Nation/World 7 University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 13, 1990 Briefs Gorbachev asks for approval of economy reform program Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said yesterday that a plan for converting the Soviet Union to a market economy had been submitted by the country, which was to install and the parliaments of the 15 republics. Gorbachev, saying the entire country should be involved in this "difficult choice," for the first time was seeking nationwide approval — via the elected parliaments — of a policy that previously was determined by the Communist regime's central government. In an interview with the evening television news program "Vernya," Gorbachev confirmed that the plan he endorsed and submitted to the national and republic parliaments was based on a radical proposal by economist Stanislav Shatalin. Supreme Court nominee faces Senate Judiciary Committee After weeks of researching the opinions of David Souter, the Senate confronts the Supreme Court nominee himself today to fill in a portrait that is little more than an outline. The confirmation process facing Souter拭士 the legal definition of discovery "the disclosure or coming to light of what was previously unknown" is still a topic about Souter's life but his judicial philosophy. On the eve of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, a host of special interest groups called news conferences to lay out what they know about Souter. Meanwhile, the nominee had lunch at the White House with President Bush and declined to take any questions. President Bush threatens veto of law-enforcement legislation President Bush yesterday threatened to veto a major anti-crime bill bearing action in the House unless lawmakers strengthen its death penalty features and major provisions designed Bush records speech for broadcast in Iraq The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Bush videoated a message yesterday telling the Iraqi people he has "no quarrel" with them and that they should remain in Iraq unless their own government, a White House official said. On the eight-minute tape, which will be broadcast unedited in Iraq, Bush says the U.S. military is in the Persian Gulf only to defend Saudi Arabia from Iraqi aggression. "We want a peaceful resolution. We want peaceful coexistence with the people of Iraq." Bush says on the tape, according to White House spokesperson Marlin Fitwater. The White House did not release a transcript, but Fitzwater gave an overview of Bush's comments The president's address was intended to create internal problems for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by emphasizing Iraq's isolation in the world community as a result of the invasion of Kuwait. Bush has said previously he would not be unhappy if the people of Iraq removed Saddam from power, and the address stressed that Iraqis areaving a heavy price for his actions. The president consulted with Arab specialists and met twice with State Department and National Security Council officials to come up with the wording, Fitzwater said. The Arab specialists were asked to look at the wording "to make sure that the tone of it translates well" in English. "You can write a speech that sounds perfectly good to Western ears," but might not convey the right impression in Arabic, the official said. Fitzwater said the message was "a very candid but personal description of our goals and our intentions." "The president was forthright and didn't stage anything, just gave a direct message," said Sig Rogich. Bush's assistant for media consultation who produced the tape for the president. The White House media staff worked yesterday on adding Arab subtitles and audio translation to the tape before sending it to the Iraqi ambassador via Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburk. The Voice of America said it was doing the translating before the tape was handed over to Mr. Rojas. Fitzwater said although there had been no direct contact between the two governments regarding the videodate, "we expect that Iraq will honor its invitation to allow this to be addressed to the Iraqi people, and we will ask them to provide us an air-time within the next five days." Fitzwater he anticipated broad international interest in Bush's message Legislators vote to require payment from U.S. allies have limited their contributions to the U.S. effort to stop Iraqi aggression Meanwhile, the Bush administration and congressional bargainers considered a boost in the budget. You are invited to meet with women and form support groups based on your personal interests and concerns WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1990 7:00-9:00 p.m. PINE BAY CENTER PINE ROOM, KANSAS UNION There will be two follow-up session. Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 29th at 7:00 p.m. WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the slow response of allies to the campaign against Iraq, the House adopted legislation yesterday to force friends of the United States to pay a greater Thursday, November 29th at 7:00 p.m. Willington High School. Strong for more information, click on Gateway Catfish at 648-753-1230. 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Fast Johnnys Across the Bridge LOUISE'S TUESDAY $1.00 SCHOONERS Thursday, September 13, 1990 / University Daily Kansan WEST THURSDAY $1.00 WELLS SATURDAY $2.00 BLOODY MARYS & GREYHOUNDS 1397 WEST 5th 1307 WEST 7th Japanese youths keep in tune with late-night rock contests The Associated Press TOKYO — Every Saturday night, millions of young Japanese tune their televisions to a rock band contest the face of the pop music in Japan. In only a year and a half, the show "Kiwas Band Tengoku," or Groovy Band Heaven, has become the hottest band in music, with more lightened more than 650 amateur bands, from middle-aged office workers to trekkers with their hair Several of the bands, Kabuki Rocks, Norma Jean, Jitterin' Jinn, have moved from the show to the top of the pop hit charts, displacing the naive and cute teen-ageers who systematically sang so-called "tidal singers." The program's name is usually abbreviated to "Ika-Ten," which also means fried squid. Last year, the The program has boosted sales of musical instruments and seems to have turned music from something too complex into something they do, or want to do. "We are not playing rock to protest against society or the government." It's been done before, and that's old." said Shinji Wajima, guitarist and vocalist with Ningen Isu, or Human Tempest about the weakness of an individual, and something about how we can be more human. There are at least 20,000 amateur rock bands in Tokyo alone and many more nationwide, says Akira Nishikawa, former producer of the show and vice president of Tokyo Broadcasting System, the commercial network that started the show in February 1989. But whatever these rockers are saying, it's not the time honored idea of rebellion and protest. Judges on each show pick a winner from 10 contestants. If the winner repeats for several weeks, the winner is declared as the winner by a record for professional release. Commentators say few of the amateur bands believe they can turn pro, but they are striving for a taste of tennis while having fun with friends. His three-man, hard-rock band launched a professional career in July. Until it appeared on the show last year, Ningen-Ise was unknown. "People used to sing folk and rock music for freedom, and that's what music is all about. We are not great, but we are happy to know even we can do it." 6B xp...4.5 TH ORDER 1 with any other offer. The Associated Press Publishing house recovering after series of writer, editor defections As good as it is on paper, though, the unlikely duo won't be a part of Pantheon's future. Rebounding from a nasty managerial overhaul that depleted the publishing house of its own, Pantheon now is losing many of its leading writers, including Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons." LOS ANGELES — Bart Simpson and Jean-Paul Sartre aren't exactly a well-matched pair. But at Pantheon Books they would have stacked up as a formidable literary tag-team spanning the chasm between pop culture and intellectual thought for the Random House imprint. Other Pantheon deserters include such authors as oral historian Studs Terkel, political analyst Noam Chomsky, feminist writer Barbara Ehrenreich, Jonathan Schell ("Observing the Nixon Years," "The Observers") and left historian Todd Gittin. The loss of Groening, the best-selling cartoonist behind "Life in Hell" and TV's "The Simpsons," is particularly great. His books alone, associates say, probably mean the differenc between profit and loss at Pantheon. "Of course, he's an important author to anyone," said Alberto Vitale. Random House's chairman, Ralph Wheeler, asked, "He's leaving not because Pantheon The misunderstanding, Vitale said, concerns the February resignation of Pantheon's managing director, Andre Schiffirn. 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