VOL.100, NO.94
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
HURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1990
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Latin students discuss drug summit
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By Ines Shuk
The drug problem and its possible solutions vary among producing nations, KU students from South America said.
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Mark Caceres, Arequipa, Peru freshman, said any money the United States gave Peru should be used to fice cava growers in rural areas.
Caceres said Peru's fight against growers of coca leaves was limited because of terrorism financed by drug lords.
"Unfortunately, Peruvian bureaucratic corruption wouldn't allow it to be directly used in those areas," he said.
"In Peru, terrorism isn't used in political means," he said. "It's a technique used by drug kings to get the attention of government from stopping their business."
The only solution to the coca growing problem in Peru is to have the government buy the coca growers' money, however, doesn't have the money.
Therefore, Caceres said the Peruvian government will go to the summit mostly to observe and to listen for new proposals.
However, Palacios said Bush's visit would be more meaningful to Latin American countries if he prepares a concrete proposal to combat drugs.
"It's a symbol of Bush's support to the Colombian efforts against drugs," he said.
"This is a bad moment for Peru to participate in the summit," he said. "Presidential elections are close, and with the change of government the Cartagena talk agreements will be somewhat forgotten.
Palacios said he hadn't heard about a specific plan that, for example, would include programs to help the peasants who made a living growing coca.
Palacios said that Latin American countries traditionally had rejected foreign intervention in their countries even in the form of military aid.
"Hopefully, it will result in feasible solutions to the drug problem."
"Basically, what Latin America needs to combat drugs is economic help," he said.
"It's like a ship without direction," he said...
Presidents Jaime Paz Zamora, Bolivia; Virgilio Barco Vargas, Colombia; and Alan Garcia, Peru, will attend today's six-hour talk in Cartagena, 800 miles northwest from Colombia's capital, Bogota.
Victor Palacios, Bogota, Colombia, graduate student, said Bush's participation in the Cartagena summit was mostly a political act.
President Bush will present a document about interdiction and military cooperation, economic alternatives to the drug trade and efforts to get other countries' aid in the war against drugs, said Michael Skol, deputy assistant secretary of state for South American affairs.
"Even military advisers would implicate a high political cost to them."
Miguel Roca, Bolivia senior, said his country was anxious about the outcome of the summit because Bush had already accepted that the United States was also part of the drug problem.
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problem. However, Roca said his country never would allow U.S. military actions in Bolivian territory.
Roca said his country was looking for U.S. economic help to begin a program to gradually substitute other crops for coca leaves.
artagena is a popular vacation spot for Colombia
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Roca said Bush wasn't running a risk by going to the summit because the Colombian and U.S. governments were enforcing maximum security*
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"Drug lords know that an attempt to kill Bush would be highly condemned by both governments," he said.
Bolivia grew 70,000 metric tons of coca leaves in 1989, or 35 percent of the coca used for cocaine production, according to a report in Time magazine.
"Bolivia is not worried about drug consumption," he said. "It's a minimum problem compared to the economic deficit caused by Bolivia's external debt."
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Bush takes safety precautions
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush will refuse to meet with Peruvian coca growers at the Colombian drug summit and will travel to Cartagena with a sharply reduced staff because of concerns for his safety, White House officials said yesterday.
White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater yesterday denounced the kidnapping Tuesday of two U.S. citizens in Colombia by leftist guerrillas who said they were protesting Bush's impending visit.
Saying that Bush shared concerns about the two U.S. citizens' safety, Fitzwater said that the U.S. government
could not allow threats of terrorism to influence its policies.
Bush will fly to Colombia early today, joining Presidents Virgilio Barco of Colombia, Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia and Alan Garcia of Peru for six hours of anti-drug talks at a heavily guarded naval base at Cartagena.
The four leaders plan to issue a joint statement pledging to cooperate in the fight against drug trafficking. The three leaders of the cocaine-producing countries were expected to press Bush for more economic aid to ease their farmers' shift from lucrative coca plants to legal crops.
E. and W. Germany
Leaders approve aid plan
The Associated Press
BONN, West Germany — West Germany approved $3.6 billion in aid for East Germany yesterday to keep its economy afloat and to prevent its citizens from fleeing in frustration until the two countries become one.
Another $1 billion was approved to resettle East Germans who come to the West.
The 1990 budget supplement also included $1.2 billion for a contingency fund for unforeseen expenses related to East German reforms.
Soviets accept troop cuts p. 7
Finance Minister Theo Waigel also announced Cabinet approval of $2.4 billion to modernize East Germany's aging factories, repair roads, install a new phone system and other immediate measures.
Though the money was earmarked for specific East German programs, none of it will go directly to the government of Communist Premier Hans Modrow, who likely will be ousted.
Modrow, whose two-day summit here concluded yesterday, had requested $9 billion in immediate direct aid Tuesday but was turned down by the government of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
Both leaders, however, hailed the landmark agreement by the Soviet Union, the United States, France and Britain setting up a procedure for formal talks on reunification.
"We see this as an exceptionally important development and a great success for the West German foreign minister, an important step toward German unity," said Hanns Schumacher, a West German Foreign Ministry spokesman.
S. R. Mooney, left, and Lonnie Worthington help Christy Stocks free her coat from a dog in front of Watson.
Sleeve-biting dog nabs KU student
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By Pam Schiller Kansan staff writer
A dog bit the sleeve of a KU student's coat and refused to let go yesterday in front of Watson Library.
When Christy Stocks, Wichita
graduate student, crossed Jayhawk Boulevard about 11:50 a.m., a black dog crossed the street with her. On her approach to the library, the dog seized Stocks' right coat sleeve and refused to let go.
"He came up on my blind side and grabbed my coat." Stocks said. "Every time I pulled he clenched tighter."
Stocks said she calmly spoke to
See DOG, p. 5
Lawyer attacks proposal permitting bar ID checks
By Kathryn Lancaster
Proposed legislation that would allow police to check the ID of any person drinking in a bar is unconstitutional, a Lawrence lawyer said yesterday.
Kansan staff writer
Donald Stole, the attorney who last semester set a Lawrence precedent in winning a court case that questioned the method police used to check IDs, yesterday sent State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, a letter protesting the state proposal.
Bars crack down on fake IDs p. 5
On Feb. 7, Winter introduced a bill that would allow police to check the ID of any person drinking in a bar. The bill also would require people to carry identification when drinking in licensed establishments.
"Legislators can't authorize a law that violates the Constitution," Stroble said. "Police cannot force someone to work under any condition because of how young they look."
Strole said the bill was unconstitutional because it would require people to provide evidence that could lead to their conviction.
He said he also disagreed with the method officers could use to check identification.
"It's got to be more than a hunch," Strole said. "They need to have some criteria or collection of facts."
Jim Flory, district attorney, said he had not seen the proposed legislation and would not comment on it. However, he said he supported and had requested some type of legislation that would allow officers to check IDs in bars.
Winter said he introduced the bill
By a Kansan reporter
Weather will stay icy today
In March 1989, Abbey J. Bernstein, now a Winnetka, III., ill, junior, was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol. Bernstein, who was 19 at the time, was apprehended in a bar with beer in hand.
In September, Jean Shepherd, Douglas County district judge, ruled that police did not have reasonable suspicion that a crime had been committed when they approached Bernstein.
"We should find a way to enforce the law without breaching the constitutional rights of young people."
Students who wore shorts during the weekend opted for umbrellas and boots yesterday when sleet and freezing rain fell on Lawrence.
at Flory's request.
The National Weather Service in Topeka issued a winter storm warning that would be in effect through tomorrow.
"I agree that it's an issue we should look at," Winter said. "I support looking at it and having a hearing on it. If after hearing discussion I am convinced that it's a good bill, I will support and try to pass it into law.
According to the KU Weather Service, the high yesterday was 25, and the low was 22.
The Lawrence area will receive much of the same today — rain and sleet are expected to continue until evening. The four fastest calls for a high number of calls are 0128, 0139, 0148 and 0149.
Dave Metze, National Weather Service meteorologist, said the area had experienced icy conditions during recent winter storms because of the ice stream's position.
He said the stream had been above Kansas flowing from the southwest to
A facilities and operations worker clears a sidewalk blanketed by sleet.
anketed by sleet
the northeast, which had caused a mixture of rain and snow to fall.
A spokesman for the Kansas Highway Patrol said there were several accidents last night, but no injuries were reported.
Social work classes at the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Regents Center in Overland Park were canceled.
The sky is expected to clear tonight, and tomorow should bring mostly sunny skies and a high in the mid-40s.