6
Mondav. October 4. 1993
AMERICAN BISTRO
701 MASS
In the Eldridge Hotel
841-8349
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
We do Banquets too!
have a sore throat or fever? receive up to $ 50 - 75
for participating in a medical research study at IMTCI
To qualify you must:
◆ be 18 years of age or older and
◆ be able to attend 2 short visits at our clinic
◆ Call IMTCI for more info: Mon - Fri from 8am - 5pm
599-2044
International Medical Technical Consultants, Inc
16300 College Boulevard - Leneau, Kansas
IMTCI
U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
NATION/WORLD
Clinton voices more support for Yeltsin
President confident that Russian leader will survive challenge
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Clinton said yesterday that the United States must not waver in its support for Russian President Boris Yeltsin as his battle against conservative forces erupts into violence on the streets of Moscow.
declared a state of emergency in Moscow.
"I still am convinced that the United States must support President Yeltsin and the process of bringing about free and fair elections," Clinton told reporters on the White House lawn about two hours after Yeltsin
A senior U.S. official who has been following the developments closely said that U.S. citizens in Moscow were being advised to remain indoors and to avoid crowds. Whether they will be evacuated is a situation being reviewed on an hour-by-hour basis, he told reporters at the State Department.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the United States was not telling Yeltsin how to respond but hoped that he used statesmanship and restraint.
"We want to see this end as quickly and as peacefully as possible, and we want to see Boris Yeltsin prevail," he said.
Both the U.S. Embassy and the
Yeltsin government were taken by surprise by the hardliners' attack on a television station and by their firepower, the official said.
"This is a very,very serious crisis in which,tragically,blood is being snilled." the official said.
Clinton has put the United States behind Yeltsin since the Russian leader, on Sept. 21, dismissed parliament and called for new elections in December, touching off a showdown between Yeltsin and conservative parliamentary leaders.
Congress weighed in by giving quick approval to a $2.5 billion aid package aimed at promoting the economic and democratic reforms that Yeltsin is carrying out.
Clinton said that now was not the time for that support to change.
"We cannot afford to be in the position of wavering at this moment or backing off or giving any encouragement to people who clearly want to derail the election process and are not committed to reforming Russia," Clinton said.
Clinton said he was still confident that Yeltsin would survive his confrontation with Vice President Alexander Rutskol and other conservatives who have occupied the legislative building since Yeltsin dismissed parliament.
"I don't expect him to be deposed. I wouldn't overreact to this," Clinton said of yesterday's events in Moscow, when Rutksol urged protesters to storm the mayor's office and the national television studios, turning Moscow into a chaotic battle ground.
Volunteers flock to earthquake-wrecked India
The Associated Press
KILLARI, India — The Indian army cracked down on looting in the country's earthquake-stricken southwest yesterday, taking control of police and civilian authorities and blocking outsiders from shattered villages.
Tremors continued to shudder through Maharashtra state, where as many as 30,000 people died in Thursday's earthquake.
In the days following the disaster, looters have slipped into villages disguised as volunteers, stripping
corpSES of jewelry and wrecked homes of valuables, relief workers said.
"I'm not allowing anyone today to work in the villages unless they are cleared by the army," said Col. S.K. Joshi, head of the relief effort for Killari and four surrounding villages.
The army barricades brought more hardship to victims driven from their homes by the earthquake.
stopped from entering his village.
"I do not understand the men in uniforms. They won't even let me into my house," said Jagannath Kumble, a 65-year-old farmer who was
Helicopters dropped food in isolated villages, and medical teams began a massive operation to inoculate survivors against cholera. Officials fear the disease may spread through water contaminated by the putrefying bodies of people and livestock.
Dozens of volunteer groups have arrived in Maharashtra state, bringing food, drinking water and temporary shelters to earthquake victims. But many remote villages off the main roads remain without aid.
refugees who had no pots in which to boil it or firewood with which to cook.
Volunteers gave uncooked rice to
Survivors swarmed relief vans whenever they stopped. Without organized distribution, the weak went hungry.
The state government of Maharashtra has said it would prefer cash donations to buy relief supplies locally.
"The Americans were a little too prompt with their aid," Sekia said. "But they are experts in these things. They probably know better what we will need."
Aspin to decide fate of admiral involved in Tailhook scandal
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Les Aspin said yesterday that he would decide within a day or two whether to take disciplinary action against the Navy's top admiral associated with the 1991 Tailhook sexual harassment scandal.
Aspin said that he was still reviewing a report by Navy Secretary John H. Dalton that recommended that Admiral Frank B. Kelsio II be asked to resign for allowing the Tailhook events to occur at a Las Vegas convention.
The Associated Press
Kelso has never been accused of participating in the debauchery two years ago, which included drunken Navy and Marine officers grabbing and fondling women in a hotel hallway.
Sen, Sam Nunn, D-Ga., chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that any action against Kelso should depend on whether he took part or observed some of the questionable conduct at the convention.
"If it's 'captain goes down with the ship' philosophy, that's another matter," said Nunn on ABC's "This Week With David Brinkley."
"We're trying to make a judgment here," Aspin said, "and it's important, as to whether the conclusions of those facts is the conclusion that the (Navy) secretary recommended."
But Dalton, who became Navy secretary last August, has urged Kelso's resignation for failing to show proper leadership at the convention, which he attended and where he gave a
story idea? 864-4810
Aspin said that Dalton had made "an excellent report" but that he also was examining other backup papers to determine "if we agree."
speech.
Ann Roiphe, Journalist & Novelist
WHAT BEING JEWISH MEANS TO ME
Sources close to Kelso said that he had decided not to resign unless asked to do so by Aspin. Kelso, as chief of naval operations, is a presidential appointee, and a decision would have to be approved by President Clinton.
This Rosh Ha-Shanah, the year 5754 when everything begins again, the sound of the shofar cracks open my heart. Hopeful rumors are rustling in the thicket: Peace?
Today I frequently argue with a God whose existence I question, but I think that the Jewish people has a purpose, a destiny, a reason for being, perhaps only in the wonder of our plot, the continuing effort to make us shape up, behave decently, look at ourselves with a moral eye. I am no longer a mere particle of genetic material spinning out a single life span. I have a past, present and future among my people. Am I ever surprised!
I was ankle-deep in middle age, wading down the waters of assimilation when I discovered that being Jewish was more than I had ever dreamed. How lucky for me. Now I mark the calendar with the Jewish cycle of celebrations, my table turns with Seder plate, Challah bread, and honey for the New Year. I've learned the whole story. I learned where Chelm, the town of fools, lies on the map. I can tell you wild tales about Jewish gangsters in Chicago and Jewish soldiers in the Czar's army. I expanded my family. Freud and Einstein are cousins of mine, so are Rashi and Maimonides. Once I knew only about Jewish catastrophe, now I can tell a Jewish joke (not so well) and have seen Torah pointers, cups for Elijah and menorah made of clay.
I am the same old feminist I always was. I am still a left-of-center, First Amendment, anti-war sort of person. I am the same former field hockey player chasing the ball, socks falling down. But now I have pictures in my mind of the destruction of the Temple, of the exile from Spain, of transport trains. I know the stories of Gluckel from Hameln and Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. I have seen tomatoes growing in the Negev and can imagine the Baal Shem Tov dancing in the forest. I am no longer the child who asks what has this to do with me. I was proud at Entebbe, my heart skipped beats when the Scuds flew over Tel Aviv. When Russian Jews and Ethiopian Jews arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, I feel like a child at her birthday party. The survival of Israel, its difficult, quarrelsome, glorious bark, soothes me.
For information on a variety of programs and organizations which can help you develop your connection to Jewish life, write or call us at (212) 751-4000, ext. 267.
The American Jewish Committee is proud to present this message, the fifth in a series, on the meaning of being Jewish today. The Jewish community offers an abundant diversity of intellectual, spiritual and cultural opportunities, even when one is not sure we believe, provides rootedness in the present and a link to our history and destiny.
More than 40 Navy and Marine officers have been disciplined, and 11 others await court-martial or other inquiries stemming from the incident that rocked the Navy and brought renewed focus on its policies toward women.
This season of Rosh Sha-Hashah and Yom Kippur is a good time for thinking about what being Jewish means to you. It is a time for every Jew to explore her or her ties to the Jewish people and to the Jewish heritage.
The American Jewish Committee
The American Jewish Committee is dedicated to strengthening the Jewish community, enriching the quality of Jewish life, and enhancing the creative vitality of the Jewish people. AJC advocates public policy positions rooted in American democratic values and the perspectives of the Jewish heritage. Founded in 1906, it is the pioneer human relations agency in the U.S.
David A. Harris Executive Vice President
Alfred H. Moses President
Publication of this message is made possible through a grant from the Susan and Jack Lapin Fund for Jewish Continuity.
The Američcan Jewish Committee,
Dept. JCAD, 165 East 56 Street, New York, New York 10022
Zenith 486DX/33 with 170MB Hard Drive
4MB Ram,14" SVGA Monitor,Mouse
DOS 6.0, Windows 3.1
Lotus SmartSuite for Windows
(FEATURING AMI PRO 3.01; LOTUS 1-2-3; FREELANCE GRAPHICS and MORE)
One Year On-Site Warranty
and an
Epson AL-1500 6ppm Laser Printer
at a special educational price
ZENITH DATA SYSTEMS
PRESENTS
SIZZLING COMPUTER DEALS
$2249.00 Plus Tax
Visit us about other Zenith promotional systems FAST. FRIENDLY FINANCING
layhawk Bookstore
your Computer source at the top of Naismith H
your Computer source at the top of Naismith Hill! 1420 Crescent Road Lawrence, KS 66044 843-3826
For A Limited Time Only While Supplies Last
1