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Gandhi quits post as prime minister
The Associated Press
"The people have given their verdict," he said in a televised speech last night.
Opposition parties began trying to assemble a coalition.
NEW DELHI, India — Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi resigned yr- tuesday, and for only the second time since independence in 1947 his Congress Party did not claim the right to form the next government.
Gandhi submitted his resignation to President Ramaswamy Venkatraman and said he was ready for the role of opposition leader.
"A new government will be formed. We extend to them our good wishes and offer them our constructive cooperation," said the 45-year-old former airline pilot, who won his own Parliament seat overwhelmingly for a third time.
seats in last week's elections than any other party but was far short of a majority.
Congress won more Parliament
The Congress Party has been out of office only once since independence from Britain.
National Front leaders predicted yesterday that they would choose the next prime minister, but differences arose among the five parties.
A meeting was held until tomorrow so legislators from the alliance could try to persuade its main leader, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, to take the job. Singh has repeatedly said he does not want it.
There will be trouble in the party if V.P. Singh is not elected prime minister," said Jaipal Reddy of Janata Dal, or People's Party, largest of the five parties in the National Front.
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Singh is a former Gandhi minister and ally who has become his most prominent political foe.
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Lawrence gears up for Santa activities
Santa will be at his guest house on the corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets each Saturday and Sunday.
The Downtown Lawrence Association is sponsoring Santa's weekend visits to help the city and its youth share in a bit of holiday festivity.
By Tracy Wilkinson
Santa Claus will be making guest appearances in downtown Lawrence throughout the month of December.
By Tracy Wilkinson Kansan staff writer
"He will take the children's Christmas wishes and give out candy," said Beth Castle, assistant director for the association.
For children who can't make it downtown, the Lawrence Parks and Recreation department has arranged for Santa to give the child a call.
"We'll be making calls from Santa to children four, five and six years old," said Lynn Frashkei, special events coordinator for the department. "And only to those children who have a registration form filled out."
Calls will be made Nov. 9-10 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Fraskehs said the Call from Santa request forms were available at all preschools, elementary schools and at all Lawrence Parks and Recreation branches.
The deadline for requests is 5 p.m. on Nov. 5.
Santa, Mrs. Claus, or possibly even an elf
if Santa is swamped, will make calls discussing last year's gifts, what presents the child hopes for this year, and whether or not he or she has been good enough to deserve any goodies.
Strings of holiday electricity will also adorn downtown Lawrence until the break of the New Year.
Castle said the lights were turned on Thanksgiving night.
The lights are turned on each afternoon about four and are turned off at midnight on weeknights but later on weekends, she said.
Castle also said that the association had tentatively planned to offer carriage rides. Riders were invited.
Castle said the association would announce tomorrow whether the rides would be offered.
Frasheski said parks and recreation also had planned a holiday party with the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 22 at the City East Lawrence Recreational Center, 1245 E. 15th St., and the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence Center, 1520 Haskell Ave.
Frasheski said people from six to 18 years old were welcome to participate in the holiday relays and Christmas tree decorating contest.
Rides would be offered from 7 to 9:30 on Friday evenings and from 1 to 4 Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
"Santa Claus will visit at approximately 4:30 p.m.," she said. "And treats will be passed out."
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Birch said, "It's aggravating cause you have to and end re-pos in yourself and end up writing pop."
Rookin said that sometimes he would be in a room with free-stand-al chairs that would have only one chair. He said the rooms should fite more.
"There should be at least one left羊 in every classroom and maybe they could designate some in a row in lecture hall, like maybe four." he
Jim Modig, campus director of citizen planning, said that the fixed in lecture halls was a part of *k design* package of a building.
he said that he didn't recall either the problem of left seating lecture halls had ever been ought to his attention but that his ice had considered buying freeing, left-handed desks.
"We've considered finding chairs it are more ambidextrous, but we won't found a particular style of air that appears to be something 'would want to purchase for that pose, as far as quality,' he said. "There have been some conversas about left-handed chairs, but I don't know if we have a particular ad count of the average number of l-handed people per room or not."
O said in the report to the Senate government Affairs Committee, comptroller General Charles Bower said that the government made to make a major investment state-of-the-art accounting and technology homes for him; he did not know how much that aid cost.
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