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he Battalion ORLD & NATION 11 Wednesday, September 13,1989 ush begs children to refuse drugs WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Bush, in a televised appeal to millions of schoolchildren, said Tuesday that refusing drugs “won’t make you a nerd” and urged young sters to help others stay away from narcotics. “I’m asking you not to look the other way,” Bush said in an address beamed live from the White House to thousands of schools across the bountry. Saying everyone knows someone who has a problem. Bush added, “I’m asking you to find someone who needs you. And offer to help, ['ll say it again: If you’re not in trou ble, help someone who is.” On another front, as Bush made his speech, the White House un corked a toughly worded, partisan attack against congressional Demo crats who are criticizing the adminis tration’s anti-drug efforts as inade quate and underfunded. White House press secretary Mar lin Fitzwater said Democrats were trying “to play price-tag politics” with the administration’s plan, which calls for more prisons, more pros ecutors, tougher sentences and aid to Latin American nations to help combat drug cartels. “Their first answer was to tax more,” Fitzwater said of the Demo crats. “Then they had a daylong con ference to decide why they can’t win a presidential election. And now ouse continues work m flag desecration bill yjmti WASHINGTON (AP) — The ouse moved Tuesday toward ap- roval of legislation to restore crimi- al penalties for flag burning, seek ing to overcome an unpopular iupreme Court decision. House action in the form of a stat ute appeared likely after Speaker Thomas S. Foley promised a vote later on a constitutional amendment, the remedy demanded by President Bush and many congressional Re publicans to undo the court’s ruling st years, that flag burning could be a pro jected form of free speech. "I remain opposed ... and I think for (alilthe leadership is opposed to a consti- Robint sutional amendment,” said Foley, D- t of dial Wash., calling such action unneces- ere talk; ary. However, he said he had assured those seeking an amendment they havetoUwould get their vote, and he denied hat that marked a political setback. He suggested he would work to keep fhey a the amendment from getting the two-thirds vote needed for passage. Some seeking an amendment soft ened their opposition to the statute, once assured that the Democratic leadership would not use it to block their alternative. Rep. Sonny Montgomery, D- Miss., chairman of the House Veter ans Committee and co-sponsor of Bush’s amendment, stood up in the House and announced he would vote for the statute. “I still have doubts that we can do the job by statute, but this is a step in the rierht direction,” he said. At the White House, spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said, “We believe that this bill is insufficient to provide the protections that we seek, and therefore continue to press for a constitutional amendment.” But he stopped short of any veto threats. their new answer is to spend more.” On Capitol Hill, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, proposed legislation to boost anti drug spending to $10.1 billion, or $2.2 billion more than Bush’s pro gram, in fiscal 1990 which begins Oct. 1. Byrd proposed across-the-board cuts in many domestic and Pentagon programs of 0.575 percent. Bush had suggested taking money away from a handful 'of domestic pro grams to pay for his program. Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., indicated that despite the White House opposition, he liked el ements of Byrd’s plan. “He may have the best solution on the funding side of the equation,” Dole said of Byrd’s proposal. “I’m not certain of the amount, but per haps that’s something we can work out.” White House spokesman Fitzwa ter said Byrd’s proposal “throws money at the problem rather than providing a plan.” The White House said Bush’s advisers would recom mend he veto the Democratic ver sion. While the White House argued with Democrats, the administration offered a new price tag for the long term cost of the drug war. William J. Bennett, the national drug control policy director, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee, “I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that we are talking about a $50 billion program over five years.” At the White House, Bush spoke for 15 minutes to schoolchildren in an address carried live by the four major television networks as well as educational cable systems. The Education Department had alerted 15,000 superintendents and 55,000 principals of the broadcast, and some schools arranged to hold assemblies where students could watch the speech and discuss the drug problem. “Presidents don’t often get the chance to talk direcdy to students. So today, for each of you sitting in a classroom or assembly hall — this message goes straight to you,” Bush said, speaking from the presidential library. Texas Air investors meet to decide future of Lorenzo air empire NEW YORK (AP) — The fu ture of Frank Lorenzo’s airline empire may well be on the line when the Texas Air Corp. chair man faces shareholders Wednes day at a long-delayed annual meeting. Eastern Airlines, one of its two main subsidiaries, is in its seventh month of a bitter strike and tortu ous bankruptcy proceeding. The Miami-based carrier recendy dis closed to creditors that it will have about $370 million less in cash by year-end than first projected, having abandoned a plan to sell its Latin American routes. As a result, Texas Air may un derwrite some of Eastern’s opera- dons — a prospect unlikely to cheer Texas Air shareholders. A hearing is scheduled for Wednes day in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on a proposal for Texas Air to pay part of Eastern’s $100 million pension payment due on Friday. While Eastern has been buf feted since early March by the strike by Machinists, pilots and flight attendants, its sister carrier Continental Airlines appeared to enjoy stability and even turned a modest profit. But in a surprise move, Lorenzo announced on Aug. 24 that he was considering selling all or part of Houston- based Continental. The “noise” at strike-torn East ern was hurting non-union Conti nental’s business, Lorenzo re cendy explained. “We have to be responsible to our shareholders,” he said. “We have an obligation to look for alternatives.” East Germans fill refugee camps in West PASSAU, West Germany (AP) — Thousands of East Germans crowded refugee camps Tues day to begin building new lives in the West after crossing the border from Hungary, and officials said the historic emigre flood could exceed 15,000. Communist East Germany issued a formal protest to Hungary’s reform-minded govern ment for permitting the exodus that will deprive the East of thousands of young, skilled citizens. It demanded the movement be halted. East Germans who had camped outside the West German Embassy in Prague, Czechoslova kia, also hoping to go West, gave up after prom ises they would not be punished, but thousands more flowed out of Hungary into West Ger many. Officials in Hungary said thousands more East Germans were arriving in the Warsaw Pact coun try, which opened its doors to the West at mid night Sunday. It was unclear how many would follow their countrymen to the West. Residents in the border city of Passau greeted new arrivals with cheers, hugs and offers of jobs and shelter. Several tent camps and a reception area in the city’s convention center were set up for the emigres, mostly young people fed up with Communism. “This reception is really amazing,” Ute Kindi, a refugee, said. “I’m really speechless over the warmness and kindness here.” A large banner outside the center bore the words “Herzlich Willkommen” (heartfelt greet ings). Red and silver helium balloons with the same message bobbed in the welcoming crowd. Bulletin boards listed jobs and apartments. Labor Minister Gebhard Glueck in the West German state of Bavaria predicted that the total number of East Germans taking advantage of the chance to emigrate “could top 15,000.” Bavarian border police said the number that had arrived in the past two days was “over 10,000.” East Germany’s state-run ADN news agency released a government statement calling for the “immediate rescinding” of Hungary’s decision to “unilaterally suspend” bilateral agreements on border controls. lent fexasi; A cari to tie .sarabai enth #1 lickey li the to; ;s ;al figure ame vi- s have r con- includ loncat ai will) nillion n next ntract ing tlit .son so on, the ift who ill-Stat I s Comhs edulfh s COD' iwheo iate, nts to that's SEASON TICKET S AN AGGIE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL -BUSINESS STUDIES NEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS * 10 scholarships are available for Junior and Senior Business students with a demonstrated interest in international business. * Application forms can be picked up at the Center For International Business Studies, Room 505 Blocker Buliding, Phone: 845-5234. * Application Deadline: Monday, September 25, 1989. * Sponsored by Mitsui and Company of Japan. 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