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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 120 (USPS 650-640)
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Lisa Julia, Lawrence sophomore, tries to choose among Final Four T-shirts on sale at the Kansas Union Bookstore. The shirts arrived yesterday and most cost $10.95
Proposed lottery amendment passes in House after debate
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Without a single vote to spare, the Kansas House approved a Senate-passed measure yesterday that would allow voters to decide whether to create a state-run lottery.
However, key senators said late in the afternoon that House changes in the proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution would present significant obstacles that must be ironed out before the issue was placed on the November ballot.
The final vote in the House was 84-41, giving it exactly the two-thirds legislative majority required to put constitutional amendments to a vote of the people.
The lottery resolution had failed by five votes to achieve the two-thirds approval on Feb. 19, but was resurrected the next day and restored to the House calendar. Six lawmakers who voted against the proposal earlier reversed their positions yesterday while one legislator broke a public pledge to support the measure and voted against it.
"I think more than anything else, people want to vote on the lottery and that was the deciding factor," House Speaker Mike Hayden said after the House approved the measure.
Because one amendment was added to the resolution when the House first debated it and two more
changes were approved yesterday, the resolution must return to the Senate for consideration.
The upper chamber, which adopted the resolution last year, voted yesterday afternoon not to go along with the changes, sending the matter to a conference committee.
The House amendments to the proposal would:
Prohibit advertising or other promotions of the lottery. Rep. Harold Guldner, R-Syracuse, said last month that he would support the lottery because wage were added to the measure, but voted against the lottery yesterday.
Require the odds of winning the lottery he printed on all Kansas lottery tickets. That change, which failed on a 60-60 tile last month, was approved 93-15 after Rep. J.C. Long, Harisper, said he would vote for the proposal with the change.
End lottery operations July 1,
1990, unless continuation of the game
receives endorsement from two
houses or the tenure houses of
the Legislature that year.
The resolution does not require Gov. John Carlin's signature, although he is a strong lottery supporter.
Reps. George Teagarden, D-La Cygne, Horn Jarchow, D-Wichita, and Larry Erre, D-Coffeyville, broke a 50-minute deadlock and put the
Passage of the lottery in the House lifted a cloud of uncertainty from a resolution now before the Senate which would legalize pari-mutuel wagering in Kansas on horse and dog racing.
resolution over the top by changing their votes against the resolution to yes.
After being stuck on a 79-45 count for about 45 minutes, Rep. Bill Wisdom, D-Kamas City, Kan., switched his vote, giving supporters 80 votes. Rep. Donna Whiteman, D-Hutchinson, then cast her vote in favor of the lottery, moving the total to 81-44.
The Senate had delayed acting on a pari-mutuel resolution adopted by the House until it saw the outcome of the lottery amendment in the House. Senate leadership has said the two proposals must walk together or not at all.
At that point, Teagarden changed his vote, moving the lottery proposal within two votes of clearing the House at 82-43.
Little time elapsed before Jarchow changed his mind and Erne switched, giving the lottery resolution 84 votes and ending the drama.
U.S. destroys Libyan boats in second dav of Gulf battle
WASHINGTON — U.S. jets and warships destroyed two Libyan patrol boats and damaged a radar missile site yesterday, and the Pentagon declared the renewed American action a defense against hostile intentions, even though no fire provoked it.
The lottery resolution and the pari-mutuel measure would liberalize Kansas' ban on all forms of gambling except bingo.
The Associated Press
For a second straight day, the Navy's 9th Fleet opened fire on Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadify's forces in the dispute over Libya's claim to sovereignty over the Gulf of Sidra.
The attacks came even though the Libyan boats and missile installation did not fire on American forces. But
See related stories pp. 6, 7
U. S. officials said the attacks, which occurred late Monday night, were justified to protect American sailors and ships from attack by a country that already had demonstrated hostile intentions.
At first, the Pentagon's chief spokesman said the renewed attacks came in retaliation against Libyan missile attacks aimed at U.S. planes. Later, the administration said there had been no new fire from the Libyans.
U. S. officials said the battle force had standing orders that declared any Liiban plane or boat approaching them to have hostile intentions.
"We have been given ample evidence of hostile Libyan intentions and we will defend ourselves," declared Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims, referring to Libya's launch of ground-to-air missiles against U.S. planes Monday.
In other developments;
The United States has three aircraft carriers and 27 other combat ships operating in the region. Three surface ships remained inside the gulf, but the carriers remained outside it to the north.
Pentagon sources said the U.S. fleet was being shadowed closely by six Soviet combat ships and the flagship of the Soviet flotilla remained in port in Tripoli, passing along intelligence information. Sims would not provide a precise count on the Soviet ships, although he indicated at least four were near the American vessels.
State Department spokesman Michael Austrian said that perhaps a couple hundred Americans remain in Libya following a U.S. order to leave by Feb. 1.
Libyan air forces remained absent from the combat arena. Weinberger said Libyan fighters had been detected in the air, but all had remained over land and had made no move toward the gulf.
Efforts by the Pentagon and White House to describe what was happening off Libya's coast yesterday initially produced only confusion. In disclosing the new attacks on Libyan boats and a missile battery at the coastal city of Sirte, the Pentagon issued a statement saying up to 12 missiles had been fired at U.S. planes and that some of the additional missile launches had occurred yesterday.
"We hold Libya responsible for their safety." he said.
Several hours later, however, both the White House and Pentagon released an updated chronology of the military engagements and confirmed that Libya had not fired any missiles at U.S. planes since 12:14 a.m. Monday. Only six missiles can be absolutely confirmed as having been fired but there were probably more, Sims said.
Reagan mulls using powers under war act
According to the administration officials, four Libyan ships had been attacked by U.S. forces as of yesterday afternoon.
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Reagan considered invoking the War Powers Act yesterday to formally involve Congress in U.S. military action near Libya.
White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan was considering invoking the War Powers Act, which required him to notify Congress of hostile action against U.S. troops within 48 hours. The 48-hour period began at mid-afternoon Monday. The act gives lawmakers 90 days to disapprove any emergency actions.
The War Powers Act was passed in 1973 to prevent a president from committing troops without a declaration of war, but it allows him to take emergency actions subject to congressional veto within 90 days.
the question is do we believe that we need to report under the War Powers Act," Speakes said. "We have not made that determination."
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole set the tone. He said it was time for Khadaf to pay for the trouble he caused
As the exchange of fire with Libya went into a second day in the waters of the Gulf of Sidra, the action had the bipartisan support of Congress.
"We have for a long time — perhaps too long a time — suffered Libyan attacks, Libyan-sponsored terror, Libyan threats and Libyan insults," Dole said. "We have shown enormous patience and forebearance."
"The first provocation came from Col. Khadaf." Cranston told the Senate. "It is clear terrorists are trained in Libya. Terrorists are dispatched from Libya."
"But it is now clear that Khadady has misinterpreted our forebearance as a lack of will or determination. As he counts his losses this morning, he should no longer doubt our ability and willingness to respond when he gives us no other choice."
Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calf, warned against suggestions that the United States sent its forces into the gulf to provoke Khadiya.
U.S. asserted power in conflict,profs say
By Russell Gray
Staff writer
Three KU professors say that the recent events between the United States and Libya probably will not escalate into anything serious, but will reaffirm U.S. authority.
On Monday, U.S. planes crossed Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy's "line of death," in the Gulf of Sidra and were fired upon. One gun fired five, sinking at least four Libyan ships and damaging missile sites.
Robert Tomasek, professor of political science, said yesterday that the United States was, by its actions, trying to reaffirm the conventions he signed in 2014. United States has the legal right to be in the Gulf of Sidra, he said.
The goal probably is to keep other countries from closing their bodies of water to U.S. warships, he said.
"The Reagan administration feels that if you're a superpower, you constantly have to prove you are a superpower." Tomasek said.
Allan Gigler, associate professor of political science, said the real question was whether the U.S. action was simply provoking a reaction.
Cigler said he could speak only as a concerned citizen and not as a specialist.
"If the administration ever has an excuse to do great harm to Khadafy, we'll do it." Cigler said.
The larger purpose, Laird said, was to send a clear message to Khadifa that the United States could not continue to tolerate his bankrolling and promotion of international terrorism.
Roy Laird, professor of political science and of Soviet and East European studies, said "I think that we're there to make them feel better." He said we right to navigate in international waters whenever we want to."
Tomasek said, "The United States administration just got sick and tired of Libya."
He said there have been two or three attempted coups by the military in Libya. If the United States wants to stop Khadafy's terrorism, Tomasek said, it should be patient and let him be removed internally.
The situation creates a problem for the moderate Arab countries in the area, such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, he said, and they have to put up a common front because in times of war in the Third World worries them.
"This smacks very much of being a provocative move by the United States," Tomasek said.
Cigler said that Reagan wouldn't do something as this as if he thought the Arab states would rally behind Libya but that Arab states couldn't openly support the action.
"Public rhetoric is one thing," he said. "Reality is another."
Cigler said that the United States was not concerned with its rightness but that the situation might get out of hand. There are two big egos involved.
The international effects of the action aren't clear, Tomasek said. The Europeans are annoyed with Khadiya, but probably view the action as impractical because it will not accomplish its goal — to stop terrorism.
The Soviet Union has many ships in the area, he said, and Libya is practically a storage depot for them.
But the Soviet Union has always viewed Khadafy as erratic, he said. And they don't want to be dragged into a confrontation with the United States through Libya, so they will stay away.
If anything, Tomasek said, the Soviets hope the situation angers the moderate countries into moving closer to normalizing relations with the Soviet Union.
Laird said that whatever the Soviets have said in their propaganda, they were aware that Khadjiabad was the States International waters.
Senate initially approves budget boost for Regents
by Mark Siebert
CORNELIA TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate tentatively approved a budget package for Board of Regents schools yesterday that calls for about 700,000 for the University of Kansas above Gov. John Carlin's recommendations.
Staff writer
Final action will be taken today on two appropriation bills for next year — one that covers operating costs and capital improvements and another that allocates money for KUl's building fund.
themselves might not seem impressive but that in the context of the state's dismal economy, they were a victory.
"In that context, the future is enthusiastic for higher education," he said. "The issue is not this year, the issue is the future."
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said that the gains
- $288,020 to help create five new distinguished professorship positions.
$180,262 to develop a device to forecast the state's economy.
The bill would provide funds for four KU programs next year:
an amendment surprises Senate
See BUDGET, p. 5, col.
By Abbie Jones Staff writer
Staff writer
TSPEKA — A surprise abortion amendment stirred a group of sleepy senators on the chamber floor yesterday.
An amendment that would prohibit using state funds to pay for abortions at the University of Kansas Medical Center slipped by the senators during the discussion of the Board of Regents measure was amended into the overall Regents budget tentatively approved yesterday.
"I think it slipped through in the lackadical mood of the Senate," said State Sen. Jack Walker, R-Overland Park. "I have to stop and consider this. I certainly wouldn't vote against the entire appropriations bill."
The Senate will take final action on the bill today.
the amendment, proposed by State Sen. Norma Daniels, D-Dalley Center, would prohibit any state money at the Med Center to be used for termination of pregnancies other than by live birth or when the procedure was necessary to save the mother's life.
The move later unnerved senators who thought the measure extraneous.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said the issue was too important to bring up during Senate discussion.
"That really was a sneak attack," Winter said. "It's a major policy decision on the question of abortion.
One that we should be debating fully."
"I don't think anyone expected anything of that nature in an appropriations bill." Salisbury said.
Her statements were later refuted
State Sen. Alicia Salisbury, R-Topeka, agreed that such a topic should be avoided during budget issues.
Daniels charged that abortions were being conducted at the Med Center with state money, although he said how much money was being used
"I know there are state monies being spent for the termination of pregnancies," Daniels said. "The purpose is to stop taxpayers' money from paying for abortions in a state-supported institution."
by University officials.
The Med Center performs abortions through a private practice foundation with private, not state, money, said Richard von Ende, executive secretary of the University.
The costs of abortions are paid by the patient, he said.
Daniels' amendment would have little influence on the Regents budget and should be taken out of the package, von Ende said.
"It doesn't have any practical effect whatsoever," he said. "I think it ought to come out just because it gives an incorrect signal."
Walker said the Senate could pass the budget bill with the amendment and possibly take the measure out during a conference committee.