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The Inside Front
Tuesday November 18,1997
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
STATE
WICHITA: Yesterday, the quality control inspector at Cessna Aircraft Co. helped introduce President Clinton to about 400 people who had gathered to praise the program that helped the single mother find a job and become financially stable.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON: Teamsters President Ron Carey was disqualified from a rerun election for his post by a court-appointed monitor who said Carey tolerated and engaged in rules violations and authorized spending $735,000 in union money for his campaign.
NEW YORK: Barbie has an appointment with the plastic surgeon for a top-to-bottom makeover, and it may cost her some of her famous curves.
NEW YORK: By most accounts, Moshe "Moe" Pergament was a well-mannered college student. So polite that he addressed a note to police apologizing for what he was about to do. What he did was wave a toy gun at police officers as a way to get himself killed.
INTERNATIONAL
LUXOR, Egypt! Militants dressed as police sprayed gunfire at foreign tourists outside one of Egypt's most renowned temples yesterday, killing 64 people. It was the worst attack in a five-year Islamic insurgency that has haunted Egypt's vital tourist industry.
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STATE
President Clinton praises Cessna's work program
WICHITA — Tonya Oden was once a single mother of three, surviving through welfare assistance and an occasional babysitting job.
Yesterday, the quality control inspector at Cessna Aircraft Co. helped introduce President Clinton to about 400 people who had gathered to praise the program that helped Oden find a job and become financially stable.
Clinton challenged other companies to form partnerships similar to Cessna's welfare-to-work program, saying it is up to those who have made it to create a system for those who haven't.
In six months more than 2,500 companies have pledged to take on welfare recipients, Clinton said. That figure塔a goal of 1,000 companies set in May, when the White House started a welfare-to-work partnership with the business community.
"Every company in America is out to take notice of what Cessna is doing." he said.
Clinton took part in the ceremony that officially dedicated the program's new, expanded facilities.
Cessna's program, which began in December 1990, provides pay and benefits during clerical or sheet metal training and a guaranteed job for all of the program's graduates. The program receives support from federal, state and local money.
Because of Cessna's program, Oden said, she has a job she loves, benefits and a future.
"Best of all, I am independent," she told the crowd.
NATIONAL
Teamsters rerun election won't include Ron Carey
WASHINGTON — Teamsters President Ron Carey was disqualified from a rerun election for his post by a court-appointed monitor who said Carey tolerated and engaged in rules violations and authorized spending $735,000 in union money for his campaign.
The ruling yesterday by Kenneth Conby, a special adjudicator in the federal cleanup of the union, made challenger James P. Hoffa the clear front-runner for the presidency of the 1.4-million member union.
Conboy's decision, which implicated other labor figures and a Clinton-Gore campaign official, would appear to dash any hopes the reform-minded Carey had of again heading a union long-plagued by corruption.
"I have determined that the appropriate exercise of discretion in this case is to disqualify Mr. Carey from participating as a candidate in the rerun election." Conboy wrote.
It was not immediately clear whether Carey would appeal, but his campaign issued a statement in which he said he was proud of what Teamsters members have accomplished during his administration.
"The reform movement in the Teamsters union does not depend on one man or woman," he said.
NEW YORK — Barbie has an appointment with the plastic surgeon for a top-to-bottom makeover, and it may cost her some of her famous curves.
Mattel to give Barbie a full-body makeover
Mattel Inc. plans to give Barbie new, more realistic proportions and a less made-up face, "The Wall Street Journal" reported today.
The doll's new look—including a wider waist, slimmer hips and a smaller bustline — won't immediately replace the current Barbie, the newspaper said.
After its official unveiling at the toy industry's annual trade fair in January, Barbie's new body will be phased in gradually, beginning next year. The new face will appear on several 1998 models.
"In the '80s, Barbie's world was more blond, targeted to glamour and beauty and activities that were right then," said Jean McKenzie, who heads Mattel's Barbie division. "Now she'll have a contemporary look that's more natural and today. Kids tell us that everything we're doing to diversify away from pink and glamour and princess is right on."
Many have criticized the EI Segundo, Calif.-based Mattel for giving young girls an unrealistic standard of beauty, but company spokesman Glenn Bozarth said such criticism were not the reason for Barbie's makeover.
"We've always been sensitive to that issue, but it wasn't the basis for our decision." Bozarth said.
In addition to the body work, Mattel's plastic surgeons will be giving Barbie a new face, her first in more than 20 years and only the third since the doll was introduced in 1959. They'll replace the current Barbie's toothy grin, wide eyes and platinum hair with a closed mouth, softer, straighter hair and a finer nose.
Police say college student committed 'suicide-by-cop'
NEW YORK — By most accounts, Moshe "Moe" Pergament was a well-mannered college student. So polite that he addressed a note to police apologizing for what he was about to do. So polite that he wrote a stack of goodbie cards to his loved ones.
On Friday night, Pergament, depressed over a reported $6,000 in gambling debts, got himself shot to death by police on Long Island by pointing what turned out to be a toy gun at them, police said.
"I'm sorry to get you involved," the 19-year-old Pergament wrote in the letter. "I just needed to die."
Police call it "suicide by cop" — and they've seen it before.
Neighbors and friends said the Nassau Community College student was quiet, polite, well-liked and seemingly carefree.
Pergament bought a $1.79 silver-colored toy revolver on the day of his death. He also went to a card store near his home in Manhasset and bought nine greeting cards that he made out to family and friends.
According to police, Pergament was speeding and driving erratically on the Long Island Expressway, apparently in an effort to get stopped. When Officer
Pollock ordered Pergament back into the car, and Pergament pulled the toy revolver from his waistband. A second officer, Anthony Sica, arrived.
Thomas Pollock pulled over the car in Syosset, Pergament jumped out and began waving his arms wildly.
Police said Pergament began advancing, ignoring repeated commands to drop the gun. The two officers fired as many as three shots.
INTERNATIONAL
Militants kill 60 tourists outside Egyptian temple
LUXOR, Egypt — Militants dressed as police shot at foreign tourists outside one of Egypt's most renowned temples yesterday, killing 64 people. It was the worst attack in a five-year Islamic insurgency that has haunted Egypt's tourist industry
Hundreds of foreigners and Egyptians dived to the ground or scrambled for shelter as the gunmen fired randomly into the crowds along a broad plaza facing the three-story Hatshepsut temple. Police said they killed all six gunmen.
"They started shooting everyone — Egyptians, foreigners, children," said Ahmed Gassam, a ticket taker at the temple. "They were like madmen. Anyone moving they shot."
The massacre at the 3,400-year-old temple in southern Egypt is an enormous blow to Egypt's campaign to revive the tourism crucial to its economy. Some travel agencies immediately canceled tours.
The attack began about 9:30 a.m., when six gunmen dressed in black sweaters similar to the winter uniforms of Egyptian police climbed from a car and started shooting automatic rifles wildly.
Police killed one of the gunmen outside the temple after an hour-long gun battle. The other five assailants hijacked a tour bus and then fled into nearby mountains, where police shot and killed them as well, the Interior Ministry said.
Egypt's Information Ministry said 70 people died: 60 tourists, two police, two Egyptians and the six attackers.
The Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
OAKS will have Brown Bag Lunches from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today in Alceve A, Kansas Union and Wednesday in Alceva A. The business meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the OAKS office. Contact Susan Randall, 864-7317.
The Philosophy Department will present "Humanity at the Threshold of the New Century and Millennium" at 4 p.m. today in the Centennial Room, Kansas Union.
SUA Live Music Committee will at 5:30
SUA Spectrum Films Committee will meet at 5:30 tonight in Alcove D, Kansas Union.
Contact Ish Mernis. 864-3477
■ The Tae Kwan Do Club will practice from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today and tomorrow and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday. All practices are in 207 Robinson Center. Contact Adam Capron, 842-9112
International Student Association will meet at p.m. tionh in the International Room, Kansas
Union. Contact Scott Griggsy, 864-4848.
SUA Special Events Committee will meet at
SUA Special Events Committee will meet at 7 tonight at the SUA office, fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Contact 864-3477.
The Christian Science Organization will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in Alcove A, Kansas Union. The topic of discussion is "Man as the Expression of God." Contact Pam Peck, 841-6768.
The Native American Student Association will meet at 7 tonight in the Multicultural Resource Center. Contact Lori Houxwell, 841-5852 or Regina Grass. 832-2569.
KU Writing Consulting will present the workshop "Managing the Long Paper" at 7:30 tonight at the Academic Resource Center. Contact Angela Jenesis, 864-4234.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a University Forum: "Eating and A Healthy Life" from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact 843-4933.
KU Department of History presents "State and Nation Building in Ukraine: Successes, Disappointments and the Way Ahead" at 7:30 tonight in the Ivayloff Room. Kansas Union
Student television KUJH will tape "Speak Your Mind" from 1 to 3 p.m. tomorrow in the fourth-floor lobby of the Kansas Union.
Contact Hilary Johnston, 749-1478.
■ The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m tomorrow in the Sunflower Room, Burge Union. Contact Pannir, 864-7736.
KU Environers will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Contact 864-7325
KU Democrats will meet for the Executive Board meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Governor's Room, Kansas Union. Contact Chris Gallaway, 331-3346.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at DanForth Chapel until the end of semester. Contact Father Raymond F. May Jr. 843.0357
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a vegetarian lunch from 1 t.a. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Matt Callowhill, B38-3124
If you are interested in becoming an Orientation Assistant, please attend one of the following Information Sessions: 7 p.m. Thursday in the Pioneer Room, Burge Union or any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday Nov. 24 in the Jayhawk Walk, Kansas Union, Contact Ilin Pinnamont, 8644270
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will present Tastowerk, a baroque trio, after a 7 p.m. Vespers Liturgy Friday at the St. Lawrence Chapel. Contact Marie Rubis Bauer, 843-0357.
The Feminist Union will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Governor's Room, Kansas Union. Contact Jen Kellner, 331-2514.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have Thanksgiving Dinner after the 5 p.m. Mass Sunday in the Social Hall, 1631 Crescent Road. Contact Anita Witherow, 843-0357.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's red wallet and contents and KUID with bus pass were stolen between 12:15 and 12:45 p.m. Sunday from Watson Library, KU police said. The items were valued at $99
A KU student's ID case and keys, KUID with bus pass, Kansas ID card and other items were stolen between 1 and 3:30 p.m. Nov. 1 from the Computer Center, KU police said. The items were valued at $118.
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