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Nebraskans meet Congress
to lobby agriculture, freeze
By Daryle Glynn Brown
Staff Reporter
A group of 42 Nebraskans are
meeting with their senators and
congressmen in Washington today
to lobby on peace and jobs.
Brian Coyne, statewide coordina
tor of the Nebraska Nuclear Wea
pons Freeze Campaign, said the
group's goal is to discuss the agri
culture crisis, military aid to Cen
tral America and the nuclear freeze.
Coyne spoke at a send-off rally
Thursday at the Wesley House, 640
N. 16th St.
The trip is part of a nationwide
rally and lobby called "Citizens for
Peace, Jobs and Justice." The main
rally was Saturday, and an esti
mated 25,000 people attended.
"We'll send a message In support
of those who take a strong stand on
Central America," Coyne said. "We
don't want to see more military
hardware in Central America"
The nuclear freeze is one of the
most important issues of the lobby,
he said. The group will encourage
legislators to "take an active role in
the debate and support the freeze,"
Coyne said.
One method the lobbyists will
offer to the senators and congress
men is a "negotiators pause," a ces
sation of all nuclear test activity
while the United States and Soviet
Union discuss nuclear treaties,
Coyne said.
Former Nebraska Gov. Frank
Morrison said at the rally that govern
ment eventually must be responsive
to the needs of the people. The
nationwide rally would "bring govern
ment down to the reality of the
world," he said. "That's the mis
sion," Morrison said. "The future of
this country, this planet, the entire
human race rests on our bringing
people back to the realm of reality."
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Senate committee approves
aid for CIA-backed rebels
WASHINGTON The Senate Appropriations Committee Sunday nar
rowly approved President Reagan's request for new aid for Nicaraguan
rebels, which appears headed for defeat In Congress.
After several weeks of intense lobbying, Reagan only managed a 15-13
vote in the Republican-controlled committee. Some senators said they
only approved the measure to move it to the floor of the Senate, which
votes on the plan Tuesday.
By voice vote, a House appropriations subcommittee also agreed to
send the request for $14 million to the full committee without recommen
dation. Moving to salvage some aid for the CIA-backed rebels, who are trying to
overthrow the leftist Sandinist government, the president indicated a
willingness to compromise.
"My feet aren't in concrete on this . . . yes, we're flexible in some of the
details," he told a luncheon of regional editors and broadcasters.
Reagan said some congressmen had suggested extending the 60-day
period during which, under the proposal, the aid would be used only for
humanitarian purposes. "I would be pleased to sit down and discuss
that," he said.
Several television networks and newspapers said the White House had
conceded defeat and dropped its request for the military aid. Instead,
they said, Reagan would push for it to be released for humanitarian
support to the rebels.
White House spokesman Bill Hart said he could not confirm that but
the president was willing to compromise.
U.S. questions motive of ceasefire
WASHINGTON A last-minute ceasefire offer from Nicaragua was
made public Sunday, but the White House questioned the motives behind
the proposal, saying it appeared to be aimed at affecting the U.S. political
process.
At the same time, a meeting at which President Reagan had hoped to
persuade reluctant congressmen to release fresh aid to "Contra" guerril
las fighting the leftist Managua government was put off until today.
A White House spokesman said a proposal by Nicaraguan leader Daniel
Ortega Saavedra, who offered a ceasefire in return for Congress refraining
from providing more Contra funding, was Mng analyzed. But the spokes
man said the offer appeared "to be intended more to affect the U.S.
political process than to move towards peace in Nicaragua," and White
House officials said it was unlikely the president would accept Ortega's
proposal.'
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who yesterday met Ortega in Managua and
returned with the proposal, was more positive.
"This is an offer which I believe is a substantive one, a real opportunity
and it is not a quid pro quo or even specifically linked to Tuesday," the
senator said, referring to the looming congressional vote on Contra
funding. "It is linked to the larger issue of whether or not the U.S. is
willing to really try and engage in a peace process."
Neves dies after prolonged illness
SAO PAULO, Brazil Brazil's President-elect Tancredo Neves died
Sunday, a presidential spokesman said. The 75-year-old statesman died
several hours after his doctors said his health had sunk to its lowest pointy
since he fell ill on March 15 and that his heart was beginning to fail.
Neves was rushed to the hospital for abdominal surgery on the eve of his
scheduled March 15 inauguration as Brazil's first civilian president in 21
years. He had had seven operations and had been unconscious for a week.
Mobs continue to protest in India
NEW DELHI, India Rioting continued in the states of Gujarat,
Kashmir and Bihar Sunday as mobs protested affirmative-action programs
and local issues.
Several people have been killed and hundreds injured in western and
central India during two months of protests against new affirmative
action programs setting university and government jobs quotas for castes
and classes defined as underprivileged in the constitution.
In the western Indian state of Gujarat, at least 19 people, including the
police commissioner of Baroda and 1 2 other policemen, were injured when
violent crowds threw bricks at them, the Press Trust of India reported.
Hundreds of rioters in Baroda, one of Gujarat's biggest cities, also
attacked cars, stores, a factory and a railroad track.
A police spokesman in Ahmedabad, also in Gujarat, said by phone that
troops and police were patrolling Baroda and Ahmedabad, where about 16
people were killed last week in clashes triggered by student protests over
affirmative action.
Sliultz asks Arabs to back talks
WASHINGTON Secretary of State George Shultz Sunday appealed to
moderate Arab states to back direct negotiations with Israel, promising
the United States would help defend those who took risks for peace.
In a speech to a pro-Israel lobbying group, he said there was a new
realism and a new commitment on the Middie East peace process by key
leaders in the region. But he said movement towards peace could only
come when no Arab states had any delusions about U.S. support for Israel
weakening.
Shultz' speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was
described by an aide as an effort to get Arab support for Jordan's King
Hussein to enter into direct negotiations with Israel.
It came as Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy probed the
prospects for peace in a round of talks with officials in the region,
following a recent flurry of diplomatic activity by Arab states.
"Today, for the first time in years, there are signs of a new realism and a
new commitment on the part of key regional actors," Shultz said.