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University Daily Kansan, July 8, 1982
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—El Salvador's defense minister said yesterday that government troops killed 400 rebels in the biggest army mission of the war, contradicting a Western diplomat who said the drive was "inconclusive."
IMPRINTED. *Operation铲队* was a complete success," said Jose Guillermo Garcia, defense minister. "The terrorists are now no longer desperate than ever, telling the truth."
Garcia said his soldiers had killed 400 to 420 guerrillas during the month long mission in northwestern Morocco province near the northeast border.
The guerrillas have charged that 2,000 to 3,000 Honduran soldiers illegally crossed the border to help the Salvadoran army in the offensive. They have said they were on patrol near the border.
The diplomat said that Morazan had little strategic importance and that the army met stiff resistance.
Garcia's assessment of the offensive contradicted an earlier statement by an unidentified Western diplomat.
U.S. renews offer of help to PLO
WASHINGTON—With Navy ships in position, Washington renewed its offer today to help the Palestine Liberation Organization safely leave Lebanon, while Israel artillery pounded besieged West Beirut. Israeli troops restored some electricity and food shipments to 500,000 civilians.
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger said Israel set a new ultimatum for a PLO agreement on total withdrawal by Sunday, but both a Pentagon
U. S. special envoy Philip Habib raced through a series of quickening shutite talks to end at least two serious sticking points between the Israelis
However, David Kimche, Israeli foreign ministry director general, told Habib that Israel rejected any PLO political or military presence in Lebanon. It also rejected a partial Israeli pullback from Beirut before an international peace-keeping force is formed.
The PLO also wants guarantees of safety for the Palestinians in its refuge camps if the 6,000 guerrillas trapped around Berat leave.
ugnee camps if the 6,000 guerrillas trapped around berut leave.
A Western diplomat familiar with the talks, however, was optimistic.
"There is a lawsuit against BLOO's public statements and what is actually going on behind closed doors," he said, requesting anonymity.
Stepmother sentenced to life term
OLATHE, Kan.—Sueanne Hobson was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for the shotgun slaying of her 13-year-old stepson, but authorities seemingly differed on the maximum time she must spend in prison.
Hobson was also sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for hiring and conspiring with her son, James Crumm Jr., and his friend Paul Serentino, who had been accused of stealing.
Crimm and Sorrentino, both 16 years old at the time of the 1980 murder,
forced Christen Hobson to die his own grave before shooting him to death
Hobson is scheduled to be transferred to the Kansas State Penitentiary for Women at Laming within the next few days. Until that time, she is being housed in a facility.
Several hours after the sentencing, judges, lawyers and prosecutors still did not know how long she would be required to stay in prison.
Some court officials say they will serve a minimum of 10 years and others say seven years. One member of the state parole board said she might be freed on her own accord.
Inquiry continues into sex scandal
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department official said yesterday that there is not yet any corroboration of allegations of sex misconduct by members of the court.
The official, who asked not to be identified, also played down reports of a meeting scheduled with law enforcement officials to "establish a sense of direction" in investigating allegations of homosexual activity between pages and congressmen and alleged coffee trafficking on Capitol Hill.
The official said the sex and drug allegations had been coordinated and investigated during several meetings over the last few days by law enforcement.
"Beyond that, there has been no major show," he said. In related news, Sen James Abnor, R.S.D., asked colleagues yesterday to allow a dormitory for pages to be built on land already acquired for that purpose.
Another had tried to get the dorytirmal built when he was a House member in 1900, but that idea was rebuffed by the House Office Building Commission,
Congress authorized a dormitory for pages in 1970, and later acquired a two-block site near the Capitol. The site is now being used as a park.
An aide to Abdron said Abdron's 1890 attempt to get the dormitory built was rebuffed for economic reasons by the three member commission.
British lost 255 in Falklands battle
LONDON—A total of 255 British servicemen and civilians died or were presumed killed, and 77 were wounded in the 74-day battle to recapture the city. Two more British soldiers died in the attack.
the nearest figure revised unofficial estimates of 238 deaths in the fighting that ended with the British recapture of Stanley, the Falklands capital, June
Argentina also released updated casuallity figures, saying at least 606 Argentines died in the South Atlantic fighting. The Argentines also reported 182 casualties.
The only British serviceman captured during the Falklands campaign—Harrier Pilot Flight LTJ Jeff Glover—is being sent home by Argentina, the British air force.
Three Falkland Islanders also died in action, but they were not included in the British casualties.
Left unresolved was how Argentina planned to recover 535 prisoners still detained by the British.
Police reinvestigate Belushi death
LOS ANGELES—Police Chief Daryl Gates predicted yesterday the renewed investigation into the drug overdose death of John Belahsi, whom he identified as a suspect.
Gates said police conducted a thorough inquiry after Belushi's body was found March 5 in a Hollywood hotel, but were obliged to investigate a recent National Enquirer report that Cathy Evelyn Smith had admitted giving the comedian the fatal dose of cocaine and heroin.
Detectives plan to listen to an interview with Smith taped by Enquirel reporters to determine the accuracy of the article, Gates said, but it will be difficult to determine whether Smith told the truth in the interview. Smith had said she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when she gave her interview.
"At this point we're not sure it is a wild goose chase, but certainly it suggests we may be chasing something that may not be the truth." Gates
"I'm not trying to demean Beliahh." Gates said yesterday. "I'm trying to make this less romantic. ... He died vomiting in a toilet, lying on some bed pillows and cowering in the dark."
City Commission orders man to obey local weed ordinance
City Commissioner Nancy Shontz said she thought the yard asked a mess and Don Binsn considered the yard an affront to the neighbors. But to the owner, the yard is his garden as well as a way to save on fuel and electric bills.
By KATE DUFFY Staff Reporter
City Commissioners voted at Tuesday night's meeting to deny the owner's request for a variance from the city's weed ordinance that prohibits residents from growing their lawns above 12 inches.
LAST MONTH, Michael Almon, the owner of the yard at III Prairie St., received a letter from the city environmental code inspector telling him his yard was in violation of the city code. The grass and plants he had cultivated during the past several years were too tall and were considered weeds.
Almon also has planted flowering vines in his home's windows to provide shade during the summer and special foliage for privacy. He requires mowing, to save on energy costs.
Almason told for the variance because he said he was growing the vegetation to make the yard more resistant to drought and the soil richer. He also said that he planned to eat many of the plants and vegetables.
BUT COMMISSIONERS seemed to think that Almon had gone too far with his conservation methods and that his yard was inappropriate for the city. "In a city we look for regularity." Shouty said.
Commissioner Barkely Clark said that yards and weeds should be mowed at least to 12 inches for safety reasons.
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Almon used he used the taller plants, as well as rambling bushes, forsythia, bamboo, cattails, and honey suckle, as a wind break and screen for his screen.
ALMON SAID he was not aware of any complaints about his yard, but both Binns and the city environmental inspector, Margaree Swarts, said there
"originally he told me he just wanted to recess his yard." Swarts said yesterday. "I asked him how long it would take, and he said two months. There's another argument that would let him go that long so I told him to go to the City Commission."
ALMON NEVER QUESTIONED the city's weed definition but said he wanted special consideration to allow his grass to grow over the 12-inch limit.
But Almon said that he thought the city's weed definition was very arbitrary and that too many plants could be considered weeds, including many traditional garden varieties.
"Should I cut down my brow corn,
my sweet corn?" he asked commissioners.
"They're more than 12 inches high."
Although commissioners insisted at Tuesday's meeting that Almon mow his yard, they did vote 4-1 to have city staff clear up the definition.
"I've always felt a little common sense would go a long way here," Swarts said. "I have no intention of making him mow the whole lawn"
Weeds under the city code, include brush and woody vines, indigenous grasses that attain such heights to be considered invasive, or grass that exceeds 12 inches in height.
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The side yard of Michael Almon's house, 1311 Prairie St., is alive with various weeds, herbs and grasses. The City Commission decided Tuesday that he is in Violation of the city's weed ordinance.
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