Thursday, April 17, 1986
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Daily Nebraskan
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TP.irOLI, Lilya Col. Moamraar
Kha J:iy has succeeded in thrusting
this once-sleepy Ncrth African back
water cf less than four million peo
ple into the forefront of world polit
ics. A mouse roaring at the lions of
the world, the flamboyant Khadafy
rails anoint American "irr.pcrialisr.i,"
chalkrcs France in Chad, ?r;d
declares himself a Jearr cf the
world's oppressed,, helping fund
guerrilla groups Uzx KortI.;ra Ire
land to the Philippines.
In the i &50s? American author
John Gunthcr "wrote in "Inr-! -Africa"
that Libya would hivu a
sive foreign aid.
What changed Libya was oil. Oil
exports enabled Khadafy to raise
living standards and transform Tri
poli from a seaport of ntud-choked
streets into a modern city with
palm-lined avenues.
Khadafy shuns formal titles and
is known only as "leader of the revo
lution." He frequently manages
affairs of state from a tent in a large
open field in his sprawling head
quarters compound, receiving vis
itors in the style of an Arab sheik.
Khadafy is fond of telling foreign
reporters he admires American
ideals of freedom and independ
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WASHINGTON - The Reagan administration - asserting "we're not trying to assassinate" Moammar Khadafy -said
Wednesday that the American raid on Libya could have been avoided if the Soviet Union had heeded requests 10
"restrain the Libyans" from anti-American terrorism. . , u a
U.S. officials were assesing intelligence concerning the condition and whereabouts of Khadafy, who appeared on
Libyan television and dispelled speculation that he had been killed in the Monday night raids.
Confronted with diplomatic criticism of the raids, the administration said that if the Sonets had acted on its
pleas, authorities might have been able to foil the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque, which killed an American
serviceman and a Turkish woman and wounded some 200 others. .
State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb said the Soviets also were warned that supplying SA-5 missiles migni
encourage Khadafy to "take risks which would force us to respond. This in fact turned out to be the case.
In his broadcast, Khadafy condemned the United States and Britain for the bombing attack. 'We are ready to die
and we are readv to carry on fighting and defending our country," he said.
There was no immediate indication whether Khadafy s broadcast was being carried live or had been pre-recorded.
Moreover, it could not be learned where Khadafy made the broadcast, and speculation continued that he was no
longer in Tripoli. ,
Questions also were raised by reports of street fighting in Tripoli near Khadafy's headquarters. White House dep
uty press secretary Larry Speakes said he had no information about whether a coup was attempted, and Libyan offi
cials in Tripoli insisted that the firings were aimed at a U.S. reconnaissance plane. n
A congressional source said U.S. officials thought the gunfire indicated that Khadafy foes were "back m town,
but added, "They really don't know who's in control of what" in Libya.
Meanwhile, following the shooting of a U.S. embassy employee in Khartoum, Sudan, the State Department on
Wednesday said it planned to withdraw large numbers of Americans, mostly dependents of diplomats from that coun
try. It acted out of concern over the shooting and an influx of Libyans into Sudan.
Because of what a State Department official called a "fluid situation," in Khartoum, officials also made plans for a
reduction in the size of the official American community in the city.
The official, speaking on condition his name not be used, said there were concerns about the security of American
women and children in the city and a general belief that they should leave the country. He said it was a situation of
"taking regular flights out" not a question of military evacuation.'
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said that damage to the French Embassy and nearby residences
in Tripoli may have been caused by a bomb from an Air Force F ill that failed to return from the attacks on two
Libyan cities.
Adm. William Crowe, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the search for the two missing crewmen had been
called off after Navy planes and ships failed to find any trace of them or their plane.
At the White House, a senior administration official said, "We're going to take our time, make assessments,
respond where it will be appropriate, where it will have results, where it will do the most good" to preempt
terrorism.
This official agreed to discuss counter-terrorism strategy only on the condition he not be identified publicly.
The United States will respond militarily "if and when we deem it necessary and appropriate striking at the heart
of (Khadafy's) terrorist operation in order to cripple his ability to run a worldwide, terrorist plan," said the official.
afy emerged from two dr.ys' seeluwon
late Wednesday, condemned the Uni
ted States for its air attack on Libya
and vowed that his people are ready to
fight on and die.
But the Libyan leader, whose baby
daughter was reported killed in the
raid, told Americans, "We will not kill
your children. We are not like you, we
do not bombard cities."
Khadafy's appearance on Libyan tele
vision, during which he disclaimed
reponsibility for anti-American terror
attacks, dispelled speculation he had
left the country or been killed or
seriously injured in the Tuesday morn
ing air raid, staged by waves of U.S.
warplanes that dumped one bomb just
10 yards from the Khadafy residence
Students compensated for poor
WINONA, Minn. The verdict is in
for nine students who sued their
vocational-technical school complain
ing about poor instruction: A judge says
they were entitled to 10 extra days in
class or $62.50, but not the $2,011 they
had sought.
The Winona Area Vocational-Technical
Institute students said in separate
suits filed in small claims court that
they had several instructors in an auto
body repair class after the first one
quit. They contended the poor quality
of their instruction meant they would
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Winona 'County District Court Jurtgei.u.fiihed to teach' the course',
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Sales tax
bill passes
LINCOLN The Legislature voted
Wednesday night to brush aside Gov.
Bob Kerrey's veto and enact a half-cent
increase in the state sales tax rate. The
action came as the 1986 Legislature
prepared for its final adjournment.
Lawmakers voted 33-13 to enact
LB 539 over Kerrey's veto. It will
increase the state sales tax rate from
3.5 percent to 4 percent on Jan. 1, 1987.
The measure will raise about $23.2
million in additional revenues for the
mW7 fiscal year that begins July 1.
The Legislature last week sent Ker
rey a spending package of more than
aid i tare were
new US. sir attacks Wee
dar.'ist
here.But the Penten denied it, and
reporters here found no signs of new
bombardments, , -
For almost two full days after the
damaging U.S. air bombardment of Tri
poli, Khadafy had remained out of
sight; Earlier Wednesday, he failed to
appear for a promised meeting with
journalists at his headquarters. Then,
at 11:15 p.m. (3:15 p.m. CST), the
Libyan leader appeared on state televi
sion, dressed in a white army uniform
and speaking in a studio with a map of
Africa behind him.
Khadafy said Reagan "should be put
on trial as a war criminal and murderer
of children'
Dennis Challeen said in his ruling
Monday that the students received
adequate education, but were entitled
to either compensation or extra in
struction. "The school did their best under
very unfortunate circumstances," Chal
leen said in an interview Wednesday.
"But the students were short-changed
and, therefore, that's the reason for my
ruling."
Challeen said the school owes the
students the extra class time or money
because of 10 days when they had no
$846.2 million. He used his line item
veto to strike $32.6 million from those
appropriations.
nesday to fund those budget decisions.
Speed limit
bill passes
LINCOLN - The Legislature nar
rowly passed a bill Wednesday to raise
the speed limit on the interstate from
55 mph to 70 mph next year, despite
warnings that Nebraska could lose fed
eral highway funds.
Supporters of LB600A, which passed
25-22, argued that few people comply
with the 55 mph speed limit. They also
claimed that the higher speed limit
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. allegations that the Lilian government
plotted the bombing of a Berlin night
club April 5 in which a U.S. soldier was
killed and 63 other Americans were
injured.
"Even those who carried out opera
tions in Europe are unknown persons,"
he said. "Who knows them? Perhaps
the American intelligence carried out
these operations. Possibly a Palesti
nian carried them out. Anyone else
could have carried out these opera
tions." . After the 21-minute speech, demon
strations broke out in the streets of
Tripoli and drivers honked their horns,
apparently in joy, over their leader's
speech.
"To me that's the best solution," he
said. "If I give them all their money
back and they get their credits back
that's not fair. I think it's a comprom
ise." The students were seeking the money
as compensation for the time they said
they wasted.
Bill Gau, one of the students who
sued, said the publicity the case gen
erated had benefitted all students in
the course. He said the school has pro
vided $4,000 worth of new equipment
tortile ciassas well as a good mstruc-
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wouldn't endanger lives because the
interstate system was designed for
speeds in excess of 55 mph.
Liquor law
LINCOLN The Legislature decided
Wednesday to give local governments
control over granting liquor licenses in
a move characterized as "truly danger
ous" by one opponent.
Senators voted 35-10 to pass LB911,
which would make radical change by
transferring the authority to grant liquor
licenses from the state Liquor Control
Commission to local officials.
Sen. John DeCamp of Neligh said
LB911 would lead to inconsistency in
liquor licensing standards and would
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41oammafv.Khad3f'jf'.$ chouse-and
nrir.ed K3 tcrx. : t during the
raid by American vrplincs that
targeted t h e Azzzzk fortress where
the Libyn.1 IcaJLr Mcs and .works,
"He was in his test," not at his
home flaring the rc-d, explained a
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' All r ?:.riy nllltzq I 'jitdirss lost
their windows and sor.:e walls were
blown dcra when the bombs crashed
inside the compound, . hurling
a storm of flying red-hot metal and
concrete. .
Khadafs office, a yellow four
story building crowned by a dome,
was pierced with thousands of holes.
Reporters counted six bomb and
missile craters during the brief tour
of Khadafy's quarters. But the extent
of the damage seen suggests many
other missiles hammered the com
pound during the 20 minute raid.
They also refused to say how
many people other than Khadafy's
adopted 15-month-old daughterwere
killed.
instruction
"As far as we're concerned, we already
won," he said.
But William Hemsey, director of the
Winona Area Vocational Technical In
stitute, said Wednesday the school felt
it had won the case.
"We're real pleased with the out
come of this," he said.
NOrris Abts, the school's assistant
director, acknowledged the students'
complaints had helped prompt changes
in the class, but he said the extra
equipment money was budgeted 18
months, aen and had nothing to do with
the suitD;i(iK'kjJ;-K
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be prone to "invite the schlocks" to
seek licenses instead of reputable
businessmen.
Ag authority
LINCOLN The Legislature passed
a bill 38-6 Wednesday that's touted by
some as a way to assist agriculture by
luring long-term capital into Nebraska.
The measure, LB849, proposed by
the Kerrey administration, would create
an Agricultural Revitalization Author
ity charged with developing a secon
dary market in agricultural mortgage
loans. The bill has an emergency clause,
meaning it would take effect almost
immediately if Gov. Bob Kerrey signs it.