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The Battalion
Tuesday, August 3,1993
NATO officials
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO
allies on Monday considered a
U.S. proposal to escalate the
West's involvement in Bosnia by
bombing Serb positions.
When the proposal was first
made over the weekend, Euro
pean reaction was cool.
A NATO official, speaking
Monday on condition of
anonymity, said sentiment
seemed to be moving in favor of
using NATO warplanes to break
the Serb siege of Sarajevo and in
crease the flow of aid.
In Washington, President Clin
ton said he believed the allies
would authorize the American
proposal, but played down a
State Department spokesman's
comment that Washington was
"determined to act," even with
out NATO support.
"I think we'll have a common
position," Clinton said. "I don't
believe that the allies will permit
Sarajevo to fall or to starve."
On Monday, the commander
of the Bosnian Serb air force
warned that if U.S. fighters attack,
his forces "will fire back with all
their might.
"Those who want to become
the world's policeman simply do
not care for their allies' opinion,"
Gen. Zivomir Ninkovic said.
International attempts to end
the warfare in Bosnia have not
managed to halt violence that has
left between 140,000 to 200,000
people dead or missing, and more
than 2 million homeless.
In Geneva over the weekend,
leaders of Bosnia's three warring
factions agreed on a plan that sets
the stage for the country's parti
tion into three ethnic states.
By Paul Stroud
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN — The French franc fell to an all-time low
Monday against the German mark despite maneuvers
aimed at rescuing Europe's currency system.
European Community finance ministers and cen
tral bankers decided after a weekend meeting in
Brussels to allow currencies to temporarily float to
combat speculators who have been battering the
trading bloc's monetary system.
German Finance Minister Theo Waigel said the
new arrangement "brought back stability" to the Eu
ropean Monetary System.
Dutch and Danish officials criticized it as a set
back to the EC nations' efforts to forge closer eco
nomic and monetary links. Prime Minister John
Major of Britain said the EC plans to introduce a
single European currency by 1999 "looks totally
unrealistic now."
Last year the British and Italian currencies had to
leave the rate system, and last week the German cen
tral bank said it spent $35 billion to support the
French franc and other weakening currencies.
The new deal will let most European currencies
float 15 percent up or down from their central bal
ance. Previously the permitted range was 2.25 per
cent for the French franc, and speculators battered it
to the floor last Friday, prompting the emergency
meeting of finance ministers.
While most currencies fell Monday against the
German mark, trading was not as wild as it had been
last week.
Senate Republican delays
confirmation vote on Elders
Representative issues ultimatum
Simon fights TV violence
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Dr. Joycelyn Elders may have to wait anoth
er month before putting on the surgeon general's uniform because a
Senate Republican is keeping her nomination from coming to a vote
this week.
The move Monday by Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., means the Sen
ate will not vote on the confirmation until returning from its Au
gust recess, which is to begin at the end of this week.
Nickles has led the opposition to Elders, whoin he has called a
"radical" for her blunt-spoken advocacy of abortion rights, sex edu
cation and condom distribution. Although many of his fellow Re
publicans concede the nomination eventually will be approved by
die Senate, Nickles said Monday, "I haven't given up hope."
Neither does he claim to have the 51 votes needed to defeat her
nor the 41 votes needed to maintain a filibuster. Nickles' hold on
the nomination buys the opposition a little time.
"Who knows what will happen over the August recess as more
information gets out about this nominee's background?" asked Sen.
Trent Lott, R-Miss., who joined Nickles at a news conference.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee voted 13-4
Friday to recommend confirmation of Elders, and committee Chair
man Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said he was determined to
bring the nomination to a vote diis week.
That could be effectively blocked by Nickles putting a hold on
the nomination. The procedure is a courtesy that exists outside the
Senate rules usually so they can gather more information. The hold
has no fixed time limit and can remain until Nickles is persuaded to
remove it.
Elders testified for four hours before Kennedy's committee a
couple of weeks ago and gave written answers to another 198 ques
tions that senators put to her in the week that followed. Nickles said
her answers were incomplete, and he wants to submit some more
questions.
Avis Lavelle, spokeswoman for the Department of Health and
Human Services, said Elders has answered everything asked of her.
"We hope reason will prevail with the good senator from Okla
homa," she said.
BEVERLY HILLS - Sen. Paul
Simon gave the television industry
two months to clean up TV vio
lence or face regulation.
"If there is not in the next 60
days some indication you are
moving, and moving in the right
direction, then my colleagues are
going to be pushing and pushing
hard" for regulatory limits, Simon
told industry members who gath
ered Monday for a daylong meet
ing on the issue.
"The fact of the matter is our
society has gotten more violent.
No matter what you believe about
the studies, we've got to be part of
the solution and in no way part of
the problem," CBS programming
chief Jeff Sagansky said in an in
terview. "As far as CBS is con
cerned, this is going to have an
impact on how we do business."
The unprecedented meeting
was organized by the non-profit
National Council for Families and
Television. About 650 writers,
producers and television execu
tives were joined by academics
and members of watchdog groups
critical of the industry.
The session followed congres
sional hearings in Washington
that put increased pressure on the
TV industry to reduce violence,
Simon, D-Ill. is the author oi
the 1990 Television Violence Art
that gave the industry a mandate
to reform its violent program
ming. He urged self-restraint and
called on television to help edu
cate the nation about the harmful
effects of violence.
"You have in your hands a tool
that is unprecedented in the histo
ry of humanity in its power," Si
mon said.
"This is up to you, to you peo
pie in the industry, to do some
thing to reduce the level of vio
lence,” said Leonard Eron, a psy
chology professor at the Universi
ty of Michigan.
"You are the nation's story
teller," said Suzanne Stutman, ex
ecutive director of the private Insti
tute for Mental Health Initiatives.
She said television can show vi
olence in an unglamorous fashion
and can give viewers alternative
ways of responding to problems.
Christine Hikawa, vice presi
dent of standards and practices
for ABC, said she was frustrated
by the studies.
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dow when researchers use the
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such as "I Spit On Your Grave,"
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