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Monday, September 29, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
U.S. Senate accepts anti-drug bill
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a sweeping anti-drug bill early yesterday but put off passing the election-year package to give negotiators time to find a way to pay for the $1.4 billion legislation.
The legislation would declare war on smugglers and traffickers, pour new money into programs to help addicts, seek international cooperation and urge young people to stay drug-free through education.
education. Despite a session that ran past 3 a.m.yesterday, the Senate could not agree on the best way to finance the package and decided to tackle the money issue again tomorrow. No other amendments will be allowed.
The delay could jeopardize congressional action before Friday's scheduled adjournment.
"We have all the guns but so far, no bullets," said Sen. Daniel Evans, R-Wash. "It is a 100-percent pacifist bill."
Evans suggested paying for the anti-drug program with a 12.5 percent increase in liquor and tobacco taxes and was promptly challenged with a filibuster by Sen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky., who said, "You can take that trip to Mandalay."
With the exception of the financing provision, the Senate completed work on all portions of the 250-page bill but sidesteped some of the touchiest issues in the House's $3 billion measure approved last week.
Moving beyond a stripped-down bill presented by its leaders to secure passage, the Senate approved an amendment ordering the Pentagon to dip into its vast store of equipment and assets to throw into the battle.
But the Senate rejected an amendment to use U.S. soldiers and sailors to pursue smugglers and traffickers, and it did not adopt the death sentence as the ultimate penalty for drug kingpins.
Both provisions are in the House measure. Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., offered the amendment requiring the Pentagon to provide
equipment for the anti-drug war. Sen. Alan Dixon, D-III., proposed the use of U.S. troops.
Senators adopted numerous other amendments, ranging from penalties for persons who sell drugs to pregnant women and children, to cutting off the sugar quotas to countries that export drugs.
sugar quotas to count. The Senate refused, 60-25, to kill an amendment identical to the one approved by the House that imposed the death penalty for drug kingpins who intentionally cause someone's death through drug operations.
operations. The House, in its anti-drug bill, approved even greater use of the military, ordered Reagan to use troops to seal the United States borders and ports in 45 days and to substantially cut the flow of drugs.
The Senate bill would provide $678 million for stronger interdiction efforts to keep illegal drugs out of the country by beefing up intelligence collection, putting more radar-equipped planes into the fight and giving an even bigger role to the Coast Guard.
Policies fail to cover nuclear mishaps
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Insurance companies refuse to provide nuclear accident coverage to Americans living near atomic power stations even though plant owners are financially protected, a study said yesterday.
surance to cover their properties.
The study, done by the Environmental Policy Institute, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and the Union of Concerned Scientists, revealed that nuclear power plants carry more than $1 billion in
The study also said the Price-Anderson Act, a 1957 nuclear insurance law that Congress is about to renew, limits lawsuits against companies blamed for nuclear mishaps.
"The millions of Americans who live near nuclear power plants, transportation routes and other nuclear facilities may be getting left pennies on the dollar if there's an accident," said David Berick, of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
design and build safety components for nuclear plants are totally exempted from any liability for losses to the public, even if an accident is caused by criminal negligence.
"After nearly 30 years of operating with commercial nuclear power, no insurance company in the world is willing to sell insurance to the public that covers losses caused by a nuclear accident," the study said. "The 'nuclear exclusion' clause is so common that it can even be found in the insurance policies that are sold to
of Concerned Stakeholders The study said companies that
cover loss of contact lenses."
But the study said nuclear power plant owners spent more than $12 to insure their property for every dollar they spent on insurance to compensate the American public.
"In the wake of the Chernobyl accident in the Soviet Union, Congress is going to vote on proposals to renew a law which leaves victims and taxpayers holding the bag," said Kathleen Welch, of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
Agency discusses nuclear problems
United Press International
VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency will consider how to prevent nuclear terrorism and how to establish liability for nuclear accidents at its 30th general conference opening today in Vienna.
The topics are part of some unfinished business from the 113-member agency's special session last week on nuclear safety
In order to end last week's meeting with the signing of two international conventions on nuclear safety, delegates were persuaded to delay consideration of several resolutions until this week.
Among the resolutions is a proposal sponsored by Mexico on behalf of 77 developing nations. The proposal called for establishing a task force to draw up another convention prohibiting attacks on nuclear installations.
A report last summer by an independent panel of experts from nine nations concluded that areactor accident brought about by terrorists, even one releasing significant amounts of radioactivity, is by no means implausible and is technically feasible.
The chief Soviet delegate to the conference, Boris Shchernbina, said
week that the accidents at
Chernobyl in April and Three Mile
Island eight years ago showed how
dangerous an attack could be.
A second resolution sponsored by the Netherlands calls for a single international convention to establish liability in nuclear accidents.
The Soviet Union has refused to compensate anyone outside its borders who suffered economic damage as a result of the April 26 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.
Many European governments ordered their farmers to dump milk, produce and meat to avoid potential radiation contamination. The losses ran into the billions of dollars.
The forum also might provide a opportunity for some debate on the wisdom of nuclear power. Delegates from Austria and Sweden condemned nuclear power last week.
Delegates to the conference also will discuss an expanded safety program. Part of the basis for the talks will be a report on the Chernobyl disaster by the Soviet Union.
Drug use tied to aging in rats
The agency has been allotted an additional $2 billion more than its normal $6 billion allocation for safety programs.
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Chronic use of marjuiana and other drugs may cause the same kind of brain damage associated with aging, which suggests that habitual users may be "sitting on a time bomb" as they grow older, researchers said.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse said new findings based on animal studies and clinical reports pointed to drug-induced damage in a brain region ruling memory and emotion.
In a study at Wake Forest University financed by the institute, rats were exposed to THC, the active ingredient of marijuana, for extended periods. Autopsies showed that the rats suffered a loss of cells in the brain's hippocampus, which governs emotional responses and memory and is known to be affected by aging.
The researchers found further evidence of the drug-aging connection when animals treated with THC had elevated blood levels of hormones that "play a key role in the aging process of hippocampal nerve
cells," said Philip Landfield, director of the study.
Last week, at a briefing at the Health and Human Services Department, Marvin Snyder, director of preclinical studies for NIDA, noted that the Wake Forest findings corroborate anecdotal data about human drug users that is "suggestive and alarming."
Snyder said physicians have reported that long-time amphetamine users in their late 30s are exhibiting symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
On campus
Academic Computing Services will sponsor an introductory seminar on MAIL/BITNET, a nationwide electronic mail system, at 3 p.m. today in the auditorium of the Computer Services Facility.
The KU Women's Soccer Club will practice at 5:45 p.m. today at the University soccer fields, 23rd and Iowa streets.
The KU Kempo Karate and Self-
Defense Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. t
moday in room 130 of Robinson
Center.
■ Maranatha Christian Ministries will sponsor the multi-media presentation "Rock-n-Roll: A Search for God," at 7 p.m. today in the lobby of Lewis Hall.
Academic Computing Services will sponsor an introductory seminar on SAS, an integrated package of statistical programs, at 7 p.m. today in 121 Fraser Hall.
The Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction will meet at 8 p.m. today in Cork Room 2 of the Kansas Union.
■ KU Democrats will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Art Gallery of the Kansas Union.
The KU Soccer Club will practice at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the University soccer fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
The Linguistics Colloquy will sponsor a seminar on "Computer Analysis of Language Samples: Phonology, Morphology and Syntax," at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in room 207 of Blake Hall.
On the record
A citizens band radio and various other items, valued together at $235, were taken between midnight Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday from a car parked in Dover Square, Lawrence police said.
A bicycle valued at $400 was taken between 6 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Friday from an apartment building in the 1200 block of Oread Avenue.
A pair of car stereo speakers valued at $300 was taken between 10 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday from a vehicle parked in Windsor Place.
A coin collection and hand tools
valued together at $245, were taken at about 8 p.m. Thursday from a residence in the 500 block of Elm Street.
A floor jack, antifreeze and brake fluid, valued together at $167 were taken between 6 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday.
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