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Comic relief
Enough already! At your overwhelming request, Berke Breathed's Bloom County gang — including Steve Dallas, Frank Binkley and Opus — returns today to end
the Kansan's comic drought. Also, today marks the Kansan debut of Gary Larson's "The Far Side," a popular panel that is only slightly more than offbeat. See page 15.
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High, mid-90s. Low, mid-60s.
Details on page 3.
The University Daily
KANSAN
Vol. 95, No. 9 (USPS 650-640)
Thursday, September 6, 1984
By United Press International $ ^{a} $
WASHINGTON  The CIA knew a U.S. paramilitary group was sending men to join Nicaragua rebels but did nothing to stop the volunteers, two of whom were killed in action in Nicaragua, congressional sources said yesterday.
yesterday.
The sources said CIA officials yesterday informed some members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that the agency knew six Americans were traveling to Honduras to join the CIA backed Nicaraguan Democratic Force, which is fighting the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua.
"THE AGENCY HEARD these guys were coming and their guys dove into roxholes," a source familiar with intelligence matters said.
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CIA officials said agents in Honduras "got out of the way" of the six Americans because they "didn't want anybody to think (they) were involved" in the paramilitary operation, the source said.
At the same time, Rep Ted Wesley, D-N-Y,
sent a letter to CIA Director William Casey
calling on him to explain if his agency had
any connection with the two dead Americans.
"The loss of American lives in the covert war against Nicaragua could draw the United States into direct military involvement in that conflict," Weiss said.
The Americans, described by U.S. officials as "volunteers," were sent to Honduras by Civilian Military Assistance, a paramilitary organization based in Decatur, Ala.
TWO MEMBERS OF the group, Huntsville police detective Dana H. Parker and James P. Powell III, were killed in a rebel helicopter that was shot down by Nicaraguan forces. The helicopter crashed after participating in a Nicaraguan Democrat Force attack on a Sandinista military school at Santa Clara.
Nicaragua charged that Parker, Powell and the four other Americans who went to Honduras a week before the attack were mercenaries working for the CIA.
mercenaries working for the CIA,
Tom Poehy, a founder of the paramilitary
group who organized the trip, said the group had sent anti-Sandinista "contra" rebels $70,000 worth of equipment and at least 15 Americans as trainingJanuary is mine.
THE PENTAGON SAID that U.S. military personnel did not control the two Honduran airfields that Nicaragua said had been used in the rebel attack, and that U.S. personnel were not on hand when the attack was launched.
Americans as trusted. The sources said they were uncertain how far in advance intelligence agents in Honduras had known of the Posey group's operation and the planned Santa Clara attack.
Nicaragua's Sandinista government said maps recovered from the downed helicopter showed it came from Hurduras' El Aguacate air base and Jamastran airfield, bases the United States recently has used and improved.
Congressional sources said that even without control over the airfields, U.S. personnel in Honduras probably would have monitored flights from the airfields.
INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY officials said that once the airfields had been built or improved, authority over them passed on to the Honduran government.
motorized engines in a helicopter and three planes used in the attack fit the description of equipment supplied by the CIA, the sources said.
In his letter, Weiss said, "U.S. citizens employed by the American government, on contract with the government, or associated in any way with the U.S. government should not take part in any covert activities against Nicaragua."
A full report on the incident also has been requested by Sen. Patrick Leaby, D-VT., a member of the Senate intelligence committee.
Leahy expressed concern that rebel attacks against Nicaragua might be launched from U.S. controlled bases in Honduras.
Larry Weaver/KANSAN
He noted claims by the Sandinistas that the rebel helicopter began its flight from an airstrip in Honduras. The Reagan administration has sought funds to improve airfields in that country to handle military operations
Bryan Tulp, Prairie Village freshman, balances on one foot as he attempts to keep a soccer ball airborne. Tulp took advantage of the nice weather yesterday to practice his soccer moves west of Memorial Stadium.
Funding to GLSOK in doubt
By JOHN HANNA Staff Reporter
The Student Senate Elections Committee this month will decide whether KU students will determine the future of Senate funds for the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas
The committee must decide whether a student's petition to end GLSOK financing is valid and can force the Student Senate to hold a campuswive vote this fall, Thomas Davidson, the committee's chairman, said yesterday.
During the April deliberations for the fiscal 1965 budget, Steve Ember, Lawrence senior, started a petition calling for an end to GLSOK financing.
"I JUST FEEL THAT students should be able to vote on it." Imber said. "If the students vote to fund them, I respect that."
In the spring, the Senate allocated about $60,600 to student organizations for fiscal year 1963. Of the $24 student activity fee that each student pays at the beginning of each semester, $1.81 goes toward funding that allotment.
The Finance Committee, which makes recommendations to the Senate on allocation of student funds, excluded GLSOK from its fiscal 1985 budget proposal. But the Senate decided to give GLSOK $565 for rent and telephone service. Carla Vogel, student body president, had threatened to veto a budget that did not include GLSOK.
that he did not include him. Imbere said that he had circulated the petition in the spring at residence halls, fraternities and sororities because he wanted students to decide how their money would be spent.
HE SAID GLSOK could support itself through its dances, and for that reason, the group should not receive any funds.
"This is not a moral attack on homosexuality." Imber said. "This has been presented as a financial issue."
a financial issue.
But Ruth Lichtwardt, GLOSK president
See GLSOK, p. 5, col. 1
Kansas legislation makes survival for third parties hard
Staff Reporter
By JOHN EGAN
Traditionally, minor-party candidates have not made much headway in the political arena
election
Marian Ruck Jackson, an American Party candidate from Eureka running against incumbent Sen Nancy Landon Kassebaum, says she is confident about beating her Republican opponent.
but despite the odds, two Kansans running for the U.S. Senate on minor party tickets think that they have the potential to make a dent — and perhaps win — in November's election.
"I think people are becoming more aware of the third parties," Jackson said this week.
"They don't want Democrats or Republics. They're sick of it."
LUCILLE BIEGER, RUSSELL, running on the Conservative Party ticket against Kassabeh, echoed Jackson's sentiments.
"I have been amazed at how many people are truly dissatisfied with the two-party system," she said, adding that a third-party vote was not a wasted one.
But a recent revision of a Kansas election law has minor-party candidates, such as Jackson and Bieger, scrambling to keep their parties alive.
The Kansas Legislature in March passed legislation that redefined the way minor parties can become officially recognized in the state. Although most provisions in the legislation are agreeable to third parties, one part of the new law has made Jackson and
may be in danger or exasperated.
ONE PROVISION OF the legislation says that for a party to remain recognized in the state, one party candidate for statewide office must receive at least 1 percent of the votes cast. Previously, when a party gained its status, that status could not be taken away.
Bieger anger because they say their parties may be in danger of extinction.
away.
Bieger said. "I do not think that the legislation is fair in any way. I would like to see this legislation taken off the books. I think it's poor legislation, very bad. I think it's deceptive."
deepen. In this year's election, eighteen minor-party candidates are running for the Senate, the house of Representatives, the Kansas House of Representatives and the state Board of Education Third parties now
recognized in Kansas are American, Conser-
vative, Libertarian and Prohibition.
"THEY'RE TRYING TO stay recognized," said Eric Rucker, spokesman for the Kansas secretary of state. "They're trying to get 1 percent."
vative, liberal, libertarian Because of the legislation some candidates see their races as missions to keep their parties afloat
get percent. The legislation, however, does ease regulations for parties attempting to regain their status in Kansas. In the past, a party was required to submit petitions signed by registered voters representing at least 3 percent of the votes cast for secretary of state in the preceding general election.
state in the present. Now, the required percentage has been cut to 2, and the office has been switched to governor because that office is considered
HE SAID THE legislation provided an outlet for different political philosophies, while riding the political system of parties that did not have support.
State Rep. Richard L. Harper, R-Fort Scott, chairman of the Kansas House Elections Committee, views the minor-party legislation as a double-edged sword.
The new law makes it easier for parties to get on the ballot, Harper said, and easier for them to lose out.
more indicative of party strength, Rucker said.
thank her. Jackson, the American party candidate, said she thought the legislation was a move toward the elimination of third parties.
toowe the vote.
"Many third parties may not get 1 percent of the vote, and if they don't, they're out," Jackson said.
KU grad talks of search for clues in KAL tragedy
By CHRISSY CLEARY Staff Reporter
The black box that could contain the answers of the tragedy of Korean Airliner 007 remains submerged in the Sea of Japan.
NUNLEY PARTICIPATED IN the U.S. mission to search for the black box of the plane, which was shot down by Soviets last September. The black box is believed to contain a taped conversation of the flight crew and the Soviet ground control.
KU graduate
"The mission, at first, was to search for anything — survivors and wreckage," said Lt. John Nunley, U.S. Navy helicopter pilot. "It took 30 hours to get to the site, so there wasn't much hope of finding survivors."
But the experience of searching for clues to the mystery has left a lasting impression on a KU graduate.
Nunley spoke to about 100 Navy ROFTC students at Swarthot Auditorium in Murphy Hall yesterday about the importance of leadership and flexibility in the Navy.
"Soviet hampered investigations considerably." Nunley said "They performed questionable acts to antagonize our search efforts."
"Because of a mechanical failure, I crashed an H-2 helicopter while looking for the Korean airline the Russians shot down." Nunley said. "The Navy makes you aware of your own mortality and your friends' mortality. I get into a helicopter, and the crew depends on me.
"YOU ALL MUST develop the potential to save lives. To be a good leader, you have to think fast and be flexible. Things don't always go the way they do in drills."
Nunley said after his lecture that he remembered returning from a 51-day mission at sea to Yokosuka, Japan, to be sent out again to look for survivors and wreckage of the ill-fated Korean airliner.
The South Korean 747 was shot down Sept. 2, 1983, by a Soviet fighter jet after it flew into Soviet air space. The tragedy took 269 lives.
THE TAPE COULD have helped explain what really happened, but the black box and the tape never were found. Nunley said he didn't believe the Soviets found the box.
With 90 Soviet, Japanese and American ships, Nunley and the rest of the crew of the U.S.S. Badger searched 60 nautical square miles for the black box.
See KAL, p. 5, col. 1
Reagan's daughter speaks at gathering
Women's power issue addressed
By United Press International
TOPEKA, Kan. — Women have political power because they outnumber male voters in the United States by more than six million. President Reagan's daughter Maureen told 700 people at a Republican breakfast yesterday.
breakfast yesterday."
"Don't let anybody tell you there is no such thing as a gender gap." Heagan said to the predominantly female crowd "We have unique concerns and unique contributions to make."
The president's daughter is touring the country as a liar, or the Republican Party on women's issues, but she touched on numerous topics in her Topeka speech and news conference.
REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN telling Democrats for 20 years that by the 1980s the country would be out of money. Reagan said.
said, "And we are," she said. "Spending program on top of spending program put us there. In 1981 when my father took office we began to look at a mix of solutions including communities, the private sector and each individual."
President Reagan will not consider the economic recovery complete until everyone has benefited from it, she said.
On women in politics, Reagan said Republican have the chance to elect 1,000 women to state and national offices in 1984, 1414 incumbents up for re-election. The GOP is committed to the new ideas of women and has worked with women officeholders and candidates, bringing them to Washington for briefings, she said.
M. THOUGH PRESIDENT REAGAN opposes it, Reagan said she supported an amendment to the Constitution for women's equal rights.
gentle, so I told Lucas, "I am
Reagan also said that she thought vice
"We still disagree on that," Reagan said. "I think there needs to be an ERA amendment and statutory reform to guarantee the rights of women. I'm disappointed the Republican Party did not enumerate those in their platform."
She refused to discuss abortion, saying it was a personal and moral matter
"You can't discuss it without getting into an argument, so I don't discuss it." "she said"
"she didn't do anything illegal, she just was trying to portray an image she did not fit. She was trying to be a middle class housewife from Queens when in fact she is a very wealthy lady," the President's daughter said.
presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro damaged her credibility with the controversy over her husband's income tax returns
"THIS RACE IS NOT men and women,
but Republican and Democrat and Reagan
and Mondale. Geraldine Ferraro will not
make that much difference."
And Reagan warned that Republicans should not be complacent despite a large lead in the polls.
"I won't settle for less than 80 percent of theote." Brentan joked.
Her next two stops are Omaha, Neb. and Des Moines, Iowa, in a campaign tour that will take her to all 50 states. She said she did not know if her father would make a campaign stop in Kansas, a state most would concede to President Reagan.
"I hope he'll have the opportunity to come to Kansas." she said.