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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急 to help Poland complete its transition to democracy.
Jaruzkei's announcement came amid increased calls for his resignation to make way for the new president.
Solidarity chairperson Lech Walesa has already declared his candidacy for president, and Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Wales' former adviser and ally, also is considering "running
Souter hearings end in Senate;
committee may vote next week
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 20, 1990
The Senate Judiciary Committee completed hearings on Supreme Court nominee David Souter yesterday with all signs pointing to quick approval.
Committee chairperson Joseph Biden, D-Del, tentatively a committee vote for Sept. 27, while confident Republicans were already looke- d to the timing of a vote by the full Senate.
Senate GOP Leader Bob Dole and Sen. Orrin Hatch, a senior member of the judiciary panel, said there should be a quick final vote that Souter could take his place as the nation's 105th Supreme Court justice in time for the start of the fall term Oct. 1.
De Kleker 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 there are 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 of up to $40,000 for information leading
Army calls up reserves
The Associated Press
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 the Army to prepare 34 other units to prepare for possible call-up.
The Navy said it was activating 3 reserve units for construction support duties.
Also, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has approved "imminent danger pay" for the more than 150,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen who have been deployed from Desert Shelf. The pay is retroactive to Sept. 1.
The Navy said the three units it was activating included 162 reservists, but it noted that not all of them were deployed.
up. The units are in California, Colorado and the District of Columbia.
The Army said 28 Army National Guard units and 34 Army Reserve units were being activated, effective today. Most of the units provide transportation support, while others include specialists in law enforcement, medivac, 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
The Associated Press
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.
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 global economy. He said that still he had the tools to mitigate the economic fallout.
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 high inflation and a recession.
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 has already 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 Associated Press
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WASHINGTON - rank-and-tie members of Congress began decrying early leaders over the
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