University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 15, 1990
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Soviets agree to proposal
Troop cuts will bring change in relations
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush, hailing historic change in superpower relations, said yesterday that Soviet acceptance of his troop cut proposal removed a major obstacle to a conventional arms treaty for Europe.
Bush said he he was caught by surprise at how quickly the troop agreement and a separate pace to speed German troops
added with a laugh, "I mean to be very elated about this."
"We're dealing with historic change," Bush said. He
With Baker at his side, Bush said he was delighted with the agreement on troop cuts.
Soviet rioters unleash rage
Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who last week called for parity with U.S. forces, agreed to a pullout that would leave both sides with 195,000 troops in Central Europe, but an additional 30,000 U.S. troops in Britain, Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey.
5,000 young men loot,bomb troops
The Associated Press
hikistan, yesterday, but the violence eased after three leaders in the republic resigned, Soviet media said.
MOSCOW — Villagers threw firebombs and acid at troops protecting the Communist Party headquarters in Danube, Tadz-
the state television and radio agency.
The three agreed to resign during a meeting of party leaders and activists who were protecting housing shortages and the arrival of Armenian refugees, said Orif Aminov of the Tadzhik branch of
Earlier in the day, about 5,000 young men went on a rampage, the Soviet news agency Tass reported. The men looted, set fires and attacked passers-by "irrespective of nationality."
Officials denied Soviet television reports.
Study reports tax plan would aid the wealthy
The Associated Press
Nation/World briefs
More than 83 percent of the direct
WASHINGTON — Congressional analysts said yesterday that the new capital-gains tax cut proposed by President Bush was tilted even more toward the wealthier than an earlier version, although it would do less to worsen the budget deficit.
benefit of the tax cut would go to those with incomes over $100,000 a year, according to a study by the non-partisan staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
The Joint Committee report forecast annual revenue losses after the first two years and losses totaling $11.4 billion during the next five
MANDELA WILL COMPROMISE:
The African National Congress insists on full Black voting rights, but it is open to compromise on other constitutional issues and to considering guarantees for whites., Nelson Mandela said yesterday.
Mandela, who plans to consult soon with ANC leaders in Zambia, did not elaborate on what compromises might be reached.
"I think it would be most presumptuous to me to speak for the ANC," he
said. "It is the ANC who would decide what compromises it should make. . . We are ready for honorable compromises without surrendering our principles."
GQBACHEV APPEAL: President Mikhail S. Gorbachev appealed yesterday for legislative backing for a stronger presidency and said it was vital to his reforms, but wary lawmakers refused to be stamped into setting a timetable.
Once again, the 542-member Supreme Soviet proved itself a force to be reckoned with in the new Soviet political game, which under Gorbachev has shifted more from closed-door sessions of the Kremlin leadership to elected government bodies.
Lawmakers approved a 22-item agenda to debate bills designed to put flesh on the skeleton of Gorbachev's economic and social reforms, including legalization of private property
EXXON NEGOTATIONS: Exxon and the Justice Department are engaged in plea negotiations to settle possible criminal charges stemming from last year's massive Alaskan oil spill, government sources said yesterday.
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A possible outcome of the negotiations would be an agreement under which the company would enter a guilty plea and accept criminal liability, the sources said.
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