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Soldiers shoot Arab woman; Bethlehem town hall seized
BETHELHEM, Israeli-occupied West Bank-Iraeli soldiers shot and killed an Arab woman at an army camp yesterday, and 300 Palestinian students seized Bethlehem's town hall for five hours to protest the beating of a university dean.
The woman, from the nearby village of Ein Yardub, was walking toward the camp's munitions dump when she was seen by the soldiers, military personnel, and other rescuers.
The Israeli military said Aziza Hussein Aisu, 5a, was fatally shot by an Army Camp A, six miles north of Ramallah, after she displeased orders to halt.
In Bethelhem, 300 Palestinian students seized the town hall and used bulb horns to shout anti-Iraeli slogans from the building's upper windows as hundreds of Easter pilgrims filled Manger Square to visit the birthplace of Jesus.
The students left the building peacefully five hours later, after an Israeli colonel promised to investigate the beating Wednesday of the dean of students at Betheim University by five men reportedly armed with machine guns. A university watchman also was beaten.
Politicians want gas trucks limited
OAKLAND, Calif.-To prevent a recurrence of the freeway tunnel explosion that incinerated seven people in a 2,000-degree inferno, local politicians yesterday demanded urgent measures to ban gasoline tank trucks from such routes.
"Suppose this occurred at 8 a.m. or 5 p.m." said Contra Costa County Supervisor Nancy Fahden. "We could have had a couple of hundred lives."
Shortly after midnight Wednesday, a car stalled on two lanes. A bus without passengers swerved to miss it, bounced off a tunnel wall and collided with the bus.
The rig jackknifed, and its 8,000 gallons of high-octane fuel exploded, shooting a fireball through the tunnel.
Seven people, including the drivers of the stalled car and the bus, were taken. The gas truck driver, Mervyn Lee Metzker, 42, escaped by running out of the garage.
Hincklev's trial to center on sanity
WASHINGTON-Government attorneys acknowledged yesterday they would have the burden of convincing a jury starting April 27 that John Hinkley Jr. was sane when he allegedly tried to assassinate President Reagan.
But the government said it would be up to defense attorneys to prove Hinckley was not mentally responsible for the 10 violations of District of Fortune.
Hinckley's court is scheduled to begin April 27, and his state of mind at the trial in March 18, attacks the focus of the debate, which is likely in turn based on his views.
The federal charges accuse Hincley of trying to assassinate Reagan, using a firearm while attempting to kill Reagan and assault with intent to commit a crime.
Syria closes its border with Iraq
DAMASCUS, Syriac - Syria announced yesterday the closure of its border with Iran, inviting residents between the two neighbors ruled by rival (the Aman-Arab Bin Aath Fath) forces.
The closure of the border was announced by Interior Minister NasseridderNasser, who said his government's "patience has run out with Iraq's refusal to stop sending arms,explosives and mercenaries to create unrest in the country."
Both countries have been involved in a war of words, with charges and counter-charges of interfering in the other's internal affairs.
The longstanding ideological differences between the leaderships in Baghdad and Syria worsened in late 1980 and led to a total break in diplomatic ties after Syria publicly voiced full support for Iran in the war that began Sept. 22, 1980.
Hiring freeze barely affects costs
WASHINGTON—President Reagan's federal hiring freeze provided "an illusion of control," but had little effect, and in some cases, it increased the number of workers.
- runs is another example of the American people being mistreated by public officials, "Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Human Resources Committee."
"We know hiring freezes do more harm than good," she said. "The administration's wild predictions of savings from the freeze are a serious risk."
Reagan ordered a freeze on federal hiring immediately after taking his oath, making it retroactive to election day, Nov. 5, 1980.
U.S. grants Polish cellist asylum
HARTFORD, Conn. — Cecilia Barczyk, the foremost female cellist in Poland and a supporter of her university union movement, has been named as the new U.S. State's official.
Barczyk's request for asylum was granted by the Federal Immigration and Naturalization Service in a decision announced by the office of Semenko on November 30, 2014.
Barczyk announced on Christmas Eve she would seek asylum in New avena, where she had been an invited resident at the Yale University School of Medicine.
"I believe in democracy. There is none in Poland," she said in an interview at the time. "I can't live in a country without democracy. I believe in freedom."
Video games may be too stressful
WASHINGTON-Video games, those seemingly innocuous battles of human responses against electronic wizardry, could zap you.
At least that is the theory of Robert Eliot, a physician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, who warns that the stress of fighting off space invaders or devouring the ghosts on a Pac-Man screen can mean dangerous pressure on the heart.
After monitoring the reactions of more than 1,000 men and women pitted against video demons, Elliot "reported that" hot reactors" might have more
"It is like drag racing a car with the brakes on," he said. "Your heart is pumping against dramatically increased pressure. There is a limit to what
Corrections
Because incorrect information was given to a reporter, the Kansan misreported that date that the Kansas Board of Regents will consider a name change for the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. The Regents will consider the change at their May 21 meeting.
Because of an editing error, yesterday's Kansan said that books in Watson Library could not be included in a new card catalog system. Actually, books purchased or processed at the library before or during 1975 cannot be included in the new system. In the same story, because of a reporter's error, Gary Succott was incorrectly identified. He is a project manager with the office of information systems.
By DAN PARELMAN Staff Reporter
Study shows changes add to crime rate
Changes in living patterns, primarily the increased number of women in the work force and the growing affluence of Americans, have contributed to the increased crime rate in the United University researchers have concluded.
Lineberry, who before coming to the University of Kansas was a professor of political science and urban affairs at Northwestern University, teamed with Northwestern colleague Herbert Jacob and Northwestern research associate Anne Heinz to study crime in U.S. cities.
Although cities have increased spending on law enforcement—some as much as triple what they spent 30 years ago—there has been a down the crime rate because living-pattern changes are beyond the control of local police, Robert Lineberry, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science, assistant professor of political science, said recently.
"We cannot pretend that police forces can control the social processes that affect our lives."
Lineberry said that at the same time possessions in U.S. homes had become more valuable, women had left their families to work abroad so these items unprotected during the day.
In this period, as the United States became more affluent, Americans accumulated belongings that are more desirable to criminals. The researchers found, for example, a "distinct connection" between the number of color televisions in the United States and the crime rate, according to Lineberry.
The research team studied crime and the efforts of nearly 400 cities with populations of more than 50,000 to control crime from 1948 to 1978.
THE STUDY, "Governmental Responses to Crime," will be published by the U.S. Department of State this year.
"The pickings are better." he said.
The research team's findings show social factors that many people consider positive—more working women and a higher standard of living—are causing a social problem: crime, Lineberry said.
"It poses a very, very real social dilemma," he said.
LINEBERRY SAID he was "absolutely certain" that the United States could make a significant dent in crime if the nation's wealth was cut and more women stayed at home. But these solutions are undesirable, he said.
In concluding that lifestyle changes have contributed to crime, the team concluded that lifestyle is a factor.
traditionally been considered causes of crime.
"Commonly, people think of crime as being a result of poverty, race and other social forces. We argue that crime is one of the lifetimes of lifestyle changes." Lineberry said.
The team rejected race as a primary cause of crime when it found that cities with predominantly white populations, such as Minneapolis, had the same rate of hate crimes with predominance of black populations, such as Newark, N.J., he said.
The research team found no connection between poverty and crime; because cities with high income levels, urbanization and suburbs all had similar crime rates.
SenEx positions filled after council's elections
By BARB EHLI Staff Reporter
The University Council elected six faculty members and three students to the University Senate executive committee yesterday. At the same time, it elected the University Council officer and assistant presiding officer.
James Seaver, director of the Western Civilization program, was elected chairman of SenEx.
Faculty Council, which is composed of faculty members on University Council, elects faculty members on SenEx.
Senate members on University Council elect student members of SenEx. Six faculty members and three Senate members from SenEx, and 12 Senate members and 39 faculty members form University Council.
The other five faculty members elected to SenEx were Edwyna Gilbert, associate professor of English; Ellen Reid Gold, associate professor of speech and drama; Gerald Mikkelson, associate professor of Slavic languages and literature; James Carothers, associate professor of English; and Charles Kahn, professor of architecture and urban design.
THE THREE STUDENT members elected by the Student Senate last night were Loren Busby, vice chairman of SenEx and Hutchinson junior; Lisa Ashner, Mission sophomore; and Tom Berer, Lawrence graduate student.
Busby, Berger, Seaver and Gilbert
served on University Council this past year.
May 18 will begin Busby's second consecutive term and Seaver's third time as chairman.
Ernest Angino, professor of civil engineering and geology, was elected presiding officer of the University Council and University Senate. This will make him non-voting member of SenEx.
ANGINO IS currently serving as chairman of Faculty Council and SenEx.
Seaver said there were no specific agenda items for next year, but that the University Council would decide on future plans and handle specific issues as they came up.
Lisa Ashner, Mission sophomore, was elected assistant presiding officer of University Council.
Bursby said the sexual harassment policy and financial exigency policy were two important issues the University Council addressed this year.
"I's inadvertent for the most part," bushy said. "In their hate to impulse and issue, they not realize that it entices the entire Senate to approve it."
He said he did not think administrators were deliberately going around the University Council.
Busby said he hoped the administrators would bring ideas to the University Council and SenEx before approving them.
He said he hoped the University governance groups would continue to have a voice in University policy.
KANSAS CITY, Kan.-Coroners, unlike their Hollywood counterparts, are not exciting crime solvers, Victor Roseen, a former coroner in Los Angeles and the technical medical consultant for the television show, "Quincy," said yesterday.
Work of real-life coroners glossed in television drama
"The first time I took Jack Klugman into the L.A. County morgue, he couldn't believe the cord wood stacks of bodies." Then said Jack Klugman, "so easy say no." It's good thing they can't reproduce the smell on T.V.'."
Rosen, who is an associate professor of pathology at UCLA, spoke at the University of Kansas Medical Center's Hixon Hour Workshop. He also coreren and his work with Jack Klurman, the star of "Quincy."
A coroner's work, especially in a large metropolitan area, has little in common with the job that Quincy performs on television. Rosen said.
By TOM HUTTON Staff Reporter
"Everything comes out well in Quincy," he said. "Unfortunately, it doesn't always happen that way in real life."
IN THE TELEVISION show, Quincy is on the scene of every homicide and investigates each death for days. Quincy also talks in depth with the victim's family and teaches them how to respond rather than a skeleton. Rose said
'I'm constantly being bombarded
with questions like, 'How do you let him get away with acting as a cop?' he said. 'Well, if he were a police officer, an investigologist, no one would watch the show.
"Every day, we see the ugliest parts of life and can do absolutely nothing about them. In fiction, it can be done."
Rosen said he performed thousands of autopsies yearly while working as a coroner in Los Angeles.
However, Rosen said, the dramatization of the program didn't bother him because Quincy used it for his own purposes and sometimes uneconical, methods.
FOR EXAMPLE, on one show,
Quincy reconstructed a body from
an unidentified skull and other
particles of bone.
Rosen said although such feats were possible, a real coroner would have neither the time nor the funds to reconstruct a human.
The low budgets allocated to county coroners' offices throughout the United States have made them unable to purchase and maintain expensive medical equipment. The cuts are also making the field untractive for medical school graduates, Rosen said.
"Allough crime and deaths are up," he said, "we are perversely seeing severe cuts in our budgets."
"I'm sure that with massive local budget cuts, we're missing homicides," Rosen said. "However, if we had the budget of 'Quincy,' the would be in clover—it kind of shows us where our priorities are."
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