THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 101, No. 119
THE STUDENT NEWSAPHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1991
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Kurdish rebels seize Iraqi camp while citizens face starvation
The Associated Press
ZAKHO, Iraq — Kurdish rebels yesterday claimed they had seized a government-held air base and camp in northern Iraq but said there were signs Saddam Hussein's forces were preparing for an assault on a key rebel-held city.
A statement from the Kurdistan Democratic Party said the Iraqi army was massing forces in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit to force Kurds to move on no other route. Kirkuk, which was seized in November
The statement, sent to The Associated Press in Nicosia, Cyprus, by telex, could not be confirmed independently.
Saddam has been struggling to quell rebel
lions in the north and south that flared after his defeat by the allies in the Persian Gulf War. The fighting halted with a cease-fire a month ago.
President Bush said yesterday that it was unlikely that Saddam would remain in power for long because the Iraqi people were fed up with him.
“There’s enough dissent and disorder, but it appears the Iraqi citizens are trying to do something about this,” he told reporters in Bethesda. Md
Kurdish leaders reported gains in northern Iraq — but also heavy casualties. They said guerrillas overran an Iraqi air base near Kirkuk on Tuesday and captured two Soviet-
The rebels also said they seized a government camp at Faardyla, on the road from Damascus.
made warplanes, a MiG-21 fighter and a Soviet-made Sukhoi bomber.
They said the two installations were among the that government forces controlled in northern Kyrgyzstan.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party said in a statement issued in London that the attack on the Khalid military air base was launched to ston the bombing of rebel held areas.
The statement said that more than 1,000 people were killed in the past week in air attacks on the northern cities of Kirkuk, Kefri, Douk, Kalar and Tuz Khormatu.
The Kurds said they feared a new threat *starvation*. The only supply route now open is across the border to Turkey.
In southern Iraq, where Saddam's forces largely have succeeded in putting down rebels by Shite Muslims, hunger was a major factor. A group of refugees fleeing into allied-controlled areas
In the Iraq border town of Safwan, food
broke out yesterday as Saudi Arabian
foodmen tried to buy it.
"We tried to be organized, but the people are just too hungry," said MaJ. Youssef Albourt of the Saudi military "They see the food, and they go crazy."
No serious injuries were reported in the
rioting.
At the United Nations, a new Security Council resolution would hold Iraq liable for the environmental havoc caused by tactics such as dumping millions of gallons of oil in the Persian Gulf and setting Kuwait's oil wells alight.
The permanent members of the Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, China and the Soviet Union - meet in private to refine their checklist of conditions the Baghdad government must meet before a permanent cease-fire is approved.
Under the measure, Iraq would have to let U.N. experts destroy its chemical, biological and nuclear assets.
Moscow police quell activists
Yeltsin supporters dispersed at Kremlin shortly before Russian parliament meets
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Police moved quickly today against pro-democracy activists backing Boris Yeltsin in a key political battle, dispersing several dozen just hours before a planned invasion of a central government ban.
About a dozen police rushed the crowd of 75 demonstrators and pushed them down the street, away from the Kremlin. At least six were detained.
The scuffle occurred shortly before the Russian republic's parliament convened at the Kremlin for a special session at which Yelsin, President Mikhail Gorbachev's chief rival, was invited to face a no-confidence vote.
His followers planned to defy a three-week ban on street demonstrations imposed by Gorbachev's cabinet Monday and demonstrate overwhelming public support for him in the rally, with rallies in adjacent Manegh Square.
Fears of a bloody confrontation gripped Moscow yesterday, especially after two dogs armored vehicle trucks in front of three miles from the city center.
However, authorities said thousands of police and Interior Ministry troops, armed with rubber trunches, would block the marchers' path.
Before they were dispersed today, the demonstrators chanted "Yeltsin,
Yeltsin," and held aloft the white, blue and red flag of independent Russia as well as signs that read, "Yeltsin is the hope of the Russian people" and "Communists, stop ruining the people's lives."
Last night, an organizer of today's main demonstration went on national television to appeal for peace.
"If... you come across barriers or forceful prevention of the movement of marchers, we ask you to show restraint and compose, not to give in to possible provocations and to refrain from any use of force." Arkady N. Murashov advised Yeltsin supportors.
Police signaled their determination to enforce the ban by sealing off Red Square last night and breaking up a small pro-Yeltsin demonstration in City Council headquarters earlier in the day, hauling away several.
That and today's scene near the Kremlin were reminiscent of how dissidents were treated in pre-Gorbachev years.
Yeltsin, who chairs Russia's parlament, is under attack from a hard-line faction of Communist lawmaker Vladimir Putin and popularists of the 15 Soviet republics.
The hard-liners bent on ousting him succeeded last month in calling the special session after Yeltis accused Gorbachev of rolling back democratic reforms, demanding that the Soviet president resign.
New enrollment option simplifies ticket buying
Kansan staff writer
By Jonathan Plummer
Starting this fall, one check does it all.
When enrolling at the end of this semester, students may order bus passes, all sports tickets or all arts tickets and then pay for them in the fall with the same check or credit card they use for their tuition.
Hardy David, director of Organizations and Activities, said the change was part of a program that eventually would make it possible for students to pay for all KU services at one time.
"This is a project that we have been working on for the past five or six years," he said.
The options table will be in the Strong Hall rotunda for the entire enrollment period, Hardy said.
However, students are not required to buy tickets or bus passes on the day of their enrollment appointment, he said. Those who do not sign up for the spring will have to go to individual offices in the fall to buy them, he said.
Jacqueline Davis, director of the fine arts concert series, said that although she expected the change to be a selling tickets was not the main goal.
If there is a lottery for all sports tickets, students who signed up for them during spring enrolment will receive a $100 gift card to get them in the fall. Hardy said.
In the spring, students who no longer want the services they signed up for in the fall can go through a series of online lessons removed from their enrollment.
Those who have late enrolments and sign up for tickets have as good a chance in a lottery as those who have earlier appointments, he said.
"With the series ticket, we want to encourage as many students as possible to take the opportunity to see performances at affordable prices," she said.
Susan Wachter, assistant athletic director, worked with Hardy on the project. She said the Athletic Department had been working for about five years on the idea to simplify the process.
Chevette belonging to Jan Price, an employee of the department of counseling psychology, and a 1986 Buick Century belonging to Sheryl Williams, a librarian at Spencer Research Library. Both cars had major damage, but no dollar estimates were available.
Facilities operations employees work to remove a fallen tree from two cars parked on Memorial Drive near Snow Hall. The tree fell yesterday when high winds gusts at speeds of up 80 mph. KU police Lt. John Mullens said the tree landed on a 1984 Chevrolet
Hail storm leaves marks
Student hit twice in two years; insurers encourage customers to file their claims
Kansan staff writer
By Nedra Beth Randoiph
Kansas staff writer
Jennifer Magnani could not believe it happened to her car twice in two years. But it did.
Magnani's 1990 Hyundai Excel was caught in sight the hail storm and received extensive damage to the hood and roof. It was the second time her car had been damaged in a hail storm, she said. Her car was in Colorado the first time it was damaged.
"It's pretty well banged up this time," said Magnani, Evergreen, Colo., freshman.
The red two-door car was parked on the top level of the Jayhawker Towers parking garage when the storm struck Lawrence.
"I really wished I had parked it under the top level," she said. "It's
a big pain claiming it through insurance. But I plan to anyway."
United Services Automobile Association, an insurance company with home offices in San Antonio, Texas, has set up a catastrophe appraisal station through Eilena Bueck at the old Eilena Suaru building, 1116 W. 23rd St., to assess hail damage to Lawrence cars.
Christal Walz, USAA service representative, said she received the first hall-damage call from Lawrence at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday and then another of the first call, more than 25 other calls clogged the USAA claims lines.
"We've had so many calls from Lawrence, Kan., that I can process the claims really fast now since I've had so much practice." she said.
the Lawrence Bus Co., B3T Pennyse,
vania St, said the buses that were
caught in the hail storm sustained
by Hurricane Ike were glass window
and aluminum roofs.
"I have no idea how much monetary damage was done," he said. "Some of the damage is just cosmetic, but it will help the extent that the buses will leak."
Chris Ogle, general manager of
Tom Oakson, sales manager at Ellena Honda, 2854 Four Wheel Drive, said most of their inventory was caught in the storm. The canvas canopy in front of the sales office was torn to shreds.
"The cars look like they were hit by a ton of golf balls," he said. "We have quite a bit of damage here."
Oakson said that in the nine years since he had been in the car business, he had never seen damage
from a hail storm such as he saw Tuesday.
All of the other dealers in the auto plaza also sustained extensive hail damage, he said.
David Tackett, Farmers Insurance Group district manager, said his adjusters were working overtime.
"We're all answering the phones just as fast as we can." he said.
He said that as of noon yesterday, his office had recieved more than 500 calls about hail damage.
Tackett said hail-damage coverage was carried under comprehensive damage coverage.
"Don't be afraid to call and report the damage if you've paid your premium. Tackett said he doesn't know what is what you carry insurance for."
Storms damage campus buildings, trees
By Katie Chipman
Kansan staff writer
The KU campus has survived the storms that have plagued Lawrence for two days but not without heavy damage to buildings, trees and vehicles.
Several buildings were damaged yesterday because of the wind velocity, which averaged 39 miles an hour during the windiest part of the day.
Bob Parker, assistant director of facilities operations, said the wind had knocked down several trees and dislodged circulation ventilation from the roofs of both Wescoe and Fraser hills.
to students because of the broken ventilator that was living on the edge of the roof.
The west entrance to Fraser was barricaded
Lonnie Welsh, assistant director of construction at facilities operations, said the ventilation unit was installed.
He said that when the wind died down, the ventilator would have to be removed from the roof and repaired but that the wind was too strong for facilities operations to retrieve it at the time.
KU police Lt. John Mullens that several of the Continuing Education buildings were evacuated for two hours yesterday when a tree was uprooted and fell into some power lines.
"KP&L cut the power off and cut the tree out of the power lines, and then they evacuated
some buildings because they were having some problems with the wind." Mullens said.
Mullens said that several trees fell in front of Watson Library and the Military Science Buildin
He said that one tree near Jayhawk Boulevard was broken at the trunk and fell across Memoria
The tree hit and damaged three cars, Mullens said.
Jan Price, owner of one of the cars, said, "I thought the car was totalled last night because of a broken front windshield."
"The roof is crushed, and on the driver's side, the doors are smashed in," she said. "Basically, it doesn't matter."
Watkins plans to extend hours Monday if Jayhawks advance to the championship game
By Amy Frank
Kansan staff writer
Saturday's basketball game will determine a lot of things for KU. One is whether Wakkins Memorial Health will stay open all night Monday.
Jim Strobel, director of Watkins,
said Watkins would remain open from
8 a.m. Monday until 10 p.m.
and before the Jayhawks won Sat-
turday's game.
If the team loses, Watkins will close at its regular time, 10 p.m. Monday.
If the team wins, Randy Rock, a physician at Watkins, and two nurses
will be working at Watkins. A person to operate the lab department and a person for the X-ray department will be on call, he said.
Rock was chosen to work during the extended hours because he was scheduled for Monday anyway, he said.
He said he was not worried about working all night.
"It's been done before," he said.
"If we're busy, that won't be a problem."
Jim Boyle, assistant director of Watkins, said the health center would not need to be open later than usual Saturday because people would wait
Watkins' experience from 1988, when the team won the national championship, prompted the idea of extending Watkins' hours.
to see the results of Monday's game. "I think people are going to hold off on the celebration," he said.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff, said in a telephone interview, "We had a tremendous number of students years ago who got hart, some severe.
When the team won the championship, more than 30 students were treated at Walkins through an anti-bullying campaign. People also were treated the next day.
Watkins was open 24 hours a day then, Yockey said.
Many students also had lacerations. he said.
Watkins used almost all of the crutches and braces it had because ankle sprains were the most common injuries. Vockee said.
"In 1988, it was the first experience, with that type of situation," he said. "I certainly didn't expect it. We had to pay to predict what would happen."
"Some of the lacerations were pretty deep," he said. "There was a lot of broken glass up on Jayhawk Boulevard.
"It's great to celebrate, but I hope people keep things in perspective."
Mike Chapman, physical therapist at Watkins, who also remembers the last championship night
"We had a lot of sprains and strains from the accident." he said. "We were really low on everything after that."
Watkins will be more prepared this year, he said.
"We'll probably be checking out to make sure we have enough braces on our teeth."
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