The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
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Thursday, December 2, 1982 Vol. 93, No. 71 USPS 650-640
Former KU student executed by Iranians
By DAN PARELMAN Staff Reporter
By working with the Mojahedin in Iran, Nadia took a risk, according to her friends, because the regime of Ayatollah Rubolhail Khomeini has killed its political opponents.
Nadia Kaviani left the University of Kansas for her homeland, Iran, in December 1979 to work with the anti-Khomeini group, People's Mojhaideh Organization of Iran.
The risk proved fatal.
Her friends said they found our last week that Nadia was executed, Sept. 29. She was 23.
NADIA'S FATHER LAST week told Maryam Charmia, Nada's former KU roommate, that guards in the hospital where she was kept had been released to give them information about the Moheedin.
Charmichi, who lives in Omaha, Neb., asked that the name of Nadia's father not be used.
Charmciached Nadia's father last week in Mashhad, Iran, a town of about 670,000 people in northern Iran about 500 miles northwest of Tehran. Charmciached has known Nadia since ninth grade.
Larry Cox, deputy director for Amnesty International in New York, said yesterday that it was Amnesty International's policy not to publish the identity of sources who give the names of those executed. He said that publishing the names of sources could possibly endanger
BESIDES HIER PARENTS, Nadia also has a sister, Nahid, who lives in Iran.
Nadia was a junior in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at KU and lived at Gertrude Riverside.
Hussein Yaghi, assistant professor of linguistics at KU, said Nadia was in one of his classes in 1979. He described her as a quiet girl who always wore a covering on her head.
In December 1979, Nadia returned to Iran to attend the Science and Technology University and to work for the Mojhaedin.
The Mojhadafi, in founded in the 1960s, intensified its opposition to Khomeini after his regime, in June 1983, ousted Iranian president Abdahassan Bani-Sadr, a man who Khomeini himself placed in power after the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in November 1979.
DURING THE MONTH Bani-Sadr was ousted, 19 people were killed, 200 were injured and 30 were arrested in anti-Khomeini demonstrations, according to news reports at the time.
In the months that followed, the Khomeini regime began arresting those such as Nadia, who protested Bani-Sadh's ouster and who later protested the regime's murders.
"Her father told me that he had arrested her from in front of her house." Charmii said.
The Kavians did not hear from their daughter until eight months later when a caller told them she was in a hospital. The Kavians found out that she was put in the hospital because she had been tortured in Tehran's Evin Prison, where she was held for five months, she said.
CHARMCHI SAID THAT Nadia's father said that one time the guardes at the hospital wished his daughter with cables then later made her a nurse and she sealed. Then they whinwed her again, she said.
But, she said. "The guards told her father they had no charges against her."
Last month, Nadia's father asked the guards if he could talk to his daughter. They told him in a way that was hard for them.
CURT GEHRING, Amnesty International Area Coordinator for the Middle East, said that feet-wiphing with cabies, plastic hoses or mattresses was a very common reported forms of torture in Iraq.
Hearing could not confirm Nadia's death, after checking with the September-October death log on file in Armney's Washington office. He said she was in a critical condition and in an attempt to officially confirm her execution.
Nasir Charmil, Maryam's brother and a friend of Nadai's, said she was dedicated to her wife.
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Carlin aide says cuts likely if revenue plan not passed
By STEVE CUSICK Staff Reporter
The University of Kansas may be forced to make further budget reductions next February if the Kansas Legislature does not approve Gov. John Carlin's plan to rearrange the state's system of revenue collection, an aide to Carlin said yesterday.
Carril announced in a press conference yesterday that he would be forced to trim 3.3 percent from all state agencies unless the change was approved.
THE 3.3 PERCENT reduction would mean the Regents schools would lose $9.8 million.
Carlin's system would speed the collection of sales and income taxes.
Mike Swenson, Carlin's press secretary, said the changes would boost the state's revenues, thus avoiding further reductions in state agencies not affected under the allotment
"THE GOVERNOR, without that action, would be forced to implement further reduce
Such reductions would include an across-the-board reduction in state appropriations.
"It's not a threat — it's not something he's doing to threaten the Legislature," Swenson said.
Last month, the governor initiated an allotment system, which called for a 4 percent reduction in budgets of state agencies not affected by a 4 percent reduction last summer.
Under the allotment system, the state's school districts and Social and Rehabilitation Services suffered the heaviest reductions. Carlin proposed a $12 million reduction in the SRS budget. The Regents institutions were not affected by the proposal).
BUT HARLEY DUNCAN, chief analyst for the
state Division of the Budget, said the Legislature would still have to come up with about $44 million to cover a projected deficit in the state's general fund.
"We think more is necessary, being that we need to begin the next fiscal year with a
Swenson said that Carlin had met with state House and Senate leaders and that they reacted favorably toward the revenue collection plan.
Stanley Koplik, Executive officer; said that he thought the Legislature would find a way to provide such services.
James Bibb, KU associate director of business affairs, said a second cutback at the University would hurt more than the reduction last summer.
"The cutbacks in high education have been damaging," he said. "And another cutback
KEITH NITCHER, University director of business affairs, said, "It would be very, very difficult to absorb another cut. We would hope that we could take action so further cuts didn't need be necessary."
"That second cut is always harder to take. If it
ell fat late in the fiscal year, it would be even
better."
If the governor wants to reduce 3.3 percent of the whole fiscal 1983 budget, it will be hard to compress those cutbacks into a five-month period, he said.
Bibb said officials were able to spread out the reductions last summer because they came from a different school.
THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS and those of last summer can be appealed by agency representatives. They have until Dec. 10 to make the appeal.
Kopik said the Regents would not appeal the $12.7 million reduction from last summer.
Liz Kretchmer, Winnetka, III, junior, left, and Michelle Carleton, annual SUA Madrigal Dinner at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Clay Center freshman, paint a banner that is to be used for the Union Ballroom.
Movie filming boosts economy
Rv DOUG CUNNINGHAM
Staff Renorter
"The Day After" has passed and the crew for that television movie left Lawrence several months ago, but the economic effects of the filming are still being felt in Lawrence — felt in a
ABC Circle Films spent $1 million during its stay in Lawrence, according to a study done by the Institute of Economic and Business Research at the University of Kansas.
BUT THE KU researchers estimated that the movie brought a $2.15 million boost to the local economy because of a 'multiplier effect' that increased hands in the community by 2.1 times.
About 10 percent of the salaries paid to the cast and crew was spent in local restaurants, shops and other businesses, Robert Glass, project coordinator and researcher at the studio, said yesterday.
"The Day After" is the tentative title of a made-for-television movie that depicts what might happen after a nuclear attack as people are evacuated from the Kansas City area to Lawrence. ABC started filming in Lawrence Aug. 16 and finished Sept. 8.
Moreover, the money generated about 140 temporary jobs in Lawrence, according to the
DAN DORAN, program publicist for the movie, said ABC would return to Lawrence if the city met the locale and set requirements of another movie.
"I guarantee it," he said. "Everyone has said that if the opportunity ever arose again, that would be our first choice. We just all came away from the community feeling really good."
Doran said 3,000 extras, many of them KU students, were used in the movie's production. The biggest scene was a filming sequence at Allen Field House that involved 1,200 extras.
"We realized the only way we could do it was to use university students," he said from Los
DORAN SAID SOME special arrangements might be made for a Lawrence showing of the film, which should be ready for broadcasting in April or May.
"But that's only in the talking stages," he said.
He said the movie was difficult to make because of its subject matter.
"We were depicting something that all of us hoose will never hangen," he said.
Attracting ABC to Lawrence and convincing the company to spend 22 of the movie's 24 production days in Lawrence did involve some expense on the part of local people.
JOHN MYERS, director of the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau, said that attracting ABC to Lawrence had taken about 580 hours of employee time.
The Kansas Department of Economic Development also spent about 240 employee-hours to bring ABC to Lawrence, Myers said, and the total estimated cost was $7,000.
But that money was money well-spent, he said. "For a $2 million return, it wasn't a bad investment," he said. "The economic impact, in addition to the return, is in the form of money very much worl it."
THE STUDY, Myers said, showed that the benefits of having ABC in town far outweighed the disadvantages, which means the visitors will be able to bring future movie projects to Lawrence.
Kennedy decides not to run in 1984
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WASHINGTON—Even though he said it was no secret that he wanted the presidency, Sen Edward Kennedy bowed to urgent family pleas and declared yesterday he would neither seek the presidency nor accept a draft in 1904.
Kennedy had been considered the early front-runner for the Democratic nomination. His bombshell stunned both political parties, gave President Reagan an immediate political lift and sent other Democratic hopefuls scurrying to redraw battle plans.
BUT, CITING divorce proceedings now wrenching his family, he said, "I have also indicated that I would not be a candidate in 1984, but it is possible either for the president or the vice president."
"I don't think it's any mystery that I would like to be president," said the Massachusetts senator, who failed in a bid two years ago to deny renomination to Jimmy Carter.
Kennedy is embroiled in a divorce that will end his 22-year marriage to his wife, Joan. He made his announcement in a packed room on
Capitol Hill as their children, Kara, 24; Ted Jr.,
21; and Patrick, 15, sollen looked on.
Kennedy said he thought Reagan could be beaten in a race, but would not now be Democratic hopeful.
"WERE THE DECISION NO be made solely on political grounds, I'd have a different announcement for you today," he said. "But my family was the overriding consideration."
"I am involved in a divorce. It's a painful experience both for Joan and myself and for the
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members of my family, and I just felt that the cumulative effect of those kinds of pressures on the family were unacceptable at this particular time."
Kennedy's abrupt decision flung the Democratic Party into chaos at a time when domestic economic problems seem to indicate Reagan could be vulnerable in 1984.
In Brazil, where he began a five-day visit to Latin America, Reagan said he was surprised by Kennedy's announcement, and, with barely more than a minute of silence, he joined Democratic party — and they're welcome to it."
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, considered to be the most likely immediate beneficiary, called Kennedy's decision "difficult and courageous."
In his prepared statement, Kennedy said, "I have concluded that the political case for my becoming a presidential candidate is a strong one.
"FOR THE MEMBERS of my family, the 1980 campaign was sometimes a difficult experience," he said. "And it is very soon to ask them to go through it again.
"In addition, the decision that Joan and I have made about our marriage has been painful for our children as well as ourselves. For this reasons I believe my that my first and overriding obligation now is to Patrick and Kara and Teddy."
"I will not be a candidate for the presidency of the United States in 1984."
SOURCES CONFIRMED that Kennedy's advisers had already assembled an elaborate campaign organization on paper. One source who saw the document said it included "some big names" and clearly pointed to a Kennedy candidacy.
Animal lovers, researchers differ on animal use
Weather
Today will be cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers, according to the National Weather Service. The high will be in the mid-80s.
Tonight will be cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow and a low of 45 to 50.
By VICKY WILT Staff Reporter
Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, with bighs in the low to mid-30s.
A dog cowers in the corner of his cage, anticipating more painful injections, as a researcher approaches.
Rabbits' heads are locked in stocks while a chemical is sprayed into their eyes to test whether they can escape.
BUT THE RESEARCHERS present the other side — their own horror stories, such as babies born with no arms and hands attached at the wrist, whose mothers took the drug thalidomide.
These are the horror stories that animal protection groups relate to the public in an effort to raise awareness.
Joe Held, National Institutes of Health director of research, said these deformities could have been avoided if the drug had been tested on animals before being given to pregnant
And polio, the crippler of children, would not
have been eradicated had it not been for Jonas Salk and his use of kidney cells from rhesus monkeys.
Such tragedies were common before researchers discovered effective drugs through tests on animals. Researchers say drug testing animals is necessary to improve human health.
BUT ANTIVIRUSESINISTERS, who oppose such research on animals, question the animals'
Since 1966, animal protection has been assured by the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act. The act requires that animals used for research are required well.
John Hoyt, president of the Humane Society of the United States, said the act was necessary but that alone, it was not sufficient.
animals to be taken from pounds and used in research had been revoked.
What is needed, he said, is a policy that would increase public awareness of the research and training needs.
Helen Jones, president of the Society of Animals' Rights, said other acts allowing
Such acts are usually state laws, she said, and her organization is working to abolish them.
But not all laws requiring release of shelter animals for experimentation have been eliminated.
or seven IJ reasons, research at the University of Kansas is not done on shelter animals John Mulder, director of the KU animal care
ONE OF THESE, the Metcalf-Hatch Act, was repealed in 1979. The 25-year-old New York state law required public shelters to supply research animals to state laboratories and medical
Kansas has no state law regarding the release of animals for research. In Lawrence, animal testing is prohibited.
Seven states still require that shelters receiving public money release animals to research institutions on demand. Six states have laws prohibiting the release of animals, and have laws prohibiting them be detained at the local level.
unit, said there was not a local source for obtaining animals.
LINDA DECELLEES. Lawrence Humane Society manager, said her group did not release animals.
"The Humane Society does not believe a research life is a good life for an animal," she said.
Oklahoma is one of the states that requires publicly funded animal shelters to release
Charles Pfeisser, superintendent of the Animal Welfare Shelter, Oklahoma City, Okla., said he could not let personal feelings enter into a decision to sell animals to researchers.
The Oklahoma University Health Science Center has approached Pfeisser's shelter to turn over animals for research, he said, but the center has not taken any animals.
HE SAID, "We can't say it's right or wrong.
WE've heard both sides."
Hus Kinsley, OUHSC executive associate dean,
said the university had not taken the animals
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