THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.100,NO.93
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1990
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Nations set plan for reunification
Germanies to unite after discussions outlined at meeting
The Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ontario — The United States and its European allies reached agreement with the Soviet Union and East Germany yesterday on a two-stage formula to reunite the two Germanies, according to a statement.
in the first stage, East Germany and West Germany would meet on legal, economic and political issues, according to the statement. The talks would begin soon after East Germany has its March 18 national elections.
In the second stage, the foreign ministers of the two Germanys would meet with the foreign ministers of the United States, France, Britain and the Soviet Union to discuss external aspects of the establishment of German unity, including the issues of security of the neighboring states.
The statement, hammered out on an East-West "Open Skies" conference and scheduled to be released later in the day, added that preliminary discussions at the official level would begin shortly.
Although the statement was not specific, among the external aspects to be considered by the Big Four
ames will be whether the new German is a member of the main Western military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The United States wants a united Germany to remain in the NATO alliance, while the Soviet Union wants a neutral Germany. East Germany now is a member of the Warsaw Pact.
U. S. officials bill the plan as "Two plus Four," a reference to the four World War II allies and the two Germans.
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze met earlier yesterday with his West German counterpart, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and with U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III.
Genscher yesterday affirmed that East and West Germany would reunite and sought to reassure the world that the new country would not pose any threat to peace.
"We tell all our neighbors what we want to unite — the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic and the whole of Berlin — no less, and no more. We do not have territorial claims against any of our neighbors," he said.
"We seek a European Germany, not a German Europe."
Gwersch made the comments to open the second day of a 23-nation "Open Skies" conference, the main topic of which has been eclipsed by the German unity issue.
Tigers roar past'Hawks
Kansan sportswriter
By Molly Reid
Missouri's 77-71 victory against Kansas last night at Allen Field House marked the second time in the season that the Tigers had defeated the No. 1 team in the nation. The Jayhawks have been the victim both times.
missouri, ranked No. 2, has kept top-ranked Kansas, 24-2 overall and now 7-2 in the Big Eight Conference, from having an undefeated season.
The Tigers, 23.2 overall and 9-1 in the conference, made 27 of 49 of their field goal attempts (55.1 percent) last night. Kansas, on the other hand, made just 29 of 66 from the field (43.9 percent).
"You just can't keep a great player like that down," said Kevin Pritchard, who scored 11. "But tomorrow is another day."
Kansas trailed by as much as 10 points during the second half but tied the score at 64-all with 5:33 left. Senior forward Rick Calloway hit back-to-back 10-foot jump shots, erasing the deficit.
Missouri guard Anthony Peeler led all scoring with 22 points and hit the basket that put the Tigers in the lead for good.
rritchard kept the Jayhawks in the game with two free throws, followed by a three-point shot to bring Kansas within two, 73-71, with less than two minutes remaining. But it wasn't enough.
Gary Monk/Special to the KANSAN
Kansas coach Roy Williams complains about a blocking call on Kansas forward Jeff Gueltner.
Official sees deficit in U.S. education
By Mark McHugh
Kansan staff writer
The United States has an education deficit that needs to be addressed by administrators and educators, the Secretary of Education said yesterday in Lawrence.
"It is not enough to speak of deficits unless one seeks solutions," said Lauro Cavazos, Secretary of Education. "We will not solve the budget and trade deficits unless the United States solves its deficit in education."
Richard Quinn/Special to the KASSEBAUM Introduces Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos at the Adams Alumni Center.
Richard Quinn/Special to the KANSAN
'We will not solve the budget and trade deficits unless the United States solves its deficit in education.'
— Lauro Cavazos Secretary of Education
Cavazos spoke to about 30 KU administrators and faculty members yesterday at the Adams Alumni Center, 1286 Oread Ave. It was one of several steps he made at local schools with Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan.
Cavazos said that low minority enrollment in the United States was a continuing problem in the educational system and that 50 percent of minority students drop out.
"One and a half percent of faculty of American universities today are Hispanic, and if you exclude historically Black colleges, only 4 percent of American faculty now are Black," Cavazos said.
He said education of minority students would increase Black faculty numbers. One way to do this is through more interaction between universities and communities.
"We're talking about this equity issue that needs to be addressed." Cavazos said. "The public university has a major role in the education of those minority professionals to go on into faculty positions."
Kassebaum said that federal regulation of higher education was necessary, although educators might like to see it diminish.
Cavazos and Kassebaum also
Cavazos commended Haskell for its history in education and congratulated Bob Martin, who was inaugurated as the president of Haskell last week.
addressed a crowd of about 200 at Haskell Indian Junior College.
"At this particular point Haskell has an opportunity to establish a vision for its future," Cavazos said.
Martha Barraza, Pacoima,
Cavazos said, "I'm convinced that the only way we're really going to solve the drug problem is through education."
Calif., sophomore at Haskell, said after the speech that students today were not well educated, and that drug abuse was a major contributor.
"They don't seem to take care of their problems before they start with education." Barraza said.
U.S. and Soviets agree to vast troop reduction
The Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ontario — The United States and the Soviet Union agreed yesterday on a sharp reduction in troop deployments in Central Europe to 195,000 for each superpower, Canadian External Affairs Minister Joseph Clark said.
The United States could keep up to 30,000 troops elsewhere in Europe under the agreement, he said.
The accord worked out during an "open skies" conference represents Soviet acceptance of the initiative President Bush unveiled in his State of the Union address Jan. 31.
Clark made the announcement in a
conference hall with Secretary of State James A. Baker III, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze and other foreign ministers looking on. Baker and Shevardnadze did not speak.
hate the United States now has about 305,000 troops in Europe, of which about 275,000 are on the central front, mostly West Germany, and 30,000, generally in Navy and Air Force units, in Greece, Turkey, Italy, Spain and Britain.
and Britain. The Soviet Union has about 650,000 in East Germany, Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, four nations that have shed their hardline communist governments.
Retail sales rose in January; spending holds off recession
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Retail sales rose a strong 1.6 percent in January, the sharpest gain in more than a year, the government reported yesterday.
Analysts said the broad advance demonstrated enough consumer confidence to hold off a recession.
"Consumer spending is still alive," said John Silvia, an economist with Kemper Financial Services in Chicago. Most categories showed advances that "suggest to me that the consumer is coming back in the first quarter, taking up his normal pace of spending."
The Commerce Department said sales totaled a seasonally adjusted $146.4 billion and posted the steepest increase since a 2.1 percent gain in October 1988.
"This positive report confirms our forecast that consumer spending will
increase this year, reversing the decline of late 1989," said William K. MacReynolds, forecasting director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
December sales, which originally were said to be up 0.2 percent, actually fell 0.2 percent, dragged down by a 2.6 percent decline in automobile sales, yesterday's report said. Auto sales represent about 20 percent of retail sales.
But car sales, prompted by a renewed round of incentives that continued into February, were up 5.4 percent in January. The gain in car sales was the largest since a 6.6 percent advance in October 1988.
Excluding the often volatile auto category, retail sales still rose 0.6 percent last month.
Retail sales account for about one-third of consumer spending, which represents about two-thirds of the GNP.
Jail overcrowding and legislation may lead to new centers in Lawrence
By Yvonne Guzman
Recent overcrowding in the Douglas County Jail and new legislation have sparked discussion about building a new juvenile detention center and a work release center in Lawrence, the Douglas County sheriff said yesterday.
Special to the Kansan
"We need to have a juvenile detention center available . . . and we have to have a work release center," Sheriff Loren Anderson said. "It's not a matter of take our choice we've got to do both."
A recent federal mandate forbids holding juvenile offenders within sight or sound of adult prisoners, Anderson said. This legislation and jail overcrowding has caused some law enforcement officers to favor building new facilities.
new rachnites.
The Douglas County Jail was built to accommodate 52 prisoners, but for the past six months it has housed an average of 42 A.
times, the number of prisoners has been as high as 72. The overcrowding is a problem for the staff, which has not been increased in proportion to the influx of prisoners, Anderson said.
Mark Matees, director of Douglas County Community Corrections, told a journalism class yesterday that preliminary estimates for a juvenile detention center, which would house 10 to 15 offenders, range from $750,000 to $1.5 million.
Anderson and Douglas County District Judge Jean F. Shepherd are working on proposals to establish new facilities. The proposals would be presented to the Douglas County Commission.
Preliminary estimates for a work release center, which would accommodate about 20 prisoners, range from $350,000 to $700,000.
If the jail population continues to grow, the county faces the possibility of a court order that would require prisoners to be transported to a facility with more room, Anderson said. Such orders have been issued — sometimes in response to prisoner lawsuits — to other Kansas jails that have been overcrowded.
Anderson said the cost of relocating prisoners would probably be high.
The cost of transporting prisoners from the county jail is at present only a potential problem, but it is a reality for officials dealing with juvenile offenders. Juveniles cannot be held in the county jail even if there is room because of the recent federal mandate.
Juveniles taken into custody must be driven to the nearest juvenile detention center that has a vacancy. Sometimes the nearest facility is as far away as Dodge City, Anderson said. The cost of this transportation is about $31.50 for each hour.
Since Jan. 1, the county has spent about $1,500, transporting juvenile offenders and
However, Anderson said. "A juvenile detention center is not going to help the overcrowding in the jail."
adult prisoners for reasons not related to overcrowding. The jail has not yet sent adult prisoners elsewhere for overcrowding reasons.
One possible solution would be the building of a joint juvenile detention center with a neighboring county such as Franklin, Jefferson or Osage, none of which have a center.
The release of these prisoners, most of whom are being held on non-violent charges as some drunken driving and other forms of substance abuse, would bring the jail occupancy below capacity. Anderson said. Currently, ten prisoners must sleep on mattresses on the floor of a day-use room.
But a work release center might solve the problem, Anderson said. It would relieve the jail of 19 prisoners who are already allowed to leave for about 10 hours a day to work in the Lawrence area.
County Administrator Chris McKenzie said he agreed with Anderson that something must be done. He said, however, that any plans for new facilities were still in the preliminary stages. The commission is awaiting the results of a series of studies being conducted by Douglas County Community Corrections to measure the magnitude of the problem.
"There's a lot of questions that need to be answered." McKenzie said.
Matese said that if the county commission decided to build a juvenile detention center, a work release center, or both, there were various alternatives available.
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The county would be faced with the choice of buying existing buildings and renovating them, building two new structures or hoping someone would donate existing buildings that could be renovated. Matese said.