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U.N. imposes embargo on Libya
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -
The Security Council on Tuesday
branded Libya a terrorist state for
shielding six men accused of
blowing up Pan Am Flight 103
and a French airliner, approving
sanctions that ban flights and
arms sales to the North African
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Security Council approves banning
of arms sales, flights to Terrorist state 7
pel most Libyan diplomats.
Hours before the vote, Wi
country.
Wearing black for mourning,
relatives of some of the 270 vic
tims of the 1988 Pan Am bombing
watched from the visitors' gallery
as the council imposed the sanc
tions by a 10-0 vote.
It was only the second time the
Security Council has imposed
sanctions on a single country for
flouting its demands on peace and
security. The first was after the
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
George Williams, whose son
Jordy died when the plane blew
up over Scotland, said: "Libya has
been indicted, the finger has been
pointed at them as having been
deeply involved in the bombing of
Pan Am 103."
Susan Cohen, whose 20-year-
old daughter Theodora also died
in the Pan Am bombing, said: "It's
not nearly enough. We need an oil
embargo. We won't get the truth
unless a lot more goes into this."
Although the resolution pro
hibits the sale of arms, airplanes
and aircraft parts to Libya, it in
cludes no broad trade embargo',
meaning Libya's oil exports will
not be affected. The resolution
also calls on member states to ex
diplomats said Libya was pie,i
ing some foreigners fromli
the country, raising fears thi!
could be held as hostage;
State Department said nonet
500 to 1,000 Americans
country were having trouble
ing Libya.
The sanctions are schedi
take effect April 15, but will
imposed if Libya surrenders
six suspects sought by Frj
Britain and the United States
takes steps to fulfill all tbe
mands of the resolution.
So
Navy retires America's last active battleship
Veterans salute 'Mighty Mo
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
needle on the government's main
economic barometer rose 0.8 per
cent in February, pointing toward
a renewed revival, but one that
analysts agree will be weaker
than normal.
Analysts said the second
straight increase in the Commerce
Department's Index of Leading
Economic Indicators, released
Tuesday, suggested the recovery
was under way again after virtu
ally stalling out late last year.
But they cautioned that the in
dex also had risen in the first half
of 1991 and could falter — as it
did last year.
Analysts also were heartened
by a report Tuesday that showed
a large rebound in consumer con
fidence last month.
The Conference Board, a New
York-based business organiza
tion, said its Consumer Confi
dence Index soared to 54 in
March, up seven points from
February and the biggest increase
in a year.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Taps were sounded
and Old Glory brought down and veterans of three
wars paid tribute Tuesday to "Mighty Mo," the USS
Missouri, as America's last active battleship was re
tired.
The ship where Japan formally surrendered in
1945, and which pounded Iraqi forces with one-ton
shells during the Persian Gulf War was decommis
sioned because of defense cuts and a diminished So
viet threat.
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., spoke from the deck. He
warned that too much disarmament was dangerous,
and expressed regret that the Navy did not ask for
the money to keep the ship battle-ready.
"Those who would slash our military even fur
ther than the planned 25 percent reduction . . . lack
an understanding of history's lessons," said Skelton,
a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
"Time and time again, in this century we have
followed the dangerous and costly path of demobi
lization, disarmament, and unpreparedness, only to
regret that course of action a few short years later,"
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Threatening skies cleared for the ceremonyal
Long Beach Naval Station. Hundreds of
seamen and veterans of World War II and thefo
and Persian Gulf wars stood at attention as a car.
fired 19 shots.
Red, white and blue bunting draped thek:
ship's rails. A yellow Operation Desert Stora
flew high above.
Its 16-inch guns were capped and hatches
ready for storage.
The ship's captain, Cmdr. Albert L Ki
thanked the crew. "Stand tall and always be pre;
he advised them.
Kaiss, who also retired Tuesday, read thefe
decommissioning order and ordered the ship's
nant lowered. The ship's chaplain read a benedic
and Kaiss ordered the colors hauled down
American flag was lowered, taps sounded, ani
crew marched off.
The Missouri was the last of four Iowa-class
tleships mothballed by Pentagon cuts.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Supreme Court said Tuesday
racial integration of public schools
may be achieved piece by piece,
making it easier for federal judges
to stop supervising broad desegre
gation efforts.
The 8-0 decision permits an
end to federal court supervision
over student enrollment in
DeKalb County, Ga., even though
schools there have never been ful
ly integrated.
A five-member court majority
also emphasized it generally is not
unlawful for blacks and whites to
attend different schools if they live
in different neighborhoods.
"Racial balance is not to be
achieved for its own sake," Justice
Anthony M. Kennedy wrote.
"Residential housing choices and
their attendant effects on the racial
composition of schools present an
ever-changing pattern, one diffi
cult to address through judicial
remedies."
Christopher Hansen, the
American Civil Liberties Union
lawyer who represented black
parents in DeKalb County, said,
"It's a difficult decision to com
prehend, but we are very disap
pointed by it and its overall tone.
"It seems the court's majority
is growing weary of its commit
ment to racial justice. It is not pre
pared to abandon that commit
ment, but it is clearly frustrated."
Kennedy, writing for the court,
said, "Federal courts have the au
thority to relinquish supervision
and control of school districts in
incremental stages, before full
compliance has been achieved in
every area of school operations."
Kennedy said ju
give "particular attention toll*
school system's record ofcompli
ance."
No one in DeKalb Count;
middle-class suburban areaei
of Atlanta, argues thatthecoc
ty's schools ever havebeenM
integrated. Today, about60pf
cent of the county's 77,000pufi
school students are black.Ma
than half of them attend sch«
90 percent or more black.
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racially segregated bylaws
1966. It was not until black pare
sued in 1969 that any signific
desegregation efforts began.
Blacks comprised 6 percenl
the county's student populati
then. Over the next decade, th!
sands of black families movedr j
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Russia plans for stable futurf
Signing of treaty by leaders
helps affirm Yeltsin's efforts
MOSCOW (AP) - President
Boris Yeltsin scored a political vic
tory Tuesday as regional leaders
from across Russia signed a treaty
he said will help protect the coun
try from "chaos, lawlessness" and
disintegration.
"At this critical moment that
Russia is experiencing, we found
the strength, reason and responsi
bility to remove the danger of
fragmentation looming over Rus
sia, and to do it together," Yeltsin
said.
For Yeltsin, signing the pact
marked the end of a winter that
was milder than forecast and less
tumultuous than expected.
Although consumer prices
have quadrupled since Jan. 2 un
der Yeltsin's economic reforms,
the winter passed without the
widespread demonstrations or
food riots that had been predicted
by members of Yeltsin's own gov
ernment.
No one is reported to have
died of starvation or frozen to
death because of the reforms, de
spite rising numbers of unem
ployed and homeless people.
Yeltsin faces plenty of political
storms ahead, however, as reflect
ed by the resignation on Tuesday
of a top aide. Vice Premier Sergei
Shakhrai, a victim of political in
fighting in the days before the
opening of parliament on Mon
day.
The parliament, or Russian
Congress of People's Deputies,
will be holding its first session
since the Soviet Union collapsed
last December.
In addition to criticism from
Russian lawmakers, Yeltsin is en
countering disputes over military
issues with Ukrainian leaders.
Ukraine is the second most
populous and wealthy nation in
the Commonwealth of Indepen
dent States that replaced the Sovi
et Union.
Yeltsin, whose approval rating
has plummeted since he lifted
price controls last January, was
certain to wave the Federation
Treaty as a banner of victory in
parliament. But in his speech, he
ignored the refusal of two of Rus
sia's autonomous republics to sign
the treaty.
The dissenting states were the
mostly Muslim republics of
Tatarstan, whose voters on March
21 voted for independence, and
Chechen, which has declared in
dependence. *•
Signing the treaty along with
the 18 autonomous republics were
49 oblasts and six krais — differ
ent forms of administrative units
established under the former Sovi
et system.
Yeltsin said the treaty, which
gives regions greater autonomy,
"will make it possible to liberate
the vast and varied experience of
Russia, the initiative and enter
prise of its citizens."
He predicted it would stand as
"a barrier to the restoration of
cumbersome bureaucratic struc
tures, (and) put an end to the
supremacy of the so-called
Moscow bureaucracy."
Researchers
to explore
island for
oil reserves
HOUSTON (AP)
Marathon Oil Co. and
sian officials have agreedtt
study the feasibility of ex'
ploring for oil and gasofi
Sakhalin Island.
Houston-based
Marathon, McDermott Intel’
national and Mitsui & Co
Ltd. signed what they called
a definitive agreement
day with the Russian
istry of fuel and energy.
The agreement coven
only a study of the area, bid
the companies involved er
pect the pact will leadtoai
exploration program.
Marathon previously hai
estimated Sakhalin explO’
ration would cost $10 billion
making it the biggest deal
ever for Marathon andtbf
most extensive collaboration
yet between foreign energ'
companies and Russia.
Shortly after the pro’
posed deal was announced
local officials in Sakhalin
protested.
They claimed they had
been elbowed out of the ne
gotiations by Russian enerp
officials.