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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 125 (USPS 650-640)
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Airline bomb kills four from U.S.
United Press International
ATHENS, Greece — A bomb tore through the passenger cabin of a TWA jetliner at 15,000 feet yesterday, killing four people from the United States who were sucked through a gaping hole before the pilot made an emergency landing. A pro-Libyan armed responsibility for the attack.
A IWA spokeswoman in New York said most of the (14) passengers and
seven crew aboard were U.S. residents on a flight that originated in Rome and was bound for Athens and Cairo, Egypt.
The dead were identified as Colombia-born U.S. citizen Albert Ospina of Stratford, Conn., and three residents of Annapolis, Md., *Greek-born Dimitra Stylan*, 52, her daughter Maria Stylan Klug, 25, and Klug's 3-month-old daughter, Dimitra.
At least nine other passengers, in
clading Ibrahim and Nailia Nami, a Saudi Arabian couple living in Kansas City, were injured when the bomb, which police said may have been hidden in a passenger's carry on luggage, exploded inside the Boeing 727 while the craft was flying at 15,000 feet over the Peloponnesus, the peninsula that forms the southern part of mainland Greece. The plane was supposed to land in 12 minutes.
In Washington, the State Department said it had no confirmed
evidence the explosion was caused by a terrorist bomb, but FBI agents and officials of the Federal Aviation Administration were sent to Athens to help Greek authorities determine the cause.
Hours after the bombing, a caller claiming to speak for a pro Libyan Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the attack on Trans World Airlines Flight 840, saying it was in revenge for U.S. imperialist aggression.
In telephone calls to two Western news agencies and a newspaper in Beirut, the caller said "the Arab Revolutionary Cells" — Al-Kassam's revolutionary Cells" was behind the attack, and warned of "revolutionary action to strike American imperialist interests everywhere."
In New York, TWA President Richard Pearson said the pilot. Capt Richard Petersen of Sarasota, Fla..
See PLANE, p. 5, col. 1
Lottery,wagering put on Nov. ballot
The Associated Press
TOPEKA - Voters will decide in November whether to amend the Kansas Constitution to allow parimutuel wagering on horse and dog racing and create a state-run lottery.
The Senate yesterday adopted two resolutions that would put the measures on the ballot. The resolution of require the governor's approval
The resolutions join amendments approved in the 1985 session to also submit to voters amendments to allow the sale of liquor by the drink in restaurants and to create a property classification system.
The pari-mutuel wagering proposal passed the Senate 29-11 while the lottery resolution was adopted 27-13. Each needed 27 votes in the 40-member Senate for the required two-thirds approval.
The House gave its stamp of approval to the lottery amendment
without a vote to spare, 84-41. The lower chamber adopted the parimutuel amendment, 90-35, in February. Proposals to amend the constitution must win two-thirds approval from the Legislature before they can be placed on the ballot.
The Senate adopted the lottery resolution late in the 1985 session, but had to approve it again because of House amendments. The House and Senate approved a conference committee report yesterday, putting the lottery issue on the ballot
The Senate action was no surprise. Last year the upper legislative chamber adopted a similar parimutuel amendment with 29 votes. The lottery resolution adopted was first passed in the Senate last session on a 28-11 count.
The pari-mutuel resolution started in the House, and the Senate did not amend it. Therefore, it went directly
See LOTTERY, p. 5, col. 5
Local legislators split over merits of lottery
Staff writer
By Abbie Jones
Kansas voters now can vote yes to play the odds or no to kill the controversial lottery bill
A state-run lottery yesterday won approval by the full house, 84-41. To be placed before the state's voters, an amendment must get at least a two-thirds majority vote in each house.
Some legislators say it's not the role of the government to promote gambling. Others say the state can't tell how people spend their money.
State Rep, John Solbach, D-Lawrence, who voted for the measure, said people were able to use their own judgment to decide whether to buy the tickets.
"I don't think it should be raised to the level of a high moral issue." Solbach said. "It's not the highest form of entertainment, but neither is it the lowest form of activity or a terribly sinister way of collecting revenue."
Kansas money now flows to Colorado and Missouri where the lottery
The game is entertainment, a diversion similar to a sports ticket, six-pack of beer or cigarettes, he said. The choice lies in the hands of the voters.
"In a free society it's appropriate to put these things on the ballot from time to time." Sobach said. "We allow our money as each person a degree of freedom."
State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, who voted no, said it was not the job of the legislators to promote or induce people to gamble
"It is an inappropriate function of government," Branson said. "I have great concern about the social cost—the fact that low income people will
Voters also might overlook other important revenue issues on the November ballot, she said.
"When there is a single focus issue, people get carried away with it," Branson said.
State Rep Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, who abstained in committee but voted against the bill in the House, said that after extensive study she discovered its pitfalls.
Costs of advertising and prize money would detract from the revenue the lottery produces, she said, and ticket sales would generate only 30 cents for each dollar.
Charlton said the present state prohibition on lottery wouldn't be taken out of the constitution, but an exception would be made.
"The state government will be engaged in an activity that is a felony, a crime, for everybody else," she said.
"It's a very inefficient way to collect a tax," she said. "I just didn't think it was worth it."
"I cannot faithfully and consistently represent the people of Douglas County and vote against a significant revenue source like the lottery." Winter said.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said he voted for the bill when it was in the Senate because of the increase in revenue to the state.
Diane Dultmeier/KANSAN
Paul Westerberg, vocalist and rhythm guitar player for The Replacements, performs a song for about 700 people. The band played last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
A Replacement
Med center to provide virus shots
By Lynn Maree Ross
Staff writer
And after this semester, the hospital will vaccinate all second-year students before they start working with patients.
The University of Kansas Medical Center recently allocated $28,000 to the School of Medicine to pay for vaccinating medical students against a health-threatening virus, a medical school official said Tuesday.
Thomas Fazdzerun, associate dean of student affairs, said the medical school offered to pay for hepatitis B vaccinations because students often were involved in situations that could be a threat to their health.
"There is no doubt that medical students are at some risk. Paudzer
The Med School requested $25,000 to vaccinate the 200 second-year medical students and an additional $3,000 to reimburse about 12 students who already had been vaccinated. Rochelle Harbick, student affairs coordinator for the School of Medicine, said yesterday that the money came from the hospital's administrative budget.
Hepatitis B is a health-threatening virus which has a wide range of effects, said James Price, chairman of the department of family practice. Most people who become exposed to the virus, he said, get sick to their stomachs and turn yellow but eventually get well.
However, he said, some people never get well and the virus can even cause a relapse.
"It's nothing to fool with." Price said
Price said he thought that, in the past, students who might have been exposed to the virus chose not to get vaccinated because they either were afraid of getting acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Last year, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which provides the students' insurance, agreed to take care of a large part of the cost, but the policy has a $100 deductible. Price said.
The hepatitis B vaccine, which is given as a series of three shots over a period of six months, costs about $100, he said.
Harbick said the hospital would pay for the vaccine and also pay for any supplies, equipment and personnel required to administer the
Price said it was impossible to contract AIDS from the vaccine. Information from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said AIDS had never been transmitted through the hepatitis vaccine.
Students, or any health professional, are risking what is called a needle stick anytime they give shots to patients with hepatitis B, said A.J Yarmat, director of the center for student affairs and educational development.
See VACCINE, p. 5, col. 3
Bill asks change in retirement system
By Abbie Jones
Dropping a two, year wait for KU faculty to participate in the Board of Regents retirement program may lure more professors to the University. Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Regents, said yesterday.
Staff writer
The Senate Ways and Means Committee yesterday heard testimony on a bill that would eliminate the present two-year waiting period for unclassified employees to enter the Regents retirement program.
"It it helps us immensely in terms of recruiting." Koplik said. "We'd like to treat everybody alike."
But State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, a member of the committee, said KU would have trouble covering the cost.
"I don't think KU has that money
to absorb it." Winter said
Kopikl said the change would cost the state about $450,000, which could be absorbed by the Regents existing salary appropriations.
The Regents schools are the six state universities and the Kansas Technical Institute in Salina.
The Regents also could rework present programs to find the needed money. Koplik said.
"It will be found" he said.
Winter said the bill probably would not be brought up for a committee vote because costs of the bill seemed contradictory. He argued more injury this session.
"That doesn't look like you're running a very tight ship." Winter said. "Tactically, I questioned the wisdom
See TEACHERS, p. 5, col. 4
Reaping is far from grim for KU students
By Debra West
Staff writer
Staff writer
"It's a tough town. You walk in the center of the street and keep your mouth shut."
This warning sign hangs beside a street in Fort Benton, Mont. It describes the early days of the town, complete with gunlingsers, saloons and "cat houses."
Fort Benton also happens to be one of Mike Boxer's favorite towns.
Boxer, Deerfield, III., junior, worked as a wheat harvester last summer for Big Sky Agribusiness, a Lenora-based company. The harvesting crew traveled from Crowell, Texas, where the harvest began in mid-May, and arrived in Fort Benton in early August.
"I'm from Chicago." Boxer said. "I knew absolutely nothing about farms or machinery. But I wanted to see the country and I always had a romantic view of the guys out working in the fields while there's a tornado off in the distance."
Though wheat harvest in the eastern two-thirds of Kansas is expected to be below average this year, nationwide harvest is expected to be good, said Jack Lindquist, an agriculture agent for Douglas County. Harvest should begin in mid-May in Texas.
Boxer left Lawrence the day after finals ended last May. From Lenora, Steve Berry, owner of Big Sky, led the entire crew to Crowell, Texas, to start the season.
So while some may prefer to head off to a big city for a summer internship, to some, including Boxer, traveling with a wheat crew is the perfect summer iob.
"I blew the engine on one of the trucks before we ever got to Texas," Boxzer said. "But Steve didn't get mad. He fixed it himself. That was something I really admired about him. When something went wrong, he could fix it."
Phil Babler, Palatine, Ill., sophomore, said that hearing of Boxers's experience had convinced him to give harvesting a try. He now is ambling for a job with Big Sky.
"I've always liked to go into a strange bar and have a binge and talk to people." he said.
and have a beer and talk to people," he said. Art Oden, Sterling sophomore, worked on a harvest crew owned by Jerald Schmidt during the summers of 1983 and 1984. Schmidt's crew left from Sterling and traveled through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Montana.
"I wanted to travel and be on my own for a while," Oden said. "I lived on a farm, I soaked in water."
Although Oden enjoyed the work, he said it wasn't a vacation.
plored a cave in Oklahoma.
"Sometimes we'd work for three weeks without a day off," he said. "Usually we quit working when it got dark, but sometimes it was sunny." 2 a.m. and we always started work at 6 a.m.
One of his favorite memories is the day he and several other members of the crew ex-
Boxser has his own favorite memories.
"We had to crawl through it in places," Oden said. "We saw some bats while we were in there. And when we came to the place where it came out, we had to crawl up through an old tree (trunk)."
The Big Sky crew traveled through Texas and Oklahoma and arrived back in Lenora in late June, where they harvested Berry's wheat.
The crew began work at about 9 a.m. and worked until 10 p.m., or whenever the grain elevators closed in the town they were in,
"We met Steve's father in Lenora," he said. "He was a real character. He had one of those rusty-nail voices and smoked a pack of cigarettes every couple of hours. He'd come out to the trucks, give you a shot of bourbon and tell dirt jokes."
Boxer said. But despite the long hours of work, it was a wonderful experience.
"We traveled on small highways, not the interstates," Boxer said. "When we were on Highway 94 in Wyoming, the exit ramps had cattle guards across them."
Boxser said he had accepted a different job this summer, but someday might like to live in Billings, Mont.
"I fell in love with it," he said. "We parked the trailer up on a ridge above the town our first night there. And way down below was this town where all the houses had swimming pools or tennis courts. I just couldn't believe that was Montana."
Boxer said his summer experience was something he would recommend to anyone. He said he saw new places and learned new things. And he even had time to visit a few modern-day saloons in Fort Benton.