 Air National Guardsmen in Kansas and of two large flying groups — one at Forbes Field in Topeka and the other McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita.
The Topeka group, which is assigned to the Strategic Air Command, flies the KC-133, a large tanker plane that refuels aircraft.
"THE WICHTHA GROUP is the largest F-4 organization in the Air National Guard." Budd said. "It is at the forefront of the Air National Guard are trained."
The Wichita group flies the F-4 "Phantom" fighters and is part of the Tactical Air Command.
Budig said, however, that he was not a pilot.
"But as chief of staff," he said, "I'll
do in a KC-135 during refueling
missile."
Col. Rex Bartlow, support personnel management officer for the Army Medical Corps.
The job requires one weekend a day, 15 days of special training each year.
the chief of staff was a part-time position.
BARTLW SAIED THAT Budget received $116 daily for 63 days, which amounts to $7,308, and that on weekends costs $5,924. A day's pay for four hours training,
Budig he joined the Air National Guard because he had a great interest in aviation.
The Air National Guard, Budig, sad
has more than 100,000 members na-
Energy meters to be installed on campus
Facilities Operations will shut off utilities during parts of August throughout the campus in order to install energy monitoring meters.
Dick Perkins, associate director for utility management, said that water and electric meters would be installed so much energy each building used.
The following is a schedule of the utility shutdowns in August.
University Relations Building - 1
- Aug. 1
- Aug 2
Water: Strong Hall West Wing and Center of Building — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Water: Strong Hall East Wing - 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Electric. Stauffer-Flint Hall — 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Electric. Chancellor's Residence — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Aug. 4
Electric: Nuclear Reactor Building 15.4
Water: Lindley Hall - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Electric; Blake Hall - 8 a.m. to 12
Spooner-Thayer Hall - 1 p.m. to 5
Water: Robinson Center — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Low water pressure: Malott Hall,
Watkins Hospital: 8 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Haworth Hall, Endocrine
Psychology Lab - 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Electric: Learned Hall, West Wing except for rooms 216, 218, 218A, 219, 221, and 231 - a. m. to 12 p.m.
Learned Hall, East Eaglewing except
the Tower Section 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
water: Murphy Hall - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Military Science - 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Aug. 9
Watkins Hospital = 8 a.m. to 2 p.
Electric: Dyche Museum, North
Vancouver
Water: Dyche Museum, South Building 4.2 m to 13.9 m.
Haworth Hall, Malot Hall, Robinson
Gymnastics, Watkins
Hospital —
Dyche Museum, North Building — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Aug. 10
Water: Snow Hall - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
* Aug. 12
Water: Watson Library — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Water: Nuclear Reactor — 8 a.m. to 5 m.
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