Wednesdav, September 14. 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Voters pick leaders in state primaries
The Associated Press
Voters in many states went to the polls yesterday.
Candidates were chosen to retiring sten. S. Robert Stafford of Vermont and William Proxime of Wisconsin. Moderate Republican Rep. James Jeffords faced a Democrat in Vermont and former Democratic Gov. Anthony S. Earl battled a sports team owner in Wisconsin.
In other highlights of primary
voting, Gov. Rick Scott,
Gregg was favored over two
opponents for the GOP nomination
to succeed retiring Gov. John
Johnson.
In Arizona, more than a dozen Rebel lawmakers have called to impeach or convict Evan Mecham last spring were challenged candidly loyal to the government.
In Vermont, Rep. Jeffords, whose frequent opposition to Presidential candidates, has a fellow Republicans, face new comer Mr Griffes in that Senate primary. Democrat Willie Johnson, the former senator, had no primary opposition
Proximire's retirement in Wisconsin after 31 years in the Senate sparked spirited races in both parties. On the Democratic side,
the latest newspaper poll showed Earl and Milwaukee bucks basketball team owner Herbert Kohl (83) was named in a list included former Deputy Attorney General Edward R. Garvey and Secretary of State Douglas La
Kohl, who had never before sought public office, spent nearly $2.1 million, much of it on TV ads, drawing criticism from his rivals that he was trying to buy the election.
Republicans chose between state sen. Susan Engleholder, a moderate, and the more conservatives in the former Republican state chairman.
In New Hampshire, Gregg, son of former governor, faced some legal problems with Shaw and political newcomer William Lawrence for the Republican nomination for governor. The law was written by lawyer Paul McEachern, a foe of the Seabrook nuclear power company, narrowly lost to Summa in 1986.
In Gregg's 2nd District, Chuck Douglas, a former state Supreme Court justice, was locked in a bitter contest with former state Rep. Betty Tamposi for the lead in a six-way GOP race.
WASHINGTON — The Senate surrendered to political reality yesterday and gave up its fight to permit federally funded abortions for victims of rape and inest.
Senate gives in to opposition
The Associated Press
Fight ends to federally fund abortions for rape, incest victims
Facing strong House opposition, a White House veto threat and the prospect of a $14 billion social spending bill held hostage by the measure, the chamber agreed by voice vote to scrap its position.
The vote came after two roll calls in which members first refused, 46-44, and then agreed, 47-43, to kill a motion that insisted on allowing federal judges to hear cases in promptly reported rape and incest cases.
Abortion was the only area of disagreement between the two chambers in the spending bill for
The House rejected the Senate view last Friday, voting 216-16 to continue the policy of federal funds only when an abortion was needed to save a woman's life.
the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.
Sen. Lawton Chiles, D-Fla., chairman of the subcommittee that handled the spending bill, pleaded with his colleagues to accept defeat and help enact the overall measure.
"We're talking about a House that we 50 votes short in. We're talking about a president that's going to veto the bill. We're talking about a clock that's ticking." Chiles said. "You can stand on principle forever and you'll have nothing, if you don't know when you have to close that gap."
The Senate voted 73-19 in July to expand Medicaid to pay for abortions or raise incases that were reported promptly. States would have the option of retaining the current, more limited policy.
The abortion provision was part of the $140 billion Labor-HIS-Education measure for fiscal 1989, which begins Oct. 1. The bill contains money for medical research, job training, college loans and programs for disadvantaged children, among many other items.
In a Sept. 7 letter to congressional leaders, President Reagan reiterated his intention to veto the entire package if it came to him with the Senate's abortion provision.
Hostage returns home to Germany
The Associated Press
BONN, West Germany — Freed hostage Rudolf Cordes arrived home in West Germany last night, ending a 20-month ordeal at the hands of Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon.
Cordes was accompanied by his wife and German envoy who flew to Damascus, Syria, after the war. In 1279 he went to Egypt.
"I feel I'm born again," said the 55-year-old businessman when he was in Damascus.
Cologne-Bonn airport where Cordes was greeted by West German authorities. The couple then went to Vienna, and at the train station
He is to have a medical examination and is expected to be debriefed by security officials.
In Damascus, Cordes hugged his tearful wife, Marlene, and the couple was escorted by Syrian security officers to the Foreign Ministry and turned over to West German officials.
Cordes said in Damascus that he nearly despared during the ordeal and that he saw none of the other 17 foreign hostages missing in Lebanon, including nine U.S. citizens.
The plane taxied to the military area of the
"There were moments during which I was feeling so terrible. But now that I am a free man
again, that I am joining my family, everything
the Sri Lankan Ministry said in a news conference
on the Sri Lankan Ministry.
"I're rejoicing for being a free man again. I feel I'm born again. It is as if I have been granted a new life I am feeling perfect, and I'm in very good shape," he said in Grecian as he greeted Bonn's home State Minister for Chancery affairs Wolfgang Schaubell who arrived to escort him here.
Cordes, Beirut manager for the Hoechst AP pharmaceutical company, was freed in Beirat at madam Monday, escorted to Damascus by Syrian officers and spent the night at a government guest palace.
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