2 University Daily Kansan News Digest From the Associated Press IRA leader killed in hospital OAKLAND, NORTHERN IREland—The youths assassinated IRA political organizer Maire Drumm as they lay in a hospital bed last night, police reported. They said the youths burst into the Mater Hospital in Belfast, pulled out revolvers and shot Drumm. The youths disappeared after the shootings. Drumm, 56, resigned several weeks ago her post as vice president and principal organizer for the Provisional Sixti Fein, the legal political arm of the lawmaker. The Provisional IRA is a mainly Roman Catholic movement fighting to drive the British from Northern Ireland and unite the province with the Republic of Ireland. Drummed was in the hospital, which caters to Catholic patients, for a cataract operation on her eyes. Ehrlichman aoes to iail SAFFORD, Ariz.—John Ehrlichman suddenly became a federal prisoner yesterday by walking into the Swift Trail federal work camp as soon as he learned that two judges in Washington had granted his request to begin serving his Watergate sentences. By not waiting for Supreme Court review of his convictions, Ehrlichman became the first of the three convicted men closest to Richard Nixon—and the highest one among them. His lawyer said he would continue to fight for reversal of Ehrlichman's two Watergate convictions in the high court. Unless the prison time is reduced through application to the sentencing judges, Ehrlichman must serve a minimum of two and a half years before he becomes eligible for parole. Flu shots up despite deaths ATLANTA—More than five million Americans have received swine flu shots, and the national immunization program "is picking up steam" despite lingering fever outbreaks. Immunization clinics are open to the general public in most states after three weeks of concentrating shots on the elderly and the chronically ill–persons concerned. Reports of about 40 deaths—mostly among the elderly or ill—"probably scared a lot of people off," said Stafford Smith, public information for the Federal Council. But, he said, "a lot of that fear, we hope, has been allayed by the fact that the vaccine was not implicated in the deaths." Talks begin amid pessimism GENEVA—Leaders of Rhodesia's blacks and whites began their conference today on the African country's future in an atmosphere of pessimism, bitten by hope. The historic meeting at the Palais des Nations brought Ian Smith, prime minister of Rhodesia's white minority government, face to face with four African presidents. As the talks began, fighting in Rhodesia and on its frontiers escalated sharply, with 19 black guerrillas, one white Rhodesian soldier and three civilians killed. FABIANO HIKING 10-30% Off All styles of Fabiano Hiking Boots are included, from the lightweight walking boot, to the heavier backpacking and insulated hunting boots. October 25th-30th only 812 Massachusetts Carter told a rally in Cleveland he couldn't promise a substantial tax reduction that a day earlier he had declared would be the "almost inevitable" result of his economic policies after four year in the House. The Democratic candidate said that he has raised GDP growth and lowered inflation and unemployment there might be tax reductions. Campaigning in key industrial states yesterday Jimmy Carter attempted to persuade, but not promise, that taxes would be lower if he were elected. Carter no longer promising tax reductions Bv The Associated Press PRIMARILY LEATHER "I am very careful not to promise that for sure," he said. President Ford, meanwhile, sought to demonstrate his leadership in nuclear power. with a promise that construction of uranium enrichment facilities in Portsmouth, Ohio, would begin early next year and would mean 6,000 new jobs. Ford unveiled plans in Cincinnati for an international effort to prevent the spread of *Ebola* to the United States. Carter after trailing by 20 points two months ago. Ohio, with 25 electoral votes, is believed to be leaning slightly toward Carter,伯尔森。 AT A STOP in Indianapolis, Ford told an overflow crowd at the Scottish Rite Cathedral that his Democratic opponent had suffered "a precipitous decline in popularity" because his campaign depends on a "discredited old formula of more promises, more programs and more spending." Aboard Air Force One, White House chief of staff Richard Cheney contended that Ford's campaign had made such inroads in the Deep South that the President may need to carry only four of the eight most populous states. CHENEY SAID The President and his strategists originally thought he would have to carry at least five of the "big eight": Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Texas and California. But Cheney said Republican polls indicated Ford's prospects in the South looked promising in Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina and Texas. Ford has made strong gains in voter preference polls in California, whose 45 percent hold more than any state. The latest California poll shows the President one percentage point ahead of BUT DEMOCRAT leaders there are saying, "it's all coming together" now in the Carter campaign in California. Democrats outnumber Republicans by 2.1 million in the race and a registration in the campaign up three new Democrats for every new Republican. GM will present an exhibition from 8 a.m. to p.m. Monday in the civil engineering lab. The meeting is part of an industry-campus communications project sponsored by KU and GM today and Monday. The project is an experiment designed to help develop similar projects at other major universities across the nation. Many University of Kansas students understand how an automobile works, but few may understand how the automobile industry works. KU students will have a chance to ask questions concerning the General Motors Corp, and the automobile industry at the University. Students will receive 2 p.m. Monday in Hoch Auditorium. GM execs to hold forum The "Town Hall" meeting will be an open discussion between the audience and four Guests. perimental urban passenger car will be one of the vehicles on display. THE EXHIBITION will show the possible future of urban transportation, and an exploration of what the future may look like. After these events, GM will evaluate the project to determine which of the four communication techniques—the "Town Hall" meeting, the classroom appearances, the invitation luncheon or the exhibition was the most effective. The four GM executives who have returned to KU for the program are R. T. Kingman, Jr., assistant director of corporate communications at GM headquarters in Detroit and a 1947 graduate from Michigan State University. The Fisher, director of automotive emission control for the GM Environmental Activities Staff and a 1951 mechanical engineering graduate; Robert Eaton, chief engineer of GM's 1959 model car program and a 1963 mechanical engineering degree; Robert W. Smith, vice president of the computer science department at the GM Research Laboratories and a 1960 electrical engineering graduate. Ford said last week that "California is the real key state in any realistic combination." Carter underscored the importance of California by planning to spend the final day of his two-year campaign at gel-out-the-vote rallies in that state. Invite the bunch . . . Mix a great, big bucket full of Open House Punch! Serves 32... tastes like a super cocktail! Greatest drink ever invented! 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