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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1986, VOL. 96, NO. 117 (USPS 650-640)
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House rejects Reagan's bid for contra aid
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives yesterday rejected President Reagan's appeal for $100 million for the Nicaraguan narcissus battling the Sandinista government, slapping aside his offer to hold back some military aid during a new bid for peace talks.
In a statement read by presidential spokesman Larry Speakes, Reagan said the 222-210 defeat must be reversed.
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He vowed to shift his campaign today to the Senate in a bid to salvage the request, which called for $70 million in military assistance and $30 million in non-lethal aid.
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Wednesday to withhold all but crucially needed military supplies for 90 days while pursuing peace talks with the Sandinistas.
Alan Cranson of California, the assistant Senate Democratic leader, forecast the House vote could spur anti-aid sentiment and reported votes had begun shifting within hours.
From an initial tally of 49 for, 40 against and 11 undecided on the initial $100 million package. Cranston an initial 48-41 for the aid with 1 undecided.
Cranston's count showed 43 Republicans and five Democrats supporting Reagan, with 34 Democrats and seven Republicans opposing the aid. Among the undecided, he said five were leaning against.
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By Abbie Jones
Kansan Magazine writer
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Francisco and Bertha slap fresh enchiladas on plates for patrons inside the coffee shop of the Franklin Center perched above the Santa Fe Railroad in Kansas City's Argentine District.
In the basement below, Jorge,
a 15-year-old Mexican-American
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man, mops the concrete floor
alone on the late weekend night.
Susan Keim Rohrer, Kansas City graduate student in public administration, had completed all the research for one thesis. But she dropped everything for this old stone building with a dilapidated green sign hung above its doors.
"I makes me proud," he said This Hispanic and American community center, 14th and Metropolitan streets, has drawn local volunteers to its cause, as well as one KU graduate student.
"I had a good feeling about the city," she said. "I saw this place. I thought that it was an important part of Kansas City, Kansas."
"It makes me proud," he said.
Rohren discovered the Franklin Center and its metamorphosis from an abandoned schoolhouse to a non-profit community center while on a tour with the Junior League in October 1984.
My advisers thought I was out of my mind."
Her first thesis was on performance appraisal and merit pay. But she started over. Rohrer has just finished the second draft of her new thesis on community efforts to help maintain the district, which is just south of the Kaw River.
The revitalized center, with wooden floors and children's artwork lining the walls, used to be an elementary school. It closed in 1972. The struggling Hispanic community of about 5,000 people slowly lost its younger population, and the building sat vacant
"It draws you back," she said.
"If I'm away from here for too long I feel like I'm missing something."
Franklin has reconstructed some of what the community lost, she said.
Roberh has invested hours studying the community's history. She has interviewed more than 50 people and has written 100 pages. She even has joined the neighbors to work in the center's coffee shop.
for six years.
"I look at neighborhood preservation as an important aspect of public administration," she said. "The grassroots element is a real key to the success of the city."
The Franklin Center houses a coffee shop, cooperative grocery store, a day-care center and two social service organizations. The center also provides rooms for a local ballet troupe and adult education classes.
Tim Dellinger, a 15-year-old neighborhood boy whose family moved from Overland Park to the district four years ago, sat in the coffee shop booth and chatted about sports, music, college and his new neighborhood.
A tall, dark-haired boy dressed in sweats, he said he liked the ease of the people in the Argentine. He was pressured by the kids of Overland Park who were
tighter with their money, he said.
"I was a hoodlum and a prep," he said. "Now that I'm over here, I'm just me."
Dellinger often plays basketball in the center's parking lot with his friends from J.C. Harmon High School.
"There ain't nothing to do at my house except sit in the air conditioning," he said. "It (the center) is like a little town. Everybody knows everybody. Over here they are nice."
Jamie Jensen, 14, buses tables once a week at the coffee shop but prefers to do some of the cooking.
"It's fun and it teaches me," he said. "I'll be able get another job after this."
The center depends on the neighborhood's support. Both young and old help the center by running the store and coffee shop or doing odd jobs.
"Kids, when they come in here, are accountable for their actions." Rohrer said. "They are not going to get away with things the center won't tolerate."
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