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University Daily Kansan, February 17, 1983
News Briefs From United Press International
Fired EPA official Lavelle shuns subpoena to testify
WASHINGTON — Fired Environmental Protection Agency official Rita Lavaevelle one congressional subpoena yesterday, but her attorney accepted another and turned over her 1982 appointment books to a GOP-led Senate committee.
Rep. Elliott Levitas, D-Ga., chairman of a House Public Works subcommittee, continued negotiations with the administration to gain access to other disputed agency files and avoid further contempt of Congress action against EPA chief Anne Gorsuch.
Lavelle, in the subpoena presented her attorney, James Bierbower, was ordered to appear before the House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee at 11 a.m. today, a committee staffer said.
- Lavelle locked herself in her apartment to avoid testifying about her firing by President Reagan 10 days ago.
Another subpoena was served on Bierbower demanding that Lavelle appear with her 1982 appointment books before the House Energy subcommittee headed by Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich.
A committee headed by Rep. Bassini recommended
The House voted Mrs. Gorsuch in contempt Dec. 16.
Fires in southern Australia kill 57
ABELAIDE, Australia — Wind-whipped brushfires raged across southern Australia yesterday, killing at least 57 people, injuring hundreds more and wiping out seven towns in one of the nation's worst blazes, officials said.
"We have given up trying to save homes," said one firefighter. "All we can do is try to attempt to save people."
POLice said at least 57 people had been killed, including 12 volunteer firemen. At least 35 were reported dead in the southeastern state of Victoria — some trapped in cars, others in their homes — and 22 more died in neighboring South Australia, with seven other people missing.
A state of emergency was declared in both states, where hundreds of people were reported injured, authorities said.
people were reported injured in the area. Looting was reported in areas after flames raced through towns.
Begin survives no-confidence votes
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Menachem Begin survived three no-confidence motions by a 64-56 margin in Parliament yesterday on opposition claims that the Beirut massacre report raised "serious questions" about his rule.
Parliament also voted 62-56, with one abstention, to condemn "verbal and physical violence" in a government resolution that was prompted by the death last Thursday of an anti-government demonstrator outside Begin's office.
Began a rare showing, all 120 lawmakers were in the Knesset chamber for the vote on the no-confidence motions. The parliamentarians voted on straight party lines, with Begin's Likud coalition holding firm after Ariel Sharon's assault as defense minister.
The vote capped 6½ hours of debate in which the opposition criticized Begin for failing to step down after the report was released.
Indian elections go on despite riots
NEW DELHI, India — Confused police shot and killed three other policemen yesterday during anti-election riots in India's Assam state, pushing the death toll to 277 during two weeks of bloodshed.
pushing the government government said it would push ahead with the next round of elections today despite a wave of violence in the remote northeastern state which included the beheading of one of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's candidates.
The Assam government said 50,000 security forces would ensure a peaceful climate so voters could freely vote today in the election for the state government and state representatives in the Indian parliament.
Prime Minister Gandhi's candidate was beheaded Tuesday by hundreds of angry villagers wielding spears and machetes.
U.S. police seek custody of hijacker
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department yesterday filed an extradition request for an Iranian hijacker in an effort to stop Mexico from sending him to any country that would give him asylum.
the shipping officials. U.S. enforcement officials filed air piracy charges and issued an arrest warrant for Hussein Shey Kholya, 37, who seized a Texas commuter flight Tuesday and commandeered it to the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo.
Under terms of a 1978 treaty between Mexico and the United States, either country may ask for the arrest of a suspect who has fled across the border.
Official questions grievance process
TOPEKA — An inmate grievance procedure is not working because the state Department of Corrections ignores many prisoner complaints, the head prison ambudsman said yesterday.
the need prison officers. Preston Barton, director of the state's ombudsman for corrections office, said Kansas prisoners did not consider their grievance procedure a credible method of resolving differences. He also said prisoners were reluctant to file grievances for fear of reprisals from prison officials and because of their inability to figure out how to initiate a grievance.
sarton said that 133 or 78 percent of the inmate grievances filed in 1981 had been improperly processed and he blamed the Department of Corrections for inefficiency and blatant disregard for inmate complaints.
The study contained a list of 32 recommendations for changing the grievance system
Sheriff gets 100 days for contempt
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Mahoning County Sheriff James Traficant was sentenced yesterday to 100 days in the city jail for contempt of court after he refused to sign foreclosure deeds on 10 homes.
after he refused to sign prescreening for the Sheriff, who also faces trial next month in Cleveland on federal charges of bribery and tax evasion, told the judge in an opening statement. "I am prepared to go to jail. I will hold my head up if I do."
"At the risk of being melodramatic," Common Pleas Judge Charles Bannon told the sheriff at the conclusion of the proceeding, "I ask you to sign these deeds."
Traficant replied, "I will not."
Transtent replied, "I will not."
He told the judge he never meant to blatantly violate the rules of the court, but he wanted to demonstrate to judges and "paper shufflers" in foreclosure cases that they were hurting residents.
Correction
An article in yesterday's Kansas incorrectly stated that the Graduate Student Council would meet tomorrow to discuss contracts for teaching and research assistants. The Graduate Council Executive Committee will meet at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the International Room of the Kansas Union to discuss these contracts. The Graduate Student Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Kansas Room of the Union.
Militia takes over buffer area in Lebanon
By United Press International
The 840-man militia of Maj. Saad Haddad, Israel's Lebanese Christian allied, completed its swift takeover of a 28-milewide buffer zone in southern Lebanon yesterday and Lebanon's foreign minister charged that Israel held the area by "force of arms."
Beirut, challenging Lebanese authority there one day after Lebanese troops took control of the Christian sector of hospital for the first time in eight years.
"Israel might do whatever it wants in that area, we have very little control," said Foreign Minister Elle Selem. He said Lebanon would accept a deal.
But Salem said President Amin Gemayel's government now was in control of Beirut — the only area in the country under clear control of the regime — and will deal with any other armed forces in the region as criminals.
AN ISHRAEL patrol, meanwhile, ran a Lebanese army roadblock in East
"The army has instructions to shoot, has instructions to act like an army and not negotiate with outlaws." Salem said.
said a unit of Haddad's Free Lebanon Army entered the village of Dnaibe, between the towns of Hashaya and Jib Jennin near the southern entrance to
THE UNIT WAS, backed by an unspecified number of shipuled-supplied tanks, armored personnel carriers and medium-sized cannons.
The move completed the sudden three-day advance of Haddad's 84-man force across the south and southeast of Lebanon to take hold of all the area demanded by Israel as a buffer zone in troop withdrawal talks.
Beirut newspapers reported the government, struggling to gain control
of Lebanon, asked Washington to intercede with Israel to stop Haddad's move.
"The Haddad issue is part of the Israeli issue." Salem said. "Now Israel exists in the south, exists by force of arms."
ISRAELLI-BABEANES talks on
account of 30,000 Israeli, 40,000
Syrian and 10,000 Palestinian troops
from Lebanon resume in Israel today.
A car packed with explosives exploded yesterday in the main square of the densely populated northeastern Beirut metropolis, killing two Egyptian workers.
ANGINO
for
City Commission
Pol. Adv. paid for by Ernest E. Angino for City Commission. Jame Tedder, Treasurer
SUA: NEW! '83 -'84
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES POSITIONS
AVAILABLE NOW!
I WANT YOU!
To Try Minsky's
FRENCH BREAD PIZZA NITE (Every Tuesday and Thursday Night)
- 4 p.m. until close -
Board Members in charge of these areas:
- Eat all the French Bread Pizza you want for just $2.95
- All pitchers of beer only $1.50
842-0154 We Deliver
No Carry Out or Delivery on this Special
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Board Members in charge of these areas
President Fine Arts Outdoor Recreation
Vice President Films Public Relations
Secretary Forums Special Events
Treasurer Indoor Recreation Travel
Come in to the SUA Office (level 4, Kansas University), or call 864.3477 for more info. Applications due Tuesday, February 22, 5:00 p.m.
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THE SANCTUARY
HEINEKENDAY
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Thursday, Feb. 17th 85c PER BOTTLE
Thursday, Feb. 17th
PLUS
ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT
YOU COULD WIN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING HEINEKEN GIFTS
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Henry's brings you a meal of a meal, today through Saturday. Get 2 pieces of Golden Fried Chicken, as many trips as you like to our Gourmet Salad Bar, and a bottomless soft drink for only $9.98. Save $1.30! Offer available from 5 P.M. 7:30 P.M.
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Dinnertime Meal Deal
African Students Association
We are inviting the public to our annual
African Night Celebrations.
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
DATE: Saturday, February 19, 1983
843-2139
PLACE: Ecumenical Ministries 1204 OREAD
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Foreign Student's Office, International Club Office, African Studies Department, Applied English Center.
Call 841-2157 for more information There will be a variety of African dishes served Funded from the Student Activity Fee
LAWRENCE TOYOTA/MAZDA LAWRENCE TOYOTA/MAZDA LAWRENCE TOYOTA/MAZDA
We'll
we'll
• inspect belts and hoses
• flush radiator
• install new anti-freeze (up to 1 gallon)
• pressure test cooling system and test radiator cap
COOLING SYSTEM SPECIAL
All Japanese Imports
LAWRENCE AUTO PLAZA
842 2191
Coupons must be presented at time of write-up
$24.95
VISA
$29.95
Electronic Ignition
TUNE-UP SPECIAL
Electronic ignition
(included all parts and labor-6 cyl
models, slightly higher)
We'll
* install new spark plugs
* set engine to recommended
manufacturer's specifications
* adjust carburetor
* calibrateiration of choke
* install new fuel filter/Mazda
and Toyota only
* rotary engines not included
TOYOTA LAWRENCE MAZDA
LAWRENCE AUTO PLAZA
842 7191
Coupons must be presented
at time of write-up
$36.95
Standard Ignition
(included all parts and labor 6-cyl)
models slightly higher.
We'll
• install new spark plugs
• replace points and cond
• set engine to recommended
manufacturer's specifications
and requirements
• inspect operation of choke
• install new fuel filter/Mazda
and Toyota only
• rotary engines not included
LAWRENCE TOYOTA/MAZDA
1.