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First lady gives Pakistanis new hope
The Associated Press
Mrs. Clinton's tour of south Asia
LAHORE, Pakistan — Hillary Rodham Clinton perched on the courtyard bedstead of 70-year-old Burkat Ali and got the full run-down on his household: wife, three sons with wives, four cousins with wives and 21 children.
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Then she went inside for a tour of his mudcake middle class home while one of the women kept busy outside shaping dung into discs for fuel.
She traded thoughts on marriage vs. jobs with MBA-bound college women: "You don't want to give up one for the other."
And answered the questions of curious schoolgirls interested in her favorite color: "All shades of blue," she said.
She sympathized with poor women overwhelmed by their many children (a mother of 10 wished she'd had access to contraceptives) and lamented with high-school girls about the religious and ethnic divisions in society. "I have no answers," she said.
Mrs. Clinton came to Pakistan for two days pledging to listen and learn, and came away with more than a mountainous heap of jewelry, clothing and other gifts.
"To know about the world, one must know about people's deepest yearnings and anxieties," she said in a speech to women at the
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan's premier business school.
Wherever she went, Pakistanis were ready to oblige.
Human rights activists grumbled that Mrs. Clinton should have taken Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government to task for failing to crack down on human rights abuses, but the first lady chose to emphasize the positive.
She devoted yesterday to education, particularly for girls. She visited an affluent urban girls school in Islamabad, a dusty Punjab village classroom for girls and the Lahore University campus.
"Investing in the health and education of women and girls is essen
tial to improving global prosperity," she told the business students.
A worried mother in the Burki village put it more simply.
"If you don't get educated, you're nobody," she said.
Mrs. Clinton responded, "I think it is important that people know the mothers of Pakistan want their daughters educated."
Pakistan's crying need to better educate its people is evident in the numbers: almost 40 percent of children have no access to education; the literacy rate is 35 percent, 10 points lower for females; primary school enrollment is about 46 percent, still lower for girls
Bhutto has pledged to put more
resources into social programs, including health and education, but critics say she has failed to make progress or set a clear course.
The country's social needs will continue to grow with its burgeoning population. Pakistan's 130 million population is the world's seventh largest and is expected to double during the next 20 years.
Mrs. Clinton visited with Bhutto at the beginning and end of the Pakistan leg of her five-nation tour of South Asia, praising the prime minister's effort to improve opportunities for women and girls.
Both women were honored guests last night at a candle-lit dinner amid the towering ruins of the 11th-century Mogul Fort in Lahore. Mrs. Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, wore traditional flowing silk tunicies and pants for the occasion.
The sprawling courtyards were strewn with lush carpets of rose petals and arrayed with artisans and musicians, none of them topping the dancing camels and horses which drew the delight of both Clintons.
In a written arrival statement, the first lady said India's "traditions of democracy and cultural pluralism have much to teach the world." While in India, she will visit an orphanage, school projects, community groups and cultural sites, including the Taj Mahal.
From Lahore, Mrs. Clinton flew to New Delhi, India, arriving shortly after midnight.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — California Gov. Pete Wilson's support of abortion rights will sink his chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination next year, say two Republican conservatives — one of them a presidential hopeful himself.
"Pete Wilson is not going to win the nomination," said TV commentator Pat Buchanan, one in the growing list of GOP presidential contenders.
Buchanan, who claims to be the most conservative candidate in the field, said Wilson's stand on abortion, his support of gay rights and his backing of tax increases as a U.S. senator and governor would disqualify him.
"You can't take that into New Hampshire. You can't take that into South Carolina," he said Sunday on CBS "Face the Nation."
"I don't think Pete Wilson's ideas are going to survive the primaries because we've got a conservative party across the board."
House Majority Leader Dick Arney, R-Texas, agreed on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Wilson's position on abortion, support of some gun control and past support for some tax increases won't play well with Republicans.
"In the Republican party today, if you are pro-abortion rights, you're probably not going to get the nomination." Armev said.
"I respectfully disagree with Dick," Wilson said later on ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley." He said most members of the Republican Party who opposed abortion were driven by more than that single issue.
Wilson last week announced formation of a committee to explore his chances in the 1996 race and has left little doubt that he intends to run. He stands as a moderate on most social issues, joining Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania in differing from the anti-abortion positions taken by other Republican hopefuls.
Wilson said polls show that "not only the vast number of Americans, but the vast number of Republicans are, in fact, prochoice. We don't want government in the bedroom. I don't think government should be that intrusive."
He said he hoped the Republican platform next year would avoid the abortion issue, and he would not agree with a strong anti-abortion stand, as was made at the 1992 presidential nominating convention.
Some members of the Christian right, such as Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition, have warned that they will not support a Republican ticket next year if either the nominee for president or vice president supports abortion rights.
Employment levels on the rise in Kansas
The Associated Press
ary 1994 to the same month this year.
"The Kansas labor force began its spring recovery in February," said Wayne L. Franklin, secretary of human resources."Employment levels increased by 9,600 over the month.The estimated number of unemployed lower."
Franklin said the number of jobs had increased by 40,973 from Febu-
TOPEKA — The jobless rate in Kansas dropped from 5.3 percent in January to 4.8 percent in February, the state Department of Human Resources reported yesterday.
in February 1995, there were 1,280,005 people working in Kansas, compared with 1,239,032 people in January and 1,239,032 in February 1994.
Also, in February 64,331 people were looking for work, while in January 71,566 people were seeking jobs. In February 1994, the figure was 73,384.
Over the year, the greatest job growth was reported in the following areas: construction, 5,000 jobs; manufacturing, 7,800 jobs; trade, 10,800 jobs; services, 14,300 jobs, and government, 5.800 jobs.
The Wichita area jobless rate was 5.2 percent in February 1995, down from 5.6 percent in January. Last year in February, the unemployment was 6.6 percent in the Wichita area.
The Topeka area unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in February, down from 5.3 percent the previous month. In February 1994, the Topeka area unemployment rate was 5 percent.
The Lawrence area jobless rate was 4.4 percent in February, down from 5.2 percent. A year ago in February, the Lawrence area jobless rate was
5. 2 percent.
The department reported these February jobless rates for the cities:
On the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, the rate dropped from 4.7 percent in January to 4.2 percent in February. A year earlier, it was 5 percent.
Emporia 5.2 percent, Hutchinson 5.5, Kansas City 7.8, Lawrence 4.8, Leavenworth 6.3, Lenexa 2.7, Manhattan 4, Oathe 3.3, Overland Park 2.6, Salina 4.2, Shawnee 3.3, Topeka 5.7, Wichita 5.8.
The department also reported the February jobless rate for these
selected counties:
Allen 7.4, Atchison 6.1, Barton 5.6,
Bourbon 6.4, Buller 5.4, Cherokee 6.4,
Clay 3.7, Cloud 2.8, Cowley 6.3, Craw-
ford 5.3, Dickinson 6.7, Douglas 4.4,
Ellis 4.1, Finney 4.4, Ford 4.2,
Franklin 6.9, Geary 6.6, Harvey 3.5,
Johnson 2.9, Labette 6.1.
Leavenworth 5.4, Lyon 4.8, McPherson 2.8, Mitchell 3.2, Montgomery 5.9, Morris 5, Neosho 5.4, Norton 2.2, Pawnee 4.7, Reno 4.9, Rice 5.4, Riley 4.4, Saline 4.1, Scott 2.7, Sedgwick 5.3, Seward 4.4, Shawnee 4.9, Sherman 3, Sumner 5.6, Thomas 3.5, Wyandotte 7.5.
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