THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1989
Missing aircraft prompts a search
VOL. 99, NO. 97
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A twin-engine plane thought to have 10 people aboard disappeared on a flight from Las Vegas to Southern California and search teams were focusing on an area around a 4,907-foot mountain.
See related story p. 12, col. 1
The chartered Cessna 402 left Las Vegas at 11 a.m. Sunday and was due at Orange County John Wayne Airport an hour and a half later, said Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Ed Crankshaw.
Two patrol ground teams searched late Sunday near Pleasant Peak in the Santa Ana mountains on the Orange-Riverside county line from rear at about 2,100 feet near the mountain. Crankshaw said.
An aerial search was to begin at dawn.
The Federal Aviation Administration, meanwhile, was trying to determine whether the plane was missing from its assigned airport. A regional duty officer Tommy Aina.
Controllers talked to the pilot shortly after noon as the plane was inbound to Orange County but there was a lack of communication from the pilot, Aina said.
FAA duty officer Rich Tornquist said the pilot noted in a flight plan that there were 10 people, but he did not know that that did not mean all had boarded.
Pleasant Peak is in the Cleveland National Forest, 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles and 20 miles northeast of the Orange County airport.
KU student to lead black organization
by Cynthia L. Smith
But Ardra Tippett was an exceptional secretary.
Most secretaries do not become chairmen.
Kansan staff writer
Tippett, Lawrence junior, was elected chairman of the Big Eight Council on Black Student Government this weekend at the 12th Annual Big Eight Conference at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Tippett also was recognized for her performance while she was correspondent secretary, her previous position.
The council is composed of black student organizations from the Big Eight universities. It was formally established in 1978 at the University of Missouri.
Twenty-eight KU students attended the 1989 conference.
Two delegates and the president from the black student organizations at the Big Eight schools individually voted to elect the chairman, vice chairman and corresponding secretary. The parliamentarian and recording secretary were appointed by the newly elected chairman.
Tippett appointed Cassandra
Turner, Lawrence sophomore recording secretary.
John Lewis, Kansas City, Kan. senior, also was nominated for chairman.
"Both Ardra and I really care about the council — where it's going and what it's doing." Lewis said. "We view it as a long-term entity."
"We can share ideas and deal with problems that blacks encounter on predominantly white campuses in a positive way," Lewis said.
Hayden requests Margin support
Lewis said he enjoyed meeting black students who were succeeding at the other Big Eight universities.
Tippett said communication between the big Eight schools was important because the school year ended in the year and the meetings were three months apart.
"We're spread out over such a big area," she said. "And it's important for us to know about the problems each other is having."
Tippett she hoped the council would become financially independent instead of relying on the universities for financing.
"The main reason we want to
Gov. Mike Hayden was in Lawrence yesterday to provide a public push for his programs of the law, including the Margin of Excellence.
See BIG, p. 6, col. 1
Hayden told members of the Lawrence Rotary that financing for the second year of the Margin would be crucial to higher education in Kansas, particularly for the University of Kansas.
by Alan Morgan Kansan staff writer
The Margin of Excellence is 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.
Under Hayden's recommendations, KU would receive a $450 million operating budget and an additional $2.5 teaching positions that would be financed to deal with enrollment growth.
"I am hopeful that legislators will continue to be supportive of the Margin," Hayden said. "But I am realistic about the process, and there are hurdles that must be passed before it is sent to my desk."
Hayden said that after the passage of the proposed tax bill last week, he had urged legislators to turn their attention toward education, tort reform and the state's ailing highway system.
A Senate committee last week approved Hayden's recommendations for the Margin and increased financing of the program by $3.6 million.
According to a statement, the Regents said they supported Hayden's proposal and would continue to secure approval of his program.
"These budget recommendations show a true commitment to KU, as well as to the state's higher education system," Hayden said.
"The board expressed pleasure with progress in the 1989 Legislature and is looking forward with cautious optimism to a session," the Rogers statement said.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, said he was glad that Hayden was addressing the public in his push for the Margin.
“It’s going to be a fight to get full funding for the project, but I think that with the governor taking the issue to the people, it will help.” “It’s going to take that effort on the part of Hayden to get the Margin through.”
15 city candidates speak at forum
by Carrie Harper
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence City Commission candidates should know each other pretty well by now, the day after their third
The 15 candidates fielded questions on current issues at a forum sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce last night at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
Candidates were divided into three groups. They were given four minutes for opening comments, then fielded questions from a moderator for 20 minutes. They had two minutes for closing comments.
The proposed South Lawrence Trafficway was one large focus of discussion.
Dennis Constance, the only incumbent on the ballot, said he did not support the trafficway and would rather see a public vote on the issue. He said he had three long-term plans to address the traffic problems in Lawrence
— a master traffic plan, improvement of the existing road infrastructure and a public transit system.
Kristi Lewis, a research associate at Hall-Kimbrell Environmental Services, said she also did not support the
"it's too late to turn back," Hayden said. "If we turn back now, some day we'll get it whether we want it or not."
Ellis Hayden, who ran for commission in 1987, suggested a toll for the trafficway.
trafficway as it was proposed
Stan Harris, a retired executive with Hercules Inc., said he would rely on experts' opinions to decide on the environmental issues surrounding the trafficway's construction.
"The South Lawrence Trafficway will pave the way for a suburban mall and eventually suburban sprawl," she said.
Many candidates also were challenged to propose ways to shorten the marathon city commission meetings.
George Heckman, assistant director of DCCCA Inc., said the commission could establish a limited time frame for determining the number of cases.
Ken Dziewulski, an admissions representative at Saint Mary College in Leavenworth, said he thought the teacher was very helpful.
See FOCUS, p. 6, col. 1
Candidate Bob Walters, right, explains why he should be elected to the Lawrence City Commission as another candidate, Ken Dziwielski, listens.
'I'm dreaming of a white Presidents' Day'
Steve Traynor/KANSAN
A student makes his way through the fresh snow on a pathway between Bailey and Strong halls.
Group endorses three candidates
The Organization for Wise Leadership . . . A Political Action Committee yesterday publicly endorsed Dennis Constance, Marci Francisco and Kristi Lewis for the Lawrence City Commission.
Based on questionnaire responses and a public candidate forum Feb. 12, the approximately 50 OWL-PAC members voted for their candidate choices, said Phil Minkin, OWL-PAC spokesman. The team also received votes from at least 50 percent of the OWL-PAC members, Minkin said.
by a Kansan reporter
By endorsing candidates, OWL-PAC hoped to encourage a large voter turn-out and support for those who are most likely to be rethumbhardy issues. Mukin said.
houghtily. "The biggest problem is apathy," he said. "People aren't nearly as excited to get out and vote."
Ten of the 15 candidates received some support, but five received no votes, Minkin said.
The candidates will not necessarily receive any financial support from the committee, Minkin said.
watters was not able to attend the forum because of business commitments, and Dziwelski did not return his questionnaire in time, said Minkin, suggesting why those candidates did not receive any votes.
If the three candidates endorsed by OWL-PAC do not pass the primary election on Feb. 26, the committee will have to endorse their endorsements, Minkin said.
European Common Market governments decided yesterday to withdraw their top diplomats from Iran in protest of Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini's renewed order for Muslims to kill novice Salman Rushdie.
Britain went further by pulling out its entire embassy staff.
Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe said the death threats against Rushdie and the publishers of "The Satanic Verses" for alleged blaspheming Islam were unwarranted in Britain's internal affairs.
Rushdie saga Europe boycotts Iran
The Associated Press
He left open the possibility of expelling Iran's lone diplomat in London, where Rushdie lives.
See BRITAIN, p. 6, col. 4
The 12 Common Market governments, in a sharp blow to Iran's hopes of improving relations with Western nations, decided to recall their diplomas for consultations and broad high-level visits to and from Iran.
They said they also will restrict the movement of Iranian diplomats in their countries.
Howe said that the Common Market foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, had sent "a strong, concerted signal to the Iranian leader that he respects international standards of behavior and will not be tolerated."
For Britain's part, he said, it was no longer sensible to maintain a diplomatic presence in Teheran.
Controversy boosts book's marketability
by Rias Mohamed Kansan staff writer
When Bill Getz was perusing a book catalog in the spring of 1888 and ordered three copies of Salman Rushide's book "The Satanic Verses," he wasn't awake of the impudent book the book was going to create.
"I thought we would have a small, select audience. We thought we would sell three copies in book store locations for the Oread Bookshop coordinator for the Oread Bookshop.
Getz, who orders books from various publishers including Viking Penguin, publisher of "The Satanic Verse," and "Melancholy," are received at the bookstore Dec. 27.
"The book hadn't sold phenomenally until the riots broke in Pakistan." Getz said.
He placed a second order of 10 books right after the riots in Pakistan on Feb. 13. When Muslim demonstrators demanded that the books arrived February 16, and they were sold almost immediately, he said.
See AREA, p. 6, col. 4