Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1983-07-02

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75th Year No. 249 Good Morning! It's Saturday, July 2, 1983 2 Sections 12 Pages 25 Cents
New charges aimed at Reagan campaign tactics
United Press International
Ronald Reagan's campaign staff set up an
" intelligence operation" to avoid being sur-prised
if President Carter made a last- minu- te
deal to free US. hostages in Iran, a for-mer
Reagan campaign aide said Friday.
But former Reagan campaign aides dis-counted
a Washington Post report that the
campaign received parts of daily staff re-ports
prepared for Zbigniew Brzezinski, Car-ter's
national security adviser. The charge is
the most senous yet leveled in the controver-sy
over Carter campaign materials that
found their wayto the Reagan camp.
The FBI, the Justice Department and a
congressional committee are investigating
the matter. And Rep. Don Edwards, D- Cal-- if.,
said that if Attorney General William
French Smith does not request a special
prosecutor, he will ask the House Judiciary
Committee to do so.
Edwards, chairman of the committee's
constitutional rights subcommittee, said in
Washington a briefing book allegedly ob-tained
from a mole in the Carter campaign
" may be the tip of an iceberg" because no
one knows what other material might have
been stolen from the Carter White House.
But Justice Department spokesman Thom-as
DeCair said there is no need for a special
prosecutor " at this tune."
Robert Gamck, a retired rear admiral
who joined the Reagan campaign in August
1980 as an aide to chief of staff Edwin Meese,
said an intelligence operation was launched
in mid- Septemb- er after the campaign
learned Carter had a potential bargaining
chip in $ 800 million in undelivered material
paid for by the shah.
He said the objective was to prevent Car-ter
from parlaying a last- minu- te release of
the hostages into an election victory
A day's notice of the release would be im-portant,
he said. " What we were hopeful of
doing was buying time and being less sur- -
pnsed."
" The intelligence operation was very sun- pi- e
if we determined that if all this materi-al
all of the sudden got loaded into Air Force
C-- 5s and headed toward Iran it was quite ob-vious
a deal had been made that Carter
wou'd very cleverl bring home the hostages
in late October," Garnck said m a telephone
interview from his Pasadena, Calif , office
Garnck, who retired from the Navy in
1980, said he telephoned some " friends" and
asked them to monitor C-- 5s in bases across
the country- - He said active military officials
who may have had access to confidential in-formation
were not contacted
Gamck said Meese, now White House
counselor, William Casey, head of the CIA,
Daryl Trent, now with the Transportation
Department, and Martin Anderson, former
Reagan domestic affairs adviser, knew
about the intelligence operation
" We used to have meetings spasmodically
in Dick Wirthlm's apartment Each of us put
in what we could about the October surprise
as we suspected it would be," Garnck said.
Wirthlin is Reagan's chief pollster
In Santa Barbara, Calif , White House
spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan was
" not aware" of any intelligence- gatherin- g
operation in his campaign
The controversy over the Carter papers
was sparked by ' Gambling with History," a
new book by Time magazine correspondent
Laurence Barrett, which made a bnef refer-ence
to the Reagan's campaign's use of a
briefing book used to prepare Carter for the
1980 presidential debate
The White House has turned more than 850
pages of such material over to the Justice
Department for its investigation
The FBI said it expects to start interviews
next week into how Carter's 1980 debate
bnefing material fell into the hands of Rea-gan's
campaign. Officials said top Reagan
aides likely will undergo questioning
A former high- lev- el adviser to Reagan's
campaign told The Washington Post that
Richard Allen. Reagan's former national se-curity
adviser, received parts of dail staff
reports prepared for Brzezinski
Several other Reagan campaign officials
said the had nev er heard about the copies of
the staff reports and one former Reagan ad- vis- er
denied the campaign had access to
such materials
The Reagan campaign adv ter not identi-fied
in the Post account baid the documents
given Mien contained mostn atmosphe-rics
stuff abmt poor inhale at the NSC
( National Secuntv Council i That sort of
thing "
But Brzezinski told the Post that dailv re-ports
sometimes contained extraordmarv .
sensitn e material of the highest nature
A former senior official in Reagan s cam-paign,
also not identified, was quoted in The
New York Times as saying he remembert-- d
some of his colleagues boasting that they had
an inside track to the Carter campaign
it l " - '- - v V 5 I -- -
Scott WUCems Minaret in C
Roy Moms pours concrete in the base of a minaret at the mosque under
construction at Fifth and Locust streets. An " onion dome" will be put on top
next week.
WASHINGTON ( UPI) People using a
key federal civil nghts law to stop racial dis-crimination
by aties or agencies that get
federal money need only prove they were
victims of bias, not that it was intentional,
the Supreme Court ruled Fnday.
The divided court, ruling in a bias suit in-volving
the New York City police force, said
that proving a disputed practice has had a
discriminatory effect is enough to persuade
a judge to order the practice stopped and
even to strip such groups of federal support.
However, if a victim wants money benefits
such as back pay, he must prove there was
intentional discrimination behind the dis-puted
practice
Splitting at least five ways, the majonty
upheld a federal appeals court ruling, 5-- 4, de-nying
back pay and other benefits to Hispan-ic
and black policemen who sued the city af-ter
they were laid off m 1975
The court's conclusions were so frag-mented
that Justice Lewis Powell, who
agreed with the outcome, noted, " Our opin-ions
today will further confuse rather than
guide."
The ruling is not likely to be the final word
on the controversy surrounding Title VI of
the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bans racial
bias in any program receiving federal funds
Seven justices, including three dissenters,
appeared to feel v lolations of Title VI require
minonties prove discriminatory purpose
But the court endorsed regulations on the
books that make it easier for minorities to
win suits based on discnminator effect
Justice Byron White, who wrote the major-ity
opinion, said a federal appeals court in
Manhattan " erred in requiring proof of dis-criminatory
intent"
But unless such discriminatory animus is
proved," individuals suing may only get
non- cnmpensato- ry relief" no back pa or
retroactive senionty for unintentional v 10--
lations of Title VI, he held
The mandate of Title VI is very simple
stop the discrimination, get the money , con-tinue
the discrimination, do not get the mon-ey,"
White said
In other actions Fnday. the court
v Vindicated Wall Street analyst Ray-mond
Dirks, who uncovered one of the big-gest
business frauds in history, ruling 6-- 3 he
did not deserve 10 be punished for tipping
stockholders about the 1S73 Equity Funding
Corp scandal y Handed the Reagan administration a
victory over environmental activists in a 5-- 4
ruling denying legal fees, a decision that
may discourage suits demanding tough en- -
torcement of pollution laws
- Splitting 6-- 3 opened the doer for states
to play a bigger role in determining water
nghts of Indians living on reservations with-in
state borders
- Also on a 6-- 3 vote, upheld the applica-tion
of state liquor laws on Indian reserva-tions
and ruled California may require an In-dian
shopkeeper to get a state license to sell
alcohol on tnbal land
In the civil rights case, Powell, joined b
Chief Justice Burger, upheld the appeals
court because Congress had not authorized
pnvate suits to enforce Title VI
Otherwise, thev would have upheld the 2nd
U S Circuit Court of Appeals because proof
of intentional discrimination is essential to
pro'. e a Title VI claim
Justice Sandra Day O Connor also wrote
separately that she would affirm the appeals
court judgment
Although he agreed that proof of discrimi-nating
purpose is not required, Justiqe Thur- goo- d
Marshall dissented, saying he would
have reversed the lower court and awarded
back pay and other relief to the policemen
Wnting separately in dissent. Justice John
Paul Stevens joined by Justices William
Brennan and Harry B'a'- kr-' u- n also said
he would hav e rev ersed the lower court
Celebrate!
Mid- Missou- ri explodes with July Fourth festivities
By Tracy Bamett
Missounan staff writer
Columbia's Fourth of July bands,
fireworks and turtles gets off to a fast
start early Monday evening when the
Blind Boone Drill team marches onto
Faurot Field to begin amghtofpatnotic
celebration.
The drill team will perform at 5 . 50 p m.,
followed by a senes of bands Don May ' s
andtheRivertownSoundat6.30p m.,
Jerome Wheeler and the Catnip Mouse
Band at 7. 25 p m., and the Columbia
Summer Civx: Band's flag- raisi- ng concert at 8: 15 p. m.
Following the concert is the annual
fireworks display, which will begin at
about 9 p. m. Refreshments will be
available at the stadium.
The event will be sponsored by the Parks
and Recreation Department the Columbia
Cosmopolitan Club and the University of
Missoun.
The discharging of fireworks within the aty is prohibited, except for the special
display at Faurot Field.
The holiday gets off to an early start
and a slower one, as well with today's
second Missoun State Frog and Turtle
Race The races will be held in the east
parking lot of Shelter Insurance, 1817 W
Broadway Acbon begins at 10 a m There
will be categones for all age groups
ages of people, that is, who are sponsoring
their pet turtles ard frogs
South of Columbia, " Jefferson City
Celebration ' ' 83," a community- wid- e
Fourth of July observance, will be held
Monday on the Missoun nverfront in
Jefferson City
The Jefferson City celebration will
feature arts and craft sales, a flea market
frog and turtle races, hot air balloons,
singing, dancing, ndes and puppet shows
all planned from 4 to 10pm A20- minu- te
fireworks display will begin at
about 9 45 p m from a barge in the
Missoun River
For more information on the activities,
call the Jefferson City Area Chamber of
Commerce at 634- 38- 13
There's a senous side to the holiday , too
The Missoun Highway Patrol will conduct
Operation CARE Combined Accident
Reduction Effort ov er the weekend
Interstate 70 from St Louis to Kansas City
will be the pnmarv focus of the accident
reducbon operation with extra officers on
duty to enforce the traffic laws They will
be particularly watchful for drinking
drivers, a Highway Patrol spokesman
said
The holiday death count begins at 6 p m I
Fnday and ends at midnight Monday.
Government offices and most businesses
will be closed Mondav The Columbia Area
Transit Sv stem will not operate, the
landfill will be closed and parking meter
regulations will not be enforced. Refuse
collection will be delayed one day
throughout the week, beginning Tuesday
when collection will be made along
Monday's route.
The Parks and Recreation Department
w ill cancel its swimming lessons and day
camp Monday. The office will be closed.
The Columbia Missounan will not be
published Tuesday morning Regular
ipsusbulei. cation will resume with Wednesday'' s I
By Erein Shradsr
Missoarisn staff writer
To treat or not to treat the severely im-paired
newborn. That choice confronted Co-lumbia
doctors fewer than 10 tunes last year.
But if actual cases are mercifully rare, the
larger issue remains a persistent ethical
concern.
If an infant has a terminal defect or if the
prognosis for a " meaningful" life without ex-treme
suffering is poor, can nontreatment be
justmed'
The question is not new. Bat medical pro-gress
has made it more complex. New tech-niques
and technology have helped save and
sustain infants with lower levels of physical
and mental capability than ever before.
Parents and doctors are faced with in-creasingly
difficult judgments about the
quality of hfe to be " enjoyed" by a severely
handicapped newborn kept alive only
through extraordinary medical measures.
The problem is hardly black and white,
says William Bondeson, University professor
of philosophy aad mwfccme. " Our skin at
sustaining biological human life will get bet-ter,"
he says. " Bat it does not necessarily
follow that we should sustain it"
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This issue surfaced last year in a much- publiciz- ed
Bloosmngton, Ind., case involving
a newborn with Down's Syndrome and a
malfunctioning esophagus. For medical rea-sons,
the parents decided against an opera-tion
to correct the esophagus. Without food,
the baby died after a week.
The parents' decision, made en the advice
of physicians and with court approval, was
pursued by a third party to the Indiana Su- pre- me
right cSCtLoteurpt. arIennMtsatorcdhe, ntyhetrecaotumrteunpt. held the
However, the Indiana controversy
dubbed the Baby Doe Case did not stop
then or there. In the same month, the UJS.
Department of Health and Human Services sent a directive to the nation's hospitals as a
reminder that withholding medical treat- ment fnnna handicapped rinhi rfneM corerti- tnt- c
discrimination and could result in the
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wards and was to include the telephone num- ber of a 24- bo- ar hotline to handle tips on pos-sible
violations.
Closer to home, a bill introduced in the
Missoun Senate stated that, except in ex-treme
cases, any person with custody over a
baby could be prosecuted for child neglect if
the child were denied food or medical treat-ment
A similar tall was introduced in the
State House of Representatives.
The HHS directive and the Senate proposal
named the Baby Doe bill proved no
more successful than the Indiana suit In
April, a federal judge struck down the HHS
order, in part for procedural reasons, in
court action initiated by the Amencan Aca-demy
of Pediatncs. The Baby Doe bill never
left the State Senate's budget committee
The Reagan administration, however, has
not given up On Thursday, it proposed a re-vised
HHS directive, whicn includes some
concessions to the medical community. The
rele will go into effect, with possible revi-sions,
following a 60- da- y public comment pe- no- d.
At University Hospital and Boone Hospital
Center the two Columbia hospitals with
obstetrical services administrators and
doctors remain wary. For despite philosoph-ical
differences on the to- treat- or- nct- t-o-
treat
question, most agree that the matter should
remain primarily a medical and ethical
problem not a legal one
Each case roust be judged individually,
they say Parents, in consultation with physi-cians,
should decide. Ethics, not laws, should
hold sway An HHS hotline would be an un-necessary
intrusion.
Physicians with misgivings about a beat- at- all- co- sts
approach to neonatal care are es-pecially
outspoken on the issue of legal re- stnebo- ns.
" We should not make blanket decisions
about any land of a defect" says Dr. Sandra
Davenport, head of University Hospital's
birth defect clinic. Extraordinary measures
to treat or sustain the life of a chad with a
minimal chance for survival might serve
only to prolong the suffering of the child and
family, and, m a sense, " prolong dying, she
says.
Sue Shalhoub, special assistant to the di-rector
of BBS's cava nghts division, denies
that the department's original directive
would require a physician to prolong death
Nor was its intent to interfere with valid
medical decisions " .,. " Hospitals should be trusted And inlabs- -
tract that's fine " But, says Ms Shalhoub, '
there are some medical decisions based on
prejudice, ignorance or discrimination
i
against the handicapped Some doctors,
when treating a child with a severe defect,
go on what tltey learned m medical school 20
or 30 years ago, she says " And with some, if
you tell them a Down's Syndrome person can
be taught to read, they say you're crazy
Dr. Charles Abromovich, chairman of the
perinatal committee at Boone Hospital Cen-ter,
says he will never totally withhold treat-ment
from a newborn and rejects the con-cept
of prolonging death. Clarification of the
law could be helpful, he says, for the time
when parents insist that their child not be
treated m cases Abromovich considers not
completely hopeless " I would like some le-gal
foundation to fall back on, because of my
own feelings towards whether to treat or not
to treat"
But says Abromovich, any law not bene-fiting
from extensive and specific commen-tary
from medical experts more than likely
would prove a disservice.
Just as wary, but on a slightly different
tack, is Dr Calvin Woodruff, a pediatrician
at University Hospital. He says some groups
argue that the child has a sanctity of life and
that nothing else matters. " But I would hate
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