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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
March 12, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 114
(US50 650-640)
House approves resolution to cut aid to contras
Measure faces Senate,
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The House approved a symbolic resolution yesterday that would cut off military aid to the contras, rejecting Republican accusations that members were handing Central America over to the Soviets.
The measure, which passed the House 230-196 in an extremelypartisan atmosphere, would suspend for six months all assistance to the contras, notably the final $40 million of a $100 million package that Congress approved last year. The resolution also demands a public accounting of millions of dollars already sent to the contras.
The resolution was supported by 213 Democrats and 17 Republicans and opposed by 40 Democrats and 156 Republicans.
Speaker Jim Wright of Texas conceded the resolution stood little chance of passage in the Senate and no chance of being enacted over President Reagan's veto. But he said it would send a potent message to the White House that arming and aiding the contra is n.
diplomacy and economic aid to curtail subversion in Central America and warned that Reagan's request for $105 million in aid in fiscal 1988 faced probable defeat later this year.
The measure faces a likely filibuster in the Senate where there was strong opposition to the contra program before the revelation of the Iran-contra scandal in which profits from U.S. arms sales to Iran apparently were used to bankroll the contras at a time when Congress banned such aid.
During the often emotional debate yesterday, Republicans accused Democrats of selling out U.S. interests in the region. Opponents such as Rep. Trent Lott, R-Miss., repeated the statement, "I do not want to be recorded as handing Central America over to the Soviets."
But House Democratic leader Thomas Foley of Washington called that accusation a poor and limp excuse in support of a failed program. He said the Soviets knew Congress was united in pledging not to permit Nicaragua to have offensive weapons that threaten any nation.
Wright calle
members to say what they think should happen in the future."
The speaker said passage of the resolution meant Reagan should abandon his request for the $105 million — a request that could die by a majority vote in either chamber and didn't invite a veto because no legislation would go to the Oval Office.
Wright and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd said that even if the measure passed Congress, they did not have the votes to kill Reagan's anticipated veto of the resolution.
Republicans were clearly putting themselves in the position to blame aid opponents for a possible victory by the Soviet-armed Sandinista army over the Contras.
Rep. Robert Mrazek, D.N.Y., countered by saying he refused to have his name recorded "in favor of handing Nicaragua over to the Contras."
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., called the policy one of deception, lies, and cover-up and said opponents of the Sandistas "don't have the guts to ask for a declaration of war. It is
KU experts say U.S. reputation could sour
By ROGER COREY Staff writer
The United States' reputation as a peace-loving power and representative of international law in Central America could be destroyed if President Reagan continues to support the contras, according to three KU Latin American specialists.
Yesterday, the U.S. House suspended 230-196 the final $40 million of a $100 million package of aid to the contras that Congress approved last year. The resolution also demanded a public accounting of millions of dollars already sent to the contras.
Staff writer
House leaders admitted that the resolution had little chance of passage in the Senate. They also acknowledged that it had little chance of being enacted over Reagan's veto.
"The $40 million can't be stopped politically," said Charles Stansifer, director of Latin American studies.
Stansifer said that the real issue was not the $40-million outlay but the funds diverted to the contras from the Iran arms sale.
"Before Congress votes on any
million," Stansifer said.
Jack Bremer, director and campus pastor of Ecumenical Christian Ministries, said the most humane action for Congress and the administration would be to end all contra support.
Bremer said the administration had blocked peace proposals by the Contadora group and by Costa Rican president Oscar Arias Sanchez because it did not want to see a Central American government free of U.S. influence.
"I saw the effects of the contra action," said Bremer, who just returned from a trip to Honduras, Nicaragua and the war zone area. "It was mostly terrorism against unarmed civilians."
"Since 1850, when we sent the Marines to Central America, we have controlled Nicaragua." Bremer said. "It's evident the administration wants to overthrow the Nicaraguan government."
Bremer said the administration's policy actually was helping the communities by bringing death to innocent civilians and cutting a tree.
is power in the last century, the United States was relatively gentle
But U.S. policy in Central America in the past six or seven years has been a failure, Stansifer said.
"And we are still pursuing the same policy," he said.
Barbara Waggoner, adjunct lecturer in Latin American studies, said the current Central American policy is not effective in terms of U.S. goals.
Waggoner said she had been watching developments in Central America since her first trip there in 1966. She said the effect of the war against the Sandinistas was vast. Farmers' land was being taken over for airstrips, and the fighting had increased economic pressures on Nicaragua. The war also had affected El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Waggoner said the United States had never been considered a beneficent nation by Central Americans. And the last thing the region needed right now was a war, especially in the name of democracy.
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By JOSEPH REBE staff writer
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Another host told the audience that Hunter's car got a flat tire on the way to the Union. Hunter was on his way all right: down the hallway and out the door! The man did not want to attend his own lecture.
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they caught Hunter and remarkably, he was only half an hour late for the lecture. Jim the pornographer had said earlier that Hunter was known for appearing two hours late.
"We've done the proper chap "Boog" Higher student ar of the committee "A lot of people heads against a and when you do got to give."
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After the lecture, which was more of a question-and-answer session, security guards rushed Hunter backstage. He then was escorted down a service elevator and out a back door into the tired yellow Buick.
I went with the Hunter crew, until we got outside. At that point, Hunter and his porno friends went to the hotel to party. I went back to the newsroom to sort through my notes, hoping to emerge with something intelligible for an article.
I met Victor the next day while covering another SUA-sponsored lecture. C.J. Silas, chairman of Phillips Petroleum, was speaking at the Union.
I was still worn out from the previous day's events. It seemed ironic that one day I was pursuing a crazed writer while the next day I was covering corporate, three-piece-suit America.
As I now look back on the experience, I realize that I would't have wanted to miss the whole mess of events. It was an education, to say the least. I learned a lot about people, mostly about eccentric and foolish people.
Victor said that Hunter had called him at 5 a.m. Hunter wanted to go to the airport. Victor dragged himself out of bed, drove to the Holidome and knocked on his door. Hunter opened the door and said, "I changed my mind."
I'd have to call her and say,
"Uh, yeah. Mom? Is that you?
Yeah, well, I'm in San Francisco
right now. Yeah, well, I got sick of
the Kansan. Too much stress.
Where am I? Well, I'm living with this guy out here. He's real swell. He's a pornographer, but Mom! Pornographers are people too! I'll call later, once I find a job. Bye Me, don't worry!"
I now know a talented author who behaves like a child. I know three pornographers and have free room and board if ever I cruise to San Francisco.
I can't imagine taking Arty on that one. Living with pornographers in San Francisco. My mom would love it.
Jennifer Forker, Lincoln, Neb., junior, is a journalism major.
TATTOO
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as both sides to tions and conqoner said.
mon needles.
"I've been tattooing for nine years and haven't had even one infection reported," he said.
"I'm a sticker for sterilization," he added, pointing to a $1,400 hospital sterilization unit. "I sterilize and do things right. I'm not going to catch anything, and my customers aren't going to catch anything."
Al said the recent epidemic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome made people even more paranoid about the spread of disease. He said that a case was discovered, some tattooists' reaction was to refuse to tattoo people they suspected
to be homosexuals. Al is not one to discriminate.
He said the function of the laws to regulate and check tattoo studios kept up health standards. Grimm said the laws regarding tattooing varied from county to county and from state to state.
"The AIDS scare doesn't bother me because I do things correctly," he said. "You can get AIDS a hell of a lot oucket from sex."
Grimm said he didn't discriminate, either.
"In some states it's illegal, and in some states it's practically illegal," he said. Florida, for example, restricts tattooists by requiring that a registered physician be on the studio's premises.
Grimm, whose studio is in Missouri, said the state didn't have laws to regulate tattooing.
"I've never met anyone from the health department," he said. "If there were laws, then some of us would be in business and some of us would be in law."
He won't tattoo minors, necks,
faces or penises. Al won't tattoo
necks or faces because people with
them can view a view may have trouble
getting jobs.
"There are lots of things I won't do." he said.
Al, who has worked in most states, said he was self-regulated.
"And she's good, so I decided to let her do it," Miller said about Cindy Miller. "I trust her wholeheartedly
So, why would anyone want to get a tattoo?
Mike Miller, from Kansas City, Mo., said he had been wanting to get a Harley Davidson eagle put on his bicep.
For one woman at the motorcycle show, it was a whim. She had a magenta rose with her husband's name on it tattooed on her wrist.
The different tattoos make it clear that although they make money at the show, they are more interested in the artistic nature of the business.
"I came here for the motorcycle show. I had no idea I was going to be doing this," she said.
"I love what it do." Grimm said. "I don't make a lot of money. Putting a price on every minute takes away from the art form."
For Cindy Miller, the personal aspect of the tattoo is rewarding.
"The satisfaction of doing a good job is greater than in making a drawing and selling it and having that money." It is hanging on the wall," she said.
or else I wouldn't be sitting here."
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