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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.
"The people have given their verdict," he said in a televised speech last night.
Gandhi submitted his resignation to President Ramaswamy Venkataraman 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.
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 yesterday that they would choose the next prime minister, but differences arose among the five parties.
A meeting was delayed until tomorrow so legislators from the alliance could try to persuade his main leader, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, to take the job. Singh has repeatedly said he does not want it.
'Plan early' key to travel success
"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.
By Doug Fishback Kansan staff writer
"Over the river and through the woods
. . . "If only it were that easy.
Today's holiday travelers, who depend more on 727s than on the horse-drawn sleighs of the past, have long known the frustration of trying to make arrangements for rejoining family and friends in traditional year-end celebration. Local travel advises that the first rule to help minimize holiday travel stress was "plan early."
"Last-minute travelers are the ones that are causing us the greatest frustration," said Marcia Atchison, manager of Maupintour travel service.
The cost of an airline ticket will jump from 50 percent to 80 percent during the holiday travel season. Atchison said.
She said that customers who waited too long to purchase airline tickets often did not understand why they could not buy them at lower preseason rates.
Those waiting until late in the holiday season to purchase tickets can expect to pay $500 for round trip fare from Kansas City to Chicago, she said.
Atchison said that travelers should secure tickets and make plans at least two weeks before the date they plan to travel.
Many University of Kansas students make holiday travel arrangements as soon
"That's the wise thing to do," Atchison said. "August is a really busy time for us." Ann Walters, manager of Sunflower
Travel Service, said that her office had been busy with holiday travelers during September and early October.
"I think a lot of people got a jump on Christmas this year," she said. "A good many people did not wait."
Last-minute travelers are the ones that are causing us the greatest frustration.
- Marcia Atchison
Moupinette manager
For those who did wait, seats still should be available two weeks before the planned date of travel, Walters said.
Atchison said that more airline seats would be available on Christmas Day than on the days before the holiday
Walters said that trains were another option, although Amtrak service in the Kansas City area was limited.
Sometimes, as with a Kansas City to St. Louis route, rail fare is lower than air fare. Walters said. She said that a round-trip air ticket costs about $69 and a one-way air ticket could cost about $18.
Two days before Thanksgiving, Anne Nicolazzo already was looking for a Christmas car ride to Chicago. Nicolazzo, Bailey's coach, stopped the ride board in the Kansas Union.
She said that she normally flew when she traveled but that she was looking for a
driver because she did not want to take her new puppy on a plane.
Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. Bill Jacobus said that traffic jumped tremendously and that the police station but he did not have an estimate for many vehicles would travel Kansas' highways.
He said that because traffic and winter weather could slow drivers, holiday travelers should remember to leave early.
"You always want to keep in the back of your mind to leave yourself some extra time in your schedule," Jacobs saiid.
Ir addition to leaving early, drivers should prepare for the worst by carrying a winter emergency pack, he said. Such a pack should include matches and candles, non-perishable food, blankets, spare clothing, a metal container in which to melt snow for water and a red flag for alerting passing motorists of trouble, Jacobs said.
The holiday season offers an increased risk to travelers because of the increased availability of alcohol, Jacobs said. He said that a larger number of patrolmen would be present on the highways, looking for drunken drivers and for motorists in trouble.
He said that motorists also should make sure that car tires, wipers, defrosters, lights and exhaust systems were working before taking to the road.
He said that celebrants should keep in mind the drive home while they were enjoying themselves at holiday parties.
Moderation is weapon against holiday bulge
By Melanie Matthes Kansan staff writer
The Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock probably didn't worry about the calories or fat content of their first Thanksgiving dinner so many years ago, but for today's weight-conscious America, these things are almost as important as the age-old tradition itself.
Or at least they should be.
Ann Davis, dietitian at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said she had been reiterating her tips on maintaining weight during the holidays to every student she saw.
Because most people increase their caloric intake and decrease their aerobic activity during the holidays, they end up gaining weight, she said.
"It's not unusual to see a 2-9 pound weight gain over Thanksgiving and a 5-pound weight gain over Christmas," she said. "I don't think anyone anywhere from a 1-to-9-pound weight gain."
Preventing this weight gain doesn't necessarily mean foregoing the traditional holiday goodies found at social gatherings, said Tracy Gerhard, a Lawrence freshman who teaches aerobics at Bodieshapes Fitness Club, 3320 Mesa Way.
Holiday partygoers should eat everything they want, but in moderation, she advised.
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