THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 101 NO.30
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
STATE HISTORICAL
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FRIDAY,OCTOBER 5,1990
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Filipino garrison attacked
The Associated Press
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — Government planes today bombed rebels who had seized military garrisons in two cities and declared independence for the nation's second-largest island.
Military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two T-28 planes a derrisoned in Butuan. The civilians in cities seized Thursday by the rebels.
A Manila radio station, reporting from Buitan, said the planes made about 14 passes over the garrison and over the airfield. No casualties were reported
Rebel chiefian Col. Alexander Noble sobes the Butuan garrison and in a cagazan de Oro without firing a rifle, bringing independence for Mindanao island.
Before the bombing raid, Noble had offered from Cagayan De Oro to negotiate with the government but had received no response.
"I'm waiting (to negotiate)," he said ___ "It's the people who should
U.S. House rejects budget plan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A rebellious House early today rejected an election-year, $500 billion package of tax boosts and spending slashes, ignoring pleas from President Bush and congressional leaders that the ailing economy needs relief from massive federal deficits.
By 254-179, the lawmakers turned down the outline of the five-year budget compromise that Bush and congressional leaders had reached after four contentious months of negotiations.
In so doing, they dealt Bush and the House's Democratic and Republican leaders a resounding political blow. The defeat came despite a week of intense lobbying by the president and his most powerful
aides, the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate and three former presidents.
"We have to come together," said House Minority Leader Roper Ropf Michel, R-III. "That's what we are appealing for."
It was unclear what Bush and congressional leaders would do next.
The votes went against an outline of the five-year plan that Bush and congressional leaders agreed on last weekend.
Nonetheless, with all 435 House seats up for grabs in next month's election, the measure was the subject of intense criticism. Liberals are upset that the measure cuts in Medicare, higher gasoline and cigarette taxes, and other painful savings.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said, "I don't believe it's a statement of our values to menace our senior citizens by cutting Medicare benefits while keeping defense spending high."
Supporters responded that the five-year package of savings, though painful, was needed medicine for the ailing U.S. economy.
Rep. James Quillen, R-Tenn., said the package was the best Congress could hope for this year.
"If we have to hold our nose and note for this day, do it!" he said.
vote for this, let's do it," he said.
Even as debate was under way,
count-voters said they remained uncertain of attaining their goal: majority support from members of both parties.
The problem was especially acute among House Republicans, who, one official said, remained 11 votes shy since majority of their opponents.
The Senate planned to vote on the measure Friday, and passage there seemed likely.
"We're going to have a majority when we get there," said Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine.
Bush had said that unless Congress approved the outline by Friday, he would reject any extension of the temporary financing legislation that had kept the government operating since the new fiscal year began Monday. That financing expires Friday night.
officials have called the Bush presidency's most intense lobbying campaign, the president brought 60 GOP lawmakers to the White House Thursday morning to press for votes.
As part of what administration
Bush sent a letter to House Republicans asking them to support the measure.
A second letter was sent to GOP lawmakers by ailing Republican National Committee Chairman Lee Atwater.
Maverick Republicans spoke of getting telephone calls at home from Bush, Vice President Dan Qanley, White House Chief of Staff Jeff Sessions, Ronald Reagan Presidents Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.
Fire engulfs house; no one hurt
21 firefighters extinguish blaze
--continue through Jan. 20, 1991.
EXCURSIONS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN OCTOBER 4,1990
New exhibit lets people play with faces
This face constructed of tiny pixels, dots of different sizes and shades, is one of the posters with the "Faces" exhibit.
By Jamie Elliott
Kansan staff writer
At an exhibit, "Faces," at the Kansas City Museum at the Town Pavilion, all this and much more is possible. Using computers, visitors to the exhibit can "try on" the faces of celebrities or peruse a program of facial features to reconstruct their faces or the face of someone else.
Ever wonder what you would look like with Mariyn Monroe's eyes? Princess Diana's hair? Or Mary Korsik's?
The exhibit will open Saturday at the museum,
1111 Main St. in Kansas City, Mo., and will
"We have 28 interactive exhibits." said Suzanne Silverthorn, public relations director. "We want to expose visitors to science and technology, not to educate them, but to get them interested."
High-tech activity stations at the exhibit help learners learn about their faces and makes what happens
The computer stations, in addition to showing visitors what they would look like with Oprah's hair, also can record and play back facial expressions to show how muscle movements make up
expressions.
Another station records the user's face and then displays it as if it were symmetrical — with two right or left sides. A station uses mirrors lets the user blend his own face with a friend's.
Yet another computer challenges the user to gaze at a face for six seconds and then try to
"We hope to bring in a police artist for demonstrations." Silverthorn said.
Besides the computer exhibits, Silverthorn said
See FACES, p.2b
termined the fire's cause.
proves B-laden formers
s, said that the water plant fed 20 electrical capacitors per contained PCBs.
Kansas River and Clinton are the two major sources of rice water.
tested all of our equipment in the Clinton Water Treat-Plant and the Kaw Water Plant to see how much "equipment had PCBs," he "we've looked long and I think we've eliminated all."
1 Birns, director of the Kangt to know program of the department of Health and ment, said that produc PCBs was stopped in 1977 of its toxicity.
YKarr, captain of the hazz-
ness material unit of the
snee Fire Department, said
he was highly toxic if inured
usically, if it spills it's not angerous unless you touch it get it," he said.
e Johnson, manager of KPL,
service, 110 E. Ninth Sd., said
KPL had removed all of its
PCBs in the last year in
cease last year.
're PCR clean" he said.