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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
March 12, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 114
(USPS 650-640)
House approves resolution to cut aid to contras
KU experts say U.S. reputation could sour
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 extremely partisan atm sphere, would suspend for six months all assistance to the contrains, 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 contrains.
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 $^f$
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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 and which led to an attack on Iran apparently were used to bankroll the contras at a time when Congress banned such aid.
During the often emotional debate yesterday, Republican 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
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
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.
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.
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.
"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."
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.
"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 communists by bringing death to inno-
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 was 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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Tattoos gaining interest for women
diamonds are a girl's best friend. That's because diamonds are forever. But so are tattoos
Does this mean that tattoos are a girl's second best friend?
Probably not. But things may be changing.
"Fifty percent of my customers are women," said Cindy Miller, a tattooist at Rose Royce toy店 studio in Kansas City. Mio, a Miller, a tattooist for five years, said that not only were more women getting tattoos, but they also were getting more kinds of tattoos.
"They're not sticking with roses and butterflies," she said. "They're going with full shoulders and full backs."
Miller was one of several tattooists at a recent motorcycle show in Kansas City, Kan.
"A lot of women are getting tatios, and I think it's great," said Gene Dingey of Kansas City, Kan. an onlooker at the show. He had been tattooed at the defunct River City studio in Lawrence.
Twenty years ago, women weren't even tattooists let alone getting tattoos, said Wes Grimm, owner of Grimm's Tattoo studio in Kansas
Shoulders seem to be a popular place for tattooing. A gettattoo. A pattern first is transferred to the skin as a guide for the
Grimm, whose grandfather and great-grandfather were tattoos, said that during the eight years he'd been in the business, the public's perception of tattoos had changed substantially.
"Tattooing is accepted more now by the public because it's returning to art form," he said. "The public expects more from a tattoo nowa-
"I think it's enjoying a renaissance."
Most people don't know that customers have their choice of one, three, four, five, seven and 11 needle dots. The needles, in one or two rows, go up and down 60 times a second. More than 28 different pigments can be inserted under the skin. An average tattoo costs $45.
Miller said most people had a stereotypical image of the thick, black and old-style tattoo that sailors were known for.
Miller said people expected more variety and artistry in tattoos because of the advent of single-needle techniques. But the technology allows tattooists to be more creative.
It allows for more intricate, artistic designs, and the pigments don't spread together over time like they do with needle-tipped tattoos, she said.
Another popular misconception about tattoos is that they entail a
good dose of discomfort. Not so, said East Coast Al, owner of two tattoo studios in Kansas City, Kan.
"You feel some heat and a stinging sensation," he said. "It feels kind of like a sunburn."
Al is concerned about the myths surrounding the art of tattooing. He said many people thought tattooing involved a high risk of contracting diseases because of the use of com-
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