VOL.101,NO.85
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1991
Border struggle continues slowly
KHAFJI, Saudi Arabia — Iraqi tanks massed at the Saudi border and more fighting rigged in the frontier town of Khafjī this morning. The allies claimed earlier they had driven back an Iraqi drive into Saudia
Witnesses saw wounded being carried out of this Saudi border town and said the route between the city and Iraqi-occupied Kuwait still was open to Iraqi troops.
Saudi Gen. Khalil Bin Sultan said his troops, backed by U.S. Marines, had cleared the area of Iraqi troops yesterday afternoon and captured 350 Iraqi prisoners. "Then, it was 90 percent of their forces," he said.
Four Iraqi mechanized armored brigades were reported on the move north of the border, which is about 6 miles north of Khafaji, and military officers in a pool report another attack appeared likely.
After nightfall yesterday, U.S. sources said the town was all but out of Traquaj, an oo-day battle that began with Iraqi troops on the city's border.
"they lost 90 percent of their forces," he said. But it was clear later that heavy fighting still was continuing along the border and in the city. Pool reports described incoming rocket and artillery fire in the distance and heavy pounding from allied air strikes.
U.S. aircraft shot down, two soldiers still missing
This story includes reports subjected to security review by allied military authorities.
WASHINGTON — A U.S. plane was shot down in the war against Iraq, a Pentagon source said today.
The source declined to say whether the aircraft went down in Iraq or Kuwait, what type of craft it was or when it went down. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, would not confirm reports that the craft was an EC-130H Compass Call, an electronics warfare plane.
Military officials provided no outright confirmation of the report
Representative Pete Williams sought to head off questions at the daily Pentagon briefing, telling reporters that as a matter of policy "What we have done is to move from an aircraft while an active search and rescue is underway."
Skip Toler of Columbia, S.C., said his brother-in-law, Capt. Dixon Lee Walters, was reported missing in action at mid-morning yesterday by the Pentagon. The man had been shot down behind enemy lines, Toler said.
United States compromises for Soviet support in gulf
WASHINGTON — Continued Soviet support for the U.S. led war in the Persian Gulf was won with a pledge that the United States would soften its tough line against the crackdown in the Baltics, government sources say.
The sources, speaking on condition that they not be identified, said an unannounced agreement between Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertynkh led to issuance of a joint statement on the gulf that caught several U.S. allies by surprise.
"We made a rough deal," said one U.S. official privy to the talks this week between Baker and Bessmernykh. "We agree to back off on the Baltics, and they maintain support for us in the gulf."
Another source said the United States also received assurances that the Soviets would withdraw some of the troops they sent into Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia were among the countries that parachutist movements in the three tiny Soviet republics.
That pullback has begun, but it is not clear how many Soviet troops will remain. The Red Army has large permanent bases in the region, in addition to the special paratroopers and other forces brought in to round up draft resisters and wrest control from the separatist governments.
The crackdown, including Soviet assaults on separatist-held government facilities in Lithuania and Latvia, has resulted in 20 deaths.
From The Associated Press
Iraqi minister visits Iran for talks
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A senior aid to Saddam Hussein and a French Foreign Ministry official arrived in Iran yesterday for talks on the Persian Gulf War, Iran's official media reported.
The Associated Press
Tehran radio identified the Iraqi official as the deputy prime minister himself, he admitted. It did not say whether the Kremlin knew the Ferguson.
The broadcast noted Hamadi's visit followed Iran's declaration that it would not send back Iraq aircraft that
Therran says 16 Iraqi warplanes have flown to Iran and
Iraq landed safely. The allies say 89 Iraqi planes have flown to
Iraq.
Iran has said it would remain neutral in the conflict between the U.S. led allies and its former war foe, Iraq. Iran has said it would impound any aircraft from either side that lands in its territory until the war ends.
Tran, which fought Iraq from 1980-88, has deplored both the invasion of Kuwait and the foreign military intervention.
Also arriving in Iran today was Francois Scheer, secretary general of the French Foreign Ministry.
France is one of the 28 nations contributing soldiers to a 700,000 force. U.S.-led coalition arrayed against Iraq. It is among a dozen nations that have been involved in the air campaign against Iraq that began Jan. 17.
Officials from Algeria and Yemen also were expected
in Iran today, Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The two Arab countries support Iraq.
In an arrival statement, Hamadi said that regardless of the casualties Iraq might incur, it would never bow to the enemy.
It was Hamadi's second visit to Iran since August but the first since the war began.
"Important developments have occurred in the region over the past two weeks, since the U.S. imposed a war on Iraq, so the Iraqi leadership deemed it necessary to brief President Bush about these developments," Hamadi said, according to IRNA.
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Regents may gain control of Washburn
Jowayne Desylia, Windsor, Colo., senior, raises a sign in support of U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf. Desylia was one of about 20 people who marched from the Kansas Union to Wescoe Hall yesterday morning. The group showed support for U.S. troops by carrying U.S. flags and singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before continuing their march to the Vietnam Memorial.
University wants to become a state institution eventually
By Joe Gose
Kansan staff writer
Troop support
TOPEKA  A bill that would alter the financing of Wabuara/Inniversity was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday.
Washburn will still be receiving money from the state, but the Board of Regents will replace the Board of Education as the school's middleman, said Stanley Konlik, executive director of the Regents.
The money that Washburn receives will still come from the state but instead of going through the Board of Education, it will go to the district.
"They will not be a Regents institution until they are for observed by the state, and that is not the purpose of this work."
Although it is not recognized as a state institution, wasburn a municipal university, annually receives the highest awards.
But the university would like to change that, Koplik said.
"They want state affiliation, which means the state will have to increase its state aid with a reduction in the amount of money that Toplea pays for the university," he said. "But that's not proposed here."
According to the bill, the Washburn regents would retain control of all functions of the university, which leaves some legislators questioning what the bill does for the Kansas Regents.
State Sen. Sheila Frahm, vice chairperson of the Senate education committee, said, "There's the dilemma. I think it would be very difficult for the Board to require the University藏 under them but not have any actual authority."
But Kopik said there was nothing to indicate that this would be the first step in joining the Regents.
Frahm said that she thought Washburn was positioning itself to become a full Regents institution in the future.
Some wn argue that this is the beginning of affiliation and others will argue that this has nothing to do with affiliation.
State Sen. Joseph Harder, chairperson of the Senate education committee, said that a task force appointed by former Gov. Mike Hayden to study educational governance created the bill.
"They worked throughout the summer on the entire issue of government and this is just one of the proposals they recommended," he said. "We always introduce all the proposals whether we're for the bill or not."
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Budig addresses legislators,presses Margin
By Patricia Rojas
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Gene A. Budig told the House Appropriations Subcommittee yesterday that he was hopeful to ensure Excellence would pass this year.
Budig said that the University of Kansas regressed during fiscal 1991, the first year without the Margin since fiscal 1989, but that he was encouraged by Gov. Joan Finney's budget recommendations for
fiscal 1992.
Yesterday was Budig's first opportunity this session to address the Legislature in regard to the budget.
Gene Budig
"Kansas institutions of higher learning cannot sustain another year like the last," Budig said. "The hope that was kindled in years one and two of the Margin was deaf a serious blow. Faculty are again asking themselves what real commitment Kansans have to quality higher education."
The Margin of Excellence was the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers. The
Legislature financed the first two years but not the third
KU requested $3,956,028 for the Margin of Excellence in fiscal 1992. Finney included this amount in her recommendations.
Last summer, the Regents renewed their commitment to completing the Margin, he said.
Some Lawrence legislators share Budig's optimism for the Margin this year.
State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence, said she thought there was a stronger possibility for the Legislature to finance the Margin during fiscal 1992 than there
See BUDIG, Page 10
Luke awaits adoption at the Lawrence Humane Society, 1865 E. 19th St.
Luke's owner was sent to the Persian Gulf in December.
War leaves troops' pets in need of new homes
By Nedra Beth Randolph
Kanean staff writer
Pets on the homefront are being displaced by the war in the Persian Gulf.
Roma Tesch, manager of the Lawrence Humane Society, said she had had several calls about people who were sick and needed for the pets of service members.
"We had one lady call who was looking for a home for her cat," she said. "Her husband had gone to the Persian Gulf and she was moving in with her parents and she couldn't take the cat with her."
Although Tesch was not aware of increases in the number of pets being adopted, she said that in other places more animals were being placed in homes, not losing them, because of the troop deployment.
"It's a great idea for wives to adopt dogs as companions while their husbands are gone." Tesch said.
'Once you make a commitment to the armed services, you have to go when you are called, regardless of any animals you might own.'
Bob Wrolstad Army representative
Marcia Gitelman, who works at the Topeka Humane Society, said some of the dogs in the Topeka shelter had adopted by spouses of service members.
bark when the doorbell rings."
She said several couples had come into the shelter to pick out a dog. The couples wanted to get a dog for the new owner, one of the spouses left for the gulf.
"We've heard of a lot of places doing pet adoption programs in the last few weeks since the war started," she said.
Jovee May, who works for the United States Humane Society in Washington, D.C., said an alert had been sent to regional animal shelters to set up temporary pet adoption programs.
"Wives of servicemen are adopting dogs because they are lonely or need protection while they are alone while waiting to be adopted." "They ask if we have any dogs that
Bob Wroldstad, an army representative in Kansas City, Mo., said he did not know of any policy that the Army might have regarding displaced pets.
"Once you make a commitment to the armed services, you have to go when you are called, regardless of animals you might own," he said.
Capt. Mark Mason, Fort Riley relations representative, said the base had set up a temporary pet adoption program. The program helped deployed service members find families that want to keep their pets.
"The list for people willing to adopt a service member's pet is twice as long as the list for pets needing a new home," he said.
"People are coming up all the way from Wichita to temporarily adopt a pet. But they do realize that if the parents don't adopt, it might be a permanent adoption."