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SSsss_ NEWS DIGEST -World Wire Clinton has at least 9 millionaires as advisers WASHINGTON — President Clinton has more millionaires among his top advisers than either Ronald Reagan or George Bush. Clinton has at least nine mil lionaires at the top of his adminis tration, including several well-to do lawyers and two Wall Street executives whose fortunes dwarf Clinton’s reported $863,000 in as sets. Among the top Cabinet million aires are Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, worth at least $5.9 mil lion, and Secretary of Slate Warren Christopher, who is worth at least $4.2 million. Even their fortunes are easily topped by the two top economic advisers Clinton bor rowed from Wall Street, Robert Rubin and Roger Altman. Each is worth lens of millions of dollars. Croatia battles Serbs despite UN demand ZAGREB, Croatia — Artillery duels thundered around three vil lages in southern Croatia Tuesday as the Croatian army battled mi nority Serbs despite a U.N. resolu tion demanding an end to the hos -tilkies. — As war raged in the former Yugoslav republic after a 12-month lull that ended Friday, France said today it was sending an aircraft carrier to the Adriatic Sea for pos sible intervention. An attempted cease-fire fell apart Monday in southern Croatia, I-— and two French peacekeepers were killed and three wounded when artillery fire hita U.N. control post. Their deaths brought the number of U.N. peacekeepers killed in former Yugoslavia states to 26. The U.N. Security Council adopted a binding resolution Mon day condemning Croatian attacks on Serbs in U.N.-protected areas and demanding the return of heavy weapons seized by Croatian Serbs from U.N. warehouses. The resolu tion means Croatia risks sanctions if it does not stop the attacks. Shooting of Marine shows Somalia still dangerous MOGADISHU, Somalia — The death of a second Marine underscored on Tuesday how difficult it will be for the United States to pacify Somalia and rapidly withdraw its combat troops from this lawless land. Lance Cpl. Anthony D. Botello, 21, of Wilburton, Okla., was the third American to die since U.S. forces came ashore Dec. 9. He was assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Botello was shot late Monday by a sniper while on a nighttime foot patrol near a stadium on Mogadishu’s northsidc. Troops fired back and saw a man fall, but his body wasn’t recov ered. The stadium houses more than 900 men and women of the Marines’ 7th Regimental Combat Team and is in a perilous area, with the Marines fre quently coming under sniper fire. Pfc. Domingo Arroyo was killed nearby last week. Washington last week informally asked the U.N. Security Council to consider a new resolution that would transfer the U.S.-led military coali tion in Somalia to the United Nations. The United States obtained a U.N. mandate last November to lead a mili tary coalition to achieve two objec tives: —Tosccure Somalia’s majorports, airports and towns for the safe deliv ery of food to the starving and other aid from organized looters, free-lance bandits and renegage clan militias. —To establish a “secure environ ment” for a U.N. peacekeeping force that would move on to a second phase of rehabilitation of the shattered na tion and restoration of a civilian gov ernment. The first objective has been largely obtained, but the second is a matter of debate. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has made it known that he does not think Somalia is safe enough for deployment of a peacekeeping force. The latest Marine casualty came only hours after U.S. army helicopter gunships, and Belgian troops blasted with rocket and cannon fire a clan militia column heading for a rival militia’s encampment near the south ern port of Kismayu. They killed eight Somalis, said Farouk Mawlawi, a U.N. spokesman. American officials said seven vehicles and several artillery pieces were de stroyed, with no allied casualties re ported. The allies were enforcing a cease fire in an increasingly unstable area. Aid agencies have been pulling for eign workers out of Kismayu because of heightened violence, including 10 grenade attacks in the past three days that wounded six Belgian soldiers. Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid, one of Somalia’s dominant warlords, claimed the attack on his rival was made at his request, a contention vig orously denied by U.S. special envoy Robert Oakley, the American mili tary and the United Nations. They all said the coalition military action was taken independently in support of a cease-fire agreement signed by 14 warring Somali factions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Jan. 15. Aidid’s rival warlord is Mohamed Said Hirsi, widely known as Gen. Morgan, a son-in-law of ousted dicta tor Mohamed Siad Barre. U.S. spokes men said his forces retreated south of Kismayu and were no longer an im mediate threat. Urban League: Follow promises with spending - WASHINGTON — The nation's oldest civil rights group declared Tuesday that President Clinton must back up his promises to black Americans with billions of dollars in economic help for inner cities and strict enforfccmcnt of civil rights laws. Black people must do their part to rebuild their communities and the power base that si ippcd away as federal social programs were dis mantled in the last 12 years, the Urban League concluded in its 18th annual report, “The State of Black America. The picture for black Ameri cans, the report said, is not a rosy one. Ilcitcd steep increases in black unemployment, at more than 14 percent in third quarter of 1992, and warned of economic devasta tion for black Americans as jobs are cut in auto manufacturing, the military, defense and service-ori ented industries. Expectations for Clinton arc high, said Urban League President John E. Jacob. “Black America in 1992 turned a hopeful, expectant face to the future, even as the terrible condi tions of the present lctLlo despair and rebellion,” he said. Spokesman: Clinton can lift ban without consent . WASHINGTON — The While House asserted the right to revoke the ' ban on homosexuals in the military without U te consent of Congress T ues day. Some Republican lawmakers , explored how to force a vote, but the Senate’s top Democrat predicted “it f will all be worked out.’’ President Clinton will act swiftly to end the 50-ycar-old prohibition, spokesman George Stephanopoulos said. “The president has the power to move forward on ending discrimina tion against homosexuals in the mili tary,” he said. WhiicHouseprcsssec retary Dee Dec Myers said Clinton probably would announce his deci sion on Wednesday. “I don’t think it gets any easier” by wailing, she said. r “Ifwecanavoidalegislaiivebaule, that’sall tothegood,”Stephanopoulos said. “But the president remains com mitted to his policy.” Clinton held his first legislative strategy meeting with congressional leaders, but participants said there was only scant discussion of lifting the military ban on homosexuals. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, said hat he didn’t know how the Senate would vote on the issue if it arose. He added, “I don’t think it’s going to come to that. ... I think it will all be worked out before hand.” “These experts arc saying some thing simple: If you are looking for a way to destroy the discipline and es prit de corps of a military unit, it is clear - just inject sexual tension into the barracks,” said Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, a Republican. Sen. AlfonseD’Amato announced on the Senate floor that he supports Clinton’s plan. "No government has the right to discriminate against any of its own people,” D’Amato said. “Gays and heterosexuals have served in the mili tary with honor and they will continue to serve honorably together in the future.” Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., urged Clinton to seek a vole in Congress rather than act “by some sleight of hand.” “An order which affects the disci pline and raising of armies and main taining of navies under the Constitu tion clearly has very serious involve ment,” Gingrich said. President to propose $ 15 billion in spending j WASHINGTON — The adminis tration said Tuesday that President Clinton will likely propose $15 bil lion to $20 billion in government spending and tax breaks to jump-start the economy this year. Labor Secretary Robert Reich con ceded that this was a small total in compari son to the $6 tri Ilion economy, but he insisted that it would still send "a very clear signal that we have got to get the growth back." At the White House, communica tions director George Stephanopoulos agreed w i th Re ich ’ s assessmen t that a stimulus package was likely but it could be “a little higher” than the figures mentioned by Reich. Reich and other administration officials insisted that no final deci sions had been made, but his com ments were the strongest indication yet of the shape of the adm inistration ’s proposed stimulus program. the White House said Tuesday that Cl inton’s economic program will be unveiled by the president in a State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 17. That gives the administration just three weeks to reach a myriad of decisions on such questions as what public works projects should be pushed forward and what tax breaks should be offered this year to boost growth, while at the same time proposing spending cuts in popular benefit pro grams such as Social Security and lax increases in future years. The debate is taking place against a backdrop of an economy that, while showing improvement in recent months, is still troubled. Just Tues day, some of the mainstays ofeorporate America — IBM, the Boeing Co. and United Technologies Corp. — an nounced new job layoffs for 1993 in further efforts todeal with weak sales. Reich said that while some eco nomic indicators have turned up re cently, unemployment remained at 7.3 percent. Fees Continued from Page 1 At UNL, some of the facilities, services, opportunities and programs are self-sustaining, some are supported by tuition and taxes and others arc financed by student fees. According to UNL bylaws, the to tal income from student fees is di vided into two funds. Fund A, which is refundable by students, helps support student orga nizations such as the Daily Nebras kan, AS UN and the University Pro gram Council. Tucker estimated a 5 percent in crease in funding for the Daily Ne braskan, a 0.26 percent increase for AS UN and a decrease of 2 percent by UPC. CFA is expected to recommend to AS UN Fund A allocations Feb. 10. “The groups ask us for the money and then we look at their expenses from last year,” Tucker said. “If we decide their request is feasible, we’ll present a proposal to AS UN.” Fund B is used to make bond pay ments and fund staff salaries and op erating costs for various student ser vices. It is also used for maintenance of related facilities such as campus recreation programs, the student unionsand the University Health Cen ter. Sigerson said the increase re quested by AS UN would not be used to pay student senators but for AS UN office employee salary increases. ASUN was allocated $143,536 for 1992-93. Gary Doyle, president of UPC, said his organization was requesting a 2 percent decrease in funding. UPC is made up of 18 committees that bring free programs^ to UNL, including concerts, talks and African American special events. “We realized that UPC was using student fees to put on high-glitz and sensationalized programs in the past,” Doyle said. The attendance at these events was low compared to the cost, Doyle said. On average, he said, 200 people at tended each program. That same num ber oi people attend less-expensive UPC-sponsored events. “We’re now trying to do grass roots projects that cost less,” Doyle said. The annual revenue received by UPC for 1992-93 was about $ 186,118. Daily Nebraskan Editor Chris Hopfensperger said the newspaper was requesting a 5 percent increase for a combination of reasons. The price of newspaper and news print is rising at an estimated 17.5 percent while advertising revenue has declined, Hopfensperger said. “We would like to receive this small increase to help offset the cost of production,” he said. The DN is the best source of news that directly relates to students at the university, Hopfensperger said. The DN received about $39,193 for 1992-93, which was used solely for printing and distribution. Dave Temple, Ombudsperson for Students in the vice chancellor for student affairs’ office, said student fees were vital to the university. “The fees allow the university to support campus programs and main tain facilities that benefit the student body,” Temple said. Student fees arc not “user fees” for students, although they arc paid by students for programs and services oriented to students. They arc part of the cost of attending the university, Temple said. All students arc assessed student fees along with tuition, whether the students expect to take advantage of fee-funded facilities and services or not, Temple said. Allocation of student fee funds is recommended by ASUN and the vice chancellor for student affairs and is approved by the chancellor. Fund B allocations must also be approved by the NU Board of Regents. The per student per semester Fund B cost for 1992-93 were: facilities fee, $22.00; campus recreation pro grams, $32.82; student unions, $32.72; and the University Health Center, $75.57. Nebraskan Editor Chris Hopfsnspsrgsr 472- 1766 Managing Editor Alan Phslps Assoc News Editors Wendy Mott _ Tom Mainelll Editorial Page Editor Jeremy Fitzpatrick Wire Editor Todd Cooper Copy Desk Editor Kathy Stelnauer Sports Editor John Adklsson Publications Board Chairman Tom Massey _ 488-8761 Professional Adviser Don Walton 473- 7301 FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Daily NebraskanfUSPS 144 080) is published by the UNI Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34,1400 R St.. Lincoln. NE, Monday through Friday dunng the academic year, weekly during summer sessions Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan Py P*onl"o 472-1763 between 9 a m and 5 p m. 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