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State Senate kills liquor bill
Sunday sales not an option now for voters
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — In what some law-makers said was an about-face, the Kansas Senate killed a bill that would have allowed voters to decide whether liquor stores should be open on Sundays.
Supporters had thought they had enough votes in the Senate to pass the measure when the more conservative House passed it, 63-61, on Feb.2.
But support for the bill eroded during the past few days, and yes.
terday the Senate killed it on a 27-12 vote. Supporters said that at one time they had the 21 votes needed to send the bill to Gov. Bill Graves.
"They had the votes (on Tuesday)," said State Sen. Ben Vidricksen, R-Salina, a supporter.
Vidricken said supporters even had one or two votes to spare.
After the Senate resisted attempts to amend the bill on Tuesday, constituents opposed to Sunday sales started lobbying.
"The telephone calls started coming in from all over," Vidricksen said.
Senators who supported the measure did not want the bill amended because that would have sent the measure back to the House. The House would have had to accept the amendments or send the bill to a
But since the House vote, some representatives who voted for the bill had changed their minds. Accordingly, sending the bill back to the House probably would have killed it.
joint conference committee so that a compromise could be drafted.
The bill would have allowed residents of individual counties to decide whether they wanted Sunday sales of package beer and liquor. Currently, liquor stores must remain closed on Sundays, and convenience and grocery stores cannot sell beer on that day.
Voters also would have decided whether liquor should be sold on Labor, Memorial and Independence days and whether liquor stores should be allowed to accept certain types of credit cards.
"It's unfortunate that the Senate
did not give the voters an opportunity to make this decision," said R.E. "Tuck" Duncan, lobbyist for the Kansas Wine and Spirits Wholesalers Association.
State Sen. Lana Oleen, R-Manhattan, chairwoman of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee, said she originally supported the bill but changed her vote.
"I did not hear the constituents I represent calling and asking us to permit the sale of liquor on Sunday," she said.
State Sen. Carolyn Tilloston, R-Leavenworth, who opposed the bill, said senators had searched their consciences the night before the final vote.
"I really don't think the responsible drinker will be affected," she said.
Springsteen Crow take Grammys
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LOS ANGELES — Bruce Springsteen won song of the year for the Academy Award-winning “Streets of Philadelphia” while newcomer Sheryl Crow’s "All I Wanna Do" won record of the year at last night's 37th Annual Grammys.
"Streets of Philadelphia," also won for best rock song, best song written specifically for a movie or television and best male rock vocal performance.
Besides record of the year, Crow also won Grammys for best new artist and female pop vocal performance.
Salt-N-Pepa were awarded the Grammay for best rap performance by a duo or group for the trio's song "None of Your Business."
The song "I Swear" brought All-4- One the Grammy for best pop vocal performance by a group or duo and was named best country song for the version recorded by John Michael Montgomery.
Boyz II Men claimed the R&B album trophy for "II" and received the award for best R&B duo or group vocal performance for "I'll Make Love to You." Toni Braxton won the female R&B vocal performance for "Breathe Again.
In a victory over the duet on "Moonglow" by Bennett and k.d. lang, the pop vocal collaboration Grammy went to Al Green and Lyle Lovevt for "Funny How Time Slips Away." It was the first Grammy of the '90s for Green who was a regular winner during the 1980s.
Melissa Etheridge captured the female rock performance Grammy for "Come to My Window." Green Day grabbed the award for best alternative music performance for their album "Dookie."
U.N. troops abandon Somali peace mission
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's militiamen swept into the Mogadishu airport yesterday, chasing away packs of looters and filling the void left by a retreating U.N. mission.
American and Italian troops watched from the nearby dunes while the militiamen loyal to Aidid, who once carried a $25,000 U.N. price on his head, roared through the airport gates in stripped-down trucks and jeeps mounted with heavy weapons.
A Marine sniper shot and killed a Somali gunman who fired a rocket-propelled grenade into the ocean behind U.S. lines. U.S. and Italian forces also fired numerous other warning shots to keep Somalis from trying to breach the razor wire between them.
After the last U.N. peace keepers left the airstrip in the morning, hundreds of looters swarmed over walls and barbed-wire fences to pick over wooden pallets and what little else remained.
American and Italian troops protecting the withdrawal of Pakistani peace keepers nervously watched the looting. Rifle shots rang out, most fired by militiamen as they kept away looters.
The sprawling seaside airfield looked like a hurricane hit it after the looters, a motley collection that was made up of mostly young and female Somalis, finished carting off the remains.
Empty wooden pallets seemed particularly in demand, perhaps as construction material in this
poor country. Leftover pieces of lumber and discarded cabinets also were scooped up.
No looters were hit by gunfire. The Americans, Italians and Pakistanis, who were three miles away heading to the seaport for their return home, also suffered no casualties.
Hundreds of Bangladeshi U.N. peace keepers sailed off Tuesday ending a frustrating tour of duty. The Pakistani peace keepers left the seaport yesterday to close out the U.N.'s failed mission.
Aidid's action preempted an attempt by Somali businessmen and elders to form a multi-facial committee to operate the airport and seaport after the United Nations' departure.
American Marines first arrived Dec. 8, 1992, to help deliver aid to famine-ridden Somalia. The United Nations took over the mission three months later, but it soon became mired in a small-scale war between warlords and U.N. forces.
Aidid was blamed for a militia ambush that killed 24 Pakistani peace keepers on June 5, 1993. The United Nations later ordered his arrest and put a price on his head.
The United States withdrew in March 1994, five months after it lost 18 soldiers in a Mogadishu street battle with Aidid's forces.
Some militiamen who moved into the airport almost were taken out after coming too close to the American and Italian perimeter on high dunes overlooking the airfield, said Marine Lt. Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, head of
the force covering the evacuation.
"The decision to shoot or not to shoot was close," he said. "But it became obvious they were there to shoar the looters away and gain control. They got a little too close, so we fired a couple of warning shots, but they waved at us and backed away."
The American and Italian soldiers watched the Pakistani pullout and the Somali takeover with a mix of nervousness and bemusement.
"You know what this reminds me of — an Easter egg hunt, with all those kids out there looking for something," said Master Sgt. Dan Stoye of Fort Campbell, Ky.
"Yeah, and the bullies are running around, too," said Sgt. Major Hank Callahan of El Paso, TX.
It's uncertain whether much humanitarian relief or commercial traffic will return anytime soon to Mogadishu, whether by airport, seaport or even overland.
The International Red Cross in Geneva said yesterday that it was still providing emergency medical aid to three hospitals in Mogadishu and other first-aid posts in Somalia. It will continue as long as the situation allows.
That could be awhile. The Pakistani isewere scheduled to leave by ship yesterday, and the1,500 American Marines and 929 Italians would then return to their ships.
Somalia has been without a functional government since former dictator Mohamed Sid Barre was overthrown in January 1992.
Marcos announces bid for Philippine Congress
The Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — Imelda Marcos, the flamboyant former beauty queen who rose to power during her late husband's dictatorship, is back in the public arena.
Undetender by a possible 24-year prison sentence for a corruption conviction, Marcos announced yesterday that she was running for Congress from the central island of Leye, stronghold of her father's Rumualdez clan.
Marcos, 65, failed in a 1992 bid for the presidency, but she led all candidates in Leyte, one of the poorest parts of the Philippines. Analysts
said her victory in the May 8 election was all but assured.
Marcos' only son, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., is running for the Senate.
Critics fear that the Marcoses are attempting a comeback to shield them from prosecution for corruption that took place during the 20-year rule of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who died in 1989. The family is accused of embezzling billions of dollars from the national treasury.
At an uncharacteristically low-key news conference, the former first lady denied having ulterior motives.
"I'm here, not for ambition, but compassion," she told reporters
At past appearances Marcos often drew crowds of adoring supporters, and it was not unusual for her to burst into song.
gathered in the cafeteria of a Manila hotel. "I would like to be closer to the people, especially in the countryside."
Victory in the May election would represent a change in fortunes for Marcos, who during her husband's rule built an image as a jet-setter fond of shopping sprees at the world's smartest salons.
By contrast, yesterday's announcement was straightforward.
Since the Marcoses were driven from power in 1986, courts in the United States, the Philippines and Switzerland have frozen virtually all known Marcos assets worldwide.
As first lady, her power and influence in the Philippines was second only to that of her husband.
In 1993, Marcos was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 17 to 24 years imprisonment. She remains free on bail and is appealing her conviction.
If she loses her appeal, Marcos would be barred from holding public office as part of her sentence.
More than 100 other civil and criminal cases are pending against her.
Kansas House cleans up statutes, i.e. repeals 'silly laws'
TOPEKA — Does your local airport need new runway markers? Under the terms of a 1941 law, the county can spend only $100 per marker.
A 1951 law that makes it clear
Have grasshoppers invaded your area? There's a 1959 law that tells county commissioners how to deal with the infestation.
The Associated Press
—The grasshopper procedures act. The vote was 113-11.
"We've made a concentrated effort to wipe the silly laws off the books, the antiquated laws off the books, the useless laws off the books," said Rep. Kent Glasscock, R-Manhattan, chairman of the Local Government
However, not all old laws are doomed. Glasscock notes that his
Committee.
A 1915 law that says school districts cannot accept an appraised value on land of less than $2.50 an acre if they want to sell it. The vote was 122-2.
"A bunch of them hadn't been looked at since 1911 or 1923," Holmes said. "I think we need to take a look at the books and at least bring them up to date."
If you think that sounds a bit silly, there are state representatives who would agree.
A 1917 law that declares that county commissioners have a duty to protect bridges from snow drifts and streams that run out of their banks. The vote was 114-10.
A 1909 law that requires county commissions to appropriate money for county farmer institutes, up to $50. The vote was 124-0.
cities can order the construction of culverts for drainage purposes. The vote was 123-1.
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personal favorite will remain on the books.
The subcommittee's work raised at least one question: Just what is or was a county farmer institute?
Glasscock has appointed a fivemember subcommittee to look for silly or odd stuff in the law books.
"I don't know," Glasscock said,
"but we don't have them any more."
Joining Glasscock and his subcommittee is the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Chairman Carl Holmes, R-Liberal, is combing through state laws dealing with all sorts of oil, natural gas, railroad and telecommunications laws.
He also noted that, mathematically at least, it is possible for Civil War widows still to be alive. The last Civil War veteran died in 1959, but it is possible one of them married a much younger woman, who could still be alive.
Rep. Bob Tomlinson, R-Roeland Park, the subcommittee's chairman, noted that the requirement is part of a broader law dealing with the counties' duties to bury war veterans.
It requires counties to bury Civil War veterans and their widows, but not spend more than $100 on each funeral.
They passed and sent to the Senate yesterday six bills designed to clean up state statutes. They would repeal:
"We thought those mandates needed further study as a block," Tomlinson said.
—The airport marker law. The vote was 117-6.
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