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University Daily Kansan, September 10, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
O'Connor Senate hearings concentrating on abortion
WASHINGTON—Sandra D'Connor, testifying at her Supreme Court confirmation hearings explained her views on a range of topics, but seniors were excluded.
"I have indicated for a long time my abhorrence of abortion," she said. "It's a practice in which I would not have engaged.
"But I'm not trying to criticize others in that process. There are others who have very different feelings, I recompose that and I'm sensitive."
Despite repeated questions on the abortion issue, committee members were unable to pin O'Connor down on how she would vote if the issue came up.
It appeared to many observers that, after the first of three days of hearings, O'Connor would win quick approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate and then would take her seat as the first female member of the Supreme Court when it opens its fall term Oct. 5.
Sadat attacks U.S. press coverage
"At another time I would have shot him, really," is Dad sat said, referring to NBC correspondent Paul Miller. "But this is democracy."
ABUL-KOM, Egypt-President Anwar Sadat assailed the American media yesterday for their coverage of his crackdown on dissent and lost his temper with one reporter, saying he deserved to be shot for asking a particularly sensitive question.
Sadat's sifat of temper came at a rare news conference he called to defend a series of drastic measures he said were necessary to safeguard national unity and prevent trouble-makers from instigating Moslem-Christian strife in Egypt.
NEW YORK—An explosion and fire at a power station blocked out large sections of lower Manhattan yesterday, shutting down Wall Street, trapping hundreds on elevators, halting subways and creating rush hour havoc on the streets.
The measures included the arrest last week of 1,600 people, the dismissal of the head of the Coptic Christian Church, Pope Shenouad III, and the government takeover of 40,000 mosques to prevent them from being used for political purposes.
Plant explosion darkens New York
It was the city's third major power failure in 16 years and lasted for more than four hours.
No serious injuries were reported in the explosion at the Consolidated Edison substation near the East River, but it took two hours for firefighters to extinguish the fire. The exact cause was unknown, but firefighters found oil leaking from a transformer.
The failure happened at 2:25 p.m. CDT and full power was not restored until 6:53 p.m. CDT.
Residents throughout the affected area used candles to light their way, pedestrians helped to direct traffic at intersections and thousands of workers walked home across the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
U.S. promotes new Panama canal
TOKYO—The United States has agreed to promote a second Panama canal project with Panama and Japan, Panamanian President Artedist Ramos said.
The aide, Omar Jaen, told a news conference that Washington had notified his government of its readiness to take part in the project.
Panama, Japan and the United States also have agreed on a feasibility study beginning on March and the creation of a joint preparatory committee.
Panama and Japan had reached agreements to jointly build a second Panama canal during talks between President Royo and the late Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Oihira last year.
Space shuttle goes through tests
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -Onboard computers took the space shuttle Columbia through a mock ignition and launch pad engine failure yesterday—one of the final tests to prepare the orbiter for its second trip into space Oct. 9.
With astronauts Joe Engle, a KU graduate, and Richard Truly at the controls, the computers simulated firing the shuttle's engines, then shut them down at the point just three seconds before liftoff would be in an actual launch.
Returning Congress faces budget
But the lawmakers also were greeted by a surprise rerun of the budget and spending battles they thought they had settled in early August.
WASHINGTON—Congress returned from a five-week summer recess yesterday to face the problems—including financial stress and the nation's summer's budget battles.
And they had a new buzz word: high interest rates. With a mood of concern almost bordering on political panic, numerous Senate and House members demanded that the financial community act to lower the rates that have been hovering around the 20 percent level for almost a year.
The interest rate issue apparently has replaced almost everything else to be housed in the worry of the electorate, and that concern is reflected in the halls of Congress.
Court-defying teachers arrested
The bitter dispute over teacher layoffs forced Philadelphia school officials to cancel today's first day of school for 213,000 students.
PHILADELPHIA-Police arrested more than 200 pickets on the second day of a teachers strike for defying a court order yesterday while strikes around the nation stretched summer vacation for more than 300,000 youngsters.
The 500 pickets who assembled at school district headquarters allegedly violated a court order that limited pickets to four per entrance at any district building. After ignoring a police order to disperse, the teachers were peacefully loaded into police wagons and sheriff's buses.
Common Pleas Judge Edward Bradley dismissed charges against the 209 union members arrested, telling them not to do it again.
Chicago cardinal issued subnoeno
CHICAGO—Cardinal John Cody, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicago, is reportedly under investigation by a federal grand jury for allegedly diverting as much as $1 million in tax-exempt funds to enrich a personal friend from St. Louis.
The allegations were reported in a copyright story in today's Chicago Sun- Times.
The story says the grand jury issued a subpoena for Cody's personal banking records, seeking financial documents for the archiocees data back to the mid-1980s.
The grand jury issued the subpoenas in January to Cody and the church. The grand jury also sought the records of a firm in St. Louis where Cody's longtime friend, Helen Dolan Wilson, maintained an account, the paper reported.
The subpenas allegedly seek information about the way Cody, 73, has placed certain church funds under his own control since being named archbishop of the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in 1965, the paper said.
The newspaper claims that Cody used his influence to obtain employment for Wilson with the church in 1944. He served as Wilson's supervisor when they both worked in the church's St. Louis administrative office in the late 1940s.
The newspaper's investigation showed that Wilson's personal wealth grew from meager holdings in the mid-1980s to a current value of nearly $1 billion.
Begin protests Saudi plane sale
By United Press International
WASHINGTON -Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin told President Reagan yesterday that the U.S. sale of AWACS radar planes to Saudi Arabia was "a danger to Israel's security," but the president stood firm in his determination to go through with it.
Reagan and Begin opened their talks in the Oval Office as the countdown began on the 50 days Congress has to go by, the administration's Saudi arms deal.
"We had a very serious, I would say profound, discussion," Begin told reporters as he left the State Depart- ment to meet with Secretary of State Alexander Haig.
"The president gave us every opportunity to prove our conviction that it is a danger to Israel's security," Begin said.
HE ALSO SAID the United States and Israeli defense ministers would meet later to discuss "strategic cooperation" in bringing the "practical means of an alliance."
may be a minor setback for the administration, which had expressed hope that Begin would keep the discussion private and not become involved directly in the administration's first big foreign policy battle with Congress.
Public discussion about the sharp disagreement on the Saudi plane sale
It would require a majority vote of both houses to block the $8.5 billion arms deal. Opponents assert they can avoid a close vote in the Senate.
The first meeting started with a warm and public exchange of remarks in bright late summer sunshine on the south lawn of the White House.
While Reagan recognized Israel's concern, according to U.S. officials, he did not waiver in his determination to go forward with the sale, which includes sophisticated airborne warning and command system planes.
A senior U.S. official said the discussions, lasting one hour and 42 minutes, were "marked by friendship, calm and reason."
REAGAN ASSURED Begin of "our commitment to Israel's security and well-being" and described Israel as "an ally in our search for regional peace."
“With the help of God and us working together, perhaps one day for all the people in the Middle East there will be stories of grief, only tears of salvation.”
Reminding the large and friendly welcoming audience that Christians, Jews and Moslems are all children of the Biblical Abraham, Reagan said,
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Begin invited the president "to come and visit our country and its capital, Jerusalem," and Reagan smiled and nodded. The United States does not recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, although Presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon made official visits to the city.
"We shall stand together and Israel will give its share in defending human liberty," Begin said.
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The University Film Society presents a film screening of award winning Austrailian student films. Sept. 10th 300 Strong Hall. 7:00 pm
Guest speaker: Prof. Charles Berg. Admission $ 75^{\circ} $
TWO HEAVY HITTERS TOUCH BASES ON BATS, BALLS, AND BEER.
BOOG POWELL (Former American Baseball Great). Koichi here has been giving me a new angle on baseball. It seems the game's a little different in Japan.
KOKIH NUMAZAWA (Former
Japanese Baseball Great).
そう，倒えばフィールドか小さめてす。
BOOG: That's right. The field is
smaller over there
KOICH:公まり, シートへで小さい日本人の体格に合わせてよい
BOOG: Well, now that you mentioned it, I guess you guys are kinda smaller. Does that mean you drink Lite Beer 'cause it's less filling?
KOICHI: いーいー, おいしいから欔ん
ですよ。
BOOG: Tastes great? That's why I drink it, too! I guess we have a lot more in common than I thought.
KOICHI: その通り！ とってす，日本の野球チームに入りませんか
BOOG: Me? I'm too big to play on a Japanese team
KOICHI: そんな二ことしています，シニ
バートに酒すて上
BOOG: Shortstop?! Very funny.