University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, January 19, 1988
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More U.S. aid to contras to be opposed, Ortega says
The Associated Press
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — President Daniel Ortega suggested yesterday his Sandinista government would take tough measures if Congress approved new aid for the contras.
His comments came after the Sandinista government released seven opposition leaders yesterday and he promised over the weekend to restore civil liberties. The Interior Minister said over the weekend, had been accused of plotting actions with the contra rebels.
Ortega, in a rally in Ciudad Dario, 55 miles northeast of Mangua, the capital, said approval of more U.S. aid to the rebels "would give the Nicaraguan government a free hand to take the necessary measures to defend the sovereignty, self-determination and independence of our country."
He did not provide details, but said more aid would be "a historic error by the United States and the American Congress."
The White House said Sunday that President Reagan would request more aid for the rebels despite Ortega's announcements.
The administration had postponed plans to ask Congress for $270 million for an 18-month period for the Contras when congressmen said it would interfere with a regional peace plan.
Airliner crashes in China; 108 dead
BELING — A domestic airliner crashed in southwestern China, killing all 108 people aboard, the official Xinhua news agency reported early today.
The Associated Press
agency said.
Chinese civil aviation officials reported no Americans aboard the plane, said Julian Pendergrass, consul at the U.S. Embassy.
Argentine rebel colonel surrenders
The Ilyushin IL-18 plane, on the way from Beijing to Chongqing in Sichuan province, crashed about five miles from the Chongqing airport at 10:15 p.m. Monday.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — About 2,000 loyalist soldiers stormed an army compound yesterday and forced the surrender of a rebel colonel who had held the camp for three days with the support of 100 followers, officials reported.
The surrender after a three-hour battle at the Monte Caseros camp in northeastern Argentina ended a military crisis that began when Lt. Col. Aldo Rico, who also led a rebellion last April, escaped from house arrest Friday, shortly before he was to be
The Associated Press
Rico, 43, turned himself over to the loyalist troops of the Third Infantry Brigade, said Gen. Humberto Ferrucci, commander of the Fifth Army Corps.
Jose Ignacio Lopez, spokesman for President Raul Alfonsin, said Rico was put in the custody of Gen. Ramon Talavera and the unit in which he led the rebellion.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China said an engine defect cause the crash of Flight 4146, which carried a crew of 10 and 98 passengers. Four of the dead were foreigners, the
On Saturday, Rico turned up at Monte Caseros, declared himself in rebellion and seized the compound with the aid of 100 other officers. After the seizure, at least six other insurrections were reported in other parts of the country.
In April 1987, Rico led a revolt demanding an end to the prosecution of senior officers accused of human rights abuses during eight years of military rule that ended in 1983.
A lieutenant and a sergeant were reported seriously wounded when a truck taking troops to the battle hit a mine planted by rebels. They were
taken to a military hospital in Buenos Aires. Casualty figures from the battle were not available.
News Roundup
OFFICIAL LEAKED INFORMATION A U.S. government official leaked secret information about American Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s bids for $55 million in telecommunications contracts to at least two competing phone companies, a Senate committee investigating the procurement said yesterday. The official was reassigned to a government position outside the telecommunications area.
MEESE ACCUSED A third regional Bell phone company said yesterday that top company officials met with Attorney General Edwin Meese III while his financial manager held some $10,000 worth of his telephone stock. Meese's activities in telecommunications matters in 1985 and 1986 when he held stock in the telephone industry are being investigated for possible criminal wrongdoing by an independent counsel as part of a conflict-of-interest probe.
FILIPINO ELECTIONS Early returns today showed Philippines president Corazon Aquino's choices leading several key races in regional elections marred by the killing of 87 people, including 39 candidates, and numerous other violent incidents. About 80 percent of the 27 million eligible voters cast ballots yesterday.
SPACE SHUTTLE DELAYS Senior astronauts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston are worried about flaws found in a solid rocket booster tested last month and are pushing this week for an additional mandatory full-scale test-firing before the space shuttle is cleared to fly again.
EQUAL TIME DISPUTED A bitter dispute between Congress and the Federal Communications Commission over broadcast policy may squuch NBC-TV's request to suspend the equal time law for this year's presidential campaign. NBC had asked Congress to lift the requirements of the equal time law to "encourage broadcasters to provide more coverage of the political year."
WAR CRIMINAL DIES Andrija Artukovic, who was invoking of ordering thousands of prisoners killed in World War II, has died in a Yugoslavia jail at the age of 88. it was reported yesterday. Known as the "Butcher of the Balkans," Artukovic had been sentenced to death by firing squad in May 1986, but his execution had been postponed indefinitely because of his ill health.
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