University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 5, 1990
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Japanese, U.S. talks progress
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — U.S. and Japanese negotiators, weary after three days of marathon talks, struggled yesterday to clear up final differences about an unprecedented agreement that attacked the huge trade imbalance between the two economic superpowers,
Both sides insisted that good progress was being made in the negotiations, but U.S. trade representative Carla Hills said Japan must make further concessions or risk a backlash in this country.
To emphasize the importance of the talks, President Bush met yesterday with Nobuo Matsunaga, a former ambassador to the United States, and Deputy Foreign Minister Hisashi Owada, personal emissaries from Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu.
Peres' party rallies for votes
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Labor Party leader Simon Peres said yesterday that he had enough support in parliament to form a ruling coalition and requested a special session to approve the new government
Peres refused to name the members of the proposed government. He said secrecy was necessary as he tried to recruit more lawmakers into a broader government. But radio reports questioned whether the Labor leader actually had the needed votes.
If Peres succeeds, the new government may move toward accepting U.S. proposals for starting Middle East peace talks. Yizhak Rabin's refusal to accept the
proposals led to the fall of his government March 15.
Peres' Labor Party had accepted compromise proposals by Secretary of State James A. Baker III for opening a dialogue with Palestinians as a step toward Israeli-proposed elections in the occupied territories.
Nation/World briefs
Conservatives in the coalition government that was headed by Shamir refused to go along, creating an impasse that led to a vote of no-confidence against Shamir's government.
Peres notified President Chief Herzog that he had succeeded in getting majority back in the 123-member
He said he had appealed to the speaker of parliament to convene the legislature "as soon as possible," preferably by Sunday, to approve the new government.
Senate committee accepts bias bill
D-III., said as the Labor and Human Resources Committee approved the bill, U-1-5 and sent it to the floor.
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh threatened the veto in a letter to committee chairman Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
The Associated Press
The administration opposes legislation that encourages quota systems or that would divide the country along racial lines, Thornburg said.
THRIFT CHIEF CONFIRMED: The Senate confirmed T. Timothy Ryan Jr, as the nation's chief savings and loan regulator yesterday despite Democrats' complaints that he lacked banking experience.
WASHINGTON - A Senate committee yesterday approved a bill to combat job discrimination, but the Bush administration threatened to veto the measure because it said the bill would result in racial hiring quotas.
"The reality is that we have had a retreat on civil rights and we have to turn it around," Sen. Paul Simon,
Ryan, a 44-year-old labor-law attorney, won approval on a 62-37 vote and will begin a five-year term. The firm will be the office of Thrift Supervision.
Seventeen Democrats joined 48 Republicans in voting to confirm Ryan, who was nominated less than two weeks ago by President Bush. Thirty-seven Democrats were opposed.
Ryan's admission that he tried marijuana and cocaine 17 years ago as a law student figured little in the debate.
NAVY FACES REVIEW: Defense Secretary Dick Cheney yesterday ordered a review of two multi-billion dollar Navy programs, in light of a receding Soviet military threat. The projects are the Seawolf nuclear attack submarine and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
In a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Cheney provided no details of the reassess-
ments. But he said they reflected the Pentagon's effort to readjust U.S. defenses in response to domestic budget constraints and a changing world scene.
"As circumstances change, we will adjust the kinds of naval forces we need," he said. "We are now looking at a smaller Navy than we were in the early 1980s."
The United States should not, however, give up its global maritime superiority, he said.
SALVADORANS DISCUSS PEACE:
El Salvador's government and leftist rebels met for U.N.-mediated peace talks yesterday in a new effort to end their civil war, but disagreement quickly surfaced on the issue of a cease-fire.
Both sides and U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar agreed to seek a truce as an "initial objective" on the way to a negotiated settlement. But Shafik Handal, chief delegate of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front guerrillas, made plain that his group linked acceptance of a cease-fire to progress on political reforms.
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As a result of the efforts of many students saving the furniture and art objects while providing invaluable service to firefighters during the Kansas Union fire on April 20, 1970, insurance carriers decided to present the Kansas Union with a gift. The Student Union Activities Board will again choose a student deserving of being awarded a scholarship from the interest on this gift.
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