Nation/World
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 17, 1991
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Manila, Philippines
Officials discuss bases' lease
The United States tentatively has decided to abandon Clark Air Base because of volcanic damage, but it still wants to keep Subic Bay naval base, U.S. and Philippine sources said yesterday.
Philippine and U.S. negotiators resumed talks
between the lease on the two bases,
which expires Sept. 25.
U. S. officials made no comment on what they would offer for continued use of Subic, the Navy's largest supply deposit overseas. But the U.S. military said it had the U.S. officials offered $203 million a year.
mortons were severely damaged when Mount Pinatubo erupted last month, killing more than 300 people. The volcano continued to erase the island as investigators said it might remain active for three years.
Any agreement must be ratified by two-thirds of the 23-member Philippine Senate, and several
"I find it unacceptable," Sen. John Osmene said. "They're scrimping on us."
Sen. Rene Saguisap, an opponent of the bases, said terms in the U.S. offer might mean the Philippines would have to beg for money.
Johannesburg, South Africa Winnie Mandela can appeal
Winnie Mandela won a reprieve yesterday from a six-year jail sentence for kidnapping and assault when a judge gave her permission to appeal her conviction.
The wife of opposition leader Nelson Mandela smiled when Justice M. Stegmann delivered the decision after a brief hearing in the Rand Supreme Court.
The appeal could take several years, and the lengthy process eventually could bury the case and keep Winnie Mandela out of jail. Her supporters hope a Black government will take power before a final decision is reached and dismiss the case.
Nelson Mandela, who is president of the African National Congress, accompanied his wife to court and kissed her when the ruling was announced.
"The matter is in the hands of the court, and it would be improper for me to comment," he said.
Stegmann, who found Winnie Mandela guilty at the end of a three-month trial, ruled that a court might reach a different verdict but he said he was certain he was right to find her guilt.
From The Associated Press
Abortion vote delayed after Senate confusion
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted last night to allow many pregnant girls to decide for themselves whether to get abortions, then approved contraceptives. Now the state is to prohibit the procedure to notify their parents.
The Associated Press
The two votes confused lobbyists on both sides of the issue. In effect, the Senate addressed the controversial question by leaving a final decision for later.
"I think we're in an extraordinarily confusing situation," said Marcia Greenberger, president of the National Women's Law Center, which favors abortion rights.
And Susan Smith, associate legislative director of National Right to Life, a major antibortion group, said she did not know what the Senate's indecision would mean.
In a 54-45 vote, the lawmakers adopted an amendment to the overall abortion-advice bill that would allow pregnant girls 18 and younger to follow one of several paths before having an abortion.
The votes occurred as the Senate moved toward allowing federally financed family-planning centers to offer abortion advice, legislation President Bush has threatened to veto.
Under that amendment, girls could obtain the consent of a parent or adult relative, simply notify their parents 48 hours in advance or have a doctor or minister declare that the girl's interests would be harmed by notifying her parents and that she is
In addition, the girl could apply for a court order finding that she is mature enough to decide for
mature enough to decide for herself.
The measure, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, and three Republicans, would apply only in the District of Columbia, not have parental-notification laws of their own.
The Senate then voted 52-47 for a more restrictive measure sponsored by Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.
The Coats measure would require a girl to notify her parents 48 hours before an abortion. The only exceptions would be in cases of incest, child abuse or neglect.
Earlier, the lawmakers voted 64-35 to reject a Republican effort to salvage part of the abortion-
There was no acknowledgement by senators in debate that they were contradicting themselves
The House overwhelmingly approved legislation June 26 eliminating what critics call the "gag rule."
The president last week that he might be willing to compromise on the issue. But in a letter to Senate leaders dated Monday, the White House Office of Management and Budget said Bush intended to ensure that no federal money would be used to support abortion.
The letter said that if the bill rolling back the ban was presented to the president in its current form, he would veto it.
Pentagon admits gulf flaws
It warned that even though the operation generally was successful, the nation must know that in the future there would be problems if the military was forced to face two large crises at the same time.
While U.S. forces suffered the loss of 148 killed in action and 458 wounded in action, the report offers no clue to the mystery of how many Iraqis died in the conflict. There are no reports available on the situation. Well, the report states.
wrought upon Iraq, its forces were able to hide some unconventional weapons facilities and that the coalition was unable to find some critical Iraqi leadership facilities. They were not described in the study.
One of the major problems was the gathering and sifting of information about the enemy and informing battlefield commanders about the daily changes in the opponent's status — particularly providing photographic imagery about the damage done in bombing and battles, the report states.
The report also said that despite the destruction
The commander of the operation, Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf, made a similar complaint about the difficulties of intelligence-gathering during recent congressional testimony.
The general complained that the Air Force and the Navy had problems transmitting their target information to each other. He also faulted the commanders, complaining it had been watered down.
The report noted that the search for Saddam Hussein's missile force proved difficult and costly, diverting a significant number of aircraft to an Iraqi airbase to destroy the elusive missile armament in the end.
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