Daybreak; 1977-12-28; Part 3

[LORRAINE KINGDON]: Candy, soft drinks, and gum ads are not necessarily geared to nutrition either, obviously. You can find a few ads for peanut butter and orange juice, and those are fine, but you don't see many for a good, plain food, such as vegetables and fruits other than oranges. Ads sell by suggesting that you can win friends or be popular by eating certain foods. They promise fun, excitement, and adventure in every bite. Deceptive advertising? You be the judge. Remember that a person's food habits, likes, and dislikes are learned, not in-born. The TV screen is teaching kids to want many foods that are literally bad for their health. It's your job to help your children sort out TV information -- help children to make their own judgments, rather than blindly following the advice of some TV character. But it's not easy. This report to consumers comes to you from Washington State University Tape Network. [VOICEOVER]: Washington State joins the University of Washington, Oregon, Oregon State,

Rice, Villanova, Colorado State, and Illinois in the 1977 Far West Classic. The Cougars 6 and 3, face Illinois in first- round action on Wednesday night at 9:15. Join Rick Simon for the George Raveling Show and the play-by-play Wednesday night at 9:15 on KWSU Radio 1250, in Pullman. [MARK ROSSMAN]: [BRIEFLY HUMMING] It's 27 minutes now past 8 o'clock in the morning on DAYBREAK. Well, New Year's Eve is coming up, and that's a time for partying-- and partying? Party-ing (testing 1, 2, 3)... and good times. But as you drink your champagne this New Year's Eve, you might want to take notice of this news from the champagne country in France. The 1977 vintage you'll be buying in 1978 is likely to cost 11 percent more. However, there is expected to be a good supply, 170 million

bottles, of what's called satisfactory-quality champagne. Sunny weather in September and October helped offset a poor summer, weather-wise. Seems Americans are drinking more and more wine these days -- industry statistics show consumption has almost doubled since 1966. The Italian wine industry, taking note of the development, has started gearing its output to the American market, putting out light red and white wines. For instance, there is Lambrusco -- a light, bubbly wine called red Coca-Cola by its detractors in Italy. Both Italian and French producers also have noted that Americans seem to prefer white wine. In Italy, the producers of chianti, a red wine known for years upon years in the U.S., are thinking of putting out white wine. In the U.S., the federal government is seeking to help American consumers know what they're getting when they buy wine, whether imported or domestic. The Treasury Department has held hearings on proposed rules for labeling wines, and it also has invited written public comment.

The regulations would involve such things as when a wine could be labeled, the name of a given type of grape, or given producing area. In California's Napa Valley, the tradition of free wine tasting has become so popular that it may not be free at some wineries anymore. The Napa Valley Vintners Association has suggested that wineries charge either for parking, tours, or tasting to help reduce the crowds and traffic jams that often clog the area -- just thought that was interesting, wine tasting. Enjoy your New Year's Eve. It's 29 minutes now past 8 o'clock on DAYBREAK. [MARTIN BOOKSPAN]: This is Martin Bookspan. I hope you'll be listening for the next broadcast concert by the New York Philharmonic. Andrew Davis, the brilliant young British conductor who is the music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, will be on the podium. And we have music by Ives, Mozart, and Berlioz. Concert opens with Decoration Day, one of the orchestral pieces by Charles Ives, which, together with three others, forms the composer's

Holidays Symphony. Emanuel Ax, the winner of the first Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master International Competition in Israel, will appear as piano soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 20 in D Minor. And the second part of the program will be devoted to a performance of the Symphony with Viola Obbligato, Harold in Italy, by Hector Berlioz -- and our viola soloist will be the philharmonic's principal violist, Sol Greitzer. That's our next New York Philharmonic Broadcast Concert. I hope you'll be listening. [VOICEOVER]: Early this Wednesday night, 7:15 on The Concert Hall. [MARK ROSSMAN]: Time now is 8:30. This is KWSU in Pullman. Time to check some news. Let's go to Rod Jackson now, Rod? [ROD JACKSON]: Thank you, Mark. And good morning, everyone. A report has come out saying that about 120,000 Washington residents hold permits to carry concealed weapons. And the report says that's enough people to fill eight army divisions. The number of permits is nearly double the figure of just four years ago, and law enforcement officers across the state are worried and frustrated. Bremerton police captain Fred Johnson says he thinks the people are arming themselves

against each other, allthough other officers say there's nothing alarming about the growth in permits. A statewide Associated Press survey indicates the general rate of permit applications may be easing slightly. However, women are applying for concealed weapons permits in increasing numbers. That survey shows that people who want the permits are evenly divided between those seeking protection and people with hunting or sports interests. A one year extension has been granted to the Northern Tier Pipeline Company so it can complete its application for a permit to build an oil superport at Port Angeles. The permit is also for a trans-Washington pipeline to ship oil from the port to the Midwest. The extension was granted by the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, which would have had to act on Northern Tier's application had it not extended it. The application was set to expire yesterday. Northern Tier officials say a revised application will be submitted by June 30 in the form of a draft environmental impact statement. The governor's office has confirmed the rumors that Bob Mickelson of Dayton will be Washington state's new agriculture director.

The Yakima Herald-Republic newspaper reported today that it has received confirmation of Mickelson's selection. He was reported earlier to be Ray's choice for the job, but her office refused to say so publicly until today. Mickelson is a longtime Green Giant Company employee currently working as agriculture superintendent. An official announcement of his selection was scheduled today. Mickelson will fill the post left vacant by the resignation of Gary Strohmaier last week. Ruling in the case of convicted kidnapper Ted Bundy, a district judge in Aspen has declared Colorado's death penalty unconstitutional. Aspen District Judge George Lohr ruled late yesterday, becoming Colorado's first judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional since it took effect on January 1, almost three years ago. Lohr said prosecutors will not be able to seek the death penalty for Bundy. The former Washington state man is scheduled to go on trial in Colorado Springs on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Michigan nurse Caryn Campbell. She was killed during a vacation in Colorado in January of '75. Lohr said the law was unconstitutional because defendants were denied a full opportunity

to tell jurors why the defendants should not be put to death. The Clark County Public Utility District in Washington says it will actively oppose Portland's federal lawsuits against the Bonneville Power Administration. That's the unanimous decision of the district's commissioners, reached in Vancouver yesterday. They authorized PUD manager George Waters to take whatever action is necessary to defend the interests of Clark County. Commission Chairman Ed Fischer said the public utility is willing, if necessary, to intervene as a defendant in the suits. The city of Portland filed the suits earlier this year after the BPA denied its request to be treated as a preference customer in the distribution of low-cost electricity from federal hydropower dams. On the national scene, another grain elevator explosion, the second in the nation in the past week, spelled death and destruction in Galveston, Texas, last night. Galveston authorities say the series of explosions and fires left at least 10 persons dead and another 35 hospitalized, 12 of them with serious burns. The search for more bodies continues, including in the water, where some victims may have

been blown off the wharves. The explosion occurred at Pier 33 at the farmers export elevator in Galveston, a cluster of 40 silos with a capacity of 3.5 million bushels. The cause of the explosion was not immediately determined, but a fire investigator says the first blast may have come from a tunnel where grain was being unloaded from a boxcar. UPI reporter Jim Overton was in Galveston and explains what happened when the elevator exploded. [JIM OVERTON]: Officials don't know exactly what caused the explosion. It apparently began in a tunnel area near the loading pen, ripped through the tunnel and up through the silo itself. At the time it went up through the silo, it blew two people out of the grain elevator office atop the silo. All of the debris came crashing down, sending grain dust and smoke and fire from the explosion through the main part of the elevator, which is about two blocks long. [ROD JACKSON]: You'll remember that there are still attempts to find one final person in that grain

elevator explosion of Continental Grain Company in New Orleans last Thursday. President Carter is expected to announce his choice for a new Democratic National Chairman today, and administration sources say that man will be Deputy Agriculture Secretary John White. The nomination must be confirmed by the Democratic National Committee, in what is expected to be a routine action. White will succeed Maine Governor Ken Curtis, who is resigning. The president also will meet with his economic advisers for a final review of his 1979 federal budget, which is expected to reach about $500 billion. Carter says the spending plan makes a good start at reducing the government's tax bite into the nation's wealth, and he predicts it will draw praise from Congress. Tonight, the president will face network reporters about 5 p.m. in an hourlong nationwide broadcast. The question and answer session is expected to deal mainly with the review of his first year in office and a preview of his overseas trip, which begins tomorrow. The United States is still buying a lot more than it sells abroad, according to the latest Commerce Department figures.

Last month's trade deficit was just over $2 billion, $1 billion below the record deficit set in October. Imports fell almost $1 billion dollars to reach the lowest level in 10 months. Exports increased in November, a fact that economists attribute to the month-long dock strike in October. The trade deficit for the year now stands at $24.5 billion dollars, close to three times the figure of a year ago. The effects usually are felt in employment and domestic production. However, even though that news is bad, the news is still not quite as bad as the Carter administration had predicted. The White House Ethics Committee, probing the Korean influence-buying scandal, has accused a congressman's executive secretary of perjury and getting rid of documents wanted in connection with the investigation. The charges are against Bonnie Robinson, executive secretary for Congressman Lester Wolff. They were made in a statement of alleged violations made December 16 and released yesterday by special counsel Leon Jaworski. The charges do not implicate Wolff, a New York Democrat. The Ethics Committee says the statement was filed with Mrs. Robinson and committee

members, but there's no indication whether the Justice Department, which is conducting a separate investigation of the scandal, will be asked to prosecute. In a related development, government prosecutors could be helped by the actions of a lawyer for former representative Richard Hanna. The lawyer for the former California Democratic congressman, yesterday asked for a postponement of Hanna's upcoming bribery and conspiracy trial. On the other side of the nation, police in Los Angeles report the so-called Hillside Strangler may be disguised as a policeman. Bob Fuss has more. [BOB FUSS]: Officials hunting the Los Angeles Hillside Strangler say the killer of 11 young women may be impersonating a police officer. Assistant Police Chief Daryl Gates also confirmed the department is checking on the possibility that it could even be a policeman, and admitted some officers are under investigation. Gates says though the department has no prime suspects, they are confident the case will be solved. [DARYL GATES]: Well, I think that, in time, whether he does or does not commit any more crimes, that we will catch him. I don't think there's any question about it. [BOB FUSS]: Police plan to release composite

drawings tomorrow, though they are having trouble getting witnesses to agree on one description, and admit they may have more than one strangler on their hands. Bob Fuss, Los Angeles. [ROD JACKSON]: Turning to stories from abroad, the Israeli Knesset or parliament has been hearing Prime Minister Begin's peace plans and about his recent meeting with Sadat. Ohad Gazani reports. [OHAD GAZANI]: Begin's plan has not yet been released, officially. But according to various sources, it calls for a large-scale Israeli withdrawal in the Sinai, and self-government for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Begin has already come under sharp attack from Israelis living in dozens of settlements, established in occupied Arab territory, since the 1967 Middle East War. But since his coalition government has a sizable majority in parliament, approval of his peace plan is almost a foregone conclusion. Ohad Gazani, Tel Aviv. [ROD JACKSON]: An Israeli government official says Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan has flown to Tehran to report to the Shah of Iran on the Egyptian-Israeli summit talks.

Dayan's disappearance from a cabinet-level meeting yesterday touched off much speculation. And the official in Jerusalem says that Dayan's trip, quoting now, "You can assume it's significant." The official also noted that President Carter and King Hussein of Jordan are planning to visit Iran next week. Dayan's absence from yesterday's cabinet meeting -- called to discuss the talks between Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat -- gave rise to speculation that, one, he was either sick, or two, that he had slipped out of the country on a secret diplomatic mission, and rumors had it to Jordan. Begin emerged from the meeting yesterday, and told reporters he knew way Dayan was missing, but gave no further details on the matter. Elsewhere, a Johannesburg newspaper reports that South Africa may soon begin work on its own uranium enrichment plant. Enriched uranium is used to fuel nuclear power plants. One of the byproducts is plutonium, the stuff of which nuclear weapons are made. Although South Africa is one of the world's largest producers of uranium, it has only a small pilot plant for producing enriched uranium.

The U.S. had agreed to buy...or rather supply South Africa with enriched uranium, but there's some question over whether the agreement will be observed. Weather forecast for the Palouse and northern Idaho calls for considerable clouds and fog through Thursday, a slight chance of snow flurries or local freezing rain today. Highs will be in the 20s today, moving into the 30s tomorrow, and the overnight lows will be in the teens. Currently on College Hill, it's still 24 degrees Fahrenheit, that's minus 4.4 degrees Celsius. I'm Rod Jackson. [BRIEF TRANSITION MUSIC] [MARK ROSSMAN]: And thank you, Rod. Now 20 minutes before 9:00. Good morning from DAYBREAK this Wednesday morning. So, when the Framers of the Constitution said that all men were created equal, they meant just what they said, all men. In fact, they meant white men. It took almost another 100 years before the white men who controlled the government decided that they would extend the vote to blacks, and then finally, women. The struggle for equality now has shifted to equality, opportunity, and employment. Phyllis Liddell is the Director of the Affirmative Action Office at WSU. DAYBREAK producer Dale Harrison talked with Liddell about the barriers that exist in our

society between women and jobs. [PHYLLIS LIDDELL]: The barriers to these human rights -- the right of women for equality of opportunity and employment -- I think are the same as the barriers in any other sphere of human rights. And that is mainly attitude, ignorance, and, the, uh, bad will, the mens rea, or the evil mind idea is a part of it, but plays a very small role compared to the institutionalization of all of these attitudes, and a combination of these over time, and the historical patterns, which are then solidified in our institutions, such as our institutions of higher education, our attitudes of who can do what based on their body shape, size, sex, and color and even their religion, to some extent. We still have these attitudes. We still find them entrenched, embedded in our expectations, which are under the...

They seem to be, like, below the conscious level for many of us, if not most of us. I think we've all been trained, we've been acculturated, we've adopted these expectations and these subtleties that we've learned in everything from the pictures that were chosen to be represented in our second grade reading textbooks all the way throughout everything we've seen or heard throughout our lives, and even the type of language which emphasizes the generic male terminology to signify all of humanity when, in fact, it is signifying the male. So from there, you can just really see how totally pervasive this is, and these attitudes about who can do what determine our opportunities and employment. [DALE HARRISON]: In terms of specifics, though, I know that you get into things....you still see news reports that are based upon "Look! Isn't it amazing they picked a woman to be an astronaut?" "Isn't it amazing a woman is doing this?" It would seem to me that in 1977, that we're somehow beyond that, and

that, well, in fact, that those things do occur and that, you know, that surprises certain segments of the population. And a lot of people are beyond the sort of, oh, golly, I didn't think a woman could do that. But the problem still persists. What are some sort of specific areas where, you know, you can point that out and show that this is what's happening? [PHYLLIS LIDDELL]: I think one of the first steps on that would be to better educate our journalism majors, and give them a broader perspective, so that they can consider some of these matters with some depth. I think the superficial type of reporting that you're referring to is one of the elements of our acculturation and our embedding of these kinds of attitudes into our institutions, and a circular manifestation of that which just simply reemphasizes it. So that to the extent that you have people with access to media who have this shallow an understanding of

the meaning of events that they're reporting, you're going to have the old, traditional modes re-emphasized and again, misunderstood, and continually repeated. It's hard for us as a people because of our culture to think of women as workers. We don't think of women as workers. We think of women as girls. Well, what does a girl need with a good pension plan, and what does a girl need with a living wage? A family wage, no less? What's she going to do, go out and get pregnant? You know, and it's this kind of a combination of attitudes that it's all about, that we're fighting, and that we're trying to replace with the thing that's more consistent with our national ideal of equality. That really is not our national ideal. We're stuck with some of those culture patterns and attitudes, and we need to overcome those. But they aren't consistent with our national ideal. And I think that when we think that when the Constitution was written, they really meant white men with property.

You know, that's who they were talking about. They were giving equal rights. It was a great revolutionary concept. They were giving equal rights to white men with property. And that's who they thought that period of history. At another period of history, they saw all white men. They didn't have to own property. Just be a white man and you could have your equal rights. And then the next thing was well, if you were a male, by God, you can get 'em, but no women allowed. But if you were a male then you could. And now we're in to the next stage, and we're saying, "Hey, women are human, you know. What do you know?" And we're trying to comprehend this as a people. And it's difficult. [MARK ROSSMAN]: That was Phyllis Liddell, the Director of the Affirmative Action Office at WSU. She talked with DAYBREAK producer Dale Harrison about the barriers which women face in trying to get jobs. Later on this half hour on DAYBREAK, we will hear from a 90 year old Boston woman about the progress in women's rights that she has seen in her life. It's now 46 minutes past eight o'clock, or 14 before 9:00 on DAYBREAK. Checking weather for the Northwest and the state of Washington --

clear skies prevail over most of western Washington and the northern part of eastern Washington. In southeastern Washington, fog and low clouds are reported in many areas, as well as where we are this morning. A high pressure area over British Columbia, a high center moving southeastward into Idaho and western Montana. It's making it easier for the moisture from the south to move north. Meanwhile, a weather disturbance in the Gulf of Alaska is moving toward the coast. As a result, the forecast for western Washington calls for an increase in cloudiness and probably with some precipitation before long. For northern Idaho, the forecast looks like this -- cloudy with a few areas of fog in the valleys, otherwise partly cloudy today and tonight. Mostly cloudy with a few snow showers tomorrow. Highs will be in the 20s, overnight lows 15 to 25. With the extended outlook now for eastern Washington, this is Friday through Sunday. Chance of rain or snow, decreasing after the weekend, with highs in the upper 20s and upper 30s. Lows will be in the upper teens in the north to lower 30s in the south. And our forecast now for Moscow, Pullman, and the Palouse is calling for considerable

low clouds and fog through Thursday, a slight chance for a few snow flurries or local freezing drizzle today. Look for highs in the 20s, lows 15 to 25, variable winds five to 15 miles per hour. Current temperature on College Hill, 24 degrees Fahrenheit, that's minus 4 on the Celsius scale. That's the weather situation at twelve and a half now before 9:00. I'm Mark Rossman reporting. Well the National Women's Conference, probably the year's most significant event for women in this country, is now history. Some two dozen resolutions were passed and sent to the president and many delegates left Houston with a new sense of determination to press for, among other things, passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. The press of daily events, however, can sometimes submerge the very real progress that has been made over the years. The progress is dramatically illustrated in an interview reporter Joan Morgan had in Boston recently with 90 year old Florence Luscomb of The Oldest Living Suffragettes. [FLORENCE LUSCOMB]: My mother was a delegate to the National American Woman

Suffrage Association convention in 1892, and she took me with her as a little girl of five. And I heard Susan B. Anthony speak. So I had started my interest in the woman, the woman's movement when I was five years old, and I've kept at it ever since. Of course, the struggle at that time, was to get women the right to vote. The only American citizens who are not allowed to vote were criminals, the insane, and women. And we didn't like the company. [LAUGHS] [JOAN MORGAN]: What was the general situation for women up until that time? Could you just sketch their rights, or lack of rights, prior to them receiving the vote in 1920? [FLORENCE LUSCOMB]: Back in 1848, the condition of women was unspeakable.

The law said man and wife are one, and that one is the husband. It also said, the law said, a man had a right to beat his wife with a reasonable instrument. And the judge on the bench defined a reasonable instrument as a stick no bigger around than my thumb. A married woman couldn't own any property. She might be a wealthy woman, but when she got married, all that property became her husband's. If she worked, the wages that she earned belonged to him and not to her. The children that she bore, belonged to him -- and he could give them away. He could even leave them by will. And after he had died, they'd be taken away from the mother, and given to whomever he had specified. And it might be a total stranger who lived

way out in California, and the mother'd never see her babies again. [JOAN MORGAN]: What was your first participation in the suffrage movement? [FLORENCE LUSCOMB]: Well, it was not when I was an adult. All through my school years, I did what a youngster could do.. I would usher at meetings, and I'd hand out leaflets, and address envelopes, and do things like that. Then all through my college years, all my spare time went into the woman's movement. [JOAN MORGAN]: Who would you say is your female hero? [FLORENCE LUSCOMB]: Of course, of course it was my mother who was the one who... She never dictated what I should believe, but she exposed me to these ideas. [JOAN MORGAN]: How have things changed since 1920, or when you think the women's movement was really beginning to gain ground and backing and credibility? [FLORENCE LUSCOMB]: Up to that time, no woman could serve

on a jury. Our juries were all men. And got the law changed to have women serve on juries. Now, you may not think that's a great privilege, but suppose you were a woman who was on trial. Perhaps your life was at stake. Would you want to be judged by a jury of 12 men? So that was a matter of full equality and justice to the women. And the Suffrage Association here in Boston set up a little information service to help any women who had any difficulty in getting registered to vote. And I was in charge of that service. At that time, the law said that a woman's nationality was that of her husband. And there were...one woman came in.

She was an American woman, American born of an old American family. She had married a foreigner, so she became a foreigner. Then her husband got naturalized, so she became a naturalized American citizen. When women got the vote, she went down to the to the central office to register to vote that fall. And they told her, this American-born woman, that she would have to bring her husband's naturalization papers in order to be registered. And he didn't believe in women voting, and he wouldn't let her have them. [JOAN MORGAN]: What do you think is coming up for the women's movement? Where is it going to go from here? [FLORENCE LUSCOMB]: When we get full equality in every way for women, then there's not going to be any woman's movement. There's going to be a problem of humanity --

men and women, and bettering the conditions for the treatment for all human beings. [JOAN MORGAN]: For National Public Radio, this is Joan Morgan. [MARK ROSSMAN]: One of the Washington State residents who attended the National Women's Conference in Houston is a member of the Washington State University Economics and Business faculty, Faye Bancroft. She was not an official delegate, but attended the conference as an observer. Contributing reporter, Marsha Schenkel talked with Professor Bancroft about why she attended the national meeting, her views on the proceedings, and what she gained from the conference. Professor Bancroft had more than one reason for going to Houston. [FAYE BANCROFT]: I went for a variety of reasons. The most obvious, I think, is that I went to Ellensburg to our state conference, and had a natural desire to follow through the beginnings of the things that happened at Ellensburg to the culmination in Houston. Also as an individual who has been concerned with issues of concern to women, I also wanted to be there. I wanted to see what happened. [MARSHA SCHENKEL]: And how did you feel about the atmosphere of the conference?

[FAYE BANCROFT]: The atmosphere of the conference varied. There were difficult times. There certainly wasn't always unity, even when women were all voting in favor of a portion of the IWY -- International Women's Year Plan, there wasn't complete consensus. We did come to an agreement upon which everyone could concur, even though there were reservations about some specifics. There was a lot of planning done and caucusing. There was what was called the pro-plan group. The idea behind the pro-plan caucus was even those of us who are pro-ERA or who are pro-abortion or whatever, don't see eye to eye. Some amendments need to be made, and there was a lot of work done before each plenary session to try to iron out those difficulties. So the plenary sessions went very well. It was almost an illusion, though, that there were no disagreements. Those disagreements had been handled ahead of time, and some alternative or amendment had been reached that was at least acceptable.

So the atmosphere was co-operative without being one of total unity or total agreement. [MARSHA SCHENKEL]: You said there wasn't a feeling of total unity, but I would guess that that might be a very enthusiastic group that might tend to make you feel very good about why you were there. [FAYE BANCROFT]: There were so many parts to the conference that...there was a political part, there was the artistic part, there was the entertainment part, there was the information-sharing part. I think the thing I took most encouragement from Houston, as far as a personal thing, was the fact that we could air our differences, we could work out some very serious conflicts of opinion, and still develop a policy statement upon which we could all commit. And that's the first time, I think, that anything like that has happened with women. And I was thrilled to see it happening. And it is encouraging. Houston was very encouraging. [MARSHA SCHENKEL]: Faye, who was there? [FAYE BANCROFT]: The delegates who were there were elected state by state. Every state held a conference, as we did in Ellensburg, and a number of

delegates were elected by that conference. So they were representative of each state, elected out of state conferences. [MARSHA SCHENKEL]: Did you feel pressure from anti-conference people? [FAYE BANCROFT]: They were there, which is quite a different question, I think, than I tried to deal with a little bit earlier in saying there were differences of opinion, even among people who basically were in agreement. In other words, that the Equal Rights Amendment should be passed, that abortion should be legal, and so forth. People who were against the Equal Rights Amendment or against choice were visible. Many of them were delegates. The whole Oklahoma delegation, the whole Mississippi delegation, and perhaps some others -- those are the only two that immediately come to my mind -- represented anti-ERA factions. So even among the delegates, they were represented, and had an opportunity to debate the issues. There was another conference held at the Astro Arena, which was called

Pro-Family, and it was well attended -- I think there were over 20,000 people there. I'm concerned with this kind of language, too, this idea. I mean, if the pro-family people were in the Astro World, I think that's sort of saying by implication who was meeting down at the convention center. And I think those of us who are interested in furthering those things of concern to women are going to have to watch this kind of labeling and language of pro-family, because I don't like the implication that comes back on those of us who differ or who disagree. There was...everything was being aired in Houston, but it was being done in a fairly systematic way. I didn't see any open conflict. [MARSHA SCHENKEL]: Where do we go from here? What kind of implications does this mean for the future of women and women's needs? [FAYE BANCROFT]: Well, formally, as a part of the conference, there is a follow-up report to be made to the president. And there are some issues which must be dealt with at the federal level. For example, in retirement and insurance,

something must be done with the federal Social Security law. Of course, it has to be done if it remains in existence, but it certainly doesn't adequately cover the needs of women. Also, the policies that were established in Houston, now provide those of us state by state to begin to work on the problems we have. Washington's problems are going to be different than Oklahoma's, for example, and maybe we need to focus on adequate day care. Maybe Oklahoma needs to focus on revision of the rape statutes. But we did come back from Houston with some general policy statements from which we can work now to whatever specific reforms or changes need to be made in our own state. [MARK ROSSMAN]: Contributing reporter Marsha Schenkel talking with WSU economics and business professor Faye Bancroft, who attended the National Women's Conference in Houston, as an observer. A Woman's Place is produced for DAYBREAK by Barbara Hanford. Next week, A Woman's Place takes a look at the art of interpersonal communication. Contributing reporter Linda Polk talks with WSU counselor

Diana Josvert about effective communication skills and how to use them. This is KWSU in Pullman. Time now is nine o'clock. [BRIEF TRANSITION MUSIC] [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: From the World Desk at United Press International, this is Michael O'Neill. Good day. A top member of the Israeli cabinet is conducting top-level talks outside the country about the current peace momentum. Correspondent Matt Chasanov reports. [MATT CHASANOV]: The government official says foreign minister Moshe Dayan flew to Tehran to report to the Shah on the summit talks at Ismailia. The official said the meeting can be assumed to be significant, and he noted that President Carter and King Hussein of Jordan are both due to visit Tehran next week. Political sources noted that Jordan's cooperation will be necessary if the Israeli proposals for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are to succeed. This is Matt Chasanov in Tel Aviv. [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Begin told members of his parliament the details of the peace proposals he presented to Egypt's president Sadat. Virtually all of them

were already known. Members of the Knesset began debating them. You're listening to UPI World News. Authorities in Los Angeles appear to have hit a brick wall in their search for the so-called Hillside Strangler. Our Bob Fuss reports finding a couple of suspects recently has not helped the police solve the baffling murder mystery. [BOB FUSS]: Los Angeles police say their two suspects in the murder of two women over the weekend are not connected with the Hillside Strangler, who has killed 11 young women in the past three months. But Assistant Police Chief Daryl Gates says they are keeping their options open on the question of whether one strangler committed all 11 murders. [DARYL GATES]: We've never closed the options, again, to it being more than one working together, or it being more than one not working together. [BOB FUSS]: Gates said the two suspects, caught after information provided by a television news van, will be charged with the two weekend killings. He said they are checking if the Hillside Strangler could be a policeman, or someone impersonating a policeman, and the chief repeated his prediction that the frightening case

will be solved, but provided no encouragement that that will happen soon. Bob Fuss, Los Angeles. [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: France is breathing a sigh of relief today about one of its prime new industries. Correspondent Rafaella Soprella tells us about that. [RAFAELLA SOPRELLA]: President Carter says the commercial future of the supersonic jetliner Concorde in the United States is at last secure. In a message to French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Carter announced that all the measures preventing the Franco-British SST from landing in New York and New Jersey have been permanently lifted. Carter said in his message that the governor of New Jersey, Brendan Byrne, vetoed noise level measures that would have forced the plane off the airports by 1985, and that the veto meant that all the obstacles to Concorde's future in the United States have been removed. This Rafaella Soprella, in Paris. [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: At the Commerce Department, officials reported today that the U.S. trade deficit with foreign nations dropped last month, suggesting further improvement in the year ahead. As of the moment, the United States has a record deficit of about $27 billion

dollars with which to end the year. Officials said today that between October and November, the U.S. cut the deficit by 11 percent. That deficit means the United States is buying more goods from other countries than it is selling to them. And economists point out, when that happens, the value of a nation's currency drops on world money markets, and, they say, as a result of that, there's a spur to inflation in that country. The border war between the African nations of Somalia and Ethiopia took on a new dimension today. Ray Wilkinson tells us about that. [RAY WILKINSON]: Somalia says Ethiopian warplanes have bombed its northern city of Hargeisa and norther port of Berbera. Somali forces, however, shot down three Ethiopian planes during the raid -- two Soviet-built MiG fighters and an American-built F-5 warplane. It was the reported attack against the port of Berbera, and indicates Ethiopia could be escalating its aerial war against northern Somalia. Until only a few weeks ago, when Somalia closed the base, Berbera was the site of a major communications center and missile re-handling facility for the Soviet Union, which has now fully switched its support

to Ethiopia. Ray Wilkinson, in Nairobi. [MICHAEL O'NEILL]: Former Attorney General John Mitchell left a federal prison at Montgomery, Alabama, today. He's on a medical furlough. Doctors are to examine Mitchell's hip to determine whether he needs surgery. Mitchell must return to the prison by the 15th of January. From the World Desk of United Press International, this is Michael O'Neill. [ROD JACKSON]: And from the northwest desk of KWSU, I'm Rod Jackson. The governor's office has confirmed that Bob Mickelson of Dayton, Washington, will be Washington State's new agriculture director. The Yakima Herald-Republic newspaper reported today that it has received confirmation of Mickelson's selection. He was reported earlier to be Ray's choice for the job, but her office refused to say so publicly. Mickelson is a longtime Green Giant Company employee currently working as agricultural superintendent. An official announcement of his selection was scheduled for today. Mickelson will fill the post left vacant by the resignation of Gary Strohmaier last week. A one year extension has been granted to the Northern Tier Pipeline Company

so that it can complete its application for a permit to build an oil superport at Port Angeles. The permit is also for a trans-Washington pipeline to ship oil from the port to the Midwest. The extension was granted by the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, which would have had to act on the Northern Tier application had it not extended it. The application was set to expire yesterday. Northern Tier officials say a revised application will be submitted by June 30 in the form of a draft environmental impact statement. About 120,000 Washington residents hold permits to conceal... or rather to carry concealed weapons. And the report says that's enough people to fill eight army divisions. The number of permits is nearly double the figure of just four years ago. Law enforcement officers across the state say they're worried and frustrated. Bremerton Police Captain Fred Johnson says he thinks the people are, in his words, "arming themselves against each other," although other officers say there is nothing alarming about the growth in permits. Statewide Associated Press survey indicates the general rate of permit applications may be easing

slightly. However, women are applying for concealed weapons permits in increasing numbers. Survey shows people who want the permits are evenly divided between those seeking protection and people with hunting or sports interests. Police say the lights went out in nearly two-thirds of Tacoma early today as two explosions rocked a large midtown transformer. Police spokesmen say witnesses reported seeing two flashes and hearing two explosions about 2:46 this morning at a transformer near the Tacoma News Tribune building. Police say power was restored to most of the affected area within an hour. However, as of 3:30 a.m., power was still out in nearly a fifth of the city. Police say the cause of the explosion has not yet been determined. Amtrak has ended what it termed a "serious study" for eliminating passenger train routes -- that word from Brian Duff, a spokesman for the passenger train service. The Portland-to-Seattle route was among those being considered for termination. Duff says these studies of lines that might be eliminated were dropped for at least a year when it appeared Congress would prohibit the dropping of

any routes. Before adjourning, Congress provided Amtrak with $18 million in supplemental funds. Amtrak officials indicated that would be enough to avoid the need to eliminate any routes. The Clark County Public Utility District in Washington says it will actively oppose Portland's federal lawsuits against the Bonneville Power Administration. That is the unanimous decision of the district's commissioners -- they reached it in Vancouver yesterday. They authorized PUD manager George Waters to take whatever action is necessary to defend the interests of Clark County. Commission Chairman Ed Fischer said the public utility is willing, if necessary, to intervene as a defendant in the suits. The city of Portland filed the suits earlier this year after the BPA denied its request to be treated as a preference customer in the distribution of low cost electricity from federal hydropower dams. Finally, ruling in the case of convicted kidnapper Ted Bundy, a district judge in Aspen has declared Colorado's death penalty unconstitutional. Aspen District Judge George Lohr ruled late yesterday, becoming Colorado's first judge to declare the penalty unconstitutional since it took effect

in January of 1975. Lohr said prosecutors will not be able to seek the death penalty for Bundy. The former Washington state man is scheduled to go on trial in Colorado Springs on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of Michigan nurse, Caryn Campbell. She was killed during a vacation in Colorado in '75. Lohr said the law was unconstitutional because defendants were denied a full opportunity to tell jurors why the defendants should not be put to death. Weather forecast for the Palouse and northern Idaho calls for considerable clouds and fog through Thursday. Slight chance of snow flurries or local freezing rain today. Highs will be in the 20s today, moving into the 30s tomorrow. Overnight lows will be in the teens. Currently, it's 24 degrees Fahrenheit, that's minus 4.4 degrees Celsius. I'm Rod Jackson, and welcome back, Bill Irvine. [BILL IRVINE]: Thank you, Rod. The time now, nine minutes past 9:00 on your Wednesday morning DAYBREAK. It's December 28. Only three more days left in this year. You know, Christmas time -- the Christmas holiday season -- is not always the best time for

scientists and science teachers. The host of Science in the News, Al Butler, finds it's a time when the National Association for the Advancement of Sciences holds its winter meeting or the Association of Science Teachers meets for a board meeting. Professor Butler tells of Christmas through a scientist's eyes this afternoon at 3:15 on Science In the News here on KWSU 1250 in Pullman, Washington. The time now, ten minutes past 9:00. You know, the recording industry, or the art of recording, is about 100 years old now. And this morning on Five Minutes with Eric Salzman, we find out that Salzman proves beyond a doubt that recording technology has virtually turned both musical culture and our lives upside down -- and then inside out, in fact. Let's listen. [VOICEOVER OF MAN RECITING POETRY]: The train. The train. The train. The train. The train stops, and my despair begins more profound. The train and my despair's all connected. The solitude won't protect it. For those who may take the train is Halted. If only the train, the train, the train stops, and my despair begins. It's more profound. The train and my despair's all connected. The train isn't moving. The train is halted. If only... [ERIC SALZMAN]: This is Eric Salzman with Five Minutes. [DISCORDANT SOUNDS]

The other day, I attended a conference on The Phonograph and Musical Life, sponsored by the Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College in New York. A lot of very interesting people were there, and a great deal of talk went down. My own conclusions only served to confirm what I have already believed for a decade or so -- that recording technology has changed musical culture in our lives, virtually turned it upside down. But we are only beginning to be able to comprehend what it all means. [DISCORDANT SOUNDS] First of all, let's say that a tremendous percentage of musical experience comes through loudspeakers nowadays -- I'm including amplified and electric sound, Radio and television, as well as tape and disc recording. That means that technology has put itself square in the middle of the process of musical communication, for better or for worse. No area of musical culture remains unaffected. Pop musicians in live performance try to sound as much like their recordings as possible. But in fact, classical musicians really do the same.

They try to imitate to sound like their own technically perfect recordings, and sometimes have a hard job living up to that. But the big impact of recording technology goes deeper than that. Recordings have produced an incredible overlay of musical experience. In the old days, musical culture was a pretty simple, straightforward affair. But nowadays we have the past, the present, and the future -- several pasts, several presents, and several futures, all at once. We have early Western music, forgotten turn-of-the-century composers, early jazz, the Beatles, John Cage, and disco -- all at once. Early music and even Western folk music were actually rediscovered through recordings. Suddenly, all of the non-western musical cultures are available to us -- Indian, Japanese, Indonesian, and so forth. In fact, any music or even any sound at all can be brought into the global electronic network and become part of our contemporary experience. This buzzing, blooming confusion -- information overload -- takeover of culture by technology, whatever you want to call it -- is an inescapable fact

of contemporary life. And it has produced, among other things, a tremendous revolution in new music. Essentially, there have been two basic reactions to this. The serialists, minimalists, and conceptualists -- who in various ways have dealt with the buzzing, blooming confusion by shutting most of it out. At the opposite extreme from this is another approach. Try to face up to it. Try to sort it out. Include it all. Use the recording technology to give us messages from the whole world. [BEATLES MUSIC] This is, of course, the Beatles, but I might have chosen many examples from the '60s -- from multi-media and electronic works of that time. Actually, I chose most of my examples from my own work of 10 years ago, The Nude Paper Sermon, because it perfectly illustrates the reaction to technological

overload by dramatizing the situation. The work was commissioned by a record company, and the idea was to create a multimedia music theater work in sound, whose very subject was the crisis of technology and culture. Since the commission was for a Renaissance music ensemble directed by Joshua Rifkin, the piece absorbs Renaissance music, or rather, looks back on it through the perspective of a loudspeaker -- which has, in effect, brought us Renaissance music in the first place. In order to remind us that we're viewing the Renaissance through the window of the present. I have put electronic sounds, graffiti scribbled all over the surface of the loudspeaker. [THE NUDE PAPER SERMON PLAYS] Besides this window on the Renaissance through the loudspeaker, there's a part for an actor who is a preacher, politician, broadcasting personality, and so forth. There are other dimensions of words, nonverbal vocal expression, various kinds of music,

Renaissance instruments, shawms recorders and such, singing voices, electronic sounds, the morning newspaper headlines, and so forth. The recording was a perfect form for this, and the recording technology could make the mix. The idea? To dramatize this impact of recording technology on our culture. The conclusions that I would draw today from all this might be a little different than they were 10 years ago. My present work and interests run to a more humanistically-oriented music theater. But the multi-media music theater of the '60s represented a breakthrough and one of the major currents of the last decade or so. One of my pieces at that time had an odd title. It was called Foxes and Hedgehogs, from a Greek quotation that runs something like this: the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows only one big thing. Well, we have plenty of hedgehogs nowadays. What we always can use are more foxes. This is Eric Salzman. [VOICEOVER]: Five minutes with Eric Salzman is produced with funds provided by the Corporation

for Public Broadcasting. This is NPR, National Public Radio. [BILL IRVINE]: The time now on DAYBREAK, 16 minutes past 9:00, on your Wednesday morning. Taking a look at the northwest weather summary -- clear skies prevail over most of western Washington and the northern part of eastern Washington. In southeastern Washington, fog and low clouds are reported in many areas. A high pressure area over British Columbia moving southeastward into Idaho and western Montana is making it easier for the moisture from the south to move north. Meanwhile, a weather disturbance in the Gulf of Alaska is moving towards the coast. As a result, the forecast for western Washington calls for an increase in cloudiness and probably some precipitation before long. If you're heading out over some of the Washington passes, Snoqualmie Pass shows 16 degrees. It's clear up there -- they've had no new snow, and they have a 38-inch total now. The road is bare and dry and with some ice in places,

so watch out. Blewett Pass -- 10 degrees, broken clouds, no new snow, 26-inch total, and there is some snow and ice in places. Stevens Pass -- 12 degrees and clear, no new snow, 67-inch total. They have snow and ice on the road in places. White Pass is 13 degrees. It's clear, no new snow. They have a 34-inch total. There's compact snow and ice in places and one-way traffic in places on the west side of White Pass. Cayuse Pass is temporarily closed. Chinook Pass is closed for the season. But Washington Highway number 410, west of park boundary, is 27 degrees, clear, and the road is bare and dry. The North Cascades Highway -- closed for the season. Satus Pass -- 20 degrees, overcast, no new snow. They have a 4-inch total, and it's bare with some frost in places. The forecast for northern Idaho is calling for cloudy weather with a few areas of fog in the valleys, otherwise it'll be partly cloudy today and tonight. It'll be mostly cloudy with a few snow showers tomorrow.

You can expect highs in the 20s to the lower 30s, with lows tonight between 15 and 25 degrees in the valleys, and around 5 to 15 degrees in the mountains. And the forecast for the Palouse and Blue Mountains region is calling for considerable low clouds and fog through tomorrow. We'll have a slight chance of a few snow flurries or local freezing drizzle today. A chance of a little snow is predicted, or a little bit of freezing rain tonight and tomorrow. The highs will be in the 20s today and between 25 and 35 degrees tomorrow. The low is between 15 and 25, and we'll have variable winds between five and 15 miles per hour. Yesterday in Pullman, our high temperature 25 degrees, and our low overnight was 23 degrees. For right now, we're right between that -- we stand at 24 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale, and that works out to negative four degrees on the metric Celsius scale. The time now -- 18 and a half minutes past 9:00. [BRIEF MUSIC] Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30, KWSU Radio brings you a report on credit and privacy, produced by Options.

Recently, the Presidential Commission on Credit and Privacy concluded its work, and the chairman, Professor David Linowes of the University of Illinois, talks about the work of his commission. Listen to the latest report on credit and privacy on Options, tomorrow afternoon at 3:30, here on KWSU 1250 in Pullman. [BRIEF MUSIC] The time now 19 and a half minutes past 9:00. In these days of increasing acts of terrorism, is the news media providing a platform for the terrorists' cause? Some thoughts on this from Dr. Pamela Miller. Here's Cardboard Characters. [PAMELA MILLER]: It wasn't the first time, and sadly won't be the last time that the American people come face to face with terrorism. But the siege of the Hanafi Muslims in downtown Washington, D.C., last summer, left a lasting impression on broadcast journalists.

There was consensus that the media was playing an unwilling part in the fad of terrorism. In response to these accusations, NBC's David Brinkley commented, "It possibly is true that public attention encourages this kind of violence, and we are very conscious of that. But, on the other hand, when this kind of terrorism appears in a country once largely free of it, I think the American people need to know it." His words reflect the dilemma facing broadcast journalists. They are in the unique position of being able to do on-the-spot reporting of an event or a situation. But with that capability comes the danger of being manipulated by publicity seekers, whatever their cause. It was not the first time the media was dealt a hand in this deadly game, but it was the Hanafi siege that pushed the network news departments to action. CBS issued a set of guidelines for coverage of future terrorist attacks.

NBC's news president sent an internal memo to his people containing suggestions that he said were not dissimilar to what CBS put out. And ABC didn't adopt any formal policy, but its principles were virtually the same. ABC's news president explained, "The tenet I cling to is not to be used by either side, not to be a conduit of propaganda for the terrorists, not to be a stalking horse for the authorities, but to tell the story fully and not intrude on what's happening." Whether they formalized their guidelines or simply internalized them, the point was clear -- it was time to take a stand, to establish some procedures, and to give broadcasters some guidelines to meet the desperate challenge. A survey of television news directors and police chiefs in 30 major U.S. cities was conducted by California State University at Northridge concerning their attitudes toward terrorist coverage guidelines developed by CBS

News. The results were as follows. The first guideline, which recommends that journalists should avoid providing excessive platforms for terrorists and should paraphrase their demands, was supported by 87 percent of the newsmen and 76 percent of the police chiefs. The second rule proposed no live coverage of terrorist acts except in the most compelling circumstances. This received approval by 81 percent of the news directors and 93 percent of the police chiefs. The third guideline urged reporters to be mindful of the problems authorities have in maintaining contact with terrorists. The news media should find out first whether their use of phone lines would interfere with the authorities. A total of 86 percent of the police chiefs and 84 percent of the news directors agreed. The fourth guideline advises that CBS News representatives should contact experts in dealing with hostage situations for guidance.

But they acknowledge that such recommendations should be carefully considered as guidance, not instruction. This received the approval of 90 percent of the journalists and 85 percent of the policeman. Almost all newsmen and policemen supported the fifth guideline, recommending that local authorities be given the name of CBS personnel whom they can contact if they have further guidance or if they have other questions about what might interfere with negotiations. The sixth rule advises reporters covering terrorist acts to avoid using inflammatory language or reporting rumors. It also urged reporters to obey police instructions, but to immediately report to their superiors any instructions that seem to intend to manage or suppress the news. 94 percent of the news directors agreed, while 86 percent of the police chiefs supported this one. The last point suggested that coverage of terrorist acts should be of a balanced length, so that they do not unduly crowd

out or cut out other important news. About 86 percent of the newsmen and policemen supported this point. The consensus was remarkable. CBS provided a list of common sense suggestions, and they were met with open arms. That doesn't mean that there will be no debate about future coverage. Each event and subsequent story will have to be judged individually. But at least now there are some widely-accepted guidelines for covering these irregular, illogical events. Now, if we can just get the terrorists to form some guidelines. I'm Pam Miller. [BILL IRVINE]:Dr. Pamela Miller is an assistant professor of communications here at Washington State University. The time now 25 minutes past 9:00. And here is Barbara Hanford with our mid-morning DAYBREAK calendar -- Barb? [BARBARA HANFORD]: Good morning. Reminder for those of you who are interested in what's happening here on the Washington State University campus during this vacation schedule -- if you have business at WSU offices, they will remain open through Friday,

from 8 to 5 daily. They will be closed on Monday, January 2. And, of course, WSU students will be returning to the campus with all offices open and classes resuming on January 3. The Public Parks Department and WSU Campus Recreation are co-hosting the opening of a number of recreational facilities during this Christmas break holiday. And those, of course, are open to the general public: the new gym -- Bohler Gym -- Smith Gym, the handball and racquetball courts, Hollingbery Fieldhouse, and the saunas. Those facilities which are closed include towel cages, weight rooms, and the gymnastics facilities. The gymnasiums are open from 5 to 9 today, Thursday, and Friday. Saturday, they will be open from noon to 6:00 and closed on Sunday. Swimming will be available from 7 to 9 tonight through Friday night. No swimming on Saturday or Sunday. If you'd like to know more about the facilities open for recreational activities here on the WSU campus, the number to call is 335-2651.

Washington State University libraries are also on their holiday vacation schedule. Holland Library is open from 8:00 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon through Friday. The Science and Engineering Library is open through Friday from 8:00 in the morning to midnight.