THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1989
(USPS 650-640)
VOL.99, NO.96
Committee seeks to censure Duke If ex-Klansman's win is official,GOP may propose rejection
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee said it would seek to censure David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader who won a seat in the Louisiana state legislature who did not reflect GOP principles.
"David Duke is not a Republican," RNCH Chair Lee Awaita said in a statement released by the party. "He's a pretender, a charlatan and a political opportunist who is looking for any organization he can find to legitimize his views of racial and religious bigotry and intolerance."
"We repudiate him in his views and we will take steps to see that he is disenfranchised from our party if he is elected," Ms. Bessler said on Saturday's election." Atwater said
"What does it take to be a Republican, other than registering yourself as a Republican?" Duke's campaign
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David Duke is . . . a pretender, a charlatan and a political opportunist who is looking for any organization he can find to try to legitimize his views of racial and religious bigotry and intolerance.
- Lee Atwater
Republican National Committee chair
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manager Howie Farrell told the Associated Press in a broadcast interview "I think he's (Atwater) typical of some of the Republican people." He said he really have his finger on the pulse of the people, and know what a real
The motion proposes that the Republican Party "reject and con-
In unofficial results Saturday night, Duke nikely defended homebuilder John Treen to represent a state house district in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. Duke registered with the GOP two days before he ran in the House race. Treen also is a member of the Republican Party.
"I think that he's way off base and needs to reassess he stands. When the dust settles, I think he find that he's probably further out of the mainstream of Republicanism than is David Duke."
Republican is.
RNC spokeswoman Leslie Goodman said that if Duke officially was certified the winner, Atwater would call a meeting of the party's executive committee within the next week to consider a motion of censure
denn David Duke, his beliefs and the hate and fear he promotes, and reaffirm its commitment to equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, religion, sex or national origin."
It also would preclude Duke from receiving any type of aid from the Republican Party. Such an action would be unprecedented within the party, Goodman said, adding, "I would not imagine that there would be a single person (on the RNC) who would disagree with this."
President Bush and former President Reagan both aided Treen's campaign.
Alawer, speaking in Atlanta at a Georgia Republican Party function Saturday night, acknowledged the party's involvement in the Louisiana race is "a very unusual thing for the president." He added that man does not deserve to be in office.
Khomeini dismisses apology of author
The Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iran's Ayatollah Khoomeh yesterday rejected the apology of British writer Salman Rushdie and exhorted Muslims around the world to "send him to Israel," his novel The Satanic Verses."
In a statement issued by the official Islamic Republic News Agency, Kohmeh said the "imperialist mass media were fqlsoy alleging that if the author rebutted, his execution was lifted. This is denied, 100 percent.
"Even if Salman Rushdie repents and becomes the most pious man of time it is incumbent on every Muslim (to) employ everything he's got, his life and wealth, to send him to bell." Khomeini was quoted as saying.
Khomeini, patriarch of the Islamic revolution, last week sentenced Rushdie to death for his novel, which
Muslims say insults Islam.
But Iranian President Ali Khamenei, allied with so-called pragmatists led by parliament speaker Hashem Rafsanian, sought to defuse the crisis Friday by saving Rushdie's life and repaired it when he apologized and spared it.
Rushdie, in hiding under the guard of Scotland Yard, issued an apology Saturday.
Honeini's latest statement appeared to leave no room for a negotiated settlement of the issue. He said that he now has newly resorted relations with Iran.
Aerophobia keeps sufferers grounded Clinic tries to deal with fear of flying
Iranian religious leaders placed a bounty of $2.5 million on Rushdie's head after Khomeini issued the death sentence.
In his message yesterday, Komeiimi also called on non-Muslims to help carry out Rushdie's death sentence.
by Jennifer Corser Kansan staff writer
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — For some flying in airplanes is an exhilarating experience.
For Merrie Moehrle, it's a frightening experience.
"There have been times when I've thought about not going home," said Mohrle, Overland Park resident. Whenever she goes home to St. Louis, she is exhausted from being anxious and tense during the flight.
Moehle wants to overcome her fear of flying so she can enjoy visiting her family.
Howard Wilkens wants to overcome his fear of flying so he can work better at his job. Being able to fly on a plane could lead to future promotions.
Both Moehrle and Wilkens decided it was time to deal with their fear and attended an aerophobic clinic Saturday at the University of Kansas
"I've flown quite a bit, but it was uncomfortable," said Wilkens, Kansas City Mo. resident. "I got to the car, but I wouldn't飞 it if it were at all possible."
The clinic, directed by W. H. Gunn,
assistant clinical professor of psychiatry,
focused mostly on ways to deal with aerophobia rather than how to cure it or how each participant's fear occurred.
Gunn defined aerophobia as an irrational fear of飞ing. He said he never had helped anyone who had been in an airplane accident, which would be a more logical reason to fear flying.
"That puts me on very firm footing in saying that it's an irrational and illogical fear." Gunn said.
Wilksens said he experienced anxiety the first time he flew. His anxiety worsened each time he flew after that.
Moehle said she had flown every weekend for seven months during college and never experienced anxiety. Then she flew through some turbulence and has been nervous and tense ever since.
Gunn said he had been a pilot for Trans World Airlines for 39 years. He
had commuted to different airports many times during those years and had seen people overreact to flying.
The most important way to deal with this overreaction is to face the fear, he said.
"As long as you avoid it, ignore it and refuse to participate in it, you'll never get rid of it." Gunn said.
Because continual thoughts about what could happen to the plane is one of the main elements in aerophobia, Gunn taught the participants ways to avoid these thoughts. Doing something active is one way to deal with the fear, he said. Another is to smile and laugh at the fear, much as a child may whistle or sing when walking past a cemetery alone.
"If you think fear, you'll feel fear," he said.
Moehrie said the relaxation techniques probably would help her the next time she filed.
Gunn also taught relaxation techniques to use when someone felt anxiety while on the plane. He had the participants think of a pleasant scene, such as a sunny beach, and of warmth. They used a temperature probe to measure the temperature difference and amount of relaxation.
"I may never not be afraid of flying, but I think I'll be able to control it," she said.
After the lecture and discussion, the participants had a chance to cope with their fears in a simulated flight experience at Kansas City International Airport. Each had his blood pressure lowered in a grounded 27 and try to relax.
Moehle said she had to sit in an aisle seat because she was afraid of being unable to see the ground. But she did not feel much anxiety because she knew they were not actually flying.
Wilkens said he felt a rush of anxiety when he entered the cabin and saw the seats, but he was able to relax later.
Local gas lines safe Experts say hazards lie with homeowners
Both Wilkens and Moehre are planning to take an actual flight soon. Moehre was going to St. Petersburg, but Mr. Moehre would try to飞入 a couple of weeks.
"I'm kind of looking forward to trying it out." he said.
Recent gas line explosions have alarmed many Kansans about the safety of natural gas, but gas industry insiders said the danger in Lawrence was not with the gas company because they shoddy work done by coworkers.
Gerald Thomas, Lawrence plumbing inspector, said Lawrence had a good reputation as far as gas hazards from underground lines were concerned.
by Max Evans
Kansan staff writer
Thomas said many of the problems occurring in the Kansas City area were because of the large amount of meter and the building. These sometimes long lengths of
"We don't have the problems they have up there (the Kansas City area) and in some smaller towns," he said.
Dean Burger, vice president of operations for Kansas Public Service Company, said that was not a problem in Lawrence because, in most cases, the meter was placed three feet from the front corner of the building.
Burger said 'this kept down the length of steel pipe that was run underground, and that part of the pipe which did contact the earth was either plastic or black steel pipe coated to retard corrosion.
steel pipe can rust after being exposed to the elements for many years, and could result in leaks that might lead to explosions.
However, some problems involving improper inside lines have surfaced in Lawrence.
See LOCAL. p. 6, col. 1
Sport premieres by Clinton
Participants in the orienteering meet, above, are given maps which they are not allowed to look at before the start of the race; however, they receive clues which they can see ahead of time. Heading for the finish line, Dick Neuburger, Lawrence resident, below, placed third in his level at the orienteering meet Saturday at the Adams Campus Center.
Orienteers use maps, compasses to compete along course
Kansan staff writer
by Marian Weeks Kanean staff writer
Hawks in the trees along the road to Adams Campus puffed out their feathers to keep warm, but
the cold did not discourage 27 participants of the first orienteering meet Saturday at Adams Cameron Center, a campus location Center near Clinton Lake.
Orientering is a sport, often competitive, in which participants use a map and compass to find markers placed along a course, said Gene Wee, a founder of the Orientering Kansas club, which sponsored the event with Recreation Services.
The sport began in Sweden around the turn of the century and has been growing in popularity in the past 75 years. We said,
Rick Cameron, outdoor education coordinator for recreation services, said that although each participant was timed, participants could race across the course or walk from marker to marker.
Each marker has a uniquely shaped punch which participants use to punch their plastic-covered maps. To qualify to win, competitors must have their map marked on the of the punches. Cameron said.
Mike Eglinski, 1987 champion of the United States Orientering Federation meet in the male open category, said he had traveled to 30 or 40 meets in 1968 and had been as far awash as Finland to compete.
Eglinski said he spent six months in Sweden last year, where there were about 17,000 entrants in a five-day, televised meet. He met the markers station, and commentators narrated the race's progress.
Eglinski said he placed 51st out of 85 in the World Cup race in Finland in 1888.
Fritz Menninger, a Lawrence bike repairman and salesman, and
"Americans are not threatening any of the good Europeans," Eilenski said.
Eglinski said he planned to spend six months in Europe this year, in part to compete in the world championship race in Suez.
We said they had traveled to meets as far away as Manitoba, Canada, and that several other places in the United States traveled long distances alone.
When the racers lined up at 1 p.m. at the starting line, Eglinski and many of the entrants started running.
Eglinski and 10 others raced on the nearly 3.8-mile red course, the most difficult course in which they had to goal area twice to change maps.
The white course, for beginners and families, was 1.6-miles long. Of 11 on this course, six were from an Emporia scout 10348.
Eglinski was the first to the finish line to pick up his new map, arriving before runners on the shorter courses.
Mike Shifman, Kansas City Posmon Trot Orienteering Club member, won first place in the male orange over-40 age group.
Shifman said he started orienteering in the Soviet Union, where he lived after he and members of his family crossed the Polish-Russian border to escape Nazi troups during World War II.
Shifman said he thought his mother or aunt's orientering skills saved his life because all his relatives who did not escape with them to Russia died in Maydanek. He camped for Jews, during the war.
His mother carried him through wooded areas at night, crossing the Bug River near Lubin.
One woman, Nancy Neuburger from the Possom Trot Orienteering Club, took two hours and 20 minutes to finish the orange course. First place prizes of sports bags and ribbons had already distributed to winners in the male and female's age groups, and the refreshments had been packed when Neuburger arrived.
"I couldn't find number eight," said Neuburger, whose husband, Dick, a TWA pilot, had been preparing to go look for her.