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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 27, 1990
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Souter gains three more votes assured of committee backing
Supreme Court nominee David Souter gained three more votes on the Senate Judicary Committee yesterday, assuring his approval by the panel when it votes today.
The endorsements by Sens. Charles Grassley, R-lowa, Herbert Kohl, D-Wis., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., brought to 10 the number on the 14-member panel publicly in favor of Souter's nomination. None had come out against him by late last night.
40,000 U.S. troops will leave Europe beginning in October
Three liberal Democrats not on the committee, Sens. Bill Bradley, D.N.J.; Frank Lautenberg, D.N.J.; and Barbara Mikulski, D.Md., served as chair of the committee, based on his lack of an abortion position.
The United States will begin withdrawing 40,000 troops from Europe next month and start closing down units in January. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said yesterday.
Cheny said his decision was made in consultation with the NATO allies and was in anticipation of a 23-nation Conventional Forces in Europe agreement being reached by year's end to reduce substantially troops and military equipment across Europe.
The unilateral pulloff of troops from Europe is the largest by the United States since the mid-1980s, when the administration of President Bush restructured the U.S. commitment to Europe.
The decision, while not directly related to the buildup of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf area, would give the Pentagon flexibility in fielding troops to relieve U.S. troops in the gulf region.
weapons sale to Saudi Arabia
Senate votes approval of family planning bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted yesterday to require federally supported family planning clinics to notify parents of teen-age girls who seek abortions.
The Associated Press
The action came on an amendment to a bill renewing federal family planning assistance, which emerged as the latest battleground in the political war over abortion.
The bill was already under a veto threat, however, and the vote was one in a series of conflicting and confusing Senate actions that left the bill facing an uncertain future.
A vote to limit debate fell 10 short of the votes, diminishing prospects of any further gerrymandering.
The Senate approved by a large margin another amendment Tuesday evening that would remove Bush administration regulations prohibiting the use of abortions, any information or counseling involving abortion.
The result was a Senate bill that contained provisions pushed by both anti-abortion and pro-abortion groups.
In the House a similar version, extending the life of family planning services provided through Title 10 of the Public Health Service Act of 1970, was approved by the Energy and Commerce Committees and the General Senate procedures on abortion. The clinics offer family planning and health services to the poor.
The family planning act's authorization expired in 1985, but services have been financed by Congress each year since then through continuing resolutions, or catchall spending measures.
The Senate's vote Tuesday night to end the administration's prohibition on abortion counseling provided pro-choice advocates with a surprisingly large 62-vote majority.
Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., an abortion opponent, voted with pro-choice advocates in support of the amendment, producing an initial 63-35 vote. But more than an hour after the vote was taken, Dole asked that his recorded vote be changed to "no."
Dole, who arrived late for the vote, simply made a mistake, said his press secretary, Walt Riker.
The Associated Press
Religious repression ends in U.S.S.R. with new law
MOSCOW — The Soviet legislature formally ended decades of religious repression yesterday, passing a law on freedom of conscience at a time when Soviets are flocking to churches in record numbers.
The law forbids the government from interfering with religious activities, improves the legal status of religion.
imprisoned religious leaders and preached atheism
"The most important thing for us is not only that the law is passed, but that it begins to work," said Adewale Onyinye.
Peter Reddaway, an expert on Soviet religion at George Washington University in Washington, said, "There is reason for optimism the law will be semantically."
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Songwriter's event showcases seasoned and amateur artists
By Ron Klein
Special to the Kansan
At least it will be Saturday and Sunday, when the Kaw Valley Songwriter's Association presents the Kaw Valley Songwriter's Weekend
The Valley is alive with the sound of music.
Saturday's events will begin at 8 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. Sunday's events will be held at Sacred Heart, 19th and Massachusetts streets.
But the festival is open to every one.
"When people see our posters that say 'Kaw Bay Songwriter's Association' and you hear him, man said. "They think if they're a songwriter, then it's not for them. But, without patrons of the arts, we want everyone to come out."
Frydman said his organization
Both national and local songwriters will have the opportunity to display their musical and lyrical talents, said Rick Frydman, one of four directors of the songwriter's association. He said the association of the festival were dedicated to providing a forum for local songwriters.
received 72 tapes from artists waiting to participate in the festival at the main event, a competition in which writers perform their songs.
Frydman said he thought this year's festival would be as successful as last year's, in which an unknown songwriter is to win the song-writer's competition.
Kim Forehand, a 1990 KU graduate, had never performed in front of an audience before the festival. Her husband urged her to send a tape to Frydman, and they were both given the opportunity to perform at the festival. They were even more astonished when she captured first place in the competition.
"Later on, I found out that he was also in the competition, and he was making those faces because he told me his song was so good that I had tried it."
Frydman, a 1984 KU graduate, said he developed the idea for a songwri-
"When I went on stage, I was so nervous that I couldn't even remember my name," Forehand said. "A friend who is a singer told me to pick out one person in the audience and tell her what kind of guy, but halfway through the song, he started making faces, and I thought I was not doing very well.
ter's festival while he was a student at KU.
"In 1981, I was working as a DJ at KJHK," he said. "I ran out of fresh material, and I was always scrounging up for bins looking for new artists to play."
He said he was inspired to have a Lawrence festival after a visit to the Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas.
"I realized that there was a wealth of talent that wasn't getting any radio play," he said.
Each year the festival opens with performances by nationally recognized performers and provide feedback for the local performers. This year, Fred Koller, from Nashville, and Cheryl Bunker, of Providence, R.I., will perform.
This year, prospective contestants come from not only Lawrence, but from others in the region. Neb. From the 72 entries, Frydman and the other directors will choose 20 to perform their songs in a contest on Saturday m. Sunday at the South Park Garage.
The winner will receive $100 and five hours free recording time at Red House Recording Studio, 9271² Massachusetts St.
Hell's Kitchen stars in 'State of Grace'
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — the famed Hell's Kitchen of New York City, portrayed in gangster movies since Jimmy Cayne was a child, gets an update in a new film by filmmaker Phil Joanov.
"State of Grace," starring Sean Penn, Ed Hairy and Gary Oldman, has been drawing a wide range of reviews, ranging from raves for Joannou's imaginative ability to boos for his self-indulgence.
Joanow explained his fascination with the now-depleted Irish Mafia, which once ruled Hell's Kitchen.
"The gang was originally established to give the immigrant Irish a place that was protected, a place that was theirs, to make sure that no one else would enter," he said. Their power beyond Hell's Kitchen to the West Side of New York," he said.
When their control began to slip and fade away, they became more and more desperate and and when they were able to notice the nose tightened around them.
Ultimately, the old guard was murdered, and two others took over the gang and created the film. "You know that you see in the film," he said.
Joanou, with only two minor films to his credit, was entrusted by Orion Pictures with a big-budget movie with a trio of nonsense actors. First of all, there was the mercurial Penn Pean.
"What Sean demands, what Sean is always driving for, is quality," Joaoan said. "But with time and money pressures on making movies, people often want to cut corners, go fast, fast, fast."
"Sean, to his credit, always fights for what's best for the movie. It was a great experience working together. He pushed me, I pushed him. We never had any kind of conflict or explosion."
A Steven Spielberg protege, Phil Joanon directed his first film in 1987, the soon-forgotten "Three O'Clock high," a Universal Pictures release. A Paramount Pictures documentary, "U2-Rattle and Hum," drew a better reception.
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