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Friday, May 4, 1979
University Daily Kansan
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Capsules From the Kansan's Wire Services
Italian political offices bombed
ROME - Terrorists raided the Home headquarters of the dominant Christian Democrat Party yesterday, exploding bombs in a daylight attack a month
The terrorists escaped, killing one police officer and wounding two others critically. Police estimated that there were 15 terrorist who stormed the building and drew the five-pointed star symbol of the Red Brigades on the walls. In March 1978 the Red Brigades kidnapped Christian Democrat leader Aldo
More and left his course in known towns. Yesterday's attack came two weeks after a powerful bomb destroyed the portal of Rome's city hall, designed by Michelangelo. There were conflicting claims of responsibility for the attack from right and left extremists.
Califano predicts nuclear death
HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano predicted that at least one additional cancer death would occur among residents in the area. Califano also told a Senate debate that some scientists would predict up to 10 additional cancer deaths for the 2 million Pennsylvania resident living within 90 miles of the city.
WASHINGTON - The government yesterday doubled its estimate of the amount of radiation that resulted from the Three Mile Island nuclear accident
Calfano abandoned his earlier statements that the March 28 accident did not pose a cancer threat to anyone living within 50 miles of the plant. Testifying to a Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee, he said it now appeared that enough radiation was released to cause one additional cancer death, one additional non-fatal case of cancer and possibly one additional birth defect in the area.
Califoria released new figures indicating that the doe received by those living within 50 miles of the plant was at least 3,400 "person reins" instead of 2,100.
Jonestown mistakes admitted
WASHINGTON—According to a State Department report released yesterday, the department made serious mistakes in its reaction to events leading to the death of a teacher.
But the report said it would be speculation to say whether improved performance by the department might have prevented the deaths of Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., and four companies or those of more than 900 followers of the Rev. Jumas.
The State Department report said that the U.S. Embassy harassed by the Poops Temple and that the Washington bureaucracy buried warnings it
More errors occurred in the handling of the warning from Jostenstol deflector Deborah Layton Blakey, who had said that Jones was rehearsing his followers for mass suicide. A statement that she made concerning the rehearsals was never sent from embassy to Washington.
Protesters disrupt union voting
STEARNS, Ky. ~ About 150 demonstrators hurled rocks and shouted insults at votersoting today in a union representation election at the fortified
The election, aimed at ending one of the longest strikes in the history of the United Mine Workers, was held at the Stearns Mining Co. compound. It was not known whether the miners voting included members of UMW who walked off their jobs in July 1976, when the strike began.
The often violent strike, which UMW President Arnold Miller once called the union's top organizing priority, began after Blue Diamond Coal Co. of Knoxville, Tem., parent company of Stearns, would not agree to the terms of the UMW agreement.
Food prices down; gas, oil up
WASHINGTON — Wholesale food prices declined in April for the first time in eight months, but not enough to offset price increases in other goods such as clothing.
Wholesale prices in April rose 0.9 percent, which was the smallest rise so far this year, but still far in excess of the rate needed to pull inflation below 10 percent. The April increase, if continued for the rest of the year, would produce an 11.5 percent annual increase in 1979 prices at the wholesale level.
Wholesale food prices, which have been rising since September, fell 0.3 percent in April. Prices of non-food goods rose 1.3 percent in April, the largest since October 1974. Gasoline prices rose 4.4 percent which was the ninth consecutive monthly increase greater than 1 percent.
Carlin calls special session
TOPEKA-Gov. John Carlin yesterday called a special session of the legislature to convene Tuesday, May 15, to consider legislation that would set a deadline for the state to return to health care.
The governor announced his intention in a letter to Kansas Senate President Ross Dewey, R-Corcdoria, chairman of the Legislative Coordinating Council.
A bill to impose a price ceiling on Kansas gas used in the state was introduced in the Kansas House April 25 and passed the following day. Efforts to force the bill up for consideration in the Kansas Senate prior to adjournment April 25 failed and the measure is still on the calendar in the Senate.
Carlin asked Doyen to convene the Energy and Natural Resources Committee of the House and Senate on Thursday and Friday, May 10 and 11, to hear
Toneka aasohol debut success
TOPEKA- Motorists waited in five-block long lines yesterday for a cut-rate sample of the first retail gasoline sold in the state.
1 to truck off its gasoline sales, Highway Oil Co. in Topkape offered 2,000 gallons of gasoline for 14.5 cents a gallon on a first-come, first-served basis. Gasoline is a natural fuel.
Two hours after the station began business at 9 a.m., the entire allotment of 2,000 gallons had been sold. Radio station KEWI stabilized the lower price, which increased to 78.9 cents a gallon at self-service pumps and 79.9 cents at the promotion ended. These prices were the same as those for unloaded gasoline.
Liauor pools won't die quietly
TOPEKA-Private clubs in Kansas must post conspicuous signs informing members of the pending demise of their liquor pools and refund unused accounts under regulations issued yesterday by the state's Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
Private clubs also will be encouraged to buy newspaper, radio or television advertisements advising members of the phasing out of liquor pools.
The new law eliminates liqueur pools and liqueur pool procedures that have been used to dispense liquor. The law also creates a 10 percent gross receipt tax on the sale of liquor that is to be applied to any drink served in a private establishment has been considered the set-up charge for any ingredient mixed with the liquor.
the regulations resulted from a new law to permit liquor by the drink in private clubs beginning July 1.
Coffee prices to rise 6.2 percent
The three major American coffee roasters announced yesterday that the price of ground coffee is up 6.3 percent, marking the first increase in two
Hills Brothers Coffee, based in San Francisco, said the basic wholesale price of ground coffee will rise 15 cents per pound, from $2.43 to $2.58.
In White Plains, N.Y., General Pools Corp, the top-ranked reaster, said its Maxwell House division is posting the same price, as did Procter & Gamble. The company has three offices in New York and Chicago.
Weather...
The weather will be partly cloudy and mild today with highs around 60 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Lows tonight will be in the 40s.
Conservatives score upsets; Britain elects Thatcher
LONDON (AP) - Margaret Thatcher's conservatives made unexpected gains in urban strongholds of the governing Laborites and surged toward victory this morning in Britain's general elections as the rural vote rolled in. Computer projections indicated a comfortable Conservative majority in the House of Commons.
With results in from 350 of the 653 parliamentary Labor had 179 seats but showed an overall loss of 15. The Conservatives had an overall gain of 23 seats, for a total of 161
The Scottish National Party had won only two seats and lost six, and other minor parties won three seats and lost
Computer projections by two British news organizations predicted that Thatcher would become Europe's first woman prime minister with a majority of 40-43 seats in the House of Commons and be one of rule by Prime Minister James Callahan's Labor Party.
The returns, laboriously counted by hand, show a 74.8 percent turnover, with about 30 million of 41 million employees.
IN THE POPULAR star 350 districts, the Conservatives had 6,648,977—42.6 percent; Labor, 6,294,208—40.3 percent; Liberals, 1,965,824—12.6 percent, and others, 716,582—4.6 percent.
Despite the chilliest May weather in almost 50 years, voters trooped to polling stations in schools, pubs, town halls and cricket pavilions to decide whether Britain should have another term of moderate socialism under 67-year-old Prime Minister James Callaghan and his Labor party or move to the right with Thatcher, S3.
In the last election in October 1974, Labor gained 39.3 percent of the votes and that gave them 319 seats in Congress.
"WE NEVER count our chickens before they are hatched, and we don't count No. 10 Downing St, before it is thatched." Thatcher, who is a champion of free enterprise, said.
No. 10 Downing St. is the address of the prime minister's residence.
Callaghan and his wife, Audrey, toss their ballots at a primary school near their apartment in the cardiff, Wales, constituency. He said, "I know I have two votes, that is, if Audrey voted for me."
Five opinion polls published yesterday gave Thatcher's Conservative Party leads ranging from 2 to 8 percentage points. The nation's legal bookmakers reported heavy wagering in favor of that party including one bet of 20,000
pounds, or $41,000. Stock prices nudged record highs in the hope that the party that traditionally backs big business
CALLAGHAN HAS FOUGHT an uphill battle since a vote of no-confidence brought about a dissolution of Commons in March. Labor's 319 seats were cut to 306 by deaths and party defections, and Callaghan had depended on the support of the Liberals and other small parties to stay in power.
The campaign was waged mainly over the pocketbook issues of jobs—1.3 million Britons are out of work, a 5.6 percent unemployment rate—and prices, most of which have doubled in the past five years.
Callaghan stressed his experience as a former foreign secretary, home secretary, chancellor of the exchequer and prime minister, the post he moved into in April 1978 when he resigned as government chief and Labor Party leader.
Thatcher, Conservative chief since 1975, contended government should take a back seat in the nation's economic affairs and allow free play for basic market forces. She scuffed at Callaghan's record on maintaining labor peace and pointed to last winter's series of disruptive public-service strikes.
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