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Wednesday, September 23, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Biden has talked of leaving presidential race, aide says
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph Biden said yesterday he was assessing the damage to his troubled 1988 Democratic presidential campaign, and a key aide said the senator has discussed quitting the race with members of his staff.
"I'm not going to make that judgment now. I'm not going to make any further comments on the presidential race," the Delaware senator told reporters following a string of disclosures involving law school plagiarism and his use of other politicians' material in campaign speeches.
Rumors that Biden had quit the race swirled about his office during the day, and his spokesman, Larry Rasky, called reports that the senator ordered his aides to cease campaign efforts "pure junk."
Biden's campaign was damaged first by reports that he had lifted campaign speech material from British politician Neil Kinnock. He delivered a Kinnock anecdote as if it were his own. Then it was revealed that Biden had plagiated material for a law school paper in 1965.
His political situation deteriorated further Monday, when it was announced that he would be hospitalized.
academic credentials and accomplishments in a heated exchange with a voter in New Hampshire last spring.
During a break in the hearings on the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, Biden told CBS News and ABC News, "if the damage done from this makes it impossible for me to win," he said. "I'm impossible for me to conduct a campaign at the same time, then I'm not going to stay in for the exercise."
Some of Biden's aides said that the best way for him to recover politically was to forget about his campaign and focus on his role as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Bork hearings. Biden said in the committee session that he would not quit as chairman and asserted, "The gavel is mine until they take it from me."
One associate said Biden, who travels to his home in Wilmington, Del., almost every night, intended to discuss his political future with his family before returning to Washington today.
Anne H. Lewis, Biden's New Hampshire campaign director, was asked if she was worried that when she wakes up in the morning, there
will be a call from Biden saying he is dropping out.
"I'm aware that it's definitely a possibility," she said. She denied rumors that Biden's New Hampshire operation was already shutting down.
A Biden aide, speaking privately, said, "Nobody would say that we're not damaged. This is a time when we might right mind would do a reassessment."
But one aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Biden's aides thought his campaign had been able to gain the White House.
Biden has been chairing confirmation hearings for Bork while the political controversy has swirled around his campaign. He has asked him to quit and said that officials expected difficulties with fundraising.
Biden qualified for federal matching money on yesterday.
In Iowa, a Biden campaign staffer who asked not to be identified said Washington aides have discussed the possibility of withdrawing, but that Iowa field staffers urged staying in the race.
Navy fighter downs Air Force jet
NORFOLK, Va. — A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance jet was accidentally shot down yesterday by a Navy F-14 fighter over the Mediterranean Sea during NATO exercises, but the two Air Force crewmen ejected safely, the Navy said.
The Associated Press
The Air Force RF-4C jet was downed by an air-to-air missile fired by the F-14, said Cmdr. Jolene Keefer, a spokeswoman for the Naval Air Force Atlantic. The Air Force plane was from Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 26 at Wiesden Base In base
West Germany.
The F-14, from the carrier USS Saratoga, carried the long-range Phoenix missile, the medium-range Sparrow and the short-range Sidewinder, but Keefer said she did not know which hit the Air Force jet.
A helicopter from the Saratoga picked up the two Air Force officers within 30 minutes and took them to the ship, Keefer said.
"Neither of the men suffered any apparent injuries, and both are in good health," she said.
From the KU Weather Service
officers as 1st Lt. Randy Spouse of Sumter, S.C., the pilot, and Capt. Michael Ross of Portsmouth, Ohio, the weapons officer.
She did not have the names of the two crewmen of the F-14, which was attached to Fighter Squadron 74 at Wright-Patterson Air Station in Virginia Beach, Va.
Keefer identified the Air Force
The accident, which occurred at 3:50 p.m. EDT, is being investigated by the Navy and the Air Force, she said.
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On Campus
"Interviewing I," a University Placement Center program, is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. today at 149 Burge Union
- Retirees Club coffee is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Adam Lounge in the Adams Alumni Center.
"U.S. Constitution and Civil Liberties," a University Forum by David Gottlieb, professor of law, is scheduled for 11:40 a.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Orave Aad.
SenEx wants change in core curriculum plan
- Campus Christians meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today in the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
- Society of Women Engineers meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at 2022 Learned Hall.
■ "The Fifth Republic and the Second Rebuilding of Paris," a slide lecture by David H. Pinkney, professor of history at the University of Washington, is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art, audition hall.
By a Kansan reporter
University Senate Executive Committee members yesterday afternoon voiced continued support for a University-wide core curriculum proposal, but some want changes to include exceptions for some professional schools such as fine arts and engineering.
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, met with committee members to get their views on the proposal.
"I favor it. I have always favored
it," he said. "I see it implem-
mented." Bunkman said.
Brinkman said the proposed selective admissions policy, which would be debated during the Oct. 1 University Council meeting, eventually may affect the content of the core curriculum.
schools.
Core curriculum requirements include mandatory liberal arts and sciences courses for students in al$ ^{b}$
He said some of the funds for the core curriculum could come from the state through a proposed Margin of Excellence program.
Judithr Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, also spoke to committee members. Ramaley said she and Brinkman had talked about appointing a dean of undergraduate studies to oversee undergraduate requirements.
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