University Daily Kansan / Thursday November 29, 1990
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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 Liao, said he 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 part, of a last-minute lobbying effort, before the planned vote this afternoon.
China wants Washington to lift economic sanctions imposed after the June 1980 military crackdown on North Korea's china's pro-democracy movement
The United States is asking the Security Council to approve force against Iraq if its 450,000 troops do not leave Kuwait by Jan. 15.
Baker met earlier with another holdout, Cuban Foreign Minister Isidore Malmiera, who said he had the daft resolution's text "not acceptable."
Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was expected to leave the Iraq capital in 2014, but he hosted a speaksperson for Ali.
Kansas Guard unit activated
Ali met with Saddam for 50 minutes Tuesday after traveling to Baghdad at the invitation of the Iraqi government.
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TOPEKA — The first Kansas National Guard unit is being acted as a result of the Persian Gulf attack by the Kyden'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 armies 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 said 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 Riyadh al-Mughai to the United Nations for formal support of a possible attack against Iraq
The Associated Press
"I counsel patience," said retired Adam, William Crowne, who was chairperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Reagan. "War is not neat, it isn't tidy, and once you resort to it, it's uncertain and it a mess."
Retired Air Force Gen. David C. Jones, chairman of the joint chiefs under President Carter, voiced concern over the latest troop deployments, in which Bush is sending 200,000 to bolster the 230,000 already in the gulf and to add an offensive capability.
Jones said his fear "isn't that we might choose to fight, but rather that the deployment might cause us to die" and certainly unmeasured and perhaps unnecessarily.
The former chiefs' comments were generally in line with those of lawmakers, mainly Democrats. The election races have risen in volume as a show on television, been 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 ... we have to organize 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 Kassabee of Kansas said in an interview that a special envoy, accompanied by other international officials, should be 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 misled into concluding that Iraq was not developing nuclear weapons.
The comments are the latest in a concerted campaign by President Bush and his top aides to warn that he is putting 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.
The decision to share the top-secret
information was apparently part of an intense administration effort to win as many votes as possible for a new president, and its 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 a spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater. "That only what Iraq wants them to see."
Fitzwater said President Bush had
received briefings from intelligence officials leading him to reveal several days ago that Iraq had a nuclear weapon that could come to fruition within months."
The inspectors, who conduct six-month checks in Iraq, toured a storage plant and a fuel-producing plant 19.12 at Baghdad's invitation. They apparently checked on a 27-pound mass of highly enriched uranium that Iraq salvaged from its Oisirak 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 carbon dioxide to release 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's inspection would be about 500 pounds a nuclear non-proliferation expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Have you ever been late and left something behind? Your car keys, your wallet, your sunglasses. Your 8-year-old son?
The latest anthology to writer-producer John Hughes' repertoire of suburban family life. Chicago; the best-seller, fetched by but amusing "Home Alone."
the movie begins with the franck McCallister family basly ready reading themselves for a holiday trip to Disneyland, and they forget the youngest child, Kevin
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Although some of the gags Kevin manages to pull off are unbelievable, Macaulay Cukin, who plays the adventurous lad, is so convincing and funny that people can expect creepies occur without much insult to the audience's intelligence. Cukin
— who is no stranger to Hughes' films, playing the interrogating wizard in *The Interrogation* this role with such ease that he seems a veteran at the ripe age of 10.
The greatest asset of this movie, however, may be Hughes' ability to write a Christmas comedy that doesn't rely on cliched humor or soppy sentimentality to make its own appeal. The only thing the movie ended and I saw a father wipe a tear away before his family sitting next to him could see.
Culkin is not the only actor who manages to deliver a strong performance for director Christopher Columbus. Catherine O'Hara (Beetlejuice) or Kevin's mother and Joe Pesci (Lethal Weapon 2) as the robber who is obsessed with adding the contents of the McCallister house to his stash, lead the list of a great support cast.
Kristine Curley, Special to the Kansan
Wilburys'latest holds same charm
The music world's a big joke to the Traveling Wiburys, whose new disc, "The Traveling Wiburys Vol. 3," only sounds like it was written and recorded in an afternoon. Don't be fooled. Pride being what it is, this supergroup has made a first-rate follow-up to their surprise 1988 hit.
"You Took My Breath away" is a worthy tribute to late Wilbury Rory Orbison and the hilarious "Wilbury Twist," a dance anthem for cynical baby boomers, brings this disc to a rocking close.
For all the wink-wink, nudge-nudge antics, the Wilburyars are quite serious when it comes to music. In fact, with the exception of Tom Petty, whose solo career is at its peak — it might behoove George Harrison, BDylon and Jeff Lyne to become full-time Wilburyars.
The Wilburys sound like they may be suited to this business. And that's no joke.
tongue right down my throat," into the same song.
The Wilburys don't credit songwriters individually, but it's clear Dylan's contributions loom large. Seemingly offhand songs such as "If You Belonged to Me" and the doop style "Seven Deadly Sins" are better than anything on his most recent solo album.
Harrison's instrumental work is superb, particularly his rocking sitar on the environmentalist "The Devil's Been Busy," and the warped guitar sound on Petty's country rom "Poorhouse."
That would allow Dylan and Harrison to indulge their senses of humor without worrying about their considerable recorded legacies. Harrison manages to fit the clue chister, two children he has head for sin" into the garage rocker "She's My Baby." Dylan gets the shirt, "she likes to stick her
Lynne, as his recent solo album inadvertently proved, is better suited now as a role player. He plays the widest variety of instruments and his vocalism is consistent, despite the occasional vocalizing, churp back ground vocals, is fine.
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'Medea Myth' set to modern standards
By Jamie Elliott
Kansan staff writer
"The Medea Myth." a forthcoming production of the Ionian Theatre series, promises to provoke questions about the myths answered, answers directed by Dolores Ringer.
The play will be performed at 8 p.m. Dec. 4 through 9 at the Inge Theater in Murphy Hall. A matinee at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 8 also is scheduled. Kinger said the play was not about Matteo Marchetti but helped her and the negative connotations given to strong and aggressive women.
"The woman who takes a powerful stance is seen as bad," Ringer said. "It's bad for women to take strong arms or not be like lady, like a good girl."
Medea was an enchantress in Greek mythology who killed her brother to help her lover Jason, the Argonaut, win the Golden Fleece. After Jason left later her, Medea killed their children and disappeared.
The drama uses the Greek classic myth and Euripides' play "Medea" as its framework, but it replaces the ancient epic with a contemporary testimony of contemporary
women who are in jail for killing their abusive husbands as defense against violence.
"The most important question for me, is at the end of the play, these women are in jail," Ringer said. "Why are they in jail?"
Wendy Kennedy, Lenexa senior, is one of three women who portray the various personalities of Medea in the production.
"Each one is a different state of mind but is complete in herself," Kennedy said. "It's almost as if there are different distinct persons in her."
A panel discussion is scheduled after each performance to address the social issues raised.
Proceeds from the opening performance of "The Medaa Myth" will be donated to Women's Transitional Care Services, a Lawrence shelter for abused women. Tickets for the benefit are $5 and are available on performance night at the Murphy Hall box office.
Tickets for the other performance dates also are on sale at the box office. All seats are general admission. Tickets are $3 for KU students. Tickets are $3 for KU students.
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