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University Dally Kansan, April 13, 1983
Foreign ministers tour Central America
By United Press International
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Four Latin American foreign ministers visited Costa Rica, Nicaragua. El Salvador and Honduras yesterday in a whirlwind tour seeking peace in Central America.
The tour, initiated by Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Panama, was designed to bring together the presidents of five Central American countries this month to work for a regional accord to reduce hostilities.
The ministers go on to Guatemala today to wind up their two-day tour.
The ministers visited Costa Rican President Luís Alberto Mongo early morning to meet with him.
with that nation's leftist leadership and went to El Salvador for a meeting with Foreign Minister Fidel Chavez Mena
In Honduras, they planned to meet with President Roberto Sunzo Cordova, head of the U.S.-backed government. He is a hostile neighbor of Nicaragua.
BEFORE LEAVING NICARAGUA, Mexican Foreign Minister Bernardo Sepulveda said the aim of the mission was "to gather points of view that will permit us to form our own criteria and understand the crisis that we consider delicate."
He said the ministers hoped to start political communication and negotiate peace with Kurdistan.
Sepulveda said "we had the luck to have the sympathy and support" of
Nicaraguan Junta coordinator Daniel Ortega and Monge "in the effort we are realizing."
Ortega said the visit reflected "the concern of the people and governments of these countries about the situation in which the region lives."
"It is a concern that pulls together the spirit of Latin America, and above all, we have to find a political solution." Ortega said.
MONGE SAID SOME OF the talks centered on whether leaders of all five Central American nations should be involved in a summit meeting later this month or whether peace efforts should take place between Nicaragua and Honduras.
Nicaragua has warned it could eventually go to war with Honduras, which it charged has been harboring right-wing insurgents staging raids across their common border. Honduras denies the charge.
Venezuelan Minister Jose Alberto Zambrona said the meeting with Ortega in Managua would be "to ratify the agreement of Contadora," signed in January by the five ministers during the meeting on Panama's Contadora Island.
The Contadora agreement called for a pullout of all foreign military advisers in Central America — Americans in El Salvador, Argentines in Honduras and Cubans in Nicaragua.
Artists to display talents in outdoor arts festival
Student artists will display their works and talents at three different locations along Jayhawk Boulevard tomorrow in the first Student Senate Arts Festival, titled "Inside Out, A Tribute to the Arts."
Shari Rogge, director of the festival and co-chairman of the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee, said that about 20 actors would perform at the festival.
The Russian choir, the Singing Jayhawks, the Malaysian student dance group and a student ragtime band are among the groups that will perform at the festival.
During the festival, which will be
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., about 20 artists will display their paintings, glassworks and other art, she said.
The artists will be between the Kansas Union and Dyche Hall, on the lawn of Watson Library and on the lawn between Wescoe and Flint Hall.
MOLLIE MITCHELL, CO-CHAIRMAN of the cultural affairs committee, said, "The University of Kansas needed an outlet for its artists in which the University and its students could support the arts.
"The cultural affairs committee saw a void and strove to fill that void."
that is in charge of coordinating the festival had considered allowing the students to sell their artwork but decided to wait until the festival was established to allow art to be sold.
The cultural affairs subcommittee
The festival will cost the Senate about $500. Rogge said.
"I think the festival is important because it will give exposure to student artists who often have a hard time finding ways to display their work," she said.
The festival also will give other students the chance to share fellow students' artistic talents, she said.
"WE HOPE TO MAKE the festival a continuing one," she said. "So we want as many comments from students as possible about what they like and don't like."
Lisa Asher, student body president, said, "Student Senate is very excited about the festival. It's something that has been lacking. Students need an outlet to show their works."
Rogge said the Union ballroom had been reserved for the festival in case of rain.
"But now we're just praying for sunshine," she said.
Midwest weather keeps grounds crew on its feet
By JIM BOLE Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas, keeping a watchful eye on unpredictable Midwest weather, has cautiously begun to bloom into spring this week.
Yesterday, one of the hottest days this year, facilities operations crews were out in force, moving, pruning and planting in potholes, in anticipation of spring.
But temperatures will dip into the 40s this week, and there is a chance of rain or snow tomorrow, said Rich McNulty, deputy chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka. Temperatures should be in the 50s this weekend, he said, and lower than normal temperatures and higher than normal precipitation is forecast for the rest of April.
ROBERT PORTER, KU associate director of physical plant operations, said most routine springtime projects are affected by the weather, good or bad.
Air conditioning in buildings will probably not be turned on until mid-May because of cooler-than-average temperatures and the University's energy conservation program, he said.
"But if we get a trend of high day-time temperatures and it stays warm overnight, we'll do our best to turn on the air conditioning," he said.
Potholes and cracks, being repaired this week. We were extensive because of
this winter's extreme temperature fluctuations, he said.
Repair of leaky roofs and touch-up painting will wait for assured warmer temperatures.
JIM MATHES, ASSISTANT land-scaping director, said about a third of his crews were mowing many patches of grass already growing, but that it would be a few more weeks before mowing was in full swing because some areas still remained soggy and rain-soaked.
McNulty said this year's mild winter never freeze the ground, which hold the
The already saturated ground, combined with recent snow and rain, creates a wetland.
Weather that flip-flopped between warm and cold this winter will cause some problems in the spring. Mathes said.
"We can expect more bugs and weeds this summer," he said.
TULIP and CROCUS plants, which budded in warm weather and then faced a cold snap, have been stunted, he said.
Budding plants have been confused because of the ups and downs of the weather, he said, and don't know when to bloom.
"They are going to bloom in the foliage instead of high in the air," he said.
Many crab apple trees will not bloom at all this year because of the changes in weather.
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