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Tuesday March 20, 1984 Volume 80, Number 119 Duke University Durham, North Carolina THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Reagan Warns Libya: Washington warned Libya that there could be "serious consequences" if it in terfered with the two AWACS surveillance planes that were sent to help deter Libyan air attacks on the Sudan, according to a Reagan administration official. The AWACS were sent to Egypt to join Egyptian fighters in patrolling Sudanese air space. See page 2. Meese investigated: Revised financial disclosure forms of Edwin Meese were made public by the White House as officials of the Justice Department and the F.B.I. discussed plans for an inquiry into the financial dealings of President Reagan's Counselor. See page 2. Summit talks hitch: Summit talks on the Com mon Market ran into problems when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain again demanded far- reaching changes in the way the 10-nation European Economic Community works. A two-day meeting of European government leaders in Brussels is widely seen as decisive for the trade-bloc's future and for Western Europe's hopes of closer economic and political unity. Reagan presses for aid: Aid for Central America was pressed by President Reagan. He de SARA MEYERS/THE CHRONICLE nounced as "naive or downright phony" those who ex Takin' care press concern for human rights "while pursuing policies Doug Auleta, right, doles out chicken donated by Pete Rinaldi, left, at Saturday's Volunteers for Youth picnic that lead to the overthrow of less-than-perfect in historic and refurbished Jack Coombs Field. The Duke chapter of the NCAA-backed program treated Durham democracies by Marxist dictatorships." youths to lunch and the Duke-UNC baseball game. Hart and Mondale scraping: Gary Hart struggled to protect an apparent razor-thin advantage on the eve of the Illinois primary in the face of a dogg ed effort by Walter Mondale to avert a crippling defeat in the first Democratic presidential primary in a ma Medical center stresses unity jor industrial state Mondale assailed Hart with some of the most bitter language of the campaign. By BRENDAN DALY The Duke Medical Center is regarded among the best Jackson assessed: The Rev. Jesse Jackson has in the country because it is an integral part of the Univer lived in Chicago for nearly two decades. He is viewed sity, unlike other university medical facilities which func as a hero and role model by many blacks there, but he tion as separate units, according to William Anlyan, University is not liked by others. A political analyst said that out chancellor for health affairs. side the black community the Democratic Presidential "No free-standing academic leader gets to that point Governance: aspirant had little support. without being a part of the University," Anlyan said. "We are a part of the University, and just like any other depart Reagan plan panned: Much higher federal ment, we are governed by the Board of Trustees." Medical Center deficits than the administration is projecting would The medical center's 1930 inception was much later than result from a plan accepted by President Reagan, ac the establishment of similar facilities at many other cording to the Congressional Budget Office The agen universities, including Harvard and Johns Hopkins - cy said an analysis showed that the $150 billion which Anlyan said rank with Duke as the nation's top package would lower the deficit over three years by on three medical schools. "The only way to do that is to be ly $73 billion because half of the proposals were already an integral part of the University, not only physically, but in the budget. also programatically." planning and administration, his concern is for long-range Anlyan said two of the three purposes of the medical planning. "I worry about tomorrow and the future," he said. center ] teaching and research - are similar to other "I let other people worry about today." University functions. The additional purpose of the The medical school and hospital both have their own in Weather medical center is to provide patient care, lb fulfill these ternal structures. The heads of each - Arthur Christakos, purposes, the medical center is divided into a triad which dean of the medical school, and Andrew Wallace, hospital includes the School of Medicine, the hospital and research chief executive ] report to Anlyan. Southeasterly Winds: Today will be mostly programs. Anlyan also oversees the school of nursing, the allied cloudy with highs in the upper 60s and southeasterly The medical center is enormous in every respect. health program and the various patient clinics. (who cares?) winds up to 15 m.p.h. Ibnight will have Physically, it sits on 140 acres of land, about 27 percent "Everything funnels in through my office," he said. "I'm thundershowers and temperatures in the mid 50s. of the land on West Campus. It has an annual budget of in charge If anything goes wrong it's my fault." Wednesday will have a chance of showers and about $340 million, only one percent of which comes from Robert Winfree, assistant vice president for health af temperatures in the 60s the Duke Endowment. The rest comes from government fairs, said Anlyan's office functions in great part as a grants, patients and private donations. liaison. "The health affairs office is really a coordinating The medical school has 492 students in 12 fields, with office," he said. "We are a resource for the medical school Inside a one-to-one ratio of full-time faculty to students in the and hospital, as well as for the provost and chancellor of clinical departments. the University." The hospital's numbers are equally impressive. Accor "It would be strained and counter-productive if we had The ASDU Campaign: In preparation for the Na ding to Duncan ^aggy, director and chief planning officer walls up between the different departments," Winfree said. tional Student Lobby Day, the student government is of Duke Hospital, there are 315,000 outpatients annual "I try to knock down walls and build bridges. At this point, organizing campus lobbying efforts throughout the ly - about 863 daily - in the various clinics. there are not many walls to break down. I think relation week for financial aid. See page 3. The emergency room sees over 30,000 cases per year - ships are very good." or approximately 82 visits each day. Last year, the hospital One potential wall is the Board of Trustees' recent deci The primaries: Changes in the primary process are admitted about 31,000 inpatients, those people who spent sion to table University Chancellor Keith Brodie's proposal advocated in the second installment of The Chronicle's at least one night. There are 1,008 beds in the hospital, that would move the student infirmary from its present opinion series by prominent campus experts. Today with about 850 occupancies at any given time. location on East Campus to the ground floor of Hanes features Jack Hoadley, assistant professor of political Given those numbers, no one person or office could super House. science. See page 8. vise every aspect of the medical center. Anlyan, as the center's head, delegates authority. In charge of hospital See INTEGRATION on page 5 U.S. issues Libya stern warning World & By BERNARD GWERTZMAN the raid. N.Y. Times News Service "Following the unprovoked attack on the Sudan by a Li WASHINGTON - The United States warned Libya byan aircraft on March 16, the Egyptian and Sudanese Monday that there could be "serious consequences" if it governments have requested our assistance to bolster the National interfered with the American AWACS surveillance planes capability of Egyptian and Sudanese air defense systems Page 2 March 20, 1984 that were sent to help deter Libya from further air attacks by providing early warning of air attacks," Romberg said. on the Sudan, an administration official said. "AWACS will be part of combined air defense operations The State Department and the Defense Department con being carried out by Egypt and the Sudan," he said. "The firmed that two AWACS planes, along with accompanying purpose of these operations is to deter sustained attacks tanker aircraft had been sent to Egypt for joint patrolling by demonstrating that the three countries can rapidly put THE CHRONICLE with Egyptian fighters of Sudanese air space. Last Friday, in place the assets necessary to deal with such aggression." a TU-22 bomber, said by the United States to belong to Associate news editor Kathy Burkett In addition, Romberg said a diplomatic note was sent Assistant news editor Carrie Teegardin the Libyan air force, dropped five bombs on Omdurman, to the Libyan government by the United States. Libya and Assistant edit page editor Townsend Davis the Sudan's largest city, and returned to its base in Kufra, the United States do not have diplomatic relations and so Assistant features editor Michelle de Savigny Libya. the message was conveyed by Belgium, which represents Copy editors. kathy Burkett The target of the attack apparently was the Sudan radio Washington in Tripoli, he said. Larry Kaplow station, but the bombs missed the station and hit other Another official said that the message in brief was "our Ursula Werner buildings, killing five people. planes are there and don't mess with them." Associate photo editor Will Hicks Libya has denied responsibility for the attack. But Mon "We told the Libyans that we are deploying our own Desk Larry Kaplow day, Alan Romberg, a State Department spokesman, said, military aircraft in the region and any action against them Night editors Hilary Schoff Watchdog Amanda Elson "we have good reason" to believe the Libyans carried out could have serious consequences," the official said.