Monday, Dec. 2, 1985
Nation/World
University Daily Kansan
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S. African rally airs threats
From Kansan wires
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa's biggest union federation, one day old and saying it represents 400,000 workers, allied itself with black anti-apartheid activists yesterday and demanded that restrictive pass laws be abandoned within six months.
In another development, South African and U.S. business executives were reported stepping up pressure on the government to end its system of racial segregation, under which 5 million whites dominate 24 million voteless blacks.
"The Congress of South African Trade Unions is giving (President P.W.) Botha six months to get rid of pass laws," Elijah Barayi, president of the new labor federation, told a rally of 5,000 people in a Durban rugby stadium. "Otherwise we will burn all the passes of the black man."
Pass laws require blacks to carry documents proving that they have permission to work or live in or near white areas. The laws result in tens of thousands of blacks being prosecuted each year, and are a foundation of apartheid.
The laws also mean separation for many black families, with the husband working in an area where his family is not permitted to live.
The President's Council, an advisory body that excludes blacks, has recommended to Parliament that the laws be scrapped. Parliament reconvenes in January.
Barayi called on Botha to resign to make way for Nelson Mandela, the jailed leader of the African National Congress and the legendary leader of the black nationalist movement in South Africa.
The new union federation, known as Cosatu, was launched Saturday as a fusion of largely black trade unions opposed to apartheid. It says it has 36 affiliated unions with more than 400,000 members — almost 40 percent of South Africa's 1.4 million unionized workers.
In Cape Town, 186 U.S. companies operating in South Africa announced that a week ago they sent to Education Minister F.W. De Klerk a 15-page memorandum urging abolition of racially separated education. Among the 186 were Mobil and IBM.
Official calls smoking addictive
United Press International
WASHINGTON - Surgeon General C. Everett Kooop said Sunday that despite tobacco industry assersions to the contrary, cigarette smoking is addictive, and that cigarette advertising should be outlawed
Koop, interviewed on CBS-TV's "Face the Nation," also decreed an increase in smoking among young women and put part of the blame on women's magazines that carry large numbers of cigarette ads.
Asked about industry statements that the surgeon general had reported cigarette smoking to be non-
addictive, Koop said, "Nicotine in cigarette tobacco is an addictive drug. Dr. William Pollin, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, has said that nicotine is the most addictive drug in our society.
"And in the 1983 report that I made on smoking and health, I talked about both the addiction that is physiological, as well as psychological."
Koop said tobacco companies still quoted a surgeon general's report from 1978 or 1979 that said smoking was not addictive.
prepared since then certainly says that it is wrong."
"The evidence that has been
Of the increase in smoking among young women, Koop said, "I think a lot of that falls at the feet of those who should be most interested in women. For example, the magazines that cater to women do not warn them in any way editorially about the dangers of smoking.
Senate to vote on PAC limits
WASHINGTON — The Senate is set to take its first vote this week on a proposal to limit contributions that members of Congress can accept from political action committees — the fastest growing source of campaign funds.
The Associated Press
Supporters say the consciences of lawmakers will be tested by the vote, and opponents argue that the proposed restrictions will infringe on the political process and that they need further study.
Both sides agree that PAC contributions to incumbents in Congress are soaring and that the outcome of Tuesday's scheduled roll call vote is uncertain.
"This is the first Senate vote that squarely faces the issue of whether PACs are a problem. That's an important test for every senator," says Sen. David Boren, D-Okla.
His bill would restrict House candidates to $100,000 in PAC money during each two-year election cycle. Senate limits would range from $75,000 to $750,000, depending on a state's population.
Last year, 251 House candidates
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The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Chamber Music Series
Follow the Star to... The Christmas Story presented by The Waverly Consort
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8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, 1985
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