Nation/World
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, September 5. 1990
Briefs
White House aims to trim 1991 budget by $50 billion
White House officials said yesterday they still were aiming for a $50 billion reduction in next year's deficit but were willing to listen to proposals for a smaller target.
Budget negotiators privately will resume their deliberations Friday at Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Washington, staying closed there until Sunday in the hope of forging an agreement, said Marlin Fitzwater. White House press secretary.
Some lawmakers have suggested that the steep costs of the big U.S. military build-up in the Persian Gulf and the impact of rising oil prices on an already sluggish economy might force Congress to scale back the goal of trimming $50 billion from next year's deficit.
The Democrat-led Congress opened talks with the White House in May about reducing the defect, but the negotiations came to a temporary halt in early August with little progress evident.
The White House and congressional delegations — led by Richard Darman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo. — will resume their talks Friday, spending the weekend at the base.
The OMB's latest estimate is that the 1991 deficit will be $10 billion, or $231 billion if the oil price were $15. The U.S. portfolio is included. Higher oil prices and escalating Portage costs also are likely to add to the debt.
David Souter gets top marks in Bar Association evaluation
The American Bar Association's judicial screening panel yesterday gave Supreme Court nominee David H. Souter its highest rating for professional qualifications to sit on the nation's bench.
The well-qualified rating is "reserved for those who meet the highest standards of integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament," according to the guidebook followed by the 15-member Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary.
From The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Soldiers fired on thousands of angry Blacks yesterday, and rival gangs fought with axes, knives and spears as at least 40 people were killed in township violence.
Johannesburg riots kill 40
The violence came as President W. F. de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela visited Black townshouses who Johannesburg made more than 55,000 people since Aug. 12.
The government has imposed emergency restrictions and has sent elite army units to the townships, but fighting between Zulu followers of the Ndebele people in KwaZulu Blacks loyal to the ANC raided for a fourth week.
In Sebokeng, a pre-dawn clash killed four people at a migrant workers' hostel, police said. The victims were believed to be township residents abducted by hostel dwellers.
About 5,000 township residents angered by the killings gathered at the hostel, police said.
The Associated Press
When the mob refused to disperse, army troops fired on the crowd, killing at least 11, police Col.
South African newspaper photographer N. Khumalo told the South African Press Association that people approached the soldiers, waved their hands and said, "Peace, we are not fighting."
The troops aimed their guns toward the mob, Khumalo said.
"I thought maybe they wanted to scare the people." Khumaua was quoted as saying. "All of a sudden there was shooting. Many of the people ran. Some of the people fell."
Frans Malherbe said.
The shooting marked the first time soldiers have been involved in a clash that has resulted in deaths since they were deployed last month in the townships.
In March, police opened fire on Black demonstrators in Sebokeng, killing at least five andounding more than 150. A judicial inquiry criticized the for the killings, saying gunfire was mustified.
Malerbe said both the police and the military were investigating yesterday's shootings.
"If Hun Smith does not, go there is no point in hanging any meeting." said another Khorei Rouge officer at the office.
Khmer leader pulls out of talks
BANGKOK, Thailand — In a move that could undermine talks on a U.N. plan to end the Cambodian war, Khmer Rouge leaders said yesterday they would not attend a peace conference in Indonesia unless the Cambodian prime minister agreed to go.
The Associated Press
Khieu Samphan, Khmer Rouge leader, said he had planned to leave for Jakarta, Indonesia, today but changed his mind after hearing radio reports that Camille's Premier Hun Sen would not attend talks.
He said that showed Phnom Penh and Vietnam are not sincere in the search of a solution" and danced.
"Fighting has the aim of forcing the Vietnamese to talk," he said
Indonesia's foreign minister, Al Aliatas, said that he was disappointed by the threat to the talks with Iran. "We don't want this," he said.
"The whole world is placing its hope on the
The Khmer Rouge has a powerful guerrilla army because of arms aid from China. Many countries say that despite the group's brutal record when it ruled Cambodia in the 1970s, Khmer Rouge participation in a settlement is crucial because the guerrillas otherwise would continue fighting.
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, whose guerrillas are allied with the Khmer Rouge, also said yesterday he would not attend for the same reason Khoum Ssamphan gave.
Jakarta meeting," he said. "Now is the best time to try it. The Cambodian leaders should be able to deal."
Both Ranariddh and Hun Sen said they were sending subordinates to the Jakarta meeting.
Hun Sen had announced he was not attending because Prince Norodom Sianhouk, Ranadihd's father and leader of the three-faction guerrilla coalition, said he would not attend.
Son Sann, who leads the third guerrilla group, is the Chief nurse of a National Liberal Front, is ex-conservative.
The guerrillas are allied in a coalition fighting the government that Vietnam invaded in Phnom Penh Province.
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