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University Daily Kansan, February 17, 1982
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WASHINGTON—President Reagan tried to calm Israeli concern about the direction U.S. Middle East policy is taking, but served notice he sought to lift the ban on American exports.
Reagan attempts to pacify Israeli fears of policy shift
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin warned Reagan in a letter that selling advanced weapons to Jordan would pose "one of the gravest potential dangers we have faced" since independence in 1948, and vowed to fight such a sale.
Begin accused Weinberger of "anti-Israel declarations or, at least, inuendos while he was visiting Arab countries."
The two leaders exchanged letters in the tense aftermath of Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's Middle East tour during which senior U.S. officials said the United States could not be held "hostage" to Israeli interests and was redirecting military policy toward Arab countries.
In his letter to Begin, Reagan said Weinberger brought no new request for new arms purchases from his meetings with Kirk Hussein of Jordan.
"I Israel remains America's friend and ally," he wrote. "However, I believe it is in the interest of both our countries for the United States to take a more active role in Israel."
In his letter released by the Israel embassy, Begin wrote Reagan that the possible sale of the advanced equipment to Jordan would give the four Arab countries neighboring Israel an overwhelming quantitative edge in weapons against the Jewish state.
Soviet freighter sinks in Atlantic
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—A Soviet freighter sank in a raging Atlantic storm yesterday, drowning 33 crewmembers who refused to transfer to a Danish fishing boat and instead waited for another Russian vessel, officials said.
Five crewmembers of the 4,282-ton Mekhanik Tarasov survived the sinking, the second sea disaster in the North Atlantic in two days.
Yesterday's incident occurred just 68 miles east of St. John's, Newfoundland, where an oil rig sank Monday, killing 84 men who were from the United States and Canada. The Canadian and Newfoundland governments investigate and separate investigations to determine why the supposedly "unmachable" 58-mile boat
Mobil Oil Canada Ltd, the owner of the rig, said only one body had been recovered, although it had unofficial reports that a second body had been
Mobil said that its rig's safety certificate had expired last Dec. 27 and it was due for inspection the day it sank in the pounding 58-foot waves. Canadian officials said the rig was deemed seaworthy in their check two weeks ago.
UNIONDALE, N.Y.—Sen. Harrison Williams, D-N.J., the first senator convicted of a felony in more than 70 years, was sentenced yesterday to three years in jail and fined $50,000 for bribery and conspiracy in the Abscam case.
Williams convicted in Abscam trial
Williams showed no emotion in court but vowed afterwards to continue fighting for justice on every battlefield" with the appeal of his conviction resting on a plea of doubt.
Williams, one of seven congressmen convicted as a result of the FBI corruption investigation is a (2)cover Senate veteran, a Kennedy liberal.
"I came into your court feeling deeply, indeed knowing, that I am innocent of these crimes," Williams told U.S. District Judge George Pratt before he pronounced sentence. "I leave this court knowing that I am innocent of the crimes charred."
Williams could become the first senator expelled since the Civil War. Senate disciplinary hearings begin next week.
Proposals equated to Jonestown
BAL HARBOUR, Fla.- In a direct confrontation with Vice President George Bush, Lane Kirkland, AFI-CLO president, yesterday accused the Reagan administration of practicing "Jonesstown economics," against the poor and unemployed.
Kirkland repeated his analogy to the Guayaura tragedy at a news conference that followed a 50-minute, closed-door session between Bush and the AFL-1.
"It administers economic Kool-Aid to the poor and the deprived and the unemployed in this country." Kirkland said of Reagan's economic program.
When Bush met with reporters, he did not mention Kirkland's reference to the $50 million settlement. The leaders failed give Reagan credit for economic success since taking office.
Explain his reference to the Jonestown incident, Kirkland retaliated against Reagan's program.
"When you drive people out of work, when you cut their unemployment benefits, when you eliminate trade adjustment assistance for those thrown out of work by imports... I say its destructive and harmful of not only this generation but of future generations." Kirkland said.
Chaos draws Syrian troops home
BEIRUT, Lebanon—Challenged by a rebellion at home, Syria has withdrawn some of its 30,000-man peacekeeping force from neighboring Lebanon for the first time since the troops were deployed six years ago, military sources said yesterday.
Lebanon in turn placed its 30,000-strong army and internal security units on full alert Monday, canceling vacations and ordering regulars confined to their homes.
The troop pull out is probably related to recent disturbances in the Syrian city of Harma, where soldiers from Syria's elite defense brigades were called in to assist.
Western diplomats said yesterday that the Syrian government was taking extreme measures to crush the Moslem rebellion, including shooting those being held.
The priest, Henryk Jankowski, said Wałesa, sporting a full beard and appearing exuberant, chose March 7 for the baptism of his new daughter and expressed the hope that martial law authorities would free him to attend the ceremony.
Walesa denies inciting resistance
WARSAW, Poland—Internal Solidarity Union leader Lech Waleset with a priest yesterday and, in his first statement since being held by military authorities, denied that he had called for resistance to martial law during his detention.
Jankowski, who arrived from Gdansk yesterday, he expected talks soon between the government and Walesa, with Solidarity union experts and members of the suspended union's national presidium in attendance as Walesa had demanded.
After the three-hour meeting at an undisclosed location, Jankowski read to reporters a statement by Walesa repudiating any underground leaflets bearing his signature and calling for passive resistance to Poland's martial law.
Third shuttle launch may be early
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The refurbished space shuttle Columbia returned to the launch pad yesterday and officials said preparations for its third orbital mission were going so swiftly that the shuttle might blast off two days ahead of the March 22 target date.
The shuttle, clamped to a new apricot-colored external fuel tank and two solid-fuel boosters, was anchored to the ocean-side launch facility in early afternoon after the three-mile, eight-hour ride, from the vehicle assembly building, aboard a crawling transporter the size of a baseball infield.
"We feel we could advance the launch date maybe two or three days if everything runs smoothly," George Page, the shuttle authority director, said.
The rollout came five days ahead of the scheduled Feb. 21 date.
The rollout came five days ahead of the scheduled Feb. 21 date.
Promos considered
Lessig plans to bolster student interest
By BARB EHLI Staff Reporter
The KU athletic department may be unfamiliar to Jim Lessig, but KU's new athletic director is more than familiar with issues confronting an athletic director.
He said the big complaint students voiced when he served as Bowling Green University's athletic director that they wanted beer sold in the stadium.
"We got around that and convinced them they could still have an awfully good time without the beer," Lessig said.
One of the things Lessig used to increase interest in sports at Bowling Green was promotional events like band day.
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Lessig said he had some promotion ideas that had worked in the past.
Lessig said that students dropped the beer issue once they got busy with planning.
"I'm a believer in promotions," he said.
"I haven't heard about it since," he said.
"But the question is, will they work here? I'll have to get a feel for the students and their ideas on athletics," Lessig said.
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He said band days and other promotions might "pull in a group of people who may be there for the first time.
"Then even if the program dips a
little, you can still hold on to your crowd." Lessig said.
Lessig said there was one foolproof promotion—winning.
"Winning is indeed the best promotion," he said.
Lessig stressed preparation and timing as necessary in a promotion, and said that he would study the situation at KU.
He said he hoped to meet with both students and athletic staff in the weeks ahead.
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