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VOL.101.NO.11
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
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Thousands protest Azerbaijani elections
The Associated Press
MUSCOW — The southern republic of Azerbaijan held its first popular presidential election yesterday, but its current leader, a former Communist chief, was the only candidate on the ballot.
About 50,000 people carried blank ballots to Freedom Square in Baku, the capital, to protest the election, the independent Turan news agency reported. The protesters called for the resignation of the government, urged the creation of strike committees and demanded access to the republic's news media, Turan said.
Despite the protest and a call for a boycott, voter turnout was heavy, and President Ayaz Mutalibuyu was expected to win approval easily. news agencies reported. In one-candidate elections, voters can approve or reject the candidate.
Mutalibb, leader of the republic since 1990, called the election in June, two months before a coup attempt by hard-line Communist Party members led to the disintegration of the party. He quit as leader of the Azerbaian Communist Party after the coup.
A Soviet television report last night quoted employees of the election commission in Baku as saying Mulabibet's election "can be considered a fait accompli." The Soviet new-
agency Tass said.
Official results were expected as early as today.
An opposition figure from the Social Democratic Party withdrew his candidacy last week to protest what the Popular Front of Azerbaijan called undemocratic elections. The front called for the balloting to be postponed because the opposition had not been able to organize.
In Baku, the Popular Front of Azerbaijan said the presidential election had been tainted by voting irregularities. It said that election observers were not allowed in some polling stations and that officials handed out multiple ballots to some people so they could vote on behalf of their families, Turan reported.
Such elections were a hallmark of Soviet politics before President Mikhail Gorbachev took power in 1983 but have been rare in recent years under his democratic reforms.
Scarce goods, such as sugar, sausage, candy and cookies, were put on sale at polling places to attract voters, the Popular Front said.
The election commission estimated that 81.7 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.
Mualibov, 53, is an economist and techno-
chef who rose through the Communist Party
ranks to head the republic.
After the failed coup, Mutalibov quit as Communist Party leader in the republic and seized party properties. Azerbaijan joined other republics in declaring independence from the Kremlin.
Vagif Samedoglu, an opposition leader, told an anti-election rally that the Kremlin supports Mualibov because he does not demand complete independence, Turan reported.
Turan said the leader of the Popular Front, Abulfas Yelchibey, urged government opponents to rally again on Friday to protest the election.
the republic of 7 million, whose population is predominantly Muslim, is engaged in a conflict with the neighboring republic of Armenia, whose population is predominantly Christian. The dispute centers on Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave composed of a mainly Armenian population but is controlled by Azerbaijan.
In Stephanakert, the principal city of Nagorno-Karabakh, only the Azerbaijani population voted, Tass reported. Tass said six people were killed and four seriously wounded in violence Saturday between Azerbaijanis and Armenians in the enclave.
Some Soviet troops leave Lithuania after recognition of Baltic freedom
The Associated Press
VILNIUS, Lithuania — A convey of Soviet trucks and armored vehicles left this capital city for Russian territory yesterday — two days after the Soviet Union recognized Lithuania's independence.
Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis has asked repeatedly that all Soviet troops leave Lithuania by the end of the year.
Yesterday's departure had been forecast by Lithuanian government sources and a newspaper Saturday, and photographers and camera crews were on hand.
Sixteen trucks and nine armored personnel carriers were escorted by two Lithuanian police cars from the northern army garrison in Vilnius.
Police at the scene said they were ordered to escort the convey to the Russian district of Kaliningrad, a Soviet enclave that borders
Lithuania to the west.
A Lithuanian Defense Department representative, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Lithuania was treating the departure as a movement because no formal withdrawal had been negotiated.
Deputy Premier Vygas Maiveila was in Moscow on Saturday to talk with Soviet officials about the troops, Lithuanian television reported.
Report
On Friday, the newly formed state council of the Soviet Union recognized the 1940 annexation of Lithuania as illegal.
The precise number of Soviet troops in Lithuania has never been made public, but analysts said more than 100,000 were stationed in the Baltics, mostly in Lithuania.
Some Interior Ministry troops have already pulled out from Lithuania and Latvia.
Fiscal belt tightens o state scho for '91-'92
The Associated Press
Horror stories of budget's abound, and Dennis has hear all. He's the state official who superintendents and budget call for counseling and advice to trim their budgets.
But when Gov. Joan Finney the tax bill in May, it reduce amount of general state aid school districts from $545.9 m 1990-91 to $519.3 million for the school year.
The 1991 Legislature, faced tight budget because of slugs receipts and overspending in it passed a tax increase packa would have generated an aid million for state aid to reefs.
TOPEKA — School board never seen a budget of while universities have cut s to compensate for shrinking stributions to their revenue base year of fiscal belt tighten.
The Legislature also appare $396.8 million in general fund for the universities, which was million more than they recei the 1999-90 school year. Finney cut cent ate that increase, the universities with the same of state money as the previous
That is not all. The Legi- changed the distribution form- allotting state aid to local d- and that cost many of them — e- some of the larger district chunks of state aid.
"It's the toughest year I through," said Dale Dennis, state education commission financial services. He's in '14 as the state's top exp elementary and sex education.
Then, two weeks ago, the Finance Council approved F call for an across-the-board I reduction in state spending. Tl another $5.2 million bite in state aid from school districts.
Because of Finney's 1-pcre school districts will have to go with $3.18 million less in genger aid than they got last year.
It has been even worse on 100 local school districts than in the early 1970s, Dennis said, when a tax law that was the administration of the la Robert Docking prevented c from raising property taxes to their budgets.
The reason for the budget sla reduced state funding for both school districts and Board of I institutions.
Wichita's total state aid is nearly $10 million, while Ola Blue Valley lost about $3 million Topeka and Lawrence lost me $2 million each, and Hays, Garvey and Dodge City all lost about $
About half the districts lost state aid.
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Increased redshirting signals rebuilt program
Kansan Sportswriter
Proof of a healthy, rebuilt football team was evident last season when the Jayhawks red-shirted 17 football players, the most in Coach Glen Mason's three years at Kansas.
"It shows the development of our program," said R.D. Helt, Kansas football recruiting coordinator. "It gets harder for incoming players to step in and play, even though we keep bringing in better players."
The Jayhawks redshirted 12 players in 1988 and in 13in 1989. Redshirted players cannot play in games but are eligible to practice with the team and remain on scholarship.
Kansas Football 1991 / Friday, September 6, 1991
James Givens, safety, said he was glad he redshifted last season.
"I know what it's like to come home after practice and have to do homework. But also I know how to handle the pressures of the college community in general."
"I had the chance to become more familiar with the system," Givens said. "Coming from high school to college is extremely different. It gave me the chance to mature."
rederick Thomas, quarterback, was also redshirted last season and said he was now
"I haven't played in a game of major college football, yet," he said. "It's big time. Everybody looks forward to it."
him out in many ways.
*As a quarterback, I've had to learn so many different things*, he said. "There are so many different defenses, secondary coverages and
Thomas said redshirting the season helped him回m many wavs.
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complicated机遇s to learn.
"Andtherearejustbetterathletescompared to high school, and that makes it a lot tougher."
Besides running back Maurice Douglas, Helt said no decisions on who would redshirt this year had been made.
"It's decided on by Coach Mason and the staff." he said.
"Iwoulddoitagain,"hesaid."Theextrayeargivesplayersa chance togetbigger,faster,strongerandmoremature."
most redshirt players work hard, but then the next season when they have the knowledge they can play, they work even harder." *scrutinizer carries over to the other players.*
Flausharbach said that redshirt players could make a big impact on the whole team.
"When you have a group of guys that motivated, good things will happen." Givens said he thought his redshirt class will
"We'll have a lot of experience," he said. "We'll be used to playing with each other."
We'll need to play again. Helt said that when recruiting a player, he considered the option of redshirting the potential prospects.
"If a kid might develop in two years and he ready to go after that, he might be worth recruiting for that alone," he said. "It makes the team better down the road."
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