THE UNIVERSITY DAII KANSAN
VOL.101.NO.96
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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MONDAY,FEBRUARY 18,1991
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Bush: Bombing will continue
Cheney says Iraq must retreat Aziz visits Moscow for talks
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration said yesterday that there was nothing to be lost by talking about an end to the Persian Gulf War, but it vowed to continue the allied bombing campaign while the Soviets seek a diplomatic solution.
"We say no cease fire, no pause,
get out of Kuwait," said Secretary of State James Baker.
"We are determined to finish this job and do it right." President Bush, vacationing in Kennebunkport, Maine, told reporters.
The administration reiterated its resolve as Iraqi Foreign Minister Tarari Aziz visited Moscow for talks aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the crisis. He is scheduled to meet Mikel Gorbachey later today.
Aziz and Soviet Foreign Minister
Alexander Bessmertnykh discussed Iraq's conditional offer to withdraw from Kuwait.
Iranian radio quoted Aziz as saying that Iraq made its withdrawal offer to expose the sinister intentions of the United States and its allies.
The Bush administration has rejected the Iraqi offer, which among other conditions demands the simul-taneous U.S. aid of U.S. troops from the region.
"They have today proved that they do not seek to defend international law but to deploy force." Teheran radio, monitored abroad, reported
we are not offering a new proposal in our trip to Moscow," it quoted Aziz as saving.
Bush said that he did not know what would come of the Iraqi-Soviet talks but that Gorbachev was trying hard to seek an end to the war.
"He knows very well that the objectives spelled out by the United
Nations . . . must be met in their entirety." Bush said.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the only thing that could slow the allied military campaign was the start of an Iraqi pullout from Kuwait.
"the only thing we can really believe is action." Cheney said on ABC's "This Week With David Brinkhart" to see him withdraw from Kuwait."
"We have a certain tempo to our military operations now, and we're not going to break that tempo unless it is clear that he is complying with the Security Council directive." I am also a security adviser. Brent Swornwell.
Baker, interviewed on CNN's "Newsman Sunday," said the Soviets were welcome to seek a diplomatic solution, but he expressed no optimism that they would succeed.
"There is nothing to be lost by talking, and if that will result in the windward of Iraq from Kuwait, where power is doing the talking," Baker said.
Baker added that even if an Iraqi withdrawal did follow the talks, such as withdrawal would not be the direct result of talks with the Iraqis.
"It's going to be because the coalition forces are doing what we have said for some time we would do — let them out of Kuwait," Scowcroft said.
Snowcrow, appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation," said past Soviet attempts to help Saddam Hussein with his weapons in Iraq, with dignity had ended in failure.
Neither Bush nor others in the administration would confirm a statement by French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas that a date had been set for the start of a ground war or that it was close at hand.
"The decision on ground forces will be made by me." Bush said.
"Suffice it to say... that we have a campaign plan and that we have been sticking to that plan," Baker said.
More gulf news Page 6
Two Navy ships hit mines in gulf
The Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Two U.S. warships struck floating mines in the northern Persian Gulf early today. Both vessels suffered damage, but no casualties were reported and the ships were not in danger of sinking. U.S. officials report.
Initial reports said the USS Tripoli, a helicopter-carrying amphibious assault ship, and the USS Princeton, a 2-year-old missile cruiser, were operating under their own power after the explosions
It was the first mine damage to U. s. vessels in Persian Gulf deployment — both the month-long war and the preceding five months of enforcing the embargo on trade imports imposed after its seizure of Kuwait.
U. S. officials have said they thought Iraq was dumping floating
mines in the gulf. More than 80 mines have been found and destroyed in the past few months, but none had previously damaged a vessel.
The 18,500-ton Tripoli is one of four helicopter carriers in the 31-ship task force moving north in the gulf in preparation for a possible Marine landing.
Although it normally carries a complement of up to 2,000 combat-ready Marines along with its crew of about 800, military officials indicated it did not necessarily have any force on board at this time.
The Aegis-class Princeton was sent to the gulf with a aircraft carrier battle group.
This story includes reports subjected to review by allied military censors.
Philip Meiring/KANSAN
Jan Monty, a member of the Shawnee Mission Special Olympics team, talks to basketball coach Roy Williams during an autograph session yesterday at Allen Field House. Before signing autographs, Kansas players worked with each athlete to improve shooting, drumming and passing skills. Ten Special Olympics teams from northeast Kansas participated in the clinic.
A special signing
Food Barn contract woes leading toward staff strike
Bv Patricia Roias
Kansan staff writer
Employees of Food Barn Stores Inc. will decide this week whether to strike in protest of the management's new contract offer.
Although the old contract expired at midnight Saturday, the company allowed employees to remain on the job until Feb. 25, the deadline for employees to vote on whether they will accept the new contract.
The Lawrence Food Barn store,
1900 W. 23rd St., employs about 40 people, including 15 KU students,
Mike Charles, store union steward
Charles said he thought Food Barn employees would vote in favor of striking because of the unfavorable specifications of the contract.
Local store managers declined to comment.
The company's initial proposal called for a $9 million-a-year reduction in wages and benefits. After about three weeks of negotiations,
the company on Friday gave the union a proposal that requests a $6.4 million a-year reduction.
"The company's final proposal will wipe out health and welfare benefits for part-time employees with less than five years of service with the company." The company's greatly impact a large number of employees who are students."
In the final proposal, part-time employees are not guaranteed a minimum number of work hours a week. Charles said. The old contract guaranteed them 20 work hours a week. The top pay for part-time employees would be reduced by 25 percent under the new contract.
Several part-time employees have opted to look for another job given the new conditions of employment at Food Barn.
Kevin Wilcoxson, former KU student, said he was looking for another job.
"I think I can find one that will pay me just as much," Wilcoxson said. "I
don't want to go through striking and pucketing."
Wilcoxson has worked at Food Barn for seven years.
Jim Olivierus, Lawrence senior, said his main concern was the proposed cut in health and welfare benefits.
"I'm close to the people." he said. "I don't want to be split between my friends."
"If they do that, I will seriously be looking for another job," Oliverius said. "Health insurance is very important and that is mainly why I stared here."
Charles, who also is the head clerk grocery at the Lawrence store, said that if the final offer was not accepted, the company would implement the proposal on Feb. 28 with the 89 million benefit and wage reduction.
However, he said he could not afford to quit his job until he found an employer.
Upset students: Regents must require better English in class
By Eric Nelson
Kansan staff writer
Students seeking more stringen English-proficiency requirements for foreign instructors will have to wait.
A proposal from the Student Advisory Council that called for changes in the hiring of foreign instructors was presented to the Board of Regents on Thursday.
Despite the delay, students from Regents schools are not ready to give
Todd Heitschmidt, Kansas State University student body president, said that the month before the next Regents meeting could be used to gather evidence documenting the problem.
Proposed changes include a minimum score of 240 out of 300 on test of spoken English instead of the 220 out of 300 currently required.
"If they want proof, they'll ge. proof." he said.
He said he had received responses from students after an article appeared in the Kansas State College. He plans to buy an advertisement telling students what to do if they have complaints.
The proposal also calls for an interview with three native English speakers, including one student, to take an instructor can teach a class.
The changes would reflect current KU policy
The proposal also recommends a shortened probation period for persons who score too low.
Connie Roguski, assistant to the director of applied English, said the minimum test score requirement at KU had been 240 since 1984.
She said applicants with scores below this level were not accepted unless through special departmental requests.
They would have to be enrolled in English classes and reach the minimum score by the next semester, Roguski said.
Mike Schreiner, KU student body president, said the situation was better at KU than at the other Regents institutions.
"But I still think there are problems on our campus," he said.
Despite receiving no complaints since he took office in April, he said many students with problems probably were unaware that they might
Stanley Koplik, executive director of the Regents, said that instead of establishing new guidelines, he would enforce the current policy.
Chancellor Gene Budig said institu-
tions nationwide had asked about the
Kraft vaccine.
"We have received few complaints in recent years," he said. "We have worked hard to address the situation by and large have been successful."
have some recourse.
Student representatives said they did not believe that would solve the problem.
Hetschmidt said, "That was a nice gesture, but that is not the proper way to do it."
At the meeting many of the chief academic officers for the Regents schools opposed action
They said they received the proposal in January and wanted more time before reaching conclusions.
David Payne, Emporia State chief academic officer for the Regents, said the problem needed to be addressed carefully.
"We don't want an arbitrarily selected solution," he said. "We need to know what a workable solution is."
Music requests, radio self-censorship reflects mood of war
Stations sensitive to audience concerns are backing away from radical themes
By Nedra Beth Randolph
By Neela Beth
Kansan staff writer
Hit me with your best shot. Fire away.
The mood in the United States about the Persian Gulf War can be
Soldiers in the Persian Gulf, as well as supporters on the homefront, are listening to words from the early 1800s pop song, "Hit Me With The Voice," by Billy Joel's theme song, said Amy Booth, KLZR die below.
gauged from the music heard on the radio airwaves. War is big on the hit parade.
Despite pockets of musical dissent, radio stations have been appealing to the fighting spirit of the United States.
Nick Drake, a JKHK disc jockey,
said the campus station had received
requests for songs with war themes
and with peace themes.
"On the first couple of days of the war we had a lot of requests for war
type songs," he said.
The war has been eliciting strong emotions from area protesters, but Stuart Mathews, KLZR disc jockey, and others have called it "extremely radical wartime sonics."
"There aren't any real anti-war or pro-war songs on this radio station," he said. "The song requests are more for peace in general."
He said two popular songs were Bette Midler's "From a Distance," with the refrain of "God is watching us" and Styx's "Show Me the Way," which intersperses news reports with music.
At WGR-FM in Buffalo. N.Y., Sean
— Scott Mathews KLZR disc jockey
'There aren't any real anti-war or pro-war songs on this radio station.
Lemon's remake of his father's "Give Peace a Chance" was taken off the air.
"It didn't feel right," said WGR program director John Hager.
KLZR continues to play Sean Lenon's remake, but Chris Barrick, KJHJ disc jockey, said he did not think KJHJ was airing the song.
"Usually on a college station it takes us a while to get albums of that nature." he said.
Area pop stations in Lawrence stated that they had not banned any songs with war or peace themes.
There are no organized music bans in the United States, but many stations are practicing self-censorship. Stations in La Cruces, N.M., Newark, N.J., Huntington, W.V., Dead, S.D., and Carbondale, III, save pulled the plug on "Give Peace a Chance."
Other stations across the country are sensitive to any sensing listeners might misintercept. A big-band sta-
tension pulled an instrument called "In a Persian Market," and others have yanked the Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb on Me."
One Pennsylvania station stopped playing Paul Simon's "Loves Me like a Rock" because some listeners told him the rock" sounded too much like Iraq.
"I thought I'd take their side of it and put it on hold for a while until things settle down," said the station's director, who asked not to be identified.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.