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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 27, 1990
Briefs
Souter gains three more votes;
assured of committee backing
Supreme Court nominee David Souter gained three more votes on the Senate Judiciary 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 Souer'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., respectively. Based on 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.
Cheney 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 pullout of troops from Europe is the largest by the United States since the mid-1980s, when the administration of President Ronald Reagan 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
President Bush has decided to sell $7.5 billion in new weaponry to Saudi Arabia in immediate response to the Persian Gulf crisis and to ask G...
Senate votes approval of family planning bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted yesterday to require federally supported family planning clinics to notify parents of teenage 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.
A vote to limit debate fell 10 short of the necessary 60 votes, diminishing prospects of any final decision.
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.
The Senate approved by a large margin another amendment Tuesday evening that would remove Bush administration regulations prohibiting the use of abortions. The new 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 Committee and the General Senate Province 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 63.5 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.
Religious repression ends in U.S.S.R. with new law
The Associated Press
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 religious groups.
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 Wendy. "It's a really hard question."
Peter Reddaway, an expert on Soviet religion at George Washington University in Washington, said, "There is reason for optimism the law will be
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Sculptures add life to downtown
By Jamie Elliott
Kansan staff writer
For KU students and Lawrence residents, visiting an art gallery is now as easy as driving downtown to shop.
For the fourth year, the Lawrence Arts Commission and the Kansas State University Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, which places works of art in the outdoors.
"You don't have to make a special effort or a visit to see art, it's right there on the street," said James executive director of the KSA.
Patti said the idea began as a way to incorporate art into the downtown area. The majority of the sculptures were commissioned by Street between Sixth and 11th streets.
"We urged the Arts Council to get involved," he said. "They've been working on it, and just ideas, it takes a lot of people. I think the everyday person is kind of someone who wants to do this."
This year's exhibition, which will last until May 1991, features 10 new sculptures by artists from Kansas and around the country.
George Kaull's "S spirit of Hypatia" in front of First National Bank.
Kelly Arnold, a member of Lawrence Arts Commission, said the artists were chosen from a wide field of applicants.
"We hold a call for entry," Arnold as "it is a juried exhibition, and 10 are invited to attend." We keep it in Lawrence for a year. If it is in the sculpture goes to the museum.
picks it up."
Arnold said the city contributed $5,500 to the exhibit, the state contributed $2,000, and the convention and visitor's bureau gave $1,000. The money is used for printing programs and brochures and for $200 honorariums for the artists, as well as an inspiring sculpture walk and dedication.
Patti said that at the start of the exhibition four years ago, the bulk of the money was used to purchase materials for sculpture pedestals. Now the biggest expense is insurance for the sculptures.
Insurance premiums vary according to the value the artist places on the sculpture, Patti said. Sculpture prices range from $1,000 to $15,000.
Theater group's first production no pipe dream
By Jamie Elliott
Kansan staff writer
Area schoolchildren have had a chance this week to see "This is Not A Pipe Dream, the first of many." The Theatre for Young People
Adults will get a chance to view the play at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Tickets for the play are on sale at the Murphy Hall box office. All seats are reserved; tickets are $3
John Lentz, a member of the cast, said the play had much to offer young and old alike.
"It's not quite the typical childish show," he said. "It plays to a universal audience — it isn't that bad. It's not just a children's show."
The play concerns the early life of the surrealist painter Rene Magritte as he tries to follow his dream of becoming an artist.
"It specifically deals with trying to explore his art - enliven his art form on the stage." Lentz said.
Jeanne Klein, director of the production and the KU children's theatre program, said the play was one of his 100 slides of Marrite's work.
"Rene dreams of becoming a painter, and his father says it a pipe dream," she said. "Rene forks his dream while discover
ering how he wants to express himself in paint."
The play takes its title from one of Magritte's paintings, "The Betrayal of Images: 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' (this is not a pipe)."
The seven-member cast will perform today and tomorrow for area children. They also performed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Grades four through six of the entire Lawrence school system secondary and several county schools were invited to the performances.
The KU Theatre for Young People presents two plays a year, Klem said. one in the fall for grades four through six and one in the spring for grades one through three.
She said the theatre started its performances in 1954.
"There are a lot of universities that will do children's plays for child audiences, but there's only about 20 that have more concen- programms. Klein said "Dong plays the game as is difficult at anything else."
Lenz said "This is Not a Pipe Dream" was his first experience performing for a child audience.
"It feels a little different," he said. "But you're playing to the same objectives, so it's really not that different."
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