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2 1[^^J ^ ^ P C ^ Associated Press Nebraskan j JL ^ %*> w f JL^ Edited by Jana Pedersen Tuesday, September 25,1990 ✓ ✓/ ✓/ ✓✓✓✓✓✓A ////////// / /\ \NN\\N\\\\\\\\ ////////////A \ \ \ \ N \ N \ A \ S a\ \ _ Nuns market T-shirts with heavenly designs NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - It’s a heavenly marketing idea. Two nuns from Miami Shores, Fla., seeing what pictures on T shirts, posters and the like have done to raise the profile of Bart Simpson, decided to do the same with the Virgin Mary, St. Francis of Assisi and other heavenly he roes. Sister Kathy Hollywood said she and Sister Lorraine Hale of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary got the idea while working on doctorates on Catholic schools. “During visits to Catholic schools, we asked the kids who the teachers told them to be like,” she recalled. “They said Jesus and the saints. But the kids wanted to be like Madonna.” The nuns responded with shirts containing colorful decals of popu lar saints as a way to ‘‘revitalize Catholic tradition in a contempo rary way,” said Sister Kathy. She sold some of the sh irts at the Catho lic Education Conference here Friday. The nuns also arc working on saints’ greeting cards and have developed games, quizzes and puzzles for kids. They wouldn’t be unhappy if Iheir merchandise gives animated anti-hero Bart Simpson a run for his money. ‘‘Wc want to portray Catholic values,” Sister Kathy said. ‘‘I don’t think Bart is helping us. Wc hope in some way to balance out Bart.” Bush meets with de Klerk, lauds ‘dramatic progress’ WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday praised South African President F.W. de Klerk for making “dramatic progress” toward abolish ing white supremacist rule and vowed the United Slates won’t impose new conditions for lifting economic sanc tions. “These conditions arc clear-cut and are not open to rc-intcrpretalion. And 1 do not believe in moving the goalposts,” Bush said about sanc tions imposed in 1986 over President Reagan’s veto. Bush also said all political groups in South Africa “have a special re sponsibility to support the process of peaceful transition.” That statement appeared aimed at African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, who refused during a meeting with Bush in June to for swear violence. De Klerk, the first South African leader to visit the United States since 1945, assured Bush that the process of reform is irreversible. “We will not turnback,” dc Klerk said. The leaders met at the White House for two hours, first in the Oval Office and again over lunch. The meeting was a showcase of U.S. political support for de Klerk’s efforts to guide South Africa toward a post-apartheid demo cratic system. “Clearly, the time has come to encourage and assist the emerging new South Africa,” Bush said at a farewell ceremony, standing along side de Klerk in front of the sun drenched South Lawn. Behind them, a black Marine held the flag of South Africa; a white Marine held the American flag. But Bush said that despite “the dramatic progress that we salute here today,” South Africa hasn’t moved far enough to meet the conditions for removing economic sanctions. Supreme Soviet moves toward Western-style market economy MOSCOW - The Supreme Soviet legislature voted Monday to move toward a Western-style market econ omy and gave President Mikhail S. Gorbachev sweeping new powers to make the switch. Despite warnings by some law makers that the special powers would make Gorbachev a virtual monarch, the legislature passed a resolution allowing him to issue decrees on property, wages, prices, the national budget, the financial system and law and order. Gorbachev promised to exercise the powers with care. “It’s a responsibility,’’ he told the legislature. “It’s not a tea party.” After rancorous debate, the law makers were unable to agree on a specific, step-by-step program to move away from the central planning sys tem that they blame for technological backwardness and shortages of hous ing, food and consumer goods. Instead of choosing one of the three plans presented in the past two weeks, the Supreme Soviet set up a commit tee to combine them and report back by Oct. 15. Despite disagreement on how to make the switch, the Supreme So viet’s vote marked the first time it has committed the country to a market based system and was a departure from seven decades of Communist economics. Since the 1920s, ministries in Moscow have kept a tight grip on the economy, issuing detailed five-year plans that told thousands of factories, farms and businesses what to pro duce, where to sell it and how much to charge. The most radical reform proposal, written by economist Stanislav Shat alin, calls for junking the central plan ning system and moving to a market economy within 500 days by selling factories to private owners and break ing up collective farms. The most conservative proposal, backed by Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov, would leave the govern ment in control of most of the econ omy while moving gradually to allow free enterprise. Gorbachev has backed a compro mise that contains many elements of the 500-day plan but would not move as fast. He also wants a national refer endum to decide whether to return land to private fanners. Before and during the Supreme Soviet’s meeting, protesters gathered outside the Kremlin and at Pushkin Square in downtown Moscow to condemn the decision to give the president additional powers. They said Gorbachev did not deserve such au thority because he was not elected by direct vote of the people. “The people don’t trust Gor bachev! ’ ’ shouted a group of demon strators outside the Kremlin’s Spassky Gate. They held signs saying, “a President -- Not an Emperor” and “All Decrees of the President are Battles Against Democracy.’’ Gorbachev was elected to a five year term as president by the Su preme Soviet in March. Previously, his power had come from his position as general secretary of the Commu nist Party, which he has held since 1985. The legislature voted 305-46, with 41 abstentions, to allow Gorbachev the special powers until March 31, 1992. The time limit was intended to cover a 500-day economic reform plan, should one be approved. Mapplethorpe trial draws protest CINCINNATI - About 150 people demonstrated for freedom of expres sion Monday outside a courthouse where an art gallery and its director went on trial for showing Robert Mapplethorpe’s sexually graphic photographs. About 50 police officers patrolled on foot, on horseback and on motor cycles outside the Hamilton County Municipal Court, where jury selec tion began for the misdemeanor ob scenity trial of the Contemporary Arts Center and its director, Dennis Bar rie. In addition to rallying at the court house, the protesters, organized by a gay-rights group, walked 10 blocks through downtown. Some people lay in the street, briefly hailing traffic. But no one was arrested. Somcof the officerson patrol wore rubber gloves. Catherine Adarns, a lawyer for Gay-Lesbian March Ac tivists, said she told city and county authorities last week mat some members of the group had AIDS. Inside the courthouse, attorneys questioned a pool of 50 people as they worked to seat a six-member jury. At the beginning of the trial, Municipal Judge David Albancse denied three defense requests. He denied a motion to limit poten tial jurors to Cincinnati residents. Because of structure of the Hamilton County Municipal Court, the jury pool is drawn from residents of Cincinnati and its suburbs. The judge also denied a motion to increase the number of peremptory challenges allowed. The defense ar gued that because of publicity, it would need to eliminate more jurors than in a case with less notoriety. Albancse also rejected the defense’s request to question potential jurors individually. The case has become a rallying point for artists. First Amendment activists and people who believe the indictments are part oi a wider etion to intimidate homosexuals. Demonstrators shouted, “Who’s our Hero? Dennis Barrie; Who’s the Crook? Simon Lcis.” Leis, Hamilton County shcnfT. stood on the courthouse steps and smiled. The seven-week exhibition of photographs by Mapplethorpe, who died of AIDS in 1989, attracted a record crowd of more than 80.000 people to the gallery last spring. But a grand jury indicted Barrie and the gallery, concluding that seven of the 175 photos violated commu nity standards. One photo shows a man urinating into another man’s mouth. Others show oral sex and anal penetration with objects. Barrie, 43, and the gallery arc charged with pandering obscenity and with using children in nudity-related material. The second charge stems from two photos, one of a boy and one of a girl with their genitals exposed. World leaders condemn Iraq at U.N. World leaders opened a U.N. General Assembly session Monday by condemning Iraq as a warlike stale for its invasion of Kuwait, as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein vowed to fight for “a thousand years” to keep the oil-rich emirate. While the world body prepared to tighten sanctions on Iraq, the eco nomic repercussions of the Persian Gulf crisis spread and strengthened. Oil prices peaked at S39.20 a bar rel and settled at a record $38.25 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, where oil futures have been traded since 1983. Gasoline and home heat ing oil both topped $1 a gallon. The International Monetary fund, mean while, moved to help poor countries whose economies arc being devas tated by the conflict. The slock market in New York fell to a 14-month low Monday, battered by rising oil prices and trouble in the banking industry. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 59.41 points to 2,452.97. French President Francois Mitter rand delivered the first of a series of condemnations of Iraq, warning that Iraq’s aggression could lead to global anarchy. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze speaks today. and President Bush is to address the 160-member assembly next Monday. Iraq’s foreign minister, Tanq Aziz, was to address the United Nations the same day as Bush, but he has insisted on traveling to New Yoric aboard Iraq’s flag carrier, Iraqi Airways. The United States lias not approved landing rights. Aziz was not on hand for the General Assembly opening, but the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations listened silently as Mitterrand assailed the Baghdad government and said the international community would not retreat from its demand that Iraq give up Kuwait. Talks continue as Gramm-Rudman date nears r WASHINGTON - President Bush will veto any attempt by Congress to postpone the $85 billion in Gramm Rudinan spending cuts scheduled next week unless a budget deal is reached, White House officials said Monday. “We’re T-minus seven,’’ said presidential spokesman Marlin Fit/wa ter, referring to the number of days before the slashes occur. “We’re suck ing with it and still talking.’* Filzwater spoke as administration officials and congressional leaders prepared for yet another session aimed at working out a five-year, $500 bil lion deficit-reduction package. With the new fiscal year beginning next Monday, the two sides remain locked in a budget stalemate that has per sisted all year. “We’re getting closer, but we’re not there, that’s for sure,’ ’ said White House budget chief Richard Darman. Negotiators continued to reveal little about the details of their closed-door discussions. The principal hangup remained a dispute over a reduction in the capital gains tax rate, which Busn wants and Democrats oppose. On Oct. 1, the Gramm-Rudman law automatically will impose $85 billion in cuts in the $1.2 trillion federal budget, an amount that would hobble many federal programs. Democratic congressional leaders planned to begin moving legislation through the House today, temporarily providing financing to the govern ment. But frustration with the stalled budget talks caused debate on every bill brought to the House floor Mon day to deteriorate into an argument over which party was to blame for the budget impasse. A day intended for action on 37 non-controversial bills became one of parliamentary delays by Republi cans, angry because a vole on the budget had not been scheduled on this week’s calendar. Democrats said a vote couldn’t be scheduled or. a bill that didn’t exist. 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