University Daily Kansan / Monday, March 30. 1987
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Officials ignored two review panels
Poindexter and Casey kept Iran arms sales secret, intelligence sources say
United Press International
WASHINGTON — In keeping the Iran arms sales secret, national security adviser John Poindexter and CIA Director William Casey went so far as to bypass two White House panels that review covert activities, intelligence sources said yesterday.
The sources said that if they had been informed aboutthe arms sales, the two panels might have raised serious questions about the operations.
The White House groups were not notified of the secret weapons sales or President Reagan's Jan. 17, 1986, "finding" authorizing CIA participation in the sales — until the dealing publicly was disclosed in
November, the sources said.
The panels — the White House Intelligence Oversight Board and the National Security Council's planning coordination group—were formed to improve the effectiveness and ensure the legality of, covert operations approved by President Reagan.
Administration officials chose to skirt a review by both groups even though their members were appointed by Reagan.
The Tower Commission report sharply criticized the Reagan administration for not subjecting the Iran operation to rigorous policy and legal evaluation. But it did not identify who was responsible for the lack of review or how it occurred.
about aspects of the Iran operation, according to a report by the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Reagan ordered the CIA not to disclose the operation to Congress.
Poindexter and Casey also misled Secretary of State George Shultz
DeGraffenreid and Cannistraro, who coordinated the NSC inter-agency review group, later realized the matter related to the Iran arms sales, he said.
It is not known whether Casey and Poindexter were instructed to withhold information about the arms sales from Shultz or the White House panels.
The intelligence oversight board, headed by Glenn Campbell of the conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University, evaluated the legality of U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan rebels and determined the NSC could provide military assistance to them.
Poindexter, who resigned under fire last November, ordered two NSC officials in 1985 and 1986 to steer clear of the activities of fellow NSC aide LL. Col. Oliver North, sources said. North was carrying out the Iran arms sales operation at the time.
straro that he had excluded them from a certain sensitive matter at Casey's request, a source said.
The NSC-run group, comprising senior officials from the CIA, State Department, Defense Department, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Office of Management and Budget, regularly conducts policy reviews.
In another instance in early 1986, Poindexter apologetically explained to NSC intelligence aides Kenneth deGraffenreid and Vincent Canni
Kansas board to release money to county lawyers for some indigent cases
By a Kansan reporter
Douglas County lawyers who represent indigent defendants will be paid for their work if they already have submitted vouchers to the state, the state public defender board decided Friday.
The nine-member board unanimously decided to release $4,068 to pay 17 vouchers that were submitted to the board since Feb. 19, the date the money allocated to Douglas County to pay court-appointed lawyers ran out.
The board defeated 5-4 a motion to approve all vouchers submitted in
Douglas County before Mav 15.
Ron Miles, the board's executive director, told members that he had budgeted money to pay for one class and two other class 5 felonies in fiscal year 1987.
But so far this fiscal year, Douglas County lawyers have submitted vouchers for three class A feliones and 17 class B feliones. Miles said.
"The judges and attorneys in Douglas County have been very receptive to suggestions from the board," he said. "They have, from day one, been working with us to reduce costs. I think fairness requires that we rethink our allocation."
Checkups can stop disease that often leads to infertility
By JENNIFER WYRICK
Staff writer
Endometriosis, the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, has been recognized for more than 100 years as a painful disease that can cause infertility in all women of child-bearing age, including teen-aagers.
But scientists cannot agree on the cause or how to prevent the disease besides regular checkups, because of a rare gynecologist at Watkins Hospital.
A recent study based on autopsies found that 25 percent of U.S. females had endometriosis to some degree. The reported incidences were high, Buck said. But it is important to note that the study was based on autopsies, which means that 25 percent of dead women had the disease.
Cathy Rohlman, Kingman junior, said her sister-in-law was diagnosed as having endometriosis and almost bled to death. But bleeding to death is not commonly associated with the disease. Rohlman said her sister-in-law did not know much about her disease until it had reached a dangerous level.
To understand endometriosis, it is important to understand its role in the menstrual cycle, according to Winthrop Laboratories in New
York City. During the cycle, the special endometrial tissue that lines the inside of the uterus undergoes specific changes.
Just after menstruation, about day six, the endometrium is less than half a centimeter thick. Increasing estrogen levels then induce the endometrium to grow so rapidly that, by day 14, it may be up to 10 times thicker, according to Winthron Laboratories.
Under normal conditions, if the egg from the ovary is fertilized, it attaches itself to the thickened endometrium on about day 22. If the egg is not fertilized, hormone levels decline and the thickened endometrial tissue breaks down and is discharged.
The tissue is abnormal when it grows outside the uterus and, therefore, cannot leave the body. Buck saw that the tissue looked like a mold.
The growing and bleeding endometrial tissue that remains in the body may cause infertility, pain, abnormal menstruation and scar-tissue formation, Buck said.
tions in the cycle.
The symptoms of endometriosis vary considerably between patients. The most common symptom is a dull and persistent pain during menstruation that often radiates to the back, Buck said. The pain usually is more severe and incapacitating than normal menstrual pain, and may worsen over the years.
If left untreated, endometriosis can progress and will continue to respond cyclically to hormonal stimulation unless the woman becomes pregnant or reaches menopause, both of which cause temporary or permanent interrup-
Other symptoms are pain in the lower abdomen before or after menstruation, irregular or heavy bleeding, cramping, sexual intercourse or perturbity.
Endometriosis can be treated to relieve pain and other symptoms, halt the disease's progress before it becomes too extensive and, if possible, to preserve the reproductive function. Buck said.
The latest method of detecting the disease is laparoscopy, which can be performed at Watkins, Buck said. During this procedure, the patient is put under a local incision that or makes a small incision in the abdomen, and fills the abdominal cavity with gas to enlarge the organs.
A long tube with a light and attached lens then is inserted into the cavity so the doctor can detect any presence of endometriosis, Buck said.
Candidates get boost from PAC
By TODD COHEN
Former Lawrence Mayor Nancy Hambleton, JFT-PAC co-chairman, said, "We feel they understand the bigger picture. They look upon the needs of the city as a whole."
Staff writer
--day. She said 132 people remained strained at five guard armories.
Six candidates are vying for three commission seats. The top two finschers will serve four year terms. The winner will serve a two year term.
Although the Chamber created the PAC, it will not contribute any money, which will be raised privately, Hambleton said.
Two incumbents and a former Lawrence city commissioner got a political and financial boost Friday after he was re-elected to week-old political action committee.
In a press release, the Jobs For Tomorrow PAC endorsed commissioners Ernest Angino and Howard Hill and former commissioner Bob Schumm in the April 7 general election.
Hambleton said the PAC hoped to raise $5,000 to buy ads and mail literature urging voters to support the candidates. However, the PAC would not contribute to individual candidate campaigns, she said.
"They have publicly stated that efforts to create jobs and build a strong tax base are a priority for Lawrence and the University of Kansas," the JFT-PAC announcement said.
The endorsements come almost a month after the March 3 primary that was dominated by candidates by a neighborhood association PAC.
Schumm, who finished first in the primary, is the only candidate to be endorsed by the two PACs. Schumm, Dennis Constance, Mike Rundle and
Henry Johns were endorsed by the Old West Lawrence Neighborhood Association PAC.
Of the four, only Johns lost in the primary. He finished in eighth place, 18 votes short of sixth place.
Only one candidate who qualified for the general election, Ellis Hayden, hasn't received any endorsements.
Angino, KU professor of civil engineering, has served on the commission since 1983 and has his second term. Hill, director of KANU radio, was appointed to the commission in 1983 and won a two-year term in 1985.
Schumm owns Massachusetts Street Delicatessen, 941 Massachusetts St.; Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse, 719 Massachusetts St. and Fun Time Video Amusement Co., 719 Massachusetts St.
Schumm served on the commission from 1797 to 1891.
New blizzard strains support services
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One death has been blamed on the winter storm, which was the second to hit the state in a week.
The Associated Press
Blizzard conditions that shacked western Kansas on Saturday abated yesterday, but drifts kept roads and highways closed and record or near-record lows were expected across the state overnight.
"We're pretty busy making arrangements to feed cattle and older citizens who can't get out," Wuertz said.
County Emergency Preparedness Department in northwest Kansas, where 620 people with the Kansas State University stranded in motels and dormitories.
Alfred W. Dechant, 58, of Hays,
suffered a heart attack Saturday
while shoveling snow, said Errol
Wuertz, a spokesman for the Ellis
Emergency services strained the finances of the Kansas National Guard, which went to Gov Mike Hayden with a request for more equipment. The state began the process of transferring funds to the guard Saturday night.
The Kansas National Guard is planning a two-to four-day haylift operation to begin today in seven or eight northwest Kansas counties. Joy Cole, a spokesman for the adjutant general for the guard, said yesterday. She said 132 people remained strained at five guard armories.
MAIN ENROLLMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATES SUMMER AND FALL 1987 (Graduate Students see Page 2 of the Timetable)
Ron Crandall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said yesterday that while the state still faced cold and windy conditions, no more accumulation was expected.
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