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Iraq denies shooting,
says cease-fire in effect
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraq denied its
anti-aircraft batteries fired at U.S. warplanes
again and insisted Sunday
that the cease-fire it de
clared last week remained
in effect.
The claims came a
day after U.S. warplanes
attacked Iraqi missile sites
for the third consecutive
day.
In Washington, Dc
, fcnsc Secretary LcsAspin
said it was not certain the
Iraqis opened fire Saturday night in the south
ern “no fly” /one, but he stressed the pilot
thought he was shot at.
U.S. military spokesmen stood by the report
that American planes were fired on, and a
second pilot on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty
Hawk reported seeing gun flashes. Aspin also
reported that there was “some indication”
that Iraqi troops were preparing new sites for
anti-aircraft missiles in southern Iraq, despite
all icd warnings to keep such weapons out of the
air exclusion /one. But “it’s a little soon to
make definitive judgments,” he said.
Iraq’s information minister, Hamcd Yousef
Hummadi, called for “pragmatic, businesslike
discussion” with the United States, and govern
ment-run newspapers invited PrcsidentClinton
to settle disputes through dialogue.
In an interview with CNN, Hummadi said
the recent U.S. attacks were “minor ones, and
we arc committed to the cease-fire.” But if
attacks continue, the two sides could be in for
a difficult time, he said.
Croatia’s surprise attack ends
but fear of wider war heightened
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia said it
ended a surprise offensive that shattered a year
of calm with rebel Serbs, but fighting raged
near the port of Zadar and
there were reports of battles
farther south Sunday.
Fierce fighting also was
reported in eastern Bosnia
Herzegovina, where Mus
lims forces are trying to clear
— Bosnian Serb troops from a
region along the border with Serbia. Fighting
between Muslims and Croats was reported in
central Bosnia.
The upsurge in fighting and lough words
I rom leaders of all ethnic factions in the former
Yugoslav federation threatened to undo inter
national peace talks and heightened fears of a
wider war in the Balkans.
In Geneva, where Icadcrsof the factions met
to discuss a peace plan for Bosnia, Yugoslav
President Dobrica Cosic demanded the U.N.
Security Council condemn theCroatian attacks
and insisted Croatia withdraw its soldiers from
areas seized from Serb militants.
Croatian President Franjo Tudjman said in
an interview with Croatian TV that his troops
attacked Friday out of frustration over Serb
refusals to allow reconstruction of a bridge at
Maslcnica, northeast of Zadar.
Before Friday, Serbs held one end of the
bridge and Croats the other. The bridge is on the
only land route linking Zagreb, Croatia’s capi
tal, with the Dalmatia region along the Adriatic
coast.
Croatian troops apparently seized the other
end of the bridge and made other gains in
territory occupied by the rebels.
“This action is now over,’’ Tudjman said.
But he said Croatian troops would not give up
their gains.
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Coalition troops kill 3 Somalis, wound 5 others
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Three
Somalis were killed and at least five were
wounded in clashes Sunday with troops of a
U.S.-led coalition trying to safeguard efforts
to feed the country’s starving.
Despite the presence of more than 38,000
allied troops, Somalia remains dangerous.
In the volatile southern port city of Kismayu,
three people were slain on Sunday.
The violence led Col. Marc Jacqmin, the
commander of Belgian troops here, to warn
development officials from the European
Community and Belgium not to visit
Kismayu as they had planned.
Belgian Development Minister Eric
Dcryckc, who was to visit Kismayu on
Monday, is visiting to see if it is safe to re
establish an EC presence. EC delegates were
evacuated in 1991, along with most foreign
diplomats and aid workers, as the country
slipped into chaos.
In Brussels, the aid group Doctors With
out Borders announced it had evacuated
seven of its nine volunteers from Kismay u to
Nairobi after a demonstration Saturday pro
testing the presence of foreigners became
violent. Shots were fired and stones were
hurled at cars of the relief group.
It was not clear if the demonstration was
spontaneous or staged by a local warlord
opposed to the presence of the allied troops.
First black Supreme Court Justice Marshall dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Su
prcmcCourt Justice Thurgood Marshalldied
Sunday of heart failure. He was 84.
Marshall died at 2 p.m. at Bcthesda Naval
Hospital in the Washington suburbs.
Marshall, who had been in failing health,
left the court in July 1991.
The first black justice of the Supreme
Court, he made his mark as a champion of
civil liberties for all.
Marshall was appointed to the court on
June 13, 1967, by President Lyndon B.
Johnson, climaxing a career as a civil rights
lawyer, appeals court judge and U.S. solici
tor general.
Among some of the more important deci
sions written by Marshall for the high court
were those saying that shopping center own
ers’ rights to restrict demonstrations were
limited; that a teacher cannot be fired for
speaking out truthfully on public issues; that
possessing obscene material within the pri
vacy of one’s own home cannot be made a
crime.
Residence Hall Association passes budget,
funds to be allocated for retreat program
By George K. Stephan
Staff Reporter
The Residence Hall Association passed its
spring semester budget Sunday nightvallocat
ing funds for a retreat pro
gram that members hoped
would help them learn from
other universities’ residence
halls.
The budget provided S750
to the program, which will
send RHA members on a
visit to the University of Kansas in Lawrence,
Kan., on March 6 and 7.
RHA officers said they would try to find
ways to improve UNL residence halls by com
paring them to KU’s government programs and
halls.
The budget listed RHA’s income for the
spring semester as $22,872, making the
association’s active funds $31,363, $17,154 of
which will be divided among each resident
hall’s government.
In other business, two positions were filled.
RHA members Andrea Casart and Eric Kaldahl
were approved as National Communteations
Coordinator and 1993 Election Commissioner,
respectively.
Funding for an alcohol awareness night at
Selleck Residence Hall on Feb. 3 was also
approved.
Money will go toward advertising and sup
plying the dinner, speaker and activities de
signed to teach students to be responsible while
using alcohol.
Several halls announced preparations for
promoting Black History Month in February
through various programs promoting residents’
awareness of black history.
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the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Lynch
said the university should have informed the
Legislature about the purchase.
Douglas called the bill another legislative
attempt to manage the university.
• LB52, introduced by Sen. Kate Witek of
Omaha, would delay the implementation of the
multicultural education law passed last session
until 1994-95.
The bill required schools to make improve
ments in their multicultural education.
• LB74 would change provisions for college
students who arc dependents of veterans. It was
introduced by Withcm, education committee
chairman.
•LB 179 proposes a multicultural education
advisory committee. The bill was introduced
by Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha.
• LB264, proposed by Withcm, would cre
ate the Nebraska Research Initiative Commis
sion to examine statewide education.
• LB287, introduced by Sen. Tim Hall of
Omaha, would allow Nebraska bars to stay
open until 2 a m., which proponents say would
generate additional revenue.
• LB323 would change funding provisions
forCopeland Hall at the University of Nebraska
at Kearney. It was introduced by the appropria
lions committee.
• LB324, introduced by Withem, would
change requirements for scholarships and
postsecondary education.
• LB381 proposes a change for UNL ath
letes. Chambers, the bill’s sponsor, said he
introduced the bill to give athletes a better
premium insurance rate.
•LB355 would adopt the State Government
Assessment Act. The bill was introduced by
Sens. Witek and Carol Pirsch of Omaha and
Sen. Dwitc Pedersen of Elkhom.
• LB456, introduced by Chambers, would
grant a stipend to UNL football players. Cham
bers has introduced this bill in each of the last
12 years.
• LB474, introduced by Sen. Kurt
Hohcnstcin of Dakota City, would create colle
giate license plates for every Nebraska college
and university. Partof the revenue raised would *
be given to an athletic scholarship fund.
• LB649 would appropriate funds to UNL
for science and math education training. The
bill, sponsored by Withem, would require the
state to match grants given by the National
Science Foundation.
Once GLC lobbyists determine a position on
the bills, they present their stance to the Asso
ciation of Students at the University of Ne
braska.
“We can’t lobby on anything until we re
ceive a directive from ASUN,’’ Douglas said.
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