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University Daily Kansan, October 29, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
Poland paralyzed by strike; Solidarity calls for changes
WARSAW, Poland—Defying their Communist government, nearly 9.5 million Solidarity members shut down most of Poland for one hour yesterday in the second nationwide strike ever held in a Soviet bloc country.
Solidarity army said at least 85 percent of the union membership obeyed the call to strike, domning red and white arm bands and dropping their tools.
The government maintained, however, that "quite a big chunk of people in Poland did not join the strike."
Banners that seemed to shout the word "strike" in huge, bold letters fluttered from factory boxes and buildings until the sirens called the workers
But given the dire official warnings that preceded the strike, the walkout itself seemed anticlimatic. There was no immediate Soviet reaction.
Officially, the strike was called to protest chronic food shortages and government-inspired harassment of the union and to demand a voice in the local legislature.
But Solidarity also sought to consolidate and end a wave of wildcat strikes across the nation by bringing them under the umbrella of a general strike.
A statement by the government accused Solidarity of losing control of its members because of the wildcat strikes and protests which were not halted.
Egvpt withdraws its border troops
CAIRO, Egypt—President Hosni Mubarak said in an interview released yesterday that he had ordered the withdrawal of Egyptian armor from the border region with Libya because Egypt did not intend to attack any of its neighbors.
In an interview with the weekly magazine Al Mussarw, Mubarak said, "We have no buildup (of troops) along the Libyan border. I recently ordered them to attack."
He said Egypt would never fight another Arab country after making peace with Israel.
"We do not intend to fight Libya or attack any of our neighbors, but naturally, we are committed to defending ourselves," he said.
Mubarak's statement followed Libya's announcement last week that its troops were being withdrawn from the border region with Egypt and Sudan, defusing the border tension that rose sharply after the Oct. 6 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
'81 federal deficit nears $60 billion
WASHINGTON—The federal deficit for the just-completed fiscal 1881 was $7.1 billion higher in administration forecasts by $2.3 billion, the government announced.
The figure, announced jointly by the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget, could increase skepticism on Wall Street and other financial markets.
The bigger the deficit, the more the government has to borrow, and the greater the upward pressure is on interest rates.
greater the upward pressure is an interest rates.
The administration had forecast a 1981 fiscal year deficit of $55.6 billion.
The deficit for 1980 was revised to be $59.5 billion after moving $561 million in income from oil lease bids into 1981.
Budget director David Stockman said that the U.S. deficit could reach $100 billion in fiscal 2014—the year the administration hopes to balance the budget.
Soviet sub beached in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Soviet submarine believed to be on a spy ammunition 20 miles north of Sweden near a Swedish main Balkan coast, said the seals were waterfed.
Defense officials said it was the first time a Soviet sub had been caught in Sweden. In many tight sights of Soviet subs that later raided their area there were had been reported.
The submarine's commander demanded that Soviet rescue vessels be allowed into the militarily restricted waters in the Karklash rescue helicoplaneg.
But Swedish officials rejected the commander's demand and said "a very thorough investigation" of the submarine, looked on sand and rocks, would find it.
China blocks Waldheim's re-election
UNITED NATIONS--中国 vetooed Kurt Waldheim's re-election as U.N. secretary-general for the second day yesterday in bailout by the Security Council.
Waldheim won a decisive majority of 11 votes in the second day of bailing by the 15-member Security Council, gaining ground over his brother, who was killed in a helicopter crash.
But China's "no" vote automatically killed the result under the rules of the U.N. charter, which gives the council's five permanent members—Britain, Canada, Germany, Israel and Russia.
China explained its veto by saying it preferred a representative of the Third World as secretary-general.
At Uganda's request, the council adjourned further voting until Friday morning and decided in an air of frustration to discuss the situation in privately.
Salvadoran troops initiate offensive
Military commanders said 1,200 troops from the elite Atlacat Brigade fanned out from the town of Tecoluca, 42 miles east of the capital, to join another 1,600 government troops massed along the Lempa river 17 miles away.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Salvadaron commandos trained by U.S. Green Bears swept into eastern El Salvador yesterday to spearhead the rescue mission.
Officers in the eastern town of San Agustin said the troops massed along the LEM would sweep through a six square mile region that has been designated as a bombing zone.
The drive by the Green Beret-trained Attacatil Brigade against the guerrilla strongholds was the largest launched by the government this year. The operation, which began on May 26, involved
House votes on davlight-saving time
Under the bill sent to the Senate, the savings time would be in effect from the first Sunday in March to the last Sunday of October. It now begins on the third Sunday.
WASHINGTON—The House voted 243-165 yesterday to extend daylight-saving time two additional months over the objections of farm-area
The change was urged primarily as an energy-saving step, with supporters claiming the equivalent of 100,000 barrels of oil could be saved each year. A major component of the effort was to
But rural-area representatives said the change would work a hardship on farmers, who would have to do more morning chores in the dark.
Others said children would be endangered by leaving for school in the dark.
Corrections
Because of a reporting error in a story about thrift shops in Wednesday's Kansas, Mrs. Tom Yoe was incorrectly identified. She is a volunteer manager of the Plymouth Thrift Shop, 945 Vermont St., operated by the Plymouth Congregational Church.
Placement of ballot boxes still a hot topic
By JANICE GUNN 'Staff Reporter
On-campus and off-campus students expressed conflicting opinions on how the Student Senate Elections subcommittee should distribute the ballot boxes in the upcoming Senate elections Nov. 18-19.
In the last two weeks, the Senate rejected two bills to relocate election ballot boxes. Some students said they were worried they matted and others were glad the bills died.
The bills, 021 and 022, were proposed to provide greater access to ballot box locations.
Bill 021 proposed taking the ballot boxes out of residence halls, fraternities, sororities and scholarship halls. In the past, the boxes have been placed in those living groups on election nights. Bill 022 proposed placing ballot boxes around the city as well as on campus.
"I don't feel that the majority of students live in the dorms and Greek houses," said Lese Hole. Wichita sophomore. "It seems that if you don't study there, you're frustrely or sorority, you miss out on a lot of things like student elections."
With bill 022 downed by the Senate, Gail Abbott, Ashland junior and co-chairman of the elections subcommittee, said the committee would put the boxes at five on-campus locations and in some residence halls.
Hole lives in the Trailridge Apartments, 2500 W 6th St., and said that she might not vote if she did not have ready access to a ballot box. Last year she lived in Oliver Hall and voted in the hall's cafeteria.
Abbott declined to comment to whether any off-campus boxes would be set up this year. Last year no off-campus boxes were available to Abbott.
Fraternities, sororites and scholarship halls would be selected to have ballot boxes if no residents of the building were campaigned, she said.
Dave Gillogly, Ottawa graduate students and secretary for the Association University Residence Hall that the university ballot boxes were not necessary.
"I don't think it matters because I think anyone who's involved lives on campus," Gillygold said. "Most of the interested people live in the sororities, fraternities, residence halls or scholarship halls."
they wanted to keep ballot boxes in the living groups, they did not oppose them.
Todd Slawson, Wichita junior and president of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, said that if the ballot boxes were filled with a person would be more likely to vote.
"The more convenient, the better it will be for all," Slawson said. "But I don't think they should take them out of the living groups."
"It's not that far for an off-campus student to come in and vote at a fraternity or sorority."
While most on-campus students said
here," said Mike Hassman, Salmun junior, who lives at Hawkway Towers this year. "You'd get a fairer election with you, and representative of the whole student body."
Octavio Viveros, Shawnee Mission law student and last spring's elections subcommittee chairman, also said that the living groups would be just as close a night ballot box location in a grocery store, where the subcommittee unsuccessfully attempted to place one last spring.
"Being that everyone who is offcampus is so spread out, the only fairway to do it is to put a ballot box on each block." Viveros said.
But some off-campus students suggested that the fair way to do it would be to put ballet boxes in the student-inhabited apartment complexes.
A resident of West Hills Apartments, 1012 Emmery Road, Robet Dean, Wichita junior, said, "I'm a transfer student and I'm not invited in it, but if it would be more convenient, I would probably vote."
Several off-campus students said they thought that many students who would not seek out a ballot box for Senate elections under normal circumstances would vote if a box were provided.
Both some on-campus and off-campus students said they would not make an extra effort to vote in next month's elections.
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"Because it's handy here, I vote, but it isn't worth the time to go out of the way," said Gillogly, a Joseph R. Pearson Hall resident.
Richard Powers, Prairie Village freshman and opp-capness resident said, "It's unfair. If the box were right there, I probably would vote."
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