Liquor lesson Students discuss new liquor laws with officials from state. See page 3.
SINCE 1889
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
BEER IS BEEF
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 28 (USPS 650-640)
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Israeli attack kills dozens, spares Arafat
From Kansan wires
TUNISIA - Israel F-16 warplanes bombed and destroyed the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters yesterday, killing as many as 60 people and injuring 30 others in retaliation for the Yom Kippur slayings of three Israelis in Cyprus.
The Reagan administration confirmed yesterday that U.S. built warplanes were used by Israel in the raid on the headquarters in Tunisia and said it accepted the Israeli claim. The action was taken in self-defense.
The single-engine jets flew 1,300 miles each way for the attack on the PLO command center in this North African nation - Israel's longest retaliatory air strike ever. The planes refueled in midflight, the Israeli army said in Jerusalem.
PLO chief Yasser Arafat narrowly escaped death, the PLO said in a report.
He had just returned from a trip to Rabat, Morocco, and was exercising away from the three-building compound in the Tunis suburb of Borgi Cedria when the jet fighters attacked. Palestinian sources said.
Dressed in military fatigues and appearing distressed, Arafat and an aide inspected the damage and talked with the wounded. Arafat has made his main headquarters in a suburb 15 miles south of Tunisia
since he was driven out of Beirut by the Israelis in 1982.
"It was a very important message that I have received today," he said in a television interview. "Shameful."
In Tel Aviv, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin said the raid was to retaliate for the Yom Kippur slayings of three Israelis aboard a yacht in Cyprus. And he called it a warning to terrorists 'that the long war' IDP (Israel Defense Forces) will reach them wherever they are."
Although a caller who said he represented the PLO group "Force 17" took responsibility for the attack against the PLO has denied involvement.
Pakistani sources in the Tunisian capital said at least 30 people, thought to be Palestinian, were killed and 30 others wounded in the bombing attack by four to six Israeli F-16 iets.
Jordon's news agency said Abu Tyad, head of Arafat's elite bad-flyer unit, died on Saturday.
ABC News quoted government radio as saying many Tunisians were killed in the attack, but the report could not be confirmed.
Army chief of staff Moshe Levy said 30 to 50 people were killed and more wounded in the 11 a.m. attack
See BOMBS, p. 5, col. 4
Students' advice helpful to KUAC
By Liz Maggard Of the Kansan staff
Few college students get opportunities to make decisions directly affecting the operation of $6 million corporations.
However, each year, three KU students take on that responsibility as members of the board of the University of Kansas Athletic Corp. for a profit corporation responsible for operating athletic programs.
This year's student members on the KUAC board are William Easley, Leawood senior and student body president; William Hanna, Newton and John Fewurly, Tonganoxic junior and junior class president
Athletic Director Monte Johnson said the student members fulfilled an essential role on the board.
"The students contribute more than they realize." he said. "To me,
it's like having people on the board who are practicing what they're preaching. They can relate to both the problems and the opportunities students and student-athletes face on the University campus."
Easley said he thought the most important function of the student board members was alerting board members to student concerns.
"It's no secret that things aren't as good as they could be between the Athletic Department and the faculty department and the students," Easley said.
However, he said, the student board members try to enhance those relationships by providing the students' point of view.
"If we can improve the relationships between the Athletic Department and the faculty and students, we'll be making gains
See REPS. p. 5, col. 4
Craig Sands/KANSAN
facilities operations workers carry a model of a prehistoric cat to the Museum of Natural History for Dinosaur Days, which will be Oct. 5-29.
Cat walk
Prudence of statute in dispute
By Jennifer Benjamin Of the Kansan staff
In an attempt to clarify a state law affecting the Kansas University Endowment Association's South African investments, State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, requested an opinion last week from Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan.
Branson said yesterday that she sent a letter dated Sept. 26 to Stephan at the request of some of her constituents.
The Endowment Association has said that the law, commonly referred to as the Prudent Man's Rule, makes it illegal for business in South Africa to engage in
The Prudent Man's Rule, which states standards for investments, says those who handle other people's money must consider the "probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital."
Several of Branson's constituents have called her or informally spoken to him.
Three constituents called her specifically on the issue, she said. Two of the three were employees of the University.
"I've had requests from a number of University personnel." Branson said. "But requests have also come from other students who feel they very strongly on this issue."
Branson's letter to Stephan said, "I am asking on behalf of a constituent to seek your opinion regarding the Prudent Man's Rule. Specifically, my constituent is asking whether the statute would preclude or bar the Endowment Association from divesting from companies located where racial discrimination exists, i.e. South Africa."
The letter also asked whether prudence should be interpreted only in a strict financial sense or whether it could be taken into account, Branson said.
Only elected officials may seek
See DIVEST p. 5 col. 2
Spending bill to come before Senate
By Bonnie Snyder Of the Kansan staff
The chairman of the Student Senate Finance Committee plans to present a bill limiting the spending powers of the student body president and that said yesterday that they saw no need for the bill.
Tim Henderson, finance committee chairman said Friday, "I'm trying to give StudEx some input into large expenditures out of Senate's account."
Gordon Woods, liberal arts and sciences senator and one of the sponsors of the bill, said yesterday, "It's only responsible to have some consultation of people when you spend large amounts of money."
Student body presidents and vice presidents now control the money allotted to the Student Senate in their absence.
Jeff Polack, student body vice president, said the bill was motivated by revenge because Polack had reprimanded Henderson for being late to a Senate meeting last week.
The bill, which Henderson said would be assigned to a committee tonight, would limit that power to $500, unless the Student Senate Executive Committee approved the expenditure.
Henderson said he was not making accusations against William Easley, student body president, or Polack, but intended the bill to prevent possible future abuses of presidential power.
"They didn't break any rules. That's obvious," he said.
Polack said he opposed the bill because it would take away one of the last administrative powers of the president and vice president.
Polack said StudEx was a legislative body, and
"It's just not that easy to come in and spend money," Polack said.
He said University administration had the final say on Senate expenditures.
should not interfere with the administration of the Senate.
Easley said StudEx members were not always around the office and couldn't know when purchases needed to be made.
"If we need a copier, we need a copier," he said. "It's not like we're abusing the power."
Easley said he and Polack were elected by the students to administer Senate finances, whereas some StudEx members were not elected, but were appointed to standing committees by the student body president.
Henderson said the bill had a good chance of passing the full Senate.
Steve Mingle/KANSAN
**SERVING KRIENKAN**
Edgar Lee takes a break on his farm after picking up newspapers for the Boys' Club of Lawrence. Lee and his family lived in the sub-basement of Corbin Hall for 41 years while he and his wife worked there.
Retired in '72 after 41 years
Couple recalls Corbin days
From 1831 to 1972, Lee and his wife Adelaia worked in Corbin Hall and raised their two children in a two-room apartment in the subbasement next to the laundry room. The now are used for storage next to the kitchen in the South Corbin part of Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin Hall.
By Kady McMaster Of the Kansan staff
Edgar Lee spent almost half of his 83 years living with his family beneath a KU residence hall.
Today the Lees are retired but involved in the Lawrence community. They fondly remember their days in Corbin.
"Edgar was of the old school and very thorough and disciplined." J.J. Wilson, former director of housing, who has known Edgar for about 20 years, said yesterday. "I don't think there is any question that he is one of the greatest workers I've ever known."
The people they worked for remember the Lees in the same way.
Edgar, one of eight children raised on a Douglas County farm, stands just over five feet tall. Although the years have taken a toll on his health, he still is full of the dates and the people who have passed through his life.
"The girls in Corbin were real friendly," he said Monday at his 80-acre farm on Route 5, five miles south of Lawrence.
"It was just like a big family to us," she said. "When the girls lived for four years instead of just their freshman year, we got to know them all by name.
Adelia said they occasionally received Christmas cards from some children.
"We would leave our door open and the girls would come in from the laundry room. They'd sit and talk to us about their home town or when they were depressed. If one of our babies cried, the girls would go see about them instead of coming to find us first. They were real helpful."
Adelia agreed.
"Edgar was the houseman and I was the maid." Adelia said. "I cleaned, made beds and served at
The Lees came to Lawrence after Edgar was laid off his job in 1929 because of the Depression. He had worked as a carpenter's apprentice for the Sante Fe Railway in Topeka where he and Adelia met. Edgar's brother Virgil, who worked transporting cadavers for the KU science departments, told the Lees about the job opening.
"When I tell the boys that I earned only $60, they think I mean $60 a week, not month," Edgar said. "The more money we give them, the less we think we ever worked that cheap."
From 1936 to 1946 Edgar raised pigs in a $1\frac{1}{2}$-acre area, which is now the area near the intersection of 21st and Naismith streets.
Edgar said that in 1931 he earned $60 a month and Adelaia earned $45 a month working at Corbin. At one point we were cut back to $54 and we
parties. Edgar worked all over Corbin. He was janitor, dishwasher, and he cut the grass."
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"You wouldn't believe it to see it
adelia said. "It used to be all
count."
Three months after the Lees moved into Corbin, their daughter Donna Jean was born. Their son Bobby was born 14 years later.
Pictures of Bobby and Donna Jean fill the shelves in their home, which was built in 1972 on the land they have owned for 29 years. Dozens of chickens run loose in their front yard.
"Bobby was the first boy that ever lived in a girls' droom," Adela said. "When he started college at KU, the two of us believed he had lived in a girls' droom."
See CORBIN, p. 5, col. 1