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VOL.100,NO.66 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THURSDAY
NOV. 30, 1989
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Gandhi quits post as prime minister
The Associated Press
Opposition parties began trying to assemble a coalition.
NEW DELHI, India — Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi resigned yesterday, 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.
"The people have given their verdict," he said in a televised speech last night.
"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.
Congress won more Parliament
seats in last week's elections than any other party but was far short of a majority.
The Congress Party has been out of office only once since independence from Britain.
National Front leaders predicted yesterl that they would choose the next prim. minister, but differences arose among the five parties.
A meeting was delayed until tomorrow so legislators from the alliance could try to persuade its main leader, Wishanwath 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.
Singh is a former Gandhi minister and ally who has become his most prominent political foe.
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Kelvin Adkins-Heljeson ponders what he is going to ask Santa for Christmas.
Santa suit tough to fill for mall Claus trainees
By Stacy Smith Kansan staff writer
Four-year-old Mandy and 18-month-old Mallory Farkas of Oathe in their best Christmas dresses when they went with their mother to visit Santa Claus at Oak Park Hall in Overland Park.
Mandy, a three-time veteran of Santa visits, was quick to jump on Santa's lap and tell him what she wanted for Christmas.
"Click" went the camera, and her visit was complete.
Mallory, however, was reluctant to go near the man with the red suit and white beard.
"Don't you want to visit Santa?" her mother, Cheryl Farkas, asked.
head no.
Even Santa tried to coax her into posing
for just one picture.
"Mallory, don't you want to sit on Santa's"
"back."
Bengal Sail, director of administration for Santa Plus in St. Charles, Mo., said there was more to the job than just putting on a red suit and white beard. Santa Plus, which started 40 years ago, is a company that trains Santas for more than 900 shopping centers scattered throughout 42 states, including Oak Park Mall.
After a second and third try, Mallory left the mail without having to sit on Santa's lap. Being Santa isn't always easy.
Sewell said most of the Santas were retirees or people between jobs.
Location managers at each mall are responsible for hiring and training the Santas in their area. Sewell said it was important for prospective Santas to know how to deal with children and to have a knowledge of toy trends.
"They have to have a twinkle in their eyes. Their eyes have to be very expressive," she said. "And they need a really good voice."
"We suggest that our Santa Claus goes to a toy store to know what's the latest on the market," she said.
"I've done everything else. I had to do Santa once," he said. "I guess it's all about making people happy."
Ken Mack, 26, one of five Santas at Oak Park Mall, is a newcomer to the business this year.
Beth Timmons, location manager at Oak Park Mall, said she looked for several qualities when choosing Santas.
"Personality is the most important thing. They also have to like kids," she said. "And it helps if they're cold-blooded. It's hot in those suits!"
Mack said he had the most trouble dealing with children when they screamed or cried.
"Once they start crying, it's usually impossible to get them to stop," he said. "You've just got to play it by ear."
The hours grow longer as Christmas approaches, and the suit is uncomfortably warm. Nevertheless, Timmons said there was never a shortage of people willing to play Santa.
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kin said that sometimes he be in a room with free-stair-dairs that would have only one door. He said the rooms should more.
were should be at least one lefty in every classroom and maybe designate some in a row in our hall, like maybe four," he
Modig, campus director of fliess planning, said that the fixed ig in lecture halls was a part of sign package of a building.
said that he didn't recall ever the problem of lefty seating future halls had ever been at to his attention but that his had considered buying freeing, left-handed desks.
we considered finding chairs are more ambidextrous, but we it found a particular style of that appears to be something could want to purchase for that and, as far as quality," he said. were have been some conversabout left-handed chairs, but I know if we have a particular count of the average number of ended people per room or not."
would waste management
said in the report to the Senate
instrument Affairs Committee.
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said that the government
d to make a major investment
at-the-art accounting and
budgeting without witness,
he did not know how much that
forest.
recommended the appointment government-wide "chief financier" to control government ng. Also, deputies at each agency would be required to tailed financial reports.
other said the multibillion-dollar endeals involving the savings industry, the Department of arts and Urban Development the Energy Department's and nuclear plants were likely to be owned by billions more in fraud, and abuse for a common — loisy management.
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