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Wednesday July 22, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 152
(USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published by the students of the University of Kansas since 1889
U.S. ships guard first Kuwaiti oil cargos
Date Fulkerson/KANSAN
FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. warships stood ready yesterday to escort the first two Kuwaitii ships flying U.S. flags through the perilous Persian Gulf, where Iran threatens to attack.
Two Kuwaiti tankers newly registered as U.S. vessels flew the U.S. flag off Khor Fakkan, an Arabian Sea port in Fujairah, one of seven small sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates.
Khor Fakkan is 90 miles south of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway to the gulf between Iran and Oman.
Defense Department officials in Washington said the two tankers and their Navy escort would set out late yesterday or early today on their three-day trip to Kuwait.
The tankers, the Bridgeton and the Gas Prince, are the first of 11 Kuwaiti tankers to be reflagged. They are part of a 15-vessel Navy task force deployed in the gulf area to protect reflagged tankers on the 500-mile voyage to Kuwait's Al-Ahmadi oil terminal.
From left to right, Tom Gray, president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity union association; Rich Barr, Lawrence fire marshal; Dale Seiflering, alumni advisor; and Mark Grinstead, fire inspector, discuss the preliminary inspection Monday of repairs being made on the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, 1645 Tennessee St. The fraternity plans to have repairs completed in time for fall semester.
On Monday, the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution demanding a cease-fire which Iraq supported, but Iran ignored it.
Iran said its Revolutionary Guards marines seized three Kuwaiti "spy boats" in the northern end of the gulf yesterday and captured the crews. The Tehran radio report gave no details.
Kuwait also has chartered three tankers each from the Soviet Union and Britain.
France, which severed relations with Iran last Friday in a diplomatic dispute, said its warships will escort two French tankers scheduled to enter the gulf later this week.
Greek houses being inspected
By KATHI POLCAR Special to the Kansan
The Lawrence Fire Department will inspect all 39 KU fraternity and sorority houses before the fall term, the Lawrence fire chief said.
The fire chief, Jim McSwain, said, "After the (Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity) fire, we felt like we'd had enough warning, that the distinct possibility of life lost was there and that we needed to go forward with our expertise to inspect these houses, taking a more conservative view of problems that have been grand-
fathered in the past."
Each inspection will be conducted by the Lawrence fire chief, fire marshal or fire inspector, accompanied by a representative of the house's corporate board, McSwain said. Included in the fire department evaluations will be exits, escape routes and fire detection systems.
"We will follow up with in-depth reports on fire safety and recommendations for what they should do to the house," McSwain said. The reports will be sent to the University as well as to the corporate boards of the fraternities and
If deficiencies are found in a house, the fire department will "follow through if action does not take place within a reasonable amount of time," McSwan said. He would not specify how the department would follow through.
"Most people have worked well with us," McSwain said. "Some houses are working on their own, seeing the benefits of providing a good level of safety."
Fifteen house inspections have been conducted so far, said Fire Inspector Mark Grinstead.
Repair schedule for Sig Ep house going smoothly
State-of-the-art fire protection in plan
By KATHI POLCAR Special to the Kansan
Reconstruction of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, damaged by fire April 26, is on schedule, and students should be able to move in for the fall semester, said the fraternity's alumni board president.
The president, Tom Gray, said, "We've made really good progress. To this point, everything's on schedule for Aug. 15 occupancy.
"If we continue full speed ahead, we can do it. From day one, they said it would be tight. If we're not in by the 15th, it'll be only about a week; to do finishing touches."
The fraternity is exploring options for short-term housing in a Lawrence motel if the house is not ready, he said.
The 37-year-old house, at 1645 Tennessee St., and its contents sustained $450,000 damage from the fire. Grav said.
Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain said the fire started on the second floor when electrical wiring overheated in a refrigerator. The fire department issued no citation for code violations.
The fraternity is still negotiating a settlement with its insurance company, Gray said.
Dave Collins, construction superintendent for Rau Construction Co., Overland Park, Kan. said, "We're still trying to reach the goal of the target date."
Workers have rebuilt the walls and the roof, and have 24 people working daily on interior finishing
— the walls, ceiling, plumbing and electrical connections, he said.
A gray and mauve color scheme will be used throughout the house, and a new sign is planned for the front lawn, Gray said.
"Basically, it will be a brand new house with a new look. We'll have a pitched roof, Pella (replacement) windows, a state-of-the-art fire protection system. We're trying to make it as safe and functional as possible." Gray said.
Lawrence Fire Marshal Rich Barr and Fire Inspector Lt. Mark Grinstead conducted a preliminary inspection of the house Monday with alumni board members and the builders, but had no comment on the inspection, pending the official report to the alumni board.
Gray said the inspection was beneficial to the fraternity. "We went over the plans; we were able to decide where exit signs and emergency lights would be placed — how we'd do things. There was total agreement between us."
Seventy fraternity members will live in the rebuilt house, about the same number as before the fire.
Ken Jones, president of the fraternity, said students had helped the alumni board direct the restoration.
"We're looking forward to moving into the house and getting back to normal," Jones said. "Our board has worked so hard on this, and Rau has done an excellent job."
"The students' attitudes have been great," Gray said. "To come through something like this, you come out a lot closer."
Nebraska beef plant faces $2.59 mill. fine
OSHA also investigating Emporia plant
WASHINGTON (AP) — A record $2.59 million fine was proposed yesterday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration against the nation's largest meatpacker, Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., on charges of failing to report more than 1,000 cases of employee injuries and illnesses at its plant in Dakota City, Neb.
In recent weeks OSHA has begun a similar record-keeping review at IBP's Emporia plant. John A. Pendergast, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, said the Emporia investigation came after a worker lodged a complaint with OSHA against IBP.
IBP spokesman Gary Mickelson said the company "will contest the citation and proposed fines" against the Dakota City plant. IBP has 15 working days to take its case to the state legislature for safety and health review commission.
OSHA, a Labor Department agency, proposed the fine following an investigation of IBP's Dakota City slaughtering and processing plant.
Pendergrass said he could not comment about the specifics of the Emporia investigation because it
still was being pursued, but said violations similar to those reported at the Dakota City plant were involved.
Larry Holtrop, slaughtering section manager of the Emporia IBP plant, said yesterday that he would not discuss the investigation.
Until now, the biggest OSHA penalty was $1.57 million imposed against Chrysler Corp. earlier this month for violating its emissions regulations by the company's Newark, Deli, plant.
Campus telephones will be out of service Friday night
By underreporting injuries and illnesses, a company can avoid an OSHA inspection because the agency exempts companies from full-scale review if injury and illness rates are below the nationl average.
The agency's inspectors found IBP failed to record 1,038 job-related injuries and illnesses from January 1965 through December 1986. Pendergrass said in announcing the citation.
Famed science fiction writer visits KU workshop
OSHA began investigating IBP in January after the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union filed a complaint charging the company with violating federal jobinjury reporting requirements.
From staff and wire reports.
The telephone will be turned off so that the campus telephone system can be switched over to a new system. Dewey Allaire said.
Campus telephones will be out of service Friday from 5:30 p.m. until midnight, the KU director of telecommunications said this week.
He said that during this time the telephone dialing system on campus also would be changed.
With the new system, to call an off-campus number, dial '8' instead of 08. To call someone else, dial '6'.
By KEITH ROBISON
By a Kansan reporter
Also, to dial the emergency '911' number, it will no longer be necessary to dial the prefix of '9' to get off campus. The emergency police, fire and ambulance emergency number can be reached by just dialing '911'.
Alaire said telecommunications workers would be going through campus buildings and offices this weekend to make sure the phones are working.
Frederik Pohl, 68, was at KU recently to teach science fiction writing at the 14th annual Campbell Awards Conference, a science fiction awards presentation and writer's conference held in the Adams Alumni Center.
He has written, co-written or edited more than 50 books.
calls, also dial '8.'
One of the world's best science fiction writers is a high school dropout.
Staff writer
Allaire said people should call 864-4039 to report problems with their campus telephones.
"He's one of the half-dozen major science fiction writers in the world, said Jerry Rubin."
ish and author of numerous science fiction books.
Pohl's writing success was achieved without the benefit of a high school diploma. Pohl said that he had only attended about nine years of school and dropped out of high school at age 17.
"My kids gave me a 'doctorate in divinity' a couple of years ago," Pohl said. "It cost them $25."
Pohl said writers or would-be writers needed to follow three rules: write, send the work to someone who is hard at work and repeat the first two rules often.
At the writer's conference, Pohl
Pohl said he had three points of advice for aspiring science fiction writers.
Gunn said Pohl had great experience as a science fiction writer.
"Whatever there is to do in science fiction, he's done." Gunn said. "Fred's a good friend of mine and his friend of the program here at KU."
"Number one: Any kind of writer has to write. That's not only putting words down on paper, but finishing what you write through editing," he said.
taught with James Gunn, an organizer of the conference.
"Number three: Take what you've written and mail it off to someone who will print it. Keep at this until you are published. If this doesn't work after a while, find another field."
Pohi said his writing success didn't come easy.
"Number two: Don't write what you don't know. It's easy to say that a spaceship can go faster than light, but everyone knows that is impossible. You have to be able to explain yourself.
See POHL, p. 6, col. 1
"I wrote a poem at 15. It was
Extra! Extra!
Darcy Chang/KANSAN
Kyle Calvano, 9, and Scott Breithaupt, 10, pass the time while waiting to sign up as extras for the movie Kansas