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, SEFTEMBER 9,1991
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Thousands protest Azerbaijani elections
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — 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 Mutalibu was expected to win approval easily, news agencies reported. In one-candidate elections, voters can approve or reject the candidate.
Mualibalov, 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 Azerbaijan Communist Party after the coup
A Soviet television report last night quoted employees of the election commission in Baku as saying Mualibao's election "can be considered a fait accompli." The Soviet news
agency Tass said.
Official results were expected as early as today.
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 1985 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 83.7 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.
Mutalibao, 53, is an economist and technocrat who rose through the Communist Party
ranksto 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 Mutalibov because he does not
demand complete independence, Turan
reported.
Turan said the leader of the Popular Front, Abullas 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 Nagoron-Karabakh, an enclave composed of a mainly Armenian population but is controlled by Azerbaijan.
In Stepanakert, 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
VILNIUS, Lithuania — A convoy 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 convoy 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 Vygmas Vaicvila was in Moscow on Saturday to talk with Soviet officials about the troops, Lithuanian television reported.
On Friday, thenewly 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-'9
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — School boar never seen such a budget while universities have cut to compensate for shrinking tributions to their revenue be back on fiscal belt tights (cassas).
“It’s the toughest year I learned,” said Dale Denniston state education commission financial services. He's in charge of the state's top e-financing elementary and secondary education.
It has been even worse on 1904 local school districts that the early 1970s, Dennis sais when a tax lid law was that the administration of the L Robert Docking prevented from raising property taxes in their budgets.
Horror stories of budget abound, and Dennis has been all. He's the state official w superintendents and budge call for counseling and advice in trim their budgets.
The reason for the budget is reduced state funding for be school districts and Board of institutions.
The 1991 Legislature, faci-
tight budget because of suj-
recipients and overspending in
passed a tax increase pack
would have generated an a-
$5 million for state aid to se
But when Gov. Joan Finne the tax bill in May, it redamount of general state aic school districts from $545.9 1990-91 to $519.3 million for the school year.
The Legislature also appl $396.8 million in general for the universities, which wi million more than they ree c the 1990-91 school year. Fimne cut ate up that increase the universities with the sum of state money as the previous
Then, two weeks ago, the Finance Council approved a call for an across-the-board reduction in state spending' another $5.2 million bite in state aid from school district
That is not all. The Le changed the distribution for allocating state aid to local and that cost many of them — some of the larger distri chunks of state aid.
Because of Finney's 1-per-
school districts will have to
with $31.8 million less in gen-
aid than they lost last year.
Wichita, this state total state aid nearly $10 million, while O Blue Valley lost about $3 mll Topeka and Lawrence lost $2 mll each, and Hays, G and Dodge City all lost about $6 million.
About half the districts lo state aid.
Table of Contents
3 5th Year Seniors
4 KU Roster
5 Jayhawks New Look
6-7 Chip Hilleary
10 KU in a Bowl Game?
11 Athletes and Academics & AP Poll
12 Redshirts
13 Saturday on The Hill
14 Rules and Regulations
15 New Scoreboard
Credits
Special Sections Manager: Christine Musser
Assistant Special Sections Manager: Russ Hancock
Special Sections Editor: Katie Chipman
Sports Editor: Mike Andrews
Assistant Sports Editor: Rick Honish
Layout: Stephen Kline
Reporters: Jeff Kobs, David Mitchell, Jennifer Bach, Melissa Rodgers,
Rochelle Olson, Stephanie Patrick and William Ramsey
Photo Editor: Brian Schoeni
Assistant Photo Editors: Julie Jacobson and Joseph Lies
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Copy Chief: Greg Belshe
Copy Editors: Lyle Niedens, Benjamin W. Allen and
Cathy Sheldon
Yelling time
Kansas coach Glen Mason (right) chews out defensive back Robert Vaughn after Vaughn missed a tackle. Mason voiced his opinion of Vaughn's performance during an intrasquid scrimmage Aug. 24.
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