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Native Texan held captive
in Iraq returns to America
The Associated Press
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — An American oil worker held
captive in Iraq for nearly seven months returned Tuesday to the United
States, saying he was used as a political pawn by the Iraqis to renew
talks with the U.S. government.
"They needed something to open a dialogue, something to gain
recognition from the Western world, including, of course, the United
States," said Kenneth Beaty, 45, of Mustang, Okla.
"I will say I was not mistreated and was nothing more than a politi
cal pawn," he told reporters on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base
outside Washington.
Beaty arrived on a military jet, accompanied by the U.S. senator who
flew to Baghdad to negotiate the Texas native's release. He was freed
Monday after Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., met with Iraq's Deputy Prime
Minister, Tariq Aziz.
Boren stressed that his trip was for humanitarian purposes only, that
his talks involved no negotiations with the Iraqi government on other
issues and that no deals were made for Beaty's release.
"We made it clear all along the United States would not make con
cessions," Boren said. "I carried no message from the president of the
United States on any other subject. I received no messages to bring back
to him."
Beaty's release was widely seen as a goodwill gesture by Saddam
Hussein's regime to get crippling U.N. sanctions lifted so Iraq can re
new oil exports.
The U.N. Security Council is expected to review the sanctions next
week. Aziz is scheduled to meet Nov. 22 with U.N. officials in New
York.
In Washington on Monday, White House spokeswoman Dee Dee
Myers commended Boren's efforts, but added; "There's been nothing
to indicate a change of attitude by Iraq and we expect them to fully
comply with all the U.N. resolutions."
Beaty, drilling superintendent for Dallas-based Santa Fe Oil Co., was
apprehended April 25 when he strayed across the border into Iraq after
checking an oil well in northern Kuwait. On May 3, a Baghdad court
sentenced him to eight years in prison for trespassing.
His release had been sought on humanitarian grounds because of his
heart problems. Beaty, who had a heart attack in 1990 and requires
medication, was pronounced in good health by an Oklahoma City car
diologist who flew to Baghdad with Boren, the senator said.
Beaty said he was hospitalized three times during his imprisonment,
but was treated well.
He said he was kept with other Westerners being held in Iraq, and
was allowed to buy chicken, eggs and vegetables from a grocery store
in the prison compound.
"We did have radios. Trivial Pursuit cards; just read a lot mainly,
said our prayers and hoped for the best," he said.
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Seven months after
pening its doors, the U.S. Holocaust Memo-
ial Museum is making an unusual request to
visitors: Please, if you can, stay away.
More than 750,000 people have been to the
nuseum since April, and about 4,000 more
irrive each day. Museum officials say both
taffand building are feeling the wear and
ear.
Already, some parts of the brand-new
uilding need repainting and new carpets,
lottlenecks form daily in the exhibits. And
ven after the end of the summer tourist sert-
on ; crowds remain enormous.
We certainly believe, as we said at our
ipening, that this museum has unique
essons for all Americans. We do invite
veryone to visit — but not right now," Mu
slim Director Jeshajahu Weinberg said at a
lews conference Tuesday.
The museum tells the story of the six mil
lion Jews killed in the Holocaust and of many
others who were victims of the Nazis.
With such personal artifacts as tooth
brushes and shoes of those who died, as well
as films, photographs and eyewitness testi-
mony, it brings the Holocaust chillingly to
life.
Recently, the museum has been surveying
its visitors.
About 72 percent of more than 3,000 peo
ple polled as they waited in line for tickets in
August and September came from o,ut of
town. Of those, about 25 percent said they
come to Washington primarily to see the mu
seum.
But nearly half of all visitors surveyed had
the same complaint: too crowded.
Many said that they didn't have time to
read the labels and that they felt rushed, said
Peter D. Hart, who conducted the poll.
The museum already puts a cap on daily
visits by requiring tickets to its permanent
exhibition. About 4,000 tickets are used each
day — half booked in advance and half
handed out to those who wait in early morn
ing lines.
"The dilemma for us, of course, is that
that's how many people can fit in the muse
um, which is not the same as that's how
many people can fit comfortably," said
Elaine Heumann Gurian, the museum's
deputy director.
The extra staff and maintenance required
to accommodate the crowds has put a strain
: on the budget too, Gurian said. The museum
expects at least a $12 million shortfall in basic
operating funds this year.
Weinberg Said he has spent a lot of time
trying to explain the museum's great success.
Ilis best explanation: It is a "hot museum"
that affects its visitors emotionally.
"Usually a museum is a cold place. It
gives you aesthetic or informational input.
But it does not drive up your blood pressure.
This one does," said Weinberg.
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Smoking
be banned in federal build-
gs, except in areas equipped
th separate ventilation systems,
ider a bill passed by the House
iMonday.
The bill, sent to the Senate on a
lice vote, was pushed by law-
akers who cited an Environmen-
IProtection Agency study this
arthat said some 3,000 lung
ncer deaths a year are caused by
condhand smoke.
Most air in office buildings is
circulated, said Rep. James Traf-
mt, D-Ohio, so the legislation is
leded to protect government
orkers and Americans who go
ere on business.
Traficant said the bill is still fair
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sonable compromise."
- Rep. Tim Valentine
to smokers because smoking
would be legal in designated ar
eas, as long as there is a separate
ventilation system that doesn't re
circulate the air through the rest
of the building.
But one tobacco state lawmak
er, Rep. Tim Valentine, D-N.C.,
said the bill amounts to a prohibi
tion, since it would cost $50 mil
lion to put in special ventilation
systems in the largest of federal
buildings.
"It would be a complete ban,
rather than a reasonable compro
mise," he said.
And Valentine complained
Congress would end up ignoring
the law in the Capitol building
and nearby office buildings. There
are informal, designated smoking
areas in the Capitol complex, but
many smokers simply light up in
whatever hallway they want.
A lobby next to the House
floor, for instance, is fair game for
smokers and some lawmakers still
discreetly carry lighted cigarettes
onto the floor.
"This constitutes another ex-
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ample of the Congress mandating
one set of rules for the rest of the
country and one set of rules for it
self," Valentine said.
Valentine said the bill was un
fair to smokers and "the thou
sands of Americans who make an
honest and honorable living from
tobacco, a legal commodity. '
But Rep. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.,
said Congress would have to
abide by the law. In response to a
question about why Veterans Af
fairs hospitals weren't covered in
the bill, Durbin predicted they
would be some day.
Durbin noted that when he and
other anti-smoking activists first
moved to ban smoking on air
planes, they had to settle for
flights under two hours. Now,
smoking is banned on all domes
tic flights.
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