Monday, September 21, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
Nation/World
Clinton's testimony to be aired today
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A key Democratic senator suggested yesterday that President Clinton immediately volunteer to testify before Congress to halt a political water torture that could escalate this morning when Americans will view raw footage of the president's grand-jury testimony about Monica Lewinsky.
That video will show Clinton admitting "inappropriate intimate contact" and "sexual banter" with Lewinsky but resisting prosecutors' efforts to define the conduct further. Clinton offers many legalistic replies and, at times, shows remorse.
"I regret that what began as friendship came to include this conduct," the president answered when he was first asked a sex-related question by prosecutors seven minutes into his Aug. 17 testimony. The president's testimony was described to The Associated Press by lawyers familiar with it.
The moments of presidential regret are interspersed with legal hairspilting involving the terms "sexual relations" and "alone" and, in one exchange, the tense of a verb.
Four prosecutors can be heard
posing questions to the president, frequently u s i n g graphic sexual terms and even starting off the entire question with a debate over the oath the president had just taken.
Clinton : Video testimony to be shown on television.
At one point, Clinton was asked why he failed to give to Paula Jones' lawyers a series of correspondence with Kathleen Willey, the former White House volunteer who accused the president of an unwanted sexual advance near the Oval Office in 1993.
Clinton replied that he understood the subpoena to cover personal documents, and the Willey letters were in White House files. If the lawyer wanted the letters, Clinton said, they should have issued two subpoenas — one personal and the other official, lawyers said.
The White House and Congress — both facing perils in the unfolding impeachment proceedings — braced for the release of an avalanche of new evidence that includes more material in which Lewinsky explicitly describes sex acts with Clinton, the president's videotape, presidential phone messages left at Lewinsky's home and the FBI test results that conclude semen on one of Lewinsky's dresses belonged to Clinton.
In an event unparalleled in history, the unfiltered footage of the president's grand-jury testimony will be aired by cable news channels as it is released this morning. Clinton will be in New York City addressing the United Nations.
CLINTON TESTIMONY
CBS: 8 a.m. report with taped testimony; one-hour edition of CBS Evening News at 5:30 p.m.
ABC: will air Clinton's taped opening statement with analysis; additional excerpts throughout the day; one-hour edition of World News Tonight at 5:30 p.m.; one-hour edition of Nightline following late local news.
NBC: will air a special report when tapes are released, special reports with excerpts of the video-tape throughout the day; one-hour edition of NBC Nightly News at 5:30 p.m.; one-hour edition of Dateline NBC at 9 p.m.
CNN: 6 a.m. special on Clinton scandal; 8 a.m. airing of complete testimony; noon-2 p.m. special on Clinton; 10:30 p.m. rerun of testimony.
Fox News Channel: 8 a.m. airing of complete testimony; 10 p.m. airing of edited version of testimony.
MSNBC: 8 a.m. airing of complete testimony.
C-SPAN: 8 a.m. airing of complete testimony; 7 p.m. rerun of testimony.
Farmers have mixed reactions to GOP relief plan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Tom Giesel says he's had to pinch pennies to keep his Kansas wheat farm afloat and needs help from Congress. But Giesel isn't certain a Republican-backed $3.9 billion plan unveiled last week is the answer.
ports.
"It's kind of like giving somebody a breath mint after you eat a meal," said Gielssel, who needed donations from his community to pay for a recent trip to Washington to lobby his lawmakers for help. "This is a small drop in the bucket."
Instead, the Larned farmer said he preferred a Democratic proposal that increases government price sup-
Congressional Republicans introduced their plan Thursday in hopes of stemming the downward farm economy, which has been reeling from natural disasters, crop disease and low prices.
Under the GOP proposal — expected to be part of the 1999 agricultural spending bill—$1.5 billion would be given to farmers hit by crop losses this year; $675 million would help farmers in Minnesota and the Dakotas struggling from years of crop disease and flooding; and $75 million would go to livestock farmers who lost their feed this year.
The proposal also would provide $1.6 billion for a 29 percent increase
in the annual payments farmers get each year to compensate for low prices.
The Democrats unsuccessfully have pushed a $7 billion plan that includes a provision to lift limits on marketing loans for farmers and extend the terms of those loans from nine months to 15 months — something farmers like John Dietrich of Tilden, Neb. say is crucial to any package.
Under the Republican plan, the direct payments to farmers would be split in many cases with landlords, leaving farmers with even less, he said.
Others found some solace in the GOP plan.
"Our producers need an economic
shot in the arm," said Larry Wooten, of the North Carolina Farm Bureau in Raleigh, N.C. "We're not convinced that marketing loans and those type things are going to be the answer. Our farmers need some sort of direct payment."
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan, and other GOP leaders say their proposal, coupled with measures to open trade markets and offer tax relief, will mean good news for farmers.
But for Tom Gliesel, a longer wait is too much for farmers.
"It's kind of a slap in the face when they take their produce to town and a truckload won't pay your utilities or won't pay your health insurance," Giessel said.
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The University Libraries will hold a series of booksales during the week of September 21, 1998. Please note that for the first part of each sale, access will be limited to those with a valid KUID.
Tuesday, September 22, 8:00-4:00 (KUID: 8-10):
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History, especially Latin American history in both Spanish and English
English, French, and German literature
Classics
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Economics and Business
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Political Science
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Reference books, including dictionaries and encyclopedias
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Anschutz Library: Science and Engineering
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Spencer Museum Courtyard: Art, Architecture, and Design
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