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Clinton sends more
troops to Somalia
WASHINGTON — American re
inforcements headed to Somalia Tues
day as President Clinton warned of
swift retaliation if captured U.S. ser
vicemen are harmed and Congress
debated whether it was time for the
White House to end the mission.
Infantrymen and heavy Army ar
mor left a Georgia base to begin the
trip to Africa, sent to bolster U.S.
forces that suffered 12 deaths and 78
injuries in weekend battles with forc
es loyal to Somali warlord Mohamcd
Farrah Aidid.
The Pentagon declined to com
ment on reports that up toeight Amer
icans were being held. One was shown
on a videotape being interrogated by
his captors.
Meanwhile, Pentagon sources said
the total number of U.S. soldiers be
ing sent to Somalia would number
about 650. That includes 200 replace
ment troops, a mechanized infantry
company of at least 200 men, and the
remainder made up crews for the he
licopters and AC-130 gunships and
support personnel.
With the heavy armor en route,
Army Maj. David Stockwcll, the Unit
ed Nations military spokesman, said
American forces would be better
equipped to evacuate soldiers after
skirmishes with Aidid’s supporters.
Clinton planned to meet later to
day in the white House with his top
national security advisers to discuss
the crises in Somalia and Russia. White
House Communications Director
Mark Gcaran said Clinton was return
ing early from his three-day trip to
California for the session.
Clinton’s decision to send in rein
forcements won an influential endorse
ment today in Congress, but many
other lawmakers joined the chorus
urging the president to order Ameri
can forces home.
Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of
Indiana, a leading member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, echoed Clinton in saying addi
tional troops were “imperative for the
safety of those that arc there now.”
“There arc things that can be done
to make things safer while we debate
the policy ” Lugar said on Fox televi
sion. Sen. Sam Nunn ofGcorgia, chair
man of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, also said the deployment
was necessary to protect American
troops while the overall policy is de
bated.
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But another Senate Republican,
John McCain of Arizona, said the
humanitarian mission to feed starving
Somalis and the more difficut job of
restoring political order should be left
in United Nations' hands.
The United Nations said Tuesday
it was seeking the release of the cap
tured Americans. On Monday, Cl inton
warned of “appropriate” retaliation if
the captured Americans are mistreat
ed, and said it was no time to end the
deployment he inherited from the Bush
administration.
Jordan to announce retirement
NEW YORK — Michael Jordan,
the world’s most famous athlete and
basketball’s greatest player, will an
nounce his retirement Wednesday,
according to NBC and published re
ports.
“Dateline NBC,” the Denver Post
and the Chicago Sun-Times reported
the news al most sim ul tancousl y Tues
day night.
Jordan, NBA scoring champion the
last seven years, leader of the three
time champion Chicago Bulls and
two-time Olympic gold-medal win
ner, is expected to cite his father’s
slaying this summer as the reason for
his retirement at age 30.
“It’s time for me to move on to
somcthingelse,” the Sun-Times quot
ed Jordan as saying. “I know a lot of
people arc going lobe shocked by this
decision and probably won’t under
stand. But I’ve talked it over with my
family and friends, and most of alll’m
at peace with myself over the deci
siort.”
His father’s death apparently
robbed Jordan of his desire to play, the
Post said.
Dateline NBC producer Neil
Shapiro said the show learned of Jor
dan’s plans from “authoritive sources
close to the NBA.”
The Bulls have scheduled a news
conference at 10 a.m. CDT Wednes
day to make what they called a “major
announcement.”
Jordan threw out the ceremonial
first pitch at Tuesday night’s playoff
opener between the Chicago White
Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays at
Comiskey Park in Chicago. He left
after the seventh inning, got behind
the wheel of a black Mercedes-Benz
and drove off.
Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the White
Sox and Bulls, said from the ballpark:
“I have nothing to say tonight. We’ll
have something to say tomorrow ”
The NBA refused comment, de
flecting queries to the Bulls.
China defies Clinton by
detonating nuclear weapon
BEIJING — China detonated a
nuclear device underground Tuesday,
defying an international moratorium
on nuclear testing and a personal plea
from President Clinton. The govern
ment said it needs to develop nuclear
weapons for its self-defense.
In response, Clinton directed the
U.S. Energy department to prepare
for possible resumption of under
ground nuclear testing.
“The United States deeply regrets
this action. We urge China to refrain
from futher nuclear tests and to join
the other nuclear powers in a global
moratorium,” Clinton said in a state
ment issued by the White House.
As foreign governments denounced
the test, picked up by seismic moni-,
tors, China said it will stop nuclear
tests only after a comprehensive test
ban treaty is in place.
In a statement acknowledging the
detonation, Beijing repeated its vow
not to be the f irst to use nuclear weap
ons.
“It is entirely for the purpose of
self-defense that China develops and
possesses a small number of nuclear
weapons,” said the statement, read
over China Central Broadcasting ra
dio station.
“China has always exercised ut
most restraint on nuclear testing,” it
said.
In a clear reference to the United
Stales, the statement said it was up to
countries with the largest nuclear ar
senals to “bear the special responsi
bility by taking the lead to cut down
their own nuclear development.”
It pledged China will work with
other countries to achieve a test-ban
treaty “no later than 1996,” but made
no promise regarding testing before
an agreement is reached.
Seismic monitors picked up the
blast early Tuesday in far northwest
ern China, said the London-based
Verification Technology Information
Center and the Swedish defense re
search agency FAO.
“So far 71 seismic stations have
detected the explosion. More will pick
it up as time goes by once they real ize
AP
it ison their seismomctcrs,”said Vipin
Gupta of the Verification Technology
Information Cdntcr, which accurate
ly forecast China’s last nuclear tests,
in 1992.
The test could undermine the mor
atorium on nuclear testing being ob
served by the world’s four other ac
knowledged nuclear powers, the Unit
ed States, Russia, France and Britain.
It could also undermine Clinton’s
push for a permanent worldwide ban
on nuclear testing and worsen already
strained relations between China and
the United States.
In extending the nine-month mor
atorium set by Congress in October
1992, Clinton had warned that if an
other country tests before Sept. 30,
1994, he would seek congressional
authorization to resume U.S. testing.
There have been reports for weeks
the Chinese were preparing a nuclear
test. Cl in ton publ icly urged Beij ing to
drop such plans. *
China said on Sept. 20 only that it
had taken note of the U.S. appeal.
Gupta, an American physicist from
DcKafb, 111., and foreign affairs con
sultant with the center, said the test
was conducted at China’s Lop Nor
test site. The site is north of the
T aklimakan desert, about 1,450 miles
west of Beijing in Xinjiang province.
He said the detonated device was
80-to 90 kilotons, which is medium
sized. Nils-Olov Bcrgkvist of Swe
den’s FOA said the strength of Chi
na’s nuclear devices has varied from
10 to 160 kilotons.
Governor lauds report urging welfare program changes
By Steve Smith
Senior Reporter
Gov. Ben Nelson told a group of
student Democrats Tuesday that a
report encouraging welfare recipients
to get back into the work force was a
step in the right direction for welfare
reform in Nebraska.
“The welfare system in our state
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today is not a safety net, it’s a spider
web—people can’t get out,” Nelson
said at a meeting of University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln Young Democrats
members in the Nebraska Union.
Nelson said tight government su
pervision affected the current system
so it no longer served as a transitional
program for its recipients.
“We’re kidding ourselves to think
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choices for people,” Nelson said. ‘‘It’s
costly and it’s time-consuming.”
Nelson will see the final draft of
the report Oct. 14. It was prepared by
Mary Dean Harvey, director of the
Nebraska Department of Social Ser
vices, and Omaha Housing Authority
director Bob Armstrong.
The governor said proposals made
in Ihe report would help welfare re
cipients “bridge the gap” to get back
into the work force.
Nelson said the report engineered
anew way of looking at welfare in the
state. “If you want to get different
results, you’ve got to do things in a
different manner,” he said.
Nelson said the plan would focus
on putting people on welfare for a
limited period of time.
During that time, he said, the State
would emphasize helping recipients
improve their job skills and employ
ment opportunities.
“We’ve got to build bridges to
continue helping (recipients) after
they’rcoffwclfarc,”Nclsonsaid.“Wc
need to get across to people that with
self-sufficiency comes self-esteem.”
union Board ponders green space proposal
By Rebecca Oltmans
Staff Report* _
The Union Board field an emer
gency meeting Tuesday night to, as
board member Joel Weber put it, “take
a concrete stand on the issue of green
space.”
No pun intended.
However, board members decided
to wait until they learned more about
the intended uses of the space before
taking a position.
“It’s not a matter of opinion,” Ne
braska Union director Daryl Swanson
said, “but how both the parking lot or
green space will affect the union.”
“It’s a mixed bag of advantages
and disadvantages,” Swanson said of
UNL chancellor Graham Spanier’s
proposal to turn the parking lot north
of the union into a flat, grassy area.
Union Board members also had
mixed reactions to Spanicr’s propos
al. \
Some members said the union need
ed to consider the safety of students
who parked in lot at night.
“For those students who come to
study at night in the crib, taking a safe
lot from them discourages their use of
the union,” board member Amy
Adkins said.
But Kevin Brown said the green
space idea was no different from pro
posals at many other universities.
“I’ve been on St. Louis University
campus and they’re knocking build
ings down for green space,” Brown
said.
Members on both sides of the issue
agreed on at least one point: that the
project was pretty much already in the
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advantages and
disadvantages.
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works despite objections.
Frank Kuhn, assistant director of
the union, said fewer students might
object to the space if it would be
“usable” for various student activi
ties, and not just a landscaped space.
The board will meet Tuesday in
the union with University of Nebras
ka-Lincoln landscaping and adminis- '
tration representatives to learn more
about the proposal.
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