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Return of POWs a priority for Bush
Baker to go next week to talk about postwar future for gulf
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — One day after halting the war, President Bush announced yesterday that Iraq had promptly agreed to talks on a permanent cease-fire and the return of prisoners of war.
"We are going to get back our
Peace, and we're going to do it fast.
Bush will go."
Baker also will go to the Soviet Union, which tried and failed to broker a peace agreement to avert the ground war.
With the guns silent in the Persian gulf, the administration said Secretary of State James Baker would fly to the Middle East next week to begin charting the postwar future of the Persian gulf. He will stop in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria and Israel, as well as Turkey.
While combat ended with yesterday's cease-fire, elements of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division continued to demolish remnants of the Republican Guard, blowing up tanks, fortifications and weapons left behind by fleeing troops.
The division also took hundreds of prisoners, many of whom surrevene
As long as Saddam Hussein remains in power in Iraq, the administration will urge the U.N. Security Council to maintain a ban on all weapon shipments to that nation, officials said.
Bush met with the ambassador of newly liberated Kuwait and then went to the Rose Garden to announce Iraq's willingness to discuss peace terms set on Wednesday night in his moment of a conditional cease-fire.
He said Baghdad had taken a first step by agreeing to name military commanders to talk with U.S.-led allies about battlefield arrangements to make the pause in fighting permanent.
"We will go promptly back to them with the arrangements — when and where," Bush said. He said the meeting would take place very soon. Bush said the return of POWs and seized Kuwaiti would be a primary issue, he said we expect a prompt repatriation of them, Kuwaiti detainees and others."
Forty-five U.S. soldiers are missing, and at least eight are believed to be Iraqi prisoners.
Bush skirted reporters' questions about whether he would insist on prosecution of Saddam for war crimes.
"We're not going to get into that,"
Casualties of the gulf war
Allied combat losses
Tally of losses to date, as reported by U.S. and allies
United States
Total deaths 236
Killed in combat 79
Non-combat deaths:
Desert Storm 52
Desert Shield 105
Missing in action 45
Wounded 212
Prisoners of war 9
Planes lost 27
Allied forces
Killed in combat 47
Missing in action 21
Prisoners of war 4
Planes lost 9
Iraqi combat losses
U.S., allied air missions
More than 110,000 flown
SOURCE: News reports
Divisions destroyed: 40 out of 42;
each division has about 12,000 troops
Aircraft lost: 103; 97 planes,
six helicopters
Tanks lost: At least 3,000 (60%)
Armored vehicles lost: 1.860 (37%)
Artillery pieces lost: 2,140 (61%)
Scud missiles fired: 81, including
41 at Saudi Arabia, 38 at Israel, one at
Bahrain, one at Qatar
Also:
Bush said. "These matters will all be discussed in anorroarious forums."
iraiqi planes destroyed 97
iraiqi POWs (estimate) 80,000+
iraiqi deaths (Saudi estimate) 85,000+
Kuwait civilian hostages 22,000+
With the fighting over prospects were raised for bringing troops home White House press secretary Condoleezza Rice said they might begin in days, but cautioned
Knight-Ridder Tribune News
(Kuwait estimate)
that "it took seven months to get in,
it's going to take a lot of months to get out.
But we're going to start a steady withdrawal."
Some 537,000 U.S. troops are stationed in the Gulf
Pentagon representative Pete Wil
liams, asked about Fizwater's comment, said, "There is no plan yet for bringing forces home."
"I hope he'll get a little sun, get a little fishing and get a little rest, because his job is 24 hours a day, seven days a week," she said.
Bush met with his national security advisers and was in high spirits. His wife, Barbara, told a military auditor that she had to relax now that the war was over.
Bush said the end of the war — after 43 days of fighting — brought "a great day for all Americans."
Separately, Kuwait's ambassador to the United States, Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, told Bush he would "go down," as the great liberator of my country."
To visit French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, Bush said, "You come here on an exciting day for all Americans."
At a news conference earlier, he said all countries would be first in line for billions of dollars of contracts and for the most important months of brutal Iran occupations.
In addition to demanding release of POWs and others, Bush also has insisted that Iraq inform Kuwait of the location and nature of all land and sea mines. In defeat, Iraq said it would accept all 12 U.N. resolutions imposed after its Aug. 2 takeover of Kuwait.
Kuwait wants POWs freed
The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS — Kuwait's ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Abulhasan, said yesterday that Iraq had failed to cooperate in disclosing the condition or reason for the invasion. Kuwaiti civilians and 8,632 Kuwaiti prisoners of war.
"I would like to see that all elements related to this conflict have been solved: POWs, civilians, the rescuing of all claims by Iraq," Abulhasan said.
These are elements that should be taken into consideration before the Security Council's permanent ceasefire, he said.
Abulhasan said 22,000 Kuwaitii civilians were abducted from the emirate after Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion.
He complained that the Iraqis were not volunteering information on civilians and POWs
“This is the reason that we are very much doubtful of the intention of Iraq,” Abubasan said. “Don't forget, more than 24 hours elapsed since they invaded Iraq and Kuwait, and there are no signs at all of their readiness to cooperate in this field.”
Rock Chalk Revue brings students' talent to stage
400 give time,effort to make charitable production a reality
By Patricia Rojas
Kansas staff writer
A singing Humpty Dumpty, a fish in the dress and a dancing golden statue.
These characters all came to life last night at the Rock Chalk Revue in New York.
This year's presentation features productions by 10 campus living programs.
Jennifer Paugh, co-director of "Some Thing's Fish", said organizing the production had been a time-consuming process.
The fish in the prom dress appeared in the production "Some Tung's Fish," presented by Delta Tau Delta and Kapapa Delta.
She said the group had been prac- ticing almost every day since school start.
"I used to have long hair," said Paula, independent senior. "I had
to cut it off because I didn't have time to do it."
Perhaps not many participants cut their hair, but many had to sacrifice something to participate in Rock Chalk Revue.
"I just didn't sleep," said Amy Wrenick, Topeka junior.
A member of Alpha Gamma Delta, Wrenick co-directed "Just Another Western." The production featured an imaginary western town, Yoodbee, Calif.
Wrenick said she had spent a lot of time practicing and doing volunteer work.
She said the group that collected the most money and did the most volunteer work earned the Most Charitable Award.
This year's fund-raising goal is $30,000.
About 2,400 people attended last night's presentation. O'Sullivan said that a few tickets still were available for tonight's presentation but none for tomorrow's. Both shows are at 7:30 p.m.
Members of Kappa Delta and Delta Tau Delta perform during last night's opening performance of Rock Chalk Revue in Hoch Auditorium.
Media targets grad with 23 tank kills
KU graduate becomes instant celebrity
By Nedra Beth Randolph
Kansan staff writer
John Marks, 1987 KU graduate, is receiving a lot of unexpected media coverage.
rtsher, Mary Marks, who is studying social welfare at the University of Kansas Regents Center, said she talked to her son in the Persian gulf by telephone yesterday.
"When I talked to John, I told him about all the press coverage about him, and he couldn't believe it. "He's embarrassed by it all."
All of the coverage has resulted from ist LL. Marks' record number of tank kills in the Persian Gulf War. He and Capt. Eric Salomonson destroyed 23 Iraqi tanks Monday.
When Marks and Salomonson came back from their record-setting missions, there was a pool of reporters waiting to interview them, his mother said. The interviews have not stopped.
- Mary Marks mother of pilot
Marks is an Air Force pilot in the 76th Tactical Fight Squadron. The A-10 planes they飞 are called Warthogs.
'When I talked to John, I told him about all the press coverage about him, and he couldn't believe it.'
Since Monday, Marks' photo
has been on the front page of the Kansas City Star, in USA Today and on news broadcasts across the country.
Mary Marks said she had been receiving calls from all over the world about her son and his destruction of Iraqi tanks.
Marks graduated from KU with a degree in business and entered Air Force flight school one week later.
Mary Marks said most flight schools required an engineering degree or other technical degree.
"John was the only guy entering flight school with a business degree, and that says a lot about the KU business school," she said.
"We had newscasters here and newspapers are still calling," she said. "I told John we were on TV."
Bars could be liable for nearby events
Bv Joe Gose
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA - State bar owners could face legal action for events that take place within 1,000 feet of their establishments if a bill is adopted into law
Local proponents and opponents of the bill traveled to the statehouse yesterday to testify before the Senate Federal and State Affairs Commit-
State Sen Wint Winter Jr., R-
Lawrence, said he introduced the bill to address some of the problems that the city had with a local nightclub.
more power in revoking and denying license renewals.
He said that in addition to making bar owners more responsible for activities outside their clubs, the bill would also include the Alcohol Beverage Control division
"This is the bill that would give the director the authority to bring pressure to bear on the few operators who are irresponsible, who don't operate their businesses in a way that recognizes the rights of the neighbors," he said. "This bill creates a good neighbor requirement for operators of private clubs."
Winter said the bill only addressed behavior that was dangerous.
Shirley Martin-Smith, mayor of Lawrence, said the city commission issued a
"Most private clubs and drinking establishments are operated in a manner that is neither a threat to public safety nor a problem for state
or local law enforcement officials," she said. "However, a few clubs and bars do operate which attract or foster illegal conduct and activity, harm to the surrounding neighborhood, endanger the public safety and create a burden on law enforcement officers."
But Chuck Magerl, owner of the Free State Brewing Co., 636 Massachusetts St., told the committee the bill threatened his business.
"Many of the numerous private parties in the neighborhood generate complaints and are broken up by the police," he said. "These parties would be occurring whether or not The Hawk was located in the neighborhood. Yet this proposal could conceivably hold me responsible for the problems occurring at these parties."
"Senate Bill 223 is a serious threat to every license-holder in the state of Kansas and would completely devastate entire districts like downtown Lawrence," he said. "If this bill is passed, one trouble spot in our downtown district area could close to independent restaurants and clubs."
But Winter said the bill would apply only to events linked to patrons who had been at the bar, and he, too, was a member of owner responsibility to 500 feet.
Ken Wallace, owner of the Jayhawk Cafe, 1340 Ohio St. , said the 1,000-foot rule would make him the best neighborhood business his was in.
Scholarship now open to gay, lesbian students
By Lara Gold
Kansan staff writer
A Kansas City, Mo., softball league has reduced restrictions on its scholarship for gay and lesbian students, making it available to more KU players.
'It is more of a statement of support of minority groups.
The Heart of America Sunday Softball League's scholarship is the first scholarship for gay and lesbian students at KU.
- Lorna Zimmer
director of Student Assistance Center
The league is offering gay and lesbian students at Kansas and Missouri universities the opportunity to apply for a $200 scholarship based on academic merit and financial need. Students must be enrolled as coordinator for the league.
Although the scholarship has existed for three years, this is the first time it has been available to people outside the league, said Tom Emerson, third-year law student, in the softball league for five years.
mously donated money for it, he said.
Emerson earned the scholarship two years ago.
Monday, Emerson brought word of the scholarship to Lorna Zimmer, director of the Student Assistance Center.
The league has been offering the scholarship since a person anony-
"It is more of a statement of support of minority groups," she
Zimmer said the scholarship was a unique opportunity for gay and lesbian students.
said.
"I am so glad about the opportunity," Zimmer said.
She said the scholarship for gay and lesbian students helped heterosexual students recognize other students' accomplishments.
Jeff Weinberg, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, agreed.
"It would give one more avenue for people who qualified for the scholarship to pay for their education."