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Jaruzelski will step down early to assist in Poland's transition
President Wojciech Jaruzelski, the only Communist leader to survive politically after democratic revolutions swept the Eastern bloc, told Parliament yesterday he will resign early to help Poland complete its transition to democracy.
Jarazkeil's announcement came amid increased calls for his resignation to make way for a new team.
Solidarity chairperson Lech Walesa has already declared his candidacy for president, and Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Walesa adviser adly and also, is also considering running.
Committee chairperson Joseph Biden, D-Del,
tentatively set a committee vote for Sept. 27.
while confident Republicans were already look-
ed to the timing of a vote by the full Senate.
The Senate Judiciary Committee completed hearings on Supreme Court nominee David Souter yesterday with all signs pointing to quick approval.
Souter hearings end in Senate committee may vote next week
Senate GOP Leader Bob Dole and Sen. Orrin Hatch, a senior member of the judiciary panel, said there should be a quick final vote so that Souter could take his place as the nation's 103th Supreme Court justice in time for the start of the fall term Oct. 1.
De Klekr to appoint groups to investigate recent violence
President W. F. de Klerk, responding to criticism from Blacks that he is not doing enough to quell factional violence in South Africa, said Wednesday that special units to investigate four recent incidents
D Klek also announced an amnesty for individuals or organizations turning in illegal firearms and explosives by Oct. 1, and offered rewards up to $40,000 for information leading
Army calls up reserves
WASHINGTON — The Army yesterday ordered 62 reserve units in 27 states to report for active duty in support of the U.S. military buildup in the war, and ordered 24 other units to prepare for possible call-up.
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The Navy said it was activating 3 reserve units for construction support duties.
The Associated Press
Also, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has approved "imminent danger pay" for the more than 150,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen on patrol in Iraq and Syria under Desert Shield. The pay is retroactive to Sept. 1.
The Navy said the three units it was activating included 166 reservists, but it noted that not all of them were active.
up. The units are in California, Colorado and the District of Columbia.
The Army said 28 Army National Guard units and 34 Arm Reserve units were being activated, effective today. Most of the units provide transportation support, while others include specialists in law enforcement, medevac, water supply and chemical defense.
The units are from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona,
California, Colorado, the District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
Greenspan assesses crisis
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairperson Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday that the Persian Gulf crisis had piled "new and substantial risks" on an already faltering national economy.
The Associated Press
In an assessment of U.S. economic prospects, Greenspan said the jump in oil prices since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 had increased the threat of both higher inflation and a recession.
But the chairperson of the central bank rejected suggestions that U.S. economic policy-makers were in effect being held hostage by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
He conceded that the Federal Reserve's job of promoting non-inflationary growth had been made more difficult by the unfolding events in the United States. The U.S. economy still had the tools to mitigate the economic fallout.
Private economists said Greenspan's pessimistic comments reflected the tough choices facing him. Normally rising unemployment and other signs of sluggish growth would prompt the central bank to slash interest rates in order to spur demand.
But, while increasing the money supply, this measure probably would lead to an increase in prices. And the oil-price shock already has put the country in the grips of its worst bout of inflation in nine years. Consumer prices are climbing at an annual rate of 6.2 percent.
Financial markets had been eager awaiting Greenspan's first report on economic conditions since the Persian Gulf turmoil began. But for the most part they reacted with disappointment as the Federal Reserve chief seemed to dash hopes of a quick move to lower interest rates.
Lawmakers desert budget talks
The complaints came as Congress' five highest-ranking leaders met for a health day with three
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Rank-and-file members of Congress began denying party leaders over the
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The film contains many big-name stars: Mary Lerel Strep, Shirley MacLain, Dennis Quaid and Gene Hackman. These Hollywood heavies create a movie that is capable to act to a film that is deficient in establishing an effective plot.
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Drugs, alcohol and the havoc these vices lead to create the basis for the film "Postcards From The Edge," written by actress Carrie Fisher.
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Movie pokes fun at ludicrous deals
"The Unbelievable Truth" is a movie about deals, something Audrey, a nihilistic teenager, knows a lot about. Not that it matters, because Audrey is sure the Earth is covered away from atomic annihilation.
Audrey's deals with her family and boss verge on the insane. She promises to go to college only if her father, donates $1,000 to a disarmament
und. He agrees if she will stay away rom Josh, a new man in town with a mysterious past.
Although each contract's details grow more ridiculous, they hysterically parallel today's money-hungry society.
"I don't believe in people," Audrey says at one point. "People are only as good as the deals they make and keep."
The movie is refreshingly light-hearted even as it looks at some serious subjects. As Audrey, he gently nothing short of spectacular, leading an equally impressive cast of relative unknowns.
Bryce J. Tache, Special to the Kansan
New Prince album mixes funk, rock
Prince is back. Let's haul out the adjectives — thrilling, audacious, breathtaking, frustrating, aggravating. They all apply.
In fact, they apply to all the songs on "Graffiti Bridge" setting this new look in their music. The I Get is a unique combination of '50s rock and '90s funk that immediately indicates Prince is taking this project seriously. ■ The Associated Press
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