Thursday 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 lobbied 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 Major Whip
"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
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1. Power Butter
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8. Auto Seek/Muting Stereo Button
15. Treble Tone Control
3. Digital Frequency Display
9. Memory Scan Button
10. Memory Store Button
16. Tape Select/Dubbing Buttons
I. Signal Strength Indicators
16. Tape Select Button
17. Subsonic Filter Button
11. Memory Group (1-10,11-20) Button
5. Station Memory Indicators
12 Tuning Button
18. CD Straight Button and Indicator
5. Station Memory Indicators
6. AM/EM Station Memory Buttons
13. Bass Tone Control
19. Balance Control
20. Volume Control
14. Input Select Buttons and Indicators
7. Speakers (A, B) Select Buttons
21. Loudness Compensation Button
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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 team will play at Nebraska tonight, Missouri Western tomorrow, Kansas State on Saturday and at the Topeka Sizzlers game on Sunday.
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.
Cobb, coach and performer the Daredevils, founded the i when he was a cheerleader e University of Mississippi in it. It was originally a part-time but when he graduated in 1983, came a profession. Cobb said as surprised at the success of Daredevil team.
real surprised," Cobb said. "It always just for fun. I feel a really lucky."
obb's team includes his her, Guy, Tim Lancaster and b Fldred.
Eye-to-eye contact — that sees the whole show," Lancasaid. "It's a real personal v. We want to look like we're ing a party."
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uncaster said that at some es, the crowd was not too pitive to the Daredevils' persane and the Jay-ers were given pree
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esee said that a policy to ban hol from all functions, even for e who could legally drink, was g discussed.
nemonus said that the association ited the fraternities to sign theulsion too.
avid Morris, president of the fraternity Council, said that the acil hadn’t had a chance to review resolution yet but that it would be ussed at an upcoming meeting
norea Reese, president of Gam-
Phi Beta sorority and a member
panhellenic alcohol task force,
that the future might bring even
after policies.
women nparable
find it a little difficult to ve," she said. "I hope it's true, we've got quite a long way to go.
said that even if the 70 percent were true, it was meaningless use some women still don't get paid for their jobs, even though do the same jobs.
ween 1986 and 1987, the average y earnings of women working me rose by $13 a week, from $48 in 1985 to $72 in 1986; the average $17, from $428 to $445.
2 KANSAN MAGAZINE February 3, 1988
bara Ballard, director of the Taylor Women's Resource; said she didn't know what the study was based on but she guessed the percentage was by going up because more were moving into higher
See SALARY, p. 6, col. I