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University Daily Kansan, November 3, 1981
News Briefs
From United Press International
Soviets bow to 4 conditions for spy submarine's release
KARLISRONA Sweden - The Soviet Union bowed yesterday to four
crewmembers of the Russian submarine and its 16 crewmembers, the Soviet's foreign ministry announced.
"There was a danger of fire and chlorine gas developing because of acid looking from its (the sub's) batteries." one defense official said, explaining that the battery was made of nickel and zinc.
The announcement came after four Swedish tugboats, answering an SOS from the vessel, clamped steel cables around the disabled and hauled it to an inlet during a howling gate. Earlier, the submarine's commander was taken to a torpedo boat for questioning.
Foreign minister Ola Ullman said Moscow was now meeting Sweden's four conditions for the release of the craft and its 56-member crew—questioning of the captain, investigation of the mission, salvage of the craft by Swedish vessels, and Soviet reimbursement for the cost of the salvage.
There was no word on when control of the vessel would be returned to the Sovietis.
We foresee no problem in getting the Soviets to pay for the cost of salvage. Ulsten said.
Inmates end ordeal, free hostages
GRATERFORD, Pa.—Seven convicts at Graterford State Prison last night released their six remaining hostages and surrendered, firing a round of celebration shots aimed at no one, and ending a five-day drama that began after a bungled escape attempt.
"It's over," said a top prison negotiator
About 4:50 p.m. CST, the captors, preceded by their hostages—three guards and three food service employees—walked through the door of the prison kitchen where they had been barricaded since Wednesday.
Prison officials signed a typed list of demands during the negotiations.
Chuck Stone, a Philadelphia Daily News columnist whose two days of negotiations with the convicts led to their surrender, said the captors demanded the option of being transferred to federal prisons, which prison officials said was necessary and a guarantee that they not be held liable for damages to the kitchen.
Four rebel convicts originally took 38 captives, but released a hostage inmate last Friday and 28 more Saturday. Officials said the four original convicts were not killed in the shooting.
Arafat to head summit delegation
DAMASCUS, Syria—PLO chief Yasser Arafat met yesterday with Syria's top leaders and with officials of the guerrilla group, who decided he would head the Palestine Liberation Organization's delegation to a summit of Arab nations.
An official said a Arafat held a two-hour session with President Hafez Assad and had separate talks with foreign minister Abdel Alim Khaddam.
The meetings with the Syrian officials focused on events in the Middle East with emphasis on the situation in Lebanon, the source said.
The Khaddam-Arafat meeting was also aimed at coordinating viewpoints between the Palestinians and the Syrian leadership before the Nov. 25
Arafat chaired an "extraordinary" three-hour meeting of the PLO executive committee which decided to send a high-ranking Palestinian delegation, headed by Arafat himself, to attend the Arab summit in Morocco, sources said.
Court blocks execution of convict
NEW ORLEANS—A federal appeal court yesterday blocked the execution of condemned inmates who had asked to die in the prison where he received a hearing on his sanity.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in behalf of Clark's mother, Jean Beaufort.
A three-judge panel stayed the execution, which had been scheduled for Thursday between midnight and 1 a.m., and ordered a comprehensive hearings.
The court said no new execution date can be set for Clark until the completion of the sanity hearing.
Clark would be the first person electricated by the state of Louisiana since Jesse Jermison Ferguson was put to death June 9, 1691 for the rape and murder.
Clark also would be the fifth man put to death in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
Justices debate youth death penalty
WASHINGTON—Two Supreme Court justice engaged in a rare public clash yesterday during arguments over whether it is constitutional to impede a jury's decision.
Hanging in the balance is the life of Monty Lee Eddings, who, as a runaway 18-year-old, killed an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer with a knife.
Justice William Rehquist, a strong supporter of capital punishment, was sharply questioning Eddings' lawyer, Jay C. Baker. Rehquist asked Baker, "Why should the taxpayers have to bear the cost" of confining and treating Eddings for the next 15 to 30 years.
Baker responded by noting "the expense of litigation" the state already has invested—tens of thousands of dollars—in prosecuting Eddines.
Rehnquist then bemoaned the cost to taxpayers from endless appeals of death sentences.
av that moment, Justice Thurgood Marshall—an ardent foe of the death penalty—interrupted.
"It would have been cheaper just to shoot him right after he was arrested, wouldn't it?" he asked sarcastically.
Hyatt receives clean bill of safety
The technical committee and its companion liaison committee—staffed by chamber of commerce nominees—were charged to deal with public concern about the safety of the hotel, the scene of the city's worst disaster. On July 15, the officers always across the atrium lugel collapsed, killing 113 people and injuring 186.
The report, several hundred pages long, confirms a clean bill of safety given orally by the technical committee that on Oct. 1, 1981, the date on which the hotel was reopened, there was no valid reason to question its safety.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A committee of technical experts in a massive report yesterday reaffirmed that they have no questions about the safety of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, renovated after two suspended walkways collapsed in July.
U.S. defectors aid Libvan military
WASHINGTON—The State Department confirmed yesterday that a "number of American citizens" had been servicing Lihyan Air Force planes over the region.
The confirmation came from spokesman Dean Fisher, in response to questions stemming from a series of New York Times articles, some of them alleging the recruitment was being handled by Edmund Wilson, a former CIA agent now living in Libya.
Wilson, a fugitive under a U.S. indictment, is accused of using his CIA connections to serve as a recruiter and arms purchaser for the Libyan
Fischer said he was authorized "by other agencies"—presumably the CIA—to make the information available. He said Oct. 26 that the United States had no information to confirm the reports of Americans being involved in helping the Libyan Air Force.
"We can now say Libya has been successful in the recruiting of expatriates, including a number of American citizens," Fischer said yesterday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—With the countdown rollout without altitude, space shuttle astronauts Joe Engle, a KU graduate, and Richard truly flew to the space center today to begin final launches for flight tomorrow morning.
Astronauts prepare for tomorrow's launch
By United Press International
The astronauts, wearing blue flight suits with their special flight patch, landed at 1:42 p.m. CST in obviously high spirits.
The pilots flew separate twin-jet trainers to nearby Patrick Air Force Base from their homes in Houston.
"I'd just like to say the Columbia is ready and Joe and I are more than ready," Truly said. "We're all set to go."
THE WEATHER was still a major question mark since the shillt will not go up if it is raining, very windy or 50 percent overcast. Blustery winds have buffeted the cape for several days but expected to die down by tomorrow.
John Young, commander of the first shuttle flight, who flew with Engle and Truly, said, "It does look good. Even the weather looks good."
Engle said, "We're going to tune up and polish up tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, we're going to do the real thing."
The astronauts were to inspect the Columbia at sunrise today, practice emergency landings at the Kennedy Space Center's new landing strip and
No other manned spaceship has ever flown a second time and this week's trip was designed to show the shuttle can do more. The moon is much larger than the maiden voyage April 12-14.
Even if the 83-orbit, five-day mission was cut short, Donald Shuttle, shuttle flight test manager, said he thought a good chance it would be a success.
"We think if we can get a two-day mission," he said, "we can accomplish most of the objectives that are important to this flight."
then get a weather briefing and review their flight plan.
ONE OF THE major chores accomplished yesterday was the loading of extra oxygen and hydrogen aboard the Columbia.
Oxygen is mixed with nitrogen to pressurize the flight cabin with an airlife breathing mixture and also is combined with hydrogen to power the ship's three fuel cell electrical generators, which produce water for drinking and for cooling. More oxygen hydrogen were needed this trip because more than half was long as the 54-hour Columbia flight in April.
Engle and Truly would be able to stay
Engle for a sixth day if something goes
wrong of it, the weather at Edwards Air
Campground, Calif., is bad on landing
day Nov. 9.
THE COUNTDOWN went through the second "hold" period—time usually used to fix problems and catch up on work. But the countdown was going so smoothly officials used the time to accelerate the work.
Prof creates life forms by cloning simple cells
By JoLYNNE WALZ
Staff Reporter
William Haldenwang, assistant professor of microbiology, keeps some exotic toys in his laboratory-test bacteria, recombinant DNA.
"This is terribly exciting stuff to play with," he said yesterday. "You don't know what's going to happen. You're learning what makes life tick."
For three years he has been experimenting here and at Harvard University with how to create new patterns of bacteria.
"Genes make proteins," he said.
"What you are able to do with recombinant DNA is take a section of a gene that codes for a protein that's useful, say an enzyme that helps make Coca-Cola." And the protein that helps you make insulin.
A SCIENTIST would first clone a piece of the DNA that carries the code that says, "Make insulin," Haldenwang said.
Haldenwang explained the genetic engineering process that a scientist might use to create insulin.
He said that cloning simple cells was easy although it was not yet possible to clone complex organisms such as rabbits, cows or people.
The scientist would then slip the cloned information into a bacteria cell. Bacteria are less complex than other types of cells, such as human cells, he said, so there are fewer variables that the scientist has to control.
It is also easy for scientists to add instructions other than,"Make insulin," to the bacteria. Haldenwang said.
Useful instructions might be “Make lots of insulin, fast,” or “Excrete the insulin outside the cell so it may be collected easily,” he said.
"First you turn the cell on, let it spin for four of five hours and then stop it and you have pure insulin in the medium."
The medium is the solution surrounding the bacteria.
INSULIN and other proteins can be manufactured chemically, Halden-wang said. It is but a cheaper and easier to use recombinant DNA.
"Nature has designed an exquisitely efficient system," he said. "The cheapest way is to use nature itself."
Scientists have proposed that recombinant DNA be used for other things besides manufacturing insulin.
They have predicted that recombinant DNA may one day increase the world's food supply, absorb pollutants and cure cancer.
Haldenwang, however, said he was not looking for a particular way to apply his knowledge of recombinant viruses to beak a cancer cure; for example.
Playing with recombinant DNA and mutant cells sounds like an expensive pastime and some corporations do it, with dollars of dollars on it, Haldane said.
HOWEVER, he said that the National Institutes of Health have given him only $25,000 over the last three years for his research.
Coleman will not vetos supplementary budget
By MICHAEL ROBINSON Staff Reporter
Student Body President Bert Coleman said yesterday that he would not veto the Student Senate supplementary budget, but that he would try to restore the budget allocation for KU Crew Club.
Coleman said he would not veto the budget because of the financial strain it would put on the other Senate-funded organizations.
"I didn't want to encumber the other groups involved," he said.
Coleman said last week that he was considering vetting Senate's budget recommendation because he himself had unfairly cut off $9.95 nothing.
He wrote a letter to the Senate last week explaining the reasons for a possible veto, but said that he would only go through it if he had the power to veto single items in the budget.
But Coleman said yesterday that since he was unsure if he had such a power, and that his veto might have resulted in the holding up of the entire budget, he would let the budget pass.
THE SUPPLEMENTARY budget allocations, totaling about $20,000, were approved by the Senate without any changes on Oct. 14.
The recommendations were made by the Senate Finance and Auditing
Committee after six nights of hearings and deliberations in September.
At the hearings, the Finance and Auditing Committee denied the group funding because the KU Crew Club raised over $4,000 on its own, but spent that money for a salary for their coach.
"We work really hard for our money," said Cathy Crockett, a member of KU Crew. "Every other can't go out and earn any money."
CROCKETT SAID that KU Crew competed against schools who had support from their athletic depart- ment. The KU Crew Club had to support itself.
"The only way we can be competitive is to have a coach," Crockett said. "We're just struggling along the best we can."
"What the Senate decides to do with that is their business, but I think the funding criteria needs to be reviewed."
Coleman said that since the group did try to raise money on its own, it should not be denied funding because of how it spent that money.
"The way I look at it is that they went out and made a good faith effort to raise money." Coleman said. The senate could set a bad precedent here.
(1937)
Two great swashbucklers. Zorro stars Douglas Fairbanks as the topspin Don in his 1920s short film, night-non stop fun, directed by Fred Nibble (Ben-Hur). Zorro stars Ronald Coleman in a 1930s sitcom that intrigue-riddenalkan principally, with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Raymond Masson, and Michael Crawford. (90/101 min) Zorro is BAWt silent, alien with music; Zorra is BWAw tilted
Tuesday, Nov. 3
The Mark of Zorro
(1920)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Wednesday, Nov. 4
O Lucky Man!
(1973)
Malcolm MacDowell's talent as a cheeky, ruthless young man experiencing upsets on the set of *Aeon*, a cinematic, surrealistic-allegorical comedy directed by Lindsay Anderson (if .) and written by MacDowell himself. "Brittle" is a brilliant score with a memorable credit score by Alan Price make this a memorable screen experience." — Michael Cohen, *The Guardian*. Ralph Richardson. (1:48 min). Color: 7:30.
Unless otherwise noted, all films will be shown at Woodford Auditorium in the building located at 1020 N. 38th Street and $2.00 all other films are $1.50. Tickets are available at the SUA office, Kansas Union at 4th Level, Kansas Union. Information on smoking or retirements allowed.
GROWING AND ENGINEERING HYDROCARBONS
KENNETH A. SPENCER MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MELVIN CALVIN Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961
Woodruff Auditorium Kansas Union November 3,1981 8:00 p.m.