VOL 100,NO.10 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY SEPT.8,1989
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Violence, death mar S.African elections
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The National Party government promised reform yesterday after suffering heavy losses in an election accompanied by protests and political violence in which 25 people were reported killed.
If the death toll is confirmed, it would be the highest in a 24-hour period since 69 Blacks were shot to death at Sharpville township in 1960.
In Wednesday's white parliamentary election, the Nationalists received less than 50 percent of the vote for the first time since 1963. They lost nearly a quarter of their seats to an anti-apartheid party and to a far-right group that favors strict racial segregation.
Desmond Tutu, the Black Anglican archbishop, said 23 people were killed, and "we expect the numbers of the dead to grow."
Police used shotguns, tear gas and whips on anti-election protesters in Black and mixed-race townships outside Cape Town.
One victim was a 69-year-old woman whose headless body was found riddled with bullets, said The Star of Johannesburg, the country's largest newspaper. The Western Province Council of Churches said at least 100 people were injured, including children.
De Klerk described the election results as "a clear mandate" for his party's gradual political reforms that envision bringing Blacks into the national government on a limited basis within five years.
the presidency of F.W. de Klek "now sits in a pool of blood," said Allan Boesak, a prominent anti-aparthael activist.
South Africa's 5 million whites control the government and the country's 28 million Blacks have no voice in national affairs. Separate Parliament chambers for people of mixed race and Indian descent were established in 1984 but have little power.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department issued a statement that congratulated de Klerk on his party's victory but said, "Apartheid must end."
Stargardter/KANGAN
The Colombian drug war is on the homefront for Inez Schuck.
Colombian news hits near home for some
By Derek Schmidt
Kansan staff writer
For most Americans, the story of Colombia is a story about drugs. But for Colombian students studying in the United States, the story of Colombia is about home.
"Sometimes I feel like it is better for me to stay here, but sometimes I feel like, 'Come on, you can be there helping your own people,'" said Sonia Martinez, Sogamoso, Colombia, graduate student.
Martinez is one of 14 Colombian students studying at the University of Kansas this fall, according to a preliminary list compiled by the college. That number will not be official until the 20th day of classes.
But Martinez said U.S. media coverage of Colombian violence tended to create an unbalanced image of that country.
"It wasn't something that just began one day," she said. "It was something that was very slow. By the recent assassinations, it was too late; everybody was accustomed to violence."
"That's not our problem," she said. "Our problem's a lot of violence."
Martinez said violence had become part of Colombian life.
Martinez said the nature of the drug problem was different in the United States, where the effects of consumption are paramount, than it was in Colombia.
"I would like to have more news, more positive news, about Colombia," Martinez said. "We have so many good things."
Sogamos, Martinez' home, is about 125 miles northeast of Bogota, the nation's capital. She said that living there helped keep her family removed from the drug wars.
"If you're not involved in drugs, you are not a judge or you are not a journalist, you are not in danger," the author says. "But I don't know about the future."
Another Colombian student at KU,
an undergraduate from Medellin who
asked that his name not be used, said
she was concerned for his family's
safety.
Modellin, about 150 miles northwest of Bogota, is a base for Colombia's drug cartels and has been the location of much of the recent violence.
"The one thing that really worries me is my family because of all the bombing," he said. "It's not safe anymore to go out in the streets."
He said that the 10 p.m. curfew in effect in Medellin had helped to curb violence but that he was worried that it eroded residents' freedom. Nonetheless, he said he supported the government crackdown on the drug cartels.
"I think the government is trying to do something they should have done a long time ago," he said.
The student said U.S. media coverage had accurately depicted the situation in Colombia.
Colombia needs the U.S. military equipment and advisers sent to the Colombian government last month by President Bush because the drug cartels are better armed than the Colombian army, the student said. But he said he was not sure whether he would support the use of U.S. troops in Colombia.
"We always kind of grow up with this impression that there is this Yankee imperialism or something," he said. "But to tell you the truth, it was only early bother me. The U.S. has done a lot and should keep it im."
Bush has said there are no plans for the use of U.S. troops in Colombia.
But the student's satisfaction with U.S. involvement in Colombia was matched by his disappointment in the lack of European involvement. The European drug market is growing, he said, but those nations have not taken responsibility for the problems drugs cause.
"The U.S. is the biggest drug market," he said. "But Europe has its problems, too."
Martinez said she supported sending U.S. equipment and advisers to Colombia, but it would take more than that to eliminate drug-related corruption from the Colombian government.
"Drugs in Colombia mean money," she said.
Martinez, who is studying civil engineering, wants to return to Colombia after she earns her degree.
U.S. extradites cocaine baron
The Associated Press
The extradition of Eduardo Martinez Romero, an arrested money-launderer for the drug cartel that is believed to supply 80 percent of all cocaine shipped to the United States, came days after President Bush declared war on Latin America's cocaine barons.
ATLANTA — The reputed financial wizard of the Medellin cocaine cartel arrived under guard at a tiny, out-of-the-way airport before sunrise yesterday, the first of Colombia's "Extraditables" brought to the United States for trial.
Martinez, 36, was put on a Drug Enforcement Administration plane in Bogota Wednesday night. He arrived at 4 a.m. yesterday outside Atlanta at Charlie Brown Airport, an airfield used mostly by private planes, and was whisked to court by helicopter.
Hours later, after the government obtained an interpreter for him, Martinez appeared before U.S. Magistrate Joel M. Feldman and told the judge he spoke only Spanish and did not fully comprehend the money-laundering charges against him.
Feldman postponed arraignment until Monday and ordered that Martinez be held without bail at an undisclosed site. Defense attorney Ed Garland said even he had not been told where Martinez was being held.
Martinez is accused of laundering up to $27 million in drug profits by funneling the cash through U.S. banks, including one in Atlanta.
Martinez was inducted in March in Atlanta as a result of an investigation code-named Operation Rap Cap, which officials said revealed an operation that laundered billions in cocaine profits. Charges were brought against 127 people and two Latin American banks.
Report links crewman to USS Iowa explosion
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Navy reported yesterday that gunner's mate Clayton Hartwig "most likely" caused the explosion that killed 47 sailors aboard the USS Iowa by shoving a detonator between gunpowder bags in one of the battleship's guns.
However, Rear Adm. Richard Milligan, presenting the official conclusions at a Pentagon briefing, said there was much circumstantial information pointing to Hartwig, whose job would have put him closest to the gun.
The formal report on the explosion, the worst naval disaster since the Vietnam War, said the exact cause could not be pinpointed because the ship had been in a safe happening, including Hartwig, were all killed in the blast.
Milligan said Hartwig was a loner
and a man with low self-esteem who had a series of male “principal friends” throughout his life. But the admiral and other military briefers said “there is no substantive proof” that Hartwig was homosexual “and there is no mention of that in the report.”
After more than four months of investigation, the Navy report concluded, "The explosion was most probably caused by an intentional act. The weight of evidence indicates that some type of detonation device was deliberately placed between the powder bags being rammed into the breech of the center gun."
"The most likely person with the access, knowledge and possible motivation to accomplish this act has been identified as Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Clayton M. Hartwig, USN, the center gun captain in turret II at the time of the explosion," the Navy report said.
Buvers'market
Colony Woods Apartments, 1301 W. 24th St., is one of many apartment complexes in Lawrence offering off-campus housing to
students. Many Lawrence landlords are frustrated by a housing market glut this semester. See story, page 6.
KU police understaffed for services, director says
By Rich Cornell
Kansan staff writer
KU police does not have enough officers to provide the services it once did, said James Denney. KU police director.
However, he said he hoped to hire as many as eight new officers before the first week of October, allowing the department to provide more protection at the University of Kansas.
Even with these additions, KU police will remain understaffed, Denney said. The department needs at least 43 officers to provide the services it once did, he said.
The hiring of eight officers would bring the number of officers in the department to 39, five more than last year. Three officers are still being trained.
Denney said that University growth made it necessary to hire the new officers. KU police officers often must call for outside help from the Lawrence Police or the Douglas County Sheriff's Department to assure that emergency calls are answered quickly enough, he said.
"We need to keep at least one, if not two, more officers on patrol then we have now," Denney said.
Non-emergency calls, however, are not always handled as quickly. Officers should respond to them in 90 seconds. Denney said.
"For non-emergency calls, we do have a slower response time than we have had." Denney said. "I know we're not making 90 seconds."
Services provided by KU police a few years
ago cannot be provided now, Denney said. For example, less traffic enforcement has resulted in fewer tickets and more accidents.
"These eight officers should enable us to bring the enforcement level up," he said.
The manpower shortage also hinders the department's ability to handle special events. KU football games require 35 officers. Denney said the department had to borrow officers from both Lawrence police and the sheriff's department. Still, some positions remain unfilled.
"We can provide basic law enforcement services at this level, but that's all," Denney said.
14. Jeanne Longaker, KU police spokesman, said the manpower shortage often required detectives to go on patrol duty
instead of dedicating their time to investigation. In addition, community-service officers must spend time patrolling rather than educating the public.
"One thing you'll see is more foot patrols," Lenkaj said.
Longaker said she hoped the additional officers would solve this problem as well as lower the theft and burglary rates.
She said more patrolmen would allow the department to dedicate more officers to specific areas with recurrent theft and burglary problems. The department also would need officers to work overtime less frequently.
Denney said interviews of 11 candidates were completed yesterday, but more exams would be conducted before hiring.
"The earliest we'll be able to use any of them will be Oct. 18." Denney said.
Some will not be available for even longer. While all certified new officers will begin training with experienced officers when hired, the others must attend a training academy for six months for certification, Denney said.
The certified new officers will be ready to work alone by April, Denney said. The others will not complete training until next fall.
The hiring process will cost KU police $9,000 to $10,000. Denney said. If eight new officers are hired, the department expects to pay an additional $200,000 a year in salaries. Denney said the new officers would earn $22,644 overtime and benefits their first year.