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ra World & Nation Lit iFriday , September 13,1991 The Battalion Page 11 Tensions threaten Soviet reforms pute. iat Lof: eemen: id arc- • ncy Li f; . « confijH MOSCOW (AP) - Soviet re- player'; iformers told Secretary of State )dehis:Sj ames a. Baker III Thursday that disarray in their ranks and ancient ethnic tensions are the greatest threats to a peaceful transition to democracy in the Soviet Union. Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov said, too, that the forces that backed the three-day coup against llegatior. ids the reached il cohal i in l could;; Gorbachev and Yeltsin talked of progress toward political and economic change. Their warnings of hard times ahead were in the context of a need for massive aid tempt at a coup could be made," he said. Baker referred to the personal relationship he and Shevardnadze developed when the Soviet repre- Soviet President Mikhail S. Gor- )Mhlt)Bi bachev i ' n A u § ust </w iU always be threat." it May but h 16 a< dded that "the that a { have icial cora. biggest threat however, is not so much the reactionary forces, but the inability of us reformists to re ally come together and work out our problems." The wary, somewhat pes simistic view of the future was echoed by former Foreign Minis ter Eduard Shevardnadze and Russian Foreign Minister Andrei >*• M Kozyrev. Kozyrev talked of the danger paymeu "excessive nationalism," a ref- state's v::l|erence to the tensions between the republics as they break the once- strong hold of the Soviet central government. Their emphasis on the dangers that lie ahead was in sharp con trast to the upbeat statements the e the Pi; ld a y before by Gorbachev and Rus- ilies caJ| s ' an P res jd ent Boris N. Yeltsin. "...the biggest threat, however, is not so much the reactionary forces, but the inability of us reformists to really come together and work out our problems." Mikhail $. Gorbachev he fund: ogus ims 1 fun; from the West — short-term to meet the challenge of the harsh Russian winter and long-term to rebuild the crumbling national economy. Shevardnadze also talked of a need for aid, saying dire conse quences would follow if "astro nomic" sums of money are not provided by the West. "If we fail to improve, at least, at minimum, the living conditions, then we have to face this reality and it's quite possible another at- sented his country as foreign min ister. "I have always had the great est respect and the closest feelings of affection for Eduard Shevard nadze and that has not diminished in the least," Baker said. It was an unusual endorse ment for a man who is forming a political opposition party in a country where Baker was on an official visit. They met at the head quarters of Shevardnadze's Move ment for Democratic Reform and Shevardnadze said the visit had "a very important symbolic mean ing." Popov said he thought the transition to a market economy would be easier in a large cities such as Moscow and Leningrad than it would be in the country side. "It should not be difficult to return stores to private ownership in Moscow," said the mayor. "The reactionary forces will al ways be a threat to us as long as they still maintain their position in the old structure that is still some what with us," said Popov. "As long as property is still in the hands of the state, it will always be a threat and continues to be so." Shevardnadze agreed on the danger from a lack of cooperation among reformers. "The most difficult thing, of course, is the crisis situation in which our economy finds itself," he said. "Conditions of life are getting worse. Of course, on a backdrop like this, the dangers ex ist and continue, especially since the democrats and the reformers have to get together in order to re move danger and that threat." es dighwai conside? routes a; reasingh i Texas, al trail!- irt Wort 1 y by thf >uncil o: ■t identi- r and ev Id befi- Senate approves removal of ban study predicts . r j j t .• t ethnic makeup on tax-funded abortion counseling 0 f u s schools WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate approved legislation Thursday revoking a ban on abor tion counseling by federally fi nanced clinics, and allowing tax payer-paid abortions for women who are victims of rape or incest. The measure, adopted 78-22, faced a veto threat from President Bush over both provisions. With his promised rejection of the bill, abortion foes did little to thwart passage of the legislation. They have resorted to that tactic frequently in recent months,in a Congress that increasingly favors abortion rights but still lacks the strength required to override a presidential veto. "The president's regulations ... are not morally defensible," Sen ate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, told reporters about the administration's abor tion-counseling ban. "And that is why he has chosen not to defend them. Obviously, the White House strategy is not to have either a de bate or a vote squarely on that is sue. It is to obscure the issue." The abortion provisions were part of a bill providing $204 billion for the departments of Health and Human Services, Education and Labor for fiscal 1992. The new fis cal year begins Oct. 1. The legislation also contains nearly $5.8 billion for education programs for the handicapped, a nearly $200 million increase over 1991. the pov way ex es in all : is feas;- improv- arris, thf isporta- /lornin; uf new ly," he freewa; unst thf .idering egiona mrsda; •eturn a 5. way to it them, way de- 5 to get geTt® Worth them, i high- Swaggart defamed fellow preacher, brought down ministry, jury finds NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Tele- Ivangelist Jimmy Swaggart spread (lies that helped ruin fellow televi sion preacher Marvin Gorman's ministry, a jury found Thursday. Gorman had sued for $90 mil- llion, claiming Swaggart and sever al co-defendants brought down (Gorman's budding television min- jistry in 1987 with false statements (about his sex life. | The verdict that said Swaggart, jimmy Swaggart Ministries and the Rev. Michael Indest defamed Gorman. Damages were yet to be decided. Indest was named on the form as a conspirator but is not a defen dant in the case. He settled with Gorman prior to the beginning of the nine-week trial that ended Thursday night. Also named as defendants Swaggart's wife, Frances, the Rev. Tom Miller and Miller's church, and attorney William Treeby. Swaggart and other defen dants say they told the truth. They produced two women as witness es who said they had sex with Gorman — one a fellow minister's wife who had gone to him for counseling, the other a woman who said he pressured her into in tercourse after accusing her of be ing a lesbian. Two other women who testi fied said the minister fondled and kissed them. Gorman acknowledged a sin gle act of intercourse with one wbman and heavy petting once with another before he resigned from First Assembly of God church in New Orleans. Excluded from this trial was testimony about Swaggart's ex pulsion from the church because Gorman caught him with a prosti tute. The judge said it was not rel evant to Gorman's case. NEW YORK (AP) - A first- ever forecast of the ethnic makeup of public schools says a third of U.S. students will be from minori ties by 1995, and such students will make up a majority of high school graduates in four states. The study, released Thursday by The College Board and the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, also stressed that some of the fastest growing groups, Hispanics especially, are most likely to drop out. The report, "The Road to Col lege: Educational Progress by Race and Ethnicity/' predicted the non white and Hispanic student popu lation will increase from 10.4 mil lion in 1985-86 to a projected 13.7 million in 1994-95. Such pupils will constitute 34 percent of public elementary and secondary school enrollment by 1994-95, up from 29 percent in 1985-86, according to the study. White enrollment, meanwhile, will rise by just 5 percent, from 25.8 million to 27 million, and their share of the student population will drop from 71 percent in 1985- 86 to 66 percent in 1994 -95. Non-whites and Hispanics al ready make up a majority of high school graduates in Hawaii, New Mexico and the District of Columbia in 1989. Shuttle launches study of ozone layer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. I(AP) — Space shuttle Discovery bolted into space Thursday evening with five astronauts and an observatory designed to scruti nize the alarming shrinkage of Earth's ozone layer. Discovery thundered away from its seaside pad at 7:11 p.m. irs, House 3S took prime for by inter ior ad- ed the ?der of list of )rt re- 'itizen. lanced s and Rep. , took ion of or the 1990, d for ibers. s and Is, or pora- trade gress lomic EDT, flames spewing from its twin booster rockets. The 100-ton spaceship pierced a hazy sky as it darted out over the Atlantic Ocean and up the East Coast. "It's the moment we've been waiting for," said Don Wuebbles, an atmospheric scientist who has been working on the project for 13 years. "After 13 years, how can I put it in words?" The launch was delayed 14 minutes because of a temporary loss of communication between the launch site and Mission Con trol at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The countdown clock was held at the 5-minute mark as engineers assessed the interrup tion. The shuttle's solid rocket boosters dropped empty into the ocean as planned two minutes into the flight, and the ship contin ued upward on the thrust of three main engines. ROCKYANOS PIZZA! BUFFET $6^ 99 SPECIAU #£>' PLUS TAX PIZZA • PASTA • SALAD • DESSERT m Carry Out and Delivery EVERYDAY 10:30 A.M. - 10:30 P.Mjb 1037 S. TEXAS AVENUE 693-4188 * Across from Main campus Entrance m HELP! Rudder Theatre Complex Needs student workers For stagehand and spotlight work To Apply Come To: Rudder Auditorium Wed. Sept. 18, 7:00pm COME SIGN UP!! 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