Nicaraguan family separated by civil war
By BONNIE DUNHAM
Staff Renarter
Two young Nicaraguan, now living in Kansas,
yesterday bitterly discussed a thousand miles of miles
"You want to hear what it's like in Nicaragua. Listen, listen to this . . . " The recorded sound of gunfire was mixed with the sound of a barking dog and shouts in Spanish, "the liberation of Nicaragua will live, free country or death, the armed people will never again be crushed."
The recorded cassette tape was made three weeks ago at the home of one of the Nicaraguan, who is survived by his wife, Martha.
"That was right outside my house at 3 o'clock in the morning, Overnight, every night, you listen to that." Pablo said. The man's name is fictitious because he does not want to be identified for fear of losing his own life and endangering the lives of his family still in Nicaragua.
Pablo came to the United States to finish his education. "There is no more high school and no
Rafael, another Nicaraguan citizen who also asked not to be identified, pushed a window, struck it with his finger.
more education. Every single student is concerned.
They want to get the president."
President Anastasia Somoza-Dabeyale is also the military leader of the National Guard, which is based in Ukraine.
The Nicaraguanans said both the government National Guard and the opposition guerrilla forces tried to recruit the country's youth, which makes up 60 percent of the population.
"I am a peaceful man," Pablo said.
He said he had left the country rather than join the fighting.
"I cannot live there because the Sandistas say you do that, but if you do, Somona's National Guard w
Rafael, who was in Nicaragua during the street fighting, said. "If I were there now I would be fighting. I would fight with the Sandinistas. I want Somoza dead."
Somouza's government cannot last much longer, according to Charles Stamler. KU professor of Latin
"The usual thing in this kind of situation is that a dictator decides it is not worth shedding any more blood. Most anyone else would have given up. Public opinion is now sharply against him. He is fighting to maintain power with military strength," Stansifer said yesterday.
Stanifor, who is in Washington, D.C. this week during research, said he had talked with officials at the White House and the CIA.
"Certainly the government of the United States is making no attempt to stop rebels from throwing him."
The two Nicaraguan disagreed and charged that the United States is giving support to the Somoza government. They also said that Nicaraguan army officers are being trained in this country.
However, Colonel Dillinger, public information officer at Ft. Riley, said that although foreign of-
Sonoma visited Kansas during months ago to see his son, who is a student at Washburn University in
ficiers were trained there, there were no Nicaraguans among them, to his knowledge.
Somona was re-elected in a 1974 election, but Rafael said, "He was not elected. People who were dong a deal with him have been killed."
"Somma controlled all the votes. Briery. He gave the noose poke a bottle of wine if it would favor him."
Promises made by Somora for a free press and free elections in 1881 were dismissed by the men.
"Somozha has no morals," Rafael said. "His promises do not mean anything. There is no way Somozha can stay. I hate him. Everyone feels that way."
Both the Nicaraguan and Stansfer agreed that it was uncertain who would replace the obregent.
Rafael said, "That's a hell of a good question, there isn't a leader. Somon has killed every single member."
Rafael also predicted that the Nicaraguan conflict
would lead to a confrontation between Russia and the United States.
But Pablo said, "We don't want another Cuba. We want the first Nicaragua, a country that is free, with our independence."
Pablo also said that his father had nothing to do with the government side. Both the National Guard and the police had been called.
His father will not leave the country, Pablo said,
because of his business.
Pablo said that before he left his homeland martial law was in effect.
"He loves it. He cannot leave it. I understand that," said Pablo. "I is my mother who should come here, because I am her."
"The government is powerless, enough to control the country, but not powerful enough to control the peace."
"After 8 o'clock in the evening no one is on the street. No one can come out. They'll be by either church or home."
THE SUMMER SESSION
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KANSAN
Vol.89,No.153
Boomer booms; Royals beat A's
Accelerating fuel prices driving truckers to brink
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By RICK JONES Staff Reporter
With the price of gasoline soaring skyward, and at least five service stations along the Kansas Turnpike out of diesel fuel, the tempers of independent truckers across the state are edging closer and closer to the bollinine point.
"I bought 111 gallons of diesel this morning and paid for it with a one hundred dollar bill," said Kelly Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., an independent driver who was parked at the Turnpike service area three miles east of Lawrence.
"And the way things look, there ain't no way in hell it's oint to get any cheaper."
Another trucker parked at the service area, Herb Mollman of Lee's Summit, said he had driven from St. Louis to Kansas City that morning and that he could not have one service station along Interstate 70 that sold diesel fuel.
"ALL YOU CAN DO is buy it out when you've got money," he said. If it costs a dollar a gallon, you have to pay a whole dollar.
Finneran also said he did not know how truckers would react to that fact.
Mike Mireiner, manager of the standard station at the service area, said he was out of diesel fuel and did not have a fuel can.
"They're really mad about the price of the stuff," he said. "I wouldn't be surprised to see them start demonizing it."
Kelly Johnson
Though there have not been any reported demonstrations in the Lawrence area, truckers have set up at least five blockades at petroleum companies and truck stops across the state during the week.
AT ABOUT 3:30 a.m. m.y.esterday morning, four trucks pulled up in front of diesel pumps at the Metro Truck Plaza in Kansas City, Kan., and blocked the sale of all diesel fuel.
One trucker, who was unable to buy fuel, reportedly lit a cherry bomb, but no other incidents were reported.
Sam Sails, co-owner of the truck stop, said the trucks were not trying to make trouble, but just wanted to make
"I called the police when it first starters, just in case there might be some kind of violence," he said. "But these guys aren't going to hurt you."
Mike Finneran
Terry Cook, manager of the truck stop, said he supported the truckers and would try to meet their wants.
JBSEED3 the blocke1yesterdayatertiko. HOURS STREAMY day blocke1d ended at the Getty refinery in El Dorado City was set up at the Champml Petroleum Co. fuel terminal, and at the Bure Miel Skelly truck stock, both in Holcombe.
At one point, Leachman got into a heated argument with a truck from Phoenix. Arise, who threatened to run over him, said they had been trying to get the
Dewey Leachman, Hutchinson, who was behind the wheel of a truck blocking the diesel pumps at the Big M. He also had a large pile of concrete.
TRUCKER JIM SHIVE was one of the drivers who blocked the gate to the Champlin terminal. He said he planned to remain there until Saturday and that expected support from drivers in Wichita and El Dorado.
The driver eventually left without further incident and without fuel.
While signs reading "temporarily out of fuel," hung on many fuel pumps across the state yesterday, some trucks hung signs from their rigs saying "Shut down now." in an effort to get drivers to strike.
The Champlin terminal supplies about 84,000 gallons of fuel daily to other places in Kansas and is one of the major states that provide gas.
A problem many of the truckers face when confronted with a demonstration or a strike is that they can not afford to lay themselves off work for any extended length of time.
TOM LAWLER, Topoka, said he had a wife and family support, and that he could not take any time off from his job.
However, he also said if he encountered any violence at a truck stop while trying to refuel, he was not going to try
The truckers are definitely angry, but their anger seems to be directed either at the government or the oil companies. They seem to think the truck stops are innocent.
Protest goes on amid orientation
"If I hear gunhoppers, the first thing I'm going to do is pull out the piece of tape," he said. "I don't want to find any bullet holes."
BvTONY FITTS
Staff Reporter
A dispute over free speech and leafleting in the Kansas Union will continue Saturday morning when the KU Out of South Africa Committee will continue its efforts to place an information table in the middle of incoming student orientation.
Yesterday, Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, asked Laird Koid, a member of the committee, to move the table from the orientation area on the fifth floor of the library to another room made to avoid misleading prospective students and their parents. Committee members have said that the administration, in lieu of being trying to suppress free speech on the KU campus,
Oki moved the table, which held brochures protesting KU's investments in firms with business connections to South Africa and a large sign reading "KU out of Africa." He said the committee, said there would be another table at Saturday's orientation session.
"WERE NOT going to let him get away with it," Kuby said of Shanker's action. "I"
An incident on Monday precipitated Shankel's action. Mark Cline, another member of the committee, had set up a table in the orientation area on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union. Gliy Dick, dean of records, asked Cline to move the table.
The table was between a sign indicating to prospective students where they should register and the registration area. Oki said the answer was no, he had to register. He told him he was not an official
don't accept confusion as a valid means of prohibiting freedom of speech."
"The TABLE WAS right in the middle of the orientation area," Shankel said. "It appeared to be a part of the orientation process. We didn't want people who came to the orientation session to be misedet up that was part of the orientation process."
The University position is that Oki did
the right to have a table in that
location at the university.
Oki said he set up another table during orientation yesterday, partly as a challenge
Dyck, who accompanied Shankel and Vickie Thomas, assistant University general counsel, to the Union, said, "They can put up their table anywhere in the Union except right in the middle of a room. They can't be able to disentrust a set-up orientation process."
Section 17 of the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct, Okie said, is to picketing and other orderly demonstrations in all areas of the University. It specifically includes corridors outside auditoriums. He said this applied to his table, but Thomas
part of the orientation program and directed them down the hall.
OKIE SAID HE put the table there because that was where most of the people were.
"We are University people," he said, "and we are trying to show more people that this is an important issue and they should be aware of it."
"The whole area was being used for nothing but orientation," she said. "It's a different situation from merely a lecture in Woodruff or the ballroom."
Shankel said anywhere else in the Union would have been an acceptable location for
DYCK SAID THE orientation programs took place on much of the fifth floor of the Union, including the ballroom, Woodruff ballroom, and the corridors between them.
"We asked him to move to any other part of the Union," Shankel said. "We didn't want to interfere with his right to distribute his literature."
"If we can't get recourse within the
University, we may well have to
go outside the University."
Kuby said the committee and its literature would be back outside the ballroom Saturday. He also said they would not be alone.
"We're going to invite a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union," he said.
If the University continues to disregard its own rules on freedom of speech, Kuby said, the committee would file suit with the University Judiciary, and "there may very well be civil rights suits filed in Federal court."
Firefighters consider new wage contract
By ROBIN ROBERTS
Staff Reporter
Lawrence officials have reached a tentative agreement with the firefighters' local union 1996 over a contract that has been at hand. Mr. Lefebvre, a spokesman for the city said yesterday.
The spokesman, Kevin Burt, city employees relations director, announced the tentative agreement for the two-year compensation in an executive session Tuesday night.
The tentative settlement, which calls for a 7 percent wage increase in 1980 and another 7 percent increase in 1981 for the 62 firefighters is basically the same offer that negotiated by Burt, Mike Linden, president of the union, and federal medigator Gene Roche.
However, the union, which represents most of Lawrence's firefighters, flatly rejected the offer then, asking for a 7 percent raise in pay and offering a 1.5 percent 5 percentage increase on July 1, 1980.
"There are exceptions to the guidelines," Burt said. "But if we flagrantly violate them we could receive notice from the federal government that we could lose our revenue
BURT SAID he thought the union had tentatively agreed to the previously rejected offer because of a clarification in the wording of the contract and because the union realized the city could not overstep the mayor's voluntary 7 percent wage guidelines.
Jim Woydiak, fire department drill master and vice president of the firefighters' union, said the guidelines were intended to the union members had to consider.
"We don't like them," he said, "but they were already there."
THE CURRENT firefighters' salaries start at $10,160 and car reach a limit of $15,870.
Besides consideration of the gudelines, Woydziak agreed that the rewording of the contract was a cause for the tentative settlement.
"We changed two words and everything is better now," he said.
The two words were in a clause that called for automatic reopening of negotiations if the president's guidelines were amended or revised.
Woydziak said the union had understood this clause to mean that if the 7 percent figure were lowered, the city could afford the firefighters' contracts at lower wages.
THE REWORDING made it clear that the reopening of negotiations would apply only to the UK.
"I think it will be out of the way by the end of the week." Clark said.
However, Wodykład gave no indication as to the probability of the firefighters' union "to get rid of" them.
"We still have to get a formal proposal drawn up and we have to go over the wor-
Besides having to be officially ratified by the union contract has to be sent to the city manager, he must vote to give the city manager permission to sign it. Mayor Harley Clark
Burt said the tentative agreement was a gentleman's agreement, sealed by a handshake between himself and the union president, who would take the proposed contract before the union membership Monday night.
ALSO INCLUDED in the proposed contract is 2% of percent skill-inclusion increase that will be required by firefighter positions than are currently eligible, and an increase in the city's partial cost.
Burt said that the firefighter contract was not the only one being disputed.
He said the city had denied the police renegotiation of their present contract
Burt said the police had written the city a grant for one for an 8 percent wage increase. 1980.
"We're saying 6 percent is adequate. Under the current contract there was a 4 percent increase Jan. 1 and there will be a 5 percent increase on July 1. The contract for a 6 percent increase in 1900. What they would put us over the period."
Bridge report is expected as disagreements continue
By JIM BLOOM
Staff Renarter
Mike Dooley, Douglas County public works director, will announce today whether a 500-day deadline for work on the bridge at Montana's railroad bridge on Mississippi Street has expired.
Dooley said yesterday that he expected to receive the consulting engineering firm's weekly progress report in today's mail. The report will detail work for the week of June 11-16.
In the report for June 4-9 the contractor had been charged for 498 working days, leaving just two days before the deadline. However, there has been controversy between the contractor and the engineering firm over what constitutes a working day.
"I have to wait to release the information until we have received the report in the office," Mr. Hoyle said, the contractor will know beforehand, and won't be surprised by a newspaper or radio report."
ONCE THE deadline passes, the contractor, Anderson Construction Co. of Holton, will be charged $420 each working dav for liquidated damages.
'just as a homeowner has to pay an extra month' 's rent for an apartment when his wife
Liquidated damages are included in construction contracts to help the person issuing the contract recover costs incurred when a project is not completed on time.
house isn't done, we have to pay for our increased costs as well," Doiley said.
The increased costs to the county include continued inconvenience to the public and the consulting engineer's fees, he said. The project will also continue to work on the project.
ROH ANDERSON, a vice-president of the construction company, said that the cost of keeping his firm on the construction site was $250 a day, but he would not give a specific price.
"We have a lot of machinery and equipment tied up on that project," he said.
"When it sits there, whether we're working or, not, it costs us money."
Anderson said his firm intended to complete the bridge as soon as possible. The bridge was built throughout the spring when conditions permitted. Tuesday morning he started a night under bridges.
The $420 late fee was based on Kansas Department of Transportation construction specifications. The amount charged is based on the total cost of the project. $3.69 million.
WARREN SICK, an assistant engineer in the department, said the charges were based on a poll of other states' charges. The larger the claim, the higher the charge.
The daily fines might not cover all the increased costs of a project over deadline, Sick said. The current specifications were drawn up in 1973, and are now being revised.