University Daliv Kansan / Tuesday, September 17, 1991
5
NATION/WORLD BRIEF'S
Manama, Bahrain
Helicopter crash kills six sailors
Six sailors died when their MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter plunged into the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said yesterday. It was one of the worst U.S. military accidents in the region since the gulf war.
Lt. Cmdr. Tim O'Leary, a representative for the U.S. Naval Command, said the aircraft crashed at 9:05 p.m. Saturday, minutes after taking off from the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu 40 miles north of Bahrain. The bodies were not recovered until yesterday, he said.
O'Leary said the cause of the crash had not been determined.
He said the dead men were members of Squadron HM-15, which is based at Alameda Naval Air Station near San Francisco.
The accident raised the number of U.S. non-combat deaths in the region since the end of the war to 71, most of whom died in traffic accidents in Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said.
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Mediator brings rivals together
A European Community peace negotiator came to Yugoslavia yesterday in an atmosphere of near total war for a summit with the presidents of Croatia and its rival, Serbia.
Air raid sirens wailed for the second consecutive day in Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and television officials said a transmitter outside the city was slightly damaged by a missile.
The negotiator. Lord Carrington, faced the task of finding common ground between Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
Croatia accuses Serbia, the largest of Yugoslavia's six republics, of instigating the fighting in an attempt to expand its territory as Yugoslavia disintegrates.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's prime minister resigns
Prime Minister Ingval Carlsson resigned yesterday after his Social Democratic Party's resounding defeat in parliamentary elections, but the conservative victors were having trouble forming a new government.
The conservative opposition promised tax cuts, less bureaucracy and less spending.
In ballotung Sunday, five non-socialist parties won 195 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag, while socialist parties, the Social Democrats and the Left Party, won a total of 154.
However, four of the five non-socialist parties rejected dealings with the far-right New Democracy party, which won 25 seats in its first parliamentary contest.
From The Associated Press
Thomas called good but not best,candidate
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas concluded five days of grudeling confirmation testimony yesterday as the nation's legal establishment said he was an outstanding candidate but not the best possible choice for the high court.
Thomas renewed his pledge not to bring an ideological agenda to the Supreme Court, and Democrats continued to complain that he had ducked questions about controversial views he had expressed in the past.
"Whatever you determine, I'd like to reiterate that I've been treated fairly," Thomas told the Senate Judiciary Committee before leaving the ornate Senate Caucus Room.
President Bush telephoned Thomas "and congratulated him on the completion of his testimony," presidential spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater said.
"The president said that Judge Thomas's testimony showed the American people that he has an outstanding record, is committed to the rule of law and will preserve and protect the Constitution,"
Clarence Thomas
Fitzwater said in a statement.
"The president is confident that Judge Thomas will be confirmed," he added.
President Bush had called
There is the best qualified one
The head of the American Bar Association's judicial screening panel said that Thomas was an outstanding nominee but not the most qualified candidate.
son for the job when he nominated him to succeed Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Ronald Olson said that Thomas was rated "qualified" for the Supreme Court because he was an outstanding candidate.
But to receive the ABA's higher "well qualified" rating, "the candidate has to be among the most prominent members of our profession." Olson said.
Thomas did not meet that standard because of his limited experience as a federal appeals judge. "He has not been faced with those experiences, he is untested," Olson said.
Gates' role in contra affair takes forefront in hearings
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Robert Gates said yesterday at the opening of confirmation hearings on his nomination as CIA director that he made "misjudgments" during the Iran-crane affair and should have asked more questions. Skeptical Democrats accused him of willful ignorance.
The 47-year-old analyst had made the same contention during hearings on his previous nomination to the top CIA post by President Reagan in 1887—a nomination that was withdrawn amid heated questions about his possible role in the affair. This time, his denial was offered with contrite additions.
The opening day of the hearings was dominated by Iran-contra, the five-year-old affair that unfolded while Gates was No. 2 at the CIA. Now a national security aide at the White House, Gates was nominated in July by President Bush to succeed William H. Webster at the CIA helm.
Under lengthy and detailed questioning, Gates repeatedly denied that he had any knowledge that profits from U.S. arms sales to Iran had been diverted to the Nicaraguan contrast until speculation on such dealing was brought to his attention on Oct. 1, 1986
*I could have and probably should have acted
more aggressively" in trying to find out more information, Gates said.
Robert Gates
In his defense, he told the Senate Intelligence Committee that during period he had been preoccupied with other developments, such as a coup in the Philippines and a superpower summit, and that he did not pay much attention to the Iran-contra develop-
"I suspect few people have reflected more than I have on the Iran-contr affairs, but today I want to speak about the misjudgments that I made and the lessons I learned." Gates told the committee.
But Sen, Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, told him,
"You were absolutely surrounded by the truth. How could you possibly not know?" The No. 2 man at the agency, such willful ignorance is inexcuable."
"At the same time, I believe that the actions I did inowers well intentioned and honest," he said.
Metzenbaum said that in his written responses Gates had said 33 times that he couldn't recall his part in events surrounding the Iran-contra affair.
Mid-American Sky Sports Inc.
YES...
KU Student
First National has earned a reputation for fast, friendly service on PLUS, SLS and Stafford Loans.
"The First provided faster service than any other financial aid people."
Ask Carol Wirthman and her Staff to explain the many options available to students today.
ZEP-ZEP
703 Mass. 843-5607
Call (913) 865-0278
Tom Lairson 1-913-489-2506
Airport 1-913-448-2280
Train and jump same day
Ninth & Massachusetts
Motor Bank, Ninth & Tennessee
South Bank, 1807 West 23rd
Northwest Bank, 350th West 67th
Lawrence, Kansas 66444-0428
Member FDIC
Equal Opportunity Lender
Lender ID #804609
First National A MidAmerican Bank
AMPRIDE
Gas-Foose Mart
Auto Repair
23rd and Haskell
(Available at Ballard's for just $1.06)
Sponsored by Ballard's Sporting Goods & KLZR
- You must wear your MAD ZONE T-shirt to sit in the ZONE
- Hotdogs served pregame plus surprise giveaways throughout the game!
- First come/First serve seating to the first 500 students!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st 1:00p.m. MEMORIAL STADIUM MAD MIKE WANTS YOU AT THE GAME!!
Sponsored by Ballard's Sporting Goods & KLZR
NEW MEXICO STATE vs. KANSAS
MAD ZONE STUDENT SECTION
E X H I L A R A T I N G !
The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts New Directions Series Presents
A Gifted Musician and Elcquent Spokesman
R. CARLOS NAKAI
IBM PS/2
[Native American Flutist]
8:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 19, 1991
Haskell Indian Junior College Auditorium
Ticket on sale at the Murphy Hall Box Office and Hosted Student University, KU student tickets available at the SUA Office, Kansas University, all seating general admission, public $13; students $6.50, senior citizens and other students $12; to charge by phone, call 913/864-3902
Partially funded by the KU Student Senate Activity Fund, Fourth Society, and the KU Enforcement Association '1901-92 Annual Directions Fund is parted in by a port-a-phone telephone network.
See this PS/2 offering and many other IBM packages offered at special pricing up to 50% off retail!
TOO TERRIFIC FOR WORDS!
Model 55SX
Order #2499256
This IBM PS/2 package is now available at educational pricing through your IBM Education Specialist, Connecting Point.
10000000000
as low as $75/mo.*
4MB RAM, 10MHz
386SX Processor
4MB RAM,16MHz
80MB Hard Drive
VGA Color Monitor
Micro Channel Architecture
DOS 5.0
Microsoft Windows & Word for Windows
Word for Windows
Corel Draw 2.0
Multimedia Extension
Other Education Discounts
H.P. DeskJet Printer $499.***
H.P. PaintJet Printer $499.**
WordPerfect $199.***
Microsoft Works $79.**
Disks
- Disks
* Supplies
* Accessories
Trade in
your old Apple, Compaq or IBM computer. See us for details.