University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 29, 1990
Gulf Crisis
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China, Cuba refuse to support U.S. with U.N. resolution vote
The Associated Press
The United States held its highest-level meeting with Cuba in more than 30 years last night but failed to win its backing for a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing force against Iraq.
Earlier yesterday, on the eve of a vote by foreign ministers on the measure, China's top envoy, Qian Cai, said it would not back the resolution either.
China is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and could veto the measure. But at the United Nations, diplomats said they didn't expect such a move and predicted the resolution would pass.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III met with Qian in New York early today, part of a last-minute lobbying effort she planned vote this afternoon.
China wants Washington to lift economic sanctions imposed after the June 1989 military crackdown on China's pro-democracy movement.
Baker met earlier with another holdout, Cuban Foreign Minister Isidroalmirca, who said he knew his draft resolution is text "not acceptable."
The United States is asking the Security Council to approve force against Iraq if it requests 450,000 troops do not leave Kuwait by Jan. 15.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was a member of the U.S. Saturday with at least 14 American hostages, said a spokesperson for Ali.
Ali met with Saddam for 50 minutes Tuesday after traveling to Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi government.
Kansas Guard unit activated
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — The first Kansas National Guard unit is being activated as a result of the Persian Gulf incident. The department's office announced yesterday
The Department of Defense today will call to active duty the 170th Maintenance Company, the governor's office said in a statement. All members of the unit will report to their armories in Hays, Colby and
Goodland.
The unit is expected to move to Fort Riley, which is its mobilization station, Sunday.
Lt. Col. Ron Frank, a spokesperson for the Kansas National Guard, said the unit was likely to undergo training for three to four weeks at Fort Riley. He would no one knew whether he would be deployed to Saudi Arabia.
Former military chiefs urge caution
WASHINGTON — Two former U.S. military chiefs urged caution in the Persian Gulf yesterday, even as President Bush sent Secretary of State Hagel to press the Nations for form of support of a possible attack against Iraq.
The Associated Press
"I counsel patience," said retired Adm. William Crowe, who was chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Reagan. "War is not to sit, it not tied and once you resort it, it is uncertain and it a mess."
Jones said his fear 'isnt that we might choose to fight, but rather that the deployment might cause us to lose our lives fattened and perhaps unnecessarily.'
The former chief's comments were generally in line with those of lawmakers, mainly Democrats. A bjections have risen in volume as a show as she prepares more likely in the weeks since Congress adjourned for the year.
Post-adjournment hearings by a range of committees are occurring this week and next, though top White House officials won't testify until next week, after the U.N. Security Council action.
In congressional hearings, Crowe and Jones recommended that the United States give economic sanctions against Iraq a year to 18 months.
to work before opting for military force.
And Crowe said Bush must consider the future implications of attacking an Arab nation in the tenuous Middle East situation.
"I am persuaded that the United States initiating hostilities could well exacerbate many of the tensions ... and further polarize the Arab world," Crowe said.
Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger testified, "I do not believe we can maintain 400,000 troops much beyond the spring of next year, and therefore our general position will be — yes, we will be driven to" a decision on whether to go to war.
Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt broke with
the administration and stepped ahead of other party leaders, announcing his opposition to the use of U.S. military force in the near future.
And Rep. Lee Hamilton, chairperson of the House Foreign Affairs' Middle East Subcommittee, said he thought it was time for Bush to send an envoy to Baghdad to open talks with Saddam, with the aim of making U.S. intentions clear and exploring non-military solutions to the crisis.
On the Republican side, Sen. Nancy Kassabaeu of Kansas said in an interview that a special envoy, accompanied by other international officials, should be sent to make sure Saddam understands "there is a deadline there, and it will be met, and we're serious about it."
Bush says nuclear inspectors are misled
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The administration yesterday took on the International Atomic Energy Agency, saying its inspectors had been misused in concluding that Iraq was not developing nuclear weapons.
The decision to share the top-secret
The comments are the latest in a concerted campaign by President Bush and his top aides to warn that they have a nuclear weapon within months.
The administration has briefed some members of the 15-nation U.N. Security Council about its contents that Iraq has secret nuclear plans, said one official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
information was apparently part of an intense administration effort to win as many votes as possible for a war on ISIS, and the force to remove Iraq from Kuwait.
Two inspectors of the Vienna-based atomic energy agency, which monitors compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, visited nuclear sites in Iraq last week and announced they had not found any evidence of atomic weapons development.
"We think the International Atomic Energy Agency is wrong," said House Spokesperson Martin Fitzwan. "We see only what Iraq wants them to see."
Fitzwater said President Bush had
received briefings from intelligence officials leading him to reveal several days age that Iraq had a nuclear weapon, which would come to fruition within months.
The inspectors, who conduct six-month checks in Iraq, toured a storage plant and a fuel-producing plant. Nov. 19-22 at Baghdad's invitation. They apparently checked on a 27-pound mass of highly enriched uranium that Iraq salvaged from its Osirak nuclear reactor, which was destroyed by an Israeli air attack in 1981.
Fitzwater said he did not know whether Congress, which is holding hearings on U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf, had received similar
briefings.
Another administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said U.S. intelligence agencies were asked to prepare an assessment of Iraq's nuclear program after its Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait.
Analysts concluded that, in a "worst case scenario," Iraq could cobble together a crude device using a uranium bomb and放入铀uranium now in its possession.
To put together a basic weapon, Iraq would need at least 33 pounds of uranium whereas the quantity under the energy agency is inspection pounds. A nuclear non-proliferation expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Get Ahead
Skating, sleigh rides spread holiday cheer
By Jamie Elliott
Kansan staff writer
Christmas shopping may be the least favorite thing for many people during the holiday season, but shopers at Kansas City's Country Club Plaza and Crown Center can buy everything they need fighting the crowds more bearably.
The Plaza kicked off its Christmas season Thanksgiving night with the 61st annual lighting ceremony. More than 50 miles of 156,000 twinkling bulbs light up 14 blocks of towers, balconies and buildings. This year's ceremony, which featured country singer Lee Greenwood, drew an estimated 225,000 people.
Tanya Hoffman, Omaha, Neb., junior, said the lights put her in a holiday mood.
"My roommate and I made a special trip into Kansas City to walk around and look at the lights," Hoffman said. "After we got home, we went to Wal-Mart and bought decorations for our room. Once you get down there and see the Christmas lights, you want to drink eggnog and sing Christmas carols."
Sleighs, carriages and trolleys
The country's second largest Christmas tree is at Crown Center.
Pride of Kansas City began offering the carriage rides 13 years ago, owner Mary Goodle said. The rides cost $10 for adults, and up to eight people can ride in each carriage.
Holiday shoppers at the Plaza can enjoy the lights and the Christmas atmosphere from the seat of the museum, which is sleighs or the Kansas City Trolley.
Pride of Kansas City also offers sleigh ride costing $6 for adults. Twenty people can ride the sleigh. Riders can board the sleigh or a carriage from 6 p.m. to midnight and return by 5 p.m. to midnight Saturdays. Sundays front of Seville Square on the Plaza.
Trolleys run from 1 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The trolley route runs through the Plaza, Westport, Crown Center and downtown Kansas City. Coel is $3 a person, and each ticket allows the car to stop three times, said Rita Scott, Kansas City Trolley Cars administrative assistant.
The Mayor's Christmas Tree, the second-largest Christmas tree in the nation, is on the square at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Ave. The lighting ceremony, which took place on Friday, was attended by an estimated 12,000 people and Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Richard Berkley.
The Mayor's Tree
The Douglas fir is 95 feet tall and bears 4200 lights and 900 ornaments. It symbolizes Kansas City's city-wide holiday charity, the Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund. The charity was established in 1908.
Money donated to the fund helps
Linda Odelm, manager of marketing communications at Crown Center, said Willamette Industries, an Oregon paper company, had donated the tree for the past six years. When the tree is taken down to preserve it, it will be used to create the following season's commemorative ornaments.
buy clothes and food for needy families, gifts for elderly shut-ins and people in hospitals, and holi- ties for underprivileged children.
Seven smaller imitation trees are also on display inside Crown Center. The uniquely-decorated trees are part of the Joyce C. Hall Christmas Tree Collection. The trees were given annually to the late company founder by his employees.
"For years, the employees made different cards, but in 1967 they
constructed a tree, and every artist made a different ornament." Odell said. "Some ornaments ultimately form the hallmark of ornaments in the Hallmarg line."
Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under. Skate rental is $1.25. The Ice Terrance is publicly outdoor ice skating rink.
For shoppers not content to merely halk the halls of Crown Center looking for gifts, the Ice Terrace at Crown Center offers outdoor ice skating seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Dell Office.
Ice skating
In addition to the sights of Christmas at Crown Center, 60 community choirs will provide the sounds of choirs throughout the holiday season.
Johnny's
One-acts to benefit local AIDS project
New theater group will address issues on stage, wants to educate its audiences
By Jamie Elliott
By Jamie Elliott Kansan staff writer
"Plays with bite" will be the focus of the English Alternative Theatre, or EAT, a new drama group whose production plays with a message to chew on.
The first production of the group, "Two From the Hurt," is a double-bill of one-act plays dealing with AIDS. It will be staged tonight and will benefit the Douglas County AIDS Project.
Kathleen McGee, a member of the theater group, said the short-play format was a novel way of addressing the topic of AIDS
"It's a very vital topic." McGee said. "The issue needs to be addressed, needs to be brought out. People need to know."
A $$ contribution is requested at the door, and all proceeds from the performances will be donated to the Douglas County AIDS Project, which will have an information table on site.
"If we sell out every seat, it would be wonderful," said Paul Stephen Lim, director of the plays. "That means we can give them more."
Lim said the group wanted to stage plays with a message
"We are committed to do plays with bite, unusual plays that wouldn't otherwise be done," he said. "The topic of AIDS is of great importance, even in a community such as ours. It is hitting the artistic community very hard, and I think this disease is not going to go away."
The two plays, "The Way We Live Now" by Susan Sontag and "Andre's Mother" by Terrence McNally, are about living with people dying of cancer. The plays were under his direction, the plays had become less like two separate entities and more like one full-length play.
MeGee said Lim was the first person to adapt "The Way We Live Now" into a play format. It was written as a short story.
"The first play shows 26 people who have a friend dying of AIDS, and you hear about him from these 26 people." Lim said. "The second play is really a memorial service for Andre. I have introduced the character of Andre in the first play, since the dying friend is never named. It feels like a full-length play, putting these two plays together."
"Susan Sontag has asked him to make a video tape of it, to see how it works out," she said.
Lim is working with a cast of 11 people, including KU faculty and staff members and Lawrence residents EAT was financed by a grant from the University. A retired history professor, through the KU Endowment Association
"We don't hope to compete with other University Theater or the Library Hall players." Lim said. "We are doing plays that they probably do better. But the more the theater there is, the better it is for the whole community."
EAT also will perform a selection of plays in February to help celebrate Earth Day. Lim said The plays will be performed at the Natural History Museum.
"We don't have a home, so we're hoping to use different spaces on campus," Lim said.
"Two From the Hurt" will be staged at the central courtyard of the Spencer Art Museum at 8 p.m. today, and at 12 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m. saturday and Sunday
Reserve tickets are available at the Spencer Art Museum, 864-4710.
George Carlin expands abilities toward acting
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — George Carlin may be best known as a comedian, but don't overlook his acting talent.
His highest project, "Working Trash," Fox Broadcasting's first TV movie, aired earlier this week.
Carlin considers his role in the film worthwhile because the film promotes him from character player to co-star as one of two Wall Street janiors who get rich by investing on companies they find in company trash.
Carlin, 33, considers the co-star part a step up. He says it's not at all late in the game for him to accept large film roles.
"It would be if I'd been chomping at the bit all this time," said Carlin, who wears T-shirts that say New York City and but speaks seriously in interviews.
"It put my acting desires aside in the '80s when I found I really wasn't very good at it," he said. "It had been my plan from childhood to become a radio迪盘 jockey, then a radio DJ." He graduated from University Daily Kansan / Thurso
Kaye, Bob Hope or Red Skelton kind of actor.
tacked confidence.
Carlin's first role was in the Marlo Thomas sitcom, "That Girl."
In recent years, however, matters have improved, namely through well-received character turns as Rufus in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and the soused old-hipie guide of "Outrageous Fortune."
"But when I tried that . . . I just lacked confidence."
"What's nice about approaching acting at this age is that I bring a lot more seasoning to it," he said. "Acting gives me a career to look forward."
Carlin was born and raised in New York but has lived in Los Angeles since 1968. As two generations of comics since have done, he went to Hollywood to grab the brass sitcom ring.
He was one of the early hipster comics, a coffee-house graduate, a guy who loved word-play — still does — and, as the 60s heated up, developed social and political edges to his humor.
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