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Thursday, October 5, 1978
University Dally Kansan
VERSITY DAILY KANSAN Capsules From staff and wore reports
Fighting in Lebanon continues
BEIRUT, Lebanon—Heavy rocket, mortar and artillery duels raged unchecked between Syrian troops and Christian forces yesterday, and the bombardment spread for the first time to the Moslem western sector of Beirut. The presidential palace on the city's outskirts was reported to have been hit by
Official casualty figures were not immediately available, but the right-wing Phalangist radio said about 500 people had been killed or wounded in an 24-hour
Red Cross officials said the threat of starvation and death from thirst was growing by the hour, because supply routes to the city have been cut.
Cholera hits 2 more victims
BATON ROGUE, La.—Two more cases of cholera were diagnosed in south Louisiana yesterday, bringing to 11 the number of victims struck by the infection.
State health officials said yesterday the latest victims were a man and a woman from Pecan Island in Vermont Parish.
in spite of the discovery of more victims, Cherry said the state had no plans to embargo shipment states of Louisiana crabs.
William Cherry, secretary of the Health and Human Resources Department, said the two latest victims and four other victims in Lafayette apparently obeyed a law that prohibited people from entering a building.
Smith's U.S. visit approved
WASHINGTON—The State Department announced yesterday that it would approve visits to the United States by Hoodpecker Prime Minister Ian Smith and the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines.
The action ended a two-week controversy within the Carter administration about the propriety of approving visa applications to leaders of a regime which was not free from foreign interference.
in salabury, government officials said Smith and one of the black leaders in the transition administration were scheduled to leave for the United States this week.
The Smith delegation was invited to the United States by 27 conservative senators, led by Sen. S. I. Hayakawa, R-Calfi, who said the leaders of the Salisbury regime should have the right to present their case to the American people.
Inflation cuts buying power
WASHINGTON—Inflation cut another 2½ cents from the buying power of the American worker's dollar during the 12 months ending in August, even though consumer spending had risen.
A special report issued by the Council on Wage and Price Stability said the 2.5 percent decline in purchasing power came despite a 9.2 percent increase in wages.
The council said the underlying rate of inflation—after discounting for volatile changes in food and energy prices—increased to over 7 percent at an annual rate of 1.9 percent.
Terrorists kill official, son
ISTANBUL, Turkey—A high-ranking official of the ultra-nationalist Action Party and his son were killed by unidentified terrorists in a suburb of Turkey.
All security forces in the city were mobilized in an intense manhunt for the killer of Recep Hasatli and his son, Mustafa. Hasatli was the chief national Action Party executive for Istanbul. On Monday the party demanded imposition of a military crackdown on widespread terrorism in Turkey that has claimed more than 400 lives this year.
Local Army officer acquitted
FORD DIX, N.J.—One of five drill sergeants accused of mistreating Army recruits was acquitted of all charges yesterday.
Staff Sgt. Stephen Manthe, 24, of Shawne Mission, was acquitted by a five-man court-martial on 10 counts of violating Army regulations. The board ruled that the shooting occurred during a training exercise.
Two other drill sergeants were convicted last week. The trials of two more sergeants were scheduled to follow Manthe's court-martial.
Gases possibly afflicted family
ST. LOUIS The Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday that two toxic gases, methyl bromide and methyl chloride, were present in air, water and soil from the storms.
But an agency official refused to say whether the gases poisoned the Boyer family.
Mrs. Robert Boyer was found dead at the home Sept. 19 and her husband and two children were dazed. Her son, Barry, died two days later at a hospital. Boyer and his daughter, Tonya, were hospitalized. Boyer has since been released.
Howard Schwartz, a toxicologist at St. Louis University, used original EPA data last week to establish methyl bromide as the probable cause of the poisoning. He theorized the gas was emitted from uncurdied sheets of plastic foam insulation stored at the home.
Sedawick split over $ 1 \frac{1}{2} ^c $ tax
WICHTHA - Sedgwick County commissioners, meeting with city officials, yesterday reduced to remove a proposed half-cent county sales tax from the city.
**Lance Denton, city manager,** appeared at a commission meeting to urge members not to attempt passage of *e* county sales tax when the city has a half-cent sales-tax measure on the same hallot. The city's proposal is part of a contract agreement which ended a strike by city firemen and police officers.
Denton warned that if both sales tax measures were left on the ballot, both might fail.
A County Commission member said that if either of the two measures should be dropped it should be the city's. He said the county needed the revenue that the commission agreed to pay.
Somoza defends suppression
The commission, a six-man team from the Organization of American States, came to Nicaragua to investigate charges that the national guard committed misconduct.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua—President Anastasia Somoza told a human rights activist that the invasion of a bloody two-week revolt aimed at establishing him was illegal and constituted a threat.
Carter fights public works bill
WASHINGTON-President Jimmy Carter yesterday dispatched administration leaders to the Capitol in an escalation of his drive against the $10.2 billion public works bill. Carter has promised to veto the bill by the end of the week.
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus, Budget Director James T. McInnyre and others trapped the Capitol's halls yesterday in an attempt to vole the votes to approve the tax bill.
The president is increasing his campaign in opposition of the public works bill against the advice of virtually the entire Democratic leadership. Party leaders warned Carter that the public works action could cost him votes later on his priority energy legislation.
Weather...
It will be sunny and cooler today with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Winds will be from the north, 10 to 20 mph.
WASHINGTON (AP)—The Senate signaled yesterday that it would extend the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment and decided that states could not use the additional time to take back their approval of the ERA.
By a 54-44 margin, the Senate rejected a proposal by Sen. Jake Garn, R-Uah, to couple an additional 38-month ratification date for a law that they have ratified to rescind their actions.
Power to rescind ERA defeated
The vote cleared a major congressional obstacle face ERA advocates and dealt a blow.
the Senate would approve the ERA extension by a health margin when the issue is discussed.
Garn said the vote was a setback for those fighting addition to the U.S. Constitution of the ERA, which would bar discrimination on the basis of sex.
SEN. BIRCH Bayh, D-Ind., principal
SEN. BIRCH sponsor of the expedition, predicted
The measure does not require the signature of President Jimmy Carter, who was born in Alabama.
In August, the house passed a measure moving the ERA ratification deadline from April to September.
Sarah Weddington, special assistant to the president for women's issues, said Carter Johnson was the president.
Roy's health bill attacked
SENECA, (AP) - Bill Roy, Democratic candidate from Topeka for the U.S. Senate, denied yesterday a charge by his team to Kaissebaum, Wichita, that the federal Health Services Act is proving costly, unproductive and burdensome to the Kansas State Department.
Kassebam made the charge Tuesday in an appearance in Emporia before the Flint Hills Medical Society. The legislation was passed by the legislature its tenure as a member of the U.S. House.
"This is a prime example of legislation written with only the federal government in mind," she said. "The legislation complements the national control of hospitals and nursing homes."
ROY SAID Kassebaum did not understand the act, which included a provision that local and state authorities issue care centers need to hospitals before they are expanded.
1" would think if she wants to control health care costs, she should be praising the doctor.
He said such certificates of need prevented the purchase of unneeded hospital beds, which he said only added to rising medical costs.
The legislation created regional health agencies to oversee development of the medical community. It was designed to control health care costs.
Kassebaum said Congress should reevaluate the need for the law.
SHE SAID that the president had called five senators morning to urge them to reject Garn's proposal, and that President Walter Mondale had called three.
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It need ratification by 38 states to be con-
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Garn's amendment would have applied only to reversal votes taken after the extension period begins on March 23, 1979. It would not have validated the votes already taken, although those states would have been free to vote again.
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Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, D-N.Y., who sponsored the extension in the House, said, "I believe that the Senate action today means the ERA, a declaration of fundamental human rights for American citizens will soon become part of our Constitution."
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In a statement after the vote, Bayah said passage of Garn's proposal "would have effectively killed any chance for final ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment."
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