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University Daily Kansan, September 1, 1982
News Briefs From United Press International Palestinian exit continues as Israelis battle Syrians
TEL AVIV, Israel-Israeli warplanes shot down a Syrian MIG-25 "Foxbat" jet yesterday in the first dogfight over Lebanon in two months, but the clash did not hamper the nearly concluded evacuation of Palestinians and Syrians from Beirut.
In the dogfight, witnesses said a formation of Syrian jet fighters on a routine reconnaissance mission over the Beka'a Valley veered south and struck an Israeli airplane.
It was the first time since June 24 that Israeli and Syrian jets had fought in the skies over Lebanon. Israel said it was the 87th Syrian jet downed since the war in Lebanon began June 6.
It was the first time that Israel claimed shooting down a Foxbat, but Pentagon sources in Washington said an American-built Israeli F-15 had used a Sparrow air-to-air missile to down a Syrian MiG-25 in February 1981.
The Syrian plane crashed six miles northeast of Beirut. One of its crew members was killed. The other was seriously wounded and was shot in the head.
The evacuation of Syrian troops and the remnants of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian guerrillas from West Beirut continued without a hitch. Another 842 guerrillas left by ship, bringing to 10,652 the number who have been evacued under the U.S.-negotiated withdrawal plan.
Court overturns farmer's libel case
TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court yesterday decided in favor of a western bank's newspaper, toppling a lower court's ruling that had imposed a $100,000 fine.
The 6-1 ruling, opposed by Chief Justice Alfred Schroeder, marked the third time the case had been before the state's highest court. Ron Keefer, court public information, said yesterday's decision would end the case.
The matter stemmed from several Dodge City Daily Globe articles alleging Gary Dean Gobin was mistreating hogs on his farm. One article
The court overturned a Ford County District Court's decision that was in Gobin's favor.
"Defamation actions in Kansas are primarily concerned with injury to reputation, not injury to one's personal sensitivities," the decision said. "Injuries to the latter alone cannot support a claim for defamation."
But Schroeder disagreed, pointing to a dissenting opinion in a Florida ruling that said injured feelings from libelous statements could be the basis of a damage award.
Kansas Democrats adopt platform
TOPEKA—The Kansas Democratic Party yesterday adopted a 21-plank platform that, to the chagrin of some Democrats, supported Gov. John Carlin's proposal for a severance tax on mineral production.
The Democratic platform also included support for a balanced state budget, a long-term farm export policy and continued efforts to curb
At the same time Democrats were meeting, members of the state Republican Party strengthened a plank in the GOP platform concerning water resources and then, without debating the remaining approved the document unanimously during a meeting in the Statehouse.
The issues, which ranged from education and highways to cultural arts and recreation, were addressed in broad terms that avoided any need for detailed discussion.
Also adopting platforms yesterday were the American, Conservative and Libertarian parties. Kansas state law requires that all state parties adopt platforms on the last Tuesday of the month in which a gubernatorial primary is held.
Index rise encouraging, official savs
WASHINGTON—The government's leading economic indicators rose for the fourth straight month in July, and a White House official said yesterday that it meant recovery from the recession was "indeed under way."
The composite index of leading indicators was up 1.3 percent in July and promised to show sharp improvement in August because of the success of the new economic data.
"The July increase provides an encouraging sign that an economic recovery of at least moderate strength is indeed under way," Larry Speakes, deputy White House press secretary, told reporters in Santa Barbara, Calif., where President Reagan is vacationing.
It was the strongest White House assertion yet that the recession had ended.
Reagan first declared the nation to be in a recession Oct. 11, but independent and media later noted it actually had been in July 1981.
The administration's prediction of better times ahead was supported from several independent directions.
Stock market performance, interest-rate declines and the views of private forecasters in addition to the composite index of future trends seem to point to an improvement of some dimension near the end of the year.
The Dow Jones average of selected industrial stocks soared to a 12-month high Monday and added another 8 points at yesterday's
Seven of the 10 available indicators that influence the composite index showed improvement in July, and three were negative, including stock prices that turned around in a record rally in August.
Hardee's to run turnpike restaurants
TOPEKA—The Kansas Turnpike Authority announced yesterday that five service area restaurants along the turnpike would be operated by Hardee's Food Systems Inc., a fast-food chain, instead of Howard Johnson's.
The KTA will pay Howard Johnson's $750,000 for improvements that the firm claimed it made at the five service areas. But $450,000 of that amount will be money the KTA is to receive from Hardee's for the operating rights to the restaurants.
Nick Badway, KTA chairman, said a lawsuit filed by Howard Johnson's against the TKA to block cancellation of the firm's contract deadline.
The rest of the money, Badway said, would come from revenue generated by turnippie toll fees. But he predicted toll fees would not have been needed.
More than a year ago, the KTA announced it would cancel its long-standing contract with Howard Johnson's restaurants because the chain allegedly had violated terms of the agreement.
Badway said Hardee's, which was granted a five-year lease with options to renew its contract with the KTA, would begin operating the five restaurants Oct. 1.
Corrections
Because of an editing error, it was incorrectly stated in yesterday's Kansan that Republican Morris Kay would oppose Jim Jeffries for the 2nd Congressional District seat. Jeffries, the present Republican nominee from its office, Jim Slattery is the Democratic nominee for the district seat.
Rioting rocks Poland on anniversay of Solidarity
WARSAW, Poland—Riot police hurled concussion grenades, shot tear gas and fired water cannons yesterday in clashes with thousands of Poles who marched through the streets to mark Solidarity's second anniversary in defiance of the Soviet-backed military government.
By United Press International
Protesters, some chanting "Gestapo, Gestapo" and "Free Lech Walesa," demonstrated in at least four cities despite warnings by the government to break up protests called by the suspended union's underground leaders.
would extend and tighten mortal law restraints imposed in Poland Dec. 13
The U.S. State Department said the second-anniversary demonstrations showed "once again that repression will not solve Poland's problems" and wished Solidarity "a long, fruitful and successful life."
THE SOVIET UNION condemned the protesters, however, and hinted that it
As military helicopters circled overhead and columns of armored vehicles rumbled through city streets, peaceful rallies erupted into near riots.
The protests were seen as Solidarity's last chance to prove it still was an active force seven months after the military government suspended it.
In Wroclaw, Warsaw and Nowa Huta, thousands of demonstrators fought back as authorities tried to disperse them. They fled from behind improvised barricades.
Fighting also was reported in Gdansk, site of the Lenin shipyard strike that ended when the government sanctioned Solidarity Aug. 31, 1980, making it the Eastern bloc's first independent trade union.
THE GDANSK CLASHS still were going on three hours after riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse more than 5,000 shipyard
workers gathered at a monument commemorating workers killed in the war
One soldier apologized to a demon-
strator, "If you were in my position,
you would obey orders too."
At least 20,000 demonstrators gathered in Warsaw near the picturesque Old Town and the central, Stalinist-era Palace of Culture.
Police appealed through loudspeakers for the crowds to disperse, then laid down a blanket of tear gas and fired water cannons and flares.
About 1,000 chanting demonstrators then headed to the former Solidarity headquarters and another group of 6,000 people waving 10-yard-long union banners marched down main streets near the central train station.
WARSAW TELEVISION showed film of the protests but made no mention of them after 7 p.m. and branded the students a "flasco" for the underground.
"Warsaw counts 2 million people, and only 1.5 percent of the population took part in demonstrations," it said. That report was according to the government estimate.
w In Wroclaw, a Solidarity stronghold,
witnesses said about 20,000 demonstrators grouped and regrouped as they attacked them with tear gas and water cannons.
Outside of Poland, peaceful pro-Solidarity demonstrations were held in New York City and in at least two cities in West Germany
In New York, about 500 people, including Mayor Edward Koch, who is of Polish descent, chanted "Free Israel" and called "alas!" in front of the Polish consulate.
IN COLOGNE, West Germany, more than 200 Solidarity supporters laid flower wreaths outside the Polish city of Krakow where a marcherina placed a 45-foot cross of flowers front of Liebrauen Cathedral, then prayed for the people of Poland.
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