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February 4, 1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 89 (USPS 650-640)
House votes to eliminate contra plan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A bitterly divided House voted yesterday to cut off U.S. military support for Nicaragua's contra rebels, rejecting President Reagan's aid request in the hope of spurring peace prospects in Central America.
The 219-211 vote, culminating six years of overt and covert military support for the rebels fighting the leftist Sandinista government, killed Reagan's request for $36.2 million in new aid to keep the contras alive as a fighting force through June.
It was a serious defeat for the president, who had lobbed hard on the issue for two weeks and had put the contras among the top foreign policy priorities for his final year in office. Only a day earlier, Reagan had argued that failure to extend aid would strengthen communist influence in the hemisphere.
"Today's vote is the end of a chapter." said House Majority Whip Tony Coelho. "The contra policy is
"If you vote this package down, you'd better be prepared to bear the consequences," Michel said. "And who among you is smart enough to predict the path on which Daniel Ortega will take you?"
Current aid to the rebels expires Feb. 29, and democrats pledged to hold another vote before the month is out on an alternative package of purely humanitarian aid to the rebels, and to follow that up with a new emphasis on economic development aid for countries in the region that abide by terms of a five-nation peace accord.
The most controversial part of the defeated package was $3.6 million earmarked for weapons and ammunition, which Reagan had said he would withhold until March 31 to see how cease-fire talks went between the rebels and the Managua government. Those talks are scheduled to resume Wednesday.
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Halftime acrobats entertain audience
By Jeff Suggs
Kansan staff writer
In fact, some of the best action occurred at halftime.
Several athletes made spectaculär moves at last night's KU-Oklahoma basketball game. But they didn't just include Danny Manning, Harvey Grant or Stacey King.
The Bud Light Daredevils, with the help of a mini-trampoline, fascinated the sellout crowd in Allen Field House with their acrobatic slam dunks.
The Daredevils, who are based in Memphis, Tenn., perform around the world. The four-member team has played in over 150 colleges, in every National Basketball Association arena and in Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Latin America and Australia.
The team will play at Nebraska tonight, Missouri Western tomorrow, Kansas State on Saturday and at the Topeka Sizzlers game on Sunday.
Ty Cobb, coach and performer for the Daredevils, founded the team when he was a cheerleader at the University of Mississippi in 1980. It was originally a part-time job, but when he graduated in 1983, he became a profession. Cobb said he was surprised at the success of the Daredevil team.
"Real surprised," Cobb said. "It was always just for fun. I feel we're really lucky."
Cobb's team includes his brother, Guy, Tim Lancaster and Keith Eldred.
Part of the team's act is to pull people out of the audience and get them involved in the performance. The involvement was the point of the show.
"Eye-to-eye contact — that makes the whole show," Lancaster said. "It's a real personal show. We want to look like we're having a party."
Lancaster said that at some places, the crowd was not too receptive to the Daredevils' performance. But he said the Jayawk fans were great.
"Oyeh you— that crowd — what a game to come to," he said. "It means a lot to us. It is been one of the best so far, for sure."
Ohnemus said that the association wanted the fraternities to sign the resolution too.
David Morris, president of the interfraternity Council, said that the council hadn't had a chance to review the resolution yet but that it would be discussed at an upcoming meeting.
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Andrea Reese, president of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and a member of the panhellenic alcohol task force, said that the future might bring even ttriter policies.
Reese said that a policy to ban alcohol from all functions, even for hose who could legally drink, was being discussed.
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"I find it a little difficult to sleeve," she said. "I hope it's true, it we've got quite a long ways to."
She said that even if the 70 percent pure were true, it was meaningless cause some women still don't get a chance to work, even though they do the same jobs.
Between 1986 and 1987, the average sekly earnings of women working ll time rose by $13 a week, from 96 to $309, but men's weekly earnings rose $17, from $428 to $445.
barbara Ballard, director of the nily Taylor Women's Resource inter, said she didn't know whatators the study was based on but did she guess the percentage was sadly going up because more men were moving into higher
See SALARY, p. 6, col. 1
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