Greeks, Durham Kids Clean up Jordan Lake Nakasone to Visit The

Loan agency falters: A national guarantor of student loans is losing solvency, but James Belvin is not THE CHRONICLE worried. Find out why inside. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1990 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 VOL. 86. NO. 8 Greeks, Durham kids Nakasone to visit the University By KARL WILEY Professor of Political Science Former Japanese Prime Minis Margaret McKean of Duke. The clean up Jordan lake ter Yushiro Nakasone will visit three are specialists on Japan. the University on Sept. 17, upon Nakasone will hold a press invitation from the Public Policy conference at the Washington By ANN HEIMBERGER department and the University. Duke Inn, open to local press and University fraternities and Last year, Nakasone was television. In the afternoon he sororities will be working to scheduled to visit the University will give a lecture in Reynolds gether this month with area in March as part of the Terry Auditorium entitled, "The United middle school students to Sanford Distinguished Lecture States and Japan: Beyond clean portions of a local lake. series. He was forced to cancel Friction." The event is part of Big that trip, as well as the rest of A dinner will be held in Sweep '90, a statewide project the stops on his planned tour of Nakasone's honor that evening, to clean North Carolina America, just days before ar sponsored by the Public Policy shorelines, scheduled for Sept. riving. The cancellation was due department, Chairman of the 22. to unexpected political problems Board of Trustees Jerry Hudson, Approximately five mem in Japan, caused primarily by Chancellor Emeritus William bers of each greek organiza the death of Emperor Hirohito. Anlyan, and Ambassador tion on campus, a total of 150 This year's visit is not part of Andrew Biddle Duke. undergraduates, will partici the Sanford series, because this Nakasone is still a member of ALEX WANG/THE CHRONICLE UPI PHOTO pate in the University portion year's speaker has alreaady been the Japanese parliament, and of the project. The greeks will Laurin Womble arranged, according to Univer Kuniholm said he remains "one Yushiro Nakasone join 75 students from Githens sity Public Policy Studies Di of the most powerful politicians Middle School and 75 from tion of waterside land on the rector Bruce Kuniholm. Former in Japan." While serving as for strongly supporting defensive Rogers-Herr Middle School on northern tip of Jordan Lake in Costa Rican president Oscar prime minister from 1982-87, rearmament of Japan, an unpop Sept. 20. Durham and Chatham Coun Arias, a recent winner of the Nakasone made cuts in Japanese ular stance at the time. The University chose to or ties. Nobel Prize for peace, will visit income taxes and interest rates, Nakasone is making this trip ganize the event for a school "It really gives us the the University in the spring. streamlining that nation's econo partially on his own accord, day rather than the official chance to involve people from Nakasone will begin the day my. He has also become known Kuniholm said, because the Uni Big Sweep date to facilitate the Durham community, espe with an interview in the Bryan as a bold and eloquent speaker, versity could not offer him the transportation of the school cially kids from both county Center conducted by John Syl Kuniholm said. same financial benefits as last children. and city schools," said Laurin vester of North Carolina State, Nakasone is also known for year, having already chosen The group will clean a por- See SWEEP on page 13 • James White of the University of being one of the first politicians Arias as this year's Sanford lec North Carolina, and Associate to visit Communist China, and turer. Air Force deploys fighters into Persian Gulf nations By MICHAEL GORDON N.Y. Times News Service "Every one of the gulf states is DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia — taking stuff," an American offi The United States has secretly cial said, referring to the station deployed combat aircraft in sev ing of combat aircraft in Bahrain, eral Persian Gulf nations to help the United Arab Emirates, defend Saudi Arabia, American Qatar, and Oman. and Saudi officials say. "We have never done anything In accepting the stationing of like this with them," the official American aircraft on their terri added. tory, these gulf nations have al Only a handful of the aircraft lowed the United States a rare deployments had been publicly degree of access to their airfields. disclosed because of the gulf na The stationing ofthe American tions' continuing sensitivities planes also means that the about inviting the Americans. United States commitment to The arrangements, discussed defend against an Iraqi attack by American and Saudi officials ALEX WANG /THE CHRONICLE extends not just to Saudi Arabia in interviews in recent days, Duke's blurring vision but, for all intents and purposes, were quietly worked out by This message on the bridge serves as an unwelcome reminder that some people are still to these gulf nations. See IRAQ on page 8 • blind. History professor counsels at county jail By MATTHEW HAIES copal Church just down East Main Street they're in there. I try not to be concerned and COUN BROWN from the prison. whether they're in for murder or for Professor Emeritus of History Richard Through his counselling sessions, he shoplifting." Watson devotes his time on the weekends gives inmates a chance to relate to people His group offers a number of other ser to working with prisoners in Durham outside prison walls. vices for the inmates. Working with a lim County. Watson is careful not to take a didactic ited annual budget of roughly $1000, the Watson is not a convict on a work approach when dealing with the prison group provides stamps, paperback books, release program, but rather a counselor ers. Bibles, and even makes phone calls to the for the inmates at the Durham County "Some of my colleagues have an evange relatives and the lawyers ofthe inmates. Jail. lical manner when speaking to the in A few inmates use the program merely mates. The first thing they ask them is, to reap material benefits, Watson con For the past three years, Watson has 'What are you in for?'and then proceed to ceded. given his time to talk with men and preach," he said. "In some instances it's a case of getting women charged with crimes ranging from "I just let prisoners say what's on their free stamps. There's no question that everyday misdemeanors up to armed rob mind. Our purpose is not to reform, but to some of the prisoners maneuver, and we SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE bery, rape, and murder. talk, listen, and help in any way. I don't have no way of telling. We more or less Watson represents the St. Philip's Epis usually prod the inmates as to why See WATSON on page 7 ^ Richard Watson PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1990 World and National Newsfile Asian refugees fleeing Kuwait into Jordan Associated Press By JOHN BURNS YeltSin reforms: Boris Yeltsin, N.Y. Times News Service when President Saddam Hussein's army While the Westerners have been se president of the Russian republic, RUWEISHID, Jordan — A desperate swept into Kuwait. questered at hotels in Baghdad and Ku seized the initiative for radical reform encampment of at least 70,000 Asian ref So far, about 350,000 foreigners have wait, or rounded up to be used as human Monday with a plan that would give ugees from Kuwait has sprung up in the poured into Jordan, most of them Arabs shields at strategic installations, tens of the republics control of their economies last three weeks here on a bleak desert and Asians, but while most of the Arabs thousands of Pakistanis, Indians, Bangla and drastically reduce the power of the strip on the Iraqi-Jordanian border. have quickly moved on to Egypt and other deshis, Sri Lankans, Thais, and Filipinos national government. Each day brings thousands more, ad homelands, Jordanian officials said on have been dashing helter-skelter for ding to the miseries of lives shattered Monday that at least 130,000 other refu safety beyond Iraq's borders. What Stuart case blocked: The gees, most of them Asians, remained in greeted the travelers when they finally answers to the case in which a man Jordan or at the camps here in a desert reached the camps here was enough to concocted a story about a robber shoot said to be so stony that camels will not break what little morale most of them had ing him and his pregnant wife may cross it. left. never be known unless the state's What is more, the encampments here highest court overrules attorney-client are only part of a far larger exodus that "There is not enough food, there is not privilege. relief officials say is fast developing into a enough water, and just to get what there separate crisis of its own, one that could is you have to run like a dog," said a 35- Hope fades: Baghdad balked Mon overshadow, or at least rival, the drama year-old plumber named Azmirullah, who day at allowing more airlifts of foreign over the roughly 10,000 Western hostages had spent eight years in Kuwait after ar- hostages, and Western governments trapped by Iraq. See REFUGEES on page 13 • expressed fears that Saddam Hussein's government did not intend to fulfill its promise to free remaining women and children captives. College education criticized Bush begS: President Bush is dis By DON WYCLIFF posed to educate undergraduates.

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