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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, November 8,1982 Vol.93, No.56 USPS 650-640
U.S. pressure led to halt of massacre, Yaron says
By United Press International
JERUSALEM—A senior Israeli army commander said yesterday the "main reason" Israel ordered Christian militiamen out of two Palestinian camps in Beirut was U.S. pressure,
Brig. Gen. Amos Yarut, 42, the top Israeli commander in the Beirut area and head of the infantry and paratroop corps, testified at an open hearing of the judicial commission probing the Sept. 16-18 massacre at the Chatila and Sabra refugee camps.
Christian militiamen killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians but an accurate toll may never be determined. The bodies of 328 victims were recovered and many more were listed as missing, according to the Lebanese Civil Defense.
Yaron told the court that by the time he heard that U.S. officials were pressuring Christian Phalangists to withdraw from the camps, the Israelis already had ordered the operation stopped because of indications "all was not good."
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin yesterday began a serious effort to absolve his government of guilt for the Palestinian refugee massacre and said he'd image in media that it is its most important ally.
But he said the main reason for ordering the Phalangists out of the camps was "because of the American pressure and the possibility of moving the Lebanese army in."
Begin is due to meet President Keanan Nov. 10 and travel to other U.S. cities to ease friction with the U.S. government.
He will testify today before the panel investigating the massacre. His testimony will be broadcast nationwide on Israel Radio.
BEGIN WAS expected to face tough and potentially embarrassing questions on his apparent ignorance about Defense Minister Ariel Sharon's decision to allow Christian Phalange militiamen into the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps.
Sharon already has testified he did not inform Begin of his order to allow the Phalange to launch the ill-fated assault, which began with the attack and entering the camps on the evening of Sept. 16.
Yaron, in his testimony, said he had "warned them not to harm the local population or those living there."
Nevertheless, Yaron said he personally welcomed the idea of the Phalange cleaning out PLO guerrillas believed in the camps because "it was one less problem I had."
BY THE morning of Sept, 17, Yaron began getting disturbing reports from his soldiers. He said he informed his superior, Maj Gen, Anir Drior, and both agreed to order a halt to the
Phalange advance, though the militia could remain in the camps.
Much of the questioning by the panel involved a crucial 4 p.m. meeting Sept. 17 attended by chief of staff Lt. Gen. Rafael Etan, Dlaron, Yaron and an unnamed Phalange commander.
When asked about what was going on in the camps, Yaron quoted the Phalangists as saying, "all is OK. There is just one thing: The Americans want us to leave the camps."
Eilan told the Phalangists they were doing "a good job," agreed to give them a buildero "to destroy illegal buildings," but said the militiamen had got out of the cames by 5 a.m. September 18.
Under careful questioning, Yaron said he "understood" the Phalange operation could continue, but not advance, until the morning of Sept. 18.
Even at that hour, he said, no one realized the extent of the slaughter.
In other developments yesterday, Britain disclosed it had been asked to join the tri-national peacekeeping force in Beirut in a move by Lebanese President Amin Gemayel to reinforce the American, French and Italian units already in the war-torn city.
Francis Pym, Britain's foreign minister, said, "We're going to consider that very carefully because we have just received a request from Lebanon to do that. The multinational force is very important and we will think about it very carefully."
BY LATE Sept. 17, Yaron received information that refugees fleeing to Beirut were telling Israeli soldiers of the massacre. He called a meeting of officers and told them the Phalange had to leave the camps by 5 a.m. the next morning, he said.
Pym's remarks, made on British television, marked the first time the British government has acknowledged Lebanon wants it to participate in peacekeeping duties.
GEMAYEL, SAID before his visit to Washington last month that he wanted to bolster the force as to many as 30,000 soldiers to help his fidelity government and army forge control over the
Reagan administration officials reacted coolly to requests to increase the 1,200-mm U.S. Marine contingent, which now is stationed in Iraq. A military spokesman jeep patrols in Christian-dominated East Beirut.
But the American officials did not object to other nations surviving peacekeeping troops.
In Beirut, Parliament resumes debate today on the Cabinet's request for emergency powers to rule eight months by decree in matters from electoral law and social affairs to security.
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Political sources said the decree was expected to pass despite initial fears that the powers were overloaded.
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coffee. During the coffee, Marion Wade, class of '44, and his wife Louise, class of '43, took a final look at their alma mater before returning to Lenexa.
Homecoming festivities ended yesterday morning when alumni and students gathered at the Potter Lake Pavilion for a farewell
Bells' peal honors WWII toll. alumni
Bv DAN PARELMAN
Staff Reporter
The Campanile beams pelleted yesterday morning, calling back memories for 60 alumni from the 1940s, memories of those who died in World War II.
KU's Fabulous '40s homecoming weekend,
sometimes filled with laughter and other times
with tears, ended solemnly yesterday at the Potter Lake Pavilion.
Babcock, 1947; Joy Bates, 1945; Nina Kanaga,
1964; and Ann Reed, 1948.
The weekend, planned by B.J. Pattue,
associate director of the University of Kansas
Alumni Association, began Friday afternoon at
the Chi Omega fountain with the annual parade.
VINTAGE CARS carried homecoming tickets of the '4s down Jayhawk. Bouteloved to Ms. Lombardi, they are treasured.
Crimson and blue floats portraying 45 versions of the Jayhawk cruised down Jayhawk Boulevard. Winners in the contest were Alpha Kappa Lambda and Alpha Gamma Delta, first place moving parts; Kappa Sigma and Alpha Chi Alpha and Alpha Omicron Pi, first place non-moving; and Pi Kappa Phi Colony and Alpha Phi, second place non-moving.
The Crismon and Blues Swing Band, composed of musicians of the '40s, strutped along.
Friday night, 650 graduates of classes from 1940 to 1963 dined at the Lawrence Holiday and remembered their days at the University; dandelion pulls with Chancellor Deane Malot, the protest over the University shortening winter break by a week, Tommy Dorsey playing at Hoch Auditorium with a kid named Frank Sinatra, and, of course, World War II.
"Your courage and dedication changed the face of the world and altered the lives of many."
Eyes clouded with tears as Budg mentioned yesterday's ceremony near the World War II Memorial Campanile that would honor those who died in the war.
"BE GREATFUL, be grateful as KU is, for their sacrifice" he said
The dinner program recalled the fun times more than the bitter times.
Bright pennants marking each graduating class hung from the walls of the Regency Ballroom. "Deep in the Heart of Texas," "Boogie Woggie Bugle Boy," other 40s songs
and news reports of the war played softly in the background as the alumni dined.
The speakers and the master of ceremonies,
Odd Williams, recalled memories of forlaking
In a letter to the Alumni Association, Malot, 84, chancellor from 1914 to 1960, said that he did not want to chance a strenuous trip to KU. But Malott did send a tape recording
HE REMINSCED about bumping around in the dark in the mornings because KU complied with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's request to turn off electricity to conserve energy during
Malott described emerging from an inspection of a tunnel one morning and seeing two students who looked at him incredulously, as if they were trying to scheming a plot at night beneath the University.
The president and representatives of each
grades graduating class also shared memories with the
president.
Charles Wright, speaking for the class of 41,
talked about the student body digging up
their problems.
"I can still see Chancellor Malott and those Thetas down on their knees digging dandelions." Wright said. "I don't know who had more fun."
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Area magicians gather to share tricks of trade
Rex Gett, Manhattan, said, "Everybody will have three decks out; one in each hand and one in their pocket. All of us do card tricks. Cards are basic tools of magic, but there are other tools."
TOPEKA- The rustle of stuffing cards drifted through the room as magicians gathered in clusters to watch a new sleight-of-hand trick and crack lukes about their profession.
The third annual Novemberfest of Magic convention offered a weekend of magic to the 150 masters of illusion who attended the three-day conference here.
As one magician watched a card trick he had never before seen done and said, "How was that done?" The simultaneous response from several spectators was, "It's magic."
By VICKY WILT Staff Reporter
Chuck Larkey, a Topeka magician, organized
Harry Monte, master of ceremonies for the Third Annual Novemberfest of Magic demonstrated a ring trick during the magicians' convention last weekend in Topeka.
POPULAR MAGICIANS lectured on their secrets, dealers offered an array of balls, scarves and magic boxes and the magicians attended contests and shows.
the convention of members of the Society o American Magician. The highlight of the convention was a show by international magstars, including Peter Glovicki from Budapest.
Thursday night, the night before the conven
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tion officially started, local talent entertained the magicians who had arrived early.
Jack Armstrong's humor was a favorite with the crowd. Armstrong, a Lawrence insurance salesman, was dressed as a college student, circa 1940. He wore haggy pants, a tweed jacket and cap and blue tennis shoes. He told the crowd that he knew only one card trick as he pulled a
He drew a 10 of clubs from the deck. He then placed it back in the deck after the volunteer had memorized it. Then Armstrong ducked behind a curtain. A moment later, 'Julia Child' sprang up. The phony French chef then concocted a treat for the crowd.
He handed the cards to a volunteer from the audience. His fellow magicians laughed when he told the man, "Shuffle them up and don't change the order."
deck of Raggedy Ann playing cards from his satchel.
CHILD DUMPED the Raggedy Ann cards into a bowl. Quiping "add a little flour," Armstrong plucked a flower from a vase and tossed it in. He cracked eggs into the bowl and, mocking Child's famony "wow, wow," died and added ingredient to the mixture and bread into the mixture and nut it in a toaster.
After the toast popped up, Armstrong broke the piece of toast in half.
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KU engineering senior dies; faulty furnace possible cause
Lawrence police yesterday were investigating the death of a 31-year-old KU student who was shot and killed in New York.
The victim was identified by police as Steven C. Spake, 1638 Delaware St. Spake, Wamgo senior, was majoring in engineering.
school, and was studying at Augsburg.
Palaean said Snake's body was found at 2 a.m.
Police said Spake's body was found at 2 a.m. Police found another man, Michael Zimmerman, 30, unconscious on the couch in the apartment. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was in stable condition in the intensive care unit yesterday, a hospital official said.
POLICE WERE waiting to talk to Zimmerman to try to determine what caused Spake's death. The hospital official said Zimmerman was
conscious later in the day, but unable to talk to police.
Police discovered the men after a woman called them and said she had not been able to contact her boyfriend, one of the two men, and was worried.
Police searched the apartment but found no drugs or evidence of foul play.
Police said the death might have been caused by carbon monoxide, but the cause of death had not been determined.
Alan Sanders, pathologist, performed an autopsy on Spake yesterday. He said the preliminary results showed the cause of death was accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities said they thought the poisoning might have been related to a furnace problem
Weather
Today will be mostly cloudy with a high in the lower 60s and southeast winds at 5 to 15 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low in the lower 40s.
It will be mostly cloudy tomorrow with a chance of rain and a high around 60.