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Iraq pushes Israel closer to war
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP)
- A cornered Iraq lashed out at
enemies south and west Tues
day with terror from the sky, firing
missiles at both Saudi Arabia and
Israel. One Scud slammed into homes
in Tel Aviv and
pushed Israel
closer to joining
the Persian Gulf
war.
At least three
people died and
70 were
wounded in Tel
Aviv, Israeli military officials said.
The new U.S.-supplied Patriot de
fense system failed to stop the incom
ing Iraqi missiles, they said.
But the Patriot interceptor mis
siles did their job against Scuds fall
i-—
ing on Dhahran.
After a quiet night, air-raid sirens
wailed shortly after dawn Wednes
day in Dhahran, sending a major al
lied air base into a chemical attack
alert and area residents into base
ments and bomb shelters. Sirens gave
the all-clear signal 12 minutes later.
The oil-pumping heart of Kuwait
burned through the day Tuesday,
spreading black smokescreens across
die sky.
On the northern Saudi front lines,
Iraqi tanks have been shuttling from
one hardened position to another, and
Iraqi gunners have fired sporadically
on U.S. lines, officers reported.
“He still has a lot of firepower,”
said a Marine intelligence officer,
Col. Ron Richard. “... This is not an
enemy that is going to go easy.”
The relentless allied air war passed
a new mark, 10,000 aircraft sorties.
Iraq asserted that the U.S.-led
coalition’s warplanes struck residen
tial areas of Baghdad and other cities
in 20 attacks late Monday and early
Tuesday.
An unspecified number of Scuds
rained down on Israel late Tuesday,
and one that penetrated the Patriot
shield landed in a residential area,
hitting densely packed apartments,
flattening one building and badly
damaging two others.
Military officials said three eld
erly people suffered cardiac arrest,
and at least 70 people were wounded,
three seriously. Hours later, people
were still trapped in the ruins.
After Tuesday’s missile strike, an
Israeli army spokesman said Gf the
Patriots: “They were fired; they did
not hit.” t
Earlier in the day, Foreign Minis
ter David Levy suggested Israel might
have to respond to another attack.
“Nobody in Israel is interested in
being a sacrificial lamb,” he said.
After the attack, it was announced the
Israeli Cabinet would meet today to
decide how to respond.
Israel slate radio said only one
Scud had been fired. But military
officials said it was not immediately
clear how many were involved.
Abdul Amiral-Anbari, Iraq’s U.N.
ambassador, said Iraq attacked Israel
because inflicting the “pain and suf
fering of war” on Israelis might lead <
them to reach a settlement with the
Palestinians.
Cigarette tax
may be given
to academics
By Lisa Donovan
Senior Reporter
Slate Sen. Tim Hall has his own
ideas about where to re-earmark
a portion of cigarette tax reve
nues given to the University of Ne
braska.
The Omaha senator proposed leg
islation Tuesday |‘ j
cancer research HI
from the sale of
each cigarette ^
package. This |__
would double the
amountof money for cancer research.
LB541 is an alternative to a bill,
LB241, proposed earlier this session
by state Sen. Dave Landis that would
earmark tax revenues for capital
construction projects, one official said.
George Kilpatrick, legal counsel
to the Legislature’s Revenue Com
mittee, said that it’s important to
“consider other sources (that could)
utilize” the money.
Hall said he proposed L.B541 be
cause he would like to see the revenue
go toward the academic side of Ne
braska’s postsecondary education
institutions.
“I prefer research and education
over bricks and mortar,” Hall said.
Cigarette tax revenues financed
principal and interest payments on
bond issues for capital construction.
Hall said he thinks that instead of re
earmarking the money for new capi
tal construction projects, the revenue
See CIGARETTE on 6
I NU minority scholarships intact
By Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Staff Reporter
D spite a U.S. Department of Edu
cation decision that minority
scholarships are generally ille
gal, the University of Nebraska Davis
scholarship fund is secure, two uni
versity officials said.
Jimmi Smith, director of multi
cultural affairs at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, said current Davis
scholarship recipients have been
contacted and assured they will not
lose their scholarships.
“We told them that this was not a
frivolous program,” Smith said. “It
was created with respect to all current
laws and is sound.”
The Education Department decided
in December that minority scholar
ships were generally illegal. It later
reversed its decision and said minor
ity scholarships were legal if they
were created with private funds given
specifically for that purpose.
The Davis Scholarship is a $1
million endowment fund that pro
vides financial aid to black, Ameri
can Indian and Hispanic students who
attend UNL and the University of
Nebraska at Omaha. The Davis fam
ily of Omaha gave $100,000 for the
scholarships, which was matched by
the University of Nebraska Founda
tion. The Nebraska Legislature ap
propriated the remaining $800,000.
James Griesen, UNL vice chan
cellor for student affairs, said the
university has no plans to change its
minority scholarship policy.
He said UNL has not been con
tacted by the Education Department
about the scholarship and he doesn’t
think it was covered by the decision.
“We’re prepared to go to court to
defend it if that becomes necessary,”
he said. “This is a very valuable and
important scholarship.”
Smith said the impact media cov
erage might have on minority stu
dents eligible for scholarships con
cerns him.
“Even if minority scholarships
aren’t eliminated, the talk of doing so
can have damaging effects,” Smith
said. “It causes poor minority stu
dents to lose motivation and interest
in higher education.”
Smith said he thinks the contro
versy has had a smal 1 effect on m inor
ity recruiting at UNL.
“But it’s our responsibility to make
sure competitive individuals from
minority backgrounds know that we
are behind them and that opportuni
ties are still open to them,” Smith
said.
I-The Ne
braska men’s
basketball
team has its
14-game win
ning streak
broken at
Colorado. Page 7.
Pentagon sources report on
the outline of a pincer attack to
dislodge Iraq’s army from Ku
wait. Page 2.
INSIDE
Wire 2
Opinion 4
Sports 7
A&E 9
Classified 11
UNMC leader
announces end ;
to 8-year tenure j
From Staff Reports
Dr. Charles Andrews announced
Tuesday that he will step down • ** ‘
from his position as chancellor
of the University of Nebraska Medi
cal Center.
In a prepared statement, Andrews
said he will end his 8-year tenure at
the medical center in Omaha on June
30.
The 66-year-old Andrews said he
is a year overdue on his plans for
retirement.
“It has been my opinion that it is
not in the best interest of large institu
tions for major administrators to remain
See ANDREWS on 6
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Yo!
Yo-yo whiz Jon Gates demonstrates tricks: Flying Saucer (left), Around the World and Rock the Baby in the Eiffel Tower. See
story on Page 9.