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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
84th Year, No. 64
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Waning Power Of Science Decried
Friday, November 30,1973
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Egypt Ends Truce Talks With Israel
By the Associated Press
Egypt yesterday broke off crucible truce talks with Israel and accused the Israelis of evading the troop-withdrawal issue, Fighting later erupted between soldiers of the two sides not far from the conference site.
An Egyptian government spokesman, Ahmed Anis, said Egypt had decided to halt military talks with Israel as a result of Israel's alleged evading of implementation of the second point of the six-part Nov. 11 ceasefire agreement.
Under the second point, the opposing armies were to pull back to positions held Oct. 22, the date of a cease-fire declared by the United Nations Security Council.
Israel's top negotiator said he thought the negotiations would continue despite the impasse on repositioning the armies along the Egyptian front.
MORTAR SHELLS THUDED and machine guns chattered only about two miles from the site of the talks on the Cairo-Suez road.
In London, Saudi Arabia's oil minister promised that Britain, France and Spain would be exempt in January from a 5 per cent tax on crude in a cutback of Arab oil production.
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamiani, Saudi oil minister, told a news conference that the three countries were among the nations the Arabs view as "friendly." He said African countries which broke relations with Israel would get the same exemption.
WHILE IT WAS APPARENT the Arabs thought they were getting some results with their oil resistance, there was no indication that they had made-israeli standoff in the desert negotiations.
The negotiators met for one hour and 20 minutes. They were unable to agree on pulling troops back from the area of the city. One man, Suze Canal front, U.N. spokesman said.
"The situation is very, very bad." Maj. Gen. Mohamed elGamass of Egypt was quoted as saying in a pool news dispatch from the week newsman Arnaud de Borchgrave.
A U.N. spokesman didn't say which side started the shooting, Newsmen could see that both Egyptians and Israelis were firing.
Natural Defoliation
A barren tree near Gertudeh Sellars Pearson Residence half reflects the long shade of trees in the distance.
made possible by the recent nice weather silhouettes the tree and nearby buildings.
Governor Asks Kansans To Reduce Energy Use
TOPEKA (AP)-Gov. Robert Docking said yesterday he is placing Kansas on a statewide energy alert and outlined a seven-point program for voluntary action.
- Reduction of household energy consumption by at least 20 per cent.
He asked voluntary compliance on these points;
Reduction of highway speeds to no more than 50 miles an hour.
-Reduction of business energy consumption by 20 per cent and energy-consuming signs by an additional 20 per cent.
—A 20 per cent reduction of energy consumption on public property. Business districts should be lighted to prevent unnecessary lighting, should be cuttled.
- Curtailed use of energy-consuming holiday ornamentation outside homes.
Orders from each school district for a 20 per cent reduction in energy consumption in the school district.
—Appointment of an energy conservation officer in each institution, business and office to find methods to conserve energy in individual buildings, offices and businesses.
"Every Kansan must respond positively to this statewide energy alert if we are to be successful in saving our valuable energy," Docking said in remarks prepared for a statewide network of television and radio stations.
He said everyone abhorred the thought of a big brother society where government was everywhere, and he wrote:
Dykes to Allow Recommendation By Senate on Recreation Funds
By SUZI SMITH Kansan Staff Reporter
Dykes' position on the issue of the fund, which has existed since 1966 but became general knowledge only this month, was announced by Mert Buckley, Wichita state Body president, shortly after a meeting of body, Buckley and other senate officials.
The Student Senate will be asked to make a recommendation on the use of a $180,000 recreational fund but won't be allowed to buy equipment from the R. Dykes told senate officials yesterday.
WASHINGTON (AP)—Former White House secretary secretary Dwight L. Chapin was indicted yesterday on four counts of lying to the Watergate grand jury about his contacts with political saboteur Donald H. Sehrretti.
Nixon Aide Indicted For False Testimony
Chapin, 32, was charged with making false declarations under oath April 11. Among other things, Chapin sword he gave to the mayor of any political candidate, an indictment吊告.
Chapin asked and was granted a leave of absence from his job as director of marketing planning for United Air Lines in suburban Chicago. The company indicated Chapin will defend himself against the charges, which carry maximum penalties of five years in jail and a $10,000 fine on each of the indictment's four counts.
There was no official reaction from the White House.
IN OTHER Watergate developments Thursday:
"The Senate Wategarte committee said yesterday a "national security matter" is involved in the testimony it seeks from investigators. It has refused to talk to investigators in private.
All of the persons the committee seeks to interview under oath are linked to emergency services.
A petition drafted by the Student Senate Executive Committee Wednesday night asking Dykes to allow the senate to allocate resources received no formal response yesterday.
The petition was signed by Buckley; Rich Lauter, Evanston, III; senior and vice chairman of the Senate Executive Committee (SenEx); and Richard Paxson, Chairman of SenEx and SenEx member. Lauter also attended the meeting with Dykes yesterday.
The committee is investigating a $100,000 payment made by a Hughes representative to C. G. "Bebe" Rebozo, a close personal friend of President Nixon.
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"It was my impression that the chancellor would honor most any request that the senate gives for the use of the money," Buckley said.
The money was collected from student activity fees in the 1950s and '60s and had been suggested as a partial source of fun or improvements in Allen Field House.
BUCKLEY SAID THAT although Dykes ruled against direct senate allocation of the money, he thought Dykes would take any decision on its use under serious consideration.
According to Clyde Walker, KU Athletic Director those improvements would include more training for the team.
Applications for positions on the news or business staff of the spring semester Kansan are available in room 105 Flint School. Applications should be returned by 5 p.m. today.
basketball and basketball courts for student use at an estimated cost of $275,000 to build a new facility.
Kansan Interviews
Walker said he hoped that the entire $180,000 fund could be used for the project, with the remaining funds being raised by the KU Athletic Association.
Interviews will be Monday and Tuesday. Applicants should sign up for a time on the bulletin board outside room 114 Flint Hall.
Nichols said at that time $5,000 was given to the new senate. Another $7,000 was used to build the new tennis courts south of Robinson Gymnasium.
When the Student Senate was formed and given authority to allocate activity fee funds, that fund totalled $300,000, according to Chancellor Eriemavut Riemond Nichols.
Charles H. Oldfather, University attorney, ruled Wednesday that the University, and not the senate had the right to allocate the money.
NO STUDENT LEADERS were made aware at the time that this fund existed, Leadership.
Lauter said agreement was reached at the afternoon meeting that "on the legal aspect Oldfather's opinion would hold, but on the moral aspect the opinion of the senate as to the administration of these funds is crucial in the Chancellor's decision."
Lauter said he based the petition on the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct passed in 1979 which says "The Student Senate has sole authority to allocate university funds designated student activity fees. . ."
Oldfather ruled that the code was not retroactive and so did not apply to funds collected before it was passed, which would include the $100.00.
"Retroactivity was not an issue because it says nothing about retroactivity in the senate code." Lauter said. "In my mind I have always been brought in by Oldfather for this decision."
Equality of Court System Questioned
By STEVEN LEWIS
Kansan Staff Remainer
The relatively lenient sentence given to former Vice President Presi Agreo last month for tax evasion has intensified the surrounding justice in the United States.
Agnew was given a $10,000 fine and three years probation for evading payment of more than $13,000 in federal income taxes. Agnew could have been sent to assement or prison. Other charges against Agnew, including bribery and extortion, were drowned.
Soon after the Anew decision, George W. Crockett Jr., Detroit recorder court judge, woke up and called me saying in court, "I really don't feel like giving any time to anybody this morning when I see what the judge down in with respect to our former vice president.
1 'wonder what the system of criminal justice is coming to. Those who are rich enough can afford it.'
Forrest L. Swallow, director of the Douglas County Community Corrections Center and lecturer in the School of Social Welfare, said Tuesday that he thought there were gross inconsistencies among judges in the county on persons convicted for similar crimes.
fluence the court, they get away with just a tap on the hand. Someone like this defendant, if you don't throw the book at him, then you're accused of being soft," Crockett
"Not only can a wealthy person hire an attorney, but he tends to be believed if he can demonstrate good moral character, or the crime." Swall said.
"A poor person is much more likely to be viewed as a less worthy member of society and is much more apt to receive a harsher penalty."
Swail said, however, that sentencing today was much farther than it had been 20 years ago.
He said reasons for the improvement included more qualified judges, more
"A prison sentence for Agnew wouldn't have made much sense. It wouldn't have served any useful purpose. What would we do with it? The incarment was more important." Swall said.
"A person should be confined only if he is dangerous to himself or society. Unfortunately, a judge often sends a person to court with the knowledge that something tangible has been done.
criminals being placed on probation instead of being sent to jail and the use of presence investigation to determine an individual's need for help and rehabilitation.
Swall said, however, that as long as sentencing remained punishment-oriented, the court's decision should be a "good one."
Wali said a better system would be to place a person on probation, fine him and give him another year.
Paul E. Wilson, professor of law, said he didn't think it was sound to assume that two persons who committed the same crime should receive the same sentence.
"Any just punishment must be geared to the offender, not the offense. What one person needs may be inappropriate for another."
Wilson said he didn't know the solution to the problem of inequal justice for the poor. He recalled the words of a comic-strip character, Mr. Dooley, who said, "A poor man has the same chance in court as he has any place else."
Wilson said one possible reform was appellate review of sentences.
"A losing party in a court case has the right to appeal. This right of review extends to all phases of criminal cases in Kansas except for sentences."
he said a sentence review system would force judges to justify the sentences the government
"I've heard judges say they fly by the seats of their pants when determining a case," he said.
each person's shoulders to watch his behavior.
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"But, if we do not take voluntary action the federal government will take further steps to regulate our private lives," Docking said.
"The statewide energy alert means we all must aggressively step up our energy consumption."
The response to the energy shortage must be in the form of a national commitment. That commitment must begin at home in Kansas."
The governor said some people had doubted that there was any reason to turn down thermostats when heat was provided because gas or electricity, rather than heating oils.
"Shortages in one fuel cannot be divorced
from another fuel," the governor said. "A shortage of one can mean a shortage of all others. Energy sources we use are interrelated."
Docking said evidence of what could happen to jobs came this week in an announcement by major private aircraft industry that a layoff of fcu fuel cuts.
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"Energy means more than warm houses and operating appliances," he said. "It operating houses."
"The President warned that more stringent federal controls may be necessary if we do not reduce energy consumption. This could mean shorter work weeks, limited shopping hours and restricted hours for public and private transportation."
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Recessionary Trends Seen in Energy Crisis
His predictions, Stein said, assumed that in the Arab oil cutoff would continue next year.
Stein, who is chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said the economy will grow very slowly in 1974. The century-old cent decrease in economic output, he said.
WASHINGTON (AP)—The energy crisis will push the nation's economy to near-recession levels and force the unemployment rate up to nearly 6 per cent next year, President Nixon's chief economist, Herbert Stein, said yesterday.
Reporting on a high-level assessment of the shortage's economic impact, Stein told newsmen that Americans can also expect a sharp increase in fuel prices. He said the inflation picture was too cloudy to make an accurate prediction, however.
The government had predicted that the
As Stein reported the administrator's prediction of the economic impact of the crisis, the White House announced that it would work with his cabinet-level energy group today.
If the jobless rate does rise to near 6 per cent as forecast by the administration, it would mean that unemployment would increase by more than a million. The unemployment rate is now 4.5 per cent of the 90 million workers, or about 4 million.
jobless rate would have exceeded 5 per cent without the Arab oil cutoff.
Stein said no decision had been made but his sources said the energy group is leasing heavily toward recommending rationing. He said he has said rationing would be a last resort.
In the past such a move has usually meant that a decision was near. The energy group has been studying whether gasoline rationing, or a stiff increase in gasoline tax or both should be enacted to dampen demand.
The economic assessment, besides accounting for the Arab cutoff, assumed that Nixon's energy-saving programs would work, said Stein.
Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said plans were being drafted for rationing but added that Nixon hoped the steps he had taken would eliminate the need for that move.
Those programs called for the burden of
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Sen. Edward N. Kennedy, D-Mass., spoke briefly to newsmen as he emerged from a closed-door meeting of top congressional Democrats. He said they had agreed to press for a compromise public financing plan that presided presidential campaigns but not election races for the Senate or House.
Kennedy said Demo leaders will press public financing for presidential campaigns.
because of parts shortage and inventories.
Chrysler will close 7 assembly plants
Chrysler Corp. said the assembly plants would close down for varying periods in January. The nation's No. 3 automaker said that four plants turning out smaller cars would be closed three days because of a parts conversion or conversion of its Newark, Del., plant from large-car to small-car production.
About 26,000 hourly workers will be affected by the three-day shutdowns, and 5,100 others will be laid off for the changeover at Newark.
Ford's nomination to be vice president approved by House Judiciary Committee
approved by House Judiciary Committee.
Overwhelming approval is assured when the House takes final action on the nomination next Thursday. The Senate confirmed Ford 92 to 3 last month.
Speaker Carl Albert said it had been tentatively held a joint meeting of the House and Senate immediately after next week's vote to ratify the agreement.
Long-sought cause of infectious hepatitis believed discovered bygov't researchers.
Reporting the discovery of a new virus-like particle, National Institutes of Health scientists said the discovery should lead to a sure-fire method of diagnosing the elusive malady and might eventually lead to development of a preventive vaccine.
The virus-like particles were found in the preserved fecal stools of some prisoner volunteers at the Joliet, IL state prison who were experimentally infected with *E. coli*.
Fire in Japanese department store
killed at least 100 persons and hurt many.
There were conflicting reports about such blazes in Japan's history, but police said 107 persons, including 67 women had been killed.
The fire raged for eight hours through the seven-story building in the center of Kumamoto, a southern provincial city of 480,000.