University Daily Kansan / Thursday, November 17 1980
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Nation/World
Estonian parliament states sovereignty
The Associated Press
TALLINN, U.S.S.R. — Estonia's parliament declared the tiny Baltic republic sovereign yesterday, with the right to veto Soviet laws. Deputies said too much Kremlin control had ruined the economy and environment.
The vote of 258-1, with five abstentions, on the declaration of sovereignty followed a restrained, serious debate in the Supreme Soviet of the Baltic republic. Its declaration stopped short of complete independence, but calls for a treaty with Moscow that would "determine the status of Estonia in the composition of the Soviet Union."
Moscow gave no immediate indication of its reaction to the apparatus attempts subordinate Soviet law to the will of Europe.
Proponents of the Estonian action said it was consistent with President Mikhail Gorbachev for calls for greater democratization and local control and with ritual declarations of autonomy for the republics contained in the Soviet constitution.
Marju Lauristen, a leader of the Estonian People's Front, a grassroots political organization, acknowledged that Gorbachev might not be pleased.
that Governor Travis voted on the declaration after a full day of debate, in which they detailed the republic's need to control its own land, factories and laws. A vote on related amendments to the Estonian Constitution passed 254-7 minutes before the vote on the declaration. Among the amendments was one subjecting new Soviet laws to local control.
If the parliament upheld Supreme Soviet concurrence, the law would be declared void in Estonia, he said.
Space shuttle's secret launch set for Dec.1
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle managers yesterday set Dec. 1 as the date for launching Atlantis and five military astronauts on a secret Defense Department mission.
The Associated Press
the program resumed Sept. 29 with the successful launch of Discovery.
The fanfare that surrounded Discovery's flight will be absent for satellite inauguration, withholding most information because of the military payload.
The flight will be the second for the shuttle program since the Challenger explosion that killed seven astronauts on Jan. 28, 1986. After a 32-month grounding for modifications,
until the landing. Defense officials said the secrecy would make it more difficult for Soviet ground and space systems to monitor the launch and the deployment of the payload.
The exact launch time and length of the mission will not be disclosed in advance, and once Atlantis is in orbit, there will be a news blackout
News Roundup
Sources said they expected a liftoff about 8 a.m. CST and report that the astronauts will deploy an intelligence-gathering satellite that will fly over 80 percent of the Soviet Union.
LASKER AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Two researchers who helped explain the chemical origins of life, a doctor who developed methadone treatment for heroin addicts and a U.S. senator were named recipients of the 1988 Albert Lasker Awards, it was announced yesterday. The Lasker Awards have been given for 43 years, and they have often anticipated the awarding of Nobel Prizes. Forty-six winners of the Lasker Medical Research awards have gone on to win Nobel Prizes.
BRAZIL ELECTION RESULTS: Leftists surged ahead for control of major cities in Brazil as ballots were counted yesterday from nationwide voting that indicated Brazilians' dissatisfaction with President Jose Sarney's government. Sarney's right-center Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, the dominant party since 1964, was taking a beating from both the right in early returns from Tuesday's municipal elections.
VIOLEENCE ON GAZA STRIP: Teen-agers on the occupied Gazia Strip challenged Israel's authority with songs, stones and flaming tires yesterday despite stepped up army patrols aimed at dampening violence fueled by the Palestinian declaration of independence. Six Palestinians were shot and wounded in Gaza City and the town of Khan Yunis, also in the seaside strip, hospitals said.
PRETORIA SHootING KILLS SIX: The South African government yesterday pledged to crack down on right-wing extremists after a shooting rampage by a white supremacist left six dead in downtown Pretoria. Barend Strydrom, the 23-year-old arrested after the shootings, quit the national police force in
February while facing misconduct charges.
BUSH WON'T TALK: Leaders of George Bush's transition team closed ranks publicly yesterday, refusing to talk about the reported selection of Washington outsider John Sununu as White House chief of staff. Bush asked aides to sign a pledge designed to prevent leaks and conflicts of interest. The vice president was mum about filling the chief of staff's job, saying no final decisions had been made.
DEFICIT REDUCTION URGED: The National Economic Commission opened its post-election attempt to break a seven-year deadlock on the budget deficit with repeated warnings yesterday that the deficit represents the nation's greatest economic threat. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, one of the leadoff witnesses before the bipartisan panel, said, "The deficit already has begun to eat away at the foundations of our economic strength, and the need to deal with it is becoming ever more urgent."
BHUTTO CLAIMS VICTORY: Benazir Bhutto claimed victory, today after early returns showed her populist party leading in Pakistan's first open elections in more than a decade. Bhutto, who would be the first woman to lead this Islamic nation, told a news conference in the southern city of Larkana that her Pakistan People's Party had won at least 80 of the 205 Moslem seats in the National Assembly.
AGENT ORANGE SETTLEMENT: Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan announced yesterday that a settlement in a class action lawsuit involving Agent Orange, a chemical defoliant used in Vietnam, is now at $240 million.
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