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News Digest ilSVyisu-sen - --—-----■ |*W— Superpowers may limit arms U.S., Soviet Union announce agreement in principle on treaty NEW YORK - The United States and the Soviet Union announced agree ment in principle Wednesday on a comprehensive treaty to set ceilings on deployment of non-nuclear weap ons in Europe. The agreement came at the end of more than five hours of talks between Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Both ministers cautioned that final approval must await consultation with their allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact. Shevardnadze said one sticking point remained concerning limits on helicopters “but that is not very diffi cult’ ’ and could be resolved by NATO and Warsaw Pact negotiators in Vi enna, site of talks on the treaty for 19 months. The last remaining roadblocks cleared in the session at the Soviet Mission to the United Nations were limits on land-based airplanes and verification procedures for guarding against cheating. Baker and Shevardnadze did not explain the deal they struck on these two points, although Shevardnadze said with a chuckle “of course the Soviet Union made all the conces sions.” The accord is the projected center piece for a 34-nation summit meeting to be held in Paris Nov. 19-21. Until the two superpowers hear from their allies, Baker reserved judgment on whether that deadline would be met. The treaty would require the War saw Pact to withdraw 40,000 tanks, more than 51,000 artillery pieces and more than 40,(XX) armored personnel carriers from eastern and central Europe. . The arms would have to be moved east of the Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union, about 1,200 miles east of the Soviet border with Poland. The restrictions on the smaller NATO forces would be minimal, requiring only the removal ot some 2,000 tanks. Artillery strength could be built up to a new ceiling of 20,000 for each alliance. The ceiling lor tanks would be 20,000 as well and 30,000 for armored personnel carriers. A ceiling also was set for aircraft, but Baker and Shevardnad/c dccl med to say what level they had agreed upon. The Soviets, in a concession, agreed to limit naval-based aircraft with a statement outside the treaty. Jury finds 2 Live Crew vendor guilty FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A record store owner was found guilty of obscenity Wednesday for selling a record by the controversial rap group 2 Live Crew. Jurors deliberated less than three hours before convicting Charles Free man on a misdemeanor obscenity charge. He was arrested by under cover Broward County sherift’s depu ties June 8 for selling the Miami rap group’s album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” in his E-C Records store. The case went to a jury of five women and one man after final argu ments this morning. Freeman could gel a year in jail and a SI ,(XX) fine. Sentencing was set for Nov. 2. “It doesn’t represent my commu nity where E-C Records is!” Free man shouted as he left the court house. “It’s unfair. The jury was all white. They don’t know where E-C Records is. They don’t know a . . . thing about the ghetto.” Prosecutors contended the album exceeds the limilsofeommunity stan dards and free speech with explicit and sometimes violent references to sex. Freeman was arrested two days after U.S. District Judge Jose Gonzalez ruled the lyrics were obscene. But in his closing argument, de fense attorney Bruce Rogow told the jury that “one person’s vulgarity is another person’s art” and argued that the jury could not convict Freeman if they found any artistic merit in the group’s album. Assistant Slate Attorney Leslie Robson argued that the right to free speech is not absolute, saying: “The First Amendment docs not give you the right to say what you want, when you want and where you want. With rights and freedom come responsibil ity.” As the jurors began deliberating, alternate juror Sheryl Salomon, who sat through the trial but was not needed on the final panel, said she would have voted for acquittal. “I was very offended by it, espe cially the lyrics,but I have toquestion whether there is not artistic value,” she said. “It’s music; it’s still mu sic.” Broward County Judge Paul Back man has told jurors they should lind the album obscene if it appeals to “morbid, shameful interest in sex” and violates the standards of average residents of Broward County. Well-known author to speak on U.S.-Mexican relations From Staff Reports A former Mexican ambassador to France and well-known author will open the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at 3:30 p.m. today at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Carlos Fucntcs, who i grew up in Washington, where his father served as a Mexican diplomat, will speak on relations between the United States and Mexico. Richard Lonsdale, a University of Nebraska* Lincoln geography profes sor, said Fucntcs has a _ . broad view about U.S.- rUffnll Mexican relations because of the time he spent in both countries. Lonsdale is coordinating the speakers for the Thompson forum. ‘1 He understands the minds of Americans,’ ’ Lonsdale said. “He understands the strengths and blind spots of many other cultures.” Fuentes, who also spent part of his youth in Argentina and Chile, is a prominent spokes man for human rights and is working for peace in Central America. He has been critical of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. Fuentes said he has something of a love-hate relationship with the United States - he ad mires the democracy but deplores the expan sionist and manipulative tendencies. Fuentes has produced a wide range of fic tion, including political spy thrillers and ghost stories. His novel, “The Old Gringo,” was a best-seller in the United States. The forum is open to the public free of charge. Saddam Hussein made his first known visit Wednesday to the oil rich neighbor he conquered two months ago, meeting Iraqi troops and military commanders in occupied Kuwait. Elsewhere in the Middle East, visiting French President Francois Mitterrand, Japanese Premier Toshiku Kaifu and a Soviet envoy all sought a peaceful solution to the Persian Gull crisis. But there were new terror threats. A Palestinian guerrilla leader warned he would attack U.S. aircraft if Iraqi planes were hit with weapons as part of the U.N. air embargo against Iraq. The London-based Amnesty International, meanwhile, issued a report saying that Iraqi troops occupying Kuwait have tortured and executed scores of people, some for refusing to display pictures of Saddam. Refugees fleeing Kuwait have said stores and shops have been pillaged, and that Iraq is doing its best to dismantle Kuwaiti institutions. They reported summary executions of resistance fighters. The Iraqi News Agency gave quite a different portrait of conditions in Kuwait. It said Saddam toured the streets of Kuwait, which “ap peared nourishing after its return to the mother homeland. The news agency said Saddam met with Iraqi troops and presided over two meetings of military commanders in occupied Kuwait. Alter its Aug. 2 invasion, Iraq annexed the emirate, declaring it Bahdad's 19th province. Kuwait city “glittered with pride” at Saddam’s visit, said the news agency, monitored in Nicosia. Mitterrand flew to the Persian Gulf for a two-day visit during w hich he planned to meet regional leaders and inspect French troops. After Mitterrand’s departure from Paris, the Defense Ministry announced France was sending eight Mirage F1 fighter planes to Qatar to protect that small country and the United Arab Emirates, its neigh bor. His first stop was the Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi, where he w as to meet with President Zaid ibn Sultan an-Nahayan and inspect the .'00 man squadron of the 1st Paratroop Regiment of Hussars sent there in August. Today he will visit the French frigate Dupleix and then travel to Saudi Arabia to confer with King Fahd and inspect French forces at the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Coors Continued from Page 2 dum to appeal the regents’ decision to rename the practice facility, said Scott Urban, co executive of the CU Student Union, the univer sity’s student government. A general election is scheduled for Nov. 13 to elect a new Student Congress. Added to the ballot will be a question asking students if they want to refuse Coors sponsorship, Urban said. The results of the vote won't be binding on the regents, hut Urban said, “It will show how the majority of the students feel.” Other groups on the campus have organized to oppose the regents’ decision, he said. “We will be spending the next five weeks (before the election) educating people about the facts,” Kessler said. Regents Secretary H.H. Arnold said he was disappointed by the student response. “You winder what this is doing to potential donors,” he said. But Arnold said the regents would take the referendum into consideration. Council Continued from Page 1 alcohol since most university students are not of drinking age. “If you assume the college classes are evenly distributed, you get 75 percent of students that arc underage,” she said. Schrocder said linking the university with alcohol in this way is inconsistent with NU programs aimed al lessening alcohol abuse among students, such as the University Health Center’s ‘Do It Sober.’ Janet Craw ford, interim director of commu nity health at the health center, also said she was concerned with Herbie’s appearances on beer cans. ‘ ‘We’ve lied in Herbie Husker, which is part of our campus and part of our tradition, to alcohol,” she said _— Athletes Continued from Page 1 construed if compared nationally,” he said. "Nebraska’s graduation rate as a whole is not very high. It’s around 50 percent,” Papik said. Reports compiled for the NCAA have found that, "Athletes at UNL, in general, arc graduating at the same rate that the student body is (graduat ing) at UNL...,” Papik said. Ted Pfeifer, director of registra tion and records, said he is worried that the media could compare two institutions with different missions. Papik said he was concerned that the bill would require more informa tion to be released than currently is required by the NCAA. Under existing regulations, the NCAA requires the student athlete graduation rate of the university. The reports take students who enter the University of Nebraska Lincoln as full-time, first-time fresh man and follow the class through 10 semesters or five consecutive years. The report tells what percent, disre garding all other factors, graduated. The bill would require the gradu ation rates to be broken down by race, gender and sport. The bill would “entail an exten sive amount of research and work to gel up to speed,” Papik said. Pfeifer said he also is concerned about the time and resources it would take to compile the information re quired by the bill. He said he is uncertain about how far back the records would be re quired. “We’d have to dig into a lot of paper if it went back 10 years,’’ Pfeifer said. "It would take a significant amount of clerical support even if UNL had the most sophisticated computer system in the world.” But until more information regard ing specific details is available, Pfeifer said, he’ll be unable to fully assess the impact of the act. The bill also would require uni ver sities that offer athletically related student aid to disclose total revenues and expenditures of their athletic departments. Gary Fouraker, assistant athletic director for business affairs, said the total amount of expenditures and revenue of men’s and women’s sports is about S15 million. These officials won’t have to worry if the bill is not reconciled and passed within three weeks, when Congress recesses, said Brad Fitch, press secre tary for House Rep. Tom McMillen. The bill must be reintroduced if it doesn’t get through Congress this session, he said. The conference committee now is working to compromise differences in the House and Senate versions of the bill. The Senate bill only would require information on football and basket ball, while the House version would add track and field, baseball and ice hockey, Fitch said. Nebraskan Editor Erie Planner Graphic* Editor John Bruce 472-1766 Photo Chte' Al Sc he ben Managing Ed tor Victoria Ayotte Night News Editors Matt Herefc Assoc News Editors Darcle Wleoerl Chuck Oreen Diane Bra^on Art Director Brian Shelllto Editorial Page Editor Lisa Donovan General Manager Dan Shattll Wire Editor Jana Pedersen Production Manager Katherine Pollcky Copy Desk Editor Emily Rosenbaum Advertising Manager Loren Melrose Sports Editor Darran Fowler Sales Manager Todd Sears Arts & Entertainment Publications Board Editor Michael Deeds Chairman Bill Vobe|da Diversions Editors Lee Rood 436-9993 Amy Edwards Professional Adviser Don Wallon 473-7301 The Daily Nebraskar.(USPS 144 080) is published by the UNI Publications Boa'd, Ne Praska Union 34,1400 R St , Lincoln, NF_. 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