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By The r „ Associated Pr&ss Edited by Alan Phelps Europeans keep order as currencies spin LON DON—The currency crisis that pitched Europe into political and monetary turmoil widened Thursday, but central banks managed to keep order even as financial markets swung wildly. During the early morning hours, Italy joined Britain in suspending its currency, the lira, from the European exchange rate mechanism. The lira and the British pound fell sharply on currency markets. Traders instead slammed the French franc, the Irish pound, the Portuguese escudo and the Danish krone to levels near their floors in the exchange rate mechanism. The currency markets remained skittish one day after Britain tried and failed in an attempt to prop up the sagging pound by hiking its key interest rate and buying pounds. The British and Italian moves raised con cerns about the future of European plans for economic unity. The weaker currencies, such as the French franc, managed to withstand the pressures of the market. The pound recovered slightly from Wednesday’s steep slide, while the lira moved higheraflcr Italy’s govcmmentannounced aus terity measures intended to slash its trouble some deficit. There was still concern that the European monetary system could become hopelessly unraveled or that an emergency realignment ol more currencies could occur at any time if markets exploded again. Fears that the French might vote “no” on the Maastricht treaty Sunday have prompted inves tors to dump their local currencies in favor of the powerful German mark tor weeks. Under the exchange rate mechanism, the pound was supposed to fall no lower than 2.7780 German marks, but sterling traded well below that level Wednesday. * After traders pushed the pound and the lira as low as they seemed willing to go Thursday, the currencies appeared to stabilize and some experts saiu me outcome oi me rrenen vote might not be quite so ominous for financial markets. Britain’s de facto devaluation of the pound by removing it from the exchange rate mecha nism created credibility problems for the gov ernment of Prime Minister John Major and his lop Treasury official, Chancellor of the Exche quer Norman Lamonl. British officials attempted to deflect blame about the pound’s troubles to Germany’s cen tral bank, the Bundesbank. The Bundesbank indicated Thursday that no interest rate cuts were planned beyond Monday’s :ut of a quarter-point in the key Lombard rate. Renewed Saraievo fighting erupts before peace talks SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Fierce fighting erupted in the west ern part of the capital Thursday in what the U.N. commander said was an apparent attempt to stake claims before the opening of peace talks in Geneva on Friday. Bosnia’s increasingly isolated gov ernment rejected a Serb proposal to use the talks to start dividing the republic into ethnic regions. Forces of the Muslim-led govern ment poured intoSlup and A/.ici after Serb rebels launched a fierce attack with lank guns, artillery and mortars on the western neighborhoods. The government forces had been pushed back into that area in recent lighting. Gen. Hussein Aly Abdel Razek, the Egyptian commander of U.N. forces in Bosnia, said the battles ap peared to be an attempt to lay territo rial claims. “They arc going to the Geneva talks, and they arc going with some cards in their pockets,” he said. Although the fighting was escalat ing, he said it was a “war of attrition” ✓ A and that neither side had much chance of winning. Bosnian government defense head quarters were deserted because all available officers and troops rushed to reinforce the Stup and Azici fronts, where the fighting sent columns of thick black smoke into the sky. Although the battles were virtually next-door to the airport, Abdel Razek announced that a U.N. relief plane would fly into Sarajevo as a lest and, if it went well, aid flights to the capital could resume next week. He set no dale for the flight. Humanitarian flights were halted on Sept. 3 when an Italian plane crashedT^jran aid mission. The Italian government has said in a preliminary report that the plane was hit by a heat seeking missile, but it did not say which side launched the rocket. The Bosnian government said Thursday that casualties in the previ ous 24 hours had been 31 dead and 198 wounded in the republic, includ ing 10 dead and 60 wounded in Sarajevo. Fighting has claimed at least 1 (),(XW) lives since February, when the republic’s Muslims and Croats voted for independence from Yugoslavia. Serbs, who make up one-third of the population, boycotted the February referendum. With the backing of Serbia, the dominant force in the truncated Yugoslav federation, they started an armed rebellion that has captured two thirds of Bosnian territory in six months of brutal warfare. Quayle Continued from Page 1 “That is the Republican answer to unem ployment,” she said. The Democratic answer, Quayle said, cre ates government jobs that succeed only in raising Americans’ taxes. “Innovative approaches come from people who understand that it starts from the bottom up, from the people,” she said. Quayle said Republicans also were pre pared to solve the health care problem. The answer, she said, is keeping control of the private sector in the hands of individuals. Democratic presidentiaf candidate Bill Clinton proposcsmimickingthcCanadiansys tcm of socialized medicine, Quayle said. “Why lake something that isn’t working in Canada and have it here?’’ she said. Education is another problem the Republi can Party is prepared to face, Quayle said. Giving parents the responsibility to choose schools their children attend is important, she said, and improving the content of what is taught in schools is mandatory. By challenging their children, she said, Americans will secure the future ol the coun try. Quayle thanked supporters for giving her 3 1/2 years to travel throughout all 50 states and visit other countries. During her travels, she said, she realized America is not in as bad a shape as Democrats would like Americans to believe. I did it a. vV\k. i/ S2 CD 33 0 CO ?I s 01 ol E o 3 D O U) BIZ MART The Country's Best Yogurt Runza —.. .: 1 - - — 1 [ All Night with Campus Recreation j Friday, Sept. 18 (and into the 19th) 6:00pm-3:00am . Eat FREE food, win t-shirts, participate in non-stop activity, - have fun, and it's all free! ^ - JJ Chambers Continued from Page 1 lowing: • According lo the latest official police account of the incident, officers were sent to an apartment building in north Omaha after 911 dispatchers received several calls from wit nesses who said a nude black male, whom they identified as Baldwin, was trying to throw his body through a glass door. When police arrived, the report suites, Baldwin was at the lop of a Bight of stairs and followed officers’ orders to come down. However, Chambers noted, earlier police reports said officers Anna Doyle and Peggy Truckenbrod wrestled with Baldwin and tumbled down the stairs, and Baldwin was uncooperative throughout the entire incident. • Police reported that they resorted to forc ibly subduinglJaldwin only after their attempts to verbally calm him were unsuccessful. A witness reported to Chambers, however, that Baldwin was standing on the sidewalk when police arrived, and the officers jumped from their car and “attacked him.” • The report says Baldwin and Truckenbrod wrestled on the ground while Doyle warned Baldwin several limes lo slop trying to remove Truckcnbrod’s holstered gun. The report says Baldwin finally was shot by Doyle at almost point-blank range when, after ignoring several warnings to stop grabbing for the gun, he slipped his finger into the trigger guard of the holster. Chambers said the trigger guards on holsters used by the Omaha Police Department were specially madd to keep people from slipping their fingers into the holsters. Before the scuffle began, the police report states, the officers told Baldwin to face the building and place his hands against the wall, which he did. When the officers tried to hand cuff Baldwin, the report says, he swung around and knocked the nightstick out of the hands of one of the officers. The police resorted to force when he allegedly tried to pick it up. “We’re asked to believe this police scenario, which all supposedly occurred in less than 45 seconds,” Chambers said. “I don’t believe it. If it’s true, someone should be willing to prove it.” Omaha Police Chief James Skinner could not be reached for comment. * When the shooting occurred, Baldwin ap parently was suffering his second psychotic episode in eight months. Last January, he was charged with first-degree assault and assault of a police officer, and was later found not respon sible for his actions by reason of insanity. The incident took place three days after Lancaster District Court Judge Paul Merritt Jr. ordered Baldwin tocontinuc an outpatient treat ment program through St. Joseph Center for Mental Health in Omaha, which included daily doses of lithium, an anti-depressant. Baldwin admitted to doctors at St. Joseph that he had slopped taking his medication be fore the shooting. . Chambers said the police acted inappropri ately. “I simply think the officers blundered,” he said. ‘‘They blundered during the incident and after.” Chambers said one witness gave his name, address and phone number to the police for4he investigation but has never been contacted to give his account. Chambers also questioned the tactici)! dis . patching two female officers to apprehend an assailant thev knew to be Baldwin. -44 We're asked to believe this police scenario, which all supposedly occurred in less than 45 seconds. I don't believe it. If it’s true, some one should be willing to prove it — Sen. Ernie Chambers w w ‘The firstcall dispatchers received was from (former Nebraska quarterback) Mickey Joseph, who said Scott had jumped from his car and taken off,” Chambers said, “They received at least two other calls identifying Baldwin, and they sent two female officers to apprehend him, knowing it was Scott Baldwin, knowing that two women might have a hard lime getting him into custody.” Other Omaha police officers, whom Cham bers refused to identify, reported that a two man unit was only a few blocks away but was sent a mile north to investigate what Chambers said was “a very low-priority call.” Efforts to compile information for a further investigation have been met with little coopera tion from Omaha city officials, Chambers said. Chambers said Omaha Mayor P.J. Morgan had promised Chambers a copy of the latest police reports of the incident, then changed his mind. But Chambers said he was determined to force the police and city officials to initiate a more extensive investigation into the incident, as well as push for changcsthai could be made by police to improve responses in the future. “This is something that definitely needs further, closer review,” he said. “Police exist for the safety and well-being of the public, not for the officers. There arc changes that need to be made. * “It’s all just beginning, as far as I’m con cerned.” NelSra&kan FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144 080) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St.. Lincoln, NE. Monday through Friday during the academic year: weekly during summer sessions. Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a m. and 5 p.m Monday through Friday The public also has access to the Publications Board. For information, contact Tom Massey. 488-8761. Subscription price Is $50 for one year. 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