Wednesday March 9,1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No.113 (USPS 650-640)
Dole, Gephardt fail Super Tuesday test 3 Democrats vie for lead in race SUPER TUESDAY Bush big winne most of So
The Associated Press
Michael Dukakis circled Dixie and claimed a national candidacy on Super Tuesday, Albert Gore Jr. passed his do-or-die Southern test and Jesse Jackson greatly improved on his 1984 performance.
Super Tuesday's loser was Richard Gephardt, who won his home state of Missouri but fared badly elsewhere. He was failing to meet the 15 percent threshold required to win delegates in many states.
With a splintered outcome, three of the Democratic candidates could — and did — argue they did well on the ballot.
For Jackson it was victories in three big states and an impressive improvement over his campaign four years ago. For Dukakis it was a display of support outside his native New England and claim to a national candidacy. And for Gore it was the right to claim wide support across the South and a spot among the contenders for the nomination.
Gore immediately took aim at Dukakis as his chief rival and compared him to Walter Mondale and the Democrats' 1984 debacle.
"I think Mike Dukakis is going to represent for many voters the same old formula that led to the loss of 49 out of 50 states twice in the last five elections." Gore said.
He said the race "is going to be a long, hard-fought contest. It's also going to be a long, hard-fought contest in the fall. We need to select the candidate with the best chance of winning."
Dukakis, the Massachusetts governor, countered:
"Remember, this was a place where the guy from
Massachusetts wasn't supposed to do well at all.
"This has been a great night for us. To be able to take Texas and Florida, the two big ones, and to do well across the board demonstrates that this is a national candidacy, a national campaign."
Jackson's big victory in Virginia with nearly half of the vote and strong showing elsewhere he would fare better than his 1984 campaign, when he won only Louisiana.
"I've won Southern states today, either number one or number two, with a new Southern message," Jackson said.
"And that message is fundamentally, we the people must stop drugs from threatening our national security and our streets, we must fight to end economic violence. That message is getting through.
"We've gone from a narrow mainstream to a broad-based river," Jackson said.
See DEMOCRATS, p. 9, col. 1
Democrats
Dukakis: 6 states won Florida, Maryland, Idaho Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Texas
Gore:5 states won
Gore: 5 states won Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma North Carolina, Tennessee
Jackson: 5 states won Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana Mississippi, Virginia
Gephardt: 1 state won Missouri
Simon: 0 states won
Republicans
Bush: 13 states won
Bush: 13 states won Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia
Dole: 0 states won
Robertson: 0 states won
These figures reflect results as of 2 a.m. today
The Associated Press
Knight Ridder Graphic
George Bush swept the South on Super Tuesday, overwhelming Bob Dole in lopsided Republican voting. Dole sought to deflect the shock, but the presidential aspirations of Jack Kemp and Pat Robertson were dealt shattering blows.
Bush won decisively, not only throughout the region but in nearly all 17 states holding GOP contests. He scored a narrow victory in Missouri but trailed both Robertson and Dole in the initial returns from the Washington caucuses.
Bush was leading with 571 of the 712 delegates up for orabs.
"This is a unique political happening," an elated Bush told cheering campaign workers in Houston. "It exceeded my fondest expectations."
A more subdued Dole told his supporters in Chicago, "Tomorrow, we will be on the road to recovery."
Dole, shut out in the South, turned his sights north to the Illinois primary Tuesday, where he hoped to stage a comeback.
confused.
"I want to congratulate the vice president . . . He'll probably sleep better tonight than I will," he said. "We'll take turns."
take turns.
Dole's campaign chairman, William Brock, acknowledged that the campaign had suffered a serious defeat.
"The psychological bit is very heavy," he said.
The psychologist he is very likely to
Yesterday's voting appeared to put the other two GOP
candidates, Kemp and Robertson, well out of contention
for the party nomination.
However, Robertson了 in early returns out of the Washington caucus. He also outpiled Dole in two other races.
"It it isn't too bad for an amateur, but it's not near what I expected," Robertson said. He suggested that he might win the Illinois primary and said, "I do have resources left. We have the largest donor base of any candidate and I can carry all the way to New Orleans."
Bush won decisive victories all over, capturing more than 50 percent of the vote in many states, including delegate-rich Florida and Texas.
At stake Tuesday were 712 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Virginia was alone among the 17 GOP contests that held a "beauty contest!" that awarded no delegates. It takes 1,139 votes for the nomination.
Bush led with 571 delegates yesterday, giving him 688 when combined with the delegates he won in earlier contests. Dole had 100, for a total of 165; Robertson had 10, for a total 18; and Kemp had four, for a total 39.
See REPUBLICANS, p. 9, col. 1
Officials postpone postage increase
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Higher stamp prices won't take effect until next month, postal officials said yesterday after postponing a final decision on the effective date of the new rates.
The board of governors of the U.S. Postal Service will hold a special meeting March 22 to discuss putting the new rates into effect.
"Although no definite decision on an effective date for rates has been scheduled, the board has set April 3 as the target date to give mailers advance notice to plan for the new rates," the agency said yesterday in a statement released after its meeting.
Under the law, the agency has to give 10 days notice once it votes to impose new rates, so a vote on March 31 put the new prices in force by April.
The new prices, recommended by the independent Postal Rate Commission last Friday following 10 months of deliberation, called for a sweeping series of increases averaging more than 17 percent. Included would be a 25-cent first-class rate.
At yesterday's meeting, new Postmaster General Anthony Frank said that he would like to restore some of the recently cut postal services when higher stamp prices take effect but that he was concerned about the costs involved.
The Postal Service also announced that it was offering telephone sales of stamps nationwide during the transition to the new rates.
Callers will be able to use their Visa and MasterCard credit cards to order the new non-denominated 'E' stamps.
Customers who want to order the new stamps can do so. 24 hours a day, by calling 1-800-TAMP24.
KU police use extras at forum
By Ric Brack
Kansan staff writer
When the crowd outside Monday's free speech forum started to get unruly, law enforcement officials had a decision to make.
"We had people in front of the building trying to break in, literally climbing all over the building trying to get in second-floor windows." Ralph Oliver, assistant director of KU police, said yesterday. "I was scared people were going to get trampled to death."
KKK on campus Further coverage on p10,11
He said three broken windows and reports of fighting prompted a decision to deploy the second half of a combined force made up of about 120 area law enforcement officers. The second half had been held in reserve as a contingency force.
Most of the first half of the force was inside the auditorium, he said.
"A contingency force can be used in two ways," Oliver said. "First, it can be used as a deterrent, or you can wait until all hell breaks loose and then bring in the contingency force to clean up the mess."
The force was used as a deterent after a joint decision was made by Oliver, Jim Denney, director of KU police, and Lawrence police chief Ron Olin.
At 8:20 p.m., 50 Kansas Highway Patrol troopers, outfitted with riot helmets, visors, and carrying billy clubs, got off a bus and marched up the road to the auditorium.
Roll On!
"I don't want to brag," Oliver said,
"but we brought them in at the perfect time."
Some students taunted the troopers as they took positions around the building, guarding the doors and windows that some had been attempting to break through.
Oliver said earlier security estimates of up to $450 an hour were based on a security force including only KU police officers for three or
"Once that presence was there, people did calm down." Oliver said.
The cost of the 128-man security force was $1.5 million, Oliver said yesterday.
See SECURE, p. 11, col. 5
Laws, penalties are tough at spring break hot spots
Bv Ric Brack
Kansan staff writer
Spring break revelers under the age of 21 had better behave more like Frankie and Amnette than Bluto and Flounder if they plan to spend their time and money for things other than jail and fines.
Law enforcement officials in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Daytona Beach, Fla.; South Padre Island, Texas; and Aspen, Colo., warn that officers will not be lenient with minors drinking alcohol or anyone driving drunk.
During an eight-week period that included spring break last year, Cefkin said Fort Lauderdale police made 1,478 arrests. He said 461 of those arrested were students.
Fort Lauderdale
"City officials here have said they don't want the students back," said Ott Cefkin, a spokesman for the Fort Lauderdale police department. For that reason, he said, law enforcement officers aren't as lenient as they might be in other areas that try harder to attract spring break business.
The legal drinking age in Florida is 21. That age requirement will be strictly enforced, Cefik said.
Slightly more than a third of the students arrested were cited for possession of alcohol by a minor, about 19 percent for disorderly
Spring Break
conduct and 3 percent for possession of an open container in public.
Cefkin said those offenders were usually fined $25 and released. He said those fined and released under the city ordinance would get no criminal record, but if other charges, such as fighting or resisting arrest, were attached to the drinking offense, they would be cited under the state driving law. That would mean a court date and a possible criminal record.
Daytona Beach
Almost all the bars in Daytona Beach make provisions for admitting students between 18 and 21. The students must wear a color-coded wristband or bartenders and law enforcement officials can keep an eve on them.
If the offender is charged under state laws, though, the offender may have to spend time in jail until he can go before a judge.
If they are observed drinking, those under 21 will be thrown out of the bar, said Lt. Lexie Williams, crime prevention officer with the Daytona Beach police department. He said that a person seen giving alcohol to a minor would face a $35 city fine.
Williams said that if students were arrested on a weekend, they would be jailed until court reconvened Monday.
Officials from both Florida cities said that driving under the influence would be handled with less leniency than most other drinking offenses.
If the DUI case doesn't involve an accident, leaving the scene or injury, the offender will be cited for DUI and held in jail until a $500 bond is posted. A court appearance is mandatory.
Cefkin and Williams said the courts would usually try to move out-of-state offenders through the system rapidly, so they wouldn't have to come back to town for a court date.
Another Florida law that students should be aware of is a 1987 state disorder conduct statute, which makes it illegal to climb walls or hang from balconies.
Hotel owners are able to enforce the law because it gives them the power to detain, until police arrive, people seen engaging in dangerous activity.
In Daytona Beach, this is an offense for which no warnings will be given. Williams said. He said officers were instructed to give warnings and ask open container offenders to pour out their drinks.
Sleeping on a beach or in a park is illegal in Florida,but both
See BREAK, p. 12, col. 1
Photo illustration by Dale Fulkerson/KANSAN
Failure of qualified admissions bill surprises few
By Iill less
House defeated plan by 2-1 margin Monday
Kansan staff writer
University administrators said yesterday that they weren't surprised that a qualified admissions bill failed in the Kansas House of Representatives Monday.
The bill, which had been introduced by House Education Committee chairman Denise Apt, R-Iola, failed by a vote of 43-80.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor of
the University of Kansas, said yesterday that although she was disappointed that the bill failed, she was not surprised.
"My sense has been for some weeks that there was not a strong line (of support) on selective admissions," she said.
Ramaley said the bill would have given high school students an idea of what would be expected of them in college.
"The signal that would have been sent would have been very helpful," she said.
Ramaley said that one intent of the bill was to better prepare high school students for college.
The bill would have required high school students entering a Board of Regents school to pass with a least a C average a curriculum set by the Regents. The recommended curriculum was four years of English; three years of math,
He said he did not want to say what he thought about the failure of the bill.
Bruce Lindvall, director of admissions, said he thought a qualified admissions policy would cause high school students to take classes more seriously.
"If the classes are required, instead of just recommended, instead of just passing the course they might actually try for a good grade," he said.
science and social studies; and two years of a foreign language. The language requirement would have gone into effect in 1994, with the others taking effect in 1992.
Jane Hutchinson, director of Associated Students of Kansas, said she was not upset about the failure of the bill.
"Frankly, I'm not really disappointed," she said.
ASK had supported an admissions policy with slightly more stringent requirements.
She said she had not been surprised about the failure of the bill because there had been so much controversy about qualified admissions.
"I don't think anyone takes middle ground on admissions," she said.
The bill remains on the House of Representatives calendar and could be brought up for debate again today.