Vol. 99, No.27 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1880 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Tuesday October 4, 1988
Debate shuffle League of Women Voters pulls support citing lack of control
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The League of Women Voters dropped its sponsorship of the second presidential debate yesterday in a protest over its lack of school, and the two campaigns quickly came together with it a bipartisan commission
Spokesmen for both Democrat Michael Dukakis and Republican George W. Bush will go on, probably on Oct. 13 or 14 as scheduled, with the substitute spon-
The bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which sponsored the first debate 10 days ago in Winston Salem, N.C., said it was encouraging its invitation and was taking steps to debate in Los Angeles, as planned.
League of Women Voters President
Nancy Jeanne announced the pullout
of her campaign from where she used strong language to denounce an agreement between the two presidential campaigns for format, formalizing and other details.
She said it would restrict questioning of the candidates and result in a "charade," devoid of spontaneity and a true exchange on the issues.
"We have no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public." Neuman said
She said the League objected to the requirement that the moderator's script be approved by the campaigns. She also objected to the presence of a telephone line from the moderator to the debate site to the debate's television producer, and to the pattern for rebuttal and follow-up questions.
Both the Bush and Dukakis campaigns disputed the League's efforts to force approval of the first debate at Wake Forest University, held under the same
But it was clear that Dukakis — the lesser known and underdog candidate for the Senate — League's decision denied him the chance to meet Bush a second time.
"I want to go forward in Los
Ice," Dudukas said. "The agreement
that I signed on Monday provides
that if for some reason the sponsor
decides to pull out, we still go
Bush spokesman Mark Goodin said the commission agreed to sponsor the debate under the terms rejected by the League.
"They have both agreed that there will be no debate after Oct. 14 and that the people in the Angles, but if that is not doble we will certainize look at other places,"
The group was invited to become president of Dickau's campaign chairman Paul Fud. Bishop chairman A. Baker III talked by telephone and agreed to
The League's move does not affect the debate between vice presidential nominees scheduled Wednesday evening in Omaha, Neb.
Neuman, the League president, contended the campaigns have so far been unsuccessful by a panel of journalists will be subject to "very clear restrictions in their conduct."
She said the agreement that was presented to the League last Wednesday was "a closed door masterpiece" presented as "a done deal!" and she agreed to read at her news conference, she said the agreement "would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter" and "add debates to their list of commonsense topics of substance, spontaneity and honest answers to tough questions."
400,000 welcome shuttle crew home
The Associated Press
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
Calif.  The discovery
returned yesterday to a welcome
from more than 400,000 people
to visit a post-Challengeer
shakedown mission that NASA
a caused a success.
"Discovery, welcome back." Mission Control told commander Frederick H. Haack as he guided the men on a mission to four-day, 1.6 million mile mission. "A great ending to the new beginning" of the manned space pro-
The national anthem was playing as the white ship, with its stubby Delta-shaped wings, bobbing on the center line painted on
the hard-packed sand of this desert air base.
Crew members were met by their wives here and were flying home with them later in the day to meet other crew members, where another reception awaited.
the crowd at Edwards cheered and waved U.S. flags for the succeeding attack that ended a 32-month period in which no manned ship bearing the American flag entered the water.
Vice President George Bush, on hand for the touchdown, thanked him after the game later in the day "for putting America back in space." He said he had shown that the "shuttle is a strong force" and it could and should fly again.
Demonstrators rally against rape
Breaking silence about abuse speeds healing, speakers agree
By James Farquhar Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writ
Women who remain silent about abuse and rape hurt only themselves.
"I keep it all inside of me," said said junior and rape victim who spoke last night from the South Park gazeebo. "The minute I broke the bond, I wasn't able to speak."
"We need to help people break the silence." she said.
The crowd of 200 applauded her as she spoke.
All four speakers at the "Women take back the night" rally echoed that need.
The rally began at 7:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon in the Capitol building at the Union Units with signs denouncing rape and abuse. One sign read, "Ignorance is not freedom."
At 8 p.m. the crowd began its two-mile walk to South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
People talked about the importance of abuse awareness.
"Events like this tell women they are not alone." Angela Howell, Wichita senior, said. "It's an atmosphere of support."
ment
Leslie Robinson, Lawrence resident, nodded her head in agree-
Mike Runde, Lawrence city commissioner, was one of the men attending last night's march. He attended three-fourths of the demonstrators.
"At this point in the history of this movement, it thinks it's important that people stand up and minimize abuse as a crime."
A police car led the way as demonstrators chanted slogans denouncing abuse and rape.
At the gazeze, rape and domestic violence victims gave first-hand testimony about the emotional damage they had suffered. Most spoke of the need to change methods which foster abuse.
Kirsten Lawing, a Wichita junior, said that forcing children into traditional sex roles led to abuse.
"Some of the ways we socialize people cause rape." she said.
A candlelight vigil concluded the rally as participants sang protest songs.
Top: About 200 men and women march from the Kansas Union to South Park in a protest rally called "Women: Take Back the Night". Bottom: Amy Hammer, Shawnee sophomore, Kirsten Lawing, Wichita senior, and Laura Alexander, Lawrence junior share a special moment before the rally begins. The three women helped organize the event.
Supreme Court begins new session
Justices include drug testing, church-state issues on agenda
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, beginning a new term yesterday, set the stage for an important church-state ruling in a Pittsburgh court that expanded its study of drug testing in the workplace.
The justices issued orders in some 1,000 cases as they returned to the bench after a three-month summer recess. They agreed to grant full review in 20 of them.
Most significantly, the court said it would decide whether displays of a Christmas miltivity scene and the Santa Claus picture are appropriate.
Since a 1790 Supreme Court ruling, courts have been using a three-part test to determine whether some government action violates church-state separation.
But in recent years, the justices have appeared willing to relay or circumvent the 1970 standards.
Although such disputes are not to the court, the case offers Justice Anthony M. Kennedy his first opportunity to consider how high a wall the requirement requires between government and religion.
Hanukkah, should be allowed at two government buildings in Pittsburgh.
The court yesterday also agreed to consider, for he second time in two years, the authority of states to deny unemployment benefits to people who refuse to work on their Sabbath.
Many experts believe the court may be poised to make dramatic changes in the constitutional tests. The court has been called into question.
Illinois officials refused to pay benefits to a man whose refusal to work was not based on the doctrine of any established religious body but on his personal Christian belief.
How Radon Is Detected
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Stephan Kina/Kansas
Radon testing firm responds to complaint
By Mark E. McCormick
Kansan staff writer
Gary and Linda Gumm they wouldn't be starting anymore radon testing business for a while.
The Guinim, the founder of the new dowf突防 Radon and Environmental Professionals Inc., in Boca Raton, FL, was one of the rake of the testing business. Gary is a KU graduate teaching assistant and Linda is a first-year instructor.
"The business was supposed to be flexible, give us more time to study and help us pay for it. We had a lot of people calling us seven days a week and in the middle of the night on Sunday," he said.
Attorney General Robert Stephan, in a news conference Wednesday, said reports that cancer-causing radon is poisoning homes may have pushed a panic button, leaving concerned homeowners vulnerable to "scam artists." Stephan's office said there were four active victims with the Attorney General's office, and all were injured Radon and Environmental professionals.
After learning that their firm was being investigated for fraud and that they were the target for many of Stephan's warnings against him, the team quickly realized the Guarnys are the glueless orb is ever.
"We wish it wouldn't have happened." Gary said. "It just looks like a case of poor filming."
Finding out Friday morning that the company, which started in 1886 as an honor biology project, was being investigated for fraud. The Guam contacts the Attorney General's office and offered to satisfactions the customers complain-
Asking for the names of the four active complaints against the company, they contacted the homeowners and sent them copies of their original test results in the mail. The original test results were lost in the mail.
the (The attorney General's office) were like, "Oh, Gee, we're glad you called," Linda said. "They probably thought we were just trying to bail ourselves out."
The Attorney General's office changed its tone when Wayne Gaul, part founder of the company, pressed the办 for a day that they could get back from the strike and offered to bring all the related files, she said.
"They said as long as we satisfied the customer complaints, they would stop the charges."
Linda said that the company still had the test results for all four complaints and that the results were sent to the customers Monday along with an interpretation of the test results.
Jarrett said she was contacted Friday morning by Gary and told that her results were on.
"I was perfectly satisfied." Jarrett said. "And very glad that the results came back well."
Dale Jarrett of Overland Park was one of the unwitnesses complaining that she hadn't noticed it.
The radon levels in her home were measured
at 1.8 and 1.9 piercourses per liter of air, well below the government standard four piercourses.
Linda said she and Gary wanted to avoid this and of misunderstanding when they started the business.
The couple said they had heard horror stories about radon detection fraud, particularly a man going door to door taking samples with a mason jar and putting it inside for radon with a "re-calibrated" dividing rod.
Radon is usually detected in homes by using a charcoal cannon test. If significant levels of radon are detected, an alpha track system is used. The system includes a plastic film that is by radioactive radon particles. The damage the film determines the level of radon in the home.
Radon is a colorless, odorless gas, produced naturally in the earth when uranium in rocks
"The whole irony of the thing is that we wanted to combat fraud." Linda said.
"Getting EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) approval isn't something you do overnight. Gary said "This business isn't some kind of secret to make a quick bundle and sneak out the back door."
The Guinness insist that Radon and Environmental Professionals insn. waned to a fly-by-night
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