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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia— Ser-
han police using clubs reportedly
lashed with ethnic Albanian
tsj demonstrators Tuesday in south-
|m Kosovo province, the next po-
:ential hotspot of ethnic violence
what used to be Yugoslavia.
In Sarajevo, the senior civilian
J.N. official in the splintered Yu-
pslav federation said the situa-
lon was "desperate" in the Bosn-
m capital.
Cedric Thornberry said crews
rying to restore water and elec-
ricity before the onset of winter
rae coming under frequent gun-
ire.
Fighting convulsed parts of
arajevo.
Government troops repulsed
lerb infantry attacks in the west-
rn suburb of Stup and mortar
ounds targeted several other city
ectors.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tension rose over a U.N. “no-
fly" zone in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The commander of the rebel Bosn
ian Serbs' warplanes threatened to
defy the order.
In Washington, U.S. officials
said the government was consult
ing allies on a response to reports
Serb bombers were already violat
ing the flight ban.
While the ban the U.N. Security
Council approved Friday is not
militarily backed, the United
States and other members have
threatened to seek a resolution au
thorizing enforcement.
Yugoslav Prime Minister Milan
Panic appealed for calm in Koso
vo and announced he would trav
el to the predominantly Albanian
province Thursday.
Opposition leaders in Belgrade
have repeatedly charged that Ser
bia's hard-line leader, Slobodan
Milosevic, could exploit violence
in Kosovo to undermine Panic's
efforts to end the Yugoslav crisis.
Milosevic, leader of Serbia's for
mer Communist party, has ac
cused Panic of being too concilia
tory in trying to end the isolation
of Yugoslavia, now only Serbia
and tiny Montenegro.
Milosevic's strong support for
Serb militants in Croatia and
Bosnia brought severe U.N. trade
sanctions on Yugoslavia. In Koso
vo, protest organizers said police
officers assaulted ethnic Albani
ans who tried to enter the univer
sity building in downtown Pristi
na. Belgrade radio said several
protesters and police officers were
injured before the demonstrators
dispersed early in the afternoon.
A statement released by a coali
tion of ethnic Albanian parties
said police “brutally beat up"
demonstrators and ran over a 17-
year-old girl with a squad car.
Smaller clashes also occurred in
the towns of Lipljan, Urosevac
and Mitrovica, where several ar
rests were reported.
Speaking in Zagreb, Croatia,
Thornberry said work crews again
failed to repair electricity lines
and water mains in Sarajevo.
Despite guarantees from Serb
militias and troops loyal to
Bosnia's Muslim-led government,
most of the teams were shot at
when they tried to restore utilities,
he said. U.N. officials say the re
sumption of heat and water in
Sarajevo could stave off thou
sands of deaths this winter.
Dysentery cases already are
climbing. Bad weather is hamper
ing efforts to fly food to the city.
U.N. officials said one transport
plane was hit by fire from the
ground as it approached Sarajevo
airport.
They did not give its nationali
ty or other details, and they gave
no indication the airlift would be
halted.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Gov. Ann Richards wants to be
he first Texan to cast a general election ballot
or presidential candidate Bill Clinton by tak-
ng advantage of the state's early voting law
Vednesday, a spokeswoman said.
Richards, a Democrat, planned to vote at an
> they areal Austin grocery store at 7 a.m. on the first day
early voting in Texas, said spokeswoman
Margaret Justus.
The state's early voting period runs from
Vednesday through Oct. 30.
Besides casting an early-bird vote for her
party's presidential candidate, Richards
wants to encourage people to follow in her
ootsteps and vote early, and take advantage
ifthe state's early retail voting," Justus said.
The governor's vote will be among the first
n the nation. Early voting already has begun
n Colorado, another state that permits voting
ie rest of tk ,e ^ ore Nov. 3 election day.
Democrats planned a strong push to in-
rease early voting in Texas, highlighted by
allies attended by Richards and other Democ-
ats. For example, Hillary Clinton, wife of Bill
linton, was scheduled to attend an early-vote
ally in Dallas Wednesday, and Democratic
National Committee Chairman Ron Brown
was to speak at a Houston rally. Richards
planned to attend rallies in East Texas with
Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson.
"Our goal is to have 1.75
million votes cast during
the early voting period,"
said Kirk Adams, director
of Unity '92, Texas' coordi
nated campaign for De
mocrats.
Republicans, in contrast,
planned to concentrate on
a "massive phone bank op
eration" to get out the vote,
said spokesman Mark
Sanders for Victory '92, the
GOP election effort for
Bush and other Republicans.
"We made a decision that rather than hav
ing a public display with crowds and dragging
our volunteers out of the phone banks to show
up at a rally, we'd be better served if they were
in the phone banks, working," Sanders said.
"We don't have time for gimmicks."
However, Sanders said Republican U.S. Rep.
Bill Archer and Bush supporters also planned
to vote Wednesday in Houston.
Richards
Besides polling places in traditional loca
tions and a number of retail stores, Texans
may use mobile early voting sites. These can
range from motor home-like vehicles to station
wagons containing the essentials for voting,
according to Secretary of State John Hannah's
office.
Karen Hughes, state GOP spokeswoman,
said Richards and Hannah should ensure that
every mobile voting site is cleared by the U.S.
Justice Department. Hughes said she'd been
told many sites had not been cleared.
Bill Cryer, spokesman for Richards, said the
responsibility for submitting the sites lies with
local county clerks "and we are confident that
they would do that."
"It's a typical election-eve kind of Republi
can thing to try to discourage voters," Cryer
said of Hughes' comments.
Hughes said, "We want everyone to vote . .
We want to make sure that the law is fol
lowed."
Also on the eve of early voting, several civil
rights groups said they were launching a voter
rights protection effort. They said voters who
are subjected to intimidation or abuse, or do
not receive adequate bilingual assistance or
other necessary help, may call 1-800-446-2536.
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Entrepreneur's airline
to link Houston, L.A.
Che ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON - A former b°‘hcMe S and provide baggage
America West Airlines employ
ee says he's starting a new air
line with flights linking Hous
ton and Los Angeles.
Michael Richmond, 31, said
Monday the new company,
Richmond Jet International,
would begin next year with one
Boeing 737-300 jet, seating 143
people, flying two daily round
trips non-stop.
The airline will sell only one
class of ticket and offer a single
economically competitive fare,
he said.
Continental is the only air
line to offer non-stop service
between Houston and Los An
geles, Richmond said.
"The public is always look
ing for another choice."
The new airline will require
an estimated $10 million invest
ment for landing fees, the lease
of the airplane and salaries of
an estimated 50 to 60 employ
ees, he said.
Richmond said he has ob
tained financial backing from a
group of private New York in
vestors he did not wish to
name.
Richmond said his company
handling and ground services
for the fledgling carrier.
But Dick Shimizu,
spokesman for the Phoenix-
based America West, said Tues
day no such agreement has
been finalized.
"We have an on-call agree
ment with him in Houston that
says he can use the gate, pro
vided we aren't using it at that
time," Shimizu said.
But he said talks with Rich
mond have not progressed to
complete a deal at Los Angeles
International Airport.
Shimizu said there is no pact
for ground services or baggage
handling.
"We have had discussion
with him," Shimizu said. "But
we are nowhere near having an
agreement with him."
Richmond said he has 12
years experience in the airline
business, including several
years with America West,
where he worked as a flight en
gineer handling flight schedul
ing and operations.
Shimizu said he left the oper
ations in Phoenix in March 1986
as an assistant dispatcher.
Agency's decision stirs
issue of race in adoptions
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS— A state welfare
agency's decision to take a 3 1/2-
year-old black foster child away
from the white family that raised
him has renewed controversy
about whether race should play a
role in adoptions.
Philip and Lana Jenkins of Abi
lene say they should be allowed
to adopt Christopher, whom they
have cared for since he was a
newborn whose mother was ad
dicted to crack.
But the Texas Department of
Protective and Regulatory Ser
vices, which oversees the state's
Child Protective Services, has or
dered Christopher placed with a
black foster family that also wants
to adopt two of the child's half-
brothers.
Although state officials first be
gan seeking Christopher's re
moval from the foster home in
September 1991, it wasn't until a
recent decision by state Judge Ale-
ta Hacker in Abilene that the boy
was placed with the black family.
Jenkins, who vows to continue
seeking custody of the boy and
has filed a federal discrimination
lawsuit against the PRS, believes
the placement was based solely on
race.
She said she fears Christopher
will be emotionally destroyed.
"He firmly believes he's com
ing back home,"Jenkins said
Tuesday. "Our concern is he's
been gone three weeks today and
he's probably starting to give up
hope."
At issue is one of 10 agency
guidelines to be used when a
caseworker considers what family
to choose for an adoption. It lists
"preservation of (the child's)
racial or ethnic heritage."
Camille Miller, the agency's in
terim executive director, said the
guideline is not to be considered
before any other.
"There are 10 factors that must
be taken into account/'Miller said.
". . . There is nothing in there that
says one is a priority over anoth
er. They are all 10 to be taken into
consideration."
She said the bottom line is what
is best for the child.
"I think everyone would agree
that if you've got a situation
where a black child can be placed
with his black siblings in a black
family, that looks like the best sit
uation," she said.
"That may not be, depending
on the family and the siblings and
the individual child. In this case,
that is what appears to be in the
best interest."
Surgeons defend transplant
Doctor calls use of pig liver unethical
|THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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LOS ANGELES — Surgeons on
esday defended their failed ef-
Tt to save a dying woman by
ansplanting a pig liver, facing
iticism from a doctor who said
utting the animal organ into a
uman was unethical.
The landmark operation was a
mporary measure to keep her
ive until a human liver could be
>und. Susan Fowler, 26, died
bnday evening after a human
ver was sent to Cedars-Sinai
ledical Center from Utah.
She died of complications of
:ute liver failure despite the fact
iat the pig liver transplanted on
inday was functioning, said Dr.
onard Makowka, head of the
ansplant team. Rapid deteriora-
min the woman's health caused
Jctors to choose the pig liver
ansplant, he said.
('We were faced with a young
Oman deteriorating in front of
ir eyes with signs of severe
brain swelling," Makowka said.
"If we're faced again with this
situation tonight, we would have
to proceed."
"There's absolutely no basis in
basic research for trying a pig liv
er in a human being given the dif
ferences in biology between peo
ple and pigs," said Dr. Arthur Ca-
plan, director of the Biomedical
Ethics Center at the University of
Minnesota at Minneapolis.
"But the gap in biology be
tween a pig and a person at the
present time is too large to moral
ly justify subjecting any human
being to a transplant of organs
from a pig," Caplan said in a tele
phone interview.
"I understand his concerns . . .
but Dr. Caplan hasn't had the
benefit of years of research" into
transplanted pig livers, Makowka
said.
The surgeons did not know
why the fatal complication, brain
swelling, occurred with the pig
liver functioning.
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1 in 7 children in Texas go to bed hungry
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Wed., Oct. 14
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MSC 226
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their experiences through words, pictures, and film
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