Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1980-06-27
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1. s Still a dime c 1980 Student Publlcallons Inc. Iowa City's Morning Newspaper Friday, June 27. 1980 ·ACLU files sex bias suit on draft bill WASH INGTON (UPl) - The and director of the ACLU's Women's American Civil Uberties Union Thurs Rights Project told I news conference. day filed a suit seeki.ng to strike down .. In order to exclude women, the draft registration On the grounds of sex government mu t bow that their u , discrimination. elusion is closely and substantially The class action sult, flied in U.S. related to an important government District Court in the names of 16 men purpose," she said. "The government who who would be required to register, cannot make uch a showing In the charges that by applying only to men case. '1 and excluding women, the new law is ANOTHER PENDING suit, a nine unconstitutional. year-old sex discrimination challenge ACLU spokesmen admit the sex dis to the draft that originated during the crimination claim Is a legal lever by Viet.nam War, is scheduled to go to which they hope to have the entire trial next Tuesday in Pennsylvania and legislation declared unconstitutional. the matler could be resolved there. Final Congressional approval was Both Cia rand Pinz)er said the given to the bill on Wednesday and sent ACLU opposes peacetime registratlon to the White House where President and conscription 01 both men and Carter is expected to soon sign It into women . law. "We also believe that If Congre First registra lion of l~ and 2O-year were faced with the choice between In olds will probably begin July 21 at U.S. cluding women or abandoning draft posl offices. registratlon, they would abandon registration," Glasser said. FAILURE TO register carrie max Plnzler Id worn n have performed Imum penalties of a $10,000 fine and capably in the all-volunteer armed Five year imprisonment or both. forces and are being gradu ted from " This lawsuit arises out of our the mlIltar)' academies. She al 0 noted general opposition to draft registra that Carter, Ro titer and Secretary of tion, " said ACLU director Ira Glas r Defense Harold Brown have all called "We think that this lawsuit Is now the for th registration of women . be t way to stop the draft r gi tration Carter says he opposes renewal of entirely." the draft at this time but wants Selectlve Service System director registration. The nalion's top mintary Bernard Ro tker and Post Master leaders have pre ed for regl tratlon General William Bolger are named as a a tool in helping mobilize th na tion defendants. in the event of war . "We believe that under current rul The vote on registration In the House ings on sex discrimination by the U.S. Wednesday wa 234 to 168 with 145 Supreme Court, draft registration for Democrats and 89 Republicans in men only is unconstitutional," (sabelle favor. Opposed were 107 Democrats Katz Pinzler, ACLU counsel in the suit and 61 Republican . " ., , Iran envoy Kimball The O.lIy low.nIStev. Z.vodny , , Man-eating mailbox urges -understanding While It mlY Ippear thlt thl millbox Is sWlllowlng thl millmln, themallmlndledroutemalld.poslted.arll .... Depo.n.of mali forwl lklngd.llv.ryar.be lajust digging through thilletter box It Linn Ind J.ffereon for his sorted, bun- Ing med. on four of lowl CIty's mill rout.s to reduce vehicle , xpeneee, By CRAIG GEMOULES 518// Wrll.r A aponlOf' II up.. t tluit the UI requetted I $75 rent. I f" for The United States should "come u.. of an ludltorlum In which clean" about past intervention in Iran to hold the lectur . .......... Pili' • and should try to understand the Ira City defers housing inspection plan nians' complaints, rather tha n pu rsue "a macho foreign polley, " said Rev . American intervention Kimball said Charles Kimball , one of the 10 the conference was not "an anti By STEPHEN HEDGES ceptable to the council," he said. "It's Housing Comm ission Chairwoman and able to respond (to fires) without Americans who recently visited Iran Ame rican, pro,hostage" forum . Sleff Wrller better to do half the work well than to Mary Diane Klaus, is due sometime in delay. " with former Attorney-General Ramsey Representatives of other Western na do a lot and not do as good a job." September or October. The inspection plan for firefighters, Cla rk . tions Including Great Britain, Canada The city Housing and Inspection Ser he said, "does not cut down on the Kimball was in Iowa City Thursday and West Cermany also attended the vices Department is putting a " ho~d " HOUSING AND INSPECTION Ser IT WOULD TAKE about six months number of people I have to respond to a as part of an eastern Iowa tour, and conference , he said. on a plim to use city fi refighters as in vices is one of the city departments af of full-time training to prepare the fire." was sponsored by the New Chautauqua But by goi ng to the conference, the spectors until the city adopts a new fected by budget-tightening measures firefighters to conduct housing inspec Society of Stone City, Iowa . He held an group violated President Jimmy Car housing code, according to department and staff reductions approved by the tions , Kucharzak said, and coor THE INSPECTIONS , he said, will informal question and answer session ter's ba n on travel to Iran. Kimball director Michael Kucharzak. council last winter. dinating the training process could be gi ve the firefighters a chance "to apply with abou t 25 people at the Wesley said he does not fear government difficult. fire protection and make sure there's Foundation. prosecution . Last winter the Iowa City Council That budget goes into effect July 1, safe conditions in those complexes - Kimball said "We have to be bold. Calling the ban a "bluff ," Kimball adopted a plan that will require some and so far, Kucharzak said all but one "At this point I really don't know ," city firefighters to perform building in Kucharzak said. " I have real reserva some good is going to come out of it. " We have to stand up and take a posi asked, "[s he (Carter) the king, the employee occupying the 4!f, positions tion . We need to be honest - that's all shah or an elected president? spections on some larger apartment that were cut from his department in tions about it. " The new city budget will also mean buildings . Fire Chief Robert Keating said "I reduced service at the Iowa City Public they're (I ranians) really asking for." fiscal 1981 have been relocated in other He added, " If we would do tha t, it "NO ONE CAN TELL you where you But legislation passed by the Iowa departments or have found new jobs. just wasn 't aware that the training Library. The 'libra ry will be closed on General Assembly earlier this year would be thaI extensive. Sundays year-round and new acquisi would be a tremendous step." can't go - not the president or anyone The one employee that hasn't found a else. When did the president start mak allows cities to make inspections on job is benefiting from a 9O-day "grace "We 're gOing to have to feel our tions will be reduced by 10 percent. The ~me buildings every two years , in way," Keating said. "There are going library will also eliminate its weekly KIMBALL SAID THERE are ing the laws?" period" the council granted some em documented cases of the U.S. govern Kimball said that on his first trip to stead of annually as is currently re ployees to find other jobs. to be a lot of things that will pose rad io program and new spa per quired, Kucharzak said. Those new obstacles." columns, mailing of monthly calenders ment helping the former Shah of Iran Iran in December, 1979, he met wi th regulations may enable the city hous The plan to use the firefighters , If implemented, the new program and bi-monthly film lists. "brutalize" Iranian citizens, and be ad, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeln i. ing department to conduct inspections Kucharzak said, has "simply been put would not hurt the city's fire protec ded that the Iran conference was inten Kimball said Khomelni asked, "How Is "ithout atlditional help from on hold" until a recently-appointed tion, but he added : "This is the part I Income tax forms will no longer be ded to "raise the level of discussion" it that you people who call yourselves firefighters, Kucharzak said. housing task force issues its recom think I would have to watch very distributed at the Hbrary, and a reduc on American intervention. Christians remain silent while our pe0- "I think I could do half of what I used mendations for revising the city hous closely. They (firefighters doing in tion in story hours, film shoWings and The Clark expedition wen t to Iran in ple are brutalized?" 10 do with the staff I've got if it's ac- ing code. That report, according to spections ) would have to be available service desk staffing will also resul t. January to attend a conference on See Kimbel, page 6 Condominium living reaches Iowa City By MELODY MYERS Assessor Victor Belger reported more GSL rat. may rI .. BteIlWrller than 180 apartment units were conver Students who intend to apply for a ted or are in the process of being con Guaranteed Student Loan this year The "condo revolution" bas hit Iowa verted to condominiums.