THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday April 13,1988
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 133 (USPS 650-640)
Hijacked jetliner takes off 12 hostages freed before plane flies to Algeria
The Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria — A hijacked Kuwaiti jumbo jet carrying at least 30 hostages flew from Cyprus to Algeria last night, but the gunmen said they would not give up the jet plane.
The aircraft touched down at 10:07
d.m. EDT vetted day.
The Boeing 747 left Larnaca, Cyprus, after the Shiite Moslem gunmen freed 12 more passengers in what they called a gesture of good will. The hijackers have killed two passengers during the grim nine-day odyssey.
Akis Fantis, a spokesman for the Cyprus government, told reporters
that sources in Algiers gave assurances that the gunmen would give up the hostages and plane there, but one of the hackers denied it.
He said by radio just before takeoff, "We deny what has been reported by radio and by the media that we are ready to hand the plane to anyone. We refuse to do that until martyrdom." He did not mention the hostages.
Pollice surrounded the brightly lit VIP lounge at Algiers' Houari Boumédienne Airport. Squads of motorcycle police, normally used as escorts, stood by, along with ambulances, fire trucks and police cars.
Algerian Interior Minister El Hadi
Khediri and Information Minister Bachir Rouis were at the airport. Three members of the permanent Palestine Liberation Organization mission in Algiers entered the VIP lounge, then were spirited into a guarded sideroom.
Officials, speaking on the condition that they not be named, said that rooms were being prepared at the Aurora Hotel, overlooking the city for them, for other guests. streets were blocked, however, that this was no guarantee they would be used.
today, the gunmen said they had donned self-proclaimed death shrouds and had renamed the jetliner "the plane of martyrdom."
About 40 people, including the six to eight hijackers, remained aboard the Kuwait Airways jet. It was commanded eight days ago on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand, to Kuwait and spent three days at Mashhad, Iran. It was subsequently allowed to land at Larnaca because it was low on fuel.
One of those freed three members of Kuwait's ruling family, Fadel Khaled Al-Sabah and his sisters Anware and Ebtesam, still were on the plane, according to Dr. George Olympios at Larnaca General Hospital, where the freed hostages were
"No one is in a grave condition."
Olympics said of the released hostages. "Most are in good health but are staying for observation; nothing serious anort from fatigue."
The 12 passengers walked off the aircraft at 3:25 p.m. EDT, and got on a bus to the airport lights from the plane and emergency vehicles illuminated the runway.
It left Mashhad on Friday and flew around the Mediterranean for more than three hours as the pilot desperately sought permission to land at airports in Damascus, Syria, and Beirut. He finally was allowed to land in Larnaca, where the gunmen killed two men identified as Kuwaitis on Sunday and Monday.
Counterfeit operation uncovered
Pam Holley, Top Priority vice presidential candidate, speaks during the Student Senate candidate debate last night in Alderson Auditorium. About 90 people attended. From left: Michael Foubert, moderator; William Sanders. Focus vice presidential candidate;
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — More than $1 million in counterfeit money was seized and two men were arrested in what authorities call one of the biggest counterfeiting schemes ever uncovered in the Kansas City area.
New issues brought up in final debate
Douglas W. Buchholz, special agent in charge of the Secret Service office in Kansas City, said agents recovered about $600,000 in counterfeit $20 notes from a Lenexa printing business, Ultra Graphics, and about $500,000 in counterfeit $20, $50 and $10 notes from a rural farm home near Chilhowee, Mo.
Peter S. Stoppe, 41, of rural Chilhowee, and Joaquin E. Mesa, 51, of Warrenburg, Mo., were charged Monday in a U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., with one count each of counterfeiting.
Mark Flamagan, Focus presidential candidate; Brook Menees, Top Priority presidential candidate; Holley; Brian Kramer, Integrity vice presidential candidate; and Frank Partnoy, Integrity presidential candidate.
"They were well organized and spent enough money to set up a quality print shop." Buchholz said.
They appeared before U.S. District Judge Dale E. Saffels and were released on $5,000 recognition bonds. The counterfeiting charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
The printing business of Ultra Graphics in Lenexa had been under surveillance by the Secret Service since late January. Agents observed proceedings inside the business with a secret video camera installed in March under a court order.
By Davana Yochim
By Dayana Yochim
Kansan staff writer
Foubert asked what each coalition planned to do about decreasing enrollment of minority students and the lack of minority representation in the KU staff and faculty.
Minority recruiting and representation within student government were just a few of the topics discussed at last night's debate between the three coalitions running for Student Senate.
Frank Partny, candidate for student body president on the Integrity coalition, said the University needed to create incentive programs for minorities based on merit. He suggested establishing more minority scholarships for students.
"We need to go about it through lobbying and by getting the minorities involved in it," Partnoy said.
William Sanders, candidate for vice-president on the Focus coalition, said that recruitment was the measure of the percentage of minorities at KU.
"We need to have minority students go back to their high schools to get minority recruits," he said.
Brook Menees, candidate for president on the Top Priority coalition, said existing support programs for minorities were not financially sound.
He said there needed to be more students lobbying for support of these programs so that they could quit and retain more minorities.
The candidates during the debate also discussed proportional
student representation within the Senate.
One of Integrity's campaign platforms is to increase the size of Student Senate. Partnoy said this would make the governing body more representative of the campus population.
"Voters are sending us a clear signal when only 10 percent show up for elections." Partnoy said.
By increasing the number of
student senators and changing the committee structure to include these senators. Partnoy said that members would be better represented.
Pam Holley, candidate for vicepresident on the Top Priority coalition, said the people on her coalition committed to the voice of the students.
"Mere numbers will not help with representation," Holley said.
"The commitment of the senators will."
Mark Flannagan, candidate for president on the Focus coalition, said he would try to emphasize representation from off-campus students.
He said that 65 percent of KU students lived off campus and that they were not fairly represented by five off-campus senators.
RACISM AT KU
Number of black faculty still low
Today is the third day of a five-day series examining racism on campus. Tomorrow, the Kansan will look at black leadership at KU and in Lawrence.
By Rebecca J. Cisek
Kansas staff writer
Adams saw that few blacks were at KU and in Lawrence and recognized a lack of commitment to recruit black faculty.
Kansan staff writer
When Sam Adams initially turned down a job at the University of Kansas in 1969, it wasn't for the usual reason of an inadequate salary offer.
Fifteen years later, as a tenured associate professor, Adams still sees a disappointingly low number of black faculty. Currently at KU, only 20 of the 1,042 faculty members are black.
His reasons had more to do with the lack of comfort and support KU and Lawrence would be able to provide to a black professor.
Although most job opening advertisements carry the words "equal opportunity employer" to encourage minorities to apply, most universities have not been able to hire as many black faculty members as they would like.
See related story
KU administrators and black faculty agree that there are many reasons why blacks are hesitant to play at predominantly white universities.
- Nationally, the number of blacks available to teach is small.
The problems are varied and complicated. For example:
available to teach is small.
• The locations of KU and other small-town universities are not attractive to blacks.
Real hire power often does not
cost with Affirmative Action pro-
grams.
Part of the overall problem of hiring and retaining black faculty is that universities tend to go through cycles in which the emphasis on hiring black fluctuates.
Dorothy Pennington, associate professor of communication studies and of African studies, called this the wave effect.
The commitment to recruit and keep black faculty is not as strong as it could be.
The late '60s and early '70s were the period of the black revolution, she said. Universities started black studies departments and tried to hire more black professors.
But the strides made during that period haven't carried into the present day, she said.
"The movement is no longer active and the wave has died down. It's no longer on the forefront of people's minds," Pennington said.
Kansan staff writer
Voting starts today in Senate elections
By Jeff Suggs
The two days of voting could cost senate as much as $5,000, said Jason Kirksey.
Weather, parade could effect turnout
Kansan staff writer
Krakow said that the Senate had allocated $5,000 for the election but that it wouldn't know how much of it would be spent until the election was over.
At least 3,000 students are expected to vote in today and tomorrow's Student Senate elections, and at least 70 poll workers will be on hand to see that the voting goes smoothly.
The pool is small
Krakow said he didn't think all the allocated money would be used.
Another factor in recruiting is that, nationally, the number of blacks available to teach is small and shrinks every year.
From 1976 to 1986, the number of blacks earning doctorate degrees has decreased nationally by more than 26 percent, according to the National Research Council in Washington, D.C.
Because most blacks earn their doctorate degrees in educational and social science fields, finding black faculty in certain areas, such as the sciences and mathematics, can be almost impossible.
Paying poll workers is part of the expense. Seven student organizations are working the polls. Each organization will get $200 for two days work, said Brian Stern, chairman of the Student Senate Elections Committee.
"Out of 100 to 120 applicants, there might be one black who applies."
Stern said he expected voter turnout to be average, between 3,000 and 4,000. No attempt is being made, he said, to try to increase turnout. The elections committee expects the three participating coalitions to generate interest for the election.
Stern said that elections committee members also would be working the polls.
See MINORITY, p. 6, col. 1
But Krakow said the publicity about the coalitions and the good weather predicted for today might encourage more voters to go to the polls.
There is a chance, however, that today's downtown parade for the Kansas basketball team might hurt election turnout, Krakow said.
"I'm concerned the parade will take voters away from the polling places," he said.
Parade for Jayhawks today to give cheers to champions
The parade, sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, will begin at 4 p.m. at Seventh and Eighth Streets. The parade will take place at 12th and Massachusetts streets.
By a Kansan reporter
Today, wear something blue that says "championship" on it, bring some balloons, and join the parade planned for KU's basketball heroes.
It will include the Jayhawk national championship basketball
team, many cars decorated by fans and alumni, F.C. "Phog" Allen's grandchildren, Cinderella, and a singing fat lady.
The parade will include:
The Jayhawk national championship basketball team.
Many cars decorated by fans.
F. C. "Phog" Allen's grandchildren
Walt Disney's Cinderella One singing fat lady.