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By The Associated Press Edited by Kristine Long NEWS DIGEST Netjraskan Friday, February 25,1994 Officials optimistic about Bosnian cease-fire SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Front lines were tense Thursday, a day before Muslim-led government and Croat forces were to begin a cease fire in the first major test of a U.N. pledge to expand the Sarajevo truce. Despite reports of fighting in cen tral Bosnia, officials in neighboring Croatia were optimistic that this cease fire could hold. “This one sounds more serious than the previous cease-fire agreements because it’s part of a broader process and new initiatives,” Croatian For eign Ministry spokesman Ivana Moric said in Zagreb. The latest accord was signed Wednesday by Rasim Delic, command er of the Muslim-led forces, and the chief of Bosnian Croat forces. Ante Roso. The cease-fire is to take effect at noon Friday. Friday’s cease-fire covers central Bosnia and Mostar in the southwest. About 15 mortar shells hit Wednes day in eastern Mostar and there were heavy exchanges of small-arms fire, said David Fillingham, U.N. spokes man in Kiseljak, west of Sarajevo. Croat-Muslim fighting was intense in parts of central Bosnia. U.N. spokesman Lt. Col. Bill A ikman said exchanges of mortar and machine-gun fire had intensified Wednesday near Vitez, about 3 5 miles northwest of Sarajevo. Bosnian Croat army spokesman Veso Vegar conceded that “if U.N. forces are deployed at certain key po sitions, the cease-fire could hold.” Under terms of the cease-fire agree ment, U.N. troops are to be deployed in sensitive areas to ensure compli ance. Heavy weapons are to be with drawn or placed under U.N. control. That corresponds with the model applied in Sarajevo, and marks the first United Nations’ effort to move step-by-step to end the warfare. Last weekend Serbs acceded to a NATO ultimatum to remove or place under U.N. control all heavy weapons around the city or risk air strikes. U.N. officials said the Sarajevo cease-fire was holding, despite scat tered small-arms and machine-gun fire. Both Bosnian government and Croatian radio reported heavy shell ing of the Muslim enclave of Maglaj, 50 miles north ot Sarajevo. Bosnian radiosaid five people were killed and 16 wounded when one shell hit a hospital there Wednesday. It said four were killed and 10 wounded else where in the town. The reports could not be confirmed independently. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic wants the Sarajevo model extended elsewhere in Bosnia. He apparently hopes that creating U.N. buffer zones could freeze battle lines until an overall political solution is found. In a letter to U.N. Secretary-Gener al Boutros Boutros-Ghali, he opposed placing Sarajevo under U.N. adminis tration. Now that U.N. troops are standing between Serb- and government-held city districts, Karadzic apparently wants to divide the city. Karadzic ’ s deputy, N ikola Kolje vie, said Serbs agreed “in principle” Thurs day to open a first crossing between Serb-held Grbavica and government held downtown in Sarajevo. U.N. officials hope Sarajevo-style cease-fires across Bosnia will provide momentum for a political settlement to the three-way fcivil war. The government has rejected apian for the ethnic division of Bosnia that would give it about a third of the country, saying Muslims need more territory for a viable state as well as a corridor to the Adriatic through Croat held territory. Ex-CIA official passed polygraph WASHINGTON —Aldrich H. Ames, accused CIA turncoat, passed agency polygraph tests twice dur ing the time he is suspected of working for Moscow, and the Sen ate Intelligence Committee plans to review the agency’s internal se curity procedures, officials said Thursday. The CIA suspects that secrets allegedly sold by the former coun terintelligence officer led to the deaths of at least 10 Soviets work ing for U.S. intelligence. The CIA tries to admin iste r poly graph tests every five years to its employees. Ames was tested without his spying being discovered, according to a government official, who de clined to be identified by name. Those tests occurred in 1986 and 1991, another official said. “Doesn’t the machine work? Or Doesn’t the machine work? Or is it that easy to beat? — Congressional official -*t - is it that easy to beat?” asked a congressional official who had been advised of Ames' passing the tests. “That’s one area the Senate Intelli gence Committee will be looking at.” One of the government officials said successful polygraphing de pends on the questions. “They ask you if you are a spy. It’s about that blunt, the congres sional official said. This official said the committee also had questions about CIA and FBI cooperation on the case. CIA Director James Woolsey and At torney General Janet Reno have hailed the cooperation, but Reno said Thursday she did not know how well the groups worked to gether before her arrival last year. Cooperation has been fine the past couple years, the congression al official said, but the government doesn’t have a clear idea of the investigative effort from 1986 through 1991. Government sources have said the Ames investigation began two years ago, but suspicion that a So viet mole had penetrated U.S. intel ligcnce was aroused in 1985, the year that ex-CIA agent Edward Howard defected to the Soviet Union while under FBI surveillance. Report shows smokers start habit early WASHINGTON—Surgeon Gen eral Jovcelyn Elders labeled smoking an adolescent addiction Thursday and accused the tobacco industry of trying to convince teen-agers that cigarettes will make them sexy and successful. Elders also urged the Federal Trade Commission to draw the curtain on RJR Tobacco’s Joe Camel cartoon ads, which have just added a Josephine Camel to the cast of characters. “Smoking is not just an adult habit. It is an adolescent addiction,” Elders said. The report also chronicled the marketing practices of the tobacco industry, from the chocolate cigarettes of yore to the Marlboro man to spon soring race cars andpeddling lighters, T-shirts and beach blankets embla zoned with tobacco brands. Elders said teen-agers who smoke ran higher risksofexperimenting with alcohol and drugs, doing poorly in school, fighting, engaging in unsafe sex and even attempting suicide. Her report said the average age when smokers tried their first eig» retie was 14.5yeats,^morethan70 percent of those who become daily smokers acquired that habit by age 8. The Tobacco Institute agreed that young people should not smoke, but spokesman Thomas Lauria said “there’s little in this report that would substantiate the allegation that we’re trying to hook kids.” Cigarette ads are “aimed at the 46 million to SO million American adul ts who smoke,” he add ed. The surgeon general’s report on smoking concluded that if teen-agers stay smoke-free until high school grad uation, “most will stay that way forev er” A third to a half of young people who try cigarettes become daily smok ers, Elders said. The report said higher taxes, be havioral education, strict enforcement of laws against tobacco sales to minors Smoking Is not Just sn adult habit. It Is an adolescent addiction. — Elders surgeon general -ft - and other measures could help keep teen-agers from taking their first puff. Elders said she “probably” would talk to President Clinton about the need for tougher action. She saw “no problem” with a call by health groups to raise the 24-cent tax on cigarettes to $2 to cover the medical costs of smoking. The presi dent has proposed a 99-cent tax as part of health reform. Skier rakes in five medals LILLEHAMMER, Norway—The Olympics got back to basics Thurs day, with Italy’s Manuela Di Centa staking her claim as queen of Lillehammcr and teammate Deborah Compagnoni sweeping to an emo tional gold medal. Alberto Tomba arrived with the nickname and the fanfare,but it’s Di Centa who goes home with all the medals — two gold, two silver and one bronze— after her first in WIIfTER OLYMPICS the women s 30-kilometer cross-coun try ski race. She is tops among all athletes in Lillehammer with her medal collec tion, the undisputed leader. “I don’t feel like a queen,” she said. “I feel like a cross-country skier.” Di Centa defeated her main rival, Lyubov Egorova, to foil the Russian’s pursuit of Olympic history. Egorova nad an unprecedented nine medals in nine races coming into the 30K, and a gold would have given her a Winter Games record of seven. Instead, she wound up fifth — her first Olympic finish beyond the top two, after five medals in Albertville and three golds and a silver in Nor way. The record could still Tall in 1998. If the 27-year-old Egorova needs in spiration to keep competing, she can find it in Di Centa, who won this year at age 31. Marit Wold ofNorway was second in 1:25.57.8 as the host nation made its move to overtake Russia as the overall medals leader. Russia has 21 total (10 gold, seven silver, four bronze); Norway has 20 (8-9-3); Ger many has 17 (6-5-6), as does Italy (6 3-8) in its best Winter Games ever. The United States is sixth with nine medals (5-3-1). The ski party appears over for the Americans, who won four medals in the first four events, but have been shut out in the last three. Giant slalom hopeful Heidi Voelker of Pittsfied, Mass., wiped out in her second run Thursday. “Nerves definitely played a part,” Voclker said. “I felt all right at the start, and then I got a case of the nerves when I was out on the course.” Compagnoni, skiing one day after Tomba failed to defend his Olympic giant slalom crown, made it a two gold medal day for the Italians with victory in the giant slalom. In Albertville, Compagnoni blew out her left knee in the giant slalom in a horrifying fall. After coming back to win in Lillehammer, she dedicated her victory to Ulrikc Maier, the Aus trian skier killed in a downhill race on Jan. 29. “This was her race, said Compagnoni. ... Martina Ertl of Germany was a distant second and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland was third. The top Amer ican finisher was Eva Twardokens in seventh.. The biggest news on ice was a serious practice collision that sent two of Nancy Kerrigan’s top competitors reeling. World champion Oksana Baiul, who was second going into Friday’s free skate, needed stitches in her bleed ing right leg after the pile-up. Germa ny’sTanja Szewczenko, who was fifth, was carried off the ice, but later re turned to skate. The accident happened when the pair, each going backward at full speed, slammed into each other. Both are expected to go in Friday’s free skate, which is worth two-thirds of their score. “It’s scary," said Kerrigan, who was warming up with the two women when the accident occurred. While the crash occurred in a near empty rink, the Wednesday night showdown between Kerrigan and Tonya Harding appears ready to be come the most-watched sportingevent in American television history. Overnight Nielsen ratings indicat ed it could pass the 1982 Super Bowl, the current No. 1, and wind up fourth overall behind the final M-A-S-H ep isode, the Who-Shot-J.R. episode of Dallas and the miniscries Roots. 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ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1694 DAILY NEBRASKAN Liberty: State not ready for additional college By Todd Neeley Staff RaporHr_ Nebraska must expand its popula tion base and find a way to increase the role of engineering in the econo my before expanding engineering education in the state, said Stan Lib erty, dean of the College of Engineer ing and Technology, on Thursday. Speaking to a group of engineering students and faculty as part of Engi neering Week 1994, Liberty said Ne braskans agriculture-based economy was not yet conducive to creating an independent engineering college at the University orNebraska at Omaha. “Nebraska has not made a big enough commitment to engineering education,” he said. “If the state will be able to thrive in the future, it must be more committed to engineering.” But, before UNO can have an inde pendent engineering college. Liberty said, more (acuity must be hired both there and at UNL. Liberty said it was possible to have two major engineering colleges in Nebraska, but there needed to be a complete commitment across the state. “My feeling is there will be a stron ger emphasis on technology in the Legislature,” he said. Liberty said there was plenty of room in the state’s economy for engi neering. Also, there are many stu dents and faculty at UNO who see a need for an engineering college. “The Omaha community is crying for more engineering technology,” he said. In creating a n engineering college at UNO, he said, it should be taken slowly in order to maintain the quality of education. “Right now we have a small stu dent population because we also have a small facultyLiberty said. “It is important not to exchange quality for quantity.” He said Nebraskans had a great understandingof agricultural resourc es in the state, but engineering was not a big part of the economy. In the future, he said, the College of Engineering and Technology plans to play a bigger role in the economy. “What we’re about is developing new knowledge and research,” Liber ty said, “and stimulating the economy in Nebraska and nationwide.” A recent bill passed by federal lawmakers, he said, will provide about $1.8 million to the Manufacturers Extension Program in Nebraska. UNL must then provide matching funds through such resources as student fees and tuition. The added funds would allow six engineering sites to be set up across Nebraska, where engineering experts would work to help expand the use of engineering technology. Also, Liberty said, the engineering college must find ways to enhance existing inventions within the col lege. He said the college would be mak ing a proposal to set up nonacademic staff from the community to work with faculty and students in the col lege. “We have to find a way to take lab technology in college and get it into the community for licensing,” Liber ty said. “Hopefully, the state will be will ing to take some risks.”