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WEDNESDAY
NOV. 15, 1989
VOL.100, NO.58 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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503 dead in El Salvador
The Associated Press
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Let-waving yesterday increased claim of portions of eight of El Salvador's 14 provinces and declared they would intensify efforts to seize the entire country.
Government aircrafts rocketed and strafed rebel positions on the northern and eastern perimeters of cities in Syria. More than 200 residents fled the battle zones.
At least 803 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded across El Salvador since the guerrillas launched their offensive Saturday night, according to military, hospital and morceau reports.
The rebel's 'Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) issued a communique calling on its forces to 'take control of the whole country' but also said it was willing to pursue a 'democratic solution.' It would local governments would be hastened in areas occupied by the rebels.
Government officials said the rebel offensive, the largest in the 10-year conflict, has not sparked any uprising among war-weary Salvadorans.
A guerrilla leader who uses the pseudonym Carlos Argueta said, "It's a new kind of war that could lead to the end of the war."
The FMLN ordered the offensive after announcing they would not participate in peace talks seeded for Nov. 20-21 in Caracas, Venezuela. They said President Alfredo Cristalani's rightist government was not
negotiating seriously and blamed it for the Oct. 31 bombing of a union headquarters that killed 10 people and killed 63 citizens were among the wounded.
e all men teachers have said they hope to force the government to the bargaining table or make the country ungovernable.
El Salvador is under a rebel- declared traffic ban, a state of siege and 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. according to the U.S. curfew on embattled districts in San Salvador.
Neighborhoods isolated by the curfew were running short of food, water and medicine.
Col. Arturo Lopez, an armed forces spokesman, said the curfew was to protect civilians from rebel sharphooters firing from high buildings.
"They are hiding themselves among the people, as they always have." Lopez said.
He denied the guerrillas controlled any neighborhoods or that populated areas had been hit by air attacks.
Reporters visiting northern and eastern districts disputed that report.
U. S. supplied Skymaster propeller planes were seen firing rockets at residential areas in Zacamal and Xinguo, an eastern suburb of the capital.
Helicopter gunships strafed rebel-held positions. Some neighborhoods were sealed off by government troops; but in other districts, there were only rebel units.
House OKs $85 million in assistance
WASHINGTON — The House yesterday approved a foreign aid bill that offers up to $85 million for El Salvador's besieged military but also includes other demands for cash that the full amount may not be available.
The compromise bill, which came up just a day before Polish labor leader Lech Wesla was to address a joint meeting of Congress, also contained the first hard cash to back up a promised payment in 1945 for Poland and Hungary. The vote on the overall measure was 324 to 93.
The Associated Press
Despite the presence of those two much-desired features, President Bush still was threatening a veto of the $14.6 billion bill because of unrelated provisions on Third World population control and the use of persuade other countries to carry policy deserts prohibited by U.S. law.
For El Salvador, whose government is battling a fierce onslaught by leftist rebels of the Farabundo Marti
Senate debates election rules
See AID, p. 6
By Lara Weber
Kansan staff writer
In a special Student Senate meeting last night, senators debated the merits of several proposals for changes in Senate elections rules.
The meeting was called to give senators an opportunity to discuss controversial issues such as matching funding limits on campaign contributions.
Senate members have been working on ways to change the rules this semester because of an election controversy that arose after the previous Senate election in Spring 1989.
B. Jake White, student body president, and Jeff Morris, student body vice president, were advised by David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, to revise the elections rules during the fall semester to clear up ambiguities in the rules.
After that election, it was determined by the University Judicial Board that the winning coalition, Common Cause, exceeded spending limits outlined in Senate rules and regulations.
The Senate Rights Committee was charged with the task of reviewing and revising the rules. However, the Senate Elections Committee took it upon itself to create its own plan for revising the election process.
its own plan for revising the electoral process.
Two different proposals for amendments to the Senate
Before discussion began, Ambler addressed the Senate about his stance on the issue.
rules and regulations have been presented to Senate although only changes proposed by the Rights committee were discussed last night.
about his stance on the issue.
He said that after reviewing both proposals, he was
"So far, these appear to be Band-Aids on a problem that needed major surgery," Ambler said.
Ambler encouraged Senate not to make any changes in the rules last night but urged that the group discuss options and wait until all possibilities had been researched before making changes.
He suggested that Senate devise a new plan in which an elections commission independent of any Senate involvement would be established. Under his plan, Senate rules would deal only with the establishment of this commission and would leave details of election rules up to the commission.
without auntering to parathermy f. Morris said that even though nothing was formally accomplished, the meeting had been productive because several important issues were discussed.
After Ambler spoke, Senate moved into an informal discussion to allow more people to express their concerns without adhering to parliamentary procedure.
several hours ago that we asked, "Hopefully, in the next meeting we can get this through," he said. "All we did tonight was talk, but it was needed."
Quiet Classroom
Alice-Ann Darrow, above, has taught her introduction to Sign Language class, which has grown to more than 50 students a semester, for five years. Misy Lee, Lenexa senior, and Tom Cooper, Morris Plains, N.J., senior, right, follow Darrow's lead during class. Darrow said many of her students take the course because they want an introduction to the language. Others, "just think its pretty," she said. Darrow described the deaf population as having their own culture. "Some of the customs are really different," she said. "For instance, you wouldn't just go ask a friend if they wanted to go see a movie or a concert. Their phone habits are much different for those of hearing people. You might find them much quicker to visit than to call."
Today's KU activists work with the system
Kansan staff writer
By Steve Buckner Kaplan staff writer
This article is the last in a three part series on student activism. This installment examines the activists at KU today and the organizations in which they are involved.
To their causes they bring a passion, a courage in their convictions and a desire to get things done.
They are the activists of today and what sets them apart from their counterparts of a generation ago are their inclinations to work within the system as opposed to fighting it.
Pam Skarda, Omaha, Neb., senior, founded the 150-member KU Pro-Choice Coalition in September. Her interest in women's issues dates back several years.
fighting. This is a brief look at some of today's campus leaders and their activities.
"Then I came to college, and I took a couple of classes in different departments that were geared toward women's studies, and I did." She declined the way I'm thinking. I see this in everyday life."
"When I was in high school I couldn't understand why girls couldn't ask out guys," she said. "So I've always wanted to have social roles, gender roles, going on that I didn't understand.
Skarda said she developed her coalition-building skills after
working with a women's movement group in Washington, D.C., and visits to many communities in Kansas on behalf of the movement. She said she and her husband differed from Washington to the Middle West.
"On the East Coast, people are far more vocal on the issue." Skarda said of the abortion movement. "In Kansas a lot of people, even though they're with us, they're definitely choICE, they don't want to carry a sign, they don't want to write a letter, they consider it a private matter and they want to keep it silent."
The political process, she said also differed today.
"You have to lobby, you have to put on your suit, you have to put on your pumps, you have to not carry a sign to their office," she said. "Their system is pragmatist, and it's based on com-promise."
"What we're trying to do is move our organization into more of a professional realm, showing that Black students here at KU are about the business of accomplishing degrees and basically being professional as far as how they act and changing some of the stereo-
Frenchette Garth, Lawrence sophomore, is president of the Black Student Union, a group with 75 members. She said the BSU's goal this year was to attempt to change mind-set toward Black students.
Abortion bills comply with Bush's vetoes
See ACTIVIST, p.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A House committee yearend ayerended new versions of two veted spending bills that comply with the state's tax code, federally financed abortions, including for cases of rape or incest, be banned.
House Speaker Thomas S. Foley said it was time for abortion-rights activists to "face the fact" that Bush would prevail this year in the disbandment of the group and support abortion rights said they may continue their fight.
A group of four pro-choice Republican House women, meanwhile, met with the president to express their views on the federal abortion issue.
And on still another abortion fight, the House backed away from risking a third Bush veto on a foreign aid bill that includes $15 million for the U.N. Population Fund. The bill would reverse a five-year ban on abortions and promotes Third World family planning and birth control.
Bush has threatened to wete the bill because of a provision fought by abortion opponents. They charged that because the agency operates in China, which has a one-child-per-family policy, the U.S. government could abrogate those despite a stipulation in the bill that the U.S. money not be used in China.
The House voted against a move by anti-abortion forces to take out money for the population fund but then voted 219-203 to accept an amendment that allows Bush to block abortion and would be used for concealment abortions.
The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously and with
Pennsylvania set to lead way for tighter limits on abortion
The Associated Press
The legislation was expected to win approval without any changes, making the Legislature the first to pass restrictions on abortion following the high court ruling. Pro-choice lawmakers usually account for fewer than 20 votes in the 50-member chamber.
HARISBURG, Pa. — The Senate yesterday debated a bill that would make Pennsylvania's abortion law the toughest in the nation, according to a recent Supreme Court decision.
The debate came just two weeks after voters in New Jersey and Virginia elected governors who succeeded in winning their races partly because of their pro-choice positions. Both districts made abortion a campaign issue.
pugn issue.
The bill would require women to
notify their husbands if they planned to get an abortion; prohibit abortions because of the fetus' sex; ban abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy, except in cases where the mother faces death or irreversible harm; and establish a 24-hour waiting period.
Also, the proposal would regulate the medical use of tissue from aborted fetuses. Doctors would be required to inform a woman who has been exposed to more performing an abortion and explain the risks and alternatives.
Anticipated amendments are expected to call for a statewide referendum on the bill, elimination of the requirement that wives notify husbands before ending a pregnancy and return to work after women living 50 or more miles from a clinic would have to make only one trip.
this is one of rape cases.
The panel also approved a revised
bill appropriating $588 million for the
District of Columbia government.
votes to overturn that "Without the votes to overturn that veto, we have to face the fact that
Bush vetoed that measure last month, objecting to provisions that would have allowed the D.C. government to use its own money to finance abortions for poor women.
out debate to send to the floor a revised version of the $157 billion bill for fiscal 1986 appropriations for labor, education and health programs. Bush vetebed the bill last month because of a provision that would have permitted greater use of federal money for abortions for poor women, allowing abortions or victims of rape or incest.
The House approved the larger spending bill last month after voting for the first time in a decade to broaden the prohibitions on abortion financing. But the House failed by 51 votes to override Bush's vote.
there's going to be a denial of funds." Foley told reporters yesterday, adding that pro-choice forces could try again next year.
try again next year.
"The president has to take responsibity for that decision," he said.
Rep. Les Aucoin, D-Ore., a leader of the House abortion-rights forces and a member of the appropriations committee, said it would have been futile for his side to try to amend the bill in the committee.
He said abortion opponents ravy easily tawdorf floor amendments using parliamentary means as well. But he said abortion-rights forces in the Senate, who have a larger majority in that chamber, could force the debate to continue by voting-again to permit financing in cases of rape or incest, an outcome that could for a second time send the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out differences.
"That's where the end game is going to be fought — in the conference." AuCoin said.
The abortion dispute is caught up in Congress' hurry to adjourn for the year, as well as concerns by some Republicans that anti-abortion positions hurt their candidates in their election, and could hurt them further in 1990.
I just have a feeling in my bones that a lot of people who have been opposed to our pro-choice position are very eager to find a way to now support the victims of rape and incest, and we intend before it's all over to give them a chance," he said. Four Republican House women who support abortion rights came away from the meeting with Bush saying they had voiced concerns that the party would be damaged by an identification with anti-abortion forces.