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Page 4 The Battalion Tuesday, July 20,1993 Policy allows gays to serve in military Decision keeps homosexuals in 'closet' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Retreating on a politically explosive issue. President Clinton announced “an honorable compromise" Monday allowing gays to serve in the military but only if they refrain from ho mosexual actions. The decision, announced by Clinton before an audience of senior military officers, drew angry outcries from gay leaders who said homo sexuals in the armed forces would have to remain in hiding. For many in Congress, however, Clinton's policy was too lenient to ward homosexuals. Sam Nunn, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, promised to offer legislation that would lock into law the current ban on homosexuals in the military. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., a conservative Democrat who has misgivings about lifting the ban, said that under the president's plan, it "appears that the old policy continues. It keeps military homosexuals in the closet." Clinton said that if he had lifted the ban entirely. Congress would have overturned his decision. On the other hand, he said that current restrictions are being considered by federal courts "in ways that may not be to the liking of those who oppose any change." Clinton said his plan strikes "a sensible balance" between the rights of the individual and the needs of the military to remain strong." The fractious debate has been one of the most painful chapters in Clinton's presidency, throwing his administration off stride and under cutting him politically. It also has highlighted the deep strains in his re lations with the military. In his campaign, Clinton had pledged to lift the half-century ban on homosexuals in the military. However, fierce opposition from Pentagon leaders and members of Congress forced him to backpedal. 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The Liberal Democrats re main the largest party by far and have the inside track on putting together a governing coalition by working with other conserva tive parties. Opposition parties and independents would have to overcome many political dif ferences to cobble together a coalition. Miyazawa, 73, considered a lame duck since losing a no-confi dence vote last month for failing to act against political corruption, surprised party members by say ing he would "make my own de cision" on resigning after consid ering party views. Japanese newspapers had re ported that he would quit as head of his party after Sunday's nationwide election to pave the way for the selection of a new prime minister. Although many analysts had predicted a two-party system developing from the election, what emerged was a multiparty system still dominated by the Liberal Democrats. They won 223 of the 511 seats in parliament's law-making low er house, short of a majority but more than three times the num ber won by any of their eight ri vals. In a highly unusual step, 20 young Liberal Democratic law makers issued a statement Mon day urging Miyazawa and other party leaders to "resign immedi ately to pave the way for the birth of a new Liberal Democratic Par ty," Kyodo News Service report ed. TOE BELIEVE That Pi MA30R. 'CEiAIMAL, WILL WONG, MAY STILL Ge Alive AiJt> CoulC vse Towioht AS A*v OPPORTUNITY To GET "To kSAVCKoP AND Yr>. *3- F(2ESlt>E N T- By Paul Stroud Midwest flooding crisis eases up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The sun shone. For much of the swamped, muddy Midwest, that was one of several signs Monday that the re gion's 11/2-month flood on slaught might be starting to ease. Others: The Mississippi River's record crest passed St. Louis; up river, workers hoped to reopen a bridge and narrow a 200-mile gap between spans; and water flowed for the first time in nine days into the mains in Des Moines, Iowa, the largest U.S. city ever to go without running water for so long. The crisis was far from over, however. Parts of south St. Louis were still under as much as 10 feet of water after the River Des Peres, a concrete-lined drainage channel, overran a levee. Hundreds of homes were flooded. Streets leading into the area disap peared in a shimmer of water edged with garbage. Evacuations continued in sever al Kansas communities, including a mobile home park in Kansas City, after a series of severe thunder storms overnight, and parts of Wis consin and Illinois remained flood ed from heavy weekend rain. Even if the heaviest rains are history, the flooding isn't going to recede quickly. The Mississippi, still swollen in its upper reaches in Minnesota, could remain above flood stage downriver for more than two weeks, said Bob Anderson of the Army Corps of Engineers. The crest was expected to reach Cairo, Ill., on Thursday; below there, the river becomes wider and deeper and will absorb the powerful flow from the north. And while the river remains high, levees protecting low-lying areas become saturated and in creasingly vulnerable. Except for thunderstorms that moved from Kansas into Mis souri during the day, most of the Midwest was sunny Monday. The forecast for the rest of the week called for an increasing number of scattered thunder storms, but not the widespread deluges of recent weeks. In the upper Mississippi basin, river levels were falling in Min nesota and Wisconsin. Farther south, the drop will come much more slowly as the Mississippi collects the overflow from many other flooded rivers. The Mississippi crested overnight at St. Louis at 46.9 feet, more than 6 feet above the 1973 record of 43.23 feet. Twelve hours later, it had dropped one-tenth of a foot. [uesday, Ju Thi Mark Ev Stephani Dave Th< Mack He Don' Ryan In the v Jonald R; Continued from Page 3 command. He had good bite on his curve ball, and his fastball improved as he went on. "He did his job tonight." For Milwaukee, Robin Yount tried to start a late comeback with an eighth-inning solo homerun, but Ranger reliever Bob Patterson and closer Tom Henke, who earned his 20th save, came in to stop the Brewers. Yount gave Ryan an early scare by landing a double into right field in the first inning. Ryan, however, retired the next two batters to get out of the inning safely. "I wanted to make sure that I didn't have a long first inning and get into a streak where I lost my rhythm," Ryan said. "I wanted to es tablish my pitches and make sure that I didn't get into a situation in the first inning that would dictate how the outcome of my perfor mance would be." Yount noticed no difference between Mon day's outing and the Ryan of old. "He looked the same as we have been see ing him the last few years," Yount said. "He certainly isn't going backwards." With the win, the Rangers now find them selves in the midst of the American League West pennant race, a place they definitely were not in when Ryan was injured. Texas, with a 47-44 record, is perched two games be hind Chicago in the West and in sole posses sion of second place. It's been a long time since Ryan has been in a pennant race, and this is his last chance. Now that he has shown that he can function again at full speed in the majors, is Ryan ready to give all this up now? "Come October, it's the end," Ryan said. "It's just a matter ofwhen in October." tthal inje has Dep itooper, a le officer Jtist and sed the «as said toward. While L ion, the v\ far Bill (anted ’and's k: jiven tl oenalty, igreed w i’ense attc jument t le hard music tl inced H ill the tr Davids bum SI Inter: determine "I feel need to b I'm claim Burnett Continued from Page 3 my place. It seemed to fit me well, being the lethargic one who enjoys inertia. And never having been too big on kinetic energy, this all seemed rather ideal. of taking the infamous sexist ghost out, I volunteered to sit out. After all, it seemed like the best way I could serve the team. The game started, the players took the field and there I was, on the bench. At first I was comfortable with But about 10 minutes into the game I got a little lonely. I began to feel I wasn't involved. It wasn't for a lack of want- I was yelling and supporting the team but I just wasn't part of the ac tion. As boredom set in, my mind began to wander. In its wander ing, it stumbled upon a strange thought - how does the kid that never got to play feel? I am 21 years old and comfort able with a non-athletic lifestyle. I love watching sports and really enjoyed my days as a wanna-be soccer player. But what about the impressionable little kids who want so desperately to be good athletes? Remember the 7-year old who was always chosen last for kick- ball at recess? And what about that 10-year-old whose oppres sive little league coach wouldn't play him or her because he want ed to win. What I am talking about is no big revelation and in fact, I don't have an answer to the problem. I am just saying that everyone knows that this happens. You knew who was good and who was bad at all the games as a child. Maybe it was even you. But for one 50-minute co-rec softball game, it was me. music wa: Davids id the L music col WE BUY USED CD’S FOR $4.00 or trade 2 for 1 We sell used CD’S $8.99 or less 268-0154 (At Northgate) VMA Information Systems ^IMPACT One-Call Information Hotline 774-1222 Time and Temperature 1555 Real Estate 8001 Sports 3000 Financial 6001 Horoscopes 4000 Entertainment 9001 Medical/Dental 2000 Simplicity! 1. Dial Number 2. Enter 4-digit Code 3. Become Informed! Free agency Continued from Page 3 among the five highest paid play ers at his position. Teams also have the right of first refusal for two players in 1993 and one in 1994, provided that the contract offered will make the player one of the 10 highest paid at his prospective position. The right of first refusal means that a player's original team has the right to match any offer made from another team to keep the rights to that player. Players' salaries are capped at 67 percent of gross league rev enues from television contracts and gate receipts. When this ceiling is reached, the eligibility for free agency will drop from five years of experience to four. The annual college draft has been reduced from 12 rounds to seven, but provides additional picks for teams that lose the great est number of players due to free agency. Some of the other terms in volved in the contract include $195 million in damages to be paid to approximately 2000 play ers to compensate them for vari ous lawsuits; the addition of two new teams by 1995; the revival of a developmental league; pay-for- view television; cooperative mar keting efforts between the players' union and the league; enhanced health insurance coverage; and severance pay of $30,000 annually for each year of play. "It's been a long time coming" Kukoc released, signs with Chicago THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DEERFIELD, Ill. - After win ning three straight NBA titles, the Chicago Bulls shouldn't need much help. They got it anyhow Monday, signing three-time Euro pean Player of the Year Toni Kukoc after a three-year courtship. Despite his height, Kukoc is more skilled as a ballhandler and a shooter than as a rebounder, and the Bulls envision him push ing the ball upcourt and making plays similar to those by forward Scottie Pippen. "It's been a long time coming," Bulls vice president Jerry Krause said of signing the 24-year-old Croatian, chosen in the 1990 draft. "It's going to make our basketball team better." "I think we can run more with Toni, look to generate more of fense, feature an up-tempo game a little more," Bulls coach Phil Jackson said. The Bulls did not release the fi nancial details of the contract, but the deal reportedly is worth as much as $17.6 million over eight years. Last month, the Italian team Benetton Treviso released Kukoc from a contract that would have expired in 1995. A clause in the re ported $15.3 million deal let him break it after two seasons. Kukoc wishes it could have been sooner so he could have shared in the Bulls' title drives. "It must have been a great feel ing for them," he said. "I'm sorry I couldn't be with them, but 1 think this is not the end of Chica go winning." Un I had nevi ized the of conse ’itism at T ziposed or jes by the s liA&M o ^til a rece felt invoh ;SC Visua •ommittee While wan fross the 1 '■'front of 1 fee Studc ?ams Off! ' J oie acros hknown j Ms Caller The wal fei exhibil feilled by : Ppeal of tl ^nt and c : feisor to HI was :1 >it down no lal later it ■^ps the u: tosing wa fa of th f could of faciatio to be q