THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Vol. 90, No. 69
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The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
KU chokes to to SMU, 89-88
Thursday, December 6, 1979
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Nation takes steps toward release of hostages
Carter ready to put on pressure
WASHINGTON 〈AP〉-President Jimmy Carter told a group of congressmen last night that the wounded Iranian leader was in Iraq every two days, participated said.
Among the options open to him is a complete cutoff of U.S. food shipments to Egypt, a move that House members at a dinner session at the White House Carter said that for all but the most urgent purposes already been halted because of the freezing of Iranian assets in the United States.
The president outlined a series of economic and diplomatic steps which he believed would ease tensions days if the 50 American hostages in Tehran are not released, the president said.
The press was barred from the meeting, but Carter was quoted by participants as saying that economic distress are beginning to build up on Iran.
One congressman quoted Carter as saying that the arrival of U.S. warships in the waters off Iran had caused Lloyd's of London and other insurers to declare the area a war zone, effectively boosting U.S. defense against ocean shipping in and out of the country.
The State department reacted angrily to Soviet charges that the United States was turning the Iranian crisis into "one war" with Iran in international conflicts" of the post-war era.
State Department spokesman Holding Carter called the commentary "denylorable."
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance personally conveyed his displeasure to Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dohryn.
The Soviet charge appeared in the Communist Party newspaper Pravda less than 24 hours after the Soviet Union accused it of espionage. The Council resolution calling for the in-
Norman Forer
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No word from KU prof in Iran
KU officials said yesterday that Norman Forer, associate professor of social welfare, received no University administration support or authorization for the program.
As of 10.45 p.m. yesterday, no continuation in treatment occurred for an arriving officer. Forer's wife, wna. Clarence Dillingham, in charge of the unit, reportedly accompanied Officer on the train.
Members of Forer's family announced Tuesday night that Forer and Dillingham were heading a delegation of Kansas senators to the U.S. House for the Avatilah Ruhulah Khomein.
Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, released a statement after an hour-long closed meeting of about 10 KU officials, including Mike Schave, Mike Dale.
Forer wrote a conciliatory letter to Khomini urging an end to the stalemate over the holding of 50 American hostages in the American Embassy.
University general counsel, and Richard Von Ende, executive secretary.
"The faculty members involved neither sought nor received University authorization or approval for this trip." Shankel's statement said.
The meeting was closed, he said, because it dealt with administrative matters and not all administrative matters were open to the public.
Shankel's statement said Chancellor Archie R. Dykes had received a letter from Former saying he had acted on his behalf to represent to represent the University of Kansas.
In his letter to Dykes, Foster said, "I make this trip our representation to the world. And in the spirit of compassion and justice which is basic to the character of Kan-
Dykes was not in Lawrence yesterday and was unavailable for comment.
lker said he did not think the See REACTION back page
Pint-size pine
Lisa Welch, left, Overland park senior, and Martha Ruhli,
Overland Park senior, find the perfect-size sine nine to
decorate their sorority room for the holiday season. Welch and Ruhk bought one of the Christmas trees for sale at Pence's Garden
Senate delays vote on fee hike
Re STEUF MAUN
Staff Reporter
The Student Senate increased last night line allocation increases for seven organizations funded by the Senate Revenue and the Senate was called before the increase could be made.
The Senate will vote on the increases at its first meeting of the spring semester in January.
total $1.30 and could raise the student active fee from $11.10 to $12.40. Increases
university Theatre, the KU Concert
Chamber Series, KU BandS, KU Forensics,
KJHR FM radio and the Graduate Student
Margaret Berlin, student body president,
said the increases were not guaranteed because the Senate had not voted on the entire revenue code amendment
Matt Davis, Senate finance and auditing committee chairman, said no increases
The increases that were approved by the Senate also could be reconsidered in January. However, Berlin said she did not think the increases would be reconsidered.
"I don't see why the Senate would require them because we maintained
were passed because the final three sections of the amendment concerning the student activity fee increase were not voted on. The amendment was approved. The entire amendment will be over 10%.
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ACLU says action not needed on complaints of KU custodians
The American Civil Liberties Union
American Association for the
American Managers of Veterans
and the University of Kansas for alleged civil liberties violations of KU custodians, and an
investigation by the
By PAM LANDON
Staff Reporter
Judy Davis, executive director of the state ACU, said that because the University had decided not to renew the AMS contract, she was no need for the ACU to go to court.
"AMS is gone and that's what we wanted," Davis said. "KU backed off and that's also what we wanted. If they hadn't, there's
The University announced two weeks ago that its contract with AMS, a private custodial management firm based in Englewood, Cloe, would not be renewed and the University would manage of its housekeeping department when the contract expired Dec. 1.
The Custodians Action Committee, a group of 40 to 50 Lawrence campus custodians, had filed a complaint in early November with the ACLU's state legal panel alleging that AMS and the University were involved in the freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.
HOWEVER, DAVIS has said she thought there had been civil violations by lawyers against the ACLU and Glover, a member of the ACU legal panel that decides on the cases the ACLU will take to court, had recommended the panel take legal action against AMS. Glover, D-Arlington, Va., died.
no doubt but that we would have been in court."
Davis said the panel, comprised of six attorneys, was to meet Tuesday to finalize action on the KU custodians' complaint. The lawsuit will be adjudicated until next Tuesday because of an illness.
University officials have denied that custodians' rights were violated.
GARY HOWE, assistant professor of sociology and CAC support group member, reaffirmed yesterday the CAC's actions against the University and AMS.
She said she did not think the panel would now want to waste thousands of dollars in court unless they were significant damages collected against AMS or the University.
Howe said the CAC would not give up its legal fight against AMS, even though the University was winding down because of the holidays.
The CAC has filed a 21-count complaint with the Kansas Public Employee Bureau against the AMS barrared KU custodians and CAC members and that the University had failed to file the complaint.
Embassy closes in Libya
Howe said the CAC also had a case with Affirmative Action alleging discrimination against a handcapped worker by AMS and the University.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is closing its embassy in Tropoli until the Libyan government acknowledges responsibility for a mob attack Sunday in which the building was ransacked and the State Department said yesterday.
U. S. officials said the action did not amount to severing relations with the government of Col. Maamun Khadafy.
The U.S. mission, which now number 10 in the world, will move to "a landfill," and will move to another building elsewhere in Tripoli to look after the affairs of the 2,500 to 3,000 Americans in the city.
Secretaries and dependents of Americans stationed at the embassy were evacuated from the country after the Sunday morning bombings in Iraq. The group was demonstrating its support for
Iranian militants holding 50 Americans hostage in Tehran.
U. S. officials said earlier this week they were considering taking action that could include a break in relations with the Libyan government unless the Khadijah government accepted responsibility for the moth attack and agreed to pay for the damages.
But, according to yesterday's announcement, officials have decided not to sever relations with Libya at this time.
"We will cross that bridge when we come to it," Holding Carter, the State Department spokesman, said.
About 10 percent of the oil imported by the U.S. are expected to total $6 billion. Oil officials here and in Libya were consulted before it was decided to suspend U.S. embassy ties.
The decision not to cut ties with the
Although the Libyan government did offer "profuse apologies" for the attack on the embassy, U.S. officials were not satisfied, saying the response was inadequate.
Only one Libyan policeman was at the embassy door when the protesters massed in the narrow street, some carrying a rifle. The security leader, the Ayatollah Rubailol Kiomiensi,
Libyan government had nothing to do with oil needs, spokesman Carter said.
He said oil would play no role in whatever steps the United States took to protect the embassy.
State Department officials said U.S. requests to the Libyan government for increased protection for the embassy went unheeded.
Staff Reporter
By BRIAN VON BEVERN
Official says engineer was warned
A railroad official testified yesterday that he thought the engineer of the Amtrak train that damed in Lawrence Oct. 24 ignored speed measures and speed reduce moments before the accident
William J. McMeans, Santa Fe road foreman of engines for Amtrak, said, "I would have to say that in my mind there is a lot of it. But I never failed and then failed to so memorate about it."
McMeans was testifying at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing on the dermalation, in which two persons were killed and 69 injured.
The engineer, Lawrence Graham, was expected to test at the hearing but could not reach him. The NSB that hospitalized him Tuesday. The NSB exonerated a sworn statement from at him a day earlier.
Means们 also said he thought the train's crew had placed too much emphasis on track-side speed signs and not enough on the timetable they carried with them.
THE TRAIN'S fireman, William Hand,
testified Tuesday that a "slow" sign warning
the crew of a 30 mph zone was not in
operating condition. The firemen derailed a speed of more than 75 mph.
Witnesses Tuesday said Graham was unfamiliar with the tracks around his house, where he lived a year. If faced with a similar situation McMeans would be "slow down first" to get to the scene.
"This is the bible." McMeans said of the timetable. "The sign could be blown over or something."
If Graham failed to acknowledge a warning to slow the train an automatic system should have stopped the train before it derailed. McMeans said.
HAND TESTIFIED Tuesday that it was common railroad practice for the engineer to yell "bell" when acknowledging the warning. He said Graham had no verbal comment.
Richard Wharry, a federal Railroad Administration representative, and William J. Mathews, product engineering manager at the National Inventory Company yesterday that tests conducted before and after the dermalation led them to believe the automatic train stopping system (ATS) was working properly.
"I have no reason to believe the equipment was not operating on Oct. 2," Matthews said.
Wharry said it was impossible to tell for
TESTIMONY IN the hearing, which began Tuesday, is expected to resume at 9 a.m. today and end by noon.
Information gathered at the hearing will
sure that the ATS was working because of damage the mechanism sustained in the deralment. He said, however, that he thought it was probably working.
be used by the NTSB to determine the cause of the derailment and to help the board in making recommendations to prevent similar accidents in the future.
Witnesses scheduled to testify today include Lawrence fire chief James McSwain and Douglas County emergency preparedness Coordinator Travis Brann.
Derailment details
Richard Wharry, an inspector for the Federal Railway Administration, testifies before the National Transportation Safety Board. Yesterday's hearing was the second day of hearings into the new law.